Chapter Seventy-Two: Freedom
Li Yin met Brother Deng and Zhang Xueyou in the second month after my verdict, I don't know how she applied, or maybe Brother Deng thought of his own way and came to visit the prison together. When we met, Li Yin was not as excited as before, his face was much better than before, Brother Deng should have known that I promised to go to work in his factory after I went out, and gave me a thumbs up and said: "Brother, it's okay, it's over, it's over, it's useless to regret it, just do it well in the future, and there are songs that you can't sing if you can't finish drinking!" I won't come to pick you up when you come out, you and Li Yin will go directly to me after arranging your own affairs, what you said before still counts. You see how good it is that Li Yin is like a different person now. ”
This time, I told them that I don't need to send money in, and now I have enough money to get out of prison.
When I returned to the cell, I counted the days I left, and received the last letter from Dai Hongmei before the reform, saying that I wanted to behave well during the reform, hoping to get the opportunity to reduce my sentence, and hoping that I would be able to visit the prison after I went out. I wrote back to her and told her that I would try my best to visit the prison, but as for her that there might not be much chance of meeting her after she was released from prison, I would most likely go to work in Zhejiang, hoping that she would be free as soon as possible.
Zhao Changping was released from prison at the end of April, and told me several times, and when he went out, he immediately looked for a job and got his salary, and came to give me money. I didn't refuse, and said goodbye to him by wishing him a smooth job search. But when the head and tail were sent over the next morning, the foreign worker told Wu Jianguo that Zhao Changping had come in again and was now in a prison, which surprised everyone in the cell and showed a hint of disbelief. After two days, everyone laughed when they saw Zhao Changping with a remorseful smile on his face.
"Brother Chang, let's register, what happened this time? What are you doing out there when you're out? I looked at Zhao Changping, who was squatting next to me to register, and asked.
"Damn, I don't have any money when I go out. I was caught stealing my phone. Zhao Changping replied with a look of annoyance.
"No one from your house picked you up?" I asked.
"No, how could someone pick me up and get in again. When I went out, I was given fifty yuan, just enough for me to take the bus to the West Railway Station and then take the bus to our county, there was no money for a meal, I saw a woman sitting next to me on the bus with a good mobile phone, I wanted to sell some money, buy some clothes, eat a meal and then look for a job, how did I think that I got my hands and didn't have time to turn off the phone She called, and I was directly caught, and then I went to the police station to get it and sent it to the detention center at night. Zhao Changping replied scoldingly.
"So you got out of prison and took a bus outside?" Wang Yongfei asked beside him.
"Well, it's only five or six stops away." Zhao Changping said with regret.
"You estimate that you can't do it well in half a year this time, and the time for you to commit the crime again is too short." I looked at him and said angrily and funny.
In the cell, there are still endless betel nuts every day, and the ground is unfinished, and the weather is warmer and there is less friction, and everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the paperwork, waiting for the day when they will go one step closer to freedom.
When Li Yin came to visit her in early May, she said that she had already told her family that she would go back at the end of the month. Li Yin's face bloomed with a smile, and he smiled and said that he didn't say that he was his husband but that he was bringing his boyfriend home.
When I saw the news on TV, it was already after the end of the night, and I was stunned when I saw the picture on TV, squatting against the wall at the door of the wind and a mess in my head.
"What's wrong?" Boss Xu asked after seeing my appearance.
"My girlfriend is Yingxiu, the one who sent me money these days and waited for me outside." I replied a little sluggishly.
Boss Xu didn't say anything, walked over and patted me on the shoulder, and nodded at me, with a hint of regret, sympathy or encouragement in his eyes.
When I worked the next day, I was completely out of shape, thinking about what would happen to Li Yin? Isn't it already on the way back at this time? Wang Yongfei and Huang Yuxin all knew about it, and when they were bagging together, they said some comforting words that I didn't listen to much.
When the shipment was shipped, I said to Cadre Xia: "Cadre Xia, can you make a call for me after the shipment is finished, I don't speak, just you tell her, my girlfriend is Yingxiu, I want to ask her what's going on now?" The girl you've seen is called Li Yin. ”
Xia cadre glanced at me sympathetically and said, "Okay, when the tenth prison finishes shipping, you can go out with me." ”
On the lawn where the detainees in the cell were basking in the sun, Xia Cadre used his mobile phone to dial Li Yin's phone and turned it off. Looking at me with a disappointed face, Xia Cadre said: "Maybe I'm going back, it should be that the phone is out of battery, I'll help you call again at night, and I'll get through." Don't think about it, you will go out in a few days, go out and find her by yourself, I think she is really good to you, the ice is so powerful A girl is alone outside for the New Year just to wait for you. You bask in the sun here, and when you send off the head and tail, you go back to the cell with the foreign workers. ”
On the fourth day, Xia cadre told me that I had been contacted, and Li Yin told me on the phone that her father had passed away, and it was estimated that it would take some days to deal with the affairs of the family, so I asked me to go home first and then go to Zhejiang to wait for her.
The detention center issued a notice that those who voluntarily donated money to the disaster area could register with the learners in each cell, and then the foreign workers would come and swipe their cards. Many people in the cell registered to donate, and I left 1,000 yuan and donated the other more than 2,000 yuan, which made Zhao Changping feel distressed.
On May 22, I said a simple goodbye to the people in the cell, and in their envious eyes, I followed the cadres on duty out of the iron gate of the detention center.
Walking out of the gate of the detention center, looking back at the sacred national emblem, feeling the warmth of the sun shining on my body, and looking at the traffic outside, I let out a long breath and was about to find a public phone to call home when I saw Huanglong.
"Why are you here?" I asked, surprised.
"Li Yin told me when you will be released from prison, and you don't have a car, I'll come and pick you up. I've booked a place to eat, and you go buy clothes for me to change from start to finish, and then we'll go to dinner. This is my girlfriend Xiaolei, have you heard of it or not, and she is ready to get married in November this year. Huang Long said with a smile.
"Borrow a phone and make a few calls." I said after I got into his car.
I called home and told me that I was out, and after saying something to let my mother not worry for a while, I called Li Yin, and the phone was quickly connected.
"Qing'er, is that you?" Before I could speak, Li Yin's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"It's me, are you okay? How's it going? I asked with concern.
"I can't tell you on the phone for a while, but I'm fine, you can rest assured, you go back first, you can call Brother Deng and them, it may take a while for me to come out, you can arrange yourself to go to work first." Li Yin replied softly.
"Well, I shouldn't be going back today, I still have to meet a few people, help the people in prison with me bring some words, I'll come to you when I'm done."
Li Yin hesitated for a while before saying, "If you have something to do, don't come over, it's more chaotic here." ”
"It's okay, I'll accompany you, nothing busy. Brother Deng is not in a hurry at this moment. ”
"Alright then, call me before you come." Li Yin didn't insist anymore.
Huang Long took me to the Golden Mango Market and stopped the car, I went in and bought a short-sleeved shirt, a pair of pants and a pair of shoes, and found a small hotel, and he opened an hourly room.
I took a shower and put on a brand new outfit and walked out of the hotel door.
Huang Long smiled: "Brother, you're free!" Let's go, drink and go! ”