We returned to Shangcheng Town, but Lu Fei hadn't come back yet. He called us and said that he and Ma Yunxi were doing well in Xiangxi and would probably take another month to leave.
He didn't come back. Wang Zijun, the monkey boy, came back two days ago. When he saw us, he hung his head and looked very sad, like a woman who lost her husband. He didn't go abroad because he didn't have much money. Besides, he didn't know where Qu Mo was. In order to relax, he traveled outside.
"Have you been to Huangshan and Taigu?" I asked while shaving on the sofa.
The monkey boy said with a bitter face: "Can't you guess wrong just once?"
Shen Bing opened her beautiful eyes wide and asked, "How did you guess where he went?"
"You feel the same way as I did at that time, how could I not understand?" I put down the razor, looked at the monkey kid and said earnestly: "Visiting the old place will only make you sadder. Feelings can't be forced, just like Shen Bing and I, we broke up and got back together, and now you can't get away even if you beat us. You also look for a girl like Shen Bing..."
Before I could finish my words, I was hit on the head. I looked up in pain and saw Shen Bing with her beautiful eyes wide open. She stood with her hands on her hips and said angrily, "Now let me see if you can run away if I hit you."
"Of course I ran away..." I jumped up from the sofa, grabbed Wang Zijun and ran out the door, saying to him as we walked: "Let's go, we two brothers haven't been together for a long time, let's go to Uncle Yinzi's restaurant for a drink."
As a result, we all got drunk that day. As far as I recall, Wang Zijun drank one bottle and I drank two bottles before we got drunk. Houzaizi couldn't hold his alcohol well, but he drank so much that he stayed at home for three days. I really wanted to tell him that Qu Mo didn't go abroad and was still at home. But I couldn't let Qu Mo down, because she told me not to say anything. I could only watch Houzaizi suffer and force myself not to speak.
Time is the best healer and it will slowly heal the wounds in his heart.
After that, Wang Zijun didn't dare to go out for a drink again. He said that after he recovered from the alcohol, his father punished him by making him kneel for a day. He also scolded him for being useless at such an age and just following Xi Feng's lead. He said, "Look, they have money and beautiful wives, but what do you have? If you don't go out to make money, I'll break your legs!"
Speaking of this, I agree with his father's dissatisfaction. He can't make much money by following me. He's in his twenties and doesn't even have a stable job. In our town, at this age, the children are already several years old. One of my junior high school classmates has a child who is now in junior high school. Scary, right? So, no girl dares to marry a guy like him, even though he looks handsome.
Wang Zijun and I chatted in the shop until dawn that night. This little boy doesn't usually smoke, but we smoked two packs that night. He said he decided to live a decent life and go south to work. I saw that he was not very willing, probably because his father forced him to do so, so I suggested that he take over Lu Fei's shop first, and I would help him secretly. If the business is good, he should earn more than me.
He shook his head and said, "That would make Lu Fei laugh at me even more. As a man, we should build our own business. Why should we take over his shop? Besides, I have been to the county town eight times since I came back, but I still can't forget Qu Mo. I think it might be better to go out."
I said, "That's fine. I can go out and have a good time. I don't have to worry about my family. I'll take care of my parents."