Chapter 19 Do you like this matchbox?

The person who might become the father-in-law only said one sentence from beginning to end.He said, "Do you like the matchbox?" At that time, he did not understand the meaning of this sentence.However, he knew that this sentence was interesting. It was another Sunday, and Feng Jiachang came to Li Dongdong's house by appointment.On the first day, Li Dongdong said on the phone: "My mother said that she wants to see you..." So he knew that this meeting meant "interrogation". The "interrogation" was carried out by two women.The first one was Li Dongdong's mother, her name was Lin Weilan, and she was a doctor in a big hospital.The second is Director Zhou's wife and Li Dongdong's aunt. Her name is Lin Weizhu, and she is a cadre in the provincial party committee.Although they are siblings of the same mother, they are two completely different women.Lin Weilan is a slender, dry and thin middle-aged woman. She looks drier and colder. It seems that the smell of camphor can be smelled three feet away, that kind of "hygienic" smell that makes people afraid!Lin Weizhu is slightly shorter than her sister, but she looks plump and slim, and also looks more lively and moist.At first glance, she is the kind of woman who likes to show off and is full of enthusiasm.However, there is always a kind of charity in her enthusiasm, which is condescending.It can be said that they are all condescending, and their eyes are like a needle in your heart!

Under the scrutiny, Feng Jiachang suddenly felt stripped naked.Yes, everyone who walks from the countryside to the city is naked, which is a kind of psychological "naked".Here, life becomes a kind of performance, and the first thing you have to pack is your face. The word "armed" is most suitable for the face. You must "arm" your face before you can walk. The way Lin Weilan asked questions was very jumpy.She is a doctor, and her words are like a multi-headed stethoscope, knocking here and there, making you feel uncomfortable, but making you speechless. Lin Weilan said: "Xiao Feng, I heard that the tofu in your hometown is delicious. Is it made in brine?"

Feng Jiachang replied: "Yes. It is ground with water, and then used brine to get some." Lin Weilan said: "I have also been to the countryside, and some of them use dirty water..." Feng Jiachang said: "You can't use dirty water to grind tofu, not even river water, you use well water. If you use river water, the tofu will be 'bitter'." Lin Weilan said, "Really?! Have you ever ground tofu?" Feng Jiachang said: "No. There is a tofu grinder in our village, and the couple grinds tofu. His wife sells it. We call her the tofu maker..."

Lin Weizhu smiled and said, "Is it 'Tofu Xi Shi'?" Feng Jiachang still insisted: "Tofu family." Lin Weilan continued: "Oh. I heard you graduated from high school?" Feng Jiachang said: "Didn't finish high school." Lin Weilan said: "It's not easy for the family to support you..." Feng Jiachang said: "It's not easy." Lin Weilan said, "Are there many brothers in the family?" Feng Jiachang said, "Many." Lin Weilan suddenly fell silent, and that silence poured over Feng Jiachang's heart like cold water!

At this time, Lin Weizhu interjected, and she interjected, "Although I live in the countryside, I heard from Lao Zhou that their soldiers are 'specially recruited'." In the words, Lin Weizhu specially emphasized the word "special recruit". Lin Weilan went on to say: "There is nothing in the countryside. The children in the countryside are simple. It's just..." "Just" what?She didn't say.Feng Jiachang sat there straight, maintaining a high level of vigilance.Just asking like this, asking, he was "sweating" in his heart, and there was a lot of "sweating" in his heart.But he endured it, and he endured it very well.

