Chapter 40 20

Tsui Hark and Xiao Jun sat face to face in the innermost corner of a restaurant, and there were three or five plates of cold dishes on the small square table. Tsui Hark said: "This is the last supper." He raised his glass. Xiaojun hurriedly asked: "Brother, do you... want to die?... Don't let yourself get over it! As the saying goes, if you leave green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. You can start from scratch!" Tsui Hark put down his glass: "Start from scratch? It's not easy. However, I won't commit suicide. I mean...we should break up!"

Xiaojun said: "I won't break up with you..." Tsui Hark said: "It's up to you, I won't hire you anymore. I can't afford to hire you either. I even lost all my capital to start from scratch. This can fool others, but not you." Xiaojun said: "Then I won't break up with you either! I want to share weal and woe with you..." She took off the rings, earrings, and necklaces from her fingers, ears, and neck, held them with a handkerchief, and put them together in front of Tsui Hark: "These are all belongings outside the body. Besides, I earned your money to buy them. You take them." Let’s make money! Brother, a man can’t get up after a fall! I’m willing to help you in the same boat. Let’s start from scratch! Huh?”

Tsui Hark was very touched and said: "Xiao Jun, there are not many girls as benevolent and righteous as you. I was your boss. It is my luck..." He pushed the gold jewelry back in front of her and ordered: "You put it on for me!" Xiaojun said stubbornly: "No! Since I took it off, I won't put it on again!" "If you don't wear it, I will be angry!" "You love life or not." "I'm going to be angry, I'm leaving!" "Love can't go away." Tsui Hark stood up, pushed the chair away without hesitation. Xiaojun held him beggingly: "Brother..."

Tsui Hark said sharply, "Put it on!" Xiaojun had to put them on one by one. Tsui Hark sat down again and continued to chat: "Xiao Jun, how am I treating you?" "Okay..." Xiaojun turned his face away, weeping. Tsui Hark said, "The truth?" Xiaojun nodded slightly: "Yes." Tsui Hark asked, "I haven't... done anything frivolous to you, have I?" Xiaojun shook his head slightly, fell on the table and cried. Tsui Hark raised his glass and drank it down: "Of course, I'm not a sage, and I don't want to be a gentleman. To you, I admit, I have had that fucking idea more than once."

Xiaojun slowly looked up at him. Tsui Hark filled his glass with wine again, drank it down again, and then asked, "Answer me with the truth again, have you guarded against me?" Xiaojun shook his head. "why?" "I don't think you will..." "You think... I can't?" Tsui Hark didn't know what to say, he waved his hand to call for the waiter, ordered another pint of beer, drank it directly in a big glass, drank half of it in one go, wiped his mouth and said, " It is precisely because of you that you never had any intention of guarding against me, thinking that I would never know how to do it, so every time I think badly about you, every time I find out, I let you go. But you don't feel anything... You have to remember, for a beautiful girl, it is considered good if a man can do what I do. From now on, no matter which man you are employed by, no matter how good that man is to you, except that he is determined to marry you, and you And willing... Otherwise, you have to guard against him for three-pointers all the time..."

Xiaojun seemed to be listening attentively. Tsui Hark became more and more drunk: "It's time to break up, and I don't have any gifts for you as a souvenir. These words are my parting words." Xiaojun said, "Anyway, I won't break up with you." Tsui Hark said with a straight face: "Listen! As I said just now, this is the last supper. I hope you will disappear from my presence tomorrow. Do you understand?" "don't know." "You have to understand if you don't understand, and I don't intend to marry you. What are you planning for me? Maybe one day I will think about it again, and I can't control myself. It's too late for you to regret it."

