With a "bang", Ma Weiguo's belongings when he was in prison were all collapsed on the table by the prison guards. "Look, it's your stuff, what's missing?" Prison guards are routine, mechanical and numb.

Ma Weiguo was also numb, but when he saw the half-hand-painted concert ticket sandwiched in a yellowed student ID card buried in a pile of things, his eyes moved, and the tips of his fingers trembled, as if he wanted to pick it out of the messy and most of the useless belongings, but in the end he didn't do so, waiting for the prison guards to go through the formalities for his release.

The prison guards signed the release certificates and repeated the words they had repeated countless times to the prisoners who had been released from prison. "Everything is counted...... Don't say goodbye! Ma Weiguo only heard one head and one tail, and the others didn't hear clearly. He was looking at the graying hair of the prison guard in front of him, wondering how many years he had worked here, how many people he had said such things, and how many release procedures he had handled. Ma Weiguo also knew that such a boring thought was ridiculous, but this is how life has been boring in recent years. Since his sentence was increased, he has been discouraged, and his active performance in the previous stage is like two people. He lost interest in anything except the compulsory subjects of eating, sleeping, letting off steam, studying, and participating in labor. Every day it starts like a machine, runs according to a set program, stops at the prescribed line of sight, and repeats the same thing the next day, day after day, year after year. His head was empty, his soul was completely numb, a person could live so monotonously, Ma Weiguo seemed to understand what it meant to be in prison. Without BEYOND, without Yang Duoduo, he is an ordinary prisoner. The other prisoners no longer looked at him unpleasantly, for they had become of the same kind.

The prison's large iron door opened heavily, and there was a sharp and piercing sound from the friction of steel, which gave goosebumps all over the body. Ma Weiguo squeezed out of the crack in the door with his bag, and the strong sunlight sprinkled down on his head and face, making him unable to open his eyes, Ma Weiguo instinctively covered it with his hand. He suddenly felt that his action was very familiar, as if there was such a scene in every movie he had seen with a plot of being released from prison. At that time, he never thought that the same episode would appear to him, and now it seems that these images are still very real. These messy, accidental thoughts made Ma Weiguo feel that his head was not rusty and could still think of something.

There is a flat concrete road in front of the prison gate, and a classy-looking car is parked on the side of the road opposite. The lean Sihua suit and leather shoes, with his hands wrapped around his body, holding the big brother in one hand, looked around impatiently. Next to him squatted the silent iron head. Seeing Ma Weiguo walking out of the prison gate, Sihua waved his big brother openly, opened his arms, and walked towards Ma Weiguo in a hug. The Iron Head also stood up, looking uneasy.

"Welcome Comrade Ma Weiguo back to society!" The four modernizations enthusiastically hugged the former big brother. Ma Weiguo felt that his enthusiasm was a little contrived, and there was a taste of entertainment sent to him. On the contrary, he lowered his head and followed behind the four transformations, and from time to time he raised his face to glance at Ma Weiguo's iron head, which made him feel more sincere. Ma Weiguo was hugged tightly by Sihua, patting his back vigorously, his expression was very unnatural, and he looked at the iron head in confusion. Facing these two former little brothers, Ma Weiguo didn't know what to say. He carried the prison for them, but they were originally pulled to help by themselves, and they should do it themselves, not to mention who owes whom and who should repay whom. I am not so much in prison for the four modernizations and iron heads, but in prison for Yang Duoduo. Therefore, in Ma Weiguo's heart, he never felt that the Four Modernizations and the Iron Head should be grateful to him, and he never had a sense of moral superiority.

Tietou finally mustered up the courage, met Ma Weiguo's somewhat blank eyes, and said curtly: "Boss, I'm Tietou!" ”

Ma Weiguo was stunned for a moment, his reaction was a little sluggish, and he said with a stiff expression: "You are still so fat!" ”

The iron head "hehe" smiled and said embarrassedly: "The years are not forgiving!" ”

The honest smile of the iron head made Ma Weiguo feel that he was still so simple and realistic. He pushed away the four transformations, walked over and affectionately punched Tietou's shoulder, resolving the awkward atmosphere of the brothers reuniting after many years. However, the four modernizations were snubbed by Ma Weiguo, which seemed a little embarrassing. But in the shopping mall for the New Year, he had already become accustomed to changing everywhere without being shocked and smiling at him, and after his face changed slightly, he quickly returned to normal, and continued to laugh and joke with Ma Weiguo and Tietou, and pulled Ma Weiguo into his car.

