June is our farewell song

Chapter 41 The Moon and Sixpence (Part [-])
After Chen Ying sent her father away, she turned around and came back, only to find that everyone was looking at her.

Gu Yuan and Liu Qingsi sat behind the table they were at just now, Qi Yu and Feng Ziqiu leaned on the pillars with flowers and plants wall decorations on both sides, while the shop owner Si Junmo stood behind the counter and sneered. smiled lightly.

"Finished?"

"Um……"

"I thought you would ask your father to sit here for a while." Gu Yuan stretched out his hand and pulled the outer chair away for her.

"No, he is anxious to go back and report to his mother."

Gu Yuan nodded slightly.

"I didn't expect that you would find this place...and you brought Dad along. When I sent him back, I suddenly felt that his back was much older. Speaking of which, he was caught between me and my mother. It should be the saddest thing." One...I feel very sorry for him..."

"Did your father call you home?" Liu Qingsi asked lightly.

"Yes, but how do I go back now? My mother will definitely pick me up and never let me go out again." Chen Ying lowered her head and lowered her eyes, "Actually... I am a little afraid of my mother, from the bottom of my heart. ...No, maybe it can't be said to be afraid..."

There was a tea table between Chen Ying and them, and the people sitting opposite her had a gap between light and dark on their bodies. Because of their drooping eyelids, they couldn't be sure how they stared down at a certain point on the table. With what temperature.

"Why? Why are you afraid of her." Gu Yuan said softly, "No matter what, she is your mother. The bond of blood is thicker than water is an inseparable bond in a lifetime."

"I don't know...maybe...it's not her that I'm afraid of...maybe I'm afraid I won't meet her expectations." Chen Ying still lowered her head, "I don't know what to do. In my eyes, the number one student in the college entrance examination introduced on TV is my role model, but no matter how hard I try, I can't reach that height... She always said that hard work can make up for one's weakness, but..."

"Hahaha, it seems that someone has encountered an unsolvable difficulty." Si Junmo, who was wearing a green and white striped apron, had a smile on his lips, holding the induction cooker in both hands, and placed it on the table with a "snap".

Then, under the amazed eyes of everyone, a dining car filled with all kinds of fresh food was rolled out.

"What... what is this for?"

All kinds of unspeakable anguish piled up in her heart, but Chen Ying was still shocked by the scene in front of her. Not only her, Gu Yuan and the others also raised their eyebrows.

"Hey, lovers over there, don't just stare blankly, come and help me." Si Jun Mo's clear voice came from the back kitchen, "It's just the two of you, don't look, the two who are leaning against the pillar .”

"Ah...we're not..." Feng Ziqiu on the other side was still waving his hands in denial, while Qi Yu on the other side was already blushing.

"Wow! There is still Kobe beef? Is it left over from last time?" The sound of the heavy refrigerator door opening, Si Junmo exclaimed, "Quick, come in quickly, help me get it."

Liu Qingsi, Gu Yuan, and Chen Ying looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Gu Yuan? Huh? Your name is Gu Yuan, right?" When he came out of the back kitchen with a plate of sliced ​​beef, Si Junmo actually called out Gu Yuan's name directly, "Do me a favor, Plug in the power of the induction cooker, and adjust the temperature to 220 degrees."

"How do you know my name?!"

"Haha, I heard it from a friend."

"Friend..." Gu Yuan murmured. For some reason, the first figure that flashed in his mind was Chen Ge, the class teacher. There was no evidence, but he always felt that the man who was everywhere like the wind was The chief culprit of all troubles.

Although he had many doubts, he still plugged in the induction cooker first, and then set the temperature to 220 degrees hot pot mode.

"These are..." Chen Ying stared wide-eyed at the steaming pot that suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Many of them were brought by my friend yesterday. I prepared them at noon, but he suddenly let me go. I was thinking about how to deal with these things at night, but I didn't expect them to come in handy." Si Jun Mo smiled and poured the cut vegetables into the pot one by one. The freshly melted base exudes a strong aroma, and there is a numb smell in the air, "Don't worry, it's absolutely fresh, and all It's top-notch food."

