People will always believe what they want to believe. People who are confused are more willing to follow pleasant memories to find a way out.
Insert an app: a perfect replica of the old version of the book-chasing artifact and a replaceable source app - Mimi Reading.
The coal city is no longer what it used to be, and the dilapidated old city has become a microcosm of the Northeast's abject history in the past decade.
Li Muye stood in the family area of the old special steel factory, looking at the mottled and peeling old red brick buildings. The past was lingering in his mind and he couldn't help but have mixed feelings.
All things in the world, no matter how great and strong they are, cannot withstand the erosion of time. Buildings that once represented abundance and wealth have now been reduced to nests for sparrows chewing mud. In the era of state-owned enterprises, big, majestic trucks were rusty and decadent on the roadside, becoming new shelters for snakes, insects, rats and ants. I no longer remember the arrogant scene where I couldn't take any time to avoid being touched by others.
When I walked into the house, I saw that the scene inside was just like what the song said: the humble room was empty, but the bed was full of wats. Suddenly I realized that the good old days when the man came riding a bamboo horse and the childhood was full of suspicion were long gone. Now there are only withered grass and withered poplars left, which used to be a singing and dancing place... The box is full of gold, the box is full of silver, and in a blink of an eye, beggars are slandered by everyone... It's noisy, just after you sing, I will appear on the stage, and I will recognize myself as a foreign country. It's hometown.
"You are Li Muye's younger brother, right?" A woman who looked like a strong, middle-aged aunt stood outside the open door. She looked at Li Muye in surprise and said, "What? You don't recognize me anymore? When you were young, I also saw you. At that time, your sister took you into the women's bathhouse every week, and you spent half a day at the door with her every time."
This incident left a deep impression on me. I remember that at that time, a sister flicked her little brother with her fingers and said, "Whenever you want to enter the women's bath, you won't be allowed in."
Li Muye remembered that this eldest sister was a classmate of his elder sister Li Muyuan. She seemed to be one or two years older than her sister. She was taller and had a graceful figure. She was really an active figure among their group of girls. Compared with the devilish figure back then, the transformation of this street aunt is a bit exaggerated.
"You are Sister Zhao Xuemei, right?" Li Muye tentatively called her name.
The middle-aged woman nodded immediately and said with a smile: "By the way, I said I haven't changed much over the years. How come you don't recognize me?"
Li Muye said: "You are in the same class as my sister. You are two years older than her. I remember you."
Zhao Xuemei waved her hand and said: "What are you two years older? I have a small birthday, but I am actually one and a half years older than your sister." Then she asked: "How is it? You siblings have not come back for more than ten years since you left. This time Are you coming back to visit relatives or do you plan to stay for a long time?”
"I'll probably stay there for a while." Li Muye knew how miserable he looked.
"It's best to come back and live there." Zhao Xuemei said with a smile: "We can't live in this area for a few days anymore. The factory raised funds to build a new building. Maybe everyone will move to the new area in a year or so. Now, there are everywhere If no one comes back to live in your house during renovation and demolition, it will be classified as an owner-less house." He paused and then said, "I remember you also have a renovated factory building in the east of the city, right? "
This matter was so inconspicuous that Li Muye had long forgotten it, so he could only follow her tone and nod: "It seems like there was a place."
Zhao Xuemei said enthusiastically: "Sell it as soon as possible. In the future, the city will develop westward towards the provincial capital, and the houses and land in the east will become less and less valuable."
"Thank you." Li Muye said, "I will deal with it later."
Zhao Xuemei said: "If you have trouble handling it, come to me. This is my business card." She was a little excited. The business card she handed over said Aijia Agency, with her name and phone number, and added: "This agency My daughter and son-in-law drive it, and I just want to help.”
"Your daughter and son-in-law?" Li Muye asked in surprise, "You must be less than forty years old, right?"
"What are you talking about? I'm already forty-two." Zhao Xuemei said with a smile: "I'm not as ambitious as your sister. I went to work in a factory after graduating from junior high school. I got married and had a daughter before I was twenty. My daughter is two years old." I’m thirteen, and I just gave birth to a big fat boy a few days ago, and I’m already a grandma.”
"Oh, then I have to congratulate you." Li Mu was thinking, if he caught up with this kind of thing, would he have to join in? In my memory, there are such rules for interacting with people. It's just that I'm short of money right now, so it's better to pretend not to know.
Zhao Xuemei looked at Brother Xiao Ye's poor appearance and didn't have much hope for him. She was interested in the house on the east side, and took the initiative to change the topic there, saying: "Brother, I think you are in need of money. You If you want to sell the house on the east side, you'd better come to your sister Zhao, because your sister and I are old classmates, and my eldest sister won't let you suffer."
Li Muye couldn't remember that place at all. He rolled his eyes and said, "Sister Zhao, I really have this plan, but I've been away from home for a long time, and I don't know what the house over there is like anymore. Is it good for sale? If you are free, why don’t we go over and have a look?”
