Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

The sun was shining brightly on the street, the breeze was gentle, and there were still gray-black snow marks in the shade at the foot of the house.Bodies of firecrackers are everywhere in the streets and alleys, colorful confetti dances in the wind, and the smell of gunpowder remains in the air, like a battlefield that has just ceased fighting.Messy and dirty streets, messy dining tables at home, and children wearing new clothes together exaggerate the youthfulness. This is the Spring Festival here. None of us got in the car, and we pushed our bicycles slowly along the street. The street was very lively, and crowds of people who paid New Year's greetings, visited relatives, visited, and shopped were laughing and joking.I haven't come out these few days, staying at home to help my parents deal with the constant stream of guests.When I came outside at this time, my mood suddenly became refreshed, and the gloomy feeling that was stuffy in my heart disappeared immediately.

"You asked me to come out to accompany you on the streets and roads?" The braised pork said: "The ribs said that he is in a very happy mood during the Spring Festival this year, and he is back to being single again. It feels very good." I understand the feelings of the ribs very well. The single age is associated with the beautiful word youth. Getting married means saying goodbye to youth forever. When you have youth, it seems that youth is an inexhaustible resource. When you lose it , no matter how much compensation you get, family, property, social status, career achievements... can't make up for the loss of youth.Besides, we all belong to the unfortunate group who have exhausted our youth but gained nothing. We can only deceive ourselves with the feeling of being a bachelor, and use the reminiscence of lost youth to satisfy the loss and emptiness of middle age.

"Go, go drink!" Ribs suggested.At this moment, this time, this atmosphere, even this temperature and humidity, plus the few of us gathered together, what else should we do besides drinking?His proposal immediately won our unanimous approval. We followed the ribs, rode bicycles, and lined up on the street, and suddenly felt like going back to the past.Passers-by looked sideways at us, and we blocked traffic. In the past, when we encountered such unfriendly attitudes, we would definitely stare at each other, and even have conflicts and fights because of this.Now that we have lost the vigor of our youth, we also have the tolerance and open-mindedness of middle-aged people. We pretended to be slow to be dissatisfied with passers-by, until the car behind us honked and roared at us, and we calmly approached. The curb gave way.A Crown passed by and turned right suddenly, and almost squeezed the ribs, who cursed angrily: "Fuck your mother, hurry to reincarnate!"

The car spewed a puff of black smoke at him and ran away. The braised pork said: "I wrote down his license plate, and we will settle the score next time we run into it." We all know that this is just Ah Q's self-comforting spirit Victory, Ribs asked him: "What was the license plate number just now?" He really couldn't speak out.Indeed, we have all passed the age of serious competition with others, and we have lost the energy to fight with others over trivial matters. I asked them where they were going to drink, and the braised pork said: "You don't need to ask, just follow the ribs and go to his partner's place to drink."

Ribs said somewhat proudly and somewhat shyly: "What kind of object is not an object, how can there be such a thing now, it's so fucking scumbag." Paste Bread said: "It should be girlfriend, lover, fiancée, etc., but you can't talk about your partner. If you talk about your partner, it will look silly." Ribs quickly corrected: "Where is there any fiancée, who is far away from that, let's call it girlfriend or lover." I asked Ribs: "It's so fast, this side just came out of the wolf's den, and the other side is going to jump into the tiger's mouth again?"

Paste Bread said: "Eat a ditch and gain wisdom. How can an old and cunning rib get rid of himself so easily. You didn't realize it. You can't call him a partner or a fiancee. You can only call him a girlfriend or a lover." I said, "No matter what the name is, why go to her place to drink? She runs a hotel?" When I asked this question, a thought flashed in my mind. Do you know if it works or not?Will she charge me money? Ribs said: "How can she have the money to open a hotel, and then she will come to the restaurant to work for others." The braised pork said: "Then serve it well and come back."

Ribs said: "She's not the boss, she will have to pay for it herself." So we came to the Hao Zai Lai restaurant happily.The subject of the ribs is not as good-looking as Wu Mengna, her face is too long, her mouth is too big, her eyes are too small, and her head shakes when she speaks, as if it is not the neck but the spring that supports the head.What Wu Mengna can't compare to her is her age, she looks like she is ten years younger than Wu Mengna. "This is Yang Dadan, this is braised pork, this is battered bread, and I am ribs." Ribs introduced us to her girlfriend and lover, except lesbians who are not partners or fiancees, with a playful smile.

