When the school was about to open, the case of Quan Hu and his sister was also announced. The elder sister was convicted of harboring and sentenced to five years in prison; Feng Wu was convicted of harboring and possessing firearms and ammunition and was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment; Quan Hu was convicted of conspiracy to murder, and was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crimes of buying and selling and secretly possessing firearms and ammunition, and harboring.

At that time, Bao Liang was busy contacting and implementing Lei Lei's schooling, but he still went to observe every court trial. After being sentenced, my sister was transferred from the detention center to the prison, where she sent a letter to Bao Liang to the Dongfu Hotel, asking Bao Liang to send her some money and saying how bad her health was. Bao Liang immediately sent her five hundred yuan, which he knew would not be able to spend in prison if he sent too much. At the same time, he wrote a letter to the prison asking for permission for him to visit his sister.

Lei Lei finally went to school.

Lei Lei's school is not too far from Bao Liang's residence and unit, and Bao Liang takes Lei Lei back and forth between three o'clock many times before going to school, so that Lei Lei can be familiar with the route as much as possible. After going to school, Lei Lei was able to go home on his own, or wait for Bao Liang at the entrance and exit of the hotel staff when passing by the Dongfu Hotel, and then walk home with him.

The lives of Baoliang and Lei Lei have entered a new stage. Every morning, the two of them get up together, wash their faces and brush their teeth together, and prepare breakfast together - Lei Lei should have grown up after school, so Bao Liang began to teach him to do some housework - Lei Lei not only learned to use gas, so the kitchen no longer had to be locked, but also, he was given a key to the house, and Bao Liang asked Lei Lei to lock the door every time they went out of the house. Children's hands-on ability needs to be cultivated bit by bit, and the cultivation of hands-on ability can greatly inspire wisdom. Therefore, everything that Lei Lei can do is for Baoliang to be done, and he can also develop the joy of labor and the spirit of service.

After locking the door, they went downstairs side by side, and walked all the way to the street entrance of the Dongfu Hotel before saying goodbye and parting, Baoliang went to work, and Lei Lei continued to move in the direction of the school. At noon, Lei Lei ate the student meal prepared by the school in the school, and Baoliang didn't have to rush home every day to heat the meal, he could finally sit on the chair in the staff cafeteria with peace of mind, talk and laugh with his colleagues, and enjoy a calm lunch. The word "enjoyment" is not an exaggeration for Bao Liang, it is appropriate.

Because of the 1,000 yuan given by Fei Fei, and because of the extra job of "Camel Xiangzi", Bao Liang still had a few hundred yuan left in his wallet to maneuver after paying Lei Lei's tuition and miscellaneous fees, the student meal fee at noon, and all the equipment for school applications. He took two hundred yuan from it and went to the branch office to return it to Xia Xuan. Xia Xuan gave him 200 yuan when he was begging and was taken in, and he made up his mind to pay her back.

He thought that once he had saved enough money in the future, he would definitely pay back all Fei Fei's money as promised in the past. If he repaid Xia Xuan's money because of the reverence and gratitude he always had for Xia Xuan in his heart, then he repaid Fei Fei's money because he didn't want to owe Fei Fei. Fei Fei's money is the money from selling her body, and it is difficult to feel at ease with this kind of money.

Also, he secretly swore that he would definitely pay back Zhang Nan's money in the future.

Thinking of Zhang Nan, Bao Liang's mood always falls into sadness, which has become a "conditioned reflex" that is difficult to overcome. Thinking of Zhang Nan, he couldn't help but think of every happy moment they had together, and those memories still retained sharp blades, making his thoughts painful and bleeding at the slightest touch......

Bao Liang went to the branch office and went to find Xia Xuan.

The meeting between him and Xia Xuan was in the canteen of the sub-bureau.

It wasn't the time to start the meal, and there was no sound in the cafeteria, which brought a strange mood to Baoliang, a little nervous and a little excited. And Xia Xuan is obviously different from him, she accepted Bao Liang's kindness with her usual calm and transactional expression, and refused Bao Liang's payment.