"No... I didn't mean that..."

"You mean, what is this?" Si Junmo replied while gently stirring the base material that had not been completely dispersed with a colander, "Hot pot, can't you see it?"

"She probably wants to ask, why do you want to eat hot pot." Gu Yuan watched a large amount of water vapor condense in the air above the induction cooker into white liquid droplets suspended in the air, against the warm yellow wallpaper background in the store, "Actually, we I want to ask this question too."

"Hmm... How about celebrating the midterm exam that just ended?" Si Junmo thought for a while, then smiled slyly at Gu Yuan, "When we were in high school, when we encountered problems that we couldn't solve, everyone would run out of school Go eat a hot pot, in the smell of steaming chili and butter, all difficulties will be solved."

What a strange logic, what a strange method.

Gu Yuan couldn't help curling his lips, this is not a problem that can be solved by eating, okay?
But the face slap came too soon.

"Try it?"

Looking at the small plate of beef handed to him, Gu Yuan still gave in.

"Um……"

After biting down, Gu Yuan couldn't help sniffling. He raised his head to look at the others, and found that everyone had the same expression, with their eyes closed, and their heads slightly raised or lowered.

The excellent taste, whether it is the adhesion of seasonings, the quality of meat and the degree of cooking, are all top-level.

"It's not bad. Haha, hot pot is not something to eat alone, but something that requires everyone to be together." Si Junmo smiled and handed everyone a bottle of apple juice, "There is no difficulty. One meal of hot pot can't solve it, if there is, then eat two meals."

"Bandit logic..."

Gu Yuan heard Liu Qingsi complain in a low voice.

It is indeed a very unreasonable method, but I did not expect it to be really useful. The moment the fresh and tender food is eaten, all the depression and exhaustion seem to disappear.

It is a unique experience to eat hot pot with the boss and classmates in the dessert shop.

If it weren't for a coincidence, I'm afraid there won't be any in the next life.

For a while, there was silence, and everyone carefully held the small dish containing food in their hands.

"The sorrows and joys of people are not connected, but that is not the crux of the problem. Or, how painful and torturous what you have experienced, it does not matter whether other people understand this kind of thing, because, Even with the same experience, the same situation, and the same role, different people have different feelings, so there is no need to seek a sense of identity on these things." Si Junmo raised his neck and took a sip of apple juice.

"Humans are very strange creatures. Injuries are often caused by external factors, but the most likely factor to heal wounds is on oneself. Of course, friends are also very important. If you are sad or crying, someone can help you Telling can be listened to, then the pain index felt by the brain will be reduced.”

Only faint sobs echoed.

Chen Ying cried.

She couldn't remember how many times this was the first time today.

I didn't like to cry at first, but today I don't know why, the tears can't be stopped at all.

"friend."

Friends are more than just talking.

Chen Ying knows how difficult it is to establish a relationship with a person who doesn't like to talk or socialize, doesn't like to go out and spend all day in the classroom, and stays at home all day during the holidays.

The girl who provided herself with an unlimited amount of world famous books, shared her reading notes with herself, and lent her a flashlight—she didn't have to do this.

The girl who has lived in the spotlight since she was a child, the girl who is crushed by many boys.

Sit in front of yourself now.

There was a worried expression on his face, pure and sincere.

"Xiaoying..." Liu Qingsi put down her chopsticks and plates, and looked over solemnly, "I... I hope you can live a more relaxed life, and Gu Yuan and the others think so too. It's not that you have to stay in literature. Society, all of this is up to you to decide, but it must be your own true thoughts."

"I...I want to stay." Chen Ying's voice suddenly became firmer, the girl raised her head, her eyes were filled with tears, white and shining with bright white light, "I want to stay in the Literature Club !"

I can't say more, and the complicated emotions can't be explained one by one.

You were once beings on two planets separated by an infinite distance.

You thought you would never be the same as her.

