Chapter 359: The Past
Hearing Ren Jiajia's words, Chu Tianyu smiled bitterly, it seems that Le Xiangyang is also a violent temper, and he can't stand it when he sees such an unfair thing, so he goes to arrest people directly, and he doesn't go through the normal procedure at all, this guy!
Ren Jiajia turned around and went out when she had something to do, Chu Tianyu stood up and poured Zhao Weiguo a glass of water and said, "Let's talk about it, I'm still quite curious about you and Li Xiumei." β
Zhao Weiguo held the water glass and lowered his head, and after a while he raised his head, his face full of embarrassment and reminiscence, and the memory pulled him back to the yellowed student days.
Zhao Weiguo and Li Xiumei were high school classmates, in their era, early love was a big crime, a flood was a beast, once it was found by the school, it would be a big demerit, and it would be expelled, but it is not like now, the school is not strict about early love, and even very loose.
Adolescent boys and girls are very curious about the opposite sex, Zhao Weiguo was like this back then, Li Xiumei was also like this, he had a good impression of each other but didn't dare to express it, he could only stand in the distance and look at each other from a distance, and he didn't even dare to say a word, for fear of being seen and saying that they were in early love, Zhao Weiguo liked Li Xiumei, Li Xiumei also liked Zhao Weiguo, the feelings were simple and beautiful, there were no magazines, some only liked it.
Zhao Weiguo was young and ignorant, I don't know how many nights I missed Li Xiumei and couldn't sleep all night, in Zhao Weiguo's opinion, Li Xiumei is the most beautiful girl, there is no one, she looks good when she is angry, she looks better when she is happy, in short, no matter what state Li Xiumei is in, she is the most beautiful in Zhao Weiguo's heart.
He would get up early every day, no matter if it was windy, rainy, or snowy, he would run to the outside of the alley where Li Xiumei's family lived, just to stand in the distance and take a look at Li Xiumei.
For Zhao Weiguo and Li Xiumei, the mutual gaze at the mouth of the alley is already a silent agreement, and both parties silently abide by this agreement, just look at each other from a distance, and will not speak, and will go to school together.
For the young and young, the moment of meeting in the morning is the most beautiful moment of every day, they naively think that it will go on like this forever, and they are satisfied with each other every day, and they do not think that there is no eternity in this world, as time goes by, people will change, things will change, and the whole world will change.
In the three years of high school, the two of them said very little, very little, but they silently admired each other, and at the same time looked forward to the arrival of graduation, graduation means growing up, meaning that they can be together justifiably, together every day, all the time.
Zhao Weiguo will never be able to forget the day he graduated from high school, he can finally walk side by side with Li Xiumei, he doesn't have to be afraid of being seen by his classmates, and he doesn't have to be afraid of being seen by the teacher, he was happy at that moment, it was the happiest moment in his life, that Zhao Weiguo died, he also firmly believed that whether it was heaven or hell, he would never forget that moment, even if he drank Meng Po soup, he would not forget, he couldn't forget the happiness on Li Xiumei's blushing face, she couldn't forget that she was so nervous that her forehead sweated and stuck a few strands of hair, she couldn't forget the white dress Li Xiumei wore that day, and she couldn't forget that she walked in the sunset with her head down and carrying her book, The sunset stretched her figure very long, very long, and even Zhao Weiguo couldn't forget the smile that a kind old lady showed at them when he passed by a cold drink stall.
Zhao Weiguo hopes that he can go on like this with Li Xiumei forever, to the strength of the world, to the destruction of the earth, and to eternity.
When he said this, Zhao Weiguo's black and yellow face was full of happy smiles, and Chu Tianyu could see from this smile how much Zhao Weiguo hoped that time could be frozen forever at the moment when he sent Li Xiumei home.
Zhao Weiguo continued to tell about him and Li Xiumei, and Chu Tianyu was the only one who listened.
Time is passing, people are changing, the world is also changing, Li Xiumei was not admitted to college, she went to work in her father's factory, Zhao Weiguo was admitted to a junior college, in that era, the people who could be admitted to the junior college were already very remarkable, the major colleges and universities have not yet expanded, and there are not so many private schools that can be attended by spending so much money.
But on the day he got the admission letter, Zhao Weiguo made the first major decision in his life, he tore up the admission letter, because he knew very well that if he went to school, he would not be able to see Li Xiumei for a long time, and he would not be able to see Li Xiumei for such a long time.
Zhao Weiguo was happy that day, but his home was gloomy, Zhao Weiguo's home conditions were not good, even very poor, his parents hoped that Zhao Weiguo could change his own life through study, but he was not admitted to college, the family's hopes were all disappointed, he couldn't understand that his parents and his brothers and sisters would be so lost, he was just happy, he was just happy, he was just happy, he was not admitted to college, he could stay in this city, he could see Li Xiumei every day, go to the park with her hand in hand, go to the movie, and buy her a bottle of her favorite orange soda in the cold drink shop on the side of the roadγ
That day, Zhao Weiguo clearly remembered that his father slapped the table after smoking a box of cigarettes in a row and said, "Re-read!"
