Your loneliness is more moving than this world

Chapter 15 The Lover on the Other Side (4)
Sister Ning walked out the door with her hair tied up, put on a smiling face and said to the foreman, "Thank you." The foreman also smiled and walked away, and Sister Ning lowered her face to greet us and said, "Come in, and close the door." Mingming and I walked into the room , Sitting on the sofa and looking around, Xiao Ning stood in front of Sister Ning with her head down, waiting for a lecture.Sister Ning lit a cigarette, blew with her mouth twisted, and said, "You are so upbeat. The family is in this state, and you dare to spend money recklessly. Good luck to you. There is a sister who earns money for you in this kind of place. If it weren't for me, you would have been thrown to work as a laborer on the construction site, and you still have money to send you bastard to school?" Xiao Ning lowered her head lower and lower.Sister Ning put out the cigarette and said, "That's enough, stop pretending to be pitiful with me, tell me, how much is it?" Xiao Ning raised her head and said, "Five hundred." She glanced at him, threw out the money and said, "Get out!"

On the return bus, Mingming, Xiaoning and I stood side by side, without talking to each other.I kept repeating in my mind the scenes I saw in the nightclub just now, those enchanting lipsticks, charming high-heeled shoes, sexy miniskirts, and colorful lights in all directions, like poppy flower buds, which made me obsessed and made me shudder.The bus stopped at the intersection, the police lights ahead were flashing, and there was a lot of voices. Mingming, Xiao Ning and other passengers walked over with their heads stretched out to look at it. I was not interested, and I was still standing where I was, thinking about the nightclub.I am sure that I have seen the essence of the adult world. These people in front of me are fighting fiercely, intriguing, and making trouble, but for money. When they have money, they will go to places like nightclubs to spend money, and to deal with poor sisters like Sister Ning. Women, they don't have a good thing.

I admit that there has been a slight change in my attitude towards my friends.As Fa Xiaoer who grew up on the same street and in the same family, Mingming and Xiao Ning and I have always followed the same habit of life, but I changed first. I began to learn to look at things from a different standpoint, and began to treat myself in certain ways. I am disgusted by the usual behaviors, such as defrauding family members of money. From the perspective of Sister Ning, we are indeed a bunch of shameless little bastards.

Mingming and Xiaoning took the girl to a restaurant for dinner in the name of celebrating their birthday, and then went to the video hall to watch the video.We booked a suite in the video hall, leaned on the sofa with our little girlfriends in our arms, and smoked.Halfway through the video, Mingming got up and took Zheng Lin to the back room, and gently locked the door. The girl in my arms blushed, Xiao Ning smiled at me winkingly, and I pretended to focus on the plot of the video.A few minutes later, the door opened, and Mingming and Zheng Lin returned to their original positions. No one spoke until the end of the video.

After a period of time, Zheng Lin no longer appeared among us, she no longer went to the roller skating rink, and she no longer accepted any form of contact from us.She broke up with Mingming. We learned the reason for the breakup from another girl we had a relationship with. She explained that Ming wanted to sleep with Zheng Lin, but Zheng Lin refused. He slapped Zheng Lin in a rage, although He immediately knelt down and begged for forgiveness, but this had already touched the bottom line of a girl like Zheng Lin.

Mingming’s remorse quickly turned into hatred. He told Xiao Ning and me that Zheng Lin’s relationship with him was a naked conspiracy. In Zheng Lin’s eyes, we were not much different from those little hooligans at the school gate. The only difference was We have money, and when we run out of money to spend, she flies away like a dove on a roof.

In fact, Zheng Lin was one class older than us, and was a well-known top student in Niuye No. 1999 Middle School. She was admitted to Niucheng No. 5 Middle School in the summer of 2008 with the No. 2012 score in the city. Three years later, she was admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University. While studying in Beijing in [-], Zheng Lin married a high-ranking son in Niucheng, and divorced in the summer of [-].

5.
The health of Grandpa Ning and Grandma Ming began to deteriorate at the same time. Both elderly people have terminal cancer, but their attitudes towards the disease are very different.Grandpa Ning felt that he had been mistreated by God since he learned about his condition. He thought this was not the way to die for him. He was lying in the hospital, forcing his daughter to go around borrowing money to save his life.Grandma Ming insisted on not having surgery, let alone hospitalization and chemotherapy. She only ate cheap traditional Chinese medicine regularly delivered by her granddaughters. Ming’s father and mother begged her to have an operation, and she went on a hunger strike to protest.