"I do not regret." "Nonsense! I just hope that no matter where you are in the future, when you occasionally think of me, just say hello to me in your heart. If someone asks me how Tsui Hark treats you, you have to tell them truthfully: he treats me well. , I had countless bad thoughts, but after all, I didn’t put them into action. If you tell them like this, you will be considered neither praise nor derogatory, objective, and seek truth from facts, right? I’m a person who doesn’t like flattery by nature I am naturally unwilling to be derogated by others. If you dare to belittle me to others, I will definitely find you and seriously... settle accounts with you. "

Tsui Hark raised his glass again. Xiaojun tearfully said: "Brother, don't drink. You forced me to disappear in front of you tomorrow morning. At this moment...is there no serious thing worth saying to me?" "What I said...are...serious words! Not serious words, I...can I...speak to you!" At this time, two men walked in.One of them is the man who once competed with Tsui Hark to buy the owl in the market, and the other is the young man who sold him the owl, the role of employee or rusher.They found Xu Hark and Xiao Jun, the man winked at the young man, and the young man walked up to Xu Hark and Xiao Jun knowingly.

The young man said provocatively: "Master Xu, where are you looking for peace and quiet here?" Tsui Hark looked at him and said, "What's the matter? Even you, kid, are starting to make fun of me? Everyone pushes the wall down?" The young man said: "Where is it, you made it hard for us to find it! We never imagined that you would be reduced to such a situation, patronizing such an inconspicuous little shop." Tsui Hark: "Tell me what's going on! When you're done talking, hurry up...fuck off!" The young man squinted and said, "Actually, I'm not looking for you..." He pointed at Xiaojun, "I'm looking for her."

Xiaojun glared at him and said, "I don't know you, why do you want me?" "You don't know me, but you must know him..." The young man pointed at the man standing at the door again. Tsui Hark and Xiaojun looked at the door at the same time. Tsui Hark understood: "Oh, so you worked for that kid!" Afraid of accidents, Xiaojun hurriedly said: "I have never had any contact with your boss. Brother, let's go." After finishing speaking, he stood up. Tsui Hark held her down: "Sit down for me." Xiaojun sat down hesitantly. Tsui Hark said to the young man: "Since that kid has something to say, let him come over and say it. Don't bother you to spread the word from him."

