"The young man just returned home?"

The driver, a middle-aged man in his forties, held the steering wheel with one hand and a cigarette roll in the other, and asked me seemingly casually.

I was thinking about rabies and nodded without much thought

"There are a lot of things like this now, my dog suddenly sees a living thing and bites, maybe the rabies virus has evolved recently? Anyway, now the news is just reporting, and I don't say why. ”

The driver said to himself.

Listening to the driver's words, I lowered my head, thoughtfully, and vaguely felt that things were not so simple, after all, more than ten hours ago, I witnessed a scene that most people in the world would never understand.

Looking at the biting mad dog, I was a little distracted, and I couldn't help but think of the Doberman in my house. "General"

The general is a purebred male black Doberman, almost three years old now, very obedient and intelligent, but a little greedy and likes to sell cute.

When I came back to my senses, I looked at the middle-aged man who was bitten, the blood on his calf, the muscles turned out, and even the white bones of Sensen could be seen. The border herd was finally dying under the blows of everyone, the hair on his body was already torn, and there were dozens of wounds on his body, large and small, and he couldn't bear to look at it directly.

The driver's face was also ugly, his Adam's apple was swaying up and down, and he could see that he was forced to drive out of the parking lot.

Out of the parking lot, through the rearview mirror, I could still see the red eyes of the border herdsman, staring at the bloody calf of the middle-aged man, and several airport security personnel who had arrived after hearing the news.

The car was speeding all the way, I felt a little depressed, I don't know what's wrong, there was always a bad premonition, the scene I saw in the dormitory last night was still stimulating my nerves, causing me to not close my eyes all night. So I leaned back in my chair and squinted my eyes to rest, but my phone rang suddenly. When I picked up the phone, I saw that it was my mother calling, and after answering the phone, it was my mother's loving and slightly reproachful voice

"Stinky boy, don't tell your mother when you get off the plane, have you forgotten that you still have a mother!"

I touched my nose and was a little helpless: "Mom, it's so cold that my brain is short-circuited all of a sudden, I don't think about it." I said half-jokingly, half-seriously.

"Come back, tell the driver not to drive too fast, the road is slippery, Mom made you a table of delicious food."

Hanging up the phone and looking at the snowflakes blown by the wind on the trees outside the window, I felt a little excited inside. It's a feeling of home that I never experience in any other borough.

The car sped down the highway for about half an hour before slowly coming to a stop, and finally arrived at my parents' home, the riverside garden.

Before I could sigh when I got out of the car, another north wind blew my snot and tears. I hurriedly rushed home with my suitcase. Looking at the people around me with down jackets, warm pants, and thick cotton shoes, I felt more and more that I was a psychopath.

When I got to my floor, I knocked on my parents' door. It was my father who opened the door, which surprised me a little. The emotions that had been high were also slightly cooled, and the temperature outside was so low that I went straight into the house without saying a word.

My mother was very happy to see me coming back, she was busy in the kitchen, and when she saw me enter the house, she put down her work directly, and wiped her oil-stained palm on the apron twice, blaming and loving, pouring hot water for me, and turning on the air conditioner for me.

"Silly son, why are you wearing this? Isn't this all frozen? ”

I just smiled and didn't speak. Seeing that I had warmed up, my mother went to the kitchen again to get busy, and I picked up the hot water on the table and began to look at the environment in the house.

The golden dragon in the fish tank is still so powerful and domineering, and the door of the toilet is still sticking to the doll Mickey I caught, everything is exactly the same as a year and a half ago, the only thing that has changed is that there are a few more gray hairs on my father's sideburns, a few more wrinkles in the corners of my mother's eyes, and the "general" seems to have lost some weight.

The general is very strange, lying on the ground motionless, and when he saw me coming back, he only raised his eyelids, and my heart was slightly lost, why didn't this general seem to know me?

The heating in the room is very sufficient, the temperature is close to 30 degrees, and northerners are used to taking off their excess clothes directly after entering the house from outside in winter, and I am no exception.

