Chapter 14 14. Find love

On Monday morning, Ma Min was sitting at Manager Wang's house playing "Three Dozens", and at the same table was Director Liu of Bureau N.Ma Min It was Director Liu from Bureau N who came here.This table of "Three Dozens" was arranged by Manager Wang, but it was also mainly because Director Liu wanted to Play.Director Liu became addicted to gambling, so he came to see Manager Wang, and Manager Wang called Ma Min.Ma Min didn't come here for Manager Wang, The business of the guest house was completed as early as last month, and his motive was Director Liu. Manager Wang told him that Director Liu had a large amount of business, at least three million yuan in decoration business.

The building is about to be completed, and now there are seven or eight decoration teams coveting this business, looking for Director Liu.Manager Wang told Ma Min, Director Liu is a timid person who only wants to keep his official title, so he only trusts him, Manager Wang, and dare not take it. other people's money.He and Director Liu have been friends since childhood, and later served as soldiers in Xinjiang together, and they were still in the same regiment. The relationship between the two has reached the level where even wives can be exchanged. "Of course, this is just a description." Manager Wang said of his close relationship with Chief Liu.

Ma Min believed half of Manager Wang's words, and the other half was skeptical, but still held the belief that "I'd rather believe it." The policy of interacting with Manager Wang.After all, this is a very lucrative business, so of course he puts his heart into entertaining Manager Wang. Ma Min is basically a loser in the "three fights" with them. In fact, he can't win them, he can only throw money on them, Use money to build a friendship that you play with often, and you will get money back.Ma Min made friends with officials, and embraced the "Ming The strategy of giving money from inside and making money from behind the scenes, the so-called making money is to "poach" a decoration business from the hands of officials, which should be

Then there is still a lot to get back the money he lost.As long as he played cards with them, Ma Min would know his name today. "Horse Big Pig". "I have already lost more than 10,000 yuan in the game of 'Three Dozens' this year." Ma Min told Manager Wang and Liu The director said, "I don't even know how much money I have if I lose to Manager Wang. It's more than 4,000 yuan to lose to Director Liu." Director Liu smiled, "For a big boss like you, what's the point of losing thousands of dollars?" Director Liu said, "Our If a knife doesn't chop you self-employed business owners, who else will you chop?Don't necessarily want to chop off the working class who earns hundreds of dollars a month? "

"Then don't chop me up too badly, and your subordinates should be merciful." Ma Min shouted deliberately, "Our money is also It is earned by sweating a little bit, and it is not picked up on the street. "After speaking, Ma Min smiled. At this moment, Manager Wang's phone rang.Ma Min glanced at Manager Wang, who said, "Ignore it. Play your cards." Ma Min knew that they would not answer any calls during the poker game.But at the same time Ma Min's cell phone rang.Manager Wang glanced at his cell phone. "Turn off that turtle phone." He said, "Look, I didn't answer a few calls!"

"That can't be closed. It's business." Ma Min put down the card and picked up the phone. "Hey." "Ma Min, can you hear my voice?" "Peng Xiao." "Then your ears are so sharp." "It's not sharp ears, it's telepathy." "The eighth feeling?" She said, "This feeling is the special feeling..." He replied without waiting for her to finish speaking: "This feeling is specifically feeling your voice." She smiled nicely on the phone: "what are you doing?" He said he was having an affair with some friends, and asked her what it was.She said nothing, just make a phone call to care about him

Down.He restrained his affection, he was about to ask her "do you have time tonight", but he swallowed the words go back.He felt that he couldn't be too active with her, lest she get too good about herself.That night, coming out of the tea garden, He felt a smug look on her face as he drove her home and it made him uncomfortable stand up.He was very remorseful at the time, and he shouldn't have shown her his cards.If it is gambling, the hole cards must be kept secret, you If your hole cards are known by the opponent, the initiative is no longer in your hands.He met Director Liu, Manager Wang and another

Zhiyuan's friends all stared at him, waiting for him to play a card, and then hastily turned off their phones.I should cool her off, I don't Can be too warm for her.He thought as he turned off his phone, and then he played a card, "The seven of spades," he said. "It's dead." Director Liu said, and played a king of hearts, which was the heart. "5 of spades," Manager Wang made a 5 of spades. The friend who had a few encounters also gave out a deck of cards. This table "three fights" went on until lunch, and when the money was cleared, Ma Min only lost 300 yuan.The one who loses the most is the one who loses the most