The business of Tietou's restaurant is booming, and the income has more than doubled compared to when I was working; The four modernizations retreated from Hainan, went north to open up a new world, and opened an electronics factory in Zhongguancun, Beijing, where the business became bigger and bigger, and the people became more and more arrogant. But years of hard work in the business world have made his eyes no longer simple, full of complexity.

The car was speeding on the road, Ma Weiguo was sitting in the back seat, and Tie Tou was sitting in the passenger seat in the front row, and the car fell silent again. Tietou looked back at Ma Weiguo, still smiling straightforwardly, Ma Weiguo smiled, and then looked at Sihua, he was also looking at himself in the rearview mirror. Ma Weiguo turned his face out of the window and looked at the backward scenery on the side of the road. Nine years have passed, swept by the tide of the market economy, this small city that was closed and broken by the walls has been reborn, the population has increased, high-rise buildings have risen from the ground, shops and shopping malls on the street are next to each other, and pedestrians on the street are bustling. The city is becoming more and more prosperous, from the lifeless yesterday to today's energetic appearance, which makes Ma Weiguo very unfamiliar, and he now finally understands the special meaning of the professional term "return to society".

News such as "Hong Kong's return to the motherland" were broadcast on the radio...... Ma Weiguo's heart moved, took out his student ID card from his bag, took out half of the hand-painted ticket, and looked at it carefully. The return of Hong Kong means that seeing BEYOND may not be a dream, but will Yang Duoduo continue to fulfill the agreement between them? Ma Weiguo laughed self-deprecatingly, laughing at his delusional thoughts, laughing at himself for being unrealistic, after so many years, he was still thinking about that illusory agreement, the person who didn't know where he was now.

Tietou was about to ask Ma Weiguo what he was looking at, when Sihua's phone rang, and he was making a phone call while driving, and the phone was almost never disconnected along the way.

", if you say you don't have any money, you'll unload your legs, and stupid X will give him face...... Shout, look at what you said, how can I forget you, do another thing, and you will ...... the earth Haha, it's a fault to be rich, and I'd rather be wrong again and again...... Mr. Hao, oops, it's so unfortunate that I'm not in Beijing...... Is it not benevolent to buy and sell...... Alas, alas...... The Asian financial crisis didn't leave me behind, oh, you can give me a few more days, I'm driving here, the signal is not good, I'll go back to you when I turn around...... Hey, hey, hey......"

Ma Weiguo and Tietou didn't speak again, he looked at the city outside the car window motionlessly, feeling a little lost in his heart.

Some popular songs were playing on the radio. The call of the four modernizations finally came to an end, and Ma Weiguo said impatiently: "What are you singing about?" Greasy and crooked! ”

"Hey! It's trending right now! That's what you want......"

"Turn it off." Before Sihua could finish speaking, Ma Weiguo interrupted him. Sihua silently turned off the radio, and the expression on his face was a little gloomy. Tietou looked at Ma Weiguo, then at Sihua, and suddenly became excited: "Big brother, sing us your "Goodbye Ideal", I haven't heard it for a long time." ”

"Dead!" Ma Weiguo shook his head and simply said something that made his brother incomprehensible.

"Dead?" Tietou didn't understand, looking at the four modernizations, the four transformations didn't say a word.

"Dead in my heart." Ma Weiguo said "um" and added. He didn't explain it again, only he could understand the meaning of this, and no one understood it when he told others. There was silence in the car again.

Sihua took the initiative to break the deadlock and said: "Weiguo, whatever you want to eat, you can order whatever you want, you can order the best hotel in the county!" There is a shortage of oil and water in there, and today buddy will make up for you! ”

"Send me home."

"Don't don't, don't, I specially greeted you at home, now you belong to us, you have to let me and Tietou get close. Right, Iron Head? The iron head nodded busily.

