Chapter 62: Bitter Love

Jiang Lilian and Zhang Jinfa escaped from their hometown, first went to Ziyang to find Tiger Luo's sister-in-law to stay for a few days, and then went to the northwest, where people are poorer than the mainland, and it is more difficult to find a place to stand. The money on them was spent, the valuable things were sold out, and the two people with red stripes had to turn back to Chengdu. But in this southwestern metropolis, shopping malls and shops are almost all state-owned, and without the certificate of the brigade commune, who would dare to accept it? In particular, the movement to clean up the ranks of the class and crack down on speculation is in full swing, making it even more difficult to make a living outside the country. For months, they spent their nights at the station in the bridge or in a small temple on the outskirts of the city. The season has gone through the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the weather is getting cooler day by day. The cold air of the snow mountain in western Sichuan is pressing, the people in the city put on sweaters, they are still thin summer clothes, they can only eat a simple meal a day, she quietly endured her mouth, saved some for Zhang Blonde, hunger and cold, plus yesterday's periodic red, extremely unruly bumped in, let her walk but fell down, through the shade of the Nine Eyes Bridge, she fainted in front of a black eye.

Zhang Jinfa was also so hungry that he had no strength, so he finally dragged her to sit down against a tree, pinched Renzhong, and shouted for help with tears in his eyes. Passers-by seem to be so accustomed to this kind of thing that they don't seem to be indifferent, or walk away with a wink. Jiang Lilian woke up and said intermittently: "Brother Blonde, I, maybe, no......" Zhang Jinfa wiped a handful of tears: "Lilian, you are waiting here ......" Jiang Lilian's head was buzzing, still feeling dizzy, unable to hear what he said, he closed his eyes weakly, and he got up and left sideways.

He shuttled through the crowd on the street, and his tired eyes timidly searched around, and finally found a pot-bellied man, holding a handbag in his left hand, and reaching into his trouser pocket with his right hand to touch the lighter to light a cigarette, and brought out a "Great Unity" (the largest denomination of the Yuan bill at that time) and exposed it. Zhang Jinfa's eyes went straight to Venus, desperately squeezed up, sideways to block the view of others, and twisted his two fingers to "Great Unity" and tried to gently drag it out and drag it into his hand and into his trouser pocket. As if sensing something, the man glanced back, didn't notice anything unusual, and walked back. And Zhang Jinfa's heart was still beating drums, he panicked and squeezed out the flow of people, bumped head-on into passers-by, fell down with a fight, and had a long nosebleed. He had just gotten up from the ground and had been slapped in the face a few times. "Damn, the turtle son is crazy." He came back to his senses, but he didn't want to pay attention to it, and ran straight away.

He ran back to the shade of the tree, shook Jiang Lilian awake, squatted in front of him and said, "Lilian, hurry, eat buns and buns." She struggled to open her eyes, and vaguely saw that his face was covered in blood, and suddenly her mind flashed to the image of him being beaten by the militia company commander a few months ago. The memory coincided with the scene in front of her, and she struggled and screamed, tears streaming down her face. He knelt on the ground and hugged her, freeing one hand to feed her mouth, and she instinctively chewed and wept. At this time, a fat and fat dog passed in front of them leisurely and arrogantly, and she sighed: "Alas, it is better to have no money than a dog!" ”

The street lamps change from dark to bright, and the night curtain rises again and again. The cool air on the flat dam in western Sichuan, rolling the fallen leaves on the ground slowly, will disperse the pedestrians in the streets and alleys for a while, and a cold first quarter moon appears on the canopy. They frowned again, and she said, "Blonde, where are we going tonight?" He lost control of his emotions and shook his fist and slammed his chest: "Lilian, I'm really not a man...... God, why are you letting a man like me live in the world? She grabbed his hand tightly: "Don't do that. Believe in yourself! ”

Jiang Lilian Zhang Jinfa went to the bottom of the Nine Eyes Bridge, and there was already an owner here. Three stones held up half of the iron pot, a small shack built on rotten straw mats and cardboard, a bed of cotton wool with holes and a pile of rags. "Lilian, what should I do?" "It's the same person who has fallen to the end of the world, don't you just find a neighbor?" Zhang Jinfa put down the cloth bag he carried, picked up the cardboard on the side of the shack and put it on the ground, took out the sheets from the bag and laid it out, and the nest was built. He helped Jiang Lilian to sit down by the cloth bag, and walked to squat by the river in a daze, Jiang Lilian looked at his back, squirmed her lips a few times and closed her eyes tiredly.

