Chapter 91: The Light of Friendship
However, heaven still doesn't seem to favor Xiang Bei, perhaps in the book that records the years and months of birth and death of all living beings, the name Xiang Bei has not yet been circled. This time, he brushed shoulders with death again.
That night, just when the blood in Xiangbei's body was emptied little by little, as if his soul was being drained a little bit, a fellow inmate happened to go to the toilet and found an abnormality in front of Xiangbei's bed. This anomaly is indeed easy to detect, and a large area of blood has not only penetrated the sheets, but even flowed to the ground, forming a pool of blood. Even if you don't turn on the lights, you can see the difference by the moonlight.
"Oh no, there's something wrong to the north! Don't sleep, get up. ”
Everyone was awakened by this shout and gathered around.
"How long has it been since there was so much blood?"
"Isn't it your turn to be on duty? What do you think of the people?"
"Don't force it, call someone quickly!"
The scene was a mess, and everyone didn't know what to do.
Soon, the warden noticed the abnormality in the dormitory and rushed over.
"What's going on? what do you guys think?"
Seeing the bloodstains at the scene, the discipline knew that something was wrong, and he didn't have time to ask the reason, nor did he have time to blame these people, so he hurriedly gave Xiangbei a simple treatment to stop the bleeding.
This night, including Song Qingzheng, almost none of the cadres in the prison, large or small, had slept peacefully. Song Qingzheng was woken up by the correctional call, hurried to the prison, deployed a response plan, and Xiangbei was also rushed to the hospital for rescue.
"Thousands of precautions, but something went wrong. Song Qingzheng stood outside the operating room, pacing back and forth.
"It's all my fault, I review. "Discipline knows that he is derelict in his duties, and bows his head and is silent.
"Now is not the time for accountability. If something happens to Xiangbei, you will be punished!" Song Qingzheng said in a stern tone, "What was the situation at that time?"
"The prisoner on duty was asleep and did not keep his eyes on the north. Looking at the situation at the scene, Xiang Bei should have bitten a blood vessel in his wrist. ”
Song Qingzheng: "Biting off blood vessels?"
Discipline: "This is my speculation. Because his mouth was full of blood, and the wound on his wrist was not cut by something sharp, but there were several wounds. ”
Song Qingzheng: "It's the first time I've heard of this kind of death. It seems that this kid really wants to die. I hope he can turn the tide of danger. ”
Minutes and seconds passed. I don't know how long I waited, but the door to the operating room opened.
"Doctor, how is he?" Song Qingzheng rushed forward impatiently.
The doctor breathed a sigh of relief and said unhurriedly, "If it's a little later, it will be troublesome." Now it's been saved. ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiang Bei lay in the prison hospital ward for two days, without eating or drinking. Perhaps because his heart is too heavy, his appearance and posture have also changed a lot, a lot of white hair has grown on his head inexplicably, the skin on his face is puffy and loose than before, and his eyes are dull.
Although it was a wrist artery trauma, due to the small size of the wound, he was discharged from the hospital half a month after the operation. According to the doctor's instructions, the north is more about recovery training, so that the nerve and muscle damage in the wrist can be repaired.
After such two tosses, Song Qingzheng no longer dared to take it lightly, he felt that heart disease still needed heart medicine. To untie the knot in Xiangbei's heart, someone needs to enlighten him. And this person, preferably, is an acquaintance he trusts and has good relations.
Song Qingzheng thought of Luo Yuchen. Because they are both in the public security system, the two are familiar with each other. Song Qingzheng also heard Luo Yuchen mention that his sister and Xiangbei have a master-apprentice relationship, and perhaps, he can help.
Soon, the matter of going north reached Luo Fangyi's ears through Luo Yuchen. She never expected that Xiangbei would commit suicide twice, if she couldn't pass the hurdle in her heart, this person's life would disappear one day.
