Chapter 38: A Man's Medal
A tidal flat on the bank of the Canglang River, where Zhao Ming often played as a child. A few newspapers were spread, a plastic bag of brine peanuts, a Chinese cigarette, and a whole box of two-pot heads.
"I haven't done anything like this in years!" Ma Chengcai took apart the cigarettes, took them out one by one, lit them and inserted them upside down in the soft river sand, densely inserted in several rows. Zhao Ming unscrewed the second pot head and poured it into the sand and the rushing river.
Two men sat by the river, smoking cigarettes in silence for a long time, like two stone statues that existed from time immemorial.
There is a kind of friendship in this world that is so strange, no matter how many years we have not met, no matter how many vicissitudes and changes we have experienced with each other, as long as we meet again, everything will be the same. Even if you don't say a word, you can deeply understand what the other person is thinking.
"Drink!" The bottle hit, and the liquor was drunk like beer. Take a sip and sprinkle it on the ground.
"Come to the police force, right?" Although he knew that it was unlikely, Ma Chengcai still said without giving up.
Zhao Ming smiled, "I like my life very much now." β
"That's fine......" Ma Cheng only knew Zhao Ming's surname, and it was not easy to force it, "Where did you go in the years you left us?" β
"I don't want to talk about the past." Zhao Ming said lightly.
"I just think it's a pity, with your achievements and ability back then, it's too condescending for me to give you my position. How did you run to ...... Be a warehouse worker? Ma Chengcai said very politely.
"Isn't it good to be a worker? Comrade Ma Chengcai, you are professional discrimination! Zhao Ming said with a smile.
"That's not what I meant! Well, when I didn't ask! - Drink! Ma Chengcai saw that he didn't reveal a drop of water, and he was even more convinced of the guess in his heart - Zhao Ming's sudden disappearance six years ago must be related to military secrets and even state secrets, so don't ask!
The two banged the bottles and took a big gulp each.
Ma Chengcai took a few breaths of cool air, and his steely face twitched slightly, "You...... Are you married? β
Zhao Ming's whole body trembled as if he had been touched by electricity, took a deep breath, and shook his head.
"If I'm not mistaken, you're twenty-nine years old this year, aren't you? Immediately it is a three-word start, you should think about your marriage. The girl who came to the police station today to protect you is good, really. Ma Chengcai said, "In terms of age, I am four years older than you, and I am your brother." You don't mind if you talk a word or two about this kind of nonsense, do you? β
"You still say it when you know it's nonsense?" Zhao Mingyi stood up and lay straight on the river beach, looking at the dark sky with empty eyes, and there was not a single star.
"After so many years, haven't you come out yet......" Ma Chengcai regretted it as soon as he finished saying this, and slapped himself hard with a big ear scraper.
"Smoke a few more." Zhao Ming smiled.
A smile is desolate.
Ma Chengcai really pumped, kept pumping hard, and cried when he smoking, crying like a child.
"Sick." Zhao Ming lay down and didn't move, his eyes stinging and dry.
All drank too much.
At dawn, the people who came to the river for morning exercise were surprised to find two big men lying here, and they could smell the smell of wine from half a mile away, and thought that it was a floating corpse floating in the river and almost called the police.
Ma Chengcai jumped up, "Damn, why is my face swollen?" β
"You smoked it yourself!" Zhao Ming snorted and laughed, "I said horse team, don't be scratched by your wife when you go home!" β
"That's not going to ...... It hurts! Ma Chengcai grinned and touched his face, and glanced at the empty wine bottle on the ground, ", we actually survived?" β
"Where, the brothers in the underground drank a lot on our behalf." Zhao Ming stretched his waist, "Spicy poop, if you don't flash people, you'll be late again!" β
As soon as he heard Zhao Ming say "spicy poop", Ma Chengcai reflexively wanted to lie on the ground and do push-ups. He smiled bitterly, "You've changed your career now, can you change this mantra?" β
Zhao Ming laughed, "I won't change it anyway, you slowly get used to it-go, go to work!" β
"Hey!" Ma Chengcai hurriedly stopped him, "Ask you something." β
"Say."
"A few days ago, flounder was planted in this area. Is it your hand? Ma Chengcai held back all night before asking.
Zhao Ming smiled indifferently, and picked up his T-shirt for Ma Chengcai to see, there were several hideous scars on his chest and liver and spleen, "Many people say that if I don't die, I will be blessed." Now it's okay to play with a small pistol, and you can't do it anymore. β
How did this survive?!
Ma Chengcai's eyes widened in shock and nodded, "I know." I just can't think of a place like Yanhua City, who else has that ability other than the former 'instructor'? β
"Ma Er was stunned, you left the army and lived a comfortable life, you went back alive - jumped directly from the sea to the well." Zhao Ming's eyes became extremely cold, which made Ma Chengcai's heart furry for a while, "Remember the slogan of the training camp?" β
Ma Chengcai stood up straight and roared in a hissed voice, "Death is the limit!" β
"Spicy poop, two hundred push-ups, get out of the way!"
Zhao Ming shook three times and walked away with a big grin; I lit a cigarette and took a deep breath, the smell of tobacco wrapped in the clammy river breeze and inhaled into my lungs, and I coughed violently.
