Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

The family savings finally turned into a color TV, and Ye Shengnan sold the black and white TV that made me so excited and troubled to farmers in the nearby countryside at the original price.There is also a TV signal in the countryside, but farmers can’t even buy a TV. Paste Bread’s old mother-in-law’s home is in the countryside. Ye Shengnan found him somehow, and through him, he transferred the original price of the TV to the farmer brothers.Buying a color TV is not as difficult as buying a black and white TV. By chance, our factory workers did not know how to get a batch of 21-inch color TVs. The price is similar to that in the store.At that time, various trade unions were busy organizing technical associations, which was to organize technical workers and use their spare time to contract work to earn funds for the trade unions. I was a fitter technician in the factory, and I was the technical backbone of the technical association. The chairman of the trade union was very supportive of me. Considering it highly, I greeted the chairman of the trade union, and he left one for me, and sent someone to send it to my home for installation and adjustment.Ye Shengnan was overjoyed and praised me for having some status in the factory.

"It would be great if your grandpa was still alive. He would be taken to live with us for a while, and we will have a color TV to watch when we come back to our house." Ye Shengnan sighed. I said don't mention my grandpa, if my grandpa is alive, he won't buy this color TV. I'm afraid that you will invite my grandpa, your grandpa, my grandma, and your grandma's ghost ancestors back to mobilize me to buy a color TV. In my second year, I came to our house to watch my color TV, and said that their family also wanted to buy one, and asked me to ask if the factory union still had any.I told him that there were more wolves and less meat, and that the color TVs had been robbed long ago, so he looked regretful and disappointed in his second career.Ye Shengnan said: "You're so serious. It's so hard for a dignified director to buy a color TV. Just make a phone call and someone will bring it home."

Er Chuxi thought she was being sarcastic, and I also thought Ye Shengnan was mocking Er Chuxi, Er Chuxi's face was quite ugly, but it was not easy to contradict her in my house, so I had to turn red with a ball face and swallow my uselessness .It is one thing for my parents to quarrel and contradict, but in my house she attacks and sarcasms, I can’t give up my share, I can’t let my brother be bullied on my one-acre three-point land: “Will you Can’t talk? If you can’t talk, shut up! I’m going to do it tomorrow, and I’ll go and implement it for you tomorrow. If the trade union disappears, you can move my station first.”

To be honest, I don't really want to transfer the color TV I just bought to Er Qianqi, even if I want to give it to him, he won't take it. I just want to annoy Ye Shengnan and let her know that it's not what she wants to do in this family. What's up. Of course, second-timers are not ignorant people, so they quickly declined: "I'm not in a hurry, this is not food, I'm hungry if I don't eat, if your factory union is sold out, I'll wait." Ye Shengnan sneered: "You think I'm talking sarcasm, don't you? You're all wrong, you judge the heart of a gentleman with a villain's heart. In my second career, tomorrow I will buy a color TV under your banner, buy for the public and sell for the public. We don't take advantage of anyone, you prepare the money, if I don't buy you the big color TV within three days, I will do as your brother said, and I will deliver this color TV to you personally."

Seeing that she said it so definitely, both me and the second-year student were a little surprised.At that time, color TVs were as rare as pandas, and the price was second to none. The most important thing was that they were not sold.Especially in remote industrial cities like ours, even black and white TVs are extremely rare in stores, where can we buy color TVs.I still thought that Ye Shengnan was speaking out of anger, at least because she was holding back her words in such a hurry that she didn't recruit her, so she said such flattering words to bluff people. She saw our suspicion, made Er Chuxi a cup of tea to show her friendliness, and then said: "You old Yang family, what should I say, you don't know how to use such abundant resources. In this place, you Home is at the right time, place, people and everything you need, and you are still a department-level cadre in your second career. It is so embarrassing to buy a color TV. Not only will others not believe it, but they will scold you for soaking garlic in water to put onions. Do you dare to let it Shall I buy a color TV for you?"

Er Chuxi didn't know what she was going to do, so he hesitated and dared not answer.I said, "Why don't you just buy a TV? The first-hand money and the first-hand goods are an aboveboard thing, and it's not about being afraid of corruption and bribery." Er Chuxi said: "I was the one who wanted to buy it, so you just tell the truth. But don't take it too seriously, buy it if you can, it doesn't matter if you can't, I won't come to move your TV." Ye Shengnan said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you move, it doesn't matter whether you see it in my house or in yours."

When I got home from get off work the next day, my mother had already cooked the meal, but Ye Shengnan, Er Chuxi and Xiao Linzi came back.I worked for a day, my stomach was singing empty city tricks, and I was in a hurry to eat but they didn't come back, so I couldn't bear it.My mother said: "You and your dad will eat first, don't wait for them." My dad is also the master who can't stand the hunger. If the meal is not brought to the table in time when it is time to eat, he will yell: "It's time to eat!" What do you mean if you don’t give food to people!” This was also a common problem of workers and peasants in that era. All things were eaten and the most important thing. So high, as long as you can eat enough, the world will be peaceful.As long as there is food on the dinner table, my dad will start eating without waiting for others to come. He usually retreats when others have just sat down.Today, when I was a little late for dinner with Ye Shengnan and the others, my dad took his anger out on them: "From now on, let them start a business by themselves, eat and drink for free and don't come back on time."

My mother scolded him for being born by a starving ghost, but she still gave him the first bowl of rice: "You said what you said just now, and you will announce it when your son and daughter-in-law come back. I am very happy. All hands up." My dad buried his head in the meal and didn't speak.I also went to the kitchen to fill a bowl of rice and eat it with my dad.As soon as they started eating, they heard Ye Shengnan and Er Chuxi chattering and laughing, and the stairs kicked back and forth.My mom was busy in the kitchen and my dad was busy at the dining table, so I threw down my rice bowl and opened the door for them.After entering the door, my dad opened his mouth and said to them: "Are you so busy that you don't even have time to eat?"

