So far, Wang Qiao has only experienced the happiness and pain of love, and has not yet come to the step of marriage, and his experience of the complex feelings of men before marriage is not profound, and said: "I haven't seen your parents, they haven't come?" ”

"They came, and they quarreled with Xiao Zhong's parents about the banquet. I saw that the situation was not right, so I quickly got them to the hotel. ”

"How so?"

"Xiao Zhong's family wants to invite more people, and asks me to send invitations to my old colleagues in the Changdong Public Security Bureau, as well as to the leaders of the Municipal Bureau. What my dad meant was that when I first arrived at the Jingzhou Criminal Police Team, when I got married, I invited at most a colleague from the team, and if I invited too many people, I would be looked down upon, thinking that our family wanted money and couldn't afford it. I don't want to fight over getting married, but I have to choose. ”

Wang Qiao's heart moved, and he asked cautiously: "Then do you want to invite Lu Zhongyong's family?" ”

Yang Hongbing said: "I was transferred to the Jingzhou Criminal Police Team, Lu Zhongyong contributed, and the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring, and he should naturally be invited for such a thing as marriage." ”

Wang Qiao said: "Is he coming?" ”

Yang Hongbing said: "He is the former captain of the criminal police, and he originally wanted to take the opportunity to come to Jingzhou to have a drink with his old colleagues in the criminal police team, but later his daughter's boyfriend wanted to come to the door, so he didn't come to drink." This person is very kind, although he can't come, and he is a leader, but he is still very affectionate, and the instructor of the team brought gift money. ”

Wang Qiao felt like a stone thrown into the deep sea, sinking and sinking, and sinking, and sinking, until he sank into the endless abyss. The abyss is full of demons and monsters, powerful and unstoppable pressure, and icy waters.

Xiao Zhong's mother shouted in the house: "Red soldier, discuss something with you." ”

Wang Qiao didn't want to stay here for a long time, and said in a stiff voice: "Axe, you have a lot of things, I won't delay, let's go." ”

Yang Hongbing extinguished the butt of the cigarette and said, "I got married on the seventh day of the new year, and you, the best man, can't be absent, come over a day early." ”

Leaving Yang Hongbing's house, Wang Qiao moved his legs mechanically downstairs like a robot, and stood in the courtyard smoking a cigarette. After smoking, throw the cigarette butt on the ground and trample it with your foot. Smoked another cigarette and trampled it again. After three cigarettes, he walked out of the family courtyard and called home from the public phone on the street, only to know that his sister gave birth to a big fat boy a few days ago, and he decided to go to Shannan first to see his nephew who was born, and then go back to the Red Star Factory.

His back had just disappeared around the corner, a taxi stopped at the gate of the courtyard, and Li Yi, Lu Qi and a middle-aged couple got out of the car and came to the middle of the courtyard.

Li Yi enthusiastically introduced to the middle-aged man: "This community is a public security family home, the biggest advantage is security, most of them are police, and there are closed walls around it. ”

The middle-aged couple looked around, and the man said, "The house is very old, it was built in the 80s." The woman then found fault: "There is no greenery in the community, it is bare." ”

Lu Qi grew up in this yard, and every corner of the yard has its own footprints, although she knows the truth that "the suspect is the buyer", but she still feels uncomfortable when she hears the pickiness of middle-aged couples. Today, my sister-in-law warmly invited a young man who worked in the provincial government to her home, meaning to let the two meet. This is the second blind date since the winter vacation, and Lu Qi really doesn't want to meet one strange man after another, so she follows her mother Li Yi back to Jingzhou.

After meeting with the middle-aged couple who bought the house at the bus station, the middle-aged couple was a little hesitant to buy a house, and discussed it for seven or eight minutes before deciding to go to the family home of the Municipal Public Security Bureau to see the house together. It was these precious seven or eight minutes that made Lu Qi and Wang Qiao miss the opportunity to meet.

Lu Qi deliberately distanced herself from the middle-aged couple, she stood in the middle of the yard, saw a few extinguished cigarette butts, and said secretly: "Who is so immoral and littering cigarette butts?" ”

If the sale is successful this time, it means that she will lose her foothold in Jingzhou. If the roots are cut off, the hometown can only be the hometown in memory, and it will be difficult to come back in the future. She silently looked at the yard and imprinted the details of her life since she was a child.

