Chapter 19 A Different Life (16) Dry Air Monkey (I)
Guo Kaixin followed the "stuffy head" for more than a month to run the 'small bus', during which he never asked the current identity of the "stuffy head", whether it was the same as him.
Guo Kaixin didn't ask, naturally he wouldn't take the initiative to say it, even the 'Xue girl' who often came to the house to chat with Guo Kaixin rarely mentioned the matter of her brother-in-law, she came here just to "chat alone" with Guo Kaixin, and she made Guo Kaixin 'fascinated'.
Seeing that everything was on the right track, Guo Kaixin picked up his 'kung fu' again, and every night before going to bed, he would 'stand on the pile' in the yard, play a set of fists, and then wash his face and sleep.
"I didn't expect you kid to be able to do kung fu, decent, practical?" 'Stuffy' thinks that Guo Kaixin is 'demonstrating' to him, he doesn't know much about martial arts, but he thinks that fighting is a 'good hand', and Guo Kaixin's set is not necessarily 'easy to use' for him.
"I'm just idle and uncomfortable, stuffy brother, don't you usually like to do sports?"
"How can I have time, I was okay before I got married, I played basketball in the unit, and after I got married, I became an individual, I was tired from driving all day, and I didn't want to do anything."
"Oh, it's my hobby, it's not moving, it's tight, it's uncomfortable."
"Hobbies are good, I can't do it, I've waited for two years, I've saved enough money, I also buy a 'small bus' line, too~" 'Stuffy' stopped talking, he didn't say anything, and went back to the house to rest.
In the next few days, Miss Xue did not come to Guo Kaixin's house to chat, Guo Kaixin was a little depressed, he always thought that she was 'too noisy', a little annoying, but if she didn't come for a few days, she still 'missed her', maybe this is called 'love for a long time'. ’
"Hao Gang'er" promised to give Guo Kaixin a 'commutation of sentence', but he never said that he would do it well. Either it can't be done, Guo Kaixin has always had only this one thing on his mind, because he knows that if he is in the number, the time for commutation once a year has already passed, and it is possible that this matter has not been done for him, and Lao Hao is embarrassed to come to him.
For a few days, the 'stuffy head' saw that Guo Kaixin had very few words except for driving. So when he reached the end, he asked him if he had anything on his mind.
"Xinzi, what's wrong with you these days, why are you wilting like a frosted eggplant?"
"Brother Stuffy, I'm just a little uncomfortable, I'll be fine after a while."
"What's not going well? Is your sister-in-law's food unpalatable? ”
"It's not."
"Isn't that where I said you, that you're wrong?"
"Not really."
"Then why are you upset?"
"Brother Stuffy, I told you. I was sentenced to three years, and Uncle Hao said that he could help me get a commutation this year, but seeing that it was almost the end of the year, there was no movement at all. ”
'Stuffy' thought for a moment. "Lao Hao said that he can do it, he can do it, but did you get money from your family?"
"He didn't say he wanted money."
"In these days, you can't do anything without money. You'd better have some prepared for you at home, just in case. ”
"If it's going to cost money, forget it. Anyway, if you stay a few more months, it's nothing. ”
"Confused, it's not good to go out early, are you in trouble at home and have no money?"
Guo Kaixin really couldn't speak, he showed that he didn't know how to be good.
"Xinzi, it's okay, I'll help you do this, after work, you wait at home, I'll help you find Lao Hao."
After dinner, 'stuffy' rode a motorcycle alone and went to City A prison, Guo Kaixin and his sister-in-law plus his little niece watched TV at home together, and waited for a long time, and heard the 'sudden' sound of the motorcycle behind the door, probably 'stuffy' came back.
As soon as I entered the house, I saw 'stuffy' carrying a bag of "loaches", and said happily, "Old woman, stew it for me." ”
"Are you stupid, don't you eat all night?"
"If you are asked to stew, I will stew it, and I will not go out of the car tomorrow, I will have two cups with Xinzi."
The craftsmanship of the 'stuffy' wife is very quick, and after a while, a large pot of 'sauce stewed loach' was served, and the 'stuffy' daughter held her own small bowl and filled a full bowl, and she supported it.
"Mom, invite your dad too, I haven't drunk with him for a long time, go to the store and buy two sticks of liquor, eat this thing, it's best to drink liquor."
After coming here for so many days, Guo Kaixin is the first time to see the old man 'Xu', he is a thin old man, his hands are full of thick calluses, and the wrinkles on his forehead are terrifying, Guo Kaixin can't judge his actual age at all, the old man is not good at words, after sitting down at the dining table, he just bows his head to eat vegetables, and from time to time 'Zhou' a cup of liquor.
"Uncle, I toast you." Out of politeness, Guo Kaixin stood up and toasted the old man.
"Good". The old man said a good word, drank all the wine in the cup, and then lowered his head to eat the food, but fortunately, the whole basin of 'loaches' was enough for him to eat.
Guo Kaixin turned on the cigarette again and handed one to the old man, "Uncle, you smoke." ”
This time, the old man didn't look at Guo Kaixin, and directly used chopsticks to grab the fat 'loach'.
"You eat yours, you don't have to worry about him, my father-in-law, it's a bit bad here." 'Stuffy' pointed to his temple.
