Chapter 5 Novella Course-2

"Wait a minute, are you leaving? Don't you even have a word of farewell? I really miss you." "I can tell you're not very old. I noticed that the last time I was at your house looking through a magazine." "That's right." He grabbed her sleeve again in a hurry, "They all say I'm as childish as a child." Miss Li's face sank immediately, and she said coldly: "Please let go of your hand." Pip let go, and she slapped her sleeve again and again, lest she get any dirt on it.Then she turned off into a path and walked on without looking back.

That day, when Pip was at work, he saw the man in his building shopping for women's underwear in the shopping mall opposite.He seemed to have chosen a few yellow ones and a few green ones, and after choosing and paying, he walked straight towards Pipzhun's office building.In a short while the secretary informed Pip that someone was coming for him.Pip must have seen his neighbor sitting in the drawing room, the paper bag full of women's panties conspicuously on his lap.Pip tried not to look at the bag.The neighbor took out those colorful underwear one by one and put them on the chair, like an exhibition.Pip looked around for a while, and quickly closed the door of the guest room.

"You must know that I am Lao Zeng, and we used to have too little communication with each other." The neighbor said, "You have talked about me to many people, and I have mentioned you to many people, but we have no communication with each other." , this is not normal. What do you think of these panties? You are afraid of being seen, aren't you? What does it really matter? If you are afraid, I will put them away." He put the panties in one by one paper bag. "What do you think of me?" Pip asked Lao Zeng. "How could we tell you such a thing?" Lao Zeng blinked slyly, "It's a secret. I have a house at the corner of the street, and I live with a woman. If you have the guts, what? It's time to visit."

"I don't have much interest in that kind of thing now. I'm selfish and thin, and I'm always afraid of being tricked." "Who are you lying to by saying this? Miss Li in our building said that you have proposed to her. How dare you say that you are not very interested?" "Maybe. But she turned me down, she was out of reach, and I regret my actions when I think about them." "You are such a mouse!" Lao Zeng laughed, "a bald mouse. Every day, he sneaks into this office building along the corner of the street, and trembles when he sees anyone. Do you think my analogy is pertinent?"

"I'm just a mouse," said Pip quasi-sarcastically. "You must visit my new house in a few days. I will give you some new magazines, the stimulating ones. Then you can take them to perfuse everyone again." "A man fell from my window last night. It has nothing to do with you, does it?" "There will always be people who do that. It's just a matter of time. You don't have to take it to heart. Now I'm going. Someday, I'll tell you what we all think of you. For now, don't worry about it. " After Lao Zeng left, Pipzhun thought of Miss Li again, and recalled the time they spent together at night, and unexpectedly had an impulse.It seemed that every moment of last night was veiled with that mystery.He recalled the words Miss Li said in the bathroom, and felt that her voice was so alluring, and that she was really unattainable.Even if the matter has passed, thinking of this now, his skinny cheeks will flush red.

Since the day before yesterday, Pip has undergone a special physiological change, which he calls "office syndrome".Whenever he sat down to work, he could hear two women arguing in the next room, loudly and deafeningly.The content of the quarrels are all big things, such as who took whose cup and drank tea; who went out and forgot to close the door to let the wind blow in;Pip must have felt so angry that he couldn't help it at last, and rushed to the next office, intending to have a big fight with them.After he went in, he found that there was only one little old man in the office, who was immersed in copying official documents.

"Who are you looking for?" the old man asked coldly. "I heard someone talking here, so I came to have a look." He hesitated. "There are so many things like this!" The old man waved his hand exaggeratedly, "Are you very depressed inside? Please pay attention to your briefcase, not the voice of the neighbor talking." Pip Zhun backed away flushed, and sat down in his office again.However, as soon as they were seated, the two women quarreled again, aggressively, and finally fought, breaking cups and plates and so on.Pip must have felt that his head was about to explode. He covered his head and paced back and forth in the office, which made the old Liu in the same room very angry and suggested him to see a doctor.Pipzhun asked Lao Liu what the name of the new old man who was transferred next door was, and Lao Liu was shocked when he heard his words.

