Chapter 221 Old Silver Coin
There is a writer named Marcel Proust who has a very famous book.
Everyone should have heard of the title of the book, but very few people have read it through. This book is "In Search of Lost Time" (also translated as "In Search of Lost Time")
You must not read this book, you will definitely not be able to stand it. The whole work has no central character, no complete story, no ups and downs, only plot clues throughout. This work can be regarded as the originator of the stream of consciousness.
The first time Sun Tao heard about Proust was in "The Reader", yes, it was "The Reader" or not the renamed "Reader's Digest".
"The Reader" said that Proust had many eccentricities, the most notable of which was the inversion of black and white. He rarely socialized because he would close the thick curtains at home and sleep at home during the day, and he would not get up to write until everyone else went to bed. If he had no inspiration, he would leave home at two or three in the middle of the night and go for a walk on the empty streets...
Back then, Sun Tao was very envious of Proust's life. Oh, he also bought "In Search of Lost Time". During the years when he opened a stationery store, he would sit in front of the store with this book in his hands. Seven volumes in three years, he He just read the second volume "Beside Girls". In fact, he didn't read the book at all, but Yang Nuo, who teaches children musical instruments next door, did.
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On January 17, 2003, after attending the audience rehearsal for the second round of Jishi Spring Festival Gala, which was also a backup tape recording, Sun Tao "disappeared".
Three meals a day, he would only appear in the restaurant during breakfast, four boiled eggs, two bowls of sweet soy milk, four fried dough sticks, N steamed buns, a portion of white porridge or pumpkin porridge, preserved egg and lean meat porridge, salted cucumber, Garlic eggplant......
You can hardly meet him during lunch or dinner. Do not disturb is always hung on the door of 4309, and your mobile phone can never be reached during the day...
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After studying Proust for three days, Sun Tao felt good.
During the day, I turn off my cell phone and close the curtains to sleep. At night, I read text messages and then QQ messages. I rarely reply unless there is something urgent.
Oh, he also changed his QQ signature: Ignore me, I’m annoying!
Facts have proved that the earth rotates the same without anyone. In the past, it seemed that there was always something going on, and someone was always looking for me. I would isolate myself for a few days, and there would be nothing to worry about.
January 21, 2003, Tuesday, the 19th of the twelfth lunar month, 11 o'clock in the evening.
After Sun Tao washed up, he ate a bowl of instant noodles, added two pieces of Jinluo ham sausage and a hillbilly braised egg. After cleaning up, he made himself a cup of coffee.
Sun Tao raised his arms and shouted, "Yeah! It's a new day full of positive energy!"
Turn on the mobile phone, start the computer, swing your arms and twist your waist to get ready to work.
"Bang bang bang, bang bang bang" the door was knocked arrogantly.
Sun Tao looked through the cat's eye and saw, "Fuck!" One eye was sticking to the cat's eye and looking in.
Fortunately, it's Wen Jianjun, not the lonely ghost in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
"Captain, what..."
What Sun Tao wants to ask is: Captain, why are you coming here at this time? Wen Jianjun didn't even let him finish his words before squeezing into the room.
...Wen Jianjun entered the bathroom and came out immediately... Wen Jianjun lifted up Sun Tao's bed... Wen Jianjun opened the large wardrobe in the room... Wen Jianjun opened the curtain...
Wen Jianjun opened the window...
"Fuck, oh, Captain, what's wrong with you? If you have something to say, please talk to me. If you have something to discuss, don't jump in my room if you jump off the building... I'm on the fourth floor. I can't fall to death. I will be half dead without arms and legs." Hemiplegic..."
Wen Jianjun raised his head and sniffed the room with his nose...
Wen Jianjun reluctantly approached Sun Tao and sucked hard, but still found nothing.
Before Sun Tao could ask, Wen Jianjun spoke first, "Do you know what everyone talks about you?"
Sun Taoxin said, "What's up? I'm obsessed with writing. I wrote a novel of 70,000 to 80,000 words in three days, and responded to more than a hundred posts on the forum. This kind of work efficiency shocked everyone."
Sun Tao said: "I don't know. I haven't met with you since the second round of rehearsals. What happened?"
Wen Jianjun glanced at him and said, "Well, there are some bad rumors. Your song "Human World" was on the Spring Festival Gala. It was quite shocking.
That day we were eating in the restaurant of the TV station, and there were some little girls next door talking about you. They also said that if you want to get a driver's license now, you have to sleep with the coach, and you want Sun Tao to write a song. The power of Star Fury for a few days is probably... ”
Sun Tao, "Nonsense! These little girls studying art these days have no bottom line. They have to sleep with the instructor to get a driver's license? Just get a lotus king and it's over!"
Wen Jianjun, "That's ridiculous, a Furong King is enough. You can't even touch it without a soft Chinese steering wheel... Hey, don't be ridiculous, now let's talk about the power of Star Fury..."