After three rounds of drinking, 'Stuffy' first opened the topic, "Okay, Xinzi, the relationship between you and Lao Hao is not ordinary." ”
"Brother Stuffy, where did you start?"
"Don't pretend to be there for me, I was kind today, I took some money from your sister-in-law, and I wanted to help you do it, what you said, I didn't think about it, let Lao Hao scold me back, saying that I was nosy, and I was not a person inside and out."
"Uncle Hao's nephew and I are brothers, and I haven't seen him before, and we only met after we entered the number."
"It's not like, it's too unlike, Lao Hao told me, you have already done that, and said it was minus three." 'Stuffy' said as he held out three fingers.
"Really, great, why didn't Uncle Hao tell me." As soon as I heard that the matter had been done, although it was only reduced by three months, it must have been a good thing.
"Don't worry, Lao Hao didn't do it, he tore up the piece of paper, and said that it would take half a year, and he said that he promised you that he must succeed in doing it for you. Now he's running this thing, so you can wait. ”
"Oh." Guo Kaixin didn't expect Lao Hao to work so hard for his own business, he hurriedly got up and filled the 'stuffy head' with another glass of wine.
"Then I got the money back, and I happened to meet a brother in the old number, and he also came out, pouring aquatic products, and he had to bring me back with this thing in a bag, and I didn't want to give him money. Wait a day, I'll let him know you, it's all buddies. "The amount of alcohol in 'stuffy' is very average, and when he drinks, the conversation also becomes more, Guo Kaixin is only a listener, and he keeps pouring wine for 'stuffy', and he drinks until late at night.
Next. Since he didn't get out of the car, Guo Kaixin got up early and filled two tanks of water for the water tank in the east and west rooms. Just as he was about to sweep the yard, he suddenly saw Miss Xue passing by outside the courtyard, she was sitting behind a man's bicycle, watching her put her arms around the man. It can be judged that the man is her "object".
"Hey." Guo Kaixin waved his hand outside the courtyard. He wanted to say hello to Miss Xue, but she didn't expect her to pretend not to see him and pass by expressionlessly.
"Wake up so early?" 'Stuffy' walked out shirtless in a big flowered trousers.
"I saw your sister-in-law just now, I greeted her, why didn't she ignore me."
"Yes, this girl hasn't been at home for a few days, I don't know what she's doing all day."
"What can you do, you can deal with the object, it's not a small boss." The 'stuffy' daughter-in-law came out to pee with her daughter in her arms.
"Where's the subject?"
"From the neighboring village, I heard it's an electrician."
That's a good thing, call her one day, bring her object, come to the house for a meal, and let her brother-in-law check her. ’
"Then today, I'll go buy some 'hard' dishes in a while, and talk to my mother, okay." ’
"Okay, Xinzi, you can also take a look at it at night, how is that kid?"
"It's not okay, Brother Stuffy, I'm still not involved in your family's affairs."
"Call you to come, you will come, what nonsense to Lao Tzu."
Northeast people, the two men who married two sisters, called it "a burden", but at the dinner table at night, there were three men, two sisters, with their children on the kang to eat, on the table on the ground, only Guo Kaixin was an 'outsider', he didn't want to come, but if he didn't come, he would have to be 'hungry' at night, helpless, he still sat in the middle of the 'stuffy' and 'electrician'.
"Come, drink." He didn't drink much, but he was so hungry that he poured himself and the 'electrician' a glass of beer each, and declared war.
"Okay, brother-in-law, you drink too."
"Electrician" is a veteran of the wine field, in the eighties of the last century, this profession is very "popular", especially in the countryside, from the point of "kerosene lamp" to the point of "electric light", this is simply a "leap", plus the suburbs of the city of A, various small workshops, small trade, just like mushrooms after the rain, all "automated" objects, have to "pull electricity", have to find this "electrician". Although they are not some 'officials', they have a lot of power, and they only ask him to say, "This work can't be done, or rather, it won't work, if it's done, the voltage is unstable, and it will trip", you will be dumbfounded, in fact, this is just the rhetoric of the 'electrician', which means that you should put some "blood" and send him away.
"Okay, boy, I'm pretty good at drinking." Seeing that the future "brother-in-law" was very drunk, he praised.
"Brother-in-law, I've already arrived at the amount, I just accompanied you, so I endured it, or you have a good amount of alcohol." The 'electrician' is a yellow and white man, he is very good at talking, and he is 'stuffy' and fluttering.
"Brother Xin, I also toast you, what do you do?" The 'electrician' poured another glass of wine for Guo Kaixin, because he was very polite when they met for the first time.
"He's a driver, just like my brother-in-law." Without waiting for Guo Kaixin to speak, Miss Xue preemptively answered the words of the 'electrician' on the kang.
"The driver is good, the driver is good, this year is so comfortable, earns a lot, and is decent, come, new brother, I will toast you again."
Guo Kaixin drank two glasses of wine in a row, and he also wanted to toast the 'electrician', but he didn't wait to pick up the cup, so he called the 'stuffy head' to hold it down.
'Xinzi, stop drinking, go back to the house and sleep, you'll have to drive tomorrow.' ’
Although the 'stuffy head' was drunk at this time, his consciousness was still sober, and he drove Guo Kaixin away. (To be continued......)