Chapter XII
Not only the Spring Festival, but also the three holidays of May Day, Eleventh and Spring Festival every year, there will be population migration in Dongguan. May Day has always been an important long holiday, many Dongguan women's unions take this rare 3-day holiday as an opportunity to travel, and the Spring Festival, the vast majority of the inter-provincial during the May Day will not go home, but visit friends and relatives in Guangdong. The cost is low, and the time is enough. Needless to mention in this province, Sun Xiaomei went home happily.
The Pearl River Delta, what a young and energetic place, Shenzhen, Dongguan, is said to have an average age of only 28 years old. There are even very few elderly people and children on the streets here. Small motorcycles, tricycles, taxis for hire, medium minibuses, buses, coaches, large as trains, all of them have young and childish faces, no old age and loneliness, full of youth and vitality.
Good things are the most likely breeders of evil. Only one day after May Day this year, I received an email from HR to everyone, beware of abduction and trafficking crimes such as drug abuse under the shoulder, coke drug addiction, and mineral water drug addiction. Two female workers are said to have gone missing.
The May Day holiday for male workers is relatively monotonous, and those who have girlfriends will take advantage of this small long holiday to have a good love trip. Although Dongguan is an industrial city, there are many tourist attractions. Lin Zexu sells the smoke pond and Humen Fort, Keyuan, Ying'en Gate Tower, Oyster Gang Shell Hill, Li Ancestral Hall, Nanshe Village, Jinaozhou Tower, Daling Mountain, People's Park, Shuilian Mountain Forest Park, Qifeng Park, Songshan Lake Taoyuan Park. Chu Li only likes two places, Humen Fort, and Chang'an Park, not to mention the proximity, in this rapidly developing city, Lin Zexu such a thick historical figure can be said to be one of the few books to be written, and it is also the most important historical imprint. When I was in school, the teacher said a poem by Lord Lin: "The sea is tolerant of all rivers, there is tolerance is a big wall, and there is no desire to be strong" is a motto for me. It is said that Lin Zexu is a righteous person. William Hender, an American businessman, recorded Lin Zexu in his literature as "dignified and stern."
Chu Li took a day off and took a car to Humen Fort alone, there were many people, most of them came to take pictures to commemorate. In fact, he had been here many times, but Chu Li still couldn't help but stare intently. The main fort is mostly made of stone and ash, sand and yellow mud masonry, and the plane is round and bright. Sitting behind the fort like a Qing Dynasty soldier, my mind seemed to fly to 170 years ago. I don't know how tragic the battle was at that time, but I know that the bones of 75 soldiers who fought against the British were buried on the hill behind the fort. Among them is also the general Guan Tianpei.
Looking at the wide river in the distance, facing the slight wind, the noise next to it seemed to be silent all of a sudden. There are many times when it is much happier not to speak than to speak. I have been in Dongguan for so long, and I don't talk a lot more than when I speak. People who enjoy solitude tend to have more fun than people who love to be boisterous.
Suddenly, dark clouds fell, and on the Pearl River in the distance, large and small ships did not know where they were coming. Chu Li was nervous for a while, is today a special day? Military parade or show? Why wasn't there an advance notice? For a while, the wind became wild, and as the ship approached, it was puzzling that it was actually an old warship. I don't know the flag of that country. Fan-shaped towards the direction of the Humen Fort. The crowd of tourists swelled, some began to get nervous, some began to run in all directions. There were even people who began to fiddle with the artillery up and down. Some of the women and children began to cry. There was chaos on the shore, but the battleship was getting closer and closer, almost within reach. Chu Li was actually in the crowd and saw Chen Si. With his back to himself, he stared blankly at the battleship on the Pearl River. The wavy curly hair was gently fluttering by the river breeze, the high shoulders, the thin waist, and the thin T-shirt on the body looked lonely. At this time, a blonde sailor on the deck of the battleship shouted: "Attention! ", the muzzle of the gun was suddenly aimed at the battery on the shore. FireοΌ "The devil sailor shouted another slogan." Peng ββββ" made a loud noise, and for a while, the cannon light flashed and the smoke of gunpowder rose everywhere. The battleship led by the leader opened fire on the Humen battery. A cannonball actually passed through Chen Si's thin body and flew towards Chu Li, Chu Li wanted to shout but didn't shout, Chen Si had turned into a red mist, and suddenly Chu Li only felt that his eyes lit up, and he was surprised that the cannonball actually turned into water droplets, hitting his eyelashes and face one by one.