My mother came out of the kitchen with the dishes reserved for them: "Listen all of you, your dad just said that new regulations will be implemented. Tell me." My mother threw my father's army in public, and my father buried his head in the meal and didn't say a word.Only I know the whole story, and the second-year students didn't know anything just after they walked in, and they all waited blankly for my dad to speak.My dad has always taught us to gobble up meals, and at this time he is doing it himself, pretending to be engrossed in the food. "Dad, what new regulations are you talking about?" Er Qianqian asked my dad.

My dad glared at him and said, "What's the rule? The rule about eating on time!" My mother said: "Your dad just said that you eat and drink for free and don't come back on time. If you let you start your own business in the future, you will all be fired." Ye Shengnan exaggeratedly asked: "Dad, did you really say that? You are too cruel." My family bought a color TV, and there was not much money left in the bank. Right now is the time when Ye Shengnan is most unwilling to start a business on his own. She will continue to gnaw on the old bones of my father and mother, so that the money can be saved to make up for the depleted savings.

My dad said: "No, I mean I want you to come back for dinner on time in the future." After speaking, he glanced at me, which meant very clearly, not to let me expose him. Ye Shengnan moved the dishes on the table, and put the favorites in a convenient place for him to pick up: "Let me tell you, my dad won't be so cruel no matter what. We are too busy now, and the work unit just makes troubles. Now We also have to take cultural courses, and if we fail the exam, we will not be able to increase our salary. We have to go to work and study for the exam, are you busy?" My mother stuck a finger on my dad's forehead: "You old thing is old and you have learned to play double-faced. You don't dare to admit what you said behind your back in front of others. Are you a mouth or a butt? ?” My dad laughed and said, "I am the same as you here, I am what you are." My mother forced me to be a witness: "Big Dan, what did you say your dad just said?" My dad is getting older and loves his children more and more. He would rather let us eat for free than let us start a business by ourselves. The picture is a lively dinner table.Of course, with such a large group of people eating at home, he neither buys nor cooks, so he feels at ease.It is my mother who suffers. She is busier and more tired after retirement than when she was at work. The old family member, old nanny, old chef, and old childcare worker wear multiple jobs.Based on the above factors, I think it's best not to offend anyone, so I said: "My father means that everyone will go home for dinner on time in the future. If there is something to do, please call home in advance, and don't make the family wait stupidly." My mother said: "Did he say that he asked you to start a business?" I was trying to find a way to support it when Ye Shengnan said, "Dad, do you know why we came back late today?" My dad had already put down his job and was about to retreat, when he heard Ye Shengnan say: "You each have your own business, how can I know what you were doing when you came back late." He turned around and left, he was afraid of my mother Continue to pester him to tell the truth about the problem. Ye Shengnan asked my mother again: "Mom, guess why we came back late?" My dad had already thrown away his job and fled into his room, and my mom was just starting to sit down to eat, that's the difference between a cook and a diner. "Did you meet each other after get off work?" My mother analyzed. "We went to buy a color TV for my second career today. After buying it, I sent it to his house and adjusted it before coming back for dinner, so it was a bit late." Yesterday when I came to my house in my second year, I said I wanted to buy a color TV. I bought it today. I was a little surprised and asked Xiao Linzi: "Is it really ready?" Xiao Linzi has always been taciturn in my family, but he is absolutely accurate in speaking, unlike Ye Shengnan who sometimes speaks glibly and may not be accurate. "That's right, thanks to Sister Ye's help, I bought a twenty-one-inch one." Xiao Linzi and the second-year-old got married earlier than us, and they knew Ye Shengnan well before marriage, and they always called her Sister Ye.After Ye Shengnan and I got married, Xiao Linzi and my younger sister tried to call her sister-in-law. Ye Shengnan said that she sounded very awkward. Sister-in-law and "sister-in-law" sounded the same thing, so it would be nice to call her Sister Ye Kindly, Xiaolinzi and Xiaomei continued to call her sister and did not change their words. She also said: "Sister Ye is really capable. She called me as soon as she went to work in the afternoon and asked me to bring money to pick up the color TV. I thought she was joking and teasing me. I didn't know until I went that she had contacted me. As soon as I went, I paid for it. They even sent a car to help deliver the