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Chapter 27 Chapter 8 Water Tower Storm

The Oriole 苏童 4907Words 2018-03-19
Liu Sheng went to the hospital to see stomach problems. The doctor performed a gastroscopy on him, but he couldn't find any lesions. He asked about his occupation casually, and he said that he started a company to do building materials business.The doctor said that there is no problem with his stomach, and that his physical discomfort may be the result of work pressure. He suggested that he adjust his life rhythm and rest for a while.He was willing to accept the doctor's advice, and went home to tell his parents the doctor's order, saying that he had to adjust his life rhythm and go on a trip.The parents sympathized with their son, and took over the daily supply of vegetables, vegetables and meat at Jingting Hospital, and entrusted the work of driving and delivering the goods to Liu Sheng's cousin.

Liu Sheng made an appointment with Chun Geng and Ah San for a trip, first to Hangzhou, and then to Huangshan.He was boating on the West Lake, and Dean Qiao called his cell phone. He was watching the clouds in Huangshan Mountain, and Dean Qiao called again.He refused to answer the phone, Chun Geng and Ah San were very puzzled, isn't Dean Qiao's call a business opportunity, why don't you answer it?He said firmly that it is not good for him to find me now. I can guess when it is a business opportunity and when it is troublesome.As expected, Liu Sheng had the foresight. He was lucky enough to escape the turmoil that happened in Jingting Hospital in those days.

Boss Zheng went to burn incense in a Mercedes-Benz car.Boss Zheng was wearing a body armor when he went to burn incense. He wore a black windbreaker over the body armor, sunglasses, a mask, and a baseball cap. Except for his ears, he could hardly see anything and was inviolable.Safety protection measures were fully activated. Sister Zheng found a retired scout to drive for her brother and also act as a bodyguard. She also recruited a former weightlifter to be his brother's nurse.Two burly men followed Boss Zheng all the time, which made Boss Zheng look like a gangster boss in a movie, not angry and pretentious.

It only takes one minute to drive from Building No. 1 to the water tower by the woods.Boss Zheng often sleeps in. He burns the first stick of incense, and sometimes it will be around eleven o'clock at noon.For other pilgrims in Jingting Hospital, this morning is quite long. Some people have been waiting by the water tower at seven o'clock, waiting for Boss Zheng's first stick of incense. Only when he comes out, others can go in and burn the second stick. fragrant.This is an indisputable situation.Everyone knows that Boss Zheng funded and built the Water Tower Incense Hall. The names of Zheng’s brothers and sisters are engraved on the plaques of the Xianghuo Hall in the names of good men and women. It cannot be changed, the only thing that can be fought for is the second stick of incense.Therefore, when Boss Zheng entered the water tower to burn incense, there was always chaos outside the water tower. The competition to burn the second stick of incense was fierce. The pilgrims were busy competing for the most favorable terrain, and conflicts inevitably occurred. Raise your hands when you make a noise.This chaos alarmed the hospital, and Dean Qiao had to send someone to the water tower to maintain the order of the pilgrims.

Perhaps it was their own fault, the pilgrims and Boss Zheng did not share the incense hall for a long time, and after only two or three days, they lost the right to pray to the Bodhisattva of Chongguang Temple.When Boss Zheng came out, his driver winked at the guard who guarded the door, and the guard immediately locked the anti-theft door of the water tower.The pilgrims quarreled around the nurses, wait a moment, wait a moment, you lock the door now, how can we respect the Bodhisattva?The nurse said, I have no time to wait for you, I am serving Boss Zheng, not you.The pilgrims said, who dares to let you serve us?You leave a door for us, we are responsible for cleaning, to ensure that the incense hall is clean tomorrow, let your boss come to burn the incense.The nurse was outnumbered and was forced on the steps by the pilgrims, desperately guarding the keys in his pocket. Don't make things difficult for me, be careful that I lift you up and throw you as far as you want. If you have something to do, go to Driver Li!The pilgrims went to chase the Mercedes-Benz again. Someone bravely jumped on the front of the car and knocked on the window, protesting that Boss Zheng was too stingy in doing things. Let us poor people go in and offer incense. What loss do you have?As a big boss like you, are you still afraid that the incense of a few poor people will burn you out of business?Boss Zheng naturally refused to respond. The driver was afraid of causing trouble, so he expressed his opinion to the public on behalf of the boss. Boss Zheng doesn't care about the keys, and I don't care. The keys belong to Ms. Bai. Can you go into the water tower to burn incense? Miss Bai has the final say on these chores.