Zhao Xuemei said: "Oh, it's so urgent, okay, I'll ask our uncle to drive us there." Then she took out a new Apple mobile phone.
Li Muye simply tidied up the furniture in the house that Wang Hongjun and others bought when they lived here, and made a place for Zhao Xuemei to sit. Sister Zhao was not polite and sat down on the coffee table that squeaked at the slightest touch.
While waiting for others, Zhao Xuemei gave full play to her gossiping spirit like a street aunt, and kept asking about Brother Xiaoye and Li Muyuan's living conditions outside. It's a pity that he met Li Muye, whose memory was confused, and he was destined to be unable to find out the reason. So the topic changed and we returned to Coal City.
"Makino, I remember that you are less than ten years younger than Muyuan." Zhao Xuemei had a very nonsense mouth. As soon as the conversation changed, she jumped to another place from Brother Xiaoye's age: "You guys... There are quite a few promising people who have recruited people. For example, Wang Hongjun, your close friend who used to live here with you, is now very prosperous. I heard that both brothers and sisters have become big bosses in Shanghai. They also have Ermian pants. It was the one who often had two big buckets of snot hanging from his nose in the winter, and my mother ran away with someone... "
She paused, realizing that she had made a mistake. Li Baoku was not the only one whose mother ran away with someone else. Why didn't the person in front of him experience such misfortune? But this bitch is very good at resolving embarrassment. She laughed, raised her voice to divert attention, and said: "Now you brother is in trouble. In the past few years, he made a fortune from loan sharking, and in the past few years, he has engaged in real estate development. , is now a well-known big real estate developer in this city, and I heard that he is also a member of the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference. If he still recognizes you as his brother, you will make a fortune."
Li Muye couldn't remember Jiang Xueru at all, so he didn't realize Zhao Xuemei's slip of the tongue, but he still had some impressions of buddies like Wang Hongjun and Ermianpants. I vaguely remember that Li Baoku used to hang out with me. Although they were students in the same class, this guy was a repeater and was several years older than me.
"I've been away for many years, and I have no contact with my old friends. Maybe they have forgotten me." Li Muye said with resignation: "My hometown has changed so much these years. When I came back this time, there were a lot of changes." There is no place to be found.”
Zhao Xuemei said: "It's not that bad. Dangerous buildings are renovated and the city is developing westward. This policy is issued day by day. The people in our streets are very busy. Let alone the streets and alleys, they are only a few months away from what they were a few years ago." If you don't come back, everyone will be confused. Your house in the east is now surrounded by villas developed by the Hongye Group. You are the only one left who is a nail-biter. I heard that Mrs. Ji wanted to demolish it a few years ago. Come on, I don’t know why it wasn’t dismantled in the end, it seems because her daughter didn’t agree.”
Li Muye asked: "Who is this old Mrs. Ji? My property dares to demolish my house without my consent?"
Zhao Xuemei said: "Why don't you even know Mrs. Ji? She is the aunt of your best friend Wang Hongjun, the biggest boss in the coal city. The villa in the east, the golf course in the west, and the dilapidated buildings of the old steel factory All the renovation projects were carried out by her, and she has shares in more than half of the municipal projects. She has the same name as me but a different surname, but this fate is very different. I heard that she is still a shareholder of Longda Group."
Li Muye knew about the Longda Group, not from his old memories, but because he could see advertisements for this group everywhere along the way, so he really had to know it. The big boss Lin Guoxue has become a hero and a man of the hour. Zhao Xuemei said that this old Mrs. Ji could be related to him, so she was obviously not an ordinary person.
Then I thought of Li Zhonghua. This Siberian rich man seemed to be quite rich, making his children look like hungry wolves fighting for food. If I had known that making money was not easy, I would have asked him for a sum of money before leaving that day. It's not so embarrassing now.
"Sister Zhao, please help me estimate how much my house is worth?"
"I can't say this right now. I have to go and take a look first." Zhao Xuemei asked, "Do you have the real estate certificate and so on?"
Li Muye didn't remember such a property at all, so how could he remember the real estate certificate? At that time, such things were kept by Wu Lanzhu. Now Brother Xiaoye can't remember Wu Lanzhu at all. How can you still remember where the real estate certificate is? But he couldn't show his timidity at this moment, so he calmly replied: "Yes, I have them all. I saved them before I left and can take them out at any time."
When the car arrived, Zhao Xuemei's son-in-law was probably in his early twenties. He was tall and good-looking, but he looked a little different. He had earrings hanging on his face and rolled up his sleeves in the winter to reveal his colorful arms. He doesn't look like a businessman, but like a gangster. When we met, he said: "Mom, why are you so anxious? I am playing golf with Mr. Li at the west course. Mr. Li is very happy and plans to let me do the exterior wall insulation project at Yongxing Bridge. "
Zhao Xuemei introduced: "Let's discuss your matters later. This is your Uncle Li. His sister and I are classmates. We are from the same generation."
