"Dear passengers, in front of the train is the terminal station of this train - Shenzhen North Railway Station. Please get ready to get off the train, thank you for your understanding and support of our work along the way, and welcome you to take the G828 train again, and see you next time! Dear travellers......"

The G828 high-speed train departed at 12:33 p.m. and arrived on time at 11:01 p.m. Before the car stopped, the people in the car had already stood up to carry their luggage, clean up the table, and take out the trash. Bao Xiaoxing went to pick up the box after the car stopped, and after leaving the station, the girl Tang'er was already waiting for her outside the North Station. After giggling and laughing, the sisters got into a taxi home and arrived at the Fuchun community forty minutes later. As soon as he opened the door when he got home, Xuecheng came out in his pajamas, and the mother and son hugged and hugged each other for a while.

"Tang'er, a birthday present for you!" After Xiaotang removed her makeup, Hyosung had already opened the box and flipped through the gifts.

"Ahh I thought no one on earth would remember my birthday today! What a surprise! I really want to kiss you! Xiaotang took the gift and looked at Xuecheng and laughed.

"I wanted to buy you a makeup mirror - the retro kind, when I bought the mirror, I saw that there would be cloth shoes for sale, I remembered that you were a child and always yelled for a new pair of cloth shoes, so I simply made it up for you this time!" Hyosung explained as he flipped through his son's gift.

"I remember!" Xiaotang recalled his childhood scene and had a stuffy nose for a while.

"Good boy, for you! Look what mom bought you. Hyosung handed over the gift with one hand and touched his son's hair with the other.

"What?" Xiaotang was a little curious.

I saw Xuecheng grinning and licking his lips to open the gift box, and when he opened it, he saw a set of wooden toys, a four-wheeled car with a jujube, a set of tables and chairs with a large fingernail, a small farm yard with a teacup, and a wooden villain the size of an ant...... Xuecheng hummed happily, took apart the toy and played on the coffee table.

"Wow! Such a small bamboo basket, bench, and shovel...... It's all our stuff at that time, it's quite similar, and the workmanship can also be done. Bao Xiaotang squatted down to play with the toys he had learned, and he couldn't put them down.

"This is a gift for Mei Mei! Oh also, our aunt embroidered a pair of tiger shoes for Xuecheng - when I was pregnant with him, I can't use Xuecheng now, and when you have a child in the future, you will wear it for your baby! Hyosung said as he handed the tiger shoes to the girl.

Bao Xiaotang hadn't opened it yet, touched the carton, and the tears stayed first.

Hyosung knew that he had aroused his sister's sadness, so he hurriedly patted her on the shoulder and comforted: "Oh, what are you crying about, put the tiger shoes here first, you are busy with yours, don't worry!" If you want to get married, if you don't want to get married, you won't get married, and slowly follow your plan! Life is still long, what are you crying for? Can't survive? Don't hold on to the past! Seeing that her sister stopped crying, Bao Xiaoxing began to share the gifts sent by relatives with her sister. Looking at the various specialties brought by relatives in his hometown, Xiaotang gradually passed the rain and the sky cleared.

The next morning, Hyosung had some nasal congestion and dizziness, so he asked his sister to send him to school, and he found some medicine from the medicine box to deal with it, thinking that he would see a doctor when he was seriously ill. At eight o'clock, when Lao Ma sent Yangyang to kindergarten, Gui Ying, who had drunk sleeping pills, was woken up by Zhiyuan, and the two of them drove to Nanshan. Before leaving, Gui Ying hugged the Buddha statue bought by the old man into the car, she was still a little scared, afraid of a familiar scene in the car. So she put the Buddha statue in the middle of the front of the car, put it together, and shouted Amitabha Buddha like an old horse. This subtle process was passed down from Gui Ying's grandparents, who in turn passed it down from their grandparents.

"Bao Xiaotang, happy birthday!" Early in the morning, a staff member of personnel walked towards Bao Xiaotang with a small pink box.

"Uh......" The woman was a little surprised.

"You're new here.,The information just entered into the system.,I missed it when I checked it yesterday.,I'm sorry! This is a gift from the company, one for each colleague on their birthday! Happy birthday! The personnel colleague leaned on Bao Xiaotang's work to tell.

