Chapter 36 Chapter Thirty-Six

I slept soundly that night, and the hospital was very quiet. In the middle of the night, I don’t know if it was a doctor or a nurse who came in to check on me once or twice. I knew dimly that after they left, I fell into a sweeter dream.I was woken up by my dad. I was sleeping on the empty bed next to my dad. He stabbed me with a walking stick. In my dream I used his walking stick as a crowbar. We were using the crowbar to adjust the huge pulper. Machine reactor, this is a simple method, but it is very effective. We need to place this reactor on the base accurately, and the error with the screw hole of the base is plus or minus 0.3mm, otherwise there is no way to install it.What made me angry was that those stupid apprentices didn't use the crowbar to pry the reactor, but they kept using the crowbar to greet me, which made me hurt and itchy, and I was so angry that I cursed. The old workers who were employed came to take over, but no one could be found.I was so anxious, I woke up anxiously, and when I woke up, I realized that I was in the hospital ward, and my dad was stabbing me with his walking stick: "Big egg, wake up, the sun is shining on my ass."

I quickly got up: "Dad, what's the matter?" My father's complexion is very good, which makes me completely relieved. It seems that the old man has passed this test, and there should be no problem in living into the 21st century. My dad said: "I'm fine. You have something to do. Hurry up and wash your face. When your mother comes and sees that you sleep better than me, she must scold you." My mother will come to deliver meals to my dad in a while, if she sees me leaving my dad aside and sleeping like a dead pig, she will definitely take this matter as an important topic for a whole year and nagging endlessly.

"When are you going to go through the formalities? Didn't you say to go early in the morning?" My dad began to urge me. It seems that the old man is really worried about this matter and never forgets it. I said: "I will go in a while, and I will leave when my mother comes." My dad asked, "Where's Sheng Nan?" I said, "There was something wrong in the store last night. It may have been dealt with late. I didn't come back because I was afraid it would affect your rest. You may be sleeping in at home this time." My dad didn't ask any more questions, so I quickly fetched water for him and wiped his face. After I was done, I wanted to help him catch his urine again, but he refused and insisted on going to the toilet by myself.Fortunately, the hospital conditions for a cadre of his level are good, and there are bathrooms in the wards.I supported him, helped him carry the hanging bottle, and served him to have a morning toilet. When I came out of the toilet, my mother just came in with two insulated lunch boxes. Seeing how well I took care of my father, she nodded in satisfaction: "Yeah. , this is still like a son, eat quickly, and get married after eating."

After dinner with my dad, I called Ye Shengnan. My dad and mom watched me call Ye Shengnan. The call got through, but no one answered. A girl who pretended to be gentle told me: I’m sorry , the number you dialed is temporarily unanswered, please wait a moment and try again. My parents asked me in unison: "What's going on? Didn't answer the phone?" I said, "Maybe I went to bed late last night and couldn't hear the phone ringing. It's okay. I'll go find her in a while." My parents couldn't wait: "Don't wait a while, go now." So I took over for my mother, and then went to Ye Shengnan's house to look for her.I said Ye Shengnan's house, which is what we used to call it, because neither my house nor her house can be called a "home" in a strict sense. How can we call it a home when we live alone?According to the interpretation of the ancients, the home should be "from the house to the hog, and also the place where men and women get married".That is to say, after a man and a woman get married, they live together, own a house, and raise livestock and poultry represented by pigs to be considered a real home.Although no one in the city raised pigs or chickens at home anymore, a family still had to have men and women to live together in order to be considered a family.If Ye Shengnan and I lived together, we would be single men and women. Naturally, single men and women cannot be regarded as a family. No matter whether there is a house or not, according to Chinese standards, they cannot be regarded as writers, but only as residences.Even if Ye Shengnan and I live together, even if we have a man and a woman, we can’t call it home, because we have no “marriage”. According to the regulations of our ancestors, only the residence after “marriage” can be counted as a writer.Regarding the definition of home, if you explain it carefully, it is indeed quite complicated. Psychologically, we also know that it is not the case, so we never talk about your home and my home, but your house and my house.

