Chapter 4 Amy: I will never change until death (2)-1
Huang Hai asked with great interest: "Then what else do you think can help her?
Shi Yan couldn't think of a solution, but she still felt that he must be crazy: "How did you come up with such a --- idea?"
"I didn't come up with it, I saw it from the movie. Do you remember the movie "Early Spring and February"? There was a progressive young man in it, didn't he save the widow by getting married?"
She seems to have watched "Early Spring and February". She doesn't remember when she watched it, but there is indeed such a storyline in her impression, as if the hero is played by Sun Daolin, and the widow is played by Bai Yang.But she has always disliked Sun Daolin, thinking that he has a cowardly and incompetent temperament, what kind of "progressive youth"?They are all "progressive middle-aged", and if they improve, they will progress to old age, so she must not have watched the movie carefully.She doesn't remember how Bai Yang became a widow in the movie. She only remembers that Sun Daolin seems to have a young girlfriend, probably played by Xie Fang, but he gave up Xie Fang and married the widow.
Shi Yan hated this practice more than ever before, what is this?Didn't Sun Daolin save one and hurt the other?Isn't this unfair to Xie Fang?But she couldn't think of any other reason to object to this other than "it's not fair to Xie Fang", so she just said: "But I think the intention of the movie is--it doesn't approve of that-- - "
Huang Hai raised his eyebrows: "Oh? You think so?"
She found that when he raised his eyebrows, the eyebrows on the left were much lower than those on the right, probably because the muscles on the left face were congenitally underdeveloped and not as strong as the one on the right, so the eyebrows could not be raised, and he was lying there lazily.The two eyebrows, one high and one low, made his whole face look more like "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".She couldn't bear to look at him, and wanted to turn her gaze to the side, but her eyes seemed to be disobedient, and she was still staring at him, and unconsciously raised one eyebrow.
He seemed to have noticed it, lowered his eyes, and speculated: "Maybe the movies at that time were all advocating violent revolution, so I didn't approve of the protagonist's approach, thinking that his approach was petty bourgeois---reformism, a drop in the bucket , cannot solve the fundamental problem. But --- can the violent revolution solve the widow's problem? Now is the era after the successful violent revolution, and there are still so many people suffering. But if I come to advocate violent revolution now, I'm afraid Immediately caught--"
"Then you save her by getting married? There are so many suffering people in the world, and you have seen so many poor people in the coal mine of D City alone. How many people can you save by getting married? It's not as good as Write articles---to save more people---"
He smiled: "I used to think the same way. The first time I saw the children in the country who didn't go to school, I felt very uncomfortable. I wanted to drop out of school and go to that village to teach, but when I thought about it carefully, if I Going to the countryside to be a teacher can only solve the problem of one village at most. I don’t know how many villages in the country have children who have not gone to school, so I chose to use a pen, thinking that my pen can wake up more people .But what I found --- most people are --- restless --- maybe my pen is --- weak --- maybe our news system -- and our political system -- -- all --- weak --- "
"So you changed to marriage to save people? Then how much can you save? You saved 'Pork Belly', but what about the families of the other mine accident victims? You all --- saved?"
"The other family members of the victims of the mine disaster—they at least had mine funding—and they—how should I say it? It's vulgar, selfish, and not cute at all—"
"So you mean 'pork belly' is cute?"
He smiled noncommittally: "I didn't say she was cute, but---but at least it gave me the impression that she is---good in nature, but she was just unlucky, she was born in the countryside, and she got into such a trouble. Bad luck--"
"That means you--not just to save her, you still- have other reasons," she said a little sourly, "do you think she's good-looking? Although she's-- a bit dirty --- Older --- but like you said, 'essentially good', it sure looked good when young --- "
He smiled again: "I didn't pay attention to her face at all—"
She didn't know when he made this determination, and she didn't know how firm his determination was, but she felt sad in her heart. She didn't know who she was sad for, but she just felt blocked in her heart. Said: "Why are you... like this? What year is this? You still... learn from the people in "Early Spring and February"?"
"I was just at the end of my wits to come up with such a clumsy method---" He said, looking directly at her, "Anyway, I'm a --- defective product, and no one really --- likes me --- might as well Take it -- save a person --- it's also considered waste ---"
"Who said you're a --- bum?"
"Is this still being said by others? I know it very well in my heart, and others --- also know it ---"
Seeing him turning his whole face to her without any scruples, as if deliberately letting her see his "defectiveness", she couldn't help but feel that his so-called "others" were talking about her.She stated, "I didn't say you were the --- that --- defective product ---"
"You don't, and I'm sure you don't see me that way in your heart," he said earnestly. "You're a—good guy, you can see—below the skin—"
"Stop praising me—"
"I'm not bragging, it's true, otherwise you wouldn't be dating me," he hastily corrected, "I'm not talking about that—I'm saying—between classmates— Dating. You may not know that the girls in our class are afraid to go out with me, let alone go out with me --- they don't even dare to look at me ---"
She comforted him and said, "It's not that -- serious, is it? It's probably all your psychology --"
"It's true--- , so I say you're very--- different---"
His voice was very sincere, and seemed to be full of gratitude, appreciation, and a series of other things. She thought he was about to express something, so she quickly lowered her head and scratched her hands on the table.