"Hey! What are you doing? β
Chu Li opened his eyes and saw Huang Jing shaking himself with a pair of big eyes. A red umbrella blocked the bean-sized raindrops in the sky, crackling on the other side of the umbrella. There was a thunderclap in the sky. It turned out to be a dream?
"Huang Jing? Why are you here? β
"I'm playing, you see, a lot of my colleagues are here." Sure enough, there was a group of female workers with umbrellas behind them, all looking at Chu Li and laughing.
"You didn't have a boyfriend today?" When the words came out, Chu Li regretted it.
"Can you please stop ...... here?"
"Got it, I seem to have fallen asleep just now."
"I've never seen anyone sitting and sleeping. You seem to be crying. β
Chu Li wiped his face and said that it was raining.
"Are you alone? Where's your little henchman? Huang Jing smiled ill-intentionedly.
"How can I have a follower, do you mean Chen Jing?"
"yes, didn't you say that they all confessed? Got it all."
"I don't know where she went." Chu Li smiled bitterly.
"You didn't have an umbrella, did you? Come with us, I'll lend you an umbrella. I'm with any of them. β
Chu Li said thank you, took the red umbrella, and followed behind the female colleague. From time to time, Huang Jing looked back, and then covered his mouth and smiled with the female companion next to him. The rain in Dongguan is like a child's temper, it comes and goes quickly. All of a sudden, the sun rose again, Chu Li returned the umbrella to Huang Jing, Huang Jing said You keep it first, it will rain again if you don't keep it later.
Chu Li followed a group of people to the east and west, cooperated with them to take pictures, and then ate Shaanxi Liangpi under the food stalls. Until I received a call from Sun Ning.
Sun Ning arranged a basketball game and asked Chu Li if he had time, Chu Li said that it would be okay in an hour, Sun Ning's ball game was scheduled at 5~6 o'clock, so naturally there was no problem.
immediately found Huang Jing and told her to go back to the company first. Huang Jing smiled.
"You can bring the umbrella back first"
"No, it's raining. Thank you. β
"You really cried just now, I saw it."
Chu Li didn't speak, insisted on giving the umbrella to Huang Jing, said goodbye to the rest of the people, and went back by car.
When I returned to the industrial park, I went to the dormitory to change my clothes, and found that Chunlai was also changing clothes. said that you are finally here, Sun Ning is afraid that you will not come, there are old colleagues here today, very powerful. Chu Lijia lived next to the middle school when he was a child, and table tennis and basketball were his favorite sports. I often play late alone and go to the police academy, and I am also a better three-point shot in the department. Chu Li's personality is relatively withdrawn, he has a strong spirit of cooperation, and he is not greedy for merit. I have a very good relationship with my teammates. Table tennis is played very ordinary, but Chu Li prefers small balls. After all, basketball partners are hard to find, but table tennis is full of masters. Chen Si is said to have played particularly well.
Sun Ning waited on the basketball court early, saw Chu Li, stood up straight and waved his hand. There was also a young man sitting next to him, tall and thin in the uniform of the 76ers. Chu Li looked at the people on both sides, except for Sun Ning here, Zhan Zhun can fight, Chunlai must have made up, Gong Qing has not beaten clearly. Two of the other party are from the assembly workshop next door, and two don't know each other, and the rest is estimated to be the thin and tall man next to Sun Ning. Sun Ning was shouting Chu Li, holding two bottles of water in his hands. When he walked in, Chu Li felt that the tall and thin man in the 76ers uniform had been staring at him, and even felt slightly uncomfortable.
Sun Ning walked over, and threw the water in his hand into the sky, a beautiful parabola, Chu Li reached out to catch it, his face lowered slightly, but his eyes did not leave the young man. Sun Ning threw a can of Coke to him.
"This is Xia Hongfei, you just resigned before you came." Tilting his head and looking at the young man, "This Chu Li." β
"Hello." Chu Li said lightly
"Luckily!" Xia Hongfei stretched out his hand and whispered two words expressionlessly.
Chu Li was stunned for a moment, and stretched out his hand to hold it. At half past four in the afternoon in Dongguan, you can sweat when you walk a few steps, but you have a pair of cold hands. Xia Hongfei has a pointed face, very white skin, not as white as a man's, slender eyebrows, narrow eyes, upturned corners, and thin lips. He has long hair, his hair is obviously carefully trimmed, and his height is similar to that of Chu Li. Although it is only a short word "fortunate meeting", it makes people feel a little cold to the bottom of their hearts.