The young man said, "It's nothing to me. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to you?" Tsui Hark said: "There is no inconvenience. I am still her boss, and in some respects, I can still represent her." "Is—is it? Well, let me say—" the young man turned to Xiaojun and said, "Our boss wants to hire you." Looking at Tsui Hark, he said, "No matter how much he pays you every month, our boss will I am willing to give you five hundred more." Xiaojun said angrily: "Tell him, he can't afford me!" The man strode over, pretending to be a tycoon: "How much money do you want every month, make a price!" The young man also came up and said: "That's right, let's make a price, and the two sides will have a target." Xiaojun sneered contemptuously. The man said: "As long as I really like it, I will get it for any price!" He stared at Tsui Hark and said, "That owl, you made me fall. Today we will report Pay me back, and I will take this piece of bedding from you! Little girl, please make an offer. As long as you are willing to use more than one item, I don’t care about money. When you spend it, can you spend it generously?" As the man said, he sat down between Xu Hark and Xiaojun: "He has been seriously injured, his reputation has been ruined, and the show is over! Why are you still hesitating?" Xiaojun slowly picked up the wine glass and poured the wine down the man's crotch. The man became angry with embarrassment: "You!" He stood up suddenly. Tsui Hark also stood up: "Don't get excited. Your evil fire is rising, so I have to cool you down." As he said, with an elegant gesture, he only used two fingers to watch the other party's collar, and poured the wine from the other party's neckline.The other party punched Tsui Hark fiercely, Tsui Hark dodged alertly, smashed a beer bottle on the table as a weapon and gestured: "Come on, come on, you two go up together!" Xiao Jun took the opportunity to sneak behind Xu Ke. At this moment, Han Debao opened the door and came in: "It's from the Public Security Bureau! Be honest with me!" Tsui Hark's hand holding the broken wine bottle dropped. Han Debao pointed at Xu Ke and Xiaojun: "You! And you! Come with me! Go!" Han Debao pushed Xu Hark and Xiaojun away.The owner of the restaurant chased him out of the counter and yelled, "Hey, hey, they haven't settled the bill yet!" Han Debao turned around and pointed at the man: "He tied the knot!" The man said: "Why should I tie the knot!" Han Debao said sharply: "You disturb other people's normal business! Why don't you come with me too!" The man didn't dare to express any objection. Han Debao pushed Xu Hark and Xiaojun out.He took Tsui Hark and Xiaojun to a secluded place, turned around and suddenly slapped Tsui Hark twice, and then said, "Should you slap?" Tsui Hark said shamelessly, "I...I'm drunk..." "Then it looks like you're awake now! Have you thought about it? Zhenqing came out on the front foot. If you go in on the back foot, will I, Han Debao, still have the ability to rescue you?" Tsui Hark said drunkenly, "There is..." "There's a fart!" Han Debao said to Xiaojun, "I'm handing him over to you now! You have to send him home to me! Don't make any trouble on the way!" Xiaojun supported Xu Hark: "Brother, let's go..." Xu Hark took two staggering steps and almost fell, Xiaojun held him tightly. "Stop!" Han Debao shouted from behind.Xiaojun supported Tsui Hark to stop. Han Debao asked: "Do you have money?" Xiao Jun stood stiffly: "Yes." Han Debao said: "Listen, I have seen a lot of young ladies like you! If you dare to corrupt my brother, I can't spare you! You have three days to leave this place." City! Otherwise, I will take you in for the crime of fleeing! Stinky brat!" He walked away angrily.Xiao Jun supported Tsui Hark who was standing still and still stood there stiffly. It wasn't until very late that Xiaojun helped the drunk Tsui Hark to the door of the house, and his roar spread from the first floor to the third floor: "Zhenqing, I, Tsui Hark, am sorry for you!" Then he sang again: A door opened, and the old lady who had persuaded the fight at Xu Ke's house came out, and happened to see Xiaojun helping the crooked Tsui Hark upstairs.Xiaojun smiled awkwardly at the old lady. The old lady said: "Is it you? Who am I?" Tsui Hark said vaguely, "I...can't sing well?" "Okay...the singing is good." "No... okay! My mother... is gone, I... shouldn't sing this..." Xiaojun pushed and tugged him up another floor. The old lady craned her neck to look up at them.Xiao Jun finally helped Xu Hark into the house, Xu Har fell on his back on the bed, and dragged Xiao Jun down, Xiao Jun got up from the bed, mixed a basin of warm water, wrung a towel, cleaned Xu Ke's face, and then helped him Slippers, socks off, clothes off... Xiao Jun was filled with endless grievances, and she shed tears... Tsui Hark fell asleep on the bed. Xiaojun wrote a message on the table: "Brother, I'm leaving, we will have seven (periods) in the future, you have to be careful (heavy), I wish you a good chicken (auspicious) star..." From the typo on the paper It can be seen that the cultural level of this beautiful girl is really limited. Tsui