Everything in the courtyard is still the same, the only difference is that there is a big red letter on the window. Lu Qi was familiar with most of the people in the courtyard, and knew that this should be an outsider, so her eyes quickly swept over the big red word and looked towards the familiar family.

Upon entering the house, the furniture had long since been emptied, leaving only a small number of useless items. The middle-aged couple had a nouveau riche face, and they commented in every room, which made Lu Qi even more unhappy. She stood by the window of her bedroom, saw some pictures faintly on the side of the windowsill wall, squatted down to take a closer look, it was a picture from elementary school, the brushwork was childish and blurry, but it retained the memories of childhood, which was precious.

The middle-aged couple then came to Lu Qi's bedroom, and the woman kept finding faults, thinking that the awning of the window was damaged.

Lu Qi stood up silently, walked to the living room, and let her mother negotiate with the middle-aged couple who bought the house.

An hour later, the middle-aged couple left the family home.

Lu Qi asked, "Have you negotiated?" The family is very sour, picky like this and picky like that. ”

Li Yi said objectively: "They are doing candy business in the wholesale market, and they have made a lot of money in recent years, so they pay more attention to safety, and this business should be able to be done." ”

Lu Qi said: "Intellectually I know that this business should be promoted, but I grew up in this house, and I feel uncomfortable listening to them being so picky." ”

Li Yi looked at her daughter's sullen expression and said, "My sister-in-law is kind, and the object of the introduction is a key university graduate and still working in the provincial government, I don't know why you don't want to meet in person, are you still thinking about that person in Guangnan?" You and him are not realistic at all, marriage is not only a matter of wind and snow, but also a matter of firewood, rice, oil and salt. He is the one who entered the detention center, and after he comes out, he will not be the same person, and forgetting him is your best choice. ”

Lu Qi was the most reluctant to mention this topic, and said: "Mom, why are you so eager to marry me off, my brother is not married, why are you in a hurry to force me to fall in love, I am not leftovers." ”

Li Yi knew where her daughter's knot was, and said patiently: "If you don't talk about it, you won't talk about it, I want to go to Aunt Liu's house first, and then take the bus at half past four in the afternoon, will you accompany me to Aunt Liu's house?" ”

Lu Qi shook his head and said, "You just come on time to take the bus, I'll go shopping, and I'll meet at the bus station then." ”

Breaking up with her mother, Lu Qi walked alone on the streets of Jingzhou, where there are too many familiar people and things, and many scenes have been shared with Wang Qiao, she knows that it is irrational to blindly dwell on the past, but when it comes to feelings, reason often gives way to feelings.

At 4:20, she came to Jingzhou Bus Station.

At this time, Wang Qiao's shuttle bus drove to Shannan Bus Station, and when he got off the train, he looked up at the clock hanging on the wall, which happened to be half past four, a relatively easy to remember whole number.

The provincial government family home is not far away, about 20 minutes' walk away. Wang Qiao meditated on the topic of "The Evolution of China's Ironmaking Technology" in his mind, and walked on the streets of Shannan with his arms outstretched. When he came to the gate of the provincial government's family courtyard, he remembered that it was inappropriate to go to Zhang's house empty-handed, so he returned to the main street and picked a dinosaur monster from Ultraman as a gift for his nephew.

The Zhang family was filled with unconcealed joy, Wu Xuelian rarely pulled Wang Qiao's arm, and said enthusiastically: "Hurry up and come to see your nephew, his nickname is ugly, tiger head and tiger brain, it's really ugly." ”

According to Shannan habits, the uglier and cheaper the newborn's name, the healthier the newborn will be, and the host will be unhappy when encountering ignorant people who praise the newborn for being beautiful. Zhu Xuefang's name for his grandson is "ugly", like this kind of "ugly" title, six or seven out of ten families in Shannan are like this. Wang Qiao knew these taboos and said, "I'll take a look at the ugliness." ”

Sister Wang Xiao was lying on the bed, her fat face was full of gratifying smiles, and said, "Come and see your nephew, the little name is Ugly Chou, and the big name is Zhang Anjian." Before her son was born, she and the Zhang family still had an invisible diaphragm, and at this time, with Zhang Anjian, who was constantly moving around in bed, she had an inseparable flesh-and-blood connection with the Zhang family, no matter what happened in the future, she finally had a place in the Zhang family.

