Chapter 42 Chapter Forty

After Xiao Yu returned to grandma's house, I often took a walk after dinner or before going to bed.On that sweltering sauna night, I wandered to Sanlitun, where street bars and pimps harass you like mosquitoes, and sex workers bite you like scorpions.I have experience dealing with them, otherwise they will stick to you like super glue until you give in. Suddenly there was an overwhelming cry from Gongti, and people were attracted by magnets like iron filings.Police cars and anti-riot vehicles lined up in a row, and the police, armed police, and security guards sent out three steps, one post, five steps, and one sentry.All are here except the Little Foot Detective Team.It turned out to be the final of the Asian Cup: China vs. Japan.I am no longer a fan of China, and I have turned a blind eye to several games that are close at hand.I learned online that the ticket price of one or two hundred yuan for this game has been fired to one or two thousand.I ran into it by chance, so I went to join in the fun.

Nearly halfway through the second half, there were still hundreds of people outside the arena listening to the din in the arena, yelling and barking their teeth and claws.Those with oil paints on their faces, those wearing national flags and feathers, those dancing fluorescent sticks and blowing trumpets, if there is no five-star flag, you would think that you have encountered a gypsy caravan or Indians going to a big fair.The police looked around vigilantly, ignoring the ticket sellers who were still active.The ticket dealer kept fooling around: "Dude, there must be overtime." "Brother, if you encounter a penalty shootout, it will be a pleasure."

Time passed by minute by minute, and prices continued to decrease.When it was reduced to 200 yuan with 20 minutes left in the second half, people swarmed up, and I instinctively rushed to grab one.Someone came to his senses: "Is this ticket okay?" The ticket touts swear it will be fine.Pick up the ticket and look at it, it doesn't look like a fake ticket, so hurry up and pay.The dealer wanted to leave, but I stopped him: "You have to send us in!" The ticket dealer agreed and sent our group of more than 20 people to the iron gate.The sound was clearer inside, screams, booing, whistles, boos, and chaos, and we became more and more excited.Unexpectedly, there was another door inside, and more than a hundred armed policemen wearing steel helmets, carrying batons and shields, and wearing heavy body armor lined up on both sides.The staff scanned the ticket with something like a scanner and announced on the spot: "Fake ticket!"

We were dumbfounded and started arguing. The man warned: "Stop talking nonsense! Now we admit that you bought the counterfeit tickets. If we continue to make trouble, we will be confused." We wanted to talk nonsense, and the armed police came over.run away.Looking for these bastards everywhere like mad dogs, they have already escaped successfully.Obviously, although the ticket dealers are hateful, this account should be charged to the Tianchao male feet, so we didn't leave.The game ended with a score of one to three.When leaving the field, the fans gathered around the stadium and yelled at the referee and the organizing committee, except for those stinky feet.

A pair of Japanese fans boarded the bus amidst the boos of Chinese fans, and one of them stuck out his middle finger in front of the window. Chinese fans rushed up and threw mineral water bottles and stones at the bus.The Japanese fans huddled in the car and dodged in embarrassment.The police and armed police came to pull away the isolation belt arm in hand, loudspeakers ordered the fans to disperse, and some other police cars cleared the way for the bus.More and more people, the bus was forced to return to the field. With such a confrontation, even the police dogs were tired.Suddenly there was a red light, and someone burned the Japanese flag, and the flames reflected the frantic and distorted faces of the fans.Howling like a lunatic, applauding, singing the national anthem, and shouting anti-Japanese slogans, even the 18th generation of Japanese ancestors have fucked, and if they continue to fuck, they will fuck their own Xu Fu.

The situation took a turn for the worse, the police were extremely nervous and forcibly evacuated the fans.The angry fans and the "elbow-twisting" police and armed police intervened. Several people started smashing cars, and cars with the logo of the organizing committee were also smashed.The fans were obviously insane, and they forgot the power of the Chinese dictatorship. Sure enough, the iron fist of the dictatorship began to show its power and arrested people!The fans and the police huddled together, shouting "Patriotism is innocent" and "Go China!", and more people dispersed.

A familiar face suddenly appeared during the tugging, and he took a closer look, "Damn it, isn't this Qi Shunzi?"One of his hands was grabbed by the fat policeman, and he was struggling desperately.I called him, and he instinctively turned around to look.I rushed up and grabbed him and yanked him violently. I broke free from the policeman and dragged him quickly into the crowd.Qi Shunzi was very pleasantly surprised: "Brother, you are a heavenly soldier! Otherwise, I will go in!" "Are you fucking crazy?" I scolded him, and he laughed wildly: "You're crazy! It's so fucking cool! ——Aren't you crazy too?"