After holding the cup of hot water in both hands to warm my hands, I took off my blazer and wore only a white shirt underneath. I usually dress very ordinarily, because I have to go in and out of the lab a lot, and I can't wear something more trendy or eye-catching, which is inconvenient for experiments.

The suit I wore this time was also worn by me when I graduated from college and went to Paula's company for an interview, because the person in charge of the company told me that I went abroad to participate in scientific research experiments this time to represent the face of my country's head office, so I had to dress appropriately, so I wore this old suit on my body.

While my mother was stir-frying, my father sat down next to me quietly, turned on the TV casually, and then picked up a box of Hibiscus King from the coffee table, took out two, handed one to me, and the other hung on his mouth.

I hesitated for a moment, but finally picked up a lighter and lit a cigarette, and in this seventy-square-meter room, a large amount of smoke gradually rose, causing my mother who was stir-frying to complain for a while.

My dad and I looked at each other, and we couldn't help but smile bitterly at the same time, and obediently snuffed out the remaining half of the cigarette.

From childhood to adulthood, my mother was a very strong person, with a high status in the family, not like a woman who came over in the seventies at all, but more like a young woman in the new era. My mother has never done any work in her life, the standard housewife, the washing and washing at home, and the transportation of me to and from school, all of which are done by my mother alone, which is decades, and I sincerely thank her.

My father was an authentic farmer with little culture. Before I went to university, my family of three lived in a bungalow in our hometown in rural Fengtian, but after the demolition, our family got a house and millions of yuan in compensation, so we left the small village and lived in the city. Dad has been busy all his life, and now he has stepped into the life of the elderly in advance, usually going to the park in the morning, helping his mother buy vegetables, drinking tea at home, watching TV, and living a leisurely life.

However, my father and I did not agree on my work, and even opposed me to this job, so I had a big fight with my father before I went abroad on a business trip, and finally broke up.

"Dad, your clothes are pretty good, my mother picked them for you?"

I took the initiative to speak, how can father and son have an overnight feud, and I am still the one who is a son. Stretched out his finger and pointed to the down jacket hanging on the hanger at the door of the room, the same style as Adidas Vango.

"That's not it, your mother picked it for me, this ruined girl, this broken down jacket is more than 3,000, and I can buy dozens of geese to make a down jacket by myself for more than 3,000!"

Dad chattered while smashing his mouth. Obviously, because of my initiative, he has become less reserved.

"Bad old man! What are you talking about? Yes?! ”

I can obviously see the pain on my father's face, he was so excited just now, the sound was very loud, unfortunately I was heard by my mother who was stir-frying, my mother was angry all of a sudden, threw down the iron spoon of stir-frying, and went straight to my father, my father was startled, and couldn't help but lean back on the sofa.

"Okay, okay, Mom, hurry up and stir-fry, or it's all mushy, Dad, what are you talking about, isn't Mom also afraid that you will freeze? The price is there, the quality is definitely fine, so don't feel distressed. ”

I hurried to play a round, because I knew that once these two people got started, it would not be possible to solve it in a few words, and even for ten days and half a month, no one would care about anyone, and I didn't want to be caught between them.

When my mother heard me speak, her face gradually softened, but her eyes were still fixed on my father.

"My son is back today, I don't care about you, otherwise we won't be finished!" After that, I ran to the kitchen and continued to stir-fry.

"A ruined! If my son hadn't come back, I'd have told you a good story! ”

Seeing that my mother was gone, my father muttered and muttered. Then he looked at me again.

"Son, are you tired of working abroad?"

I couldn't laugh or cry, this father's attitude changed too quickly, I was just about to speak, but I saw an international news on the TV

"At 3:26 a.m. on December 26, 2100, a huge explosion occurred in the laboratory on the sixteenth floor of the laboratory building of the Paula Company branch in the United States. It is understood that no one was working inside the laboratory building at the time of the explosion, and there are no casualties so far,..."

The location on the screen is the experimental building where I participated in the research and development, the entire Paula company branch has been surrounded by a yellow cordon, the firefighters and the first meeting personnel are all doing their own work, the laboratory on the sixteenth floor is already a mess, all kinds of test equipment have been destroyed, the ground on the first floor of the company is only some debris from the explosion, nothing else.

