Chapter 13 10

On Wednesday, go to bed at 9pm and wake up at 11pm.Then couldn't sleep anymore.It was like wearing a hat that was two sizes smaller, and there was something tightly wrapped around his head, which made him feel very uncomfortable.The mouse simply got up, still wearing pajamas, went to the kitchen and drank the ice water in one go, and then began to think about women.Standing at the window looking at the lights of the lighthouse, patrolling the dark embankment, and looking around the woman's apartment.I thought of the sound of waves crashing against the shore in the night, and the sound of fine sand knocking on the apartment window, but no matter how much I thought about it, I was finally tired of the status quo that I couldn't move an inch forward.

Since meeting the woman, the rat's life has become repeated weekly indefinitely.Feeling dateless.What month is it now?Probably October.do not know.Meeting the woman on Saturday, and indulging in that memory for three days between Sunday and Tuesday.And spend the first half of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday planning for the upcoming weekend.Only Wednesday lost his place to go, wandering in the universe.Can neither go forward nor backward.Wednesday. After smoking in a trance for about ten minutes, he took off his pajamas, put a windbreaker on his shirt, and went down to the basement parking lot.After twelve o'clock, there were almost no people on the street.Only street lamps illuminate the blackened road.The iron door of Jay's Bar had been pulled down, and the mouse pulled the door half way, got in and went down the stairs.

Jie had just finished hanging about a dozen washed towels on the back of the chair to dry, when he was smoking a cigarette alone at the counter. I just have to drink a bottle of beer, is that all right? Hurrah!Jay seemed to be in a good mood. This is the first time I have visited Jay's Bar after closing.Except for the lamp on the counter, all other lights were turned off, the sound of ventilation equipment and air conditioner also disappeared, and there was a slight smell in the air that had infiltrated the floor and walls for many years. The mouse went inside the counter and poured beer from the refrigerator into glasses.The air in the guest room seems to be divided into several layers in the dark, with a slight temperature and humidity.

I didn't plan to come today.Mouse explained.But when I woke up and couldn't fall asleep, I always wanted to drink some beer no matter what, so I left right away. Jay folded the newspapers on the counter and brushed the cigarette ash off his trousers with his hands.You drink slowly. If you are hungry, I will help you get something to eat. No, no need.Leave me alone, as long as the beer is enough. The beer is extremely good.He drank a glass in one gulp and let out a long sigh.Then pour the remaining half back into the glass and watch the foam subside. If you are interested, do you want to drink with me?The mouse asked this question.

Jay smiled awkwardly.Thanks!But I can't drink a drop. oh!I don't know. I was born with this physique, and I couldn't accept it. The mouse nodded several times.Silently drinking beer.Then amazed all over again at how little I knew about the Chinese bartender.But no one knows about Jay.Jie is an extremely quiet man who never mentions his own affairs. Even if someone asks, he pretends to be very attentive in opening a drawer and answers some irrelevant digressions. Everyone knows that Jie is a Chinese born in China, but being a foreigner in this place is not so unusual.In the football club of Mouse High School, there is a Chinese in the forward and guard, and no one particularly cares about it.

It's so deserted without music.With that said, Jay threw the key to the music box to the mouse.The mouse chose five songs and came back to the counter, continuing to drink beer.Old Wayne Newton melodies streamed from the amplifier. Is it okay if you don't come home early?The mouse said so to Jay. It's okay, no one is waiting for me anyway. do you live alone? Um. The mouse drew a cigarette from his pocket, straightened the folds and lit it. There is only one cat.Jay said in a daze.An elderly cat, but one for conversation. talking? Jay nodded several times.oh!Have been together for a long time, so very spiritual.I know how cats feel, and cats know how I feel.

The mouse was humming while smoking a cigarette, the music box made a crackling sound, and the music changed to MacArthur Park. So, what is the cat thinking? All kinds of things.Just like you and me. It's not that simple.The mouse said and smiled. Jay laughed too.Then after a while, I rubbed my fingertips on the counter. It's one handed. one-hand?asked the mouse. cat wow.Is a lame.In the winter of more than four years ago, the cat came home covered in blood, and his palms were as bloody as marmalade. The mouse put the glass in his hand on the counter and looked at Jie's face. What's going on?

I don't know, I also thought about whether it was crushed by a car, but it was too miserable, if it was just run over by a wheel, it wouldn't be so serious.It looked like it was clamped in a vise.The whole thing was crushed to pieces, someone might have played a prank. Is there such a thing?Mouse shook his head in disbelief.Who on earth would touch a cat's hand Jie took the cigarette that had been folded in half, knocked one end on the counter a few times, then put it in his mouth and lit it. yes.There's no reason to break a cat's hand wow.It was a very good cat who never did anything bad.And no one would gain anything from breaking a cat's hand.It is meaningless and too cruel, but there are as many such unreasonable malice in the world as there are mountains.I can't understand it, and neither can you.But it does exist, and surrounds us, perhaps, so to speak.

The mouse, keeping its eyes on the glass, shook its head again I can't understand. That's the best.If you can get by without understanding, that's even better. After Jie said so, he took a puff of smoke into the dark and empty guest seats, and watched the white smoke completely disappear in the air. The two of them were silent for a long time, the mouse was looking at the glass in a trance, and Jie was still rubbing his fingers on the board of the counter.The music box starts playing the last sweet soul song of Versailles Beuys. Jay!The mouse still looked at the glass and said: I have lived for twenty-five years, but I feel as if I have learned nothing.

Jay said nothing for a moment, just looked at his fingers.Then tuck your shoulders in slightly. I spent forty-five years and only knew one thing.That's it.No matter what people do, as long as they are willing to work hard, they will always learn something. No matter how ordinary things are, you can definitely learn something from them.What kind of razor has its philosophy, I don't know where I read this sentence.In fact, if this is not the case, no one can survive. The mouse nodded, and drank the remaining three centimeters of beer at the bottom of the glass. After the music was played, the music box clicked, and the store became quiet again.

I seem to understand a little bit what you said.But ah, the mouse swallowed the words back just as he was talking.Just as he was about to say it, he felt that it was useless to say it, so the mouse stood up with a smile and said thank you!Let me drive you home. No, no need.My house is very close, and I like to walk. Goodbye, then, and give my regards to your cat. Thanks! ◇ Going up the stairs and walking outside, there is a cool feeling of autumn.Rat tapped every street tree with his fist as he walked to the parking lot.He stared at the parking meter aimlessly, then got in the car.After a little hesitation, he drove the car towards the beach, and parked the car on the coastal road where the woman's apartment could be seen. Half of the window lights in the apartment were still on, and figures could be seen behind some curtains. Women's rooms are all dark, and the bedside lamp is turned off, so they must have already slept, so lonely. The sound of the waves seemed to increase slightly, as if the waves were about to rush over the embankment and wash the mice and the car to some distant place.The mouse turned on the radio, and while listening to uninteresting music and commercials, he put the back of the chair down, clasped his hands behind his head, and closed his eyes.My body was almost paralyzed from exhaustion, but thanks to this, all the inexplicable and hopeless emotions just now seemed to have disappeared to nowhere.The mouse breathed a sigh of relief, let his empty head lie on his back, and continued to listen to the radio music program mixed with the vague sound of waves, so sleepiness slowly came over him.