It's around 6 o'clock in the afternoon in winter, and it's completely dark.
Zhou Wenzhong walked out of the public bath, buttoned the collar of his cotton coat, and put up the fur collar to block the cold wind. He hunched his neck and stomped towards Zhengyang Tower.
"Not long after I entered, many of the small public-private restaurants on the roadside were closed."
Zhou Wenzhong strolled all the way to the door of the hotel. Looking inside through the plane glass, all the benches were placed on the dining table. Several waiters gathered together to chat and wait for the time to get off work.
Zhou Wenzhong opened the door and walked in and asked, "Is there anything to eat now?"
"Sold out."
"Do you have a letter of introduction?"
"Sold out."
Three waiters gave two answers. Zhou Wenzhong didn't find the acquaintance who sold tiger teeth last time, so he turned around and left the hotel.
I took out 2 steamed buns from the storage space and walked towards Huangcheng Genbei Street and Datu Deng Alley...
"Dong dong...dong dong dong..."
There was a rhythmic knock on the door, and the war-damaged wooden door was opened from the inside.
A petite woman who was nearly 30 years old asked Zhou Wenzhong: "Who are you?"
"Are you Comrade Li Guifen?"
"It's me, who are you?"
"Ji Erliang asked me to come. He asked me to tell you to wait a little longer. This is the 10 kilograms of national food stamps he asked me to bring you."
Zhou Wenzhong reached into his pocket, took out his food stamps from the space and handed them over.
"No need! If he can think of us, he won't be Ji Erliang. Don't learn from him. You won't be able to learn from him."
"boom!"
She closed the door forcefully, and Zhou Wenzhong froze on the spot and blinked. The tip of his nose was pressed against the wooden door.
"Only one inch missing! Just one inch missing and my appearance will be disfigured!"
Just as he turned around and walked away a few steps, he heard the sound of the courtyard door being opened again and looked back. The woman just now chased after her with a small cloth bag hanging on her elbow.
"This is Ji Erlu's thing. If you see him, just return it to him, throw it away or smash it. Just tell him that I led my daughter to jump into the river. If he really misses us, he can
Let him dive into the Yellow River to look for it."
Zhou Wenzhong took the heavy cloth bag and kept it in the space. He continued walking towards Dengshikou.
"Dong dong...dong dong..."
"squeak…"
A girl about 20 years old, wearing a dark blue floral jacket, opened the courtyard door. She looked at Zhou Wenzhong through the light in the courtyard.
"Comrade, who are you looking for?"
"Are you Comrade Zhao Chunlan?"
"Yes. Who are you looking for?"
"Ji Erliang asked me to come. He asked me to tell you that he has been thinking a lot these days and asked you not to wait for him to come back. You two are destined to have a silent ending. I'm leaving."
After Zhou Wenzhong finished speaking, he hurriedly ran to the road. The girl just now picked up the iron handle behind the door and chased her out. Holding the iron handle with both hands, she jumped on her feet and cursed.
Zhou Wenzhong, who had already run away, naturally couldn't hear her voice.
"Hey...the old miracle doctor hasn't gone to rest yet."
"It's you. What's wrong with you this time?"
Zhou Wenzhong turned around and walked out of the drug store, took out 7 trays of honeycombs from the space, and held them on the counter.
"You should always take a look."
The old doctor picked up the honeycomb, squeezed it, smelled it, and finally broke off a small piece and crushed it with his fingers.
"Fresh is quite fresh, the hives of black-tailed bees are not worth much."
"Just watch it. I didn't go to any other pharmacy, I came directly to you."
The old doctor picked up the copper scale and weighed it, and finally moved the abacus beads a few times.
"The total is 5 pounds, 7 taels and 2 yuan. Let me give you 16 yuan."
"Okay, I'll take whatever you give me."
Zhou Wenzhong took the money and put it in his pocket, and said a few polite words to the old doctor before standing up to leave.
At the intersection of Nanluogu Lane, Zhou Wenzhong hid in the alley. He took out the cloth bag given by Ji Erliang and his wife, and began to inspect it with the help of a faint street light...
Ten minutes later, Zhou Wenzhong started walking sideways in the alley with his hands behind his back.
He kept singing: "I hold a three-foot sword of justice at my waist, and I have thousands of tender feelings in my heart..."
"Zhou Wenzhong! You... you... you are back?"
"Um."
One of the residents threw a tantrum and ran to the backyard. After a while, lights came on in the middle courtyard and the backyard.
Zhou Wenzhong came to the door of Zheng's house and knocked on the door of their small courtyard.
"Sister-in-law, haven't you rested yet? Is my brother Zheng at home?"
"No... not here. You didn't run away from the farm, did you? I didn't see anything. Just run away."
"Haha, my case has been found to be a misunderstanding. Since my brother Zheng is not at home, forget it. How is his case with the section chief?"
"Ah...it's done, it just happened a few days ago."
Zhou Wenzhong took out his newspaper bag and handed over four two-faced steamed buns.
"This is my gift to congratulate him on his promotion. It's a specialty of Tianjin! Since it's already so late, I won't disturb you and Aunt Zheng from resting at home. Let's go."
"well."
Zhou Wenzhong greeted the eyes of more than 10 neighbors, walked to the door of his house, opened the door and walked in.
There was no one in the main room, but the lights were on. Zhou Wenzhong opened the wooden door of the main room, faced the door, and sat at the main seat of the dining table.
"Wen Zhong is back?"
"Um."
"How did you come back?"
"Walking back."
"Um...does the leader of the sub-district office know?"
"Take a guess."
"Did the police release you?"
"Take a guess."
"You didn't run back from the farm, did you? The leader sent you home when Yan Bugui came back."
"Take a guess."
