Chapter 18: Father (Collect!) Ask for a referral ticket! )
College janitor is a quiet job, and it's very boring on weekdays.
Of course, there is a premise that you are not surnamed Qin, nor can you be surnamed Dong.
Zhang Guangbei's surname is obviously Zhang, so he is really idle, and his life is really boring.
He is 56 years old this year, his wife died early, and he has only one child under his knees.
His son is his only pride.
Three years ago, after his son Zhang Jiaming graduated from a prestigious university, he was very competitive to work for a well-known net wing company in the entire Jiangnan District, with a high monthly salary.
No matter which neighbors and relatives in the surrounding area, they all praised his son for growing up, saying that Lao Zhang could finally retire and enjoy Qingfu after many years of hard work.
But Zhang Guangbei is also a person who can't be idle, so he asked an acquaintance to find him a job that can pass the time.
So he became the gatekeeper of this university.
On weekdays, in addition to completing the work of the doorman on time, he has too much free time left, especially on the night shift, which is even more free.
Zhang Guangbei also keeps pace with the times, learned to use a smartphone, and plays quite slippery, just like a young man, he relies on reading novels and dramas to pass the time.
In addition to the fact that his son is not around, he occasionally feels a little lonely, Zhang Guangbei feels that it is not bad or bad to live like this in his life, and there is nothing unsatisfying, so he is happy all day long.
But today is obviously a little unusual, Zhang Guangbei has been a little reluctant since the morning, and whenever he has free time, he keeps looking at his mobile phone, obviously preoccupied.
"Dididi!"
A message pops up on your phone.
Zhang Guangbei hurriedly took it over and took a look.
Huang Mao: "@大丽花@锤子你们俩赶紧通关游戏啊! ”
It's this stinky boy again, Zhang Guangbei became angry namelessly, raised a yang finger, and poked it on the touchscreen keyboard of the smart phone, but the typing speed was not slow.
Hammer: "You liars don't want to get a penny from me!" Roll the calves! ”
After typing, he directly ignored Huang Mao's follow-up scolding and exited the chat group interface.
Then Zhang Guangbei opened WeChat again and looked at a circle of friends that he had read more than once today.
"I've never done anything bad in my life, I've been working very seriously every day, and I've taken life very seriously, but why is this happening?"
It was his son's circle of friends, and it was sent at about three or four o'clock in the morning late last night.
For some reason, Zhang Guangbei, who has always been nervous, looked at these words and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Zhang Guangbei was an anxious child, and he couldn't hold back at noon, so he called his son several times, and until now in the evening, no one answered, and there was no reply.
He suddenly remembered that some time ago, his son seemed to inadvertently ask about the price of the house in his hometown during a phone call with him.
At that time, Zhang Guangbei didn't care much, and directly asked why he was doing so much, and he didn't know, but his hometown was located in a first-tier urban area, and the price was not high.
When the son heard this, he didn't ask any more questions, and opened the topic with two vague sentences.
Zhang Guangbei didn't think too much about it at that time, but now he thinks about it carefully, is his son encountering something difficult?
After hesitating for a moment, he found a name in the contacts on his phone, Xiao Li.
Xiao Li's parents came from the same village as Zhang Guangbei, and they are barely a bit related.
Once when I went back to my hometown with my son to visit relatives, I heard that Xiao Zhang and Zhang Jiaming also worked in a big company called Net, and they were also small management.
At that time, Zhang Guangbei happily asked the other party for a phone call, asking him to help take care of his son, but found that the other party was full of perfunctory meaning and his son's embarrassed expression.
Although Zhang Guangbei doesn't understand what is to be ashamed of helping each other among relatives, even the careless father is not difficult to read his children's emotions.
He knew that his son didn't like it, so he never contacted this Xiao Li, even though Zhang Guangbei wanted to know his son's life outside.
But at this time, he didn't care about anything else, and directly dialed the number......
……
Long.
He hung up the phone and was silent for a long time.
On the phone, Xiao Li told him that Zhang Jiaming had been fired by the company as early as a year and a half ago......
Zhang Guangbei made another phone call with some trembling according to the string of numbers written on the note.
It was given to him by Xiao Li, and it is said to be the number of a colleague who was closest to Zhang Jiaming when he was in the company.
"Hello?"
"Hey, hello, hello, I'm Jiaming's father."
The other party was obviously a little surprised.
"Huh? Is it Uncle Zhang? Can I help you? ”
"That...... I want to inquire with you, it's Jiaming's current situation. ”
"Huh?" The other party was obviously surprised.
"My son, he ...... He didn't tell me anything. ”
"Oh! That's ...... so," said the young man on the other end of the phone who seemed to hesitate.
"Uncle, what's going on with Jiaming...... Not too good as far as I know.