Luo Fangyi came to the prison according to the visiting time. He didn't go directly to the reception room, but went to Song Qingzheng first to understand the situation.
Luo Fangyi: "Prison warden, I have a general understanding of the situation in Xiangbei, how is he now?"
Song Qingzheng: "The body has basically recovered, but the most important thing is that the disease in my heart has not recovered." ”
Luo Fangyi: "When did you commit suicide?"
Song Qingzheng: "A few days ago, I talked to him once and informed him of the news of his wife's death in a car accident. It didn't take long for him to commit suicide. The first time was to strangle his neck with a bed sheet and was discovered by the correctional officer, and the second time was to bite a blood vessel in his wrist with his teeth and was discovered by his fellow inmates. Both times it was dangerous. ”
Luo Fangyi: "It seems that Zhou Xuecen's death hit him very hard, and his heart completely collapsed. ”
Song Qingzheng: "Please come over, I just hope you can have a good talk with him, enlighten him, maybe it can help him." Otherwise, maybe one day he will do something stupid again. We can't be so coincidental every time we saved him. ”
Luo Fangyi: "I'll try." ”
Xiangbei was reading a book in the dormitory at this time when he heard the discipline call him.
"To the north, you prepare, someone wants to see you. ”
"See me?" Xiang Bei beat a drum in his heart, his relatives are gone, who will meet me?
He arrived at the reception room. Luo Fangyi was already sitting on the opposite side.
"Xiao Luo, is that you?"
The person in front of him was completely different from the little girl he saw for the first time a few years ago, dressed generously and decently, with light eyeshadow and lipstick, and completed the transformation from a young girl to a white-collar worker with temperament.
"Master, I'm sorry, I should have come to see you earlier. Luo Fangyi felt guilty. Since the accident to the north, she has wanted to visit the prison several times, but due to various reasons, this wish has not been realized.
"I have something to look at. Xiang Bei smiled faintly.
"Master, you have lost weight and are more emaciated than before. You have to take care of yourself. Luo Fangyi looked carefully to the north, his cheekbones were prominent, his eyes were dull, and there was a lot of gray hair on his head.
"I want to die sooner now, hehe. ”
"You can't think like that. The warden told me about you. There is no hurdle that cannot be passed, and my sister-in-law and Nuo Yi will also be heartbroken when they see you like this under Jiuquan. ”
At the mention of these two people, Xiang Bei's mood plummeted again, and the whole person wilted in an instant.
"When they were gone, they left me. I really want to be with them. ”
Luo Fangyi remembered Zhou Xuecen's death, and the scene of her falling in a pool of blood has always been imprinted in her mind.
"I was at the scene when my sister-in-law had an accident. She was hit by a car on her way to the newspaper office. She was still holding materials about you at the time. ”
"What the hell was going on?"
"Some time ago, the newspaper changed its leadership. The new president decides to re-investigate your case. Chen Jizhou told his sister-in-law to go to the newspaper office and talk to her about you. As a result, there was an accident at the door of the newspaper office. ”
Hearing this, Xiangbei sighed and shed tears: "It's all because of me, it's me who hurt her......"
"Master, you can't think like that. No one expected such a thing to happen. My sister-in-law has paid so much for you, if you don't cherish yourself, won't you live up to her heart?"
Xiang Bei didn't speak, and his heart was mixed.
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The rules in the prison are strict, there are few conflicts between prisoners, and the so-called prison tyrants are just legends. But prisoners also have their own food chains, and their interiors will still be invisibly divided into three, six, nine and so on. At the bottom of this food chain are rapists and embezzlers, who are seriously contrary to traditional values, and who are taught verbally and physically by other prisoners at any time and at any time. Although Xiang Bei has similarities with those embezzlers who were caught, for example, they are all cultural people, but perhaps because of their profession, other prisoners look at Xiang Bei with a little awe.
After returning to the cell in the north, the inmates consciously took on the responsibility of taking care of him, carrying water and washing clothes, and each of them had a different division of labor.
