Chapter 22 Chapter Twenty Two

At that time, I often dreamed that I married An Xin.We crossed the wide Chang'an Avenue in a large car, covered with red silk and sprinkled with colorful confetti, and there were balloons on the doors on both sides of the car swinging in the wind.Behind us is a mighty convoy of relatives and friends. My father and my mother are sitting in the convoy. My mother is still the same as when she was young. Her appearance makes me feel extra warm and attached.In this invisible motorcade, An Xin's father and mother are still sitting. Their images in my dream come from the photos An Xin showed me.There are also some of my friends and classmates from childhood to adulthood, as well as Liu Minghao.Unexpectedly, somehow, Zhong Ning and her elder brother Zhong Guoqing were among the crowd who were also talking and laughing.I probably pulled in all the people I knew, the people who had been nice to me in the past.These kinds of dreams and these people appear in my dreams again and again, making it difficult for me to tell whether I am happy or depressed.Later, a Mr. Yin Yang, who was a fortune teller by the side of the road, helped me interpret this dream. He said that I am an extremely kind-hearted person, not forgetting, longing for a happy ending, and being tolerant to everyone... He used dreams like this It makes me very happy to comment on my character, whether I am not as good as he said, but I think it is really not easy for me.There is only one thing about this marriage dream that I still don't understand, and that is why I always see some policemen in uniform.I was very confused when I dreamed about them, their faces were so blurred that I couldn't make out, I didn't know who they were.The fortune teller was also very confused by these policemen who appeared out of nowhere. He asked me with a hesitant expression if I had committed any crimes or crimes before.I told An Xin about the fortune-telling, and she smiled and said that the police are nothing to be afraid of, I am the police.I said you are no longer.She said, that is Captain Pan and the others. If I get married, I will definitely invite them to come.But it's impossible for me to get married, otherwise how could I never dream of such a good thing?

In fact, I was just dreaming, and I had pain in advance in the dream, and it was really impossible for us to get married at that time.With little money, no hands, and a sick child, the most serious problem we faced was survival. In order to cure the bear's illness, I sold my 29:00 Panasonic color TV to the uncle of a classmate of mine in middle school.The color TV bought for more than 5,000 yuan has been sold for more than 1,200 yuan after watching it for more than a year. It is definitely vomiting blood.It turned out that the old guy only offered 1,000 yuan. Our classmates helped me sell it for a long time like a "children". In addition, I took the initiative to buy a Kenwood brand electric coffee pot, so the old man was moved. .He said that one thousand and two would be one thousand and two, but I am too old to drink coffee, so you can change it to this blender.I knew he wanted the blender, he'd been eyeing the blender since he entered the kitchen, it was probably new, and it was from Kenwood.I took advantage of the opportunity and said: How about including the coffee pot and the blender together, one thousand and four?The old man smiled innocently: Fourteen thousand?You, wash up and sleep as soon as possible, and don't sell it. Such a valuable thing can still increase in the future.I said: Then you old man will give you another price.The old man said: I said one thousand and two thousand, or else I don't want the mixer, so it's one thousand.Our classmates saw that we had reached the end of our talk, so we stood up and said the ending words: How about this, I want the coffee pot, and I will pay the two hundred!This is the deal.

That day happened to be the Lantern Festival, An Xin bought some Lantern Festival on the way home that night, and bought a Chinese cabbage to make dumplings. When she wanted to use a blender to make stuffing for the cabbage, she couldn't find the blender.She searched for a long time and asked me if I saw it, and I said, ah, I sold it.She was a little surprised, and said in a daze, why did you sell it?I said, in a few days to pick up the little bear and leave the hospital, isn't it almost the money, so we won't be looking for Liu Minghao again.An Xin stood there blankly for a long time, depressed.I said, what's the matter?She said, Yang Rui, I feel bad when you sell things.I said, heck, it’s not about selling children.I also think that there is no need for a labor force like you, and I can't let you idle.In the future, you can use a kitchen knife to chop the stuffing yourself, and use the blender to waste the electricity.