"I just passed by here. I bought a fake ticket for 200 yuan, and the ball didn't look right at a glance." We said while running. "You are too unlucky. If I knew I would get you one, I only spent three hundred." Shunzi was panting, "It's all because of the little Japan!" The dark crowd ran towards Xinyuan South Road. Shunzi said they were going to the Kunlun Hotel, where Little Japan lives, and the organizing committee is also there. Let's settle the score with them!I didn't take it seriously: "As for it, isn't it just a ball game! With your skills, if you post dozens of posts online, wouldn't you pay for a bottle of soy sauce?"

"Dude, aren't you patriotic?" He ran faster. "When my brother was patriotic, you were still a chromosome! Do you have to hate another country if you love one country? Run, I can't run anymore." I sighed while leaning on a tree, realizing that my health had declined a lot in recent years. Qi Shunzi stopped and said in a reproachful tone: "Brother, this is Little Japan! No one can lose to Little Japan. We have lost to Koreans for more than 20 years. The more we lose, the more honorable and comfortable we are, yes No? I’m also disgusted by the men’s football team, but we must oppose those who are supported by Little Japan, and we must support those who are opposed by Little Japan, there is nothing to say.”

"Little Japan is against eating shit, you eat it too?" I laughed out loud. Shunzi seemed to be choking on something, her Adam's apple wriggled, and her face was flushed. "Two 'everythings'? Do you understand logic? You really are a mechanical major. Is your brain rusted or your brain is out of the chain? A bunch of idiots are making fun of it! The emperor is not in a hurry! The eunuchs are in a hurry! Boxers? Japanese? What happened to you? Did your grandpa get killed, or did your grandma get killed?" "Not at all," he regretted. "Isn't that over? Even if there is, let's not forget the past. The teacher of future generations seeks common ground while shelving differences and develops jointly for the future. Are you embarrassed? Is it the Japanese who can't find a wife because we live in the basement? Can I blame the Japanese for buying a fake ticket?"