In this way, a group of people stopped Miss Bai's orange car at the gate of Jingting Hospital.There was a sister Yao who was a support staff of the hospital and came to burn incense for her son's college entrance examination. She relied on her status and eloquence to represent everyone in negotiating with Miss Bai.But Miss Bai didn't want to look at Sister Yao directly. She was sitting in the car and was playing with her mobile phone blindly. This arrogant and contemptuous attitude quickly angered Sister Yao. Sister Yao gave up the negotiation and suddenly turned on Miss Bai. What kind of public relations lady are you?It's just a trick to sell dog meat, do you think no one knows your details?You were not decent since you were a child, and you grew up relying on men for food. What kind of big shot are you?Do you still think you are Gong Li?Thought I was Mrs Thatcher?

It is said that when Miss Bai rolled down the car window, she did not quarrel with Sister Yao, but just spit the chewing gum in Sister Yao's face with a puff.The orange-red car sped away, and Sister Yao caught up with her and spit on the car's buttocks to vent her anger.Everyone didn't know about Miss Bai's past, they just felt that this public relations lady was completely indifferent, her heart was like a stone.Many unfair things seem to have a fair logic.Most pilgrims tacitly agreed in their hearts that the Golden Bodhisattva in Chongguang Temple is indeed the property of Boss Zheng, and the Bodhisattva has an obligation to protect Boss Zheng, not the poor like them.But there is a family member of the patient, Mr. Wu, who has seriously studied Buddhism and believes in the bodhisattva's mind. He encouraged everyone optimistically, don't sigh, if the Bodhisattva only blesses the rich, what is it called universal salvation?The distance is not a problem, if the water tower cannot enter, should we offer incense outside, as long as the heart is sincere, the Bodhisattva will definitely see your incense.

Encouraged by Teacher Wu, the crowd returned to the water tower in a swarm, surrounded the body of the water tower, and offered the incense they brought.After all, it was in the open air, the wind was strong beside the tower, and the ground was damp, so it was difficult to light any brand of incense.Someone was offering incense to the Bodhisattva on the partition wall, complaining in a low voice, someone had a bad temper, and in order to vent his dissatisfaction, he deliberately spread candles along the water tower steps all the way to the security door, threatening that I would burn it at the door, Blocking the door and burning it, anyway, outside the door is not their property right.Some people got angry and simply gave up such a lowly incense. They left the water tower and looked at Building No. 1 with hatred, burning with the anger of the entire class in their hearts, and made an oath through gritted teeth.Bully!He doesn't treat the poor as human beings, sooner or later let him taste the power of the poor!

An undercurrent of hatred surged in Jingting Hospital.Hatred naturally ferments, first fermenting into gossip.Regarding Boss Zheng's condition, a new theory began to spread in the hospital, saying that Boss Zheng was not only a mental patient, but also an AIDS patient.Most people believe in the proverb that there is no wave without wind. Everyone has heard of Boss Zheng's debauched and corrupt private life. Thinking of his usual strict and weird attire, people can't help exclaiming, no wonder, no wonder!Isn't AIDS contagious?He has enjoyed all the blessings, and he will not be wronged if he dies. If we are infected, wouldn't we be buried with him?Someone ran to Dean Qiao's office to make trouble, demanding that the hospital expel Boss Zheng.Under the pressure of all parties, Dean Qiao had to disclose Boss Zheng's blood test report, pointing to the test results and telling them that Boss Zheng only had gonorrhea, and the gonorrhea was cured long ago. His HIV test has always been negative.But the masses don't care about HIV, and a blood test report can't quell the turmoil. A civil movement aimed at expulsing Boss Zheng is quietly launched in Jingting Hospital, and ghosts and ghosts have joined this team somehow, making waves wantonly , Soon, everyone heard that Boss Zheng's ward was haunted.