But he didn't express anything, just sat silently for a while, and said: "It's getting late, I'll take you back to school---"
She was a little bit disappointed, but also a little bit thankful, that's good, at least she won't lose him as a friend.After communicating for so long, she seems to be used to having such a friend to talk to.This time we met together a few times alone, and it seems that we are used to having such a friend to accompany us again.She would still be sorry if he suddenly disappeared from her life.But if he really expressed it, then she didn't know how to answer it.If you say no, it will hurt his face and feelings; if you say yes, you are afraid that you will hurt your own face.
Her intuition told her that if Huang Hai confessed his love to her once and she didn't agree, then he would never come to her again.She complained in her heart that she really doesn't know what the boys do nowadays, they all look like the emperor's daughters who don't worry about getting married, or at least like the salespersons in state-owned stores, who don't seem to worry about whether things can be sold or not, they are arrogant Yes, it’s not like an individual person, if you pass in front of his shop, he will come up to sell his business, even if you say “I won’t buy it” a hundred times, he will still sell you again and again. If you lose your temper, they can lower the price a little bit.
But what about the boys now?Everyone is "upright", chasing after a person is not too tight, and the old man will run away at the slightest objection.She was very envious of the love stories written in the book. Almost all the heroines were chasing after the heroine and the heroine was escaping. It's called love! It's a pity that she was not born in that country at that time, and there are only these guys who run away when she refuses.
So she was secretly glad that Huang Hai didn't say that one-off confession today, "not waiting for outdated", "after passing this village, there will be no such shop", "be a lover if you can, and an enemy if you can't", That at least have friends to do.
When they came out of the restaurant, both of them seemed to be in a low mood, and they didn't speak much on the way back.At the time of parting, she confessed: "After you go to 'Pork Belly' tomorrow, remember to tell me --- which one did you get --- did you have the draft ---"
"Okay, I'm sure I'll tell you --- can I call you?"
She thought for a while and said, "OK, just call me."
She told him roughly her class time, and promised to stay in the dormitory instead of going to the study room at night, so as not to miss his call.She felt that she was doing this to know the results of the interview, not for her own personal affairs, which felt very generous.
After Shi Yan returned to the dormitory that day, she couldn't sleep, and she kept thinking about everything that happened today. She was sad for the victims of the mine accident, sad for their families, and remembered what Huang Hai said about marrying "pork belly" if.She didn't know if Huang Hai was using this method to test her, she felt a bit like it, otherwise, he wouldn't need to say this in front of her, if he got married, he would get married, what's the matter with her?Why bother telling her?Isn't it just to see her reaction?Looking back, she thinks her reaction was a bit over the top, but it made sense.
After a while, she felt that he was not a temptation, because he knew that she was "different", that is to say, he knew that she was not afraid of his appearance and dared to contact him.The problem is that he knew this, and he still said in front of her that he wanted to marry "Pork Belly", obviously he had no intention of chasing her.Maybe he thought she had a crush on him, but he didn't like her and looked down on her as a bad school student, so he deliberately said that he wanted to marry "Pork Belly", so as to discourage her attempt.
When she thought of this, she made herself very upset: what are you?Still guarding against me like this?Did I say I like you?I agreed to go to the interview with you because you said that I am a girl and the interview is more convenient, otherwise, I would not go with you!
The strange thing is, when she thought this way, her mood calmed down, she got angry for a while, and said to herself: Forget it, from tomorrow on, I won't care about Huang Hai's affairs anymore, I was afraid that others would see me together with him Well, now that he's still like that -- self-indulgent -- just ignore him.
Thinking of this, she felt relieved, and soon fell asleep.
The next day, she waited for news from Huang Hai all day, guessing what the result would be. Maybe "Pork Belly" lied to them yesterday, and there was no draft at all. In that case, the worst result would be that Huang Hai lost two hundred yuan. Not too bad.Another possibility is that Huang Hai got the manuscript, but found it useless, so Huang Hai told "Pork Belly" that he wanted to marry her.
She imagined that "Pork Belly" must have jumped up to accept the proposal. "Pork belly" is so old, but he is still so young, and a college student in a prestigious university, with a bright future, at least he will have a regular job, a fixed income, and maybe he can take "Pork belly" and his children to big cities, Can "pork belly" be unhappy?Can you accept it?But she also thought of another possibility, although a bit whimsical, but not completely impossible, that is, "Pork Belly" disliked Huang Hai's ugly appearance and refused his help.
Shi Yan prefers the latter possibility, and thinks that Huang Hai can avoid making a lifelong mistake, but she also thinks that if even people like "Pork Belly" despise Huang Hai's ugly appearance, it won't be a blow to him too much. Is it big?