However, it is difficult to look at them with awe in the north, after all, many of these people have committed theft, arson, robbery and harm. Perhaps it is in response to such a sentence, things gather by like, people are grouped, and looking north at their eyes is more of a fear and timidity.
However, not everyone has turned away from the north. Li Weizhen is an exception.
Li Weizhen, who is already 50 years old, was transferred to Hedong City No. 1 Prison from another place three years ago, and before that, he had already spent six years in prison in another prison. Judging from the appearance, although Li Weizhen and Xiangbei are more than ten years apart, they have many similarities in temperament, such as both of them wear glasses, they are both medium height, thin and thin, and they look like crepes.
If you look at the social backgrounds of the two, there are even more similarities. Li Weizhen is a primary school Chinese teacher. Since the age of 25, he has been teaching in a rural primary school, and has been standing on the podium for nearly 20 years.
It stands to reason that Li Weizhen should be a knowledgeable person, so how could he be in prison? The matter has to start six years ago.
At that time, Li Weizhen was a substitute teacher. The so-called substitute teacher is to do the work of a teacher, but without the status of a teacher, he cannot enjoy the treatment of a teacher at all. Li Weizhen's village is located in a remote mountainous area, and the transportation is inconvenient, so it is impossible to keep people. There are formal teachers who can't stay in the village for a few months and then pat their butts and leave.
Seeing that his children were not in school, Li Weizhen recommended himself and took on the role of substitute teacher.
A short teaching experience does not necessarily mean that the teaching is unqualified, but the long teaching experience is definitely a teaching expert. Li Weizhen originally just wanted to take the initiative to quit for a while, and when he had a suitable candidate, he took the initiative to quit, but he continued to do it without admitting it, and he himself became more and more familiar with teaching, and cultivated many good student seedlings.
If more than 20 years ago, no one was willing to teach in the countryside because the rural conditions were too difficult. Well, 20 years later, everything has changed. Even Li Weizhen's village has gradually been lifted out of poverty under the influence of local poverty alleviation policies, and the village has also raised its own funds to renovate the asphalt road. With convenient transportation and improved wages, this "plane tree" naturally attracted the "Golden Phoenix". The township quickly decided that in order to improve the teaching level in the local villages, all the original substitute teachers would be dismissed and the existing teachers would be re-employed.
Life changes are often caused by one or two small sparks.
For a man who has been a teacher for 20 years, such a policy adjustment is undoubtedly a heavy blow. Li Weizhen suddenly lost his livelihood and lost his spiritual support. He couldn't figure out why Heaven was so unfair, and suddenly closed a window for him when he was about to grow old. So, in the dead of night, he poured a pound of liquor alone at home.
The wine is strong and cowardly, this person who even has to kill fish and cook on weekdays has to do the work for his daughter-in-law, who actually came to the village director's house with his throat and shouting all the way, and scolded at the gate. How could this family stand the humiliation of this door-to-door provocation. A family rushed out with shovels and brooms, and "Bang Bang" was a beating. This blow completely ignited the anger in Li Weizhen's heart, and without saying a word, he rushed to the courtyard, and saw a pile of firewood briquettes in the courtyard, so he lit a fire. Who would have thought that taking advantage of the strong wind, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the house was set on fire, and several people were burned, one of whom was severely burned.
What is even more unfortunate is that just in time for the strike hard, Li Weizhen committed a crime against the wind, and his matter quickly spread throughout the county, in order to calm down the bad impact caused by this incident, the county made it clear that it would deal with it seriously to prevent future troubles. So, in such an environment, Li Weizhen's sentence was re-added, and the final sentence was 10 years.
Don't look at Li Weizhen, who also went to prison for setting fire to and injuring people, but he was arrogant in his heart and didn't want to be with those prisoners. But to the north can meet his eyes. The two soon chatted together.