The children of the Qiao family

Chapter 23

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On the night of the Lantern Festival, the Qiao family gathered in the main room to eat the Lantern Festival. Qiao Zuwang watched "Dragon Robe" on TV while eating. Simei didn't dare to compete with her father for the TV, and muttered while eating.Sanli was asking Yicheng in a low voice, if there are still any Lantern Festivals left, and if it is possible to leave ten for Wang Yiding.Qiao Erqiang buried his head in the big bowl and ate happily.

Suddenly, the door of the main room was kicked open vigorously. The force was so great that the door slammed open and half of the door fell to the ground, raising a layer of dust. Simei screamed: Earthquake!

The whole family was stunned, and a man stood at the door, tall and strong like a wall, covering a piece of light.

The man shouted: Qiao Erqiang come out!
The second strong jumped up, took half a step back, and then took half a step forward.

The man stepped forward and stretched out his long arms to stroke the Eight Immortals table. All the pots, dishes and dishes on the table fell to the ground, shattered to pieces, and the Lantern Festival was all stuck to the ground. His big foot stepped on it, and it was immediately flattened.

Qiao Yicheng shouted: Ah, what are you doing?You you you which you are!
Manly man: who am I? Ask your Qiao Erqiang!
While talking, his hands were not idle, the chair was smashed to pieces, and the mirror frame on the wall was swept to the ground.

The Qiao family has an old man, Wen Wen, and two young girls. The man was too imposing and quick-moving. It was only at this moment that Qiao Erqiang and Qiao Yicheng violently He rushed forward, trying to stop the man, but the two were not of the same size at all, and the brothers' arms tied together would not be as thick as the man's.Qiao Yicheng was pushed out all of a sudden, his waist was knocked on the table leg, and he lost his energy all of a sudden.Qiao Erqiang hugged the man from behind and was almost thrown out sideways.As soon as the man turned around, he grabbed Er Qiang's neck, raised his hand to form two big mouths, and pushed again, Er Qiang fell down, spit out a tooth, mixed with a mouthful of blood foam, which was scary bright red under the incandescent lamp.

The man raised his foot and kicked the second strong man, one kick after another.Qiao Zuwang yelled: Murder!Sanli burst into tears and rushed out the door, calling: Help, help, someone from the police station is coming, please, please!

The man picked up a chair leg and headed towards the TV set in the main room. Simei screamed and jumped on it, scaring Qiao Yicheng out of his body.

Finally, a bold man from the neighbor stood up, rushed up and grabbed the man's arm from left to right: Why do you beat someone!Call the police!us!
The man yelled as he struggled: Who is afraid to call the police?Who dares to control me?Qiao Erqiang slept with my wife!I killed him, I must kill him today.

Such a sentence, like Sun Wukong's body-holding technique, fixed all the people present at the moment, Qiao Yicheng only felt a buzzing in his ears, and he seemed to be deaf during those tens of seconds.

Qiao Erqiang struggled to get up from the ground: I didn't!We are clean and clear!

Hearing this, the man shook off the two neighbors who were already letting go, went up and slapped Er Qiang in the face again, and Er Qiang staggered to the ground.

The man said: You also watched the movie and slept in bed, and you still say you are innocent!
The second one shouted: I'm not like your bastard!I'm not like you!I like Ma Suqin, I miss her!

The man stopped talking, and immediately rode on the second strong man who hadn't gotten up yet, and greeted him with fists like raindrops.

Yicheng tore off half of the chair leg and hit the man on the shoulder, knocking him sideways. Yicheng raised the chair leg and hit him again.

The police from the police station finally came, restrained the man, cut his hands behind his back and pushed him to the corner.The man scolded endlessly.The second strong was already lying on the ground unable to move.

Yicheng and Sanli Simei lifted Er Qiang up together. Some people said to call an ambulance, but the emergency center's phone number was still disconnected.The police called someone to find a three-wheeler, and finally lifted Er Qiang up.Er Qiang's face was covered with blood, and he was lying upright, with blood foam continuously gushing from the corner of his mouth.

Qiao Yicheng rode the three rounds and twisted all the way to send the second strong man to the hospital.

