Your loneliness is more moving than this world

Chapter 14 The Lover on the Other Side (3)
"It's because I have no skills. I can only do physical labor and can't earn much money, so everyone in the family looks down on me." Ning's mother took the tissue and wiped her tears. It's embarrassing. But tell me, what kind of boyfriend does she have? Who can have a good guy who owns a nightclub at home? Not to mention living with such a little bastard, and going to work in that kind of place, what face will I have in the future? Walking on this street?" Yu's mother sat down next to Ning's mother, comforting her and said: "Don't be too sad, the child is grown up, and parents can't let her grow up. I also watched this girl grow up, do you think Come to think of it, her dad didn't dare to take care of her when she was at home, you can't do it anymore, let's take it one step at a time, anyway, there are a few of us old sisters who are in trouble, we all help the poor, don't we also deal with it like this Is it? On the side of Grandpa Xiaoning, you have to be mentally prepared, in case it fails one day, it will be a big expense."

Mama Yu and I sent Mama Ning to the door, Mama Yu said, "Sister, everything has a beginning and end, and it will be over after a while." Mama Ning nodded, turned around and walked towards the long street alone.

A restaurant opened by a foreigner beside the national highway officially opened, and the crackling of firecrackers shook half of Guojia Village.Papa Yu couldn't sit still anymore, and went out of the house to formally look for a partner. He visited all the rich people on the banks of the Liuli River, and returned disappointed. They either expressed concern about the business in that area, or expressed doubts about Papa Yu's character. , in short, no one bought it.For the first time in his life, Papa Yu felt anxious, almost to the point of not thinking about eating and drinking. He knew that the airs he had put on for so many years had come to an end. In order to get money, he had to change his strategy to persuade those former workers and people of the same class , but he looked down on others from the bottom of his heart.People like Yu's father abounded in the factories and institutions back then. In the words that Yu's mother said to him before throwing the bowl, it was: "You are fine, what else can you do except put on airs!"

From a child's point of view, I don't want to open a restaurant at home, because that also means being busy for me.I hope that my family can open a more fashionable store, such as a video game hall or a roller skating rink. The roller skating rink by the Liuli River is full of people every night. Not to mention making money, there are still beautiful girls to watch.The girls on the roller skating rink come from various schools in the southern suburbs of Niucheng. Because there is no charge outside the rink, they come to hang out together after school, lie on the fence, talk and laugh, and look at the people skating inside the rink like a nympho.The money obtained by stealing iron made me and my friends become the first group of children to learn roller skating in the roller skating rink, and also the first group of boys to have their own roller skates. We even bought professional roller skating sportswear and helmets. Just stole the show.

He is obviously the most handsome among us, so he was the first to get a girlfriend at the roller skating rink.His girlfriend is Zheng Lin, a student of Niuye No. [-] Middle School. She is not tall, but she has the same pretty face as Mingming.Of course Mingming knows Zheng Lin's background, her father is the head of Niu Ye's production management department and the chairman of the trade union, that is, the "scumbag" surnamed Zheng that Ming's father said, but he has long been fascinated by Zheng Lin, and he can't wait to see her every day When it comes to her, she doesn't care about the grievances of the previous generation.The strange thing is that Zheng Lin doesn't care about these things either. She said that her father never talked about work at home, and the children were not allowed to inquire about adults.

"What the hell," Mingming said, "the one surnamed Zheng chased my mother back then, so I can't chase his daughter now? That idiot spent so much effort back then, my mother didn't even look at him, and now his daughter is still there. I didn't accept it easily."

At that time, we learned to smoke, and Zheng Lin and several other girls who were learning roller skating also tried to smoke.In order to reflect the care for the girls, we never buy cigarettes that cost less than eight yuan. Every time before going to the roller skating rink, we go to the shopping mall in the city to buy a bunch of expensive imported snacks. Our little days Life is even better than that of the owner of the roller skating rink.

The price of all this is still the flickering street lamps and the cold sweat on the wall.Our skills in stealing iron are getting more and more proficient and agile, but the results are getting more and more meager. The old workshop obviously has a bigger porter than us. In less than two months, the angle steel and mechanical parts were nowhere to be found. In the dark Only some rusty steel plates and iron blocks of different shapes can be touched.We had to increase the crime time, from once a half month to once a week, usually on Saturday night, because this is the most tiring time for Niucheng people, and few people stay in the factory area after the canteen is disbanded, and the duty room on this day Old men are often absent from duty.

