Chapter 4 3. Stories without beginning and end

A small accident by chance, unexpectedly lead to so many right and wrong. Huang Zhichu didn't go shopping in the ready-made clothing market at first, he always thought it was a woman's business.That day, by accident, I went for a walk, and happened to run into Mayor Li's wife again.The mayor's wife was eight yuan short of buying clothes, and was worried that no one would borrow them, so she asked Huang Zhichu to borrow them.Huang Zhichu didn't bring any money and was at a loss, but he caught a glimpse of another female neighbor who had a clothing stall, and borrowed eight yuan from her to the mayor's wife.This is indeed a trivial matter, which can happen to anyone.

That's where it happened.Maybe it was because the nobleman had forgotten things too much. When the mayor's wife met him a few times later, she just nodded slightly as usual, without any intention of paying back the money.A mayor's wife would never lose her status for a mere eight yuan, she must have forgotten.Of course, Huang Zhichu was inconvenient to collect the debt from the mayor's wife for the eight yuan.In fact, it's enough to put eight yuan in advance and return it to the female neighbor, even if it's unlucky to be pickpocketed.But Huang Zhichu's wife is an accountant, cashier and purchaser. He just keeps the hundreds of dollars in his pocket for a long time when he receives his salary, and he is usually penniless.He usually uses this to enlighten his colleagues, and he is happy to let the girls take care of the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.Today I feel that I should have some financial autonomy.

Because they didn't pay, every time they ran into the female neighbor, they had no choice but to strike up a conversation and make amends.Although I have been a neighbor for three years, I have never known the name of the family next door.Huang Zhichu used to disdain to deal with these nouveau riche, especially this woman, who painted her eyebrows red and often led a yellow dog, looked like a declining nobleman or a female hippie.When she blows bubble gum, she always reminds him of condoms, which is disgusting.Her man is dark, with a waist circumference of at least three feet five, and he often looks fierce, which can be seen as a factor of social instability.Sometimes that woman seemed to want to say hello to Huang Zhichu and his wife, but they were a bit lofty, and others were not too warm.Now that Huang Zhichu took the initiative to speak up, the woman was naturally full of joy.The black man kept his face gloomy, and Huang Zhichu couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he saw it.

Since you have to have a title when you say hello, otherwise you just say hello when you meet, it's outrageous.Huang Zhichu asked his wife Xiao Lin for the name of the woman next door.Xiao Lin immediately became angry: I have long noticed that you are not normal these few days, sitting at home like a plague chicken, and whenever you see that slut, you will flirt and smile.Why ask her name?Want to write a love letter? It was time to make dinner, and the neighbors were wandering around trying to fill their bellies.They lived in an old-style wooden house, one family connected to another, with only a layer of wall boards in between, and even the sound of cooking spatulas could be heard clearly, presumably the voices here could be transmitted verbatim .Huang Zhichu had to suppress his voice and call his wife, lightly, lightly.

Dinner was silent, tasteless and tasteless.The son Liu'er knew a little about human affairs, his eyes were flying back and forth on his parents' faces, and he was much quieter than usual.Before ten o'clock, the family went to bed.The son was covering a quilt by himself, but today Xiao Lin got angry and got into his son's bed. I remember that after doing that on the wedding night, Huang Zhichu bit Xiao Lin's ear and said: If I sleep with another woman from now on, it will be like lightning.Xiao Lin immediately sealed his mouth, and said coquettishly: What can't be said, but such nonsense!I'm sorry you don't have the guts!It's true that I don't have the guts.He is a college student, a dignified cadre of the city government office, with a bright future.You can't ruin yourself for those few minutes of fascination.Besides, the wife is not bad, not to say that she is charming, but she is also somewhat charming.According to his theory, a wife can't be too beautiful, so the safety factor is greater. If the wife is too beautiful, even if she is decent, other men will attack her.He believes he understands men better as a man than as a woman.So he infinitely exaggerated the superiority of his wife's mediocre appearance.When he wanted to mobilize his passion, he lovingly pondered his wife's slender legs.Those legs are really beautiful and make the wife look tall, especially from behind.His wife works as an accountant in the city's most prestigious Hongli Commercial Building, and she can be considered a manager, with a higher income than Huang Zhichu.

Huang Zhichu felt that it was not good to be so stiff all the time, so he considered explaining to his wife.He knew her temper, and if she couldn't make a sentence, she would get angry again, so he repeatedly designed the wording, which sentence to say first, and which sentence to say last.The couple next door were struggling, the woman moaned, and the man gasped, Xiao Lin suddenly turned her face and scolded: Why are you still asleep?I'm just waiting to hear the taste of this slut!Let me tell you, that flirt's name is Zeng Wei, and everyone calls her Zhenwei!Huang Zhichu replied: Don't you listen to whether it tastes good or not!He covered his head with a quilt.

