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Lao Zhu is my former colleague. When I worked in Shanghai, I belonged to the same department. At that time, colleagues called him by his full name, or called him Lao Zhu. Lao Zhu calls himself Xiao Ge. When chatting with colleagues, he always calls himself "Xiao Ge, I …". Lao Zhu is not old, but born after 80. He is not tall, slightly fat, with a slightly bulging belly, a round head and a round face, a wide forehead, and a tenacity and heroism in his brow. Zhu is simple and cheerful, slightly heroic, humorous in speech and sonorous in voice. He likes to laugh after a few words and be cheerful all day.
Young people in the same department have no bad feelings for each other. They often get together, they can chat and have a good time. In retrospect, it was the happiest time in my working years. No matter what happened to Zhu, the first sentence was "What happened? ! "This became his mantra. It was quiet in the office at work, but several of us chatted enthusiastically on the Internet and created some humorous words that only we could understand. Colleagues get together. He is good at taking care of everyone and enlivened the atmosphere of the whole meeting. The overall character and image have a leader temperament and unique personality charm.
Lao Zhu is popular and has many friends, but he lacks a girlfriend. Lao Zhu, who has no girlfriend, often regrets not having a girlfriend. Lao Zhu's character is coarse and fine, but fine and fine. I think he will gradually improve after he has a girlfriend.
(2)
Around Tomb-Sweeping Day in 20XX, I made an appointment with several colleagues to climb Sheshan, and Lao Zhu was among them. In April, the temperature in Shanghai warms up and the climate is pleasant, which is a good time to travel. We set out for Sheshan with our cameras on our backs. After the rain, the air is fresh, and the vegetation quietly grows new green under the moisture of rain and dew. The car drove into a piece of green, and the mountain turned around and came to the gate of Sheshan Forest Park. Sheshan is rich in vegetation and covered with large bamboo forests. After we were ready to climb the mountain, we began to move forward. To add to the fun, we went before the game. Less than a lap of the race, we were surprised to find that we had reached the top of the mountain, with only ten minutes before and after, and no strength. It turns out that Sheshan is less than 100 meters above sea level! This somewhat dampened our enthusiasm for climbing mountains. Who let Shanghai be in the Yangtze River Delta Plain? We didn't know Sheshan before.
At this time, we saw a sign in the forest, which said "No digging bamboo shoots without permission". Huh? Here are bamboo shoots! Zhu eyes a turn, bad smile and suggested to dig bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest. Several of us are considering what to do next. Zhu's words suddenly ignited our enthusiasm. Zhu took us deep into the bamboo forest with a wave of his hand. Go to a deserted place, look around and start looking for bamboo shoots. In fact, there is no need to look hard. Bamboo forests are sprouting everywhere after the rain. We choose a big bamboo shoot, dig out the surrounding soil with a wooden stick, break it off and put it into a bag, and then cover the exposed roots with soil. Not long, just half a bag. Suddenly, someone shouted in the distance, and when we saw it, it turned out to be from the park. The administrator is coming in our direction and shouting loudly. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu gestured and shouted, Run! We quickly stuffed bamboo shoots into our bags and turned to run down the mountain with dense bamboo forests. Fortunately, they are all energetic young people and soon got rid of middle-aged administrators. Everyone stopped and looked at me. I looked at you and smiled happily.
After laughing, I saw that the bag was not full, so I kept looking. Dig enough, peel off the bamboo shoots and put them into the backpack neatly. Just about to "destroy the evidence"-while burying bamboo shoots and leaves, another administrator appeared unnoticed and shouted at us with a Shanghainese dialect. With the experience just now, we all ran from the foot of the mountain to the mountain together, and the administrator was flustered and flustered. After running to the top of the mountain, we quickly dispersed among the tourists and escaped the "chase". After ensuring safety, we sat down to have a rest and looked at each other, but we couldn't help laughing until our stomachs hurt, which attracted tourists around us.
We ran twice on Sheshan Mountain with ease.
Stimulated by stealing bamboo shoots, we had a good time. We played on the swing in a small amusement park, pressed the seesaw, stepped on the wooden iron cable bridge, and slid on the slide ... Sitting on the grass, eating snacks, chatting happily and laughing loudly on the forest path, just like going back to our school days. That backpack of bamboo shoots was taken back to the dormitory, and several cooks with a large number of people cooked a decent "bamboo shoot banquet". We made five or six kinds of bamboo shoots and ate them with relish. Extra bamboo shoots were distributed to other colleagues.
(3)
After I left Shanghai, I gradually lost contact with my friends there.
Lao Zhu likes to run around, as if he had jumped ship halfway. Wechat or status, changing places every once in a while, are all photos on the trip.
20 13 one day, Lao Zhu suddenly told me that he was ill in hospital, which sounded quite serious. Although Zhu was confident that there was nothing wrong with his body and he would be able to overcome the disease, I felt his lost mood for the first time between words. I don't know how to comfort him, I can only talk to him. Fortunately, he recovered soon.
I contacted him some time ago.
He: I spent Tanabata in a very uncomfortable state.
Me: Haven't you fully recovered?
He: Strange, it will be fine after that day.
I thought he said this because he felt a little lost when he was alone on Tanabata.
Intentionally reply to him: feel uncomfortable at least twice a year (Valentine's Day and Tanabata).
He smiled: this is not the result I want.
Talking about his recent life, I learned that he has been working in Wuhan and is still doing mechanical design. I'm not curious that he will suddenly change places, but I still symbolically asked, why go to Wuhan? My girlfriend is here, he said. Lao Zhu finally has a girlfriend. It turned out that he was really unwell on Tanabata.
When it comes to getting married and starting a family, Lao Zhu still has a natural mentality. I wonder if Zhu, who has a girlfriend, will life change? What will happen after the trivial life is tempered?
I don't get along much with Zhu, but we can talk about a place. He is humorous and I respond sharply. It's easy and fun to get along with. And he should not know that I can't help showing different personalities in front of different people. I don't like talking very much, and I don't want to talk in front of everyone. In most cases, I am the most silent one.
Now the distance is far away and the contact is less. I don't know if we can chat happily as before when we meet again. Memories of youth, just like an old movie, is unclear and intermittent. Occasionally look at old photos, the movie scene will reappear in my mind, and my face will smile.
This friendship is precious.
Author: the fifth son of Lao Wu