goods to the house, and sent someone to help debug it, and after dinner, brother will come with us to have a look." Er Chuxi never called Ye Shengnan sister-in-law, nor sister Ye, talking for nothing, it's not What opinion did he have on Ye Shengnan? His mouth was cold and he couldn't yell out.Today, it seems that I really thank Ye Shengnan, and for the first time, I also called Sister Ye. I didn't expect Ye Shengnan to have this ability, so I asked her: "Since you have this ability, why is it so hard for our family to buy a color TV? Why don't you use this ability to your family." Ye Shengnan took the trouble to explain to me: "That's different, who is our family? Ordinary workers and ordinary people, if they want to do difficult things, they have to use my father's banner, but our father's banner can't be used indiscriminately. If it is done, it will be scolded at home, and it is not a human being. Besides, our dad has been retired for so long, and his influence has faded with time. It is too unworthy to use his banner for things like buying a TV. The second term is different. He is a young director, and he is also a respectable person in our area. Of course, he himself is embarrassed to call around to buy a color TV. I am different. I called the trading company after work and asked Their manager said that I helped Director Yang to buy a color TV. The manager said that the goods would arrive within a week, and he promised to leave one for Director Yang. How could I wait a week, so I called the hardware company and the mechanical and electrical company I called, but it was out of stock, and they promised to leave one for Director Yang as soon as the goods came. I called the administration department of the agency because I couldn't find it. I knew that the administration department had stock, and it was prepared for the city leaders. Sure enough, When the head of the administrative department heard that he wanted a color TV for his second career, he asked me to do it without further ado. Not only did he buy the color TV, but he also sent a car to his home to help him adjust it, it was as simple as that.” My dad slipped out again at some point, and interjected, "Don't talk nonsense, there are too many directors, and there are many directors who want to buy color TVs, why is it not as convenient as you? Only Yang Erchu is the director Isn't everyone the director?" Ye Shengnan explained: "The director is not the same as the director. Just like my elder brother, he works as a manager in a construction engineering company, so he can be regarded as a department-level cadre, but who knows his boss's name? What kind of director is he? It's the personnel department The boss, who is in charge of personnel affairs, as long as it is a matter of people, he will take care of it, that is the real power faction, and this is the key difference." Ye Shengnan's reasoning is plausible, but I am not happy to hear it.Second prospect is my own younger brother, he is more promising than me, better than me, I should be happy.But the actual difference in social status between me and him is also an indisputable fact. The process of buying a color TV has once again confirmed this point. This difference is not just between our brothers. The difference between our brothers is only the social level. Just a microcosm of .This new understanding made me feel a little gray in my heart, and I lost my energy for doing everything, including watching the new color TV at the second-year-old's house to cheer him up. "Go, go to my place and watch my color TV!" Er Chuxi enthusiastically extended the invitation, but I didn't have the heart to go, even though it disappointed him, I still refused: "Forget it, let's do it another day, today is too tired." I put on my clothes and walked outside, Ye Shengnan asked me: "Where is the child? You don't want a child anymore?" I was the one who picked up Dandan in the afternoon. Ye Shengnan’s father seduced and ran away before Dandan entered the house. My dad went to pick up the second-year daughter. After returning, she wanted to play with Dandan, so she followed her to Ye Shengnan’s house. . Ye Shengnan went upstairs to her house to pick up the children. I went downstairs to get a bicycle and waited for them. After a while, the two-year-old couple went downstairs with my parents. I asked them why they were there. I bought a new color TV for the future, and your mother and I will go and have a look." I know that my parents are very happy today. Both sons have big color TVs, which means that they are living a good life. For the elderly, what is more gratifying than their children living a good life Woolen cloth? On the way home, Ye Shengnan asked me: "You don't seem very happy today, what's the matter?" I said, "I'm not happy, I'm very happy." "Then why don't you go to the second-born's house to help the fun?" Her blah blah blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.She was in a good mood and didn't care about my neglect, so she changed the subject and asked me: "Guess who I saw today?" "Who?" "Ribs." "Oh, I just saw him a few