Li Muye only has amnesia, not dementia. This kid brags without drafting, and his words are sharp, but his heartbeat and endocrine system can't lie. The twinkling in his eyes shows that he is far from qualified to be a qualified liar.
Zhao Xuemei introduced to Li Muye again: "This is my uncle named Yan Baofeng. He currently works in the security department of Baoku Real Estate."
"Security Department Manager." Yan Baofeng added: "It won't be the case in a while. Mr. Li has always valued me and is planning to transfer me to the Engineering Department."
Zhao Xuemei said: "Don't talk about these useless things for now. Your Uncle Li has a factory building in the east that he plans to sell. He just came back from outside and doesn't know much about the situation at home. I'm just thinking about what we have done over the years. His old neighbor, his sister and I were such good classmates and sisters, and then our family did this again, so I brought you back to see if I can help you sell Uncle Li at a better price. ." He then added: "Your Uncle Li and your Mr. Li are still classmates, so you have to help Mr. Li just for his sake."
Yan Baofeng blinked, then changed his smile to a smiling face, and took the initiative to extend his hand to shake Li Muye's hand. His tone became much gentler: "See what happened, it turned out to be Uncle Li. I've heard my mother talk about it before. You brothers and sisters, I suddenly forgot about it, but now I remember that you have a renovated factory in the east. The yard is very big, the house has been renovated into three floors, and there is a swimming pool inside. It is very beautiful. I remember us. When I was a kid, I would secretly jump into the yard and pick peaches to eat."
This little bastard was really not being polite. He described the scene in that house in a serious manner, and actually awakened some of Brother Ono's memories. Suddenly I remembered Wang Hongye's borrowing the house, and then I remembered the past with Wang Hongye. On the grassland night, the fragrance of kumis and virgins seemed like yesterday. I suddenly thought of it, and it seemed quite sweet. Then I thought of it again. When I saw the woman in white, I couldn't help but ask myself: Li Muye, what kind of person were you before? Who is my girlfriend
Li Muye was lost in thought. Zhao Xuemei noticed it and waved his hand in front of Brother Xiaoye's eyes, saying, "What are you thinking about? Brother, aren't we going to look at the house?"
The three of them got into Yan Baofeng's car. One car said that a Jeep was not a Jeep, and that a hatchback did not look like a car. It was a strange thing called a Cool Bear. Judging from Zhao Xuemei's tone when she mentioned her son-in-law and his car, this inconspicuous and strange thing can be regarded as a relatively respectable luxury product.
We walked all the way east and walked around for about twenty minutes before arriving at Li Muye's house in the east of the city. Seeing this house, I thought of Wu Lanzhu and Qiqi Gelai, and the tide of memory suddenly surged. I remembered that when I rejected Wang Hongye for Nana, and later when I came back with my brother Lao Cui, Wang Hongye's My mother also led the engineering team to try to demolish the place.
Nowadays, things and people have changed. Wang Hongye's mother still planned this area to be what it is now, but Brother Xiaoye has already lost himself. Looking at this house now, it seems a bit incongruous with the surrounding Western-style garden villas.
Yan Baofeng asked: "Uncle Li, do you have the key?"
Li Muye shook his head and said, "I didn't bring it with me, and I forgot where I put it, but it doesn't matter, just smash the lock."
Yan Baofeng frowned and said, "This lock was sealed by the Hongye Group. I'm afraid it won't fit if I smash it."
"The house is mine, what's wrong with it?" Li Muye said as he walked to the door. The lock seemed to be new. He didn't think much about it. He raised his hand and was about to twist the lock when he suddenly heard something from his left hand. Someone shouted in the direction: "Stop!" A man in a security uniform hurried over and asked: "Where are you from? What are you doing?"
Li Muye glanced at him, tilted his hat and glared. He saw that it was his master who was working with Yan Baofeng, and said, "Go home."
"Go back, when you go home, you go back to your own home. What's going on with you coming to our Chairman Wang's house?" The security guard said angrily: "Are you not blind? Can't you see the lock on this door? ? This is the home of our chairman, Miss Wang Hongye, get out of here!"
Both Yan Baofeng and Zhao Xuemei were a little dumbfounded. The security guard recognized him at a glance and said, "Aren't you the eldest son of the Yan family? Aren't you working at Li Baoku? What the hell? What do you mean? He suddenly came to step on us. Is it your intention or Li Baoku’s?"
"This house is mine, and I brought them to look at the house." Li Muye ignored the snob and was about to continue breaking the lock.
The security guard got angry. He rushed forward and kicked Li Muye in the face. He looked like a showman who had practiced Taekwondo or something like that.
Li Muye didn't even look at him. With a backhand move, he pushed the man back, causing him to fall flat on his back.
This guy's body was quite flexible. He stood up in one go and immediately took out his walkie-talkie to shout. He put on a reluctant attitude in front of the three people and said: "Manager, send a few people to Chairman Wang quickly." At home, Li Baoku sent three people to cause trouble here and even beat me up. Please report it to the superiors quickly..." (End of Chapter)