Chapter XII
After dinner, I was thinking about the arrangements for the eleventh holiday, when I heard someone shouting outside my yard, "Geng... Bright... ”
I shouted to the outside of the hospital, "Come in, come home!" ”
Before the words fell, I saw Da Pan holding a big box and pushing the door into the courtyard.
I opened the door and welcomed him into the room, looked at the big box he was holding in his arms, and asked curiously, "What is such a big box?" ”
Da Pan didn't answer, looked at me triumphantly, put the box on the bed and lifted the lid suddenly. Wow, it turned out to be a box full of 4WD and tuning parts!
"Help... Help me a... Put it on one piece, and we'll do it tomorrow... Let's go to the sky... Let's go out of the world! Da Pershing said excitedly.
"Where did you get so much money?" Looking at the box full of accessories, I couldn't help but wonder.
Da Pan said proudly: "Before... Two days ago, my grandfather... Grandpa's birthday gives... Give it to me, the way back... I'll buy them all on the way... Buy these! ”
He really dares to spend money, but I am definitely not willing to spend so much money on toys. But Da Pan is different, when he has money, he always spends money lavishly, and then he is deflated in two days, and according to my understanding of him, he should be out of money now. After asking, the result is not as I expected, and now he is penniless and white-faced.
We combined the best parts into one car, and assembled the rest into two cars. Because our family will go to grandma's house for a party at noon tomorrow, I made an appointment with Da Pan that he would go to my grandma's house tomorrow afternoon to find me, and then go to Tianwaitian to play with a four-wheel drive together. There is a runway where children can buy four-wheel drive cars and test them out, and when there are few people, the boss will stare at not allowing outsiders to bring the car to play, but when there are many people, the boss can't take care of it, we can play casually.
Early the next morning, I followed my parents to my grandmother's house, because my uncle's cousin Geng Qian was a girl and didn't like to play with the three of us bald boys, so I mixed with Liu Wei (the child of the eldest aunt's family) and Xu Han (the child of the second aunt's family) at every family gathering.
This day was no exception, the three of us got together, wandered around the compound of the Public Security University, and saw a lot of people gathered at the entrance of the auditorium, and then we knew that there was a movie at ten o'clock. We discussed that we had nothing to do anyway, so we decided to go in and have a look, but when we touched our pockets, we found that the three of us only had two yuan, just enough for a movie ticket. Seeing that the movie is about to start, it must be too late to go home and withdraw money, so in the end, I will simply buy a ticket, anyway, the letter is free of charge, and Liu Wei and I will just mix in one more.
Because Liu Wei is older and has obvious goals, I became the best choice to evade tickets and enter the venue. Just do it, just at this time, the entrance ticket inspection began, and the crowd crowded at the entrance. Liu Wei bought a ticket and squeezed into the crowd with Xu Han, while I kept a certain distance and followed behind them.
Seeing them walk into the auditorium in the open, I took a deep breath and followed the crowd to the ticket gate. When it was my turn, he pointed behind him to the staff without changing his face, and said with the acting skills he learned from Da Pan, "Uncle, there are too many people, and my brother and I are separated." The one in the back wearing a black jacket and glasses is my brother, and the ticket is with him. ”
The staff looked back in the direction of my finger, and while he was distracted, I slipped into the auditorium with the surging crowd, and by the time he turned back to look for me, I was nowhere to be seen. After taking a seat, the movie started quickly, and as the beautiful music sounded, the three blood-red characters of "red cherry" came into view.
After the two-hour movie ended, the three of us hurried home. The adults had been waiting impatiently, and when they saw the three of us returning late, they couldn't help but be scolded.
It wasn't until later that I learned that a movie that seemed unremarkable at the time was later rumored by word of mouth to become a well-known "Huang P'er". Looking back on the heroine's back and shoulders only exposed a few times in the film, I can't help but sigh: Is it so easy for the public's desire to be satisfied? The understanding of "Huang P'er" is not as good as that of a twelve or thirteen-year-old child? It's really sad and lamentable, in the long run, the country will not be a country...
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Da Pan arrived as scheduled, and the two of us rode straight to the Tianwaitian Wholesale Market.
In my memory, Tianwaitian should be the earliest small commodity wholesale market in Beijing, which was prosperous in the early 90s and was not completely closed until around 2000. The entire wholesale market is housed in an underground civil air defense fortification that resembles an air-raid shelter, and sells a wide variety of goods that carry the childhood memories of an entire generation of us.
Walking into the outer sky, through the front daily necessities and shoes and hats stalls, you will come to the area where toys are sold, and the stalls in several corridors are full of all kinds of toys, which is simply a paradise for toys. In my early years, I bought Saint Seiya, Special Forces, and Transformers here. Even though I'm almost 13 years old now, I can't contain the excitement that comes from the bottom of my heart when I come here.
