Chapter I
In the dark night, a black limousine shuttles through the neon of the city, the bright moon hanging in the sky, the dim light and the neon light on the ground echo each other, telling the loneliness of the heavenly palace and the prosperity of the world. In the car, the hottest male and female stars of this year sang "When Love Is a Thing of the Past" "Don't mention the past, life has been stormy, even if the memory can't be erased, love and hate are still in my heart, I really have to break off the past, let tomorrow continue to ....."
Yu Feng drove the car and hummed softly, Chen Chong looked at the receding night scene outside the window, the endless stream of vehicles and the pedestrians gradually moving away, and inexplicably felt depressed and unable to breathe. He asked Yu Feng to change a song, and Yu Feng changed to a cheerful tune, which is also popular nowadays, but he can't remember the name of the song. He was always like this, remembering only the tune and not the song title. In my memory, I remember both the tune and the title of the song, which are only a limited number of songs.
As the car drove out of the city and onto the road, the distant village disappeared into the night, and the lights outlined the stars in the sky. Chen Chong squinted his eyes, his mobile phone vibrated and rang, he picked it up and took a look, and there was a message coming in from WeChat. It is Ma Dongmei's birthday wishes. In the blink of an eye, he celebrated his 37th birthday. Ma Dongmei is his primary school tablemate, and the name of the heroine of a previous popular movie with the same name as her caused everyone to ridicule. At that time, Ma Dongmei didn't dare to speak out in the group, so she spit out bitterness with him if she had nothing to do.
"Can you blame me for the name my mom and dad?"
He smiled and comforted her to look away. "Those guys, idle eggs hurt, and after a while they will forget about this stubble."
She still felt irritable, so he helped her in the group to say something, and the guys finally stopped.
Every time she celebrates her birthday, Ma Dongmei sends blessings one day in advance, in her words, she will be the first person to send blessings, one is to show that she is special, and the other is to remind him not to forget her birthday. Not to mention, Ma Dongmei once forgot to send him a blessing over the years, at that time she was in conflict with the object of her passion, sad, so she forgot about it, and later blamed herself.
He smiled and replied with a thank you look and put down the phone. He dropped out of junior high school in the second year and went to a technical school, and he didn't have any contact with anyone at that time. Later, with QQ, WeChat, and elementary school classmates also got in touch, after all, they are all near Murakami, and it is still easy to know a message.
Ma Dongmei came to the house a few times when she first went to college, and the second elder of the Chen family was very rare about her, and in those years, Chen Chong's mother had to inquire about Ma Dongmei's news every time she went home. He smiled, and the thoughts of the second elder were self-evident. He knew in his heart that they were the least likely. She is a college student, he is an ordinary worker, and they are not only disparity in status, but also in the way of academic qualifications. The difference in the spiritual world means that they are two parallel lines that will not intersect.....
He leaned back in his seat and pretended to sleep, the phone rang vibrating, and he picked up the phone and it was his mother calling.
"Son, where are you?"
He looked at the dark night sky, there were no street lights on either side of the road, and there was silence all around, probably on a country road. Yu Feng replied through the rearview mirror: "It's time to Fulongquan." ”
"You and Dad go to bed first, we need an hour to get home..... I've eaten, don't wait for me. ”
The old lady hasn't slept at this point, presumably waiting for him again, and she stayed at home for 3 days in the middle of the year, that is, during the Spring Festival. This time, at the strong request of his mother, he came back for one night. He's really too busy, too busy to doppelganger. This time I came to Changchun to talk about the branch, and it was his birthday to catch up with his mother, and he had to take time to go home.
As soon as Yu Feng entered the courtyard of the Chen family, he sighed: "This has not yet entered the village, and you can see your two-story small building from a distance, which is really eye-catching, and it makes me red." ”
Chen Chong kicked him: "Get out of the way, the old lady doesn't want to enter the city, you only know today." ”
The old lady of the Chen family coaxed Chen Chong's sister to have a child earlier, lived in Dalian for a few years, and was tired of life in the city, so she had to support her in the countryside. Chen Chong persuaded him not to move, and he was afraid that the old man would suffer, so he built a western-style building in the village. When it was first built, the whole village was envious. Now in advance, Chen Chong, whether it is the elderly or children, all give a thumbs up, Chen Chong is the star figure in their village.
Chen Chong is not only the pride of the Chen family, but also the pride of their village. Many people in the village work in Chen Chong's factory, so no one in this village dares to say that the Chen family is not, and everyone respects the old lady and the old man of the Chen family.
In the past, the Chen family was not like this, it was really 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi. Looking at this quiet courtyard and towering small building, Yu Feng had to admire Chen Chong again. He followed Chen Chong ten years ago, and he witnessed Chen Chong's most difficult years, and he smacked his tongue when he thought about those difficult years. Today's hardship is sweet, and this brilliance, he thinks it should be Chen Chong's. God is still fair.
Yu Feng parked the car, and went straight back to his house for fear of disturbing the rest of the second elder. Chen Chong went upstairs in the dark, his father and mother were already asleep, and he was greeted by the little teddy raised by the second elder, Maomao. It is said that the dog recognizes his family, and the number of times he comes home is limited, but Maomao still knows him. Rubbing his trouser legs and flicking his tail. He crouched down, held it in his arms, and touched its head, and it grunted, and he shook his head and smiled as he saw how comfortable it looked.
The old man does not like this kind of dog, it is too expensive. The most proud is the rural dog, a few years ago, the family raised a dog, raised for fourteen or fifteen years, and finally died of old age. He had a special affection for dogs, and when he was in elementary school, he had a sheepdog at home, which his father sold to his great uncle, and he fought against him for several days. There was no way, the family was short of money at that time, and for them, three hundred yuan was not a small amount.
Later, the family had another dog, which accompanied him throughout his youth, and the year when the dog died of old age was the most difficult year of his life. When he learned that the dog was dead, he cried and hid in a place where no one was around, drinking alone, he didn't know whether he was paying tribute to the dog, or whether he was nostalgic for the lost youth and the lost people.....
Chen Chong woke up in the noise of his parents, and his mother was busy cooking and arguing with his father at the same time. The two of them have been like this for half their lives, and their mother loves to nag, and she tells her father to help with work here and there. The father was silent, and let her nag and complain. Chen Chong feels that this is the most real life, in the past few years, due to his career, he has gone home a limited number of times, and even misses his mother's nagging.
After Chen Chong got up, the old lady had already cooked the noodles, which she made by hand. Chen Chong ate it very fragrantly. The Chen family has no habit of celebrating birthdays, and the old lady doesn't mention it, but he just understands his mother's intentions. When I was a child, because my family was poor, my parents never had a birthday, but they just bought some delicious food for their children on the day of their birthdays, even if they had their birthdays. Growing up so big, he always wants to celebrate his parents' birthday, but he can't remember the birthday of the second elder. He thought about how to do it this year, he had to do it once for the second elder.
The three of them were sitting around eating noodles, and Yu Feng came in with a bag of things.....