All in all, the incident was so extraordinary that she was anxious to know what was going on.But Huang Hai didn't come to contact her the next day. She stayed in the dormitory except for class, and even came and went quickly for meals, for fear of missing his call. Did not call her to answer the phone.She waited until after eleven o'clock in the evening and still hadn't received a call from Huang Hai. She was a little uneasy, wondering if the concierge didn't come to ask her to answer the phone on purpose, or called downstairs, but she didn't hear it.
She ran to the porter downstairs to inquire. The porter said that no one would call her, and she said it so firmly and sincerely that she had to believe it.She returned to the upstairs bedroom in dismay, and fell asleep after thinking wildly for a while.
For the next two days, she was still waiting for news from Huang Hai, but he still didn't call.She became a little anxious. Could there be a problem with the interview?Huang Hai said that this kind of interview and investigation is generally unpopular. Since he wants to expose the negligence and dereliction of duty of the coal mine leaders, and disregard human lives, will the coal mine let him go?The driver's attitude was very bad that day. He asked them to get off the car without sending them to the interview location, and later refused to pick them up. Maybe the driver got the order of the steel mill leader and did this on purpose?Maybe the steel factory colluded with the coal mine and sent people to murder Huang Hai?
She shivered, but immediately felt that she was a little fanciful, and it was like the plot of a movie or a novel. How could real life be so dramatic?Even if there is, she won't run into it.It is very likely that Huang Hai is just as she guessed, thinking that he is a famous student, great, and that she, a poor student, will definitely like him, and he is afraid of getting involved, so he ran away when he thought he saw the clue.
In the end, worry overcame her face, she ran to the concierge downstairs to borrow a phone, and called Huang Hai's guest house number.The person who answered the phone seemed to be the switchboard of the guest house, and asked her which room she wanted to answer. She said Huang Hai's room, and the switchboard connected her, but it was not Huang Hai who answered the phone, but a man with a northeast accent.She panicked and hung up the phone in a hurry.
Now she is even more worried, has Huang Hai been plotted against?Or was he put under house arrest?Or knew that someone was going to plot against him, so he hid?
As soon as she thought that Huang Hai might be assassinated, Shi Yan couldn't help thinking of Wen Yiduo and Li Gongpu being assassinated by Kuomintang agents. A typical image of a spy appeared in her mind, wearing a peaked cap on her head, and wearing sunglasses on the bridge of her nose. , holding a cigarette between his fingers, followed Huang Hai to a place not far from the dilapidated work shed of "Pork Belly". After making sure that no one around could testify, the spy threw the cigarette butt on the ground, wearing leather shoes He smashed his foot hard, then took out his gun and aimed at Huang Hai a few times.
Shi Yan felt chills running down her spine, so she could only comfort herself: Now is a time of peace, and there are no KMT spies, so how could there be plots?But she argued with herself again: In peacetime, no one engages in plots?Could it be that the conspiracy is the patent of the Kuomintang secret agents?She remembered that her father said that "secret agent" actually means "special mission". Every party has "special mission", so there are people who perform special missions, so there are "secret agents".Even if our party really has no spies, how many spies will the leaders of the coal mine not be able to cultivate?
Now she is even worried about her own safety. If the coal mine leaders really don't want to let this matter spread, I'm afraid they will also share it with her, because she also participated in this interview, although she didn't see the letter at all. draft, but how did the coal mine leaders know this?Don't you think that since she also went to the "Pork Belly" house, she must know everything?
She felt that she was really wronged, she didn't know anything about it, but was plotted against as an "insider", she wished she could carry a gong to the street and yell: "I'm not an insider, I haven't seen 'Pork Belly'. draft, I don’t know if the mine disaster is the responsibility of the coal mine leaders”, or go directly to the coal mine leaders to say that they don’t know?Would the coal mine leaders think that she was "three hundred taels of silver here"?
After all, it's all Huang Hai's fault, who traveled thousands of miles away, why did he think of coming here to cause such trouble?But she immediately thought that she had provoked this incident by herself. If she hadn't described the harsh living conditions of coal miners and steel mill workers in City D in her letter, how could Huang Hai think of coming here for an interview?
This is bad, the leaders of the steel mill and the coal mine must know that she provided clues, maybe they are looking for an opportunity to punish her now, maybe because she lives in the dormitory of the teacher's college, there are too many people, and they can't do anything , so that she is alive today.The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. She didn't even dare to go to class. She skipped class and stayed in the dormitory.
But she only stayed in the dormitory for one class, and decided to go to class, because she realized that it was more dangerous to stay alone in the dormitory, if someone sneaked into their dormitory floor, hid in the toilet, or just hid in their dormitory , Waiting for everyone else to go to class, that person jumped out and killed her, wouldn't it be easy?She arbitrarily believed that the killer must be a man, so she panicked even more, fearing that he would not only kill her, but also insult her, which seemed even worse.If he just killed her, maybe he would be commemorated as a hero after death, at least as an innocent dead.But if she was insulted by that person before she died, it would be no longer a hero if it was spread out. Light.
