Spring is almost here.
When Lu Yanchen booked her flight ticket with her passport photo, she was vague, only saying that it was temporarily inconvenient to obtain the household registration book and birth certificate. In recent years, my sister-in-law has drawn a lot of donations from Gui Xiao to support remote mountainous areas, so she has a good relationship with many key schools that do exchange and teaching aid.
Helping Gui Xiao win a place is also considered a reward, and it is completely beneficial and not cost-effective.
Just let my cousin seize the opportunity to laugh at her, go to Inner Mongolia to relax and bring back a child without a household registration book, not to mention how to solve the problem of reading, and even fill in the child's permanent address as his own home: "Sister, if you are not a woman Yes, the conditions cannot be met, I would really think that this child is your illegitimate child in Inner Mongolia."
Don't say it, it's really similar.
The sister-in-law solved the problem of regular borrowing, but still emphasized that the household registration certificate is necessary, and it can be supplemented later, but it cannot be omitted.
Gui Xiao thought that since he could make up for it later, he should not be in a hurry at this time, and talk about it after the new year.
On the day it was done, Gui Xiao was very happy, took the child to dinner, the most expensive western food, and even tricked the child into drinking two sips of red wine. She was about to drive, but she didn't drink a drop.
On the way back, the child blushed as if he had wiped rouge: "Is it expensive to transfer to another school?"
"No money," Gui Xiao paid the parking fee and left the garage, "regular procedures."
The child was relieved: "When my dad came, he told me not to study if it was expensive. He was afraid that Uncle Lu would secretly pay."
The child babbled, and the words were very close, all of which were said by Lu Yanchen, most of which he heard from his own father.
When driving on the North Second Ring Road, he was talking about Lu Yanchen arresting people across districts. He led the team to chase over five snow-capped mountains for two days and two nights. The claws of the police dogs were bloody, and people were still chasing... When talking about the forbidden area of life at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, walking for more than ten kilometers to go out to the villagers who were in a coma due to hypoxia... Blocked on Chang'an Street, the topic was so excessive that there was no meteorological data, no ground guidance, and even the surrender signs were missing. Because of the mission emergency high-altitude parachute...
This is his life for the past so many years.
When she got home in the evening, she struggled to bring her child into the door, walked all the way through the living room, climbed the stairs, and figured out whether to install an indoor elevator as she climbed, so as to avoid illness, rheumatism, fractures, drunkenness, etc. in the future, when she couldn't climb back to the bedroom, she could still travel...
Put the child on the bed, wipe his hands and face, take off his jacket and tuck it into the quilt.
I tried the heater was too dry and turned on the humidifier for the child.
Qin Xiaonan was much more obedient when she fell asleep than when she was awake. She played with her finger to touch the child's horribly thick eyelashes. She was worried about leaving Beijing the day after tomorrow. Lu Yanchen hadn't come back. Who would be better to leave Qin Xiaonan to take care of? It's usually okay to say that it's the Spring Festival, and it's not suitable for anyone.
Forget it, wake up tomorrow and talk about it.
She left Xiao Nan's room and received an unexpected call from Bai Tao.
About two years ago, after the reunion of junior high school classmates, I didn't contact him privately. She picked the dried sheets from the shelf with one hand, and listened to Bai Tao say a familiar name: Zhao Minshan. This person, she remembered, almost made Haidong and Meng Xiaoshan break up in junior high school, that was the day...the day when she and Lu Chen watched inappropriate pictures of children.
Bai Tao said, "Didn't Zhao Minshan get divorced at an early age? I heard that Gui Xiao, I heard that Brother Chen came back from Erlianhot two days ago, and the two have to do some business."
She thought she was hallucinating: "Who?"
"Brother Chen," Bai Tao explained, "I thought that Brother Chen was here when you came back from the last trip, so I came to talk to you."
Gui Xiao groggyly went to open the window.
Can't breathe, want to get some air...
He actually came back, he came back without saying hello.
A few days ago, she foolishly told him to bring the child's household registration book in Erlianhot—
Bai Tao poured the beans into the bamboo tube, and told her what she had heard from the front, the side, and various channels. There was no extra information after over and over again, that is, he came back and was about to get married, with Zhao Minshan.
