Chapter 29 Twenty-nine

A week later, Ou Qingchun went to the drug rehabilitation center to see Xiao Tong. It is still the song "Dear Dad, Dear Mom", resounding in the playground.Accompanied by the director, she stood on the edge of the playground and watched the drug rehabilitation students go out for exercises and run.The young guard yelled the password, "One two one, one two one", and the footsteps of more than a hundred people echoed his rhythm neatly, appearing quite imposing.In the queue, she saw Xiao Tong, with a short cropped head and blue and white striped clothes, looking back at her from time to time.She smiled at him from afar.

After the practice, the guards trained for a while, and then announced the dismissal.The students yelled something, dispersed, went to the shade of the trees around the playground in twos and threes, and sat down to rest in groups of two.Xiao Tong ran towards her.He is worthy of playing football, and his running posture and pace are different. The director specially found a room for them to chat with their siblings.Qingchun already knew from the director's introduction that Xiao Tong's drug addiction broke out violently in the first two days after he came in.When it was the worst, the guard tied him to the bed for several hours, and he vomited all over the bed. At least he survived.In the past few days, my body and complexion have improved significantly, and I am almost the same as a normal person.

Qingchun looked at the sweaty Xiao Tong and said, "Why is it so hot?" Xiao Tong smiled, and that momentary smile briefly reappeared the brilliance of the past, and he said, "Run." Qingchun took a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, but he took it but didn't wipe it off.Qingchun asked, "Has the body feeling recovered?" He bowed his head and said, "Ah." Qingchun asked, "Did you sleep well?" He replied: "Sometimes is good." Ask again: "What do you do here every day?" He replied again: "Military training, classes, the guards talk to each other, and then see a doctor and take medicine."

"What kind of medicine is given to you? What kind of treatment is there?" "Drain the intestines, eat green cannonballs, rhubarb tablets, and 626 capsules, a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, to dispel evil and strengthen the body, and fight poison with poison." "Is there anything to do here?" "Play table tennis, badminton, karaoke, and watch TV." "Do the discipline and the doctor treat you well?" "it is good." "I think this place is really similar to a nursing home, and I can't help but want to come here."

Seeing that his mood was getting lower and lower, Qingchun teased him with jokes, but Xiao Tong didn't laugh or respond.After a pause, Qingchun asked again: "How about the food, how is it compared to when you were in the hospital?" Xiao Tong didn't answer, he looked up at her and said, "I want to go out. I'm bored here." "You've only been here for a week, and it's at least three months as required." Xiao Tong lowered his head and wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and said, "Please, please take me out, I have quit. I promise you, I promise I will never take drugs again."

"Detoxification is a long process." Qingchun is doing persuasive work, "Don't look at it so simply, I said three months is still short. Last time the doctor here said that according to the theoretical regulations of the international medical field, Only those who have not relapsed for three and a half consecutive years can be considered to have truly quit drug addiction. You only have one week. And the beds here are tight, and it will not be so easy to come back in if you go out. And you have quit drugs this time It’s what we paid for you, and you’ll have to pay for it yourself when you relapse next time. So I think it’s better to consolidate it before we talk about it.”

Xiao Tong lowered his head, for some reason he didn't meet her face to face, he said: "It's almost like a prison here, I hate those people who take drugs, I don't want to live in the same room with them. I won't smoke anymore, It will suffocate me to death here. These people have many diseases, such as stomach problems and liver diseases, are you not afraid that they will infect me!" Xiao Tong searched a lot of reasons that could convince her, Qingchun thought for a while, and could only say: "I'll ask the director later, and see what he has to say."

Xiao Tong couldn't wait to say: "Then you go, or he should be off work." "Do you want to leave today? It's impossible." "You take me away today, why is it impossible?" Xiaotong's childlike impatience and his undisguised orphan-like dependence on her made Qingchun's heart flutter.But she insisted on the principle and said: "Absolutely not. Even if the director agrees, I can't take you away today. I have to go back and ask the leader. Whether you can come out or not, what to do after you come out is up to the leader to decide." "Didn't you say that I have completed the task? Didn't you say that it's none of my business? Why do you need to ask the leader?"

"But you worked for us after all. Now this case is not over yet, those people are still active, we have to be responsible for your safety." Xiao Tong frowned, looking at the playground outside the window, the bored attitude of those students enjoying the shade under the trees, as if he never wanted to return to them.Qingchun said: "Xiaotong, after all, I am a few years older than you. I remember you promised me in the past that you would not be willful on important issues and listen to me. If you don't want to do this, I won't care about you anymore. .” Her threat was very effective, and Xiao Tong didn't make a sound.She gave him some food and some new magazines she had brought him, and took her leave.

