February 2, 2011, the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month.
The day before New Year, that is New Year's Eve.
In the evening, light snow was falling, "Ha, Mr. Yang, I wish you a good year, good luck in the new year and good health... We are about to have New Year's Eve dinner, why don't you come out for a walk?"
"Haha, I share the same interests with you, and I also wish you a happy new year, Xiao Tang. I went out to pick up an old friend and didn't call me until I got to the gate of the community. I came down in a hurry... The new clothes are good, and the person looks very energetic and sexy.
Angry, are you going out?"
"Yes, let's go have New Year's Eve dinner."
"City? It's not easy to take a taxi now."
"It's okay. We made an appointment and are waiting outside Gate 1."
"Then I'm going on a different road than you. I have to go to Gate No. 3. Hey, people are coming in. See you later, Xiao Tang."
"See you later..."
After greeting Mr. Yang casually and bidding farewell to Mr. Yang, Tang Chao rubbed his hands, put the energetic-looking bright red down jacket back into his pocket again, and walked along the bare green belt with only branches left, towards the gate not far away.
The down jacket was picked out by Tangdou. Although the latter has returned to the Xie family's old house these days, he still runs out to hang out with him during the day, strolls around the mall, and buys some New Year items. There is no need for New Year's goods, because the location of the New Year is
In the Xie family's old house, there is everything. The main thing is to buy new clothes and get an outfit ready for the new year.
The colors of the world of killers are relatively dark. The three common and low-key colors of black, white and gray are the favorites of all killers. Tang Dynasty is no exception. All his clothes are basically in this tone, but Tangdou chose this one.
The bright red down jacket is for celebration, so it doesn’t matter.
In addition, decorative props such as couplets with the word "Fu" are also necessary. Although the house in Jiangyue Mansion does not belong to the two of them in terms of property rights, it is not bad. They have long been used to it. Wherever they stay, they will be there.
Home is just like the maintenance shop in the southern suburbs distribution center. It is also rented, but it has left the two brothers and sisters with many memories of home...
The couplets with the word "Fu" are easy to buy, but there are various kinds of couplets with different contents, which makes the little girl confused. And because she only needs one for the front entrance in the building, it is even more difficult to choose. Finally, under the suggestion of Tang Dynasty
, the little girl simply bought a few strips of red paper, a brush and the like and went back to write on it herself. Finally, after holding it in for two or three days, she excitedly took it over, made paste, and applied it herself.
First couplet: A big white rabbit
Second line: Sweet Golden Monkey
Hengpi: Candy House
Not to mention, whether it is the homophony of Tangtang or the natural and symmetrical embedding of the two well-known brands of White Rabbit and Golden Monkey, it is surprisingly interesting... Before going out, Tang Chao took a few glances and was amazed.
"Ha..." He breathed out a white breath. When he came to the door, Tang Chao looked up at the sky. Small snowflakes were falling in front of him, and they were scattered one after another. In the distance, there was no one who was setting off fireworks and firecrackers in violation of regulations in the city.
There was an explosion, and flowers bloomed in the dark night, dazzlingly beautiful.
Another year has passed...
As for the so-called Chinese New Year, the memories of the Tang Dynasty are more about several experiences after returning from rebirth. The brother and sister also bought new clothes, posted couplets, cooked a large table of dishes, and then crowded in front of a second-hand TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala.
At the party, eating melon seeds until the end of the New Year's Eve, exchanging New Year greetings and falling asleep...
As for the impression of the New Year before rebirth, it is not very profound. Being in a foreign country without this atmosphere, it will be forgotten over time. The so-called New Year's Eve and New Year have gradually become an ordinary day on the calendar. If you have a task, you can
Go on a mission, and if you don't have a mission, you'll hide in an unknown city or safe house, train, maintain firearms, read books and watch TV, play with women... It's basically like this, very monotonous.
Now that I think about it, it’s amazing that an ordinary person entered the underground world by mistake and didn’t quickly become cannon fodder. Instead, he still took root here firmly. Even if he could be considered successful in the later period, the money would be even less.
Although he is lacking, he still doesn’t want to leave this dangerous and boring profession, and he doesn’t know where he got the persistence and endurance... Maybe he is really talented in this area and is born to be in this profession?
Smiling and shaking his head, it was all over. He took a deep breath and his mind suddenly became clear. When he walked out of the door, he saw a burly middle-aged man leaning against the door of a black Mercedes-Benz, smoking a cigarette. The car belonged to Xie Wei. As for the middle-aged man,
A young man and an acquaintance, Brother Liang, is recovering from his injuries.
"I'm sorry, Brother Liang, for keeping you waiting."
"It's a small matter, I just came here not long ago, and I haven't even finished smoking a single cigarette." He smiled and threw away the cigarette butt. Brother Liang opened the car door with his backhand. Tang Chao thanked him and got in the car.
