Chapter 23 twenty two

Xiangzi forgot where he was going.He held his head high, held the handlebar tightly with both hands, and strode forward with bright eyes; he just cared about walking, regardless of the direction and destination. He was happy in his heart and relaxed, as if he had sprayed all the bad luck since he married Hu Niu on Fourth Master Liu.He forgot the cold, forgot to make deals, he just wanted to move forward, as if wherever he went, he would be able to find his original self, that unencumbered, pure, strong, hard-working Xiangzi.Thinking of the black shadow standing in the alley, that old man, it seems that there is no need to say anything, defeating Liu Si is defeating everything.Although he didn't punch or kick the old man, the old man lost his only relative, but Xiangzi was at ease; who said this wasn't retribution!If the old man is not angry, he must be close to death!Old man Liu has everything, Xiangzi has nothing; now, Xiangzi can happily pull the cart, but the old man can't even find his daughter's grave!Well, as you old man has piles of foreign money, and a big temper, you can't accept this poor man who is full of two in a day!

The more he thinks about it, the happier he is. He really wants to sing a few words loudly, so that the world can hear this triumphant song-Xiangzi is alive again, Xiangzi has won!The night air shaves his face, he doesn't feel cold, but happy.The street lamps shone coldly, and Xiangzi felt a fever in his heart. There were lights everywhere, illuminating his future.I haven't smoked for a long time, and I don't want to smoke anymore. Since then, I won't stop smoking and drinking. Xiangzi will start another business again, and continue to work hard to improve himself. I defeated Liu Si today and forever; Liu Si's curse is enough to teach Xiangzi to be more successful possible.Spit out a bad breath, and Xiangzi will breathe fresh air forever.Look at your hands and feet, isn't Xiangzi still very young?Xiangzi will be young forever, teaching Hu Niu to die, Liu Si to die, but Xiangzi is alive, happy, strong, and alive—the wicked will be punished and all will die, the soldier who robbed his car, Mrs. Yang who refused to feed the servant Hu Niu who deceived him and oppressed him, Liu Si who despised him, Detective Sun who cheated him of money, Grandma Chen who fooled him, Mrs. Xia who seduced him...all died, only loyal Xiangzi lived, forever!

"But, Xiangzi, you have to work hard from now on!" He told himself. "Why don't you do it well? I have ambition, strength, and young age!" He defended himself, "I feel relieved, who can stop Xiangzi from starting a family? Can be happy, who can not slip down? That's all over, tomorrow you will see a new Xiangzi, even better than the previous one, much better!" Muttering in my mouth, the soles of my feet became more vigorous, as if to testify to my own words--I'm not talking nonsense, I do have a body.What does it matter if you have suffered from illness and suffered from the symptoms of looking down upon others?As soon as the heart changes, the body will immediately become stronger, no problem!Sweating all over, feeling thirsty in his mouth and wanting to drink, he realized that he had reached the back door.He didn't care about going to the teahouse, so he put his car in the "parking place" west of the city gate, called a tea seller who was carrying a big earthen pot and a yellow sand bowl, and drank two bowls of tea that was like washing pot water; It was very bad, but he told himself that he would have to drink it all the time in the future, and he could no longer spend all his money on good tea and food.It's a good decision, just eat something—something that is not easy to swallow—as the beginning of a new life of hard work.He bought ten pan-fried buns, which were full of cabbage pieces inside and "skinned" and gritty on the outside.Swallow them no matter how unpalatable they are.After eating, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.Where are you going?

In his heart, there are only two people who he can go to and rely on.In order to work hard to improve himself, he has to find these two——Little Fuzi and Mr. Cao.Mr. Cao is a "sage", and he must be able to forgive him, help him, and give him a good idea.Follow Mr. Cao's idea to do things, and then have the help of Xiao Fuzi; he will fight outside, and she will fight inside, it will be successful, it will be successful, there is no doubt about it! Who knows if Mr. Cao has come back?It doesn't matter, he will go to Beichang Street tomorrow to inquire; if he can't inquire there, he will go to Zuo Zhai to inquire. As long as he can find Mr. Cao, everything will be easy to handle.Alright, let’s go to spend the night today, and go to Mr. Cao tomorrow; after finding him, go to Xiaofuzi again, and tell her the good news: Xiangzi didn’t do well, but he decided to do well, and we will work together Go ahead!

