Chapter 15: The Magician's Troubles
"Most of the time, Dad was as incompetent as ever. In terms of taking care of people, his performance is comparable to my academic performance. Ma Fei wrote one stroke at a time, glanced at his father secretly, put away the diary with a wicked smile, and picked up the book to read like his father.
On the wall behind the father and son, a red pen painted a few eye-catching big characters: "Always think, always think". Next to the big characters, there are Ma Fei's paintings pasted all over it. The whole wall is colorful, and it looks very lively and warm.
The small steamer with aluminum skin sounded a "gurgling" sound. Ma Haowen got up, took the food out of the steamer with a towel, handed it to his son, and handed him a vomit bag at the same time.
"A taste of today?"
Ma Fei took a bite and calmly spit in the vomit bag. Ma Haowen emptied the food into the garbage basket with a blank face.
The diary turned a new page, and Ma Fei wrote on it:
"He was unkind and forced me to play and play all kinds of fun things. He said that if a person can't play, he can't do anything. Alas, as a child, there is really no way to resist such unreasonable demands of adults. ”
On the street, father and son sit in front of a video arcade playing game consoles, surrounded by a bunch of curious children. From time to time, children were pulled away by angry parents, and they cast envious glances at Ma Fei as they drifted away.
In the field, father and son are running and flying kites. The madman looked up and clapped his hands and shouted with joy. Ma Fei laughed, jumped, ran, and got carried away.
In the room, Ma Haowen picked up a book and put it on top of his son's head, and drew a new mark on the wall - he grew a little taller. On television, the first docking of the space shuttle Atlantis with the Mir space station is being replayed......
Ma Fei's height is growing every month. At the same time, there is something else......
One day a few months later, Ma Fei shyly took out a test paper from his schoolbag and handed it to his father. There is a score written on it: 63.
"Genius! I knew you were a genius! Say, what reward do you want? Magicians can do it! Ma Haowen hugged his son and kissed him wildly.
"Can you buy me a computer? 486, with a sound card? ”
Ma Haowen was stunned for a moment, and then a warm smile appeared: "Okay, you!" ”
Under the desk lamp, Ma Fei, who dreamed of a new computer, smiled sweetly.
Ma Haowen stroked his son's hair tenderly, tucked the quilt for him, and turned off the lamp. Leaving his son's bedside, his expression became more and more serious, he took out the passbook pressed under the glass plate of the desk, walked to the window, and studied the numbers on it in the moonlight, and the more he looked at it, the heavier his face became.
"A child's troubles are all fake, and once they fall asleep, they are all forgotten. If a person's life were a movie, I would choose this for the cover of the DVD. When you can be in the darkness and leave the light to others, you are an adult. ”
Ma Haowen let out a long sigh: "Rao is the greatest magician in the world, and he also has to face the most difficult problems for adults to solve!" He looked at the sleeping child's peachy face, and pursed the corners of his mouth tightly, as if he had made up his mind again.
Early the next morning, Liu Baliang patrolled the construction site with his hands behind his back and his stomach shy.
Everything is running smoothly! He was satisfied, and his steps became more brisk; Turning a corner under the scaffolding, he saw Ma Haowen running towards him angrily. Liu Baliang's brisk pace immediately panicked, and he panicked in a panic, and turned around and jumped directly onto the ladder erected next to him.
Ma Haowen went around and around, chasing and intercepting, and finally successfully blocked him in the iron cage of the escalator, and he dragged one of his leather shoes under the cage.
As a contractor who is used to only commanding and talking, how could Liu Baliang have such a lot of exercise? The horizontal flesh of the body has long been paralyzed, and the gold chain rises and falls violently with the chest, as if it is in danger of breaking.
Ma Haowen raised his head, panting and shouting, "Run again!" What about my salary? I've helped you earn so much money, and I won't do it anymore! ”
Don't look at Liu Baliang's physical body is almost paralyzed, and the sharpness of his mouth has not been detracted at all.
"What's the situation now, horse workers? The whole of Asia is in an economic crisis! What can Party A do if he doesn't give me the account? The project money is coming back during the Spring Festival, and I will be the first to knot it for you. ”
Ma Haowen hated itchy, lowered his head to find a brick, and smashed it hard.
Liu Baliang took advantage of him to pick up bricks, and the hand holding his foot just let go, and quickly pulled the hand brake, and the escalator went up, and hundreds of yuan floated down.
"That's all I have on me...... Don't let anyone know. ”
Ma Haowen didn't care much, and struggled to grab all the banknotes from the air in his hands. He gathered the bills, counted and counted, and shook his head.
Dongpei City is surrounded by mountains and rivers - the river is Dongpei River, and the mountain is Dongling Mountain.
Dongling Mountain is a series of mountain ranges, and if you want to enter the mountains from the city, you must first enter a series of passes. Due to the abundant rainfall, these valleys are densely vegetated and deeply wooded, and even if you hide in a sunny day, you will not be easily spotted.
Away from the city, the location is secluded and the environment is secluded...... These natural advantages make the small forest in Yukou the location of the famous underground market in Dongpei City. Right now, it's a crowd of people who are gathering in the dark. The crowd let out a low-frequency buzzing conversation, and the atmosphere was rather mysterious.
Ma Haowen took off the Seagull brand watch from his arm, his fingers rubbing the smooth dial, the silver metal bracelet was already a little brushed, and the body temperature made it both round and warm. He looked left and right, reluctant to give up. The scar-faced man on the opposite side was a little impatient and coughed heavily.
"The old man of our family stayed, and you are cheaper. It's not that I'm not tight, I really won't come out. ”
Scarface snatched the watch and took the envelope from his arms. Ma Haowen reached out to pick it up, and suddenly heard someone shouting.
"The police are coming!"
The crowd was in chaos, and Scarface picked up the envelope and turned to run. Ma Haowen chased after him and grabbed Scarface. The gangster accomplice rushed over and hit him with his head and face, but he didn't let go; The police rushed over, the flow of people was chaotic, pushing and stamping each other, but he still didn't let go...... Finally, he was beaten down, but he still didn't let go.
Scarface looked discouraged, threw the envelope on the ground, and ran away. At the feet of countless people, Ma Haowen picked up the envelope with difficulty and tucked it into his arms.
"We're one last bit away from making it!"
Ma Haowen finished counting the money, rubbed the bruises on his knees with relief, and walked towards the blood transfusion station.
When Ma Fei came home from school in the evening, his father was already sitting at his desk, concentrating on the recipe for steamed steamed buns. Ma Fei saw a huge thing on the table, covered with a corrugated paper shell, and a line of large characters was written crookedly on the paper shell:
"No one can move!"
"What is this?" Ma Fei was curious, walked over and lifted the paper shell, revealing a snow-white behemoth underneath, "Wow! 486? ”
From the moment his son entered the door, Ma Haowen had been listening to his reaction with his ears open, and finally waited for the question he wanted, and then he raised his head from the recipe casually, and suddenly looked surprised: "Oh my God, where did you get it?" Sent by aliens? What a miracle. ”
Ma Fei threw down his schoolbag, and a fish jumped on his father's body: "Dad, it's so cool!" ”
"Ouch!" Ma Haowen was in pain and cried out.
Ma Fei hurriedly came down and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"There was a knock on the construction site, and it's fine." Ma Haowen lowered the rolled sleeves down to cover the stitch marks left by the blood donation. He stood up with great interest, ready to open this hard-won alien gift with his son.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the quiet hut.
The father and son looked at each other, but they didn't dare to make a sound.
The knocking continued.