Chapter Eighty-Eight: Negotiators
The next day, Master Li left early in the morning, Liu Bang also went to find the black widow, Qin Shihuang was playing games, Jing Ke and Zhao Baimian were "practicing swords" downstairs, Xiang Yu stood at the window and stared into the distance, I knew that he still couldn't be calm in his heart.
I pulled out the photos taken by Qin Shi Huang and flipped through them, and said: "Brother Yu, don't panic, if it goes well, the master will be able to take you into your sister-in-law's base camp tomorrow, and we will be good at dealing with the old man, the old man, he just likes antique calligraphy and painting, even if his grandfather used to be the deputy district head, Li Bai's real works must not have been seen, if you don't know the goods, it will be better to do it, I asked the holy hand scholar Xiao Rang to write the 'Eight Honors and Eight Shames' with Yan Jiu Liu Gu to send him ......" I suddenly became clever and said," Maybe the old man will get twice the result with half the effort with half the effort if he makes a few martial arts copies, think about it, why didn't Zhang Bing learn to dance for anything else, eighty percent of it was taught by his grandfather's words and deeds. ”
Xiang Yu also became excited, and said: "I can't do anything else, and I will immediately step down and ask myself that there are few opponents in the world." ”
I stood up and walked around twice, and said, "No, the old men have to practice Tai Chi at most, which old man do you see with a big gun of more than 100 catties every day?" ”
"What kind of boxing is Tai Chi?"
I looked at Xiang Yu, a man like a god, it's hard to imagine what it is like for him to practice Taijiquan, which is the same as letting Xi Shi make two plate axes: it's too incongruous, Taiji pays attention to borrowing force to dial a thousand catties, Xiang Yu is a typical creditor and the object of allocation, and I am now short of Tai Chi masters, and I am short of historical knowledge I recently learned that Lin Chong did not have Tai Chi in their time, and there was a plate of "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" at home, but I also did not have a blower, It is impossible for Xiang Yu to practice to the realm of hugging leaves into a group.
Fortunately, I have the advantage of not drilling the horns, and I quickly thought: Zhang Bing and her grandfather may not like to play tai chi?
What else do the old men like to play? Playing chess, shaking bamboo, kicking shuttlecocks, fighting crickets...... How is this becoming more and more unreliable, and no scene can fit into Xiang Yu's big guy, I hope her grandfather can like some power-based activities.
We sat down for a while, Master Li actually came back, his face was very ugly, Xiang Yu asked cautiously, "Master, what's wrong?" ”
Master Li picked up the water cup and drank it, and said, "Zhang Bing had a temporary rehearsal and was called back. ”
I said excitedly: "That's good, let's go straight to Zhang Bing's grandfather's house now." ”
Master Li glanced at Xiang Yu apologetically and said, "Brother Xiang, let's think of another way." ”
Xiang Yu saw that something was unusual and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Zhang Bing's grandfather ......"
Together, we leaned up and pricked up our ears and listened.
"Zhang Bing's grandfather is completely paralyzed, I heard Zhang Bing say that his grandfather was injured before and affected the spinal nerves, and now it has reached a very serious level, and the old man can only lie in bed every day, and he can no longer communicate with people."
"Where's her grandmother?" I asked.
"It's been many years since her grandmother died, and there is only one old nanny in the family who is taking care of the old man."
Xiang Yu sat down on the sofa with an "oops" and was speechless for a long time. I hurriedly comforted him: "Brother Yu, don't be discouraged, this is called a good thing and a lot of grinding." ”
Master Li also sat there, drinking water silently. Xiang Yu suddenly stood up and said, "I still have to go see him." ”
"Huh?" I was surprised and said, "Do you still expect the old man to be able to walk with you?" ”
Xiang Yu said slowly: "Then he is also Ah Yu's grandfather after all, I should go and see it." ”
Master Li nodded and said, "That's fine, but don't expect him to like you." ”
I turned my mind and immediately said: "You don't need him to like you, a kind young man often visits the paralyzed old man, so he captures the girl's heart - Brother Yu, you can, this is also a way to pick up girls." ”
Master Li's eyes also lit up, and he said with a smile: "Cousin has a lot of bad intentions, and this is indeed a way, but the time may drag on a little longer, at least you have to meet Zhang Bing next Saturday." ”
Xiang Yu shook his head and said, "I didn't think about it so much, if there was no Ah Yu's grandfather, there would be no Ah Yu, I should go and thank him." ”
Isn't this nonsense, without him and no buns, should I thank him or hate him?
