Chapter 16 what happened to long hair in the novella

Long hair is a man in his early forties, his face is a little pale, his muscles are a little slack, he wears work clothes all year round, and there is only one suit at home, which is worn during festivals. There are many people like this in the city Countless.Changfa has been unemployed for more than three years. During these three years, he worked as a small worker on a construction site, delivered newspapers and milk, picked up passengers at the train station by tricycle, even guarded corpses in the mortuary of a hospital, and dug across the road. The mud well above.But every job can't be done for long, because the competition is too fierce, and there are people rushing to do any job.His long-haired wife works in a poor grain store with very low wages. They also have a daughter who is in elementary school.Lately long hair has been out of work yet again.His job was to move goods in a shopping mall. He accidentally broke a coffee table. The boss told him to leave immediately and refused to pay more than ten days' wages.

After hearing what happened to him, his wife, Xiumei, comforted him and said: "There is no unparalleled road." Changfa didn't fall asleep all night last night, until dawn, his wife's words appeared in his mind again: "There is no unparalleled road." He patted his head hard, and shouted: "Yes, yes!!" His wife was dressing with her back to him, and said calmly: "Should have thought of that earlier." "How do you know what I'm going to do?!" The long-haired eyes bulged. "At this stage of the field, what else can you do?" asked the wife.

Then she put on her apron and went to make breakfast, not asking about her long hair at all, as if everything seemed self-evident. The long-haired man scratched his head, feeling that the sun was rising from the west, and the communication between him and his wife had never reached this level. The idea of ​​this gloomy morning long hair is to go to his father who is far away in the frontier.Changfa’s father left him and his mother to go to the frontier when Changfa was in elementary school, and never came back after that, but sent him a useless card every time Changfa celebrated his birthday, There are some inscriptions on the gaudy greeting cards: "May my son innovate every day", "I will improve every day", "There is a sky beyond the sky", "A good horse never turns back", etc., all of which are inexplicable words.Changfa and his mother had a very difficult life. Because of overwork, the mother died of lung cancer before seeing her son get married.In Changfa's imagination, his father is only a relative of his family, and he neither loves nor hates him.Even in his childhood memory, there is no impression of communicating with his father.His father worked in a mineral research institute and spent many years outside, spending little time at home.Later, he went to the frontier as an excuse to transfer work, and it seemed natural that he would never return.But how to get to the frontier?Long hair has no travel expenses, and the family is poor. Only a TV is a luxury, but it is not worth a lot of money.The journey to the frontier took several days and nights, and even if you had to sit on a hard seat all the time, it would cost several hundred yuan.Changfa has no relatives, and neither he nor his wife like to make friends, so there is no place to borrow money.

The wife and daughter went to work and school after eating.After they left, Changfa fell into depression. He calculated that he would need at least a thousand yuan to set off. Where could he find this thousand yuan?He recalled Xiumei's confident appearance just now, and couldn't help feeling very resentful, thinking to himself, she's lucky, she doesn't have to think about anything, and the pie falls into her mouth.Since he couldn't figure out a way to sit at home, he locked the door and went out for a walk. He hadn't gone far when he saw Mrs. Dai, the director of the neighborhood committee, waving to him and telling him to come over.

"You idle labor force, you will have good luck today." Mrs. Dai said with a smile. The long hair suddenly became excited, and a heart "pounded" in his chest. "There is an old gentleman sitting in the office of our neighborhood committee. He appointed you to be his porter. He has two travel bags that are too big. I think he looks like a rich man. How could he know you? ?" Aunt Dai showed jealousy and contempt when she talked about it, as if her long hair was not for selling labor, but for making money through shady means.When she arrived at the neighborhood committee, she pushed her long hair into a room and left.

Long hair saw that the old man sitting at the table was very thin, bald, wearing three silver skull rings conspicuously on his left hand, and there were many age spots on his long face.His travel bag was placed against the wall, and it was ridiculously large. Long hair reckoned that the two bags might weigh more than a hundred catties.The old man noticed his gaze on the travel bag, and explained softly: "It's not heavy. It's full of dry goods." While talking, he walked over and lifted the backpack, one in each hand.Changfa calmed down. "My surname is Dong. I will trouble you in the future." He rubbed his thin hands shyly.

Changfa felt that he didn't understand what he said, and was worried that his ears had misheard, so he stood there in a daze. "This is a very heavy job, and it will take a long time. The most important thing is to be single-minded, not to worry about your family, and sometimes you have to try to overcome difficulties by yourself." "There will be no problem. I am strong and strong, and I can do anything, so you can rest assured." The long hair patted his chest, trying his best to be faithful and flattering. "Let's go now." Mr. Dong said. Long hair carried one bag on his back and the other in his hand.The bag was really not heavy, it just looked a little strange.Long hair walked behind Mr. Dong. He saw Mrs. Dai in the corridor. Mrs. Dai rolled her eyes, turned into a room, and closed the door forcefully.

When they walked outside, the long hair began to look at Mr. Dong carefully.Mr. Dong belonged to that old-fashioned man. His clothes were made of expensive materials, and his leather shoes were also very high-end. He really looked like a rich man.Changfa thought in his heart that if he could earn more than 1,000 yuan this trip, the travel expenses to the frontier would be covered.And from the looks of it, this old man must be the kind of person who lives in a high-end hotel, and it would be comfortable to sleep on the sofa in the hotel with him.He said "in the future", how long is this future?Changfa hoped that the longer the better, of course he would have to negotiate the price with him as soon as he arrived at the hotel, this kind of thing is always inevitable, he will not ask for more money from him, and he must serve him well, faithfully and caringly.Mr. Dong walked very fast, and after a while, the long-haired body was sweating slightly.At this time, Mr. Dong has led his long hair to the relatively secluded viaduct, which is the junction of urban and rural areas.There is a park under the bridge, with grass and small trees sprayed with ash.Mr. Dong told Changfa that he was going to sit on the stone bench and "think about it carefully" about some things.They walked along the path towards the stone bench in the middle of the park.Long hair looked at Mr. Dong's bald head from behind, and felt that there were many strange diseases of rich people.As for himself, he never had time to sit on these dirty stone benches and think about problems; even if he had time, he would not sit here, it was weird.When he walked under the bridge carrying these two huge travel bags just now, a security officer wearing a red armband followed him suspiciously for a while.Fortunately, there is no one in this park, otherwise it may cause trouble.Long hair has always been cautious, and he often sees some people get into trouble because of their worn clothes and wretched appearance, and they are sent to the police station to be locked up and beaten.So now, he blames Mr. Dong a little bit.What is he going to do?Complaints are nothing but complaints, he finally made up his mind to follow him to the end, he believed that this weird old man would not treat him badly.Besides, he was also rich, and the pair of leather shoes on his feet alone was enough to cover the living expenses of Changfa's family for three months.Changfa knows that the brand of leather shoes is called "Wild Wolf", because he has a special hobby for shoes, and even though he can't afford them, he always goes to the store to look them up.