"I don't remember lending you money," she said, "I don't remember." ”

Bao Liang put the two hundred yuan on the table, and he said, "I was in the underground passage that day, and I met you and the police station to check together. Later, you released me at the police station, and you gave me 200 yuan, and I was ...... at the time I forgot to say thank you. ”

Xia Xuan smiled faintly and asked rhetorically: "Why did we bring you to the police station!" ”

Bao Liang was stunned for a long time, I don't know if Xia Xuan really forgot, he said, "Because I'm begging." ”

Xia Xuan said: "Since you are begging, then the two hundred yuan I gave you is charity, and there is no need to pay it back." ”

Bao Liang lowered his head and did not take back the banknotes on the table, he said, "Maybe you don't want to admit it, but I have always regarded you as a ...... As my classmates, my alumni, you may not want to admit it......"

Xia Xuan interrupted Bao Liang: "I don't want to admit it, you are a student of the Public Security Academy, I know, why don't I admit it." ”

"Because I was expelled from the academy, because I made a lot of mistakes, you may feel ashamed to have an alumnus like me."

Xia Xuan was silent for a while, and for some reason, she only said, "Aren't you very good now." Then he digressed the subject, "Your sister's verdict has come down, you know?" ”

Bao Liang nodded: "I know, I sent her some money two days ago." ”

Xia Xuan asked, "Is there anything you want me to help with?" ”

Bao Liang thought for a while, but couldn't think of anything, he said, "No." ”

Xia Xuan said: "If you have any difficulties in the future and need my help, come to me." ”

Bao Liang didn't know if Xia Xuan was expressing a heartfelt friendship, or a regular courtesy, or if he wanted the meeting to end here. But in any case, he stood up and said goodbye to Xia Xuan.

"Thank you," he said, "if you need my help with anything, please feel free to come to me, and I will do my best." ”

Xia Xuan also stood up and smiled, but very restrained, she said, "I don't go to your hotel to consume, what can you do for me." ”

Bao Liang thought for a moment and said, "I am a manual laborer now, and I can do any work that requires effort." ”

Xia Xuan answered very seriously: "You don't have to work hard, can you do it?" ”

Bao Liang immediately replied: "Of course you can, you say, I will definitely be able to do it." ”

"Take the two hundred dollars back." Xia Xuan said, "Don't always keep the past in mind, you already have a new life, and you can find a sense of happiness in every life." I sincerely hope that you can find that feeling. ”

On Wednesday, Bao Liang received a notice from the Women's Prison informing him that he could go to the prison on Sunday of the week to visit his sister.

On Sunday, Bao Liang and Lei Lei got up early, walked out of the house before dawn, and walked to the bus stop with the food and supplies they had bought for their sister.

The women's prison is located on the outskirts of a town near the provincial capital, and it leaves early in the morning, travels by bus and coach on the way, and reaches the nameless town at 9 a.m. On that day, quite a number of relatives of the prisoners came from all over the province to visit them, young and middle-aged, old and weak, women and children, all of whom lined up in front of the huge iron gate of the prison with the visitation cards they had just received.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Bao Liang and Lei Lei were taken into the iron gate by the police along with the second group of relatives to meet, and Yuguan entered the meeting hall and sat quietly on the side of a glass partition wall, waiting for their relatives to come out. Five minutes later, the prisoners were brought in from the other side of the wall, and Bao Liang and Lei Lei craned their necks and looked nervously, but among the female prisoners who were marching in the line, they did not find Lei Lei's mother. When all the female prisoners who entered the hall sat down in order and started talking on the walkie-talkie in front of their relatives, Bao Liang saw a policewoman holding her pale sister and staggering in from outside the door.

Lei Lei did not keep the agreement with Baoliang beforehand, and burst into tears. Bao Liang wanted to hold back his tears, but when he saw his sister's terminally ill appearance and his sister's crooked face, his eyes immediately turned red. He listened to Lei Lei calling his mother on the intercom, and saw his sister crying and calling Lei Lei, he couldn't hear what his sister said, but from the expression on her face, he could think of the isolation from the world day after day, the wear and tear of the disease day by day, and what kind of heartbroken mood my sister felt when she saw her dear son at first glance!

The meeting lasted only twenty minutes, and most of the time was occupied by Lei Lei, and when Bao Liang was talking to his sister, he noticed his sister's gaze, which lingered on the lobe of his left ear for a long time. There is an earring left by the mother, which has always been a longing for each other between the mother and her children.