"I don't want to go to the hospital. I'm going to die anyway from this disease. I'm so old. What are you doing with the money and suffering? It would be nice to die cleanly." After drinking the water, Grandma Ming smiled at me and said, "Hey, go get your mother a stool." Yu's mother sat down and said, "You can't say that, everyone just feels uncomfortable. Your boss has worked so hard to pull this big family by yourself for half your life, let alone you Your children are cousins ​​Xiaoyu’s father and Xiaoning’s father, which one was not brought up by you? But what kind of blessings have you enjoyed?” Grandma Ming shook her head and said: “I understand what you mean, Xiaoyu’s mother, I don’t treat diseases, no I want the couple to lose their heads in the village and get a reputation for being unfilial. Think about it, how many days can I live? The children are still young, and the men are also laid off. Give me a hand." She looked at Yu's mother and continued: "One person has one life. I lived to be 67 years old, and God has treated me well. You and your children live well. Look at how good these children are, you can blink quickly Now that you're a young man, you and Mingming's mother are coming out of it soon."

On the afternoon of Ching Ming Festival, there was a pinprick drizzle in Niucheng. Grandpa Ning opened his eyes on the hospital bed of the third city hospital and said, "The third mother's mother is dying. Go and have a look. She gave me a dream just now and said she was going to die on my bed." Go ahead." After explaining to the nurse, Mama Ning hurried to Mingming's house with Mama Yu, and as soon as she turned into the street of Guojiacun, she found a pile of paper money erected on the wall in the distance.

Grandma Ming went to the funeral, and a man surnamed Zheng brought people from the trade union to mourn the funeral. He went to the back of the coffin and handed 1000 yuan to Ming’s father in public, saying that it was a funeral organized by the union. He bowed to the one surnamed Zheng.The surname Zheng supported Ming's father's shoulder and said: "Old Guo, I know you are still misunderstood me. I will stand in front of your old lady's spirit and swear that what happened last time really has nothing to do with me. It was the security department that would have done it long ago." Well, even I was pulled out by their people at that time, and I was almost beaten. The factory has already punished those personnel. You also know that the security department has been fighting against Hou Laizi and the others. Now Hou Laizi is ineffective. Everyone trusts you the most, so I will continue to pull my face to ask for benefits from above, and you, take care of the old workers who have been laid off in the factory, okay?" Ming's father nodded, and the surnamed Zheng was relieved, holding Ming Dad's hand said: "This time, the subsidy in the factory is over. Our two families find time to have a meal by the river. From now on, we will stand on the same front and overcome any difficulties."

Ming's father walked into Hou Laizi's house with the subsidy and fruit, and sat by the bed to explain why he was here. Hou's wife fed him food spoon by spoon. He never looked up at Ming's father from the beginning to the end, and Ming's father put the things by the bed. , walked out slowly.After Grandma Ming passed away, he changed a lot. He was no longer as impulsive and reckless as he used to be. Apart from picking up Mother Ming to and from get off work, he only shuttled between East Street and Guojiacun on weekdays. He drank less and restrained his temper. He didn't even say any more, maybe the old lady's frugality finally touched him, no matter what, family and life are the first, and it doesn't matter if you don't have face.

Ming's father and Ming's mother came back from the dinner, put the packed meat on the table to greet their children, Xiaoyue ran out from the back room screaming, grabbed a chicken leg and gnawed it, Ming's mother held Xiaoyue's sleeve and said "Ancestor, you were born by a hungry wolf? Go and eat with chopsticks!" Ming's father lit a cigarette and said to Mingming, "Sit over there, I have something to ask you." Mingming put down the chicken leg, wiped his hands and sat aside .Ming's father said: "Are you dating Minister Zheng's daughter? His daughter also went to dinner today, and asked why you didn't go, and said that her watch was a birthday present from you." Mingming said: " No, just acquaintances in general, and have never dated." Ming's father said: "Where did you get the money to buy such expensive things? Your grandma didn't even see you buy her a snack when she was seriously ill." Mingming didn't say a word .Xiaoyue interrupted and said, "Brother, Brother Xiaoyu, and Brother Xiaoning went to Niuye to steal iron, and there was a lot of money." Ming's father and Mingming stood up at the same time, and Ming's mother pulled Xiaoyue over and said, "Children eat your food, nonsense. What!" Ming's father said loudly, "What's going on?" Mingming said, "I didn't. She saw me buying scrap iron from sellers at the buying station, so she made it up..." Ming's father rushed over and punched his son on the ground. land.