Mr. Dong put his hands on his knees and closed his eyes in deep thought.Changfa suddenly remembered one thing: how did this old man know his situation?Didn't Mrs. Dai say that he appointed him to be his porter?All I thought about was making money, and I didn't even ask him once. "Mr. Dong, how do you know me?" "I just said a name casually, and that sister-in-law brought you here." Mr. Dong opened his eyes and said with a smile, and then added: "Actually, it doesn't matter whoever comes." "Oh..." There was disappointment in the long-haired voice, "Then you, is this trip a business or a private matter?"

"You can talk about it." He replied vaguely. "How long will it take? What I mean by asking you is not that I don't want to accompany you, I must accompany you to the end!" "Don't make wishes casually." The old man laughed, "You want to talk about money, right? Don't worry, there is plenty of money." He fumbled in the inner pocket of his suit with one hand, randomly grabbed a few hundred yuan bills and stuffed them into Long Hair's hands. For a moment, Changfa's eyes were filled with tears, and he repeatedly said that he didn't mean it. Even if Mr. Dong didn't say anything or tell him, he would follow him wholeheartedly. He was such a person.And an old man like him, walking outside alone, may have an accident, he feels that he has an obligation to protect him.

"Do you really think so?" Mr. Dong narrowed his small eyes slightly and looked at him mockingly. His long-haired face turned red all of a sudden, he couldn't speak, and folded those hundred-yuan bills back and forth in his hand. Mr. Dong suddenly said that he was very tired and couldn't bear it anymore, so he left the stone bench and lay down on the grass, covered his face with a large handkerchief, and fell asleep after a while.As soon as he fell asleep, his long hair became worried. What if those joint security personnel came, it would be terrible. Such an old man, with two extremely large bags, was actually sleeping on the ground. This is too unusual and worth it Doubt it!Long Hair sat down and stood up again, rubbing his hands and scratching his head, but couldn't think of a way.He squatted down and pushed Mr. Dong a few times, but he couldn't wake up at all. Under the bridge over there, two security personnel wearing red armbands had already walked towards them.Changfa thought, this is the end of the game, I am afraid that the hundreds of dollars on his body will be confiscated by those two hooligans, how can he be so unlucky!As soon as Changfa got angry, he kicked the old man's butt with his foot. Mr. Dong sat up with a sigh and said: "It's really a dead place without a burial!" As soon as Mr. Dong sat up, the two security officers stopped and stood there watching them from a distance. "Let's go, this is not a place to stay for a long time." Changfa said quickly, carrying a bag on his shoulders. "Let's go!" Mr. Dong stood up angrily, patting the ashes off his body. "There is a Flying Fish Hotel, very close to here, and the price is reasonable." Long Hair said tentatively. "Okay, okay, take me to that flying fish, you go ahead and lead the way." Changfa carried a bag on his back, carried a bag, and walked boldly. The road suddenly opened up in his eyes, and the red armbands of the two hooligans shrank into the bridge hole, making it impossible to get out. As soon as the two of them walked through the gate of the hotel, the girls at the reception desk covered their mouths and laughed.Mr. Dong registered first, and Changfa saw that "Red Star Pharmaceutical Research Institute" was written on his certificate.After he finished registering, the lady asked Changfa for his certificate. Changfa said that he had left home early in the morning without bringing it with him, and told the lady that he was working for the old man, and his home was nearby. If the lady was worried, he could run away. Go back and get the documents. "Then forget it," the young lady said with a sidelong glance at him, "I'm jealous Mr. Dong booked a large guest room with two beds and a sofa. His long hair made him feel elated. Mr. Dong went to take a shower as soon as he entered the room.Changfa put the two bags into the closet, sat down on the sofa contentedly, and crossed his legs a few times. After a while, Mr. Dong took a bath so that his face was flushed.Changfa suggested to him that he would go back and bring some change of clothes.Mr. Dong was originally very interested, but when he heard this, he lowered his face and said, "No need." The long-haired man couldn't figure out what Mr. Dong meant, so he had to give up his idea for the time being.After a while, he said he wanted to call home, and this time Mr. Dong agreed. Changfa dialed the phone, and the voice of his wife on the phone was weak and unclear; she seemed to understand what he said, but she didn't seem to understand, she kept repeating a sentence on the phone: "Be careful Stomach trouble, don't eat indiscriminately." Changfa put down the phone and stared blankly for a while.Later, he thought, after all, it's better