Hark suddenly muttered in his dream: "Xiao Jun...Xiao Jun, you can't leave...We are in the same boat...to make a comeback..." Xiao Jun turned to look at him and rubbed the note. Early in the morning, a foot-tall "Calling Time Doll" beside the bed yelled in a strange voice: "Wake up! Get up!" "He" yelled twice, and "little dick" actually vomited "piss". "Urine" sprinkled on Tsui Hark's face, he woke up suddenly, and found that Xiaojun was sleeping on the same bed with him, and he was hugged by him, which surprised him. He jumped out of the bed wearing only shorts, and while putting on his pants in a panic, he stared at Xiaojun like a poisonous snake coiled on the bed.Xiaojun also woke up, rubbed his eyes, and asked softly: "Do you feel better?" Tsui Hark asked, "What's going on?" Xiaojun looked around: "What's going on?" "Why the hell are you sleeping in the same bed as me!" "I... I thought you wanted to..." "I think? When did I tell you, or hint, that I wanted to do something like this with you?" Xiaojun said: "Last night, when we had the last supper, didn't you tell me that you often had... that kind of thought about me?" Tsui Hark said: "You!... Yes, I said that! That proves that I am not telling lies in front of the real person, that is to say, in front of you! It proves that I am straightforward and honest with you, and I am not Not to prove...not to prove..." He really couldn't explain clearly, "Do you understand?" Xiaojun said ignorantly, "I don't understand." Tsui Hark dragged Xiaojun, who was wearing a nightgown, off the bed and into another room, pointing to the bed and asking, "What is this?" "bed." Tsui Hark dragged the barefooted Xiao Jun to the living room, pointed to the sofa and asked, "What is this?" "sofa." Tsui Hark said: "I didn't ask you if this is a sofa! I didn't know it was a sofa! I was asking you, such a spacious and comfortable sofa, can't this be used for sleeping?" "Can." Tsui Hark: "That's it! You...why do you want to sleep on the same bed as me, eh? What kind of mind do you have?" Xiaojun said: "I don't have any other intentions... I... just have a good intention..." "Good intentions?" Tsui Hark was still holding Xiaojun's wrist until now, pushing Xiaojun to sit on the sofa. Then he barefooted and barebacked, looking for cigarettes here and there.Finding the cigarette, he jumped to sit on the table, smoking desperately while staring at Xiaojun fiercely.Xiao Jun was so wronged and humiliated that he couldn't stop crying. Tsui Hark said: "Are you trying to create a relationship between the two of us where raw rice is cooked, and then force me to marry you? But I told you clearly that I would never marry you as my wife! First, you don’t have a registered permanent residence in this city; second, you don’t have a proper job! I don’t have one anymore, so I have to, but I hope that the woman who will be my wife in the future has one; third, your culture is too low! After all, I have Junior high school education level! And it was before the 'Cultural Revolution'! That's why it deserves to be called an educated youth! I hope that the woman who will be my wife in the future has a higher education level than me. The family formed can also be a little bit of her culture! But what about you? Fourth, you are my employee, and my old father doesn’t like you. If I want to marry you, why don’t I piss my old father to death? Do you think I, Tsui Hark, have fallen? , I happen to be a pair with you? What do you think? Why don’t you even have a little bit of self-knowledge?” Xiaojun said: "I have..." "How dare you say yes!" "I have. I have no intention of forcing you to marry me." "Hmph! Then what are you planning? Before we break up, I'll give you a sum of money for personal damage?" "I... I just think you are so pitiful... After I put you down, I wanted to leave... But you are so drunk, you still call me by my name, let me help you in the same boat, make a comeback..." "I... did I come like that?" "Well. Besides... besides, I just sleep next to you in case you vomit in the middle of the night or ask for water... I don't know... I didn't do anything with you..." Xiaojun couldn't help crying.Xu Hark's heart softened, and he also began to realize that he had wronged her, so his tone softened: "Come on, don't feel wronged, and don't cry." He took out a handkerchief from his trouser pocket and threw it to her, "You mean, I ... between me and you ... between us ... there is no ... no that ... that 'that'?" Xiao Jun said: "How drunk are you, have you forgotten? What about that 'that'? It's as if I lied to you..." Tsui Hark said: "Yeah, yeah, I'm so drunk, I can't say 'that' to you, how can 'that' happen between us... I feel at ease." When he walked up to Xiaojun, he seemed to feel pity for her and wanted to caress her.But because I blamed her too much just now, and said too much, I didn't know what to do, so I retreated awkwardly, and still sat at the table. "When you helped me back last night, did you meet anyone in the building?" "Only on the third floor, I met an old lady." "What... what expression?" "She just smiled at me." "And you?" "I just smiled at her, too." Tsui Hark