But one day, you and her intersect, you are in the same space, have the same time, and face the same people.

Finally became "friends".

"By the way, Chen Ying, I'll return this book to you." Gu Yuan took out the "Moon and Sixpence" from his backpack, "Senior Zifeng said that people from the Literature Club borrowed the book, so if you don't read it , You are not allowed to return it until you finish writing your post-reading reflections.”

"Hmm..." Chen Ying nodded, sniffed, and then silently put away the book.

"Ha, it's this book. I didn't expect it's still there." Si Junmo glanced at the "Moon and Sixpence" with a blue cover, and suddenly smiled, "I remember, the impression I wrote at the time seemed like There is only one sentence, um... what is it called, 'Not a genius, but still free and brave.' Hahaha, in a flash, it has been many years ago."

"Ah? You wrote the words on the bookmark on the title page?" Chen Ying whispered.

"Oh? Haven't you thrown it away for so long? It seems that this book is really unpopular." Si Junmo touched the back of his head with a smile, his eyes narrowed into a line,

"Why do you say that? Isn't Gauguin the protagonist of Maugham's book? Strickland, isn't he a genius?" Qi Yu frowned and asked, "Why do you say, 'Not a genius, but still free? What about 'brave'?"

"Haha, think about it, Strickland, what did he do?" Si Junmo turned his head to look at Qi Yu, "Studied in night school for a year, then went to Paris alone to study painting, and finally ran to Tahiti in the South Pacific will live forever. From his life trajectory, you can see how many traces of genius."

"This……"

"Strickland is a genius, Gauguin, of course, is a genius, but when he was alive, others didn't think so. For himself, at least when he left home and decided to wander the world When he was learning painting, he didn't know it." Si Junmo said, "This is an attempt by the great writer Maugham to understand his maverick friend, not for praising genius, nor for those who 'abandoned their ideals. 'The people who behaved expressed disdain and ridicule, just to tell us that even if we are not geniuses, we can still choose the life we ​​want freely and courageously."

"Not a genius, but still free and brave..."

Chen Ying murmured these words silently.

Liu Qingsi, Gu Yuan, and Feng Ziqiu exchanged glances with each other.

Qi Yu was still thinking.

"As many radii as you can draw from the center of the circle, there are as many ways to live." Si Junmo gently drew a circle in the pot with a colander, "People praise and think that a successful life is nothing more than a kind of life That's all. There's no need to boast about one of them at the expense of all others. Dreams are not something that binds us, but a treasure that guides us to struggle and lead us to work tirelessly. Wrapped in vinegar tea, entangled in all kinds of fireworks troubles, these are the sixpence that can be seen everywhere, and the so-called moon is something we are willing to work hard for all our lives."

"So that's it. I used to think that "The Moon and Sixpence" was just a book about geniuses chasing their ideals beyond the immediate difficulties. I was superficial." Liu Qingsi nodded thoughtfully.

"Ah, I've said everything I can think of, and I suddenly realized that I haven't studied hard for a long time." Si Junmo shook his head, fished out the ingredients from the hot pot and put them on the plate beside him, "No matter what, on such a night, It is definitely much better than eating hot pot with two people."

Hearing his vicissitudes sigh, Gu Yuan couldn't help rubbing his nose.

Two people?
This guy has borrowed books and left bookmarks. Could it be that he was also a member of the literary club.

Reminiscent of the weird message that Chen Ge left in the guestbook of the Literature Club.

As for the age... um... Judging from the thickness of the hair, Chen Ge may be older, but it's not necessarily true.

The friend he was talking about, the friend who mentioned his name.

Could it really be Chen Ge...

Gu Yuan can't remember exactly how the show ended that day.

I just remember when the door was pushed open amidst the rising heat.

There were fiery red maple leaves all over the ground, but everyone looked up and saw the moon.

The bright moon hangs high.

The stars twinkled in the sky, and the breeze stirred her hair and skirt.

Incomparably gorgeous scenery.

(End of this chapter)