Chapter 32: A New (Heart) Path
We said a few words and gradually became familiar, it turned out that this Zhao Yang was a student of the Provincial Normal Physical Education Department, and he was in his senior year. My parents run a small supermarket in the city.
At this time, two very young waiters brought all the dishes we ordered to the table. One of the girls was serving too many plates, and when she put a plate of fat cow, she spilled a little bit of the seafood horseradish that she still held in her hand and splashed it on the table in front of the little girl.
"How do you do it, will you serve food? The little girl immediately scolded the little girl with an angry face
"I'm sorry, I didn't hold it. The waiter quickly apologized, and another person who finished the dish came over and took out a paper towel to wipe the horseradish off the table.
"These waiters are really unqualified. This restaurant is also said to be quite famous, you look at the attitude of those waiters, they were reluctant to wipe the table just now. We are here to consume, that is, God, how can they be like that. The little girl said with a look of disgust before the last waiter came out of the box.
"I'm young, I can't help it, if I have quality, I won't work here. Zhao Yang also looked sarcastic
"Brother, a toast to the first meeting. I saw the two of them like this, and lifted the glass to divert the subject.
After a few rounds of drinking, the little girl and Zhao Yang became happier and happier the more they talked, and the two kept toasting each other and began to be commensurate with brother and sister.
Zhao Yang kept saying some social things to the little girl, such as who fought very well, how good the mix was, that day he and his classmates beat so-and-so, in short, after drinking, Zhao Yang changed from a sunny young man to a social gangster.
Zhao Yang finally showed the little girl the double knife tattoo he tattooed on his arm, and the little girl stroked the tattoo on Zhao Yang's bulging biceps with her hand, and was so excited that her face flushed with admiration.
"It's not early, Brother Zhao has class tomorrow, let's go! "I looked at the scene and was a little embarrassed, and wanted to pull the little girl back.
"Brother Shen, it's still early! You invite me to dinner, I invite you to sing and feel the heat of the provincial city at night. Zhao Yang said very enthusiastically.
"Thank you brother, I drank too much today, and I'll do it another day. I laughed and stood up and wanted to leave.
"Go, Brother Shen, Yang Tsai is so enthusiastic, I also want to sing. The little girl took my arm and began to be coquettish.
I took a deep look at the little girl, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, since you all want to go, let's go." ”
"Great. The little girl jumped and jumped with joy.
I checked out the bill and took a taxi with them to a nightclub.
Zhao Yang kept calling his mobile phone on the taxi to find this and that, and when we arrived at the nightclub, there were already seven or eight people waiting for us in a box, these people were not very old. Some men and women also have dyed their hair of various colors.
As soon as we got there, Zhao Yang introduced me and the little girl to them, and these people politely said a word to me, and just nodded politely. After that, these people began to eat, drink and jump in the box, and the scene was chaotic.
The little girl was talking and laughing with Zhao Yang in a corner, the sound was so loud that I couldn't hear what they were talking about.
"Why don't you dance. "Just as I was thinking about something, a girl sat down next to me.
I turned my head and saw that the girl had dyed yellow hair, two large earrings, and heavy chimney makeup, and her face was not visible in the shining light.
The smell of her inferior perfume made my nose a little uncomfortable, but I smiled and said, "No." ”
"Oh! You are very familiar with Zhao Yang. The girl was noncommittal.
"It's not familiar, a friend I just met yesterday. I laughed.
"Your girlfriend is pretty beautiful," the girl raised her chin in the direction of the little girl.
"Thank you" I nodded, wondering what this girl meant, saying that she had a crush on me, that would be absolutely nonsense.
"Zhao Yang is quite popular in our school, many people like to make friends with him, and Zhao Yang is good-looking and eloquent, and he has made a lot of money by relying on this. The girl seemed to be observing my reaction after saying this.
"That's great! It's a good thing to make money now. I knew what she was going to do when she said that, but I still praised her as usual, but now I looked at her as disgusting as seeing a fly.
The girl looked at me with no change in her face, and there was a look of disappointment in her eyes.
"Listen to your accent from out of town. The girl adjusted her mood and continued to ask.
"Come here to do business. I said lightly.