So she went to the classroom to go to class again, trying to mix with everyone and make it difficult for the assassin.But she was not at ease in class, as if there were nails on her seat, and she sat there like a year.
During recess, Yao Xiaoping ran over to talk to her, but she was absent-minded and panicked, which aroused Yao Xiaoping's curiosity and repeatedly asked what was going on.She was too scared and lost, she just wanted someone to give her an idea, so she decided to tell Yao Xiaoping about it, so that if she was plotted against, someone would know who did it.She whispered, "I'm only telling you about this. Don't tell anyone—"
Yao Xiaoping complained, "Why do you say that? When did I tell people about you? Don't think I'm well-informed, but I never spread the word. So many people trust me, but you don't trust me? "
Shi Yan thought about it too, if Yao Xiaoping liked to spread the word, others would not entrust their secrets to him.She hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not that I don't trust you, it's that this matter is -- too serious -- so let me say hello to you first, and you can promise not to tell anyone -- I'll tell you .”
"I promise not to tell anyone."
"You remember that classmate of mine you saw in the restaurant that night?"
"The one with the big hole in the face?"
Shi Yan's heart twitched, and he frowned involuntarily. "There is a big hole in the face" seems to be worse than directly saying "ugly", because saying "ugly" is still relatively vague, people don't know how to be ugly, at most what appears in their minds is that the facial features are not so good nice image.But saying "there is a big hole in the face" embodies the ugliness of the Yellow Sea, which is shocking.But she couldn't refute it, because Huang Hai's left face did have a --- a big pit, to be more precise, it should be said that Huang Hai's left face was a "big pit", because his left face was lower than the right face.
She gritted her teeth and nodded, and said, "He hasn't heard from him for the past two days, so I'm worried-"
"I'm in such a hurry after we haven't seen each other for two days? Then you two have an unusual relationship!"
"What's the relationship between us? He came to D city to conduct social investigations. He wanted to investigate the mine accident. The coal mine leaders definitely don't like someone to expose their old background, so I think --- he --- must --- - It was plotted against by them--"
She was afraid that Yao Xiaoping would scare herself by saying that she was whimsical and suspicious, but Yao Xiaoping didn't seem to think there was anything weird about her idea, so she asked curiously: "Isn't he a worker in a steel factory? The city came to conduct social surveys?"
Shi Yan was taken aback, did he say the wrong thing?Why is it so troublesome to tell a lie?If you don't pay attention, you will show your feet.She thought for a while, and decided to tell the truth: "Actually, he doesn't belong to the steel factory in D City, he is studying in a university in other places---"
"Then why did he lie to me and say it belonged to the steel factory in D City?"
"He -- um -- mainly for -- the interview thing -- to keep it private -- "
Yao Xiaoping nodded in understanding, and asked, "Could it be your boyfriend from a prestigious school?"
She shook her head firmly: "Of course not, if so, would I still keep it from you?"
"I know it's not. I'm joking with you. Your boyfriend from a prestigious school is so 'stupid', how could it be him?"
Shi Yan didn't know if Yao Xiaoping knew she didn't have a "silly" boyfriend from a famous school, or knew that she didn't have a boyfriend at all, so she was mocking her.But it doesn't look like it, because Yao Xiaoping's tone is quite sincere.She faltered and said: "I can't say it's 'silly'---"
"Don't cross the river like a shrimp—be humble (holding the beard), no matter what, it's better than this, right?" Yao Xiaoping said confidently, "You can tell that this is not your boyfriend, so ugly, how can you see on him?"
Shi Yan felt very uncomfortable, and was a little annoyed by Yao Xiaoping, why did she speak so badly?But she knew that if Yao Xiaoping said "he matches you so well", she would feel even more uncomfortable. Could it be that she is as ugly as Huang Hai?So this matter is very troublesome, no matter whether people say that she is compatible with Huang Hai or not, she will feel very uncomfortable. It is best for everyone to stop talking and pretend that they have not seen Huang Hai, but that seems impossible, because Huang Hai looks so "attractive" to people, wherever he goes, other people's eyes are the first to cast on him - it should be said "his face", if the eyes are cast on him, how will people evaluate him will be completely different.
Fortunately, Yao Xiaoping didn't continue to discuss Huang Hai's face, nor did she continue to discuss whether she and Huang Hai were worthy of each other. Instead, she returned to the original topic: "You said that the leader of the steel factory took revenge on him? Did he know something about them?" evidence?"
When Shi Yan heard this, she became even more flustered. Listening to Yao Xiaoping's tone, it seemed natural for leaders to retaliate against those who had their evidence.She asked anxiously: "Is it true that if Huang Hai has evidence against the leaders of the coal mine, they will retaliate?"
"Of course, otherwise, if the incident gets out, they won't be able to keep their black hats---"
"You—knew about this kind of thing?"
