(xxv)

Soothe the soul, the warm sun in winter, poke the sore spot, and speak coldly on the spring night

Ling Feng returned from the night shift to the day shift, and on the first day of work, he listened to the pyrotechnics complaining one after another, and the cleaning of the "coal mountain" on the top of the furnace had made them complain. Ling Feng knew that these self-proclaimed coke oven elite fire blenders had never received this kind of treatment, and they had to do manual work other than their own work, and the labor intensity was so great, wasn't this an insult to the title of the elite?

Elites have elite thinking, and the extra effort will definitely be found back in their own work. The squad leader Xiumin also turned a blind eye, acquiescing in the fact that temporary slackness in work would be exchanged for the psychological balance of the elites and their support for themselves.

"Where did he go, he is willing to gamble and lose, and there is still no score for what he promised me. "As soon as the workers in the hot repair class at the opposite door entered the door, they shouted.

"I'm going to find it for you. A firefighter answered easily.

Ling Feng hurriedly asked the reason, it turned out that when the "coal mountain" was moved on the top of the furnace, the workers were having fun, and the worker surnamed Zhao in the fire control class and a worker in the hot repair class made a bet to push a two-wheeled trolley full of coal, and whoever pushed more consecutive trips won, and the bet was that the loser introduced the winner to the winner, and Zhao Tie was defeated.

At noon, Zhao Tiezhi returned to the lounge for lunch from the fire control class warehouse separated by a wall, and was blocked as soon as he entered the house.

"Zhao Tiezhi, where are you hiding, what's going on with the object?"

"Don't worry, you see I'll give you a fold of the form, the eldest sisters in the exchange room are good-looking, but they are either married or already have a partner, and there are many girls in the Jiao class, but they are all crooked melons and cracked dates, and you can't look down on them." ”

"Then your classmates, neighbors, or something, think about whether there is a suitable one. ”

"When it comes to neighbors, don't say it, my neighbor really has an unmarried eldest sister who is very beautiful. ”

"How big sister, don't be a forty-year-old eldest sister, right?"

"Where, at most a year or two older than me. ”

Listening to Zhao Tiezhi's eloquent conversation, Ling Feng's heart moved, "This Zhao Tiezhi's family lives in Xia Hui's family, could the eldest sister he said be Xia Hui? Or Zhimei?"

"Is the eldest sister you said called Xia Hui or Zhimei?" Ling Feng couldn't help but interject.

"Yes, it's Xia Hui, Zhimei and I are elementary school classmates and married, how do you know them?" Zhao Tiezhi looked surprised.

"Xia Hui and I are high school classmates, and Zhimei is one year lower than me. Ling Feng explained slightly.

"Look, our brothers have been together for so long, you have to help your brother, you go and talk to your classmates, whether it will be successful or not depends on his creation, and I will complete the task. Zhao Tiezhi seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and he had good words again and again.

"That's okay, I don't know if anyone has a partner, I'll go to you to find a letter, it's New Year's Day soon, I still have something to be busy in January, it's the Spring Festival, and I have to find a reason to visit. Ling Feng couldn't resist it, so he had to agree, and it would be good to take the opportunity to take a look at his old classmates.

Ling Feng said to Zhao Tiezhi that he had important things to do in January, but in fact he was waiting for the results of the civil service examination, which was the most important thing in Ling Feng's heart.

In anticipation, I finally waited for the day when the results would be announced before the Spring Festival in '98. As soon as Ling Feng arrived at the place where the results were announced, he met the eldest of the brothers in the storage and distribution station.

"Good brother, on the list. The boss looked envious.

"Big brother, why are you here?" Ling Feng glanced at the boss, and then at the girl beside the boss.

"I accompanied my friends to see the results. The boss gestured to the girl next to him as he spoke.

"Hello, big brother, I'll go first. Ling Feng said hello to the girl and said goodbye to the eldest brother.

Ling Feng heard about the whereabouts of the boss from his brothers, and knew that the boss was now helping out at the police station of the Public Security Bureau and was about to get married. There is an opportunity for small talk between brothers, and it is important to look at the results first.

With the boss's early revelation, Ling Feng was much more at ease. looked all the way down from the list, and saw his name in the sixty-first position, and saw Shuhan's name in the sixty-fourth position. However, the Yajun who took the first place in the transfer exam never saw it, Ling Feng was afraid that he would miss it, so he read it again, but still didn't, "How could it be?

