The next morning, after a routine examination by Dr. Zhang, Xiao Jian was told that there was no major problem, Xiao Jian seemed very happy, and the gloomy mood of his parents for several days was also swept away. At Xiao Jian's strong request, Xiao Jian's parents completed the discharge procedures, and Xiao Jian returned to his hometown in Pingchuan City accompanied by his parents.

This home Xiao Jian has not been back to for many years, it is a 60-square-meter two-bedroom apartment, which is a welfare house allocated by his mother's unit in the nineties. Although it is much smaller than the house that Xiao Jian bought in Jiangzhou City, it is full of Xiao Jian's best memories and family warmth.

After returning home, Xiao Jian subconsciously touched his pants pocket, but there was nothing.

"Mom, where's my apple?" Xiao Jian asked anxiously.

"The apples are finished in the hospital, and my mother will go to the supermarket to buy them for you, and you can rest at home these days."

Yes, it's 2004, where is the Apple phone? Xiao Jian couldn't help but smile bitterly twice.

"Mom, where's my phone?" Xiao Jian asked again.

"You were drunk and threw up, your pants were washed, your phone was taken out, and it was placed at the head of the bed in your bedroom."

Xiao Jian walked into his bedroom, the room was not large, the layout was simple, a single bed, a bookcase, a writing desk, and a stool. This is the room where Xiao Jian studied and lived in junior high school and high school, and there is also a big slam dunk pictorial of the flying Jordan on the wall. Since leaving home to go to college, Xiao Jian has rarely returned.

Xiao Jian looked at the mobile phone lying quietly on the bedside, it was an old-fashioned dark blue Nokia 3310, wasn't this the mobile phone he bought when he was a sophomore internship?

Xiao Jian sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at the antique phone. The dark blue plastic shell, the sleek outer contour, the appearance is indeed a bit old-fashioned, and there are many scars on the back, which should be caused by accidentally falling to the ground.

Xiao Jian pressed the boot button, and remembered with the familiar melody, the classic two-hand dynamic boot picture appeared, Xiao Jian couldn't help but sigh that the former king was defeated by a small apple. Its black and white screen is glowing with a soft dark green backlight, and its long standby time is really enviable compared to today's smartphones that charge once a day.

Xiao Jian looked through the call records of his mobile phone, Zhang Bin had made several calls to himself in the past few days, and he flipped forward, and there was a long-distance fixed phone number, which was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while. Flipping forward, Xiao Jian saw that he had made a phone call with Zhou Ran.

Xiao Jian began to check the text message inbox, and the inbox was almost full. In the era of feature phones, mobile phone Internet access is not realistic, and there is no entertainment, the only interest is to forward some text message jokes, at that time some people specifically relied on writing jokes to earn money to support their families.

The last few text messages were sent by Zhang Bin.

"Slut, are you alright, are you awake? Your dad thought I was getting you drunk and gave me a beating. —11 p.m., August 6, 2004.

"Slut, is it better? When will I be discharged? My mom won't let me see you, for fear that your mom and dad will pester me to pay for my medical expenses. —9 a.m., 7 August 2004.

"Slut" is Zhang Bin's "affectionate name" for Xiao Jian, Zhang Bin has played with Xiao Jian from childhood to adulthood, and only Zhang Bin will not be angry when he shouts Xiao Jian like this.

Zhang Bin's parents named Zhang Bin, of course, in the hope that their son would be able to be both civil and military, but unfortunately, Zhang Bin is not a student of study, and his grades have not been good when he was in school, and his family spent money to enter the junior college. However, Zhang Bin's long man is tall and big, with big shoulders and a round waist, and he is also quite bold, but he is a little close to "Wu".

Xiao Jian couldn't help but smile and scolded: Cattle! At the same time, I was a little moved, because this guy is the only one who is willing to send his drunken and drunken self home every day.