I stepped on the wall again, and a full moon rose in the sky, reflecting the outline of tall buildings in the distance.I began to feel inexplicably uneasy, like an ant that suddenly stepped on the edge of the roof, and my heart and soles of my feet felt cold.Xiao Ning patted the wall and said, "What are you doing? Why are you in a daze?" I said, "I'm a little scared." Xiao Ning said, "I haven't seen you scared so many times. What's wrong today? It's rare to be in the duty room. The old man is not here, we can run several times this time, hurry up." I passed the steel bar out of the wall, and said to Mingming: "This is the last time, I won't come here again." say.

When the tricycle passed the fourth intersection of Gonggong Road, the children of Niu Ye's family courtyard loomed ahead. The street lights were dim, but I could smell Er Paozi and his men half a mile away.Xiao Ning slapped my waist fiercely, I understood what he meant, this kind of scene can't be stopped, I can only rush over with my heart.After rushing for tens of meters, the group of children started to shout: "I *, who is this? You are riding so fast, get off!" I felt relieved at once. These people didn't recognize us, let alone see what was on the car. So he pedaled with all his strength until the shouts and footsteps behind him disappeared.

In those few years, the children in Niu Ye's family home were our nightmares.They are slightly older than us, many of them are high school students, and their material conditions are far superior to those of our village children. They hold thin Walkmans, wear genuine sneakers, and fight with steel pipes polished by professional machines.What scares us the most is their leader Erpaozi, who learned from his father who was the head of the Niuye Security Section. Erpaozi knows two martial arts and is a serious trainer. The game hall saw him stabbing two adults with a military thorn until they were covered in blood.Under the threat of Erpaozi, the Niu Ye gang occupied the game hall and billiard table along Gonggong Road. Sometimes they also crossed the Liulihe Bridge to the nearby villages to molested girls. Erpaozi asked his men to catch them and walk up. Squeezing their nipples, these girls yelled, but their family members did not dare to fight with these bad boys, they just rushed forward to drag their daughter back and cursed twice, Niu Ye's bad boys started on the road again amidst laughter.

The Niu Ye gang blocked the three of us by the wall, and Er Paozi covered the sun with his huge head. He slapped me and said, "What are you guys doing at the scrap yard? Are you stealing our Niu Ye's iron latte?" Come here to sell?" With tears in my eyes, I didn't dare to say anything.He then slapped Mingming across the face and asked loudly, "Is that so?" Mingming said, "No, we are here to sell the old chicken cages." Er Paozi said, "Sell, sell, sell your chicken cages! !" Niu Ye gang laughed, Second Paozi changed the target, Shan Xiaoning said: "Are you also selling chicken coops? Your sister is a 'chicken', so you sell chicken coops, your whole family is born of chickens Huh?" Niu Yebang continued to laugh, Er Paozi said: "When I have money, I will go to Rolling Stone to fuck your sister every day, and make your sister scream." Xiao Ning was trembling all over, but she didn't dare to do anything, she closed her eyes After crying, Er Paozi slapped Xiao Ning again and said, "Cry, cry, cry for me and steal our Niu Ye's poverty." Niu Yebang laughed so hard.

That day we were indeed selling the old chicken coops at home. After finishing the calculation with Fatty Guo, we went to the river to pee together, and bumped into Niu Ye gang outside the gate.After Niu Ye's gang left, Fatty Guo came out of the house, stretched out his hand to pinch my chin and looked at it, and said, "It's nothing wrong, I just slapped it a few times, forget it, just don't provoke them in the future." Ning said: "How did they know we stole iron?" Fatty Guo said: "They know nothing! Don't look at these bastards, they are actually stealing Niu Ye's iron, and they come to me in broad daylight Lah, I told them not to come here during the day, but they didn’t listen, and I couldn’t accept it.”

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Obviously intending to send money to the old man in the duty room, he came up with this stupid trick.

Although it is impossible for the Niuye gang to know the time and place of our crime, they occupy the worker's road under the night. The main entrance guarded by the old man in the duty room.I can't persuade Mingming, he is as stubborn as his father. He said that the old man in the duty room has a very low salary, and it is impossible not to be tempted when he sees a big ticket. If there is dereliction of duty, at most, he is not afraid of being scolded by the old man. He has blood in his chest and an amulet on his neck. He wants to persuade the old man in the duty room to accept our money. be human.