I said, "Just go, act." ”
On the way, Xiang Yu asked me, "What do you think I should buy?" ”
I said, "Just buy some, the first time we met, it was under the banner of stopping by to visit, and the gifts were too expensive and not good." Xiang Yu nodded.
We bought a box of honey and a piece of milk at a gift shop and continued on our way.
As we saw that we were approaching, our car was stuck in a dirt road, and pedestrians, bicycles, and taxis had made the road very wide, and when we tried to reverse it, the cars behind us had already filled the road.
I saw a large circle in front of me, and poked my head out to ask passer-by A, who came before me, "Dude, what about the fight?" ”
Passerby A pointed up with his hand, and I looked at him and saw a person standing on the top of the sixth floor, his feet on the eaves, his clothes being blown and swaying wantonly, and he couldn't see his face clearly.
Someone is going to jump off a building.
I was immediately intrigued and asked passer-by, "What's the matter with this grandson?" ”
Passerby A: "Said that his wife divorced him, and he stood up half an hour ago, saying that he wanted to jump, and then asked us to get out of the way, and he didn't jump when he got out of the way, and I was reluctant to leave while holding back my pee." ”
I said, "That's it, this grandson is really unkind." ”
At this time, Master Li also poked his head out, "Ahh ”
I said, "Don't worry, I'm going to jump early, and when the police come to talk about the conditions, I'll meet my wife and children and come down." ”
I lit a cigarette and gave another one to passer-by, and passer-by A puffed out the cigarette and said, "What do you say you are thinking about this b?" He reminded me in one sentence, I took out my mobile phone, pressed the 7474748 on the roof, and passer-by A said: "Big brother, do you still want to capture this mobile phone?" ”
The phone screen is not displayed, indicating that the distance is too far. Master Li grabbed the back of Xiang Yu and me and said, "We can't just look at it, right? ”
I said, "Then you save him, he will jump because his wife divorced him, you go and tell him that you are willing to marry him, maybe he will come down." ”
Xiang Yu propped his arm on the car window and said lightly: "I don't want to live anymore, why bother to save him." ”
Master Li was really angry, and as soon as he pulled the car door, he walked down: "I'll go, I'll go." ”
I hurriedly reached out and pulled her back by the belt, and said helplessly, "Can't I go?" If you really want to do that, who is it when he falls down in excitement? ”
Master Li smiled and said, "Cousin is so good. ”
What a hair! You pretended to be Guanyin Bodhisattva in the back and let Lao Tzu rush to the front line and wait for the duck to sit on the platform, uh, it's the boy who sits on the platform. I glared at her, she didn't see it, she was sorting out the clothes that I had dragged up, Master Li's waist was so soft and white.
I got out of the car, glanced at the person on the top of the sixth floor, and walked towards the entrance of the building. ”
I shook him off, scolded and said, "mlgbd, Lao Tzu doesn't fool, Lao Tzu went up and kicked the dog down." ”
I made my way to the entrance to the top of the building, and everyone in the building who knew about it ran down to see the excitement, making the whole building seem lifeless, and there was a kind of noise and ominous atmosphere.
I climbed up the stairs of the passage with great dexterity, and as soon as I looked up, I saw this warrior standing with his back to me, standing alone on the edge of the roof, his clothes fluttering, his hair disheveled, but he did not look like a man in distress.
As soon as I crawled out, he spotted me, turned nervously and said, "Don't come here!" ”
I took my phone out of my pocket, dialed the number, and pointed it at him, ready to use mind reading on him, and this guy pointed at me and said, "What's in your hand?" ”
I said lightly, "Do you care what I carry, even if it's a pistol, are you still afraid?" ”
My joke didn't make him feel funny, he just nodded slightly, I found that this person was really abnormal, this is a middle-aged man in his 40s, his face is a layer of dead gray, and his eyes are like porcelain eggs, it seems that my initial idea may not be correct, this is a person who really wants to die.
I lit another cigarette and shook the case at him, and he shook his head and said, "I have." ”
"Can you tell me why?" I puffed out my cigarette and said it deliberately very lightly.