to stay at home for a thousand days.Then he accused himself of being too squeamish, how could he make money if he was so sad, he only deserved to drink the northwest wind. During the whole day, Mr. Dong did nothing, just stood in front of the large glass window and observed the city downstairs, and when he was tired, he lay down on the sofa, took a nap, and then asked Long Hair: "What time is it? I didn't oversleep, did I?" Long Hair said no.He was always shaking his bald head as if it was filled with pain.They ate lunch and dinner downstairs, and Mr. Dong seemed reluctant to step out of the hotel.And Changfa knows that the food in the hotel is always expensive and not good. In the big comfortable room of the hotel, Longhair spent a strange night.Originally, he thought that Mr. Dong would sleep well after being so tired, but the result was far beyond his expectation. After taking a shower with long hair, he saw that the old man had fallen asleep first, so he turned off the light, and fell asleep in a while.In a daze, he was awakened by the sound of water.He sat up and saw that the light in the bathroom was on, and there was a loud sound of water splashing on the ground. "No, something is going to happen." Long Hair thought.He immediately turned on the light and walked to the bathroom door, horrified by what he saw.The nozzle was turned on, and the water in the bathtub had already overflowed all over the floor. Mr. Dong, in his shorts and shorts, was floating on his back in the bathtub like a frog.Long Hair rushed forward and lifted the old man's thin limbs out of the tank. "What are you doing?" Mr. Dong said reproachfully. "I, I thought you..." Drenched in water, Mr. Dong went to the room to change clothes.Changfa quickly turned off the faucet, drained the water in the tank, cleaned up the bathroom, and then went to bed again.Before he fell asleep, he listened carefully for a while and heard Mr. Dong's snoring, and then fell asleep in peace.Not long after sleeping, he was woken up again by the same noise again.At the beginning, the long hair turned over and planned to continue to sleep, but the sound of splashing water became louder and louder, and Mr. Dong shouted "Help" in the middle, as if he was stuck in his throat by something.The long hair jumped up from the bed, turned on the light and ran over.This time he saw Mr. Dong sinking himself to the bottom of the tank, floating up to take a breath after a while, then sinking again.He was lying on his back, his face under the water looked hideous, grinning like a devil.Changfa neither dared to persuade, nor dared to leave by himself, he stood there tremblingly.Legs kept shaking. Mr. Dong finally stopped his nasty tricks, rushed out of the rising heat from the bathroom, and went to change his clothes.Changfa wondered; why did he leave the bathroom door open when he took a shower?After tidying up his hair, he returned to the bed in the middle of the night. When he climbed onto the bed and lay down, he heard Mr. Dong talking in the dark. "Long hair, what are you going to do with the money?" His voice seemed a little excited. "Go to the frontier to join my father, and I want to find a job there. Of course, if you hire me for a long time, I won't go there. My family is here, and I don't know the place there after all. I have a kind of bad luck Little premonition. What kind of father is that? I can't even remember what he looks like." The long hair sighed, and suddenly became imaginative. "After all, he is your father. I also lived in the frontier. The Gobi Desert is really scary. But under the sunset light, one is like walking into a golden palace. It is a harsh place. Since you have the idea to go to that kind of place Don’t be half-hearted and relax your will. To tell you the truth, the reason why I got up to dive at night was because I was afraid of relaxing my will. There is no way out for this kind of thing.” When Long Hair heard him call the trick in the bathtub just now "diving", he couldn't help laughing "puchi". "But how can I go if I don't have the travel expenses?" Changfa said shamelessly. After he said this, he immediately regretted it, worried that Mr. Dong thought he was the kind of person with no ambition, and was implying that he would pay him more, so he quickly added: "But I will earn enough travel expenses soon." "I hope so." Mr. Dong said noncommittally, and sighed. Changfa's mood became gloomy because of Mr. Dong's words, and he became suspicious of Mr. Dong again.After all, he didn't know the details of this person. For example, the two travel bags he carried with him, Long Hair never asked about the contents of the bags. Of course, even if he asked, he didn't necessarily tell him. Get over his stubbornness.In the dead of night, Long Hair even had crazy thoughts: Could this person be a fugitive being hunted down?If this is the case, I will get into big trouble. Long hair began to pay more attention, carefully observing Mr. Dong's every move.This is already the third day they have come to the hotel.During the day, Mr. Dong was still