It was noon when Zhu Daolin returned to the Heshan villa, and the white Audi of Chu Mei in the garage was no longer there, and he came back just after midnight last night, without alarming the sleeping Chu Mei, he drove to the villa area at the southern foot of Zhongshan before dawn, and immediately sent five pieces of celadon from the Song and Yuan dynasties and the blue and white holding pot at the end of the Yuan Dynasty to Song Shaojun, and then lingered for four hours.

Therefore, when he returned to his villa and saw the empty parking space, he could imagine the Qi Qiran in his heart, although he had not received a call from Chu Mei until now, Zhu Daolin understood in his heart that Chu Mei knew that he was back.

Zhu Daolin went up to the study on the second floor, took a cursory look at the file containing the equity certificate of Tangshan Film and Television Base, the articles of association and the certificate of appointment and other documents in his hand, and randomly put it into the secret safe on the lower left side of the bookcase, and then checked the Internet for about half an hour, wrote down a note and put it on the dining table on the first floor, then put on a windbreaker and left the villa with a briefcase, walked to the gate of the community, took a taxi and went straight to the airport.

The next evening, when Chu Mei was preparing a simple meal to enjoy, Zhu Daolin, who had a very ugly face, came back, Chu Mei silently looked at Zhu Daolin who walked to the table and sat down, and then turned around and opened the refrigerator, ready to cook two more dishes.

"Don't do it, just eat a little bit, please bring the bottle of Shuanggou Daqu in the small wine cabinet."

After Zhu Daolin finished speaking, he stood up again, took off his windbreaker and put it on the back of the chair, said thank you to Chu Mei who gave him the bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses, and then opened the wine bottle and began to pour himself a drink.

After Zhu Daolin drank three cups, Chu Mei, who felt a faint pain in her heart, finally asked, "What happened?" ”

Zhu Daolin rubbed his astringent eyes and leaned heavily on the chair: "I went to the river. Nandongdu, go to the countryside more than 40 kilometers away from the eastern capital to find my old platoon leader, he is my first teacher after I walked out of the school gate, and also my best good brother, I respect him, I have always been grateful to him! ”

"I was carrying a lot of gifts, as well as his favorite case of Du Kang wine, but when I arrived at his house, I found out that he died half a year ago, helping the villagers to build a house, he drank too much, fell from the third floor that had not yet been capped, and there was a pile of big stones on the ground, and it was gone on the spot."

Chu Mei was stunned for a long time, slowly stretched out her right hand with red eyes, and gently placed it on the back of Zhu Daolin's hand, her delicate red lips squirmed a few times, but she didn't know how to comfort this sad man.

Zhu Daolin took a deep breath, raised his right hand and patted the warm little hand covering the back of his left hand: "It's okay, life is impermanent, no one knows what will happen tomorrow, it's right to spend every day...... Why are you taking my wine? ”

Chu Mei put most of the bottle of wine into the wine cabinet, turned back and said timidly: "I went to the supermarket to buy after work in the afternoon, and when I met your mother, my aunt scolded you for having no conscience, and you didn't call back for such a long time, I said in a hurry...... Said you're coming back from a business trip...... Maybe come back today. ”

Zhu Daolin smiled bitterly: "It seems that I have to go home to report to the office, you can send me back, it's not good to drive after drinking." ”

Chu Mei nodded, went upstairs to change her clothes and came down immediately, carefully driving a white Audi to accompany Zhu Daolin to the agency community where his parents were, and it was rude to stop the car before remembering that he didn't bring a gift.

How could Zhu Daolin be in the mood to go out to buy gifts again, and after a few perfunctory words, Chu Mei, who had a small face and a crimson face, knocked on the door of the house, and her mother said happily that she was back, and then took Chu Mei's hand to the sofa to ask for warmth.

The unhappy father waved his hand to his son and went into the kitchen, and when he showed his skills not inferior to that of the restaurant chef and served two dishes and one soup, Zhu Daolin had already set up four sets of tableware, two wine glasses and a bottle of Wuliangye.

The mother, who had already eaten, sat at the dining table with Chu Mei, who had not eaten, affectionately served Chu Mei with vegetables, and warned her husband and son to drink leisurely while eating, and then asked how the Jincheng Printing Products Company was doing?