When we arrived at the 4WD booth, we couldn't help but be dumbfounded, because the whole booth was surrounded by a group of children and parents because of the holiday, and the track placed next to the booth was bustling with no less than 40 children, and the number was still increasing.
Seeing this situation, I was a little hesitant, but Da Pan didn't think so, and pulled me directly into the crowd, complaining everywhere I went. The small complaints were not heard, and the few loud or scolding Pans turned their heads abruptly, rolled their eyes and pretended to look around for the source of the sound. When the children saw that they were tall and fierce, they had to obediently close their mouths and swallow their anger. Although I was ashamed of this, I had no choice but to learn from Da Pan's face and pretend to be bitter and hateful.
Finally, after squeezing the last two elementary school students, we managed to crouch down next to the track. Da Pan took off his schoolbag and took out two four-wheel drive vehicles from it, which were the first and second cars that we assembled last night. I looked sideways to find that the inside of the car in his hand was empty, the motor and battery were missing, and I was wondering when I saw Da Pan take out a treasure box from his school bag, which contained the newly bought yellow-headed motor and its components. I couldn't figure out why he had to disassemble the motor that had been installed yesterday, so I saw Da Pan unhurriedly start assembling the motor, and then took out a tube of lubricating oil and squeezed it on the gear, and gently flicked the gear with his fingers to spread the lubricating oil evenly between the entire components. It dawned on me that this grandson was deliberately showing off in public...
After installing the motor, he took out two rechargeable batteries from the treasure box and gently placed them in the body, pressed the buckle and deliberately turned the two batteries with the logo to the front, and finally reinstalled the roof, and the whole assembly process was completed in one go. In addition, Da Pan's emotions were very well controlled, and the elegance and calmness inadvertently revealed made the children deeply impressed, and they cast envious glances. All this was seen in my eyes, and I said that I hadn't seen him for two days, and the level of this grandson's pretending to be B had improved again.
There are two laps of the track, with the inner and outer rings connected from end to end, and the cars will return to their starting position after the entire track, judging by the difference between the two cars. At this time, Da Pan had already adjusted the car, and when he saw the opportunity, he put the car into the track, only to see his car shoot out like an arrow from the string. Sure enough, it didn't cost money, Da Pan's car was the fastest of all the cars present that day, which made him very proud. Sometimes he would deliberately let other cars run first, putting his own car behind to catch up, usually after two laps. Once, because the speed of the car in front was too slow, Da Pan's car caught up and directly knocked the car in front of him off the track, causing Da Pan to laugh wildly.
After playing for a while, seeing that the batteries he brought were all out of power, Da Pan stretched his waist and stood up, which meant that he was bored. Just as the two of us were about to leave, suddenly a racing car surrounded by metal galloped like crazy on the track, immediately attracting everyone's attention, including me and Da Pan.
I saw that this metal car chased the car in front of it at an overwhelming speed, because it was too fast, and finally ran against the car in front of it to complete the whole course. At this time, its owner was very proud, and his unbeatable energy was the same as that of Da Pan not long ago.
This made Da Pan very unhappy, and told me that the kid was too annoying and had to teach him a lesson, so that he could understand the truth of being humble. So he pulled me back to the track, approached the owner of the metal surrounding, and said provocatively, "Run... Run a lap! ”
The owner of the metal encirclement squatted on the ground, raised his eyes and glanced at Da Pan, and said disdainfully, "Run!" ”
So the two men each prepared their cars and put them into the track at the same time as they had cleared the track. The two cars went head-to-head through the first corner, and because the outer circuit had to go through a 360-degree vertical corner that resembled a roller coaster, Dapan's car that started on the inside was in the lead for the time being. However, after entering the outer road, he obviously felt that he was surrounded by metal and chased after him, and finally crossed the finish line first with the advantage of two bodies.
This made the owner of the metal encirclement even more excited, and kept high-fives and celebrated with his friends. I peeked at Da Pan, only to see that his face was blue and he didn't say a word, and he put away the car in a muffled voice and got up to leave. But he didn't take two steps and suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "I... I don't have this battery... There's no power.,You wait for me to change.。。。 Change two batteries! After saying that, he walked straight out of the crowd.
The owner of the metal encirclement was very disdainful of this, and he didn't know what to mutter to his companions with a hippie smile.