reticent, just meditating in front of the window, but his spirit improved obviously, and he rarely dozed off on the sofa.At night, he still engages in his "diving" exercise, calling for help.I'm used to the long hair, so I don't even bother to get up, and Mr. Dong doesn't blame him. In the afternoon, Mr. Dong told Changfa that he would go to Oilcloth Street to visit an old friend who was in the food wholesale business with whom he had had business dealings in the past.As for the long hair, he asked him to wait for him back at the hotel and take care of the two bags.As he spoke, he took out his wallet and gave Changfa another two hundred yuan.Changfa realized that it was too easy for him to earn money, so he became more and more uneasy about his situation. As soon as Mr. Dong left, he used the telephone in the room to call home.This time Xiumei came to answer the phone in a panic after a long time, her voice was still thin and unclear, repeating a sentence into the microphone like a robot: "Let's do it well one step at a time, one step at a time..." Long hair angry You have to put down the microphone.He originally planned to discuss his adventure with his wife, but now he can't go home, and the communication channel with his wife has disappeared.Whom to blame?Of course, no one can complain. I came here for money and to find a way to live. Changfa opened the closet and mustered up the courage to check the two bags.Noticing that both travel bags were unlocked, he carefully unzipped them.The first bag was full of peanuts mixed with some kind of dry grass; the second bag was some cloth.The long hair let out a breath, and seemed a little relieved.He closed the cupboard door and thought to himself, Mr. Dong is just a rich man with eccentricities.After thinking about it, I became happy, and played a marching song.He will soon earn enough money to go to the frontier, and with more money, his father who has never met will think highly of him.Maybe Mr. Dong will hire him for a long time if he wants to do big business locally.If that's the case, of course there's no need to go to the frontier, deep down he doesn't care about that strange father at all.He was so happy for a while, and a new kind of anxiety crawled into his heart like a bug, biting gently.Why does a rich man like Mr. Dong walk around with worthless peanut cloth?If it is a sample, there is no need to memorize so many.Could it be that these things are placed on the surface as a cover, or is there something shady hidden underneath?After guessing and guessing so restlessly, Long Hair became angry with himself, because he was not such a small-minded person before. When the big waiter came in to clean, he had long hair and was staring at the window in a daze. "The weather is so nice, why don't you go out to play?" the young man said cheerfully. "No, I'll wait for him to come back." "He, he won't be back all day." The young man looked around, leaned closer to the long hair and said, "He is a regular visitor to our place." Long Hair's heartbeat quickened, but he didn't want to talk about his master behind his back, so he didn't say a word.He silently watched the waiter clean, and the thought occurred to him more than once: If he sneaks away now, nothing will happen. The young man probably thought that long hair was a coward, so he didn't bother to talk to him. He slumped around for a while, making the room dusty, and finally closed the door with a "bang" and went out. As soon as the waiter left, Long Hair slipped out of the hotel, ran across two streets, turned a few corners and returned home.There was no one at home, Xiumei went to work.The long-haired man sat down panting, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a new change on the wall: a large photo of a strange old man was hung upright on the wall, and the man was staring at a pair of protruding eyes, solemnly and strangely. Look at the long hair.This kind of protruding eyes is exactly what Long Hair is familiar with in the mirror every day.Changfa was taken aback and thought: Has this person actually come to his home?Judging by his old age, he must be living in a very poor life. It can be seen that the frontier is not so easy to mess with. It is lucky enough that the Gobi Desert did not kill him.If this happened, why didn't Xiumei tell herself?He scanned the room hastily, but found no other changes.That is to say, even if my father comes back, he doesn't live here.Changfa called Xiumei's grain store. Xiumei asked Changfa what's the matter on the phone very unhappy, and Changfa immediately talked about the photos on the wall.Xiumei said that she found that photo from an acquaintance's uncle's photo album, and she took it to a photo studio to enlarge and print a large one to hang on the wall. They look down on. "After you leave, I don't know how long it will take to come back. Everyone thinks our family is in trouble." Xiumei said angrily on the phone. "Hey, what do you mean?" Long Hair growled anxiously. "Orphans and widows, someone will bully us." Xiumei didn't listen to him, and continued to