A year later, Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia received a marriage certificate. Everything seemed to happen too quickly, but they all knew in their hearts that they didn't have much time to spend like everyone else, they were all young, and life might not be so difficult to have a companion in this city.

There was no grand wedding, everything was very simple, there were no happy guests, no groomsmen and bridesmaids, no emcee motorcade, and even the relatives of both sides were not present. Ma Weiguo's parents and sister Ma Hongmei were supposed to come to Beijing, but Ma Weiguo insisted on not letting them come because he really had no place to settle his family. He also didn't inform Sihua and the iron head in his hometown in Beijing, he just wanted to live a decent life and contact them again.

The new house is Li Hongxia's rental house in the courtyard, but after the careful decoration, she is full of joy and has a newlywed atmosphere. There was snoring, bed calling, noise and a sound from the TV in the next room: it was the 16th World Cup in France live, and the final was France and Brazil...... The red word "wedding" is pasted on the mottled wall, and the big red marriage certificate is placed squarely on the table.

Li Hongxia is still wearing the red dress, but she has changed into a red top, which looks more like a bride. Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia sat side by side on the bed, neither of them speaking. It was their wedding night, and they didn't know how to spend it. Ma Weiguo looked at his wife with the rest of his eyes, Li Hongxia has a very iconic face, if it weren't for her physical disability, she would never lack suitors. Yang Duoduo's shadow resurfaced in Ma Weiguo's mind, making him feel a little guilty, in a sense, Li Hongxia is Yang Duoduo's stand-in. Ma Weiguo felt that this was unfair to Li Hongxia, and he reminded himself to forget about Yang Duoduo.

Ma Weiguo took a plastic bag from the table, grabbed a handful of fruit candy and handed it to Li Hongxia. Li Hongxia only took one, "Gaba" bit it in two, and stuffed one into Ma Weiguo's mouth. Ma Weiguo swallowed sugar, and the sweet feeling went straight to the bottom of his heart. Suddenly remembering something, he bent down and pulled out a shoebox from under the bed, which contained a brand new pair of high heels, one of which had been deliberately sawed short. Ma Weiguo squatted on the ground, took off Li Hongxia's old shoes, and put on new shoes for her, looking serious as if he was doing a very complicated and sacred thing. "It's a new beginning!" After putting on his shoes, Ma Weiguo raised his face and said to Li Hongxia.

Li Hongxia nodded happily, this was a surprise from her husband. She stood up and tried to walk, looking less lame, and Li Hongxia happily spun around. Ma Weiguo moved the things in the house and vacated a small area in the middle of the room. "This is your stage."

Li Hongxia looked at her husband affectionately and danced slowly. Ma Weiguo looked at it, and Li Hongxia, who was in front of him, suddenly turned into Yang Duoduo, and returned to Yang Duoduo's boudoir where he walked into for the first time

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us", Yang Duoduo danced in front of him, like a happy butterfly. Ma Weiguo gently took out the piano and accompanied Li Hongxia. Even he didn't realize that he was blowing the melody of "Goodbye Ideal". Music permeated the entire cottage. He once vowed not to blow "Goodbye Ideal" again, and left it to Yang Duoduo and the passing youth. But today, for some reason, this melody has been blown again, maybe there is really providence, it's time to say goodbye to the past and move towards a new life.

Li Hongxia jumped and jumped, and suddenly lay on the bed and cried. Ma Weiguo didn't persuade her, nor did he stop, just kept blowing. "Let her cry, let the tears wash away all the memories of suffering, so that you can easily meet a happy tomorrow." Ma Weiguo thought secretly. They all have too heavy a past, and they all need to let go of their heavy baggage and welcome a new world that belongs to the two of them.

Li Hongxia laid out the futon and prepared to spend the first night of the two of them. Ma Weiguo took the condom, but was snatched by Li Hongxia, looking directly into Ma Weiguo's eyes, Li Hongxia said: "I want a child, I've been thinking about it for a long time!" ”

Ma Weiguo was powerless to refuse his wife's first request on their wedding night. Although with their current circumstances, it is not a wise idea to have children. Ma Weiguo tore open the condom, blew it hard, blew it into a balloon, and blew up all the rest of the condoms, Li Hongxia tacitly tied all the condom balloons together with a thread and hung them on the roof. The condom balloon fluttered gently in the air, and Ma Weiguo and Li Hongxia looked at each other and smiled......