My sister's voice was weak, so I first asked Baoliang Lei Lei if he was obedient or disobedient, saying that if Lei Lei was really disobedient, you should beat him, don't get used to him and spoil him. Then, my sister asked Bao Liang if she could go and beg her father, and asked her father to beg the head of the Public Security Department and the Department of Justice for her, so that she could go out as soon as possible, and begged her father to take pity on her and be sick now. Bao Liang nodded vaguely and promised his sister to go to her father to intercede as much as possible. He didn't tell his sister that he and his father had broken off contact because of Lei Lei and because of the old hatred between the two Lu Quan families, and he didn't want his sister to despair. When one's physical body is bound, the remaining hope in one's heart may be the last pillar of life.

When the time came for the meeting to end, the prisoners stood up one after another when they heard the order of the police. The elder sister was still supported by a policewoman, walking at the end step by step. When Bao Liang and Lei Lei walked out of the meeting hall from the other side, a policeman asked loudly: "Who are Lu Baozhen's relatives and who are Lu Baozhen's relatives?" Baoliang didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly agreed: "I am." The policeman said, "Come here." ”

Bao Liang pulled Lei Lei and followed the policeman into a nearby room. In that room, two policemen, a man and a woman, asked Baoliang and Lei Lei to sit down, and the woman spoke, and asked Baoliang in the first sentence:

"Who are you Lu Baozhen?"

"I'm her brother."

"What's your name?"

"Lu Baoliang."

"This kid is Lu Baozhen's son, right?"

"Yes, his name is Quan Lei."

Bao Liang was calm on the surface, but nervous in his heart, he grabbed the gap where the female prison guard lowered her head and recorded in the small book, inserted it and asked, "My sister, is there anything wrong with my sister here?" ”

"It's been more than a month since your sister came in," said the elderly policewoman, "and after coming in, we found that she was not in good health, and after examination by the prison hospital and the provincial prison bureau hospital, she was diagnosed with a variety of diseases, especially rheumatism, which is more serious, and she has basically lost the ability to work, and it is also difficult to take care of herself." In accordance with the relevant laws, we considered her on medical parole. According to the information we have, in addition to her minor son, your sister now has two relatives outside, you and your father, you go back and talk to your father, and the family is also prepared, and when this matter is down in two days, we will immediately notify you and take her out on medical parole. ”

Bao Liang was stunned for a long time, because he couldn't believe that his sister could get out of the prison wall so quickly and reunite with him and her son Lei Lei. He thought that his sister had probably never lived in the provincial capital, and after so many years of exile with the power tiger, life could not be stable, and if the relationship was about to leave, if he could go to the provincial city to live with them steadily, treat his illness well, and recuperate well, it would not be a kind of happiness. Bao Liang looked at the serious faces of the two prison guards, believing that there was no joke in the prison, but he still habitually let out a question in his mouth:

"Medical parole?"

My sister's medical parole procedures did not seem to go smoothly. Two weeks after Bao Liang returned to the provincial capital from that visit, a prison guard approached his unit and got in touch with him.

Bao Liang met the prison guard in the office of the hotel's security department, it was a man, not the same person he had seen last time in the women's prison. While they were talking, the head of the security department was also in the room. The prison guard first reported his name, saying that his surname was Ding, and then asked Baoliang: "You are Lu Baoliang, right?" Bao Liang immediately nodded eagerly: "Yes, the matter of medical parole has been approved?" ”

The policeman was stunned for a moment, and actually asked: "Medical parole, who wants to be released on medical parole?" ”

Bao Liang said: "Hey, the last time I went to visit my sister, didn't you tell me that my sister could be released on medical parole. ”

The police seemed to understand and said, "Ah, I'm not from the Women's Prison, I'm from Qingpingshan Prison." Who are you? ”

Bao Liang was stunned, and said for a long time: "Ah, Quan, Quanhu? Quan Hu is...... It's my brother-in-law. ”

The police said: "Quan Hu is now serving his sentence in Qingpingshan Prison, you know, he is in our prison area." He was emotionally unstable after he was imprisoned, and we were still working. Quan Hu's parents are gone, and there is no one in the family. His wife, your sister, is also serving her sentence in a women's prison, so Quan Hu has not been visited by his relatives, and no relatives have sent him clothes and pocket money, which is very detrimental to his rehabilitation. He asked us the other day to see his son, and his son is with you now, huh? ”

Bao Liang probably guessed what was going on, he hesitated for a moment, and had to answer: "Huh? Yes...... Be. ”

"You see when you're free, do you take the child to see him?"

