In the private room of the regiment canteen, a few bottles of beer and a few plates of side dishes. Yang Lei poured wine from the bottle and ran into the person next to him.
"I didn't expect that our brothers would meet here. I heard that you are in the Zhouqiao Brigade! The one who fought the flood and rescued! How did you come here?"
"Just transferred over, a few months ago."
Yang Lei took off his military cap and put it aside.
"How many years have we not seen each other? ... Three years?"
Erhei looked at Yang Lei with emotion, and his eyes fell on his green military uniform.
"Look at you, you are going to walk on the street, I really dare not recognize it!"
"There's nothing you can't recognize."
"The stars are hanging on the shoulders, and my eyes are full. I even called the chief, the chief of the People's Liberation Army. When I become a high-ranking official in the future, I will also take care of the old brother!"
Er Hei is dressed like a boss. He is still the same as before, and he can't change his sloppy tongue.
"Come on, don't hurt me."
It was rare for Yang Lei to see an acquaintance from that year, and he hadn't spoken in such a tone for a long time. He took the wine bottle and touched Erhei.
"It's not easy to see you once, don't leave today and talk to me."
Yang Lei said.
"It's not easy... Who are you complaining about? Who do you say you've contacted in the past few years? We had a few good friends back then, who has news about you now?"
Yang Lei did not speak.
Er Hei also took a sip of wine, took out his wallet from his pocket, took out a photo inside, and handed it to Yang Lei with a smile.
"My son is three years old."
In the photo, Xiaoqin is holding a boy with a big head and a head, with a happy face.
"Pi! It's more noisy than when his father was young!"
Er Hei smiled contentedly.
"I opened a company on Qinghe Road, and the business of leather goods is not bad. At that time, Xiaoqin said that it was better to be close to Nanhu Road. I said, I still choose this place, which is closer to the former Century Restaurant."
When it comes to Century Restaurant, both of them were silent for a while.
"After it was demolished, it's now a street garden. It's being demolished everywhere, saying it's some kind of green space project. Have you been there?"
"I've been there."
Yang Lei said.
Er Hei smiled helplessly.
"It's changed! It's been years and everything has changed."
Er Hei took a sip of wine, his eyes focused on the table, thinking of the past, he was also melancholy.
"People have also left. I can't find a few of my brothers back then. Lao Liang went to Sichuan, and Hua Mao took people back to Jiangbei, and I don't know if they are still in the mix. Brother Jiu's industries were subcontracted to brothers in those days. Hello, fortunately, no one has ruined the name of Brother Jiu. I have taken down the bright billiards room, and Xiaowu is in charge. I thought about it, Brother Yu has feelings for that place and has to guard it. Wait, Brother Yu God is back, give it to him."
Er Hei stopped, and appeared for a while.
"You said, where is Brother Yu now?"
Er Hei asked Yang Lei.
Yang Lei was expressionless, and when he heard Er Hei ask this, he sneered lightly.
"You don't know where he is, can I?"
Yang Lei said.
Er Hei regretted asking Yang Lei that. He remembered how Yang Lei found Fang Yu three years ago. He didn't know why Yang Lei was looking for Fang Yu so much, and he didn't know why Fang Yu didn't tell them where he went after he left. In that year, Yang Lei went to Fang Yu, and he knew that because the movement was too loud. At that time, in order to find someone to leave the assigned troops, Yang Lei was late to report. He was almost sent by the troops as a deserter. After being punished, after Yang Lei returned from the south, he suddenly stopped looking for people and returned to the army. He also strongly demanded not to go to the original army organization, but to go to the Zhouqiao Brigade in the front line of the military region, which specializes in flood fighting and rescue and undertakes the most dangerous and difficult tasks. Everyone says that Yang Lei's brain is broken!
It is said that Yang Lei found Fang Yu in the south, and the two met. It is also said that Yang Lei did not find anyone, but was tired and stopped looking. No one knows whether they have seen it or not, because Yang Lei didn't mention it after he came back. But since Yang Lei returned to Jianghai, he never went to Fang Yu again.