"There's no old man next door! You've worked here for so many years, don't you know? It's a big empty room, used as a storage room, full of old books and newspapers, and you're talking about an old man." Pip must have known it would be dangerous to go on, so he sat down sullenly.The voices of the two women's quarrel gradually became quieter and turned into a chat. "That guy next door by the window is an old fox," said a woman. "How do you know? I think he's just timid," said another. "I have a friend named Miss Li, she told me..." The voice of the first woman trailed off.

Pip Zhun's face turned pale, and Lao Liu stared at him suspiciously. "Let's go ask her now!" said the second woman's voice. Pip heard the knock, and stared fixedly at the door. "Is it your friend?" Lao Liu glanced sideways at Pip Zhun, "I don't want to get up, so you open the door." "Neither do I," said Pip, tremblingly. There was another knock at the door, and then distant footsteps were heard, and Pip sank down in his chair with a sigh. "How old are you this year?" Old Liu asked suddenly. "fifty two." "Fifty-two?" Old Liu said, frowning. "Ah, good. I've heard a little bit about your scandals. So you're not old!"

"They say that I behave childishly, like a child!" Only then did Pipzhun feel the blood rushing back to his face. "You know how I got hooked up with a girl in our building? It's just because I have a lot of attractive magazines piled under my bed. I'm a discerning collector. And she, when she sees those magazines, she will pay attention to them." Me." At this point, he heard the two women arguing next door again, the voices were louder and louder, and vulgar curses were mixed in between.As he listened, Old Liu eyed him suspiciously again. "I don't think that's really a scandal." Lao Liu said, "at your age, you won't have any great impulses. Isn't it just a little girl who borrowed a magazine from you? Bah, how could it change?" Gossip."

"Well, we stood in the bathroom talking for a long time, side by side, holding hands, and I wondered how I didn't get sexual urges. My urges came later, when she left me. We There was a murder in that building, and I have been watching at night these days." He felt very surprised, why everyone cared about Miss Li, and everyone knew her well, as if they knew her when they mentioned her.Wasn't she just an ordinary girl in his block, the daughter of a pair of old flea-catchers?Everyone cared about Miss Li, and even Dai Dai also cared about him. This kind of situation was something he had never experienced before.This kind of situation forced him to open his mouth, as if he was confessing, revealing his whole truth and embarrassing himself even more than before. Old Liu looked at him in disbelief, shook his head, and returned to his seat without saying a word. The rest of the day was extraordinarily long.The two women next door were talking loudly about his relationship with the people around him, and when he wanted to understand it, he couldn't hear it clearly, and the conclusion seemed to be vague and unresolved.He just opened his ears like this, and he didn't want to work at all.When he was sitting there thinking wildly, the old Liu who was opposite him occasionally looked up at him, his eyes seemed to be very disgusted and impatient, so he became even more restless.When I got off work, I heard the two women next door muttering that they were going to get off work.They were packing and closing their briefcases when Pip heard them saying goodbye to each other in the morning, and then the sound of footsteps leaving the door.A wave of hopeless melancholy settled over Pipjun, and he felt that he was involved in a conspiracy from which he could no longer escape. Old Liu also went home, and Pip sat alone in the empty office thinking about it. After a while, another person came in, it was the neighbor Lao Zeng.As soon as Lao Zeng came, he took Pipzhun to his "new home" with such strength that Pipzhun couldn't resist.They dragged and walked to the soy sauce shop at the corner of the street, went upstairs, and walked into a very old small house.There was a bed in the room, under the bed was stuffed with colorful women's underwear, and a lot was spilled on the floor. "Where has she been?" Pip asked. "You mean her?" Lao Zeng smiled, "There is no certain her. You know, I live here with all kinds of women at will, and I am always changing people. You can also say that I am always