"Ahh Xiaotang smiled and thanked his unfamiliar colleague.

"You're welcome, I'm leaving!"

After the personnel colleagues left, the department knew that yesterday was Bao Xiaotang's birthday, and for a while several colleagues came over to join in the fun, and several of them were extremely enthusiastic and coaxed.

"Invite a beautiful woman to dinner at noon! Birthday, how to celebrate! Tang Zheng pouted everyone.

"No, no, no! Yesterday was celebrated! Xiaotang waved his hand and excused himself.

"Oh, I didn't know yesterday, our department has rules, whoever has a birthday is treated!" The beauty in the department, Mai Yiyi, threatened.

"If people are new to us, we will eat other people's, it's unreasonable!" Tang Zheng spoke for Xiaotang.

"That'...... Pizza and chicken thighs please? Lu Na, a colleague who was sitting next to Xiaotang and had known each other recently, suggested with a smile.

"The two of us have only been here for over a week! I'm going to have a treat! You old colleagues are too bad! You should have invited us - how about the new year! Ren Sixuan, who saw Xiaotang's embarrassment, pointed his index finger at everyone one by one, and also spoke for Xiaotang.

"Oops, I'm so sorry, it's over, it's over, next time! How about next year, please ask for today? Xiaotang clasped his hands together and begged everyone.

"Okay, okay, let's do it! Don't embarrass people to make big beauties! "Tang is taking the lead in putting out the fire.

"We'll be ...... I'm going to eat hot pot, make a reservation! Lu Na interjected in a sharp voice beside her.

"I eat...... I eat...... Oh, I want to think about it......" Mai Yiyi, who has red lips and white teeth, bit the tip of her pen and thought.

"Let's work! Eat what you eat! Accounting supervisor Su Hongshuang smiled and pointed at Mai Yiyi with her chin.

A bustle, return to peace. Bao Xiaotang got a gap and opened the gift to visit. The company sent a greeting card, a shopping card, and a small appliance with humidification and a fan in one. The woman is complacent, happy at this little care from the world.

On the other hand, this year, I suddenly felt like I was separated from the world. Blind date, desire to marry, and lack of self-confidence before encountering Li Zhiquan, speculation, concerns, and dodging when falling in love with Li Zhiquan, humiliation, pain, and unemployment after leaving Li Zhiquan, denial, evasion, and unwillingness before and after plastic surgery, vanity, carelessness, and compromise when encountering Zhu Haotian, and doubt, anger, and loss after leaving Zhu Haotian...... In fact, Bao Xiaotang feels that she has been doing well recently - full, rich, interesting, and warm, and this time can be said to be something she has never had in the past few years, maybe because she began to have an optimistic attitude towards reality, maybe because she locked herself tightly, maybe because she no longer expects anything.

Loneliness leads to self-doubt, even for people who are extremely confident.

"Where the hell are you going?" Approaching twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Ma Guiying sat in the passenger seat of Wang Fuyi's Mercedes-Benz and asked worriedly.

"Don't ask! You'll know when it's time. Wang Fuyi held the steering wheel in his hand, and the elegance on his face was mixed with evil charm.

Not long after, Wang Fuyi drove to the place where the incident occurred that day, ventured to stop the car on the rightmost emergency parking lane in front of him, and then got out of the car to set up a warning sign in the rear, and after everything was ready, he invited Gui Ying to get out of the car. Gui Ying probably guessed what Wang Fuyi meant, and was a little dazed after getting out of the car.

"I'll take you over to see! The noon sun on a hot day is so poisonous, are you still afraid? Wang Fuyi pointed to the sky and pointed to the place where the incident happened that day.

Gui Ying looked into the distance, her facial features wrinkled, there was no trace on the ground, as if nothing had happened, and the woman looked a little stunned and a little demented. Fu Yi pretended that the car had an accident, opened the trunk and lifted the engine cover, pretended to check it, and then squatted down to look at the tires of the car. On the one hand, he was afraid that the penalty for illegal parking would be deducted, so he performed under the surveillance camera that the car broke down, and on the other hand, he wanted to give Gui Ying a little time to digest and digest the events of that day.