An Xin smiled wryly and said, "How much did you sell for?" I said, "One thousand and four." An Xin was startled: "One thousand and four, that's impossible!" I said, "I'll build a coffee pot, anyway, we don't drink coffee anymore." She said, "That's impossible, isn't it?" I said, "And set up a TV." She turned her face immediately, and sure enough, she saw that the TV was gone.She came over, hugged me, and cried.She wept silently on my chest, the tears wet my shirt, she said softly: "Yang Rui, how could I make you suffer so much."

Later, I sold some other things at home, such as handicrafts and decorations sent by many people in the past, as well as carpets and lamps, as well as my BP machine.Sell ​​what can be sold for some money or what someone wants.Liu Minghao bought me a set of awesome stamps.At that time, he had already hooked up with Beibei's cousin Li Jia, and he was in the stage of chasing after him.Li Jia likes collecting stamps, so Liu Minghao followed his hobby and collected treasures everywhere.I took the opportunity to knock Liu Minghao for 800 yuan, and Liu Minghao paid on the spot without saying a word.Later I heard that my set of stamps can be sold for at least a thousand yuan.In terms of doing business, I am certainly not Liu Minghao's opponent.

Later, Liu Minghao got a bargain and behaved to me: "You don't know that stamps have fallen now, and people say that I pay too much. If you think it's worth it, you can sell it. If I think it's worth it, I'll buy it. I don't listen to other people's words. " Seeing that I was silent, Liu Minghao knew that I was not good at stamps, so he smiled and said: "You still have to find a job, and selling things like this is not a problem. Look, what else does your family have? If you go on, you should sell it." yourself." Later, Liu Minghao actually introduced me to a job as a mechanic in the laundry factory of Longdu Hotel.He said it was a good job, with a monthly salary of about 1,000, and two meals a morning, one afternoon, and two meals a day. For minor illnesses, you can get medicine in the infirmary of the hotel, and work clothes are issued... Besides, you are not a student of mining machinery. The principles of machinery are similar. , you can be regarded as a professional counterpart.In a unit, if you are professional, you will not be bullied.

I was very happy, so I went home and talked about it with peace of mind.An Xin said that this matter is also wronged to you. If you want to go, you can do it temporarily. I believe that with your conditions, I believe that sooner or later you will have a career.What did I say about a career or not? I am realistic now. I just want to support you, my children, and myself. In the past few days, I urged Liu Minghao to contact me as soon as possible. He said that the director of the laundry factory had nothing to do with him, but he had to report to the hotel personnel department about the hiring of mechanics in the factory. Please don't worry. .So I wait.Because I didn't have the BP machine, I didn't dare to leave the house all day, for fear that Liu Minghao would come looking for me and I wouldn't be there.After waiting for nearly a week, I was upset by the wait, and there was one thing that made me very angry during this week.

An Xin had just left for work this morning, and someone knocked on the door before I got up.I thought it was An Xin who forgot to bring the key back to get it, so I got out of bed disheveled and opened the door. When I opened the door, I saw two strangers, a man and a woman, and hurried back to get dressed in a hurry.When I got dressed and looked again, I realized that both of them were wearing big caps with a bright red national emblem on them.I was taken aback, thinking of the warning words of the policeman and the fortune teller in my dream, I thought it was unlucky to see these two big caps early in the morning.After a closer look, it turned out that it wasn't a policeman, I don't know if it was from the industrial and commercial, taxation or security company. I didn't know that the clothes belonged to the procuratorate until they sat down and introduced themselves.

The woman is a bit older than the man, about forty years old, anyway, the age I can call her auntie.She spoke first and said, "We are here today to ask you to understand something. I hope you can truthfully report the situation. What can you say, okay?" Her rhetoric is a bit like conducting a case to examine the parties involved, but her tone is more benevolent, so it didn't make me conflict.I said, "Okay, what do you want to know?" The man took out his notebook and took notes, and the woman asked: "Do you remember that you were in charge of an infrastructure project when you were working at Guoning Company, that is, the project of building Guoning Taekwondo Hall. Was it you who were in charge?"