Usually when he heard this noise, Huang Zhichu always made a face to Xiao Lin and said, "It's another Tangshan earthquake."Sometimes they were tired, but they became excited again under the provocation of this noise.I just didn't dare to be too presumptuous, for fear that the neighbors might hear me.Huang Zhichu thought: Maybe this is the difference between gentle people and rude people, so he looked down on the couple next door, especially the woman.But Huang Zhichu and his wife are not satisfied every time, that is absolutely true.Once Xiao Lin said: It's really like frying good food, but cooking less rice.Huang Zhichu said: More annoyed than this!Xiao Lin gave the man a hard pinch, and said, who is to blame?Huang Zhichu sighed after hearing this.Of course, I blame myself for not making progress. If I can promote a deputy director, director, etc., I can live in a good house in the government compound.Today, the couple had a bad fight, and he was even more angry.The reason I finally found out was that I don't know how to flatter horses, but it's not that I don't have the ability.So I hated those sycophants.He felt that he was very noble, and decided to keep this nobleness for the rest of his life.I also thought of the famous saying of Confucius: Zhilan was born in an empty valley, not because there are no people but not fragrant; a gentleman cultivates morality and does not change his integrity because of poverty.Thinking about it this way, I felt a lot more noble, and even became agitated, almost a kind of tragic and heroic death.The squeak of rats fighting under the bed brought his wandering thoughts back to this dilapidated living room.Then I began to think about the rats, they scurry around all night, non-stop for a moment, and kill each other from time to time, usually just for a dead chicken or a stinky fish, sometimes for no reason at all, isn't it just for the sake of it? Live better!How is a human different from a mouse?Damn, what's the use of hating others for flirting?I only hate that the poison of Kong's second child is too deep!Blaming himself so heartbrokenly, he felt tired and went to sleep.I had a dream, dreaming that the ground floor of this house was drilled out by mice, the house collapsed suddenly, and I was buried in the rubble, and no one rescued me no matter how I called.As soon as I was anxious, I woke up and found that I was still covered in the quilt.I looked at my watch, it was almost eight o'clock.I don't see my wife and children.He washed his face indiscriminately, and didn't want to rinse his mouth, so he wanted to go out with his briefcase.At this time, I saw a note on the table, it was left by my wife, and it used trademark paper: I want you to pretend to be dead and go to sleep. If there is no food, go to Zhenwei's next door to eat, she is thinking of you!Huang Zhichu grabbed the paper viciously and threw it out.

The labor union of the second agency distributed 30 yuan, but I don't know what it was.Huang Zhichu thought: No matter what the fee is, he can pay back the neighbor's eight yuan.In the future, I still don't answer her as usual, so as not to mess with Xiao Lin. On the way home at noon, I was preoccupied with paying back the money.He thought, he should greet her generously, instead of calling her Zeng Wei, so as not to be misunderstood after hearing this, just call her Xiao Zeng.Then he said, look, look, sometimes I remember the eight yuan, and forget it when I see you. I am really confused.Give her the money again, say thank you, and walk away.Move fast, don't let your wife see.At this time, he suddenly thought of a detail that was difficult to deal with.In his hand are three workers, peasants and soldiers. If he waits for her to change the money, he will have to stand for a while, which is very embarrassing. What should my wife do if she sees it?If she said she didn't want change, she would definitely not agree, and would send two yuan to her home, which was even more troublesome.Besides, two yuan is almost half a day's wages, and a family of three can eat one meal.After much deliberation, I still think that the money should be changed first.

He went to a store and politely asked the salesperson: Comrade, can you change the money, please? The salesperson didn't even look at him, and said coldly: "This shop doesn't accept exchange of RMB for zero."That girl still thinks she is smart, and she smiles smugly. He was greatly insulted, and walked out of the shop shaking his hands as gracefully as possible.Thinking angrily: What a big deal, you know who I am!Let's wait until the day I take care of you!Suddenly I remembered that I shouldn't care about such people. I am still a revolutionary cadre and an intellectual, so how can I care so much?These people are at that level, they are hopelessly stupid.Do you care about this or that, don't you care about people to death?So comfortable again.

But the money still has to be exchanged.It seems that there is only something to buy.What to buy?He also bought things for the family several times, but every time his wife said he was cheated.So he felt that every store and every pavement was a fraud, and he vowed not to do anything thankless again.Anyway, my wife is happy to buy things by herself.Today is a last resort.He thought, let's just buy a pack of cigarettes, and say they were given to him when he was in the grassroots. Although he doesn't smoke, he can use it when he comes to visit, so his wife won't say anything.So he went into another shop and thought, don't be so polite, it's a waste of affection to be polite with these people.Then he shouted: "Come pack cigarettes!"

