When returning home the next day, Xu Tingsheng took the morning train.
The green leather train was still passing through the mountains and ridges at a leisurely pace. Because it was a rainy day, the window was not so bright. Last time, there were six people on the train together. This time, Apple and Fang Yunyao were missing.
The four of them were a little silent. Xu Tingsheng bought two cards from the conductor's trolley and said, "Let's play double buckle."
Song Ni took the poker and said to Fu Cheng and Huang Yaming, "Let's fight the landlord."
There is a tragedy in the world that when you think that others lack one of three things, they end up fighting landlords.
Xu Tingsheng looked at the side pitifully for a while, pointed to the cards in Song Ni's hand and said, "Play this, play this, the two of them don't have a king or a king anymore."
Song Ni ignored him and threw out a pair of three.
"It's doomed, alas, why didn't you listen to persuasion." Xu Tingsheng said.
Huang Yaming said, "Yes."
Fu Cheng said, "Yes."
Xu Tingsheng knew that he was isolated, so he said, "Look at you guys who are so emotional, it's okay for Song Ni to be a girl, Huang Yaming and Fu Cheng, why are you two old men like this?"
Huang Yaming looked at Xu Tingsheng and said, "Three points and eight."
Fu Cheng said, "Yes."
Xu Tingsheng is crazy, he said, if you do this again, I will be anxious, and I will also isolate you, I will isolate you three by myself; will not accept.
Huang Yaming and Fu Cheng glanced at Xu Tingsheng and said nothing, trying to put on a cold face, but they smiled gloatingly at the corners of their mouths. In fact, the two of them didn't have to isolate and hate Xu Tingsheng. The reason they did this was mainly to take care of Song Ni's emotions, and they had to stand on the same front.
In the end, it was Song Ni who couldn't hold back, and said with a stern face, "Xu Tingsheng, I think you are unfair to Apple."
Compared to Fu Cheng and Huang Yaming who were half-joking and half-serious isolation, Song Ni, as a girl, was always more likely to magnify her emotions, and at the same time needed to vent more.
She said the first sentence, and then couldn't stop, and continued with emotion:
"I don't know who the Xiang Ning you mentioned is, what she looks like, I don't know her, but I know Apple, I think Apple is good, and I think you are unfair to her.
Well, let's not talk about Xiang Ning. What about that Lu Zhixin? Is she better than Apple, or does she do more than Apple? …
Why do you go to coax a stranger when she is hurt? It's still the same coaxing method. And what about Apple? Apple doesn't.
Xu Tingsheng... The day before yesterday, I really wanted to throw that flower in your face for Apple. "
Song Ni was very emotional. After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked out of the window with tears in her eyes, and ignored Xu Tingsheng in anger.
Xu Tingsheng pushed Huang Yaming's arm and said, help coax him.
On the aisle of the carriage, a mother walked through with her child, shouting: "Rang Rang, Rang Rang, the baby is about to pee."
So Xu Tingsheng thought of Apple, she was sitting opposite to him, holding a dirty child in her arms, coaxing it like a baby, she also carried the child through the crowd like this, and when she came back, she looked at Xu Tingsheng proudly.
Xu Tingsheng still remembers the ball game when he graduated from high school. After scoring a goal, he ran across the stands holding a "heart". That night Apple said to him: "Xu Tingsheng, I like you. Today you hold a heart" Heart' running under the stands, and I'm telling myself, that's for me... You know what? I'm so good at lying to myself, I've been doing that since I was a kid."
Such beauty, even if it was fake, Xu Tingsheng gave it to the stranger Lu Zhixin, but he didn't give it to the Apple who had entered his heart, the girl who came to send him to school in the middle of the night because she knew she was in a bad mood.
That day, she said, Xu Ting gave birth to you like a child. This is the first girl who treats Xu Tingsheng like a child. Others, however, mostly saw Xu Tingsheng's maturity, calmness and strength.
She once said, Xu Tingsheng, carry me to a brightly lit place. When Xu Tingsheng carried her on his back, she kept it in her heart and never forgot it.
What Xu Tingsheng can't tell Song Ni is that others can have it, why can't Apple have it, because she is already in my heart.
…
This time, Xu Tingsheng and the others did not stop in Jiannan City, they got off the train and immediately transferred to Libei. Earlier, Libei's relatives called, and during the chat, one thing was mentioned, that Huang Tianzhu said outside, that your Xu family would not be able to survive this year.
This is something Xu's father never mentioned to Xu Tingsheng. As a man and a father, he is too used to carrying everything on his shoulders and protecting his family.
Huang Tianzhu's meaning should be Huang Tianliang's meaning, Libei's head snake? This was the first time that Xu Tingsheng faced a threat of this level after his rebirth.
