Volume 1 Chapter 40 Irrelevant "Idle Matters" (Part II)
The harbour is still cool in early summer, and a thick jacket is required for the night. In the morning, the sea breeze blows, the waves are blowing, and the seabirds scream and circle as the golden light breaks.
If you are in prison, how can you still see this vibrant scene?
Geng Qiuyun was angry, and he was on duty all night, and he was sleepy. Even so, he still felt that such a day was too nourishing, compared to prison, outside was heaven.
He put his hands behind his back and hummed "The Night of the Military Port" in his mouth, and happened to meet Lao Tong who came to work, and the two walked towards the canteen together.
Old Tong was full of sorrow, and sighed: "Tong Tong lost his temper again and didn't come back for two nights." It's been a long time since he's been like this, is he starting to be headstrong again?"
"Why do you lose your temper?"
"Ahem, I said a few words about his teacher, and he wasn't happy. ”
Geng Qiuyun said: "Is it his homeroom teacher? The teacher surnamed Meng? Why do you say she? She is a good person, and she helped me find this job." ”
"Oh, you're embarrassed to say! I have worked much longer than you, but you actually have hundreds of dollars more than me every month!"
Geng Qiuyun smiled and said: "Hey, that's not bad for me, you can't do heavy work, just earn a little money! Besides, don't you always say that Teacher Meng is interesting to your Tong Tong? When Tong Tong becomes the son-in-law of a big family, won't you just soar? Do you care about this money?"
"Phew, nonsense, how can a teacher fall in love with a student?"
The two were talking and laughing, and there were more and more people in the cafeteria, and the voices of discussion were getting louder and louder. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, there was a voice that was particularly harsh - the goddaughter of the big boss died mysteriously!
The two looked at each other, and Lao Tong asked, "The goddaughter of the big boss?" is it really a goddaughter, or is it that kind of ...... The goddaughter who spent his money?"
Geng Qiuyun lowered his voice and said, "Haven't you heard? His goddaughter is actually his little lover!"
The serious old Tong immediately dropped his chopsticks: "The world is going down! How can this be? ! Such a person is not worthy of sympathy when he dies!"
Someone came over and said, "Hey, it's not his little lover who died, but her little lover's sister, and the two are twins." I heard that that person is still a teacher in the fifteenth middle school, and he is very beautiful!"
Fifteenth middle school, beautiful female teacher......
Geng Qiuyun's hands and feet were cold, and he asked in a trembling voice, "That person ...... Last name Meng?"
"I think so. ”
Geng Qiuyun was dumbfounded: "How is it possible? I saw that she was fine two days ago, why did she suddenly die?"
The big boss obviously didn't want this kind of news to circulate, and in order to show that he was not affected, he also took a guest from Japan to inspect the factory.
He was a very handsome old man, with gray hair and glasses, but his eyes were very sharp. He looked haggard in a solemn black coat, but he fought hard and tried to forget his grief with his work.
In the words of a Japanese friend, he was trying to restrain his sadness and try to look cheerful.
But many years later, when Tong Tong reopened the news, he felt that the Japanese had said the opposite.
He was obviously very cheerful, but he pretended to be sad.
Despite all the cover-ups made by the big boss, this kind of news spread quickly, and soon the whole factory knew about it, but when they discussed, there was almost no compassion, but blindly pursued curiosity, and tried to speculate in the direction of darkness and even filth.
Lao Tong didn't have a good impression of Teacher Meng, but he felt that this kind of discussion was very inappropriate, and he felt sad for the young female teacher, and worried that if his son heard these unsound words, would he be impulsive again and do something that he shouldn't do?
Geng Qiuyun has always been puzzled, asking around, how could the person who was still alive a few days ago disappear in the blink of an eye? Colleagues all said that she was in cardiac arrest and could not be saved.
"Cardiac arrest? She's so healthy, she doesn't look like she has a heart attack!"
