There is a bar in Houhai

Chapter 1 Long time no see
"Sister, it's me. I'm not in San Francisco. I'm back in Yanjing. I just got off the plane. You don't need someone to pick me up. I'll take a taxi and go to the old man's place first. I didn't say hello to him when I left. I won't come back now." In the past, I was afraid that he would break my leg with a mulberry stick. I won’t stay with him at night, but I will go to your place in the afternoon.”

Although autumn has already entered Yanjing in September, a wave of scorching heat is still coming.Shen Fang stood at the exit of Yanjing International Airport, holding his mobile phone, watching the people coming in and out around him, sighing in his heart, and came back.

I threw the note that the flight attendant gave me in my pocket and threw it in the trash can on the side of the road. The enthusiasm of the flight attendants was still a bit unbearable.Shen Fang estimated that it was because of a report about himself in a magazine some time ago, or because of the first-class cabin he sat in, and it was definitely not because of his appearance.

Waiting for more than ten minutes before a taxi came. In 2012, when online car-hailing was not yet online, if Uber had followed its own advice and entered China ahead of schedule, would it have developed faster than Didi?Think about it or forget it, after all, I am just a small shareholder who wants to make a fortune and leave, so let him go.Now those local tyrants in the Middle East have begun to pay attention to this software.If they propose an acquisition, they will transfer the 8% of the shares they hold at that time, and let these Middle Easterners and Americans fall in love with each other and kill each other.

After wandering outside for five years, Yanjing City has changed a lot. There are obviously more tall buildings on the side of Sumen Bridge.The old alley is still there, but the characters inside the big circle on the wall are still shining like gold.

The old man lives in a row of multi-storey bungalows, on the first floor.The area is about [-] square meters. This place originally belonged to the family area of ​​Yanjing Film Studio. The old man's house was also built when the house was reformed.

The yard is about [-] square meters, and the east and west sides are two-meter-high courtyard walls covered with creepers.In the corner of the courtyard, several flower beds of different sizes are arranged, in which various flowers and plants such as hibiscus and rose are planted. In the southeast corner of the courtyard, there is also a ginkgo tree about ten centimeters thick. Traces of the word "Jin Ye" can still be seen.

He retired from the Ministry of Culture five years ago. According to the old man's level as a state councilor, he should be able to recuperate in Yuquan Mountain, but the old man didn't do it. In his words, he was saving resources for the country.But Shen Fang guessed that he should be afraid that he would be low-level in the nursing home and be uncomfortable staying there.After all, in the three-acre land of Yanying Film Factory, no matter who is retired or not, when they meet each other, they must greet each other with "Hello, old leader!"

When Shen Fang came home, grandpa and grandma were tasting tea under the tree in the yard. When they first saw Shen Fang, the two old people were a little stunned. Before Shen Fang came back, they didn't say hello to them. The two suddenly fell into a dream.

The old man is obviously much older than before, with a few more age spots on the corners of his eyes and forehead. His hair was only gray before, but now it is all white, but it is still neatly combed.

In Shen Fang's impression, grandma Yang Xiuzhen hasn't changed much from five years ago, except for the addition of a pair of reading glasses on the bridge of her nose. As a Beijing rhyme drum performing artist with more than 40 years of experience, the old lady's body is still as tough as before.

The old lady came back to her senses first, stood up with the coffee table, and put her hand on the reading glasses on the bridge of her nose: "Yezi, is Yezi back?" Although she has changed her name for many years, the family still used to call herself nickname.

Shen Fang hurriedly put down his luggage, stepped forward to support the old lady, and said respectfully to the two: "Grandpa, grandma, I am the one who is back."

The old man glanced at Shen Fang, put down the newspaper in his hand, and let out a heavy "hum" to express his dissatisfaction.Just as the old man was about to speak, the old lady stretched out her hand and said, "I'm back, it's good to be back, you've been suffering outside these few years."

"What is he suffering! I think it's right to be happy outside. Back then, he left without saying a word. If the girl from the Shen family hadn't told us, we wouldn't have known even if he died outside." The old man was obviously angry, and said A little rushed.

"Grandpa, drink a cup of tea to calm down. I was young back then. I went out to see more while I was young. Didn't you teach me that traveling thousands of miles is worse than reading thousands of books when I was young?" Shen Fang hurriedly poured a cup of tea for the old man put it in front of him.

"I also taught you that 'parents are not traveling far', why didn't you listen to it. If you don't do the job that was arranged for you, you insisted on running away from home, and you said, 'The world is so big, I want to see it', why don't you Not to heaven."

"Grandpa, isn't this the immature manned technology of the Shenzhou spacecraft, or I will think about it."

"You..." The old man laughed angrily, but he was also relieved that the grandson who used to be taciturn would now be poor. It seems that he has really cheered up a lot after being outside for a few years.

"Why are you so poor now?" The old lady was afraid that the two of them would get angry again, and smoothed things over: "This time, come back and not leave."

