Chapter 25: Escape (I)
Zhang Jilai's memory goes back to the moment he came home last night. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhang Jilai pushed open the door, and the candlelight in the house could be seen from the courtyard, for this ruined home, there had not been such light for several years, and he was even used to groping in the dark to do his own thing, which suddenly lit up, and he was really a little uncomfortable.
He had no money to buy candles, except for the money he had for his mother's treatment. Every day he would serve his mother to go to bed early before dark, and he would wake her up after dawn. Year after year, day after day, he spent all these years in this way, and now the light seemed to bring hope to his life, and he walked excitedly towards the house.
"Are you back?" Ding Fenghai said to Zhang Ji, who was walking into the room quickly, sitting at a shabby table.
Zhang Jilai was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Ding Fenghai to go back yet.
"Brother Ding, I'm really bothering you. Zhang Ji came to see his sleeping mother peacefully and said sincerely.
Ding Fenghai looked behind Zhang Jilai and asked with doubts, "Didn't Feng Jun come back with you?"
Zhang Jilai smiled reluctantly and said with some embarrassment: "Second brother is afraid that my mother will have no one to take care of, so let me bring some food back first." After speaking, he raised the bag in his hand, and the heat in the bag was permeating in the faint flickering candlelight, and then Zhang Jilai said: "Brother Ding, you haven't eaten yet, or you can make do with something here." β
Ding Fenghai got up and waved his hand again and again: "No, since you're back, I'll go back first, it's not early, you should go to bed early." Saying that, Ding Fenghai was about to leave, and when he walked to the door, as if he remembered something, he turned around and said, "By the way, I still have something I want to ask you for, I don't know if you want to." β
Zhang Jilai was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Of course I do, I don't know if Brother Ding needs my help with anything." β
Ding Fenghai took out a neatly folded stack of paper from his coat pocket, he looked at the stack of paper and thought for a while, and said, "This is a letter I wrote to Feng Jun, I hope you can pass it on to him after his college entrance examination." β
Zhang Jilai was stunned again, during the day he heard Zhang Guilai mention about Ding Fengjun's college entrance examination, although his mind was not too clear at the time, but he still remembered that Zhang Gui said that Ding Fengjun could not take the college entrance examination, he hesitated, looked at Ding Fenghai who was worried, and said with a somewhat embarrassed look: "This ......"
Before the words could be spoken, Ding Fenghai opened his mouth again and said: "Is there anything unspeakable about my brother? If there is something difficult, then forget it." Saying that, Ding Fenghai was about to put the paper stack back in his pocket, Zhang Jilai panicked for a moment and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, I didn't mean that, don't worry, Brother Ding, I will definitely handle the things you give me." β
Ding Fenghai nodded, and handed the letter stack to Zhang Jilai, Zhang Jilai felt that this paper stack had some weight, and it seemed that there were some other heavy things in it, but because this was entrusted by others, Zhang Jilai was inconvenient to open it to see, but he felt that something was very strange, obviously Ding Fengjun could not take the college entrance examination, why did Ding Fenghai ask Zhang Jilai to hand over the letter to Ding Fengjun after the college entrance examination, looking at Ding Fenghai's demeanor, there seemed to be some unspeakable secrets, and Zhang Jilai couldn't say anything.
After Ding Fenghai left, Zhang Jilai thought a lot, and he planned to transfer the letter to Ding Fengjun tomorrow, so as not to delay the big event.
Ding Fengjun's mood fluctuated a little, and his hand was too strong to scratch Zhang Jilai, and Zhang Jilai grinned and squeezed out a sentence.
"The things are in my house, the second brother will come home with me first. β
Zhang Jilai took out his own set of clothes for Ding Fengjun to change into, and poured a cup of hot water for Ding Fengjun, Ding Fengjun trembled and opened the letter left by his eldest brother, and looked at it through the faint light flowing in outside.