days ago, isn't he the chief of the administrative department?" "Why didn't you tell me when you saw him?" "I see more people every day, should I report them all to you?" "The ribs are different. Didn't he go to the countryside with us? Isn't he a classmate with us? I knew that he was the section chief of the administration department. When we bought a color TV, we could just go to him directly, so as to save trouble." Bumping around like flies." "Didn't we buy it without looking for him?" I don't want her to ignore my absolute role in buying a color TV. "Oh!" she sighed, "It's been so many years, look up and look around, no one understands better than us." The implication of what she said repelled me, more precisely, it made me feel that she was implying that I was not capable, because I hadn't improved much over the years, and I was still a worker, although a good technician-level worker, Still no more than a worker. "Then you should work hard and try to become a section chief and division chief, and I will follow suit. Unfortunately, you are not much better than me, and you are not even a cadre. I am afraid that there is not much hope for becoming a section chief and division chief." " I taunted her head on, but she didn't say a word, but I felt as if I was taunting myself, and my heart was dull and uncomfortable. Eggy was sitting in the basket in front of me, drowsy and staggering, I had to free one hand to support him, lest he fall out of the basket.Touching his small and tender body, a deep tenderness suddenly rose from the bottom of my heart, as if all the internal organs were soaked in warm water.What Ye Shengnan said may be reasonable. After so many years, many people have obtained or are obtaining what they want in the process of reform and opening up. Those who have a strong relationship are promoted, those who are bold get rich, and some get promoted and get rich at the same time. , but I am as always, if I say what I have gained over the years, then what I have really gained are only two things: Ye Shengnan and my son Dandan.I regretted the ridicule of Ye Shengnan just now. What she said was not malicious, it was a meaningless chat between husband and wife. My reaction was too sensitive, which was a sign of lack of confidence.I have never been a person without confidence. Although I am just an ordinary worker, is my self-confidence really facing collapse? "What are you thinking? I didn't say anything, don't be gloomy, it's already dark enough." Ye Shengnan sat on the back seat of my bicycle, habitually put her face on my back, softly Speak to me gently. I said, "I'm fine, just say whatever you want, and I'll listen." But she stopped talking, and hummed a little tune, "It's Drizzling in the Sky".After being married for so many years, I still dare not say that I know Ye Shengnan very well. Sometimes she is heartless and laughs like a silly elder sister, and sometimes she looks like a shrewd and capable female profiteer.Many things that are very important to me, she carelessly treats them like trifles, and many small things that seem insignificant to me, but she attaches great importance to them.In my house, she seemed to be very careless, but in fact many things and many words seemed to be carefully planned by her in retrospect.I dare not say that she is an easy-going and generous woman, and I also dare not say that she is a shrewd and capable woman. Of course, she is not the kind of smart little girl who is good at catering. "Hey, let me tell you something, I signed up for a dance training class." When ballroom dancing returned to our society, our main focus was on the newly born balls. Ye Shengnan still had to breastfeed the child. I probably inherited my father’s inheritance. any interest.Ye Shengnan said that she didn't recover her figure after giving birth, and that she smelled of milk all day long because she was afraid that people would treat her as a cow, so she wouldn't dance.We don't like to dance, but we like to watch. When we go to the dance floor, we just sit and watch others, just like children watching a circus performance.While watching, comment on which person dances like a bear breaking corn, which person moves like a Japanese sumo wrestler, and which person sticks too tightly to the other party. It is obvious that he is playing hooligans.At that time, there were no professional dance halls, and the dances were organized by each unit in the conference room or the big cafeteria. Acquaintances danced with acquaintances, and people from the same unit danced with each other. It was not as chaotic as it was when there were professional dance halls later. .Ye Shengnan and I were pointing fingers outside the ball, and we couldn’t avoid talking with colleagues we knew to express our opinions. Gradually, dancers began to hate us, saying that we didn’t dance well, and we were vilifying others by the sidelines. The countermeasure they took was to pull us into the water , look what we do when we dance.Ye Shengnan was in the period of postpartum breastfeeding at that time. She was ashamed of herself and determined not