"Well, I'm not leaving, I'm going to do something in Yanjing." Shen Fang responded.

Although the old man loves Shen Fang very much, Shen Fang and the old man just don't get along, so this can be regarded as a generation gap.When the old man just retired five years ago, he had a very tough temper. Coupled with retirement syndrome, it was very unpleasant to see Shen Fang who was wandering around all day.He reprimanded Shen Fang twice in three days, thinking that he was not doing his job properly.If he had followed the old man's wishes when he graduated, he would have assigned Shen Fang to a certain ministry of the country, and then he would become a glorious civil servant, and be a grassroots worker who ate and drank like his cousin Jin Can. It is estimated that in ten or twenty years, depending on the qualifications, they may be able to become a department-level cadre.

So after Shen Fang graduated from the Huaxia Conservatory of Music, he didn't say hello to the old man, but left a note to his cousin, and took a trip with his passport.First, he applied in Xiangjiang to become a handyman in the catering and beverage department of the "Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas". After drifting with the cruise ship for a year, he began to wander around.In the past few years, we have basically traveled all over Europe and the United States.After running for five years, he finally felt a little homesick. Some time ago, he learned that Grandma Yang, the nanny who had watched him grow up, had cancer. Shen Fang dealt with his overseas business and came back.

"Xiaoye, should you stay at home tonight?" Shen Fang received a call from his cousin Shen Hui at almost four o'clock in the afternoon, dragging the suitcase and preparing to go out, grandma hurriedly chased after seeing it and asked.

"Why do you keep him? Let him go wherever he wants, and now his wings have become harder after flying for a few years." The old man scolded in the living room.

Shen Fang looked at the expectant expression of the old lady, hesitantly murmured and murmured twice and then said: "I still can't, I'm staying at my cousin's place today, she asked me to have dinner tonight I catch the wind."

"Oh, remember to come back for dinner during the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days. Your uncle and your father will come over then. Our family hasn't had a reunion dinner together for several years." The clenched hand of Shen Fang did not let go, and his slightly cloudy eyes stared at Shen Fang, as if he would not let go unless he agreed.

"Okay, then I'll come to accompany you two for the holidays, forget about the rest, I don't want to see him." Shen Fang turned around and left after speaking.

It was past four o'clock when I came out of my grandfather's house. It was close to the time to get off work on Friday afternoon, and the number of vehicles on the road began to gradually increase.

Standing at the gate of the community, Shen Fang rubbed the red mark on his left wrist that was caught by the old lady with his right hand, waited for a while before he stopped the taxi, looked at the address sent by Shen Hui on the phone and said to the taxi driver: "Master, Zijin Villa, east gate."

"Okay, sit down, here you go! Seeing that you are dragging a piece of luggage, you must not be a local. Zijin Mountain Villa is a good place, all of which are single-family villas, and the entrance control of the community is very strict. Our taxis never No entry... By the way, I heard that Zhang Guoli who plays Kangxi lives there, do you know him..." The taxi driver in Yanjing is still as poor as before, but Shen Fang doesn't have much desire to talk about the mountains , and after a few casual answers, he leaned against the back seat and squinted.

A heavy rain in the afternoon caused the sweltering heat caused by the autumn tigers that had been there for many days. It was the white dew season, and the coolness brought by the autumn rain reminded the people of Yanjing City that autumn was really coming.People who had just fled from the heavy rain appeared on the street one after another, calling for friends to spend this lonely weekend.

The master saw that Shen Fang had no desire to chat, so he stopped talking.In the quiet taxi where only the car radio makes its own voice:
"It's 4:50 p.m., I'm DJ Xu Fei, this is 'Urban Music', and the last song of this time slot is "Long Time No See" by Eason.

In less than a month, Eason will hold a solo concert in Gongti. Those who have not bought tickets should hurry up...

Thank you listeners and friends for your company for two hours. This program is over here. See you next Monday afternoon from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-].

Dear listeners, get off work soon, and the evening rush hour is coming!The next time slot is the program "Traffic Jams, No Mind Jams" brought to you by Wang Ke and Peng Xiao. "

"I came to your city
walk the way you came

Imagine the days without me

how lonely are you

take the photo you gave

the familiar street
just lost your picture
……

just say a word to you

long time no see
......"

Listening to Eason's singing "Long Time No See" coming from the worn-out speakers of the taxi, Shen Fang leaned his head on the back seat.The various signboards on the street and the glass curtain walls of the shopping malls reflected all kinds of dazzling light in the setting sun, which reflected in his eyes and made him shed tears. He squinted and looked at the bustling crowd outside the window, vaguely familiar with the city, Tears streamed down my face in a blink of an eye, and I couldn't help but murmured: Long time no see.

PS. "Long Time No See" Original Singer: Eason Chan Lyricist: Shi Li, Composer: Chen Xiaoxia

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