The next morning, when Ma Weiguo opened his eyes, he saw Li Hongxia's busy figure, she got up early and made breakfast. Ma Weiguo looked at his wife's back, his eyes were very gentle, and his heart was warm, despite his meager income and poor living, he would never regret getting married and starting a family, it was good to have a family!

Li Hongxia turned around and found that Ma Weiguo had woken up, and urged: "Get up, you're going to be late!" ”

After Ma Weiguo finished washing, he walked to the dining table and saw a plate of pickles, two bowls of noodles, and two poached eggs floating on the table. Li Hongxia said a little embarrassedly: "It's simpler, we have to save a little bit to live, we have to save money quickly, for ourselves, but also for the children!" ”

Ma Weiguo said indifferently: "The meal yesterday was too greasy, so it should be lighter." ”

After breakfast, Ma Weiguo pedaled on his bicycle, first sent Li Hongxia to work in the hotel, and then went straight to the company. The sales company he works for has gradually been on the right track, Ma Weiguo has a stable basic salary, and he also has a group of customers in his hands, and he can guarantee an income of two or three thousand yuan per month. The company's sales strategy shifted from door-to-door sales to sales to large customers such as enterprises. Although they will also eat closed doors, it is better than being scolded after knocking on the door of the household, and being chased and intercepted by the security guards and the staff of the neighborhood committee like a thief.

Ma Weiguo walked into the company and greeted his colleagues warmly. A colleague quipped: "Ma Weiguo, you look good today!" Where to go for the weekend? Ma Weiguo smiled and did not answer, he did not inform his colleagues in the company of his marriage, on the one hand, he felt that his wedding was too shabby, so he simply did not invite anyone; On the other hand, I don't want to scrape oil and water and collect red envelopes from these colleagues who are like me who suffer from white eyes every day and earn a hard-earned money.

Sitting at his desk, Ma Weiguo felt refreshed, like a scrappy warrior, ready to start a new day of fighting. He turns on his computer, looks at the sales materials in his area, and determines the list of customers who want to telemarket and visit today.

A somewhat familiar company jumped into his eyes - "Wanshilong Electronics Factory", Ma Weiguo always felt that the name of this company seemed to have been seen somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while. He put the company on the list of visits. In the morning, Ma Weiguo called some new and old customers and got a batch of expensive orders, "It seems that today is off to a good start, and the luck is good!" Ma Weiguo smiled with satisfaction. He attributed this to the good luck brought by the newlywed, and Li Hongxia was his lucky angel.

After lunch, Ma Weiguo pedaled his bicycle and went out. When I arrived at the "Wanshilong Electronics Factory" in Zhongguancun, it was already about two o'clock in the afternoon. An old man who was a gatekeeper sat at the door of the factory, with a large tea jar at his feet, taking a sip from time to time, holding a cigarette in his mouth, looking at ease and envious of the gods.

Ma Weiguo pushed the bicycle and stepped forward to say to the old man: "Uncle, I am here to find you who are in charge of logistics business, how to go?" ”

The old man glanced at Ma Weiguo up and down and said, "Selling, right?" Ma Weiguo nodded honestly.

"Which company, what is it selling?" The old man interrogated slowly and in a very dignified manner. The only time he can make things difficult and show his power is when he faces these salesmen. Ma Weiguo hurriedly reported to his home, and handed the old man a cigarette with a good sense of humor, and lit it for him diligently. The old man glanced at it, it was an ordinary Hongta Mountain, and immediately underestimated Ma Weiguo. "Detergent is such a thing, the logistics should have been bought a long time ago, it's useless if you go, don't waste your time!"

Ma Weiguo said with a smiling face: "Detergent is a daily consumable, and when it runs out, the purpose of my visit is to establish business contacts, introduce our products, and when you need it in the future, you can purchase it from us." The product has good efficacy and the price is favorable! ”

The old man pursed his lips and said, "What's the difference with detergents?" Or if you send me a bucket, I can use it well, and I will recommend it to the logistics staff. ”

Ma Weiguo saw that this old man was really difficult to deal with, so he wanted to take the opportunity to rub the oil, a barrel of detergent cost dozens of yuan, how could he give it to him casually, and hurriedly said that he didn't bring samples today, and he would give him the samples when he came to deliver them next time. The old man drove Ma Weiguo away unhappily, and just when the two were entangled, the sound of a car honking came from outside the gate. The old man hurriedly got up, opened the door, and when he saw the car outside, he immediately changed his clothes and smiled, nodded and greeted the people in the car.