When she left, she talked with the director.The director said that Xiao Tong's drug use was originally limited to smoking, and had not yet developed into intramuscular injection, and the amount of drug use was not large.So now the task of physiological withdrawal has been basically completed, that is to say, there is no drug addiction reaction in the body.However, the reason why the relapse rate of drug addicts after detoxification is more than 95% is mainly due to the difficulty of withdrawal from psychological drug addiction, and the withdrawal of psychological drug addiction takes a long time.Xiao Tong can go out of the clinic now, but to ensure that he will not relapse in the future, someone at home must watch him every day, educate him, help him, and supervise him.Try to prevent him from encountering setbacks and depression in his life.If you encounter it, you should also enlighten it in time.So, there is a soundness, happiness.A family that can help him and make him interested in life, even one or two relatives who have affection for him, is crucial to consolidating the results of drug rehabilitation.Does he have it?

After hearing this, Qingchun couldn't tell whether it was light or heavy.It was late when she returned home from rehab in the suburbs.Father is still waiting for her to eat, because she said in the morning that she will go home for dinner today.At the dinner table, as usual, my father asked her what she had done today, who she met, and listened to her daily reports of daily activities and news from the unit. This was his regular pastime and homework every night. After finishing the meal, while clearing the table, she considered her father's tone: "Dad, I have something to ask for your help." What did the father ask. "I don't know if you're interested," she said. The father smiled and said, "Don't you want to find me a partner again?" Qingchun said, "It's almost the same as finding a partner." Father waved his hand: "I will think about my matter when I need it. Don't worry about me. You should think about yourself, and you have to order one earlier. Can Li Chun force it? If he can't, is there a more suitable one? ? There should be a number." Qingchun said: "I'm talking about you, why did I come here again. Don't be nervous, I don't want to find you a wife, but a young one for you." My father puzzled and said, "Little friend? I have been a revolutionist all my life. I am fairly firm in politics and have never made mistakes in life. I'd better keep it late." Qingchun said: "What I'm begging you for is not only to maintain the evening festival, but also to make new achievements. But I don't know if you have the ability to rest after a year or two." Father said: "You just say, what's the matter, don't be secretive." Qingchun said, "Xiao Tong, do you still remember that sophomore student?" Father said: "Why don't you remember, didn't you come here last time." "What's your impression of him?" "It's good. I like him very much. That child is very simple. Does he call me grandpa or uncle?" "Why is it grandpa, I am of the same generation as him!" "Oh," my father said in a daze, "he wants to come to keep me company? Is it summer vacation now? Or do you want me to give him traditional education?" Qingchun pondered how to speak: "That's right, what about him, he was expelled from the school a while ago." "Fired?" Father was shocked, "Why?" "Because he took drugs." "What?" Father immediately became serious. Qingchun knew that Xiao Tong's healthy and lively appearance made it hard for anyone to believe that he would take drugs.she says: "Dad, he is working for us. Because of work, he took heroin by mistake and became addicted. You may not know much about drugs. You can become addicted to pure heroin once. After the school found out, he was expelled." Father was stunned, as if he thought all this was so incredible, "Then you should go to his school and explain to the school, won't his future be ruined now?" Qingchun didn't know how to explain this process clearly, she could only explain simply: "He works for us is top secret, it's not good for his safety to tell it, and now the top priority is to let him quit the drug. If he can't quit the drug, don't tell him Future, even life is not guaranteed.” Father didn't interrupt, he was listening. Qingchun said: "We sent him to the drug rehabilitation center. The physical drug addiction has been given up, and it will take a long time to get rid of the psychological drug addiction. This requires an environment where someone takes care of him, supervises him, and educates him. But his parents are both abroad, and he is alone in Beijing. If he comes out of the drug rehabilitation center and goes home alone, once something unhappy happens to him, or those small drug dealers come to him again, he will most likely die. Will relapse..." "You mean, let him come to our house and let me keep him, don't you?" The father took her text.She stared at her father's expression, which was noncommittal, which was his usual style when he talked about serious matters. She nodded: "Yes." The father lowered his head, took out a cigarette, wanted to smoke, but didn't light it, and raised his head and asked, "When will he come?" Qingchun was overjoyed: "Did you agree?" My father said: "I can try it. I heard that drug addiction is very difficult to quit. If others can't do it, I can't guarantee it. I can only say try." Qingchun said forgetfully: "On behalf of myself and our criminal police team, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and salute to you!" Her father pointed at her: "You, you can use all the people around you to serve your criminal police team. He went to college well, why do you have to drag him out to do this." Qingchun did not refute.In any case, her father accepted the task, which relieved her a lot.That night, she and her father carefully discussed Xiao Tong's future arrangements, from daily life to study and entertainment, to ideological education.My