Yu's mother opened the door, knelt down and looked at Xiaoyue and said, "Oh, what's the matter, baby, who bullied you?" Xiaoyue cried out of breath and said, "My father beat me at home. Brother, my mother and I can't hold back anymore." Mama Yu picked up Xiaoyue and rushed into the room, shouting: "All the men at home, come out to me!"

Ming's father panted heavily and sat back in the chair. The three women surrounded him and accused him one after another. I sat with Xiaoyue and Xiaoning in the corner behind the door, not daring to make a sound.Papa Yu pulled Mingming under the lamp, and forcefully broke his face and mouth.Mingming squeezed tears and said: "Uncle, don't do it, my dad really didn't hurt me." Yu's father let go of his hand, knocked Mingming's head once, and said: "It's not wrong to beat you, how old is it, just Dare to steal Niu Ye’s iron, and dare to have a partner!” I dared to say: “We really went there once, picked up a few pieces of old iron in the alley, and never entered the door. Later, the Public Security Bureau Once we arrest people, we won't dare to go there to play." Yu's father rushed to the back of the door and kicked me and said, "I told you to go and play over there!"

The women kept nagging, but Ming's father almost lost his anger. He stood up and went back to the room and said, "Okay, you guys, for what they did, shouldn't you hit me a few times? The old lady is here." You have been taking care of the child since then, you see how it has been protected, now you can continue to take care of it." Ming's mother smiled, and said to Yu's and Ning's mothers: "Look at our family, it's just Xiong Dexing , Now he didn't bother, the children also explained the situation, everyone calm down, sit down. Xiaoyue, go and pour water for the aunts." Yu's father stubbed out the cigarette, and said to me and Xiaoning: " It's okay, it's okay, you two little bastards, let me go home."

Ming's mother pulled a chair and sat down at the table, and said, "Sister, there is one more thing to tell you. Today, Mingming's father and I went to eat at the restaurant next to the national highway. It’s not cheap, and there are a lot of people, most of whom are drivers passing by for transportation. They only eat and don’t drink. Let Ming's father follow Xiaoyu's father to open a restaurant." Yu's mother said: "The location is good, and there are ready-made stores and parking lots, but it costs at least [-] or [-] yuan. The three of us can't get together now. You know about Xiaoning’s mother’s situation with this money, she can’t even get [-], so she can only wait and see.” Ming’s mother said, “Didn’t you say that Xiaoning’s father has news and made a lot of money? ? If he wants to come back, we’ll have everything! Let’s not talk about restaurants, we’ll be working on hotels.” Ning’s mother said, “He recently brought back news that he would give money to the family and make them wait for him. Now, who knows if he will be sure this time, since he was laid off, he has become a lonely ghost, and I don't count on him for a long time."

The news that Papa Ning brought back this time is true, he really made a lot of money.In less than half a month, Mother Ning picked up a sealed plastic bag from the roof of her house, which contained a huge sum of 10,000+ yuan, and also contained a bad news: Father Ning was wanted, and he changed hands The woman surrendered after strangling her foolish husband to death, and the first one to confess was Papa Ning from Guojia Village.

Faced with the visiting police, Mother Ning burst into tears, shaking her nose and said, "If you catch him, I will ask the government to shoot him, and it will be a harm to our family. I don't want to spend a day with this man. Ever since I married them My family, I haven't had a good day. He hangs around outside all year round, doesn't give the family a penny, and is in debt everywhere. Now people say that he made a fortune outside and raised a woman. The family has been poor for the past two years I have to borrow the whole street, and he didn't say to come back to have a look, and now I have lost such a big person to my family, what face do I have to walk on this street in the future!"