Who knows what cigarettes you want?The salesperson's expression was extremely impatient. This stumped Huang Zhichu.Because he doesn't smoke, he doesn't know the brands and prices of cigarettes.The cigarette was placed on the shelf two meters away, so I couldn't see it clearly.Seeing that the salesperson's expression was getting more and more arrogant, he couldn't stand it, so he bit the bullet and put on a rich man's posture: Come and wrap it up. There are many kinds of good smoke, who is the roundworm in your stomach!The salesperson responded again. Huang Zhichu felt that he was becoming more and more clumsy in front of this gorgeous woman, and sweat broke out on his forehead.He was almost at a loss for words. Just choose the best bag. The salesperson dropped a pack of cigarettes with a bang: Marlboro, six yuan! Oh my god, it's so expensive!He took out ten yuan, like a rich man who spent a lot of money, but he kept cursing his mother.He grabbed the cigarettes and the four yuan he recovered and fled the store in a hurry.I heard the girl scolding: crazy! Huang Zhichu thought that his performance just now must be ridiculous, and felt that his back was sweating profusely. How can I pay back only four yuan in change?I still decided to find another store to buy a bag of Marlboro, anyway.He slowed down, sorted out his emotions, and got into a store again, only to see a few salespersons chatting and laughing happily.One yelled: "It was really lucky for those who worked the night shift yesterday, the power went out after just over an hour on the job."It was always brightly lit when it was my turn to work the night shift.Huang Zhichu thought to himself: Damn, how can anyone do socialism like this? With the experience of buying cigarettes just now, he felt more at ease, and shouted openly: Come bag Marlboro! The salesperson who said he was unlucky walked over slowly and handed him a cigarette: five yuan and eight! Why five dollars and eight?Huang Zhichu remembered that it was six yuan a pack just now. Too expensive to go elsewhere.The salesperson wanted to take back the cigarettes as he said that. Huang Zhichu quickly said: That's not what it means, that's not what it means. Huang Zhichu put two packs of Marlboro into the briefcase, folded the eight yuan bill neatly, folded it in half and put it in his pocket, and tried to see if he could take it out as quickly as possible. The unhappiness of exchanging money to buy cigarettes just now still lingers in his mind.Especially the price of this ghost, it's a mess.Thinking of the nouveau riche who made a fortune by asking for prices, he was quite indignant.It was cloudy and rainy in early spring, and it was still gray just now, but suddenly the sun came out, and the old suit on my body was unsightly.He suddenly felt very shabby, no wonder the salesmen looked down on him.This feeling seems to be the first time.I often find that my attire is out of fashion, but I always think that I am still a revolutionary cadre, how can I be so particular?The country is not yet rich, so in the initial stage, it is better to be simple.If I followed the fashion like that, wouldn't I be a bum?Besides, I look worthy of the audience, so I always feel good about myself.For some reason today, I feel a little ashamed. When I got home, my wife hadn't come back yet, and the pot was cold.He hadn't eaten breakfast, and he didn't have lunch, and he was angry just now, so he threw himself on the sofa angrily.I am a seven-foot man, how did I end up in this situation!I think I should restrain myself in this and be cautious in that, I don't even want to smoke or drink, I just want to be a likable person inside and out, but in the end it is like this!He opened his briefcase violently and took out his cigarettes.smoke!smoke!smoke!Take care of him!But I couldn't find any matches.He hurried around the house a few times, got into the kitchen and lit a cigarette on the briquette stove.The smoke was strong and the coal was choking, which made him cry.But still pumping desperately, coughing desperately.The room immediately filled with smoke. At this time the wife came back.Huang Zhichu suddenly felt guilty, but he still had the courage to lie on the sofa and smoke.His wife stared at him for a long time with a livid face, and scolded: Oh, you really look like a man, smoking seriously.How much do you have a month?Can you support yourself?You don't usually smoke, why did you smoke today?Are you worried?Miss that slut?Have the guts to go. It is tolerable, which is unbearable.Huang Zhichu flew over and slapped his wife, and his wife immediately fell to the ground, crying so much that her face was colorful.Some people poked their heads around the door to watch the excitement.Huang Zhichu slammed the door behind him and walked towards the municipal office. Huang Zhichu was thinking about himself and his wife all afternoon.Thinking of my wife's many advantages and cuteness, I feel that she is just small-minded, everything else is good, she is very considerate, never wants him to do housework, and just wants him to work hard.I hope he will have a successful day.I didn't know that I was so disappointing.Those two packs of Marlboro really shouldn't be bought. For eleven yuan and eighty cents, you can buy a chicken.My wife often