Scarlet Romance

Chapter 24
After more than two years of operation, Zhong Yuemin's restaurant finally got out of the slump and paid off the loan. He bought 51% of the shares of Taiyue Restaurant and became a veritable boss.

Just now that he had some savings in his hands, Zhong Yuemin had some restless thoughts.He really doesn't like to live this kind of peaceful life. This kind of life may be suitable for most people, but it is not suitable for Zhong Yuemin. He needs a way of life that can feel fresh all the time. This way of life can bring him challenges. Bring passion, otherwise life becomes a stagnant pool, even if you live richly, there is no meaning.

Gao Yue is a considerate girl, she knows that Zhong Yuemin has a lot of weird ideas popping up in his head every day, she adopts a laissez-faire attitude towards this, in fact, she doesn't like the kind of man who lives by himself and guards his wife.She believes that the most important advantage of a man should be a kind of creativity, and he can use this creativity to continuously enrich his life.Hemingway probably belongs to this type of person. Wherever there is trouble in this world, he must join in the fun. This guy has never been a soldier, but he participated in two world wars as a civilian and was seriously injured many times.There is such a kind of people in the world who don't like to live a normal life by nature, but are willing to accept challenges and like to take risks.Since Hemingway can live like this, why can't Zhong Yuemin?Gao Yue thinks he should support Zhong Yuemin's idea.

Zhong Yuemin originally planned to go to the primeval forest of Shennongjia to search for savages. This is something he can do with his current economic strength. If he could choose such an expedition, he would rather choose to play in the Bermuda Triangle and get a fishing boat. Wandering around in the sea where ships are often missing, he would like to see how the so-called supernatural force turned himself into nothing.Of course, it is not realistic to go to Bermuda at present, he can only consider what can be done in front of him.

Gao Yue enthusiastically offered an idea: "Let me see, you might as well go to the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang to investigate. There are many obliterated cities in it, not to mention Loulan. There are also some cities that are not as famous as Loulan, such as Niya, The ruins of the Jingjue Kingdom are all in the middle of the desert, and few people have been there, if you can find these cities, it will be very interesting."

Zhong Yuemin became excited when he heard it. It was a good idea. It was too exciting to search for an ancient country more than 2000 years ago in the desert.He thought about it for several days, and carefully calculated the details of this operation against the map.He thinks that the risk of this trip is of course not small, and he may be trapped to death in the desert, but this plan is too tempting.He imagined that he had gone through all kinds of hardships and finally found the Jingjue Kingdom. When he dug up the ruins of the ancient kingdom, he first unearthed a large number of wooden tablets and bamboo slips, and then dug up an ancient mummy... He planned Then, if the mummy was really dug up, he must get the mummy back and make a glass cover to store it.Nowadays, there are quite a few people who collect stamps, banknotes, sparks, alcohol and perfume, and there are people abroad who collect airplanes and tanks, but who has ever heard of a collection of mummies?This is not something you can collect with money.

As soon as Gao Yue heard about Zhong Yuemin's collection plan, she was startled and shivered for a while, then she calmed down and said: "When we have money, you can buy a house for your collection, just don't let me see it. That thing, or I wouldn't be able to sleep."

Zhong Yuemin didn't think about it, he was a person who was ready to act when he thought of one thing. He ordered a four-wheel drive Cherokee jeep and installed a winch self-rescue device.He drove out of the car sales center in a brand new jeep feeling great. According to his plan, if nothing happened, he would appear on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in two weeks.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Yuemin was overjoyed too early. Something happened to him less than 5 kilometers away from the car sales center in his new car...

At an intersection, when Zhong Yuemin turned left, he heard a "bang" sound behind him, and he saw a person with his bicycle on the ground from the reflector.Zhong Yuemin was startled, and said in his heart, it was broken, it knocked someone down, he quickly stopped the car and jumped out, trying to help the man up, but the man pushed away his hand, hugged his legs and screamed, the voice was very shrill , it seems that the pain is unbearable...

Zhong Yuemin was very puzzled. His car driving skills were trained in the army. Not to mention driving in such a good road condition, he was also very good at driving many difficult stunts. Looking behind in the mirror, why did a cyclist suddenly appear?This is a bit strange.Besides, this person's yelling was also very suspicious. Just now when he turned the corner, the speed was very slow. Even if he knocked this person down, he would fall at most. How could he be so loud?This is a little over the top.Zhong Yuemin has long heard that some people specialize in this profession, causing all kinds of troubles to extort drivers, it seems that there is something wrong with this guy.

Thinking of this, Zhong Yuemin was relieved, he touched the man with his foot and said: "Stop barking, don't you just want money, tell me, how much do you want?"

This sentence was really effective, and the man stopped barking immediately.He slowly opened his eyes, and looked at Zhong Yuemin. When their eyes met, both of them opened their eyes wide in surprise...

Zhong Yuemin recognized that this was Cao Gang, an educated youth who lived in the same cave dwelling with him when he joined the queue in northern Shaanxi.More than 20 years have passed in a flash, and he and Cao Gang did not expect to meet again in this situation.

Cao Gang obviously recognized Zhong Yuemin, he seemed flustered, but immediately calmed down, he smiled and stretched out his hand to Zhong Yuemin: "Yuemin, we haven't seen each other for many years, come on, give me a hand..."

Zhong Yuemin stood still, and said coldly: "Stand up by yourself. Cao Gang, what kind of grandson are you pretending to be, and you are doing this? All right, you will be promising."

Cao Gang's face turned red, he got up from the ground shyly, and pushed his bicycle to leave. Zhong Yuemin grabbed him and said, "Why are you going? We haven't talked about money yet."

"Yuemin, this... this is a misunderstanding. I have something else to do. Let's talk about it another day, shall we?"

"Where can I find you another day? I think it's better to talk now. You come with me. Let's find a place to talk."

