Lin Baiyao sat under the grape trellis in his yard, looking up at the purple grapes hanging like jade.
Look at how big and round these grapes are, do they look like they only appear in dreams?
On a summer afternoon, the cicadas on the tree seemed to be possessed by a rock singer, making heart-rending roars.
How can one hear such arrogant cicada cries in a metropolis in the 21st century?
I no longer caught a cicada, but thought I caught the whole summer of youth?
A rolling and continuous heat wave rolled up in the air, as if there were hundreds of Angela wearing painful masks doing crazy output, scorching the earth with silly fireball techniques.
Mystery yields to a higher mystery.
Just like this classic line from Angela, when I appear here now, is it the mystery that is causing trouble, or is it that a higher mystery is guiding me?
I had a lot of miscellaneous and random thoughts, and all kinds of things about the past and present life gradually emerged in my mind like an onion being peeled layer by layer, with a pungent spicy taste and unspeakable sadness.
After sitting in silence all morning, Lin Baiyao finally confirmed that this was not a dream, the grapes were real, the cicadas were real, the summer wind and heat wave were real, and his rebirth was also real.
Reborn back to the age of eighteen.
July 11, 1998.
The day after the college entrance examination.
But why?
God, are you playing with me?
After Su Huai graduated from the University of Finance and Economics, due to the great financial pressure at home, he finally made up his mind to leave the company where he was a social animal, and started a business that was even worse than that of a social animal. After working hard for six or seven years, he was lucky enough to catch the trend and basically achieved success.
financial freedom.
But just after paying off the debt, before I started to truly enjoy life, I got drunk at a party, and when I opened my eyes again, I was inexplicably transported back to 1998.
July 11th…
Lin Baiyao squinted his eyes. What happened on that day left a deep impression on him. It was so profound that after two lifetimes, time and space were changed, and it still appeared like a 4K movie, frame by frame, clearly emerging in his mind.
My father, Lin Zhengdao, had a friend named Chen Hongbao. This man loved gambling and looked wealthy on the surface. In fact, he owed a lot of debt. He colluded with Brother Hu, a gangster on the street, to set up a trap where Lin Zhengdao acted as a guarantor and used a yin-yang contract to cheat.
Lin Zhengdao.
It was said that he borrowed three thousand yuan, but in fact he borrowed thirty thousand yuan from Brother Hu at a high interest rate.
Today is the day that Brother Hu came to Lin Zhengdao to ask for money on the pretext that Chen Hongbao did not pay back the money he owed.
In his last life, Lin Baiyao was alone at home, unable to fight with his four fists. He was beaten up by Brother Hu and his gang. He watched helplessly as they smashed the doors and windows of his house and splashed red paint on the yard.
Later, if I hadn't hired someone to make an agreement and agreed to repay part of the money on time at the end of each year, I would have been harassed by these green men every day, and my life would have been impossible.
In this life, Lin Baiyao is still alone.
It would be useless for him to dodge in advance. Brother Tiger would force his way in and repeat the scene of smashing the window and throwing paint.
Calling neighbors for help will injure others. Once they are stained, they will be like dog-skin plaster that cannot be shaken off.
As for calling the police, no one will take care of this kind of economic dispute with a contract. Besides, it is more or less related to the chaos on the road. Not only will it not solve the problem, it will also complicate it.
Life is like rape, if you don't want to enjoy it, then fight with all your strength!
Lin Baiyao jumped up from the stool, went back to the bedroom, took out more than 100 yuan of pocket money that he had saved for more than half a year, and went out to find a nearby cold drink shop and bought ten bottles of Coca-Cola.
Five yuan a bottle, that’s the price in 1998, buy it if you like!
Then I went to Kongluo Alley not far away, looked for an unlicensed old Chinese medicine practitioner, and bought half a pack of strong laxatives.
It is probably an earth recipe mixed with a very small amount of croton cream and senna leaves. It is said that even cows and horses will have diarrhea after eating it.
When I got home, I soaked the medicinal powder in water, used an old syringe at home to poke a small hole invisible to the naked eye from the bottle cap, injected it into the Coke in batches, shook it evenly, and put it on the stone table under the grape trellis.
Then he went into the bathroom, applied thick mousse in front of the mirror, made his hair flowy, and found a machete from the storage room for chopping meat and bones during the Chinese New Year. As soon as he returned to the yard, he heard "bang" from the door.
the sound of.
Lin Baiyao immediately entered the scene, brandishing a machete in his hand, and shouted: "Where is Lin Zhengdao? Don't pretend to be dead, come out and pay back the money!"
The ajar door was kicked open, and six people walked in.
Lin Baiyao turned around when he heard the sound, his eyes slightly condensed.
The bald man at the front is shirtless, with a fleshy face. He has a green dragon tattooed on his left arm. There is a long scar on the right side of his face behind his ear. A thick gold chain hangs around his neck. It will probably float when it touches the water.
That kind of.
Brother Tiger!
Lin Baiyao still remembers this face.
The five people behind are Brother Tiger's younger brothers. They are holding special hollow short steel pipes in their hands, with a diameter of 2.5 cm and a length of 55 cm. It is most convenient for fighting. The length, weight and thickness are just right. It will hurt you but will not kill you.
This was the standard for street wear in the 1990s!
"Who are you?" There was a boy wearing striped plaid short-sleeves next to Brother Hu, who shouted to Lin Baiyao.
