That night, Jiang Xueming and Xiao Qi explained for a long time that they wanted to explain clearly what happened on this trip to their sister.
Jiang Bailu half understood what he was saying, her body language was very rich, her left hand and right hand moved in slow motion.
My sister looked very confused.
"In other words, I have a strange disease, and I have to go to a city more than 10,000 meters underground to find a potion. Then, brother, you go to have a good deal with a big cat, and take a train with an orangutan..."
"It's not a gorilla..." Jiang Xueming explained: "That person's name is Bu Liuxing."
"Oh oh oh! When you talk about this guy, it's like he entered a zoo. They are full of animalistic adjectives." Jiang Bailu slapped his head: "That is to say, you went to an alien planet with this brother A Xing.
It’s human territory. I pointed at an alien widow and took a photo. This brother Ah Xing even slept with that widow.”
Xiao Qi smiled so hard that the corners of her mouth split, "This sister-in-law is a bit interesting..."
"It seems..." Jiang Xueming covered his forehead: "That's what happened."
"What's next! Brother, you just came back with the potion." Jiang Bailu pointed at Xiao Qi: "You came back with this sister and a lot of money."
Xiaoqi: "Yes."
Jiang Xueming: "That's it."
"Then you told me that we are in a special situation now and may be in danger." Bai Lu, like an old scholar, clarified everything: "For example, the bad guys in the underground station may come to attack us.
..”
Xiaoqi cheered: "She finally understands."
Jiang Xueming high-fived Brother Qi, "Yes, she understands."
"But..." Bai Lu shrugged helplessly, with a blank expression, "This is too nonsense, the first half is just like the fairy tales I read when I was a child."
She pointed at Jiang Xueming: "If you weren't my brother, sooner or later I would have doubted whether I was on the set of "The Truman Show."
She pointed at Xiaoqi again: "If I hadn't recovered from my illness and you two really spent so much money at once, it would be hard for me to believe what you said."
Xiao Qi discussed with Xueming in a low voice: "Did you teach her to be so thoughtful?"
Xueming looked pleased: "It's always a good thing to think more."
"I figured it out, awesome! Brother!" Jiang Bailu thought about it thoroughly, and stood up from the bench, looking very energetic: "You are so capable. I will tell my classmates about this.
, one of her or me must enter a psychiatrist."
After recovering from the illness, Bai Lu no longer looked as weak and weak as before, but was full of vitality.
"There are bad people coming to harm us, but I won't be afraid!" She put on Ultraman's fighting posture to deal with little monsters, "Brother! Bravery can defeat evil! Where are we going to eat and drink now...
.Oh no, punish rape and eliminate evil?!"
Xiao Qi discussed with Xueming in a low voice: "This line?"
Xueming: "Is it earthy enough?"
Xiaoqi: "That's enough, that's enough... Where did she learn this?"
Xueming: "Self-taught without a teacher."
Xiaoqi: "The matter has been explained clearly. What should we do next?"
Xueming: "Take her back with you. Originally, I wanted her to continue going to school, but now that you've talked to me about the armadillo hunter, I'm worried."
Xiaoqi's eyes were empty and her speech was unclear: "Actually, it's not that serious... To be honest, these guys have some moral integrity. If they go out to mess around, it won't bring harm to their families."
"Were you thinking just now..." Jiang Xueming approached Xiao Qi, his eyes extremely aggressive: "As long as Bai Lu is left here, it will be a private holiday trip for the two of us?"
"No..." Xiao Qi denied.
"And...how can you look at the problem from the perspective of an armadillo hunter? Your attitude makes me very uneasy. If I were a hunter, I would have to deal with a new face like Jiang Xueming who just came to the station. He has no one around him.
He is a gangster and has a helpless sister. This kind of person falls into my eyes..."
Jiang Xueming's eyes became terrifying and he completely entered the character.
"For example, during working hours, the water supply in an office building with more than 50 floors suddenly stopped, and it happened to be my turn to go to the public toilet and grab the first pit. I will never give up this kind of prey easily."
Xiao Qi was stunned.
"What a wonderful metaphor...my brain is shaking just thinking about it..."
...
...
July 7th.
They boarded the plane home.
Brother Qi completed the real-name registration and boarding procedures for the brother and sister.
To be honest, Xiao Qi doesn't understand Mr. Xueming's behavior.
"If you are so worried about the safety of yourself and your sister, you should immediately take her back to the station to live..."
"No." Jiang Xueming interrupted: "This debt of flesh and blood must be settled."
Xiaoqi was puzzled: "Why?"
"According to my mother, she gave birth to Bailu when she was fifty-six years old." Jiang Xueming explained: "My father is almost eighty years old this year, and my mother is also seventy-four."
"The two elders live a long life..." Xiao Qi sighed, but felt that there was something wrong with it, "No, you are not much older than Bai Lu. Could it be that..."
Jiang Xueming's expression was cold and his tone was as usual: "Are you speculating on the possibility that Bai Lu was abducted?"
Xiao Qi nodded, that was indeed what she thought.
A fifty-six-year-old mother is forced to give birth in a place with slightly worse medical conditions. This is a high-risk situation in which one of the children and the mother must go.
And she was still thinking about whether Jiang Xueming was also a child bought by this family.
After all, Mr. Xueming had said before that this family used Bailu as a commodity in exchange for betrothal gifts, much like buying a baby girl and raising it in exchange for money.
They didn't have a good attitude toward their son, so they sent Xueming to a battery factory when he was seventeen.
Where is the battery factory?
