Chapter 1: Back to the Past
"In the shooting competition of the 23rd Olympic Games in Los Angeles, which ended this morning, China's Xu Haifeng won the championship of self-shooting shooting, which is also the first gold medal won by Chinese in the Olympic Games, and it is a breakthrough in China's Olympic history."
"Let us congratulate Xu Haifeng on his brilliant achievements, and also congratulate other Olympic athletes in a foreign country for their brave achievements, winning glory for the country and returning with honors!"
"Next, please enjoy the song "Sweet Honey" sung by the famous Hong Kong musician Teresa Teng."
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Teresa Teng's soft and sweet singing voice floated in the loudspeaker broadcast, which seemed to be sweet into the hearts of every listener.
Shen Lin lay on the bed, but he didn't want to listen.
Looked at the roof without a look......
The old roof was mottled and cracked, and a patterned wire hung from a bare light bulb......
Looking at the familiar picture, his mind was full of thoughts.
I'm born again......
I went back 40 years, July 29, 1984......
The memories that had been pressing on his heart for many years clearly surged up in his mind.
He will never forget this day......
1984 was the year of the Olympic Games, and it was also the first time that the new Chinese team participated in the Olympic Games.
Chinese athlete Xu Haifeng won the gold medal in shooting on July 29, and the Chinese stood on the Olympic podium for the first time.
On this day, the people of the whole country are excited!
But for Shen Lin, this day was the starting point of the tragedy of his life.
Before the age of twenty, his life was almost smooth sailing.
His father is the director of a large state-owned factory, and his wife is the most beautiful girl in the factory.
But all this changed with the sudden illness of my father.
My father retired from illness, and the factory was replaced by a new director, and the new director was once criticized by my father because of problems with my life style, and I held a grudge.
Secretly instructed the workshop director to put on small shoes for Shen Lin everywhere, and calculated the account on Shen Lin's head, after Shen Lin added a month of night shifts, he was tired and accidentally made a mistake, resulting in a batch of produced parts becoming scrap.
It stands to reason that this kind of waste caused by operation errors only needs to be compensated according to the internal price, but the factory director immediately announced the dismissal of Shen Lin.
This incident also became the fuse that detonated the powder keg, and at the all-staff meeting, Shen Lin, who was out of control, rashly shot and injured the factory director.
Not only did they lose their jobs, but they were also arrested and put in detention centers.
Unhappiness at work, frustration in life.
He's full of extremism, he's an alcoholic, and he's messing around with a bunch of fox friends.
His wife Lu Xiaorong begged her husband to turn back more than once, but Shen Lin not only did not appreciate it, but beat his wife.
Just tonight, he would beat Lu Xiaorong again because he was drunk, and neither he nor Lu Xiaorong knew at that time that Lu Xiaorong had been pregnant for more than a month.
Because of the heavy shot, the child was miscarried......
And by the time he sobered up, it was too late!
It was precisely because of the miscarriage of the child that the heartbroken Lu Xiaorong resolutely divorced him, couldn't afford to be sick, and died of depression three years later.
When he lost everything, Shen Lin couldn't regret it.
If God could give me another chance, I wouldn't ......
"Click!"
A soft sound woke up Shen Lin who was in deep thought. When he looked up, he saw a familiar and unfamiliar figure walking in.
Her tall figure is still the same, but she is thinner than she remembers, and her face is a little pale.
It's her, my love!
Shen Lin stood up excitedly, watching his lover reappear in front of him with burning eyes.
With his mouth open, a thousand words were blocked in his throat, but he didn't know what he wanted to say first, and he didn't say a word.
However, what Shen Lin paid the most attention to was the bruise on Lu Xiaorong's face!
Although Lu Xiaorong faintly concealed the traces with makeup, he could still see signs of injury if he looked closely.
This was the night before, I was drunk, and I accidentally pushed her down during an argument and knocked her on the door frame.
At this moment, a sense of distress and guilt surfaced in Shen Lin's heart.
Lu Xiaorong, who was carrying a plastic vegetable basket, glanced at Shen Lin, and then walked towards the back room with an expressionless face.
