The training meeting for middle-level and above cadres of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce was held for several days. Speeches at conferences, discussions in small meetings, and people swallow clouds and fog in closed spaces. The speaker speaks brilliantly and makes the listener a pleasure; Those who do not speak will only read from the script, follow others and speak clichés, and make the listeners suffer.

After all, there are too few people who can speak. Li Fei felt that he had also become a gyroscopic butt and couldn't sit still. I always want to run outside.

This afternoon was a group meeting, and Li Fei was worried about the recruitment of hotel personnel, so he asked Wei Qihuan, the host of the meeting, for an hour off, and left the venue.

Li Fei walked to Xinshang Street, there were not many people and cars on the street in the afternoon, and pedestrians were concentrated on the shadow side of the building. There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and a young man was seen running lifelessly in front, followed by a group of young men armed with long knives and short sticks.

The fugitives fell in a panic, and the people who were caught up were slashed with knives and sticks. Passers-by panicked and avoided it.

A tall young man in the crowd stepped forward and shouted: No fight! If you fight again, you will die!

One of the group beaters dragged a stick, gritted his teeth, walked over, walked in front of the tall young man, and suddenly exerted force, raised the stick and hit the head.

The tall young man hurriedly dodged, saying that I didn't provoke you again, why did you hit me!

The guy who beats the guy is saying, "You're like — a fucking character!" To - you meddle! Lao Tzu is the one who fights! He added an accent to a sentence, and waved the stick in conjunction with the accented stanza, as if he was performing a beating performance.

Apparently he was too underestimated.

The tall young man dodged a few times, making him miss each shot. Before Li Fei could see what was going on, the wooden stick had already changed hands to the tall young man. The tall young man made a gesture to swing his stick, but the stick was raised in the air and did not fall. He just scared him.

The guy panicked, turned and ran back. I stumbled and almost fell. There was a burst of laughter and cheers from the crowd of onlookers.

At this time, the rest of the group of thugs came up together and rushed towards the tall young man. The young man fought and retreated. When they retreated to the front of the commercial building, the group of beaters began to outflank the left and right, and they were about to form a circle, and the situation was very bad for the tall young man. I saw him sweep with the stick in his hand, forcing the besiegers to retreat. Suddenly, he turned and fled, and the besiegers followed him closely.

It's over, it's over! Li Fei's worry shouted out of his mouth. Seeing that the scene just now is about to be repeated. If he fell to the ground like the one he had been beaten before, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The tall young man ran to the wall outside the gate of the China Commercial Bank, suddenly turned around, and faced the enemy with his back to the wall. Only then did Li Fei understand his intentions. He wants to use the wall behind him to change the passive situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back.

Li Fei looked at the young man: tall but not thin, strong but not fat; The fluffy long hair is naturally parted, the two thick eyebrows under the forehead are tightly locked, the pair of bright eyes under the eyebrows are round, the high nose and wide mouth are kicking the rough air, and the sweat on the forehead and feet is dripping. The top three buttons of the shirt were open, revealing a broad, undulating breast.

Although he was calm and alert, Li Fei still pinched a cold sweat for him in his heart. After all, they are outnumbered, and danger can happen at any time.

Suddenly, I heard someone shouting: The police are coming! The police are coming!

The group of beaters scattered in an instant, and they ran away without a trace. The injured were taken to the hospital for emergency treatment. Two policemen walked towards the tall young man, apparently trying to take him away. The tall young man was not convinced and pleaded loudly to the police. The police couldn't help but say that they would take it to the police station first. While he wanted to take it away, he refused to go, pushing and shoving on both sides, seeing that the situation was about to be messed up.

Li Fei stepped forward to testify, saying that he could prove that the tall young man was just a persuader and a passer-by.

Who are you? A young policeman looked at Li Fei with suspicion.

Li Fei said, I am not his person, and I have nothing to do with him. Like him, I'm a passerby.

The young policeman waved his hand: You can come with us too!

Li Fei originally wanted to rescue the tall young man, but he didn't want to even get in himself.

At the police station, both of them made detailed records. Only then did Li Fei figure out the situation of the young man. The young man's surname is Gao Mingyang, a native of Xiangzhou Gaochang. He served in the Beijing Armed Police for three years. Just left the army last year.

Because the rural hukou has not been assigned a job, a relative is now watching the construction site. Today's shift rests, ready to go to comrade-in-arms Xiao Wu's house to play; Passing by the new commercial street, I encountered slashing and killing, and I didn't have to think about it, so I stepped forward to dissuade it. Who knew that I almost got involved.

Li Fei saw that the young man was handsome, witty and brave, and he was a former armed policeman, and he wanted to set up a security team in the hotel in the future, and he must be a talent that could be used.

Li Fei handed him a business card and said that we need security personnel there, and if you are interested, you can apply.

Gao Yang took the business card and looked at it, and put it in his shirt pocket. thanked Li Fei and still went to his comrade-in-arms Xiao Wu's house.