With such a plan, his eyes were as bright as the eyes of an eagle, and he shot around with light. When he saw a seat, he seemed to run over there, and took off his big cotton jacket before he could negotiate a price.When he started running, his legs were indeed not the same as before, but a gust of heat supported his whole body, and he tried his best!Xiangzi is Xiangzi in the end, and Xiangzi runs desperately, but there is still no one else's share.When he saw one, he drove one, as if he had lost his mind.Sweat flowed out happily.After a run, he felt much lighter on his body, and his legs regained that kind of elasticity, and he wanted to run again, like a famous horse kicking its hooves after standing still.He ran until one o'clock at night before collecting the car.Back at the factory, besides the car, he also left more than 90 cents.

When he woke up, he slept until dawn; turned over and opened his eyes again, the sun was already up.Resting after fatigue is the sweetest enjoyment. When I got up and stretched my waist, my joints made a crisp sound, my stomach seemed to be completely empty, and I desperately wanted to eat something. After eating something, he smiled and told the factory owner: "Take a day off, I have something to do." He calculated in his mind: Take a day off, get things done, and start a new life tomorrow. He kept running to Beichang Street to try it out, in case Mr. Cao had already returned.While walking, I prayed in my heart: Mr. Cao must come back, don't teach me to rush!If the first thing doesn't go well, everything doesn't go right!Xiangzi has changed, isn't God blessed?

When he got outside Cao's house, he rang the bell with trembling hands.Waiting for someone to open the door, his heart would jump out.For this familiar door, he didn't care about everything in the past, he only hoped that when the door opened, he would see a familiar face.He waited, he wondered that maybe there was no one in the yard, otherwise why was it so quiet, so quiet that it was almost scary.Suddenly there was a sound in the door, which surprised him.The door opened, and the sound of the door was filled with the most precious, most affectionate and lovely "Yo!" Gao Mama!

"Xiangzi? It's so rare! Why have you lost weight?" Gao Ma has gained some weight. "Mister is at home?" Xiangzi didn't care to say anything else. "I'm at home. It's good for you, you know there is a gentleman, as if we don't know each other! You don't even ask for a friend! You are really good, you will always be a guest (coward) carpenter-a saw (sentence)! Come in Right! Are you doing well?" She asked as she walked in. "Hmph! Not good!" Xiangzi smiled. "Then what, sir," Gao Ma called out from outside the study, "Xiangzi is here!"

Mr. Cao is moving the narcissus in the house with the sunlight: "Come in!" "Hey, go in, let's talk later; I'll tell my wife; we miss you all the time! A fool has a karma, don't look at it!" Gao Ma walked in nagging. Xiangzi entered the study: "Sir, I'm here!" He wanted to say hello, but he didn't say it. "Ah, Xiangzi!" Mr. Cao was standing in his study, wearing a short jacket, with a strangely Shanjing smile on his face. "Sit down! Then—" He thought for a while: "We came back a long time ago. I heard from Lao Cheng that you are—yes, Renhe Factory. Gao Ma also went to find you, but she couldn't find you. Sit down Go! How are you? Are things all right?"

Xiangzi's tears were about to fall.He will not talk to others, because his words are made of blood, nestled deep in his heart.After calming down for a long time, he wanted to pour out the simple words that the blood had turned into.Everything is in the memory, and he can think of everything as soon as he thinks about it. He has to slowly arrange and tidy them up.He wants to tell a living history. Although he doesn't know the meaning of it, the string of grievances is real and clear. Seeing that he was thinking, Mr. Cao sat down gently, waiting for him to speak. Xiangzi lowered his head in a daze for a long time, then suddenly raised his head to look at Mr. Cao, as if if he couldn't find anyone to listen to what he was talking about, it would be fine if he didn't speak.