"There are so many things like this. Even an honest person like me will be retaliated by the leader. If your classmate came here to stab someone, will he not be retaliated?"
"Then how do you think they will retaliate against him?"
"As an official, isn't it a trick to retaliate? It's so easy? Like the principal of my previous school, the principal of a mere county can be domineering on our side. You may not You know, our county middle school is a key middle school, and the admission rate of the college entrance examination is one of the best in the country. Entering our county middle school is almost equivalent to entering a university, so people from that side have to ask our principal if they want to enter our county middle school .”
Shi Yan guessed that the principal must have taken a fancy to Yao Xiaoping, or wanted Yao Xiaoping to be his daughter-in-law, or he wanted to take advantage of Yao Xiaoping himself, but he didn't succeed, so he came to revenge.She pressed on, "Then how did he - how to retaliate against you?"
"He has a lot of bad ideas. He asked me to teach the worst class and take the most classes. He also belittled me in teaching, saying that I 'haven't even gotten into teaching', and I was stuck with job titles and salary increases- -- "
Shi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, just these little wrists?That doesn't seem so scary, isn't Yao Xiaoping still alive and well?She blurted out: "So it's just some tricks? I thought---"
Yao Xiaoping said unconvinced: "Is this still a trick? You are not the person involved, so you don't think that when you are in that kind of environment, you will definitely cry and wipe your tears---"
She quickly said: "You are right, I am definitely not as strong as you. Fortunately, you have passed the exam now, you have escaped from that bitter sea, and you are no longer under his control. But this classmate of mine, I am a little worried---afraid of those in the coal mine Officials---do something even more terrible. Do you think it is possible?"
"Why not? Our place---" Yao Xiaoping went on to talk about two incidents in which the head of a certain village retaliated against villagers. One villager was injured in the waist, and another villager's cattle were killed.
The more Shi Yan listened, the more frightened she became, and she hurriedly asked: "Then you think my classmate will be… plotted against? He hasn't contacted me for two or three days---"
Yao Xiaoping reassured: "Two or three days is nothing, maybe he is busy---"
"But he promised to let me know as soon as he got word—"
"It may be that there is no news--"
"How? He said he'd be at Pork Belly's early the next morning to get the draft of that letter—"
"What 'pork belly'?"
Shi Yan realizes that she has talked too much, but now it seems that she has reached the critical point where she has to say it. No matter it is technically or in terms of desire, she can't stop, so she has to say it all. Her honesty earned Yao Xiaoping's understanding and help, so she shared Huang Hai's speculation about the mine disaster and their interview process.
After hearing this, Yao Xiaoping said, "I'm afraid I was really plotted against."
Seeing that such an experienced person as Yao Xiaoping spoke with such certainty, Shi Yan was completely flustered, tears were about to come out, and asked repeatedly: "Then what should I do? Then what should I do?"
Yao Xiaoping blamed and said: "You are too. After all, you are people from the school gate to the school gate. You have never seen the world, so you are too surprised. Mine collapses, gas explosions, such things happen a lot. Which coal mine has never encountered it? People D After all, the city coal mine is a big coal mine, and it is in the city. The leadership is not bad, and it also pays pensions to the families of the mine disaster. If it is placed in our country, it will die if it dies. If you dig up the corpse, your family will take it back for yourself Buried, if you can’t dig up the corpse, you deserve it, it’s fine if you don’t run a polluted mine, and you still expect the mine to come out and apologize to your orphans and widows?”
Shi Yan's eyes straightened: "Ah? Is that so? Then the people there --- are you just so tolerant?"
"What can you do if you can't bear it? When you went to work in the mine, you put up a life and death certificate. They told you the dangers of working in the mine beforehand. You did it yourself. Who is to blame if something goes wrong?"
"Then—then—are the miners illiterate? It's so dangerous, and the mine is not responsible, how could they still sign?"
"What if you don't sign? If you can go to the coal mine to dig coal, you will jump out of the countryside and become a worker. If you don't sign, there are many people who want to sign. And if you don't work in the mine, you have no place to earn money." It’s better to go to the mine to dig coal if you are starving at home, after all, there are only a small number of people who encounter mining accidents---”
The more Shi Yan listened, the more uncomfortable she felt. Unexpectedly, there were such poor people in the world. She unknowingly regarded Yao Xiaoping as a bosom friend, and told Yao Xiaoping almost everything, except that Huang Hai was her boyfriend. It's not true.
Yao Xiaoping volunteered and said: "Don't worry, I will help you. Let's go find Huang Hai together, maybe he is locked up somewhere---"
"Then what to do?"
"Find him first."
The two discussed it, and decided to skip class to find Huang Hai. First, go to the guest house of the steel factory to see if Huang Hai changed rooms, or transferred to another guest house. The guest house must know Huang Hai's whereabouts.