As soon as the Spring Festival passed in ninety-eight, Ling Feng couldn't stand Zhao Tiezhi's urging and went to Xia Hui's house. Xia Hui's family was still the same as when Ling Feng came six years ago, sitting on the kang in the hut, her legs sticking to the wooden plank hanging down to the ground along the edge of the kang and swaying back and forth, which was super memorable, and Xia Hui sat on the chair in front of the desk to accompany her.

"Why do you remember me here?" Xia Hui wanted to find out the doubts.

"I haven't seen my old classmates for so many years, I miss you, come and see you. Ling Feng wanted to try his best to get back to the feeling he had back then.

"Hey, isn't Yingshun gone, Ruolan is ignoring you, there's nowhere to go. Xia Hui's words are a bit difficult to ponder.

"Seriously, do you have a boyfriend now?" Ling Feng wanted to find out first.

"No, why are you asking this?" Xia Hui looked embarrassed.

"There is a colleague from our team who lives here in your house, and he lost a bet with others, and he wants to introduce someone to the other party, and ask me to pull the strings. Ling Feng briefly introduced the meaning.

"Well, you can stop, just your gas company, forget it. Xia Hui looked disgusted.

"It's okay, as long as there is a word, I can go back to the errand. Ling Feng's face was relaxed.

"Don't you see, you're still a warm-hearted, and your own life's events have come to an end?" Xia Hui wanted to reverse her passivity and ask Ling Feng.

"Don't worry, there will be a beautiful girl waiting for me at the intersection ahead. Ling Feng felt weak when he spoke.

"Yo, don't you see it, are you still so confident?" Xia Hui covered her mouth and almost laughed.

"You're about to become an old girl, hurry up, don't be too picky, several of our classmates are hugging their sons. Ling Feng smiled and enlightened Xia Hui.

"You'd better mind yourself first. Xia Hui fought back a little weakly.

"Okay, I'm happy, I'm done, it's time for me to go home. Ling Feng stood up and ended this happy reunion.

On the way home, Ling Feng recalled the scene of meeting Xia Hui just now, and his relaxed mood was a bit like when he was in school. Thinking about it, a thought that had never existed before squeezed into my mind.

"Ling Feng, Ling Feng, you have done your best for others, why don't you think about such a good girl yourself?"

Ling Feng was surprised by his own thoughts, he had known Xia Hui for ten years since he was in high school, and he had never been moved by her at all, including the summer before his third year of high school. That summer, Xia Hui patronized inexplicably, and the moment she picked up a wandering kitten on the stairs outside the house, the warm sun seemed to be in love, and youth seemed to always be affectionate.

Ling Feng came to Xia Hui's house again with distracting thoughts in his heart, and his conversation and laughter were no longer as smooth as before.

"Give me this picture, right?" Ling Feng found a four-inch color photo of Xia Hui on his desk.

"No, I only have one photo of this. Xia Hui looked reluctant.

"It's so stingy, when Guan Yingshun asked for photos, Yingshun took out a stack of photos for me to pick at will. Ling Feng moved out of the past and compared.

"I'm not Yingshun, so I won't give it. Xia Hui was unmoved.

Ling Feng has always treated Xia Hui in his own way, and the photos are correct, and he can be informed later. Sure enough, when I talked to Xia Hui about the photo again, Xia Hui only said lightly, "As soon as you leave, I found that the photo was missing, so I sent it to you, saving you from saying that I was stingy."

The matter of the photo gave Ling Feng confidence that his life's events might have a door.

Just when Ling Feng was full of confidence and planned to further close the relationship with Xia Hui, Xia Hui beat Ling Feng back to his original form. That was the first time Ling Feng picked up Xia Hui from work and went home, and when he arrived outside Xia Hui's house, Xia Hui stopped.

"Ling Feng, we have known each other for so many years, I understand your thoughts, I can not care about your work, but there is one thing you have to answer me honestly. Xia Hui said very solemnly.

"What's the matter? I'm not going to lie to you. Ling Feng was a little excited when he met for the first time and didn't mind his work.

"Can you afford a heating house? If you can't, you're going to die." Xia Hui's words were as cold as a winter night.

In a word, Ling Feng was speechless. In a word, Ling Feng's heart was infinitely sad.