Flowers and dances

Chapter 2

Han Chuwu stood under the dim streetlight, and her figure was reflected in it, stretching long.Looking at the time, I don't know how Sun Xiaoran is doing so late.A phone call passed, and after a long time, it was finally answered, and a slightly magnetic voice sounded.

"First dance?" A man's voice came softly.

Han Chuwu was slightly startled, lowered her head, kicked the stones under her feet, and asked softly, "Feiran, how is Xiaoran?"

Sun Feiran smiled helplessly, "Acute gastritis, I'm still on the water, the doctor said it's nothing serious."

It is probably because I ate hot pot and ice cream at noon. How can my stomach, which is cold and hot in winter, bear it.

When Han Chuwu heard Sun Xiaoran humming over there, she sighed because she was a delicate girl, and she was relieved to have her brother by her side, "That's fine, I'll go see her tomorrow."

"Chuwu—" Sun Feiran paused.

"kindness?"

"Be careful on the road."

She responded dumbly.

After hanging up the phone, Han Chuwu rubbed her hands. The winter in N City was cold and wet. She was wearing a knee-length down jacket and was tightly wrapped. The temperature is now several degrees below zero, and she still feels the air-conditioning on her body. Running around, trembling badly.After taking a breath, it immediately condensed into a cloud of white mist.

Fortunately, the last bus came soon.

During the New Year's Day holiday, the whole dormitory building was much cooler than usual.Back in the dormitory, the room was dark.Her roommates have already planned to go to Wuzhen on New Year's Day, the last New Year's Day of her senior year. After that, everyone still doesn't know where they will go?Han Chuwu didn't go with her. Sun Xiaoran had agreed with her a week ago to take her to the military region's cultural performance.

At that time, when Sun Xiaoran came to the school to look for her, she was doing a postgraduate entrance exam in the library. Sun Xiaoran was thinking about who was going, and they were all important figures in the army and the famous singers from the front-line song and dance troupe of the political department of the army in N city. Turning the pages of the book, the sunlight came in through the glass, she listened in a trance, and the soft rustling sound of the pen scratching casually seemed to be scratching at the tip of her heart, and finally she nodded in agreement.

Chu Wu is a student of the dance department, but this year she applied for the postgraduate entrance examination for education.After hearing the news, many people widened their eyes in amazement, their expressions were incredulous, and even their head teachers called her to have a talk, but after talking for a long time, it still didn't change her ambition, the head teacher could only sigh a long time Let me tell you, this is her favorite student. She won the professional group championship of the National Dance Competition when she was a freshman. It is foreseeable that she will become a star in the dance world in the near future.

After simply washing up, Chu Wu climbed onto the bed, her body was obviously tired and weak, but her spirit became more and more clear.The quietness of the room, listening to the ticking of the clock, without the timid whispers of the past, I am not used to it.In a daze, she had that dream again.

In the dream, the white light was blazing, the beautiful woman held her hand, and the two danced lightly.Real, but in a trance.

In the quiet night, few people come out when the weather is cold, and the traffic is rare and smooth.The off-road vehicle was speeding on the road, the windows were wide open, and the cold wind blew in, hitting his tough and sharp side face, those deep eyes looked ahead, getting deeper and deeper, and his hands were tightly clenched The steering wheel, with no expression on his face, was just suffering from the cold wind to his heart's content.

He galloped all the way to the compound of the military region, where the sentinel wearing a thick military coat stood resolutely, saluted him from a distance, and quickly let him go.

When he got home, his mother, Chen Luxia, was sitting in the living room. As soon as she heard the door open, she turned her head and said with joy, "Hao Ze, you're back."

"Mom." He called out lightly.

"Your dad isn't with you?" Chen Luxia said so, knowing in her heart that the two of them would never come back together, she said gently on the face, "Your dad said in the morning that you would be back today."

Xi Haoze leaned back on the sofa, raised his hand to cover his forehead, and thought carefully that he had gone to City C to participate in military exercises and hadn't returned for more than three months.

Chen Luxia looked at her son's tired face, felt a little distressed in her heart, and hurriedly got up, "Mother Zhang made some soup, I'll get you a bowl."

Xi Haoze waved his hand, "Mom, no need. I'll go upstairs to rest first."

Chen Luxia stood there in a daze, and sighed deeply.This soup was specially made for him.

Xi Haoze pushed open the bedroom door, and turned on the light with a snap. The crystal chandelier gave off a yellowish light. He slowly looked around the room, with black as the main tone, solemn and depressing.The huge room was neat and tidy, but there was no anger at all.

Take off the coat and put it neatly aside.

Frowning lightly, he lay on his back on the big soft bed. In the army, he slept on a hard plank bed. Now he felt a little uncomfortable. He folded his hands behind his head and slowly closed his eyes.The picture of memory is like running water, flowing slowly, the past is still fresh, six years have passed like this in the blink of a finger, I didn't expect it to be lifted suddenly tonight.He hooked the corners of his mouth, with a hint of sarcasm.

He tilted his head slightly, stretched his long arms, opened the bedside table, took out a photo frame, looked at it for a while under the cool light, his eyes were soft, his slender eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly, again Put it in and snap the drawer shut.

Lie down again, put your right hand down on your heart, feel the beating rhythm of the heart bar, once and for all.

This night, messed up.