The phone line was hastily disconnected, and Gui Xiao walked around the balcony for three laps, trying to close the window.
Unsteady, the glass window slammed along the track... and crushed her two fingers. She burst into tears in pain, biting at the place where she was crushed, trying to use pain to relieve the pain. I just stood in the dark like this, slowing down, slowing down, standing for more than an hour before it didn't hurt much before I wiped away the remaining tears and went back to the bedroom.
Looking down at the time, it was more than two in the morning. Knowing that it was impossible to respond because it was late, he still sent a message in the past: I heard that you have returned to Beijing
The phone was left on the TV cabinet, and the man climbed into the bed.
But just as I was wrapped in the quilt, the phone rang again, and a gleaming white reflection on the dark TV screen vibrated continuously. It was an incoming call. Break and fight, fight and break...
She kept doing psychological construction for herself:
He just asked himself to do one thing, agreed, and finished, it should be over.
After so many times, I confirmed that I would not say any immature words, and then I went to answer the phone: "Hello?"
The night was so quiet that I heard my own echo in a trance.
Over there, there was the crisp sound of metal percussion. What came to me was the strong and pungent oil smell that was difficult to volatilize and dissipate, as if the air was colored. Mottled black.
"I'm sorry Gui Xiao," Lu Yanchen said, "I've only come back due to urgent matters at home these few days, so I can't quite get out of the way—"
"It's alright," she replied, "I'm leaving Beijing the day after tomorrow, and the Spring Festival is approaching again. It's inconvenient to ask my friends for the child. I heard that you're back, so I just asked if I could pick up the child."
"The day after tomorrow?" His tone was uncertain.
"Why don't I drive it there, and I'll go there tomorrow, that's all."
The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a while: "Excuse me."
"It's okay, I can help."
"Hang up," he said.
disconnected.
Lu Yanchen put the phone on the concrete floor. He was the only one left in the factory.
I had previously dismantled a scrapped car, and now, lying in the shadow of the chassis, with a narrow view, it was like going back to ten years ago: I was lying on a sponge pad full of stains, and I saw Gui Xiaomao. Looking at himself, the sharp little face with his back facing the lighting, and the hand that wanted to hold him tightly like a coquettish—
At that time, she relied on all her feelings on a telephone line, and she couldn't see or touch it. Could he not know how pitiful it was
"...I'm saving money, you wait, I'll be able to see you when I get into college. Let's talk for a minute, okay?"
"... Did you miss me, hey, what should I do, there is no common language anymore, can't you talk to me a few more words?"
"... I live on campus this semester. It's terrible. There are twelve people in a dormitory, and beds are placed in the aisles of the dormitory."
"... It's broken, my mother knows that I'm in a precocious love."
"... I'm inconvenient to answer the phone at home recently, don't call me, wait for me to find you."
"... Lu Chen."
"… Bye."
…
Lu Chen.
She called his name, the most moving voice in the world.
Early in the morning, Gui Xiao packed Xiao Nan's box.
When she brought him, it was a travel bag. She went to Beijing to buy a lot of things for the child. First, she felt that he was pitiful to take care of herself since he was a child. Second, she dressed him according to the current seven- or eight-year-old children's clothes, so that he could integrate into this world as soon as possible. The environment, so as not to be crowded out... She wanted to send the child to him, but she was still worried, would the broken garage be able to live in any more people
But Qin Xiaonan heard that Lu Yanchen was back, so he wanted to put his wings on and fly to that rural town to see his Uncle Lu. Gui Xiao didn't delay seeing the child's excitement. Take him and drive out of the city.
When we got to the town, it was more than two hours later.
Came back to the party in a hurry two years ago and didn't have time to visit the town. Looking at the changes now, the small shopping mall on the third floor has closed down, the stall selling mutton skewers and the aunt have disappeared, and a series of small stores have opened in the billiard hall.
The dirt road has also been replaced by the asphalt road, but the only thing that remains the same is the long river whose source and destination are unknown, and the two rows of poplar trees that have grown over the river for decades. When the car drove past, there were two or three groups of students playing on the ice, and a teenager caught up with a girl and carried it on his shoulders, causing a burst of laughter and exclamations...