Cao Gang reluctantly pushed his bicycle and followed Zhong Yuemin out of the crowd, and Zhong Yuemin took him to a nearby tea house.After the two sat down, Zhong Yuemin said sarcastically, "Cao Gang, how did you get into this business? We are not too young now, how can our bones withstand such a fall? How many times do you have to fall every day?"

Cao Gang lowered his head in embarrassment: "Yuemin, I really didn't expect to meet you today. I felt something was wrong when I went out in the morning, and my right eyelid kept twitching. Sure enough, I met you as soon as I went out. What a fucking Disgraceful. Yuemin, don't tell me about our friendship when we slept on the same kang back then, no matter how bad I am, Cao Gang, I still need face."

Zhong Yuemin nodded: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Cao Gang, how did you get here all these years, can you tell me?"

Cao Gang sighed and said, "Oh, don't mention it. When the educated youth returned to the city in large numbers, I already had a family in the local area. I was not a target of returning to the city. There was no other way. I worked in the county for a few more years until 1985. I just returned to Beijing with my wife and children. After I came back, I regretted it. If I want a house, I don’t have a house. If I want a job, I don’t have a job. My eyes are black. My parents are workers. I just lived in two small one-story houses. At that time, Beijing’s housing was tight, so I didn’t feel crowded. When I returned from living outside for 17 years, my parents still lived in those two small one-story houses. My elder brother was also an educated youth who jumped into the queue. He came back a few years earlier than me. He also married a rural wife and two children. His family of four occupied a house. My parents lived in one room. I am a family of three, and the children are all 10 years old. Where is it? It’s so fucking called Tiantian Ying, don’t believe me when I tell you, I dismantled the small kitchen at home, and created an open space of less than 5 square meters. I built it on this land Build a two-story building, the bricks are stolen from the construction site, the floor is the waste tram floor removed from the tram repair shop, and the double bed must be placed on the second floor before the roof of the small building is capped, and then the roof can be capped. Have you ever seen Is it the gun tower of the Japanese devils in the movie? My building is similar to the gun tower, only a few holes are missing. Think about it, a building with a height of more than 5 meters is built on a total area of ​​less than 4 square meters, and it is said to be like a gun tower They have lifted it up, and I would say it is like a chimney, and my family lives in the chimney. This is my home, and my family of three still lives in the gun tower."

Zhong Yuemin was dumbfounded when he heard that, he couldn't imagine that a building with a height of more than 5 meters could be built in a space of 4 square meters, which was beyond his imagination. He was so shocked that he was speechless for a while.

Cao Gang burst into tears suddenly: "Yuemin, you really don't know what kind of life these powerless common people live. People are not afraid of suffering, but the most fearful thing is that there is no hope. After you left as a soldier, the brothers of the educated youth No one spoke for three days. Think about it, if someone pointed to a broken cave dwelling and said to you, this is your home, you can only live here for the rest of your life, you are only worthy of a lifetime of hard life, you have no hope, Can you feel that desperate state of mind? Let me tell you, I have come here with this hopeless state of mind for so many years. After returning to the city, I worked as a bricklayer in a construction company. When it comes to work, my family of three can barely make ends meet with my little salary. I live quite contentedly, this is my life, I dare not compare with others, I will admit that I can live this kind of life. But last year our unit was in a downturn I was among the first to be laid off. I am not afraid of your jokes. I knelt down to the boss, crying, begging, and I said everything I needed to say, but it was useless. After more than 20 years The length of service, it’s just a waste of time. If I were older, this matter would be easy to handle. At worst, I would take dozens of sleeping pills and take it, and it would be over. But I’m only in my 40s, and I want to let go I just left and couldn’t let it go. I went to look for a job, but people didn’t even want to talk about it when they saw my age. Finally, I asked someone to find a job as a gatekeeper. I was paid 300 yuan a month. I was quite content, but I did it In less than a year, I was hired again. These days, the gatekeepers have become fat and vacancies, and many people are thinking about it. Someone in the family of the head of the unit was laid off, so they took my job. After thinking about it, I feel like I’m a waste. I’ve lived to this age. If I want culture but no culture, technology but no technology, what can I do? I can’t help it. I have no other way to go except to engage in crooked ways...”

Zhong Yuemin's eyes turned red when he heard that, he didn't expect that his educated youth partners back then were doing so miserably now.He suddenly realized that he was a very selfish person. Over the years, he seldom paid attention to the living conditions of others, and seldom thought of helping others, but he accepted help from others with peace of mind when he was in trouble.Now that he has just regained some strength and has some money in his hand, the first thing he thinks of is to buy a car to go exploring, but he does not think that there are many people who have not yet solved the problem of survival. In any case, his current economic situation is capable of helping others.

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Where were the brothers in Shichuan Village back then? How many of them were laid off?"

"Qian Zhimin and Zhang Guangzhi have also been laid off. Zhao Dayong is working on three rounds, Guo Jie is delivering milk to the milk company, and Li Ping has retired early. Wang Hong is not bad, and is working as a primary school teacher. There are almost no people who do well. Our generation is really unlucky. This is retribution. In the early days of the Cultural Revolution, we beat teachers and smashed things, and did a lot of bad things. God will punish us. Do the math, we didn’t study when we were supposed to go to school, and we should work. When I was sent to jump the queue, I suffered half my life and never enjoyed a day of happiness. It was the prime of life, and I was fucking laid off again. Sigh, why do you think our group of people caught up with the unlucky things? I have been unlucky for most of my life, and in the end, even my mother and my son look down on me, saying that I am incompetent, that people like me who are incapable should not have children, and that I am too irresponsible to bring children into this world to suffer poverty. Fuck I fucking regret it, if I knew it, I should have kicked this little bastard down when my mother was pregnant with him."

Zhong Yuemin stood up: "Cao Gang, I opened a restaurant, which is not a big one. If you want, you can come to my place to do it. I'm sorry. I only have this ability for the time being."

"But I... don't know anything. I haven't been to restaurants a few times since I grew up..."