"Don't come here, I'll talk to you."
I nodded vigorously, and Suo sat cross-legged.
"My wife is going to divorce me......" he said with a blank face.
"That's it? But then again, why did she divorce you, you are going to jump off the building for her, and she is still not satisfied? ”
The man who jumped off the building looked at her from time to time and said, "She thinks I don't care about my family, doesn't accompany her, and doesn't guide my daughter to do her homework." ”
I said, "Then you're going to stay with her......," I said, "I see, there's someone out there." ”
The man who jumped off the building showed an angry color, and said in a deep voice: "I love her very much, I don't have time to accompany her, it's not all for this family, I'm a man, I want to make money!" ”
I nodded again and again and said, "Well, this is your woman's fault, you can tell her well." ”
The man who jumped off the building said miserably: "I originally wanted to make enough money to accompany her, and when I earn enough money, we don't have to do anything in the future, I accompany her every day and guide my daughter to do her homework - but, who knows how I am so unlucky, futures loss, stock loss, fund loss, I can't figure it out, that day I bought a little rabbit for my daughter was stunned to bite someone's husky, and lost more than 2,000 ......"
I couldn't help laughing, but seeing that he was serious, I hurriedly straightened my face again. Anyway, what kind of rabbit is that, a Tibetan mastiff in rabbit skin?
I asked him, "How much did you lose in total?" ”
"More than 6 million," the man who jumped off the building smiled bitterly: "I used to have at least money, but now, my career is gone, my family is gone, my wife is gone, I am a man who is unlucky and doesn't care about his family, I live as superfluous, who still treats me as a person?" The more he spoke, the more miserable his face became, and finally waved his hand in despair, "Thank you for speaking with me." He resolutely turned around and looked down at the crowd at his feet, the soles of both feet were stepping over the edge, half of the whole person was already in the air, and the people downstairs screamed excitedly.
I saw that the situation was wrong, so I pressed the dial button on the phone, and a row of small words appeared on the screen: "I really want to say sorry to Xiaohong and then leave, hey, jump......"
At the moment when he was about to jump down with a bow of his leg, I said coldly, "Don't you want to say sorry to Xiaohong before leaving?" ”
Although my voice was not loud, it was like a powerful anesthetic, and his whole body froze, and then he looked back at me in shock and asked in a trill, "Who are you, how do you know Xiaohong?" ”
I deliberately said unhurriedly: "Anyway, it's very simple for you to die, sooner or later, what does it matter, why don't we talk for a while." ”
He didn't listen to what I was saying, he just asked me vigorously, "How did you know about Xiaohong?" ”
I had to say haha: "Because I know Xiaohong, yesterday we drank together and talked about you, he said that you just need to say sorry to him personally, no matter how big the mistake is, you can forgive." ”
The man who jumped off the building laughed miserably: "I let you lie, you don't know Xiaohong at all, she is only 8 years old and is my daughter." As he spoke, he took two more steps to his neck and looked down.
But I noticed that his legs were starting to go limp. People are like this, from the beginning of the will to action only one apex, this kind of courage can only go straight up and down, it is impossible to change in waves, now he did not die for the first time, his determination has been shaken, and his courage has begun to retreat, it seems that for the time being, he has no idea of jumping.
I said: "Look, your daughter is only 8 years old, why don't you wait 10 years before dying, at that time she has also grown into a slim girl, a bunch of bad boys are beating her idea, she can't take care of you, I think you are annoyed, at that time you die again not only will not blame you, may also thank you from the bottom of her heart, although I saw your head fall into a honeycomb and inevitably cry a few times, but just took the opportunity to lean on the boyfriend's arms, maybe the day you died is your girl was put down, and later give you an anniversary by the way to commemorate your own break." ……”
My words made the man who jumped off the building stunned, and finally he couldn't support it, and finally sat down on the ground, and said with a wry smile: "I started to think that you were a police negotiator, but now I can confirm that you are not." ”
I said, "Want to hear my story?" ”
The man who jumped off the building said weakly, "You must be worse than me." ”
I said angrily: "Fuck your mother, do you need to make it up?" Lao Tzu's monthly salary is only in his early 1,000s, and my father-in-law thinks that I don't have a car or a house and asks me for 50,000 yuan in gifts. ”
The man who jumped off the building laughed out with a "poof", thinking of his current situation, he shook his head and said, "It's not easy for us to live." ”
Isn't that easy? I haven't told him that I'm my ancestor.