said dizziness, isn't it malnutrition?But she is always reluctant to eat, and only knows how to save money.In fact, to buy something to eat for my son, I can change it for ten yuan. It can still be said that it was given by someone else. How does my wife know?At that time, he was the smartest person in his life, and he was confused for a while, thinking about buying cigarettes.The more I think about it, the more I feel that I am wrong, and I am sorry for my wife.So I asked for a leave of absence and returned home early.My wife was not at home, and went to work again after crying.Her unit was absent from work for half a day and deducted five days of bonuses. How could she not go to work? When his wife came back with the child, Huang Zhichu had already prepared the meal and served it to the table.He first teased his son as if nothing had happened, adjusted the atmosphere, and then talked to his wife.The wife's expression was cold and she didn't make a sound. Huang Zhichu just laughed and said forget it. It's all a contradiction among the people. If you want to vent your anger, just slap me.Who wants to hit you!Don't get my hands dirty!The wife replied and couldn't help laughing.Dinner atmosphere was so-so. After dinner and tidying up, my son fell asleep.Huang Zhichu watched TV while Xiao Lin sat next to him knitting a sweater.Xiao Lin suddenly asked: It's not that I'm supercilious, why are you and Xiao Zeng a little bit like that these days? what that?Isn't it just to say hello!Huang Zhichu had an indifferent expression. At this moment, someone knocked on the door, knocking loudly.Huang Zhichu hurriedly got up and opened the door.It was the black man next door who came in, shaking a piece of paper angrily: Who wrote this in your family? Huang Zhichu took it and took a look, oh my god, the hairs are straight.It was Xiao Lin who wrote the note about Zhenwei in the morning.Xiao Lin felt numb when she saw this, she just looked at her man.Huang Zhichu calmed himself down and said with a smile: Take a look, buddy, which one of us can write this kind of note? At this time Zeng Wei came in, pulling and scolding her man to bring her home, shouting as she walked: You bastard, what happened to Director Huang and his wife?I only know how to guess and scream. Zeng Wei sent the man away, then rushed back to apologize: Don't be surprised, he is straightforward and a good person.I don't know who is so wicked to write such words.My son likes to pick up label paper to play with, and let him see it when he picks it up.When I asked, my son said he picked it up at your door.He came to ask, but I couldn't stop him.He is simple-minded, unlike Director Huang, he is a learned person. Xiao Lin was a little grateful for Zeng Wei's inadvertent untie, so she said a few words of comfort.Zeng Wei also took the opportunity to express her injustice, saying that people's hearts are darker than anything else, and people are more poisonous than anything else. Didn't we just make a little more money and dress more fashionable, and some people chewed bubbles and vomited blood! After Zeng Wei left, Huang Zhichu gently warned his wife: Don't be pretentious in the future, be careful that the black man beats you up! Xiao Lin seemed to have escaped the catastrophe by luck, and slumped limply on the sofa.Huang Zhichu saw that she was so pitiful, and couldn't bear to talk about her, so he joked: Accountant Xiao is well educated and reasonable, so how could he write that obscene note? Xiao Lin smiled embarrassedly.When going to bed, Xiao Lin asked: When did you become director?It may not be a secret promotion?Don't brag outside! Huang Zhichu said: Who is bragging?These people think that those who sit in the office of the municipal government are all officials, whether they are directors or directors. Anyway, when someone called the director, Huang Zhichu still felt at ease.At least it was a good sign, and it also showed that these people did not take him lightly.Although Xiao Lin was still suspicious, seeing that Zeng Wei was also a delicate person, her guess was groundless after all, so she felt a little relieved.Huang Zhichu also fell asleep soon, and had nothing to say all night. Three After dinner the next day, Huang Zhichu was going to the office to work overtime.Seeing that Zeng Wei was leading the dog out to play, she said hello, praised the dog for its beauty, and then returned the eight yuan according to the pre-designed procedure.He happened to be on the same road as Zeng Wei, so he had no choice but to go with her.He originally wanted to ignore her from now on, but he felt a little ungrateful, besides, this woman was sensible and not the kind of philistine.As for dressing, it is a matter of personal lifestyle.Wearing clothes and hats, everyone has their own preferences. He seems to feel that some of his concepts should be updated.So along the way, they also talked about some irrelevant topics with each other, half of them were pleasantries, and half were flattery. Little did they know that Xiao Lin smashed the vat of vinegar.While she was washing dishes in the kitchen, she vaguely heard Zeng Wei next door telling her man to go play with Xiao Huang.She hurried to the living room and saw Huang Zhichu outside the door, handed something to Zeng Wei, and walked away together talking and laughing.Xiao Lin couldn't help tearing up, and cursed in her heart: This beastly thing, no wonder he works overtime every night!Why did