Chapter 2: East River City
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Donghe City is located in the hinterland of China, under the jurisdiction of Shuchuan Province, because there is no energy, heavy industry, science and technology and other industrial pillars, can only focus on tourism city, so the economy is not very developed.
Nan District is a collective name for an area in the southern part of Donghe City, with narrow roads, dirty streets, crowded vehicles, and rows of dilapidated low-rise buildings all around.
This seems to be a forgotten corner, everything is still stuck in the nineties of the last century, when Mochen returns here, his heart is mixed.
Back then, Mo Chen was forced to flee because he accidentally injured his classmates, and it took seven years.
When he ran away, he was a teenager, and when he returned, he was an adult, and in seven years, he had undergone earth-shaking changes in Mo Chen's body, and he was worried about revenge at the beginning, but now he is not afraid of anyone!
"There are all kinds of things in the past, things are people, and I don't know if the third uncle and his family still live here!"
"Hoo ......"
With a little nervousness, Mo Chen walked towards a five-story old building.
"Uncle, may I ask Wang Xingguo and his family still living here?"
The old man who was cool pointed to the distance, "Wang Xingguo, isn't that it?"
Following the direction of the old man's finger, Mo Chen saw a man with his back to him, squatting on the side of the road to repair the car.
"I'm talking about Wang Xingguo, who works in the power company!!"
"Isn't that him? I've been repairing cars here since he's lame!"
"What? his leg ......"
Ink stared incredulously at the emaciated back, brown shorts, a rotten tank top, dressed in flip-flops, and hair scrawled like a chicken nest.
Is that really the third uncle?How did it become like this??
My third uncle is an out-and-out intellectual, and he entered the power system early, which belonged to the iron rice bowl job in those days......
He wears a modest suit at work or at home, his hair is combed all year round, and he has a confident smile on his face at all times.
"Hey......"
"The people who work in the power company are all developed, and only Wang Xingguo is getting worse and worse, and now they are all still living in this slum!!"
Mo Chen's expression froze, and deep self-blame surged in his heart.
Tan!Yuan!Super!!
Mo Chen gritted his teeth and said these three words in his heart.
It is said that the disaster will not affect the family, but you will take revenge on my family for the personal grievances of the two of us, you wait, if you don't kill you, it will be difficult to vent the hatred in Lao Tzu's heart!!
When Mochen saw Wang Xingguo's face, he felt guilty again.
The well-mannered man has long been changed by the years, with wrinkled cheeks, long-untended stubble, and cloudy eyes......
Who is this man in his forties? If it weren't for the recognizable outline, Mo Chen wouldn't have believed that the big man in front of him was his third uncle!!
Wang Xingguo couldn't understand why the young man in front of him kept looking at him, and asked, "Young man, is there anything wrong with you?"
"Third uncle!"
Mo Chen shouted excitedly, Wang Xingguo was stunned, his face full of doubts.
"Third uncle, I'm Xiaochen, I'm back!!"
"What...... You...... Are you Xiaochen??"
Wang Xingguo's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it at all.
"It's me!"
Mochen nodded heavily.
Wang Xingguo hurriedly wiped his hands, firmly grasped Mochen's arm, and said with tears in his eyes:
"Are you really Xiaochen? Hurry up...... Let the third uncle take a good look, good boy...... It's grown so big in a blink of an eye!!"
"Third uncle, I'm sorry, it's all my fault that caused you to be like this!"
"Hahaha...... It's good for you to come back, why are you still talking about this, let's go, let's go home!!"
Wang Xingguo did not deny it, so he confirmed the conjecture in Mochen's heart, and also strengthened Mochen's determination to seek revenge on Tan Yuanchao.
"Third uncle, you can call the third aunt and Sister Yuanyuan, let's go out as a family tonight and have a good get-together!!"
Wang Xingguo was very happy a second ago, but when he heard this, his expression immediately froze, and he said with an embarrassed face:
"This ...... Just eat at home, and let your third aunt cook a few good dishes for you at night!!"
"Third uncle, I mean I'm in for a treat!!"
"Why break the bank?"
Wang Xingguo complained, "It's not easy for you to make some money outside, let's go, go back to the house to rest first, your third aunt is about to get off work!"
"That ......"
Mo Chen couldn't refute Wang Xingguo's meaning, so he prepared to squat down and clean up the bicycle stall.
"Just put it here, and the third uncle will come down and clean it up by himself later......! Lao Li, help me take care of my eyes, and invite you to drink another day, hehe......"
"That'll do!"
Seeing that Wang Xingguo was so persistent, Mochen no longer insisted, and followed Wang Xingguo to his home.
Wang Xingguo's right leg is still there, but his knee has been hit so hard that his calf to the sole of his foot is flipped 90 degrees, almost perpendicular to his left leg, and he can't walk strongly, so he is lame.
This small three-room room allocated by the power company is also half of Mochen's home, since he was separated from his mother at the age of five, he has been living here, and the interior still maintains its original appearance, but the decoration and furniture are older.
"Xiaochen, you sit down and drink a glass of water first, the third uncle will go out for a while, and he will be back soon!"
"Good!"
After Wang Xingguo went out, Mo Chen got up and walked to the innermost room, pushed the door and entered.
It was a utility room, with a few bicycle inner tubes hanging on the wall, black oil stains on the floor, and a lot of tools and parts piled up in the corner.
Mo Chen smiled bitterly and retreated, this was originally his bedroom, but now it has become a place for the third uncle to repair his car.
The environment is too bad, the air in the house is filled with a smell of engine oil and musty, help the third uncle and his family change to a bigger house as soon as possible.
"Bangβ"
Suddenly, the sound of the door opening pulled Mochen back into his thoughts.
"Mochen, you still have the face to come back, do you know how bad our family has been by you in the past few years!!"
This person is Mochen's third aunt Qiu Qiongfang, her appearance has not changed much, she is short and fat, her skin is slightly dark, she used to like to dress up very much, but now she is much simpler.
"Third aunt, I'm sorry, I don't know Tan Yuanchao's bastard......"
"Don't call me!I'm not your third aunt!!"
Qiu Qiongfang said in disgust, "Which guest came, it turned out to be you, the plague god!"
"Shut up!"
At this time, Wang Xingguo ran up angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"What are you yelling at? What did I say wrong?"
Qiu Qiongfang said angrily, "This person has been eating and drinking for nothing in our house for a few years, and he has caused so much trouble, causing us to lose our jobs and lose all our savings!!"
"It's because we don't have the ability to lose our jobs, we can't blame others!!" Wang Xingguo said in a deep voice.
"Wang Xingguo, are you still talking to him? Are you healed and forgotten the pain of the scar? Don't you know how your leg was broken?"
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