sighed and said: "That old lady, on the surface, she is quite friendly, you can offend her somehow. Once you offend her, your mouth will be damaged! She can't wait to see what the wind is like, but she can't help it. The whole world is making public for you.” And he said to himself, “It’s like, I’m a weasel, and I don’t actually eat chicken, but the reputation of eating chicken must be spread far and wide. This kind of thing will be washed away by jumping into the Yellow River I don't know. Now I feel a little bit at a loss." Xiaojun listened blankly and sat blankly without any response.Tsui Hark went on to say: "If there is really 'that' between us, I won't feel bad if I get criticized, but I will feel too guilty and sorry for you because I don't plan to marry you at all." He smiled wryly up. "Fuck it! It's my fault that I shouldn't have been drunk last night. I planned to break up with you last night, but I didn't realize that I slept on the same bed instead." After he finished speaking, he went into the washroom.While squeezing toothpaste on his toothbrush, he said, "Xiaojun, don't be angry with me, huh? I was impulsive, and I admit my mistake to you! Alas! Ask yourself, what I just said is not worthy of a man if……" After brushing his teeth and rinsing his mouth, he combed his hair in the mirror and continued, "I promise you, we don't have to break up anymore. The last supper last night was just yesterday's last supper. From today onwards, We are in the same boat, and two grasshoppers are tied together by one rope! We are besieged on all sides, and we must try our best to make a comeback, and we must make a comeback! At that time, we will not distinguish between bosses and employees, and you will be the second in command!" The silence in the living room surprised him. "Xiaojun, did you listen to what I said?" He walked into the living room and looked around, Xiaojun was no longer on the sofa. He stepped to the window and opened it, but Xiaojun was nowhere to be seen on the street.Tsui Hark put on his jacket in a hurry, rushed out of the house, buttoned his clothes and ran down the stairs, shouting, "Xiaojun! Xiaojun!" He met the old lady on the third floor, and the old lady smiled strangely and unpredictablely.He also gave the old lady a strange and embarrassed smile. He couldn't help but retreated upstairs again.When Tsui Hark returned home, he found the note on the table, which was the message that Xiaojun had written and rubbed last night. After reading it, he grabbed it into a ball, held it tightly in his palm, and sat on the sofa to smoke.He slammed the cigarette out in the ashtray, and then burned the paper ball with a lighter.He walked into the bedroom and stared at Xiaojun's headprint on the pillow. Frustrated, he threw himself on the bed, buried his face in the pillow, and wrapped his arms around the pillow. At this time, there was a knock on the door, and he got up sensitively: "Xiaojun, I knew you had nowhere to go, you will come back!" He opened the door while talking to himself, and there were five or six men outside the door. Xu Hark was stunned: "You?" They forced their way through the door one by one with stern faces, and a man at the head handed him a letter. After Xu Hark read the letter, he said with a stick in his throat, "Understood..." The leading man said: "You understand, we can handle it easily." Then he handed him a business card: "I am the lawyer he hired. Repaying debts is an ancient law. Going to court is nothing more than this." As a result, it will also make you a defendant. Not only will it further damage your reputation, but it will also damage your previous friendship, won't it?" Tsui Hark said blankly: "I have already said, I understand..." The leading man didn't finish, and said: "It's not enough to just say that you understand. You have to agree. Only when you agree, can we dare to take action. Otherwise, wouldn't we be breaking into houses and looting people's property?" Tsui Hark said repeatedly: "I... agree..." The leading man said to the other men: "Let's start, move the valuables first, then move the furniture and so on; one car won't work, you can divide it into two cars!" Those men began to remove the TV, VCR, stereo and so on. . Tsui Hark watched silently, and the leading man handed him a cigarette: "One?" Tsui Hark said, "No, I just pinched, thank you!" The leading man sucked himself up. He walked to the bookcase and read a book: "It seems that you are quite willing to spend money on books...have you read them all?" Tsui Hark smiled wryly: "Where, I don't have time to read..." "Isn't that a showpiece?" - took a copy of Tolstoy from the bookcase, "Do you know which country Tolstoy is from?" Tsui Hark shook his head.The leading man continued to say while reading: "Turgenev, Gogol, Chekhov, Balzac, Hardy—they are all immortal masterpieces of great writers..." Take it down, and tell an attendant, "Leave these book lists, don't let them get dirty, they all belong to me." Tsui Hark quietly retreated into the bedroom, slowly sat on the bed, picked up the pillow that Xiao Jun had slept on, hugged him in his arms, and was in a daze.The