It's Manager Wang, and the winner is naturally Director Liu.He won more than a thousand.Manager Wang went down to the kitchen to cook noodles, and Ma Min and Liu The director is close. "Director Liu, you have to remember about your friend," Ma Min said, looking at him flatteringly, "Don't take your friend away anytime soon." My friend threw it at my grandmother's house. "The "friend" Ma Min mentioned was of course himself. "No way," Chief Liu took a puff of cigarette and looked at Ma Min, "I will consider doing this project for you, if

There is no special reason, such as meddling from above, or transferring me from this position during this period. " "It's not 'I'll consider'," Ma Min said with a smile, "It should definitely do this business for me." "I said, if the higher-ups don't intervene, and I haven't been transferred from this position during this period, I will consider doing it for you." Director Liu said that because he won the money, his sitting posture seemed very comfortable, and his broad face became even more comfortable. This is a fat, middle-aged man's face with substantial subcutaneous fat, of course it is a round face with few wrinkles

tattooed face.The ears on both sides of this face are very long, pink in color, and they are downwind ears, which are close to the skull wall, and they look good.Liu Bureau Chang once accompanied a Taiwanese boss who came to Changsha to invest in Hengshan to burn incense and worship Buddha. In front of the temple, a palm the size of a lotus leaf The old gentleman showed him his face and said that he was a nobleman. He said that he only needed to change the bed at home to face north and south, and rest his head on the north every day. If he kicks to the south, he will get support from the nobles from the north, and his official career will be prosperous, and his fortune will be broad.According to Director Liu’s recollection at the dinner table The scene at the time said: "I think this old man is talking nonsense. But the Taiwanese boss--Taiwanese people believe this most something—seriously say, 'Mr. Liu, you have to believe it.Would rather believe it. ' I shook my head and said, 'I I am a member of the Communist Party, a materialist, and I don't believe in these things. This is a folk trick. 'But the Taiwanese boss said that in China, there are many metaphysical things that can be explained. If you can’t explain clearly, he gave many examples. " When Director Liu returned home, he thought about how to arrange the bed.His bed is oriented east-west, with his head resting on the east and his feet facing west. His wife objected to changing the bed to be north-south, because in this case, the house would be ruined.but liu The chief insisted on this, saying that the old man had shown him the way, and now he was uncomfortable in bed, I always feel that the direction is wrong, and I am a little dizzy.A week later, his bed was changed to a north-south direction, according to that The old man pointed the headrest north and kicked south.Sure enough, after sleeping for four months with his head resting on the north and kicking the south, he suddenly mentioned the director. Before that, he was only the director of the office from the official to the official level, not Liu Ju, who held great power and liked to give orders. long.Ma Min just wants to start from this point of "resting his head on the north and kicking the south" every night, dreaming of being promoted and getting rich, and thinking that he is Mr. Liu, the nobleman, wiped a little "suet" off his body.He's so fucking fat with suet all over his stomach.Ma Min I think it's not easy for Director Liu to talk about this, so of course it's not easy to force him to express his opinion. opposite. "Director Liu, I think you are a bold person." Ma Min "flooded" Director Liu with good words, of course that kind of face Admire the other party's expression, "I like dealing with leaders like you the most. Some government officials, you deal with them. Communication has an indescribable taste, sour, because they are sour, and they are sour.It doesn't feel good at all.and When you come into contact with a leader with your own opinions, I really feel that I have become more powerful invisibly. " Director Liu chuckled, and immediately thought he was really powerful and said: "I am happy with whatever I do. Just do it, if you can’t do it, don’t do it.I don't like blandishment. " It seems that who likes to be "introverted".Manager Wang came out with two bowls of noodles, his face was red, it was because of losing money. Unhappy red, skin congestion or something.Naturally, he served Director Liu a bowl, and he put the noodles in front of Director Liu. "Go to the kitchen and get a bowl yourself," Manager Wang whispered to Ma Min. Ma Min said "OK" and got up to serve the noodles.After eating noodles, Manager Wang still wants to play, mainly because he wants to lose money He won back, but Director Liu didn't give him this chance. Director Liu hiccupped while sitting on the sofa, and glanced at what Manager Wang had done. An exquisite root carving work on a decorative cabinet, a white crane, a thing that looks like a horse but not like a horse, and a It is simply a tree stump, but paint is painted on the tree stump.Director Liu said after a while that he still had something to do. "There are still good There are many things waiting for me to nod," Director Liu said, with a look of power on his face, "It's too much fun, let's find a night to play in the future. " A table of "three