He touched the big ticket in his pocket and walked towards the light, then stopped in front of the door, quietly listening to the sound from the TV in the house, and then returned the same way.

We sold all the scrap iron stored in Fatty Guo's warehouse, and each received more than 600 yuan.To this day, I am still grateful for that decision at the beginning. This activity is like unrestrained masturbation. I know it will be bad for me but I can’t stop it. It was not until the doctor whispered a few words in my ear that I was forced to stay away from pleasure. But also relieved.In addition, I obviously guessed right. The old man in the duty room really loves money. Less than half a month after we gave up stealing iron, the Niucheng Public Security Bureau launched a special crackdown and arrested a large number of private gangs who stole property from state-owned enterprises. The gangs who committed crimes in the district were all confessed by the old man in the duty room. These people are the real thieves. Reached 10,000+ yuan.

Fatty Guo smoked his cigarette and said, "I really don't understand. Why did you quit? Niu Ye has been laid off, and there are many abandoned workshops. Who cares about these rusty pieces of iron?" Mingming grabbed the money and glanced at it. Fatty Guo turned his head to Xiao Ning and me and said, "Let's go."

The winter of that year was surprisingly long, and it snowed heavily from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. People took advantage of the sunny days to clean up the snow on the roof and in the yard.Before the Lantern Festival, another snow fell, this time more violent than the last few times. The finger-sized snowflakes drove the wind from the north and danced wildly in every corner of Niucheng.

Ming’s father’s balloons can no longer be sold, and East Street is still crowded with people, but he and his balloons do not belong to this season. It is approaching noon and has not yet opened. On the one hand, he thought, since these things are blown up, they can't be taken back.Not far away, Hou Lizi ran over with his lame legs dragging, his movements mechanical, his face distorted, and he couldn't tell whether he was excited or tragic.Ming's father stood up and said, "What's the matter, master?" Hou lame leaned on the wall and panted and said, "Here, here, the provincial leaders are here, and they are in our fifth district." Ming's father grabbed the gas tank Throw it into the car basket and say: "How many people are there this time?" Hou Lizi said: "I have notified everyone, and they have also gone to call people from other factories. They ride motorcycles and arrive before us. Let's hurry up. Son." Ming's father stepped into the car, Hou Zizi sat in the back seat, and pulled out the rope under his buttocks, the balloon twitched and flew up neatly.

At the intersection of Zhenguan Road and Dongda Street, Papa Yu, who was buying cooked meat, saw Papa Ming and Lame Hou, and yelled. Papa Ming waved his hand, but did not slow down. Papa Yu ran to the middle of the road, reached out to stop the bicycle and said: "Third brother, what are you doing here?" Ming's father said, "Go to the factory." Yu's father said, "This cripple is not a thing. I used to think of ways to keep you from making trouble, but now he is almost You have become famous, don't fall for his tricks." Ming's father said, "Buy your meat, don't meddle in nothing!" Yu's father raised his voice and said, "Is it useful for you to follow him? Think about it, Niu Ye is not You have been hacked and subsidized alone, look who is going to make trouble now? Don't forget that your wife is still working there!" Ming's father pushed Yu's father away, and drove Hou Lizi away.

In the fifth district of Niuye, provincial leaders walked out of the gate accompanied by security personnel. More than a dozen representatives of laid-off workers waited for the opportunity to rush out, kneeling in front of the car in unison.

The provincial leader is a person who has seen the big world. He sternly shouted back the security guards who came to maintain order. He said with a straight face: "To tell the truth from the leader, it is really not easy for us laid-off workers. Although the factory has given everyone subsidies and the city has also given many corresponding re-employment policies, life is still a little difficult. But this is all temporary. The trade union has been collecting information to help these old workers as much as possible. Everyone has devoted themselves to Niu Ye for so many years. Someone should speak for them. We are not afraid of offending people." Pretend to be a good person here!" Hou Lizi said, "Who deducted our subsidies? Do you dare to say in front of the leaders? Also, how did we get down in the first place? How many award-winning masters are there among us? It’s not whoever you want to get off!” The surname Zheng said: “Old Hou, don’t wrong people, everything in the factory is strictly implemented according to the policy, and the subsidy matter is not always handled by our management department. Do you want to check it for everyone? Besides, do you think that you are the only ones who have taken less money, and which one of our management department, technical department, and security department has not lowered their wages? Don’t everyone respond to the policy and think about the company?"