At this time, the police took the man away.

Only Qiao Zuwang was left, looking at the messy house, the Lantern Festival on the ground was trampled to pieces by countless feet, sticking one by one to the brick floor of the main room, the broken glass shone under the light, like pairs of frightened eyes .

Outside the window, there were firecrackers exploding.

Qiao Zuwang sat slumped on the only intact chair, feeling that this night lost ten years of his life.

Qiao Erqiang was unconscious for two days in the hospital before waking up.His face was so swollen that his older brothers and younger sisters could no longer recognize him.

Qiao Yicheng wanted to ask him what happened several times, but finally swallowed the words.

Er Qiang's brain seemed to be rusted, only a pain was left, overwhelming, like a big net that made him nowhere to hide.

The doctor said that he had broken two ribs, but luckily the broken bone didn't go into the lung, otherwise, he couldn't be saved.The blow to the head will definitely leave a scar, because the wound is too deep.Fortunately, it is hidden in the hair nest and will not be conspicuous.Lost two teeth.The bruises on his body looked scary, but it didn't matter if the blood bruised.

After about ten days, Qiao Erqiang was able to speak a few words completely, but the ward was full of people, and Qiao Yicheng couldn't ask any questions.

He was ashamed.

Lifestyle issues are more embarrassing than stealing and fighting.

The seriousness of this matter is almost the same as murder.

You have to pay for your life if you kill someone, and you have to pay for this kind of thing.

The faces of the Qiao family.

Qiao Yicheng was tormented by the doubts in his heart so that he could not sleep or eat at all.For the first time, he was afraid to step into that home again, that home full of troubles that dragged him to death.

But he had to go back. There was an old and useless father at home, and the younger sisters were weak and helpless, and they couldn't stand anything anymore.

After more than a month of this kind of life, the second strong can finally go to the ground.

Qiao Yicheng smuggled him out, found a place to carry people, and asked him: What's going on, if you don't explain it to me today, don't call me big brother again.

The bandage on Er Qiang's head was removed, but a piece of gauze was still attached to it, and a large part of his forehead hair was shaved off, leaving only blue spots of stubble.He lowered his head, only pointing the blue head towards his elder brother.Then, as if he had made up his mind, he told the whole story in detail.

Er Qiang said: I want to be with Ma Suqin.

Qiao Yicheng poohed on Qiao Erqiang's head and face, pointed at his nose and lowered his voice, telling him to give up his heart as soon as possible. That woman has a man who is still seducing young people, she is not a good person.

Qiao Erqiang raised his head sharply and stared straight at the elder brother's face, his eyes were fearless and hot like fire, which startled Qiao Yicheng.

Qiao Erqiang said: Qiao Yicheng, you are not allowed to say that about her, you are not allowed to say that about her!

Qiao Yicheng took half a step back: Okay, it's really affectionate of you to protect her like this.It's just that the sentiment is misplaced.Qiao Erqiang, let me tell you clearly, and you listen to me clearly: You—don't think about it, don't—want—to be with—her!Unless you have the ability to kill me!

Er Qiang raised his eyes, tears fell in pairs like broken beads: Brother, we have love.

There are infinite vicissitudes in Qiao Yicheng's young voice: love, love is the most extravagant luxury.

Only after Qiao Erqiang was discharged from the hospital did he realize that his world had been turned upside down in just two months.

He was expelled from the factory and became an unemployed youth again.

Ma Suqin's man was locked up for half a month and then released again.

I heard from the masters in the factory that Ma Suqin was beaten and lay in the hospital for more than a month because she asked for a divorce from a man. Her hair was pulled out and her head became bald. She was also resigned from the factory. The family has also moved, and no one can say where she went, maybe she went back to her hometown in Northeast China.

Qiao Erqiang squatted on the muddy floor in the yard, watching "Half Cut" eating a plate of fish juice and bibimbap. He didn't care about it these days, it was already skinny, and the skin between its neck was soft At the office, take the elder.

The neighbors who came and went looked back and forth at Er Qiang, but Er Qiang didn't care at all.

He has been like this since he was a child. Whenever he has something unhappy, he likes to squat in the yard, as if Antaeus in Greek mythology, the mud can restore his vitality.

