Chapter 12 Leaving
I asked him, "Brother, are you short of money too?" He touched his disabled legs and said, "I have another brother. I am in college. I am useless and can't give my family a luxuriant amount. I can only earn more money to reduce the burden on my family."
I said, "You have the most wages among us. Why do you eat potatoes and vegetables every day?"
He stumbled for a moment and said, "I like to eat that." At that time, I calculated that according to his living standards, the monthly living expenses were actually only about sixty yuan, which was even worse than mine.
Later I met him twice. The first time was when I first started doing business and bought mountain goods. It was five years later. He was still working on the construction site, his legs were even more lame. A man under thirty years old had a face full of vicissitudes, his skin was a kind of black that could never be washed white, and his arms were wounds left by work.
I was quite surprised at the time and said, "Your legs are like this. Why don't you change jobs? See what you've been trying to do."
He looked at me with some relief and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and I've become an adult. My legs are nothing. My eldest brother is going to marry a wife, so he has to raise money to build a house for him."
When I saw him the last time, I could not say that I had met him anymore. But I heard that two years later, he accidentally fell to death on the construction site and paid more than 100,000 yuan. His parents, who had never appeared, and his healthy, handsome and educated brother showed up. After two months of trouble with the company where the construction site was located, he took home a compensation that seemed quite generous at the time.
Because the corpse is inconvenient to transport, it was directly cremated in Shenzhen.
At that time, people from rural areas had a serious burial idea of returning to their roots. The biggest wish of those who died in a foreign land was to be able to return to their hometown for burial.
But he was cremated directly in Shenzhen.
In this world, there is a kind of person called being greedy and being tempted by others. When these two kinds of people meet, they are destined to be a tragedy.
That worker has been disability and is unpopular, so he tries hard to make money and wants to please his family. What's the result?
I can't do such stupid things. People who are not worthy of pleasing will give up when they should give up. Therefore, after Wenmin finished scolding, I said, "Are there anything else to say besides this?"
On the other end of the phone, she gasped heavily. After a moment, she said hoarsely: "Old Master Zhang is dead."
I said, "Which old man Zhang?"
She said, "Don't pretend to be stupid. Zhang Haiqi, the one named Bai, told me, but I didn't expect that you were such a person."
I smiled and tried to reduce the pain in my heart: "What kind of person am I? Wenmin, we have known each other for more than three years. I ask you, if I don't take action this time, will you attack me?"
She was silent on the other end and said, "This case involves too much. If others touch, you will inevitably involve you. I can't protect it."
I said, "In other words, it's either you die or I live? Sometimes, something is not about the result, but about the process. Even if one day I am really defeated by Zhang Haiqi, I am willing to do so. But I can't stand it and ask you to send me to the execution ground. I have tasted enough of betrayal."
As soon as these words came out, there was a dead silence on the phone.
In fact, deep down, I was not surprised that she was a spy. After all, when we first met, our identities were already on the same side. But I thought that the experience of these two years should at least give us a touch of emotion and sincerity.
Even if there is a trace of true love, even if the situation has really begun, she shouldn't have involved herself. Change her position. If it were me, even if I don't have the ability to protect my lover, then I would rather retreat and withdraw than kill her personally.
And now, it is obvious that if I had not fought back, then her plan would continue to develop without hesitation. If things really develop to that point, I, Chen Xuan, would be too sad. Since I don’t want to be a sad person, I can only be a hateful person.
After I finished speaking, her tone became intense: "What's wrong with me doing this!"
I said, "You are indeed right. I am the one who is wrong. If nothing happens, then hang up." She didn't say anything and I hung up the phone. There is no right or wrong in this kind of thing. She caught her thief and I fell my fight, like a cat and a mouse, who was born to be enemies.
She didn't call her again. In the following time, we lived a stable life and bought some New Year's goods. Generally, single men were relatively simple for the New Year, but the one-eyed dragon said that the past two years were too unlucky, especially those who dig mushrooms back and forth, and often had fun, so we made a lot of things like hanging red paper at home, which was particularly lively.
I have never been so happy for so many years. This New Year is particularly peaceful. We have been running outside all year round and don’t want to go too far. We usually go to nearby parks. During the Spring Festival, people are surging and getting popular. Looking at the smiling faces around us, it is much better than looking at the rice dumplings and bloody conspiracy all day long.
During this period, we have been paying attention to the trends in the industry. Lu Su is still mysterious and it is difficult to find out about him, but the news about Bai Sanye is easy to get. Zhang Haiqi died in an accident inadvertently. To be precise, there was something wrong with his vehicle parts. Of course, the people who are interested naturally know why this car accident happened.
But Mr. Bai was very secretive. Although this incident caused a great sensation, there was not much follow-up. Due to the death of the head, another new person was transferred. This person was a middle-aged man with a big belly and a greasy face. After he came to the stage, his work style was very "safe". Eighty times he received some benefits.
What does it mean? A good person will not live long, and the disaster will last for thousands of years.
When I heard this news, I felt very uncomfortable. I said to Tofu, "We are nothing to do now."
Tofu nodded.
I said, "I'm going to sell the shop and do some other business. Do you have any objections?"
Tofu nodded violently and said, "Sell, sell, sell, and never do those unethical things again." After a pause, he said, "That curse..."
I interrupted him and said, "I don't want to chase him anymore. For this curse, my grandfather, Chen Ci, have been ruined for the rest of their lives." Tofu was a little worried, but said nothing.
Soon, from Zhuanrui, I learned something very strange, that is, Mr. Bai is missing.
His disappearance did not cause much noise, of course, except for his friend. On the third day of Bai Sanye's disappearance, the adopted daughter who was following him for many years took charge of the family business. The adopted daughter's style of acting changed, very low-key, and no troubles were made for the time being.
The Hongmao was still following Zhuanrui. Zhuanrui provided the environment and focused on studying the gains he had made this year. It has to be said that this kid is a smart man. Although he followed us, he had lived through life and died, but he had gained a lot of benefits. Many secret techniques lost by shamans were discovered by him, and now he has become a research madman, either not leaving his home or seeing the dragon.
There is no news from Lu Su. I don’t know what his relationship has with the corpse immortal, and I can’t guess what his ending will be.
In the following days, I slowly sold the goods. When spring began, the shop was sold out. They were all acquaintances and the prices were fair.
With this money, I thought about it and decided to open a gallery. Tofu is more experienced in this area and immediately started to work hard. One-eyed dragon also said that disabled people should not fight, so I followed us to do it.
The initial benefits of the gallery were not very good, but gradually stabilized. Although it was not a profitable industry, fortunately, it was clean, not too tired, and not so many intrigues. Tofu usually lives in a daze, and showed great patience in this matter and did a good job.
Bai Shuang came to help from time to time, and everything was moving in a good direction.
I didn't ask about Wen Min anymore. In early June, I quietly packed up the gifts and left a note for tofu, so I left it. I was indeed powerless to pursue the curse, but the experiences over the years have told me that it has never disappeared.
This thing is like a huge shadow in life. Now, no matter how beautiful things I see, I subconsciously think of destruction. I don’t want the one-eyed dragon to destroy the other eye, and I don’t want the tofu to be implicated by me again.
Everything is over and they should all be fine.
I left Shenzhen with a sum of money. The land I set foot on at the age of fourteen. At the age of thirty-four, I finally said goodbye.
Thirty years passed by, and many things seemed to happen yesterday, and were extremely distinct in memory.
Time flies, life is like a dream, probably this is the portrayal.
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