When I came to Ye Shengnan's house, I had the key, so I opened the door and went in, ready to lift her bed.Rushing into Ye Shengnan's boudoir, I was completely empty, Ye Shengnan was not there, the quilt was neatly folded on the bed.According to my understanding of her, she is definitely not a diligent person who wakes up early in the morning and cleans the house. As long as she has nothing to do in the morning, she usually sleeps until ninety o'clock.She is not at home at the moment, the only possibility is that she did not come back last night at all.I called her again, and she got through, but no one answered.I called her hotpot restaurant again, but no one answered the hotpot restaurant's phone. It is estimated that it is not working time yet, and the chefs in the restaurant are still resting in bed, their bodies exploited and oppressed by Ye Shengnan.

I couldn't help being a little anxious, Ye Shengnan won't play escape marriage with me and my parents, right?I called her natal family again, and Ye Shengnan's father answered it. I asked him if Ye Shengnan was at home, and the old man asked me back angrily: "You asked me, and I'll ask you again. Where's Ye Shengnan?" I said that Ye Shengnan visited my father with me in the hospital last night, and then left after receiving a call, saying that there was something to do in the store. People pick up. The old man asked me: "Do the formalities? What are the formalities? Haven't you already gone through the formalities?"

The old man was very funny, he was deliberately trying to embarrass me, I quickly explained: "That time was a divorce, this time is a remarriage, we agreed to do it today, but in the end we couldn't find anyone." Like my father, the old man was obviously relieved when he heard that we were going to formally go through the formalities of remarriage. After a moment of silence, his tone immediately became cordial: "Oh, you've been loitering enough? That's good, let's do it quickly." The obvious change in his attitude made me suddenly realize how harmful Ye Shengnan and I's self-willedness and casualness are. On the surface, it's just a matter between me and Ye Shengnan. Mom and other family members are all affected by our marital status psychologically and in life.When we get well, their lives and spirits will have a ray of sunshine; if we make trouble, their lives and hearts will be cast in a shadow.Not only the parents are like this, but our son Eggy is also like this?After Ye Shengnan and I lived together again, I asked Dandan for her opinion. I asked Dandan what she thought about me and his mother living together again, and Dandan said it didn’t matter. If you can't go on, then break up again. Whether you are breaking up or staying together, you just don't forget to give me living expenses. That is the obligation of the two of you according to the law.At that time, I laughed, slapped Eggy on the head, and called him utilitarian.Eggy smiled helplessly: "Is it up to you whether you live together or break up?" Looking back now, Eggy's sudden detachment from me and Ye Shengnan's up-and-down marriage is not the concept of his generation New, open-minded, and open-minded, but let it go in desperation.

My father-in-law-to-be yelled on the phone: "What's the matter? Yang Wei, what's the matter with you? Talk." My mind was distracted, and I quickly dealt with the old man: "I'm fine, maybe Ye Shengnan went to play somewhere last night, I'll look for it later." The old man said: "It's such a big place, with just a few circles of acquaintances, where else can you go? Find it quickly, bring it back after completing the formalities, and let me and your mother have a look." I promised again and again, it seems that Ye Shengnan's parents, like my parents, put a lot of emphasis on whether Ye Shengnan and I have a marriage certificate, and they are very disgusted with us living together outside of marriage and non-intimacy, but it's just a hindrance It's not like my parents and my mother defined us as "illegal cohabitation" face to face, and they were even more embarrassed to call us "two absurd people, a pair of stinky hooligans".

When I put down the phone, I started to have troubles. I really couldn't tell whether Ye Shengnan didn't answer the phone on purpose, or whether she wasn't with the phone. Whether she didn't answer the phone on purpose or she wasn't with the phone, it's not normal.If the mobile phone is turned off, it is justifiable, it is out of battery, or it was turned off and forgot to turn it on, but the mobile phone rings but no one answers it, which makes people wonder and feel guilty. When I came out from Ye Shengnan's place, I was a bit at a loss, not knowing where to find her.Those classmates and friends of mine, no matter who is with her, will not fail to tell me.I called ribs, braised pork, battered bread, Xi Xiaojuan, Wu Mengna, Meng Wenli, and all my classmates and friends I could think of, and asked them if they knew Ye Shengnan's whereabouts. Their answers seemed to be discussed. There are a series of question marks: "Why did you ask us? You don't know where Ye Shengnan has gone? Did you quarrel again?"

The only way now is to go to the hotpot restaurant to find her in person. The only possibility is that after she finished her business last night, it was too late, so she simply slept in the restaurant.When I arrived at Shengnan Hot Pot Restaurant, the restaurant hadn’t opened yet. They usually don’t open until after ten o’clock in the morning, and there aren’t many customers at noon. The real business depends on the evening. In theory, they always open at night. All night, when there are no customers in the store, when can I get off work.I didn't see Ye Shengnan's Santana at the door, so I guess she probably didn't come to the store.Still, I banged on the store door, and now this is the only place I can possibly find her whereabouts.

