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Chapter 75 8

annual ring 梁晓声 5393Words 2018-03-19
In the morning of the next day, Tsui Hark held a plastic crocodile in his arms, half asleep, when a doorbell woke him up, he grabbed his watch from the bedside table, looked at it, and muttered: "Damn it, someone came to the door at nine o'clock... ..." The doorbell rang again. Tsui Hark asked angrily, "Who is it?" A woman's impatience almost stern voice outside the door: "Check the household registration!" Tsui Hark said to himself: "Check the household registration?" He expressed dissatisfaction and said, "Didn't you just check it a few days ago?"

A woman's voice: "Check it out!" Tsui Hark murmured, "I'll check it out, and I've got my eyes on me. Who's afraid to check it out?" He put on his trousers, bare his upper body, and slipped on slippers, and opened the door with great reluctance—a woman of seven or eighteen years old stood outside the door, and it was hard to tell whether it was a girl or a young woman.Beside her stood a six or seven-year-old boy, holding a poodle in his arms. She dragged the child and entered the house, as if returning to her own home. Tsui Hark didn't stop her, and shouted, "Hey hey..."

The woman said unceremoniously, "Hey what?" Tsui Hark said, "Didn't you say you were doing household registration checks?" "Don't say that, just ring the doorbell and you won't get up to open the door!" She looked around the room and said to herself, "It's changed...but it's okay..." Tsui Hark became more and more inexplicable: "What are you doing? Where are you from? What's wrong with breaking into a private house?" The poodle barked at Xu Kewang, bared its teeth, and looked fierce. "You're not allowed to break in?" The woman sat down on the sofa generously, and put the dog on the ground, "Run and recognize the new home."

Tsui Hark was puzzled for a while, staring at her, the child, and the dog. She got up to open the refrigerator, took out two cans of drinks, opened one for herself, and handed the other to the child: "Drink. If you don't drink, you won't drink." The poodle actually urinated in the living room. She smiled: "I'm so sensible, don't spill it on me." Tsui Hark rummaged for something angrily: "Where did it go?" He found nothing for a while, then turned to her and said, "Let me tell you, there is no second owner for this house! I have followed government procedures for this house for ten years. I bought it reasonably and legally before! I have the property deed as proof."

She smiled again: "No one wants to occupy your house. Brother, you really don't know me?" Tsui Hark looked at her again, trying to recall, but still shook his head. She also shook her head regretfully: "You men are all so virtuous! You are all unreliable in terms of affection." She found the letter on the sofa, picked it up and shook it at him: "I've read it, but still can't remember? Is it true that I can't remember, or are you just pretending to be stupid?" Children and puppies are chasing and playing from house to house... "Xiaojun?..." Tsui Hark finally remembered, "It's you! You have become more."

Xiaojun said frankly: "Has it been another ten years in a flash, have you become more beautiful? Or have you become ugly?" Tsui Hark quickly said: "Of course it has become more beautiful, so beautiful...it makes me feel inferior!" Xiaojun sneered: "You are not my husband, why are you so inferior?" "It's true, why do I feel inferior! ... You sit down first, and I'll wash your face!" Tsui Hark said, and went into the bathroom. Tsui Hark hurriedly brushed his teeth, washed his face, and combed his hair carefully in front of the mirror. Xiao Jun, who was sitting in the living room, helped him tidy up the messy things he had just found in the house deed.When she was sitting on the sofa drinking a drink again, she heard the sound of an electric razor shaving her face, and she called out, "Come on, stop shaving, I'm not here to talk to you!"

When Xu Hark heard this, his expression was a little dull, and he asked loudly: "Xiaojun, are you... married?" Xiaojun's voice: "Didn't you see how big your son is?" Tsui Hark came out of the bathroom and flashed into the bedroom again. When Tsui Hark returned from the bedroom to the living room, he was already well-dressed and tied on a tie—his eyes met Xiaojun, but he seemed more cramped and unnatural than before.Xiaojun's eyes were fixed on his face, and he smiled meaningfully. After smoking a cigarette, Tsui Hark found the feeling—he did not sit on the sofa, but put the sofa cushion under his buttocks, sat on the ground opposite Xiao Jun, held the ashtray in one hand, and said in a brotherly tone: " Tell me, after ten years, how did you get along?"

