near and far

Kang Chen took the other by the hand to enter the door, introduced the names of the two while walking, touched his chin, and said: "Speaking of which, you two are still fellow villagers."

The first floor of the bar is very ordinary, no different from ordinary bars, the bar stage booths are all available, there are not many people, and the jazz music is playing, which is very comfortable.Kang Chen greeted the manager standing at the bar, and led the two of them up the stairs to the second floor.The second floor is small and elegantly arranged, with excellent sound insulation. It is more like a small teahouse than a bar. There are several spaces separated by multi-treasure shelves, and the tables vary from high to low.

Kang Chen found a low table, slumped on the lazy sofa against the wall, sank into it, took a long breath, and introduced to Le Mingxin: "Go to the first floor for fun, if you want to stay quietly, go up On the second floor, work together."

Le Mingxin found a small futon and sat down cross-legged. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw He Chengan sitting not far from him.When He Chengan entered the door, he took off the hat on his head, revealing a head of hair that was not short. The lower half of the head was shaved short, leaving only the upper half of the hair. It was braided randomly and curled naturally, which seemed rather rebellious.

Kang Chen just sat down, played it again, and said, "I'll go see if there's any good wine."

All of a sudden, only Le Mingxin and He Chengan were left, and Le Mingxin said: "Well, you may not remember me..."

He Chengan turned his head when he heard the words, staring at Le Mingxin with a pair of eyes, the eyeballs were pitch black, and he didn't say a word.Le Mingxin was a little embarrassed: "That's right, I'm also from No. [-] Middle School in City A. We were in the same class in the second year of high school. You transferred away later."

He Chengan still didn't speak.

Le Mingxin was embarrassed by him, touched his head and smiled: "It's fine if you don't remember."

He Chengan seemed to have suddenly realized, his eyebrows were raised, but his tone was still not salty: "I remember."

Le Mingxin didn't know what to say, but fortunately, Kang Chen came back at this time, carrying a small pot of wine, a small dish of broad beans and a set of three cups.The style matches the second floor very well, the brownish-yellow jug and wine glass are antique.Kang Chen filled all three wine glasses, the wine was red and smelled very fragrant of plum wine.Kang Chen said: "The two of you are from the same village, you are really destined..."

He Chengan suddenly answered, "It's fate, we are classmates in high school."

Kang Chen was startled, and quickly said: "No, no, no, no, drink more."

The plum wine tasted sour and sweet, and it was very easy to drink. Le Mingxin drank two glasses in a short while, feeling hot, and took off his denim jacket, revealing his dark gray turtleneck sweater.The sweater fits his figure nicely. His shoulders are wide and his waist is narrow. He pulled up the sleeves, revealing a section of his wrist. He wears a black mechanical watch, which fits under the protruding wrist bone.

He Chengan was looking at him, in fact, the first time he saw Le Mingxin, He Chengan remembered it.

"I thought it was raining." He Chengan turned over on the soft lawn of the botanical garden, wiped off the drops of water dripping on his forehead with his fingers, and was about to fall asleep again.

"Hey," Le Mingxin has always been a good student. He has never seen such a comfortable skipping class all day. He leaned against the wall and said, "The teacher has been looking for you all day."

He Chengan ignored him, he was very annoying all day long.

Le Mingxin saw that it was going to be late for self-study, so he jumped off the wall, suddenly remembered something, climbed up again, and shouted: "May I ask for leave for you?"

He Cheng'an was so noisy that sleepy people ran away, sat up, and said, "I asked for leave to go back to the dormitory because I said I don't feel well."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Le Mingxin to agree, he stood up, patted the grass clippings on his body, ran up three or two times, stepped on the wall, stretched his hands, flipped out neatly, landed steadily, and walked slowly with his pockets in his pockets. gone.

The bell for evening self-study in the distance rang, and Le Mingxin quickly got off the wall and ran back to the teaching building in the opposite direction.

The downstairs gradually became lively, Kang Chen loosened his tie, untied it and threw it aside, and said, "Go down?"