"Then you don't know how to learn, who taught you to crash into someone's car, don't you also know yourself? Oh, buddy, I'm joking with you, don't take it seriously. In the future, if my restaurant Broken down, I crashed into a car with you, but you are too blind, how many rich people drive a Cherokee? If we want to blackmail, we have to blackmail the owner of a Lincoln or Cadillac. Cao Gang, let's go now Go to my place, you should first learn the craft from the cook who is in charge of the stove, and when you become a teacher, if you are willing to stay, I welcome you, and if there is a better place to go, I will not stop you."

Cao Gang cried: "Yuemin, I...I really don't know what to say..."

"Let's go, buddy, someday you bring Qian Zhimin, Guo Jie and the others together, and let's get together. These grandchildren have been back to the city for so many years, and they don't come to see me. It's really embarrassing."

Zhang Haiyang, dressed in plain clothes, poured himself a drink at a table in the corner. There were several empty beer bottles on the table, but the two dishes were barely touched.It was lunchtime, and the restaurant was full of customers. Sometimes he looked around drunkenly, and sometimes he drank beer.

There was another noise from the other end of the restaurant. It was still Shanshan and a group of young people in fashionable attire who were eating, and the plates with various dishes were piled high on the table.

Zhang Haiyang shouted drunkenly: "Boss, two more bottles of beer."

Zhong Yuemin brought two bottles of beer and put them on the table. He said dissatisfiedly: "I said, what's the matter with you today, have you finished? You can't talk anymore, why don't you drink?"

"Yuemin, I'm not drunk, I found an important clue about Ning Wei."

Zhong Yuemin looked around: "I found a clue here? Don't you fucking think that I hid Ning Wei?"

"Hmph, I can guarantee that if one day Ning Wei really finds your door, you will help him, am I wrong?"

“How come you see?”

Zhang Haiyang stared at Zhong Yuemin and said, "We've been together for more than 20 years, and I still don't know you? You're loyal, not principled. I haven't wronged you, have I?"

"Yang Hai, don't give me your police tricks. Everyone looks like a suspect. Let me tell you the truth, I don't know if Ning Wei is a suspect, and I have no obligation to help you catch him, because I am not a policeman."

"But you are a citizen, and every citizen is obliged to assist the public security organs in hunting down suspects. If you know and do not report, you are covering criminals and you will be held criminally responsible."

"Hey, I have a legal class for me. Are you okay? Just leave after drinking and don't affect my business. You kid will occupy my table by yourself. Once you sit down, it will last two hours. A plate of fish-flavored shredded pork and a plate of Mushu meat only cost about [-] yuan in total, which has seriously affected my customer turnover. Isn’t this a blow to my business? He kept saying that he was here to take care of my business, so hurry up , if you don’t leave, I will charge you for occupying the table.”

"You are really a fucking profiteer now. You don't recognize your friends when you don't recognize your money. We are old comrades in arms. Don't be so mercenary, okay?"

Zhong Yuemin said: "You just said that you found some important clues?"

"Yeah, I suddenly remembered it just now. Pay attention to the men and women at the table. You said that they come almost every day, and they eat and make nonsense when they come. Every time they spend two to three thousand yuan, this matter It’s worth noting in itself. Look, they can’t eat so many dishes. If it’s not for some purpose, there’s absolutely no need for them to do so. You can go to the Great Wall, Kunlun, and Shangri-La. These five-star hotels can clean all the money in your pocket. It is normal to spend tens of thousands of yuan on a meal. Why do you have to compete with your poor restaurant? I am in Think about what attracted them to your shabby restaurant."

"You're really police material, and that's what got your attention. I didn't even think about it."

"The last time I came here to eat, I noticed them. At that time, I just thought that the girl who paid for the treat looked familiar, but I couldn't remember where I saw it. Just now, I suddenly remembered that that time Ning Wei was being tried in court, and there was a girl crying in the public gallery, do you remember? The girl at the table now is her."

Zhong Yuemin took a closer look: "I remembered, it's her."

"Do you still need me to say the conclusion?"

"I see, you don't need to say it, I know what you should do."

"Then I'm leaving." Zhang Haiyang stood up and wanted to leave.

"Ocean..." Zhong Yuemin hesitated to speak.

Zhang Haiyang stopped in his tracks: "What's the matter?"

"You know the law better than me. If you think about it carefully, is there any way to save Ning Wei?"

Zhang Haiyang lowered his head: "Yuemin, no one can save him, he is doomed..."

Zhong Yuemin let out a long sigh and fell silent...

Zhang Haiyang turned and left.

Detective Li Dongping has been following Shanshan for two days, and he hasn't found Ning Wei yet, but he already has a certain feeling that there is indeed something wrong with this girl.Her whereabouts are very secretive, and she has a strong sense of precaution. Li Dongping judged from experience that she didn't realize that she was being followed, she was just very vigilant.This kind of girl is very simple-minded. Most of her understanding of the police comes from movies and TV shows. Sometimes she imitates the anti-tracking methods in movies, and suddenly takes out a small mirror as she walks, pretending to touch up her makeup. This clumsy behavior of observing whether someone is following behind often makes Li Dongping laugh dumbfounded.

Li Dongping graduated from the police academy less than 3 years ago. When he was studying at the police academy, his grades were excellent in all subjects. The instructors spoke highly of him and believed that he would make a difference in the police circle in the future, but he had a fatal weakness. , is conceited.The profession of the police has always advocated an orderly division of labor and a team spirit, but it is precisely against individual heroism, because conceited people tend to mess things up.Once rounding up a gunman, Li Dongping rushed up to the gangster's gun with his bare hands. Fortunately, the sniper killed him before the gangster shot at him, otherwise Li Dongping would have become a martyr.

