Chapter 33 Chapter Thirty-Three Good morning, lady boss

Feng Lan attended Zeng Fei and Cui Yan's wedding ceremony as one of the few attendees. A week later, Ding Xiaoye's case came to a verdict. Various investigation results seven years ago and a new round of evidence collection have confirmed that the bullet holes on Cui Kejian's body match the marks left by the bullet on the glass in front of the driver's seat, and his fingerprints were indeed collected on the steering wheel at that time.It can be deduced from this that during the pursuit, Feng Ming and Cui Kejian met at the intersection where the accident happened. Feng Ming tried to force Cui Kejian to stop, and fired three shots. Then Cui Kejian accelerated and crashed into the vehicle driven by Feng Ming, causing Feng Ming to die on the spot. Cui Kejian also died of excessive blood loss an hour later.

Whether Cui Ting (Ding Xiaoye) appeared at the crime scene at the time of the incident or after the incident has not been confirmed. Based on the evidence at the scene, the motive of the crime and the time presumption, the public prosecution agency accused Ding Xiaoye of intentional homicide with insufficient evidence, and the court rejected it.In the end, Ding Xiaoye was sentenced to four years in prison for the two crimes of obstructing official duties and covering up. Four years, shorter than expected, longer than imagined; shorter than a lifetime, longer than... a woman's remaining youth.

Feng Lan didn't know that her and Ding Xiaoye's life could be broken down into four years, but waiting was something she had to learn and get used to.Lawyer Han and Zeng Fei both believed that given the severity of the case, this sentence was quite reasonable, and it was the best result within their ability.Ding Xiaoye gave up the appeal. After the verdict came into effect, Feng Lan visited Ding Xiaoye again before he was transferred to the prison where he was formally serving his sentence.Now that the dust has settled, there is less worry and apprehension, and I can no longer push tomorrow's events to tomorrow's worries. The hanging heart seems to be tied to a stone and returned to its original position, solid and heavy.

When they were together, they always bickered endlessly, but now they sat facing each other, but just looked at each other for a long time, and then she smiled, and he also showed the dimples on his cheeks. Feng Lan is thirty years old. She thought about how great it would be if she met Ding Xiaoye a few years ago. In that case, she might have a little more confidence, so that she could say to Time without fear: I can afford to wait! But Feng Lan in the early years could carry this burden, enough to deal with the immediate pressure and future risks?The answer is "not necessarily"!If she had a choice, she would prefer that the first man in her life be him. Is this possible?We met at that time, I am afraid that the final fate is just a rubbing of shoulders.

Ding Xiaoye, who was wandering like a lonely soul, met Feng Lan who was looking for him all the way, he was lucky, it was her disaster.The world's arrangements have their own conclusions, she walks faster, he comes slowly, all detours are not in vain, whoever steps out of step will not be today. Before the visit ended, Feng Lan asked the police if she could give Ding Xiaoye a hug?Lawyer Han who accompanied him dragged the police to the door to smoke. Feng Lan walked towards Ding Xiaoye and stopped in front of him.Ding Xiaoye couldn't open his hands, so he could only raise them together, touched her face, and asked, "Have you put on makeup today?"

Feng Lan warned: "Don't spoil the atmosphere by speaking angry at me, if you don't want to die, be honest with me!" "Don't worry about it, you are also the trendiest woman in Czardeni." Ding Xiaoye rested his hand on her cheek, thought for a while and then smiled, "However, I am used to you messing around." Feng Lan hugged him vigorously, and said: "Ding Xiaoye, you are cunning enough. In the past, no matter how much I like you, I might get tired of it after a while. Now I have been hanging by you for four years, and I will be old by then. I have no choice anymore. When you come out, maybe I will be at the age of a wolf and a tiger... So you have to take good care of yourself, not for you, but for me!"

Ding Xiaoye nodded and said, "Okay!" He couldn't move, but he had never enjoyed a hug so peacefully.He has paid off his past sins, and he has to spend the rest of his life well, saving it to pay off a woman's debt. When Ding Xiaoye was in prison, Feng Lan's time can be summarized into two parts: before visiting him and after visiting him.But she wants to live a good life. Only when she lives a good life, straighten her waist, and look like a human being, can those gossips and the hardships she has suffered be not in vain. In the first year, when Feng Lan went to visit Ding Xiaoye, he occasionally had a little injury on his face.He looks like that, and he has a stinking problem, so Feng Lan is naturally worried.But Zeng Fei said that he had taken care of everything that needed to be taken care of on behalf of Feng Lan, and there was no ambiguity about the favors that should be entrusted. Ding Xiaoye would be taken care of accordingly, but as a newcomer, it was inevitable that he would suffer a little bit, so she didn't have to think about it. too much.

