Chapter 91: Prologue to the Turmoil (24)
The pungent smell of disinfectant water made people uncomfortable for a while, and Louis couldn't help but cover his nose and continue walking. White, white, all around is endless white, as if an endless breath of death enveloped this white building.
Puzzled, Louis guessed that someone in Tyson's company might have killed him, so he caused such an accident. As for whether Yuan Xiong is driving or not, it doesn't matter, after all, there must be someone behind the scenes, and the driver is nothing more than a substitute for the dead.
Suddenly, Louie's eyes lit up, and he thought of the man in the suit he had met in the office area earlier.
The man in the suit seems to be the new head of the finance department, and he just happened to catch a glimpse of the copywriting called "Kesh Project", could it be that a series of encounters have happened because of this?
This bold conjecture is not out of the question.
After taking a few pairs of throat medicine for Lao Lu, Louie returned to the ward on the fourth floor to say goodbye to Yuan Xiong and his wife.
Just around the corner, Louis saw Yuan Xiong wandering in the aisle, still whispering on the phone, and he didn't even notice that Louie was approaching.
"Yes, it was born, it was a boy...... Okay, I'll take care of it, please rest assured......" After hanging up the phone, Yuan Xiong seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Brother Yuan, congratulations on your happy son." Louis congratulated.
Yuan Xiong was shocked, and then reluctantly squeezed out a smile: "Hehe, thank you, brother." By the way, I don't know your name yet? ”
"My name is Louie, and I'll leave first if there are some things at home."
At the same time, the woman in the ward called Yuan Xiong in.
I saw that Yuan Xiong was standing respectfully beside the hospital bed, as if he was listening to the woman's reprimand, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that these two people did not look like two people, but like a relationship between superiors and subordinates.
Louie rode a motorcycle to a Shaxian snack in the town and stopped, and unexpectedly earned a thousand yuan today.
He ordered a bowl of egg fried rice, a chicken thigh, two pieces of braised dried tofu and a bottle of one-yuan Coke.
It was a luxury he had ever had.
Boredom sat at the table outside the diner and waited for the meal, but Louie's eyes kept wandering around the hair salon next door.
The two women sat on plastic chairs in the hair salon, and they must be in their thirties no matter how you look at them. They don't know how thick the makeup is on their faces, the short skirts show their white thighs, and their legs are dangling. Their eyes are aimed at every person of the opposite sex, and as long as someone stops, they enthusiastically pounce on them and let people go in for a "massage".
"After so many years, it's still the taste of hometown." Louis couldn't help but sigh.
Louis forced his eyes to take his eyes off the two women and began to enjoy the long-lost snacks of Shaxian County.
With a salted cola, chicken thighs and two pieces of braised dried tofu, he quickly finished the fried rice.
A delivery van drove slowly, and the stevedore delivered three boxes of "Black Iron Energy Drink" to the supermarket opposite.
The Black Iron Energy Drink was developed and produced by Tyson, and it is said that its functional drink greatly exceeds the most popular Red Bull drink at the moment.
When Louis was working at Tyson, he was exposed to this black iron energy drink every day. You must know that Tyson has just produced this energy drink less than three months this year, and I didn't expect that the sales scope has spread all over the township.
If you follow the trajectory normally, you will enter the warehouse department of Tyson Company as a porter in three years, and finally die a tragic death.
No, no, we must change the fate of this unlucky rush!
"Your Majesty, the two dogs ask to see you!" The noisy mobile phone rang suddenly, and Louie didn't have to look to know that it was the boss who urged him to go back to work.
Sure enough, it was the boss who was picking, and after the phone was connected, before Louis could speak, the roar of the boss on the other end came whirring.
"Louie, do you still want to do it? People who can't find you all day long, if you don't want to do it, just say it, and there are a large number of people lining up behind you to work! ”
"Don't don't, boss, I'll go to work in the store tomorrow, and I won't make a big fuss about this on a hot day......"
With good words and laughter, Louis finally fooled the boss.
With a sigh, Louis rode away on his motorcycle. The coquettish street lamps were turned on early, shining on the stockings and legs exposed by the short skirts and shorts on the street, stimulating Louie's adrenal glands.
After crossing the treacherous dirt road, Louis returned home at past eight o'clock in the evening.
