"Senior, are you feeling better?" Carl and Weslin each carried a white plastic bag, opened the door and walked in.
Huang Xiaobei sat on the bed and nodded, "Much better, I just had a good sleep. Just..." Seeing Weslin take out the plasma from the plastic bag, Huang Xiaobei said curiously, "Hey,
Where did you get the plasma?"
Karl carried the plastic bag and walked to Andreev's bedside. He checked how Brother Maozi's hands were recovering and said, "I bought it from the hospital. By the way, we also bought some food. Senior, do you want to eat it?"
point?"
Huang Xiaobei rolled his eyes at him, "Whatever you want to buy, just take it. People here can't see us. Besides, the RMB will be revised after a few months. What's the use of giving you money now? It's better to go whoring for free!"
Karl shrugged awkwardly, "It's still a bit bad after all."
"By the way, um, I have to go out for a while. Just wait for me here. We will probably be able to go back in a few days." After he was almost mentally recovered, Huang Xiaobei was ready to go out and take a look. By the way,
Do something.
Seeing this, Karl stood up and said with some worry, "Senior, let's go with you. After all, there is something strange here. I'm afraid something will happen."
After Wei Silin finished feeding brother Mao Zi with plasma, he said, "Yes, Xiao Bei, let's go together, there will be someone to take care of us."
Huang Xiaobei thought for a moment, "Okay, let's come together."
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Standing downstairs among familiar yet unfamiliar residents, looking up at the old seven-story building, Huang Xiaobei's eyes were filled with nostalgia.
Pointing to the gray old building in front of him, Huang Xiaobei said with a smile, "See, this is where I lived when I was a child. I remember that my dad and I lived here for ten years before moving away. Look at that over there
There is no sandy area. When I was a kid, I played there with people every day. Oh my, what a childhood memory."
After saying that, Huang Xiaobei excitedly pointed to a few old men sitting next to the building playing chess not far away, "Hey, hey, have you seen those old men? Good guys, I remember when I was six or seven years old.
These old men got into a fight over playing chess, and the police were called."
"Hey, have you seen the aunt on the left who is coming back from shopping? Let me tell you, this aunt is very good at bargaining. For a fifty-cent green onion, she would have to pay for two heads of garlic from the hawker. It's a pity that she lost her mind in a few years.
The bleeding is gone, alas.”
Hearing this, Karl and Weslin couldn't help but raise their heads at the same time, thinking that Huang Xiaobei's unusual bargaining talent was learned from that aunt, right?
Seeing Huang Xiaobei excitedly pulling them to introduce the place where he lived in his childhood and the people he knew, Karl smiled and said, "Senior, you are back to see your father, right? In that case, we won't disturb you.
Senior Wesley and I are waiting for you downstairs."
Huang Xiaobei thought for a moment, then turned his head and patted Karl on the shoulder and said, "That's okay. The place at home is small so I won't entertain you. You and Lao Wei can go to the small sandy area to play in the sand. I'll pick you up later."
you."
Carl and Weslin rolled their eyes at the same time, thinking that we were three-year-olds...
"Okay, senior, then senior Weslin and I will go..." Before he finished speaking, Karl's expression suddenly froze because he found Huang Xiaobei in front of him, patting his shoulder, and his eyes suddenly froze.
The whole person stared blankly behind him, motionless.
Karl turned around and saw that not far behind him, a thin young man with black-rimmed glasses on his face was walking towards them with a sigh.
The young man looked very tired, with thick dark circles on his face. He was handsome, wearing a decent jacket, and carrying five taels of lean meat in his hand. The thin young man swayed from Huang Xiaobei
Several people walked past.
Huang Xiaobei followed the young man's figure with dull eyes and turned around. Looking at the man with eyes that were exactly the same as in his memory, but much younger, Huang Xiaobei's eyes gradually turned red.
Somehow, after so many years, he thought he had forgotten the appearance of that guy, but when he appeared in front of him again, many memories from his childhood also emerged.
Facing the back of the young man walking further and further away, Huang Xiaobei's eyes were extremely deep, and with moist eyes, he subconsciously opened his mouth, "Dad..."