A large number of rope ghosts wandered in Jingting Hospital.Their origins are unknown, but their whereabouts are fixed. All the ropes run to Boss Zheng's ward in Building 1.Here comes the white nylon cord.Here comes the green nylon rope.Here comes the twine.Here comes the straw rope.Wire rope also came.The rope lay on the only way Boss Zheng burned incense. The rope dangled on the roof of Boss Zheng’s Mercedes-Benz car.There was a rope tied to the doorknob of Boss Zheng's ward, tied with a slipknot, and dragging a sign: AIDS, get out of Jingting Hospital.There is also a silver metal rope, which later proved to be the magic rope that ends everything, full of the magic power of justice. Like a snake, it slipped under the door of Boss Zheng's ward, got under the sofa, and entangled Boss Zheng precisely. leather slippers.Boss Zheng was watching TV on the sofa and was about to go to the bathroom. He poked his foot under the sofa and found the cold metal rope. He called for help on the spot and fell into shock after a few yells.

Dean Qiao received a call from Miss Bai and ran to Boss Zheng, only to find that the young multimillionaire was in a coma, lying in the arms of a nurse like a child.He was wearing black velvet pajamas, three gold necklaces around his neck, and a sparkling diamond ring on his finger. The diamond was at least three carats.Boss Zheng's pajama pants were buttoned open. Although he passed out, his lower body was in a special state, and a small bump was pushed out of the pajama pants. Dean Qiao pointed at Boss Zheng's crotch on the spot and asked the nurse, what is he doing?What did you do?The nurse stared at Dean Qiao blankly. There was no lady here today, and the boss did nothing but watch a DVD.Dean Qiao looked back at the TV screen, the DVD player was still playing, and a blond naked woman spread her legs, still dutifully doing self-defeating movements.Dean Qiao turned off the TV angrily. In a fit of anger, he began to criticize the comatose patients. Don't blame people for saying you have AIDS. You have seen degenerate people, but you have never seen such degenerate people. What is the use of having money?With all that money, just buy yourself a walking dead? Although he trampled on the yellow disc severely, Dean Qiao knew that Boss Zheng's condition had nothing to do with pornography, and it was the rope that caused the trouble.Dean Qiao couldn't punish the rope, so he personally posted a notice on Building No. 1: It is strictly forbidden to carry rope in this area.To track down the culprit of the rope haunted, there are too many clues and the difficulty is too great.Dean Qiao knew that Jingting Hospital was full of grievances, and Boss Zheng had become an enemy of the people. He was powerless to protect him, so he could only rely on the responsibility of the security guards and guards, asking them to pay attention to the movement of the ropes anytime, anywhere, and confiscating any ropes they saw.However, all rigorous remedial measures were taken too late. Sister Zheng came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime. She was so emotional that she swung her sword and stabbed Dean Qiao viciously. Later, Liu Sheng saw the round bruise on Dean Qiao's right shoulder. Dean Qiao laughed at himself and said that this was the best gift he got for treating Boss Zheng.Liu Sheng apologized for his absence on the spot, and said, "It would be great if I didn't go to Huangshan. If I were here, I would definitely block that sword for you." Liu Sheng was unloading vegetables at the entrance of the cafeteria that day, and the people in the cafeteria said that Boss Zheng's No. 2 ward was empty.The cleaners in the special ward picked up a lot of bargains. There are many abandoned items in the ward. Food, clothing, and use are all good things. Of course, some things have special uses, such as a box of unopened brand-name condoms, Colorful and fruity.The female cleaner was reluctant to throw it away, and was too embarrassed to take it, so she gave it to the male nurse.The male nurses probably didn't use condoms, and they threw them to a juvenile patient nicknamed "little bottle", "little bottle, I'll give you a lot of balloons, go blow them up, blow them up and hang them on the tree."In this way, the condom changed its use and became countless long and colorful balloons, hanging on the budding plum blossom branches.The people in the cafeteria pointed out those balloons to Liu Sheng, did you see them?They were all blown by