the slut tell his man when he went out to play with wild men?I'm afraid there is some conspiracy? Huang Zhichu didn't come home until eleven o'clock in the evening.At this moment, Zeng Wei had just come back and greeted each other. The black man was still playing the video with the volume turned up very loudly.Huang Zhichu took out the key to open the door, but he couldn't open it no matter what.Take the key and shine it on the street lamp, and it is not wrong.Continued to open, still can not open.I thought there might be something wrong with the lock.So he knocked on the door and called Linlin.Nothing happened.He knocked on the door harder and called Linlin loudly, but there was still no sound.Did you drop by and just stand at the door.At this time, the door suddenly opened, and the wife's roar came from the dark room: Why come back alone, you can bring it home! Huang Zhi and the second monk Chu Zhang couldn't figure it out.He turned on the light and saw Xiao Lin's eyelids were red and swollen, as if she had just cried, so he asked in surprise: What's the matter today?Is there something wrong with the nerves? Of course I have problems, if there is no problem, how could you go outside to play with women!Xiao Lin called. Huang Zhichu was so anxious that he couldn't speak, and it took him a long time to say: Who is playing with women?Don't spout blood! Huang Zhichu knew that the video next door was loud, but he couldn't hear the roar, so he shouted like a thunderbolt. Xiao Lin smiled coldly, and said: Don't think that you are the smartest person in the world, and others will not know what you do.You can write anyway, writing love letters is a piece of cake, you can write ten letters a day.Who knows what kind of image you are in the unit, I'm afraid you are a pervert!No wonder it's not your turn to be promoted.There are also those bastard couples who thought you were great, and they colluded to seduce you. Xiao Lin scolded like setting off firecrackers, but Huang Zhichu couldn't understand a word.At first, he just wanted to hear where the misunderstanding was from her scolding, but the more she scolded, the more outrageous she was, and she actually scolded the matter of promotion or not, which hurt his self-esteem too much.He thought to himself that as a cadre of the 24th grade, he would often work overtime and even look down on his wife, so he got angry and slapped him hard.Xiao Lin staggered a few steps, fell over, and knocked over the water bottle again, smashing it to pieces.The boiling water made Xiao Lin scream.Seeing that something had happened, Huang Zhichu hurried up to help. Zeng Wei and his wife heard the sound and came over and asked: What's the matter, what's the matter? When Xiao Lin saw someone coming, it was inconvenient to scold her, she just cried. Huang Zhichu concealed: I just came back from overtime, and she was busy making me supper, but accidentally knocked over the boiling water bottle and burned her hands. The black man hurriedly asked if the burn was serious, if it was severe, go to the hospital, otherwise, he would use egg white to smear it.Huang Zhichu helped Xiao Lin to lie down on the bed, and hurriedly looked for eggs, but he couldn't find them after searching for a long time.The black man said nothing, and ran to his house to fetch two eggs. After applying the egg white, Zeng Wei said: Director Huang, serve Xiao Xiao well, women are just more delicate.Then he said to his man: Take a bag of instant noodles and give Director Huang a midnight snack.Don't do it yourself. Huang Zhichu quickly shook his hand and said: No trouble, no trouble, I have no appetite now. But the black man took it in two steps in three steps and said: Don't be distracted, they are all neighbors. After Zeng Wei and his wife left, Huang Zhichu approached his wife and asked: Does it hurt? Xiao Lin twisted her body and yelled softly: I am not coquettish! Huang Zhichu knew that these words were addressed to Zeng Wei, so he said: Don't be suspicious. Xiao Lin said: Who is suspicious?I didn't see how caring she was for you, and she even brought you supper in case you were tired.There are also men in the world who are willing to wear cuckolds! Huang Zhichu suppressed his throat and shouted: Have you broken it?According to your logic, the nigger is so sincere in fetching eggs for you, and you and him do the same? Xiao Lin immediately raised her voice: What excuse do you have?I did see you.What kind of ghost class are you joining, seeing you handing her a letter and still not admitting it? At this time, the TV video next door had finished playing, and the surrounding area was completely silent.Huang Zhichu and his wife were inconvenient to quarrel, and fell asleep back to back.Huang Zhichu was full of displeasure, and just wanted to have a dream, dreaming of Zeng Wei, but there was no. When I woke up on the fourth day, I saw that my wife had already woken up and was preparing lunch. I suddenly remembered the thoughts I had when I was going to bed last night, and felt sorry for my wife and Zeng Wei.So I was lucky: Fortunately, I didn't dream of doing that kind of thing with Zeng Wei. Today is Sunday, Huang Zhichu is off, and Xiao Lin is also off. Huang Zhichu didn't want to continue yesterday's quarrel, and planned to use this rare day off to ease the relationship between husband and wife. After breakfast, Huang Zhichu proposed to play in the park, and his son hadn't played outside for several