in unrequited love. , especially in the middle of the night. Your Miss Li, she has been here too, and she doesn't think very highly of me. I'm almost giving up now, and when I give up, I'll move back in." "You always buy women's underwear in the store across from my office, I've been paying attention to you for a long time." "I went there just to get your attention. You see, it's not normal for us to be neighbors but never get to know each other very well. Your Li girl, to be honest, isn't very good. Hey, you Can you hear the people below talking?" "I can't hear you, what are they saying?" "You haven't gotten used to it yet. Once you get used to it one day, you will be able to hear clearly. For example, I live here and I can say that I can hear all directions. I can also help you find such a place. In this case, you and There won't be too much disagreement with the girl from Li. I'll worry about it. I have to worry about all kinds of things. The people below are talking about your looks! To be honest, you are not very good Nice." He leaned on the floor and listened, squinting and smacking his lips in ecstasy. "I'd like to hear it too," said Pip-jun. "This is not acceptable." Lao Zeng immediately stood up vigilantly, "How can you let people listen to you casually? You are not yet at this level. I will help you find such a place to live, and I will worry about it. Now you can go." He sent him out into the street, and then, as if angry, went back upstairs without saying goodbye.Pip must have looked up that building from the street and saw him making a pair of pink briefs into a flag and hanging it in the window.At this moment, Miss Li walked over from the opposite side.She was obviously walking towards the place where Lao Zeng lived.Pip was so anxious that he ran after him. "Don't go, that kind of place." He grabbed the girl's sleeve again. "Why not?" Miss Li raised her eyebrows and shook off his hand, "It's only interesting from him!" "Go and I'll go with you." "You? Go together? Ha! Good! Three people must be more interesting together, let's go." There were crowds of people in the sauce garden, and they walked through the crowd in full view, and went upstairs to Lao Zeng's room. "Why did you bring this fool back again? Let me tell you, he doesn't understand anything, and he can't teach. I just forgot about him, and you brought him to me again. There is no way." Lao Zeng sighed In one breath, he collapsed on the bed. "Now I don't have any desires, I just want to doze off." "It just so happens that I want to sleep too, so I won't take off my clothes yet, can I sleep here with you?" She said as she walked over and fell on the other side of the bed.After a while, both of them were snoring. It was getting dark outside, and Pip must have felt very hungry, but he didn't want to leave the room. He always wanted to see something.Miss Li looked stupid when she was asleep, with her mouth half-opened and drooling.Lao Zeng's appearance was even more unpleasant, like a puppet.Pip waited and waited, looking at his watch, until at last, after two hours, they awoke yawning. "Let's go out to dinner," said Pipjoon, with a twinkle in his eye and a look of weakness all over. "Dinner?" Lao Zeng laughed, "What are you eating? The show is yet to come. We have regained our strength, and we want you to know what true passion is. Our tricks are endless." Pip's eyes lit up, and he said hastily, "That's what I want to know too. Why am I waiting here hungry? It's all because I want to get to the bottom of it! I, because of my selfishness, rarely Had any real passion, and now I'm not hungry after hearing what you've said." While they were talking, Miss Li was flipping through the women's panties under the bed and laying them out one by one on the floor. They were all newly bought and packed in nice plastic bags.With her waist bent and her butt pouted, she crawled in and out under the bed, spreading her panties all over the room.Lao Zeng smiled and said, "This is for Miss Yun." "This is for Miss Wen." "This is for Miss Xiao." Or "This is for the new Miss Fang." Then Miss Li quarreled with him, saying that he was a liar, that there were not so many girls coming to him, that he was exaggerating the facts, exalting himself, he was not young, why didn't he know how to be ashamed?Listening to her reprimand, Lao Zeng was still smiling, not shy at all.They repeated this trick endlessly, and Pip must have felt his stomach