Forbidden City

Chapter 58
In the early morning, I was woken up by a call of "Dad, Dad...". At first I thought I was dreaming. When I opened my eyes, I suddenly found a little girl standing in front of me, shaking her hands like a pair of lotus roots. with me.I was startled, and hurriedly sat up on the bed, took a closer look, this... isn't this our Xinxin?

Yesterday was a baby sleeping in a swaddle, why is it so big today?And, will you call me daddy?
"Father, I want to find my mother." Seeing that I woke up, Xinxin shook my hand again and said.

I looked at Xinxin, this kid was almost 1.1 meters tall, with a childish face, but he looked at least three years old.

Three years old - today is the third day of her birth, that is to say, she is one year older every day!
If the villagers found out about this, they would definitely treat Xinxin as a monster.

I said softly to Xinxin: "Xinxin, don't worry, dad will take you to find mom today."

After waking up, I saw that Mu Yi had already woken up. He was standing at the door of my house, looking intently at the mountains in the distance. Hearing the footsteps of Xinxin and me, he turned to me and said, "I'm going back today."

"Well... okay, I'm going to the city today too." For some reason, a sense of sadness welled up in my heart.

Before going to the city, I went to pay homage to Wu Banxian. After all, he died for our Yu family, and I am grateful to him from the bottom of my heart.And if it wasn't for me, he wouldn't have died. I feel guilty for this. From now on, I will come to worship him every year and treat him as my relative.

I also went to Uncle Zhou and thanked him and the people in the village, after all, they all helped me.Uncle Zhou asked me where I was going next, and I said I would go to the city to find a job.Uncle Zhou asked me if I had settled down with my work, and I said not yet.Uncle Zhou said that his youngest son, Zhou Yuyong, was doing well and even became a petty official. If I went to him, he might be able to help me, and he told me Zhou Yuyong's cell phone number.

Zhou Yuyong, who grew up with me, is stronger than me. He looks like a bull, with thick eyebrows. At first glance, he thought it was Lu Zhishen.We were very good when we were young. We went up trees to dig out bird eggs and went down to rivers to touch fish and shrimp. We did everything. It can be said that we were a pair of hard-working buddies.It's just that after high school, I went to college, and he went straight to work.But now, he is better than me, it seems that reading too much of this book is useless.

When my second uncle heard that I was going to the city to find a job, he didn't stop or object. He just asked me what to do with Xinxin, and I said of course I had to take it with me.The second uncle asked: "How do you work with a child?"Alas, life is hard for single dads.I asked my second uncle what his plans were. He took a puff of the cigarette, exhaled it slowly, and said unhurriedly: "I don't know yet, I'm a little tired. Let's rest at home for a while before we talk about it."

And when we left, the second uncle didn't mention to me the antiques left by the ancestors in the secret room, and I didn't want to talk about it, so I just forgot about it.

After arriving in the city, I separated from Mu Yi, and I thanked her, after all, she helped me a lot with Ling Mengyao.But she said lightly: "This is my job." I am very curious, what is her job and her identity, but she keeps it secret.I don't know if she didn't bother to tell me, or her work was mysterious, but I didn't ask any further.But at the time of parting, I begged again and again, if she finds a way to revive Ling Ziyao, she must remember to tell me.Mu Yi nodded, then patted Xin Xin's head again, then turned and walked towards the car.

"Mom—" Xinxin suddenly called out.

I was taken aback. How could this brat be called that?Busily grabbed her hand and said softly, "Xinxin, don't bark."

Hearing the sound, Mu Yi stopped, turned around, squatted down in front of Xin Xin, stroked her face and said softly, "Xin Xin, I'm not your mother."

Xin Xin stared at Mu Yi with big black eyes, tears streaming down her face.

"I will let you find your mother as soon as possible." After Mu Yi finished speaking, he stood up, glanced at me, and seemed to want to say something, but finally hesitated, turned around and got into the car, and quickly started the car. The car goes away slowly.

Xinxin looked up at me and asked, "Dad, why isn't she my mother?"

I knelt down and looked at her and said, "Because she is not, so she is not." Xinxin asked again, "What about my mother? Are we going to find my mother?"