Although Brother Liang is a guard of the Xie family, he is not an ordinary servant. He is an exclusive one. He only works as a driver and bodyguard for Xie Wei. He also has his own family. Sending him to the Tang Dynasty is his last mission this year. After he is sent to the Xie family's old house,
, he went back to have the New Year's Eve dinner with his family. Of course, he would go back with the personal red envelope given by Xie Wei.
Chatting all the way, we arrived in front of the Xie family’s old house in Ziguan Mountain.
After bidding farewell to Brother Liang, I looked at the Xie family’s old house, which was decorated with lanterns and colorful lanterns. I don’t know how many red lanterns were hung. The vicissitudes of the Republic of China-style building seemed to have been put on new clothes, and it looked much more lively. Tang Chao walked in casually.
After confirming his identity, he was quickly introduced into the main hall.
This place has obviously been renovated and arranged, and the heating is very sufficient. The large space is divided into three halls. The middle room is the largest, and the left and right side halls are slightly smaller. Only small sections of wooden walls are used as separations, which does not affect the subsequent walking around and toasting.
.The number of round tables in the hall is one
I can’t count the hours, but it looks like there are nearly a hundred tables anyway, and it’s very grand. There is also a large LCD screen hanging on the back wall of the central hall, which is currently playing some festive song MVs, and there are many children looking up at it.
Well, I guess the gala show will be played later.
Under the guidance, Tang Chao walked into the side hall on the right and sat down at a table near the corner.
The New Year's Eve dinner has not yet started. There are men, women, and children at the table. Unfortunately, I don't recognize any of them.
But their identities could be guessed by the Tang Dynasty. They could not be direct branches of the Xie family or anything like that. Those people were located in the central hall. The people placed here should be relatives, the kind with a slightly more distant relationship, such as the marriage of the daughter of a branch of the Xie family.
The man's family who went out and so on. This kind of large family with orderly inheritance pays most attention to tradition, especially at important moments like now, where seniority relationships, closeness and distance, the arrangements will basically not go wrong. Putting the Tang Dynasty here would be a big mistake.
Also suitable.
Seeing Tang Chao sit down, the other people at the table couldn't help but look a little strange, not because of their age, but because Tang Chao came alone. This situation is relatively rare. Currently, Tang Chao is the only one at the table.
, Oh, there should be another one later... There is an empty seat directly opposite, and there are obviously two families next to it. The one who is not here is obviously single.
The dishes were served one after another. We didn’t know each other and no one was familiar with them. The whole table was quietly waiting for the meal time to arrive. In the middle of the meal, Tangdou ran over, dressed like a little princess, but he was laughing and joking.
But he is like a little money-crazy, blind to the familiar. He must have received a lot of New Year's red envelopes and made a fortune.
This is the advantage of having many relatives, and besides, Tangdou doesn't have her parents to control her, so it's her own responsibility to charge whatever money she charges, so she's naturally very happy.
This is one of the reasons why many distant relatives come to this side hall, often with children in their arms. Unlike most of the direct and collateral relatives of the Xie family, most of them do well, and some even do not do as well as ordinary people. So, good
If you have good food, drink, and money to take, why not come?
Of course, not everyone is like this.
When the party was about to start at eight o'clock, the old grandmother of the Xie family was helped out and sat down at the main seat in the hall. Then the old man of the Xie family said some blessings. Finally, everyone raised their glasses together, and the New Year's Eve dinner officially began.
There is not much else, just watch the party, eat, drink, drink. The latter is the main thing, drink the wine toasted by others, and drink the wine toasted by others.
So the atmosphere was quite good and noisy. Of course, this had nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty, but someone at the same table asked him if he knew how to drink. Naturally, he shook his head and then just ate.
Halfway through the meal, someone sat on the empty seat opposite. A late-arriving woman with short hair, about 27 or 27 years old, with light makeup, simple clothes, and an overall temperament that seemed somewhat rare and sharp.
Tang Chao unconsciously took a second look. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't mean anything. He just noticed a sense of familiarity. He was not a peer. A woman of this age still has such a temperament... It should be from the police, prosecutors, and law.
Yes.
After all, they are just strangers. They looked at each other, looked at each other, nodded to each other, and everyone ate their own food.
Immediately, the grandmother and other elderly people took the lead to leave, and the dining room in the hall was completely open. People kept running to the table to toast, especially on the left and right side halls, moving towards the central hall.
The same is true for the table at the moment, so when he was almost done eating, Tang Chao picked up the juice and walked away. It's not that he couldn't adapt to the atmosphere, or that he hated the excitement. Are you kidding, killer, what kind of environment is not like a fish in water? You can blend in, but
It's not necessary, and the smell of alcohol and cigarettes permeates the room uncontrollably, which is too strong. It's better to go out to the corridor to get some fresh air.