I said, "Yes, I am the deputy commander in chief of the project, and the commander in chief is Bian Xiaojun, Bian in the frontier, Dawn in dawn, and army in the army. The two of us work together." "What do you divide the labor to catch?" "The two of us didn't have a clear division of labor. Anyway, it's just those things every day. He is the general manager, and I will do whatever he asks me to do. Because I haven't worked on infrastructure projects before, I don't understand." "Which company was contracted to do this project?" "Later, it was contracted to Longhua Architectural Decoration Engineering Company to do it."

"It has been decided that this company will contract the project. Has it passed the bidding?" "No, Guoning Company is not a state-owned enterprise, so it didn't conduct social bidding through the city's bidding office, but negotiated internally, and found two companies to compare qualifications and prices, and then it was settled." "Who decides?" "It was decided by Zhong Guoqing, the chairman of Guoning Company. Of course, because this project is a joint venture with Jingshi Sports School, the procedure has to go through the club's board of directors. In fact, it is a deal with a vice principal sent by the sports school to the board of directors. Hello." "Then on what basis did Zhong Guoqing choose this company? Has this company cooperated with Guoning Company before?" "No. This company was reported by our preparatory headquarters. We do the specific work. We submit the materials and give Zhong Guoqing approval." "Then can you say that you actually decided to use this company?" "It must be Zhong Guoqing's decision. Let us provide the information, and it will also play a role." "Who are you referring to us, you and Bian Xiaojun?" "It's mainly Bian Xiaojun, what's the matter, is something wrong with him?" "Do you think anything happened during the process of selecting the contractor for the project? For example: Has there been any corruption? " I thought about it, but couldn't think of anything for a while, so I said: "Our project is generally okay. Now the civil engineering has been completed, and the quality is said to be good. If there is anything to do, it is Bian Xiaojun's business. It must be Zhong Guoqing who is corrupt, this company is his own." The woman glanced at the man, and then asked me: "How can you be sure that besides Zhong Guoqing, only Bian Xiaojun is likely to be corrupt, and others are not?" I smiled: "Others, others may want to be corrupt, but it's not their turn. Anyone who wants to be corrupt must have some power." The female prosecutor also smiled: "Do you want to be corrupt?" I froze, knowing she was joking.However, judicial officials like them make dark jokes.I said, "I can't commit corruption." "Why? Is there any difference between you and Bian Xiaojun?" "Of course it's different." "How is it different?" I was at a loss for words for a while, wondering if I should say that I was Zhong Guoqing's son-in-law at that time, and I was a quasi-member of the Guoning family.And Mai Xiaojun is just a part-time job, not to mention that he is my boss. "How are you different?" The woman focused on this topic for some reason, as if she insisted on asking the bottom line. I didn't want to talk about the past between me and the Zhong family, so I said perfunctorily: "For corruption, don't ask me, I haven't reached that level yet." The two prosecutors were silent for a while, and the woman said: "Okay, let's talk about this first today. Think about the questions I just asked, and if you think of something, you need to talk to us about it." Yes, just call us. We'll leave you a number." I felt a little awkward hearing this, as if I really had a problem and needed to be honest.I think this is probably an occupational disease of public prosecutors and law enforcement officers. Everyone thinks there is a problem, and they will not speak up when they have something to say.I didn't make a sound, watching the woman write a phone number and leave it on the coffee table. When they said goodbye, I was quite indifferent. The next day after this incident, An Xin and I picked up the bear and left the hospital.Little Bear is closer to me than An Xin.When this child is happy, his obedient face is indescribably touching. His hands are hooked on you, and his face is close to you.I never liked children before, and I don't like them now, except for little bears. After taking the little bear home, the house became lively and full of life.My mood also improved accordingly, and I didn't worry too much about work. Anyway, whether it can be done or not is up to fate.Things that I don't think about often come faster. Two days later, when Liu Minghao passed by the Sanhuan Furniture City, he went in and told An Xin that my matter was done, and he asked me to bring my ID card and education certificate on Monday. I went to the HR department of the big hotel for an interview. I went to the HR Department of Rendezvous Hotel just after 8:00 am on Monday. The interview was very simple. I asked a few words, read all the documents and certificates I brought, and then asked me to fill out the form.Two days later, I was notified to report to work.The director of the laundry factory saw that I looked good, and