Bao Liang hesitated again and did not respond immediately. The police knew the reason: "Although Quan Hu has committed a crime, we still have to respect his basic rights, he is still the father of his son, and he still has the right to see his son." Doing work with father-son affection is also conducive to us softening his anti-reform sentiments, so I hope you can actively cooperate with this matter......"

While the police were talking endlessly, Bao Liang had already thought about his attitude.

"No, the child is too young, his mind is still very fragile, I don't want him to live in his father's shadow all the time, to put it bluntly, I hope he can slowly forget about his father. His father was sentenced to life imprisonment, and it is impossible for him to live with Lei Lei in this life anyway, if he really loves his children, he should think about them. The child is now living well, and his mood that he has finally calmed down can no longer be disturbed. ”

The police did not give up, he may have expected Baoliang's position a long time ago, so he continued to mobilize Baoliang: "The child is young, but one day he will grow up......"

Bao Liang interrupted the police: "Then let's wait until he grows up, whether he wants to see his father when he grows up, he decides for himself." ”

The police made Bao Liang choke for a moment, and couldn't help but slow down his tone: "I know you're ...... now You are now the child's guardian, but you also have to think for the child, he is living with you now, but he has only been with you for a few months, and he has lived with his father for six years, and after all, he is related by blood. You can't guarantee that he doesn't want his father in his heart, and you can't be sure that he doesn't have feelings for his father. The psychology of a child is often incomprehensible to us adults, and he must be very sad to lose his parents, but he may deliberately suppress this mood in front of you. ”

The policeman's words made Bao Liang's attitude begin to waver, but he was still hard-mouthed, and his hard mouth was actually close to a kind of self-defense: "The child is not depressed, he lives and goes to school very well now, I don't suppress him......"

The police were not in a hurry and continued: "Let me tell you young man, at your age, your life experience is not good, and you really don't necessarily understand the mood of children." My parents divorced when I was seven years old, and I lived with my father, who always scolded my mother in front of me, and of course he wanted me to be the same as him, and hated my mother. I suppressed myself at that time, and sometimes I scolded my mother with my dad, so that the atmosphere in the house would be better, and I wouldn't have to have conflicts with my dad, but I was really depressed because I ...... I do miss my mother. ”

Bao Liang stopped talking.

The head of the security department also advised him from the side: "Lu Baoliang, I think what the police said makes sense." It is human nature for children to miss their fathers, and it is the nature of children. Even though you are now the child's guardian, you must respect the child's rights. ”

The policeman obviously realized that Bao Liang's retreat was imminent, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "And the child will grow up one day, and when he has the ability to think independently, or rather, with the ability to act independently, he will definitely think of his father." If he later learns that his father wanted to see him but couldn't, he will definitely be sad and even resentful of you. ”

The threats and intimidation of the police were very tactful, so that the harsh feeling was subtly dispelled. Bao Liang walked out of the security department with a depressed face, very awkward and very resistant, but he knew that he was at a loss.

Qingpingshan Prison and Women's Prison are located in the south and north of the provincial capital, in opposite directions, but they are equally remote and desolate.

It is said that Qingpingshan Prison is one of the most advanced prisons in the province, and it is dedicated to holding serious prisoners, and the meeting room for relatives is indeed much more elaborate than that of the women's prison. This day was not a day for the relatives of the prisoners to visit, when Bao Liang rushed to Qingping Mountain with Lei Lei Fengchen and his servants, it was almost noon, and in the huge meeting hall, only Bao Liang and Lei Lei were two visitors, facing the prisoner Ren Hu sitting alone on the other side through the wide glass.

When Quan Hu saw Lei Lei, he burst into tears. His face was barely visible except for painful sobs, and what he had said to Lei Lei was barely visible. Lei Lei also shed tears, but he was much calmer than his father, and he told his father that he was living well now according to what Bao Liang had taught him the night before, and let his father serve his sentence with peace of mind. These words were also taught to Bao Liang by the prison guard. When Bao Liang taught Lei Lei, Lei Lei also asked Bao Liang what it meant to serve a sentence. Bao Liang persuaded to live in prison. Bao Liang also said to Lei Lei: Life in prison is also very good, you can go to school, play ball, play chess, act in shows, and watch TV, but you can't come out. But there are also shops inside, and the things in the store are the same as the outside, so you can buy whatever you want.