Ma Weiguo was speechless, and was silent for a moment and said, "Whatever!" ”

"I'm afraid of whatever, this can be casual." The four modernizations complained to themselves. Ma Weiguo glanced at the four modernizations unhappily, the arrogance and self-righteousness of the four transformations made him feel very awkward, but it was difficult to say anything.

The iron head said, "Why don't you go to my place, I'll cook it myself." ”

"Just your big fart land, what's delicious, take you to eat seafood, a newly opened seafood city, the boss is my buddy." The four modernizations rejected Tietou's proposal and made their own claims.

"Let's go to the Iron Head!" Ma Weiguo spoke, Sihua choked and snorted, and did not object. Ma Weiguo didn't know why he was so disgusted with the four modernizations, and he was against him everywhere, and he only thought about it later, this is just a commonplace thing - jealousy. He has been squatting in prison for so many years, and he has nothing, and the four transformations unabashedly show off his success and his wealth in front of him, which makes his jealousy naturally swell.

The iron-headed restaurant, because it is not a place to eat, the restaurant is deserted, only the wife of the iron head is cleaning, and there is no waiter or chef in sight. Seeing the servants walking in, the iron-headed wife hurriedly greeted and poured tea and water. Sihua and Tietou glanced at each other and smiled secretly, as if there was some conspiracy. Ma Weiguo saw it in his eyes, and he didn't know what kind of fame they were going to make, so he didn't ask.

When Tietou's wife made tea for Ma Weiguo, Tietou ordered very gentlemanly: "Call Big Brother!" ”

"Big brother." The iron-headed wife called out very obediently. Ma Weiguo hurriedly nodded in agreement, and was about to get up, but was pulled by the iron head and sat down. Tietou looked at Ma Weiguo with a smile, and Sihua also smiled evilly beside him, laughing so much that Ma Weiguo's heart was furious.

Tietou finally couldn't help it and reminded Ma Weiguo: "My daughter-in-law ...... You forgot? Our classmate Li Fang! ”

"Huh?" Ma Weiguo looked at Li Fang blankly, he really couldn't recognize it, and he looked embarrassed.

Sihua slapped his thigh, "Hey! It's Gezhouba, who sleeps in class...... Shooting every day, what is the weight lost by the iron head, there is a girl who still wants a boy......" Li Fang went to the kitchen with a red face.

Ma Weiguo realized this and was a little surprised. "It's changed so much, really!" He looked at the iron head with admiration, "Your baby is really good!" I remember Gezhouba back then, oh, your daughter-in-law didn't care about you at all, and finally let you get it done. Tell me, what bad tricks have you used? ”

The iron head just smiled honestly, did not speak, and looked happy and satisfied. Sihua took over the conversation and said, "They are the only couple in our class." ”

Tietou cooked a few dishes, had lunch, and went to Sihua and Tietou's house to visit them respectively. In the evening, the servants sat on the wall of Tietou's house and smoked, just like back then, lined up, and the city was still under their feet, with high-rise buildings and more vitality. Ma Weiguo pedaled a pair of cloth shoes and habitually squatted on the wall, as if in the trumpet.

As the sun approached the horizon little by little, it narrowed the harsh light of the day, becoming peaceful and warm, and twilight enveloped the city, giving it a dreamy hazy color. They all felt a kind of peace, quietly looking down at the place where they had lived together, happy and troubled, thinking about those troubled past. The day is too noisy and too busy, so people don't have time or heart to reminisce, and in the evening, when everything calms down, the memory comes to the surface for people to reminisce.

Sihua dragged Ma Weiguo and Tietou into his car and insisted on taking them to the song hall to sing. The song hall was decorated with gold, with scantily clad girls and heavy makeup coming and going, and the guests who came to circulate behaved flamboyantly, laughing very presumptuously, and constantly moving hands and feet to the girls in their arms.