A young guy opened the door and greeted me warmly when he saw me: "The boss is here?" I know this guy, I know he's a chef, I guess he's on duty in the shop today, but I don't know his name.The Chinese names are very interesting. In the past, they called Ye Shengnan the boss. After I came and went here frequently as Ye Shengnan’s man, they called me the boss. In turn, they called Ye Shengnan the proprietress, as if this shop belonged to me.Ye Shengnan laughed at this address, but I didn't like it very much, and I had to correct them every time: "I'm not the boss, don't call me the boss, just call me Brother Yang." But my correction never worked, they insisted Unremittingly calling me the boss and Ye Shengnan the boss's wife made me feel very awkward, as if I was the master who relied on Ye Shengnan for a soft meal. I corrected the guy on duty again: "Don't call me boss, I'm not your boss, I'm your boss's husband, you call me Brother Yang." The guy agreed: "Well, I know the boss." I didn't bother to discuss this issue with him anymore, so I asked him about Ye Shengnan's whereabouts: "Did your boss come last night?" He said: "I was in the back kitchen last night, maybe I came? Maybe I didn't come." I asked, "Is it here?" He rubbed the back of his head: "I really don't know, I have to ask Xiao Jia in the front hall." Xiao Jia is their front office foreman, a very sweet looking girl. Ye Shengnan likes pretty girls, especially well-behaved pretty girls.There are many boys in their family, and there are many boys in our family. Anything that is too much is worthless, including boys.She said that since she was a child, her eyes were full of bald boys, and her eyes were tired. If she could have a sister and sister, her life would be complete, and if she didn't have sisters and sisters, her life would be complete if she could have a daughter.It's a pity that the family planning is strictly grasped, and the only fertility index is taken by Dan Dan.She thought Xiao Jia was smooth, so she let her be the front office foreman, and discussed with me that she should be recognized as a daughter. I said that if it really felt good, I might as well take her home and be my daughter-in-law.Ye Shengnan disagreed, saying that Xiao Jia's culture is low and she is older than Eggy, as if I really want her to be my daughter-in-law. Xiao Jia is Ye Shengnan's confidant, and one of the few employees who seriously calls me Brother Yang and insists on calling Ye Shengnan the boss.Whether Ye Shengnan came to the store last night, and where she went afterward, she should know.I asked the little chef on duty to call Xiao Jia right away, and the little chef obediently called Xiao Jia and told her that I was waiting for her in the store and told her to come right away, it was urgent.How could I have the patience to wait for Xiao Jia to come over, so I grabbed the phone and asked Xiao Jia first: "Xiao Jia, did you see your boss last night?" Xiao Jia said she didn't see it, and she didn't come last night.I followed up and asked: "That's not true. Someone in your store called her to come over, and she came here. Why didn't she come? Did she go to another chain store?" Xiao Jia said that Ye Shengnan's chain stores are only franchise stores under the name of "Shengnan Hot Pot". Possibly to other franchise chains.It seems that Xiao Jia doesn't know Ye Shengnan's whereabouts either, and I was about to put down the phone, but Xiao Jia told me again: "Brother Yang, I remembered, it was about eight o'clock last night. They said that the store slaughtered them for 2,000 yuan, and I want to ask the store for an explanation, and if it is not resolved, I will call someone to come and smash the store..." I asked Xiao Jia, "Are there some men in their 40s and 50s?" I remembered the incident a few years ago, that was the first time Ye Shengnan invited my parents to cook hot pot, and some guys shouted about Ye Shengnan's Wuliangye It's a fake, let me scare that thing off with a gas tank. Xiao Jia said: "No, there is only one person, in his thirties, and he insisted on calling the boss, so I called the boss, and the boss said that she would come to deal with it in person, but that person left again without waiting for the boss to come. Say the next day, that is, come back today." I asked her, "What happened to the two thousand yuan he said?" Xiao Jia was confused: "I don't know. I asked him, and he kept yelling. I thought he had drunk too much, but I didn't care when I saw him go." Xiao Jia asked again: "What's the matter?" elder brother?" I'm really a little angry, is this girl out of her mind?It's okay, what's the trouble for me to run here early in the morning?I said, "It's nothing, but your boss is missing. I want to ask you to see if you know." Xiao Jia exclaimed: "What? Impossible!" Before I could reply, she had already thrown the phone away. I really can't figure out how Ye Shengnan did it, how could he choose people based on