Every time Feng Lan asked Ding Xiaoye if someone bullied him, Ding Xiaoye always smiled and asked, "I'm so easy to bully? What about you? Is there anyone bullying you?" Feng Lan said angrily: "No one can bully me casually except you." Of course, there are still many people who say she is crazy.She discovered a trick, to admit that she was crazy before those people questioned her, and they would have nothing to say. When they met, they didn't want to spend too much time on unnecessary talk.Feng Lan also told Ding Xiaoye that during the Spring Festival this year, her parents and brother were abroad, and she stayed with Feng Ming's parents, and Feng Ming's body had also been buried.

Before the verdict came down, the repeated visits of Feng Lan by the two elders of the Feng family had already changed from resistance to habit.Their understanding is not so much because of the huge sum of money, but because the couple convinced themselves that a person who can make a woman like Feng Lan spend almost everything to save her will not be so bad as to be hopeless .They were always lonely, and to a certain extent, Feng Lan's appearance filled the void around them. Feng Lan said that she did this to let Ding Xiaoye know that he owed her only one person in this world. Feng Lan also brought two rings, saying that she was fed up with the injustice every time she submitted a visitation application.After the ring passed the prison guard's inspection, it was in Ding Xiaoye's hands. He curiously asked why there were two rings?Feng Lan said confidently that one was given to Ding Xiaoye by her, and the other was prepared for Ding Xiaoye with "good intentions", so that Ding Xiaoye could give it to her.

Ding Xiaoye was full of helplessness, and said: "Feng Lan, Feng Lan, I will let you do more things that women should do. You have opened my eyes again." He kept the male ring and handed it over to the prison guard for safekeeping, while the female ring was returned to Feng Lan.According to Ding Xiaoye, Feng Lan gave him the ring, don't want it for nothing, he agreed to her marriage proposal tentatively.But what was given back to Feng Lan was his business, and Feng Lan had nothing to do with it. Feng Lan said that her restaurant opened a branch near the university town, and even though she was not the only shareholder, she made some money. Ding Xiaoye had to be mentally prepared, not to be dazzled by the rich woman's pomp when he came out.