From Lu Xiaorong's expression, Shen Lin felt that the two of them seemed to be a pair of strangers.
Shen Lin instinctively stretched out his hand, he wanted to touch this person who had made him feel guilty all his life. But the moment his hand landed on Lu Xiaorong's shoulder, Lu Xiaorong waved his hand and opened Shen Lin's outstretched palm heavily.
There are no words, there is nothing between the two people, just indifference.
Lu Xiaorong's reaction made Shen Lin's memories deposited in his mind more and more clear. I thought of more things, all of which were bastard things I did when I gave up on myself in my previous life.
Mourning is greater than heart death!
Lu Xiaorong's attitude towards himself now is that his heart is dead!
"It's nice to see you now." Although he didn't know if Lu Xiaorong would understand his words, Shen Lin couldn't help but say.
Lu Xiaorong clutched the vegetable basket in her hand tightly, she didn't know what was wrong with Shen Lin today, but the past events made her not have the heart to talk to Shen Lin at all.
Therefore, she just silently put down the vegetable basket, and then silently picked the vegetables, as if two people, strangers in the same house.
An awkward atmosphere lingered between the two.
At this moment, even Shen Lin, who was a man of two lifetimes, didn't know what to say.
"Knock knock!"
A knock on the door came from the outer door, breaking the current embarrassing situation.
"Is Lu Xiaorong at home?" One spoke in a somewhat old voice.
When Lu Xiaorong heard this voice, his face changed first. Her hand paused for a moment, then headed for the door.
As the door opened, an old lady with gray hair and patched clothes came into Shen Lin's eyes.
It's the landlord, Aunt Chen.
When the old lady saw Lu Xiaorong, there was a hint of hesitation in her eyes, but in the end, she still said: "Xiaorong, you haven't given this rent for half a year." ”
"Auntie knows that it is not easy for you, but the old man of our family has always had high blood pressure during this period of time, and he has not even had the money to take medicine recently."
Lu Xiaorong's pale face suddenly turned red. She rubbed her hands together, her expression full of embarrassment.
"Aunt Chen, I'm ...... I should have given you the rent a long time ago, you see if this will work, I will pay my salary in two days, and I will give you the salary immediately. Lu Xiaorong said hesitantly.
The old lady's face became a little ugly, she groaned for a while, and still said: "Xiaorong, your difficult aunt knows that if there is a little way at home, the eldest lady will not urge you, but now, the eldest lady's family is really in urgent need of money." ”
"Hey, that's it, I'll go to my relatives' house to borrow it first, and you can also go to acquaintances, relatives and friends to borrow it, I don't want more, just give me a month's rent first." The old lady's voice was a little low: "If you haven't already, then you can live in another place." ”
As she spoke, the old lady glanced at Shen Lin inside, then shook her head and left.
From the old lady's expression, Shen Lin felt a kind of disappointment.
Rent, at that time...... At that time, it was as if I had never paid rent!
Shen Lin subconsciously touched his trouser pocket, and a crumpled five-cent piece was the wine money that he snatched from Lu Xiaorong the day before yesterday and was going to buy wine.
Just when the shame in Shen Lin's heart was getting more and more, Lu Xiaorong had already taken out a small bag from the dilapidated drawer.
A shriveled and ugly pouch with a few marks sewn by black needlework.
A few fluttering bills, with the small packets toppled over, fell on the table.
One dime, two dime, and the largest is a five-cent bill!
Looking at the sparse banknotes, Lu Xiaorong didn't say anything, she gently picked up the gross bills one by one, and then turned her head and walked towards the door.
"What are you going to do?" Shen Lin looked at Lu Xiaorong, who was leaving, and asked loudly.
Lu Xiaorong paused for a moment and didn't look back, but she finally spoke: "Borrow money!" ”
With these words, there was the sound of the door being shut.
Lu Xiaorong went to borrow money, and he was pregnant to borrow money, thinking of Lu Xiaorong's current situation, a huge sense of guilt suddenly rose in Shen Lin's heart.
He was stunned for a moment, and then quickly chased out the door.
When he chased out, Lu Xiaorong had already ridden away on his bicycle.
With a heavy sigh, Shen Lin stepped back to his residence.