Chapter 7 seven

Not long after I walked, my feet became cold, and I had spent more than half an hour outdoors.Because I was involved in a very exciting comedy just now, when I was nervous, I forgot about the coldness of my feet.Now, the tense and intense scene is over, the new wind on the street stabs me continuously, and after I shiver a few times, the cold feeling on the soles of my feet immediately becomes stronger.The people in this area have fallen asleep early and cannot knock on the door. If they keep going home, it will take at least 30 minutes, and their feet will be frostbitten.My only solution is to go to the cafe.The nearest one is on the corner of Olafant Street, and if you run, you will be there in three minutes.However, in this way, I have to go backwards and go back, which is really uneconomical.However, the situation is really urgent, and I can't take care of it anymore. Besides, the sound of the girl's footsteps has gradually disappeared, and she will no longer hear my footsteps, thinking that I am chasing her.

After thinking about it, I immediately turned around and walked towards the small cafe. Sure enough, the door hadn't been closed yet, the lights were bright, and the heat was constantly emitting, and the far away gave me a temptation.I rushed over in one breath, as if practicing charge and hand-to-hand combat in the wild. As soon as I opened the door and glanced inside, I was stunned. What do you say I saw? The young girl was sitting on the east corner drinking coffee, and she was alone.She also seems to have come in not long ago. I froze for a moment, thought about it, and finally walked into the seat as if nothing had happened.

After taking a few steps, I seemed to remember something, so I hurried back and walked to the counter. I handed over three hundred rubles to the boss, bit his ear again, and told him a few words in a low voice. After giving the order, I went inside again, picked a seat on the east side, and didn't say hello to the girl.At this time, I wrapped my face tightly with a leather collar, and she just drank her coffee and didn't seem to recognize who I was for a while. The servant brought the coffee, and I took a sip, secretly paying attention to her: at this moment, she seemed to have begun to pay attention to me.It was the middle of the night, and there were not many customers in the coffee shop. There were only a few people on the seats near the south, and everything else was empty.Because there are very few people, every new guest who comes in is easy to attract the attention of others.

My face was still buried in the collar of the coat, secretly watching her, when she looked at me with concentration, I suddenly stood up and took off the coat, took off the coat, my face deliberately pretended to be completely unintentional and glanced at her , as soon as my line of sight came into contact with hers, I deliberately pretended to be surprised, and softly shouted to her: Ah, are you drinking coffee here too? She nodded to me with a smile, only snorted, and didn't answer anything.From the look on her face, she seemed very unwilling to bump into me here, and even less willing for me to go over and talk to her.

I pretended to ignore the expression on her face, and walked over naturally. As I walked, I smiled naturally and said to her: You are freezing!How cold it is tonight! Yes, it's cold!She replied indifferently. She probably thought that I was coming to pester her again, so she deliberately put on an air of indifference.In fact, she was completely mistaken. It was a coincidence that I met her here.After meeting her, I had no intention of entangled with her.I have but one desire, and that is: to take a good look at her. It is true that we not only met each other in the street, but also hugged and even kissed.It stands to reason that I should be quite familiar with her face.actually not.

On the street, because of the cold weather, her Turkish-style white leather hat was pressed down to her eyebrows, her eyes were hidden in the shadow of the brim, and a thick white woolen scarf covered her ears and half covered her cheeks. .The snow on the street was frozen to ice, and once pedestrians and horses trampled on it, it was a bit dirty, and the reflection was not very bright.In the dim light, I could only vaguely see her graceful posture and the general outline of her face, but I couldn't recognize Lushan's true face. Now, when I arrived at the cafe and met her again, I resolved to take a good look at her.My seat is too far away from her, and the lights are wobbly, so I can't see clearly. Only by sitting with her for a while can I have a full view.

With this purpose in mind, I came over to chat with her, intending to leave after a few words, but I really didn't intend to tangle with her.She totally misunderstood me. But, if I don't come over and take a closer look at her, it's all right, just look at her, my God! What an astonishingly beautiful girl this is! Her coat, hat and scarf were removed, and her whole image was revealed to me! She has long golden curly hair, shining like a field of wheat waves in the spring sun.Her eyes are two sapphires, bluer than the blue sky in India, with a dreamy color.Her face is white, her eyebrows are black, and her nose is high. There is nothing alike, not full of uniformity and harmony in sculpture, almost like a relief of the face of an ancient goddess.Her figure is slender and slender, like a most trained dancer, every gesture and movement shows a gentle, sweet, coordinated, melody and rhythm full of music.