"Huang Xiaozhi!" Suddenly, a very familiar shout sounded from behind Huang Xiaobei.
"Your grandma is so stupid! Make me wait easily!"
Hearing this voice, hearing this extremely familiar voice, Huang Xiaobei, Carl Weslin, and Huang Xiaobei's father turned around and looked over at the same time.
When they saw the source of the sound behind them, Huang Xiaobei and the other three uttered two words in unison.
"Holy shit!"
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Ma Laoliu, who was dressed in black bell-bottom pants, a small white suit, a gold chain hanging on his chest, a pair of sunglasses on his face, and long flowing hair, and two of his men, with ruthless expressions, came from Huang Xiaobei and the others.
He ran past him.
Compared with the ruthless, muscular and round-waisted Ma Liuzi more than ten years later, the current Ma Liuzi has a very standard figure, and he doesn't look as sinister as he will in the future. On the contrary, he still has the air of a street hooligan all over his body.
of arrogance.
The careless and hooligan-like Ma Laoliu looked nothing like the murderous gangster he would become in the future.
When she saw Master Ma Liu coming, Huang Xiaozhi was startled for a moment, and then hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "Hey, isn't this Master Liu? Oh, Master Liu, why are you here? Come on, come on, go upstairs and have a drink of water.
.”
Staring at the very familiar flattering smile on Huang Xiaobei's father's face, Carl and Weslin both turned to look at the stunned Huang Xiaobei beside them, thinking that they were a little suspicious before, but now it is confirmed that this person is definitely Huang
Xiaobei’s dad, nothing else, he looks so much like me!
Ma Liuye, who was in his twenties and in his youth, took the baseball bat in his hand, slapped Huang Xiaozhi on the head, and cursed, "How dare you let us sit in your doghouse? Hurry up,
Why hasn’t the money been sent this month? I’m telling you, I’ll take you to the sea to feed the fish if it’s late!”
Under the watchers of Huang Xiaobei and the other three people, Huang Xiaozhi suddenly showed a bitter look and said, "Sixth Master, Sixth Master, please bear with me. I won't pay my salary in five days. How can I give you the money then?"
Let’s clear the Hung Gang..."
"Hey hey hey! Who are you talking to? Who are you bastards who don't pay back the money they owe you?" Liu Ye cursed with his eyes widened.
Huang Xiaozhi quickly gave up and nodded with a smile, "Yes, yes, I made a mistake. Look at what I said, it's your Qinghong gang! Don't worry, I will definitely pay you back the money in five days, and the interest will still be
It’s a bit expensive, do you think it can be cheaper? It’s not easy for me either, Mr. Liu.”
Huang Xiaobei on the side thought that Mr. Liu was here to collect protection money from his father, and he was so angry that he wanted to rush up! But now when he heard it... Huang Xiaobei started to murmur in his heart, thinking about his father.
Could it be that he went to borrow a loan shark, right? Good guy, why did the scene where dad gave in just now look familiar? Have you seen it somewhere before?
"Is it not easy for you? Is it easy for you guys?" After saying this, Mr. Liu pointed at the lean meat in Huang Xiaozhi's hand, "Don't you have no money? You still buy meat when you don't have money? You kid didn't mean to play with us, did you?
?”
"Oh, Master Six, isn't it? Well, my son has his birthday today. I have to make some meat for him, don't you think? Oh, by the way, if you like it, you can take it. This meat is so good. That pig
I got plague, and I bought it for sixty cents... Ah sneeze!" As soon as he handed the pork to Mr. Liu, Huang Xiaozhi sneezed hard on it, wiped his nose, and
He said with a flattering face, "Come on, Mr. Liu, you can take it home and make soup to drink."
Looking at Huang Xiaozhi's despicable behavior, Mr. Liu turned green with anger, while Huang Xiaobei felt a little ashamed because he felt that the scene looked familiar... Weslin and Karl simply stood aside and bowed their heads.
Snickered.
Only Huang Xiaozhi still looked so mean. She raised the pork in front of Mr. Liu and said, "Master Liu, come home and make some soup for you. It tastes absolutely delicious!"