Bao Liang came to Qingping Mountain this time and brought 300 yuan to Quan Hu, which was handed over to the correctional cadres in the name of Lei Lei. Quan Hu had already stopped crying, and when he heard Lei Lei say that he had brought money to his father, he couldn't cry again. Bao Liang watched through the glass as he choked up and talked to Lei Lei, saying something inaudible. He said, Lei Lei listened, and nodded after listening for a while. Bao Liang stood far behind Lei Lei, guessing in his heart about the content of the father-son conversation.

This one-on-one meeting was invited by the police, so the time was relaxed. Quan Hu talked to Lei Lei for twenty minutes, and then asked Lei Lei to call Bao Liang over, saying that he had something to say to Bao Liang. Lei Lei turned around with two lines of tears on his face, called his uncle over, and Baoliang went over, sat down and took the microphone of the walkie-talkie.

At this time, he is facing his brother-in-law, Lei Lei's biological father, his enemy, and the culprit who broke up his family and tossed it to death. In the eyes of Quan Hu, he is undoubtedly the same, the younger brother of his wife, the uncle of his son, the descendant of the enemy, and the mortal enemy who killed his best friend and brought him to justice with the police and imprisoned him for life!

But now, he is his son's guardian, his supporter, and he will live with his son for a long time......

Bao Liang sat across from Quan Hu, holding the microphone to his ear, he and Quan Hu looked at each other, he didn't intend to speak first. He couldn't guess whether Quan Hu's motionless red eyes were cold or hot.

"Ho Liang ......"

Quan Hu's hoarse voice looked old, but Bao Liang still heard from the familiar syllables that when Quan Hu first came to his house to find his sister more than ten years ago, the familiarity of calling him by his name made Bao Liang suddenly not know how to respond, whether to call him brother-in-law or call him by his name.

Bao Liang hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth but did not make a sound. Before he could show his embarrassment, Quan Hu's attitude had already surprised him.

Quan Hu said: "Thank you. ”

Quan Hu's first sentence was to express his gratitude to Bao Liang, Bao Liang didn't know that this simple word of thanks, in today's ten-year enmity between Quan and Lu, does it mean that they meet and laugh, and fight each other?

But there was no smile on Quan Hu's face, and his voice, conducted through the wired microphone, was somewhat distorted, so that his eyes and words, including the thank you just now, were difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and the truth was unclear.

"Lei Lei will entrust it to you, you are his own uncle, and his veins also have the blood of your Lu family. I'm sure you'll be good to him. Now I ask you only one thing, and I hope you can say yes. ”

Bao Liang's blood accelerated, from the time he was nine years old until now, almost all the love and hatred, all the joys and sorrows, all the historical moments that must be remembered in his heart, all of which have been in the here and now, from the hazy eyes, surging disorderly. He suddenly realized that he had matured and sophisticated, and he was already a calm prime man who had weathered the storm and weathered.

He said to Quan Hu: "What's the matter, you can say it." ”

"Don't let Lei Lei forget...... He also has a dad. ”

The request is so simple, so natural, and even, so pathetic. But this request can be expected to bring a lot of trouble to Bao Liang and to his future life.

But this request Baoliang couldn't refuse, he nodded at Quan Hu, and said to him: "I will, I will bring your son Lei Lei to come to see you regularly." If you have any difficulties in your life here in the future, your son Lei Lei will help you. ”

Quan Hu also nodded, a grateful smile appeared on his face, and tears of emotion flowed from his eyes. Bao Liang could see that the smile was real, and the tears were also real.

"Thank you......" Quan Hu's choked up is also true, "I will thank you for ...... for the rest of my life"

He will spend his whole life in this prison with high walls, from being young and strong now to gray-haired in the future. In his life, if there will be someone who will always love him and let this love accompany him until he dies, then this love can only come from one person's heart, and that is Lei Lei.

Bao Liang said calmly: "You don't need to thank him, because he is your son." ”

On the first rainy day after returning from Qingpingshan, and probably the last rainy day of the year, Bao Liang received an official notice from the Provincial Women's Prison that his sister had been allowed to leave the prison and be released on medical parole.