"Okay, I'll take you to find your mother." I said, taking out my mobile phone and calling Zhou Yuyong.

Before I came, I called him, and he said that I just need to tell him when I get to the station in the city, and he will pick me up.After only two rings, the other party answered and told me to wait for him.

After waiting for about half an hour, Zhou Yuyong came.He looked fatter and more mature than before, with a small beard on his chin, which made him look like an artist.After a few simple polite words, he looked at Xinxin and asked who I was, and I said it was my daughter.His eyes widened, "Isn't it? When did your daughter grow up?" I didn't say anything, and said to Xinxin, "Xinxin is called uncle." Xinxin called uncle jerky.Zhou Yuyong was very happy. He took out a piece of Grandpa Mao and forced it to me. Then he helped me with my luggage, saying that I would go to his place first, and we will talk about work tomorrow.

From Zhou Yuyong's mouth, I learned that he worked as a security guard in a lighting factory. He said he was an official, but he was actually a security captain.He said that their factory was recruiting people.It is difficult to recruit workers now, so if you recommend someone to go, as long as you have worked for three months, the factory will give you fifty for the referral fee.Only then did I understand why Uncle Zhou asked me to come to Zhou Yuyong.And their factory is currently recruiting a large number of workers, but after I heard it, I was discouraged, and all the recruits were general workers, or security guards.

Zhou Yuyong rented a single room not far from their factory.Because I will live with Xinxin in the future, it is obviously inconvenient to be crowded with Zhou Yuyong, so I asked him to take me outside to find a house as well. Don’t worry about work, after all, I still have A child, it is not convenient to go to work.

In the afternoon, I also rented a room above the building where Zhou Yuyong lived, with a bathroom and a balcony where I could cook.

After everything was settled, Zhou Yuyong said that he would invite me to a big meal to cleanse me up. He also said that we hadn't seen each other for so many years, and we had to get drunk today.When he met a colleague of his on the road, he asked from afar, "Captain Zhou, what are you doing tonight?" Zhou Yuyong waved his hand and said, "No more, I have something to do tonight."

I told Zhou Yuyong that if he had something to do at night, he could do it and leave me alone.Zhou Yuyong said: "There's nothing to do, just play mahjong. Damn, I don't know what's going on these days. I'm not lucky. I always lose in mahjong." I advised him to play less. , Damn kid, I don't believe that those little bastards have always been so lucky, and one day I will win back what I lost." After I heard this, I couldn't say anything more.

During the meal, after drinking a few glasses of wine, I said that we used to fight guerrillas together (go up the mountain to find wild fruits and catch wild animals), but now he has achieved success, but I have achieved nothing.As I spoke, I sighed again, and an inexplicable layer of sadness welled up in my heart.But Zhou Yuyong said: "What's the matter? You are just a security captain. To put it bluntly, people call you a watchdog. You see your daughter is so old. My girlfriend, I don't know whose house it is. Well, my father has been urging me to find a partner, but how can it be so easy to find a partner now? There is no 'Mami', let alone a girlfriend, and even the women in the factory don't even look at you."

After eating, on the way home, Zhou Yuyong stopped in front of a telegraph pole, on which I saw a piece of red paper with numbers printed on it.At first I thought it was a recruitment inspiration, and I thought to myself that this guy is a good buddy, he is very interested in my job, so I went to see what a good job it is, and unexpectedly, I saw these big words:

Recruiting door-to-door son-in-law.

In Liuwu Village, there is a woman, 28 years old, 165cm tall, graduated from university, worth 2000 million, parents give a car, a BMW i8, a luxury villa, has been hurt by others, do not believe in love, now just want to find a destined person life companion.As long as the man has a single-minded relationship, understands the heart of a woman, only wants to live a good life, has no bad habits, does not seek to be handsome, but only to be loyal.No need to work after marriage, 20000 yuan per month for living expenses.If you are interested, please call 138XXXXXX.You Are the One.

I knew it was a lie when I saw it, and asked jokingly, "Why, do you want to try it, kid?"

Zhou Yuyong nodded and said, "Yes, I want to try."

(End of this chapter)