After he was dismissed from the company because of his work mistakes, he heard that he partnered with others to start a business, but in the end, it didn't seem to be done, and he lost a lot of money. It is said that the girlfriend also broke up because of this. ”
"That's right! Uncle! One more thing. Two days ago, Jiaming came to me, saying that the landlord was decorating and wanted to borrow it for a while in my house, but ...... In fact...... I shared a room with my girlfriend, so it wasn't very convenient...... Alas, Jiaming should have been quite difficult, I thought he had already gone home. ”
"I ...... He never told me about it......" Zhang Guangbei's lips trembled, obviously feeling a little incredulous.
Of course, he understands that his son's so-called "landlord decoration" with too strong self-esteem is mostly a pretext, and it is estimated that he has been kicked out by the landlord at the end of the mountain.
But even so, he didn't reveal anything to Zhang Guangbei as his father.
Hang up the phone.
Zhang Guangbei sat on the chair a little dazedly.
His gaze drifted away.
At this time, the message prompt of the chat group sounded very uninterestingly, which was particularly harsh.
Zhang Guangbei became angry namelessly, and the fingers of his right hand holding the mobile phone were a little white.
Look at the tired message.
Huang Mao: "@锤子! Hurry up and clear the customs! What Lao Tzu said is true! Lie to you Lao Tzu with your surname! ”
Customs clearance! All the off!
Implement a ......
But......
What if it's true......
Zhang Guangbei, who was nameless and on fire, suddenly had such a thought in his mind for some reason.
If what they say is true, then give it a try...... So what's the matter?
Zhang Guangbei gritted his teeth, clicked on the chat group, and looked at the ugly dazzling icon.
……
Until the sky was white, with a somewhat ridiculous obsession, Zhang Guangbei, who had been working on a game for a whole night, was vaguely in a trance, and finally a big "Win" English letter appeared in front of him.
After waiting for a while, nothing seemed to happen.
Zhang Guangbei's old face wrinkled, and he smiled a little self-deprecatingly, why would he believe this lame lie that deceived elementary school students.
Zhang Guangbei, who was not young and had stayed up all night, only felt tired at this time, and fell asleep on the bed in the security room.
"Ding!"
At the same time that Zhang Guangbei fell asleep almost in a second, the mobile phone screen suddenly lit up.
"Congratulations to the player for clearing the Hammer Game! Rewards have been distributed! Please check! ”
……
……
Zhang Guangbei was woken up by Lao Zhao, who came to take over.
Zhang Guangbei, who woke up, still felt tired, and when he picked up his mobile phone, he found that there were several missed calls.
Zhang Guangbei shook his head vigorously, lifted his spirits, and turned back.
Connected soon.
"Hello?"
"Hey! Is it Mr. Zhang Guangbei? ”
"Yes, may I ask what?"
"That's right, we are here at the Tianxidong Police Station in Gangnam District.
This morning, a body was found in a pond in our jurisdiction, and it was initially suspected that it was drowned, and the identity card and relics were found on the deceased's body, which basically confirmed that the identity of the deceased was Mr. Zhang Jiaming on the ID card......"
"Buzz!"
The fifty-year-old man on the other end of the phone had an instantly dull gaze, and there seemed to be an extremely harsh ringing sound in his ears for some reason, and the voice on the other end of the phone became extremely distant.
Zhang Guangbei suddenly felt that the horizon under his feet was tilting desperately, and he was a little fluttering like stepping on cotton.
"Click!" The mobile phone fell to the ground, and the screen of the new mobile phone that was saved instantly burst open.
Then he fell to the ground, and Zhang Guangbei's shaking body.
……
"Ahh Old Chapter! What's wrong! Old Chapter! ”
Lao Zhao, the doorman who found that something was wrong, hurriedly ran forward to help Zhang Guangbei.
"It's okay, Lao Zhang? Why did you fall suddenly! ”
Zhang Guangbei, who was shaken up by Lao Zhao, seemed to have sobered up, and his dull gaze gradually became lively.
"I didn't ...... It's fine, maybe it's just a fall. ”
Zhang Guangbei raised his head, looked at Lao Zhao, grinned, and seemed to be a little happy, but for some reason, his lips were very white.
"Just now, my son said he was coming back to see me! Hey! Hey! I'm happy! ”
"He just said that he made a lot of money and is coming back to pick me up and enjoy the blessings! I said the old man was okay! They young people just had to do their own thing, but he had to come! You say he is! ”
Lao Zhao didn't see anything unusual, looked at Zhang Guangbei as if there was no big problem, and he didn't doubt it much.
"Isn't that a blessing for you! Your son has filial piety, and you still push back! ”
"What a blessing! It's just love to toss blindly! ”
The more Zhang Guangbei spoke, the smoother he spoke, his face seemed to have regained his blood, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and his face was full of joy.