"Feng Jun, when you read this letter, I believe that you have already passed the college entrance examination, and with your strength, my brother believes that you will definitely be able to be admitted to an ideal university. Of course, don't be proud, what college is like, brother doesn't know, brother has no chance to enter college again in this life, if possible, wait until you go to college and take a few photos for me, brother will be quite content to see it. β
"By the way, my brother is gone, and as for where I went, my brother doesn't know. I believe that my father and mother have also told you the ins and outs of the matter, you don't have any burden, I think this is where my brother can help you in the end, you must not blame anyone, whether it is Zhou Changkun or Old Man Ge, they are also out of good intentions, otherwise, I am afraid you will not even get the opportunity to take the college entrance examination. Brother doesn't ask for anything else, I just hope you can be well. Going to college is different from going to high school, it will be a big city, mixed with fish and dragons, your temper will also be changed, if you are injured at home, my brother can help you apply medicine, and you have to rely on yourself when you go out, endure the calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky. As the saying goes, suffering is a blessing, don't be long-winded, brother, this is also for your good. β
"I saw the money in the letter stack, not all of this money was given to you, in addition to the expenses at home in the past few years of medical practice, I saved the rest, I originally wanted to wait for you to go to college and leave, but now it seems that I can't wait for that time. Zhou Changkun also said, recruits will not be able to go home to visit their relatives for at least a year, I have to hand it over to you in advance, this money is not easy to come by, you must save money, big cities are not better than our countryside, there must be more money, you must refrain from comparing with your classmates. β
"That day I went to Zhang Jilai's house, and talked a lot with his mother, their family is also very difficult, Jilai has no father since he was a child, it was his mother who raised him, this person is very filial, honest and honest, but unfortunately the family is poor, and he has not gone to school. Originally, I didn't plan to help him, but his mother's words made me feel sad, his mother said that she wanted to see Jilai marry a daughter-in-law in her lifetime, she knew that her illness was a burden, and she also thought about dying, but Jilai cried and told his mother that he would leave his mother and not stay in this world. β
"I don't want to see them fall to that point, so I'm going to delay him for a while and give him the letter, at least so that he can wait until the end of your college entrance examination, so that you also have the time and energy to persuade him. You give him some money and let him find a job, no matter how much he earns, at least let him support his family, so that he can see hope in life. β
"Finally, you must help your family do a good job in farm work, don't let your parents worry about you, my father once said, the heart of the doctor's parents, in fact, everyone should always have a parental heart, be kind to others, others will be friendly to you, violence can't solve the problem, I believe you will understand my good intentions, do better than me!"
Tears had blurred Ding Fengjun's vision, and he looked at the letter back and forth, I don't know how many times he read it. He couldn't hold back any longer, and just lay on the table and cried bitterly.
Ding Fengjun has too many grievances, and he also has too many things to say to Ding Fenghai, Ding Fenghai went to be a soldier for him, but he didn't know that Ding Fengjun failed to take the college entrance examination as he wished in the end. Ding Fengjun wanted to tell Ding Fenghai that in fact, he didn't have to do this, he could still continue his medical practice, he could also blame Ding Fengjun after Ding Fengjun came back from injury, he could still apply medicine to Ding Fengjun, he could also teach Ding Fengjun earnestly and urge him to study hard, but everything came too late, if Ding Fengjun had told the matter earlier, if Ding Fengjun hadn't gone to Zhang Guilai's wine appointment, if he hadn't drunk so much wine, if he could have gone home earlier, if he had smelled that familiar smell and he called Brother softly, maybe this kind of ending would not have happenedγ But Ding Fengjun knows that if these two words are just two words in the world, there is no real value of existence at all!
These three words appeared in Ding Fengjun's brain, and the root of his teeth itched to hate this person, and at this moment, Ding Fengjun really wanted to slap this person to death.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you? What did Brother Ding say in the letter, is there any misunderstanding between you?" Zhang Jilai saw Ding Fengjun crying bitterly, and he stepped forward and patted Ding Fengjun's trembling shoulder and comforted him gently.
Ding Fengjun smiled bitterly, this is not just a misunderstanding, this is a big misunderstanding, this misunderstanding may be solved in the future, but it will be too late to make amends!
Ding Fengjun gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the table, and the dilapidated and unstable table was like a yellow leaf in autumn after this fist, trembling and shaking a few times, and finally fell to the ground suddenly because he was overwhelmed.