Bao Liang braved the rain to go alone to the town he had been to, and greeted his sister outside the iron gate of the women's prison in the west of the town. The clothes that my sister was wearing were the autumn coats that Bao Liang took from Sister Fushui's house and sent to the detention center. The season is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, and although there are several coats and underwear in my sister's coat, the tide of autumn wind and autumn rain still makes my sister tremble, and her illness is also highlighted.

On the bus back to the provincial capital, Bao Liang always held his sister in his arms, and since he was 14 years old, he and his sister have never been so dependent on each other. He knew that on this muddy road in the autumn rain, his sister must need the burning in his chest and his strong arms.

When the car arrived in the provincial capital, my sister fell asleep.

Bao Liang woke up his sister and helped her out of the car.

Bao Liang saw that after his sister woke up, her eyes were dull and she was staggering.

On the way home after registering with his sister at the police station where he lived, he was already a little exhausted, so he had to take two breaks when he climbed to the eighth floor. And my sister seems to lack the excitement and curiosity she should have about the building she will keep here, or even about this city that is very different from the prison.

In the evening, Lei Lei returned. He opened the door with the key himself, and as soon as he entered the kitchen, he showed Bao Liang, who was cooking, the teacher's comments on his homework book. Of course, that's a compliment. Bao Liang also praised Lei Lei a few words after reading it, and then walked out of the kitchen and into the bedroom with Lei Lei's shoulder. So, on the bed in the bedroom, Lei Lei saw his mother.

Lei Lei didn't know that his mother was coming home today.

Unlike the situation expected by Bao Liang, Lei Lei and his mother on the bed just stared at each other blankly, and did not pounce on each other and hug each other and cry. Bao Liang pushed Lei Lei's back: "Lei Lei, don't you know your mother?" Lei Lei didn't move, he might have really felt strange to the woman lying on the bed.

Bao Liang also felt strange about how young and beautiful his sister was when he ran away from home at the age of fourteen. Many years later, the sister that Bao Liang saw again for the first time in Fushui was so weak and old, and now the sister lying on the bed was only a withered shell, a sallow face, a gossamer-like breath, and a pair of open but dull eyes.

"Thunder ......"

My sister's lips opened and closed slightly, and she let out a wheezing breath, and then she reached out a hand to get her son closer.

Bao Liang nudged Lei Lei's shoulders and brought him closer to his mother. Lei Lei obediently asked his mother to hold his arm, and called "Mom" at the urging of Bao Liang, and after calling, Lei Lei did not cry.

Perhaps he was frightened by the appearance of his mother, which was very different from the one he remembered of his mother. Maybe he hadn't fully adapted to the bed at home, and suddenly he had such an ugly face.

My sister didn't shed tears either, her eyes looked completely dry, but there was a rare smile on her face, and she smiled very tired and very sad.

The next day, Bao Liang took his sister to the hospital, and the doctor diagnosed that her sister did suffer from a variety of diseases - severe anemia, endocrine disorders, and irregular heartbeat...... The most serious is rheumatism. Just like the last time I saw a doctor in Fushui, the doctor asked the patient to be hospitalized, but Bao Liang asked about the approximate cost, so he had to take some medicine and come back with his sister on his back.

The next day, Bao Liang went to work, found the relevant leaders of the hotel trade union and the personnel department, told his sister about his sister's situation, and asked if the unit had any policies to give some hardship subsidies or advance wages, and then share them on a monthly basis. The reply he received was all innocuous official words - there is no policy for the time being, but we can report your situation to the higher-ups, and if the higher-ups come up with any opinions, we will convey them to you as soon as possible......

Bao Liang thought about it, but there was nothing to do. His job in the Night Market Square, because the weather was cold, the Night Market Management Office had told him to stop at the end of the month and wait until next spring. But it seems that he can't wait until the end of the month, his sister is sick in bed, Lei Lei is young, and he has to take care of his diet and daily life. Thinking that Bao Liang would ask for leave again in the afternoon, he first called the night market management office, explained his current difficulties, and asked for permission to stop working from today. The people in the management office also understood his difficulty, and it was indeed a sudden, and he did not resign a week in advance according to the contract, saying that he would not pursue it, and said that he could contact them again if he was still interested in this job in the next spring, and his attitude was sincere and tolerant.