She swung her fist and lightly thumped the pork ribs twice: "It doesn't look right, which of these I don't know except Brother Yang?" Maybe it's because of my allergies, I felt that she paid extra attention when looking at me, and Gu Lulu's rolling eyeballs paused for a few seconds on my face.She is the foreman here. After the introduction, she led us to the box with a smile on her face. After we sat down, she groaned for a while on the side of Ribs' ears. Ribs looked at me from time to time and nodded repeatedly. I suspect they are plotting to kidnap and sell me.After the food and drinks were served, she confirmed that my judgment was correct, and she led a gorgeous little girl to the seat beside me.

"This is Wu Mingming," she first introduced the woman to me, and then introduced me to the woman, "This is Brother Yang, Yang Wei." "My nickname is Big Dan. You can call him Yang Wei or Big Dan if you like." Ribs added. Wu Mingming chuckled: "Brother Yang's name is really interesting." My name is indeed interesting, regardless of whether it is a big name or a small name, I can't help thinking about it, and I can't hear it when I think about it.I really can't figure it out, my parents are not uneducated people, and the Chinese vocabulary is so rich, so I specially found these two words that are easy to associate with me as my name, and I don't know how they did it. From what I know of them, they definitely don't have that sense of humor.I once asked them why they gave me such a weird and disadvantageous name. My dad asked me inexplicably: "Why is it weird?" My mother asked me dumbfounded: "Why is it a disadvantage?" , I had to shut up.Later, I thought, when they named me, it was a serious era, and people would not use a child's name to think about it, so no one made a fuss about my name until I was in junior high school.Now that we have entered an era of open-minded thinking, spoofing has become a fashion that can make a lot of money, and my name will inevitably become a victim of the times. It has been added with added value that makes people blush for no reason, and the homonym has been distorted to be able to blog people. The boring meaning of a laugh.

They specially arranged Wu Mingming to be by my side. It was definitely not a meaningless random choice. Based on the ambiguous smiles on the faces of the battered bread and braised pork, I concluded that they were accomplices.It's actually nothing, the big deal is to introduce someone to me. Nowadays, the fashionable titles are girlfriend and lover, and to sell me. It's really unnecessary to make such a thing so mysterious.I, Yang Wei, am not a person who shy away from the scene, so there is really no need to make this kind of thing so secretive.Now that I have resumed my single life, I have regained the right to find women. This is a good thing. I really don’t understand. Is there anything wrong with these guys? If there is anything to plan for this kind of thing, tell me directly Yang Wei, wouldn't it be enough to introduce you to someone, a girlfriend or a lover?In order to live up to their good intentions, I turned my head and started a conversation with the little girl next to me: "What does Miss do?"