This scene frightened Zhang Jilai's face to the core, he thought that he had said something wrong, which caused Ding Fengjun to lose such a big temper, he hurriedly apologized: "Second brother, I'm sorry, if I say something wrong, please don't go to my heart, you must not move such a big liver fire." β
Ding Fengjun bit his lip tightly, squeezed out the words from between his teeth and said, "It's none of your business, we'll talk about things between us in two days, I have other things to do, you take care of your aunt first, I'll go first." β
"Second brother, it's raining so hard, where are you going?" Zhang Jilai intercepted Ding Fengjun's way, just now he heard Ding Fengjun talk about the matter between them and talk later, which made Zhang Jilai's heart can't help but mention, you must know that Ding Fengjun can even take down the heinous Zhang Guilai, presumably his ability is not small, if he really offends Ding Fengjun, he will pay it back.
"I'll clear up the misunderstanding!" After speaking, Ding Fengjun leaned into the rain without looking back. Zhang Jilai wanted to follow, but his mother was thirsty and asked him to pour water, so he sighed and stayed at home.
Ge Yuqing rested today, originally Zhou Changkun was going to say a formal goodbye to Zhang Xiangbei this morning, Zhang Xiangbei wanted to take Ge Yuqing with him, but unfortunately the heavens are not beautiful, and this banquet will not be eaten until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Moon.
Zhou Changkun only had a few words with Zhang Xiangbei in the morning, and then hurriedly went back with the troops. It's okay, putting aside this complicated interpersonal relationship, Ge Yuqing is also happy, it is raining so heavily outside, he has to smoke a cigarette and read the newspaper at home.
Ge Yuqing's wife Ma Dongmei is not a person who can be idle, if she can't do the work outside, she will clean up in the house, fold quilts and sweep the floor, wipe the windows and clean the walls, in fact, it's not good for women to be too diligent, this is not Ge Yuqing's words.
"I said can you stop the meeting, it's always dangling in front of me, and my head is dizzy. β
"My mother said, as a woman, she is born to clean the house, if the house is not cleaned well, can you still take care of your man?" Ma Dongmei said while working. Ge Yuqing's most hated and headache is the "My Niang" in Ma Dongmei's mouth.
"What did your mother say, tell me. Ge Yuqing put the newspaper on the coffee table next to her, just waiting for Ma Dongmei's statement, it is rare to have this elegance today, I can't help but take advantage of this elegance to listen to all the words of her mother, so that she can annoy him with these words in the future!
"My mother said a lot of things, for example, my mother said, this man can't be too lazy, too lazy men will only sit and eat empty, I also said that men can't be too diligent, too diligent will be three and four, my mother said that men have to coax women, can't coax women men can't want, too rigid. Of course, men who are too good at coaxing women can't ask for it, and rhetoric will only deceive feelings. When she said this, Ma Dongmei had already stopped what she was doing, and she had to think about her mother before saying anything, because her mother said that she couldn't be half-hearted when she spoke, let alone miss the key words, otherwise it would cause chaos.
"Your mother only told you how to deal with men, but didn't tell you how to serve men?" Ge Yuqing said lightly.
"Why not, my mother said, women have to be able to cook, make food delicious in order to see their own man, my mother said, men are born to steal fishy cats, if you want to prevent him from stealing fishy, you have to let the house smell fishy, or let him smell this fishy smell at home all the time, so that his nose can be stimulated to no smell, so that he can't smell fishy when he goes out!" Ma Dongmei said with a serious face.
Now Ge Yuqing was happy, he didn't expect that this dead mother-in-law would have so much experience, but he was very curious, how to make the house full of fishy smell, and how to make it fishy.
"Tell me, what's your fishy smell?"
Ma Dongmei rolled her eyes and pouted and said: "My mother said that the method of treating your men must not be leaked, otherwise it will fail, this is like telling the mouse the location of the mouse trap, and bringing the dog when pulling the poop, if you tell you all, you must not let you go to heaven." β
Ge Yuqing was eating dates with a plate of inexhaustible intentions, and when he heard Ma Dongmei's words, he almost spit out the dates he ate in disgust, and immediately said with a disgusted face: "Ma Dongmei, do you dare to be more disgusting, you should tell me, whether your mother has become a sperm, these good words have been said by her, can you still leave some room for us to live." β
Ma Dongmei said with a disgusted look: "How can you speak, my mother's name is Yu Hua Chengxian, maybe she is looking at you from the sky now, if she hears you say this, she will take you away at once." β
Ge Yuqing looked nervous and looked left and right, and after looking up and down, he said nervously: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't owe your mother anything, why did she come to me?