Xiao Wu's family lives in a dormitory in an alley behind the old street. This is an old building in the 60s, with a total of three floors and a unilateral corridor, where a total of twenty or thirty families lived. Xiao Wu's house is in a single room on the ground floor. The entrance is a place to cook and eat, and the inside is a place to sleep.

The sleeping quarters were divided into two small rooms, each just the length of a bed. Xiao Wu's mother lives outside. Xiao Wu and his second brother live in the room. Although there is a window in the room, it is close to the wall of the neighbor's house, and it does not see the light of day all year round. Lights are also lit during the day. Due to poor ventilation, the dampness in the house is very heavy, and most of the wall skin has fallen off.

Gao Yang told the story of what he encountered on the road.

You baby, how dangerous it is, you must stay away when you encounter this kind of thing again. Xiao Wu's mother, who was cooking, said. The house was filled with the smell of oil smoke and gas.

I just persuaded a few words, but who knew that they even beat me. Gao Yang said.

Xiao Wu gritted his teeth and said, these guys are looking for death! If we had a few more comrades-in-arms here, we would have beaten him up!

Xiao Wu's mother knocked the edge of the pot with a spatula "dong dong": you always don't let people worry about it!

Brother Xiao Wu three. The boss became a son-in-law. The second child is two years older than Xiao Wu and works as a temporary worker on the street. Xiao Wu's father died early, and in order to support Xiao Wu's three brothers, his mother worked as a porter by the river in her early years.

It is hard for ordinary people to believe that the mountains of wood piled up on the shore were actually carried by a group of women from the river boats one by one. Later, the road replaced the waterway, and the timber was directly transported by car, and Xiao Wu's mother also lost this drudgery to earn money.

Xiao Wu and Gao Yang enlisted in the same year and were in the same unit. It was the same year that I changed jobs. The two had a good relationship in the army, and they also had close contacts after returning home.

I was about to go to you, Xiao Wu said, do you know Perfume Star River Hotel?

Gao Yang shook his head and said he didn't know.

We are building a new three-star hotel in Xiangzhou, which is expected to open by the end of the year, and is now recruiting management personnel. Xiao Wu said.

What are the conditions, Gao Yang asked, do you want a rural hukou?

Gao Yang is a rural hukou, and this identity makes him feel inferior.

didn't say the hukou, Xiao Wu said, only said that the culture has requirements, and the manager level is college or above; Supervisor level technical secondary school or above......

Who do you listen to? So clear. Gao Yang said.

Xiao Wu said that I read the job posting.

Is there anything nearby? I'm going to check it out.

Seeing Xiao Wu and Gao Yang going out, Xiao Wu's mother chased after her and said, "I'm going to eat right away, and I'm still running outside?"

Out of the alley is Liberation Street. Jiefang Street is an old street, which was once prosperous in the sixties and seventies of the twentieth century. Later, the city moved south, and Jiefang Street declined.

What used to be a post and telecommunications office is now a post and telecommunications office. On the mottled exterior wall, there is a job posting for Perfume Star River Hotel.

The two stood in front of them and looked at it, and Xiao Wu said, let's go.

Gao Yang said to look at it again, he felt that he hadn't seen it yet.

Xiao Wu looked around and quickly uncovered the entire notice.

What are you tearing it off for? Gao Yang asked in astonishment.

Can we take it back and study it? Xiao Wu said with a playful smile.

Back at Xiao Wu's house, the house was full of the smell of food.

The second brother hasn't come back yet? Xiao Wu asked.

Xiao Wu's mother said, when the rice is cooked, you should eat first when you are hungry.

Gao Yang said, let's wait for the second brother to come back and eat together. Gao Yang and Xiao Wu are like siblings, and always follow Xiao Wu to call the second brother.

After Xiao Wu was discharged from the army last year, the resettlement office assigned him to the Food Bureau. The Food Bureau assigned him to the Fourth Grain and Oil Market Department. At this time, the country was reforming the grain and oil circulation system, and Xiao Wu did not work for a few days, and the grain and oil department was closed. Xiao Wu lost his job along with other employees.

Gao Yang asked what happened to Xiaowu's unit. It turned out that he heard Xiao Wu say that he might have to buy out his identity.

If you don't say this, it's annoying to say this. Xiao Wu said that now my mother is nagging at home every day, asking me to do temporary work like my second brother. I also graduated from high school and was discharged from the army. My classmates and comrades-in-arms are better than me, and they tell me to do something like my second brother, where do I put my face?

Gao Yang said, you are still qualified for placement and distribution, but I don't even have this. They are all soldiers for the country, what are the urban soldiers and rural soldiers? Urban soldiers are assigned work, but rural soldiers are not assigned work. It's so unfair!

Xiao Wu said, it would be good if you didn't leave the army at that time, the detachment leader valued you so much.

There is really no regret medicine. Gao Yang patted his thigh and said, don't talk about it.

