Chapter 25
The fat man in the photo has a round head and a round head, a double chin, a small flat head, a slightly longer strand of hair on his forehead, wearing a blue and white sportswear that was very common in that era, standing next to the old lady with his hands down, grinning, and missing two front teeth.
"Why don't you have these two teeth?" Zhang Shinian asked, in fact, his question itself is a bit strange, usually no one asks like this, it is normal for children at this age to change their teeth.
It's been almost 20 years, and Chen Anxiu doesn't feel much about that painful experience, but the trauma caused to him at that time was still very serious, "I was pulled out." After that, he no longer trusted strangers who gave him something to eat.
When Chen Anxiu said that his teeth were pulled out, Zhang Shinian's expression became a little subtle, "This is unusual, do you remember what it looks like?"
Chen Anxiu said with a smile, "I have always been an adult. Actually, that translates to mean that I don't remember it at all.
After thinking about it for a long time, he finally added, "I remember that it was a stinky boy who lived in a nursing home, and he dared to bully me because he was older." ”
Zhang Shinian's eyes turned on Chen Anxiu's face, and the smile in his eyes deepened irrepressibly, he really couldn't imagine that the little fat man back then would be such a tall and handsome young man when he grew up, it was normal for Chen Anxiu to be young and not remember, he was eighteen or nineteen years old at the time, and once there was a trigger in some things, he could still remember a lot. That should have been the last time he spent recuperating on Green Island with the old man.
There is no village in the sanatorium to the top of the mountain, so this area is very quiet on weekdays, at that time he likes to take the CD player to the top of the mountain under the big maple tree to read, the field of vision is broad, the summer mountain breeze is also comfortable, there is a helipad in the lower left of the big maple tree, only used in an emergency, there is usually no plane there, after school in the afternoon, there are often boys playing marble and ingots there, he seemed to remember the name, it is a square card stacked on paper, patted around, anyway, he doesn't understand what the fun is, but those children play every day very happy, he first noticed the fat man, it's because this fat man is obviously so fat, but he is very good at playing, his movements are very flexible, and he has won a lot of things against others.
After observing for a long time, he found that the fat man had a small habit, that is, if there was nothing to do, he would lick the two front teeth on it, and lick the two teeth and shake them, which was nothing to do with him, but he may have been young at the time, and he couldn't hold his breath, looking at the fat man licking around every day, he looked uncomfortable, one day, the fat man won a lot of marbles from others, all the children were unwilling to play with him, and they ran away in a hurry, and the fat man was left alone, and he walked out from behind the tree.
"Hey, come here, I'll talk to you about something. Zhang Shinian remembered that this seemed to be the beginning at that time.
The fat man came stupidly.
"You show me your teeth, and I'll go back and ask you for cake. "Cakes weren't as common back then, and they were still a tempting good.
It may be that the cake has an effect, the fat man is very happy, and he obediently opens his mouth without defense, and the teeth are really like what he saw, they are already shaking very much, only a little bit, "Don't move, I'll take a closer look." While the fat man was not looking, he stretched out his hand and pulled out the two teeth that had been obstructing his eyes for a long time.
The fat man first blinked, as if he didn't react to anything, and then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and when he saw the blood on the back of his hand, he suddenly howled and cried, and when he saw the child's mouth full of blood, he was also startled, and he picked up his back and ran to the sanatorium down the mountain.
The doctor in the sanatorium said that there was nothing to do, and he took cold water to wash the blood and stopped, but the two of them were stained with blood, and he took the fat man into his room to change clothes, and the fat man didn't know what to do for Lu Dao and didn't take off his clothes, he was bitten twice when he pressed on the bed to take off the person, and the most descendant was still dragged to the bathtub by him to wash it together.
When he put on his T-shirt and carried the man out of the bathroom, the fat man lay on the bed and sobbed and cried, and asked, "Where's the cake?" ”
He had to go to the restaurant of the sanatorium to buy a cake for him to eat, and then he didn't know what happened, both of them fell asleep, until the fat man's family came to find him, when the seven or eight people came, the scene was too chaotic, he didn't see what the fat man's parents looked like. The old man almost didn't beat him up for this, saying that he was such an adult abducting other people's children, what was he doing.
"I was eight years old at the time, and I didn't even show my mother when I was taking a shower, and the man dared to take off my clothes. "It's easy to say anything else, but being forced to take off your clothes hurts your self-esteem too much.
His two front teeth didn't grow out for a long time, and his grandmother said that it must be because the upper teeth were not thrown on the eaves, and his father also scared him and said that it was over, and he couldn't grow it again, so he had to go to set two big gold teeth. As for the T-shirt, I heard my mother say that she would return it to someone after washing it, but the sanatorium said that the person had already left, and then Chen Tianqi saw it and said what brand it was, how good it was, so he took it to wear.