complain, "Now the grain store is about to fail to pay wages, it depends on what you do in the future! A useless man like you is not not qualified……" Long hair hung up the phone before she finished speaking.He stood up, hurriedly locked the six hundred yuan in his pocket into a drawer, left a note on the table, then grabbed his underwear and ran desperately to the hotel. When he arrived at the "Pisces" hotel, he was about to rush upstairs when two security guards in black uniforms stopped him. "I live here, Mr. Dong and I live in Room 602." Long Hair said irritably. "Take a look at the documents!? "I've been living here for three days. I didn't ask for a document when I came in to register. The ladies all recognized me. My house is nearby. I have a wife and a daughter who is in school. I work for Mr. Dong. You guys You can ask the lady." Longhair was in agony as he spit and defended himself.The two strong men grabbed him by the chest with all their strength, and pressed him against the wall so that he could not move. "Since you don't believe me, let me go." He felt a darkness before his eyes, and his head was pounding. "Go? It's not that cheap!" With long hair, he sat down on the ground, and the two security guards didn't expect him to come, so they let go.Long hair clasped his head in both hands, feeling like he was going crazy.He heard a security guard calling the Public Security Bureau, but he couldn't get through. There was a problem with the line.The man yelled into the microphone: "Thief! We caught it, did you hear that? Hey, hey..." Long hair thought, he'd better close his eyes and not think about anything, since he couldn't think clearly anyway, just let it be. When he was sitting on the ground with his eyes closed, he suddenly felt a cold hand on his forehead. When he opened his eyes, it turned out to be Mr. Dong.Two security guards were trying to explain around him, and he was sullen and unhappy.Changfa hurriedly stood up and walked with Mr. Dong. When he passed by two security guards, he spat so fiercely that he almost spat on their uniforms.Then he became apprehensive.Will Mr. Dong fire him for his malfeasance?If that's the case, I'm really at the end of my rope. As soon as he entered the room, Mr. Dong complained of a headache, went to the bathroom, got a wet towel and put it on his forehead, and then half-lyed on the sofa.Long hair saw that his coat was covered with dust, his socks were torn, and one side of his face was cut with blood by a sharp weapon. "You, let me take off your clothes and brush them. Would you lie down on the bed and rest?" Long Hair said cautiously. Mr. Dong groaned and did not answer him.The old man looked as if he was having a fever, and his face was flushed.Changfa was so anxious that he didn't know what to do, but the waiter came in to clean up again. "Get out! Don't you have eyes?" Long Hair yelled at the man in a low voice, and now he was full of hatred for the people in the hotel. The waiter sticks out his tongue and exits. "Long hair, I won't live long." Mr. Dong said. "Did something happen to you?" "No. I'm ruining myself. Come on, come here, come near me, let me tell you." The long-haired hands were held by Mr. Dong. He felt the old man's palms were warm and his whole body was shaking, so he suggested that he go to the hospital.Mr. Dong shook his head slowly, vetoing his suggestion, and signaled Long Hair not to speak. "Don't give up your intentions," he said, "you must go there. No one can resist the magic of a place like that, and many people will never return. We were drilling crews, we Our tent is set up on the wasteland not far from the Gobi Desert. We are digging wells to find oil. That kind of place is a stove during the day and an ice cellar at night. When you walk out of the tent at night, your mouth is so cold that you can’t tell In other words, when you look up, you find that the sky in this place is surprisingly high, and in that situation, people often have the idea of ​​giving up on themselves." "Hearing your introduction, I can't wait to fly to the frontier right away." Chang spoke insincerely to please the old man. "You won't take the initiative to do something." Mr. Dong said slightly mockingly. The long hair blushed, regretting that I should have exaggerated. Mr. Dong showed a bored look on his face, saying that he was tired and was going to sleep, and let Changfa go down to eat alone. Long hair sat in the restaurant and ate the buffet with a heavy heart.He saw the lady at the front desk walking towards him. She was the lady who registered him and Mr. Dong when they first came to the hotel.The young lady has a square face, a cold expression, and a squint in one eye.She sat down next to her long hair, and suddenly burst out laughing. "What are you laughing at?" Long Hair asked in disgust. "That old man, his ID is fake!" "You came here to tell me this? You can't get away with it yourself." "Hmph, wait and see." The young lady walked away angrily. Changfa looked up and saw the two security guards standing at the bar watching him, whispering to each