After that operation ended, Zhang Haiyang was furious and scolded Li Dongping. He thought Li Dongping was risking his life and not performing a mission at all. At that time, there was a squadron of armed police with live ammunition, so there was no need for him to charge up with his bare hands.This tracking mission was personally assigned by Zhang Haiyang to Li Dongping. Considering that Ning Wei might appear at any time, Zhang Haiyang specially approved Li Dongping to carry out the mission with a gun.According to the regulations, the firearms of the criminal police are under unified management. They can only be carried with the approval of the superior when performing tasks that require the use of firearms.

Li Dongping is a person who loves weapons. If allowed, he is willing to keep his guns around 24 hours a day.There are actually many people who have this hobby for weapons. Most of these people are young men, and Li Dongping belongs to this kind of people.At this time, he touched the Type 64 pistol in the quick holster under his arm, and his heart was full of love like a lover.He hoped that the suspect would give him an opportunity to use a firearm while on duty.When he was an intern at the police academy, his pistol shooting scores were always among the best, but after several years as a criminal police officer, he has never had the opportunity to start a gun battle with gangsters, and he is looking forward to the arrival of this opportunity.

Shanshan walked into a commercial building, took the escalator up to the second floor, and carefully selected cosmetics at the cosmetics counter.She seemed to be very leisurely. She carefully selected cosmetics for a long time but didn't buy anything. She turned around and bought an ice cream cone at the counter selling cold drinks, and then sat on a chair and ate it casually.Li Dongping, who was not far from her, heard Shanshan's cell phone ring. She turned on the cell phone and said a few words, then turned it off and stood up, threw the ice cream into the trash can, and hurried downstairs.Li Dongping also followed her onto the escalator.

He saw Shanshan walk out of the commercial building. A milky white Jetta car was speeding up and stopped beside Shanshan. She opened the door and got into the car, and the car sped away.

Li Dongping got into a taxi, and he showed his ID to the driver: "I am from the Public Security Bureau, please assist me in carrying out the task and keep up with the car in front."

The driver looked at the ID card carefully and said excitedly: "Hey, it's exciting. I used to see tracking scenes in TV dramas, but I didn't expect to see them today." He happily put into gear, and the car stepped up the accelerator Chase forward.

Li Dongping was lucky, the Jetta in front of him was none other than Ning Wei, he had been living in the house provided by Li Zhenyu these days, he and Shanshan only met once every weekend.

The Jetta drove straight onto the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway, and Ning Wei found a taxi in the rearview mirror, following him not too far away, and asked vigilantly, "Shanshan, did you notice that someone was following you just now?" ?”

"Tracking? Didn't find it."

Ning Wei snorted, "I'll see if I try it." He sharply increased the accelerator, and the speed of the car continued to increase. The needle on the speedometer was already pointing to a speed of 140 kilometers per hour...

In the rearview mirror, the taxi also increased its speed, still following at a distance.

Ning Wei smiled coldly: "I'm afraid this is Zhang Haiyang's people. There are at most two people in the car. It's nothing to worry about. I have to tease them."

Li Dongping is using his mobile phone to report the situation to Zhang Haiyang: "Team Zhang, I have been following, but I can't see who is driving. If I guess well, the driver may be Ning Wei. Team Zhang, now we I have already passed Tianjin, and I am heading towards Tanggu, my cell phone is almost out of battery, I will report to you on the phone when there is progress on my side."

Zhang Haiyang's voice came from the phone: "Li Dongping, your mission is to monitor, you must keep in touch with me at any time, please report your location at any time, please do not act without authorization, hello... hello... Li Dongping... ..."

Li Dongping looked at the display screen of his mobile phone, which showed that the battery was exhausted. He threw the mobile phone on the back seat, looked out the window, and found that the sky had already darkened. The Jetta in front turned on the taillights and position lights. The red taillights are like two eyes, staring at Li Dongping maliciously.

The residence provided by Li Zhenyu for Ning Wei is in the seaside area of ​​Tanggu, which is a bathing beach developed in the early 20s. Next to the bathing beach is a group of villas with different styles. Ning Wei’s car is under a small Gothic building. Stopping, he opened the car door as if nothing had happened, talked and laughed with Shanshan and walked up the steps of the small building.

The taxi not far away also stopped. Li Dongping sat in the car and watched Ning Wei take out the key to open the door. Under the light of the street lamp, the silhouette of Ning Wei's head was very clear.Li Dongping took out a photo to check it, his eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "That's right, it's Ning Wei..."

Ning Wei and Shanshan had already opened the door, and they walked into the small building hugging each other.

Li Dongping asked the driver: "Do you have a mobile phone?"

"Hey, what a coincidence, my daughter-in-law has been using my mobile phone for the past two days."

Li Dongping whispered: "It's really bad..."

In the living room of the small building, Ning Wei took out the pistol with a stern expression, pulled out the magazine to check the bullets, and then pushed the bullets into the gun chamber.

Shanshan asked in panic: "Ning Wei, are you going to kill again? I beg you, don't kill again."

Ning Wei said coldly: "Shanshan, do you know? The crimes I committed are enough to kill me several times. Killing one person is death, and killing 100 people is death. It makes no difference."

"But you used to kill bad guys, but this time it's the police."

"It's all the same thing. In my eyes, there is no difference between the bad guys and the police. Whoever blocks my way will die."

"Ning Wei, please, please don't kill anyone again, promise me, okay?"

Ning Wei shouted sharply: "Shanshan, you talk too much, now you go upstairs and wait for a while, let's leave right now."

Shanshan stopped talking, and walked upstairs silently. Ning Wei walked through the living room, opened the back door of the small building, and disappeared in the darkness.

Li Dongping said to the driver: "Comrade, please help me to drive to the nearest police station to call the police. This is the phone number. Our captain is waiting for my message at the command center. You tell him that I have verified that this person is Ning Wei, a fugitive who has committed many crimes. He must have a gun, I am here to monitor, please Captain Zhang take action immediately."

The taxi driver asked worriedly: "Comrade policeman, can you do it alone?"

"No problem, hurry up, don't delay." Li Dongping got out of the car and gestured to the driver, who drove the car away.He saw the red taillights of the car gradually disappearing in the darkness, and then turned around, hiding behind a tree, monitoring the movement in the small building.