Sun Tao spread his hands and said, "Captain, do you think I look like that perverted person?"
Wen Jianjun chuckled, "Look in the mirror first and then ask me. At first, everyone thought they were lying, and several girls said that you were upright... But you didn't show up for three days... and some people said they saw you You chatted and laughed with a pair of twins..."
Sun Tao couldn't laugh or cry, "I, I, I was so unfair..."
"Hahaha, what's so weird about liking a little girl? If you don't want to be a romantic person, I'm just afraid that you don't know how to take care of your body and will destroy yourself. Speaking of which, you don't eat at the buffet, and the cat is eating instant noodles in the house. What are you doing?”
After Sun Tao explained for a while, Wen Jianjun believed it. Before leaving, he muttered, "No wonder there are so few foreigners..."
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These days, many people have obtained Sun Tao's contact information.
However, without exception, the other party turned off after calling them.
[Is the mobile phone number you got correct? 】
[It should be correct. His former colleague gave it to me, but I tried once and couldn’t get through. 】……
[I heard that he is now a special judge of Jishi Spring Festival Gala. Could it be that he is busy with work? 】
[This person is a bit aloof! 】
[It seems that no one has recommended me. It’s a bit difficult to get to know him. 】
……
Wen Jianjun passed the investigation, the rumors were shattered, and Sun Tao lived a quiet life for a few more days.
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January 25, 2003, Saturday, the New Year, was overcast with light snow.
It was just after 5:30 in the evening, and it was already dark.
The dim street lights could only illuminate vague shadows. Sun Tao was riding a large 28-bar and carrying Li Yiran, "squeaking" against the snow.
"This place is nice, very close to where Li Ke works."
"Well, I mainly think about this. In fact, I don't spend much time at home."
"What is Li Ke busy with? I didn't see him during your performance today."
"It's work. It's not my first time on stage. I can still ask him to take leave."
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The community is open-plan and has no properties. It is called Hongye Village. Li Yiran rents the top floor, 501.
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Li Yiran entered the house, took off her down jacket, and went into the kitchen to do some work. Sun Tao didn't go to help her, and he couldn't hide it if Li Ke caught him.
There were peanuts and melon seeds in the living room. Sun Tao grabbed a handful of melon seeds and leaned against the door, cracking the melon seeds and chatting with Li Yiran.
"I originally said I would come back this morning, but last night, deputy county magistrate Chen Yixing and Wang Jun went directly to the TV station. They stopped me at the door of the studio and took a photo with me."
"Pfft~" Li Yiran, who was cutting the jelly, was so amused by him that he almost cut his hand.
Sun Tao stepped forward quickly, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Li Yiran smiled and stretched out her left hand, leaving a knife mark on the nail of her middle finger.
Sun Tao took a look and found a red mark. When he was about to hold it in his hand and inspect it carefully, Li Yiran pulled it back with a blushing face.
In order to ease the embarrassment, Sun Tao changed the subject, "Hey, let me see what you have prepared, skin jelly, Erbin red sausage, oh, this is fried chicken offal, how do you make shrimps?"
"Scrambled eggs with shrimps, sauerkraut and white meat and blood sausage. I also prepared a bottle of red wine."
Sun Tao cracked the melon seeds, "Stew the sauerkraut first, and fry the eggs when Li Ke comes back."
"Li Ke is on duty today, 24 hours a day. He won't be back until tomorrow morning." Li Yiran turned to look at Sun Tao.
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"Damn it, if he doesn't come back, then we have to hurry up and I'm going to starve to death. You go cut the meat and blood sausage, and I'll cook..."
Sun Tao's cooking skills were very good, completely beyond Li Yiran's expectations.
The two of them drank red wine and chatted about their experiences and knowledge, the present and the future. They also talked about someone introducing a partner to Li Ke, but he didn't even want to meet in person...
The two also watched the Spring Festival Gala of Jichun TV Station together. By the time the party ended, it was already eleven o'clock.
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Sunday, January 26, 2003.
At around six o'clock, Sun Tao pushed his bicycle hard in the heavy snow.
What to do if he doesn't leave? How to explain to Li Ke when he is stuck at home.
Li Yiran was not among Sun Tao's options at first, but now he is in a low mood.
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Li Yiran, "What I want is ordinary, peaceful days with no twists and turns and no ups and downs."
Sun Tao hugged her and said, "What a coincidence, that's the kind of person I am. I just need to get through life. Being happy is the most important thing."
Li Yiran, "No, you are just the kind of old silver coin who plays crazy during the day, lies to his classmates that he never studies, and spends the night answering questions."
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Sun Tao, it turns out that I am Lao Yin Coin!
Of course, this is not the reason why Sun Tao is depressed. The real reason is that Sun Tao finds that he has fallen in love with the family atmosphere that Li Yiran brings to him, but Li Yiran neither wants to be a mistress nor does she want anyone to compete with her for her husband.
(End of chapter)