Sister Ning returned home and hid in the side room quietly waiting for the police to leave.After the police left, Sister Ning walked into the main house and told her mother that she was going to get married. She met a businessman from Beijing who had good conditions and treated her well. The two of them had already gone to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their certificates.Ning's mother wiped her face with a hot towel, recovered her emotions, and said, "Your father doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and grandpa is also in the hospital. You still have the leisure to run with the wild man. You jumped out of the cracks in the rocks." Are you still from this family?" Sister Ning sneered, stood up and said, "We are also called a family?" When she walked to the door, she stopped, leaned on the door frame and looked at the yard and said, "The date has been set. If you want to come to Beijing, please call me first, and I will send someone to pick you up." Mother Ning put the towel on her face again, and said, "Get out, you will not be allowed to enter this house again in the future."

In the office building in District 20 of Niuye, the man surnamed Zheng was gesturing over and over outside the door. Mother Ming came out and took off her sleeves and asked, "What's the matter?" The man surnamed Zheng looked around, pulled Ming's mother to the edge of the corridor, and whispered : "Why are you so confused? Didn't I say hello to your old Guo in advance? This skill review is none of your business. Why do you still hand over the materials to others?" Ming's mother shook off Zheng's hand and said, "You are blind!" What’s the matter! What’s the matter? Who in this department didn’t hand in?” The surname Zheng said: “You want to be laid off? Let me tell you, all the technical consultants who came here this time are from the province. If you want to come back, if you do this again, I won’t be able to talk.” Ming’s mother said: “You don’t need to talk, I hand in the materials voluntarily, and if I want to be laid off, everyone will be laid off together, so what’s bothering you!” He took a breath, looked at Ming's mother and said, "You are not a child anymore, and you have been working here for almost 20 years. I don't understand why you did this? Tell me, what are you doing for?" Ming’s mother said: “No reason, I’m tired, just like you said, I’ve worked here for almost [-] years, and I’m tired, if I’m not laid off, I’ll obey orders.” The surname Zheng raised his voice and said, “You’re so Do, have you ever thought about your family members!" Ming's mother also raised her voice and said, "You don't care about my family members! Go back, no one wants to see you here now, don't make yourself unhappy."

At eight o'clock in the evening, Papa Ming and Papa Yu came back from eating outside and found a black car parked at the entrance of the alley. They muttered for a long time before they walked into the house, and knew that there were guests at home through the light of the window.

Seeing Papa Ming, several leaders of the province cheered up and stood up. The leader wore glasses and smiled and said, "Old Guo, do you still know me?" He said with his hand: "Hello, hello, you... Please sit down." The leader wearing glasses motioned for everyone to sit down, and ordered the secretary to continue recording. He looked at Papa Ming and Papa Yu and said, "We are here this time, mainly It was an unannounced visit to Niu Ye’s grassroots reform situation, especially the laid-off workers and their family representatives. Just now these two lesbians gave us a lot of valuable advice and provided some very important clues. There are many problems, Lao Guo, So we are waiting for your return and want to hear your opinion."

Everyone in the room looked at Papa Ming, who was sitting cautiously in the middle of the room. He bit his lower lip and said, "I don't have any objections." The leader wearing glasses said, "Don't be afraid, Lao Guo, you have nothing to do with Niu Ye. If you have any opinions on the policy or anyone, feel free to mention it, this is your home, you don’t have to be afraid of anyone.” Ming’s father said: “I am very grateful to the leader for caring about us old workers so much, but we are all down. , so it’s not easy to talk about other people. Niu Ye is actually very kind to us people. He has been subsidized every month. Recently, he has given pensions to us families with old people who have passed away. No more trouble for people."

Everyone sent the leaders away, and the leader wearing glasses turned around and held the car door and said, "Everyone, go back, it's too late. Lao Guo, you have to trust the government. No matter what time the government speaks for us, the working class." Ming's mother smiled and said: "Don't be surprised, he is just so stupid, we will persuade him later, and we must cooperate with the leaders' work."

The provincial leader's car disappeared at the corner of the street, and everyone walked back when a man's voice suddenly came from the entrance of the alley: "Brother San." Papa Ming followed the prestige, and Papa Ning slowly came out from the shadows.

(End of this chapter)