Xiaojun said: "Speaking like this is too unequal, it seems that I am superior!" She also left the sofa, took the sofa cushions, and sat opposite Tsui Hark—lighting a cigarette as well; Tsui Hark put the ashtray between them. Xiaojun smoked a cigarette in an elegant posture: "First, I went back to my hometown for two years. Of course I farmed the land. If you imagine a person like me, facing the ridge all day long, isn't that a waste of yourself?" Tsui Hark nodded in agreement. Xiaojun went on to say: "Two years later, I came out again. I worked as a nanny for a few years and saved some money. Then I went to the south and worked in a small hair salon run by a sister in my hometown for a few years, and saved some money. , and also learned the technique.”

Tsui Hark asked: "Technology? What technology?" Xiaojun said: "Massage! How much money can I earn a day just for a haircut? Don't look at me like that! Now is an open age, women don't like to develop their own resources?" Tsui Hark said guiltily: "Think about it, I feel sorry for you. Back then, if I hadn't suffered such a big setback in business, you wouldn't have fallen to such a level." Xiaojun didn't take it seriously: "Brother, don't feel guilty. Don't feel sorry for me. Fortunately, you were killed back then, so I had another chance to change my way of life. Otherwise, what can I do now? You are your boss, and I will obey your orders? Now, I can afford a hundred thousand and eighty thousand!"

Tsui Hark asked: "Did you earn your own money through development?" Xiaojun said: "Not all of them. But I was inspired by the development of myself, and then I developed puppies." Tsui Hark looked at the puppy in confusion. Xiaojun said: "This one is of ordinary origin, and it is only worth two to three thousand yuan. Okay, five or six thousand, or even tens of thousands... A litter can have four or five babies, and they can be sold when they are raised up to weaning. Now I wash my hands Just quit, just earn enough to spend. Besides, I am soft-hearted, every time I sell a dog, it is psychologically like abducting and selling children."