After a few minutes, Gui Ying turned her head and asked, "Is there a problem with the car?" ”

"No! Shoot it! I don't want to be deducted points! Wang Fuyi helplessly patted the car, kicked the tires, and knocked the engine with a wrench.

Gui Ying realized his intentions, felt a little guilty, turned around and said, "Let's go!" I'll treat you to dinner. ”

"Are you still afraid?" Wang Fuyi asked with squinting eyes in the bright light.

"...... in broad daylight Ay...... Let's go! Gui Ying finished speaking and got into the car first.

Wang Fuyi got into the car, came out again, took the warning sign, and drove away. After crossing the viaduct and turning a corner to the city, the man parked the car on the auxiliary road, turned to face Gui Ying and said, "I won't tell you, I also saw it that day, and I was scared!" So I've been thinking about ways to eliminate it for the past two days. Did you just go to the scene and feel particularly boring? ”

Gui Yingxin thought it was true, rubbed his forehead and nodded, and said, "Our old man also bought me a Buddha statue, I'm afraid that I will be scared!" ”

"You-Ma Guiying? Hahaha...... Absolutely not! A few people in Nan'an Group are as bold as your sister Ma! Wang Fuyi smiled leisurely at Gui Ying.

After a burst of laughter, Wang Fuyi continued: "You said that day you saw black hair, red clothes, and broken arms......"

"Oh, don't say it, don't say it!" Gui Ying hurriedly slapped Fu Yi's arm and told him to stop talking.

"Don't interrupt me, it's like this, I consulted a psychologist who has a way to get you rid of this situation. It's called excess association, what does it mean! He used to have a patient, the president of a company, a woman, and the woman had a problem, she covered her ears and screamed at the thought of her fingernails turning outward, no matter what the occasion! Goosebumps all over my body, I closed my eyes and screamed, I couldn't control it, and I said it would come! There is no shortage of foreign appearances! My doctor friend suggested that she find something similar to replace the original association, which is probably what it means. Guess how the female president solved this problem? She once saw other people's fried shrimp chips, and the raw shrimp slices were rolled up immediately as soon as they were put into the oil pot, a bit like a fingernail turned out, so every time she thought of the nail turned out and shouted, she quickly said fried shrimp chips fried shrimp chips! Later, it was really good! The man slowly and leisurely explained the reason.

"Hahaha......" Gui Ying was amused by Fu Yi's strange voice of shouting "fried shrimp chips", covering her red lips and giggling.

"I'm here to solve your ...... The psychological problems of the two of us are not a little tossed! Manager Ma, you owe me a big favor! Wang Fuyi said, and took out two boxes of dolls from the large paper bag on the side of the car seat - black hair, blood-red skirt, small face, big eyes, and limbs that could be twisted at will.

Gui Ying took the doll, took it out and held it in her hand to play with, feeling a little strange.

"This is a Barbie doll in the United States, you know how hard it is for me to find a black-haired Barbie doll! People's hair is red, yellow, blue, golden, purple, rainbow-colored, grandma gray, and even the leaves are green! The only thing missing is the black one! I went to several toy stores and big shopping malls to find you a black-haired one! Wang Fuyi pointed to Barbie and proudly flaunted.

"My daughter has a barbie with blonde hair." Gui Ying smiled, a little embarrassed.

"This one is for you, let's have one for each person! According to the advice of my doctor friend, once you remember the picture of that night in the future, you should quickly recite the Barbie doll, and when you read the Barbie doll, you will have the Barbie doll in your mind, so that the original picture of fear will be replaced. ”

"Well, I see. In the future, I will recite Amitabha Buddha and then Barbie, and the two will take turns to recite it, and it will definitely work! Gui Ying thought about the picture of that night and looked at Barbie, feeling a little funny, she was really not afraid.

"Huh! Your idea is good, then I will follow your example - Amitabha, Barbie, Amitabha, Barbie, Amitabha, Barbie, Barbie......" Wang Fuyi closed his eyes and looked at Gui Ying silently, and that serious appearance made Gui Ying laugh.

"Oops...... The knot is untied! Thank you, old leader! Choose a place, just rush this Barbie doll, how about I invite you to eat three meals? Gui Ying raised her chin and asked boldly.