Flipping further, there are CRBT business text messages from mobile companies, funny text messages forwarded by college classmates, and among the many innocuous text messages, Xiao Jian saw a text message from Zhou Ran.

Xiao Jian hesitated for a moment, but still opened this text message: "Xiao Jian, I am about to get married, the wedding is scheduled for eleven, Jianguo Hotel, can you come?" ”

This text message evoked Xiao Jian's memories. If memory serves, Zhou Ran was the wedding held in Yanjing on the National Day in 2004. Xiao Jian had already deleted Zhou Ran's text messages and phone calls, and on the day of the wedding, he was playing legendary games in the dark in an Internet café. Later, a classmate who attended Zhou Ran's wedding told Xiao Jian that Zhou Ran looked left and right when he was welcoming guests that day, as if he was looking for something, and his eyes were a little red......

The regrets of the past cannot be missed in this life.

Xiao Jian is no longer entangled in the past, and the breakup is not Zhou Ran's fault.

Let go of the knots and start over.

Xiao Jian found Zhou Ran's mobile phone number and dialed it.

As the system prompt sound came from the earpiece, Xiao Jian's heart began to pound.

After three seconds, a familiar and somewhat hesitant voice came from the other side of the phone: "Xiaojian...... Is that you? ”

Xiao Jian exhaled deeply: "Ranran, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you that day." ”

Zhou Ran was stunned: "Little sword, I ......"

"Ranran, needless to say, I understand. I respect your choice", Xiao Jian paused when he said this, hesitated for a moment and then continued: "By the way, congratulations, you are about to get married."

After saying this, Xiao Jian felt a little panicked in his chest.

Zhou Ran's voice suddenly choked up, and he squeezed out a few words for a long time: "Xiaojian, thank you."

She was silent for more than ten seconds, feeling that she wanted to stop talking, like a pleading tone: "Then I will get married......

"Don't worry, I'll go," Xiao Jian gave a cheerful answer.

"Thank you."

"How's it going, has your uncle been feeling better lately?"

"Much better, thank you."

……

The knot was untied, and the two chatted like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, anecdotes about school, recent work arrangements, and the situation at home, chatting for more than an hour.

Putting down the phone, Xiao Jian fell on the bed all of a sudden, looked at the ceiling, and let out a long breath, feeling extremely relaxed and happy.

Lying quietly for a while, Xiao Jian seemed to suddenly think of something, a smart man sat up, picked up the mobile phone, and he turned out the long-distance phone number before, no wonder it felt so familiar just now, isn't it the landline phone of the Civil Servant Section of the Personnel Department of the Shanjiang Provincial Department?

The time of the call was August 5, 2004, that is, three days before August 8, 2004, the personnel department of the provincial department called him.

Xiao Jian vaguely remembered that it was Chen Chuanfeng, section chief of the Civil Servant Section of the Personnel Department, who informed him to report to the provincial department before August 30, which means that he had more than 20 days to report to the civil servants of Shanjiang Province.

Xiao Jian remembers that the Shanjiang Provincial Party Committee issued a special document that year, requiring every organ and unit in the province to send cadres to the grassroots level to help the poor. Zheng Xuan, because he is a native of Shanjiang Province, reported a few days earlier than Xiao Jian and went to work a week earlier, Zheng Xuan was good at sneaking in front of the leader and secretly obstructing him, so that the leader felt that Zheng Xuan's work had been started, which affected the leader's decision-making, and finally the leader chose to send Xiao Jian to the grassroots level among the two new recruits Xiao Jian and Zheng Xuan. After Xiao Jian was sent to the poverty alleviation village, because he was from another province and had no connections, he stayed in the village for five years before returning to the city bureau, and his career was delayed, while Zheng Xuan was on the rise, and five years later he was already the deputy section chief, and later he was successfully promoted to the main department and deputy department, and finally became Xiao Jian's top boss.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jian frowned, "No, I can't repeat the mistakes of history, what should I do?" ”