She sat quietly under the light blue light, looking at me naively and solemnly, like a portrait on an ancient Greek porcelain vase, a mythological figure. I was fascinated by her beauty.It totally exceeded my expectations.When I hugged her in the street, I thought she was just a pretty girl at best. It is such a peerless beauty, I have kissed Fangze before, and we have been very tender with her for a while, how lucky I am! She is such a peerless beauty. Although I have kissed Fangze, I lost it in an instant, and lost it forever. What a misfortune I am! Thinking of this, I couldn't help feeling jealous of that invisible and untouchable Vasya.I thought to myself: What kind of ghost is he!To get such a beauty!Since he got her, he should guard her. Why did he lose her by accident, and told her to mistook me for him and acted out the ecstasy scene just now.

Soon, I made up my mind. I could tell at a glance: the frostiness and solemnity on her face were completely pretended, and this was by no means her true colors.I have just experienced her true colors. I pretended nothing had happened, and said to her in a relaxed voice: I never expected to meet you here, what a coincidence.I was going to go home, but after walking some distance, my feet were freezing.There was no place to keep warm nearby.I had no choice but to come here temporarily to warm myself up, and I didn't expect to meet you.After saying the above paragraph, I saw that her face was still heavy with frost, so I added a few more words easily: Although I said these words to explain our coincidence here, you must not believe it.You must think I'm here to trouble you on purpose, don't you?If so, I'm so sorry.Just now on the street, you admittedly mistook me, but I also mistook you a little bit, that's why such a reckless and impolite thing happened.I am so sorry for you.I hope you will not be angry and forgive me a lot.OK, bye.

After I finished my speech openly, I bowed to her and planned to leave. When she heard what I said, she seemed a little embarrassed, and she blushed slightly and said: Sir, you misunderstood, I did not mean that, please sit down! I pretended to be modest and said a few polite words, but before she urged me a second time, I sat down opposite her and kept looking at her secretly: she was so beautiful. When I look at her, she also keeps sneaking glances at me.My appearance is not too bad: I have a tall and strong body, a well-shaped face, bright eyes, and neat and elegant clothes.However, these are nothing. It is other factors that really make a woman with a soul impressed on you. These, on the street just now, have obviously made some impression on her.From her frequent review of this little incident after the breakup, I can see the symbolic reaction of these impressions on her.

