Chapter 31: Sighing for the Past
Let's say that after Wu Ming finished eating, he arranged for Tang Qi and Lei Zi to rest at his home, and he took his drawing paper and painting tools and rushed to the Shuiluan Police Station to find Director Qian.
When he passed by Uncle Yang's "Jade of the Country" store again, he couldn't help but think of the vermilion seal under the A4 paper jade seal. Wu Ming, who was extremely confused, walked into the police station, and Director Qian was alone in the police station. I thought I'd send you a photo of my wife when I got off work, you see, but you came in person, thank you, thank you! ”
Wu Ming politely said a few words, opened the painting folder, and began to draw according to the photo, saying while drawing: "Director Qian, what about the others?" ”
Director Qian brought a pair of snow-white gloves at this time and handed Wu Ming a glass of water: "I'm going to catch the black cow, come, drink tea first!" I'll treat you to dinner when I'm free! ”
Wu Ming took a sip of water and said, "No, no, when I'm not at home, I have to trouble Director Qian to worry more about taking care of my mother and Ning'er!" ”
Director Qian glanced at the cup that Wu Ming had just drunk water, and agreed: "No problem!" It should be, it should be. ”
Here, Wu Ming was drawing while chatting with Director Qian, and Wu Ming was chatting with him.
And at Wu Ming's house, Ning Er was taking Tang Qi and Lei Zi to visit her room, and when she walked to the door of Wu Ming's room, Ning Er said more: "This is Wu Ming's room, usually my brother rarely lets people into his room!" ”
Tang Qi asked curiously, "Why?" Does he have any ulterior secrets? ”
At this moment, Lei Zi, who was full of wine and food, was in a very good mood, and after listening to Tang Qi's words, he immediately said disdainfully: "Then you still need to ask, you must be hiding to practice his special functions!" As soon as the words came out, Lei Zi's expression changed, and he couldn't wait to find a needle to sew his mouth shut. It's just that what he didn't expect was that Tang Qi didn't seem to be surprised at all, but Ning Er, who had been smiling sweetly, was surprised.
Ning Er's dark eyes swirled in his sockets, looked at Lei Zi, and then at Tang Qi, and asked puzzledly, "How do you know?" Brother Wu Ming didn't let me know, once, I ran into his house without knocking, and guess what I saw? It almost scared me to death! As soon as I entered the door, I saw an eagle flying around the room, but in the blink of an eye, the eagle became a pile of scraps of paper scattered from the air to the ground! ”
Tang Qi and Lei Zi were so shocked when they heard this, they almost dropped their eyes on the ground, and at the same time let out an "ah" and asked in surprise, "What?" ”
As soon as Ning Er finished speaking, she pushed open the door, and when she saw Tang Qi and Lei Zi's surprised expressions, she looked angry and remorseful, turned around and blocked the door, and said, "You don't know?" But what did you look like...... You're lying to me! I thought you were Wu Ming's best friend, so Wu Mingge told you his secret. ”
Tang Qi and Lei Zi looked at each other, extremely embarrassed, but fortunately, Lei Zi immediately said: "Ning'er, of course we are your brother's best friends, I am surprised because I have never seen your brother turn an eagle into a living eagle, I have only seen your brother draw a flower in the garden, and the flower has become real." ”
Ning Er looked at Lei Zi suspiciously and then looked at Tang Qi, Tang Qi "ah" for a long time, and said: "I also only saw your brother turn flowers into real, but I didn't expect him to be able to turn animals into real too." ”
Ning Er thought about it, Xu believed Tang Qi and the others' words, and then led the two into Wu Ming's room.
Wu Ming's room is no different from an ordinary study except for the paintings on the walls, a single bed, a desk, a chair, and a large bookcase.
Tang Qi's eyes moved from the desk to the bed, saw the neatly stacked quilts, remembered the crumpled bedding on Wu Ming's bed in Wu Ming's dormitory yesterday, couldn't help but smile, and asked, "You folded this quilt!" ”
Ning Er snorted: "Yes, Sister Tang Qi, how do you know that I folded it?" ”
Before Tang Qi could answer, Lei Zi said: "This still needs to be asked, your brother never folds quilts, hey, I'm too lazy to say, I haven't taken the initiative to dry a quilt once in three years!" ”
Tang Qi frowned and felt all kinds of discomfort on his body, and bared his teeth: "How did he sleep that night?" ”
Lei Zi continued: "This is quite light, his comb is often not washed, it is black and oily, oh my god, it looks like it is oozing!" ”
Tang Qi's brows furrowed even more, and his curved eyebrows were almost ninety degrees.
Ning Er covered his teeth and giggled: "He also often said that lazy people live long, and turtles live for thousands of years." But he immediately looked sad, and said faintly: "Actually, it's no wonder that Brother Wu Ming, he ...... when he was a child" said this, but he didn't stop talking about it.
Tang Qi rolled his eyes, pulled Ning Er to sit on the edge of the bed, and said to himself: "I have read your brother's file, you are ......" for a moment, and finally couldn't hold back the question in his heart: "Are you brothers and sisters?" ”
Ning Er looked at her toes and was silent for a long time before she said, "No! I know that Wu Mingge will not say this easily, don't look at him looking confident, in fact, Wu Mingge is sometimes very inferior. ”
Tang Qi and Lei Zi glanced at each other, and then lowered their heads.