At this time, the child led the puppy to Xu Ke's parents' room. Xiaojun sternly shouted: "Don't go to that house!" Then he asked Tsui Hark: "When did the uncle die?" Tsui Hark said: "When I left, he returned to his hometown in a fit of anger, and died there the next year. How did you know?" Xiaojun said: "Don't worry about it. Nowadays, there are quite a few people who know your name as Lord Xi!...I...shall I go and say hello to the two old people?" Tsui Hark acquiesced. Xiaojun got up, gently pushed open the door of that room, walked in in awe, and bowed deeply reverently to the portraits on both sides.Tsui Hark watched silently outside the door. Xiaojun said sincerely: "Master, I came to your house again, so don't be angry. My elder brother was kind to me back then, and I always miss him in my heart. Now that I'm back in this city, I can't help but come and see him." He...Xiaojun is not a bad woman." Tsui Hark said with emotion: "Back then, you were a girl. You were pure and didn't care about anything. Now, you also call yourself a woman. In fact, my father didn't have any big prejudices against you back then, but I think you were Too small, not as poised as he'd hoped for . . . not a good match for me." Xiao Jun left the room and complained: "Don't push everything on the old man. You thought of me that way back then, as if I was afraid that I would cling to you..." Then he glanced at Tsui Hark's bedroom: "Sleeping with such an ugly thing instead of a pillow now? Is that better than hugging a woman?" Tsui Hark smiled wryly. The two returned to the living room and sat cross-legged across from each other. Tsui Hark looked at the child and asked, "Son, why doesn't it resemble you at all?" Xiaojun smiled slyly: "Who knows! Xiaodong, come here!" The child came obediently with the dog in his arms. Xiao Jun said, "Call me Mom." The child called: "Mom!" Xiaojun said again: "It's Uncle!" The child cried out. Tsui Hark boasted, "You're so good, what does your father...do?" Xiaojun said to the child: "Tell uncle what your father does?" The child said: "My dad is a film director!" Xiaojun asked again: "Where's Mom?" The child replied while playing with the dog: "Mom is an actress!" Tsui Hark looked at him with admiration and said, "You...are you an actor?" Xiaojun said proudly: "Hmm. It's just individual." Tsui Hark said: "Nowadays, individuals are popular in every industry, especially actors. The more individual you are, the easier it is to become popular...Okay, okay, the couple, one is a director and the other is an actor. My brother is really happy for you! " Xiaojun said, "Really?" Tsui Hark said sourly, "Really." Xiaojun changed the subject: "Brother, you don't have a goal yet?" Tsui Hark shook his head and laughed at himself: "The group that I am qualified to choose has passed. We choose after generations, young ones, as long as they have a slightly better appearance, how can it be our turn? In the camp of peers , the girls are almost at the age of aunts. I am unrealistic, and I just want to find someone who looks good." Xiaojun asked: "Brother, can I do this?" Tsui Hark was stunned: "Don't be funny. In front of you, I only have regrets, and you still make fun of me?" Xiaojun said solemnly: "Brother, I mean... there is a sister right now who is similar to me in every aspect, anyway, I promise, she is not inferior to me at all. I want to introduce you." Tsui Hark was a little tempted: "Really?" Xiaojun said: "I'm not joking. I'm going to go out to film tonight, and I'll be back in half a month. You have to be patient and wait for me to come back, don't make up your own mind, it's clear that you can get eight or nine points, but it's a good idea." Scratching a fresh pass." Tsui Hark said happily: "Okay! It's a deal! I'll wait for you! During this period, even if the seven fairies come down to earth and beg me, I won't be tempted!" Xiaojun smiled. Tsui Hark also laughed. They looked at each other affectionately. The doorbell rang again. Xiaojun got up before Tsui Hark and opened the door—Han Debao was outside the door.Han Debao was taken aback.Xiaojun was also taken aback when he saw that he was wearing a police uniform. Han Debao asked: "This... is Xu Ke's house, right?" Xiaojun nodded: "Yes." Han Debao entered the room, took off his police cap and held it in his hand: "I thought I missed a floor." At this time Tsui Hark had already walked out of the living room: "Who am I?" Han Debao looked at Xiaojun again, as if he was expecting Tsui Hark's introduction.Tsui Hark did not make an introduction. The child came out of Tsui Hark's bedroom and looked at Han Debao in awe. Xiaojun said to Tsui Hark: "Then... I'm leaving. Remember what I said, see you in half a month. Xiaodong, pick up the dog and go with mom!" The child picked up the dog and followed Xiaojun to the door.Xiaojun turned around at the door, waved his hand to Tsui Hark and said, "Bye." The child also said: "Goodbye." After the door closed, Han Debao asked, "Who?" Tsui Hark said, "An actor." Han Debao looked at Tsui Hark again: "Okay, let's get in touch with the entertainment industry! And 'bye'!" Tsui Hark said, "Don't think in a wrong way!" Han Debao also said: "Don't worry too much! I think that woman may be considered a decent woman!" Tsui Hark said dissatisfied: "What are you talking about! It seems that the women who come to me are not serious!" Han Debao said: "Anyway, the one who came to you, as far as I know, is either Sister Kan or a prodigal girl. The one I met today is an exception... How many years has she been widowed?" Tsui Hark said, "Are you finished? My husband is still alive, he is a director!" Han Debao took out his own cigarettes from his pocket, and found that the cigarettes on the ground were better than his own, so he picked up his own cigarettes again, and went to grab Xu Hark's cigarettes.Tsui Hark grabbed it first, and instead of sucking it for him, he sucked one himself. Han Debao said: "Angry? What am I doing? Can I hide sand in my eyes? If her husband is still alive, he is still a director. Why is she looking at you so passionately? There are even sofas, Sit face to face on the ground and talk!" Tsui Hark said angrily, "Nonsense!" Han Debao said: "Still stubborn? Why are you