grow hungry again, and he went out to eat something in the street.Lao Zeng came over to block his way, and asked seriously: "Are you really not concerned about Miss Li's fate? There will be a good show soon." Pip must have sat down on the edge of the bed again.However, Lao Zeng and Miss Li quarreled over some "Miss Ding", and they laughed at each other. Lao Zeng said that Miss Li was a "broken broom", and Miss Li said that Miss Li was a "piss bucket". Suddenly he laughed "giggling" and fell on the bed, pressing down on Pipzhun's thigh, making Pipzhun blush.They rolled on the bed, and Miss Li cried out: "Why hasn't this old guy left yet? It's so ignorant, he's in the way, and he still has the nerve to sit on the bed without moving, what a cold-blooded animal!" They just kept pressing him, kicking him, saying something disgusting about him, and ordering him out. Pip must have felt himself immobilized, his body held by a magnet, and he stared unblinkingly at the two, hoping to see something, but they just kept on making a fuss, which filled the room. It was gray, but it didn't do what he imagined at all. "What are you waiting here to see?" Miss Li asked out of breath during the interval. "Really, why is this old fool still waiting here?" Lao Zeng also said in surprise. "I'm waiting here because I care about Miss Li's fate!" Pip was full of grievance and frustration. "I'm fine." Miss Li immediately stopped laughing and straightened her face, "Please don't worry. I don't understand how you have the nerve to say such a thing, how can you say such irresponsible words. I am only 20 this year Three years old, you ruined me, you are so boring, I lose all hope when I see you now. Why don't you go? Did you forget the way home? You want to wait for me to be with you Go back? But you forgot the key thing: I have run away from home. I have no face to see my parents, now you have to go and ask my parents, I doubt they will receive you again, Dad always said to cut off your feet." Pip looked at his watch again, it was already three o'clock in the morning, he went to the window and looked out, the whole street was dark and quiet.Dejectedly, Pip went down the stairs in the dark, walking forward along the vaguely discernible alley.After walking for a while, he saw a big black figure standing at the corner in front of him. The black figure rushed towards him. He tilted his body and his briefcase fell to the ground.But the black shadow didn't jump at him, but at the person next to him.The man had been walking right beside him, but Pip must not have seen him because of the darkness.Now this person fell to the ground, groaning muffledly, the black shadow was strangling his neck, and his movements were crisp and quick.The man twitched a few times, then stopped moving.Pip wanted to run. "Don't be afraid," Sombra said suddenly, "This kind of thing will happen often, every time you will be a false alarm." Pip opened his mouth to ask something.The black shadow disappeared as soon as he turned around.Look at the man on the ground, he is not dead, just sitting there tying his shoelaces, as if nothing happened.Picking up his briefcase, Pip asked: "Who are you?" "Who else can it be, Lao Zeng." He replied, with deep disgust in his tone, "Miss Li has lost the desire to live. She used to run away from home every day, but when it comes to not wanting to live, this For the first time, I know the reason. Go away, people like you, stay as far away from us as possible." Pip went upstairs in the dark to his lodgings.For the first time in his life, he didn't wash his face, take a bath, or wash his feet. He just lay on the bed with his clothes on and covered his head with a quilt.Dawn was breaking soon, and although it was a day of rest, Pip was unlikely to be able to sleep.He scanned the room with cloudy eyes, and saw a light blue young mouse slipping along the wall. He thought it looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had met it. Pip began to search his memory about the young mouse, and he felt that the young mouse had a certain connection with a lost in his youth.It was a huge, dry pond, the mud of which had formed a hard shell, and it was also at night, with the faint moonlight, that he went down.He stepped on the hard mud, identifying the messy footprints of wild animals.Those footprints were all left in the wet mud, and now they have settled down, and the fireflies are flickering in those small