Where did Zhu Daolin know what the company's current situation was, naturally Chu Mei, who was the deputy general manager, answered them one by one, and as a result, the diligent and accomplished Liang Cheng couple, including Chu Mei, were praised by Zhu Daolin's parents.

After the belated reunion dinner, the excited mother said that she would not allow the father and son to play chess, and had to test whether her son's guzheng level had improved.

Chu Mei saw the silent Zhu Daolin skillfully put on his tortoiseshell nails, casually played a rhythm of moving hand joints, adjusted his mood slightly, and began to play the song "Sunset Flute Drum" designated by his mother.

Chu Mei, who was extremely moved, knew that Zhu Daolin, who was indifferent in appearance, could not only play the guzheng, but also had a much higher level than her professional folk music teacher in college.

Perhaps Zhu Daolin has not yet come out of the grief of losing his comrades-in-arms, and played the song "Sunset Xiao Drum" designated by his mother more resentful and sad than "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace", and his mother, who is proficient in music and rhythm, and his father, who has a high level of appreciation, were stunned, quietly listened to his son's casual interpretation, and finally rarely did not say a word of comment, and both went back to the bedroom inside to discuss.

It took Chu Mei a long time to recover from the sad artistic conception of the sound of the piano, and couldn't help but stretch out her hand to support Zhu Daolin, who was sitting upright, on his shoulder: "It's so good to play, it's just too sad, it makes people feel very worried and helpless when they hear it." ”

"It's okay, I'm much better now...... You can sit down for a while, watch TV, and I'll go talk to my parents and go back together. Zhu Daolin nodded to the kind and considerate Chu Mei, stood up and walked to his parents' bedroom.

Ten minutes later, the parents, who were no longer worried, sent their son out with a smile, and the mother pulled Chu Mei to talk a lot, and finally forced two bags of fruit into Chu Mei and her son's hands before giving up.

The whole morning of the next day, Zhu Daolin stayed in the printing company, and heard Liang Cheng say that he had registered a trading company in accordance with the plan he left behind, and signed long-term order contracts with eight companies, including Polaris Clock, Pujiang Crystal, Longquan Sword and Changzhou Feichi, and Zhu Daolin was very happy to thank his good brothers.

Chu Mei had already reported to Zhu Daolin last night on the drawing and editing of "Dream of Red Mansions", "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai", "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "The Legend of the White Snake", and today she took out three sample books in traditional Chinese except for "A Chinese Ghost Story", as well as the first draft of the corresponding comic book, and proudly handed them to Zhu Daolin for review.

Liang Cheng saw that Zhu Daolin was full of smiles and relish, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "You give me a reason, even if it's pirated, why did you even change the author's name?" What is this 'Duobao Daoren' who replaced Cao Xueqin and Pu Songling, two literary masters? It can't be your boy's way, right? ”

Zhu Daolin was happy: "It's a contemptible person, haha!" Isn't it possible? You've been doing piracy for so many years, what are you anxious about with me? ”

Liang Cheng was completely out of touch with the brother who asked for money and shamelessness, and he had no choice but to squeeze out a cruel sentence to balance his guilty heart: "Are you not afraid of being struck by lightning?" ”

"I've been struck by lightning a long time ago, why don't I take you to try it one day? It's interesting, maybe you'll get addicted after trying it. ”

Zhu Daolin's answer made Liang Cheng half angry, and Chu Mei and the two young artists on the side hurriedly turned around to avoid it, and couldn't help laughing out loud after taking a few steps.

Zhu Daolin didn't have time to laugh with everyone, he took out his gold pocket watch and looked at the time, went to the finance room alone to greet Liang Cheng's wife, and learned that the funds he left were more than enough, so he drove away from the company and went to the refrigeration plant he had contacted before.

The refrigeration plant, which has gone bankrupt and most of its properties have been divided and sold, now only two scrapped freezers remain, located under the two hills in the southwest corner of Qixia Mountain, there is a large pond of sewage accumulated for many years outside the courtyard wall in the east, and a piece of undeveloped rocky hill in the west, only outside the south gate is the flat and wide Ningzhen Highway.