his pleasing to the eye? In my eyes, at least in this matter, I think Xiao Jia really has the characteristics of a silly girl. She didn't finish her sentence, and it was such an important word. , she threw the phone away, what is it if she is not mentally ill?I was holding my breath, but Xiao Jia ran over in a hurry. It turned out that she was in the store.Obviously, she just got up from the bed, with disheveled hair, no makeup, and not as good-looking as usual: "Brother Yang, what happened? Why did the boss disappear? Did you make a mistake?" It seems that I made a little mistake on Xiao Jia's question. She threw the phone to come and talk to me face to face, but I thought she was being stupid.But on the issue of Ye Shengnan's disappearance, I can assure you that I am not mistaken. She is indeed missing, but the nature of her disappearance is to be determined whether she disappeared for fun or passively.I said, "How can I be wrong, since she received your call last night, I haven't seen her until now." Xiao Jia was relieved: "It's okay, the boss is such a big man, how could he disappear? Is he sleeping at home?" I said, "I've searched everywhere, but I can't find her." Xiao Jia gave me an idea: "When you call her mobile phone, the boss never turns it off." I said, "Call and see if she answers your call." Xiao Jia started calling Ye Shengnan, and after calling for a while, he hung up the phone helplessly and said to me, "I got through, but no one answered." I carefully asked about the situation last night: "What happened last night, please tell me in detail from the beginning to the end." Xiao Jia said: "Last night at eight o'clock, a man in his thirties, tall and strong, came to the main stage and said that we cheated him of 2,000 yuan. Today we have to figure it out. I told him that we This is a well-run restaurant, and it is never possible to cheat anyone. If you are not satisfied with our service, you can give us your opinion, and we will definitely improve it. But I really don’t know about cheating money. If he has evidence, he can complain to us through 12315. You can also go to the court to sue us. He kept yelling to call our boss, and said that if the boss didn't come forward to solve this problem, he would call someone to come over and smash our store. At this time, I called and told The boss, the boss asked me to tell that person, and she would come over to handle this matter in person, I told the person that the boss would come soon, and asked him to wait in the office, but he said he wanted to go out to get some fresh air, and then he went out." When Xiao Jia said this, he suddenly slapped his forehead: "By the way, I remembered it. About twenty minutes later, the boss called and asked me if that person was still there. I said I was waiting for her outside." , the boss told me not to worry, saying that she would be there in five or six minutes..." Impatiently, I asked: "Does that mean she still came last night?" Xiao Jia said: "No, I heard that the boss is coming soon. I was afraid that the boss would suffer, so I called two chefs to wait for the boss outside, but the boss didn't come, and the person disappeared. We all thought that the boss might not come because of something. Well, that person left anyway, didn’t continue to make trouble, maybe he was sober and didn’t care, until we closed the door at two o’clock, the boss didn’t come. Then I went to sleep in the office and didn’t dare to go back to the dormitory , I was afraid that the boss would come to me for something temporarily, and I haven't seen the boss until now." Cold sweat broke out from my body, and my legs were limp as if my muscles and bones had been pulled away suddenly. The process Xiao Jia described made me feel a bit like the plot in a horror movie. She received a call from Ye Shengnan, and Ye Shengnan told her It will be there in five minutes, but since then, there has been no news, no trace... What happened?Maybe my face was too ugly at that moment, Xiao Jia and the chef on duty asked me tremblingly: "Brother Yang, what's the matter? The boss is okay?" I struggled to keep calm: "It's okay, you all go on as usual, maybe she went somewhere to play mahjong, I'll look for it later." But I knew in my heart that if Ye Shengnan hadn't run away from marriage, something must have happened.Because, since she fell out with me because of playing mahjong, she has completely quit mahjong, and even developed a physical allergy to mahjong, so she never even mentioned the word mahjong.Escaping marriage is also unlikely, even if she has some kind of obstacle in her heart and doesn't want to go through formal remarriage procedures with me, and my father who is seriously ill can't refuse in person, she will tell me clearly behind our parents' back, and maybe it will be done That is her style, and she will never run away like this.Then, the only possibility is that something happened to her, and it was a big one.