Ding Xiaoye said that he likes rich women, but even if Feng Lan's restaurants are opened all over the motherland like Lanzhou ramen and Shaxian snacks, they can't take over the men's gift of rings.What he gives depends on what he wants. "You won't give me a herd of cows and sheep, will you?" Feng Lan said distressedly, looking into Ding Xiaoye's smiling eyes, he added viciously, "Then I don't want it for nothing!" In the second year, time passed more slowly than Feng Lan imagined.The White Snake has the magic of shrinking the earth to an inch, she wished she could shrink a year into a second.Ding Xiaoye had been away from her for too long, and when she was alone, Feng Lan seemed to be able to feel time crawling over her skin like a snail, leaving a wet mark, but there was no sound. Someone asked her earlier why she still refused to get married, and where is the other half?Now that they have all shut up, those who know the truth are even more taboo than her.People were used to Feng Lan's loneliness, and she thought she was used to it too.Only when she lay on the bed where he had been there before, would she clearly feel that she was not living alone, and that her waiting had a future. This year, Feng Lan was no longer satisfied with her love for work. She went to many, many places and walked around, so she didn't care too much about the slow beating of the hour hand in her heart.Every time he saw the charming scenery and the delicious food that attracted her, Feng Lan secretly remembered that he would have to let Ding Xiaoye come with her again in the future. She wrote a lot of letters to Ding Xiaoye and sent countless postcards. She never thought that the two who started with vulgar tastes would return to a platonic love. Feng Lan has Feng Lan's logic.She said to Ding Xiaoye: "Masturbation is the highest state between a man and a woman." When she said this, she showed Ding Xiaoye her new hairstyle through a layer of glass.Feng Lan cut her hair short, and the hairdresser said it would make her look younger. "It's not pretty." Ding Xiaoye said.He still likes Feng Lan's long hair. But he thought about it, and said with a smile: "The man who chased you last time must think so too." Feng Lan was very happy when he said this, which was better than the sentence hidden behind the silence: "If you want, of course I will let you go." "No, other men say I'm more feminine like this." She stroked her neat short hair and tilted her head to look at him with a smile. Someone else. Before I grow my hair out, the hair you secretly hid will be out of print." In the third year, Feng Lan chattered about the people around him.Tan Shaocheng got married again, and he was an old man who was richer than her dead ex-husband and took good care of her.She always said that she had never tasted what it was like to be loved, and that was her wish. Zhou Taoran's wedding photography studio closed down, and now he specializes in shooting models for a certain shopping website, and he is doing well.Not long ago, Feng Lan ran into him at a friend's party, and he said sarcastically, "When will I help you put that man in your wedding photo?" Feng Lan ignored it.Zhou Taoran was both unhappy and distressed, and asked her: "What are you trying to do?" Feng Lan said: "I like him. He is much better than you." Asking hard: "How is he better than me?" Feng Lan rolled his eyes around him and said, "Anywhere!" Kangkang also has a girlfriend. When the other party first approached him, he claimed to be a "lala", and Kangkang regarded her as a "confidant sister".But when Feng Lan saw the girl, she knew that Kang Kang had to admit it. She had never seen Lala who loved a silly boy.Sure enough, within half a month, "Lala" took "Saint Cupid Kang" into his pocket. Wu Jiang and Situ Jue had settled on the idea of ​​"DINK", and Feng Lan's aunt was always worried.Wu Jiang doesn't care about these things, and lives happily.Situ Jue is one of the shareholders of the branch of Feng Lan Restaurant, and the two families come and go frequently. In recent years, Wu Jiang has hummed more ditties than he did in the first half of his life. The most outrageous is Zeng Fei.Feng Lan complained to Ding Xiaoye: "Can you imagine a big man like him sharing the secret of hiccupping a baby online?" So far, Zeng Fei and Cui Yan haven't been able to avoid other people's gossip.Anyone who knows something inside will always praise them for being right on the face, but will always have an ambiguous smile when they turn their backs. Cui Yan is a person who never sees others, so she doesn't really care.After the child was born, the Zeng family completely accepted her existence.Sometimes Feng Lan couldn't see how sweet she was, and deliberately poured cold water on her, saying, "Don't you ask Zeng Fei if he really loves you?" Cui Yan said: "If there is a man who cares about my likes and sorrows, forgives my lies, tolerates my shortcomings, and is willing to sacrifice his life to fulfill my happiness. Even if he says he doesn't love me - I don't believe it." Feng Lan didn't believe it either, she would only tease Zeng Fei, a tender wife and young son, the midlife crisis would come early. Whenever she said that, Zeng Fei smiled very "kindly". Feng Tao and his wife had just given birth to their fourth child. Mother Feng and his wife couldn't end their endless life of raising a baby in a short time.Mother Feng has now given up on persuading Feng Lan. Her biggest worry now is that she is worried that Feng Lan will miss the best gestational age and not