Gao Yang's academic performance was good when he was in high school, and his teachers and classmates thought that he had no problem getting into college. Who knew that if you didn't do well in the exam, you would be a few points short and miss out on the university. Because of his good writing, diligence and cleverness, and good image, he was favored by the detachment commander after enlisting in the army. Arranged to work in the official class of the detachment. was jokingly called the "personal secretary" of the detachment leader by his comrades-in-arms.

When he changed jobs, the detachment commander repeatedly retained him and promised to recommend him to go to a military academy for further study. But he was bent on changing jobs, and refused to stay.

When Gao Yang was in junior high school, he had a crush on a girl, and after enlisting in the army, the two exchanged letters and made the relationship clear. Later, Gao Yang found out that he still had several rivals. He thought that he was far away in the army and could not reach the whip, so his service expired and he was not left behind. But after coming back, he still couldn't save the defeat.

The two were talking in the room when they suddenly heard a noise outside. Hurriedly came out, only to see a few policemen coming to the house. A young policeman was scolding Xiao Wu's mother, saying that Xiao Wu's second brother was fighting in a group outside, disrupting social order, and asked Xiao Wu's mother to hand over someone.

As soon as Xiao Wu heard the blood spurting blood, he roared at the young policeman, "You damn it, my second brother has committed an accident, you go to him." What do you want Lao Tzu and Lao Niang to yell?

Xiao Wu's mother hurriedly stopped Xiao Wu: My living ancestor, you go away. Don't worry about it!

Xiao Wu did not follow, pointed to the door and said, this is Lao Tzu's house, you go out with Lao Tzu.

Gao Yang stopped Xiao Wu while talking to the police. A few policemen knew that they were wrong, and their tones eased slightly. Seeing Gao Yang come forward to mediate, he went down the steps by himself.

The police are gone, and the mood to eat is gone. Xiao Wu's mother sat on a small stool at the door and wiped her tears: Xiao cut off his brain, he usually didn't know how much to tell him, but he just didn't listen. Someday you're going to have to pull people to eat guns. He also said Xiao Wu: You go with me to him and see where he died.

Xiao Wu was angry and refused to move. Gao Yang pulled him: I'll go with you.

Xiao Wu said, eat it.

Gao Yang said that he was not hungry, so we found him back to eat together.

said that he was going to find someone, but there was no direction; After the two of them went out, they wandered around the street. Walking to the door of Xiangzhou shopping mall, Gao Yang looked up at the four golden signboards at the door, Gao Yang said, this is Xiangzhou shopping mall?

Yes. Xiao Wu said, you don't even know about Xiangzhou shopping mall?

Gao Yang took out a business card from his shirt pocket and looked at it.

The business card is printed on: Xiangzhou Shopping Mall, Xiangzhou City - Li Fei - Tel: 0278-234518 - Address: No. 168, Xiangzhou Avenue, Xiangzhou City, Hubei Province

What is it? Xiao Wu asked for a business card from Gao Yang's hand, where did he come from?

It was given to the person who testified at the police station. Gao Yang said that their unit recruited security guards, and his tone was quite loud, and he asked me to find him. I don't know if it's true or not.

Xiao Wu said, if it's true or not, just ask if you know.

The two came to the guard room at the side gate of the Xiangzhou shopping mall, and saw an old man getting up to greet him, Xiao Wu asked, is there a security guard here?

The doorman replied that he hadn't heard of it. The two retreated. Xiao Wu said Gao Yang: You may have met a bubble skin (bragging).

Gao Yang said that it should not be.

Xiao Wu said, why don't we go to their office and ask?

Forget it, Gao Yang said, wait until the Perfume Galaxy Hotel can't do it.

Back at the door of the mall, Gao Yang glanced back at Xiao Wu: Let's go in and have a look.

Xiao Wu said, if you don't buy anything, what's so good?

Gao Yang said, can't you go shopping without buying things? Saying that, he forcibly pulled Xiao Wu into the mall.

At this time, it is close to the end of the day, and there are few customers in the mall. In the empty store, there is a song "Return from Target Shooting". Hearing this familiar melody, Gao Yang suddenly felt extremely nostalgic.

In three years, he left the imprint of a soldier. Like a religious conversion, there is a sacred and devotional experience. It's an unforgettable experience, like death, and people always have tears in their eyes when they reminisce.

Xiao Wu pushed hard behind Gao Yang: Go, I can't stand it! When I hear these songs, my hairs stand on end.

Coming out of the Xiangzhou shopping mall, far away, Gao Yang saw a familiar figure in the group of young people who were walking fast in front of him. Gao Yang said, Xiao Wu, do you think that's the second brother?

Xiao Wu looked at it and said that it seemed to be. With a wave of his hand, the two of them ran and caught up with the front. Gao Yang suddenly had an idea, kicked and asked Xiao Wu: Second brother, they can't have anything to do with the group of people who fought I met, right?