Sundays.Xiao Lin sat still and asked: What's the matter?You want to get away with it?Are you going to explain what happened yesterday? Huang Zhichu said in a low voice: Why bother again, how about letting others hear?As he spoke, he pointed to the next door with his finger.Xiao Lin said: Don't worry, they have already set up a stall to make a fortune.So what? Helpless, Huang Zhichu had no choice but to truthfully tell the truth about the loan, the union's payment, the purchase of cigarettes, and the repayment of the money.This could have been settled, but unexpectedly, it was even more troublesome.You, Huang Zhichu, have no ghosts in your heart, so why are you so sneaky like Zeng Wei?She also told her man herself that she went to play with Xiao Huang, but I saw it.Who doesn't know the mayor's wife, she's in her forties, she's dressed so fancy, and she hasn't given birth to a child yet!You spend money so casually with her, you don't care if you still don't, who knows what's the relationship between you two?You, Huang Zhichu, are an imposing man, why do you save your private money like women?You don't smoke, you don't drink alcohol, and you already have food and clothing at home. What do you use this private money for?Since it is aboveboard, why hide it from me? A hundred thousand questions made Huang Zhichu unable to open his eyes, blushing, sitting on the sofa panting. At the end of the scolding, Xiao Lin sneered, and said: You are capable, and you are desperate, but you want to climb up by holding a woman's belt! It seems that all explanations are of no avail.If there are other misunderstandings, you can find someone to corroborate, but this is the case again! For many days to come, the couple ignored each other, they ate and slept.When there was a noise next door, Xiao Lin scolded a slut, and Huang Zhichu covered his head. It's okay to live like this, but it's more difficult at night.But Huang Zhichu was still uneasy.He was worried that Xiao Lin's mouth would be slapped outside, and those unreasonable things would be publicized, and he would be completely finished.In this hellish place in China, if you are a cadre, if you make other mistakes, you can learn from past mistakes and save others. If you talk about the relationship between men and women, then your moral character has been corrupted.When he thought of this, he was terrified and terrified, as if he really had something like that.He often pays attention to the faces of his colleagues, especially the expression of the mayor. One day at work, someone asked Huang Zhichu to go to the mayor's office, but he didn't say anything.It was the first time the mayor summoned Huang Zhichu alone, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.Did the mayor hear something? Huang Zhichu tried to calm down and walked towards the mayor's office.The mayor was reviewing documents, and when he saw him coming, he asked him to sit down with a smile on his face.The mayor had never received him so warmly, which made him more unpredictable and more nervous. The mayor said: I have a personal matter, please do me a favor.Tomorrow is Ching Ming, Xiao Ma wants to go to her father's grave, I have to hold a standing committee meeting, I can't go, and it's inconvenient for me to go.Please accompany me.Originally, the driver could accompany him, but he had to guard the car.The law and order in this society is really chaotic. So it is!The pony is the mayor's wife.The mayor has always called his wife a pony, which shows how much the mayor loves his wife!Huang Zhichu thought: Fortunately, fortunately, my wife's nonsense has not been spread. After rejoicing, he seemed to feel that he was too timid again, not like a man.So I thought viciously: So what if it happened?Whoever makes you useless, you can't make a son!At this time, the mayor watched the car pass by him and waved to him.He also felt that such bad thoughts should not be born.The mayor is also a kind person who works day and night for the people of the city. Huang Zhichu thought: Why did the mayor think of asking me to accompany her wife?It must be the lady who ordered the general.He heard that the mayor was submissive in front of his beautiful wife because of his infertility.Now that his wife can afford it, I'm afraid he can get some credit.So can't help but rejoice. As soon as he went to work the next day, Huang Zhichu called a car and drove straight to the door of the mayor's house.The mayor has gone to his office, only his wife is at home.He yelled generously: Sister Ma, I will go with you. From then on, Sister Ma became Huang Zhichu's name for the mayor's wife. After getting in the car, Sister Ma asked Huang Zhichu: What is your surname? Huang Zhichu quickly replied: My surname is Huang, please call me Xiao Huang. Why don't you even know my last name?Huang Zhichu thought. Sister Ma smiled gracefully and said: Don't worry about it.There are many people run by the city government, and I have a bad memory. When I met them, I felt familiar.Comrades greeted me when they saw me, and I smiled too.Once I was short of 8 yuan buying clothes on the street. I saw a person I knew and borrowed it from him. I still can’t remember who it was.Alas, my ghost memory.I talked to Lao Li, and Lao Li severely criticized me, saying that others would say that I was greedy for petty gains. Huang Zhichu smiled apologetically and said: Then who would blame you?Eight yuan is not a big deal, anyway, the depreciation of the