to dance. I couldn't resist the half invitation and half coercion of the engineer in the factory, Bai Dajie, so I reluctantly walked off the dance floor with her. Bai Dajie said: "You follow my steps." I just followed her around and took a look at Ye Shengnan who was on the sidelines. She looked at me and laughed so hard that she was happier than watching Chaplin's comedies.Seeing her smile like that, I knew that my dancing posture might not look good. When I got down, I asked her how she was, and she completely broke my confidence in my dancing posture: "It's pretty good, really, it's bigger than looking at it." Horse monkeys climbing poles are much more interesting." The chairman of the trade union also bothered us later, and came up to us to intervene: "Don't make trouble if you don't dance yourself, and make others feel embarrassed by talking about this and that." Ye Shengnan and I thought about it afterwards, our behavior was right. The activities organized by the unit have indeed played a destructive role. Not only do they not spend money to watch other people’s performances for free, they also use various uncivilized language to sarcasm and sarcasm them. Everyone scolded and never went again.Unexpectedly, Ye Shengnan is now interested, and is seriously participating in some dance training class. I don’t want to and can’t object to her decision. I’m surprised that she thought of learning to dance when she was so good: “Did you forget when we watched other people dance? People who dance think they dance very well, but It's not like you don't know what it is to make others look good, why do you want to join the free circus?" Free circus is our collective name for those people on the dance floor. Ye Shengnan grinned disdainfully: "At that time, what kind of dance did they dance? You're a cotton-handed boy, that's called dancing? That's called playing tricks. We learned the serious national standard, have you seen the kind of dance that foreigners dance on TV? It's so good, that's called dancing." "What national standard? Is there a national standard for dancing?" "It's an international ballroom dance. If you're interested, I'll sign up for you too." When I got home, I carried the bicycle and she held the child.At that time, bicycles were an important property of every family, and they were easy to steal, so we had to carry them upstairs every time we went upstairs.Before entering the door, I said to her: "You learn the big Yangge first, and then dance the national standard dance. I don't have time to accompany you to play any national standard. I haven't even memorized the corporate standards yet." "I'm going to attend the opening ceremony after get off work tomorrow, and I won't be home for dinner tonight. Tell our parents, if you don't have time to pick up your balls, call my dad and ask him to pick them up." "Are you just not coming back for dinner tomorrow or every day from now on?" This is a question I have to figure out, so as to save time and complain. "Don't worry, it's one, three, five every week, and it will be over in two months." Learning to dance in a dance training class is definitely not something that can be done in just two months. The purpose of learning is to dance, just like the purpose of taking a driver's license is to drive a car, and the purpose of obtaining a marriage certificate is to allow a man and a woman to sleep reasonably and legally. Like a bed.Therefore, I conclude that even if the two-month training course is over, Ye Shengnan will not be able to waste the skills she has learned. I hope she will not become the kind of dance fanatic who talks about dancing and not eating.What confuses me is that Ye Shengnan didn't seem to be interested in dancing in the past, but now she is willing to spend money to learn to dance, especially when the price of goods is rising every day and Ye Shengnan can't wait to save every penny she gets in the bank. Sure enough, as I expected, after Ye Shengnan graduated from the dance training class, she became a frequent visitor in the ballroom.The color TV bought after racking her brains has lost its allure to her. After dinner every day, she starts to frame herself, and then practice the skills she learned in the dance training class beautifully.At this time, the trend of organizing dance parties in various units has receded, and large and small fee-paying dance halls are emerging. Ye Shengnan was not interested in the free dance parties held by the work unit in the past, but flocked to such fee-paying dance halls. Fortunately, the price of the dance halls is not high. Five yuan for men and two yuan for women can even be free.Ye Shengnan lives a happy life of wearing clothes, stretching out his hands to eat, singing and dancing, but my spare time is only two things: TV and balls.Sometimes she also felt guilty, and pulled me to the ballroom with her for "activities", and I said: "I haven't taken dance training classes, and I have enough activities during the day, and I am not crazy if I continue to do activities at night. .” I tried to veto her enthusiasm for dancing by