"It's the boss at such a young age, what do you do to make a fortune?" the girl didn't smile at all.
"Medicinal herb business. I coped casually.
"What are you doing here, let's go dance. A young man with yellow hair came up, glanced at me, picked up the girl, and left.
The girl was obviously trying to say something to me, but was dragged away by the man.
It wasn't until after two o'clock in the morning that the gang had enough fun.
"Brother Shen, I forgot to bring my wallet, I originally wanted to invite you, I'm really embarrassed. Zhao Yang said apologetically.
"It's okay, Yang Zai, what's it to sing a song together, this time we invited" The little girl stroked her footsteps and said drunkly.
"That's embarrassing. Zhao Yang said with a smile.
"It's okay, they're all friends. I smiled and looked at the people behind Zhao Yang.
I went to the bar to pay the bill, a total of more than 8,000, and Zhao Yang's friend also took three Chinese and a bottle of red wine.
The little girl who woke up from a hangover the next morning looked excited and said that she would ask Zhao Yang to play again.
I patiently recounted yesterday's events.
"Didn't you just take a few cigarettes, I guess it's not what Yang Zai meant, what are you doing so stingy. The little girl frowned.
My face suddenly darkened and I stopped talking.
The little girl hummed a song and went to the bathroom to take a shower, I listened to the sound of water in the bathroom, thinking about all kinds of things with her in the past few months, and finally wanted to have a good talk with her.
"Little girl, I know you like to play when you're young, but you also have to play with measure, moderation, and how the money is earned, you don't know that once we have an accident, it will be a crime to go to prison, and this money will not take long to play. I watched her come out of the bathroom and said in as calm a tone as I could.
"I know, I'm not too much! I just eat, eat, dance, sing, and sing, and besides, when I earn money, I use it to spend, and if I don't have it, I can make money, and I can spend money. The little girl took out a clean dress from the cupboard and said as she put them on, her tone was very disapproving.
"Little girl, we're making some money now, but it's not okay to spend it like this, we have to save money to do some other serious things, and we're doing this now, it's best to have less contact with other people, otherwise something will happen sooner or later." I pressed my anger and continued to persuade.
"I know, you just don't have the interest in life, you should enjoy it when you make money, I don't spend it all, can't you relax properly?"
"Forget it, I won't talk about you anymore, we'll leave here tomorrow. "I see that the little girl is very annoyed like this, she has forgotten how many pounds and taels she has.
"Leave so quickly. The little girl was stunned for a moment and looked at me in a daze.
"What are we still doing here, we should hurry up and find the next place while we still have some money to make. I frowned.
"Alas!" the little girl sighed, put on her down jacket and walked out.
"Where are you going?" I asked, in a very unpleasant tone.
"Go to the mall and buy some food, this is all gone, I can still go there. The little girl was not happy either
I sat on the bed angrily and ignored her, and the little girl saw me slam the door and go out by herself, and the little girl didn't come back until the evening.
"Brother Shen, I have a cold, but I'm uncomfortable, can I leave later?" the little girl was pale and sneezed when she came back.
"Okay, then wait a few days, why do you catch a cold?" I saw that she had to nod in agreement.
"The water in the morning was a little cold, and my hair didn't dry and I went out. The little girl sneezed as she spoke, and quickly found a piece of paper to wipe it.
"I'm going to buy you some medicine and go to bed early!" I always had a bad feeling and wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
"Hmm!" the little girl snorted.
When I went to bed at night, I found that there were a few more scratches on her back, and in an instant my heart felt like it was stabbed by a knife, and I almost couldn't help but want to drag the little girl from the bed and beat her violently, but after all, I endured it, tore my face, my money was enough, and the password of the bank card was in her hand, and if I robbed it, something might happen.
"I don't feel well. When the little girl woke up the next morning, she sneezed.
"Then let's go to the hospital. I said with a calm face.
We went to a hospital and the doctor prescribed her medicine for three days, three bottles a day for her to be quiet in the hospital.
"Brother Shen, go get busy! I'll just inject a drip myself. The little girl said.
"It's okay, how can I leave if you're sick. I gently took her hand and said softly.
The little girl said a few more words, but I was always pushed back.
"Little girl, what's wrong with you, is there something that has to let me go?" I said with some displeasure.