"Not enough to count! You haven't been invited back to the last time I invited you to drink, but you have four meals before and after, my dear Comrade Gui Ying, don't frame me! ”

"Oops! You're still lying to me! Let's pick a place! I'm going to work in the afternoon! ”

"Good, good! This time, I'll choose an expensive one, and I'll give you a serious meal. ”

After Wang Fuyi finished speaking leisurely, he turned around, adjusted his suit, picked up his delicate hairstyle, faced the steering wheel, and started the car. Half an hour later, the two went to the Edgar Allan Poe tavern again, and after going around and around the store, they chose a seat, Wang Fuyi began to order, and all the dishes were very delicious that Gui Ying had ordered last time. Before the food arrived, Gui Ying smelled the wine insects in her belly when she smelled the fragrant wine, and unconsciously played with the wine jug and wine glass, and silently read the small cursive characters on the Japanese pottery one by one.

"The world in the pot, the sun and the moon in the cup, the red dust in the drunken ......"

The woman couldn't hold back, and drank a glass before she finished reading.

"Seventeen or eight degrees, so violent!" Wang Fuyi smiled and complimented. The man had already figured out Gui Ying's habits, and used exquisite wine as bait, almost tried and tested.

"Oops...... This wine is very fragrant, very sweet, the degree is not high, and the key is not low! Eh, I didn't know that plum wine was so delicious! Gui Ying exudes the radiance of discovering a new world.

"You used to get into the money eye, and you only cared about talking about business."

was debunked by a word, Gui Ying raised her head and laughed. Fu Yi took the opportunity to pour her a few more glasses.

"This is mango wine, you taste it, this cup is peach blossom brew, this cup is a hundred fruit fragrance."

Gui Ying held a glass of rice wine, closed her eyes and pursed her lips, and said for a long time: "The taste of his wine is so unique!" This rice wine is completely different from the rice wine and ginger soup I drank yesterday! ”

"Of course! People specialize in selling alcohol, and the owner of this tavern is Japanese, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, where wine is produced, and the owner has been making wine for generations, specializing in fruit wine, and they have ancestral techniques. Come! You taste this glass of pomelo wine. ”

Wang Fuyi pushed Gui Ying to a cup, Gui Ying was not polite, raised her head and drank it, and always praised it proudly every time she drank a glass. After a while, the woman had already drunk fifteen or sixteen glasses, and the slightly drunk Manager Ma regained his original appearance, opened his voice and chattered, with big eyes and small eyes, and danced with his hands. Approaching two o'clock, Wang Fuyi quietly clicked on the payment on his mobile phone, and invited Gui Ying to eat and drink on the grounds that he could get a discount for joining the senior membership. The woman was sent back to the company after eating and drinking, and took the elevator back to the office proudly with a Barbie doll.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Bao Xiaoxing felt better, so he carried a lot of specialties to pick up his son from school. The mother and son had dinner, Hyosung sent his son back to the farmer's market, and gave the children and grandfathers the things brought by relatives in their hometown, and the two chatted about the situation in Zhongjiawan, and Hyosung hurriedly said goodbye and hurried away because he had to go to the night shift.

When he arrived at the Malatang shop, Kong Ping saw Hyosung coming and greeted him with a smile, and kept asking questions during his busy work, but Hyosung couldn't escape Kong Ping's hip-hop handsome and somewhat masculine smile. Hyosung replied a few times back and forth, but he didn't expect Kong Ping's chatterbox to seem to be pried open, and he couldn't stop talking about all kinds of things in his hometown, which made Dou Dongqing, who was in charge of hot vegetables not far away, a little unhappy, and felt that his cousin didn't know how to raise his eyebrows and low his eyes.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Kong Pingyi bought a lot of fruits for Hyosung to eat for supper in order to please the woman, and secondly, to show his generosity and cheerfulness, Hyosung couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the middle-aged man no matter how he refused, he ate a few bites casually, smiled and said thank you. When he was about to pack up and go home, he was forcibly sent a paragraph by Kong Ping, and these happened to be seen by the nightcrawler Zhong Li. Zhong Li wanted to talk to Hyosung about going home this time, and send her back to the Fuchun community by the way, but he saw this scene - especially his wife's charming and beautiful smile.