After making this call, Bao Liang dialed Liu Cunliang's mobile phone.

Maybe Liu Cunliang has really cultivated his mind when he learns to do business for a while, and as soon as Bao Liang sighed two sentences, he preemptively sang the bitter scriptures, saying that there was a batch of clothes smashed in his hands, or he quickly turned around, he had to find a rope and then find a crooked neck tree. He actually begged Bao Liang to find a relationship for him to see who was interested in taking this batch of goods, and the price was easy to say. He said Baoliang, you must know a lot of rich guests who come and go when you work at Dongfu Hotel, you must help me inquire, you must help me inquire......

Bao Liang was speechless, and he couldn't figure out whether Liu Cunliang was really facing life and death, or a clever prevarication.

hung up Liu Cunliang's phone, and Baoliang dialed Li Chen's mobile phone again. The classmates and colleagues he has known over the years, although they have a good relationship, but there is no personal contact, and this kind of thing is only between brothers who have kowtowed since childhood, so it does not seem presumptuous and funny.

Li Chen seemed to have just woken up on the phone, and there was a woman next to him asking, "Whose phone is it?" Li Chen replied first: "My brother! "I greeted Bao Liang. Bao Liang didn't say much, and opened with a clear meaning: "Li Chen, can you lend me a little money, I really can't help it, I want to save my sister's life!" ”

Li Chen first asked about Baoliang's sister's situation, and then expressed great sympathy, and then he said his distress: "It's not that I don't save my brother when I see death, my father used all the money he earned in the lottery last time to open a restaurant, but the restaurant was opened but he didn't make any money, otherwise how could I come back to find a job." I haven't found a job yet, and I've run out of money. Baoliang, I'm different from Liu Cunliang, you all know, if I can do it, I can't do it, if I can't do it, it's refreshing, refreshing, and fast......"

Bao Liang actually knew that he was sick and rushed to the doctor, and he also knew that his brothers each made a living, and it was difficult to borrow money, and it was in vain. And everyone knows his daily income, what to pay back if he borrows money without stealing or robbing? So it's no wonder that the brothers are looking left and right and making excuses.

Hung up Li Chen's phone, Bao Liang was stunned for a long time, and suddenly pulled out his feet and left.

Bao Liang took to the street and caught a bus out of town.

When Bao Liang came to this training base of the armed police before, it was either spring or summer, the ridges were green, the paddy fields reflected white clouds, and on sunny days, there were patches of floating fog moving slowly between the ridges.

But this time, it is the season of late autumn when the leaves are yellow, the terraces are dry and empty, and the cold in the mountains and wilderness is pressing. The soldiers standing guard at the gate of the base changed their autumn clothes and changed their lives, and they did not let Bao Liang in for a long time. It took a long time for the phone call to come in, and an officer came out of it, and the officer still remembered Bao Liang, and could still greet him warmly, and asked Bao Liang about his intentions, only to inform Bao Liang that his father had already moved away and was no longer here.

"Winter is coming, it's too cold in the mountains, and it's not suitable for the elderly to live here." The officer complained to Bao Liang in a Shanghai accent, "You should call and ask first, don't run in vain for such a long distance." ”

Baoliang's heart was as cold as the wind in the mountains, and he took a breath and asked, "My father...... Do you know where he went? ”

"I don't know, the old cadre of the Provincial Public Security Department said hello to us, and he moved away, and it seems that someone came to help him move away that day."

Bao Liang was stunned: "Old cadre? ”

On the way of Baoliang's trip, he expected many endings. His father forbade him to come again, but he came again. He came to beg his father to save his sister, after all, his sister is still surnamed Lu, she is so sick that as a father, he should save her and give her a way out. Did he think his father would refuse? Will the hatred of the past make people's hearts as hard as iron?

Bao Liang prefers to believe that his father will eventually lend a hand. My father has a tough personality all his life, if you are strong, he will inevitably return a tooth for a tooth, if you are weak and ask for help, or even call for help when you are dying, he will definitely show mercy and fulfill his responsibility.

Bao Liang has already thought about success or failure, but what he didn't expect is that his father has already left.

On the way back to the city, it got dark, and it became more difficult to get out of the mountain and change cars into the city. The bus I was on when I came was not available after dark. Bao Liang stopped a privately owned minibus, which was cramped, dirty, and more expensive than state-run buses.