The two went straight to the steel factory guest house by bus No. 4, but they were blocked by the front desk staff as soon as they entered the door, asking them for their IDs.Neither of them brought their student ID cards, and they were reluctant to take them out if they did, because they had discussed it in advance. Now that the situation is so complicated, they have to be more cunning, and try not to reveal their identities as much as possible.
Yao Xiaoping said: "We didn't come here for housing, we just asked you about one person---"
The staff of the guest house said impatiently: "The inquirer must also show his ID---"
The two of them struggled for a while, but he just refused to agree, so they had no choice but to retreat without success.After coming out of the hostel, Yao Xiaoping said, "I have a relative who lives nearby. Let's go to his house to look for him. He must have a work permit---"
"But it's useless to borrow his work permit---"
"We don't borrow his work card, only his person. We ask him to go to the guest house to inquire---"
"Is he willing?"
"We didn't ask him for an excuse, what is he not willing to do?" Yao Xiaoping said with a smile, "Besides, to help a beautiful girl like you, he must die—"
Shi Yan and Yao Xiaoping took the bus to this so-called "nearby", but it took them an hour or two to arrive at this "nearby" even after waiting for the bus. Down.The two climbed up to the fifth floor in one go, and Yao Xiaoping said, "Here we are, this is it."
But they knocked for a while and no one answered the door, so they must have gone to work.The two of them were hot and tired. They thought they could at least get a cup of cold water to drink. How did they know that the door was closed, so they complained all the way down the stairs. When they got down to the second floor, they encountered a few people carrying a The big Simmons came on the bed and squeezed the whole corridor.Simmons is also wrapped with transparent plastic paper, which may have been purchased for a wedding and a new house.
The corridor was very narrow, Shi Yan and Yao Xiaoping had nowhere to go, and those who carried Simmons had no intention of retreating downstairs to let them pass. The two armies confronted each other for a while, and the female general was defeated. The people who carried things decided to retreat upstairs, and when they moved Simmons into the new house, they could go downstairs.
But when they retreated to the third floor, the person who carried Simmons also chased them to the third floor. They still had no room to let go, so they had to retreat to the fourth floor. Who knew that the "Xi Jiajun" chased them to the fourth floor again.In this way, they retreated in a row, defeated and retreated until they reached the sixth floor, which was the highest floor, and there was nowhere to retreat, so they had to stand there stupidly, resigned to their fate.
The people who carried Simmons also went up to the sixth floor. One of them put down the other side in his hand, took out the key and opened the door of the unit on the left side of the corridor, and said politely to them both: "I'm sorry, the corridor is too narrow. There is no place to give way, you first give way to my room, and when we bring it in, you can go downstairs."
Shi Yan and Yao Xiaoping looked at each other, and felt that this was the only way, so they let him into the man's room and stood in a corner.The light in the room was not very good, Shi Yan just came in from the bright place, her eyes were not used to it for a while, she just felt like a living room with a sofa and coffee table, it seemed that the family was relatively wealthy, but it didn't look like a new house.
Several men carried the Simmons bed into the living room, and carried it to the inner bedroom under the command of the man, and then heard them discussing how to arrange it there. The discussion was so lively, like the generals of the three armies discussing how to liberate Taiwan. Same.
The two girls stood in the living room outside, not knowing whether to sneak away or wait until they liberated Taiwan.Just as he was hesitating, the host came out and turned on the light in the living room with a bang, and the room suddenly lit up.
Shi Yan saw a tall and thin man standing in front of him, he didn't seem to be young anymore, he must be around thirty-five.She was embarrassed to take a closer look, but after a quick glance, she only left the impression of "two piercing eyes".She remembered that when she used to write essays, whenever she wrote about people's eyes, she almost always used the word "sparkling", but before that, she really didn't know what kind of eyes were called "sparkling".
But today, the male master's eyes finally let her understand what is meant by "sparkling", as if he stared straight into your eyes when looking at people, one by one, and never let go, all the time. It's like staring into your heart.For some reason, her heart suddenly jumped, and she lowered her head, avoiding those "sparkling" eyes.In the panic, I heard the man say: "I'm sorry, I drove you to the bottom of the mountain---"
Yao Xiaoping said generously: "It's okay, it's inconvenient for you to carry things out of the way. Let's go down now---"
A person carrying Simmons wiped his sweat and asked, "Do you live here? Why haven't I seen you?"
"We don't live here, we're here to find people—"
Another person carrying Simmons asked jokingly, "Are you looking for me?"
The person who spoke just now responded, "You don't live here, why did they come to you?" Then they asked, "Are you students of the Teachers College?"
Shi Yan was startled, and couldn't help raising her head, looking at the person who was speaking, and saw that it was a short but strong young man, who was pouring water from a teapot, and had already brought the cup to his mouth. He, borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, sent the cup in her direction, and said as a favor, "Are you tired from climbing the stairs? Drink some water."
The two girls quickly shied away and said, "Don't drink, let's go down."