still putting the ashtray on the ground?" Tsui Hark said, "I'm the only one sitting on the ground!" Han Debao said: "If you say you are stubborn, you are really stubborn! If you two are not sitting face to face, how can the cigarette butts in the ashtray be symmetrical?" Tsui Hark bickered again impatiently, and asked, "Come on, what are you doing here?" Han Debao was on fire: "You can go to my place whenever you want, and if I come once in a while, you will be bored?" Tsui Hark said, "I'm not annoying, I mean——when you come to my place in the future, don't wear your tiger skin, okay?" Han Debao said: "Blame me for scaring her away? I think she is a woman who has experienced the world, so she doesn't fear the police." Tsui Hark said: "I was at your house yesterday, you didn't give me a good face, and you even drove me out! This morning, you broke into my house again to make me angry! I said Debao! Have you had something in your heart recently? Fire, there is nowhere to scatter it, only on me?" Han Debao chuckled. Tsui Hark said: "What are you laughing at! I told you, right?" Han Debao said: "You! On the contrary, Lao Han is not the kind of person you said. If I, Lao Han, have some kind of anger in my heart, I would rather find an inconspicuous place to suffocate myself and suffocate myself. Burn it to ashes, and never sprinkle it on others! Let alone sprinkle it on my wife, children and friends! I came here to apologize to you because I behaved badly in front of you last night. " Tsui Hark also laughed: "You really know how to praise yourself!" Han Debao said: "After you left my house yesterday, you didn't think about ignoring Han Debao anymore, did you?" Tsui Hark said, "Can I?" Han Debao took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Tsui Hark. "what?" Han Debao said: "Money. Didn't your sister-in-law beg you to exchange some dollars?" Tsui Hark asked, "Have you figured it out?" Han Debao said: "I figured it out. Living at home, no one can dig a well with the roof open. When you need to ask for help, you should give up your face, and you have to give up your face. Begging others is a debt of favor. Please, buddy, be more righteous." If you have a buddy to make friends with, but never use them, it’s a matter of saving face! Isn’t it?” Tsui Hark took the money: "That's right!" Han Debao said: "As for you going to ask Zhenqing again, it's still Xiao Song, then I don't care!" Tsui Hark waved his hand: "Okay, don't worry about anything, just give me some freedom!" Han Debao said: "Then I won't sit any longer, let's go!" He stood up, put on his police cap, and walked outside.Tsui Hark followed and walked out. Han Debao said: "Don't be hypocritical, just stop!" Tsui Hark said angrily, "Do you think I'm giving you a gift? Are you too self-indulgent? I'm going downstairs to buy something to eat."
When the two went downstairs, Han Debao said again: "The one just now, I looked really good. I can see that she is a woman with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart. Apart from being pretty, there is nothing wrong with it." Tsui Hark said dissatisfied: "I'm not interested in finding a beautiful one?" Han Debao said: "It's okay. But today's women are more beautiful, and their consumption requirements are higher. Don't look at you saving some money, but don't forget that you live on interest, and there are people who come and go. I'm afraid you will raise a few In 2009, I tossed away all your money, and she flew away again, hey, didn't you say that she has a husband?" Tsui Hark sighed: "Yeah, it's useless to say these things." As the two talked, they had already walked out of the building and walked to the place where the bicycles were kept. Han Debao held on to the handlebar, turned his head back with some worry, and said: "Whether you like to listen or not, I still want to advise you - if the person is not divorced, you should not act as a third party. You're over forty, that's too much trouble, not worth it. What's more, even a third party like you can't play at a high level." Tsui Hark sighed again: "Let's tell the truth, she is Xiao Jun back then!" "Which Jun?" "You saw it back then. It was the Xiaojun I hired back then." While pushing his bicycle out of the carport, Han Debao said, "It's her? It's changed, you can't tell it at all." Tsui Hark went on to say: "She still remembers how I treated her well in the past, so she came to visit me." Han Debao said with emotion: "There are not many women like this nowadays." Tsui Hark still said to himself: "He is now a trinity of husband and child, and his life is happy and fulfilling. Can I be a third party? Even if I want to intervene, can I intervene?" Han Debao said: "My heart is sour, isn't it?" Tsui Hark said: "I don't tell lies in front of a real person, and my heart is sour as if I drank a bottle of vinegar... However, she said that she would introduce one of her sisters to me in half a month, which made me feel so much I feel a little relieved." Han Debao stopped: "Oh?" He raised his face and thought for a moment, patted Xu Hark on the shoulder, looked at Xu Hark's face carefully, and said inscrutablely: "It is said that lucky people have their own celestial features. Your three-point bitterness face, I don't see any marriage blessing!" Tsui Hark smiled wryly: "I'm still a bachelor in my forties, can I still talk about that kind of blessing?" Han Debao said clearly: "Brother, I congratulate you in advance——finally fulfilled your present wish! Then I will be the master of ceremonies for you!" Tsui Hark stared at him with some confusion, saw that he had a steel mesh cover on the back of the car, and a tool bag hanging from the handlebar, and asked strangely, "What are you doing?" Han Debao said: "What can I do! Several families in a courtyard are always in conflict because of the sewer problem, and I have to mediate." He got on his bicycle and left, turned around and shouted, "I think it's a bright future!" After Xu Hark watched him go away, he shook his head and said to himself: "The willows are dark and the flowers are bright? What a turnaround!" Tsui Hark took a bite of the fried dough sticks he had just bought angrily, and went upstairs.
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