"Hey, I heard that she has depression? Or what? Anyway, it's mental illness, and she can't do without medicine. It is said that I ate too much and my heart couldn't stand it. ”
Geng Qiuyun immediately shook his head: "She has stopped taking medicine for a long time, how can it be that taking medicine causes heart disease?"
The colleague sneered: "She is the goddaughter of the big boss, how do we know if she takes medicine or not? Could it be that you have seen her again?"
Geng Qiuyun pursed his lips and said nothing.
He didn't just see her? Even the job was arranged for her by her.
Back to the day before the college entrance examination, Geng Qiuyun was imprisoned for murder, and he couldn't even find a job delivering food. Not only did he hit a wall repeatedly, but he was always ridiculed. He finally couldn't bear it anymore, full of resentment towards his wife who left him, and full of resentment towards the daughter who reported him, as for the world, he hated it even more.
He didn't care about the college entrance examination, and he didn't know that his daughter was about to take the college entrance examination, he wandered aimlessly around the No. 2 middle school, not thinking about what to do. Why don't you buy a bottle of sleeping pills and take Xiaoqing on the road with you?
There was a large pharmacy at the entrance of No. 2 Middle School, and he walked in by surprise. He described it as withered, shabby, and unmixed at first glance. The clerk rolled his eyes a few times, and although he didn't want to receive him, he also kept an eye on him, for fear that he would steal.
Geng Qiuyun turned around twice and asked, "Where are the sleeping pills?"
"Sleeping pills, all here!" the clerk pointed to a row of soothing Chinese patent medicines, and quickly introduced them, regardless of whether he understood it or not, he picked at his nails and waited for him to leave.
"Can these pills eat dead people?"
......
The clerk was stunned, felt a murderous aura, and smiled awkwardly: "Eat the medicine of the dead...... That's poison, and we're selling it. ”
Geng Qiuyun was very stubborn: "Didn't someone commit suicide by swallowing sleeping pills?
"Those medicines...... They are all prescribed drugs by doctors, and we dare not prescribe them without medical advice. ”
"I'll give you money, you give me medicine. ”
Geng Qiuyun played a scoundrel and took out the only dozens of yuan, but the clerk was forced to have no choice, and he didn't dare to offend this vicious-looking person. At this moment, a young woman stood behind Geng Qiuyun and said softly: "This gentleman, it's really not good to take too many sleeping pills......
"Lao Tzu uses you to manage ?!......"
"I can't control you, but I can help you. I have sleeping pills on me, or I'll sell them to you?"
The woman in front of her was wearing a pure white dress with an off-white cardigan over it. Her hair was fluffy and shiny, and it was softly draped over her shoulders.
For Geng Qiuyun, this level of beauty is tantamount to a fairy, he looked straight, but he didn't want to admit it, and stared at the ground for a long time. In fact, he was looking at Mr. Meng's Martin boots, and he couldn't understand that wearing such shoes in early summer was not afraid of the smell of sweat?
That fairy was Teacher Meng, she smiled at the clerk, as if to say, "I can handle him", so she beckoned to Geng Qiuyun and said with a smile: "Let's go out and talk, don't delay people doing business." ”
The sun outside was very bright, and Geng Qiuyun couldn't open his eyes a little. Teacher Meng stood still in the shade of the tree and asked, "Excuse me, are you Geng Xiaoqing's father?"
"How do you know?"
"You've been wandering around here for days, I asked the doorman, and they said you were a ......"
"I was the only murderer in this piece of happiness?"
Teacher Meng was noncommittal, but Geng Qiuyun laughed at himself: "It's okay, anyway, everyone else says so, I'm used to it." ”
"There will be a lot of labels on a person, and I don't care what people call you. For me, your only label is Geng Xiaoqing's father, the parent of my students. ”
Geng Qiuyun looked directly into Teacher Meng's gaze for the first time, she was a fairy, but her gaze was soft and calm, unlike others who looked at him, either with contempt or fear. Geng Qiuyun's tense body relaxed, this relaxed feeling was really a long time coming.
Teacher Meng asked unhurriedly, "Can you tell me why you want to buy sleeping pills?"