Qi Shunzi was knocked out, and murmured: "Anyway, I can't live with the little devil." "I want to find out who sells the fake tickets now. With these bastards, can you love the country?" Shunzi gloated: "Meet a traitor! Dude, it's your bad luck." "It's a liar to say that they are traitors and exalt them. You are lucky, patriotism and love become street hooligans." "Let's not talk about patriotism, are you a real fan? That shitty referee is too bullying!" He faltered for a while, and found a reason, and I became even more angry: "The fans are glorious? What's the deal? It’s a hobby, maybe it’s a vice! When I was a fan, you hadn’t become a fucking ball yet!” Soon, traffic at the intersection of Xinyuan South Road was interrupted, a large number of police rushed to the scene, and anti-riot vehicles roared past.The Kunlun Hotel was protected on the third and outer floors, and some fans were stuffed into police cars.I escorted Qi Shunzi into a side street, stuffed him into a rental car, and warned him: "Go home and post a message, my brother and sister are waiting for you to pay your tuition fees, and I have no time to catch you after you get in." I kept a close eye on the stock market trends while continuing to write this collection of essays. Because I was pissed off by the stock market and the housing market (events), this collection of essays aimed at cursing people was written quite smoothly.After submitting the manuscript, he had an idea and adapted the content into hundreds of text messages and sold them to a wireless content value-added provider, earning an additional 30,000 yuan.Still in the midst of secret joy, another good news came from Lao Pu. The book was well received, and he decided to reprint it. It was too hasty before, and the layout effect was not good. The design was redesigned, and the manuscript was revised once. Received a new manuscript fee of 60,000 yuan, celebrated it, and deposited it in the bank under Xiaoyu's supervision.Xiao Yu repeatedly warned me not to invest in the stock market, but I once again followed suit. The Chinese stock market has swallowed me like high-purity heroin.I studied the stock market behind Xiaoyu's back, looked and looked at the macro charts, and read and read the micro data.The stock market has been bearish for five years, so it's time for a decent rebound.The end of the year is undoubtedly the best time to lurk in the stock market. I hesitated for a long time and finally made up my position.The super junk stock "Changhong" fell from more than 60 all the way to more than 3 yuan. I covered all the way, and the average cost was still nearly 10 yuan.Not long after, Xiaoyu blocked me to check my bank account, and finally exposed my flaws.This time, she didn't get angry, but sighed and left alone, I didn't chase her. I haven't seen Xiaoyu for a month. Before Christmas, I asked Xiaoyu what her plans were, and she said in a cold tone that she had never done before.I thought she was playing with her temper for a while, so I called her the next day, but she either refused to answer or turned off the phone.Calling the landline, her grandma said politely that Xiao Yu had gone out, and she didn't know who she went out with. My Christmas Eve was not peaceful at all, I panicked.Recalling the past six months of gathering less and more, although the short-term passion is still hot and sweet, the aftertaste is no longer mellow and lingering.Xiaoyu didn't call until midnight, not even a text message.I called, got through, but didn't answer.My chest hung like a weight, and my airway was blocked like rubber.Get dressed and go out.The new roommate, Li Xiang, is still awake, talking on the phone with his out-of-town girlfriend. Lao Hong sent me to Xiaoyu's grandma's community.I called in the small garden downstairs, but still didn't answer, and texted her to tell her that I was downstairs.I stretched my head and looked up at the floor where Xiaoyu was, but there was no response for more than ten minutes.The temperature outside has dropped below zero, and I'm wearing nothing but hat, scarf and gloves.The cold wind poured into my hair, neck, chest and cuffs.The teeth were misplaced from the cold, and they were fighting.The ear seemed to be falling off, so I didn't dare to rub it, so I could only stretch out my hands to cover it from the wind, so as to reduce the slight pain.In the weak light, I saw my breath turn into frost, and my glasses were covered with mist. Before long, my whole body trembled and my feet became numb, and I kept stomping.I couldn't take it anymore, and trembling with stiff fingers, I sent it again: "I'm frozen to death!" Looking up at the window again.The cold wind is blowing more violently, and I am going to become a zombie.Finally, the light in Xiao Yu's window came on, and the curtains were parted, and a person's head shook a few times, so I waved quickly.The head disappeared, Xiao Yu quickly ran down, staggered into my arms: "Are you crazy? I'm already asleep. You're really here, aren't you froze?" "Where did you go-to?" My tongue was already limp. "at home." "Why-why, didn't you answer the phone?" "I don't want to pick it up. Hurry up and go back, you'll freeze to death, you'll get sick." "If you don't tell me, I'll just freeze to death. I'll freeze to death on Christmas Eve, and I'll die as well." "You're crazy." Xiaoyu couldn't help but take off her down jacket, but I refused.She unbuttoned her down jacket and let our chests stick together desperately. At the same time, I moved my hands from her down jacket to the back and leaned against a tree.Xiaoyu's body temperature quickly penetrated her sweater and my clothes and passed to me.I feel much warmer and can speak more calmly. "I know you're crazy about stocks—I'm sorry, I'm crazy, I'm crazy," I said. "It doesn't matter to me anymore." Xiao Yu seemed to be muttering to herself, her face turned to one side. "Why has nothing to do with you? My money is your money. This is the money for us to buy a house and get married." "Why are you