"Woo ......" The crisp and sharp whistle pierced Chu Li's eardrums...... The race is on.
Sun Ning and Zhan Zhun and Chu Li cooperated very seamlessly, the two people in the workshop next door were obviously pulled to make up the numbers, Zhan Zhun kept playing haha with those two people, and he could smell a cigarette smell when he was close to him when he was staring at the defense, Chu Li guessed that it was Zhan Zhun's smoker, and in less than 10 minutes, he lost nearly twenty points, but Xia Hongfei's performance was too eye-catching, serving, dribbling, passing, breaking the ball, and fighting for ....... If there is no him, this is almost a one-sided press, when Chu Li is attacking, every time he uses his teammates to make steals, forcing Chu Li to pass the ball to his teammates, so suppressed, it is difficult for Chu Li to score, but even so, Sun Ning and Zhanzhun blossomed in two places, and the game was still without suspense.
At halftime, Zhan Zhun and Yanyou both asked to get off the field, and Xiao Gao was replaced here, and the other party was replaced by two people, and they didn't know each other. One of them was tall and thin, with surprisingly white skin.
Xiao Gao is nearly 187 tall, and the rebounds barely give the opponent a chance, and even had a block. Xia Hongfei saw that it was difficult to make a layup, changed his strategy, broke through from Chunlai's side, and won three points repeatedly.
There are more and more onlookers, basically assembly line workers and security guards. Not a few cheers. There are a few people shouting Rukawa Kaede. Of course, Chu Li is self-aware that he is not calling himself, although Chu Li is tall and big, but his hair is very short, if he shouts Sakuragi Flower Road, he may still wonder if he is calling himself. The players on both sides are all talented except for Sun Ning, but after all, they are almost thirty years old, so they naturally have no idol halo. Among these 10 people, the most dreamy lover is undoubtedly Xia Hongfei. No, maybe the one with surprisingly white skin is also one.
Of the two people on the opposite side, one of them played very well. Chu Li recognized it as Zhu Qiao, the security guard in the workshop next door. Zhu Qiao was a soldier, he was slightly fat, but he was very flexible, although his height was a few points shorter than Chu Li, but he bounced like a bird. He obviously knew Xia Hongfei and was very familiar with him, and Chu Li instantly had this judgment. The eyes of the two are very tacit in their actions, passing, and covering, and even the tacit understanding is a bit suspicious. But after thinking about it, Xia Hongfei has worked in the company after all, and it doesn't seem strange to know Zhu Qiao. Another white-skinned handsome guy is decent, with more than enough skills, but not enough breakthrough ability.
Gradually, the score is getting closer, and the game is coming to an end. Everyone's physical strength is a little overdrawn, Chu Li is getting more and more comfortable, Xia Hongfei and Zhu Qiao are on guard, when Chu Li is close to the three-point line, dangling Zhu Qiao, and preparing to go to the basket, Xia Hongfei suddenly stretched out his hand to interfere, Chu Li has already jumped up, can't dodge, Xia fingers hooked the collar, the homeopathic neckline was torn off, and it was cracked until the back. The ball went in, and there was an exclamation from the crowd. I don't know who let out a scream, Chu Li subconsciously straightened his clothes, but a half-foot-long scar was exposed, the shoulder blade wound was large, and the shoulder area was thin. Like an oversized centipede, it crawled from its shoulders to its back, crimson and twisted exposed.
There was a hint of tension in the air, and everyone looked at Chu Li. Xia Hongfei walked over, patted Chu Li's shoulder with his palm, and said, "I'm sorry." β
Chu Li shook his head and said it was okay. Sun Ning signaled the end of the game. It was close to seven o'clock, and the sky was a little gray. Chu Li saw that Xia Hongfei was still standing next to Sun Ning. Chunlai was a little confused, peeking at Chu Li's scar from the corner of his eye, not knowing what to say. Chu Li smiled, grabbed Chunlai's neck and said, let's go!
On the side of the court, Chu Li saw that the two people had not left, and when he got closer, he found that it was Chen Si and Chen Jing. Chen Si was looking at himself, his eyes brightened. Chen Jing looked at Xia Hongfei opposite in a haze. Chu Li waved his hand, and Chen Si nodded. Chen Jing still looked at Xia Hongfei. Chu Li looked back, and Sun Ning was chatting with him.
Turn around and walk with Haru to the dormitory. The scar on my back feels a little hot. Looking back, she was following herself to meet Chen Si's gaze...... Or that scar?