"It's nothing. What can I do? "The little girl is not here to let me go.
Three days later, her condition improved, and I took her to the train station that afternoon to buy a ticket to Montenegro the next day.
By the time we came back from the station, it was already half past seven in the evening, and the winter in the north was particularly long, especially in the three northeastern provinces, and many people commuted to work without seeing the sun at both ends.
We went back to the hotel and knocked, and the little girl who had been worried about it forgot to turn on the lamp and made it to the head of the bed.
I didn't turn on the light, but sat down on a chair in the room without saying a word.
"Brother Shen, I can't go to Montenegro with you. The little girl said in a low tone.
"What's wrong?" I asked in a low tone.
"My mother sent a text message, saying that the child was sick and needed money urgently. The little girl looked up and said this, looking at me, and then the light outside, I saw that her eyes were full of complexity.
"What do you think?" I sighed in my heart, in fact, I had already thought of today's result.
"Brother Shen, can you take out the money we earned, I want to go home to see the child and treat my child. "The little girl bit us a little hard.
"How much do you want?" I asked softly,
"200,000," the little girl said without hesitation.
"Okay," I stared at her for a long time and nodded. The little girl still has a little conscience, and she didn't run away with Zhao Yang with my money.
Even if I look at her to death, he can also find some hooligans with Zhao Yang to beat me half to death, and then leave with the money. However, it is also possible to consider that I will be ruined, and I am afraid that I will have evidence of drug trafficking in my hands to report.
"I'll leave 200,000 in this card, how can I give you the rest. The little girl said.
"Just go to the card machine and transfer money. "I try to keep my voice as calm as possible.
I hugged the little girl again, transferred the money to my bank card at the opposite bank, and saw the prompt on the mobile phone, and my heart relaxed.
Although I didn't want to be with her for a moment, I went back to the hotel with her.
"When are you leaving. After asking these words, my heart suddenly felt much lighter, as if I had been relieved of some kind of burden that had been weighing on my heart.
"The child is very sick, and I will leave tomorrow morning. The little girl whispered.
"Okay, the ticket to Montenegro is tomorrow, and I won't give it to you. Without waiting for the little girl to speak, I got up and went to the bathroom.
When I went to bed at night, the little girl handed her hand, I wanted to push it away, but the revenge that rose in my heart made me press her down, I flipped her over on the bed, and entered the place where she had not let me in, and I felt her body trembling.
At five o'clock the next morning, I heard the sound of the little girl packing her luggage, and I didn't say anything until the moment she walked out the door.
Yesterday's devastation had already cut me off from the little girl, and when she walked out, I came to the balcony, opened the curtains and looked down.
The outside world was desolate, the whole sky was gray, a young man took the little girl's bag and took her hand and walked towards the street in the distance, that person I know, it is Zhao Yang.
Half a year later, I received a call from her (I change a new number every time I go to a new place, but there is a phone number that never changes, so that my family and classmates can contact me, and the little girl also knows).
She cried and told me a lot of things to come back, saying that Zhao Yang had drained her money, was still playing with women outside, and beat her when she ran out of money.
I listened quietly until I hung up the phone, and when she saw that I didn't answer the phone, she texted me a lot.
I don't want to remember what she told me, I don't want to have anything to do with her, I don't know how to cherish it at the time, and if I miss it, I will never come back.
At the end of '06, she called me again, using a landline, and she said that she and Zhao Yang had been arrested for selling counterfeit drugs and wanted me to go to prison to see her.
I knew she would learn from me that way, but not everyone could walk this way, and I still listened quietly without saying a word.
If she realized that it was a mistake with Zhao Yang half a year ago, then she should leave Zhao Yang immediately and find a new life for herself, but she still stayed with Zhao Yang knowing that it was wrong, I really don't understand what this woman thinks.
That morning, when she left, I also packed my bags, although I was alone, but the road still had to go on, life was inescapable.
I don't want to live the kind of life where I have a stutter and feel at ease, earn a few enough money for my children to go to school, I want to be a superior person respected by everyone, I don't have a rich and powerful father, I don't have the appearance of a star, and I don't have advanced knowledge, I can only find a way, find a way, and work my own.