He Chengan shook his head, pushed away the futon he was sitting on, lay down on the wooden floor, picked up the hat he had taken off and covered his face, and said, "Sleepy, sleep for a while."

Kang Chen wrinkled his nose, and said, "The God of sleep is in charge of the world."

He stopped calling He Chengan, pulled Le Mingxin up, and said, "Walk around, go down and meet a few people, maybe someone will help you warm your bed tonight."

The plum wine tasted delicious, and it had a lot of stamina. Le Mingxin was not a good drinker, so he was suddenly pulled up, and he was a little unsteady. He was dragged downstairs by Kang Chen in a daze. He Chengan, whose legs were lying on the floor, thought to himself that he was not afraid of catching a cold.

Resident singers came to the stage on the first floor, and the music changed from lyrical jazz to rhythmic ones. There were more people, and everyone's face was full of drunkenness after drinking for three rounds. Blocked out of the door, the room is full of hormones mixed with alcohol, humidity and temperature.

Putting his arms around Le Mingxin's neck, Kang Chen leaned over and whispered to him: "Let's play."

It was the first time for Le Mingxin to come to such a place, and he was quite at a loss. He felt drunk and his ears were slightly hot. He tugged at the collar of his turtleneck sweater and let out a sigh of relief.Kang Chen left him, went to the bar and ordered a glass of wine.He is over [-] years old, but he doesn't look old, and he is in good shape, but after a while, someone sits next to him and strikes up a conversation.

The resident singer's voice was low and hoarse, and he sang in Cantonese with a lingering tone. Le Ming thought it sounded good, so he found a booth close to the stage and sat and listened.

He Chengan was upstairs with his hat covering his face, but his eyes were open.The second floor is smaller than the first floor. It's a bit late. There are only one or two quiet guests who are still sitting and having a drink. Most of them went downstairs. He Chengan sat up, grabbed his hair, stood up, and opened the second floor's sound insulation. the door, leaning on the railing and looking down.

Le Mingxin was sitting in the booth, and a man was sitting next to him, each of them ordered a glass of wine and drank it, because the music was loud, the two of them were very close to each other when talking.

It's really boring.

The high school classmates who had been away for nearly ten years met and greeted each other, where they got a job, what their annual salary was, where their house was located, and what brand of car they drove.But Le Ming's heart hardly changed, his eyes drooped slightly, he was docile and harmless when looking at people, he rubbed his head and smiled embarrassedly, He Chengan couldn't help but say "I remember".

The past surged, like a wave, hitting He Cheng'an head and face, regardless of whether he wanted to or not, it made his whole body drenched and drenched with memories.

It was almost early morning, a car was parked outside the bar, a tall man came down, opened the door and went in, he saw Kang Chen who was talking at the bar counter, walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

When Kang Chen turned around, he was mostly sober: "Why are you here?"

When the person who hit up Kang Chen saw him, he thought that someone was coming and wanted to interrupt, but the man didn't even look at him, so he just said to Kang Chen indifferently: "Xiaoqin woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night and looked for you, babysitter Said you were out, and she didn't get through when she called you, so call me."

As soon as Kang Chen heard his daughter's name, he immediately got off the high stool, raised his head and greeted He Cheng'an who was standing on the second floor looking down, and pointed to Le Mingxin, who was chatting with others, which meant I left it to you.He Chengan waved his hand lazily to show that he understood.

Kang Chen walked out of the bar and was going to drive his own car, but Shao Zhihe pushed him into his passenger seat and said, "Drunk driving, do you want to die?"

Kang Chen put on his seat belt, called his daughter, and said that he was too noisy and didn't hear the call, so he would call back right away.

Without saying a word, Shao Zhihe started the car and drove into the night.

Kang Chen hung up the phone and said, "Don't you ignore me?"

Shao Zhihe said lightly: "I don't care about you, I'm just afraid that your daughter won't even have a father when she turns around."

Kang Chen was poked at the sore spot, he stopped talking and just looked out of the window quietly.