She giggled again, and I realized later that she wasn't joking about my name just now, she would chuckle for a while before answering whatever she heard, no matter whether it was funny or not. "I didn't do anything, I just went to and from get off work." "where do you work?" "Chi Chi Chi, is this important?" "Oh, it's not very important, I'll just ask." "Chi Chi Chi, Brother Yang is really interesting." It was my name that was interesting just now, but now I am also interesting, and the one who is really interesting is herself, always laughing so loudly, those who don’t know it thought she was bewildered by the toothpaste factory’s spokesperson.However, her teeth are not good, and the gap in the door is quite wide, exaggeratedly speaking, a chopstick can be passed through, and when she giggles, a large section of purple-red gums is exposed, which looks very unsightly. Ribs said: "Don't bother to talk too much. If you have fate, you will have a long time to talk in the future. Let's drink." After all, it was the boyfriend of the foreman. As soon as we sat down, the delicious food and wine came up like water.Ribs' girlfriend and foreman came over to say hello: "You guys eat, drink and chat first, I still have something to do, I'll be with you later." The braised pork said: "You don't need to come here, just come here when the bill is paid." The foreman gave him a "pooh" and said, "I'll let you pay the bill today." Ribs took the lead in raising the wine glass: "Dude, miss, today is the third day of the Lunar New Year, and the year is not over yet. Let's get together to celebrate the Spring Festival. Come on, drink the wine in the glass first, and wish us all a happy new year." Everything goes well in here, and all wishes come true!" We all responded to his call and drank up the wine in our glasses.Wu Mingming didn't do anything, just took a sip from the wine glass. The braised pork stopped: "Wu Mingming did it, if he didn't do it, he was not sincere. Today is the first time I meet you, Brother Yang, so I can't be insincere." As usual, Wu Mingming laughed for a while before saying: "She is a girl, how can she compare with you big men." Immediately, a layer of goose bumps appeared on my body. I didn't dare to move, for fear that if I moved, the goose bumps on my body would fall to the ground.I think her age is at least 30 years old. This is an estimate after she has been framed and dressed. If she is presented in front of me as she is, I guess her age should be about the same as mine. She even calls herself a "girl", It feels good, it's courageous, and it's also kind of creepy. The braised pork continued to entangle with her: "Wu Mingming, come on, you and Brother Yang should meet each other, right?" Wu Mingming looked at me, and I knew that meant asking for my opinion, so I quickly raised my glass and touched her lightly, then drank the wine in the glass obediently.This time she also drank the wine in the glass, and skillfully showed the bottom of the glass in front of us.We applauded and applauded, pretending to admire.Wu Mingming filled us with wine one by one, and then said to the braised pork, "Come on, I'll have a drink with you." The braised pork was still playing with oil, and asked people with a shameless face: "What do you mean by toasting me? No way. I won't do it." Wu Mingming said: "What you say is what you say." The braised pork finally took off the lid: "Then thank the matchmaker." Wu Mingming chuckled for a while: "Okay, thanks to anyone, come on, do it!" As he spoke, the wine in the glass was gone.The braised pork has no choice but to dry it too.As soon as the braised pork put down the wine glass, Wu Mingming filled up the wine for him and himself again, and said with a chuckle, "Thank you matchmaker, you can't just drink one glass, you have to drink three glasses in a row." The braised pork was a bit stunned, and I was also a bit stunned. I didn't expect Wu Mingming, a "girl", to be so courageous, but I don't know how much she can drink.Ribs booed from the side: "Yes, yes, yes, Miss Wu Mingming thanked the matchmaker. I have to drink three glasses in a row. Come, come, I will accompany you." The braised pork had to drink another cup with her.Wu Mingming filled up the wine again, and the braised pork eyes were straightened. Wu Mingming said to the ribs and battered bread: "Dry the third cup together!" Ribs said: "Yang Wei, get up, let's do it together!" I had to get up and have another drink with them.The braised pork was red-faced, and I kept stuffing the cold pig ears into my mouth in an attempt to dilute the alcohol content in my stomach.I said to Wu Mingming, "You really can drink." She chuckled and said, "I'm naturally unresponsive to alcohol. I only feel bloated after drinking too much, and I'm fine after going to the toilet twice." Good guy, this woman is a natural wine leaker, no wonder she restrained the braised pork as soon as she came up.I asked her again: "What do you do for work?" "Chi Chi Chi, didn't they tell you?" I shook my head: "None of them told me about you before coming here." "Chi Chi Chi, I know everything about you." "What do you know?" "Your father is Yang Guodong. He used to be the mayor, but now he is retired. You are a senior fitter technician. You are divorced. You have a son with you. Your ex-wife is the female owner of the Shengnan hot pot restaurant. She is quite rich. Chi Chi, am I right?" I quickly said yes yes yes, I dare not talk to her again, I don't know how far the ribs have betrayed me, I am afraid that she will suddenly say something that makes me embarrassed.I didn't ask her, but she continued to ask me: "Is your ex-wife getting along with someone named Braised Pig's Trotter? Braised Pig's Trotter used to be classmates with you, and that's why you divorced?" I was really a little angry, didn't answer her, got up and pulled out the ribs, and when I got outside the door, I asked him angrily: "What the hell are you doing, kid?" Ribs is inexplicable: "I didn't do anything wrong, I just want you to get to know each other, aren't you single now?" I pressed him: "What did you tell that Wu Mingming about me?" Ribs looked innocent: "What can I say about you? I only met her the day before yesterday. She is my girlfriend's friend. I didn't know