Since 1983

It was almost noon, and the dark clouds in the morning dispersed, revealing a little sunshine.

Westinghouse was quiet, with a strong and dull smell floating. The cats and dogs couldn't understand human language, they just felt like they were chasing and fighting in the courtyard as usual.

Both of them came back, so naturally Xiao Xu couldn't leave. Especially being hugged by him just now, she was even more ashamed and anxious, sitting on the sidelines at a loss.

Sitting on the other side of the desk, Zhang Li was also extremely complicated, and her heart was churning.

"..."

There was a long silence, and no one spoke.

Xu Fei looked at the two girls, his heart was beating violently because of the intense emotion, and it took him a while to calm down. He felt like a thermometer. He had just measured his temperature and was slowly dropping.

Only then did he lose his temper in a hurry, and finally expressed his feelings, but he was not as entangled as before.

He straightened his mind and asked, "Why are you leaving all of a sudden?"

No one spoke to me.

"Can something be resolved?"

After a few seconds, Zhang Li said softly, "Maybe someone is talking behind the scenes."

Gossip... that's the problem with living in Hutong. The neighbors in the neighborhood know exactly what's going on, plus the current atmosphere and vision.

Xu Fei rubbed his face, "Then why didn't you tell us?"

"What's the use of telling you?" Xiao Xu finally spoke.

"It's useless, there is still a way."

He paused, and said, "Let's change the place first."

The two looked up at the same time.

"Shen Lin and his wife are gone, and my mother is not here. There will indeed be people chewing their tongues. Those old men and old ladies have no control over their mouths. You can't control them. Change to a quiet place, and anyone who makes irresponsible remarks will come at me anyway. I have thick skin."

He actually had a lot to say, but he felt that the three of them understood everything.

"I do not know how to say it……"

Xu Fei stretched out his hand, wanting to shake those two little hands, but stopped halfway, "But if I can't even protect you, that would be the worst failure in my life."

"..."

Zhang Li's body trembled, this sentence was the most euphemistic and direct.

Xiao Xu shed tears again.

What else? The two of them have talked thoroughly just now.

"I don't know what to do, you don't know what to do, and he doesn't know what to do."

"If you leave, how can I be with him?"

"I've grown up so much and know so many people, except for my parents and relatives, it's just the two of you."

"..."

Again there was silence.

Xu Fei sighed, and said, "Shall we settle the tongue-biting issue first? Or we need to calm down, I'm just about to buy..."

"Need not."

Zhang Li shook her head, "It's really time for us to move out, we rent a place by ourselves."

She looked at Xiao Xu, who wiped his eyes and nodded.

"Then I'll help you find it."

"Um."

...

That day, neither Xu Fei nor Zhang Li went to work, so they called for leave.

Xu Fei was scolded by Li Mu for being disorganized and undisciplined. Such an important person can walk away as soon as he says it. He must conduct a public and in-depth review!

He accepted it completely, it was Li Mu protecting himself from being caught.

In the afternoon, he began to look for houses everywhere, and Zhang Li and Xiao Xu also asked friends to inquire. It's not the best solution, but it's the best one out there, and frees them from the mess.

It's night, Westinghouse.

The two of them were lying on the bed and neither of them slept, both felt that many things had happened. But after the emotional agitation during the day and the silence of the night, I can think about it carefully.

Zhang Li lay on her back, looking at the dark roof, "Find someone closer to your school, it's too hard to run back and forth."

"That's far away from your unit."

"I'll just take the bus, and save myself from riding a bicycle."

"..."

She listened to the silence for a while, then turned over, "Are you still uncomfortable?"

"No."

"Okay, I cried so much during the day..."

Zhang Li held her in his arms and patted her on the back lightly, "It's me who should feel uncomfortable, I didn't cry."

"you……"

Xiao Xu really touched her face, but she didn't cry, "Aren't you sad?"

"I don't know, maybe I have been used to it since I was a child, and I am dumbfounded."

"You don't stay, you know it, anyway, he likes you."

"Aren't you the same now?"

Zhang Li gave a little hammer, then continued to pat, and asked: "If I don't come back, will you really leave?"

"Um."

"Then where are you going?"

"Maybe go home, stay home for a while, then come back and find a place for yourself."

"ah?"

"Ah what? Can you stay at home honestly, or can I stay at home honestly? You have a job, I have a study, and I want to start a company in the future."

"I don't see you feeling bad at all."

"I'm sick of it, but it's two different things."

"..."

Zhang Li couldn't help pinching her face. If it was her, it might be the same.

"Okay, don't think about it anymore. As the saying goes, take a step back and see the sky. We move out now, and you don't have to guess. Maybe, maybe it's more comfortable."

…………

The house was found within two days.

A colleague of Zhang Li's is a semi-new building that is not old. He just bought a commercial house and wanted to rent it out. The price is not expensive, the water and electricity are paid by yourself, there are gas tanks and flush toilets, the kind of squatting.

Mainly with heating.

Near Faxing Temple in Dongcheng, Chaoyang District is a little further to the east, Wangfujing is to the west, Xidan is past the Forbidden City, and Baihua Hutong is to the north.

Xu Fei called Chen Xiaoqiao, and Chen Xiaoqiao borrowed a car to help them move.

On the fifth floor, more than forty square meters, two bedrooms. The two of them lived in a large bedroom and made room for a small one to be used as a study and studio.

Zhou Shuren once said: If you don’t move, you will never know how many things you have. Teacher Xu is also number one at any rate, he carried the luggage out and made a noise, and carried the luggage himself.

Fifth floor.

"boom!"

The two sacks of books fell heavily to the ground, Xu Fei bent over and panted, sweating all over in the cold weather.

"Yeah, that's you two... I won't do it if someone beats me to death... I won't do it if you give me a million..."

"Huchi...huchi..."

"Brother, there are more!"

Before taking a few breaths, Chen Xiaoqiao's voice came from below.

"knew!"

He grinned and went out, and after a while, he brought up two boxes of clothes. Zhang Li couldn't bear it, and threw a hot towel, "Let's take a rest first, how much is left?"

"It's coming soon."

Xu Fei wiped his sweat indiscriminately, "What do you see me doing?"

"Who cares to look at you!"

Xiao Xu turned his head.

"Okay, it's almost time for another trip... Hey, give me the key, and I will have one."

He stretched out his hand, as it should be.

It was as if the two of them moved out and did not live together, a certain restraint disappeared all of a sudden, and he became more active by expressing his feelings to each other.

Xu Fei went downstairs, the two of them cleaned up in the room, and came up in about forty minutes, carrying a large bag of food and drink.

"Buy some snacks and drinks, and mix them up if you don't like cooking."

He stepped around the house, checked the gas, checked the power supply, and then went out when there was no problem, "I have to go to work, let's go first, and come back when I am free."

"..."

After he left, Xiao Xu pouted, "You shouldn't have given him the key."

"Then you didn't say it just now?"

Zhang Li put the keys back into the clasp, clattering, and another row of three stood out.

That's the door key, the Westinghouse key, and the study key.

(besides……)