As soon as they sat down, they were polite to each other and straightened their faces, but the two of them seemed a little embarrassed and had nothing to talk about. It was so hard for me to break the deadlock, I smiled and said: What an accidental encounter between people!We Chinese have a saying when we describe new friends getting acquainted, which is called pingshui encounter, which means: people meet each other like duckweeds on the water.I don't think that's enough of a description.The encounter between people is like two shooting stars meeting in the sky.What do you think? she laughed.Before she finished laughing, she seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked me: Sir, are you Chinese?I nod. She was startled, thought for a while, and suddenly realized: oh!I remembered, you live in the Rajil shelter, and you came with General Ma Zhanshan, didn't you? I nodded again. She took an immediate interest in me, and her attitude changed greatly. Her previous reserve and pretentiousness were swept away, and she became quite sincere. Originally, when our group first came from the Northeast, the locals all regarded us as anti-Japanese national heroes and admired us a lot.Westerners always worship brave and good men.It is not accidental that girls are interested in me. I simply ran back, brought a cup of coffee, and formally sat with her. Sitting down again, I laughed. She asked me why I was laughing? I said: We've known each other for almost an hour, and even made the most affectionate gestures, but we don't know each other's names yet!Do you think it's funny or not? She not only smiled, but also blushed.She seemed a little afraid to mention what happened on the street just now. We exchanged names.She told me: Her name is Aurelia, she teaches literature in a girls' middle school, and there is only one mother in the family.I told her that my surname is Lin, and I am Ma Zhanshan's senior staff officer. In the eyes of Westerners, a colonel is a very high military rank and a noble figure.When she heard that I was a colonel, she obviously changed her attitude again: before she was only interested in me, but now she was a little respectful. What a genius you are to be a colonel at such a young age!Most of our colonels here have big white or black beards on their chests!she said with a smile. In our place, geniuses like me are everywhere.It is a strange country. She pursed her lips and smiled. You probably hate soldiers, don't you?Soldiers are often the opposite of literature to your liking!However, I am also a person who likes literature very much! Do you love literature?Her eyes were wide open, looking at me. Yes, I love literature, especially Old Russian literature. You speak Russian so well that you are almost indistinguishable from a Russian.She had an air of admiration. Because I have lived in Harbin for a long time, I have learned Russian, and I enjoy reading Russian novels, so I can barely speak a few words.I must have spoken very badly, so don't laugh at me! You are too kind!Your Russian is indeed not bad, In old Russian literature, do you love Turgenev the most? How do you see it? Young girls love to keep Turgenev's novels in their pockets.Most of his works are about young people. On the contrary, I just don't like Turgenev. Who is happy? Dostoevsky! Why? Because he created some great characters in his works. Do you think great men are necessary to mankind? certainly! My opinion is just the opposite. She looked at me curiously. I explained to her: If the world is full of great men, then mankind must be destroyed! You are joking again. Not a joke at all. . Why? I ask you now: Is Jesus the greatest man in the world? of course. If every person in the world is Jesus, the human race must perish. What reason? Don't you know that Jesus was celibate all his life, never married?If everyone learns from Jesus, wouldn't human beings become extinct? She couldn't help laughing. She looked at her watch and stood up. I should go, it's getting late. I told her!I have paid her bill. She refused at first, and then did not believe it: When did you pay the bill?You have never left the table! I whispered a joke to her: I can be two people by myself: one is here to talk to you, and the other can secretly pay the bills. She laughed again.But still don't believe it. When I got to the counter, she saw that I had paid and posted the bill early, and she was a little baffled.When Westerners go to restaurants, most of them pay separately, that is, one person settles the account, and also settles it in front of friends. It is like the Chinese who pay secretly as soon as they enter the door, lest their friends see it. Unexpected. Walking to the door, she gently said to me: You are a bit mysterious! As she said that, she looked at me in a daze. Thank you so much for today, you have spent so much. She told me that her school staff issued blue coffee coupons, which were used to drink coffee, and it only cost 60 to 70 cents a cup.If we foreigners pay the coffee bill in cash, it costs fifty or sixty rubles a cup, which is eighty or ninety times the difference, which is too uneconomical.While she said, she was very sorry. Originally, some stores in Russia have always treated foreign tourists as a scam, so as to absorb US dollar cash.I didn't have to pay for Aurelia's account today, but I finally did so to show my friendship. I comforted her and taught her not to mind this little thing. Out of the gate, I told her that I must send her back.I am really worried about letting her go back alone in such a late night. She refused no matter what, saying that if I sent her off, I would definitely delay my own journey. I said: My distance is nothing, I am a man, it is very convenient to walk; she is a girl, the situation is different. No matter what you say, I will send you off.This is not only my responsibility, but also my obligation. If I cannot fulfill this responsibility, this obligation, then I think it is against my identity as a soldier. Seeing that my speech was strict and righteous, she had nothing to say, so she stopped talking. As we walked together, the street became even quieter, and everything seemed to sink to the bottom of an abyss. We walked for a while in silence, and I gently asked her: Are you cold? She replied: Wei Wei is a bit cold, because the night is too deep. and you? Not only was I not cold, but I was also uncomfortably hot. She looked at me suspiciously. I explained to her in a low tone: With you, it seems to me that this arctic winter has turned into an Indian summer: everything is terribly hot.Even the north wind and ice and snow are hot. She seemed a little moved, and said to me softly: You can talk; I never met a man who could talk like you! You know, why am I talking like this today? She shook her head. I tell you a strange thing.You may not believe it.Usually, my friends all laugh at my clumsy eloquence, and they all say that I am an owl, and almost every sound is disgusting.Tonight, I don't know what happened, my tongue seemed to be transformed by God, and the owl seemed to be temporarily turned into a nightingale.For this, I should thank you.An owl will not temporarily become a nightingale without meeting you. I sigh. She too was lost in thought. We turned a few streets and finally stopped at the entrance of an alley on Bambai Gilcos Street. Will we have a chance to meet again in the future?I asked her a little sadly. Maybe.she said thoughtfully. When we meet again on the street, if I greet you, will you answer me? I don't think I'm so unreasonable!She smiled slightly. Well, at four o'clock tomorrow afternoon, I will visit your school, okay? She hesitated. Well, you probably don't want to see me anymore, don't you? She no longer hesitated, and said affirmatively: At four o'clock tomorrow afternoon, please wait for me at the school gate.Goodbye, go back quickly! Goodbye!I wish you a good night. I took a few steps and stopped again. At this time, there was a knock on the door in the darkness, and the girl was shouting: Mom!Mother! The door opened, and an old woman with white hair appeared in the light. The girl slipped through the door like a fish.When she was about to enter the door, she stretched out her right hand and waved it out of the door, which meant that she wanted me to move away so that her mother could not see it. The implication, I understood immediately.I walked away quietly in the dark.When I looked back, the girl and the old woman were gone.In the dark, there was only the sound of closing the door, very loud. On the way home, I went back to the cafe and sat for a while.It was already past two o'clock when we returned to the shelter.I couldn't close my eyes all night.