Ma Weiguo, Sihua, and Tietou entered a box. The "Mommy" in the song hall soon brought in seven or eight young ladies and stood in a row in front of the servants, each with an ambiguous, provocative smile on their faces. "Big brother, iron head, pick one by one, hurry up!" Neither Ma Weiguo nor Tietou have ever been to this kind of place, and they have no experience in looking for a young lady, but they are familiar with the four modernizations. Ma Weiguo and Tietou waved their hands vigorously to refuse, and the four transformations didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, pulled over one of the most beautiful young ladies, and stuffed them into Ma Weiguo's arms. As if he had been burned, Ma Weiguo stood up all of a sudden, nervous and at a loss. Sihua shook his head disapprovingly, pressed Ma Weiguo's shoulders with both hands, and pressed him back to the sofa. "Weiguo, your baby has been holding in it for so many years, and you can't touch a woman, can you not be angry? Today is to let you open the meat and defeat the fire! Don't worry, it's okay, I'm here! ”

Sihua turned his head to the young lady who looked at Ma Weiguo with strange eyes and said, "This is my eldest brother, you have a lot of tips with you." Miss immediately came to the momentum, and leaned sweetly towards Ma Weiguo's side, Ma Weiguo moved his buttocks, sat straight, like the posture in the number, and Sihua smiled and pushed Ma Weiguo. It's not a trumpet again, relax! Ma Weiguo glanced at Tietou as if asking for help, he was in a similar situation to himself, and he was also entangled by a young lady at a loss.

Miss saw that Ma Weiguo was very unnatural, stood up and skillfully took the microphone, enlivening the atmosphere, "Meeting is a dream, why is it too hurried to break up?" Jun once sang a song for me, and I will sing for you for the rest of my life...... I will give you a song "Too Soft Heart" to all bosses, I hope you are happy and unforgettable tonight. She has seen a lot of this kind of "chick" like a guest, once she is born and twice cooked, and after coming twice, she will go on the road.

At the end of the song, Sihua took the lead in applauding, laughing very presumptuously, and at first glance he was a frequent visitor in the Fengyue Field. Tietou and Ma Weiguo clinked glasses with each other, drank wine, and watched the four transformations coldly. "The Four Transformations have changed!" Ma Weiguo said to Tietou.

Tietou looked at Sihua, who was hugging the young lady, and said "um". "The world is changing...... "Iron Head said a philosophical sentence as he stared at the golden wine in his glass. He could feel Ma Weiguo's dissatisfaction with the four modernizations, although he was not used to the four modernizations, or was jealous of the four modernizations, but he felt that Ma Weiguo's performance was a little too obvious. After all, it was the brothers who reunited after many years, and they couldn't spoil the atmosphere. Between the Four Modernizations and Ma Weiguo, he wants to act as a buffer zone and maintain balance.

Sihua leaned over and said, "I know, Weiguo is still thinking about Yang Duoduo...... Don't think about it, there are some regrets, it's destined to be carried for a lifetime. The four modernizations pointed out Ma Weiguo in a tone that has experienced vicissitudes and insight into world affairs. Ma Weiguo didn't speak, and Tietou also chose to be silent.

Sihua then said: "From the moment you entered, she disappeared from the world, no one knows where she went, some people say that she went back to Beijing, but I have never seen her in Beijing all these years." ”

Tietou asked Ma Weiguo: "Big brother, are you going to look for it?" ”

Ma Weiguo took a sip of wine, shook his head and said, "Put aside those past events!" He changed the sentence "put aside the reality and have no worries" in "Goodbye Ideal", and the deep meaning may only be understood by himself.

Sihua's eyes lit up, and he looked at each other with a smile, and said: "The feeling is very deep, this person!" Still have to go to jail. I think Chi Zhiqiang was a little actor back then, he was in prison and became a big singer! Wei Guo, this song still has to be sung, how can you sing that sentence? It's the last sentence of "Goodbye Ideal"! "Sihua tried hard to recall, and finally remembered it like a sudden realization," shouted Rock together

'Roll…… Maybe, you can become the second Chi Zhiqiang! ”

Seeing the four transformations, the iron head unscrupulously exposed Ma Weiguo's scars, and the psychological balance was tilted in favor of Ma Weiguo, and he was stopped by Ma Weiguo as soon as he wanted to have a seizure.

After singing, the servants walked out of the song hall, and it was already late at night. Sihua was still unfinished, but he still refused to let Ma Weiguo go back, and dragged him and Tietou to have supper.