"It's not fun to live, it's not painful to die by taking sleeping pills. ”
"No, in fact all death is painful. And why is it so boring to live? The sky is so blue, the sun is so beautiful, can you see it in prison?"
"Of course I can't see ......"
"Then you see it now, is it much better than before?"
Geng Qiuyun was stunned there.
Teacher Meng smiled: "Father Geng, everyone is very tired, and I am no exception. To tell you the truth, don't look at me in a hurry, but I have a very serious mental illness, and I used to have to take medicine to sleep for a while. But I'm completely quit now, I'm healthy again, and I don't need those pills anymore. ”
"You met ...... miracle doctor"
"Not really, I just met someone who desperately needed me and depended on me, so I had to be strong. Actually, there are some things that I don't have to do at all, but I like him very much, he is healing me, and I am willing to pay for him. It was in this process that I unknowingly recovered. ”
......
What did this woman say? what dependence, healing, giving......
What about composing poems, memorizing movie lines?
Geng Qiuyun couldn't understand her literary and artistic expression, and he was at a loss. Teacher Meng smiled again: "I just want to tell you that there are always ups and downs in life, but there will also be hope. I believe that there will be such a person in your life who will heal you completely. ”
What kind of nonsense did you say? Geng Qiuyun kept touching his head, thinking, don't be fooled by her.
"Father Geng, don't wander around the school gate all day, in fact, you don't really want to hurt Geng Xiaoqing, do you? If you really had that thought, you would have done it a long time ago, instead of hesitating for so many days. ”
“......”
"Even so, Geng Xiaoqing is still afraid of you, she is about to take the college entrance examination, is it convenient for you to avoid it? If you can, I am willing to help you introduce a job, you can give me the phone number!"
Geng Qiuyun was confused the whole time, what the hell is this female teacher doing? He left the number, but he didn't have any hope at all, because in his opinion, Mr. Meng was just a drama spirit, and he would fool people.
He drank wine that night, remembering the humiliation he suffered during the day, and remembering Teacher Meng's "teasing" of him, he was even more angry, and wanted to take Geng Xiaoqing with him while he was drinking. Unexpectedly, Lao Tong was brave once, blocked him from the door, and didn't let him get close to the two children.
When drinking with Lao Tong, he cried again about his unfortunate experience, but the next morning, he actually received a call from the "Changhe" shipyard, asking him to go to the company for an interview.
Mr. Meng said hello in advance, and the interview was a formality, and they politely entertained him. In this way, he not only successfully found a job as a chores, but also managed to get a bed in a dormitory. Although the salary of this job is not high, he no longer has to worry about food and lodging.
This is really pie in the sky, and all thanks to Mr. Meng. Geng Qiuyun found the phone number he left behind and thanked Teacher Meng, but Teacher Meng said, "You don't have to be polite, just remember our agreement, don't embarrass Geng Xiaoqing." ”
“...... Well, she's my daughter, and no matter how much I hate her, I won't do anything to her. ”
"That's good, Daddy Geng, remember what I said, you can work hard to live for someone, just like me. ”
“......”
It's so decent, why are you starting to be hypocritical again?
Old Geng agreed in a daze, saying that he would live a good life, and Teacher Meng smiled: "You are a father, you can try to care about Geng Xiaoqing." ”
Perhaps it was these few words that awakened his little remnants of fatherly love. Although he couldn't care about it, Geng Qiuyun has always been grateful to Teacher Meng. But did she die? Or was it because of an overdose of sleeping pills, which caused heart palsy?
Geng Qiuyun hid this mystery deep in his heart, he remembered the words that Teacher Meng had said, and kept muttering to himself: "No, she clearly said that she had quit medicine a long time ago, she didn't want to be a liar! How could she have a heart attack caused by taking medicine?"
"Besides, she also said that she wants to live for one person, which won't lie people, right?"
But this is also an "idle matter" after all, Geng Qiuyun is not a noble person, there are countless people in this world who have died mysteriously, and it is not uncommon to have one more.
Whoever she loves.