Night Talk

The movie ended and everyone returned to their dormitories.

It was still early at this time, and the atmosphere in the dormitory building was also very active. From time to time, I could hear a few loud words of "Broader Ocean and Sky".

Lu You rolled up his trouser legs, humming a song and washing clothes on the balcony. Meng Yi was making instant noodles for a midnight snack next to him. Everyone in the dormitory stipulates that eating instant noodles and other flavorful food must be eaten on the balcony or outside the dormitory.

"Lu You, are there any rules about what songs to sing on Friday night?"

Lu You scrubbed the military training uniform vigorously and said casually: "There are no rules, but it is best to be positive and less romantic."

"Have you decided what to sing?"

"If there are no accidents, it will be "The plum fragrance is as good as before" and "As I wish"."

"How about a few words?"

"I don't want it. I practiced several times today and even sang to you alone." Lu You ignored him.

"You can sing it for us in the dormitory first. Maybe we can give you some advice." Meng Yi refused.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow." Lu You poured out the dirty water in the bucket and turned on the faucet. "Bending down to wash clothes is bad luck, and it's night. If I scream again, I'm afraid I'll be marked down by the blue clothes."

"By the way, I heard that I will leave the base tomorrow afternoon to help the village outside."

"What kind of work are you doing? Cutting crops?" Lu You asked curiously.

"Who is cutting the crops now? It's not time yet. If it comes time to cut the crops, I will have to ask for leave to go back and help. How can I come to the military training?"

"Is your family engaged in farming?"

Meng Yi shook his head, "No, I live with my grandparents. We farm several acres of land at home."

"My parents are going out to work?"

"Well, come back once a month or for a long vacation."

Lu You felt the same way. His previous life was almost the same, with his parents not around, but he went out to study early by himself.

"Do you miss them?"

Meng Yi scratched his head and said, "I have never thought about this problem. Although they are not with me, my grandparents at home and the people in the same village are very good to me. Maybe they are used to it?"

"How do you say it?" Lu You looked at Meng Yi and waited for his answer with a smile.

"It's a bit hard to talk about." Meng Yi said with a little embarrassment in his tone, "Maybe it's different from many people. For me, parents may be just two code names. It's the elementary school teacher next door who tells me how to behave. My grandparents hold parent-teacher conferences, and my friends from the same village play with me."

"Don't you envy other people who have their parents by their side?"

"No." Meng Yi said calmly, "Others have it, and so do I. How can I be envious?"

"I thought you were similar to the left-behind children on TV."

"How is that possible?" Meng Yi looked at Lu You with the look of a fool, "I don't live in the mountains. My material and spiritual life are very sufficient, and I don't lack love."

"Then do you want them to stay with you when they come back?"

"Forget it, just come back once a month. If I don't leave, I'm afraid of financial problems at home." Meng Yi said carelessly.

"We are still different." Lu You lowered his head and muttered to himself.

"Huh? What did you say?"

"No." Lu You raised his head and smiled, "Is your face healed? It will get lumpy if you soak it again."

"I almost forgot if you didn't tell me." Meng Yi quickly opened the lid of the lunch box.

…

Girls dormitory.

Logan was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling blankly, and giggling from time to time.

Xu Nian, who was chatting with others on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, so he picked up a pillow and threw it over. Their dormitory is on the fifth floor, so they are not afraid of mosquitoes, and they want to save time in the morning, so they simply don't hang mosquito nets.

The pillow was accurately guided and hit Logan's face. She sat up and threw the pillow back. He said unhappily: "What to do?"

"Stop smiling, it sounds scary."

Logan reached out and rubbed his cheek, "Is it so obvious?"

"We all heard it." Several girls said in unison.

Logan became serious and said seriously: "You are having auditory hallucinations. I heard that people were buried here before. It is very possible that you have seen ghosts."

"Under the red flag, where are the monsters and demons?" Xu Nian retorted grandly.

Logan was speechless and lay on the bed again, putting on a blindfold, "I'm sleepy, let's go to bed first."

After Xu Nian finished talking to others, he lowered his head and came to Tang Wan's side.

"Tell me, what did you talk about while watching the movie?"

Logan:...

"Don't pretend to be dead, I know you're not sleeping."

Logan slowly took off his blindfold, thinking about the conversation between the two while watching the movie, and smiled unconsciously.

Xu Nian reached out and pinched Tang Wan's face, and said anxiously: "Stop laughing, tell me quickly!"

"I said, I said! Let go! It's going to turn red." Logan pushed her hand away and rubbed the area where it had been pinched.

"He told me that he knew I was on my period, and he asked you to give me ibuprofen and brown sugar ginger tea."

"He said it? Then I don't have to hold it in anymore." Xu Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

Logan changed his position and lay on the bed, "Hey, Nian Nian, how could he, a freshman in high school, know this?"

"You think so too? When I asked him how he knew this and how he was so proficient, he just replied that he wanted to do this, and then stopped. Have you asked him?"

Logan tilted his head, thought about it a little, shook his head and said, "I didn't ask, but I did ask him why he brought these things. He said the medicine was given by his mother and the brown sugar ginger tea was given by his roommate."

"Wanwan, do you think... is he casting a net?" Xu Nian asked this question tentatively.

"I also asked him if he had a girlfriend, and he said that the first time he touched a girl's hand was mine."

"Fuck!" Xu Nian straightened up suddenly and exclaimed, "Hold hands so soon?"

"Well, what are you holding hands with? Is there any gossip?" The girls around them suddenly turned their attention to Xu Nian and Tang Wan.

Tang Wan also quickly got up, put on a standard smile, and said, "It's nothing, it's just a bad drama, let's complain about it." After saying that, he pressed Xu Nian's shoulders and the two of them lay on the bed again.