Half a month later, "half" died.

At the entrance of the alley, a speeding car ran over the intestines, bloody smeared the ground, attracting a group of blowflies to fly.

After a few more days, the trace of the blood stain will be too faint to be seen.

In [-], a new term appeared in people's lives: leave without pay.

Qiao Zuwang caught up with the first trend of his life this time.

On the verge of retirement, it is glorious to stay on without pay.

Qiao Zuwang took the hemp rope, intending to repeat the same trick and go to the factory manager's house to hang himself.

But it didn't work at all.

The factory manager said, the factory has been sold, I have nothing to do myself, and I will have no food to eat. Old Qiao, if you want to die, it is better for me, the former leader, to accompany you to forget it. It is also a kindness to the old workers. An explanation.Do you like it or not?Or do you think it’s not enough for me to die alone with you, I have a wife and two daughters at home, do you want to go with you too?
Qiao Zu was hopeless and met someone who was desperate for his life, and returned home in defeat, resignedly accepting the fate of staying on the job without pay.

Not long after, Qiao Zuwang learned that their factory was sold to a foreign businessman to produce toilet paper and hygiene products, and the factory building was rebuilt. Moreover, he found that the factory director went back to work as a cadre, but he was no longer called the factory director, but called the manager.

Chinese manager.

Qiao Zuwang scolded him at home for repairing, and degenerated from a red leader to a black capitalist.

Fortunately, there was a big happy event at home, which dilutes the gloom that has been shrouded since the Lantern Festival.

In [-], Qiao Yicheng finally graduated from graduate school, passed the exam, entered a TV station and became a reporter. His career as a correspondent in the past two years really gave him a lot of points.This made Joe's father get carried away with excitement.

Where is the TV station?That is the government's throat!

Old Qiao's family has someone on the TV station!

The younger sisters were also very excited, and Sanli said: "Brother has finally come to the fore, I knew you would have such a day."Brother, do you want to buy a suit or make one?Yiding's younger sister's boyfriend's cousin's father is Li Shunchang's teacher, ask him to measure your body and make one for you.

Simei said with a sharp voice: In the future, the TV station will hold a party, brother, you must take me to watch the scene.Then he said coyly, maybe when the director of your TV station is looking for extras, you can introduce me. I can play the third female lead and the fourth female lead, as long as there are a few lines.Ah, brother, do you recognize the host?When you smile with a fair face, you like the one with the corners of the mouth slightly crooked?

Qiao Yicheng is also happy, he has finally stepped out into a wider world, and at the age of 26, he has finally lived his ideal life.

The first time I stepped into the wide hall of the TV station, the surrounding area was very bright, reflecting his figure.He didn't take the elevator, but stepped up steadily step by step, went up to the sixth floor, and entered the office. There was an empty desk that belonged to him. Soon, he would fill up the desk. Using paper and books with all his youth and enthusiasm.

A girl broke in with a big backpack on her back, walked in with a thud, took the bag off her shoulder, and thumped loudly on the empty table opposite Qiao Yicheng.

It was a beautiful girl, her facial features may not be so beautiful, but they are very eye-catching when put together.She wore a very loose sweater with dolman sleeves. When she stretched her hands and took a deep breath, the sleeves made her look like a colorful butterfly about to fly.

Then, the girl showed a bright smile to Qiao Yicheng: My name is Hu Chunxiao, how about you?
Qiao Yicheng.Qiao Yicheng heard his smug voice answering.

Qiao Erqiang lost his job, but he was not in a hurry to find a new job.

He ran to Ma Suqin's rented home, which was vacant, with a note for rent posted on the door.

A corner of the glass on the window was broken, and the room could be seen to be empty.

There is still a thick blue cloth curtain in winter on the door. The master said, the winter in your south is really cold, it is cloudy and cold, and the quilt is full of damp. In winter, a thick cloth curtain must be hung on the door, otherwise The wind came straight in, and it was cold to the bone.

Er Qiang stared at the cloth curtain for a long time, and the thick curtain shook without any wind.

It turned out to be a tear in the eye to shake.

(End of this chapter)