This is a green belt. From here, you can have a panoramic view of the small building. From the first floor to the second floor, all the lights are on. The whole building is brightly lit, and there are still figures shaking in the window on the second floor. .Li Dongping breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a cigarette and lit it. He just took a puff when his body froze suddenly... The muzzle of a pistol was pressed against his temple. Ning Wei asked softly behind him : "Are you from Zhang Haiyang?"

Li Dongping remained calm: "I don't understand what you mean, I'm here to find relatives."

Ning Wei sneered and said, "That relative is me, right? It was a hard journey from Beijing to Tanggu. Mr. Policeman, listen carefully, I have no grievances or enmities with you, and I have no interest in your life. Captain Zhang is still my comrade-in-arms, if you are willing to cooperate, I will never kill you. I just want to ask, how did Zhang Haiyang find out about me?"

Li Dongping knew that his identity had been exposed, so he simply made it clear: "I refuse to answer. Ning Wei, you can't run away, our people have surrounded this area, the most sensible move for you now is to put down your weapons and surrender. "

Ning Wei laughed: "Boy, go fool the ghosts. It will take at least two or three hours when the driver calls the police and Zhang Haiyang brings people to arrive. If it doesn't work, the local armed police force will be asked to help. You guys are done, I might wake up in Beijing."

Li Dongping straightened up, facing the black hole of the gun without any fear: "Ning Wei, I heard that our team Zhang introduced you, and I also know that you are good at skills. I may not be as good as you in terms of skills, but I am a policeman. I have my own. Duty, since you let me run into it, I must arrest you and bring you to justice, unless you kill me."

Ning Wei sneered: "Hey, you are eager for merit, and you don't care even if you are a martyr. If you want to catch me, do you have the ability?" Subdue me, that’s okay, I’ll follow you obediently, if I win, I’ll kill you.”

Li Dongping calmly expressed his challenge: "Okay, let's be idle, let me ask for some advice."

The two were in a confrontation, staring at each other covetously.

Ning Wei sneered and said: "Boy, you should have heard Zhang Haiyang say that I am a fast shooter. I advise you not to play tricks. The reason why I didn't hand in your gun is because I thought your speed of firing the gun would not pose a threat to me."

Li Dongping unzipped his jacket and pretended to take off his clothes. Ning Wei nodded slightly to express his agreement. Li Dongping suddenly pulled out the pistol from the holster under his left armpit like lightning...

He really underestimated his opponent, Ning Wei fired his gun faster, the gun went off when he pulled out the pistol from his belt... Li Dongping was shot in the eyebrow and fell on his back.

Ning Wei blew on the muzzle of the gun, put the pistol back into his belt, bent down to look at Li Dongping's body, shook his head in regret, then turned and left.

Li Dongping's death caused a great shock among the police officers of the Public Security Bureau. Such open shootings of police officers rarely happened before. Although some police officers died in gun battles with criminal suspects in the past, that was another matter after all. One nature, which is equivalent to dying on the battlefield where the two armies exchanged fire.But this time Ning Wei did a really bad job. He didn't pay attention to the rules of the game at all. He dared to kill the policeman without thinking about the consequences.In the eyes of the police, Ning Wei is blatantly challenging the police. He seems to be telling the police with his actions that whoever blocks his way will die, even the police are no exception.This is too crazy, who does he think he is?Ning Wei's actions angered all the police. This is no longer just a matter of maintaining the dignity of the law, but has developed into a personal hatred between the law enforcement officers and the perpetrators.

The Public Security Bureau held a grand memorial service for Li Dongping, and almost all the police officers attended the memorial ceremony.A portrait of Li Dongping was hung in the center of the venue. Li Dongping's body in police uniform was lying among the flowers. The policemen lined up in a long line, walked around Li Dongping's body, shaking hands with the relatives of the martyrs one by one, and the sound of mourning Resounding in the mourning hall...

Zhang Haiyang walked back and forth like a trapped animal outside the farewell room, his eyes were bloodshot, he kept smoking, and the ground was covered with cigarette butts.

Zhong Yuemin rushed over when he got the news, Zhang Haiyang threw away his cigarette butt and ran up to him, roaring in a low voice: "Yuemin, he killed Li Dongping, this bastard, I will kill him with my own hands, I will avenge Li Dongping..."

Zhong Yuemin patted Zhang Haiyang's back and comforted him: "Yangyang, calm down and don't get too excited. Look, I came here as soon as I heard about it."

Zhang Haiyang still couldn't restrain his emotions: "Yuemin, I...I really fucking regret it, why did I teach Ning Wei back then? Let him learn this killing skill, but in the end, my brothers fell down At his gunpoint. Yue Min, it was my fault... I'm sorry for Li Dongping, he is an only child, what will his parents do in the future..."

Zhong Yuemin raised his face and looked up at the sky: "Hang Hai, to be honest, I knew he deserved to die, but in my heart... I was really conflicted. As soon as I closed my eyes, I saw those comrades who went to the minefield together all those years ago. Brothers who were born and died, it is not easy for people who can live to this day..."

"But Yuemin, this is not our personal grievance. Ning Wei has now become a murderous devil. If you let him live another day, you don't know who will die under his gun. Yuemin, you have to help help me."

Zhong Yuemin gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "I've made up my mind, Haiyang, I stand with you, let's find a way to catch this bastard."

Zhang Haiyang held Zhong Yuemin's hand and kept saying, "Thank you, thank you, I thank you for Li Dongping's parents..."