"Do you want us to die? So loud!" Logan was angry, anxious, and a little shy.

"Are you making progress so fast? We are all holding hands." Xu Nian looked shocked.

"No, there was an accident." Logan wanted to explain it away.

Xu Nian said in a serious tone: "Tell me more about the accident."

"Is this the point? The point is that he said he has never touched a girl before." Logan was furious.

"Exactly." Xu Nian curled his lips. Seeing that she didn't want to say anything, he stopped asking, "Do you believe what he said?"

"You can believe it first, and the follow-up remains to be seen."

"Ha!" Xu Nian couldn't help but sneer, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "Naive! Those who were not as handsome as him in our junior high school had countless girlfriends before they were in junior high school! I don't believe he doesn't have a girlfriend at his level. ."

"So what do you think of my level? Do I have a boyfriend?"

"Uh..." Xu Nian and Tang Wan have known each other for many years, so they naturally know everything about them.

Logan added: "You are beautiful too, what about you? You should just play games."

Xu Nian was even more speechless. She is just a homebody, playing games and watching TV dramas every day, and Logan is just as good at it.

"You can't judge a person's behavior by his appearance. Moreover, we are only in the first year of high school and have little experience. What he said should be credible."

"Okay." Xu Nian was persuaded by her, "But you have to be sensible and not fall in so quickly. Now you have to see clearly what kind of person he is before you can decide whether you can go further."

"What are you talking about?" Logan said reproachfully, "Our current task is to study hard, what's the next step? Do you still want to fall in love early?"

Xu Nian was speechless. You have finished talking about the good and the bad. What else can I say?

"I don't know who it is. I stare at boys all day long and get flustered by just one or two words."

"Who is it? I don't know? It's not me anyway." Logan said three times, then turned over and put on the eye mask, "Go to bed, good night."

"Hmph! I really don't believe it. If Lu You seriously pursues you, you can hold on." After Xu Nian finished speaking, he turned around and lay down.

Tang Wan closed her eyes and thought silently in her heart, I want to take the exam in Qingbei, I want to take the exam in Qingbei...

Boys dormitory.

At this time, the lights-out bell had already rang, and Lu You lay on his back on the bed in the dormitory, closing his eyes and preparing for sleep.

"Monitor, it's so hot. What should I do if I can't sleep?"

"Then don't sleep." Lu You responded calmly

"But I want to sleep."

"Then go to sleep."

"Can't you give me some constructive suggestions?"

"Already given."

"Would you like to come and chat? Tell us something interesting?"

Lu You opened his eyes helplessly, "If you don't sleep, there will be others who want to sleep. We'll talk about it tomorrow."

"I think the deputy monitor is really good-looking. His eyes are big and bright, he speaks nicely, and his figure looks pretty good."

"I think so!"

"Me too!"

"Heroes think alike."

Several voices sounded at once.

…

Blanch! You get up when you talk about girls, right?

Lu You had a few blue veins beating on his forehead.

"Squad leader, what do you think?" the first voice asked.

"What do you think? Sit and watch." Lu You responded angrily.

"Won't you get some ideas after working with her for a few days? And you're sitting behind her?"

Before Lu You could say anything, Meng Yi, who was under his bed, responded quietly: "How could he have thoughts about the deputy squad leader? He just sits in his seat and does test papers every day, or he just reads something in English."

"Are you working so hard as a freshman in high school?"

"That's for sure. His people are sitting in the second class. How can he do it without working hard?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the dormitory suddenly became gossipy.

"Huh? Tell me more about his person!"

"I also want to know!"

"Which one is it? Is it beautiful? How does it compare with the deputy squad leader?"

…

Lu You couldn't help it anymore, and his tone was a little serious: "That's enough, don't spread rumors and cause trouble, go to bed quickly, the instructor's punishment today is not tiring enough, right?"

Hearing that he was really angry, Meng Yi could only restrain himself and said perfunctorily: "Observe for yourselves, I'm afraid of being killed by the squad leader."

"Why do you only speak half of what you say? You speak completely. Why are you afraid of the monitor?"

"That's right, as long as we are here, he will never dare to touch you!"

"Say it!"

boom! boom! boom! There was a violent knock on the door.

"It's your dormitory again! I can hear your voices from across the street. We haven't trained enough today, and you don't want to sleep yet, right? Okay, everyone, come out now."

The people in the dormitory immediately stopped talking and pretended to sleep.

Seeing no response, the person outside the door said, "Do you think I'm joking? I'll give you three minutes in the dormitory, and gather at the streetlight downstairs. No one is missing!"

Five minutes later, the entire dormitory was wearing slippers and standing under the street lamp.

Meng Yi stood next to Lu You, stamping his feet from time to time, and complained softly: "There are really so many mosquitoes."

Lu You had the foresight to spray toilet water before going downstairs, so it wasn't a big problem. He glanced at Meng Yi and said, "I told you not to talk while sleeping, but you insist on saying it. Okay, now you feel comfortable being caught and fed to mosquitoes."

"I..." Meng Yi was about to defend, but was interrupted.

"You're still talking when you come here, aren't you? Are you so unafraid of death? Who was talking in the dormitory just now? Stand up now! You can point it out yourself."

No one moved.

"Oh, we are still very united. That means the whole dormitory is talking! Which company are you from? Who is the instructor?"

Still no one spoke.

"Are you mute now? Okay, just keep standing if you don't say anything!"

Lu You watched the instructor leave without caring at all. If you're punished by standing, you're punished by standing. It's not like you haven't been punished. Then he looked up at the dark night sky, silently lost in thought.