Hearing Zhou Wenzhong's answer, the two residents who had already stepped into the Zhou family's hall were turned back.
Zhou Wenzhong took out the enamel teapot and squeezed a handful of tea leaves into it. He lifted the kettle on the coal stove and made a bowl of tea. He held the enamel teapot in his hands to keep warm and looked at the people gathered at the door.
"Zhou Wenzhong! Tell me honestly if you came back secretly?"
"The second uncle is here, please give way immediately."
Liu Haizhong stood at the door of the Zhou family hall with his head held high and his belly held high like stars holding the moon.
"I'm asking you, did you run away secretly? I'm familiar with the police comrades at the police station. If you were released, why didn't they come and notify me?"
If it had been Zhou Wenzhong before, he would have politely explained to Liu Haizhong. It is different now, and the matter of going to the countryside has been perfectly resolved.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"I am the second uncle of the courtyard and the leader of the courtyard."
"What did you tell my dad?"
"Oh, you scared me to death."
Zhou Wenzhong pointed in the direction of the courtyard door and said disdainfully: "Hurry up and sue me, ask the police to arrest me. If you don't go, you will be my grandson. If I hide, I will not be your grandfather."
"
"How did you talk to the second uncle?"
"If you like Liu Haizhong as your uncle so much, you should quickly take him to your house and offer him as a memorial, or put aside your grandfather's grave and put Liu Haizhong in it."
Without waiting for the actor to speak again, Zhou Wenzhong stood up and walked to him, poking his chest with his right thumb.
He loudly said to everyone in the yard: "I'm just going to stand here. If you don't accept it, come and beat me! Do you know how much money I have on my back? Do you know what no upper limit means? If something happens to me,
, you all have to be caught. This debt has to be borne by you.
Come on, come on, who was dissatisfied and angry just now? Stand a step forward. Let me see who is handing me the grizzly. Come on! Come on, give your grandma a leg, come and hit me! Don’t you have any tools?
My window sill is loose, please pull out the bricks! The bench is on the floor in the house, the door bar is also standing behind the door of my living room, and our kitchen knife is in the pot on the stove. Don't stand there stupidly.
If you're caught, hurry up and grab something to hit me with!"
All the residents looked at each other. Even if Zhou Wenzhong only stayed for one day, he would still be considered a prisoner in the reform-through-labor system, so no one dared to take a step forward.
Zhou Wenzhong stretched his neck and asked, "Don't you dare? I've found everything for you, so you don't dare to hit me?"
"Where's Lao Zhou? Zhou Deming, come out quickly!"
"What's the use of calling him? Don't forget that the original family separation agreement was signed by you, Liu Haizhong, as a witness."
Zhou Wenzhong shook his head and walked up to Liu Haizhong, stretched out his right index finger to poke Liu Haizhong's chest, and said word for word: "You are a dick."
After saying that, he took a step back and stood up, spread his hands as if he was being a bitch, shook his head and said with a smile: "Come and hit me! Don't you have three sons in your family? Come and hit me! Don't you dare, you coward? You are blind.
You have such a big belly. Hahaha..."
"Just wait for me! I'm going to the police station now to ask about the situation."
"Go ahead, I still said the same thing. If I hide, I won't be your grandfather."
"Wait!"
Liu Haizhong turned around and walked towards the gate, followed by some residents who liked to watch the excitement. The remaining people at the door of Zhou's house looked at each other, and some returned home. Some also ran out of the courtyard to watch the excitement.
Zhou Wenzhong walked to the door of the master bedroom, faced the cotton curtain and said inside: "What it was like when I left, it should be the same when I come back. I'll give you half an hour."
With laughter, Zhou Wenzhong opened the door of Yan Bugui's house.
"Hey! Third uncle...it's not right! I should call you Teacher Yan now...it's not right! I can't call you Teacher Yan now. Don't move, don't move, Uncle Yan hasn't rested so late? Don't get excited, lie down quickly. Lie down.
Have a good lie down."
"You came?"
Yan Bugui was wearing a cotton-padded jacket and a quilt, leaning on two pillows, looking at Zhou Wenzhong with a weak face.
"Well, after all, we both came from the same place, and there is always a friendship. I am the first one to come to your home. Do you think I am fastidious or not? Don't move, don't move! Just be down-to-earth.
Just lie down in the room. We still have a long time ahead. Let’s go. Remember to eat more good food to replenish your body.
By the way! I heard the comrades in the cell tell me that they miss you very much! And they always ask me where your home address is? They say they want to catch up with you after they get out. And it’s Yan.
Uncle, you are so cool and can make friends wherever you go. Now that you are gone, you can rest."
"Did you tell them our home address?"
"Take a guess."
Zhou Wenzhong opened the door curtain of Yan Bugui's house and breathed in the fresh air. The smell in Yan Bugui's bedroom just now was really unpleasant.
After passing through the hanging flower gate and entering the central courtyard, the Jia family's house was already completely dark, and no one in their family had come to join in the fun just now.
The lights in Shazhu's house are also turned off.
Yi Zhonghai's house was also dark, and the couple probably went to bed early.
Zhou Wenzhong didn't care about this and directly raised the cotton curtain and knocked on the door.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
There was a rapid banging on the door. Yi Zhonghai, who was sitting by the bed and smoking, said to his wife: "What is supposed to come will always come, and there is no way to avoid it. Go and open the door for him."
"Sigh... I think if it doesn't work, I'll give him some money to shut his mouth. I've heard other people talk about this, saying that the people who come out of it are a little abnormal."
"After you open the door, go and call the old lady over. I can't handle this alone."
"become."
The aunt turned on the light in the room, saw Yi Zhonghai nodding, sighed, and opened the door to the main room.