We are all the same in the pursuit of our dreams

Chapter 10 The best relationship is to grow together (3)
Hearing Hanyi say that he was under a lot of pressure at that time, I remembered that Bob told me about the interesting story about brother Ma's work-study program.During a certain summer vacation, Xiao Ma was in charge of looking after the dormitory, which coincidentally happened to be the floor where he lived.At noon in summer, he put the bench towards the door of the dormitory, and then lay down to take a nap, with his head in the aisle and his feet in the dormitory. This was work.At five o'clock in the evening, he put the stool away in the dormitory and continued to sleep. This is the end of get off work.

I listened to it as a joke at the time, but now listening to Hanyi's tone, I vaguely feel that there is more bitterness behind the fun.

Hanyi continued: "Sister, do you know? Brother Xiaoma was poor at that time, and he even went to work on construction sites when he was in school. When the sun was hot, he was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and moving bricks under the sun. It was almost too hot. Heatstroke! He finished college with student loans and part-time jobs, it’s not easy!"

"It's not easy." I sighed in my heart.Because I also finished college on my own, I can understand the difficulty of brother Ma, and I can also understand what it is like to be poor.

"Xiao Ma's ex-girlfriend broke up with him because he thought he was too poor."

"Did you mean Huahua?" I was slightly shocked.

She nodded.

I always thought that the reason why Xiao Ma broke up with Huahua was due to the rule of "break up as soon as you graduate".

Getting to know Huahua is also through dinner.On December 12 of a certain year, BOB invited me to a dinner in their dormitory, saying that it would be more lively for the big guys to celebrate the New Year together.I'm a little hesitant, it's not good for me to have dinner with you guys, right? BOB said: so what?Today, Boss Yao said that we must bring our families with us. This is the last New Year we spend in college, and we must have a happy reunion.

I couldn't beat him, so I went to the appointment.The place for dinner is a hot pot restaurant outside the west gate of the school. The store is decorated with red lanterns, which has a strong New Year flavor.I met Huahua at this dinner party. She has long flowing hair, delicate features, small and exquisite, with the fresh and elegant temperament unique to girls from the south of the Yangtze River.She leaned against Xiao Ma brother in a loving manner, with a happy expression on her face.

During the banquet, the boys played a boxing game, and the single boys booed and said: "The husband loses and the wife drinks!" At that time, I still felt shy when I heard words like husband and wife, and our family members almost blushed.Huahua's skin was pale, and her face looked redder.In order to liven up the atmosphere and save face for the boys, I also drank two glasses of beer myself.When it was Xiaoma's turn to lose Huahua's drink, she pushed and said: "I don't know how to drink." The boys were still booing, but Xiaoma took Huahua's wine glass very simply and said: "She is allergic to alcohol, I don't know how to drink." Drink it for her." After finishing speaking, he drank it all down, and some people present said that he was "a strict wife", and some applauded him, calling him a peerless husband.

After dinner, Boss Yao proposed to go to KTV to sing, and everyone applauded.When we are young, we have unlimited energy to squander. When we catch up with important moments like New Year's Eve, we can't wait to have a carnival together all night.

I can't remember what other people sang, and I don't even remember what I sang at the time.But I still have a deep impression on Huahua's song.

She sang "The Most Romantic Thing". At first, she kept looking at the screen. When she sang "The most romantic thing I can think of is to grow old with you", she turned her eyes to the little brother on the sofa. , the affection in the eyes could not be concealed.Perhaps because of the infection in her eyes, Brother Xiaoma couldn't help but stepped forward, picked up the microphone and sang together with Huahua.Although Xiao Ma is tone deaf, his singing voice is not pleasant, and his Mandarin is not even standard, but this song is the most memorable male and female chorus.

Time flies, and now the girl who is by Ma's side is no longer Huahua.If one day they meet again, if you choose a chorus song, probably only Pinguan's "I'm Sad and Can't Grow Old with You" is more suitable: "If you have ever been, you must be satisfied. If you want to be truly blessed. I am just sad and cannot accompany you. You grow old together, and I will never have the chance to see your smile again..."

It's not without regret that two people who were so in love couldn't be together in the end.

I still remember the winter vacation in the year that Brother Ma graduated. Huahua and I took the same train. I went back to my hometown, and she went to see Brother Ma in Nanjing.When we were chatting on the road, she said that Brother Ma accompanied her to self-study, took her around the campus on a bicycle, and the two of them ate the same bowl of noodles. She would never forget these scenes in her life. This is the warmest memory in her life .The campus romance is almost similar, the same picture I have with BOB.So I empathize with what she said.We also talked about the future, no matter which city we live in in the future, there must be someone we love in that city.

In the end, I persevered, but Huahua gave up on this campus love.

There is never right or wrong in love, persistence or giving up, the key is whether you love that person deeply enough, and whether you have enough courage to tide over the difficulties with him who is poor.Poverty is temporary, but happiness is for a lifetime.

Before leaving the hotel, Hanyi and I went to the bathroom together, and she said to me a little embarrassedly: "Sister, I ask you a question, don't laugh at me!" She hesitated to speak.

"Speak, I promise not to laugh at you." I said.