Lin Baiyao shouted back, "Who the hell are you...ah, Brother Tiger?"
The striped boy got angry, pointed the steel pipe at Lin Baiyao, and said, "Who are you calling me brother? Do you deserve to be called me?"
Lin Baiyao is 1.87 meters tall. Because he likes to play ball and run, he looks well-proportioned and full of strength. He doesn't even look at the skinny monkey-like striped boy. He just looks at the bald head, bending down and smiling with his face.
Brother Hu looked at Lin Baiyao and said, "Do you know me? Who did you hang out with?"
"Who in Dongjiang City doesn't know about Brother Tiger in Dongcheng? I'm from the northern suburbs of Brother Hu..."
"Scabby? Never heard of it..."
Brother Hu thought for a while, looked disdainful, and asked condescendingly: "How much does this family owe you?"
"One! It's time to pay back the money when it's due, and I can't find anyone to damn..."
Lin Baiyao said it deliberately vulgarly, he needed Brother Hu to relax his vigilance.
Brother Hu was still very particular. He took out a neatly folded handkerchief from his trouser pocket and wiped the sweat from his head. The weather was getting hotter and hotter in the afternoon, which was a great test for the fat man. He said: "Everything must be done according to the rules.
This family owes me three points, with interest compounded, and now it's eight. If he has money, he has to pay attention to my account first; if he doesn't have money, this house, the valuable things in the house, and the small restaurant in the development zone
, it all belongs to me. The debt has been paid off, and you can take the rest..."
Lin Baiyao's face was full of anger, but he also showed a look that he didn't dare to fight with Brother Hu. He turned around and saw the Coke on the stone table, walked over and opened a bottle, and deliberately cursed: "You have money to buy Coke, but you don't have money to pay back the debt?
Damn, it's still ice cold..." After saying that, he drank it all in one breath, his acting skills were simply amazing.
The striped boy was vomiting. Even a dog couldn't bear the heat. He couldn't help it. He ran over and glared at Lin Baiyao, crossed his arms, took all the remaining Coke, and handed a bottle to Brother Hu diligently.
The other boys gathered around and divided the rest, then poured it into their stomachs.
It’s not easy to do anything in this damn weather!
After drinking the Coke, Brother Hu waved his hand, and several boys went to check separately. All the doors and windows were locked, and there was no one there.
Lin Baiyao calculated how long it would take for the laxative to take effect, and continued to talk to Brother Hu: "Brother Hu, do you think you can give it to us evenly? The house belongs to you, and the hotel belongs to us? Brother Hu also has a reputation in Dongjiang..."
Brother Hu's face instantly turned cold and he said, "Don't be so shameless! It's my fault that your accounts are tied? Get out of here!"
"Brother Hu, you are accommodating..."
"Who are you offering accommodation to? Are you worthy of me?"
The striped boy didn't say anything, and the steel pipe hit Lin Baiyao's shoulder.
Lin Baiyao had been watching his movements for a long time. Without taking any care, he dodged and hit the opponent's ribs with the backhand of his machete.
"ah!"
The striped boy was half-kneeling on the ground, holding his stomach and shrinking into the shape of a shrimp.
"Dare you fight back?"
Brother Hu was furious, but he looked at the steel pipe in his hand, then at Lin Baiyao's machete, and immediately called for others to come over and fight.
Lin Baiyao turned around and ran away. Taking advantage of his youth and speed, he circled around the yard and fought with them, shouting as he ran: "Brother Mangyu said that if a tiger dares to go down the mountain, it will eat the tiger whip sooner or later."
"Brother Scarlet also said, Brother Tiger from Dongcheng, feel free to touch your butt!"
Brother Tiger was furious: "Catch him and beat him until he can't even recognize him..."
Suddenly my stomach growled, followed by a popping sound.
He was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look back.
Puff! Puff!
Like a series of explosions, yellow traces oozed from the back of the beach shorts visible to the naked eye, and hot heat flowed down the thick hair on the legs.
"this……"
Brother Hu is a very particular person and loves to be clean. He was completely confused by this sudden turn of events. He stood there blankly, motionless.
"Boss, I... can't bear it anymore!"
Still kneeling on the ground, the striped boy with his ass raised up sprayed all over his pants. He held his head tightly in his hands. The shame of returning to his parents after being a gangster flooded his body for no reason again.
The younger brothers who were chasing Lin Baiyao were also attacked one after another. Lin Baiyao took the opportunity to escape from the gate, holding his stomach and shouting: "Ouch, I can't anymore, I can't hold it in anymore... Puff puff puff..."
He used his mouth to dub the voice, which was so lifelike that Brother Hu and others, who had already paused for a while, once again experienced what it meant to fly down three thousand feet, with wailing sounds coming and going.
"Boss, you have to go to the hospital... I once had sex with a girl from a medical school. If you keep doing it like this, you will become dehydrated..."
"Hurry, hurry, go to the hospital..."
Lin Baiyao, who was hiding in the corner outside, watched Brother Hu and others helping each other to leave, knowing that he had won at least three days.
Within three days, Brother Hu didn't care to trouble Lin Zhengdao again. Even if he regained his strength a little, he would seek revenge on the non-existent Northern Suburbs maniac.
Of course, he was not naive enough to think that he could get rid of these loan sharks with this trick. He just needed a three-day buffer to find a way to solve all the troubles.
Yes, Lin Zhengdao's troubles are not just about falling into the immortal trap and owing loan sharks.