warm and deep

Chapter 113 Tenderness
In the faint setting sun, the green hills on both sides of the Ning River were covered with a dreamlike crimson gauze. Under this gauze, the tall trees looked like a slightly drunk man, showing pale red taut s face.Those green grasses were dyed dark purple to set off the red flowers. Of course, the red flowers were under the crimson tulle, like a bride to be married, her whole body must emit purple light.

These trees, grasses, and flowers are all reflected in the Ning River shrouded in the setting sun, turning the Ning River from emerald green into a purple river, and the boats on the river and the people on the boats are also beautiful. The purple landscape is gone.

When Guo Zisu came from the far side of the Ning River, she was holding a small light-colored umbrella, with her head slightly lowered, so that the umbrella almost covered her pretty face.Liang Shi who was sitting on the other side of the river still recognized her at a glance.I saw that she was wearing a moon-white slim-fitting blouse, and a wide cotton skirt that reached to her ankles. This kind of clothing made her look beautiful and elegant, and the open leather shoes with slightly heels made her walk brisk. .The skirt moved with the wind, and the beautiful figure moved slightly. Her long black hair was gathered behind her head, and then fell down naturally. A few strands floated to her chest, fluttering slightly in the wind.Liang Shi thought of Dai Wangshu's beautiful and mysterious girl with clove-like sorrow, and thought, after all, he is a literati, and he can see the sick beauty even when he looks at a beautiful woman.For a firework man like me, when he sees beautiful women, he always sees a graceful and lively youth.

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on his thin face that had not been shown for a long time.

When Guo Zisu walked to Liang Shi's table, Liang Shi was staring at the crimson water of the Ning River in a daze under the setting sun.

"Hi." Guo Zisu put away her umbrella, and sat down on the chair opposite Liang Shi, her pear dimples slightly exposed, and she smiled sweetly.

"Hi..." Liang Shi quickly turned around the moment her voice sounded, and unconsciously greeted her smile with a smile on his face.Seeing her pure white oval face, there was a thin layer of sweat beads.He tore off a few pieces of paper towels with one hand, handed them over, and said, "Wipe your sweat quickly."

Then he waved his hand and shouted: "Waiter, please have a glass of iced lemonade first." Then he asked the beautiful girl in front of him, "Do you want more ice?"

Guo Zisu said with a smile: "It's fine as usual. If I sit down and rest for a while, it won't be hot."

Liang Shi nodded, and said: "The temperature is dropping, and it will be as cool as water in a while." He took out a small and exquisite bottle of toilet water as if by magic, shook it, and put it in front of Guo Zisu, "You can spray some on your face first. on your legs, otherwise the mosquitoes will soon come to drink your blood with the night."

Guo Zisu couldn't help laughing, picked up the toilet water and sprayed it while saying, "It seems that you didn't get blood drunk by mosquitoes here, and you have toilet water with you."

"Where?" Liang Shi also laughed, and said, "I've been haunting this area since I was a child, and I never brought this thing with me. Only you girls need it. Mosquitoes don't want to eat my rough skin and smelly meat."

Guo Zisu laughed even more amused by Liang Shi's words, and sprayed toilet water on him indiscriminately, and sprayed the whole bottle in three or five strokes. The two looked at the bottom of the bottle that was upturned, and couldn't help laughing.

Liang Shi picked up the phone with a smile and said, "I'll place an order to buy another bottle, the big one."

Guo Zisu said: "You don't want to buy it, we will leave when the errand brother delivers it."

Liang Shi said: "It's only three steps, how can we go so fast, we haven't started eating yet."

At this time, the waiter had already delivered lemon juice and coffee, honeysuckle green tea, as well as tiramisu cake, crystal shrimp dumpling, honey candied lotus root, brown sugar glutinous rice cake, dragon fruit plate, millennium fruit, etc.

Guo Zisu was about to pick up his chopsticks and start eating, but seeing Liang Shi still looking at the other end of the path, he said, "Don't look at that errand boy, he won't arrive so soon. Besides, we just sprayed so much Mosquitoes won’t dare to come to toilet water for a while. Eat it first, and escape from mosquitoes as soon as possible after eating.”

"Hello, sir, your flowers are here." I saw a young errand boy in a blue coat and a blue helmet crossing diagonally from the cafe, holding a bouquet of flowers in his arms, and a bottle of toilet water hanging beside the flowers.