After careful consideration, Zhong Yuemin decided to postpone his plan to explore the Taklimakan Desert. The reason was simple. He suddenly found that there were too many people around him who needed help.Since meeting Cao Gang on the street last time, he has connected with those old educated youths who jumped in the queue together. After contacted by Cao Gang, everyone gathered at Taiyue restaurant, even Zheng Tong and Jiang Biyun came. The 10 educated youths who joined the queue in Shichuan Village, northern Shaanxi, all got together.After the old educated youth returned to the city, they seldom interacted with each other, because the burden of life was very heavy, and they were busy with their own business for many years. When we met this time, we all found that these partners from back then were no longer what they remembered. Far from it.Because everyone's memory of the educated youth partners is the appearance of their youth, and more than 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and they are already middle-aged when they meet again.

Gao Yue's age differed from these old educated youths by more than ten years. She did not belong to a generation at all, and she had never come into contact with such people. She observed these old educated youths with great interest.It seems that these people are older than their actual age. The laid-off Qian Zhimin and Zhang Guangzhi, the three-wheeled Zhao Dayong, the milkman Guo Jie, and the retired textile worker Li Ping are all ordinary workers at the bottom of society. , From the appearance alone, you can find the traces left by the poor life.Zhao Dayong, who has been riding three wheels all year round, has a hunchback, and his spine is bent like a shrimp.Guo Jie, the milkman, has bronzed skin and gray hair, which is the result of years of exposure to the wind and sun.After Qian Zhimin was laid off, he opened a shoe repair stall at the entrance of the alley. His hands were bruised, rough and black, like two old tree roots. This is probably the result of the combination of leather shoe polish and chemical glue. As a result, even he exudes a leather smell.Li Ping is not yet 50 years old, she is as old as someone in her 60s, and her monthly pension is less than 400 yuan.

Zhang Guangzhi, who is also a laid-off worker, repairs bicycles on the street. It is said that all the bicycles he has repaired have not been reworked. Some people report that he often throws thumbtacks on the nearby slow lanes to increase his business volume. Due to his poor reputation , There are very few people who ask him to repair cars.People who are too poor or too rich are prone to bad habits. Zhang Guangzhi's bad habit is alcoholism. In fact, it is a bit unfair to say that he drinks too much. He doesn't drink much, ranging from two liang to four liang.But the problem is that no matter how much he drinks, he will get drunk every time he drinks, and he will beat his wife to vent his anger when he is drunk. Old Beijingers call this kind of person "wine putty".

Gao Yue has read a lot of educated youth novels, and if she reads too many such books, she will be easily misled. She once admired those groups called "old three".In her eyes, those "old three" are all well-spoken and profound in thought. They have seen the world and endured hardships. Is a successful career leader.This is Gao Yue's previous understanding of the "old three classes", but now she doesn't see it that way. The "old three classes" who are sitting in her restaurant now are the real living conditions of most of the "old three classes".That Zhang Guangzhi spoke vulgarly and behaved unrefinedly. He took off his vest after just a few sips of wine, and was about to punch Zhong Yuemin with his shirt off.He was puzzled by the fact that Zhong Yuemin had no children yet, and insisted that Zhong Yuemin had a problem with Xiasanlu, and it could not be that he did not want children on purpose, otherwise he would have produced one or two children after all these years of misfires.Zhong Yuemin was too lazy to explain, so he frankly admitted that there was something wrong with his reproductive system.Zheng Tong and Jiang Biyun burst into laughter when they heard it, and Gao Yue also covered his mouth in the kitchen secretly laughing.

Qian Zhimin said: "If this matter happened to me, I would be so fucking anxious. Back then, my wife's first child was a girl, and I was so annoyed that I couldn't sleep all night. My brother's family has two girls. If I don’t have a son again, our old Qian’s family will lose their incense. Is that okay? If I’m killed, I’ll have to have a second child. The cadres of our factory’s family planning office chase me every day to do work. I said , whoever loves me, whoever stands in my way to have a son, I will fight with my life. God finally opened his eyes, and my daughter-in-law is also up to date, and the second child is indeed a son."

Zhong Yuemin asked: "Have you considered whether the two children can afford it?"

"What am I thinking about it for? I'll talk about it after Mr. Wang."

Zhong Yuemin said: "Here is the problem. This is the main reason why you are poor. Your brain is like a pot of rice. You don't plan anything. You don't care about the consequences. This is the way of thinking of the poor. You only want to I want to continue the incense to the old Qian’s family, but I don’t want to think about whether I can afford to raise more children. If you can’t even support yourself, how can you provide your children with a good living environment and enable them to receive a good education? Have you found out that the poorer you are, the more children you have, this has almost become a rule, which is obviously a problem with the way of thinking.”

Qian Zhimin said: "I haven't thought about what you said. People are like this. The more you don't use your brain, the more stupid your brain will be."

Gao Yue brought out the dishes from the kitchen and brought them to the table plate by plate.She was thinking about Zhong Yuemin, this guy is really different, how can he deal with anyone?Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these people from the bottom of society are living very hard. They need the help of friends, but they have no ability to return.Gao Yue thought, with Zhong Yuemin's IQ and social experience, how could he not understand this point?These people are of no help to him, and almost everyone needs his help. If there are more friends like this, Zhong Yuemin will never be able to live in peace. What is this guy thinking?

Gao Yue remembered that Zhong Yuemin met Cao Gang on the street that day, and brought Cao Gang back to the restaurant that day, saying that he wanted Cao Gang and Master Wang, who was in charge of the stove, to learn the craft.Master Wang is from Sichuan. He comes from a small county in Sichuan. His culinary skills are at an average level, but he thinks highly of himself and never has apprentices. He hopes that there will be as few Sichuan chefs as possible, so that he can show his value.At the beginning, he refused Zhong Yuemin's request, but Zhong Yuemin had a way. He knew the leverage of money, so he put on a businessman's face and started bargaining with Master Wang on the issue of salary increase. Master Wang from a small county had shallow eyes. , I haven't seen how much money, Zhong Yuemin added another 500 yuan to his monthly salary, and he was settled.

After the restaurant closed that night, Zhong Yuemin said to Gao Yue: "I'm afraid my expedition plan will be postponed. I want to discuss it with you. Let's borrow some money and add the money in hand to expand the scale of operation, such as opening a chain store." How about it?"