potholes.But he got lost, and all that happened afterwards was forgotten.In the morning an old woodcutter told him that he had gone madly round the pond and that he had gone down to bring him up.The woodcutter patted him on the back to comfort him, and gave him a stick of incense wood from his bundle of firewood as a souvenir.As soon as he got to the door of the house, he threw away the fragrant wood and threw it in the gutter downstairs.While he was recalling how this matter related to the young rat, someone knocked on the door. The person who came was Miss Li's father, and Pipzhun shivered when he saw him, and quickly lifted the quilt and stood up. "You live such a depraved life, I get angry when I see you." Miss Li's father said, "You fooled around outside until the early hours of the morning, and everyone in the building heard your steps going upstairs. Sound, everyone is angry because everyone is sleepless. You look in the mirror and see yourself like this; your clothes are disheveled and your face is covered with dirt. Look at this house, it's like a pig's nest. You say To be honest, are you afraid that I will give you a stick?" "Here, it doesn't matter, I have nothing to look forward to now anyway." Pip Zhun suddenly felt a heroic emotion from the bottom of his heart. "Haha!" Miss Li's father laughed, "You made a mistake, I didn't give you that crucial stick, I just said it to tease you. What's the point of me breaking your leg?" ? She is just my niece. We have never been very close. Besides, she has already left. I don't care about her business. It is a fait accompli that you regard as our son-in-law. We have to admit it. I I won't beat you up, let's make peace. How about a deal? You come and help us catch 500 fleas, and then I will lure Miss Li back home with Miss Li's mother, so we can reunite. I I forgot to tell you, the day before yesterday you had a tryst with Miss Li in our bathroom, right? I lured her back home, and you still owe me a debt. Sometimes, I feel like I have become your accomplice Like. Life really changes a lot." "I'd like to think about catching fleas." "Really? I know you have been thinking about it. You have learned a lot from our family, right? You know, not everyone is qualified to work in our family. Before Miss Li left, she was always picky Four, keep your eyes on the sky, and no one can look down on you. The fact that she was hooked up with you really shocked us, and we couldn't figure it out until we died." Pip was about to go down to the third floor to catch fleas.It was the same skinny cat, with a disgusting number of fleas in its sparse fur.Pip Zhun is short-sighted and does not work well, and is constantly scolded by the girl's mother.After working for a while, his stomach gurgled loudly, and he suddenly remembered that he hadn't eaten since yesterday morning.Miss Li's father went to the kitchen and gave him two cold steamed buns to eat, then patted his buttocks and praised: "You're a little professional now." After eating the steamed buns, I caught fleas with them again.The mangy black cat howled mournfully, making Pipzhun's heart constrict and his hands tremble.If his hand shakes, the work will be even more difficult. Miss Li's mother scolded him as "stupid like a pig". "This cat is still raised by Miss Li." Miss Li's father said proudly, "Do you think it is easy to raise a cat? You have also seen that we are working hard every day, and this kind of Work cannot be interrupted, so you can't rely on interest. You help me here first, and I will give you benefits, and I will go and trick Miss Li back, and I can trick her into saying that there is a fire at home or something." "How can you do that?" said Pip, quite apprehensively. "Why can't I do this?" Miss Li's father asked back. "But you can't find her!" "Will I not find her? You are full of muddled thoughts, a man, and they are a great cause of your success. You object, then, to me trying to deceive her?" "I'm not sure, maybe she'll be mad at me." "Okay, you're just thinking about it here, you gave up the golden opportunity. Hey, my wife, I suddenly feel incredible. How could we agree to this man to be our son-in-law? We know him very well. It's been a few years, and I never thought of letting him be my son-in-law? We are passionate, so we won't make a mistake, right?" The girl's mother immediately let go of the weapon and took it like a swan, and threw it away?