strikes" naturally disbanded. Ma Min drove Director Liu to the gate of their bureau building in a Santana. After saying "goodbye" to Director Liu, he drove the Santana drove to Zhou Xiaofeng's house.Ma Min became alone again, and his heart fell to Peng Xiao again, just like me They felt pain as if they had fallen on the concrete floor.But this pain is not on his skin, but on his heart.He felt that it was really stupid for him to express his love to her in such a hurry that day.why did he tell her this some?What has she to do with him?I became a wretch in her eyes, and that only lowered my status in her eyes. In her view, I turned out to be a neurotic husband who was eager to come out to find a woman's comfort.Ma Min intends to be a star He decided not to contact her for a long time, and he decided to forget her if he could forget her. She made him feel dangerous and good. Like a man who has never seen the world, he feels that he cannot hold his ground.But there are only two days left, she hit me today What does cell phone mean?For the past two days, I've been trying to push her out of my mind like we put Japanese ghosts It's like rushing the child outside, so as not to let her occupy my mind.He thinks, he feels she's like Hitler's army overrunning France The same, so that he fell completely.He himself did not expect that he would love a woman who did not belong to him so much that he After returning home, he felt that what he had entered was not his own home, but a wasteland of emotional deprivation.he is that He hates his wife so much, he even hopes that his wife will die suddenly. His wife felt that his face was bleak. Last night, when he broke up with a few friends who were engaged in decoration from the "Juzhou" coffee shop, he was in a state of confusion When he got home, his wife who was still taking sulpiride immediately put an end to the tired look on his face. caught.He was lying on the bunk, and his wife came up, and he pretended to be tired in disgust, closing his eyes and pretending to be tired. sleep.But his wife didn't let go of the desolation on his face, she walked to the bed, sat down beside him, and looked at his face.he Ignoring her, he could feel her staring at him, he didn't want to say a word, he hoped she would go away quickly.her hands are still Yuzhao raised it up, and he saw through the slits of his eyes that her hand was raised halfway and then retracted, as if she was afraid of something.she His eyes moved away from his face, looked to both sides, then fell in the direction of the bookcase and did not move.he thought she would go It opened, but she didn't move, she just sat there for a few minutes, then turned her head to look at him again, the cloudy eyes were all in his face. She raised her hand again, and this time it was firmly in his face. She stroked his face, lightly at first, and he felt it vibrate like a piece of paper on his face, and then The strength in her hands increased, bit by bit, and he could feel the friction of the wrinkles of her palms on his face, that kind of There is a kind of heat from her body temperature in the wrinkles, and it is still a little wet, which is the fine sweat on her hands.He doesn't want her to touch her face, he She thought she would leave after a few touches, but she didn't seem to want to leave, and her hand started to touch his hair again.take a moment, Touch deeply.He opened his eyes, "Don't do it," he growled impatiently, "I want to sleep." He saw her There was a shock on his face, the kind of shock that seemed to be threatened, his eyes were opened blankly, and the expression on his face changed.he gave birth again A trace of sympathy.She was his wife after all, and he couldn't bear to hurt her too much. "What did you wake me up for?" he scolded Said, "I'm so sleepy." "I think you have a pitiful face," said the wife, after her frightened expression returned to normal, two dull eyes. Huang Tongren stared at him. "What bad things did you encounter outside?" He was even more surprised than his wife. The object of his sympathy and disgust actually said that he "has such a pitiful face". Staring at her blankly, he said, "Why do you feel this way?" "That's how I feel," said the wife, with a small smile and a natural brace on her face. "This For a few days, you looked very tired as soon as you came back, and you sat in your room looking bored as soon as you came back. I know that you are not happy. Happy..." He interrupted her and said, "That's because I'm tired, not anything else. " "If you are tired, don't go out. I don't want you to make so much money." The wife said, continuing to look at him: "Earn that much money." What are you doing with so much money!Leave some money for someone else to earn, really.I think we have enough money to use it. " "You're talking stupid." Ma Min said irritably, "I want to change to a better car. Santana doesn't have any style." "Don't change it," said the wife. "You remember that many people don't even have motorcycles. It's good enough for you to have a car." Ma Min didn't bother to talk to her. Although he was facing his wife, what appeared in his mind was the figure of Peng Xiao.now, Ma Min's desire to buy a high-end car is so strong that he even wants to buy one that is several grades higher than Santana immediately When he met Peng Xiao again, he was driving a beautiful Duke King or Mercedes-Benz or something.I still have what idea?He asked himself, why not just play with life.With this thought in mind, he drove all the way to Zhou Xiaofeng at home.He had