Fu Anzhou didn't appear in Baihua Lane for the entire month of July.

He didn’t come either on the big day when the results of the high school affiliated to the Normal University were released.

With a huge sum of money in her pocket, Aomame couldn't hold back, so she grabbed a handful of broad beans and went to please her grandma, trying to get information from her, asking her when her grandson would be back?

The old lady had gray hair and a hunched back, and could not stand upright, but her teeth were so good that they chewed broad beans until the joints of her teeth became sore.

She glanced at the green beans up and down with her turbid black eyes, without saying a word. She waited until a handful of broad beans were finished and patted the oil residue embedded in the rough palm prints, then slowly and thoughtfully said in an unclear native accent: "Don't even think about it.

Now he has a family.”

Qingdou didn't react for a while. When Xiao Xu put the cake into her hand and urged her to eat it while it was hot, Qingdou came back to her senses.

After taking a bite of the crisp and fragrant baked goods, she chewed the strange question in her heart and asked: "Where did this cake come from?"

"There is a small alley on the street on the left. When you go in, there is a Shaobing shop. It is an old shop. It tastes good. There are sweet and salty ones. They cost 5 cents each."

Qingdou nodded casually and continued to eat the cake with a lot of thoughts. She also made a call to Fu's house. During the beep, she told herself that if it was his parents or sister who answered the call, she would hang up immediately, but she didn't expect that,

It will be another familiar voice.

Aomame listened to the jerky Mandarin, covered her mouth, and was so surprised that she forgot to hang up.

She never thought that the family where Wu Huiping was the nanny would go to Fu Anzhou's house. Yes, who would have thought that Nancheng Garden would be so small. Yes, none of them had mentioned it, so who would have thought of it.

-

This summer is extremely hot.

In early August, there seemed to be nine suns in the sky. At noon, no one dared to walk on the road.

The sun is shaded by the trees, and the light and shadow are intertwined. There are a few rough-edged wicker chairs every few meters taking advantage of the shade under the trees. Children who are busy with leisure come and go, laughing and joking, picking up things.

When he got closer, he saw that there were many dead cicadas among the sparse leaves. Aomame asked them what they were doing with the cicada carcasses. They said that they were skewering them with skewers and roasting them.

Aomame was shocked, "Can I eat it?"

The child's accent sounds like it's not that of a local. He says "Zeh Huhu Huhu"——

“It’s delicious.”

“It’s so delicious. Crispy and fragrant.”

"Yo." Huzi sighed and puffed hard until his cheeks were sunken before he slowly exhaled the smoke. He kicked a cicada that had been run over by a car and died without any body, and said with a smile: "It's better than when we were kids.

Will make food."

Qingdou squatted on the roadside, waiting quietly for someone. Huzi was still chattering, "Gu Yi told me back then that cicadas had a rough fate. They stayed in the soil for many years, be it three to five years or ten years, but only

They have been climbing trees for a month. Do you think they are climbing trees?"

Aomame waited there, silently, staring at him.

"Ah?" Huzi continued to throw the hook.

Aomame was too hot to speak, so she frowned and continued to wait.

"Don't want to know?" Huzi became excited.

There were thick beads of sweat on Qingdou's forehead, and her breath was so hot that she was almost on fire. She took a long breath of hot air and wiped it with her arm impatiently: "Just tell me!"

Hu Zi rolled his eyes at her and said nothing.

When Qingdou saw him walking straight to the other side of the road, she became anxious and said, "Why are you like this? Finish talking!"

Huzi threw away the cigarette butt and shouted without looking back: "Didn't you see it? The car is coming!"

Aomame waited for the arrival of the little half-summer.

Fu Anzhou went on a trip to Guangzhou when he disappeared. He called Huzi there and told Huzi that movie records were all over the streets and he wanted to bring some for him.

Ever since Qingsong Liuzi came back from Hainan, Huzi's new goods have been gone. Seeing that his customers have been taken away by other companies, he is under great pressure as a boss. He was thinking of going there to buy some goods by himself, but he heard that Fu Anzhou happened to be there.

I trusted him very much and gave him the responsibility of buying the CD.

Today, Fu Anzhou left the airport and ran straight here. He had no choice but to be impatient. He wrote the name of the movie on the blackboard several days in advance to promote it early. During the day, it was "The Swordsman 2" and in the second half of the night, it was "Modern Call Girl"

》, lined up just right, waiting for the boss to land.

Huzi said hello to the master, opened the trunk, and his eyes were as wide as bells: "Anzhou! Damn! That's so interesting!"

Fu Anzhou actually packed a box of discs for him.

He got out of the car and unexpectedly Qingmei said: "Long time no see, classmate."

He went to the western-style Guangzhou and didn't buy a new shirt. He still wore a loose white shirt tucked around his waist. It was probably because he was tired from the journey, his jaw was tightened a lot, and his lips were slightly bruised, adding a lot of laziness.

Qingdou got straight to the point: "I have something to do with you."