after a serious chat with me, he decided not to let me work as a mechanic, but to work as a business salesman.Their laundry factory is very large, with nearly a hundred employees.The internal work of Rendezvous Hotel is enough for half him, and they also have to do social work. There are many embassies and foreign business companies here to wash clothes, wash curtains, and invite them to come to wash carpets and so on. of.They used to have a salesman, but his image was too cold, and he couldn't speak a foreign language, so foreigners couldn't get business. So I started working at Longdu Laundry.It's similar to what Liu Minghao said at the beginning, the monthly salary and bonus is 1,000 plus zero, two meals are taken care of, you can take a shower in the work unit, and there is a shuttle bus to and from get off work.Moreover, I was a salesman, and I was given a Hanxian BP machine, and I was given a suit that didn't fit well, but I didn't wear it.I wear my original suits every day when I go out. Some of my suits are "Douge", "Valentino", and lastly "Pierre Cardin". They fit very close to my body.Our factory manager also agreed to wash and iron me for free.As soon as the suit was worn, the masters in the factory said that the young man was really beautiful, and one of the masters wanted to introduce her daughter-in-law to me for love. In the first month of work, I brought in four new clients, one of which was a small hotel without its own laundry factory.All of a sudden, it increased the turnover of the factory by nearly 50,000 yuan. According to the factory's sales incentive system, my personal commission was more than 900 yuan, and the life of me and An Xin suddenly became more prosperous.What I earned that month plus what she earned made a total of more than 3,000 yuan. As soon as we went to bed at night, we discussed what to do with the extra money, what to buy for Xiaoxiong, and how much money to give back to Liu Minghao And Captain Pan and the others, and so on. I have worked in the laundry factory of Rendezvous Hotel for more than a month, and I am in a good mood.Maybe it's the tempering of life, maybe it's the rare job opportunity, my performance is sometimes so good that I can surprise myself.When I'm not out selling, I often take the initiative to help other masters with work, such as dry cleaning, ironing, delivery, order receiving, and everything.I have only been here for more than a month, and I got a red smile card issued by the Hotel Service Quality Committee. It is said that there are nearly 2,000 people in the hotel who only get six or seven red smile cards every month, and most of them are front-line employees.The laundry factory is a second-tier unit. It is an honor for the entire laundry factory that I got this red card. My photo was also hung on the honor roll at the entrance of the staff cafeteria. It's a pity that this kind of life didn't last long. Before my freshness was over, my hard-won job suddenly ended in an unexpected way. That day I had to wait for a diplomat from the African embassy to pick up the clothes, so I didn't go out to do sales.The diplomat was my new client. He had a weird temper and was a bit picky. I was afraid that others would not handle him well, so I stayed in the factory and waited for him, and helped others deliver Taiwanese food to the restaurant.We delivered them in private rooms one by one, and to the big restaurant. A manager in a black suit came over and asked me, "Is your name Yang Rui?" I don't know which department this person is from, but he looks familiar. , I seem to have seen it when eating in the staff canteen, so I replied: "Yes." The man said again, "Come here." I followed him, still holding an armful of clean and starched tablecloths, until I walked to a cigar bar outside the restaurant.The cigar sun is not yet open, but there seems to be someone inside.I walked over to the black suit.The decoration of the cigar bar is very old, the furniture is dark, and the light is dim. Walking through the cigar bar from the large sunny corridor always takes a while for the eyes to adapt.But I could clearly see that there were two cadres from the security department of the hotel, and two policemen in the room, wearing big hats and standing in the shadows, their faces unclear as in my dream.There was another middle-aged man standing in front, and I recognized him. He was the man who came to my procuratorate more than a month ago, and he was the man who kept the record silently. When the people from the security department of the hotel saw me coming in, they nodded and winked at the man from the procuratorate, and the man opened his mouth first.He obviously met me, but he still asked routinely when he came up: "Is your name Yang Rui?" His tone was even more violent than at my house that day, much more violent.I frowned and answered, "Ah." The man went on to say: "According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China and the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Regulations, you are suspected of accepting bribes, and now you are being arrested according to law!" I froze in the middle of the room, still holding the tablecloth in my hand.A security cadre came over to take the tablecloth from my hand, and the two