After ten o'clock, Xi Zhenghong came back, took off his hat, and Chen Luxia took it.

While unbuttoning, he asked, "Back?"

Chen Luxia glared at him, then glanced upstairs, "In the room."

The Xi family has been in the army for three generations since Xi Haoze's grandfather. Mr. Xi participated in the Long March, the War of Liberation, and later the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. The old man stepped out of the battlefield step by step and later became the commander of a certain field army.Mr. Xi is a strong man, and he has emphasized the protection of his family and the country all his life. Most of his children have joined the army or held important positions in the government.The second eldest in Xi Zhenghong's family, he was born in the field army, the chief of staff of the N military region, and the rank of lieutenant general.

He has two sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Xi Haoyang, is a diplomat. The second son, Xi Haoze, is currently the deputy head of a certain army group army with the rank of lieutenant colonel. The youngest daughter works in a front-line art troupe.

Xi Zhenghong got up early in the morning the next day. The habit he had developed in the army for decades was unshakable, and he got up at the same time every day.He will go out in a while, and today he will go to the troops below to condolences.

Xi Haoze also woke up early, and when he went downstairs, he saw Xi Zhenghong sitting at the dining table, flipping through the newspaper.

"dad."

Xi Zhenghong moved slightly, put down the newspaper, looked up at his son, and said in a confident voice, "I heard from Chief of Staff Ye that the field exercise in Pingshan was good this time."

Xi Haoze sat down and replied, "The terrain of Pingshan is very suitable for military exercises, and the attack range is within the calculated range. This test exercise can be regarded as a perfect completion of the task."

Xi Zhenghong nodded, stood up, straightened his military uniform, and said flatly, "We must do our best to complete the affairs of the army, but we must also pay close attention to personal affairs. Those who want to govern their country must first organize their families." After finishing speaking, Xi Zhenghong walked out with vigorous steps.

Xi Haoze frowned.

Chen Luxia brought millet porridge and eggs, Xi Zhenghong's words could be said to be in her heart.In the past few years, her son has been away all year round. As a mother, she wants to say something, and sometimes it is difficult to say it.

It happened that the nanny also carried Niuniu down.Niu Niu is Xi Haoyang's daughter. This little girl has been living at her grandmother's house in City B. His elder brother and sister-in-law are busy with work all year round, and they spend less time with their daughter.This time, taking advantage of New Year's Day, Xi's mother also missed her granddaughter, so she took her over.

"Niuniu, don't you know little uncle?"

Niu Niu hadn't seen Xi Haoze for more than half a year, she stared at Xi Haoze with her round eyes, a little strange.

"Come on, Niuniu, uncle hug."

Niuniu rubbed against him with her short legs, Xi Haoze stretched out his hands to hug her, took the small spoon, and fed her carefully.Mother Xi stood watching, her face paused, thoughtful.

In the morning, I played with Niu Niu for a while. Niu Niu sat on the thick carpet, changing clothes for the doll in his hand, while he sat and read a book.

"Uncle, do you think the doll dances well?"

He turned his head, looked at the doll in Niuniu's hand, and was in a daze, as if recalling the past.

Xi Haoze came back to his senses, looked over, his eyes softened, he raised his hand to stroke her soft soft hair, "Very beautiful."

"The doll is dancing ballet. Here are her clothes and beautiful dancing shoes." Niu Niu said with a smile, and she was having a good time entertaining herself.After a while, it suddenly fell silent, pouted, "But grandma won't let me go dancing."

Xi Haoze was startled by the movements of his hands, Niu Niu looked at her uncle's face darkened, and became even more disappointed, "Uncle, Niu Niu wants to dance." Her voice was small, full of anticipation.

Xi Haoze came back to his senses, quickly closed the book in his hand, and picked her up, "Niuniu, why do you want to dance?"

"You can wear a beautiful dress, just like a white swan."

Xi Haoze smiled slightly, and suddenly thought of something, "But dancing is very hard, and your feet will hurt."

"Uncle——" Niu Niu was looking at him with her eyes open, "Grandpa taught Niu Niu to be a master when it comes to suffering."

Xi Haoze burst into a smile, just as Xi's mother came in.Niuniu slid down and ran over quickly, hugging her thigh. "Grandma, I want to learn to dance."

A flash of panic flashed across Xi Mu's face, her brows frowned slightly, she glanced at her son dryly, her throat seemed to be stuck in something, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, and then she smiled and said, "Niuniu, grandma will take you to learn draw."

"No, no, Niuniu is going to learn to dance." The little girl said while twisting her waist, tears welled up in her round eyes.

"Be obedient, grandma will make plum cake for you later."

"Grandma, then I don't eat plum cakes, I want to learn to dance. Many children in our class can dance ballet, but Niuniu can't."

Chen Luxia's complexion was not good-looking, and the atmosphere was stagnant for a while.

"Mom, let Niuniu learn, it's also good for her body shape." Xi Haoze calmly looked down, and said lightly, and walked out the door.Seeing his straight back, Xi Mu's face became even more ugly.

When Niuniu heard it, her uncle asked her to learn to dance, and held Chen Luxia's arm expectantly. Chen Luxia's heart sank, and she still looked at her granddaughter lovingly, "Okay, Niuniu can learn if she wants to. If you feel tired and cry, grandma can I don’t agree.” With a forced smile, she tapped her little nose, making Niuniu giggle.

(End of this chapter)