Fu Anzhou raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

Huzi was still stuck in his own wonder, flipping through the discs one by one: "Wow! "The Dragon Who Plays Back to School"! I've always wanted this one!" There was a video store in Xining District that had this movie, and it was very popular.

It was even more crowded than the Spring Festival Gala. Hu Zi shamelessly tried to get close to the boss and wanted to hand him over, but the people here were smart and would not give up the opportunity of dominance to others.

Huzi turned over now! He was so moved at the moment that he sacrificed Cheng Qingdou to Fu Anzhou on the spot.

He put his arms around Fu Anzhou's shoulders and winked: "That's interesting! How much does it cost?"

After the Hong Kong film classification system was introduced in 1988, there were many "top-quality" films. Fu Anzhou watched a lot of them in Huzi Store, and naturally he was very familiar with them. When choosing the films, he cleverly filtered out the ones he had watched and selected some of them.

I was very interested in it. Aomame was afraid that she would faint when she saw the cover.

Fortunately, she was standing by the car door and wasn't curious about the disc at all.

"I'll give it to you first, and I'll finish it when I get back. Also, there are a few records in there that I want. I'll come over and get them in two days." After talking to Huzi, Fu Anzhou looked at Qingdou again, "What's the matter?"

No matter how many times he interrupted, he always remembered that Aomame had something to say, which made her feel unspeakably moved and complicated.

Qingdou saw that he was holding the car door with his hand and had no intention of staying. He asked, "Are you okay?"

Fu Anzhou said: "Well, something happened." He asked her again, "What do you want from me?"

Aomame quickly took out the envelope from her pocket and said, "Give it back to you." She hurriedly started to leave and took two steps. She was almost too hot to be polite, but she finished her words seriously, "Thank you."

Fu Anzhou flicked his fingertips and saw a neat stack of gray hundred-yuan bills. He immediately knew what it meant. Cheng Qingdou was very thoughtful and was indeed not that easy to deal with.

In the two seconds it took to look at the money, Qingdou had already run to the other side of the road, slipped into Baihua Alley, and disappeared without a trace.

Fu Anzhou put his hand on the car door, saw Huzi staring at him, and asked him: "Do you know this money?"

Huzi thought for a while and told Fu Anzhou that Qingdou had borrowed the money from him because she didn't want to owe the favor. In order to repay the beautiful money, she went to the bank to exchange new banknotes.

Fu Anzhou's face darkened and he chased him into the alley.

-

Aomame rushed to the video room, fanning herself with a cattail leaf fan and pouring water.

The store always offers cold brew tea.

Qingdou took a water cup and put it under the enamel water tank. He flipped the switch back and forth without getting any water, "Xiao Xu, the water is gone?"

Xiao Xu's abacus was rattling and he didn't even raise his head when he spoke: "Gu Yi said he was going to buy it. Why didn't he go?" When Gu Yi came just now, he drank half of his water in one gulp and promised him to buy it.

There are many shops for business here, but I am too lazy to burn the stove. There is an old lady who has been selling water at the intersection for one copper for one penny. Before Huzi was the boss, he drank very little water. After checking, he found out that Xiaoxu was lazy.

He just used raw tap water to top up his credit. Later, Xiao Xu became the second boss and finally cared about his reputation. He had never done such an unethical thing.

Qingdou was stunned: "Gu Yi? Is he here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a tanned wheat-colored hand appeared on the enamel water tank. He curled his index finger and tapped the water tank, "I've been standing here for a long time."

"Ah!" Aomame didn't see it. "You're back?"

He moved his neck and relaxed his shoulders: "Well, let's take a day off and watch a movie to relax."

"Then why didn't you look at the one at the Institute of Science and Technology?" It belongs to Huzi too. It's still close to him.

Without even thinking about it, Gu Yi said, "Huzi said there is a new movie here today."

Right.

Aomame was about to speak when a dark shadow appeared behind her.

Fu Anzhou sweats easily. After a few steps, sweat dripped from his forehead and wet half of his shoulders. Like Qingdou, he first greeted Gu Yi: "Hey, I'm back."

Gu Yi is a fashionable person. He has gone to college, worked in transportation, and his family is not short of money. His experience is talked about by many people.

Gu Yi waved: "Watch a movie?"

Aomame lowered her eyes and did not look back.

Fu Anzhou shook his head: "I won't watch today, something happened." After saying that, he called her seriously, "Cheng Qingdou, come out and talk."

Aomame frowned, "What's wrong?"

Fu Anzhou said seriously: "Come out."

She turned to face him, clasping her hands behind her back, not giving him a chance to return the envelope: "It's hot outside." She was most afraid of giving in. This was his money, and it had been sitting in her heart for a long time. It was so uncomfortable, so hurry up.

Just take it and run away.

The cattail leaf fan in Gu Yi's hand was swaying in the wind, raising Qingdou's light hair. He was so rested and looked like he was watching a play.
To be continued...