categorically rejecting her. She pretended to be slow and deliberately ignored my real intentions, pretending that I had to go by myself since you didn't go, doing her own way, and dancing as usual.I knew that I didn't have any authoritative influence on her, and I never expected her to obey my will in anything, so I had to let her behavior go my way.She has a natural preference for fashion and fashion.Marriage and childbirth once constrained her freedom and deprived her of several years of time. Now she pursues fashion frantically with a kind of impatience, as if the days are numbered, and does not care about analyzing the true and false of this fashion.She suffered from feverish chorea (a common name for dance fans), and she devoted her spare time and remaining energy to the dance floor, and many things that she needed or should do at home were thrown to me. If I don’t want to do it again It had to be placed there, so the family life began to become abnormal, and the place where people lived gradually declined to the level of a pigsty.My mood is getting more and more irritable, but she doesn't seem to care too much. When I get home, I tidy up like a cat's shit, and when I'm not happy, I go to sleep. For this reason, we began to quarrel frequently, and we often fought coldly and kept silent. I warned her directly that if she continued to behave like this, I would never be able to live such a useless life with her again.After the quarrel, she could restrain herself for a few days, but within three to five days she would revert to her old ways.If smoking and taking drugs can be addictive, then going to the dance hall can also be addictive, this is what Ye Shengnan told me with practical actions. Once Dandan was ill, but she still went to the ballroom to dance.If she is busy with serious business, it is not impossible for me to take care of Dandan, but she can dance when the child is sick, which is beyond the limit of what I can bear.I sent the balls to my mother, and then went to the ballroom to look for Ye Shengnan.I knew that what she had set her sights on was the song and dance hall called Moon Palace, which was her dance base, and she went straight to the Moon Palace after leaving the door. The gate face of the Moon Palace is colorful, like a dancing girl posing.The music inside can be heard half a street away.There were still a few security guards standing at the door pretending to be there. I walked in and they stopped me immediately: "Sir, do you have a ticket?" I was annoyed, so I pushed them away and said, "Don't call me sir, I'm not that civilized, just call me master. I don't have a ticket, I'm here to find someone." The security guard said, "You can't enter without a ticket." I had no choice but to explain patiently: "I'm not here to dance, I'm here to find someone." A skinny monkey security guard spoke harshly: "Who knows if you're here to find someone or to evade fares and dance." I can only continue to explain: "Look, I don't even wear a coat, can I dance like this?" The security guards didn't look like a person of weight at first glance, but in fact I was really a worker of no weight, and no one would take a person like me seriously, so they deliberately wanted to Finding trouble with me, maybe they are bored in front of the door, and I just came to amuse them, so they began to mock me indifferently: "Who are you looking for? There can be someone you are looking for here ?” "Aren't you panicking because you want to open your eyes here? You have to pay for a ticket if you open your eyes." "Do you have no money to buy a ticket? If you really have no money, my buddy will let you in." I don't want to entangle with them anymore, I have decided to buy a ticket, isn't it just five yuan?Although I am a worker, I am a high earner among the workers, and my income is higher than that of the workshop director.I had already walked to the front of the ticket window, and I had put my hand in my pocket. At this time, someone among the security guards said, "Did this guy come to find his wife? My wife can't bear to run here." Come looking for it, just put your face in your crotch and forget it." This sentence pierced into my chest like a sharp knife. In an instant, my heart seemed to be a car engine with the accelerator pedal pressed to the bottom. All my blood rushed to the upper part of my throat. The inflated balloon is about to burst.When I turned around, those security guards were laughing and laughing at me.Their words hit me hard, and made me feel ashamed and angry.At the same time, I also found an outlet for my depression. Tonight I had a partner, and suddenly I felt a little joy in my heart. I found a toilet on the street, and it was a free toilet. I walked towards them and asked coldly, "Who farted just now?" At this time, I have completely recovered my composure, rebelling, fighting, going to the countryside, fooling around, earning a living... The wildness that has been dormant in me for many years began to break out. At this time, I can calm down in an instant, and I can feel my My muscles tense, I feel my heart beating powerfully, and