Next, Lin Weilan said softly to Feng Xiaoyu: "Xiao Feng, can you tell me about your childhood?" Feng Jiachang was silent for a while, then raised his eyes, he seemed to see "childhood" all at once.He knows that this "childhood" is his "nutrition bowl", and this "childhood" has been with him!So he took a deep breath and said bluntly: "My family is very poor. When I was six years old, I ate tung flowers, sophora japonica, and elm money... At that time, my favorite It was a small wooden bowl, which my father made by hand. My father said, you must have your own bowl. I remembered his words, you must have your own bowl. When I was nine years old, my homework books were all It’s made of cigarette pack paper. At that time, my wish was to have a piece of white paper, which cost five cents a piece, but I couldn’t afford it... Once, the sales agent in the village told me that if you can run If you pass that dog, I will give you a piece of paper. When I ran past that dog, he refused to give it to you. So, I remembered a truth: a man cannot race a dog, and a man must never run against a dog. Dog race. Later, when the sales agent saw that I would never go again, he stopped me at the door and said, Come here, I will give you a piece of paper. I laughed, and I said, your door is too High. When I was twelve years old, I had no shortage of paper. I learned how to make grasshopper cages. I used grasshopper cages to exchange paper with people... Before I was sixteen, I hardly wore shoes...then At that time, I said to myself, there will be shoes." As he said this, his heart suddenly ached.When he said this, his heart ached!

The two middle-aged women looked at him silently. For a moment, they seemed to be moved by him, moved by his "heart-to-heart".There was a bit of tenderness in those eyes... Lin Weizhu said silently, as if in a tone of approval: "People still need a little ambition." However, at this moment, Lin Weilan actually said something that he will never forget.She blurted out, "Do you have athlete's foot?" This question was too abrupt, Feng Jiachang was not mentally prepared at all.He just sat there in a daze... The wall clock on the wall was ringing "tick, tick", and the sound was a bit heavy.

At this moment, Lin Weizhu spoke, and Lin Weizhu said a little unhappy: "They all follow the chief." Lin Weilan's face suddenly turned red, and for some reason, it turned red... After a while, Feng Jiachang raised his head and said calmly, "No. I don't have athlete's foot." Probably, even Lin Weilan herself didn't expect her to say such a sentence, so she said "Oh" twice and said, "It's nothing, I just asked casually." At this time, Li Dongdong just came in with a plate of fruit.She didn't say anything, she just put the plate of fruit on the coffee table, and walked out with a bang.

At this moment, Lin Weilan glanced at him, as if wanting to make up for something, she said, "Xiao Feng, eat some fruit." Feng Jiachang thought, this should be an opportunity, it should be.Therefore, Feng Jiachang picked up an apple from the fruit plate without hesitation, and then he picked up the apple peeling knife and peeled the apple like no one else... While he was peeling the apple, Lin Weilan kept watching him hands, that look is very hot! Feng Jiachang learned the technique of peeling apples from Secretary Hou.He turned the knife very skillfully until he peeled an apple completely, and the skin of the apple was still completely covering the apple (for this skill, he still practiced it on the potatoes in the cafeteria)... After peeling the apple, he stood up slightly, and in line with the principle of "customer first, host second" (this is also learned from "Little Buddha's Face"), he handed the apple to Lin Weizhu who was sitting diagonally opposite him, When he handed the apple, the auger-like apple peel fell silently on his other hand!He picked up the tone of his voice and said, "Auntie, you eat."

Lin Weizhu nodded in satisfaction, very happy.He also took the peeled apple gracefully, and said again: "They all follow the chief." At this time, he picked up another apple and peeled it at a very fast speed. Still leaning slightly, he handed it to Lin Weilan who was sitting opposite.The apple peel fell into his other hand at a very elegant speed... He said, "Auntie, you eat." Lin Weilan nodded slightly, and said politely: "Thank you." Then, he said: "Xiao Feng, you can eat too." Feng Jiachang smiled and shook his head, but he stood up and went to the kitchen to wash his hands... Washing hands, you must "wash your hands" here, it's like washing your heart!