conversation in the living room was mixed with the sound of moving furniture: "Can the carpet be moved?" "Move. Is there any need to ask? If you move out completely, you won't be able to pay off all the debts!" ​​The leading man walked into the bedroom and said to Tsui Hark, "Thank you so much!" Tsui Hark looked up at him numbly.He continued: "Fortunately, you are a wise person, making my role easier to play... I also want to thank you for those books. I am a person who has never died of a writer's dream. Who didn't make the mistake of wanting to be a writer when I was young Woolen cloth?" When he saw the "The Great Slave", he smacked his lips and shook his head: "Where did you buy it? How can a world-famous painting be copied to such a kitsch level!" A man came in and asked him, "The ones in the living room have been moved." , should we move to this room?" The man at the head got annoyed: "Ask again. Why do you keep asking nonsense!" Tsui Hark said: "You must leave me a bed and a set of bedding, right?" The leading man looked at the bed appreciatively and studied: "This bed looks good." He sat down on the bed and said, "It's a good bed with strong springs. I don't think you should keep it. The carpet in this room is really good." You can consider not being swept away, and you have to be humane at any time!" So the man who came in to ask for instructions waved, and two more men came in, and they stood around the bed, waiting for Tsui Hark to get up. The leading man patted Xu Hark on the shoulder: "Let's talk in the living room, don't hinder them." Tsui Hark had no choice but to leave the bedroom with his pillow in his arms, and walked to the living room with only four walls. From the open door, neighbors can be seen lined up in the corridor to watch.Tsui Hark walked to a corner where the neighbors couldn't see and stood there. The person in the bedroom shouted: "This bed is too heavy, how can I move it out!" "Demolition. If you don't tear it down, you won't be able to move out." There was a sound... Tsui Hark and the man in the lead turned their heads to look towards the bedroom at the same time, and the black Venus fell at the door of the bedroom. The leading man walked over and reprimanded: "What happened?!" A man explained dumbly: "I accidentally knocked it down." The upper body of the black Venus is intact, but the lower body is broken.The leading man picked up the fragments and looked at them: "It's plaster. I think it's fiberglass! If it's broken, it's broken. It's not worth too much money." He walked back to Tsui Hark and said, "Don't feel bad, the price is worthless." Count it in your debt." Tsui Hark's expression was dull. The leading man said, "I'm a fair person, so what should I do...why are you hugging this pillow all the time?" Tsui Hark dodged: "I...will..." The leading man doubted: "Isn't it?" He stared at the pillow and turned around Tsui Hark, "There must be something valuable in this pillow, right?" Tsui Hark gritted his teeth, "Fuck you!" The leading man said: "Don't swear! What does it matter to me if you have anything of value? Anyway, the debt is between you and others. If you can't make up for it, they will chase you for it..." Tsui Hark threw away the pillow, grabbed the other party's collar with both hands, and gritted his teeth: "If you hit me again, I will treat you as an enemy!" The two men who moved things separated them. One of them took the opportunity to pick up the pillow from the ground, squeezed it quickly, and returned it to Tsui Hark: "Don't get angry, don't get angry, if you want to hold it, you can hold it." He shook his head at the head of the man, expressing that there was nothing in the pillow. thing.Tsui Hark, still hugging the pillow, went to the window—outside on the street, two men were loading things onto a truck. The man in the lead shouted: "Hey, what are you doing, put it down!" It turned out that the old lady on the third floor had slipped into the house at some point, trying to steal the "Great Slave Girl". The old lady said: "This is from my house. There is no place to hang it, and it is temporarily stored at his house. If you don't believe me, you can ask him." Tsui Hark looked back and said nothing. The leading man couldn't help it: "Take it away, take it away!" The old lady took the painting away. The onlookers who were talking outside the building moved away, and the truck started slowly. The room was already empty, there were bedding rolls on the concrete floor, and Tsui Hark sat on it, still holding the pillow in his arms.After a while, Tsui Hark walked into his parents' bedroom. He knelt down slowly and looked up at the place where the photo frame had been hung: "Mom, it's not that I don't live up to my expectations, but... I don't know how to be up to date, what to do to be up to date, I..." He choked up, couldn't continue, and knocked his head three times in succession.He covered his face with his hands and let out an uncontrollable cry... After crying bitterly, he stood at the door of his house, tore open a seam of his clothes, took out a passbook, opened it, looked at it, put it in his pocket, opened the door and went out...