"Does he know?" The old horse asked with a frown.

"How can you not know! We all know that he doesn't know? Min flashed down and looked at the old horse with a grin.

"What the hell ......?"

"It's already happened, then he can only face it! If his son wakes up because of this spirit, I tell you, he will be happy that he is gone! "There is some detachment and hope in the people's melancholy.

"Hey! Where to bury people...... Oh cremation? ”

"Ming! I can't go, Junjie will go for me! Are you going? People call you names! Min pointed to the old horse's nose.

"Definitely go! Definitely going for it! The old horse made a loud noise.

"Oh! You're good on your legs! The people looked the old horse up and down.

"I'm going to go if I have bad legs!" The old horse patted his knee, very sure.

When the two chatted again, Lao Ma saw that the people were getting shorter and shorter, and when he came to the back, he was weak in his words, knowing that he was tired and couldn't do any more, so he said hello and said goodbye and left the house. Out of their area, it was already half past one o'clock in the afternoon, the old horse was unhappy, if he was lost, he remembered Zhong Neng, and decided to stop by to see him.

Tong Linghua asked for the address, and took a taxi to the vicinity of Zhong Neng at two o'clock. The two old men used the location positioning function in WeChat to find the meeting. The old horse took a look from afar, and saw Zhong Neng wearing a wide orange and yellow overalls, holding a big broom in both hands, brushing the slag, dog shit, and garbage on the ground on the street, and the orange overalls showed a black and white face.

"Oh, it's so hot at noon, and you don't wear a big hat!" The old horse pointed to Zhong Neng.

"I don't like to wear hats, I feel bad when I sweat! Originally, he rarely wore it when he went to the ground. Zhong Neng stood under the tree with his hands crossed and smiled slightly, and when he saw the old horse coming over, he asked, "Your feet are not well?" ”

"That's it! Isn't this a lot of walking today, the wound is a little soft, and I don't dare to touch the ground! Old Ma Wan sat on the edge of the flower bed next to him, and Zhong Neng came over and sat down.

After sitting down, Zhong Neng handed the old horse a cigarette, and the two of them hid in the thick shade of the flowers and smoked.

"Are you tired from this job?" The old horse asked Zhong Neng.

"If you are not tired, you just get up too early, take a long time, and manage a lot! Restraint! It's uncomfortable to detain! Zhong Neng shook his head and closed his eyes, spat out a cigarette, and sighed.

The two stared at the passers-by on the road, each silent. The old horse finished smoking a cigarette and stepped on the cigarette butt: "You smoke is boring!" It's tasteless to smoke! I'm in a hurry and didn't bring my hookah! ”

"Don't you take your cigarette pouch with you everywhere? Hum! You are also in the coffin to be buried with a hookah! Zhong Neng smiled and shook his head.

"Hey! I have just come from Min. Lao Ma put his hands in his pockets, paused for a moment and continued: "Last time he celebrated his birthday, the Fan Weicheng who came, do you remember?" ”

Zhong Neng saw that Lao Ma's expression was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "There is an impression!" What's up? ”

"Dead!"

Zhong Neng let out a long sigh, snuffed out the cigarette butt and threw it away, lit another one, and said, "Dead and white!" No sin! It's better than being alive! ”

"Former ...... Monday's business. The old man may have lived enough, and he didn't want to be frightened anymore, so he turned on the gas and closed the doors and windows, and that's it...... Let's go! The old horse stared blankly at the brick crack at his feet, and slowly finished, and let out a long sigh.

"At our age, how many of them are alive and well? If it weren't for my two babies...... Hey, there's no point in my life! The bell was finished, and the sound did not change, only a dozen old tears of pearl flowers poured out.

"My big brother left some time ago, and now Fan Weicheng is gone again, I finally got old and entered the city, but I didn't expect the city to be easy to treat!" The old horse shook his head gently, and a dozen pounds of sadness seemed to fall on the ground.

The two stopped for a while, the old horse looked at the brick crack and was stunned, and suddenly heard Zhong Neng squatting down and holding his head and whimpering and crying, and the old horse was taken aback by his defense.

Recently, he got up at four o'clock to go to work, picked up the children from work at five o'clock, and went back to the shop to prepare dinner, clean up the shop, take care of the children to write homework and sleep, plus the fact that the two of them fought and divorced, and he was overtired and sad for several days. Now when he saw his brother coming to see him, his heart was soft, he couldn't hold it back, and the big tears poured down like a, and the grief in his heart was unspeakable, and he cried out with a whining sound.

"What are you doing?" The old horse squatted down and patted Zhong Neng's back.

Zhong Neng whimpered and cried: "Hey! Shame on you! I can't go on anymore! ”

"Aren't you divorced?" The old horse frowned and asked.