my eyes and ears are extra sharp. "That's right, who did this fart? It stinks." The big security guard was still making fun of me, flapping his hands in front of his nose while talking. I'll take your boy for surgery, I didn't talk to them anymore, I rushed up to the steps they were standing on, and then kicked the guy who said "smelly, stinky" off the steps.There were three of them in total, and they were all young men in their twenties. My sudden attack made them stunned. They never thought that I would dare to greet them first.I didn't wait for them to react and rushed into the ballroom.Before I entered the ballroom, they had already chased after me and grabbed me.I can't let them take control of my arms and I'll just have to be beaten.I used my knee to push a guy under the crotch of the big man who got up after being kicked down by me. He let out a strange cry of "Aw", and punched me in the face enduring the pain. I was beaten by him Stars flashed in my eyes, and I secretly regretted that I shouldn't have left too much force in the push against his crotch just now. I was afraid that he would be a useless person.The skinny guy kept pulling my right arm, and another security guard grabbed my left arm. I shook it twice and didn't shake it off. Although these two guys looked inconspicuous, they were still a little bit dry, and they were holding on tightly. I don't let go, it seems that this is a tactic they are used to, two people grab the opponent's arm and let the other person let go, when I was young, when I was fighting with braised pork, ribs, and battered bread, I also I do it a lot, so I know how to counter it.The big man who gave me a head-on punch rushed up again, and I stomped hard on the skinny monkey's foot. I was wearing big suede leather shoes issued by the factory, and the soles were still nailed with iron palms. The monkey immediately squatted on the ground cursing in pain.I turned sideways and punched the security guard holding my left arm hard with my free hand. The security guard released me to cover his face, and I took the opportunity to jump into the dance hall.I made up my mind to have a good time tonight. No matter what the consequences are, I will vent all my grievances, depression, melancholy, and anger to this Moon Palace. The dance hall is like a dark lair, the band is playing "Deep Ocean", under the blue light, couples of men and women are hugging each other and shaking slowly, the black shadows are like fish in the deep sea.It was impossible to find Ye Shengnan under this kind of light.I squeezed through the crowd, came to the front of the stage, found the microphone for accompaniment, and yelled at the dance floor: "Ye Shengnan, you go home right away! Ye Shengnan, go home right away!" I yelled twice , the amplified sound of the amplifier floats above the music.The music stopped abruptly, the dancing people stopped in shock, and then they buzzed into a mess. After a while, someone turned on the lighting. People stood still on the dance floor, looking at me in surprise, like a group of frozen puppets .I looked down at the dance floor below the stage, opened my eyes wide and looked around but couldn't see Ye Shengnan.At this time, I saw those security guards leading a group of people rushing towards me through the crowd.This dance has already been disturbed by me, and it will be difficult for me to get away from pestering them again. No matter how angry or angry I am, I still haven’t lost my mind. It's too late.I quickly jumped off the bandstand, squeezed into the crowd, slipped to the wall and tried to escape through the side door.When I got to the side door smoothly, I couldn't help crying secretly, the side door was locked. At this time, people had already started crowding outside the gate one after another, and I also mixed in the crowd and wanted to take the opportunity to run away.I couldn't help but gasp when I went out the gate. A dozen people, led by a big fat man, blocked the door looking for me.The security guards who had fought with me rushed towards me as soon as they saw me.I had no choice but to go back to the ballroom again, and picked up the long iron bolt used to lock the door. This is an iron bar more than half a meter long and two fingers thick, and it is very handy to use.I waved and rushed outside again. The security guards avoided me, and I rushed out of the gate again.When I got out of the gate, I knew that it would be difficult to get out of my body tonight. The big fat man was confident that he didn't go in with the security guards to chase me, and led a dozen people to wait in place firmly.As soon as I appeared, they surrounded me in a fan shape, and the security guards behind me also came out of the gate and blocked behind me.The dance fans who had left did not leave, but were scattered around waiting to watch the show.我朝四周巡视着，想找到叶笙楠，她却始终没有露面，这让我有些忐忑，也许她今天晚上没有来这里？如果那样，我今晚上的亏就吃大了，白忙乎一场还得挨顿臭揍。 后面的保安吃了亏，对我仇恨最深，一出门见着我几乎没有停步就朝我扑了过来。大胖子挥挥手制止了他们，脸上是当家做主的主人翁表情：“哥们儿，怎么回事儿？我看你脸生得很，咱们好像没有什么过节，你跑这儿闹腾什么？” 既然他心平气和地问我，我就连忙抓住机会为自己创造逃脱的机会：“你说得对，我没事跑你们这儿闹什么？是这几位哥们儿太过分了。