still married? Let's break up." Xiaoyu suddenly fell on my shoulder and began to cry. "Are you crazy?" I was stupid. "I'm sober, let's break up." Xiao Yu burst into tears, "Boss, we've known each other for four years, look at your past four years, have you quit your house, your car, or your career? How many years have girls been? I have changed from a girl to a woman. Boss, you will be thirty-five in a blink of an eye! We don’t seek luxury, but stability, am I going too far? Can’t sleep on the street? You Think I can't get married?..." In the dark, her tearful eyes were sparkling, and I was extremely sad, the soreness spread from the root of the gums to the throat, and then invaded the stomach pouch and even the heels.I took out a tissue and wiped away the tears and snot all over her face, but I couldn't finish it.A security guard on night patrol came over and looked at us vigilantly. Xiaoyu waved his hand, and he left resentfully.Xiao Yu dragged me to the stairs, where the wind was leeward, and the red lights in the corridor gave people visual warmth, and I felt much better.I drooped my head: "What you said just now is all right, it's all my fault." "You are good at everything, but you are too twisted and stubborn." "Comparing people to others scares people to death. People should not be happy with things or sad with themselves, and should not be overwhelmed by mountains." I seemed to gain a little courage, "Besides, I won't be so poor that I can't eat enough." No body-covering pants don’t cover the sparrow.” "You're a little rich and you're safe—you're not even a little rich. You don't seek progress, you're willing to degenerate." Even she laughed, "Now the family has opinions on you, Grandma said that the child wasted money and would not be able to live; mother said, you are so pitiful!" "What do you mean?" "When you lived in Xishan, I took my mother to your place. She cleaned up the room." "Ah, she knows you live with me?" I was shocked. "She didn't say anything, but she definitely knew it in her heart." "You shouldn't have taken her there." I complained, and Xiaoyu said, "She's going to investigate the future daughter-in-law, shouldn't she? Looking at the messy place, the broken room and broken furniture, the walls are dark, the toilet The lids and shower heads are all broken, she is about to cry. My mother left Beijing when she was sixteen to become an educated youth, how much she has suffered.” "I understand, she doesn't want you to repeat the same mistakes." I sighed. "Didn't you still conduct literature survey reports? Ninety-five percent of parents are unwilling to marry their daughters to writers. Is this something I made up? You said, if you are a mother, you can rest assured that you will marry your daughter." Give you such a person?" "A person like me—what kind of person am I?" I pretended to be wronged.She said: "You don't have anything, you have a working household registration and a house, and now you have almost lost even a little hard-earned money, don't you?" "In theory, it's not a loss, it's just a trick; even if I lose, I can still make money. Am I not hard enough?" I bowed my head and pointed my head at her plausibly, "My hair is going to fall out, and my brain is going to explode. .” "You are hardworking enough, you can be said to be the hardest I have ever seen, but is your effort worth it?" Xiaoyu became excited, "You can still write and earn some money now, what do you do when you are old? Must write a book? How many people read books now? How many people support themselves by writing books? Let’s count with our fingers, your favorite "two kings and one star": one king, two, died of poverty, what a tragedy! One king You ruffian, you think he is handsome, but he is supported by women! What else is there, I don’t even know what he is doing now.” "Master Xing is living a good life. He travels all over the world. When he is free, he teaches foreigners to learn Chinese." I corrected. "Where is it reliable? A few days ago, there was a famous writer begging in the street, and he put up a sign, lest people would not know that he is a writer, so it was reported on TV. My family is arguing, didn't you tell me? " I stopped her: "The more you talk, the more outrageous it becomes! Wang Er—that's true, and he didn't die of poverty. He died of hard work and suffered a heart attack. I know about writers begging for food. It's performance art. Protesting about the treatment. ——Where did you get the rumors about the ruffian?" Xiao Yu plausibly said: "What rumors, that's right! He was raised by an actress. He used to take care of her, but now she takes care of him. Everyone in Beijing knows, but you don't!" "Nonsense! I drank and ate with him at the Piye bar, and I saw him in good condition, white and fat." I became angry with embarrassment, "Even if it is true, it is a human ability! Tell me, I rely on you to raise him." Yet?" "I thought, but unfortunately I don't have the ability. Besides, do you need me to support you? Are you lacking in arms and legs or lacking in mind?" Xiao Yu scolded one by one, "Which of your friends is worse than you? We can’t compare Xu Dakuan, that’s a special case, and he’s more than ten years older than you. You said that your classmate Yang Xingchen, Officer Li Haopang, and those old classmates you received were either the boss or the vice president of the university’s School of Foreign Languages. Major or something, and the worst one is a middle school teacher, you should be able to—” "It's a shame you didn't mention the person from the UNHCR!" I said indifferently, "How can I compare myself with others, people are more popular than others, and everyone is more scared to death than others—" "Listen to me, okay?" Xiao Yu took the lead, "I mean that good steel must be used on the blade. If you were doing other things ten years ago, you would have retired early with less than half the energy you have now. Why don't you have a scientific outlook on development when you're so young?" I couldn't help laughing: "I'm so young, I'm going to retire and wait to die? Are there still few people in their 70s and 80s who don't rest?" "The times are different. Now if a man is thirty-five and still struggling for his basic survival, he is a Loser (loser) at the lightest level, and he is a criminal at the worst level." "Crime? What kind of crime? It's too serious!" I was stunned.Xiaoyu pointed to my forehead and pronounced the sentence: "That's right, you committed the 'crime of failure'!" These words were like three or nine days of ice water poured down my head, and I froze instantly.Yes, I committed a crime. At thirty-five, I still run around like a lost dog. I don’t even have a nest to settle down. What am I not a loser? What am I not a crime?Seeing that I was depressed and speechless, Xiao Yu asked me, "What are you thinking?" "This turmoil will come sooner or later." I paused every word, and said, "I know you have been stimulated a lot during this period, and you have pink eye disease." "See if I've committed a crime?" Xiaoyu rolled her eyes mischievously and showed me, "There is nothing wrong with pink eye disease objectively. Can human beings progress without pink eye disease?" I was furious: "When I had pink eye, your eyes hadn't been opened yet!" "Hehe, this shows that you are still aggressive, and you can still be saved!" Xiaoyu laughed, bit me, and said, "It's too late, you go back." I tentatively asked: "How do you spend New Year's Day? How do you spend Spring Festival?" "Stay at home on New Year's Day, and the Spring Festival is still early. You go back and think about it, think about it with questions, we all need to think about it. Don't think it's for me, it's also for you." Xiao Yu pulled her up The zipper of his down jacket and called Lao Hong. I followed her dejectedly to the outside of the community, both of them were shivering, Xiaoyu shivered a few times, and her nose was running all over the place, I told her to go back and she wouldn't leave.Fortunately, Lao Hong came soon, I sighed, got into the car and left sullenly.In the rearview mirror, Xiao Yu stood motionless on the side of the street, the cold wind blowing her hair, half covering her face. Seeing that I was silent, Lao Hong asked me if I was okay. I kept coughing and sneezing. thing.Old Hong looked at me sideways: "Are you all right, brother?" "Do you think I look like a criminal?" I asked nonchalantly, Lao Hong was taken aback, and looked at this old customer again, like looking at a monster: "My brother can really make jokes!" I looked at him seriously and said, "Just say it seriously, we don't mind." Old Hong looked a little scared, and said cautiously: "It's not like, it's not like, you are just a scholar." "What kind of vision? I am, I committed a crime, and I am still getting away with it." I laughed, a little creepy, "Do you know what crime I committed?" Old Hong faltered and hesitated, guarding me from the corner of his eye.I said, "I've committed the 'crime of not succeeding', I'm a fucking failure!" Lao Hong laughed: "You really know how to tell jokes, and there is such a crime!" I was serious: "Why not? This is an unwritten code. If you are not successful, you are a loser, you are a Loser, and you are a sinner!" Lao Hong frowned: "Then tell me, what is success and what is failure? How do you define it?" "Simply put, a man, at the age of thirty-five, has a house, a car and savings, and retires!" "It's over, it's over." The driver laughed again, "According to what you said, more than 99% of the men in China should be arrested. I am also a criminal who slipped through the net for more than ten years. I still have to surrender. " I was inexplicably excited: "It's useless to turn yourself in. You don't need to be arrested. If you are arrested, you still have nothing to do with food. There is no place to put it. If you are sick, you have to be treated. This prison has no walls. I don't care about you. I don't want to see you. Peeing on your pot and taking you as a fool to see you as a fart, you just f***ing around and suffer yourself while you cool down! ——Sorry for the swearing." Lao Hong smiled tolerantly: "It's okay, if you don't swear, you don't call yourself a man. ——Understood, I must have quarreled with Xiao Yu, and I saw that you didn't talk to each other when you got in the car just now. Hey, every family has a hard-to-recite scripture Noisy, noisy, life has to go on, right? If you don’t succeed, you have to be benevolent? It’s better to live than to die. Women, don’t worry, whoever cares has to be angry. What Confucius said, but women And that's the meaning of being hard to serve. Xiaoyu is a pretty good girl, so let's go over after coaxing." At midnight in the cold winter, Huaishu Street was unusually quiet, everything was frozen, but the sex workers who were shivering in thin clothes still stood in the shade of the trees under the electric poles and in the alleys to search for people who needed warmth.The moment the car stopped, five or six women with blue noses, swollen faces, and black lips immediately surrounded me from all directions. Seeing that it was an acquaintance of mine, they smiled and left angrily.The crazy woman upstairs was still swearing harshly, but the frequency in the cold wind was very low, more like a kind of vague chatter and noise. This night, I felt countless nightmares pressing down on me, making me unable to breathe. When I woke up, I felt lost in front of the empty roof.Maybe Xiaoyu is right, I should think about it.For the rest of the days, I kept reflecting on the question: Did Xiao Yu change, or did I miss the trip, or something else went wrong. Xiaoyu was missing from the class reunion at the end of the year. I heard that we had a quarrel, and they were all worried about me, and advised me to get the certificate as soon as possible.I was dejected: "Do you think people's hearts can be tied by a piece of paper?" "That's right!" Chen Ju lamented, "The times are different." Li Hao said worriedly: "Brother, you have to hold on!"