"Divorce...... I can't go on anymore. Li'er ...... The ball is ...... The goods I gave birth to are really a loss to my ancestors......" Zhong Neng sobbed here, covering his face and whimpering again.

At this time, most of the people coming and going on the street were elderly, and when they heard the two old men hugging each other and crying bitterly, they knew that something was wrong. Some people turned around step by step, some people raised their chin behind their hands with a worried expression, and some people didn't want to bother to look at it and left in a hurry...... Trees are old and insects, and people are old and useless. Older people should know that the sunset is cool and short.

When Zhong Neng stopped crying, Lao Ma took out a square towel from his pocket to wipe his tears, Zhong Neng refused, took out toilet paper from his pocket and wiped his tears and blew his nose. After the mood was straightened out, the two sat on the edge of the flower bed again, one holding a cigarette in his hand, and sending smoke to the feet of passers-by on the street.

"Fan Weicheng is for his son, and his son gambles too much! You are your son, I see that Zhong Li can slow down, but he screwed it for a while. My woman is not bad, my son is not a weapon! When I think of those two sons, I feel that death is not clean. Xingbang ran around year after year, but now there is no achievement, not even a home, and people in their fifties have no daughter-in-law and no dolls...... ...... Ay! ”

The old horse wiped away his tears, took a puff of cigarette and continued: "The second child is wooden, it's delayed, hey!" Yingying has some ability, but her son-in-law can't. The three brothers and sisters live on one leg! Your old life is good, where is the good? ”

When Zhong Neng heard Lao Ma's heartfelt words, he calmed down a lot and said, "You doll is at least filial!" ”

"Humph! Filial piety with a hammer! My own life is not good, filial piety has a fart! ”

Zhong Neng patted the old horse's arm and whispered: "Don't be like this, if you listen to what I look like and what my face says to me, you will know how good filial piety is!" ”

"Hey! Children with strong parents are weak, children with weak parents are strong! Hell, wow! The old horse shook his head and shook the ashes of his cigarette into the flower bed.

"You must know that now I am living this cowardly life, and I didn't come to Shenzhen more than ten years ago! How light and peaceful life is in the village! Zhong Neng regretted it at the beginning.

"That's not the case! Are you willing to give up your Meimei? If I were you, I would be happy to come to Meimei and Xuecheng! Besides, the old people in the countryside used to live more comfortably than in the city, and now how many middle-aged people in the countryside can be seen? His father fainted in the field - the children may not be able to come back! Hum! It's not just as pitiful! ”

Zhong Neng took a puff of cigarette and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "I really didn't expect that I would be sixty-six years old and have to come out to work!" I really didn't expect it! ”

"Sweep your streets! It's easier than going to the floor in our house! Don't worry! Look ahead, and slowly Meimei will become an adult! There is always hope for the days! ”

Lao Ma mentioned sweeping the street, Zhong Neng looked at his watch, he had been resting for half an hour, he couldn't sit anymore, and hurriedly said to Lao Ma: "I don't dare to rest, people have monitoring!" ”

"Okay, you sweep yours, I'll stand next to you and follow!"

"Aren't you too hot?"

"Isn't this hot? Hey, I'm very panicked about Fan Weicheng today! It's very uncomfortable! It's irritating to go back now! Why don't I talk to you? ”

The two elders stood up, one sweeping the floor, the other holding a wooden stick with a large dustpan, and moved forward slowly. The work that could be done at more than four o'clock was done, and the two of them found a Shaanxi noodle restaurant nearby and ordered two plates of cold dishes.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhiyuan picked up Yangyang, and saw that the old man had not come back, so he called to ask. As soon as he heard that the old man was drinking, the attentive and caring son-in-law was busy taking Yangyang to pick up the old man. After receiving someone, Zhong Neng was thinking about picking up his grandson all the way in the car, so Zhiyuan took a detour and went to pick up Xuecheng. After receiving the completion of the study, he sent the old man back to the shop, and then drove back to his home with his father-in-law and Yangyang. When I got home, I stir-fried the vegetables directly, and dinner was ready after a while.

Hyosung started to pack up at four o'clock this afternoon, went out to eat, and went straight to the Malatang. Although I officially went to work at 7 o'clock tonight, the first time I went, I had to go early to familiarize myself with the environment and meet people, so as to save people from making trouble when there were many people.

When I arrived at the store, I got to know the people in the store one by one. The boss's surname is Dou Ming Dongqing, in his fifties, from Henan, big fat, when he used to open a fast food restaurant, he often took goods from Hyosung's shop, and he got acquainted with each other. Another person in charge of the store is called Kong Ping, who is Dou Dongqing's cousin, with a medium build, a square face and big eyes, and a kind person. There are two other girls in their early twenties who are washing and preparing vegetables and cleaning food, and one of them is leaving next week, and Hyosung will replace her. After getting acquainted with the environment in the mausoleum, Hyosung rolled up his sleeves and followed the girl who was about to leave to work behind the house.