nothing to do when he came to Zhou Xiaofeng's house, just to chat with him, so that Zhou Xiaofeng - who is very interested in philosophy An interesting person—to enlighten his mind.Ma Min relied on Zhou Xiaofeng's head on many key issues. Zhou Xiaofeng is drawing blueprints at home.He often does not have to go to work, he is the leader of their unit who can let himself go People, this is also because the things in his hands are too hard, so his superiors have no choice but to turn a blind eye and let him go freely abuse.Zhou Xiaofeng's house is a mess, there are junk (antiques) everywhere, some rotten red sandalwood boxes, something Wooden chairs with missing arms and legs, old mahogany boxes for gold and silver jewellery, etc. Many of the local porcelains are fakes (of course, there are also a few genuine ones, such as a vase from the Ming Dynasty and a vase from the Provincial Museum. The old scholar said that the vase was genuine), but he bought them all as if they were genuine.In addition to these true and false Dusty antiques left a mess in the house, there were discarded papers and papers all over the floor. The dropped cigarette butts, and even the smelly fruit peels, because there is no woman and no child to share this house with him, He has a hundred reasons to turn his home into a garbage dump.In Ma Min's eyes, Zhou Xiaofeng is the kind of mental pain, but life A man who is free and easy and doesn't care about anything.In Zhou Xiaofeng's eyes, apart from his selfish self and strong self-awareness, no matter what There is nothing else. "Hello." He turned his head and said to Ma Min, then turned around and walked over to continue drawing his drawings. "You also take a break and watch, I came here specially to talk to you. Mo Hualuo." "I don't look like you are the boss," Zhou Xiaofeng said without raising his head. "Others are waiting to take it for bidding. Tomorrow Will come to pick me up at eight o'clock in the morning, so I won't miss other people's affairs? " Ma Min stood in front of him domineeringly, "I will lift your table." "What's wrong with you?" Zhou Xiaofeng raised his head and stared at He said, "Is it okay to talk about it after I finish these few strokes?" Ma Min smiled and ordered him: "Draw quickly, I order you." Zhou Xiaofeng lowered his head and drew a few more strokes, then put down the brush, stretched his hands and looked sideways at him. "You didn't Just come and quarrel with me, right? He smiled, "I'll let you quarrel today, you quarrelsome stick." " Ma Min handed him a cigarette, changed his posture and sat down again, and glanced at an old Qing Dynasty cigarette placed in the corner. Wooden box, "I can't sleep all the time," Ma Min said with red eyes, "I woke up casually in the middle of the night, at six o'clock in the morning I woke up again before the clock was over, and then I couldn't fall asleep anymore. My nerves were highly excited, and I didn't fall asleep. " "I like it," Zhou Xiaofeng said with a smile, "I only hope you get crazy, so that you don't have to quarrel with me." "It was you who made me know Peng Xiao." Ma Min lit a cigarette, took a puff, stretched his feet and said, "Otherwise If so, I'm fine.You only hope that I will be insane. After so many years of friends, you are not at ease.you are really white Heaven only wishes for bullfights, and at night only wishes for fire to burn the miscellaneous hairs of the sky! " "You're an asshole." Zhou Xiaofeng shot back, "You deserve it! Are you afraid that I will sympathize with you? I didn't ask you to love her, I It's just for you to get to know her, and you were the one who got to know her at Feitian Advertising Company, and I didn't ask you to talk about love! " "You are not in Feitian Advertising Company, I will recognize her!" "Okay, it's my fault, you just blame me." Zhou Xiaofeng said with a smile, and suddenly looked at him seriously, "You have been in society for so many years, why are you so devoted?" "You also know that I don't have a love life, and my wife is crazy." Ma Min lowered his head and said. Zhou Xiaofeng fell silent and looked at him, "What are you going to do now?" Zhou Xiaofeng saw that his face was full of worry, and he was worried. Thinking so solemnly, he stared at him with a serious look. "What did Peng Xiao say?" "I think my mistake was that I shouldn't have revealed my background to her." Ma Min puffed, "Two nights ago, I drank tea with her in Runhua Tea Art Garden, and I told her that my wife is crazy.damn it. " "Why did you tell her these words?" Zhou Xiaofeng said, "Maybe you are still planning to divorce your wife? I shouldn't have talked so deeply with her!You are too involved.What did she say? " "She didn't say anything, she just looked at me, she called my cell phone this morning, I was going to ask her out to play, I don't have an appointment. " "I don't want to bring the relationship so close all at once, and I think I'm kind of sure she's not wishing her too smart." "I think she's just like that, not necessarily smart, just a little smart." Zhou Xiaofeng disagreed. Why. "Before you finished your last sentence, she already knows what you're going to say next." Ma Min said, "Damn it, I still don't know what to say." Never met such a woman.She is so attractive compared to my wife, I miss her all the time, weird! " The two chatted about Peng Xiao, and Ma Min dragged Zhou Xiaofeng to the street for dinner.In the restaurant, the two talked again. Angry with Peng Xiao, the two of them didn't part company until after dinner and went home.