"Speak!" Mr. Cao nodded. Xiangzi began to talk about the past, starting with how he got from the countryside to the city.I didn't want to talk about these useless things, but if I didn't talk about them, I couldn't feel happy, and things were obviously not complete.His memory is made of blood, sweat and pain, he can't just talk about it casually, and he doesn't want to cut the beginning and the end when he talks about it.Every drop of sweat, every drop of blood flows out of life, so every thing has value worth talking about. When he came to the city, he did hard work, and then changed his job to pull a cart.How to save money to buy a car, how to lose it... all the way to his current situation.Even he himself wondered why he could speak so long and so freely.Things, one after another, all want to jump out of my heart.Things seem to find their own words, one sentence after another, each sentence is true, lovely, and sad.His heart couldn't stop those things from going out, so he couldn't stop his words.Without any hesitation or confusion, he seemed to take out his whole heart in one breath.The more you talk, the happier you are, and you forget yourself, because you are wrapped in those words, and there is him in every sentence, the one who is strong, wronged, hard, and depraved.After he finished speaking, his head was covered with sweat, and his heart felt empty and comfortable, as empty and comfortable as if he had fainted and broke out in cold sweat. "Now teach me to give you advice?" Mr. Cao asked. Xiangzi nodded; having finished speaking, he seemed unwilling to open his mouth any more. "Do you still have to pull the car?" Xiangzi nodded again.He won't do anything else. "Since we have to pull the cart," Mr. Cao said slowly, "there are two ways to get out. One is to pool money to buy a cart, and the other is to rent a cart to pull it temporarily, isn't it? If you have no savings in your hands, borrowing money to buy a car and earning interest is not the same?It's better to rent a car first.It's better to get a monthly subscription, things are heavy, and food and lodging depend on the plate.I think you can come back to me; I sold my car to Mr. Zuo, if you want to come, you have to rent one; okay? " "That's great!" Xiangzi stood up. "Don't you remember that, sir?" "What's going on?" "That time, both husband and wife ran to the left house!" "Ouch!" Mr. Cao laughed. "Who remembers that! That time, I was a little panicked. I lived in Shanghai with my wife for a few months, but I don’t need it. Mr. Zuo has already agreed that Ruan Ming is also an official now, and he treats me well.Well, probably you don't know that; come on, I don't remember it at all.Let’s talk about ours again: what about the little Fuzi you mentioned just now? " "I have no idea!" "Let me think about it for you: if you marry her, renting a room outside is still not worth it; rent, coal lamps and charcoal fires are all money, not enough. How could it be so coincidental that she followed you to work, you Pulling the cart, she is a maid, so it is not easy to find! This is not easy!" Mr. Cao shook his head. "Don't worry too much, is she reliable or not?" Xiangzi's face turned red, and he choked for a long time before he could say: "She had no choice but to do that. I dare to lower my head. She is very good! She..." His heart was in a mess: many different emotions condensed into a ball , and suddenly it was about to split open, and they all ran out; he was speechless. "If that's the case," Mr. Cao said hesitantly, "unless I can accommodate you here. You will occupy a room alone, and you two will also occupy a room; there will be no problem with where you live. I don't know. If she can do something, let her help Gao Ma; his wife will have a baby soon, and Gao Ma is too busy by herself. She eats my food for nothing, I But you don't even pay her, what do you think?" "That's great!" Xiangzi smiled innocently. "However, I can't completely decide this, I have to discuss it with my wife!" "That's right! Ma'am, don't worry, I'll bring her and show my wife!" "That's good," Mr. Cao also smiled, never expecting Xiangzi to have such a heart. "Let's go on, let me mention it to my wife first, and you can bring her another day; if my wife nods, we will be considered a success!" "Then sir, shall I go?" Xiangzi hurriedly went to Xiao Fuzi to report the good news that he had never even dared to hope for. It was about eleven o'clock when Xiangzi left Cao's house, which was the loveliest time of the day in winter.This day is particularly sunny and beautiful, there is no cloud in the blue sky, and the sun shines down from the dry and cool air, which makes people feel some refreshing warmth.The crowing of chickens, the barking of dogs, and the yelling of vendors can be heard far away, and some loud and crisp sounds can be heard across the street, like cranes falling from the sky.All the rickshaws had their cloth sheds opened, and the brass work on them gleamed yellow.Camels are walking slowly and steadily on the sidewalk, cars and trams are galloping in the middle of the street, people and horses are passing by on the ground, and white pigeons are flying in the sky. , are covered under the clear blue sky, and trees stand quietly everywhere. Xiangzi's heart was about to jump out, and he flew straight into the air, circling with the white pigeons!I have everything: things, wages, little blessing, everything was settled satisfactorily in a few words, I never thought of it!Look at how sunny and dry the sky is, just like the people in the north.When a person meets a happy event, even the weather improves. He seems to have never seen such a lovely Dongqing.In order to express his happiness more practically, he bought a frozen persimmon, and after one bite, his mouth was full of icicles!The cold that pierced his teeth gradually spread from his mouth