The man who looked like the host said: "Drink some water before leaving---"
The well-built boy hurriedly poured two cups of cold boiled water to them, and then asked, "Are you students from the Teachers College? Yes? I can guess it at a glance. I am also from the Teachers College." , I'm a teacher at the teacher's academy---"
The two girls didn't believe it, and they refused to reveal their identities. They lied and said: "We are not from the teacher's college. Let's go, goodbye---"
The person who called himself "Teacher of the Teacher's College" stopped them, took out a certificate, and said, "Why? You don't believe me? You think I'm lying?你们呢。”
她俩看见那个证件，都停住了脚。姚小萍接过证件来看，石燕也凑了上去，发现的确是师院的工作证，证件上的名字是“严谨”，体育系的，她打量了这位严老师一下，严谨不严谨就不知道，但搞体育的就十分可能，大概是搞田径的，很可能是扔手榴弹，或者投标枪的，因为手臂上的肌肉鼓鼓的。
严谨收回证件，得意地说：“相信了吧？没骗你们吧？我是你们的老师呢，你们还不叫老师好？”
姚小萍笑着说：“你又没教我们，怎么是我们的老师？我听你的口音，是我们那边的人，说不定翻你的老账，你中学还是我教过的呢--- ”
于是严谨跟姚小萍探讨起身世来，发现还真被姚小萍说中了，严谨虽然没被姚小萍直接教过，但他的确是那个县中出来的。两个人一下亲热起来，大吹大擂他们的县中，说J 县是高考状元县，县中每年考上大学的比率都是全国数一数二的，然后其它几个人就跟他们争论起来，到底是全国数一数二，是全省数一数二，还是他们Ｊ县数一数二。
男主人插嘴说：“光考上有什么用？谁不知道你们Ｊ县复读率也是全国数一数二的？有的一考七、八次，都考成'猪八届'了。复读那么多次，当然能考上，但是等到进了大学，就没后劲了。我们Ｋ大后来都不敢招你们那里的考生了，因为很多人进校之后都跟不上－－－”
石燕一听男主人是Ｋ大毕业的，敬佩之情油然而生，原来也是名校生啊，真看不出来，总以为名校生都是很丑的人，即使没黄海那么丑，也都丑得可以，所以还安慰自己说：既然我没考上名校，说明我还没丑到级别。现在看来事事都有例外，名校生里也有男主人这样“憨傻”的，而且看上去男主人马上就要结婚了，听说人生最得意的事就是“洞房花烛夜，金榜题名时”，而这位男主人把这两件得意事都占全了，也太幸福了吧？
男主人问石燕：“你也是师院的？”
石燕觉得姚小萍已经把身份暴露了，她也没什么要保密的了，便承认了是师院的，然后跟男主人开玩笑说：“你不会也说你是师院的老师吧？”
“我刚好就是师院的老师。”
石燕睁大眼睛：“你在开玩笑吧？”
“为什么是开玩笑？我不象师院老师吗？”
石燕大着胆子打量了他一眼，她对他的第一印象是跟老师不搭界的，她也说不清他象是干什么的，但就是没想到他是老师。现在经他这么一提醒，再仔细看看他，还真觉得他可能是师院的老师，因为现在她又想不出他如果不是老师，还能是干什么的了。现在唯一想不明白的就是他一个Ｋ大毕业生，为什么要跑到D 市这种地方来教书。
他问：“你要不要我也把证件拿出来你看看？”
她只笑不说话，他真的走到里屋去，提了一件外衣出来，从上面的口袋里摸出一个皮夹子，打开来，抽出他的工作证，递给她看。
她也不客气，象交警抓了违章的司机一样，把证件拿过来仔细审查。他的确是师院的老师，政治系的，叫“卓越”。她一直没敢仔细看他，现在有了机会，便认真地把那照片研究了一番。可惜证件上没出生年月，也没婚姻状况，但照片看上去也有个三十四、五岁了，五官挺端正的，眉毛挺浓，鼻子挺直，算得上英俊，特别是在另外几个相貌平平的男人的衬托下，更显得鹤立鸡群。
他开玩笑地问：“你现在怎么在外面逛？逃课了吧？”
她支吾说：“有点事--- 请了假的--- ”
“你就别对我撒谎了，我又不是你们系的，你还怕我告你状啊？我这两只眼睛尖得很，什么都瞒不过我。”