The three-mouth cauldron of cooking materials is installed at the door, and the freezer shelf for vegetables and meat is on the left wall of the gate. Everyone in the store wears a special apron, there are fake flowers on the table, some oil paintings on the wall, the floor tiles are blue, green and white, and the tables, chairs and benches are custom-made yellow and white solid wood. The store of more than 50 square meters is decorated simply and beautifully, and the dining environment is considered to be in the upper class in the Malatang industry.

"I chatted with your uncle today, Fan Weicheng's gas poisoning doesn't seem like an accident, because his son gambled - people have long been wasted, and I don't know how much money I owe outside, and I don't dare to open my mobile phone! Oops, I'm so uncomfortable with this! "In the evening, Zhiyuan and Yangyang were eating, and the old horse was full and sat on the side to watch, drank more and talked a lot.

"I remember that Uncle Fan!" Zhiyuan should eat while waiting.

Lao Ma thought of a question and asked his son-in-law devoutly: "You come, is there really a mid-life crisis in middle age?" Yingying, you have, Zhong Neng and his son Li'er have encountered a hurdle, and so is this Fan Weicheng and his son! Why do you have difficulties in your forties? ”

When Zhiyuan heard that he was asked about his weakness, he was so embarrassed that he hurriedly went to pick up vegetables for Yangyang, and only then turned his head and said with a smile: "Dad, aren't you difficult at your age?" As you talked about a while ago, you watered the green onions one by one and looked at the green onions in the field in the winter. ”

"We were having a hard time at that time, most of them had something to do with the growth of the year and the development of the country, which was not quite the same as your crisis!" The old horse explained with a dizzy forehead.

"Young people don't have a burden, the elderly can't pick up the particles, the burden is very heavy at our stage, there is no room for restrictions on the career, and there are many young people competing with you down, and the economic tension and career restrictions are the most fundamental. Then the body began to decline, you see that Youngyoung has a bad stomach, and Hyosung has presbyopia in his forties. There are many couples who have lost their relationship at this stage, and most of the cheating and divorce are at this time. All sides are strained, and the collapse of one side will inevitably affect the others. ”

"It's not easy, but you have to be strong and resilient. It was even more difficult for us at your age, and we didn't have time to think about it, because it was great to be fed! If it weren't for reform and opening up, maybe it would still be a dynasty or a dynasty! ”

"Times are different! Overall, society is more mature than before. The term midlife crisis comes from abroad, and it is a problem that has long appeared in those mature societies abroad. Many people at my age, looking forward to the 20 years or the entire first half of their lives, may suddenly find that they were not happy before, in the wrong direction, unhappy or wrong, after all, there is only half or even less than half of the time left, and then they start to think seriously or turn around again. And also! Nowadays, many companies have a basic condition for recruitment, under the age of 35, and people over the age of 35 do not need it! That's why many people are anxious about going up and down, and they can't get up or down - they're stuck! ”

"Oh! It has something to do with recruitment! The old horse suddenly realized, drank a glass of water, and slowly spoke: "You still have to take a long-term view, there are many ways in this world!" Your Uncle Zhong is not sixty-six years old and has found a job? People who have the ability and planning don't have to worry about eighty-eight, and those who don't have the ability and brains will be in crisis at twenty-two! Your midlife crisis, I think it's only suitable for ordinary people! I know a flower grower, who loved flowers and plants when he was young, and was too poor to marry a daughter-in-law. Later, the family affairs were good, and many rich people drove to his field to buy the orchids he planted, and now he is seventy years old and rich! I didn't hear him shout about a midlife crisis! ”

"That's right! In fact, many people are middle-aged, mainly facing a big adjustment! Adjust the environment, adjust the concept, and adjust the business direction...... All aspects need to be adjusted. Xu felt that he followed the original path, there was no way to go! So it takes time, adjust and start again. ”

"If you adjust early and work hard early, then there will be no midlife crisis! When I was young, I liked carpenters to learn carpenters, I liked to teach and read teachers, and I liked IT to learn computers. There can only be people with a mid-life crisis, and they haven't thought seriously about it in the first half! Delay yourself! ”

"People change. What you like at 20 doesn't have to be liked at 40, and what you like at 40 doesn't have to be like at 20. ”

"What you like at twenty and don't like at forty - what are you doing in between? Dawdle? How sluggish is it to wait twenty years and find out that you don't like his job? It's not that I'm delaying myself! ”

Lao Ma came over lightly, but he didn't think that He Zhiyuan on the other end heard that his face was hot and cold for a while, and every sentence seemed to be in himself, so he had to nod his head again and again: "Yes, yes, yes!" ”

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