father said let him live in the same room with me, is he afraid of me snoring? On the second morning, she reported this idea to the director, who agreed in principle.The director also said that the longest period of detoxification in the country without relapse is only a girl from Guangdong, who has been in drug addiction for three years and is still half a year away from the international standard for complete abstinence.Now even the National Narcotics Control Committee is paying close attention to her, and has been following her up. If your father has the ability to make Xiao Tong completely free from psychological drug addiction, it will not only save a drug addict, but will also be of great help to the drug rehabilitation work in the whole of China. A very meaningful example that can be recorded in history.Later, Qingchun learned the director's words from his father, and his father didn't change his face. He said that's good, there is no example of complete success in the whole country, and I will retreat when the time comes .But Qingchun could tell that what he said was actually deeply encouraged in his heart. Only Li Chunqiang expressed clear reservations about this matter.He even proposed a replacement plan for Qingchun: let Xiaotong live in his own home.He said that my parents are idle at home now, so it's perfectly fine to let them do this. Qingji said, Captain, what are you afraid of?Do you have no confidence in my dad?Li Chunqiang said no, I have no confidence in you.Qingchun turned her face away and said, let's not talk about it.Li Chunqiang didn't shrink back this time, his tone was calm, but his meaning was aggressive: Qingchun, can you tell me that what you did to Xiao Tong was purely because of work or because of some personal feelings? Qingchun was silent for a long time before replying in the same calm tone: "This is my responsibility. He has worked for us, and I am responsible for him, so I have this responsibility." Li Chunqiang said: "I remember you told me that you are the best in the criminal police team. I admit that you have been excellent in the past, and I hope you will always be like this in the future!" After a pause, he said: "The best criminal police He is loyal to his post, and his personal feelings cannot shake him!" Qingchun said, "Yes, that's what I want to tell you too." She didn't want to argue with Li Chunqiang again. She drove to pick up Xiaotong. When she arrived at the drug rehabilitation center, under the arrangement of the director, she first had a talk with Xiao Tong.She first asked Xiao Tong, do you really want to go out?Xiao Tong said, really want to.She said, but your drug addiction has not been eradicated. Unless you promise me a few conditions, you must stay here.Xiao Tong said, what condition?She said that after you go out, you must continue to rehab under the supervision of designated personnel.I asked the leader for instructions to let you live in my house and let my father be your guardian. Do you agree?Xiao Tong didn't believe it, and lived in your house?Qingchun said, if you disagree, we can choose another place for you and choose another guardian.Then you have to wait here patiently.Xiao Tong cheered repeatedly, no, no, no, I agree, I agree, but he still doesn't believe it, do you really want me to live in your house?Qingchun said, my family can take you in, but you must promise that everything will be arranged by my father, including where to go, what books to read, who to hang out with, what time to get up and go to bed every day, when to exercise and when to eat. Medicine, in short, everything in life, must obey orders.If you can't do it, forget it and stay here. In fact, it's better if you stay here.Xiao Tong repeatedly promised: I can do it, I will definitely do it, I promise you! Qingchun smiled and said, "Okay, now you can go back with me." Xiao Tong almost jumped up: "Now? Let's go now?" Qingchun said, "Bring your things." Xiao Tong jumped up like a spring and ran back to the dormitory.In the blink of an eye, he took out all his luggage, and the exit procedures were not too complicated. Soon the director and the guards in charge of him sent them out of the drug rehabilitation center, and they were routine but kindly exhorted. I said a few words to Xiao Tong. They bid farewell to the director and the young guard, got into the car, Qingchun didn't start, she looked at Xiao Tong, and said softly: "You should, give me a promise too, give me!" Xiao Tong asked, "What guarantee do you want?" Qingchun's voice was still very soft, but extremely clear: "I want you to never take drugs again!" Xiao Tong's tears rolled in his eyes, he said: "Okay, I promise!" This seems to be a covenant between two people, a reward, a promise.The two stared at each other for a long time, communicating determination and trust with their eyes.Qingchun said, "Let's go, come home with me!" This is a late autumn and early winter morning.It is rare to have such a cloudless, blue sky in the whole autumn.In the suburbs of Beijing, the most spectacular thing is the highway, which is as wide as a Tongya and as straight as an arrow.The tall willows on the two wings line the road.They opened the car windows and drove quickly on the open road, letting the breeze blow in their ears and hair.Looking at the blue sky surrounded by trees forming a long straight river, their moods were also very clear.Xiao Tong's excitement was beyond words.He chatted and laughed loudly with Qingchun, commented on every scene along the way, and lost himself in the clear sky, green trees, and the freedom he suddenly found like a child. In order to meet Xiaotong and meet this mission with world significance, his father made serious preparations.The room was rearranged, a single bed was built for Xiao Tong, a bedside lamp was added, a drawer was specially made for him in the desk, a corresponding space was made in the closet, and new toiletries were prepared .His father was a very meticulous person in