It hasn't been done now, Zhang Shinian didn't want to get into trouble again because of that little thing in the past, so he decisively changed the topic, picked up another photo and asked him, "This is when your brother-in-law was in his twenties, right? ”
It can be seen from the photos that Lin Changning's changes before and after are actually quite big, when he was a teenager, Lin Changning's eyes were simple and clean unique to that era, and there were some young sons who were pampered by their familiesThe door square was taken, it should be from the college period, a white short-sleeved shirt, black cloth shoes, a school emblem pinned to the chest, and a little arrogance in his eyes, but there is more of a vigorous vitality of young people, the biggest change is the photo of Lin Changning graduating from university, his eyes are very indifferent, and there is a feeling of rejecting people thousands of miles away. Later, this feeling became more and more obvious, and his eyes were almost a little stinging, but when he turned to the last few photos, this feeling disappeared, and now Lin Changning gave people the feeling that he was a very gentle and elegant scholar, very personable.
"My nephew is like an uncle, that's what we all say here. "But he and this uncle are really unfamiliar, I haven't seen him for almost ten years, I can't get acquainted with it, the last time he saw his brother-in-law was a sophomore in high school, and then my brother-in-law also came back, but it didn't coincide with his family leave, so I didn't see him.
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With grandma's escort, although she was still called by her mother and scolded her, according to reliable sources from her father, her mother's tone has loosened. Chen Anxiu was a little relieved, and finally escaped the catastrophe.
On the badminton court of the hotel, Ji Fangping and Zhang Shinian are starting a new round of fighting, the first two games are tied 1-1, this game is 14:11, it is Zhang Shinian who has the upper hand, but considering Ji Fangping's age, Chen Anxiu feels that even if Zhang Shinian wins, it is not a victory.
But this season's secretary really likes to like badminton, these days when he has time, he pulls people to play, and now many meetings in many places are like this, the first few days are serious, the middle is so-so, the most procrastinating, there is no important topic at all. Ji Fangping didn't go to the meeting in the past two days, mainly to meet with some guests from the political and business circles, and I heard that there were some big cooperation projects in their province to negotiate, so he couldn't leave for the time being, but relatively speaking, he had a little more free time in the past few days. At first, it was mainly Wang Hai who accompanied him to fight, but today he finally dragged Zhang Shinian out, and I heard that Wang Hai was not happy to fight. Chen Anxiu has watched their fight, Wang Hai's release of water is really too miserable, even if he doesn't catch the ball that he can receive, he frequently sends the ball to the other party.
Chen Anxiu's injury is almost better, but if he wants to play on the field, it is absolutely not good, he honestly sits on the sidelines in front of the not very loyal audience, he took his mobile phone and flipped through the phone book, and accidentally saw his sister's number, it was almost May Day, he decided to talk to his sister Harrow and contact his feelings.
"Big brother?"
"Qingqing, what are you going to do now?"
"I just came out of the professor's office, and now I'm on my way, and I'm going to the dormitory right away. ”
"Are you coming back on May Day?"
"Maybe I won't go back, I called my mother yesterday, and the professor introduced me to a good internship, I want to try it, and the train ticket for May Day is too difficult to buy, let's go together in the summer vacation." ”
"It's okay, then do you have enough money? Do you want me to give me some more money?" As an elder brother, Chen Anxiu is still reliable.
"No, I have enough money, the living expenses given by my parents have basically not been moved, and I have received some translation work for meetings, and the remuneration is quite high. By the way, what about tons and tons?
"He's very good, his mother is taking care of him at the bottom of the mountain. ”
"I charged my family with 200 phone bills two days ago, and I forgot to tell you, you check to see if you rushed it. ”
"Well, I remember this, you are busy with homework, remember to eat more, don't learn from others to lose weight, it doesn't look good at all to lose weight like a handful of bones. ”
His sister Chen Tianqing opened a Taobao store by herself when she was in college, which was specially used to charge phone bills, in fact, she couldn't make any money by charging phone bills, just punching fast, she originally meant that she would change to a shoe store when the level was high, and now there are four diamonds, but she is busy with her studies and has no heart to get a shoe store, so she keeps this, and occasionally helps classmates and family members to charge some phone bills.
When Zhang Shinian ran over to receive the ball to the right, Chen Anxiu's unusually gentle face with a smile just came into view, different from the usual precautions, and the tone of his speech at this moment was with some indescribable pampering and familiarity. The ball grazed the racket and landed straight into bounds.
"Fourth, what are you thinking, distracted. ”
Zhang Shinian re-serves.
Chen Anxiu didn't notice this detail and continued to talk to Chen Tianqing on the phone.
The game ended with a powerful smash in front of Zhang Shinian's most powerful net, he came here with a big towel to wipe his sweaty hair, Chen Anxiu was still talking to his sister on the phone, and when he saw Zhang Shinian taking away the mineral water in front of him, he hurriedly nodded his mouth to indicate that he had drunk it.
Seeing his action, he naturally put the mouth of the bottle to his mouth, which was obviously an action to feed him.
Wang Hai stood two steps away from them, his puzzled gaze like a searchlight, and he swished over.
The corners of Chen Anxiu's eyes twitched twice, covered the phone, and asked in a vicious whisper, "Did you do it on purpose?"