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Chapter 6: Numbness

On Monday morning, after Wang Xiaobo went to his instructor to hand in his graduation thesis, he returned to the dormitory and thought it was not even ten o'clock, so he took out two shopping tickets, two analog electronic watches and 500 yuan given by Wen Weibing yesterday.

I went to a department store to sell bicycles and sewing machines with money. It was easy to get tickets if I had tickets. A Feige bicycle for 120 yuan and a Wudi sewing machine for 118 yuan were immediately issued and picked up, while the envious waitress stared at me.

After picking up the goods, he called a tricycle at the door and took the goods directly to Wan's house. Together with two electronic watches, he handed them to Wan Long's wife at home. With Wan Long's wife's many thanks, he returned to the dormitory lightly, feeling

Another great thing was done.

Unexpectedly, at night, Wan Long hurried to the dormitory again and insisted on taking him to Shengli New Village, saying that he had something important to discuss. Wang Xiaobo had no choice but to follow Wan Long and take the bus for four stops, and then transfer to another bus for three stops.

We just arrived at Shengli New Village.

Near Shengli New Village, Wanlong spent more than 2 yuan to sell a bag of fruit, and another 16 yuan to sell two bottles of Maotai. Then he took it to Shengli New Village, found unit 3 on the 28th floor, and knocked on the door of room 302.

When a fat woman opened the door, she saw an equally fat man sitting on the sofa and reading a newspaper without raising his head, as if he didn't hear the knock on the door just now.

After Long stepped through the door, he timidly called out: "Section Chief Ren——"

Section Chief Ren then raised his head from the newspaper, and forced a smile on his fat face: "Oh, it's Lao Wan, why do you come to my house and bring things? I'm going to criticize you, and I won't do it again.

ah."

The fat woman then reached out to take the things and let them into the house.

After the two sat down, Section Chief Ren put down the newspaper, glanced at Wang Xiaobo and asked: "This is -"

Wan Long quickly stood up again and replied respectfully: "Wang Xiaobo is a college student at ABC University. He helped sell my grand cassette player."

Section Chief Ren said oh, waved his hand casually, turned around and looked at Wang Xiaobo carefully. Seeing that he was well-dressed and distinguished, he thought that this boy might have some family background, so he squeezed out a smile on his face.

: "Xiao Wang, is it hard to study at school? How are your parents at home?"

Wang Xiaobo has been reading a thick black book on officialdom recommended by his second-in-command Dong Chenxi these days. He is quite disdainful of small bureaucrats like Section Chief Ren. He also knows that his questions are snobbish, but for Uncle Wan's sake,

, and he answered honestly: "My home is in the mountainous area of ​​Qingxian County, and only my old mother is still there."

The smile on Section Chief Ren's face immediately disappeared, and he picked up the newspaper again and said: "Lao Wan, I am also concerned about your son becoming the deputy foreman, but, ah, let's not talk about it anymore--don't talk about it anymore.

.”

Wan Long didn't expect that Section Chief Ren would change his face so quickly. He was a little anxious, but at the moment he didn't know how to say a good word and froze there. Only then did Wang Xiaobo realize that Lao Wan's purpose in bringing him here was to run for an official position for his son, so he said:

"Section Chief Ren, I heard from Uncle Wan that you want a radio cassette player. It's hard to tell. Several of my classmates have relatives abroad. I'll ask them to get one for you in a few days."

Section Chief Ren smiled again when he heard this, but he still waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'll just say that we are all working-class people, so we can afford to sell this thing."

Wang Xiaobo knew that this was a corrupt official, a master who wanted something but was unwilling to pay. He wanted to ridicule him a few words, but when he saw Lao Wan's pious face, he softened his heart. He smiled and said: "The section chief is really good at it."

Just kidding, you are a big leader, Uncle Wan is not qualified to show filial piety, not to mention that coming from abroad is only a few dozen yuan, the price of a bag of fruit, how can you take it seriously? How about the section chief give me a bag of fruit later?

"

"Ha-ha-Xiao Wang is really good at talking. Okay, okay, I will give you a bag of fruit next time." Section Chief Ren finally showed a bright smile.

"Section Chief Ren, this is what you said. I like eating fruits very much. This Qiu Feng is definitely determined in front of your boss." Wang Xiaobo also laughed.

Section Chief Ren was so excited that Wang Xiaobo called him a big leader. He threw the newspaper away and shouted loudly: "Sujuan, wash two apples and bring them back to Xiao Wang." There was a hint of grace in his words.

Wang Xiaobo saw that the fat woman named Sujuan was really going to get the apples, so he hurriedly said: "Big boss, this time I won't get any reward for my merits. I must ask the big boss for it next time."