He wanted to beat the man, but what was left of his sanity kept reminding him that if he missed, he might have to take everything, and it would lead to Hyosung having nothing to do with him, and even losing his two children; After thinking about it, he really wants to do it, can he beat others? The body that collapsed after being poured into wine has long been gone, and the appearance of being beaten must be so embarrassing in Hyosung's eyes. Anyway, they have reached the point of divorce, so God decides for himself. The man who was suddenly upset, with his hands in his pockets, went to drink again, hoping that this night would either be drunk to death or drunk to the mud.

In the evening, several people from the business department gathered to invite Gui Ying, but Gui Ying did not go, for fear that drinking again at night would hurt her stomach. It was already past eight o'clock when Zhiyuan picked her up, the couple got into the car and drove back, Ma Guiying, who was sitting in the co-pilot, suddenly took out the Barbie doll from the bag, opened the box, and put the Barbie doll on the right side of the front of the car.

"What's this?" Zhiyuan asked.

"Sent by a friend, specifically to solve the shadow in my heart. Don't you think...... Similar to it? ”

"Oh...... Which friend? That day? He Zhiyuan asked without looking back, but his ears expanded and listened hard.

"Well, he saw it that day, and he was as uncomfortable as me, and then we went to the accident site today, at twelve o'clock at noon, and it was much better when we came back! It's a lot better to lie to you! Especially after he gave this doll, I don't seem to have anything to be afraid of, even if I think of the picture of that day, I don't feel mad......" Gui Ying then relayed the set of super-associations explained by Wang Fuyi to Zhiyuan as it was.

The man let out a sullen breath and looked ahead, his chin raised, and said nothing.

"Brother, can you eat red roots?"

At nine o'clock in the evening, Ma Xingbang was watching TV in the living room of his home, almost confused, and was suddenly woken up. It turned out that the sweet potatoes roasted on the stove in the prosperous room were ripe, and he took them out and put them in a basin and brought them to him.

"What is this?" Xingbang asked.

"Winter dates. Cook it and freeze it in the freezer, and you can eat it when you take it out and bake it in winter. The rest is boiled peanuts, leftover from lunch. Ma Xingsheng pointed to the winter dates and spiced peanuts on the large plate and explained.

Xingbang sat up, uncovered the quilt on the sofa, picked up a steaming red lotus and began to peel it. Xingsheng also sat down, took a red lotus, and covered the hot thing with a linen cloth to keep warm. The brothers sat on a large couch and watched the news on TV. The news is the latest news of the districts and counties of Weinan City that day, and Ma Xingbang, who has not returned home for a long time, is kind and energetic.

Bao Xiaoxing just came to Majiatun yesterday, and Ma Xingbang returned to Majiatun today. In order to welcome the eldest brother, Xingsheng began to wander around the village at eight o'clock in the morning - buying vegetables, cutting meat, cutting tofu, the middle-aged man was busy for most of the day at noon, and rode a motorcycle to the high-speed rail station to pick up the eldest brother in the afternoon. Because the eldest brother said that he didn't want to alarm the rest of the family, Xingsheng didn't tell his aunt and those cousins the news of his brother's return.

At night, Ma Xingbang lay on his cotton sofa, covered with a quilt, and watched TV, as if traveling through time and space. One of the two brothers began to mix the world outside in seventeen or eighteen, and the other had never been out of a small county town in his forties, and the two sat together and had nothing to talk about, in fact, the two brothers never needed any topic to bridge or warm up. Xingsheng almost never asks his brother about everything outside, because he doesn't ask, and he doesn't know where to ask, but he has a ride to tell the news in Tunli recently, and Xingbang has a ride to listen to his younger brother tell it innocently, just like when he was a child, at this time the only thing missing is the noisy hip-hop little sister.

The boss is always worried and silent, and he has been living in an uncertain future; The second child is always smiling and optimistic but silent, he will always live in a down-to-earth today; The third sister is innocent and arrogant, born talkative, she has courage and foresight, the future collapses, she only sees today's refreshing, and today is bad, she only fantasizes about a better future. The different personalities have made the brotherhood of the three of them seamless for forty years. Tonight, thinking of Gui Ying in the distance, with prosperity by his side, Ma Xingbang is very relieved, and his forehead and temples no longer have to be tense.