Tang Qi finally broke the silence: "Ning'er, in fact, your brother is really good, very good!" ”
Ning Er snorted, tilted her head, her eyes were full of longing, and said warmly: "Yes, in Ning Er's eyes, Brother Wu Ming is the best man in the world!" ”
As soon as Tang Qi heard Ning Er's words, and then looked at Ning Er's expression, her heart couldn't help but tighten inexplicably, Ning Er felt that Tang Qi's hand holding her hand was tight, looked down at Tang Qi, and asked with concern: "Sister Tang Qi, what's wrong with you?" Uncomfortable? ”
Tang Qi shook his head: "No, by the way, Ning'er, can you tell us your brother's story!" ”
Ning Er smiled sideways and asked, "Then what story do you want to hear about Brother Wu Ming?" ”
Tang Qi: "When I was a child. ”
Ning Er bit her lip lightly, as if she was thinking about what to say, but she looked a little nervous, and gently pulled out her hand from Tang Qi's hand, crossed her hands together, separated and crossed again, sighed, and said: "Actually, I don't know Brother Wu Ming's life experience very well, listen to my mother, when I was three years old, I don't know who threw Brother Wu Ming, who was only six years old at the time, in the village, the strange thing is that Brother Wu Ming didn't cry or make trouble, when he was hungry, he asked the people in the village for food, and when he was thirsty, he ran to drink spring water, and at night, He'll find a stack of wheat to lie down on,"
Tang Qi couldn't help asking, "But he was only six years old at that time?!" ”
Ning Er nodded: "Yes, but this is all true, and the people in the village also say so, but after such a day lasted for more than a year, the people in the village were unwilling to give Wu Mingge food anymore, and there were several times when some people in the village drove Wu Mingge out of the village and did not let him come back, saying that if Wu Mingge dared to come back again, he would break his legs!" Speaking of which, Ning Er's voice was a little dry, and her eyes were a little moister.
Tang Qi said hatefully at this time: "These people are really ruthless, how much can a child eat?" ”
Lei Zi interface: "Bullying the soft and being afraid of the hard, bullying children is also a skill?!" ”
Ning Er continued: "These people drove Brother Wu Ming once and returned to the village every few days, and then they were driven again, Brother Wu Ming came back every few days, until the last time, they really broke one of Brother Wu Ming's legs......"
At this time, Tang Qi and Lei Zi could already hear Ning Er's sad choking sound, Tang Qi hugged Ning Er, and said angrily: "Is there no royal law?" ”
Ning Er said: "The village cadres have a heart, but they don't dare to offend those who drive Brother Wu Ming, the police station said that it was to help see if they could find Brother Wu Ming's biological parents, but they were only looking for a few months, and finally disappeared." ”
At this time, the three of them were good, and they sighed for what happened to Wu Ming.
Tang Qi asked again: "Then later, what about later?" Are there no good Samaritans in the village? ”
Ning'er: "Later, I heard that he was taken in by a kind monk in Shuilu'an, and he also healed Wu Mingge's leg," at this time, Lei Zi interjected: "Shouldn't the nuns living in Shuilu'an?" How can there be a monk? ”
Ning Er was stunned: "You don't know this Brother Lei Zi, the original name of the Water and Land Temple is the Water and Land Palace, and the people who live there are originally monks!" Wang Dalei had no choice but to scratch his head in ignorance.
Ning Er continued: "However, not long after, the kind-hearted monk passed away, and the monk of Shuilu'an also drove Brother Wu Ming out," Tang Qi was surprised: "Shouldn't the monk be merciful?" ”
Lei Zi pinched his nose: "This monk is also a human being, I see this world, as long as you catch up with people, there will be good and bad." ”
Tang Qi asked again: "What about later?" ”
Ning'er: "Later, I heard that Brother Wu Ming went to Wang Shunshan, about a year later, Brother Wu Ming returned to the village, this time, Brother Wu Ming was not so easy to bully, I don't know what happened, those who bullied him before saw him and hid far away, Brother Wu Ming later became the child king of the village, there were more than a dozen people with him, no one in the village dared to bully him anymore, but he often stole ......" Speaking of this, he didn't say it anymore, but Wang Dalei smiled and said:" Later, did you Brother Wu Ming often bully others and do some unsightly things such as stealing chickens and touching dogs? ”
Tang Qi smiled, but Ning Er was unhappy: "What do you mean to be unsightly?" Brother Wu Ming is a bad guy! ”
Tang Qi asked curiously, "Then how did your brother Wu Ming come to your house later?" ”
Ning Er seemed a little embarrassed: "This ...... This is to ask my mother, anyway, at that time, the second dog next door and his father always bullied our family," Speaking of this, Ning'er was very angry: "My father was originally in the coal mine, and my father was absent when I was very young, and the second dog and his father often had nothing to do to bully me and my mother, saying that our family's village base belonged to theirs, or it was to find something to say that our chickens ate the vegetables grown by his family, and what was even more annoying was that Ergouzi's father often spoke ill of my mother in the village, and spread rumors that my mother and him were ......."
Ning Er couldn't hold back anymore when she said this, and hugged Tang Qi and cried.
Tang Qi and Lei Zi glanced at each other, and couldn't help but think of Wu Ming's crazy and angry appearance after Wu Ming heard the news that his mother was bitten by the dog of Ergouzi's family.
However, at this moment, a dog barking suddenly sounded at the gate of Wu Ming's house: Wangwang! Woohoo!