It was already past eight o'clock in the evening when the bus arrived at Libei Station. When Xu Tingsheng returned home, Xu's father, Xu's mother, and younger sister were still waiting for him to have dinner together.
In terms of wealth, the Xu family is no longer the original Xu family, but keeping this warmth, the Xu family has not changed.
The atmosphere at dinner was a bit depressing, although everyone was trying to adjust the atmosphere.
Xu Ting was afraid that Xu's mother and sister would be worried, so he didn't ask Xu's father about the current situation at the dinner table. After dinner, Xu Tingsheng found Dad Xu, and before he could speak, Dad Xu patted him on the shoulder and said, "You just came back, so you should have a good night's rest, and I'll talk to you tomorrow."
However, the night of the Xu family did not pass safely.
At about 3:00 in the morning, Xu Tingsheng woke up amidst the noise. Someone kicked open his room door, shone a flashlight on his face, and asked, "Who is Xu Jianliang from you? Which room is he in?"
Xu Tingsheng looked at the uniform on the opponent's body and understood.
"Xu Jianliang is my father. Do you have an arrest warrant for rushing in like this? Also, what is my father's crime?" Xu Tingsheng calmed down and said.
"Illegal fundraising, is that enough? Come on, where is the person?" one of them replied.
"What are you explaining to a kid," said another.
The cry of his younger sister Xu Qiuyi could be heard from the next room. Xu Tingsheng got up from the bed and was about to go over. The other party pulled him. Xu Tingsheng said in a low voice, "My younger sister is crying."
The opponent is still pulling him.
Then, Dad Xu's calm voice came from the stairs: "Don't scare the child, I'm here."
Xu Tingsheng came out of the room. Father Xu was fully dressed and was about to get into the police car. When Xu Tingsheng appeared, he turned his head and said, "Take care of your mother and sister. Also, don't shrink back, nothing will happen."
Xu Tingsheng nodded.
What happened tonight was completely beyond Xu Tingsheng's expectations. He imagined many possible methods the other party might adopt, but he never thought that the other party would be so arrogant and extreme, and adopt such a method.
Maybe they really think they can cover the sky with one hand.
This was Xu Tingsheng's first frenzied anger after his rebirth, but the more this happened, the more he knew that he needed to calm down. For one thing, the two women in the family, mother and sister, needed his care. Only by ensuring that he was calm enough could he appease them. Secondly, he must remain calm, face this matter, and resolve this matter.
Xu Tingsheng sat in the room with Xu's mother and younger sister. Xu's mother put her arms around her and comforted her.
"Your father said that if something goes wrong, you should make these calls." Xu's mother took out a note and handed it to Xu Tingsheng. After hesitating for a moment, she continued, "It's really not possible, give them the store, our family is safe and sound. Just fine."
This is the simplest and most normal mentality of a peasant mother who has been diligent and honest for half her life. She is afraid of officials, afraid of trouble, and willing to suffer wronged. All I want in my life is the safety of my family, as long as I don't get hungry or cold.
Xu Tingsheng looked at his mother and younger sister, and said gently, "Mom, don't panic, our family's situation is not enough to raise funds illegally, and the other party can't really do anything to my father. The main reason they did this is to want to scare us.
However, they looked up to themselves and underestimated our Xu family.
Now, you and your sister don't panic, don't be afraid, take care of yourself and back me up, leave this matter to me. "
Xu Tingsheng opened the note his mother handed over and looked at it. There were seven or eight phone numbers written on the front of the phone, almost all of which were names that Xu Tingsheng didn't know. These people may be the connections that Xu's father had accumulated during this period of time.
There was nothing to be embarrassed about, Xu Tingsheng called them one by one before dawn.
After the last phone call, Xu Ting rationalized his thoughts. These people might be able to guarantee that Dad Xu would not suffer any disadvantages there, but if they want to help solve this matter, they can't do anything.
Most of them are from some departments in Libei County, but in Libei County, there are almost no people who can directly confront Huang Tianliang.
Xu Tingsheng decided to call Fang Yuqing at four o'clock in the morning.
He didn't know the specific situation of the Fang family, but he knew that no matter what, the power of the Fang family must far exceed that of a county chief.
The gap may be unimaginably large.
In fact, maybe this matter could be resolved without using the Fang family's power, but Xu Tingsheng did not hesitate at all. If something happened to his father and he had to rationally and objectively calculate the gains and losses, and weigh the pros and cons, then this person must not be Xu Tingsheng.
Also, if a mad dog bites you and you have a stick in your hand, why beat the dog with your bare hands
To beat or to tear
Xu Tingsheng chose to beat him with sticks, no matter the cost.