be able to have a child. . Ding Xiaoye's response was to glance at Feng Lan's figure, and said, "If you can give birth, you will know if you try more." Feng Lan frantically told Ding Xiaoye that now she hated them most for sharing their happiness in Moments.That kind of "hate" is like a poor man meeting a rich man, leaning forward and asking: "You have money, but do you have happiness?" The rich man replied: "Happy as hell!" It's just a normal state of their lives, just as normal as breathing.It's rare that she doesn't have one. In fact, several times, Feng Lan felt that she couldn't bear it any longer, and the waiting was going to drive her crazy.She told Ding Xiaoye that whenever this happened, she would think that she was running a marathon, don't think about how far the finish line is, and always look at the nearest target, run towards it, and then change to another one.Her target is every "today", at least they are still together today, and they will be together again the next day... Day after day, "today" is superimposed with "today", and it becomes countless "todays" that have been successfully spent Yesterday", the days suddenly didn't seem so long, and I had waited for these years without knowing it. Ding Xiaoye suppressed his heartache, laughing that she always had so many fallacies.More often, when she complained, he would listen silently and let her vent.When Feng Lan said that she was tired, she would perk up again, brushing her hair and saying, "I only said to give up at this time, you think I'm stupid!" Ding Xiaoye said: "Yes, you are too smart!" All reasoning is just an excuse.Ding Xiaoye and Feng Lan are very clear, how can there be so many vain things?She didn't want to give up waiting, and she didn't want to let her wait, all because she couldn't bear it. Before the fourth year came, Feng Lan went to Zardeny alone.On the way, I changed planes twice, then took a passenger car, a minibus for temporary passengers, and a van to go to the countryside. Finally, I saw Amoser and her husband at the foot of the mountain specially driving a pickup truck for her. Amoser is really just like what Ding Xiaoye said, with big eyes and deep eyes, wheat-colored skin, and a healthy and strong body, which is completely different from Feng Lan's style, and her husband is a tall man with a mustache Kazakh youth.The two had already received the letter and showed great enthusiasm and kindness to Ding Xiaoye's "lover". Uncle Bazken and his wife were waiting for Feng Lan at their home down the mountain.The milk tea is boiled in a copper pot, and the kang is sprinkled with milk lumps, baoershake, cube sugar, raisins and apricots to welcome the guests.The two children were milking the mare with the aunt outside the house, and from time to time they lifted the curtain and came in to look at Feng Lan shyly. Uncle Bazken and his son-in-law sat and chatted with Feng Lan. Feng Lan could barely understand what the uncle said, but she could understand half of what Amuser's husband said.According to their customs, when there are guests at home, women generally do not go to the pit to sit with them, but are only responsible for greeting and serving tea, and Ding Xiaoye did not lie to her about this. Before the most basic etiquette came, Ding Xiaoye had told Feng Lan that she knew that the tapestry on the wall was called "Sirmark", and that she had to drink three bowls of mare's milk.Feng Lan couldn't get used to that taste all of a sudden, and after the third bowl, she covered the mouth of the bowl with both hands, indicating that she didn't need it. This family is obviously very familiar with Ding Xiaoye, and they don't even treat Feng Lan as an outsider.Uncle Bazken was very happy, and he spoke a lot and quickly. His son-in-law's "translation" made Feng Lan confused even more, and his face hurt from laughing. use.This child was the one who spoke Chinese most fluently in the whole family. He told Feng Lan that what they were talking about was about Uncle Ono's past. Feng Lan asked about Ding Xiaoye's previous life, which was roughly the same as what he described himself.It's just that Ding Xiaoye in the uncle's mouth is an honest, diligent, smart and kind "good boy", which is slightly different from Feng Lan's impression. Later, Feng Lan drank two cups of kumiss at the warm invitation of his uncle, which was more to her liking than kumis tea.Then she made an "unkind request." Feng Lan wanted the uncle to sing her the Kazakh folk song he taught Ding Xiaoye.Ding Xiaoye, that stingy guy, only sang once, and he refused to open his mouth again. The uncle didn't refuse at all, and sang cheerfully.Anyway, Feng Lan couldn't understand the lyrics, and Ding Xiaoye's tune was messed up when he sang, and it was vaguely this song.She jokingly asked the uncle if she also used this love song to express her heart to the aunt when she was young.Amoser's husband understood this sentence, and immediately laughed, chatting with the uncle non-stop. Amoser's eldest son Bangsar explained: "This song is about the beauty of Tzardney." Feng Lan was taken aback for a moment, then asked the uncle if he had taught Ding Xiaoye a farewell love song.The uncle said that this is his favorite song in his life. Feng Lan stopped talking, the stamina of the kumiss warmed her heart. After the meal, Amoser and his wife drove Feng Lan up the mountain and accompanied Feng Lan in the back of the car with little Meng Sha who was full of curiosity about her.Along the way, Feng Lan saw the forest bordering the grassland