renminbi is not like money. Damn it, that eight yuan almost broke up my wife, Huang Zhichu thought. After that, Sister Ma's interest was entirely in the pastoral scenery in early spring, and she didn't talk much. Thinking of how complacent he was when he took the order yesterday, Huang Zhichu felt as if he had been humiliated, and only blamed himself for being too simple and naive.In a blink of an eye, why did the mayor only call him?There are only two possibilities, either to mess up the mandarin ducks, or to see that Huang Zhichu is alone in the office and has nothing to do, so he just came to serve the wife.The more I think about it, the more I feel that I am the most unfortunate person in the world.So he vowed to treat this task with a business-like attitude, and even gave the mayor an outline in his heart, saying that this was purely a manifestation of the privileges of the nobles, and it was a waste of a day of the life of the young cadres. The car stopped at a place where it could no longer be driven, and then had to walk a short path.The driver asked for Huang Zhichu's opinion on who would stay in the car.Huang Zhichu seemed to have forgotten the indignation just now, and immediately declared: You still have feelings for the car. I want to see the scenery of the mountains and the folk customs of the Qingming Festival, and go up the mountain with Sister Ma. After making such a decision, Huang Zhichu secretly scolded himself for being boneless. Wuhuang Zhichu is very familiar with Sister Ma.Mayor Li is busy all day long, and Sister Ma is delicate and charming. She can't do many things at home, so she often asks comrades from the municipal office for help.Anyone is happy to help.From then on, he was often called Huang Zhichu.When Huang Zhichu bought coal, rice, or other things for the mayor, he always felt like a domestic slave of the old government. It was very pitiful, but he always acted naturally, like friends caring for each other, unlike some people It looks so wretched and vulgar, pretending to be courteous.In this way, Sister Ma also felt more at ease, so she called out: "Xiao Huang, do me a favor." Consciously or unintentionally, every time Huang Zhichu did something for Sister Ma, he sighed and publicized it in the office.It is said that Mayor Li has worked really hard as an official, and he can't take care of family affairs at all, but Sister Ma is exhausted.The comrades in our office should also help the mayor's family more, so that he can work with peace of mind.Damn, it's hard to be a local official. If you are in the army, as a small company commander, your clothes will be washed. Huang Zhichu's seemingly general remarks were not made for no reason.He not only showed off his relationship with the mayor and his wife to his comrades, but also found a grand theoretical basis for his hard work, and also balanced the mentality of his colleagues.Because since the comrades in the office have to help the mayor more, it's not me, Huang Zhichu, but you too!In this way, he ran to the mayor's house twice in three days, but he shared the responsibility for all comrades. The comrades were not surprised, but envied him for getting along so well with the mayor and his wife.However, Secretary Zhao, who used to work at the mayor's house, was somewhat jealous, but he couldn't say it.Huang Zhichu saw this and just pretended nothing had happened. However, Director Xiang of the city government office is a person who has experienced world affairs for a long time. The small eyeballs behind the thick lenses of his short-sighted glasses are not easy to see clearly, but he always looks at others clearly.He felt that the mayor seemed to appreciate Huang Zhichu very much, and he also cared about Huang Zhichu. He praised him in several meetings in the office, saying that a young man, an intellectual, should be like Huang Zhichu.Once, he praised him in front of the mayor, and mayor Li also said that Xiao Huang was good.Huang Zhichu was very excited, and even wanted to cry.He wanted to be grateful that the idiom was really well invented.So some people commented in private: Huang Zhichu is going to be lucky.Because the comrades carefully summed up the experience and found a rule: before nominating the director to the leadership and organization department, he must first create public opinion in the office and publicize it, so as not to feel sudden when he is promoted.Of course, attaching importance to public opinion propaganda is the magic weapon of the party's work.But none of the colleagues made it clear, because this is a matter of organizational principles after all.On issues of principle, Director Xiang has always been serious.But Huang Zhichu still felt it.So the spirit is more vigorous and the work is better.This in turn brought more praise to the director, and once Mayor Li even praised him personally.Colleagues are even more impressed by him.Those guys who are usually very casual are also a little taboo to joke around.Huang Zhichu feels that he is in the best state in history, and seems to be a quasi-deputy director. Family life is a different story.Xiao Lin had an almost calm conversation with him: Now you really look like an adjutant of a Kuomintang officer, and you only play with your wife.I've figured it out, husband, husband, just manage as long as you can, and you can't control it.Divorce?Poor Liu Er again.My own life is miserable, admit it.From now on, we will live like this, independent