我是来找人的，他们让我买票，我就按规矩去买票，他们冷言冷语地刺我，本来啥事没有。” 大胖子抬起胳膊挠挠胳肢窝：“行啊，咱们别的都不说了，你可以走。”我心里一松，想不到这小子还挺明白事理，连忙拔腿就走，他却又拦住了我：“别急，哥们儿，走也得有个走法吧？今天的场子让你给搅了，经济损失总得算清楚吧？” “怎么算？”我无奈地问他，心里暗想只要不过分，破财免灾，先把今天晚上混过去再说。 “今天晚上的门票你全给补上就成了。” 我觉得脑袋被砸了一闷棍，我刚才看了，舞场里面少说也有四五百人，每个人的门票五块钱，没有两三千块钱是下不来的。再说了，这些进到舞场里的人虽然舞没跳完就让我给搅出来了，可是他们也都是买过舞票才进去的呀，再让我补他们的舞票显然是敲竹杠。眼下这个情形如果我不答应他的条件我肯定不能囫囵着离开这里。我只好使出缓兵之计：“行啊，我赔你的舞票钱，可惜我身上没带那么多钱，明天我给你送来行不行？” 他嘿嘿嘿地笑了起来：“哥们儿，拿我当小孩呢？明天你还认识我老几？身上没带钱好办，带什么值钱的留下也行，或者我麻烦点，派两个人跟你去取也行。” 我出来得急，外衣都没有穿，手表钱包都扔在家里，身上除了衬衣裤子再啥也没有，可是我又不能让他派人跟我到家里去取，我怎么能让他们认下我家的住址呢？就是去取我也没有现成的两三千块钱放在家里等着给他。我说：“老板，咱们都是本乡本土的，说不上哪天就碰上了，今天我搅和了你的场子是我不对，可是你让我马上拿出几千块钱来，先不说这钱该不该我拿，就是该我拿我也拿不出来呀。” 大胖子的脸往下一沉：“那就怪不得我了。你们给我把他弄起来送派出所去！” 他们如果真的把我送到派出所我倒高兴了，我怕的是他们制住我之后，我受皮肉之苦。我拎起铁条说：“哥们儿，是你逼我，今天如果你们把我放倒了我随便你们处置，只要我死不了我就让你们加倍偿还。如果你们要让我陪你们到派出所去，咱们就好好走，谁也别想来这套。” 大胖子不再理会我，手一挥那些打手保安们就向我扑了过来。旁边看热闹的人群里有人喊了起来：“不好了，要打起来了，快去报警呀！”也有的人叫嚷：“这么多人打一个要不要脸？”“快叫警察……”“别打了，有话好好说……” 我从小到大打了不知道多少场架，我知道双方对垒力量悬殊时，弱势的一方绝对不能丧失勇气，要牢牢记住软的怕硬的，硬的怕横的，横的怕不要命的这个真理，敢打敢拼才行。同时不能扛着死打，一定要灵活机动，打运动战，边跑边打，不能让对方把自己团团围起来。对方一启动，我立刻朝左面闪去，边跑边挥动手里的铁条，我尽量不打着人，这些人跟我没冤没仇，不会下死力，可是如果我的家伙什招呼到他身上，打疼了他，他就会对我产生仇恨情绪，真的下死力揍我。刚才那三个保安就是例子，他们这会儿就恨不得立刻把我制住痛痛快快地修理一番。果然，那些人见我挥舞着铁条冲过来都怕铁条招呼到自己身上，纷纷避让，我挺容易的就冲了出去。他们见我冲了过去，就开始围追堵截，很快我又被逼到了舞厅前面。我继续运用我的斗争策略，边跑边打，我身上挨了几下子，他们也有几个人挨了我几下子，我就像一条野牛，他们就像一群恶狼，我在前面奔逃，他们在后面追击，我不时地回过身来拼几下，一块砖头突然飞过来砸在我的背上，我踉跄了几步，差点跌倒。他们发现利用砖头攻击我非常有效，前面几个人堵着我逼我回头，后面的人吆喝着捡砖头砸我。 我跑不掉了，今天晚上看样子要倒大霉，说话间我的脑袋又被砖头击中，疼得我直咬牙。我这时候慢慢失去了还击的力量和意志，我想干脆跑到派出所去避难算了，我如果朝家里跑，他们一定会追到家里去的，只有派出所可以避难。我却不知道派出所在什么地方，我们家那边有派出所，可惜距离远，我如果朝家那边跑，不等我跑到就会让他们用砖头砸死。正在危急时刻，一阵响亮的警笛声从大街上传了过来，好了，派出所开出来的，我就朝警笛响的方向跑，没跑几步警车就蹿了过来，用刺眼的车灯罩住了我。我站住了，警车还没有停稳，就从上面冲下来五六个警察，这些警察此刻在我的眼里真比亲人还要亲，我急忙迎了上去，他们却吼叫着让我站住。我看见了黑洞洞的枪口，只好就地站下。后面追上来的人想趁机抓住我，警察又吼叫了起来：“谁也不准动，原地站住！” 舞厅的打手们停止了奔跑，慢慢走到我的跟前，警察也在同时来到了我的面前。 “怎么回事儿？打群架？” “张哥，这家伙到我们舞厅里面捣乱，还打人，我们正要把他扭到派出所去。”那个瘦猴儿保安对其中一个警察说。 完了，他们是一伙的，我今天晚上肯定要遭罪了。 “把他们都铐起来，带回去再说！”后面一个警察下了命令，警察们便冲过来把我们一个个都铐了起来。大胖子摆谱儿：“哥们儿，我跟你们黄局长认识，你们别不问青红皂白就铐人，小心我告你们。” 扭着他的警察犹豫了，下命令的警察说：“少啰嗦，铐！” 警察喀嚓一声就把大胖子也铐了起来。这时候下命令的警察官儿走了过来，我一看心里顿时轻松了许多，这小子是红烧肉他弟弟二牛子，小时候跟在我屁股后面当过虾兵蟹将，长大了出息了，成了公安局的治安处长。他过来看看我，对警察说：“怎么把挨打的也铐了？放开！” 警察赶紧过来把我放开了。他问：“杨哥，你没事吧？” 我摸摸脑袋，还好，脑袋起了两个包，却没有流血，看来我的脑袋还挺结实，就说：“我没事儿。你怎么来了？值班？” 他朝后边看看，说：“有人报案说你让月亮宫的保安揍了，我哪敢怠慢，叫了几个值班的弟兄就来了。”转过脸对大胖子说：“胖老板呀胖老板，今天我可要对不起你了，你也太他妈的过分了，你知道这是谁？这是我哥，杨伟，你怎么欺负到我哥头上来了？” 大胖子分辩着：“不是我欺负他，是他跑到我们舞场来闹事……” 二牛子说：“行了，你别跟我说没用的，说别人跑你这儿来闹事还有可能，说我哥来闹事打死我我都不信。我哥是什么人？是劳动模范，正经八百的产业工人，高级工人技师，从上一辈人到下一辈人没有没根底的。你是什么？混混无赖一个，开这么个破舞厅骗俩钱算了，你看你他妈的还养活这么一帮子地痞，打架斗殴欺压良民，我封你几天再说。”说完，对那些警察说：“带走，都带回局里去！”那些警察就把刚才还威风凛凛追打我的那帮人推推搡搡地朝警车里塞。 我这时候才想起来问他：“谁报的案？怎么一下子就找到你那儿去了？” 他朝马路对面指了指：“还能是谁，你老婆我叶姐，我敢不来吗？” 叶笙楠站在马路对面不敢过来，路灯下的身影显得怯怯的，见这边的事情已经平息了才慢慢地跨过马路走了过来。我没搭理她，她让我丢尽了人，更让我吃了苦头，背上头上都挨了砖头。二牛子看我们之间的情况不对劲，识趣地说：“杨哥，叶姐，你们先回去吧，这帮小子你们就别管了，我领回去好好教育。”说着就爬上车拉响警笛跑了。 我过去找自行车，自行车躺在地上，可能是我们刚才奔跑打斗的时候碰倒的，车把也歪了，我正了车把，叶笙楠也把她的自行车推了过来：“回家吧。” 我气呼呼地说：“我还得去接蛋蛋呢。” 她问：“蛋蛋在哪儿？” 我说：“还能在哪儿？在我妈那儿。” 她沉默片刻说：“你可千万别告诉你妈刚才的事儿。” “刚才的事够丢人的了，又不是什么好事值得宣扬。”我骑上车管自朝家里奔，她默默地跟在后面。 蛋蛋已经睡了，我妈让我们把孩子扔在这儿，说孩子还没有退烧，明天要带他到医院去检查一下。我妈没有问我们干啥去了，却也没有搭理叶笙楠。回到家里，叶笙楠坐在凳子上卸装，卸了装又去洗脸，然后香喷喷地回到房间脱了个精光钻到我的怀里说：“今天你还真的又是你了。” 有理不打笑脸人，尽管我对她心里有气，她作出这种样子我理解为实际上是向我表示歉意，也就问她：“你这话是什么意思？难道我还能不是我吗？” 她妖腻腻地抚摸着我说：“这么长时间我觉得你已经变成小老头了，今天晚上你可真够威风的，好像又回到十几年前的杨伟了，又有了男子汉的那股味道了。” 我对她说：“你有病，而且病得不轻。你想想，我们已经多大了？快四十的人了，再像二十来岁的时候那么昏天黑地地闹腾，不成了神经病了吗。” 我没心思跟她讨论这个问题，她已经缠磨得我兴致勃勃了，我将她从我身上推落下去，然后把自己覆盖在她的身上，她很顺从，在下面娇柔地哼哼唧唧，没有再玩她那一套阴阳倒错的把戏。临入睡前，她又叮嘱了我一次：“今天晚上的事你千万别告诉你家啊。” 好事不出门，坏事传千里，那天晚上我到舞厅找叶笙楠跟舞厅的人打起来的事儿很快就传到了我爸我妈的耳朵里。我妈终于出面干预了：“笙楠，你们家的日子不能这么个过法吧？跳舞我不反对，我年轻的时候也跳过，可也不能把跳舞当饭吃。” 叶笙楠脸皮厚，坐在我家的饭桌前面吃着不花钱不出力的饭默不作声，谁也不知道她心里想什么。 一般情况下，我爸对这类事情历来是漠不关心，不闻不问，实行事不关己高高挂起的自由主义态度，吃过饭就守在电视机前面等着看新闻联播。今天看来他心里对叶舞迷的行径也早已不满了，这时候也忍不住说了一声：“快四十岁的人了为了找老婆跑到舞厅里跟人打架，真不知害臊！”我爸明着是说我，眼睛却瞪着叶笙楠，说罢扔下饭碗起身就走了。 我爸从来不对儿媳妇说重话，今天当着大家的面说出这种话来，肯定是忍无可忍了。二出息板着脸装聋作哑，小林子更是低了头慢慢数碗里的饭粒。叶笙楠脸上挂了泪，泪珠吧嗒吧嗒地往碗里掉。我妈意犹未尽，第二天又把这件事情告诉了叶笙楠她爸她妈，她爸在我们回家吃饭的时候把叶笙楠堵在门外恶狠狠地对她说：“你再往舞厅跑我敲断你的狗腿！” 过了两天月亮宫的老板大胖子不知道怎么打听到我们家，提了两瓶酒两条烟过来看我，我这时气也消了，心也平了，觉得那天自己也有错，不管怎么说是我先闹的事，就坚决不好意思收他的礼物，我问他：“是不是二牛子封了你的舞厅？我去给他说说。” 大胖子说：“那倒没有，也没罚款，其实我跟他也认识，那天晚上他把我们押去臭骂了一通，让我来给你道个歉赔个礼。” 我连忙说：“那天晚上我也有不是，是我先动手的，主要是那天晚上孩子有病我心里不痛快，我还得对你说声对不起。” 大胖子说：“按说我也得叫你一声杨哥呢，那天晚上你也不自我介绍一声，你一说你是杨伟我哪能跟你过不去呢？” 我暗想，我怎么着也不可能见着人就先自我介绍我是杨伟，再说了，即便我这么介绍人家也不见得认得我，我自忖还没那么大的名气。 大胖子接着说：“我给你说，排骨是我姐夫，你说我应不应该叫你一声杨哥？” “排骨是你姐夫？那吴梦娜就是你姐了？” "Yes." “嗐，我们是打小的同学，又在一个知青点下乡，这么说我更不能收你的礼了。” 大胖子立刻跟我熟络起来：“杨哥，这点小意思你给面子就留下，不给面子我就提溜出去扔垃圾箱里去，没关系。我要给你说的是，叶姐在我们那儿跳舞也没干啥，就是跳跳舞，别的啥事没有，既没有固定的舞伴，也没有跳贴面舞那些时髦的玩艺，我认识她，也从来没有问她要过舞票，每次她去了不过就给她送一两瓶可乐，她不认识我，还以为她是舞厅的常客所以我们优惠她呢。我要是早知道你不赞成她泡舞厅，我就不让她来了。你千万别因为她跳舞对她……那样我就真的不好意思了，我姐我姐夫知道也得骂我。” 我明白了他的意思，我问他：“你今天来是受谁的指使了吧？” 他连头带手一起摇：“没有，绝对没有，我是想起你那天找她的时候那股劲头，真怕你饶不过她。你知道，因为跳舞两口子闹翻的如今太多了，我真怕因为这事儿影响你们两口子的关系。” 我告诉他，叶笙楠已经向我表态，今后要改邪归正，再不跳舞了，所以我们也不存在进一步闹翻的危险。他说其实跳跳舞也没什么不好，今后让我带着叶笙楠一起去，他保证免费招待。 我说：“行啊，今后我们有时间就到你那儿跳舞去，全当锻炼身体了。” 他听了挺高兴，我让他把东西留下，然后叫他陪我喝啤酒去，他没推辞就答应了。那天我跟他喝了一箱子啤酒，两人都有些醉醺醺的，他对我说事后他想想我说的话真有道理，我问他我说的什么话有道理，他说就是你说的那句咱们都是本乡本土的说不定啥时候就碰上了，真是这么回事儿，咱们这地方小，要是有根线按关系穿人，说不定全市区人民都能像螃蟹似的穿起来。今后我再碰上这种事儿，绝对不会那么莽撞了，一定得先问个清楚。我说那你今后见人就先问你老大贵姓，再问你老婆老大贵姓，再问你七大姑八大姨老大贵姓，保你没问清楚就得挨揍。大胖子说那倒是，还真不能刨根问底，这事真的还不好处理，你说该怎么办呢？我说最好的办法就是见人就说好好好，和气生财嘛。他连说对对对。 后来我跟叶笙楠谁也没有再到舞厅去过。我不去是因为我确实不好意思再见舞厅那帮人，叶笙楠不去是因为经过那么一折腾，她对跳舞已经反胃了，她的舞蹈症竟然就这么治好了。 然而，舞蹈症治好不久，她就又患上了麻疯病。