石燕抬头看了他一眼，觉得他的眼光真的有点锐利，不由得脸一红，硬着嘴说：“你告我也不怕－－”
姚小萍插嘴说：“你们都有工作证？那好，因为我们到这里来就是想来借工作证的，不知道你们哪位肯不肯--- 帮个忙？”
严谨很踊跃地说：“如果不是干坏事，我可以帮忙。”
姚小萍解释说：“肯定不是干坏事，你看我们象干坏事的人吗？我们只是想到钢厂招待所打听她－－老同学的去向，但他们一定要我们出示证件才行，刚好我们又没带证件-- ”
严谨大包大揽地说：“就这事？那还不简单？我把证件借给你们--- ”
卓越提醒说：“你把证件借给她们有什么用？难道她们还能冒充你？”
严谨提议说：“那我跟你们走一趟吧，你们要打听谁？我去帮你们打听。”然后又对卓越说，“你叫司机先送我们去招待所一趟，然后再接着搬--- ”
卓越犹豫了一下，说：“好吧，我去跟司机说一下，看他肯不肯--- ”
几个人一起下了楼，卓越跟等在货车驾驶室里的司机说了几句，司机说：“行啊，你哥们发话了，我还有什么可说的？但我司机室里只坐得下三个人，其它人只能坐在后面车斗里--- ”
卓越提出跟石燕一起去招待所，其它人就在他家等他们，因为车里坐不下。但严谨也要跟着去，提议说：“我们让她们两个女生坐司机室，我们俩就站在后面车斗里－－”
卓越想了一下，同意了，于是两个女生坐进司机室，两个男的爬进后面车斗里。车很快就来到了招待所，两个女生下了车，看见严谨和卓越正从后面车斗里下来，头发被吹得站了起来，脸上也蒙一了层黑灰。卓越在掸他身上的灰尘，严谨则直奔招待所前台，说：“走，我们去找他们打听。”
几个人来到招待所的前台，严谨拿出自己的工作证，说明了来意，但招待所的工作人员查了一下记录，说黄海已经结帐走了。石燕问：“那您知道不知道他去了哪里？”
“我怎么会知道？客人走了就走了，难道还给我汇报一下行踪？”
几个人问了半天，招待所的人都说他不知道黄海去了哪里，最后严谨指着卓越对招待所的人说：“这是卓书记的儿子－－”
石燕听得鸡皮疙瘩一冒，还有这么拉大旗做虎皮的？直统统的，一点方式方法都不讲。卓越也盯了严谨一眼，似乎在怪他多嘴。但严谨多的这句嘴很管用，招待所的人态度大变，说：“对不起，我实在是不知道黄海到哪里去了，不过我可以帮你找个人来，他肯定知道－－－”
过了一会，一位干部模样的中年男人出现在前台，文乎乎地说：“是小卓啊？失敬失敬! ”
卓越问：“您认识我？”
“怎么不认识呢？你父亲住院的时候，我多次到医院探望，可能你没注意到我。哎，没想到卓书记他－－英年早逝，不然的话，我们D 市－－那肯定是蒸蒸日上－－”
石燕又是鸡皮疙瘩一冒，但看见卓越好像是见惯不惊一样，挺淡然的，只很客气地说：“我一个朋友的朋友住在你们这里，叫黄海，这两天我朋友跟他－－联系不上了，有点担心，想跟您打听一下－－”
那个中年男人查了一下，告诉卓越：“黄海已经不在我们这里住了，他前几天食物中毒，上吐下泻，被送进医院去了－－”
石燕焦急地问：“哪个医院？”
“我也不知道是哪个医院--- ”
“那--- 我们怎么才能找到他？”
中年男人为难地说：“这个我就真的不知道了，你是他的朋友，难道他没告诉你他在哪个医院？”
严谨豪爽地说：“巴掌大个D 市，合共就那么几家医院，一家一家地找，还愁找不到？”
姚小萍说：“那倒也是，但我们没带证件，怎么去找呀？到时候不又跟在这里一样，非得有证件不可？”
“我跟你们一起去找，我有证件。”
两个女生连忙感谢严谨，感谢完了又担心地说：“这几家医院隔那么远，公车又这么难等，如果我们一家一家地找，那得跑到什么时候？可别耽误了你的正事。”
“我今天没课，”严谨又大包大揽地说，“这样吧，叫老卓让司机送我们--- ”
石燕说：“那-- 好倒是好，就是不知道卓--- 老师他愿意不愿意让司机送我们？”她的话是说给卓越听的，但她的脸却朝着严谨，不知道是觉得这样显得礼貌些，还是有点害怕卓越那炯炯有神的两眼。
卓越笑着说：“老严打包票了，你问老严要车去找你男朋友吧－－”
石燕连忙声明说：“不是我男朋友，只是一个老同学－－”
卓越好像上了个大当一样说：“不是你男朋友？那你费这么大心找干他嘛？等着他自己来跟你联系吧，司机帮我们搬完了东西还有事的－－”
石燕见他不肯让司机送她们，心里有点不快，但又无可奈何，便告辞说：“那你们去忙吧，我们自己坐公车去找，谢谢你们刚才帮我们打听消息－－”
姚小萍还想说什么，但石燕拉上她，很有骨气地往招待所外面走。刚走到招待所门边，严谨追了上来，说：“喂，别跑那么快呀，你们可不可以先等我们搬完东西？搬完了，老卓就叫司机送你们。我们顶多再搬两趟就搬完了－－”
石燕不知道卓越怎么突然一下想转了，难道是跑哪个磨子上坐了几圈？她刚想谢绝，姚小萍已经抢着回答了：“那就谢谢你们了，我们可以等。”