of each other. So, family life goes on quietly, like a digital watch, everything is pre-programmed, methodical, but lifeless.Huang Zhichu was alive and well at work, proud of his spring breeze, but when he returned home, he was downcast, as if he was mourning his concubine.He feels that the outside world and home are two worlds, and he is also two people. The couple slept together, and emotionally they were just class brothers at best.Hunger and thirst became more difficult at night.The Zeng Wei and his wife next door are neither temperate nor disciplined, so Huang Zhichu had to go to the office after dinner every day to avoid the pornographic recording, so he went home after twelve o'clock every night, but fortunately Zeng Wei and his wife were at twelve fell asleep before.The leaders said that Huang Zhichu was really hardworking and worked overtime every day.He has almost become a role model for government cadres.Although Huang Zhichu was suffering in his heart, he unexpectedly received such a good evaluation, which also gave him some comfort.Xiao Lin's heart became even colder, thinking, Huang Zhichu would definitely not hang out with just one woman every day, the mayor's wife and Zeng Wei were probably the same.This beast! Six how do you live this day?Sometimes Huang Zhichu really wants to file for divorce.But the reason for the divorce that didn't exist in the first place can't be revealed anyway.Even if you leave, if you don't find out about that matter, others will say that you are going to make a fortune, and your vision is high, which shows that you are a person who can only share adversity but not happiness.How can such a person be reused?提拔也就是泡影了。再想那肖琳也是无辜的，全部的错误只在于误会。 这误会何日才能真相大白？看这阵势，只怕这一辈子都将冤沉海底了。 黄之楚希望家里发生一件什么事，哪怕是自己被汽车撞了，老婆病了，或者是来了远方的朋友，都可以缓冲一下生活的节律。 终究没有发生什么事。一切如旧。 有次，黄之楚偶然听见曾薇对男人讲：我带小黄去玩一下。 黄之楚恍然大悟。原来曾薇一家称那只小黄狗为小黄，难怪老婆说听见曾薇说同小黄去玩。他觉得真有几分幽默，就以此为借口，向老婆解释。老婆只作不听见，依然不搭腔。 黄之楚心灰意冷，正儿八经地抽烟了。肖琳也不干涉。 今晚曾薇夫妇突然来访了。黑男人提着一个纸盒子。他们主动来访还是第一次。进门便是客嘛，肖琳也是最要面子的人，便做着场面上的应酬。 曾薇坐下就问：柳儿睡了？我们到深圳进货，带了两个玩具车回来，带遥控的，我儿子和柳儿各一部。又指着她男人，说：他呀，别看凶得像个雷公，就喜欢孩子。 那么讲礼，真是的。肖琳说。 是哩，太讲礼了。黄之楚附和着。 黑男人豪爽地笑笑，说：都是邻居，柳儿和我儿子又喜欢一起玩。 于是曾薇便讲了许多恭维奉承话，有讲肖琳的，多是讲黄之楚的。肖琳脸色便不自在起来，只有黄之楚察觉到。 黄之楚给黑男人递烟，黑男人道：黄主任原是不抽烟的，怎么也上了瘾？抽的话我还有几条云烟，拿条来抽。 黄之楚说别客气，留着自己抽吧。 曾薇把话题扯到这居房上来，说这房子太差了，又湿又脏，老鼠又多，住久了真会短命。说她两口子拼死拼活赚了些钱，想自己修栋房子，但手续太难办了，最后一关卡在建委了。 黄之楚这才知道曾薇夫妇的来意，便说，我明天去建委看看。 曾薇夫妇立即表示了感谢，再应酬了几句，起身回家。黄之楚夫妇硬要把玩具车退了，曾薇夫妇怎么也不依，只好收下。 客人走后，肖琳嘀咕道：不见世面的东西，一部玩具车可以买得你变猴子钻，成得了什么气候。 黄之楚本想发作，但一想，这毕竟是老婆好久以来同他说的第一句话，只好缓和了语气，说：不能那么讲，不送这车也应帮忙嘛。 那当然啦，又不是别人。肖琳的语气有些怪。 黄之楚知道此话特有所指，只好装聋作哑。 第二天，黄之楚处理完几个文稿就往建委去。若是在以前，这个忙他是不敢慷慨承诺下来的，因考虑到自己缺乏分量，怕别人不买账，落得没趣。现在不同了，尽管尚未提拔，但早已风声在外，知道他即将提拔，又是市长的红人，怎会不给面子？于是他找了建委主任，主任吩咐了承办人，事情顺利办好。离开建委时，他觉得那主任同他握手时特别有力，似乎在传递一种无言的信息，使他有些飘飘然。 中午回家，就把办好的手续给了曾薇，曾薇千谢万谢，笑得很媚。黄之楚不由得想到她晚上的劲头，也笑了。 晚上曾薇夫妇又来道谢，带来两套衣服，一套全毛西装，给黄之楚的，一套全毛西服套裙，给肖琳的，还有一条云烟。黄之楚夫妇说不好不好，邻居间帮个忙还这样，太见外了。 曾薇说得极随便：没什么，就六百多块钱的事，我们坐火车逃几回票就包在里面了。 实在执拗不过，别人也是真心相送，便收下了。 黄之楚是真心不想收这东西的，他想还是干干净净地做人好。但还是收了。他另有一番用意。便对老婆说：那件事我解释也是白解释，但你也是有头脑的人。俗话说，商人重利，婊子爱钱，我和她真有那事，别人还会送这么贵重的东西给我们？只要给我个媚眼，只怕要跑得翻斤头！ 肖琳一想，似也有些道理，就问：那么你那位马姐呢？ 黄之楚说：告诉你吧，市长已找我谈了，要提我当市府办副主任。我若睡了他老婆，还会提拔我？不整死我才怪哩！那种事又是瞒不住的。 肖琳听了这解释似乎都合乎逻辑，心也宽了许多。收下那将近半年工资的非分之财，尽管有些难为情，但毕竟心里畅快。又想自己的男人也许真的要熬出头了，也是大大的好事。于是她郁结多日的心开朗起来。黄之楚因老婆消除了疑虑，自然也高兴。二人和好如初。今晚不曾听见隔壁的动静，二人都有那意思，也就亲亲热热地做了。 之后肖琳睡着了，黄之楚依然亢奋。便想到今天第一次用权，还只是稍稍施加影响，事情就办得那么顺当，且得到重谢。权力这东西真好，他想。此念一出，又觉得自己心思不对劲，几乎有点堕落，就搜肠刮肚，想找一些先贤的警语来自勉。但已倦了，大脑木木的，一时竟找不出，就睡着了。 七黄之楚早就嫌自己的衣服太寒碜了，就想试试曾薇送的那套西装。又总不好意思穿，似乎是偷来的。忽又想到曾薇说的逃票的事，便觉得这些生意人的钱反正是骗来的，他们骗的钱可以修房子，自己连件像样的衣服都买不起。他妈的，管他哩，就算收了他们的东西也是均贫富。肖琳也劝他穿上算了，不然到夏天了。恰好这天曾薇碰上黄之楚也问合不合身，他觉得也是个借口，马上应道，很合身，明天我穿上你看看。肖琳那套却舍不得穿，说过生日时再穿。 那西装面料精良，款式大方，做工考究，黄之楚感觉自己是个英国绅士，正走在伦敦大街上。他在家里的穿衣镜前仔细端详过，确实漂亮。只是背影未能好好欣赏，但他自信一定很伟岸。工作起来精力也格外充沛，为市长起草的几个讲话稿都得到了市长的嘉许。 肖琳恢复正常之后好像漂亮了许多，经常神采飞扬。她同曾薇相处得也如姊妹一样。黑男人常逗柳儿，柳儿叫他猪八戒也并不生气，只说柳儿乖。黄之楚觉得人们其实是善良的，生活多美好！ 市府机关却悄悄地传播着一条小道消息：李市长夫人怀孕了！ 市府办也有人议论此事，表情都很神秘，很隐讳，几乎像地下党人讲暗语。只有赵秘书放肆些，讲得很露骨：他做了十几年的荒工，颗粒无收，谁知道这回是哪一位下的种？ 赵秘书说这话的时候，眼光朝黄之楚闪了一下。黄之楚早知此人嫉妒自己，今天是借题发挥。黄之楚这时立即意识到自己已是快当副主任的人了，觉得有责任制止这种议论，便正色道：同志们注意点，不能随便议论领导，影响不好。若是五七年，不得了的。 马姐有了身孕，黄之楚也觉奇怪。他当然知道不干自己的事，但中国人就是喜欢搞冤假错案，自己同市长夫人过从甚密，前段同老婆肖琳的误会也有少数人知道，自己不成了重要嫌疑者？十分害怕，而马姐有事照样叫他，别人就用异样的眼光看，他很难堪。这样倒像自己真的有问题似的，非常心虚。 有天肖琳问：听说市长夫人的肚子被谁弄大了？ How did you know?黄之楚问。 肖琳道：全市人民都知道了，这是头号马路新闻！ 黄之楚十分惊愕，说：外面都是怎么传的？有些人真是吃多了尽放屁！ 肖琳头一歪，问：你生什么气？干你什么事？莫非是你？ outrageous!黄之楚提高了嗓门。 肖琳见黄之楚不理，也不争了，一个人生闷气。 黄之楚今晚怎么也睡不着。他越想越胆怯。那赵秘书心术最不正，肯定会到外面乱讲，肯定还会点到我黄之楚。这话传到市长耳里怎么得了？自己的副主任不就泡汤了？女人真是怪物，马姐平时看上去也只是打扮入时些，并不见得风流轻浮，怎么干出这种事呢？最怪的还是市长，这一段还是一如常态，叫老婆还是小马小马，亲热不过了，难道不知道自己戴了绿帽子？老婆的肚子大了竟视而不见？你当市长的大事不糊涂，这也不是小事呀！看来市长大人是难得糊涂了。于是，黄之楚又调动自己的全部智力开展了逻辑推理。第一，市长对娇妻爱不胜爱，不敢得罪；第二，相信老婆怀孕是石破天惊，功在自己；第三，即使不是自己的，也不追究，既保住了自己的体面和威信，又不让自己知道那不想知道的第三者，含混含混算了，免得徒增烦恼。 黄之楚仔细一想，觉得真的还合乎逻辑。并且来了个设身处地，想象自己处于这个位置，恐怕也会这么处理。这样，心里踏实了许多。倦了，长长地舒了一口气，想：这可以安安心心地睡了。 又想：他妈的，本来就可以安心睡的，又不是你下的种！ 第二天前往上班的路上，又进行了一次心理调适，为自己壮胆：君子坦荡荡，怕什么！ 上班不久，有人叫：黄之楚，市长找你。 这一叫，黄之楚已筑好的心理堡垒又有些土崩瓦解了，只觉得双脚发软。为了掩饰，他不马上起身，慢条斯理地整理着抽屉的资料，说：就来，就来。 未进市长办公室的门，就听见市长哈哈大笑，像在跟别人谈笑。一进门，才知是市中医院的周院长。此公年老资深，名气很大，与市长交游甚好。市长介绍说：这是周院长；这是市府办的黄之楚同志，笔杆子。 坐下之后，市长说，市中医院研究的治疗男性不育的药，效果本来不错的，治愈率在百分之八十五，但那百分之十五的王八蛋却到处告状，告到《人民日报》，告到卫生部。弄得周院长他们头痛，医院的效益也差了。小黄你牵头组织力量调查一下，写篇有分量的文章，争取上省报，上《人民日报》，为中医院正正名，也可提高本市的知名度。市长拍拍自己的胸脯说，我就是一个例子嘛，同小马结婚十六年了从未有过。从去年起我吃了这种药，小马不是怀上了？ I see. 黄之楚领回任务，觉得很幽默，忍不住笑了。之后，又怨自己真他妈的胆小鬼。为什么越来越胆小呢？自己也说不清。 做了为期一周的调查，黄之楚开始动笔。他知道这文章的意义，除了市长讲的，还事关市长和马姐的名誉，甚至包括自己的名誉。所以调动了自己的全部才情，写得很认真。又好像在为自己写法律诉状。 半个月后，黄之楚的文章发表了。 市长说：好文笔。 肖琳鼻子里哼了一声，冷笑着说：此地无银三百两。 眼睛一眨，又过了几个月，黄之楚当市府办副主任的事还迟迟不见宣布，能否搬进机关大院、住两室一厅呢？前景不很明朗。 他们夫妇关系如何？外人也不甚了了。