Gao Yue smiled: "I said earlier, you are the boss, you have the final say, you don't need to discuss it with me. I can see that you want to do some charity work, am I right?"

“How come you see?”

"I have long since discovered that you are not a money worshiper, but sometimes you pretend to be very greedy. For example, when you drive a taxi, you like to pull wild mandarin ducks. If you earn an extra one or two hundred yuan, you will be so beautiful that you can't find it. Others think you are special." Like money, I don’t think so. In fact, what you like is a lifestyle of doing whatever you want. As long as there is excitement and novelty, you will have passion and creativity. I find that you are very 'into the show' no matter what you do, Be true to your own feelings and don't think about what others think. Whether you are selling pancakes or driving a taxi, whether you are the manager of a large company or the owner of a small restaurant, you have fun. You will not spend your life If you spend all your energy in pursuit of money, you will feel that such a life is meaningless. You would rather reduce your consumption level and use less money to satisfy your lifestyle. Your attitude towards money is nothing more than that. Am I right, Mr. Zhong Yuemin ?”

Zhong Yuemin said dissatisfiedly: "Most of them are similar, but I don't like to hear you say that I am engaged in charity. Are you qualified to engage in charity? Speaking out makes people laugh.”

Gao Yue asked puzzledly: "Then what are you going to do, what kind of chain store are you going to open? We are too busy with this restaurant. I think you may want to help those old educated youths, so you came up with the idea of ​​​​opening a chain store."

Zhong Yuemin fell into deep thought, and murmured: "In fact, a person doesn't need much, and not everyone wants to be a rich man. For most people, as long as they have a stable job and an income sufficient to maintain their dignity , it’s not bad, the key is... life should provide hope to everyone who is willing to work hard, have you ever thought about it? Life without hope is very miserable, I just want to help those who are not satisfied, not to use Instead of money to help, I want to give them hope, which is what they need most."

Gao Yue said with a smile: "This is also doing charity, I think it's the same thing."

"It's not the same thing, how can hope and money be the same..."

In Gao Yue's eyes, Zhong Yuemin may have many shortcomings, but he has no vulgarity in him. This is a bold and generous man. His unique temperament can always arouse Gao Yue's passion. If you love this man, You have to find a way to understand him and find an effective way to get along with him.Gao Yue has been with him for a long time, and the two of them have never blushed, which is mainly due to Gao Yue's open-minded attitude towards life.She likes Zhong Yuemin, as long as she can be with him, it doesn't matter if she goes begging for food.In other words, Zhong Yuemin wanted to expand his business this time, even if he wanted to sell the restaurant they had worked so hard for, she would let him go.

Gao Yue returned to the front hall and saw that the old educated youths were already half drunk. It seemed that these people rarely ate in restaurants. Their appetites were amazing, and they ate up every dish. Cases of beer still show signs of failure.Gao Yue reminded Zhong Yuemin: "Tell everyone about your plan. While you are still sober, you may all be drunk after a while."

Only then did Zhong Yuemin remember what he should say: "Oh, I almost forgot, there is something I want to ask for your help. That's right, I'm planning to open another restaurant recently, I wonder if brothers can come to my place to help. "

The old educated youths were stunned. Ever since Cao Gang came, they were very tempted, but they also understood that the restaurant could not use so many people now, so no one was ashamed to speak up today. Unexpectedly, Zhong Yuemin would take the initiative to raise this matter. And he said it so politely, as if he wanted something from everyone.This Zhong Yuemin really knows how to be a human being. He wants to help others and avoid embarrassment for others. They didn't know what to say for a while, so they all fell silent.

Li Ping asked cautiously: "Yuemin, I really want to come, but I don't know what I can do."

"It's great if you can come. You can learn how to make cold meat. It's not suitable for a lady to use a frying spoon. Anyway, don't worry, everyone can find a job that suits them. I heard that Zhang Guangzhi is a bike repairer. He is cheating and cheating, and he can also be a rogue. I think this is also a specialty, and he will definitely not suffer from being a buyer. A buyer of a restaurant must learn to calculate small accounts, even the price difference of a few cents. I can’t do it, boss Let the peddler blackmail me, and they got me in with two clicks. I thought it was a big deal. I think Zhang Guangzhi can buy it. If you have the ability, you can get all the hawkers in, and treat a dime as a dollar. Hua, it’s better to take the food for nothing and ask the other party to change the money, this is a competent buyer.”

The old educated youths laughed loudly, and the atmosphere immediately became lively.

Zhang Guangzhi's eye circles were red: "Yuemin, I'll just wash the dishes. Purchasing is a matter of money. Don't let me do it. Don't let the brothers suspect that I hacked your money."

Zhong Yuemin said with a smile: "We will establish a joint-stock system in this restaurant in the future, but we have to wait for me to recover the cost. If you blackmail your money, it means blackmailing your own money and everyone else's money. Then everyone will beat you."

Zhang Guangzhi's tears finally flowed down: "Yuemin, don't talk about it, why don't you help, in fact, who doesn't understand, you are looking at the misery of your brothers, and you want to help us, it's rare that you still think about it." The poor buddies who lived together in the cave back then. I, Zhang Guangzhi, love to take advantage of small things, and I have deceived others, but I can’t deceive my friends, and I can’t deceive people who are kind to me. Yuemin, don’t worry, if everyone finds out that I have been deceived For a penny, my brothers will dig out the eighteen generations of my ancestors and fuck them one by one..."

"Hey, there are still ladies here, can you fucking clean your mouth, why don't you just fuck your mother every day?" Zhong Yuemin reminded.

"Well, aren't we vulgar? We don't know how to be civilized. Please forgive me. We will change it slowly in the future."