Qin Xiaonan has never been to the suburbs since he came to Beijing, let alone the countryside. He was always lying on the front passenger seat, looking at the town where his Uncle Lu was born and grew up excitedly.
Gui Xiao stepped on the brakes and stopped in front of the big iron door several meters high.
The place that has repeatedly appeared in my memories for many years is right in front of me. Through the front windshield, Gui Xiao looked at the half-open iron door and was stunned for a while, until Qin Xiaonan called her beside him.
She returned to her senses: "It's here."
"Arrived?" Qin Xiaonan looked outside curiously, this is the auto repair shop that Aunt Gui Xiao said, "It's so big, it's bigger than I thought."
It's so big, it looks like it's been expanded.
Gui Xiao went to the delivery room to report Lu Yanchen's name. The uncle at the door squinted and looked at her and Qin Xiaonan. The three characters "curiosity" were written on his face calmly: "Wait, girl, I'll call inside. ."
She looked out through the unclean glass window to see him come out.
The plain white shirt and the black padded jacket had the zipper open, and it was obvious that he had just picked it up and put it on, looking like a teenager. However, there was no car repair tool in hand, because to avoid the sand and dust swept in the wind, he narrowed his eyes and looked at her through the glass.
Without any emotion.
Gui Xiao took the box out and was taken by him. Her freshly washed hands were cold and clean, and she touched her. "New?" He sensed something was wrong.
"Well, I couldn't hold too many things, so I bought a new one."
He nodded: "I'll give you the money later."
Gui Xiao originally wanted to leave at the door, but he took the box and left, Qin Xiaonan naturally took her by the hand and took her inside, hesitated, and followed. Sure enough, this place has been expanded, it is two or three times larger than before, the concrete floor is clean and clean, the cars that are lifted or parked are divided into two rows, and workers are busy beside each car.
From the moment she stepped into this iron gate, she felt illusory.
Qin Xiaonan took a few steps and asked Lu Yanchen where the toilet was. Lu Yanchen pointed to the door and told him to go to a small room on the right side of the compound. Qin Xiaonan hurriedly turned around and ran away.
She followed Lu Yanchen to the end of the factory building, and the aluminum door that was pushed open was half-open.
Stepping in, it is the office and a row of lounges. People inside see the two of them through the glass, and they will chase after them for a few more glances. He didn't care too much, he took her to the end and pushed the door.
The tall and spacious room has no superfluous furnishings, not much furniture, there are beds and cabinets, neither new nor old but not the ones from many years ago. But the general location and decoration have not changed, as in the past.
He put the box next to the thermos by the door: "It's cold in the factory, don't rush to take off your cotton-padded clothes."
But after he finished speaking, he took off his cotton clothes and threw them on the sofa. By the way, I picked up the half-pack of cigarettes left on the coffee table.
"I'll leave after a few words with you," Gui Xiao stood by the door, and pulled the collar of his winter jacket under the tip of his nose, "I'll help you with Qin Xiaonan, but there is still no household registration book, you Bring the account book and make up the formalities."
He rolled the sleeve of his long-sleeved shirt to his elbow. He bowed his head and wanted to light a cigarette.
"I will be on a business trip for a long time, and I will ask my cousin to take you to school at that time," she said, "official borrowing, you don't need to pay the extra money, but the primary school does not have accommodation, maybe you have to find a way to solve the problem of renting by yourself. After all, if you live here, it's too far from the school."
There was a soft sound of flint rubbing, and small flames jumped up from his fingertips.
"I bought some clothes for him. I kept the old ones and discarded the bad ones. Now that the child's home is in good condition, you will have to buy him some new clothes every year when you bring him. It's too out of tune with the classmates around you. You will be bullied and bullied," Gui Xiao said again, "It doesn't need to be too much, there are usually school uniforms. That's about it... That's all, do you have anything else to ask?"
Just before the flames hit the cigarette butt, Lu Yanchen suddenly released his fingers. The flame is out.
He took off the cigarette he was biting, rubbed it off, and looked up at her: "Do you still love me?"