other from time to time.The long hair became hot all over, and he left quickly before finishing the meal.He wanted to go back to the room and persuade Mr. Dong to change to a hotel. When he returned to the room, Mr. Dong had already fallen asleep, his face was red with heat, and his forehead was hot. "Isn't it pneumonia? If it's pneumonia, it's over." Long Hair thought. "Mr. Dong! Mr. Dong! Wake up!" Long Hair whispered. Mr. Dong opened one eye slightly, and said in disgust: "Damn! Is the mudslide coming? I hope that villain will be swept away by the mudslide! Cousin, don't talk, my illness is fine." He held out a finger Warning long hair. Long hair did not dare to sleep at night, she kept guarding the old man, changing him with a cold towel every once in a while.For a moment he was so sleepy that he fell on the bedside and fell into a dream.But he woke up soon, and saw that the bed was empty, and the sound of splashing water was heard in the bathroom again. Mr. Dong emerged from the water with a face as thin as a ghost. "Long hair, your father has long been a wronged soul. Think about it, who can survive for a long time in such a place." "But I got a birthday card from him this year." "That's what I sent you, don't you understand?" "So you know my father! That's great!!" The long-haired man blushed with excitement, dancing with his arms and legs. "Your father, he is my dream. You must not give up your plan to meet him." Changfa felt that Mr. Dong was very strange. If he was so eagerly looking forward to going to the frontier by himself, then if he gave him the travel money, wouldn't he be able to leave right away?Of course, Changfa hopes that he will give more, because Xiumei's life is difficult with her daughter, for example, lend him 2,500 yuan first, and he will pay it back slowly later.By the time Changfa realized his despicable thoughts, Mr. Dong had already gone back to bed.Changfa warned himself fiercely in his heart: Don't have unreasonable thoughts, many people become heinous gangsters because of a little bit of poor desire.From this point of view, Mr. Dong was entrusted by his father to come here to find himself.Long hair felt a little warm in his heart when he thought of this. After all, he is a father. After so many years of isolation between the two places, he still remembers his only son.But he has passed away, why did Mr. Dong ask himself to go to that kind of place to find him? Mr. Dong fell asleep as soon as he went to bed, and his fever subsided, which is really strange.The questions in Changfa's mind could not be answered, and he tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep.He tried his best to recall his father's appearance, but after thinking and thinking, he could only think of the enlarged photo that Xiumei hung on the wall.Without that photo, I can't remember anything.Did Xiumei hide anything from herself?Changfa remembered the knowing look on Xiumei's face that morning when she left home, and this memory made Changfa feel dazed.Could it be that Mr. Dong has already come to their city and contacted Xiumei first? Wasn't Xiumei the first to say the phrase "there is no such thing as a path to heaven"?How many nights in those days, the two of them lay in the dark planning and planning, making their heads like a beehive, but they couldn't think of a way out of the predicament.Although he is not out of trouble now, Long Hair still feels that those days are even more unbearable because they were dark days.Thinking of this, Changfa begged God in his heart to bless Mr. Dong from getting sick, and let him earn enough travel expenses to go to the frontier.Now he feels that going to the frontier is a matter of course and unchangeable.It was the place where his father lived for most of his life, and although this father never gave him any benefits, he never forgot his son for a moment.In addition to being forced by life, Long Hair is still a little curious: what kind of strange place is it that attracted his father to spend most of his life?Are the people there as unpredictable as Mr. Dong? "The moon in the frontier." Changfa couldn't help being surprised when he said this sentence. "In that kind of wasteland, when people see the moon, they see their own death at the same time." Mr. Dong interjected from the bed over there, with a clear voice. "Are you awake? Did I wake you up?" Long Hair asked uncomfortably. "Don't think about anything in advance. When I couldn't sleep just now, I thought of your father. His dying condition was very miserable. In that snowy day, there is no wood or heating equipment, and only a little grass can be burned. The situation can be imagined. And know." Neither of them spoke.After a long silence, the long hair finally asked in a low voice: "Did the old man mention me?" "Well, I shouldn't have told you. I thought again, what's the use of hiding it? You'll be sad when I tell you, and his last words were: I will never forgive my son for his long hair. I just From what he said, I know your name is Long-haired." Long hair staring in the dark, he is not sad at