She summoned up her courage and said, "I accidentally discovered that Xiao Ma still often visits Huahua's QQ space. I saw him leave a message below, saying that he misses those days when he and her were on campus. Sister, tell me, Xiao Ma Is Huahua the person I love the most? Otherwise, why does he never forget her?"

"Actually, what he never forgets is not Huahua, but his youth. Youth is a time that cannot be returned, and the time that cannot be returned is always the best time." I said in the tone of someone who has experienced it.

Once upon a time, BOB's photo album kept the photos of the girl he had a crush on in middle school, and I was jealous of it.Now I'm relieved.I can't help but think back to the boy I once liked, and I also miss the days I spent with that boy.

In fact, we can't forget someone in our youth, just because we can't forget ourselves in the best time.

Han Yi half understood, sighed and said: "It would be great if I met him earlier."

"But you have him now. Huahua only walked with Brother Xiaoma for two years, but you walked with him for 11 years. You don't need to compete with the people in your memories. What you have is Brother Xiaoma's life .”

Hanyi finally smiled contentedly, "Yeah, I just need to know that the person he loves now is me, and I am very happy now, that's enough."

There is one person who accompanies you on the road of youth, and another person who accompanies you for the rest of your life.

We can't forget that person in our youth, often not because of how good he (she) is, but because the time he (she) walked with us was too touching.That is the time of youth that can never go back, and he (she) is the label that will always remember our youth.

Loving you is my life's dream
When you fall in love with someone deeply, Ta will become your belief, and sometimes, in order to fulfill Ta's dream, you will temporarily make concessions to your career.Seeing Ta getting closer and closer to your dream, you will feel gratified from the bottom of your heart, as if your dream has come true.In this life, Ta is your whole world, loving Ta is your dream.

I met Lao Zhang at a dinner, where he attended as a family member of his friend Wanzimo.During the dinner, because of the topic of "foodie", Lao Zhang and I seemed to have found a confidant.

At that time, when the golden autumn hairy crabs were plump, I saw the steamed hairy crabs on the menu, and my eyes immediately lit up, but because I had to start with two and the price was high, I hesitated to ask other people here: "Do you have any of them?" Do you like to eat hairy crabs?"

Several friends reunited after a long absence, had a happy chat, but no one answered.When I was wondering whether to bid farewell to the hairy crabs, Wanzimo pointed to Lao Zhang who was sitting next to her: "He likes to eat hairy crabs."

Lao Zhang, who has been silent as an accompanying guest, said: "You can order it if you like it. I bought two big boxes at home, and I finish two every day. There are eight more waiting for me to solve!"

Since the host's husband had spoken, I immediately ordered the hairy crabs without hesitation.It's just... wait a minute, just now he said he bought two big boxes of crabs?Eight left?His hamster-like foodie style is as good as mine!

So we two started to exchange ideas: I said I like to eat a certain brand of chopped pepper chicken feet and bought [-] bags to put at home, and finally I couldn’t finish it so I had to give it away; he said he likes to drink a certain beer and bought two boxes to put at home They all drank it as water.I said that I like to eat nuts from a certain chain store, so I signed up a membership card and stocked up on some nuts, but it expired before I finished eating them; Many fruits have changed from small fresh meat to dried fruit.I said that I like to eat dried tofu. I bought all kinds of dried tofu from Taobao, and the whole family ate it every day for three months; I bought a box of each brand, and now I am afraid to see coconut flakes...

The two of us were chatting in full swing, when Wanzimo interrupted, "I'm afraid of coconut flakes, okay? Tell me, how many hobbies have you killed?"

It turns out that Lao Zhang's advantage lies in discovering the various needs of Wanzimo. He will always have an insight into what Wanzimo likes to eat at the first time, and then stock up box by box until Wanzimo gets tired of eating.

Several of us here sighed: "Old Mo, Lao Zhang is a sign of love for you, so that you can eat whatever you want. Don't be in the midst of blessings and not know your blessings!"

"Where? Don't say that when you are deprived of even the right to go to the supermarket. Sometimes I want to go shopping, and Lao Zhang and I sit down and discuss for a long time what to buy, and then find that, There is no need to buy anything. All my potential hobbies have been discovered by him, and now I basically have no desires." Wanzimo sighed after finishing speaking.

Having said that, I can still see the happiness on Marukomo's face.

Wanzimo and Lao Zhang are the most couple I have ever seen.Maruko Mo's hairstyle resembles Chibi Maruko, with a round face, which is "cute" in the popular saying now, and Lao Zhang is also cute.I thought to myself, the life of these two cute people should be cute together.So, I couldn't help but have a strong interest in their love story.

Lao Zhang said that if his love with Wanzimo can be summed up in one sentence, it would be "a scumbag who has been secretly in love with a bully for eight years, reunited after a long absence and finally married".And he is that scumbag.

They are high school classmates.At that time, Maruko Mo was the class monitor, and he always took the No. 1 exam. He was cute and had a good personality, so he was very popular with teachers and classmates.