The newborn Zhang Anjian has big black and white eyes, and his appearance is five or six points similar to Wang Qiao, but his eyes and eyebrows are very similar to his father Zhang Xiangyin.

Wang Qiao raised the monster in his hand and said, "Ugly baby, look at the dinosaur that your uncle bought for you." Zhang Anjian is still a newborn, his line of sight is very narrow, he has big bright eyes, he plays by himself, and ignores his uncle Wang Qiao.

After teasing the clown for a while, Wang Xiao wanted to breastfeed.

Zhang Jiade and Wang Qiao went to the living room to avoid. Zhang Jiade said with emotion: "This doll is called Zhang Anjian, which means safe and healthy. Peace and health are blessings, and everything else is empty and fake. At this point, he remembered his son, made an excuse to go to the balcony, and waited for his mood to return to calm before continuing to go back to the living room to chat with Wang Qiao.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Wang Qiao said goodbye to his sister, and Wang Xiao explained: "Zhao Hai sent some clothes over, and the doorman over there signed for it, you take it upstairs, and I will pick it up myself after the confinement is full." I've put two thousand dollars in a drawer for you, and you can use it. When I get home, ask my parents not to come over for the time being, everything is fine on my side. If they do come, it's best after the full moon. ”

Wang Qiao did not ask the reason, his sister is not only the daughter of the Wang family, but also the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family, so there must be a reason for such an arrangement. Leaving Zhang's house, he still didn't take the bus and walked all the way to his sister's house.

When passing by the Dongcheng Branch of the Shannan Public Security Bureau, Wang Qiao couldn't help but think of the 100 days in the detention center, and he had mixed feelings for a while. As time passed, the pain experienced by the detention center has not only not faded, but has become clearer. On the other hand, these difficult years also began to play a positive role, constantly providing him with courage and wisdom in life.

A man and a woman walked out of the door next to him, and although the distance was more than 100 meters, he still recognized at a glance that the woman in it was Lu Qi, who had been thinking about it for a long time. Next to Lu Qi was a sturdy young man wearing a black leather jacket. The two talked and laughed, and their expressions were intimate. Lu Qi stretched out his hand and slapped the man's shoulder. The man dodged for a while, and said another word, and Lu Qi hit again.

Wang Qiaoru was under the spell, unable to move or speak, if he learned from Yang Hongbing's mouth that the fact that Lu Qi had a boyfriend was like a knife, stabbed in the body fiercely, at this time, seeing Lu Qi's intimate behavior with another man was like a hammer, smashed on the top of his head with the force of Mount Tai, and his tendons were broken and fractured, and he could no longer recover.

Lu Qi and the man stopped at the store, and after a while, the man was holding a beer in one hand, Lu Qi was holding some fireworks, walking back side by side, and when the back was about to disappear, the man also reached out and patted Lu Qi's shoulder and the top of his head.

"He who forsaken me shall not remain in the day of yesterday; Those who disturb my heart will have many troubles today. The long wind sends autumn geese thousands of miles, and you can be hearty for this...... Draw the knife and cut off the water, the water is more flowing, and the glass is more sorrowful...... "This poem by the ancients Li Bai always emerged in Wang Qiao's mind when he was most disappointed in his life, he looked up at the few stars in the winter night, and tried to keep the tears from flowing down.

"I'm so stupid, I still fantasize that Lu Qi will wait for me, what am I, a repeater class student who has no career and has been in the detention center!"

Wang Qiao has always hung the pager around his waist, and although it is down, he is not willing to throw it away. Repeatedly recalling what Yang Hongbing said, Lu Qi's intimate behavior with the man appeared in his mind over and over again, he suddenly went crazy, took the pager off the belt, put it on the ground, raised his fist and slammed it, only to hear a "pop" sound, the pager shattered, blood came out of his fist, and it flowed down.

(End of Chapter 59)