Ma Chengcai fell to the ground, and in the surprised eyes of some uncles and aunts who exercised in the morning, he was doing push-ups half-dead, so that the sour wine and bitter bile water that had been spit out overnight still didn't stop.
The river beach is not far from home, Zhao Ming walked all the way back to the house, and when he first entered the living room, he saw Mu Xuanxuan getting up and brushing her teeth. Seeing Zhao Ming, Mu Xuanxuan was startled, her body was muddy and drunk, her beard was scruffy and her face was black, she looked like a beggar from a displaced disaster.
"Do you want to scare people to death early in the morning?" Mu Xuanxuan pursed her lips in disdain, "I didn't return all night, why did I go?" β
"Field war! Double Fly! Zhao Ming smiled, "All kinds of **! β
"Stinky rascal!" Mu Xuanxuan blurted out and scolded, and her face turned red after scolding, why did I become so vulgar with this guy, and I blurted out dirty words?
"Before you get married, you're starting to check my post?" Zhao Ming smiled and leaned against the wall outside the bathroom, waiting for her to finish before going in to take a shower.
"Whew! Bah! Bah! Mu Xuanxuan didn't have to take care of any image in front of Zhao Ming, and the little white eyes floated out as soon as the little Mu flying knife rolled over.
Zhao Ming smiled and said, "I was wrong, my wife." I promise I won't stay up all night - except tonight, when I'm on the night shift! β
"Don't scream!" Mu Xuanxuan glared at him with disdain, "I have nothing to do with you!" You're just a singleton monster uncle that no one wants! β
"Yo, what do you mean by that, do you want to have something to do with me?" Zhao Ming smiled hoho, "President Mu, you have to be reserved, you know?" β
"The surname is Zhao!"
Mu Xuanxuan smashed the cream into the washbasin, and Zhao Ming hid in his room as soon as he turned around.
Mu Xuanxuan was so angry that she really shouldn't have said a word to this old rascal, it was too annoying! β¦β¦ There is definitely something wrong with the taste and aesthetics of this old rascal, and every day when he is idle, he flirts with those little girls in the logistics service department, and he has to accept a big-breasted Fangfang as a godsister!
Thinking of this, Mu Xuanxuan was really a little depressed. It's not jealousy, it's purely a depression caused by the jealousy of a woman's natural surname - isn't my dignified president Mu Xuanxuan as attractive as these female workers? We live under the same roof, and he completely ignores my existence and hooks up outside. Also, it's disgusting to fly in the field!
"My dad too, what age is it that he still mentions such a clichΓ© and vulgar thing as a baby kiss!" Mu Xuanxuan glanced at Zhao Ming's room and wanted to vomit sour water, "If you want me to marry this kind of obscene and weird uncle who has no quality, no moderation, no taste, and distorted aesthetics, and doesn't know how to appreciate me at all, I'd rather die!" β
At this time, Zhao Ming walked over with a pile of clothes, "I said, president, are you okay?" Early in the morning is limited, so it's going to be late! β
"What is urging, get up!"
"You have a bathroom in your room, right?" Zhao Ming said angrily, "Why do you want to occupy this public use?" β
"This bathroom is big, I'd love it!" Mu Xuanxuan rolled her eyes, what can you do to me?
Zhao Ming sneered, walked in with his clothes, and began to undress in a hurry, and soon there was only a pair of pants left.
"Rascals! What are you doing? Mu Xuanxuan was startled, and fled out with a disgraced face.
"Nonsense, of course it's a bath!" Zhao Ming put his hand on the rubber band of his underwear nonchalantly, "If the president is interested, stay and enjoy it slowly - five hundred yuan per minute!" β
You......
Mu Xuanxuan was speechless, and was just about to hug a bunch of cosmetics, when she suddenly saw a lot of exaggerated scars on Zhao Ming's body. Some resemble centipedes, while others resemble blooming flowers.
She was stunned for a moment, her eyes were so wide, and her whole body was petrified.
"Look, haven't you heard that scars are a man's medal? It's called a sense of surname! Zhao Ming walked into the bath, pulled the curtain, and took a beautiful bath.
Medal...... Sense of surname......
Mu Xuanxuan's whole body was a little stiff, and her head buzzed as if something was exploding. She grew up in a privileged and peaceful environment, and she would cry for a long time when she fell and broke a little skin, and then the private doctor at home would come to serve her.
These scars on Zhao Ming's body brought too strong a visual impact to Mu Xuanxuan! She couldn't help but think in a daze: With so many scars, who was he before? At best, he may be a soldier who has experienced the test of life and death; At worst, he may be a criminal who kills people without blinking! In case he has a "gangster attack", he wants to come to an overlord to make a bow, or even kill first, kill later, and divide the corpse with a knife......
"Yikes!" With an exclamation, Mu Xuanxuan fled into her room and closed the door.
Zhao Ming took a shower and sneered indifferently there, and a few scars were frightened, didn't he directly scare his life when he heard the gunshot? The rich lady knows too little about the dark and sinister side of this world. Just like that, he dares to be the president, and he can help count the money if he is sold!
After all, who hired Flounder to kidnap Mu Xuanxuan?
"Look at my free bodyguard and daddy!" Zhao Ming smiled and said to himself while taking a bath, "Forget it, it should be for the sake of the old Mu family's kindness to our mother and son back then!" β
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