Ma Weiguo stood next to watch the chameleon-glancing old man's performance, and smiled secretly in his heart. The sedan stopped beside him, and Ma Weiguo was wondering, the window of the sedan rolled down, and a familiar face appeared in front of him. Although the ruthless years had left a deep imprint on that face, and the smooth skin of the "little white face" looked a little rough and old, Ma Weiguo still immediately recognized this person - "Luo Gang!" He dropped his bike and pounced, knocking Luo Gang out of the car. Luo Gang did not resist, and let Ma Weiguo pull with a calm expression. Ma Weiguo's eyes were blood-red, his lips trembled and he couldn't speak, looking at Luo Gang, who had left an unforgettable heartache for his sister Ma Hongmei. "You ruined my sister's life, and a good person married a fool!" As he spoke, he punched Luo Gang in the face, and Luo Gang was knocked to the ground.

"This punch is for my sister!" Ma Weiguo roared as he jumped on Luo Gang's body, and before the fist of "this punch ......" fell, his arm was grabbed. "Weiguo ......" Ma Weiguo raised his face, and Sihua stood in front of him, looking at him with a look of surprise. Ma Weiguo was confused.

In the spacious and elegant office of Sihua, the three of them sat down on the sofa, and the secretary brought tea. Ma Weiguo's anger did not subside, he kept his head silent, his chest was violently bullied, and a wave of rough air erupted from his nose. Luo Gang sat opposite him, still looking at Ma Weiguo very calmly.

Sihua broke the silence and asked, "Weiguo, when did you come to Beijing?" Why haven't you been in touch with me? ”

Ma Weiguo took a sip of tea to stabilize his mind, and then briefly explained how he came to Beijing. Sihua said reproachfully: "You just want to die to save face and suffer the sin!" Doing sales is tiring and tiring, earning those two small money, come to me, give you a vice president, drink tea and read the newspaper to earn more than that. ”

Ma Weiguo looked down at the teacup and said, "I want to break through by myself!" "The four modernizations are silent." How did you two get together? Ma Weiguo asked.

"It's a long story, after graduating from university, I went to Hainan to look for opportunities, and it was very difficult at first, I ran out of money, and I couldn't find anything to do, so it became a problem to eat. I didn't have money to stay in a hotel, so I slept on the beach by the sea. One morning, I was sleeping on the beach, and suddenly I was stepped on, and I didn't vent the evil fire in my stomach, and I was about to jump up and hit someone, but it turned out to be Lao Luo! ”

Luo Gang smiled and said: "After I left my hometown, I first went to Shenzhen, and I didn't make a name for myself for a few years. It's a pity that the big waves are sweeping the sand, and we, the little shrimps who have nothing to do with the relationship and no background, can only watch others make a fortune, eat fragrant and drink spicy food, and even make a living problem. I couldn't help it, so I was selling newspapers on the streets. ”

Sihua took over the topic: "When the fellow saw the fellow, his eyes were full of tears, and I almost didn't cry at that time." In that kind of difficult time, it is really a mixed feeling to have such an adventure. Lao Luo asked me to live with him and use the money from selling newspapers to support the two of us. Later, with the help of my classmates in Beijing, I got a loan, speculated on a house, and earned my first pot of gold. I discussed with Lao Luoyi and felt that this matter was too risky, and if it was good, there would be less, so we came to Beijing together and luckily avoided the bursting of the real estate bubble. The blow of going from getting rich overnight to having nothing and going into debt is not something that ordinary people can bear. The people I met when I was in Hainan who were speculating in real estate and land went bankrupt later, and we were the lucky ones for the rest of our lives. Lao Luo of the company has shares, and I asked him to be the vice president, but he refused, saying that it was better to drive without worry. The shopping mall is sinister, once there is a conflict of interest, some people can do it at any time, and I can rest assured that Lao Luo is with me. ”

