break out of the ice

It was one day at the end of April that Shi Jingqi couldn't find Gai Xianglin.

The Gai family's villa had long been sealed and the factory was abandoned. In order to avoid those people, Shi Jingqi and Gai Xianglin lived in a private house in the suburbs.

The house was found by Zhu Ketuo. It was very remote. Shi Jingqi and the others had been hiding here for almost half a month.

It was Gai Xianglin's intention to stay in Wenzhou.

Shi Jingqi once persuaded Gai Xianglin to follow him back to Mincheng, but Gai Xianglin refused.

Xing Lulu and her mother-in-law were enjoying their stay in Mincheng. Gai Xianglin didn't even want to implicate Shi Jingqi and Zhu Ke, let alone the two women.

If Shi Jingqi was ostracized and wronged when he was at Lengdie Refrigerator in Mincheng, then following Gai Xianglin these days, he knew what fear was.

Regarding those creditors, Gai Xianglin didn't want to say more. In Shi Jingqi's view, they were those creditors who didn't know where they came from, and they didn't know where they found some of the people who asked for debts. They spoke in a messy dialect and were dressed in a mess. clothes and doing messy things.

The small building of Gai's house has been demolished to a state of disgrace, leaving only an empty shell. Even this empty shell cannot accommodate people inside.

Sister Zhang had already gone back. Shi Jingqi and Gai Xianglin accepted Zhu Ke's help when they had no choice but to hide.

Neither Shi Jingqi nor Zhu Ke wanted Gai Xianglin to go out, fearing that debt collectors like hunting dogs would smell Gai Xianglin's scent and find them here.

Gai Xianglin couldn't go out, so it was Shi Jingqi's job to go out and replenish supplies. On this day, when Shi Jingqi went out to buy food and came back, he couldn't find Gai Xianglin.

The room was clean and there were no traces of a fight. Shi Jingqi looked around and called Zhu Ke. Only then did the two of them confirm that Gai Xianglin was missing. It should be said that Gai Xianglin left secretly on his own.

Without Gai Xianglin, Shi Jingqi would have no reason to persist in Wenzhou.

Xianglin Factory was already empty, and Shi Jingqi had nothing to pack. He only went back to the dormitory to get a pair of shoes and put them in his bag.

When he went downstairs with his baggage, he saw Zhu Ke waiting for him downstairs.

In fact, he and Zhu Ke can't really be called friends. Usually, Zhu Ke has more contact with Liu Qinqin and less contact with him. But after what happened with Gai Xianglin, Shi Jingqi felt that he had some affinity with this girl Zhu Ke. , seeing her waiting there, he walked over.

"No need to see you off." Shi Jingqi put down his luggage, cupped his fists in an inappropriate way, and said.

Zhu Ke pursed his lips and smiled, imitating Shi Jingqi's example and clasping his fists: "I'll give Brother Shi a gift."

……

Summer has just begun in Mincheng, and it is as hot as the summer of the year Shi Jingqi was assigned to come to Mincheng.

Although the fireworks courtyard was built in the woods, there was not a trace of wind in the sky, and the treetops were motionless, making the entire fireworks courtyard feel as if it had lost all strength.

The only thing that had the strength to make a scene was the constant chirping of cicadas on the trees and the cry of little Xiang Xiang.

Xing Lulu hugged Xiangxiang and kept rocking and coaxing her, with her hot clothes stuck to her back. Liu Qinqin followed anxiously beside her, fanning the couple and looking out the window.

Lu Hongmei came in with a semi-wet handkerchief. The handkerchief had been frozen in the refrigerator and was cold. As soon as it touched Xiao Xiangxiang's arm, her crying became quieter. Even so, Lu Hongmei didn't dare to rub Xiao Xiangxiang's head or belly, for fear that the little girl wouldn't be able to bear it.

"It's so good, but why is it all covered with prickly heat? I originally thought that the fatter the child would be, the better, but now it seems that being fat is not always a good thing." Lu Hongmei said.

After Lu Hongmei finished speaking, she gave the handkerchief to Liu Qinqin, and she went out of the house. The weather was unusually hot, and everyone was worried about the cattle and sheep. Now the four elderly people from the Shi and Liu families were under the trees in the yard. Wait, everyone's face doesn't look good.

Lu Hongmei watched, then turned around and went into the house, took an iced watermelon from the refrigerator, put it on the stone table under the shade of the tree, cut it several times, and called to the elderly people: "Don't worry too much, it's okay." .”

As he was talking, Pan Changhe came in on his bicycle from the outside. Before he could support his bicycle, he said: "The school informed me that there is a heavy rainstorm. Please go home and help with the work."

Father Shi and Father Liu watched the weather forecast in front of the TV on time every day. Father Liu said: "The weather forecast did say it will rain."

Father Shi shook his big cattail leaf fan and looked at the sky: "It's hard to watch today."

As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind blew over and almost blew the big cattail leaf fan out of the old man's hand.

This gust of wind was like a signal, followed by an even wilder wind, blowing the clothes hanging in the yard flying everywhere, and the plastic sheeting on the chicken and duck sheds making a swishing sound.

There was a "click" sound, and a dead branch was blown off an old locust tree next to the yard. Thinking about it, who had just been quiet just now, he let out a loud cry, as if he was trying to compete with the sound of the wind.

The two old ladies were so frightened that they hurriedly ran into the house. One helped hold Xiao Xiangxiang, and the other hurriedly closed the windows and doors.

Pan Changhe also ran all the way into the house, grabbed the car keys, and walked out: "I'll drive to pick up Zhuangzhuang and Shiliu."

Lu Hongmei immediately went to the sheepfold, where there were a group of newborn lambs, which made her feel uneasy.

Along with the strong wind came the heavy rain. In just a moment, big raindrops fell from the sky. Then it was as if someone was using a colander to sprinkle soybeans from the sky. Then, as if they thought it was too slow, they picked up the big raindrops. It poured out.

Lu Hongmei placed the lamb, and when she entered the house again, she was already soaked through a pool of muddy water.

Without time to speak, Liu Qinqin asked Lu Hongmei to go into the back room to change clothes, while she stood on the threshold and looked out anxiously.

It rained so heavily that Pan Changhe could drive to pick up the children, so she wasn't too worried. However, Shi Jingqi went out on a bicycle early this morning, and she didn't know where she was separated by the heavy rain.

Shi Jingqi has been back for more than a month and has not contacted other friends. Even a few old colleagues who are still in Mincheng have not found a chance to get together.

Shi Jingqi's reason was that now that Xing Lulu and Xiang Xiang were hiding here, they tried to have as little contact with other people as possible, but sleeping on the same bed every day, Liu Qinqin knew that Shi Jingqi had never been happy after returning from Wenzhou.

Gai Xianglin was kind to them. Perhaps in Shi Jingqi's heart, he felt a little sorry for not sharing the same hardships with Gai Xianglin.

"The phone line is not working either. It's probably broken somewhere." Father Shi put down the phone and said as if reporting.

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Qinqin unconsciously took another step outside. Shi's mother hurriedly stepped forward and gave Shi's father a hand, signaling him to stop talking. She then said to Liu Qinqin: "Qinqin, don't stand so far outside. Be careful with your clothes." ." (End of chapter)