Halfway through, I glanced at the table of jelly beans. Among the dark group of toasting relatives, the little girl was sitting next to Xie Wei in a daze. Well, she was pitiful. She was sitting at the main table and couldn't move around at will.
Turning around again, in the side hall on the left, a middle-aged man wearing a cheap suit was blushing from drinking. He was talking incessantly, with a loud voice, mixed with hand gestures and waving, looking very excited. It was Tang Yongfa.
Next to him was Tang Rong, of course, who seemed to have drunk too much and was lying on the table in a daze... Well, the father and son did not go back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year. It was easy to guess that they would come to Lingjiang at this time.
It is unlikely that I will go back again.
He shook his head and ignored it.
There were a lot of people in the corridor outside the door, mostly women and children. They probably had similar thoughts to the Tang Dynasty, they were all trying to avoid the turbid air in the room.
After finishing a glass of juice, when he turned around the table and passed the door, "Xiao Tang." Turning around, it was Xie Jianping, with a rosy face. It was obvious that he had drunk a lot of wine, but his eyes were still clear and there were water stains on his sleeves.
, he must have just come back from the bathroom.
"Find a place and have a chat."
Although they met by chance, Xie Jianping seemed to really have something to say. He walked back to the corridor, found a secluded place, and lit a cigarette. His seemingly lonely expression disappeared briefly, and then he pointed to the hall with a smile:
"Is it lively?"
Tang Chao nodded in agreement: "There are quite a lot of people."
"Haha, it happens every year. It's not a birthday or anything. I remember a few years ago when the old man celebrated his 70th birthday, it happened to be the Chinese New Year. There were people inside and outside the house. Don't even think about squeezing in when you come out.
, the threshold has been crossed, haha..."
He shook his head and smiled, paused slightly, and said slightly abruptly: "Xiao Tang, have you ever thought about changing your job?"
Tang Chao was stunned when he heard this, but Xie Jianping waved his hand and said, "Nothing else, you did a good job, it's just that, well, the property security of Jiangyue Mansion will no longer be managed by my company starting next year... Haha,
I still remember that it took me a lot of effort to win this contract. I never thought that I would be sent out with just a few words, and I would still have a new head... Ha, I am making wedding clothes for others..."
After all, it was because of drinking that Xie Jianping's words were a bit unclear, but the meaning was expressed.
Starting from next year, well, starting from work after the new year, the property security of Jiangyue Mansion will have to change hands and be transferred to another company.
As for the reason, Xie Jianping didn't explain it clearly. It seems that it was Tang Dou's third uncle, that is, when Tang Chao came to the Xie family's old house for the first time, he met the middle-aged man with a big back and a Chinese character face in the bathroom. He was directly related to the Xie family, Xie Zhenghua
, recently entered into a real estate project, and one of the costs of entering was to transfer the property management contract of Jiangyue Mansion to a shareholder who also started out as a security guard. Xie Zhenghua agreed immediately, and then found Xie Jianping...
Not to mention that they are both in the Xie family, they are related to each other, and in addition to the request from his immediate family, Xie Jianping really has little room to refuse. As for Xie Zhenghua's compensation... there should be some. After all, they are a family, and it won't be too embarrassing.
It's too ugly, but looking at Xie Jianping's lonely look, I will definitely not be satisfied.
This is not just a relationship with a property security contract, which does not make much money, but more importantly, the residents of Jiangyue Mansion, which hides a huge network of energy. This is how upper-level communication is, and there is no contact.
You won't be able to get in touch there, but once you get in touch, things like cooperation and friendship will be easier to talk about...
But so what, family interests are above all else, Xie Jianping had to give in even if he was reluctant, pinching his nose.
Fortunately, even though Xie Jianping was depressed, he could still think of the Tang Dynasty and come over to help him plan his escape.
After thinking about it, Tang Chao did not reply right away. He only said that he would go back and think about it. Xie Jianping did not urge him. He just remembered it after seeing Tang Chao. He was not ready to arrange any new work for Tang Chao, so he gave up for the time being.
After seeing off Xie Jianping, Tang Chao leaned against the stone pillar in the corridor and pondered for a while, mainly considering the possibility of applying for a new company. The security guard at Jiangyue Mansion was really good. It was close to home, he could work as soon as he left home, and he could also take care of Tangdou nearby, but
Then I thought about what I had done recently
The special circumstances of asking for leave and skipping work... are all special. Who knows whether they will happen again in the future. It's fine in Xie Jiaping's company. If you go to other places, if you come here twice, you will probably be fired... Yes
, it seems that this security guard really can’t do his job anymore.
He rubbed his eyebrows, what the hell is this... celebrating the New Year and still being unemployed?
While I was vomiting speechlessly, suddenly, a loud voice shouted from the hall next to me, "Xiaotang, come here!"