policemen next to me came out of the shadows and handcuffed me.I wanted to say something, wanted to tell them that this must be a mistake, but I couldn't say anything for a while, maybe I had never seen such a scene before and suddenly became stupid.When I calmed down and could speak, I didn't speak again. I calmly thought about it and decided to forget it. I thought it would be useless to say anything here. This is not the place for me to argue. They asked me to sign the arrest warrant, so I signed it, and as required, put red ink pad on my index finger and pressed my handprint.When they took me out, I suddenly thought of An Xin, so I stood up and said to the prosecutor, "I have to speak to my family." The prosecutor said, "We will notify your family." Before he could finish speaking, the policeman next to me pulled me up and said, "Let's go." They escorted me out of the hotel through the employee passageway, and many employees were terrified to meet me head-on.Some of the girls among them liked to tease me very much. When they saw me handcuffed by the police, they were too shocked to speak.The men whispered, talking about who I am and which department I belong to. I felt as uncomfortable as I was being paraded in the street. I was escorted into a police car and sent to the detention center of the nearby Public Security Bureau where I was locked up. On the first day in the detention center, no one came to find me.I sat in the corner of the betting number, feeling very sad, not for myself, but for peace of mind.I don't know how she will live alone with the cub if I really can't go back, and I don't know if my father will take back the house and drive them out, will An Xin think that I am really corrupt and take bribes and treat me Disappointed and empathetic... Thinking of this, I couldn't help him feel sad and want to cry. There are also a few old prisoners in the cell. Seeing that I am rude to everyone when I come in, they come here to bully me and ask me why I came in, did you bring cigarettes, and why are you crying? Why are you crying... wait.I was not in the mood, didn't want to talk to anyone, and my tears couldn't stop streaming down my face.My appearance made these social scumbags think that I was a sissy child, and they laughed at me incessantly, and even slapped my face and rummaged through my pockets.I stood up and wanted to get rid of them. They thought I was dissatisfied, and several people rushed to squeeze me into the corner, slapping my mouth and hitting my dick with their knees.I was in a hurry, and I was full of grief and anger. At that moment, I thought I was going to do my best, and I couldn't live anymore. I even have the heart to die today! Of course those people underestimated me. I couldn't tell from my face that I practiced volleyball and then Taekwondo in college.I shook them off, and before they came up, I used a series of downward chops, forward jumps, and back swings to kick the old prisoners who had been imprisoned for a few days to the side, their mouths and noses turned red, until the prisoner in the detention center kicked them. The policeman heard something wrong and rushed over to open the door and drag me out, and the fight was considered over. I was locked alone in a small cell without sunlight, and the police made me wear back cuffs for three hours.It was picked for me at dinner time.After eating, I saw the new policeman coming back with handcuffs, so I begged him, saying that my arms were numb, so why not put them on me?The night shift policeman asked: Why did you wear it during the day?I said: Because they bullied me.The policeman said, "Why don't you wear it when they bully you?" I said: They bullied me, and I resisted.The police said: I heard that you are a college student, right? Why did you come in?I said: I came here because I was wronged.The policeman said, "That's all said, who wants to admit that they have done bad things."I knew it was useless to argue with him, and if he got upset, he would handcuff me again, so he wouldn't say a word.The policeman said: Say it yourself, do you still wear it?I said: don't wear it.The policeman said: What if you hit someone without wearing it?I said: Are you going to lock me back?The policeman said, "It's a good idea, you can just stay here alone."I said: Who am I going to beat alone?The policeman froze for a moment, and said, "Why are you so poor? I tell you, you should be more honest when you get here. If anything happens, you will be handcuffed again."I lowered my head and didn't answer any more. The policeman locked the door and left. The next day, the procuratorate came to interrogate me.It's still the two people, the man and the woman, or the woman asks, and the man remembers.Only now did I know that I folded in because of the matter that Liu Minghao and the boss of Longhua Company summed up my twenty thousand yuan. Their interrogation this time was just to verify the details of this incident with me - where did I eat, who gave the money, what was it packed in for me, what we said at the time, and then I gave the money How to "spend" and so on.Every time I tried to explain, they interrupted me and told me to just answer the questions they asked, yes or no, and nothing else.Today we are only here to check the