They sit at a late-night stall at the corner of the street, the table is full of food and beer, and although it is a simple food stall, it has a warm feeling unique to a small town. The three beer bottles "banged" into each other, and the servants blew beer on the bottle, and after a while, they drank into the small half bottle. Tietou put down the beer bottle and asked, "Boss, what are you going to do?" ”

Ma Weiguo took a bite of the dish and said, "Stay at home for a while, accompany the elderly, and then talk about it!" ”

Tietou said seriously: "Go to the store to be the boss, that store is registered in our names." Ma Weiguo's hand stretched out to pick up the vegetables stiffened, and a warm current surged through his heart.

Sihua "sighed", and said with some smirk: "Just this broken ground, how much money can you make?" Dude, I am in Beijing, such a big company is only for the country to solve the employment problem, Wei Guo, follow me to Beijing, I will let you be the vice president, otherwise I will be the chairman, you will be the general manager, all in your hands. What do you think? Besides......" Sihua smiled ambiguously, "Maybe one day I can meet Yang Duoduo on the street?" The lover of your dreams, reunited after breaking the mirror! The iron head glared, the four transformations who were already a little drunk were unconscious, and then began to show off their history.

"I think back then, after graduating from college, I went directly south, landed on Hainan Island, and earned the first pot of gold in my life." Sihua brightened his eldest brother, and then said: "Then go north and show your strength in Zhongguancun in Beijing, Zhongguancun knows, China's Silicon Valley, do you know what Silicon Valley is?" Sihua heroically drank a big sip of beer and gushed: "In this society, you must have the courage to do things and dare to make decisions. ”

Tietou sneered and said, "Isn't it also given by the eldest brother how awesome you are?" ”

Sihua said disapprerovingly: "What kind of person, what life!" ”

The impulsive iron head Huo Ran stood up, splashed the beer in the cup on Sihua's face, overturned the table, pointed at Sihua's nose and scolded: "Sihua, I've been putting up with you for a long time, it's amazing to have a few stinky money!" Look at the cowardice you used to be, who covered you? If something happens, you know that you cry like a, who will help you carry the bag? ”

Tietou controlled his excitement for a moment, and then said: "Why don't you forget, I can't care about it, but I have always had a stone in my heart all these years, and I can't let it go!" ”

Sihua's face was dripping with wine, and he glanced at Ma Weiguo, who sat still and looked down at the ground. Sihua, who couldn't get over his face, stood up suddenly, "You took the wrong medicine, what are you trying to do with me?" Why, I'm developed and you're jealous? That's my ability, you have the ability to make a lot of money! ”

Tietou was furious, rushed over to fight the four transformations, Ma Weiguo grabbed Tietou's arm, this was the first time Ma Weiguo saw Tietou's temper.

Ma Weiguo persuaded: "Forget it, the four modernizations don't mean anything else." ”

When the iron head overturned the table, the soup water burst out and spilled onto the clothes of several people at the next table, and they looked like local ruffians. One of them came over scoldingly, "Melon skin, you don't have long eyes, make Lao Tzu a body, Lao Tzu's jacket is hundreds!" Money! ”

Sihua was already with an evil fire in his belly, and when he turned around, he punched the little ruffian to the ground. Seeing this, several other ruffians picked up their wine bottles and rushed at Ma Weiguo, Ma Weiguo turned around quickly, raised his foot and kicked over a guy who smashed the wine bottle at him. Seven or eight people scuffled together, and these little ruffians were obviously not the opponents of Ma Weiguo and his servants in the prime of life, and they were beaten down after a while. Seeing that victory was in sight, another group of ruffians who had been called by phone to help rushed over from across the street, and there were more than a dozen of them. Ma Weiguo, Tietou, and Sihua saw that the situation was wrong, and fled in the alley in the middle of the night......

Sihua shouted loudly while running: "You can still be impulsive, which means that you still have passion for life; Always impulsive, it means that you don't understand life yet. ”

After shaking off the little ruffians, they slowed down breathlessly. Looking at each other, they were all sweating profusely and disheveled, and they looked at each other and smiled, as if they had regained their youthful friendship that had been sealed for many years. They walked side by side on the silent and deserted streets, their shadows stretched long by the street lamps.