Section Chief Ren stood up, his fat face full of smiles: "Xiao Wang, you are so lovable, you often come to play at home."

Wang Xiaobo knew it was time to leave, so he stood up, took Section Chief Ren's extended hand, said a few more polite words, and walked toward the door.

When the two were about to go out, Section Chief Ren patted Lao Wan on the shoulder again: "I'm still very concerned about your son's affairs. Don't bring anything with you next time."

After going out, Wang Xiaobo thought that Section Chief Ren's last words were exactly the same as what the county magistrate said when sending the gift-giver out in "The Appearance of Officialdom", and couldn't help but laugh. Lao Wan looked at him inexplicably, and he couldn't help but laugh.

To explain, he just asked: "Uncle Wan, is a deputy foreman really that important?"

Wan Long shook his head helplessly: "Hweiwei has been working for five years, and he is still an ordinary worker. His fiancée always complained that he was incompetent. It happened that day when section chief Ren saw Hongwei playing with the radio cassette player in Smell, he said that his son also wanted to sell one.

I think this is an opportunity to catch up with Section Chief Ren. My boy has no such ability like me, so I can only ask for your help. It seems that I really saw you right, and I am grateful to you today. Otherwise, I

Don’t know how to give gifts yet?”

"Uncle Wan has seen the outside world, but I think this section chief is really a greedy guy, and he may not be able to feed him enough at one time." Wang Xiaobo thought thoughtfully.

"I have to give it a try for a grand future." Wan Long seemed hopeful.

"Oh, what section chief is this section chief?" Wang Xiaobo suddenly thought of something and asked.

"He is the chief of the materials department, he has great power." Wan Long replied.

Wang Xiaobo took a breath of air. He thought that Uncle Wan was really good. Generally, personnel appointments were in the Political Engineering Department or the Personnel Department. He went to the Materials Department when he arrived. He was really in a hurry and sought medical treatment. Look at Wan Long again.

Full of hope, he couldn't bear it anymore and sighed secretly.

Poor parents in the world. Wang Xiaobo thought, he had already arrived at the bus stop, and suddenly a woman hurriedly ran towards him and bumped into him. He quickly reached out to support her and asked with concern: "Is it okay? Please go away.

Ah." Before he finished speaking, the woman fell weakly onto him.

Wan Long saw the person coming clearly at this time and screamed: "Xiaojuan, what's wrong with you?" The woman seemed to have fainted.

At this time, Wang Xiaobo also recognized that the woman lying in his arms was Wan Long's daughter-in-law and Wan Hongwei's fiancee Chen Lijuan. Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were torn in several places, and there were blood stains on her hands and face, especially

The crotch of his pants was wet, and it was dark and seemed to be bloodstains. Wan Long was a newcomer, and he seemed to have an ominous premonition, but he couldn't find a store in front of him or a village in the back, so he was a little helpless. Wang Xiaobo made a decisive decision, picked up Chen Lijuan on his back, and ran away halfway.

, happened to encounter a tricycle, and quickly called for him to be taken to a nearby hospital.

When they arrived at the door of the hospital, Chen Lijuan woke up and refused to go to the hospital. When asked what happened, she refused to tell her and just kept crying. Wan Long had no choice but to send Chen Lijuan home with Wang Xiaobo. Before they entered the door,

, saw Wan Hongwei holding a three-foot-long iron rod in his hand, and rushed out howling like a killing pig. When he saw Chen Lijuan's lost Xiangzi, he was also stupid, threw away the iron rod, and hugged her

She cried and howled: "Juan, Juan, what's wrong with you? Fatty Ren, that beast, tmd, I fucked his ancestors for eighteen generations."

Seeing that the neighbors had gathered around him, Wang Xiaobo was afraid that the commotion at the door would have too much impact, so he quickly carried them into the house. Wan Long asked his wife to help Chen Lijuan go to the back room for a checkup to confirm whether she needed to go to the hospital. Here she pulled him again

Wan Hongwei came to the living room and asked what was going on.

In fact, Wan Hongwei was not at home that day. He was playing poker at his co-worker's place. Just after he came back, he met Chen Lijuan's little sister Ali, who came in a hurry. Then he got an idea. It turned out that after dinner, Chen Lijuan was carrying a cassette player in Little Sister's Ah Li.

Accompanied by Li, she wandered by the river while listening to pop songs played on the radio. She was a vain woman, so it was natural for her to imitate the style of young people who were very popular at the time. But what happened was that

On the way, they met Ren Xiaofeng, the son of the section chief of the Municipal Third Construction Company, and three other people. Ren Xiaofeng was tall and thick, and three points fatter than his parents, so he got the nickname: Fatty Ren.