that Ding Xiaoye said, the flock of sheep flowing down the mountain like clouds, the unnamed wild flowers, and the ancient stone carvings on the grassland on the top of the mountain.Everywhere she went, she compared what Ding Xiaoye had said to herself, as if he was by her side at the moment, explaining in detail in her ear, with a low and soft voice, and when she met her eyes, there was still a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. No smile. Until Meng Sha's childish voice brought Feng Lan back to reality, he blinked his big eyes with surprisingly long eyelashes, and said, "You are just like what Uncle Ono said, except for your hair." Feng Lan laughed. Ding Xiaoye hadn't known Feng Lan when he left Chardeni, so how could he have mentioned her to a brat?Seeing that she didn't believe it, Meng Sha insisted: "Uncle Xiaoye said so. I asked him why he didn't marry my mother. He said that the girl he likes looks like you." The Amusers giggled in the front row, and they were quite open about it.After Meng Sha's translation and re-emphasis, Feng Lan knew that Ding Xiaoye had indeed mentioned that he liked girls with fair skin, red lips, long curly hair, tall, slender, and fragrant bodies, so Feng Lan looked exactly like her. ? Feng Lan was both happy and hated.I'm afraid that guy Ding Xiaoye became jealous when he saw her for the first time, so he beat her to death and refused to admit it, and even said a lot of bad things to bury her.It's the fox that always shows its tail, and the hungry wolf has to take off the sheep's skin sooner or later.Let's see how she handles him in the future! However, the lies that Ding Xiaoye was gradually "exposed" were far more than these two. Feng Lan rejected Amuser's invitation to stay overnight with her, and insisted on going to Ding Xiaoye's "home" in Czardeni. Different from the tent where Uncle Bazken and the others live, Ding Xiaoye’s “home” is also located at the foot of the mountain. It is a small red brick one-story house with white walls and a courtyard many times larger than the house. Alone and tidy. At dusk, Feng Lan opened the courtyard door with the key Ding Xiaoye left her, and what she saw was a field of withered sunflowers and another plant that Feng Lan was not familiar with. There was a livestock pen in the backyard, but it was now empty. The fruit trees in the yard that Ding Xiaoye boasted did not exist. Just as Amoser said, he was not the one who stole the girl. Even if he was willing to let the girl steal him, he might have become Meng Sha's father long ago. However, there is really an apple tree in the corner of the yard. It is not growing very well. It is autumn now, and there are sparse fruits hanging on the top of the tree.Feng Lan stood under the tree with "the same name" as her for a long time, reluctant to pick a fruit to taste, and wondered if it was as sour as he said, as sour as her eyes at the moment. Ding Xiaoye is the most cunning liar in the world!Those who deserve to be deceived by him cannot escape the spell of lies. Every time Feng Lan went to see Ding Xiaoye, he still wouldn't give up forcing that sentence out of his mouth, and he still gritted his teeth and refused to say it.She will keep asking in the future, although the answer is no longer important. The oyster closes its hard shell tightly, and inside there is a soft interior and a pearly heart. Feng Lan didn't enter the hut until after dark.Thanks to good neighbors, Amoser and the others took good care of the house.Feng Lan almost touched the few things in the house, the tables and chairs he sat on, the cups he used, the clothes he wore, and the bed he slept in... In this way, it seemed that Ding Xiaoye was The seven years of Czardeni also passed through Feng Lan's heart. The climate of the grassland has a large temperature difference between day and night. During the day, Feng Lan only needs to wear a thin coat. After nightfall, a quilt can hardly resist the severe cold.In the first half of the night, Feng Lan was shivering, and it was almost dawn that she warmed up.Probably because she dreamed about Ding Xiaoye, the strength he hugged her made her ribs hurt. "Show me the hottest women in Czardeni." Feng Lan opened herself up in front of him according to her words, and at the same time, she got the pearl fed by his clam. Her "promised day" will come, for the bitterness of exile, the last honey is extraordinarily sweet. Getting your beloved doll at the age of twenty, buying a pretty dress at the age of forty, meeting your first love again at the age of sixty... what's the point?There are no innocent lovers in the world, and time is never wasted.One of the things she did right was to love presumptuously while she could still love. The next day, Feng Lan got up very early, she got out of the messy quilt, rubbed her eyes and pushed open the door. An apple flew towards her, Feng Lan almost missed it.At this time, she saw an extra thing on her right ring finger. It was a long dark brown hair, which was entangled several times between her fingers and tied into a knot. Feng Lan raised her hand and looked at her "ring" in the morning light.The thin and tough hair seems to be trapped in the flesh, and then extends along the veins of blood flow until it is entangled in the bottom of the heart. Then she stared at the person under the apple tree through her outstretched fingers. "Can you put away your hungry eyes?" The ring Feng Lan gave was shining brightly in Ding Xiaoye's hand, just like his smiling face. He said, "Morning, lady boss!"