Three or Two Things about Rebirth

"No shit, it's all my own fault, and I fell down on my own, so I admit it! If I stick my head out, I'll get a knife. If I keep my head down, I'll also get a knife. After eating the noodles, I'll go home and kowtow to my parents and admit my mistake! From now on, let them say whatever they want, I'll just live my life, and I must get better and better!... I can't control crickets behind my back, but I can't argue with them in front of them. I'll beat him to death!" Qin Huifang narrowed her eyes dangerously, as if there was someone standing in front of her who was gossiping about her.

"You scared me, so eat quickly."

After all, Qin Huifang had something on her mind, so she only ate half a bowl and couldn't eat anymore.

Zheng Wei quickly cleared the dishes and Qin Huifang took Qiu Luming's hand and said, "Come home with me."

"Okay, I'll see you off."

The three were putting on their coats when there was a knock on the door. Ma Mingjun and Lin Haiying came. Knowing that Qin Huifang was going home, Ma Mingjun immediately said, "Let's go. The car is downstairs."

The car was silent all the way until it arrived at the county party committee staff quarters. Qin Huifang had eaten all her pre-meal speeches with noodles and now she didn't dare to get off the car.

"Hurry up!" Qiu Luming urged her, "Is this something that can be avoided?"

Qin Huifang got out of the car, and Qiu Luming sent her to the second gate of the Qin family. Qin's father looked at his daughter in surprise, "Why did you come back by yourself? Where are your mother and Bingbing?"

"Dad!" Qin Huifang's legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground. Qiu Luming quickly turned around, closed the second door, and walked out of the Qin family.

After getting into the Santana, the four of them waited in the car for a while. Seeing that there was really no movement, they drove away.

Qiu Luming couldn't help but ask Ma Mingjun, "How are Lu Jiaming and Xu Zhenhua?"

"Don't mention it. I rushed to the Grain Hotel, and my wife was the only one there paying the bill. Yang Dawei and Fu Xinyang had already sent their wives home. When Lu Jiaming heard that the hotel was asking him for money, he said that his wound was getting infected and he had to go to the hospital immediately. You don't know how stingy he is! Xu Zhenhua also left a long time ago, and I don't know if he went to the hospital. I guess these two families are going to be in a rage by now."

Qiu Luming asked again, "What's wrong with Yang Dawei today? Xu Zhenhua hasn't contacted us for five years, why did he force people to come to dinner? If he hadn't been provoking Lu Jiaming all the time, this wouldn't have happened!"

Ma Mingjun sighed, "Haven't you heard that Li Lu is pregnant? It's probably because his parents forced him to get married. He didn't have enough fun and didn't want to get married, or he didn't want to marry Li Lu at all. His emotions are a little unstable. And Lao Lu has been mean recently and has irritated him several times. This petty guy saw Xu Zhenhua on the street and dragged him to the Grain Hotel to provoke Lao Lu. Alas, he probably didn't expect the result to be like this."

Qiu Luming felt that his analysis made sense, but Lin Haiying beside him had a different point of view. She suddenly said angrily, "You don't want to marry someone but you still get her pregnant. Isn't that a hooligan? Ma Mingjun, how can you have such a friend? You are not much better!"

"Stop it, you are wronging me! Don't you know what kind of person I am? When have I ever offended you?" Ma Mingjun was anxious, so he stopped the car on the side of the road and turned around to say, "Are you that thing now? What kind of pre-marital phobia? I swear to you, I don't know about others, but Lao Zheng, Lao Qiu and I are definitely decent people!"

"Humph!"

"Don't be like this, no one is perfect. If you keep nitpicking, how can you still have friends?"

Qiu Luming sighed, "What do you think Bingbing will do in the future?"

Everyone was silent.

Ma Mingjun started the car and drove towards Binjiang Road. "Although the economy has developed in recent years, people's moral standards have declined. There is a squad leader in our post office. He is 34 years old this year. He earns 700 to 800 yuan a month. He doesn't live a good life and goes to the dance hall at least three times a week! His wife couldn't control him and divorced him last week."