Lao Lu went to get the oars, smoked a cigarette and walked silently to the water's edge, and his mother followed.
Louis asked, "Mom, are you rowing?" ”
Mother nodded.
"Mom, don't go, I'll go!" Louis walked over decisively, changing into slippers and shorts.
Lao Lu made a straight face, "What are you going to do?" Your small body is weak, it's cold tonight, you have to go back to the city tomorrow, what if you catch a cold? ”
"What about you? Isn't it the same stubbornness? Louie asked rhetorically.
The old way had to compromise.
Then the father and son got on the small wooden boat together, and the two of them stood on it, causing the boat to sway and flutter.
Louis was in charge of rowing, and Lao Lu squatted on the bow of the boat smoking a dry cigarette, pointing to a mountain in the hazy night: "There! Are you still going to work hard in the city all the time? ”
"Oh! Dad, can't you do it over there? I think it's pretty good over there. "I'm afraid my father will be rambling all the time," Louis said, pointing to another place.
"No, the water is too shallow over there. I ask you what to say, and I say! Tell me about your plans. Old Lu shouted.
Louis smiled, "I think there are more opportunities for development in the city, and I have been living here, never knowing how open the outside world is, and the money people make in a month is enough to make us from fishing, selling mountain goods, and farming for several years."
And I'm confident that I'll make a name for myself in the city. Everyone has their own way of life and head, and I belong to the city. ”
The whole process was silent until the dry tobacco was finished. "Whatever you want, you've grown up, just decide what to do. The fate of your two sisters has been ruined in my hands, and I don't want to control you anymore. ”
After rowing for more than 30 minutes, I finally arrived at the other side of the mountain.
Then slowly backwards rowing, the old road began to cast nets, one net stretched for more than 100 meters, and two large nets were cast one after another.
I looked at the watch on my wrist, and it was already half past ten in the evening.
"There is another one, go home and sleep after sprinkling, and come to collect the net before dawn tomorrow morning."
However, just as the last net was cast, the sky, which had been full of stars just a moment ago, suddenly became dark and dreary.
Lao Lu looked at the sky and urged: "The net is finished, hurry up and row to the foot of the mountain, the heavy rain is coming." ”
Suddenly, thunder roared, downpour followed, and terrifyingly, a gust of wind hit.
Seeing that the boat was less than a hundred meters from the shore, it was blown back to the middle of the lake by the howling wind.
Lao Lu hurriedly staggered to the edge of the boat and walked to Louie's side, "Scoop up the water!" Hurry up, the ship will sink! Fast! ”
Louis hurriedly jumped to the bow of the boat to scoop the water, and Lao Lu desperately rowed the boat to the shore.
The sky was dark and oppressive, and the raindrops were a little breathless.
Louis scooped water from the boat with a bucket and poured it into the lake, but the rain became heavier and heavier, and it did not stop at all. The wind became more and more intense, causing the ship to move farther and farther from the shore.
The dark and dreary waves made people feel even more frightened, and the whole group of high waves crashed over, as if they were deep in the middle of the sea.
Lao Lu roared: "Scoop up the water!" ”
Louis tried his best to scoop water, but he felt too strong and gradually became exhausted.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and the small wooden boat was almost unable to hold on, not only did the rainwater accumulate in the boat, but the big waves also poured water into the boat fiercely.
"Stop scooping the water, the ship is about to sink!" Old Lu exclaimed, and he took the two oars and handed them to Louie.
Immediately afterwards, the small wooden boat finally could not bear it anymore, and a big wave crashed over, and the boat capsized.
Louis fell into the icy water, clutching the oars in his hands.
"Dad!" Louis came out of his head, and a great wave drowned over his head.
Louie's goosebumps rose, and the thunder in the sky grew louder and louder, as if death was about to descend on earth.
The sound of waves, wind, thunder, and rain drowned out Louis's roar.
What about the father? What about the ship?
It stands to reason that my father's water nature is much better than my own, so I shouldn't have an accident.
Louis kept comforting himself, but he could only feel the cold as he watched the rows of surging waves. There is no shore to be seen, no mountains to be seen, only rows of black pressure and rows of big waves constantly pressing over in turn.
After a few minutes in the water, Louis clung to the oars, which were buoyant and would be relied on in case they were overwhelmed.