"Go away, grandma!" The angry Master Liu stepped up and kicked Huang Xiaozhi to the ground. He led the two people beside him to kick him hard twice more, and after smashing two baseball bats, he said:
He spat in anger and left. Before leaving, he didn't forget to curse, "If you don't send me the money next month, I will send you two to the sea to feed the fish!"
Huang Xiaozhi lay on the ground holding his head, motionless.
Finally, the debt-collecting loan shark left. Huang Xiaozhi, who was lying on the ground covering his face with his hands, calmly picked up the glasses that had fallen to the ground.
After blowing on the dirty glasses and putting them back on, Huang Xiaozhi carefully picked up the lean meat covered with dirt. While carefully patting the dust on the pork, Huang Xiaozhi stood up from the ground with a smile and said, "
Are you trying to steal something from me? Hehe, you are still young."
After saying that, Huang Xiaozhi also rubbed his sore back from being hit by a baseball bat, "Good guy, you are so cruel. My uncle, if I weren't afraid of beating you to death, I would have let you three lie down! Well!
, go home and cook for Dabei."
Hearing this, Karl and Weslin looked at Huang Xiaobei, whose eyes were red and swollen, with some confusion. They wanted to ask who Dabei was. Does the senior have an older brother?
However, seeing Huang Xiaobei's red eyes and clenched fists, both of them suppressed their words.
Just seeing his father being beaten, Huang Xiaobei had already rushed forward, but unfortunately, at that moment, his hand passed through Master Liu's body. Only then did he remember that he could not touch them at all.
He is not considered a person of this era at all.
Looking at the tired figure of his father walking into the residential building holding the meat, he thought about how when he was a child, he once asked him why he looked so embarrassed sometimes and there were a few bruises on his face? Huang Xiaobei
He gradually lowered his head.
Finally, watching his father disappear into the depths of the dark building, Huang Xiaobei lowered his head and wiped his tears.
"Okay, I've seen it, let's go."
After saying that, Huang Xiaobei lowered his head and gasped with sobs. No wonder he looked so dirty sometimes when he came home. He also told me that he accidentally fell on the way home... Well, I think.
When I got up, I seemed to be in elementary school by this time. No wonder he wanted to go out and borrow loan sharks from others...
Huang Xiaobei's eyes were downcast.
Slowly turning around, Huang Xiaobei smiled and said, "How about we go somewhere else? It was the late 1990s, so there should be a lot of interesting places."
Looking at the smile on Huang Xiaobei's face, Carl and Weslin looked at each other. Finally, Weislin reminded him in a low voice, "Xiaobei, today seems to be your birthday. Why don't you come up and sit down?"
"Well, I won't go, I won't go. It's not like I haven't celebrated my birthday. Let's go, let's go somewhere else to have fun."
"Senior, you have come this far. I hope you won't leave any regrets. After all, you may never have another chance in the future." Karl reached out and patted Huang Xiaobei's shoulder, "Senior Weslin and I are going somewhere else.
Look, we'll be waiting for you here in two hours."
After saying that, Carl and Weslin turned around and left at the same time, leaving Huang Xiaobei alone in the same place, staying silently.
After a long silence, Huang Xiaobei turned around and walked step by step into the dark building behind him.
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"Dad, are you back?" the child's voice sounded in surprise.
"Hey, Dabei, Dad is back, look what is this? Dad will make fish-flavored shredded pork for Dabei today, and then he will make a bowl of longevity noodles. Let us have a good meal today!"
Standing in the small room, Huang Xiaobei smiled and looked at the two figures sitting in front of the dining table, one senior and one enjoying a snack.
Watching his father happily cooking in the kitchen, watching his childhood self holding the dishes and chopsticks obediently, sitting at the dining table waiting expectantly. As he watched, Huang Xiaobei wiped away the heavy smoke from the kitchen.
Tears burst out of her eyes, "Actually, the food you cook is really not that good. If I have the chance, I really want you to try my cooking."
Sitting at the dining table, Huang Xiaobei watched his father pick up food for him, and watched himself as a child holding a noodle bowl and eating. Huang Xiaobei watched, and watched quietly, for a long time.