I said: "Bah, don't follow me and ours, until [***] the landlord and the tenant will always have irreconcilable contradictions, and if you pay again, there will still be a bone residue left in the stock fund, and there will always be 50,000 yuan - I don't have it." ”
The jumping man pulled out his pocket, and I said, "What, are you going to leave me a legacy and continue to jump?" ”
The man who jumped off the building smiled dryly and took out a box of cordyceps cigarettes and lit one, and I shouted: "The dog said that the cigarette that was about to jump off the building is better than Lao Tzu's - give me one." ”
The jumping man threw the cigarette case over and said with a faint smile: "Brother, thank you." ”
I saw that his mood gradually calmed down, and I knew that the fierce medicine had enough, and now it was time for millet porridge to warm up his stomach, and I said: "Actually, you jumped off the building for what you know best in your heart, is it for your wife to divorce you?" Don't pretend to be so infatuated, isn't it just that the waist pole is not as straight as before when you lose money, then again, it's not for the sake of face, I used to pretend to be b and had a little capital, but now I have lost my wife and broken my soldiers, and I feel shameless to face Jiangdong's father, right? ”
The jumping man sighed and said, "I found out that what you said was right when you revealed it like this." ”
I stood up and sat down next to him, this time he didn't have any resistance, I said: "No one knows you, pat the dirt on your ass and go, if it weren't for the masses' cooperation' and you didn't help you call the police, you would have to be made to obstruct public order, no matter how long you are confined to two days, at least criticize and educate a meal, go home, buy some food on the way, go home at night and cook a meal with your wife, put the girl to sleep and then make love with your wife, sleep and wake up tomorrow and be a good man." ”
The man who jumped off the building listened with tears in his eyes, smoked a cigarette, and took one last look at the crowd downstairs who were scattered because of disappointment, and whispered, "Brother, you are a good person." ”
I was the first to stand up, but when I saw that he was still sitting there, I changed color and said, "What, you still want to jump?" ”
The jumping man looked at me pitifully, stretched out his hand and said, "Pull me, my legs are weak......"
I picked him up, patted the dirt on his pants, and led him downstairs, and when he was almost at the door of the building, he suddenly stopped and said, "Wait brother." He quickly took out a small notebook, wrote a number on it, tore it and said, "Out of this door, you are my benefactor, no matter the ends of the earth, night or day, look for me at any time in the future." ”
I put it in my pocket, looked out, pushed him into the crowd, and said, "Let's go." ”
The man who jumped off the building quickly disappeared into the sea of people and soon disappeared without a trace.
I sat back in the car, panting and wiping my sweat, Xiang Yu still put his arm on the window, looked at the pedestrians scattered outside and said, "Saving people is more tiring than killing, right?" ”
Master Li glared at him vigorously and said to me with infinite admiration: "Cousin, you are amazing, what did you say to him?" I laughed but didn't answer.
This is also the first thing I did with my mind-reading phone, not boring peeping, I didn't expect that the price of a mere sentence in exchange was a life.
Of course, I'm also very happy to save the man who jumped off the building - finally no longer stuck in traffic.
Then we drove straight to Grandpa Zhang Bing's house like a wild dog on the leash (notice, this is the second time this is used in this book).
Zhang Bing's grandfather's house is on the second floor, and the old district party committee has been the seat of the district political axe from the founding of the People's Republic of China to a few years ago, until the younger generation of the leadership team developed a new district committee that is quiet and quiet in the middle of the noise, and the old district committee has plummeted from its function to geographical location, and is now squeezed out of people's field of vision by several commercial buildings, just like the small eunuchs who have lost power are bullied by wealthy outbursts. And the dormitory of the district party committee has become a place for cadres who have withdrawn from the stage of history to retire.
We walked into the corridor of blue-gray steps, the walls on both sides curled up, revealing the solid cement inside, Master Li knocked on the door, the old nanny opened the first layer of the door, and first saw Xiang Yu, she took a step back as if she saw the gods, Master Li greeted with a smile: "Auntie, don't you know me?" I'm a friend of Zhang Bing, and I just came here in the morning. ”
The nanny looked at Master Li and said, "Yes, aren't you Xiao Nan, Bingbing said that you are her good friend." She glanced at me and Xiang Yu vigilantly, and said hesitantly, "These two people are ......."