I couldn't help but look sink, this is simply hiding the truth, the real situation has not been reported, but what is Paula hiding in the end? Is it the fear that the general public will panic when they see those genetically mutated humans? Or is there some other purpose? For a moment, I fell into deep thought.

"Bunny! Isn't that where you're going on a business trip? What's going on? ”

My dad also saw the news on TV and asked me very nervously. I didn't come back to my senses for a while, but my dad reached out and patted me on the shoulder, and I realized it.

After thinking about it, I decided not to worry them, after all, I am not in danger now, so why should I let my parents worry about me? Besides, my father didn't want me to do the work.

"Ah, it's okay, it's just that there was a drunkard on duty at the time, but he didn't go to duty after drinking too much, the temperature in the laboratory was too high and exploded, it's okay, didn't it say on TV, there were no casualties."

"I said a long time ago that I wouldn't let you do this job, I wouldn't let you do this job, you said your job was too dangerous, right? It's not good, it's going to explode next time! Listen to me this time, hurry up and change jobs! ”

"Dad! What are you talking about? Why do you have to change jobs? I can do whatever I want, and you can do this thing?

"You..."

"Bad old man! Come and serve the food! ”

Seeing that my father and I were about to go toe-to-toe, my mother's meal was ready in a timely manner.

Dad glanced at my mother stupidly, glared at me fiercely, and stood up and served the food with great reluctance. I let out a few long breaths, and my temper with my dad who has to take care of everything is really enough.

One dish after another was brought to the table by my parents, braised pork, minced eggplant, spicy shrimp, pork stewed sauerkraut, all of which I love to eat. But I don't have the slightest appetite, my dad is biased against my work, even my own company is in big trouble now, how can I eat? However, due to my mother's enthusiasm, I still forced two bowls of rice into my stomach.

"Rabbit cub, Dad asked you Aunt Wang to find you a job two days ago, and it's quite stable..."

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it when you eat, let's talk about it after eating."

My dad wanted to continue the conversation at the dinner table, but my mother interrupted me directly, which saved my life.

During this period, I gave the "General" his favorite chicken several times, but it didn't even raise its head, I was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that Doberman would gobble up even raw meat, let alone cooked chicken legs, I turned my head to look at my mother, with an inquiring look in my eyes.

My mother understood what I meant, and explained to me while serving me vegetables.

"The general has been like this for the past two days, maybe he fed too much meat the night before yesterday, and he was hurt by eating, right?"

Hearing my mother's explanation, my brow furrowed slightly.

"Let's see if it can get better in the past two days, if not, I really have to go to the vet, I can't delay..."

After dinner, he went back to the sofa and lit a cigarette, and looked at the general with some worry, thinking to himself that nothing would happen to him.

After a while, my mother took the cut fruit and put it on the coffee table in front of the sofa, I really couldn't eat it, but looking at my mother's eager eyes, I had to stuff two more apples into my mouth, and our family continued to chat.

It's small talk, but it's harder than a blind date, and my dad started his rhetoric again, which made me feel very anxious.

"Son, Dad told you well this time, you have to listen to me, it's too dangerous for you to work here first, how good it is for your Aunt Wang to find this for you, 9 to 5, normal rest on holidays, five insurances and one housing fund..."

"Dad! Don't persuade me to change jobs, okay? I love what I do now, I can't do anything else! ”

"You! Who are you arguing with?! ”

"Okay, okay, you two don't quarrel, both of you are angry, son, obedient, old man, sit down for me!"

"Mom and Dad, it's not too early, I have to go home and clean up the house, I will bring it back first, and I can take care of it at any time."

I stood up, not wanting to stay here any longer, so I went to the general and tied it on a rope, and wanted to leave without saying a word.

"Son, how cold are you wearing like this? Put this on. ”

Seeing that I had made up her mind, my mother went straight to the door and picked up the down jacket I bought for my father, and I paused and chose to wear it. Anger is anger, but the temperature outside won't get used to me.

My dad blew his beard and glared at me to stop me, but because my mother was around, I didn't dare to say a word.