"Is it Cheng Yu?" Zheng Wei asked.

"It's him. The child is about to go to junior high school, and this happened! Do you know that in this small county where we live, not only are there mistresses, but there are also a lot of third parties, many of whom are government employees. It's not even the end of the year yet, but the number of divorces is already more than ten times higher than last year!"

Lin Haiying sighed, "In my memory, I have never seen many divorces since I was a child. Now, there are three divorces in our Agricultural Bank this year, and they were all married out of love!"

She suddenly said slowly, "Ma Mingjun, if marriage is so fragile, why do we still want to get married? We haven't registered yet, why don't we..."

"You're talking nonsense!" Ma Mingjun yelled, and stopped the car with a squeak. "Others are others, and I am me!"

"Oh, it's time to get off the car. I think I'd better walk home." Qiu Luming opened the car door and got out.

Zheng Wei also got out of the passenger seat and said, "Let me take you home."

"No, my dad's clinic is in front. I'll go there."

"I'll take you there. I can't take this car anyway."

Qiu Luming turned his head to see the couple still arguing, and said helplessly, "Then let's go."

In Jiayang in November, there was not much snow on the roads and no northwest wind. There was only some dirty snow around the roots of a few trees on the roadside.

The two walked slowly side by side. Zheng Wei suddenly said gloomily, "What happened today has had a huge impact on everyone."

"It's no wonder Haiying is nervous. Anyone would be uneasy. There's a saying that birds of a feather flock together. People will think that the seven of us are all like that. The Seven Weirdos of Jiayang are almost done for."

"It seemed like it happened overnight! When I found out the dance hall was opening, I was stunned. My mom held an emergency meeting for the four of us and didn't allow us to go dancing."

"We have no choice. We have caught up with this era. Free love became popular more than 10 years after the Republic of China. Many literati abandoned their arranged wives and married educated female college students. I don't know whether it is the sadness of the arranged wives or the sadness of the female college students... Many times, people blindly follow with their eyes closed, 'others have done it, so I will do it too'!"

"People have been isolated for too long, so they want to try out all the new things that are flooding in, no matter if they are good or bad."

Qiu Luming tilted his head and looked at Zheng Wei, "Aren't you curious? Have you ever been to a dance hall and tried it?"

Zheng Wei stopped and said seriously, "Of course I was curious, and I've been to the dance hall, but I've never done anything to let you down!" At this point, he suddenly realized what he had just said, and hurriedly coughed to cover it up, "I went there once and knew what was going on inside, and I never went there again."

Qiu Luming snorted and said nothing.

Before they knew it, they were at the entrance of the clinic. Qiu Luming waved to him and said, "I'm here. Thank you for sending me off."

When they entered the clinic, their father was taking the pulse of an old lady without even raising his eyelids. Qiu Luming knew that his father was always focused when treating patients, so he didn't disturb him and quietly walked to the window to look out.

Zheng Wei was still standing on the street, his head slightly tilted to the right, looking at the door of the clinic with frustration and confusion.

"You have both Qi and Yin deficiency, so you have palpitations and shortness of breath. Do you feel hot in your five parts at night, always want to touch something cool with your hands, want to eat watermelon and frozen pears, and wake up at one or two o'clock, sweating all over?"

"Yeah!"

"Don't be afraid, it's not a big deal. I'll prescribe three doses of medicine for you to drink first, and then I'll come back to check your pulse."

Qiu Luming turned around and saw his father writing a prescription quickly. The old lady stretched her neck to read it with a look of trust and relief.

Qiu Luming turned around and looked out the window again, only to find that Zheng Wei was gone.

She has always claimed that she values ​​spiritual connection the most, and appearance and family background are secondary. In fact, she knows herself well and she cares most about appearance.

For example, when she found that Zheng Wei looked a bit like Michael Miu, she started to pay attention to him.

Qiu Luming patted his forehead to make himself more awake. Suddenly, he heard the door of the clinic open and a tall man walked in.