Hot kang head, thick quilt, open mouth for food, stretch out for clothes, don't go out, don't go off the kang, and even go to the backyard to go to the toilet There is prosperity to light him with a flashlight...... Ma Xingbang's life at home is like a fairy. You don't have to deal with anyone, you don't have to worry about the factory closing down or not being able to pay your wages, you don't have to calculate how much you lose this month and how much you will earn next year. There is still a house that belongs to him in this world, a hot kang that belongs to him, and a small window that exists for him to rely on, which is not a dead end.

After Gui Ying and his wife arrived home in the evening, Zhiyuan cleaned up the kitchen and looked at Yangyang, turned his head and wanted to go back to the rental house to live, the middle-aged man made up his mind this time in order to find a job. Gui Ying didn't understand, and it was difficult to open her mouth if she wanted to stay, so she was angry and the two of them exchanged a few words. Lao Ma saw that Gui Ying talked a lot of jokes and jokes when he got home, and he was silent and angry, guessing that it was probably normal. After the self-study at ten o'clock in the evening, the two of them chatted a few words about it.

"I think your mom is fine!" The old horse got up, lit the hookah, and smoked the last pot before going to bed as usual.

"I don't think my mother will be fine, she's so angry, I'm afraid if I see a ghost." Tsai hung up his schoolbag and lay down on the bed.

"What is the causal relationship between whether you have a big temper or not, and whether you are afraid of ghosts?"

"What does that have to do with that?"

"It has something to do with whether you are smart or not, how suspicious you are, and whether your life is bitter or not. I can't figure it out. The old horse snorted.

"So, grandpa, do you think there are any ghosts?"

"This thing...... I have been thinking about it all my life, and I have seen some strange things, and I am afraid of it! But the master invented a recipe, and I have never been afraid of this recipe since I had it! ”

"What recipe? Such a god! Tsai put down his phone and glared at him.

"What do you suppose! If there is no such thing as a ghost in the world, and you don't believe in ghosts, then you live your own life, and whoever does not get in the way of anyone's business, and will not be disturbed for the rest of your life; If there are ghosts in the world, but you don't believe in ghosts, then before ghosts appear, you don't believe in ghosts, you haven't seen ghosts, and you will not be disturbed. God is pitiful, it's not your luck! You don't believe it, the ghost also bumped into you, and at that time, let's talk about whether you are afraid or not, and how to deal with it! As long as you don't believe it exists, and you haven't seen it, then what should you do? It's not that easy to run into a ghost! The lord lived for seventy years, and said that he had seen very few ghosts, and there were some braggarts. ”

"So what? Grandpa, you don't believe in ghosts, do you? ”

"Right!" Lao Ma closed his eyes and nodded, took a puff of cigarette, and continued: "If a person believes that there are ghosts, then whether there is a ghost in the world, he is always afraid!" Why bother! ”

"Makes sense! Actually, I don't believe it, and the teacher has also talked about it, but sometimes I occasionally panic when I mention it. ”

"Haha...... That's scaring yourself. ”

"That'...... Grandpa, you don't believe in those, why do you want to bring a statue of Maitreya Buddha? ”

"That's a different story. Ghosts are ghosts, and gods are gods, you have to put it aside. It's still the way that the master told you, you assume! Suppose that gods and Buddhas exist, then it is good for you to believe in him and worship him; If the gods and Buddhas do not exist, you also believe in them and worship them from time to time, which is also good for you. ”

"No God, still believe! What's in it for you? The boy was puzzled.

"A man who believes in God is kind and religious. Isn't it good for a person to be pious and loyal? ”

"Oh...... So you don't believe in gods or ghosts, right? The boy was sure.

"Right!" The old horse closed his eyes and nodded, his face full of a pious sense that satisfied him.

"Isn't this probability theory?" The teenager was disdainful.

"What's Gayer?"

"Forget it, you don't understand, anyway, your method is not bad, no matter what, it's good for you!" Tsai Tsai really can't find fault with his grandfather's words.

The old horse laughed happily when he heard his grandson's summary.

(End of chapter)