situation, there will be plenty of time for you to explain your urgency in the future! From their words, I figured out that something went wrong with the boss of Longhua Company, and he seemed to have been arrested too. The plot of my accepting bribes was incidental to his case.But their other words made me feel that I was exposed by someone inside Guoning Company.Maybe both of these analyzes are valid. Didn't Zhong Guoqing say that he was going to kill me.If I hadn't been sitting here in front of the prosecutor today, I would have almost forgotten what he said. After the interrogation that day, I was asked to go to an office in the detention center to get the quilt. The police said it was brought by my family.When I saw the quilt and some clothes, I knew that An Xin had been there.I hurriedly asked the policeman, "Did my family say anything?" The policeman stared back at me and asked me, "What did you say, ah? When you can meet in the future, you can listen to what she says. What can you say now!" The policemen here spoke as if they had taken gunpowder, and their anger was extremely high, as if it was not enough to suppress the arrogance of our group of prisoners.I hugged the quilt, thinking wildly, and was escorted back to the large room where I was imprisoned when I first came in.When the prisoners who were beaten yesterday saw me coming back, they didn't say a word.I deliberately made a face full of flesh, and looked around viciously to intimidate them.In fact, I was still afraid of them in my heart, and I didn't know what methods they would use to retaliate against me. It was only later that I realized that this group of people belonged to the fucking masters who bully the weak and fear the strong. They were also very scared when I came back, and they were afraid that I would retaliate against them.Later, when they got to know me well, they all got better with me in a cheap way, and they got better with each other. My life in the detention center has also improved, and I no longer have to worry every minute, be highly nervous, and guard against plots like when I first came in.After staying in one environment for a long time, people will naturally get used to it and relax, and even the worst environment will bring some happiness.Humans and beasts have the same origin, and the adaptability of humans is actually similar to that of animals, or even worse. Later, the procuratorate interrogated me again, and it was that man who came alone.This time I mainly want me to explain how I managed to get them to win the bid after receiving the benefits from Longhua Company.Secondly, I also listened to my defense of their allegations.After I finished my defense, he didn't express his position, whether he criticized or approved, and he didn't show any tendentious expressions.After listening, he briefly wrote it down in his black leather notebook, and left. A few days later, there was no news at all.I only eat and sleep every day, unlike when I first came here, I couldn't eat and couldn't sleep.Thinking of peace of mind is also numb.Occasionally, I also think of my dad.I think my dad has been a leader for so many years, and there must be some detours in the public security, prosecution and law enforcement. If he really wants to save me, he won't be unable to do anything.But I haven't seen him since the last time I quarreled with him.I know his temper. We are the same as father and son. It is the opposite of the temper of those old prisoners.The more I stopped going to see him, the more angry he became, otherwise how could Liu Minghao tell me that he was going to take back the house I live in, how cruel!He must have been angry enough to do this, not because he couldn't live without the rent.I think maybe my dad would be relieved when he knew how much I was arrested. He would show his foresight to others, at least to Liu Minghao: I had expected it. Big somersault!what did i say... If my dad thinks he's right, it's too late for him to be complacent. Can he still save me?I don't want to. Then, one morning, I was brought up again.When I entered the interrogation room, I saw that the two from the procuratorate did not come, but a young woman came. She asked me to sit down at the table with a serious but relaxed attitude.She gave me a business card, and before I looked down, she said, "I am a lawyer from Hongguang Law Firm. I am going to act as your defender in your bribery case at the request of your friend. Come to defend you, to make an objection?" I was dumbfounded, without any mental preparation, I seemed to have thought about it, maybe I didn't think about anything, but I blurted out and asked: "I'll treat you with peace of mind, how much will it cost?" The female lawyer was a little surprised by this question. She didn't expect it, but she still answered me seriously: "Our firm charges agency fees and defense fees according to the standards set by the Ministry of Justice. As for how much you should charge for this case?" The cost depends on the difficulty of the case and the time of trial, as well as whether there are appeals and protests after the first trial." Immediately following the next question, I knew that I couldn’t ask a lawyer, but I still asked to myself, stupidly: “Where did she get the money?”