The provincial leader took off his glasses, patted the dirt on Hou's crippled arm, and said, "Brother, I saw your difficulties today. It's because we didn't do a good job. On behalf of the provincial government, I would like to apologize to everyone. We came here in a hurry last time and had to leave soon. We still don’t know much about many issues, but please rest assured that you can report to relevant departments at any time if you have difficulties in the future. Although you have left your post temporarily, you will always be Niu Ye people!"

The one surnamed Zheng took the lead in applauding, and everyone applauded. Hou Cripple was so moved that he burst into tears.The provincial leader stretched out his hand to signal the crowd to stop, put on his glasses and looked at the gold-lettered sign above the gate of District Five, got into the car with a dark face, and said to the driver, "Let's go."

The crowd gradually dispersed, and the man surnamed Zheng walked up to Hou Laizi and said, "Old Hou, I have convinced you. Do you know how much I flattered and said good things to this young leader today for you? That's why he came forward to instruct the factory to reissue the New Year's benefits to everyone, but you almost tore down my desk! Sigh... Forget it, even if you don't look for me, I'm planning to look for you, and you're the one now The representatives of the laid-off workers in the factory are here, go to the auditorium with the comrades from the trade union to discuss the distribution of Spring Festival benefits." Hou Lizi wiped his face, looked at the surname Zheng coldly, and the surname Zheng raised his voice and said: "Don't be so Look at me, don't be too busy thanking me, I didn't do this for your sake!"

Ming's father followed Hou Lizi into the trade union auditorium. Zheng's surname turned his head, and the iron door slammed shut. Ming's father fell to the ground before he could react. He breathed in the dust and called Zheng's name. Er Paozi's father has a thick body and countless fists in all directions.

After the iron door opened, Papa Yu rushed in, knelt down and helped Papa Ming up.Papa Ming came to his senses, grabbed Papa Yu's arm with all his strength, panted through his bloody teeth.Furious, Yu's father stood up and pushed Erpaozi's father away, shouting: "Why are you beating people!" Erpaozi's father kicked him away and said, "Where did you come from? Get out!"

For many years, I have been thinking about a question: why does he still make trouble with Hou Zizi?He is two hundred and five, but he is not confused. He should know that the place has not welcomed him for a long time, and he also knows the principle of "officials and officials protect each other" and "county officials are not as good as current management", but he is still willing to make trouble with Hou Zizi.Hou Laizi carefully planned for a long time for the "imperial complaint", almost mobilizing the people along the entire Liuli River, but finally only got the support of a dozen people, and the group ran away cleanly in front of the trade union auditorium.

Later, Papa Yu told me that Papa Ming did this for the sake of dignity, which is the face he often talked about.In the eyes of others, Papa Ming's face is worthless at all, but in Papa Ming's eyes, this face represents the supreme dignity of the working class.

Ming's father was not seriously injured. Accompanied by Yu's father, he went to the village entrance clinic for a simple bandage and then went home. After wearing the bandage, he went to Dongdajie to sell balloons.Hou Zizi, who was with Ming's father, was also not seriously injured, but he didn't know which acupuncture point Er Paozi's father had touched on him. After he came out of the clinic, he went crazy.

With more and more unscrupulous girls around us, the little money for selling iron was quickly used up, and Xiao Ning even threw the test paper fee for the new semester on the roller skating rink.The homeroom teacher issued an ultimatum to Xiaoning that if he did not pay the test paper fee within the time limit, he would go to Guojia Village to talk to his parents. The test paper fee of more than 100 yuan, in the past, was not enough for us to spend a week at the roller skating rink, but now it has become Xiao Ning's number one problem. After thinking about it, he can only throw the problem to his sister.

We accompanied Xiao Ning to take the bus to Rolling Stone Nightclub in the north of the city.It was also the first time for Xiao Ning to come to this kind of place. He was so nervous that he expressed his purpose to the security guard at the gate, but he didn't say his sister's name. He was obviously impatient and gave him his name. The security guard opened the door and let us go. He went in and told us to come out quickly after finishing our work. He said that the police station often came here to make surprise inspections, and they did not allow underage middle school students to mix in.

(End of this chapter)