all.No matter what the shadowy old father said when he was dying, it was extremely far away to him.It's just that in the depths of his heart, the doubts that had gathered for the past few days finally broke out. He felt that he was no longer alone, an unemployed worker in a TV factory, a middle-aged man with a wife and daughter at home, but a grown-up man. A cloud of fog, I don't know where it came from, and I don't know where it is going.What has happened to him for forty years?The dark circles under his mother's eyes when she was dying were swaying in front of his eyes. The last look she looked at him with long hair was always in my heart. It was a condemning look. At that time, long hair understood that he didn't take good care of his mother.His mother asked him to open the window, but he refused because he was afraid that his mother would be attacked by the cold outside (maybe he was afraid of the cold himself).The mother later suffocated to death within a short time.Looking back now, I am afraid that the mother's eyes may not necessarily be condemnation. After thinking about it, there seems to be a lot of ridicule in it.Why did the mother only remember to laugh at her son when she was dying?After his mother died, Changfa felt that he would no longer be sad about things. During that time, both Xiumei and his daughter Meimei felt that his temper was much better than before.Only he himself knows that it is not "good temper", but a kind of deep-seated cruelty that has gained the upper hand in his temperament.It turned out that he always thought that this kind of cruelty only came from his mother, but now he heard Mr. Dong say everything.After getting along with Mr. Dong in the past few days, Changfa felt more and more fascinated by his father's world. Although Mr. Dong's description was only a few words, these words had slowly stirred up Changfa's enthusiasm.Changfa thought, the reason why the old man didn't talk much was because there was no way to talk about that kind of thing, "Seeing is better than hearing a hundred times", and you will only experience it when you get there.From the fact that Mr. Dong was afraid that Changfa would give up his plan to go to the frontier, it can be seen that the place is unusual and has something to do with him.Several times, he wanted to ask Mr. Dong about the living conditions in the frontier, but Mr. Dong's face collapsed when he heard his question, and he ignored it. Another time, he said: "Who would go to that kind of place?"注意那些鸡毛蒜皮的小事啊。"长发也就莫名其妙地惭愧得无地自容。长发思来想去的，一直到快天亮才迷迷糊糊地睡着了。 因为夜里发烧，董先生胃口不好，不想吃早饭了。长发也不想吃，结果是两人都没下去，坐在房里想心事。想了一会儿，董先生从内口袋里掏出四百块钱，叫长发送回家去。长发大为惊异地问： "您是怎么知道我家里的情况的啊？" 董先生就不以为然地说： "还不是你父亲讲的。" "可是从来没有人去对父亲讲我家里的情况呀。" "你这个人，太简单了。不说这些了，拿着钱送回去吧，我今天要去处理生意上的事。" 董先生的样子一点也不像是要去处理生意上的事，他病恹恹地又盖着被子躺到了床上，床头柜上搭着他夜里换下的湿衣服，将地毯都弄湿了一大片。长发打电话叫来服务员，让她把董先生的湿衣服拿到洗衣房去。服务员用两个指头拎起那堆湿衣服放进塑料袋里，那神情就像是拎着一堆蛇皮一样。长发心中对这个旅馆的愤怒又升腾起来，他想试着劝说董先生换一家旅馆，可是董先生一个劲地摆着手，说："去吧，去吧。"根本就不听他的建议。 长发在回家的路上始终在想着妻子秀梅的变化。今天是假日，她一定在家带着梅梅干家务。虽然他们的生活越来越没有保障，这一次他长发终于给妻子带来了小小的安慰。几天里头，这个有钱人董先生就已经给了他一千块钱，这对他们一家可不是个小数目。先前上班时，他和秀梅的工资加起来都只有五百块，还不能生病，一生病就要扣工资。这个老头是很古怪，但给起钱来毫不含糊，他仔细察看过了，那些百元大票一点不假！老头似乎还很体贴自己，知道自己的难处。不过秀梅到底是怎么回事呢？这个秀梅，天天和自己在一个锅里吃饭，在一个床上睡觉的女人，现在离长发是多么的遥远啊。她肯定已经背着自己做了好多事吧？她居然这么沉得住气，从不向他透露一星半点。当然，这正是她一贯的性格。离家越近，长发越想念他的女儿梅梅，从女儿生出来起，他还从来没有同她分开过这么久呢。长发拐进家对面的小商店，买了一个蓝色的大气球。 秀梅坐在床上打毛线，看见长发进屋就抬了一下头。 长发将气球系在床头，问： "梅梅呢？" "送到她外婆家去了。我帮她转了学，住在那边可以省几个钱。"秀梅说。 "So that's the case." 长发脑子空空的，无比沮丧地朝床上坐去，突然对妻子生出很深的憎恨来。他从口袋里掏出那四百块钱，摔在桌子上，咬牙切齿地说： "钱、钱，这就是你要的钱！" 秀梅诧异地抬了抬眼，什么都没说，仍旧垂着头打毛线。 长发在房里转来转去的，不知道要干什么才好。这套小小的两居室，他和秀梅费了多少力气才争来的，他们在这里生活了十年的房子，里面的每一样东西都可以引起长发的一阵伤感。就说贴在客厅地面上的那些不太好看的瓷砖吧，当初他差不多跑遍了全市的建筑器材店，才买到了这种最便宜的货，只有普通瓷砖的一半价钱。那时小两口还为此大大地高兴了好一阵呢。过了些时候才知道，这种便宜货色不但打滑，而且面上的那层铀镀得很薄，很容易开裂。还有这台电视机，简直没花什么钱。他帮科长修好一台进口机子，科长就利用职权从厂里拿了这台机子给他，当时只象征性地交了一百元钱。机子搬回来那天秀梅喜得合不拢嘴。长发用迟缓的目光扫过房间的每一个细部，很奇怪自己怎么一点都不伤感。他在心里问自己：他，这个前电视机厂的工人，后来的无固定职业者，生活中到底起了什么变化？现在他同他妻子呆在他们共同生活了十年的房子里，怎么就像呆在外人的房子里一样呢？ "秀梅，你是什么时候同我父亲联系上的呢？"长发终于鼓起勇气问。 "那种父亲，"秀梅不屑地撇了撇嘴，"把我们害到这种地步，我躲都躲不及呢！" "这么说你从来没有同他联系过？" "我并没有说这种话。你到底要了解什么呢？你回到家里东张西望，这里翻一翻那里捣一捣，莫非怀疑我把野汉子引到家里来了？真俗气呵。不要以为你在外面很辛苦，我比你更辛苦！你赚了一点钱回来就趾高气扬了，这实在再蠢不过！" 长发没料到秀梅会这样大发作，这样高傲，就像换了一个人似的。他不是赚了钱回来了吗？秀梅怎么一点欢喜的样子都没有，反倒像要倒大霉了一样呢？从前的日子里，仅仅为了节约了一点钱，他们产生过那么多的欢乐和欣慰！长发抬起头看了看父亲的照片，照片上的那人正微微嘲弄地看着他，那眼神就同他现在记忆中的母亲临终时的眼神一模一样。长发感到头皮发炸，连忙移开了目光。现在他开始怀疑秀梅将这张照片挂在墙上的用意了。这样折腾了几下，他心里要见女儿的渴望竟也消失了，他觉得自己在这个家里是不受欢迎的人，他有点想走了。他看着秀梅，想到她的工作是那么不顺心，随时有失业的危险，于是又有点理解她的做法了。是啊，所有的保障都要失去了，现在只有董先生那里是一点靠不住的希望，有什么值得高兴的呢？现在的当务之急是要让董先生信任自己，最好让他长久雇用自己，什么工作他都愿干。 "我回旅馆去了。"他拿了几件日用品要走。 秀梅连头都没抬，一双手有节奏地在毛线衣上头一伸一缩。长发羞愧地跨出门，最后映入眼帘的是那只气球，那里面的气已经跑掉了很多，无精打采地垂到了床头。 长发的心情又变得极其焦虑，他脚步匆匆，急于要见到董先生，至于为什么要马上见他，那是说不清的，总之董先生是他最后的救命稻草。马路上像往常一样站着很多闲人，长发在他们之间的缝隙里绕来绕去的，经过黄婆婆的烟摊子时，长发被黄婆婆的孙子一把拉住。这个满脸是疤的小伙子似乎对长发的事充满了好奇心，他问长发最近混得怎么样。 长发含含糊糊，不想回答他。 "有的钱可以赚，有的钱赚不得啊。"他做出少年老成的样子说，"你也是没办法，我完全理解你。但铤而走险还是要不得啊。" 长发用力甩脱他的手，心里早就暴跳如雷了。他一边在那些闲人当中穿行一边觉得奇怪，这些人怎么故意要挡他的路似的，这条街上有这么多吃饱了没事干的无赖，怎么自己先前一点都没注意到。是不是因为自己找了个轻松赚钱的差事，被这些人知道了，就都嫉妒起自己来呢？他回想起居委会的戴嫂的那副样子，心里明白黄婆婆的孙子一定是听了她那张臭嘴的胡说八道，才来纠缠自己的。这黄婆婆的孙子一贯好逸恶劳，什么工作都干不了，只能帮他奶奶守一守烟摊子，妒忌自己也是必然的。 长发走进双鱼宾馆时，服务台的小姐叫住了他，冷冷地告诉他说，董先生心脏病发作，已经被送到市立二医院去了，他嘱咐长发帮他把那两个包弄到医院去。