/p> "Damn! Damn! We're ignoring fundamental problems!" At this time, the cat took the opportunity to get rid of Pipzhun's mercy, and bit his hand hard, and the blood came out from the bite. Pipzhun let out a cry, and his face turned pale. Miss Li's parents were taken aback by Pipzhun's cry, they were taken aback for a moment, then came to their senses, they rushed to the vicious cat, pressed it to the ground again, and scolded Pipzhun, "Attention!" I can't concentrate", "my head is full of crooked ways", while continuing to work, I don't speak anymore.In a short while there were many dead fleas lying on the ground, and Pip felt that the same little thing was doing evil on his own neck, and stopped what he was doing to scratch his neck.At this time, Miss Li's father looked at him sinisterly, and sneered a few times, which made Pip quasi-embarrassed.He also found that there were fleas running quickly in the neck of the two old men, but they didn't feel it at all, and they were engrossed in the work in hand.Pip Criterion had to scratch his neck hard, otherwise he would be furious, and for the first time in his life he felt the horror of flea bites. "Ah! Ah!!" He scratched and screamed, his face changing color. The two old men rolled their eyes at him and ordered him to "shut up". "If you can't bear the hardships of this kind of work, you can go to Lao Wang's house to study for a while before you come back. We don't welcome people who make a fuss here. I've already planned to ask you to study." Miss Li's father pushed him out while Say. A big old Wang was standing at the door, and Miss Li's father handed Pip Zhun to him, gave some instructions, and went into the house.So Pharaoh dragged Pipzhun upstairs to his house, and the two of them tumbled and stumbled, completely out of step.Every time Pip was about to fall, Old Wang jerked him up.Lao Wang made fun of him "like a root of boiled noodles" and "why is he so worthless".Pip Zhun protested and asked Lao Wang not to hold him, but Lao Wang sneered. After entering the house, Lao Wang pushed him onto the hard bamboo chair and asked: "How did you get kicked out?" "The flea bite is killing me. I didn't know it could be so unbearable, everyone knows I'm reasonable, but it was too much." "I'm really embarrassed for you. What are you going to do now? And Miss Li, how can you solve her problem? You troublemaker, just lie down." Lao Wang lay down on the bamboo armchair beside him and stopped talking.Pip felt very inferior all of a sudden, and dared not speak.He began to scan the room.This is a very small room, about four square meters, without windows, a wire hangs from the middle of the ceiling, and a light bulb hangs, and there is no room left for two bamboo chairs in the room.He clearly remembered that he had been here just yesterday. At that time, it seemed to be a big house, connected with the bedroom of Lao Wang's wife and son. Why did Lao Wang's house become like this now?He was suspicious, but he didn't dare to speak, so he secretly glanced at Lao Wang.At this time, Pharaoh closed his eyes tightly, breathing more and more heavily, as if he had fallen asleep.He waited for a while, then tiptoed up to open the door.There is a small coal stove and a dustpan outside the door, and the house opposite has a checkered iron door with a lion's head on the door.This is the seventh floor, and Pip would pass by here every day, turning a blind eye to these things, but he never expected that Lao Wang would live in such a small closed room, not to mention that he had visited Lao Wang's house the night before. The room was not like this at the time.What kind of structure is this building?Pip couldn't understand it. "Don't spoil my atmosphere." Old Wang said behind him, Pip was startled, and quickly closed the door. "You said you've been thinking, I think you don't think about anything all day long, you just want to be opportunistic. You can't stand loneliness and emptiness, so you have to make troubles to pass the day. You don't want to lie here with me at all, you go home." Pip went home in a daze again.But the home was no longer a home. Except for the wire bed that was still there, everything else—in the bedroom, in the living room, in the kitchen—was gone.It looked like the home had been ransacked.But what did the robbers want his things for?Even he himself thinks these things are worthless.Pip would not be bothered to think about these things now, but fortunately he dozed off so