I didn't go far in the car when I was stopped by several uniformed highway investigators at an intersection. When the investigators got into the car, they immediately copied the license plate of the car. Bao Liang listened to the driver arguing with them for a long time, only to know that this time it was overloaded.

The car was indeed overloaded.

The car was copied from the license plate and issued a fine, so it must not be able to continue driving. After the inspectors paid the fine, they said that you can drive if you want, and a third of the passengers must come down. The driver looked angry, parked the car on the side of the road, said nothing and didn't drive anything, and the passengers asked and scolded, and the driver turned a deaf ear. Bao Liang was anxious, and he didn't know what it would be like for his sister and Lei Lei to be hungry at home and not see him. Another car passed by on the highway, and some passengers ran over and raised their hands to stop the car. Bao Liang asked the conductor to return the money, but the conductor refused to refund at first, and then said that he would only refund one-third, and Bao Liang and he had their own reasons until they quarreled. The driver was having a nameless fire that had nowhere to diverge, and came up to grab Bao Liang and scold the street, Bao Liang had accumulated all the anxiety in his heart these days, and suddenly found an outlet to vent, when the other party was pulling and pulling you and pushing me, Bao Liang couldn't control the force of his hands, and knocked the driver and the conductor to the ground. Among the passengers in the car, several acquaintances of the driver came up to persuade him and reprimanded Bao Liang. The driver got up from the ground and fought back frantically, and Bao Liang was dragged by the people who persuaded him to deviate from the frame, and he was hit a few times in the face, and his nose bleeded. He struggled to shake off the passengers and got into a fight with the driver's conductor, and in the scuffle Bao Liang knew that at least three people on the other side were on the other side, and no matter how many punches and kicks he took from behind, he only aimed his attack at the driver. His tactics quickly worked, and the driver was finally beaten and rolled on the side of the road. After defeating the driver, Bao Liang concentrated all his strength to turn around and beat the conductor, the kid was about the same age as Bao Liang, but he was thin and weak, and he fled after a few parries, and as soon as he fled, everyone else fought and retreated. Covered in dust and blood, Bao Liang seemed to be the most serious in terms of injuries, but in terms of the ending, he was victorious.

The investigators, who had not yet gone far, called in the 110 police car, pulled all the people who were fighting and those who were willing to testify into the car, and took them to a nearby police station to deal with the problem. The conclusion reached by questioning the parties and witnesses was that Bao Liang was brave and ruthless in picking quarrels and provoking trouble. The police came to talk to Bao Liang and said that you are the main responsibility for this matter, are you willing to pay for the loss of other people's medical expenses and mediate the settlement, or are you willing to be detained for 15 days and fined?

Bao Liang held his head high and said, "I don't want to!" ”

The policeman was pushed straight inhaled: "Hey! ”

Bao Liang asked to call the old cadres of the Provincial Public Security Department, and the police were annoyed: Don't look for someone, it's useless to find someone! Do you know the Provincial Public Security Department? Useless! If you have the ability, you can ask the Minister of Public Security to call us here, I answered the phone, and I tell you, I can't let anyone go!

Bao Liang said: I didn't let them come and catch me, I asked them to go to my house, I have a patient who can't get out of bed and a seven-year-old child who no one cares about, how wrong I am that I can't let them starve to death and die!

These words stunned the policeman.

In order to avoid trouble, after asking about Bao Liang's situation, the police checked his identity documents, registered his work address and home address, and released Bao Liang first.

Bao Liang walked on the road for an hour before he stopped another minibus, and almost all of the cars did not dare to stop and carry it when they saw the blood on Bao Liang's face. When he got home and climbed to the eighth floor, he sat on the stairs and rested twice, and each time he sat down and never wanted to get up again.

Before opening the door with the key, Baoliang subconsciously raised his wrist to look at his watch, only to remember where the watch flew off during the fight. In fact, he didn't need to look at his watch to know that it was almost midnight, and when he entered the door, he saw that the lamp was on in the bedroom, and he put it halfway. He stumbled in and saw his sister and Lei Lei, who was lying on the bed and tilted her head to look at Bao Liang, who was sitting on the edge of the bed with dirty tears on her face. Bao Liang saw that they were safe and sound, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but Lei Lei was the first to open his mouth and shouted happily:

"Uncle!"