When his father fell into the water, he wore a helmet on his head, and on the helmet was a lamp, and he could not see any light when he fell into the water, cold and dark, and the whirring sound reminded Louis of a place: hell.
A bolt of lightning tore through the sky, and this extremely strong light made Louie see a small black dot not far away. He hurriedly swam over the water against the waves: "Dad! ”
The whole body suddenly came to strength, and Louis stepped on the water violently. Swimming to that little spot, he reached out and touched it, it was a capsized boat, he grabbed the hull of the boat, and howled, "Dad! ”
"Xiao Yi! Is that you! "The old road suddenly swam over the end of the capsized boat.
"Dad!"
"I'm looking for you everywhere!"
Louis choked up and said, "Dad, so am I!" ”
"Hold on to the hull! Don't let go! To let go is to die! ”
Louis hurriedly grasped steadily: "I thought it was ......"
His tears were washed away by the rain and waves, and his head hit the hull several times. This process from hell to earth is too worrying.
"Hold on! The boat keeps drifting, and it will definitely float to the shore! Lao Lu shouted.
"Yes!"
Under the storm, the big waves didn't know where to push them, and when they looked up, they only saw the big waves.
Lightning will illuminate the earth, and you can vaguely see the mountains farther and farther away. Where the shore is, they don't know. I couldn't find the direction, so I could only drift wherever I wanted, as long as I could hold on to the hull.
Fortunately, they were able to hold on to the hull, otherwise they would have been exhausted by the toss, or they might have died in the lake by now.
After more than half an hour, the wind was light, the rain was light, and the lightning in the distance was only visible to the firelight. Lao Lu looked up, pointed to the left and said, "Over there!" Shore! ”
Louis didn't see anything, just buried his head and tread hard.
Exhausted, I finally landed.
For the first time, Louis felt how happy it was to be able to lie on the ground.
Father and son lay on the grass on the shore, breathing softly. I don't know how much water I drank in the water, and my whole head hurt terribly.
Lao Lu stood up and said, "Let's go, your mother must be worried about us." ”
Louis slumped up, hugged him and said, "Dad." ”
Lao Lu shed old tears: "If your mother came tonight, she might have died in this lake." ”
They were destined to escape this fate.
If Louis hadn't come with him tonight, how would my mother, a woman, have the physical strength to survive the cruelty of the wind, waves, and rain.
"Dad, don't come out to fish in the future, I'll raise you!"
Lao Lu patted Louis on the back and said, "Let's go, let's go back." ”
Looking at the dark shore, Louis felt like he had never been to this place. "Where is this, far from our house?"
Old Lu looked around and came up with an approximate location: "On the shore of the forest farm." ”
"How far is it from our house?"
"About six kilometers, the wave pushed us that far. Hurry up, your mom must be worried to death! ”
Louis pointed to his feet and said helplessly: "The slippers are gone in the water." ”
The old road is experienced, pointing to the top and saying: "The top is an asphalt road, take the asphalt road." ”
On the asphalt road, father and son hurried home.
The mother must have been worried about dying, probably at home looking out the window and crying.
Luckily, there was a car behind him.
The driver of the car saw someone stopping the car in the rain and stepped on the accelerator directly. After he passed, he stopped again, and Louis and Lao Lu hurriedly ran up: "Master, can you take a ride!" ”
The driver stuck out his head and looked at Louie: "I know you!" ”
There were no street lights at night, and it was pitch black all around, Louis looked strangely at his whole body: "You, know me?" ”
"It's raining so hard, and you two are still running in the rain in the middle of the night? Hurry up and get on the bus! The driver said a little excitedly.
Louis didn't see the driver's face clearly, but the driver's voice seemed to have been heard somewhere, and it was very familiar.
Lao Lu thanked him: "Master, why don't you sit in the back for us!" We are from Liuqinghe. ”
As soon as the words fell, the driver asked, "Why do you want to climb behind?" Is it bad to sit in the front of the car? ”
"It's not. We're all wet, wetting your car. ”
The driver shouted excitedly: "Hurry up and get in the car!" ”
Louis and the old man got into the front of the car, and the front of the car was warm, but their wet bodies also wet the driver's car.
"Master, I'm in trouble. That way, we'll give you the fare when we get there. Louis said implicitly.