badly that he fell asleep before the quilt was taken away.Just when he was about to fall asleep, Pharaoh came in again. Without any explanation, he threw off his quilt and said: "I know what you're doing, hey, you kind of person! You're sleeping here, but you're going to kill someone down here." "Who?" "Who else could it be? Two people complained to Miss Li's house. They claimed to be the staff next door to your office and knew some of your shameful things. They told the old man in detail. The old man was so angry that he just I went to the kitchen to sharpen my knife, and said I was going to chop you up. You go to my house to avoid it now." The two went down to the old Wang's house on the seventh floor and lay down on the hard bamboo chair again.After lying down for less than a minute, Pip heard a commotion next door, two women (it was the voices of the two women next door to the office) screaming and cursing loudly.They cursed at each other at first, and then suddenly mentioned the name "Pi Puzhun", and then angrily denounced Pipuzhun's misdeeds.They said that Pip Zhun had always been a vulgar man, but he pretended to be noble, and many people fell for him.Even the two of them were almost deceived by his disguise.One of them said that she had seen Commodore Pip throw a stolen stick of incense wood into the gutter early one morning, which showed the man's meanness.At that time, she ran over to pick up the fragrant wood, and it is still stored in her home, but it is a pity that she forgot to bring it when she came, otherwise she could use it to educate Miss Li's parents.She also said that this is not the most despicable thing, the most despicable thing is his treatment of the relationship between men and women, but this kind of thing can't be said, and she doesn't want to talk about it, let the girl's parents reflect on it.Their voices were like thunder, and it shook Pip-jeon.Lao Wang didn't seem to notice the noise next door at all, he lay there and fell asleep.Pip began to wonder if the two women were hallucinations, since he had never seen them.But why did Lao Wang mention them, but he himself couldn't hear them? "We're going to make that guy completely rotten, and let Miss Li's family open their eyes." The two of them vowed, "Now that guy is hiding, but he can hide from the first day of the junior high school, but he can't hide from the fifteenth day." Pip couldn't help but give Pharaoh a push, and said: "There's someone next door." Lao Wang was very angry, moved impatiently, and said: "So what, there are people everywhere, are you so lenient? Worrying. You're making me sleepless. You're not a kid anymore. It's useless to pretend. Aren't you bald? This is what everyone sees. Facts. If you're that interested, you can find them in the restaurant downstairs." "Why go to the restaurant? Aren't they next door?" "That's what you sound like, but they're actually at the restaurant right now, go check it out." There were two white-haired old men sitting in the restaurant, their clothes were ragged, they were eating hot pot with their heads down, and they were sweating profusely.They looked up once Pip was allowed in, and went on eating again.Pip was waiting by the side. They had finished eating and stood up to leave, but Pip was anxious to block their way, gesticulating to say something but unable to. "We know what you're talking about," said one of the old men. "You've got to give me a way out." Pip grabbed the talking old man's sleeve in a hurry. "Why do you always like to grab people's sleeves?" The old man got angry, "What if you scratch your clothes? I hate your vulgar behavior the most. If you want to say it, you can say it all, so we don't have to go to your office. Yes. We work next door to you, you know that." "Let me tell you that when I was young, I was daring and dreamy. But now, I am fifty-two years old, and I love myself more. I am willing to live a peaceful life. I read magazines every day. I thought about it for a little while before going to bed, but a strange thing happened not long ago." "Don't go on," the old man interrupted Pipzhun. "We know this better than you, and we don't have the patience to listen to your account. Tell me something else." "I want to win the favor of Miss Li's parents and herself, but I don't want to stay at her house to catch fleas. Is there any way to achieve both? I want them to have a good impression of me." "They're sick of you already, because