I hurriedly chased after me and said, "Do you want to buy a battery and run?" ”
Da Pan snorted, gritted his teeth and said, "Too... It's too hot.,If it weren't for the battery.。。。 There's no power.,Ya must run.。。。 Can't outrun me! ”
As he spoke, he wanted to pay for the battery, but when he touched his pocket, he remembered that the money had already been spent, so he asked me, "Pocket... Do you have money in your pocket? ”
I shrugged my shoulders and flipped my pocket out in front of him, and he sighed and said helplessly, "Gas... I'm! ”
Actually, I don't think so, after all, it's Dapan's car, and I enjoy more of the fun from the assembly process, and it's good to win the race with others, and it's also acceptable to lose. Da Pan is different, seeing that the car he spent a lot of money to assemble was only outrun by others because the battery was out of power, he was extremely depressed. It's a pity that we don't have a penny in our pockets at the moment, which is in stark contrast to the bustling children next to us who are crowded in front of the stall to buy racing cars and accessories, which makes Dapan even more disappointed.
At this time, Da Pan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he grabbed my arm and whispered, "I have... There's a way to buy ... Buy a battery, I don't know how dare you... Can't? ”
Hearing this, I knew that this grandson must not be holding back his fart, but he didn't want to admit it, so he said recklessly: "Nonsense! If you dare, I dare! ”
He looked at no one on the left and right, leaned into my ear and said, "One... I'll see what happens in a moment... Lonely children, robbery... Steal him some money! ”
As soon as I heard him say the word robbery, my heart immediately hung up, and I still remember my previous experience of being robbed. I haven't told anyone about it, mainly because I'm afraid of being embarrassed to say it. I've always held a grudge against the man who robbed me, and I thought I'd be ashamed if I saw him again in the future. But now, when I heard that Da Pan was going to rob other people's money, my mentality changed subtly, and I vaguely wanted to prove that I was not a coward by robbing money. I hesitated for a moment and then agreed, and Da Pan and Da Pan hit it off and formed a two-person criminal gang, ready to rob the lone child.
Da Pan was very surprised by this, and he originally planned to get off the donkey, but now he had to drive the ducks to the shelves. Before we started, we reached the following consensus: 1. The goal must be a person, and there can be no friends or parents around us; 2. Be young; 3. Have money in your pocket.
I was silently doing a rehearsal in my heart, but in fact, I was subconsciously imitating the person who robbed me. I took all the details into account, including the eyes, expressions, movements, and words of the robbery. Specifically, the eyes should be empty enough to show extreme contempt for the other person; Be ruthless in your expressions and make the other person think I'm a bloodthirsty person; In terms of action, you can crook your mouth and spit, leaving the other party with a cynical impression; In terms of language, the classic sentence "search for a dime and smoke a big mouth" is enough to make the other party pay for it obediently.
The two of us searched for targets outside the four-wheel drive toy stall, but we waited for a long time and couldn't find a suitable person. Although there are many children who come here, most of them come with their parents or a few people, and there are very few children who come alone. finally waited for a lonely boy, Da Pan mustered up the courage and was about to step forward but was pulled by me. He looked at me with a confused look on his face, and I yelled at the boy, explaining, "Don't you see that he has so many cars in his hands, and he must have spent all his money like you, and he didn't have a dime in his pocket." Hearing this, Da Pan was immediately discouraged, but he was unwilling to give up, so he had to regain his spirit and continue to look for the goal.
We stood stupidly for half an hour, during which we also waited for a few children to come to buy toys alone, but because we were thieves and wanted to observe more, we missed the best time to start. Just when we were disheartened and about to give up on this robbery plan, a little fat man appeared in the field of vision, he was not too old and alone, and he was trying to squeeze into the crowd at this time.
Da Pan and I looked at each other, nodded to each other, and finally locked onto the target.
Seeing that I was really going to rob the money, it was false to say that I was not afraid, and my legs began to tremble involuntarily. Don't look at it this time, we are robbing others, but I am more nervous in my heart than when I was robbed.
Because Da Pan Sheng is tall and inarticulate, people lack enough trust, so according to the plan, I stepped forward to lead the target to a secluded place. And Da Pan ambushed here in advance, and when the target appeared, he would form a front and rear attack with me, and give the other party an urn to catch turtles.
After making up his mind, Da Pan turned around and went to the agreed corner to ambush, in order to paralyze the target, I held Da Pan's best four-wheel drive car in my hand, and approached step by step in a nervous mood. At this moment, the little fat man was still trying to move his body towards the toy stand, unaware of the impending danger.
Staring at the little fat man in front of me, I was so nervous that my nerves were about to break. Just as I reached out to pat him on the back with a trembling hand, I was suddenly tapped on the shoulder from behind. I just felt like I was almost out of breath, and my first reaction was the incident at the east window, and I wanted to turn around and run away, but my legs didn't obey me at all.