When he came back, he saw two women eating apples in small bites, eating very gracefully... While they were eating apples, they were quietly exchanging eyes with each other.He pretended not to notice it, but he could tell that something was flowing between his eyes... After a while, Lin Weilan finally said: "Dongdong is a little headstrong. You are all young, so let's... …let’s get in touch.” "Touch contact" is another signal, what does it mean? Without allowing Feng Jiachang to think too much, Li Dongdong stepped in again.This time, she came to rescue.She said generously: "The 'censorship' should be over, right?...Xiao Feng, come out for a while." With that said, she stepped forward to hold his hand and dragged him out. Just like that, she took him to another room and met the man who might become the father-in-law. The man was surrounded by piles of medicine.Those medicines were scattered around him: on the table, on the cabinet, on the table, and on the black leather sofa, all of them were medicines.He was widowed and sleepy sitting on a rattan chair, looking out the window, like a silent, spoiled child. At this time, Li Dongdong let go, walked forward lightly, and said to the person sitting in the rattan chair, "Dad, Xiao Feng saw you coming." The man still didn't speak.He just sat there without saying a word, he combed his "big back hair" neatly, and his body was neatly indifferent... However, Feng Jiachang still saluted the man politely.He stood there straight and gave a military salute to the man's back... The man's back was very broad, and there seemed to be a pair of very special "eyes" on that back. At this time, Li Dongdong returned to his side, and whispered, "Don't mind. My father is not in good health, nor in a good mood..." After saying this, her voice became a little lower, and she almost whispered to him : "He is about to be 'liberated', he is waiting for 'liberation'..." Somehow, the word "liberation" hit him right away.He felt that their moods were so consistent at this moment, and they also felt a sense of helplessness.Really, that man was like a child, a sick child without a mother, his helplessness came from the bottom of his bones.He sits, and his soul trembles!Although there are still differences between them, their pain is not on the same level, but they are all people with longing. "liberation"!What a good word, it can be said to be a big word in the spiritual field.However, he is very clear that this word can only be obtained after "occupying" something... It was only later that he found out that the man who would become his father-in-law was Li Shenyan. He was a great intellectual who had stayed abroad. He was proficient in three foreign languages. Later, he returned to China to participate in the revolution. He was the mayor of a city. ...It was only later that he realized that once a person who has been hugging and hugging, a person who has lived in the "group" for a long time, is "alone", it will be more uncomfortable than killing him! This person named Li Shenyan did not participate in the "interrogation" of him from the beginning to the end.He just sat silently in the room, if Li Dongdong hadn't led him into the study, he didn't even know there was such a person in the room.However, he still spoke.He sat there, looking out of the window, and suddenly said: "Do you like the matchbox?" He doesn't understand.As far as the eye can see, there are rows of buildings outside the window, buildings with small balconies.It is said that this building was designed by Soviet experts... At this moment, Lin Weilan walked in, holding a glass of water in her hand, and said silently: "You should take your medicine." However, this person waiting for "liberation" still sat still, until Lin Weilan handed him the pills and water, he was still sitting like a wood carving. Later, someone knocked on the door and said that it was a delivery of coal.Without saying a word, Feng Jiachang rolled up his sleeves and went down to carry coal.At that time, even people who lived in high-rise buildings in the city burned coal, honeycomb, which was made by machines, which was considered "advanced".Li Dongdong lived on the third floor, so she moved up one by one... When the move was over, Li Dongdong said to her mother: "The coal delivered this time is the best, and there is no rotten piece." Lin Weilan said, "You'll have to burn it to find out." What's the meaning? ! That night, Li Dongdong sent him far away.At the beginning of the night, the bicycles are surging on the road like a river, and there are occasional buses honking their horns.The light shone on the road, and the two walked one long and one short, silently.Finally, Li Dongdong said: "Today, you seem to have a lock on your mouth." Feng Jiachang smiled and didn't say anything.Li Dongdong said: "What did they talk to you about?" Feng Jiachang said: "Who?"Feng Jiachang said: "Your mother's eyes are very hygienic." Li Dongdong said unhappily: "What do you mean?" Jiachang said: "Your mother knows about my illness." Li Dongdong was startled and said: "Are you sick?" Feng Jiachang said: "Poverty, poverty is a disease." Li Dongdong laughed and said: "My mother is a doctor. , everyone looks like a patient." Then, she said: "Don't pay attention to them, ignore them..." However, Feng Jiachang kept thinking about that sentence: "Do you like this matchbox?"