Ma Dongmei couldn't help but be happy when she looked at Ge Yuqing's bearish appearance, and said: "Look at your cowardice, I thought you were bold, if it weren't for the two eggs in your crotch under you, you wouldn't be able to get up in the morning! It's not good for a man to be timid, he has no masculinity, he can't shake the demons and monsters in the family, and the family will be sick for a long time." My mother can say, a man's courage can't be too big, otherwise he will offend the God of Wealth in the family, and the family will be so poor that he can't even open the pot. β
"You are superstitious, there are no demons and monsters in the world, it is obvious that you are scaring yourself. Ge Yuqing refuted her, but Ge Yuqing still had a question in her heart that she wanted to ask Ma Dongmei, her mother pursued perfection so much, so what kind of man did she marry, and what kind of man could enter her eyes, but it was a pity that Ge Yuqing had never seen that man, otherwise learning two tricks from him might be enough to charm thousands of girls.
"What kind of man is your father, is he such a perfect man in your mother's mouth?"
"Cut, it's not, although I don't remember what my father looks like, but from my mother's mouth, he is not such a penetrating person, my mother said that she has the heart to help her father, but my father is a puddle of mud, how can not support the wall. Once, my mother and my brother finally helped him to the wall, but because he was timid, he fell off the wall, still with his head on the ground, and died. β
After listening to Ma Dongmei's unsatisfactory narration, Ge Yuqing finally understood that it turned out that this mother-in-law with such a critical eye personally killed her husband, and it was no wonder that it was difficult for him, an old father-in-law, to put his life into it just to practice his courage, which was really a little wronged.
But then again, it is better to die a glorious death than to live so tormented, otherwise, this life is better than a dead life, and you will suffer more sin.
Ge Yuqing wanted to ask Ma Dongmei a few more questions, but this time Ma Dongmei opened her mouth first: "Do you men only think about pleasure but never care about our women's thoughts?"
Ge Yuqing was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you mean by this?"
"Look at you, when you're not at home, you run around all day long, and when you're at home, you don't help me work, you know that it's all about it, and it's not in shape. Ma Dongmei said with a little grievance.
"Who said that?" asked Ge Yuqing unconvinced.
Ma Dongmei's answer was even more straightforward, she said bluntly: "My mother said it!"
Ge Yuqing was very angry when he heard this, but the afterglow in his eyes inadvertently glanced at the hem of Ma Dongmei's short-sleeved shirt, Ma Dongmei was raising his hand to wipe the spider webs on the wall with a rag, the sleeves of this dress were shorter, through this cuff Ge Yuqing saw Ma Dongmei's two big steamed buns hidden under the clothes, although the long years of rough work made Ma Dongmei's hands rough, but how to say that she is also a woman, the skin inside is still tender and tender, this can be regarded as provoking Ge Yuqing's sexual interest, he beckoned Ma Dongmei, let Ma Dongmei come down first and wait for another workγ
Ma Dongmei looked at Ge Yuqing puzzled and said, "What's the matter, you have something?"
Ge Yuqing smiled maliciously and said, "Nonsense, it's okay what I told you to do, come over quickly." β
Although Ma Dongmei didn't know what was going on, she still obediently put the rag aside and walked towards Ge Yuqing, no way, her mother said, as long as the man in the family called, she had to hurry over, otherwise the man would be angry, and the woman would be beaten!
Ge Yuqing coldly hugged Ma Dongmei into her arms and pressed her down on the bed, Ma Dongmei understood the purpose of Ge Yuqing calling her over.
Ma Dongmei was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Close the door first, what can I do if someone comes?"
Ge Yuqing couldn't care so much, he said anxiously while untying Ma Dongmei's clothes: "Who would be idle and have nothing to do and come to play at home after such a heavy rain, besides, am I and my wife afraid that others will see me doing this at home?"
Listening to Ge Yuqing's words, Ma Dongmei's heart also calmed down a little, since she did this with her man at home, there was nothing unseemly, it was rare to have such a passion, Ma Dongmei simply closed her eyes, silently waiting to accept the warmth that Ge Yuqing gave her.
Helpless, people are not as good as heaven, this idle egg hurt man still came after all, not only came, but also scolded directly: "Ge Yuqing, you bastard, you fucking get out of Lao Tzu!"