"In those years, Lao Liang was wanted and had to run away. Hua Mao had been guarding Brother Yu's territory and almost gave his life. When Brother Yu was in prison, there was a cat outside, but he didn't care at all. Let him fuck. I used to dislike him, but he is really affectionate and righteous to Brother Yu, so I didn't say anything."
Erhei recalled the old events, and his eyes were also hazy.
"When Brother Yu was released from prison, many brothers came back, and others came to join him, wanting to follow him. He has been in prison for four years, and he has gathered many people, like Ma Dong, they all obeyed him and came out. I want to give Yu Ge a banner and follow him. Your eldest brother, Yan Ziyi, took him over and persuaded him for one night. The elder brothers Liu Luoguo and Zhang Sitian all came to get back together. But Yu Ge said a word, not to mix No. Anyone who says anything wrong, he won't stay, he's leaving."
Erhei remembered that time. At that time, many people did not understand why Fang Yu left Jianghai so resolutely. On the Tao, squatting in prison is like a kind of capital, as valuable as a professional certificate in the underworld. Under the circumstances at that time, as long as Fang Yu said a word, he could make a comeback, but Fang Yu disappeared from the river.
"Some people say that Brother Yu's imprisonment has made him less courageous. I don't have the courage before. I know it's not."
Erhei looked at the wine glass.
"In the past, Brother Yu was all for Brother Jiu. In his life, Brother Yu only recognized Brother Jiu as the eldest brother. Now that Brother Jiu is gone, he should live for himself."
"He said before that he wants to have a family. His wife and children are on the kang head. It's time for Brother Yu to live such a life."
Yang Lei did not speak, but listened to Er Hei.
"You know that Yingzi and Brother Yu are getting better. She used to chase after Brother Yu very closely. During the four years that Brother Yu was in prison, she went every now and then, thinking about everything and managing everything. Brother Yu used to be against her. No heart, she has rejected her so many times, but how Yingzi has treated Brother Yu in the past four years, this is how adversity sees people's hearts. She is a stone man, and her heart is hot. She is a young woman who runs a hair salon by herself. It's not easy. When Brother Yu was sentenced, she sold the store without blinking and took out all the money to care for her relationship. That's the hard money she earned from getting up early and working in the dark for years! How can a woman help Brother Yu? To do this, several of our brothers have served. With that alone, she is qualified to be Brother Yu's woman."
Erhei recalled that Yingzi had been visiting prisons every day for four years. Even the prison guards were moved by her persistence. In the past, there were many women who followed Fang Yu, but only when something happened can they show their sincerity.
"You said, there is a woman who is willing to treat you like this, even if you go to jail, what else do you want? Brother Yu is not a stone man, but a man, so he can't help but be moved. After Brother Yu comes out, this will be a matter of course. It's a problem. You didn't see that when Brother Yu came out, the two of them are really friends in adversity."
Er Hei remembered the scene when Fang Yu was released from prison, Ying Zi was buried in Fang Yu's chest and cried.
"Are they married?"
Yang Lei knocked out a cigarette and asked.
"I can't do it. Brother Yu left Jianghai not long after he was released from prison, and he didn't tell anyone where he went. Yingzi is also gone, so we should go together.... Hey, that's the same thing as if we didn't end up. When Brother Yu comes back one day, the brothers will make up for a grand wedding for them, just as beautiful!"
Yang Lei smoked quietly, the smoke dispersed, covering his face, calm and indistinct.
"Why is he not in Jianghai?"
After a long time, Yang Lei asked. Er Hei glanced at Yang Lei.
"If you don't mix, you can do other things. Jiang Hai has a lot of things he can do, and he doesn't need to go."
Er Hei didn't speak, took a sip of wine and just smiled.
Yang Lei smoked for a while, then turned his head and looked at Er Hei.
"Leizi, I don't know what trouble you had with Brother Yu back then. I can't tell what happened back then."
Er Hei hesitated, but smiled helplessly.
"Brother Yu wants to leave, there is his reason, we don't know, you don't need to ask. It's been three years, plus the four years you went to school, it's been seven years. In seven years, many things have changed. Jiang Hai In seven years, I almost don't know each other, let alone people. You say, isn't it?"
Erhei smiled vaguely, took a sip of wine, and said nothing more.