After dark, a figure carrying a large bag of things, limped and twisted to the bridge, as if no one was around, went straight to the shack to put down things, felt out half a candle and lit it, it turned out that she was a fifty or sixty-year-old woman, with long hair scattered and long, her face was covered with deep wrinkles, and her dull gaze set off the black face wheel. It was as if she had just discovered that a pair of neighbors had broken into her tonight and squeezed some of her territory. But she seemed very tolerant, just opened the bag with a flicker, scooped out some leftovers, poured them into half of the iron pot, and cooked on the fire. Under the firelight, her dull eyes revealed suspicion, feeling that this young man was not like fellow travelers, why did she come here? Something suddenly hit her mind, and her thoughts snapped and snapped.

The old woman stood up, blew the sand blown by the river breeze, and poured the bag of delicacies into half of the pot. It was mixed with half a bun, chunks of meat, and pastries and vegetables. She increased her firepower, and the fragrance rushed straight over, and Jiang Lilian woke up with a few coughs and a few coughs. The old woman scooped two full bowls and handed them over, and they wept gratefully.

As the night progresses, the cold grows more and more pressing. Jiang Lilian felt that she was frozen into ice lumps, and instinctively shrunk her body tightly against Zhang Jinfa: "Brother Blonde, I'm so cold." Zhang Jinfa took her in his arms and pulled one of his clothes over to cover her back.

The next day, the east turned white, and the number of vehicles and pedestrians on the bridge gradually increased. Jiang Lilian touched the sheets wet with dew overnight, sighed long, and shook Zhang Blonde's hair. "Lilian, where are you going so early?" "Wherever you can go." They packed up and looked at their neighbors in the shack, still sleeping wrapped in tattered cotton wool. Jiang Lilian said: "Brother Blonde, if we can still go to 'one day' if we meet her again, we will definitely be grateful for the grace of dripping water, and we should repay her with a spring." ”

Under the shade of the Jinjiang River, Zhang Jinfa was silent for a while and said, "Lilian, there are only two roads in front of us, either wait to freeze to death and starve to death, or take an adventure like I did yesterday." "But I'm worried, in case you have any ...... or two," "It's more important than anything to survive now."

Jiang Lilian and Zhang Jinfa walked on the street, entering and exiting shopping malls and stations and other crowded places. Zhang Jinfa was empty-handed, and a piece of clothing was put on his left arm. Jiang Lilian carried the Fan cloth bag and followed closely left and right, sometimes they panicked, sometimes surprised, and luckily let them see hope in their despair.

After the rest of the month, there was a fixed nest in the underground hotel on the outskirts of the city, and a heavy bunch had accumulated on hand. Jiang Lilian said with joy and sorrow: "Brother Blonde, let's stop here." "If you don't do it, God has arranged it like this, why not take advantage of the momentum to do it for a while." I can't bear to let you live in a broken temple and sleep under the bridge. "Brother Blonde, although God sometimes pities those who are desperate and helpless, he does not pity those who are an inch. Let's stop there. "Jiren has his own nature. Lillian, you just listen to me this time, I'm so sleepy. ”

In the whole morning of the next day, Jiang Lilian Zhang Jinfa found nothing, and almost showed her feet. Jiang Lilian spoke bitterly again, and Zhang Jinfa was displeased: "Damn, Lao Tzu doesn't believe in this evil." So they took a bus to Niushikou, which was crowded. Zhang Jinfa secretly looked left and right, and his eyes stayed on the bulging jacket pocket of a middle-aged man. He thought, "Today's luck has finally come." So he gave Jiang Lilian a look, and Jiang Lilian squeezed over to block the man's left view. Zhang Jinfa gently unbuttoned the man and didn't move, his middle finger tentatively inserted it into his pocket, grabbed a stack of banknotes and slowly moved outward, I don't know why the driver slammed on the brakes, Zhang Jinfa's body was unbalanced and alarmed the man, and the man grabbed his arm and yelled: "Second brother, Lao Tzu will kill you!" Everyone roared angrily: "Beat the second brother!" "Kill him! Shoot him! ”

Zhang Jinfa's eyes were pitch black, and his mind was buzzing. The car came to an emergency halt, and a crowd of angry people scuffled and dragged him out of the car. In the chaos, someone tore off his clothes and trousers, wearing only a pair of trousers, his whole body was blurred with flesh and blood, and two large blood bags protruded from his forehead. He was spread on the ground like a dead man. People still don't understand their hatred, and they flock to it and kick it around. Jiang Lilian was bleeding in her heart, pretending to be an outsider and shouting: "I can't fight anymore, I'm going to die!" ”

The police rushed to hear the news, and after a brief understanding of the situation, they dragged Zhang Jinfa into the police car. In an instant, Jiang Lilian couldn't control her emotions anymore and was about to rush up, Zhang Jinfa turned his head to stare at her, hinting: "Lilian, don't rush up, otherwise, we're all finished!" ”

The police car sped away, and Jiang Lilian was like a thousand arrows piercing her chest.