Xueba Wanzimo is not a nerd who immerses herself in her studies, she knows how to combine work with rest, and is even as playful as the scumbag old Zhang.Because of the commonality of love to play, Wanzimo and Lao Zhang became buddies, and they often took a few classmates together to form a group to go out to play.

Every day after school, a few of them met at the home of one of their classmates to play poker, watch videos, sing karaoke... almost played all the entertainment items that could be played at home at that time.

Every holiday, they often go out at six o'clock in the morning, tell their parents that they are going out for morning exercises, and then exaggerately keep doing morning exercises until eleven o'clock in the evening before returning home.The morning exercise was just a pretense, they actually went outing or having a barbecue in the suburbs.

Once they made an appointment to meet at Lao Zhang's house at one o'clock in the afternoon, and then went out to play together.As a result, the weather was not good that day, and it was completely dark at noon, and a storm was coming.At that time, mobile phones were not yet popular, Lao Zhang thought to himself, everyone probably wouldn't come, right?As a result, when the appointed time came, all the friends came.

Maybe it was a whim, or it was youthful and frivolous, when someone suggested "it's better to go to the cross-river bridge to watch the lightning during the heavy rain", all votes passed.A group of seven people did not hold an umbrella, braved the pouring rain, and marched towards the cross-river bridge in a mighty way.

The torrential rain poured down, the thunder and lightning flashed, and there was steam between the sky and the earth.Several teenagers aged seventeen or eighteen stood shoulder to shoulder in the middle of the majestic bridge across the river, drenched in the heaviest rain in their life, looking up at the dense grid above their heads, feeling uncontrollable excitement and excitement in their hearts.

When they were excited, a bolt of lightning suddenly hit the window of a house on the shore, sending out dazzling sparks.They just looked at each other, and none of them said that they should run away, but they still smiled, shouted, and looked at the lightning in the sky without fear.

Everyone's clothes were soaked by the rain, and their hair was wet against their cheeks, but no one paid attention to whether they would catch a cold, and only felt a kind of enjoyment of releasing their instincts.Stay away from the exhortations of parents and teachers about studying for exams, feel the charm of nature wholeheartedly, and enjoy the willful youth with courage and devotion.When you are young, you should always have blood once, so that your youth is not wasted.

Nine Knives said: "Youth is a heavy rain. Even if you catch a cold, you still look forward to showering it again." At that time, what Lao Zhang and the others thought in their hearts was: youth is only once, so why not indulge once?

Because they often played together, Lao Zhang and Wan Zimo established a deep revolutionary friendship.Just playing around, Lao Zhang's grades plummeted, from the top ten in the school to a scumbag, and Wan Zimo no matter how he played, he was firmly seated at the top of the grade.Lao Zhang sighed secretly: People are different!Some people can afford it, some can't.

With the decline in grades, a seed of love called Xindong quietly sprouted in Lao Zhang's heart.It wasn't until graduating from high school that he and Wanzimo couldn't face each other day and night that he realized that his feelings for her were not just a simple friendship, he seemed to have fallen in love with her.If you can't see her, you will start to miss her, and every picture of them getting along will echo in your mind.He felt inexplicably lost when he thought of her being admitted to Peking University while he was staying at a certain university in this province.

When I was in college, because the two were far apart, there was less contact.Even if he doesn't communicate often, he always puts her in the most important position in his heart.Just thinking of her makes my heart soft and beautiful.

In the next few years, they basically lost contact. Only every year during the Spring Festival, when the New Year's bell rang, he would send her the first blessing text message on time.The content he sent seemed ordinary, no different from ordinary Spring Festival greeting text messages.But every time he posted, he kept to the zero o'clock, and he was doing it very carefully.He is a crush, and he was very attentive and careful when texting her, for fear of disturbing her by revealing words that he liked her, so as to avoid an embarrassing relationship between them and alienation.

Perhaps it was because Wanzimo received too many text messages during the Chinese New Year, and Lao Zhang's text messages were drowned out, and she never replied to him.Later, she said that she had actually noticed Lao Zhang’s New Year’s Eve text messages, but felt a little ridiculous, and thought to herself: What era is it, why are there still people so old-fashioned?
Except that when Lao Zhang met with his former friends during the summer vacation of his freshman year, he met Marukomo by the way, and it has been five years since he met her again.

At that time, Lao Zhang was on a business trip to K City on the orders of his boss, but unexpectedly met Wanzimo during a dinner.The moment he saw her, he thought it was incredible.

He and she were the closest playmates in high school, after that he had a crush on her, she didn't know.They had almost no contact during the five years they were separated, and they met again at a workplace.How amazing is fate!
He stared at her for a long time: she has not changed, she is still the cutest, kindest, and smartest girl, she is still the girl who accompanied him through the whole high school, she is still the girl who can make him fall in love with just a smile A girl who dances with her heart.

Looking at her, he can't help but think of those youthful past, and the youthful thoughts of having a crush on her.

As buddies who trust each other, he and her have gone through the best years of youth together.They used to hang out with a group of playmates in high school, and there were only a handful of moments when they were alone together, the only two being him walking her home to help her keep the dog out, and him accompanying her to the video store to buy tapes.

Even so, she is still the most special playmate to him.

(End of this chapter)