Liang Shi jumped up, trying to signal the errand runner to hand the flowers to Guo Zisu, but the errand runner put the bouquet on the table, turned and ran away.

"He runs so fast." Liang Shi stood there and murmured.

"He's rushing to make an order." Guo Zisu flicked her bangs on her forehead and said calmly.

Liang Shi paused for a moment, then turned around to see Guo Zisu looking at him with a smile on his face.Then he picked up the flowers and toilet water, and said with a bit of self-mockery: "When I placed the order, I stated that I want him to deliver it to you..." He looked at Guo Zisu, and stretched out his hand to pass the things to you. In the past, she said shyly, "I know you like flowers."

Guo Zisu nodded happily, her eyes were full of joy, she reached out to take it, put the flower under her nose and smelled it, and said with satisfaction: "It's really good, this pink perfume lily is so cute, I'll see it later." If you take it home, it should last for many days."

Liang Shi immediately took over and said, "Sure. When you were in Qingshi Village, the conditions were much worse, but you kept a bunch of flowers blooming for a month or two."

"You still remember."

"Of course I remember."

Guo Zisu's eyes were filled with mist, and he said softly, "Sometimes I really want to go back to Qingshi Village."

Liang Shi looked at the mist in her eyes, and felt that there was also a cloud of mist rising quietly in his heart, which was about to reach his eye sockets.He blinked vigorously and said, "You can go whenever you want. Everyone will ask about you when I go this time."

The mist in Guo Zisu's eyes thickened, and he said, "Are they all okay?"

"Everything is fine, the same, except that he looks old." Liang Shi said softly.

"Any other changes?"

"Others have not changed. There are fewer young people, and they all go out to work or study, and those who stay in the village are getting older and lonely."

"If the economy can develop in the village, the old people will not be so lonely. Maybe some young people who have gone out will come back. As long as the family has a career, who would want to leave their hometown?" Guo Zisu thought.

Liang Shi nodded: "Yes. Like Xia Lian, she used to be a middle-level manager of the company when she was working outside, and her income was good. But she found a teaching position in her hometown, so she stayed at ease. But the school after all It doesn’t take too many teachers. Unless there are other ways out in the village, the villagers have a place to display their talents and have a stable income.”

As Liang Shi spoke, his heart skipped a beat, he glanced at Guo Zisu, and wanted to say something more, but stopped talking.

Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Guo Zisu also fell silent.

On the way back, Guo Zisu was holding a bouquet of flowers in both hands. The fresh perfume lilies shone brightly under the silver moonlight, and the thick fragrance hit her. She lowered her head from time to time to suck her nose a few times.Liang Shi remained silent, and accompanied her along the riverside path full of flowers, through the clean and curved bridge, through the alley full of camphor trees, and arrived at the downstairs of her house.

The two who had been silent all the way stood still. Guo Zisu raised his face as bright as moonlight, smiled slightly, and said softly, "Goodbye."

Liang Shi wanted to say something, but just nodded.

Guo Zisu turned around and walked towards the door of the house. When he was about to step into the door of the unit, he heard Liang Shi calling her softly from behind.

"Zisu, someday you want to go to Qingshi Village, just tell me, I'll go with you."

Guo Zisu stopped there, listening to Liang Shi silently, without speaking.

Liang Shi turned and left.

Just as Liang Shi was taking a step, he heard footsteps behind him.

He turned around quickly, and saw Guo Zisu running in front of him with tears in his eyes, and said, "Liang Shi, I know you want to help the villagers of Qingshi Village, and I am willing too. But," her tears were like The broken string of pearls fell all over her face, she grabbed Liang Shi's hand, held it tightly, and said in tears: "I look at your hand, it's rough and cracked, it's all because of the tiredness of working in Qingshi Village ah."

The tears of the beautiful girl rushed out like a flood that broke the embankment.

Liang Shi felt the infinite distress and tenderness in the girl's heart, and felt a rush of heat from the bottom of his heart to his eyes. He pulled the girl he loved into his arms, and in an instant, he also burst into tears.

In the tile-blue night sky, the clouds are like pieces of delicate and soft white clouds, spread on the huge sky, and the silver moonlight is like a bunch of jade-colored morning glory blooming, shining on the treetops, and also shining on the pair of beautiful people. From the tall building in the distance, there is a continuous and melodious sound of the piano, which is cheerful and affectionate.

(End of this chapter)