Lead and mercury pollution combined with radiation from electrical equipment create a working environment where ordinary people will have to retire in thirty years. Giving birth to a deformed child is considered a minimum guarantee. If the body is not sterilized, smoke will be emitted from the ancestor's grave.
Is that the attitude towards their biological son? Is it the couple’s true feelings about having a son after all? They didn’t even think about letting Xueming continue the family line, right?
It sounds like sending your son to a place recommended by an acquaintance to earn money to support the family, and it is considered free labor.
"I don't want to complicate simple things." Jiang Xueming said frankly: "I can figure out where Bai Lu and I were born, where we grew up, and who raised us - it's not a difficult thing."
"Oh oh oh, I understand. As you said, even bullies are easier to deal with than this one." Xiao Qi said with a smile: "This makes me feel at ease."
"The current price of this flesh-and-blood debt is 88,000 in gift money, as well as the compulsory education tuition and living expenses for my sister and me." Xueming did the calculation: "No matter how you calculate it, including inflation, it will not exceed Three hundred thousand."
"It cost so much to raise you two? Is it so cheap?" Xiao Qi was astonished.
Xueming nodded, and said, "I have a good memory. From the time we were born to four years ago, they spent a total of more than 35,000 yuan on Bai Lu and me.
Both parents are illiterate and have not invested any money in education.
They have been cooking for six years and basically don’t make breakfast. The lunch and dinner meals are even worse than the school cafeteria.”
Xiao Qi suddenly felt that the man in front of her was very cold-blooded: "Have you calculated everything clearly?"
"Yes, when I get home, I will prepare to settle this account." Xueming's expression did not change at all, as if he was discussing a business: "Do you think... I am a bit unreasonable? Already?"
"No, no..." Xiao Qi muttered: "I just think... you have torn your face, I'm afraid it will be very unpleasant."
"Again, I hate complicating simple things." Jiang Xueming squinted out the window as the plane began to taxi: "Do you think there is any unclear family relationship between us two siblings and our parents? ?”
Xiao Qi was suddenly stunned.
She looked at Jiang Xueming - just staring blankly, all the mysteries in her heart seemed to be solved at this moment.
Why is this guy so strange and cautious, like a lone wolf living in the steel jungle of modern cities?
These questions seem to have been answered.
"I want to handle this matter cleanly and beautifully." Jiang Xueming squeezed the account book and pen in his hand: "I don't want to leave any tail behind. I don't know if they are my biological parents. To me, this matter is not important. Importantly, that's the police officer's job, not mine.
——I don’t want to see a photo of me and Bai Lu looking like prisoners on a certain telephone pole. I don’t know how to explain to Bai Lu whether we have committed some serious crime.
——I don’t want the Public Security Bureau to call me every now and then after I go back, and my work and life will become a mess because of these calls.
——I don’t want them to become more cunning and ruthless, learn how to surf the Internet in their old age, cry, make trouble, and hang themselves in front of the crowds of netizens and reporters. They have to find out what happened many years ago. ] but [ran away from home without permission], I never want to use any pure malice to judge people's hearts.
——Brother Qi, you also said that the most taboo thing for passengers in the underground world is to be found by hunters. So my top priority now is to deal with this debt. It is like a bomb without a timer. When it When it explodes, hunters can look up my name on Baidu and find me."
Xiao Qi nodded cautiously: "You are right...it is indeed difficult."
Jiang Xueming said worriedly: "I am sure that if my parents see my bank balance now, they will definitely offer a very outrageous price. The short essay on the Internet can get hundreds of millions of hits. Those armadillo hunters on the first day I competed intensively on Weibo, read the headlines the next morning, read the official WeChat account again at noon, and even saw my name on Zhihu when I went to the bathroom before going to bed.
By then none of us can run away. So, for this matter, I predicted a few tricks in my mind. Why don't you practice them with me first?"
Xiao Qi became interested: "Elaborate."
"Suppose you are the factory girl I found from another remote village." Jiang Xueming described.
Xiaoqi immediately started to perform, took out her mobile phone, and her tone became abstract: "Today I will show my men to my sisters! Ouch! Isn't this Jiang Xueming!~ Haven't seen him acting like this in a few days?"
Brother Qi changed the topic and said to Jiang Xueming: "Then you go to the beauty page and flip your hair to the camera to show off your appearance. How about it? I have already thought about the script of this short video. Is it tacky enough?"
"Wait a minute, wait a minute...it smells too strong." Xueming continued, "Go on - you and I don't have much money, but you still have parents to take care of you at home. Go to the bank to get a loan for the house and give it to both of us.
I started a business selling fake shoes, and ended up owing millions. I finally made it home, and my sister was arrested while packing and shipping in the warehouse. She will be in jail crying behind bars."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Bailu started singing in the next seat.
"Iron doors~iron windows~iron chains!~"
"Hands on the iron window, I look outside~"
Xueming gave a thumbs up to her sister and said to Xiao Qi: "After all this trouble, we got some cash and planned to use it to honor our parents-in-law and support them in their old age - after they received the money, they will definitely let us immediately
Get out of here, this is the end of the matter. I don’t think there will be a single phone call in the future, just pretend that I am no longer a son. They have a secure pension, we can live in peace and contentment, and everyone is happy."
Xiao Qi pouted and said dissatisfied: "My life experience sounds too damn miserable."
"How about we go to an art school in the province or city to find an actress and let her play opposite me? You can play a debt collector next to me?" Jiang Xueming suggested.
The plane left the ground and shot into the sky.
"That won't work. I want to play the role of a debt collector. If you don't come back, you'll have to pay with your body a long time ago. And ah——"