小姐说着就示意长发到里面房间去扛那两个包。长发心一沉，忐忑不安地背了两个包走出宾馆，耳边还响着小姐们的窃窃私语。 走在路上，他才发觉这两个包已经比原先沉多了。出于好奇，他停下来，解开其中一个包，看见花生里头竟然放了两块砖，再看另一个包，里头也有两块砖！他想这一定是那几个怪物似的冷面小姐搞的鬼，他想不通跟了董先生之后，怎么到处都碰到这种无赖。现在他更着急要见董先生了，他将砖头扔在地上，提起包大踏步往二医院赶去。 董先生躺在抢救室里，他的上方挂着三个盐水瓶，身上贴满了通到监测器的小磁块。那些护士对长发说，要是来晚了就没命了，是打扫卫生的服务员将他从浴缸里捞出来的。 "这样的身体，还洗什么澡呢？真是多此一举。"瘦削的护士长阴阳怪气地说。 董先生微闭着双眼，显得很安详的样子，只是消瘦得厉害、护士们一离开，他就将鼻子下面的氧气管拿开，对长发做了个鬼脸。然后他就要长发看窗外。长发不明白他的意思，迟疑着走到窗口，朝楼下一望，看见下面是个花园，花园里站了一个人，好像是个警察，身上还带着枪。长发心里一阵发紧。回过头来再看董先生，见他一脸厌倦。长发就想，也许花园里那人同他根本无关，他是要自己看另外的东西。董先生用很低的声音要长发再去窗口多看看，长发就说他看见了一个带枪的警察。董先生就不高兴了，说长发的眼睛不管用。于是长发又到窗口去仔仔细细地搜索，搜索了半天，还是只看见那个警察在花园里来来回回地走，好像在等什么人出现似的。长发看着他，又忍不住将他同躺在抢救室的董先生联系起来，心里又很不舒服，于是他从窗口走开了。他打开房里的壁柜，将他背来的两个大包放了进去，又将柜里的东西清理了一番，一边清理一边从心里感到奇怪：是什么人将董先生的衣物和日用品送来的呢？ "我同你讲过的边疆的情景，你还记得么？"董先生边说边用手抓住自己内衣的胸襟，脸上显出痛苦的样子。 "我记得的，我会永远铭记心头。"长发连忙说，"可是您，您不要讲话了，这对您的病情不利。天哪!" "刚才我叫你到窗口去看，你没有看到边疆的风景么？那个警察，他、他是从边疆来的维、维族人啊。"他紧皱眉头，脸上惨白。 长发握住老人冰冷的手，突然感到自己同老人一样痛苦。在这个白色的抢救室里，被好几个监测器同时监测着，董先生却生活在另外一个世界里，长发为自己不能理解他而焦虑。 "那、那并不是个花园，那是--那是--啊！"冷汗从他额头上渗出，那张脸完全扭歪了。 他开始呕吐，把被褥和枕头都弄脏了，搞得长发手忙脚乱的。好不容易将他安顿好，长发要打铃叫护士，却被董先生凶狠地阻止了。 董先生已经没有力气说话，只是用一只手抓紧长发，使他不能站起身去打铃。他用眼睛示意长发将氧气管放在他的鼻孔下，长发照办了。吸了一会儿氧，他终于恢复了平静。这时有个护士进来了，来替他换盐水瓶，她似乎对于地上的呕吐物视而不见，动作僵硬地做她的工作，董先生则闭着眼不看她。长发眼看她做完工作要走了，她却忽然又回转身，将董先生插着针头的手扯出被子，说要重新扎针。长发看见她粗暴地在董先生的手臂上乱扎了好几下，才找中了血管，用胶布将针头固定下来。她这一系列行动中，董先生痛苦得龇牙咧嘴的，长发也是敢怒不敢言。她端着盘子出去后，又用脚用力往后一踢，将门带关，震得门上的旧油漆落了一地。目睹了这情景，长发这才知道董先生刚才为什么不让自己去叫护士。 那一天，长发是在抢救室里吃的中饭和晚饭，董先生则什么都没吃，又呕吐了一次，直到傍晚才渐渐昏睡过去。长发感到被子下面的这个躯体正在一点一点的消失，但是有某种东西却留下来了，现在那种东西就萦绕在这个房间里，令长发的背脊一阵阵发冷。护士为董先生量完血压后就离开了，长发走到了窗前。天还没有完全黑，花园里的景色变得朦朦胧胧的，长发呆滞的目光缓缓地看过去，看见那个警察站在假山底下，就仿佛同那假山连为一体了似的。长发以为是自己的眼发花，揉了揉，用力一看，果真是那个人，不过好像已经是个死人，要不哪能一动不动站这么久呢？再看花园，原来根本不是花园，只不过是一大片荒地，长着乱草，不知什么人搬来了一些大石头，堆成这座假山。长发记得二医院是在闹市的中心，怎么会有这一大片荒地，这件事。实在是蹊跷。董先生已经睡着了，热度也不高，长发闷得慌，就往外面走去。 他下了楼，绕到后面的荒地，这时天已完全黑了，周围这几栋病房的窗口射出黄色的光，将荒地的周围照得半明半暗，而荒地的中央，靠假山的部分，差不多是完全漆黑的。长发站在光线中，思想上激烈地斗争了好久，最后终究敌不过好奇心，往假山那个方向走过去。长发刚一迈动脚步，就有一件奇怪的事发生了。四周的气温迅速地下降，长发冷得哆嗦起来，只好转身往回跑，这时他看见病房里的灯光都相继灭掉了，接着那几栋楼的轮廓也在昏暗中消失了。他置身于牡乩铮谒那胺剑宦置髟氯饺缴仙謇涞墓馊髟诼也萆稀?长发小跑着想让身体发热，他已经冻得牙齿打架了。他心里还在琢磨假山下的那个人究竟是死是活。月光下，那堆乱石就像一只怪兽雄踞在荒地中央，但从长发的角度看去，根本看不到那个警察。现在长发的勇气已经消失了，他非常害怕，一味朝他所想像的病房的方向跑，他跑了又跑，周围还是只有一人深的荒草，开始还有条路，后来路也没有了，就在草上乱踏。除了害怕，最令他担忧的还是董先生，他离开的这会儿，万一董先生的病情恶化了呢？就算病情不恶化，万一他要喝水吃东西，一看旁边什么人也没有，会作何感想呢？"长发啊长发，你真是个蠢货！"他在心里诅咒自己。他知道自己死不了，天一亮就会回家，可是董先生和他的关系算完了，他给自己那么多钱，自己却玩忽职守，一点不把他放在心上。活该、活该！回去让秀梅痛骂自己吧，重新硬着头皮去找零活干吧！他这种人天生抓不住机会，只因为缺乏责任心啊。生平第一次，长发想痛哭一次，但他没有哭的习惯，所以也哭不出来，只好一边用手拨开那些乱草一边闷着头快步走。很多往事涌上他的心头。他记起他从小受过的那些窝囊气；还有在电视机厂，因为他的个性难于同别人打成一片，他吃了不少的亏；后来他只好独来独往，别人又评价他说是"缺乏诚意"；他也曾听从妻子的劝告，对自己的个性加以约束，可是那并没有改善自己的处境。失业以后，性格上的缺陷更是与经济利益挂上了钩。由于不会逢迎巴结，处不好人事关系，只能去干那些最粗笨的活，就是这样的活也干不长久，要么是别人欺负他，骗他，要么是他同老板闹翻，工钱拿不到。他简直成了个废物了。就在他陷入绝境的关头，他碰见了他这一生中头一次碰见的一个好人，这就是董先生。长发对于他由防备到信任，再到因为不能理解他而痛苦，时间上虽只有几天，给他的内心的触动却不亚于母亲去世那件事。也许他是遥远的父亲那边来的使者，长发觉得理解了他就是理解了自己那谜一般的父亲，所以他在同他相处时才会有那份亲切感吧。长发想，只要他一直走下去，总会碰到医院的围墙，然后沿围墙走，就可以走到医院大门。在他印象中，这个医院根本不算大，不可能走不到头的，除非他在原地绕圈子。虽然周围已没有了参照物，长发心里也能确定自己并没有在绕圈子。他一定要赶快到董先生身边去，一定要！否则他就要完蛋了！他开始跑，乱草刺破了他的手掌，他的脸，他什么全顾不得了，好像要发狂了似的。他跑着跑着，冷不防额头"咚"地一下撞在岩石上头，伸手一摸，原来他跑到了假山面前。 "你来了吗？"警察一边朝冻僵的双手哈着气一边走出那个洞。 "请问您是不是从边疆来的？" "当然啦，对于这一点你竟然还有疑问。" "您是来抓董先生的吗？" "我是来带你去边疆服劳役的，董先生告发了你，你让我等了这么久。" 警察亮了一下手铐，并没走上前来，也许他在等长发自己走拢去。 "可是董先生患着重病，我要是离开他，他会没命的！" "你的心肠真好，就为了这个，我也要把你带走。不过我知道你刚才是在讲假话，你到了这种地步哪里还会去关心他。我要让你领教一下边疆的风土人情。" "董先生怎么会告发我呢？您在撒谎。我有老婆有孩子，她们靠我生活，我是出来帮董先生干活的。我确实对他说过我想去边疆找我父亲，但不是用这种方式去；再说我父亲已经死了，我也不是很想去那里了。我还不如呆在家的好。" 长发满肚子委曲，被眼前的情况弄得心乱如麻。 "你这个见异思迁的软骨头！"警察气愤地破口大骂，"现在由不得你了。你知道姓董的那两个大包里装的是什么吗？全部是手枪！我们已掌握了证据，那些枪支全是你窝藏在他旅行包里头的。看你现在还有什么话说。" 长发的确没有什么话说了。他的思绪又飘到了自己家里，他想到女儿梅梅的那只旧书包早该换了，书包带子都断过好几次，每次都把书掉在地上。长发没料到自己还会如此伤感，自从母亲死后……他又想到躺在急救室的董先生，莫非他在考验自己？奇怪的是长发一点都不恨他，反而为他担忧，这也好像违反他的个性。月光下，警察拎着亮闪闪的手铐过来了，长发乖乖地伸出双手。不知怎么，长发认定这名警察会将他带出这片荒地，带到董先生身边去。警察和董先生在一个问题上是非常一致的，这就是两个人都要长发去边疆，不容他改变自己的初衷。长发记起秀梅也是主张自己去边疆的，这到底是怎么回事呢？冷冰冰的手铐铐住长发之后，警察示意长发跟他走。气温还是那么低，长发感觉到那些草上面结了霜，也许天快亮了。 "文长发，你这个囚犯，你还有什么最后的要求吗？"警察边走边说。 "我要见见董先生，另外还要回家看看女儿。" 长发说了这句话之后，内心竟然轻松了起来，说起话来就好像在交待后事一样。他在心里恍然大悟：原来他只能以这种方式去边疆！现在他甚至觉得有点刺激，心里有点跃跃欲试，而在这以前，长发是最不喜欢冒险的一个人。 天显出了蒙蒙亮，脚下的地不知何时变成了水泥地，一会儿长发就看见了急救室的那盏红灯在雾气中凶险地眨眼。这时警察突然拉他站住，说是让医院的人看见他戴着手铐很不好，所以暂时把手铐取下来。于是长发伸出手让他打开手铐。他将发生的一切抛在脑后，直奔急救室。 他推开门，看见躺在那张床上的是一名妇女，旁边守护的男子大约是她的丈夫，他们两人都吃惊地瞪着他。长发眼前一黑，坐在走廊的地上号啕大哭起来，一边哭心里一边涌出种种莫名其妙的情绪，促使他哭得更凶。这时他身边已围了一小圈人，护士长也匆匆地赶来了。护士长用脚踢着长发说： "走开！走！没有死人，在这里哭什么丧啊？" "没有死人吗？"长发扯住护士长的手臂问。 护士长的黄脸拉长了，用力甩脱他，往地上啐了两口，骂道： "癞皮狗！那老狗已转到普通病房去了！" 长发还想发问，护士长已气冲冲地走进办公室去了。她一进去，那些平日里凶神恶煞的护士就都挤到门口来打量长发。长发只好一个病房一个病房地去找董先生，幸亏很快就找到了，董先生就在二病室，抢救室旁边那一间，和他同房的还有一位老先生，正在不停地往痰盂里咳痰。董先生坐在床上闭目养神，手里捏着个乌黑的东西在把玩着。长发凑近一看，是一把手枪。这时长发才记起那警察已不跟着自己了，他不放心，又到门口瞧了瞧，也没发现那人。 "实在太奇怪，太奇怪了！"长发气喘吁吁地说。 董先生抬眼望了望他，又垂下头去抚摸那把很小的手枪。 "我真该死，离开了一个晚上。" 长发悔恨地捶着胸口。他一抬头看见那位吐痰的老先生正吃惊地瞪着他，他的脸一下子飞红了。 "照顾病人是一件责任重大的工作。"老先生教训长发说。 "我真该死，真该死……"长发只能反复重复这句话，站也不是坐也不是。 他走到壁柜那里，想察看那两个包是不是还在，无意中一转身，看见董先生正用那把小巧的手枪瞄准自己。他的脑袋一下子空了，不由自主地举起了双手。他心里有点委屈，更多的是某种不甘心。一瞬间，他还瞥见了那位老先生幸灾乐祸的表情。他突然恨不得破口大骂，他想，为什么总是别人骂他，他就不能骂别人呢？他一定要骂一次才甘休。可是还没待他张口，董先生又放下了手枪。 "你应该往家里打个电话。"董先生轻轻地说道。 "yes?" 长发想，董先生到底知不知道他昨天夜里的事呢？但是他不愿意问他，他怕一问，那件事就成为不变的事实了。 "好，我这就去。" 长发说着就到走廊上去打电话。他仔细看了看走廊两头，确定了那警察根本不在，这才拿起了电话。秀梅在电话那头说，她刚起床，然后就抱怨起来。 "你不在家里，那些小流氓通夜在窗外闹，我只好开开灯，把你父亲的相片挂在窗户上。你想想看，这个家还像个家么？所以我才把梅梅送到她外婆家去啊。" "那都是些什么人？"长发心情沉重地问。 "什么人呢，还不是这些街坊，天天都见面的，他们知道你回不来了，就来欺负我嘛，有什么办法呢。" "