life. Not only did he make preparations and arrangements for his life, but he also produced a lot of learning materials for drug rehabilitation, including books such as drug rehabilitation knowledge and international drug rehabilitation treatment guides that Qingchun helped him find, as well as There are some such as psychology.Books such as travel introductions have made detailed material and knowledge preparations for future monitoring and treatment, as well as entertainment and life.Qingchun thought that the older generation of former cadres was like this. They were highly responsible and serious in their work, and they couldn't accept it. Xiaotong seems to be very adaptable to life in this new home.Daily life in the morning and evening, three meals a day, are very regular.Dad gets up with him every day and goes out for a run.The two cook and eat together. After the meal, as usual, Xiao Tong washes the dishes and his father wipes the table.Most of the day is spent reading.His father asked Xiao Tong to read legal books and encouraged him to continue his university studies at home.When Qingchun came back in the evening, everyone had dinner together, watched TV together, commented on the programs on TV together, sighed together when they encountered good ones, and ridiculed together when they encountered bad ones. Their views were often surprisingly consistent, but Xiao Tong’s words were more sharp Biased.At ten o'clock every night, my father ordered to turn off the TV, wash up and go to bed.Of course, except for particularly good programs, it can be extended to eleven o'clock appropriately. His father did not neglect Xiao Tong's political education and ideological work.The designated "news broadcast" must be watched, and major events at home and abroad must be understood.He also took him to the cinema to watch a domestic blockbuster "The Opium War" made by Xie Jin, which counted as positive education.When he talked with Xiao Tong, he never mentioned the word drug use, nor did he mention anything related to drugs.In this regard, there has never been a single positive accusation or sideways insinuation.Qingchun believes that from a psychological point of view, it is certainly not unreasonable for my father to do so. What father and Xiao Tong talked about most was personal morality and dealing with others, and they talked about the rules of life.For example, he said to Xiao Tong, Qingchun is several years older than you, you should not call her by her first name, at least you should call her elder sister, and you should be polite even if you know him well. Tiao turned a deaf ear. Often, his father would take Xiaotong out on a bicycle or take a car for an outing.In the first week, they went to Cherry Valley at the foot of Shouan Mountain and "Glacier Scratch" near Fahai Temple in the western suburbs.My father used to be a geologist, and he could talk endlessly about the crust going out to sea due to the "Yanshan Movement" 100 million years ago; about the ice and snow cover around Beijing hundreds of thousands of years ago; The soul-stirring scratches left by the annual glaciers on the mountain when they advance and retreat.He can recite Li Siguang's poems aloud: "Where is the human being? The stone trace is Geng Qianqiu." Xiao Tong didn't know whether he was not interested or his eyes were hard to open. He said, "Uncle, where are the glacier scratches? I can't see anything. Ah." My father then used the kettle he drank, and slowly poured a pot of clear water along the slope to the brown bedrock under his feet.The water flowed down, and the traces of the glaciers were clearly displayed.He said that this is the method used by the famous geologist Li Siguang when he was looking for scratches. Qingchun is satisfied with his father's intentions and methods, and Xiaotong's obedience and cooperation.Xiao Tong didn't spend much time with her alone, occasionally when his father was away for a while, Xiao Tong would come over and say some kind words to her.But Qingchun still paid attention to the distance.She didn't want Xiao Tong's dreams to be shattered, and he was disappointed about the future, so as to affect his mentality of drug rehabilitation; she also didn't want to make a premature choice between him and Li Chunqiang.She thought, now is not the time to make up her mind to talk about love. Sometimes she even has a wish: Li Chunqiang and Xiao Tong, why can't they become good brothers and friends.She hoped that the two men beside her, one big and one small, could establish some basic friendship, at least they could coexist peacefully, just in time: Li Chunqiang's birthday is coming soon.She thought this was an opportunity for them to get together, chat happily, and slowly build up some communication and relationship.She believes that there will always be many common interests and topics between men.So she found Li Chunqiang first, and invited him to her house for a birthday dinner in the name of her father.Li Chunqiang was very happy to think about her, but he suggested that we should go out to eat. I am always embarrassed when your father sits at your house.Besides, Xiao Tong is also living at your house now, so it's not good to call him or not during dinner. Qingchun said: "Didn't I also go to your house for dinner on my birthday? Your parents are also there, so I don't feel embarrassed." Li Chunqiang said: "Or call your father, let's go out to eat." Qingchun said: "What about Xiao Tong, he can't leave people." Li Chunqiang remained silent and did not express his opinion. Qingchun said: "Compared to him, you are considered a big brother, so can't your mind be wider?" Li Chunqiang said in a low mood: "You can decide how to arrange it. Anyway, I hope to be with you and have a happy birthday." Qingchun breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.For Li Chunqiang, she believes that her smile can conquer everything.She asked with a smile: "What do you want to eat for your birthday? I'll prepare it."