It seems that the nanny is very vigilant, which can only show that she is very responsible, and now robbing the lonely and widowed elderly is not uncommon.
Master Li introduced us and said that it was her cousin, and she hesitated to let us in when she came to visit Zhang Bing's grandfather and the old nanny, and I think she didn't do this to reassure us, but she thought that the ancient security door was not worth Xiang Yu's kick, so it was better to let the surname go out a little bit.
The old nanny was really relieved to see that we had not come into the house with a gray tail and sharp teeth, and she said as she led us to the bedroom, "Grandpa has just slept for a while." ”
On the bed, an old man with white hair was lying down, with a towel quilt on his stomach, his hands were placed on his lower abdomen in a regular manner, his eyes were slightly open, and he could see that his eyes were moving very regularly, but other than that, his whole body remained still.
The old nanny looked at the old man with pity and said, "I know it in my heart, but I can't say it." ”
Xiang Yu unexpectedly and thoughtfully helped the old man pull up the quilt, the huge shadow of his body completely covered the old man, the tall and mighty hero and the paralyzed little old man are really a cruel contrast, just make a third-rate oil painter paint it can hang in the Louvre.
Zhang Bing's grandfather also seemed to feel a kind of pressure and abundant vitality, and his eyes moved diligently.
Xiang Yu asked the nanny: "You often take care of it?" The babysitter nodded.
“…… Is it convenient? ”
The old nanny naturally understood what he meant, tied up her neat white hair, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Zhang is 75 years old this year, and I am also over 60 years old, so what else is convenient or inconvenient." ”
Xiang Yu nodded.
As they spoke, I kept thinking about the question: I don't know if I can detect what the old man is thinking with my mind reading.
I took out my phone, and when I saw that no one was paying attention to me, I pressed the number on the old man, and then the phone screen showed ...... It's actually an ellipsis, hey, the second fool should be brought, he and the old man must have a common language.
I was just about to close the phone, when I suddenly saw a string of ellipses on it, sandwiched between two words: ...... Light mouth. And then two more words: honey.
I excitedly grabbed Xiang Yu and said a few words in his ear, Xiang Yu looked at me suspiciously, and whispered, "You're not joking, are you?" I waved him away.
Xiang Yu hesitated for a while, and said secretly: "Auntie, can you find me a cup?" ”
The nanny patted her forehead lightly and said, "Look at me, I forgot to pour water for the guest." ”
Xiang Yu said: "It's not me, I want to make a cup of honey water for my grandfather to drink." As he spoke, he opened the honey we had brought.
"He? He doesn't like to eat sweet, and the doctor said that you can't eat more salty...... but the nanny saw that Xiang Yu was very determined, so she had to find things such as a kettle, cup, and spoon, Xiang Yu scooped two spoonfuls of honey and poured it into the cup, poured half a cup of water, and stirred it up, Master Li looked at him clumsy and said, "Shall I feed it?" ”
Xiang Yu dodged her hand, scooped a spoonful of honey water, blew it, and poured it directly into Grandpa Zhang Bing's mouth, and the nanny shouted, "Ouch, can you drink it like this?" Lift people up first and then feed them, stupid big man. ”
Xiang Yu let out an "oh", copied Zhang Bing with one hand and then put him on the quilt, and the nanny shouted repeatedly: "Yo hey, light, ouch, it's not like this......"
A miracle happened, the spoonful of honey went down Zhang Bing's grandfather swallowed greedily, his lips trembled violently, and he even wanted to stick out his tongue to lick back the water flowing on the side of his mouth. Although he could not speak, he let out two very slight hums, and now everyone could see that he was very comfortable.
The nanny was shocked and said, "Big man, you can do it, how did you know that grandpa wanted to eat honey?" ”
Xiang Yu didn't speak, he fed half a cup of honey water into the old man's mouth, half of the half cup of water was sprinkled outside, and the old man's neck was poured into it, but the old man's happiness was obvious, his eyes were rolling in his sockets, trying to find Xiang Yu, and then squinting, especially like a baby looking for his mother.
The old nanny smiled and said, "He's thanking you." ”
(To be continued)