The whole cold storage area covers an area of less than five acres, but the four walls are towering, two large iron doors are for the rental of the warehouse newly replaced, the two cold storage rebuilt warehouses are wide and strong, and the warehouse door still retains the concrete platform for car loading and unloading goods.

Zhu Daolin was very satisfied after reading a circle, and signed a contract of renting 250,000 yuan per year for three years in the name of the newly registered trading company, declined the kindness of the old section chief to introduce the night watchman, and said that he would send someone from the company to be on duty, and finally sent a red envelope of 5,000 yuan to the old section chief who was responsible for signing the contract.

Since then, Zhu Daolin has a safe and convenient transit warehouse, and he no longer has to pile up many goods in the warehouse of a printing company with many people, let alone stuff his villa to the brim.

The day after Christmas, 5,000 tons of second-grade rice, 1,000 tons of soybeans and 500 tons of ordinary flour sold by the Hanjiang Grain and Oil Corporation on the north bank of the river arrived at the refrigerated warehouse. 200 tons of coarse salt from Ningshao Salt Industry Company and 70 tons of brass ingots from the city's metal trading company were also successfully put into storage two days before New Year's Day.

In the early morning of the last day of 2010, Zhu Daolin, who was still exercising with Song Damei in the villa at the southern foot of Zhongshan, kept receiving urging calls, so he could only kiss goodbye to the beauty and rushed to the warehouse of the refrigeration factory to receive 5 boxes of 30 40 centimeter-high glazed statues of gods and Buddhas, 10 boxes of 40 sets of crystal wine utensils, 100 boxes of 600 bottles of celadon double-groove Daqu, 20 boxes of 480 mirrors of three specifications, 5 boxes of 50,000 three types of sewing needles, 5 boxes of 500 tailor scissors, 4 boxes of 200 custom-made patterned steel Longquan Tang knives, 10 boxes of 500 antique pocket watches engraved with the seal of Tianshu Pavilion, and 20 pieces of vest-style high-grade body armor that Zhu Daolin bought through the relationship of Song Dameiren.

In addition to 20 pieces of body armor and 100 boxes of wine packed in corrugated boxes, other crystal products, antique pocket watches and mirrors, etc., the supplier companies are in strict accordance with Zhu Daolin's requirements to use stronger wooden box packaging, saving Zhu Daolin a lot of trouble.

On the afternoon of the last day of 2010, Zhu Daolin refused the invitation to the cultural and performing arts reception held by the provincial government on the grounds of poor health, and asked Song Shaojun to accompany her star friends in the entertainment industry and officials from the capital.

At the end of the warm and cordial dinner, Zhu Daolin made a pot of Longjing tribute tea from Song Dameiren, and set up a chessboard with his father who had been busy all afternoon to fight in the black and white world.

Zhu Daolin, who was in a good mood, naturally did not tell his father that his memory was getting stronger and stronger, and he could firmly remember more than 80 percent of the chess scores, music scores, and the Ming Dynasty history books that he had bought and read during this time, almost to the extent that he could never forget three lines at a glance.

In the past few days, in the time of waiting for the receipt and loading and unloading into the warehouse, in order to surprise his father, Zhu Daolin finished reading four chess books, and made Song Damei exhausted and fell asleep at night, and insisted on two hours of tuna training, closed his eyes after lying down, and reviewed the tactical skills in the "Go Practical Combat Tutorial" in his mind, and the level of Go naturally improved by leaps and bounds, and there was a qualitative leap in all aspects.

It was late at night, Zhu Daolin said goodbye to his parents and returned to Heshan Villa in Chu Mei's white Audi.

I don't know if the last day of the year is particularly nostalgic for Chu Mei, Chu Mei, who is far away from home and alone, evokes nostalgia, and after bathing, Chu Mei put on a beautiful and warm velvet nightgown, brewed a pot of tea and made a fruit bowl, and brought it to Zhu Daolin's study together, to spend this nostalgic night with Zhu Daolin, and listen to the New Year's bell together.

To Chu Mei's surprise, when she entered the study, she saw Zhu Daolin sitting motionless in front of the computer, staring blankly at the 23-inch computer LCD screen.