to his chest, making him tremble all over.After eating it in a few mouthfuls, my tongue felt a little numb, and my heart felt comfortable.He strode away to find Xiao Fuzi.He has already seen that courtyard, that hut, and his beloved in his heart; only a pair of wings are needed to send him there.As long as I see her, everything in the past can be written off, and a new world will be created from now on.The urgency at this moment surpassed that when he went to see Mr. Cao. The relationship between Mr. Cao and him is that of friends, master and servant, and they exchange favors for each other.She is not only a friend, she will give her life to him, and two people in hell will wipe away tears and walk hand in hand with smiles on their faces.Mr. Cao's words can move him, and Xiao Fuzi can move him without words.He told Mr. Cao the truth, and he was going to say something more intimate to Xiao Fuzi, and he could tell her what he couldn't say to anyone. She, now, was his life, and nothing would matter without her.He can't just work hard for his own food and drink, he must rescue her from that hut, and then live with him in a clean and warm room, as happy, decent, and affectionate as a pair of birds!She can ignore Er Qiangzi or the two younger brothers, she must come to help Xiangzi.Er Qiangzi could have earned his own food, and the two younger brothers could have managed to pull a car together, or do other things; Xiangzi, I can't do without her.His body, spirit, work, there is no place that does not need her.She also needs a man like him. The more he thought about it, the more anxious and happy he became; there are many women in the world, and none of them are as good and suitable as Xiao Fuzi!He has married, he has stolen; he has seen the beautiful and the ugly, the old and the young; but they are not in his heart, they are only women, not companions.It was true that she was not the innocent girl in his mind, but it was because of this that she was more pitiful and able to help him.That idiot-like country girl may be very innocent, but she will never have the skills and mentality of Xiao Fuzi.Besides, what about himself?There are also many black spots in my heart!Then, he and she are exactly a pair, neither tall nor short, like a pair of jars with broken grains, both of which can hold water, they are placed in the same place. No matter how you think about it, it's the most appropriate thing to do.After thinking about this, he began to think about some practical things: first pay Mr. Cao one month's wages, buy her a padded gown, arrange her shoes, and then take her to see Mrs. Cao.Putting on a new, plain long cotton gown, her head and feet are clean, just based on her appearance, age, and demeanor, she will definitely be able to show it off, and she will definitely please Mrs. Cao.That's right! When he got there, he was covered in sweat.When I saw the broken gate, it was as if I saw a hometown I hadn’t been back for many years: the broken door, the broken wall, and the few dry yellow grasses on the gate tower were all very cute.He entered the gate and ran straight to Xiao Fuzi's house.Without bothering to knock on the door or call out, he pulled the door open.As soon as he opened the door, he retreated instinctively.A middle-aged woman was sitting on the kang. Because there was no fire in the house, she was wrapped in a very torn quilt.Xiangzi was stunned outside the door, and there was a voice in the room: "What's the matter! Where to report the funeral?Why don't you just walk into other people's houses without saying a word? !Who are you looking for? " Xiangzi didn't want to talk.The sweat on his body suddenly dripped down, holding on to the broken door, he didn't dare to give up all his hopes: "I'm looking for Xiaofuzi!" "I don't know! When you're looking for someone tomorrow, ask first before you open the door! What a little lucky boy!" Sitting at the gate, he was stunned for a long time, his heart was empty, and he forgot what he was doing.Gradually he remembered something, this point was only as big as little Fuzi, little Fuzi walked up and down in his heart, like a paper figurine on a revolving lantern, always walking back and forth, it was useless, he seemed to have forgotten him relationship with her.Gradually, Xiao Fuzi's figure shrank a bit, and his heart became more active.Only then did I know the sadness. When you are not allowed to know the good or bad of something, people always think about the good first.Xiangzi guessed that maybe Xiao Fuzi moved, but there was no major change.I'm not good, why don't I visit her more often?Shame makes people move, so that they can make up for their mistakes.Best to ask first.He went into the compound again and asked an old neighbor who lived there.Didn't get any good news.He didn't dare to be disappointed, he didn't even care about eating, he wanted to find Er Qiangzi; it was fine to find the two younger brothers.These three men are always on the street, so it is not difficult to find them. He asked people when he saw them. He walked on the carriageway, in teahouses, and in courtyards. He walked with his legs for a day and asked for a day, but there was no news. In the evening, when he returned to the depot, he was extremely tired, but he still refused to forget the incident.After a day of disappointment, he didn't dare to look forward to anything.A bitter person is easy to die, and a bitter person is easy to be forgotten after death.Could it be that little Fuzi is gone?Taking a step back, even if she didn't die, it is possible that Er Qiangzi would sell her to a faraway place; this is worse than death! Tobacco and alcohol became his friends again.How can you think without smoking?How can you stop thinking if you are not drunk? ① Skin, not burnt. ②The teeth are gritty, the bad surface is impure, and it feels like biting sand when eating.