When she was all busy, I sat in a daze until she pushed me, and I woke up. Everything was done.
Li Shengmei said it’s all right. I’ll pay you back in a few hours. Now you can walk with me.
oh
We left the bank and walked along the road. When we saw the alley extending next to it, we all left the road and walked into a remote alley for more than ten minutes. No one said a word. When we passed by a small shop, Li Shengmei stopped and said, You are a good man. I shouldn’t find your heart. I’m sorry. She bowed slightly to me.
oh
She said that I can see that you are sad, but I just want to bully you because you look really sad.
oh
Li Shengmei turned her head slightly to avoid my sight and said that young girls are beautiful and youthful like lemons. Girls are cruel. I don’t understand what she meant.
At the gate of the small shop, Li Shengmei dragged a bench and said, Sit down.
This kind of bench wood has four legs and looks smooth from the outside. It has been several decades since it was yellow with little black. She and I sat side by side on the bench and let the sun shine directly on my face.
Last year, I visited an exhibition of old photos, most of which were taken a hundred years ago. I spent an afternoon in the exhibition hall, looking at each photo carefully, looking for details in the history of yellowing. I remember a photo of a couple sitting on the front eaves of their house, and several bird’s nests were sitting side by side on a bench. The man was wearing a brocade coat and the woman was wearing a printed cloth, a long skirt with lace and rolling teeth. They looked very peaceful and quiet.
The feet overlap each other in the calf, heel and instep, which makes them look a little backward.
I stroked the smooth bench and wondered whether this bench was the one in the photo because everything in the south of the Yangtze River originated from it.
Li Shengmei asked the shopkeeper to send a dozen beers, so I sat on this ancient bench and drank them sullenly.
I drank two bottles of West Lake beer and then asked Li Shengmei with red eyes if it tasted good.
Li Shengmei nodded. I found that both the name and water beer are better than Pearl River beer, Yellow River beer and West Lake beer. Of course, the best beer is Hanjiang beer.
I sighed. Speaking of it, Hanjiang beer is really the best beer I have ever drunk, and I miss the taste for several years.
Li Shengmei looked at me with black eyes. Did you have a good time in Korea?
Don’t ask me about Korea.
I, Li Shengmei, two lonely people, Hangzhou is the ocean, and I, she is like two strange oil beads in the vast ocean but out of place. Two people who meet by chance sit on an ancient bench, raise their beer bottles and touch them, and then sit and drink separately.
By the time I finished drinking twelve bottles of beer, I had stained my chest with wine stains.
Li Shengmei asked me carefully what do you think of me?
I looked at her and said that there was no need to ask me after this kind of question. How many people were secretly watching you on the plane and how many passers-by walked far away after drinking? Miss Li Shengmei, you are very beautiful.
So what, you’re not interested in me at all
I’m not interested in people like you. My chest hurts. I’m not interested in women since three years ago. I think I’ve found someone I can be loyal to. I need her to save me. My soul needs her to guide the way home.
Li Shengmei smiled at me sadly. You are obviously lovelorn. Love is always hurting people. So can you tell me your name now?
My name is Jiang Yule
She smiled. She always smiles. She is a girl who loves to laugh.
I, she, Jiang Yu Le Li Shengmei, sat on a bench in a Gu Xiang in the south of the Yangtze River and drank twelve bottles. It was 5: 40 in the afternoon.
I told her that Miss Li Shengmei would give me my money back.
Li Shengmei curled her head and looked at me. What should I do if the credit card hasn’t been connected yet?