These two words are like a bolt from the blue for Zhao Weiguo, repeating means that he has to go to school again, but he can't work, and if he can't work, he can't make money to marry Li Xiumei.
The young Zhao Weiguo immediately had an argument with his father, he was slapped by his father for the first time in his life, he clearly remembered that his father, who had always been tall in his impression, after beating him, he seemed to be a teenager old, and the whole person walked out as if he had lost his soul and sat in the courtyard all night.
Zhao Weiguo couldn't understand his father's mood back then, but now he can understand, that night his father not only hated him for being ignorant, but also complained that he was incompetent, did not educate his son well, failed to earn more money to make the children and wives in the family live better, he is a failed man, a useless man, a wreck who can't even educate his own son, he died that day, and he lost half his life that day.
But these are all things that Zhao Weiguo understands now, he knows that he has deeply hurt his father, he blames himself and feels uncomfortable, but he does not regret his decision back then.
Zhao Weiguo soon found a job on the street, as an apprentice in a leather shoe factory, learning to make leather shoes, this was his first job, he thought that his job was very good, he could learn a craft, and if he mastered a craft, he would not starve to death, and he would be able to earn enough money to marry Li Xiumei.
But Zhao Weiguo thought too simply, at that time, China had begun to reform and open up, and the people of the SAR with active brains were already making exquisite leather shoes, and Zhao Weiguo was located in the mainland, although the shoes made by the shoe factory in the mainland were made of good materials, but the style was too old, and the products produced were not cared for at all, Zhao Weiguo had only been working for a year, and the factory was yellow, and the factory did not give him the last two months' salary, but gave him sixteen pairs of leather shoes as wages.
At that moment, Zhao Weiguo felt that the sky was falling while holding his leather shoes, and all his ideals had turned into bubbles because of his unemployment.
He didn't have the face to go to Li Xiumei, because he had promised her to go to his house to propose marriage to his parents when she earned enough money, Zhao Weiguo didn't make much money in a year's work, and he couldn't fulfill his promise without money, so he didn't dare to go to Li Xiumei.
But Li Xiumei ran to his house on a rainy night, Zhao Weiguo clearly remembered that day Li Xiumei was like she had just been fished out of the water, Li Xiumei asked Zhao Weiguo hoarsely why he didn't go to her.
Zhao Weiguo was speechless, he could only stand there blankly, all he had in his heart was humiliation and guilt, he broke his promise.
In the end, Zhao Weiguo still told the truth, he thought that Li Xiumei would turn around and leave, but Li Xiumei didn't, but threw herself into his arms and cried bitterly and kept saying that no matter whether Zhao Weiguo was rich or not, she had to be with him, love in that era was so simple, there were not too many magazines, and it was enough to like it.
Happiness came too suddenly, Zhao Weiguo was immersed in happiness and couldn't find a direction, but he was very excited, because he could finally live with Li Xiumei, and he rekindled hope in his heart, and secretly vowed to make money desperately and let Li Xiumei live a good life.
Li Xiumei also thinks so, looking forward to a bright future for him and Zhao Weiguo, even if they are suffering, as long as the two of them can be together to be bitter and tired, it is nothing.
Zhao Weiguo knew that Li Xiumei liked Jacky Cheung's songs very much, many girls liked his songs in that era, and it happened that at this time, Huaxia was already in the wave of reform and opening up.
Zhao Weiguo and Li Xiumei made an appointment to steal the family's household registration book to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a marriage certificate on May 16, the reason why they wanted to steal it was because Li Xiumei's father opposed them being together, the reason was very simple, Zhao Weiguo was poor, his family was even poorer, as a father, he didn't want his daughter to marry into such a family to live a hard life, and the two of them could only steal it in order to get married.
And that night was also the day when Jacky Cheung came to Jinghai City for a concert, Zhao Weiguo took out all his savings, and went to borrow a lot of money from his friends, and wasted a lot of effort to buy two tickets, he planned to take Li Xiumei to listen to Jacky Cheung's concert, give her a surprise, and it was also a wedding gift.
Zhao Weiguo arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau early that morning, he thought that Li Xiumei would come soon, but as time went by, he began to be disappointed, Li Xiumei did not come for an hour, she still did not come for a morning, and she did not come for a day.
Zhao Weiguo didn't know why Li Xiumei didn't come, he wanted to go to her and ask her why, but he didn't have the courage, and he didn't know why he didn't have the courage.
When night fell, Zhao Weiguo went to the stadium, but in the crowd, he felt that there was only him in the world, he didn't go in with a ticket, he stood at the door, he was waiting, waiting for a miracle to appear, maybe Li Xiumei would suddenly come here, even if he didn't have a ticket to stand outside and listen.
But she didn't show up until the end of the concert.