you've lied to them time and time again." "I'm really sincere to Miss Li. I'm not saying I have any urges, but I just can't live without her. She's an extraordinary woman. I only think of her when she's not around. It's the exact opposite of what I'm used to. I really want to find an opportunity to express that to her." The two old men were very angry when they heard what he said. You looked at me and I looked at you. They looked at each other and said nothing more.Pip tried again to grab the sleeve of the man who had spoken, but the old man said he was "simply disgusting," and opened his hand with an air of insolence. Pip cried out in despair: "You can think you are upright, but why do you want to speak in a woman's voice? This is not the behavior of a gentleman. You create false appearances and make me feel ashamed. Don't you deceive people when you do this?" As soon as he shouted, the two old men looked down on him even more, they stopped talking to him, paid the money, and left the restaurant.Pip must have heard them talking about him after they had gone a long way, but the voice was a woman's.Were they deceiving him on purpose?It was more like they didn't care about him, or in other words, they had no interest in him, and what they cared about was his relationship with the outside world.At this moment they were talking about some long-forgotten things that had happened to him, and making various evaluations. Pip was notified a few days later.A baby-faced secretary tells him he can skip work because of his recent behavior at work.Pip Zhun was puzzled at first, and then it occurred to him that he should learn a trade to make a living.What should I learn?After much deliberation, I felt that I could only go to Miss Li's house to catch fleas.Because he is already in his fifties, he has never learned any crafts, and he no longer has any relatives and friends in this world. Until recently, some people have cared about him, and it is all because of his relationship with Miss Li. the extraordinary relationship between them.Because of this, Miss Li's parents spared no effort to teach him to catch fleas, and gave him cold steamed buns to eat. I wonder if he could get such generous treatment elsewhere?Of course it is impossible.Although the two old men had a rough attitude and seemed very dissatisfied with him as their son-in-law, where would he find another place to live?Besides, he doesn't want to go anywhere else.抓跳蚤的工作虽然辛苦又没有乐趣，毕竟他可以待在自己愿意待的地方，而且每天都有遇见他的心上人的希望。一想到"心上人"这个怪别扭的词，皮普准就看了看墙上新买的镜子，那里面的男子面目模糊，看不出实际年龄，这一来他倒放了心。他走到厨房，用新买的二手货的锅胡乱煮了一包方便面吃了，又在自来水笼头下仔细洗了脸，梳理了稀疏的头发，正想去三楼，老王找他来了。老王手里拿着一本杂志，郑重地说： "你怎么能出门不带杂志呢？不要忽略了这些小节，这也是很重要的，你在外面会碰见各式各样的人，带上这个，你对他们信口胡说的时候就有了根据了。其实头发倒不用梳，那无关紧要。听说了离姑娘的事吗？" "离姑娘出事了？" "事倒没出，她托人捎话给我：她以后不回家了。今后你如果想知道她的情况，就只有通过我了。" 皮普准先十分震惊，继而十分愤怒，就乱骂起来，骂着骂着还流出了眼泪，自己都觉得大为出丑。老王等到他骂完，就将那本杂志塞进他衣袋里，然后回自己家去了。这时皮普准看见窗外有两个戴黑面罩的人，正趴在他的窗口那里，他立刻记起失窃的事，还有目睹过的谋杀，心中说不出的恐惧。他感到继续在家中呆下去的话，也许要出什么事，倒不如赶快离开。 他磕磕绊绊地下到三楼，敲响离姑娘家的房门。 "又是你呀，有什么事吗？"离姑娘的母亲将他拦在门外。 "城里面发生了特大盗窃案，"他边说边掏出老王给他的杂志，"这上面写得有。我是来告诉你们的，防人之心不可无啊。" 离姑娘的母亲听了他的话，脸上露出笑容，将他让进屋里。 "你怎么想起来带敲门砖的啊？什么人教你的吧!" "敲门砖？" "就是这本杂志呀！你以前不是很清高，总忘了将这类东西随身带吗？现在你变懂事了点。你既然下决心改悔，我们就把你当自家人了。不过离姑娘吗，可能一时半载是不会回来了，我想这对你来说也没什么区别，你就把我和老头子当离姑娘好了。" 这时那只黑猫就"喵喵"地叫着跑过来了，皮普准摩挲着它的皮毛，发现它精神了好多，跳蚤也少了些。 "你的技术不怎么高，"离姑娘的母亲说，"这件事我们不强求，就是不工作也没什么大不了，只要老老实实地坐在旁边学习就成。不要因为自己五十多岁了，就觉得这世上没什么东西可学了。我和老头子每天拼命工作，现在你来了，你可以在我们停下来休息时念一段杂志上的趣闻给我们听。这里是你的小板凳，你就坐在这里先看看吧。" 两位老人开始给猫抓跳蚤的工作了，皮普准目不转睛地瞪着他们，他发现那只猫这会儿并不在他们手里，他们手里空空的，只是装成在给猫抓跳蚤的样子忙个不停。皮普准还是不太相信，就凑近去看，他一凑近，就碰着了两位老人的手，遭到他们的怒斥。皮普准想，既然没有了猫，这技术就容易学得多了，只要在空中胡乱做出些动作就可以了。可是当他这样来搞时，却又遭到两位老人的指责，说他"虚伪做作，令人讨厌"。他们又对他说不要心里老想着抓跳蚤的事，等到他们抓累了要休息的时候，自然会请他念杂志的。 皮普准就不再做动作，只是耐心耐烦地在旁边守着，一会儿功夫他就觉得困，于是迷迷糊糊地垂下头睡着了。等到睡醒时他大吃一惊，因为他已经睡了很长时间，他担心两位老人要责骂他失职。没想到两位老人不但没责骂他，眼里还射出慈祥的光。离姑娘的父亲笑眯眯地说： "有了这个皮普准在边上守着，我们的感觉很新奇似的，离姑娘也会放心，我们要写信将这件事告诉她。她虽然出走了，我们倒多了一个儿子。" "让我来念一段杂志上的文章给你们听好吗？" "这倒无所谓，"离姑娘的父亲说，"我们只要知道你有这份心，我们也就安心了。你要常到老王家去取杂志。你知道他交给你的杂志是哪里来的吗？他说就是从你家里取出来的呢，你没注意到吗？" 皮普准翻了翻手里的杂志，原来这杂志果然是他自己的。老王是怎么进到他房间里的呢？莫非那天夜里映在墙上的黑影是他？皮普准立刻回想起老王家狭小的房间，放在竹靠椅上的硬邦邦的沙袋，以及老王在沙袋上鼾声如雷的情景，他不由得全身起了鸡皮疙瘩。两位老人主张皮普准向老王学习，这件事也使皮普准疑惑不解：他从他那里可以学得到什么呢？老王已经将他的全部家底，他的每一个生活细节都搞得清清楚楚了，以后他在他面前是不可能有任何秘密了。这个老王，本来就住在他楼下，他们每天见面，可是以前从未深交过，而一夜之间，在他什么都不曾觉察的情况下，他掌握了他的一切，还劫走了他的家产！可是他拿走了他的东西，又并不像是想拥有这些东西，是他主动将杂志交还给他的。他到底想干什么？ "老王这个人嘛，也可以说心肠十分软。"离姑娘的父亲若有所思地说，"他家里有一个博物馆，你知道吗？" "博物馆？" "就在那间小房子的侧面，有一个暗门，从那里就可以通往博物馆，你的东西都放在他的博物馆里，就是你没搬来之前用过的一些东西，他也设法弄了来，放在那一起。一个大慈大悲的好人呢。我们欢迎你来这里工作，可是到了夜里，你仍然要回你的家去睡，我们家没有你睡的地方。"