Qian Zhimin said: "Yuemin, to tell you the truth, I didn't want to come today because I was afraid of being shabby. I'm also a member of Wu Zhanger, and now I'm like this. If I come here, I will lose my place to my buddies, but I I really want to meet you. I can’t forget the scene when we talked about the mountains on the kang of the broken cave. It’s like yesterday. Yuemin, when you were here, we educated youths were so lively, no matter how annoying or tired , when I heard you talking about the mountains, I forgot all my worries. After you left, everyone didn't want to talk for a long time. Everyone said that Zhong Yuemin took away the aura of our educated youth. Alas, those hard days It’s really hard. When I think about what happened back then, I tell my wife, no, I must see Zhong Yuemin. After breaking up with him for so many years, I have never met anyone who can make me happy. Seriously, Yuemin, I miss you."

Zhong Yuemin held his hand and said: "Zhimin, brothers, let's work together, everyone will have food to eat, if I don't do well, I will take my brothers to beg for food, don't forget , I was the head of the beggar gang selected by my brothers back then."

Qian Zhimin couldn't help crying, he stood up and rushed into the bathroom.

Jiang Biyun stared at Zhong Yuemin in a daze, staring at Zhong Yuemin with fury.Zhong Yuemin said to Zheng Tong: "Your wife is not sick, is there anyone who looks at people like that? Maybe she has some kind of adolescent schizophrenia?"

Jiang Biyun smiled: "You are sick, Yuemin. I found out when you started to change. I can't tell where you changed for a while, but you must have changed. If I praise you, don't be too arrogant." Proud, I think you have become very cute, and you know how to care for others, you have joined some religious organization like Christianity, right?"

"No, at least so far, I am still an atheist. However, I have recently started to read and study by myself. I just finished reading a book, which helped me a lot. This book is called "The Story of Comrade Lei Feng."

"Here you go again, to be honest, you used to be quite annoying, something holy changed in your mouth as soon as it was in your mouth, a disgusting look of playing with life and cynicalism. I have known you for so many years, I didn't see you passing by, you, you were a rascal back then, but, thank God, the rascal back then finally turned back."

Zheng Tong interjected: "Zhong Yuemin has never been a hooligan. The mental state he showed at that time just reflected the mental characteristics of a Chinese version of the 'Beat Generation'. With growth and experience, sooner or later he will return to the mainstream culture of the society. If you think Zhong Yuemin has changed, you are right, it means that your sense is not dull, he is returning.”

Jiang Biyun asked: "Where is he going to return?"

Zheng Tong thought for a while, sat up straight, and said solemnly: "I think...it's a kind of humanistic care..."

Zhong Yuemin smiled and waved his hands: "Brothers, let's talk about business. From now on, we have to work together. Since we want to cooperate, the most urgent thing is to unify our ideas. This is very important. Brothers, don't dislike it. Everyone is now For the poor class, I think, we have to think about it, why are we poor?"

Guo Jie said: "If you have no power, no power, no culture, no skills, you must be poor."

"No, it's a concept. It is because of this concept that the poor are created. Guo Jie's reason also reflects a concept of the poor. Everyone has not jumped out of the circle of the concept of the poor. If we don't solve this problem, we can't do well. "

Zheng Tong listened very carefully, and he asked back: "What is the concept of the poor, can you give an example?"

"Well, let me give you an example. There was a little news in the newspaper recently: In order to promote sales, a foreign restaurant announced in the newspaper that it would provide 80 free breakfasts to citizens every day. The shop assistants were dumbfounded when they opened the door the next day. There were hundreds of people standing there. These people knew that the store only provided 80 breakfasts, but the number of them had already exceeded 80 people. Some people even waited here at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, and even organized themselves to issue numbers. But later people Regardless of that, they think that these numbers are not authoritative, who can count who can count, so hundreds of people swarmed up, smashed the glass, overturned the counter, squeezed the manager under the table, and trampled many people Guess how much this free breakfast is worth? It’s only worth 4 yuan, Zhang Guangzhi, if you were there at that time, would you have grabbed it?”

"I definitely will, isn't that free, don't don't want it for nothing."

"That's right, this is the typical mentality of the poor. Are these people's families unable to open the pot? It seems unlikely, because I have never heard of anyone starving to death. After talking for a long time, I still have Zhang Guangzhi's mentality. Don't want it for nothing, as long as you can If you take advantage of a little, you don’t have to be dignified. I’m like this, because I’m poor, and you like to look down on me. Anyway, I took advantage of it. It’s bad if you think so, you take advantage of it, but You have suffered a great loss because you have lost human dignity. Who wants to deal with a dude who has no dignity? It is hard for me to imagine that a person without dignity can make a business. Only with dignity can you have integrity, otherwise No one will do business with you, and you will continue to be poor if you cannot earn money, and the poorer you become, the less dignity you will have, and you will enter a vicious circle, and you will not even consider yourself a human being in the end.”

Zhang Guangzhi sighed: "That's right, I've entered this kind of vicious circle. The poorer you are, the more unbalanced your psychology is, and the more you want to take advantage. How many opportunities do you have for a poor person? So the more you want to take advantage, the more useless it is. It’s worthless, and later I couldn’t even earn this kind of money, but no one told me about it at that time, and we didn’t understand it ourselves.”

Zhong Yuemin waved his hand: "The issue of running a restaurant has been settled in this way. I want to declare that I am not doing relief. I think it should be a shame for an upright person if he is rescued by others. I want to provide you with A little hope, I think the worst life in the world is a life without hope, without hope, it's so easy to despair, this feeling of hopelessness is really bad. I think, let's change this situation, let's go together Create a hopeful life, it should be a very real hope, tangible, as long as you work hard and be a good person, it can be realized, because our requirements are not high, we only need to live a dignified life. A decent life is enough."

Zheng Tong took the lead in applauding: "What a speech full of humanistic care, I want to do it with you."

Gao Yue said with a smile: "It seems that Yuemin's plan to collect mummies has to be postponed, don't you know? His plan is exciting..."

Zhong Yuemin said: "I bought all the cars, and I must go to the Taklimakan Desert. When our chain store opens, it will not be too late for me to go."

(End of this chapter)