This Fatty Ren is a well-known stubborn leader in Shengli New Village. Shengli New Village is the staff dormitory of the Municipal Construction Committee. Of course, no cadres above the section level live here, so the section chief is the biggest official in this dormitory area. Fatty Ren has been here since he was a child.

He does whatever he wants, and does all kinds of evil. He beats people, and when they hear that he is the section chief's son, they have to apologize to him quickly. If he can't beat someone, as long as he tells his father's name, the other person has to give him a gift. Gradually, he

He became more and more courageous. He was already 21 years old, and he kept talking about my father being the section chief all day long. He finally thought that he was the greatest official in the world and could dominate the world.

The three of them were also wandering by the river that day. They were very envious when they saw the four-speaker cassette recorder that Chen Lijuan was carrying, so they insisted on taking it to have a look. Chen Lijuan's parents worked in the Third Construction Company and also lived in Shengli New Village, so they knew each other.

, seeing Fatty Ren wanting to watch her cassette recorder, her vanity was satisfied all of a sudden, so she reluctantly let him play with it for a while. But Fatty let her play with it, and she didn't want to give it back to her, saying she was lending it to him for a few days.

Chen Lijuan wanted to leave. When Chen Lijuan agreed, the two started fighting. Fighting, fighting, the buttons on Chen Lijuan's chest were torn open, and a large piece of her underwear was torn off. Women didn't like to wear bras at that time, and the underwear was torn.

, her snow-white chest and two dazzling white breasts were completely exposed. When Fatty Ren saw this, his blood boiled all over his body, his eyes immediately became bloodshot, and he pounced on him without hesitation. Chen Lijuan screamed, turned around and walked away

She ran into the woods on the road, and Fatty Chen chased her, and soon threw her to the ground. Chen Lijuan refused to give up, biting his wrist fiercely, and the pain made him scream like a pig. Let Fatty become angry with shame, and got up after

, and kicked her vagina several times desperately. Maybe it was because Chen Lijuan's period had just come, or maybe her vagina had ruptured. Anyway, when Fatty Ren saw the blood seeping out of her crotch, he was frightened and ran away quickly.

Although Chen Lijuan's private parts were burning like a pain, she still couldn't forget her tape recorder. She struggled to find it everywhere, but could she still find it? As soon as Ali saw that something was not going well, she had already run to notify Wan Hongwei.

Chen Lijuan was helpless. She was afraid of not being able to explain clearly, and she didn't dare to go to Wanjia. She wanted to go to her parents' house in Shengli New Village first, and didn't want to run into Wang Xiaobo and the others on the way.

After Wang Xiaobo listened to Wan Hongwei's intermittent narration, an unknown fire burst out, and he was about to go to the police station to report the case. At this time, Wan Long's wife ran out and whispered a few words in her husband's ear, Wan Long

He nodded, pulled Wang Xiaobo over and said, "Forget it, Xiaojuan doesn't have a big problem, not to mention her parents both work in the China Construction Company. If she doesn't see you when you look up, we will suffer a little loss."

"No! Tmd, I have to chop him." After all, Wan Hongwei was full of blood and shouted through gritted teeth. He rushed out to pick up the iron rod from the door and was about to fight Fatty Ren. Wang Xiaobo quickly ran over and pulled Wan Hongwei away.

He came back and said, "Brother, if you can't kill someone with a bomb like this, you should report it to the police. This is a typical attempted rape. You will be sentenced to at least five years in prison."

"Son, you are not young anymore. You should think about yourself and Xiaojuan's parents. We will eventually have to work under his hands. We can't lose the big for the small." Wan Long gave a tragic lesson.

With his son.

"Is this the end of it? I don't accept it." Wan Hongwei shouted in pain.

"Yes, Uncle Wan, think about it, if this kind of person doesn't teach him a lesson, he will become even more lawless in the future." Wang Xiaobo also did not agree with letting things go.

Lao Wan seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden, and said helplessly: "How can you not bow your head under the roof of others?"

Wan Hongwei's anger was not extinguished here, and while he was still yelling and screaming, he was called in by his fiancée in the back room, and there was silence for a while.

Wang Xiaobo was helpless and wanted to say goodbye. Wan Long asked him to wait. He went into the back room and took out two hundred silver dollars and handed it to him: "Take this and replace it with two radio cassette players."

Wang Xiaobo was really speechless, and at the same time he had a deeper understanding of the "numbness" of the Chinese people described by Lu Xun.

On the way back to the dormitory, Wang Xiaobo looked at the silver dollar in his hand thoughtfully, and suddenly had a new idea.


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