her before that." "How did they know her about the battered bread and braised pork?" "I discussed with them that I wanted to introduce you, but they insisted on passing by first. No, I had dinner with you yesterday, and I came to you today. What's the matter? What did she say?" I said, "She didn't say anything. Let me ask you, what does she do?" "I heard from my girlfriend that she is a household registration officer of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. She specializes in household registration. She has a good job and divorced her husband. We all think it's suitable. What do you think of her?" "I don't think she is in charge of the account, she is the KGB, a Soviet spy." Ribs grinned and said: "Don't talk about it, how can there be the Soviet Union now? It's Russia. If it's really the KGB, can they still take a fancy to you? At least you have to find a ministerial level, so that you can get information. How about it? If you don't Opinions are formal everywhere?" I said, "Aren't you getting divorced too? Why don't you talk to her everywhere." Ribs was taken aback, looked left and right for a while, and then said: "Don't talk nonsense, I have a girlfriend, and she is my girlfriend's friend, how can I get along with her?" I said, "Do you think you have too many girlfriends? You can handle them all." Ribs said: "Well, I understand, you don't like him, do you?" I said, "I'm afraid she will find out that some of the three generations of my ancestors have been counter-revolutionaries." Ribs said: "No, it doesn't matter if it is found out that one of the three generations of your ancestors is a counter-revolutionary. Now that kind of thing is not popular." I said, "Whether I like it or not, I can't eat when I see her big teeth. I'll let it go." Ribs was extremely frustrated. These friends sincerely wanted to help me. I couldn’t bear to reject them so quickly, so I quickly said, “I’ll thank you no matter what happens or not, but this kind of thing has to be mutual, doesn’t it?” Ribs is very regretful: "It's a pity for her mother. I think she is quite willing. If she doesn't want to, she won't come at all. Except for the big teeth, other aspects are really good. Think about it, the public security bureau is in charge of household registration. , so much real power, no one else can find it if they want to find it." I reminded him: "I'm looking for a wife, not a job company. I have a registered permanent residence, so I don't need the help of the registered permanent residence. Besides, what job I do is secondary. The key is to have a good temper and feel for each other." Row." Poor Ribs said: "That's right, you have to be willing to do this kind of thing in the end. However, you haven't practiced this kind of thing, how can you tell if you have feelings? Did you and Ye Shengnan feel it at the beginning? No? Did you feel it after so many years? Xixi, Xixi, I can’t say anything else.” I thought to myself, yes, everywhere is everywhere, what's the big deal?Anyway, to be idle is to be idle, and it is better to be accompanied by someone, and someone of the opposite sex, than to talk to yourself, take a walk with yourself, and be bored with yourself.Think about Ye Shengnan again, isn't he fighting with braised pig's trotters now?So he agreed to Ribs: "Okay, everywhere is everywhere, let's go drink, don't disturb others' interest." Before entering the door, Ribs grabbed me and said, "Brothers, I have something to ask you." I was amused by his frightened look, and I joked, "What can you ask me for? Apart from borrowing money, I can talk about other things." Ribs said to me solemnly: "Don't mention this matter to Ye Shengnan today. If you tell her that we will introduce you to someone, you won't be able to see her in the future." I said, "Why should I tell her about this? But it doesn't matter if she knows, I'm not married to her now." Ribs shook his head again and again: "No, no, don't tell her that we are all classmates, and we went to the countryside together, and it's your business that you two are pornographic, but we introduced you to your girlfriend just to hurt her, she knows We must be scolded. I am afraid that she will know about the battered bread and braised pork, so we will do it quietly. The three of us will do it together, and if she finds out, we can evade each other. Otherwise, when we meet Ye Shengnan in the future, she will not have to show us the face. The skin has been peeled off." I laughed to myself, these three guys are actually afraid of Ye Shengnan, I didn’t notice this in the past, I said: “I didn’t expect you to be afraid of Ye Shengnan, don’t worry, if there is a suitable one in the future, just let me know, if you don’t know which one, just touch it Don't worry about Ye Shengnan, I don't believe she didn't look for it." When I said this, the braised pig's trotters flashed through my mind. Ribs warned again solemnly: "This is not a question of whether you are afraid or not, but a question of morality. You must never tell Ye Shengnan that I set it up for you." When I got back to the box, Paste Bread was punching Wu Mingming. Seeing us coming in, I kept looking at our faces and observing our expressions. I said, "It's okay, thank you, come on, I'll have a toast with you!" After drinking this round, I said to Wu Mingming: "Comrade Wu Mingming, come on, let's touch each other too!" Wu Mingming chuckled for a while and said, "What did you secretly talk to Ribs just now?" I said, "I didn't say anything, I went to the toilet." Then she clinked glasses with me and we both drank the wine.After a while, the girlfriend of the ribs came, and added a few dishes on my own initiative, and we had a drink with the battered bread. After drinking four bottles of Wuliangye, I realized that we Chinese men have finished playing. Not to mention other aspects, the aphrodisiac drug advertisements all over the street are a sign of shame for men, and everyone knows it by heart.Now even drinking is defeated by women. That night the four of us were all knocked down. Before I completely lost consciousness, the last image left in my mind was Wu Mingming's bloody grinning smile. There are also the gap between the front teeth and the purple-red big teeth that can run a horse-drawn carriage.