the little bottle with a condom, and the little bottle was the most enthusiastic about Boss Zheng. This is the balloon to send Boss Zheng out of the hospital. It just so happened that Ms. Bai came to handle Boss Zheng's discharge procedures.Liu Sheng saw her come out of the inpatient department, holding a cardboard box in her arms, and walked to the intersection of the small garden. She suddenly turned back and walked towards the gymnasium in the north corner of the hospital.Yagyu remembered that there used to be a tin shed where the gym was located, which was the former home of fairies.He saw her wandering around the former home, a purple figure appearing and disappearing from time to time, looking from a distance, the shadow fluctuated under the light, exuding a breath of mourning and nostalgia.The music of rehabilitation exercises came from the gym. A group of patients were doing exercises under the leadership of the doctor. The exaggerated sound of the patients stepping on the floor could be heard, occasionally mixed with the uncontrollable happy laughter of a patient.He noticed her lingering at a window for a long time, looking into the gym with her hands on her forehead.He didn't know if she was looking for someone or her own shadow.There used to be her window there.He still remembered that window, flat and small, like a train window. He had seen a fairy sitting by the window many times before, with wet hair and a red plastic comb. She was sitting by the window , reading, or in a daze, like a traveler sitting on his own train. He watched her train, her journey.He could see her train, but not her journey.For him, what he knew was a fairy, and Miss Bai was actually a stranger.He doesn't know his image in her mind, who is he?Another stranger, or a heinous sinner?He looked at her, recalling his youth with the help of her figure.The music of the aerobics suddenly changed its tone, such a bright and positive beat, blah, blah, blah.Long time no see.Xiao La.This rhythm can be danced and pulled.Tap, tap, tap.Gently rock the body, grab the partner's hand, pull, pull gently and firmly, pull once, twice, three times, shuttle the arms, rotate the body, switch positions.His body swayed slightly and stopped suddenly.He remembered that she was his last dance partner.The last dance partner.With a snap of his fingers, he hadn't skipped Xiaola for ten years. She took out two pots of cactus from the cardboard box and placed them on the windowsill of the gym.It seems that all the mourning has been let down, and all the remembrance has also been let down.She walked towards the hospital entrance, the white silk scarf fluttering in the wind, and her high heels creaked.A mysterious train is about to leave. Her journey is so far away, and her stay may be for the long journey.He didn't know if it was his pity or his luck.A skinny stray cat followed her, meowing all the way, she stopped, took out some snacks from her satchel, and threw it to the cat.She looked at the cat, he looked at her, and suddenly remembered the time when she was a girl carrying a rabbit cage many years ago, a vague and eager impulse rose in her heart, and he frantically waved his hand out of the car window, retracted it, and pressed The van horn sounded.She suddenly turned her head and looked at his van. He regretted his rashness, and he didn't know why he had to honk.In fact, he didn't think about whether they needed to say goodbye. In panic, he held up a cabbage, shook it, and said loudly, this cabbage is very fresh, do you want to give you a cabbage? Fortunately, this time she couldn't help smiling. She seemed to be in a good mood that day.She asked him for a cigarette, took a few puffs, coughed, threw away the cigarette and said, your cigarette is too choking, I smoke menthol cigarettes.Her eyes flicked loosely from Liu Sheng's face, and then came back, focusing on the lower part of his nostrils. She suddenly made a comment about his appearance, that the nose hair should be trimmed, a hair stick out from a handsome face. Nasal hair, is it disgusting?Liu Sheng was almost flattered, hastily stuffed his nostrils with his fingers a few times.Then there was a clang in his ear, and she threw over a key.If you are free, go to the water tower and burn a few sticks of incense for me.She walked curtly towards the gate of Jingting Hospital, walked a few steps and then turned around, and said to him, and yourself, burn some more incense too.
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