Luo Gang looked directly into Ma Weiguo's eyes and said, "I have heard everything about your sister. I was too bad to take responsibility and hurt your sister. When Sihua went back, I didn't let him tell others that I was here, I really didn't have the face to face my hometown and your sister. I've heard everything about your sister Sihua, this is a sin I created, and I can't compensate her. Here, I say 'I'm sorry' to you, and one day, I will apologize to your sister in front of her." ”

Sihua persuaded: "Lao Luo is still alone all these years, and he still thinks about your sister in his heart, but the mistake has been made, and there is no way to undo it." This is how he atoned for his sins! Wei Guo, so many years have passed, let go of what should be put down! ”

Ma Weiguo leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and it took a long time for him to breathe, and the resentment that had been accumulated in his heart for many years dissipated in the air. "I'm married!" Ma Weiguo spat out a sentence. Sihua and Luo Gang's eyes widened.

In the evening, Sihua, Luo Gang and Sihua's wife came to Ma Weiguo's house together. Li Hongxia saw Luo Gang's friends and fellow villagers for the first time, and she was a little nervous. Sihua looked around at the cramped hut, a little unbearable in his heart, although he knew that Ma Weiguo was unwilling to accept his help, but he still sealed a red envelope of five thousand yuan to Ma Weiguo. Ma Weiguo wanted to refuse, but Sihua held down Ma Weiguo's hand and said, "Weiguo, if you resign, you just don't recognize me as a brother!" The resolute attitude of the four modernizations made Ma Weiguo unable to refuse.

Sihua's wife accompanied Li Hongxia to talk, and the three men went to the food stall on the street to drink beer. Ma Weiguo wanted to find a slightly decent restaurant to entertain them, but Sihua refused, saying that he hadn't eaten at a food stall for a long time, and wanted to feel the atmosphere of eating and drinking at roadside stalls back then. The table was soon filled with beer bottles, and the three of them were a little drunk, Sihua put his arm around Ma Weiguo's shoulders and said, "Weiguo, you don't want others to take care of you, you want to do it yourself." I don't have any objection, but if there is any difficulty, you must tell me. ”

"Lao Luo", Sihua turned to Luo Gang, "You say hello to the logistics, and you will buy from Weiguo in the future." When sending things to employees, one person will send a bucket, no discounts, and no rebates are allowed." Ma Weiguo opened his mouth and didn't speak.

After sending off the Sihua couple and Luo Gang, Ma Weiguo went to the public bathroom in the courtyard to take a bath, and Li Hongxia cleaned up the room alone. While sorting out Ma Weiguo's clothes, his wallet slipped out of his pocket. Li Hongxia bent down to pick up her wallet, revealing a corner of Ma Weiguo's hand-painted half of the BEYOND concert ticket in the wallet. Li Hongxia took it out with some curiosity and looked at it, and the remaining half of the ticket had the word "Duoduo" handwritten on it. The woman's keen instincts made her realize something, and she held the ticket for a moment and put it back in her wallet. Everyone has a past, and when her husband was not ready to confess those past events to her, Li Hongxia wisely chose not to ask, because Ma Weiguo did not ask about her past, so that she could rest assured to bury those unbearable pasts.

Ma Weiguo had lunch near the company the next day, and when he took out the money to pay the bill, he noticed that someone had touched his wallet, and the half of the tickets that had been folded very neatly were unfolded and re-folded, but it could be seen from the traces of folding that it was different from before. Ma Weiguo held half of the tickets he had treasured for more than ten years and sat in a daze in a noisy small restaurant.

In the evening, back at the rental house, Li Hongxia had already cooked a meal. Although it is a very simple meal, it gives a very warm feeling. Li Hongxia picked up a piece of meat from the plate and put it in Ma Weiguo's bowl, and Ma Weiguo put it back to Li Hongxia. Two hearts that have been lonely for many years and scarred sense a tacit understanding, which makes people's noses a little sour.

Ma Weiguo buried his head in eating, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was talking to Li Hongxia. He said very slowly, but categorically: "Before I met you, I didn't think about getting married, and when I met you, I didn't think about getting married." It can be regarded as a promise, and it can be regarded as Ma Weiguo's reply to Li Hongxia, who asked suspiciously, Li Hongxia's chopsticks stopped......