innocent year

2008·Beijing

The policy of private cars traveling with odd and even numbers has been officially implemented since before the Olympic opening ceremony, which makes the third ring road unimpeded during the day.Xu Minghai sent Zheng Xiaojun to the gate of his community, and then released the handbrake to leave.

"Brother." Zheng Xiaojun called him from outside the car door.

Xu Minghai tapped the foot brake, turned his head and asked, "Huh?"

"It's okay, I just want to tell you," Zheng Xiaojun scratched his head, "Don't be so preoccupied all day long, I feel bad for you when I look at you. Let's think positively, right? Maybe...he will be alone tomorrow He jumped out. As the saying goes, people look for him thousands of times. Looking back suddenly, the man is in a dimly lit place."

Xu Minghai's heart felt sour, but he said with a smile: "Don't worry about your lord's business, go back and do your homework."

Zheng Xiaojun waved his hand and ran away.Seeing the young back of the other party, Xu Minghai couldn't help but sigh with emotion, the little brat is very good at comforting others.

Xu Minghai only met Zheng Xiaojun two years ago.Once he went to do some business, just in time for a little girl in his stall who had a stomachache.Xu Minghai hurriedly asked her to go back to rest.

"I'm leaving, what about Tan'er?" The little girl was very dedicated.

"Hey, can I stare at it for a while? It closes at 3 o'clock, and it's only a few hours away."

"You are a big boss, how inappropriate."

"Come on," Xu Minghai slammed people with a smile, "Your face is pale, take a taxi, and I will pay the fare."

The little girl thanked her handsome and warm-hearted boss, and left clutching her stomach.

It has been many years since I practiced Tan'er by myself.Xu Minghai looked at the piles of goods all around him, and remembered that on a rainy afternoon 12 years ago, someone stuck to his ear and asked him in a low voice if he knew how to use a condom.

Just when Xu Minghai lowered his head and immersed himself in the past, he suddenly heard someone ask: "Hey, boss. How do I get these jeans?"

How can there be a businessman who is about to close before running for approval?Xu Minghai didn't even bother to expose these spiritual wholesalers.He raised his head and directly quoted a retail price: "120."

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't talk about the price after hearing this, hehehe laughed for a long time before saying: "Boss, you are so handsome."

Xu Minghai: "..."

"Brother, you are completely my favorite, can we try it?"

Xu Minghai couldn't help but sigh that the society has really improved.When I was young, the word "homosexual" was more avoided than robbery and arson.But now, the half-grown child in front of him actually made such a request to a stranger openly?What is whose dish?Think this is a restaurant?

Xu Minghai raised his hand: "Get lost."

But at that time, Zheng Xiaojun, a post-90s generation who was only a sophomore in high school, not only didn't get out, but shamelessly entangled Boss Xu, a post-70s generation.

In fact, it is not impossible to avoid it at all.But the other party's fearless tenacity made Xu Minghai think of Guozi, and even Xiao Yezi who was still herding sheep in New Zealand.In other words, Zheng Xiaojun reminded Xu Minghai of their youthful years.

Just like the acacia tree opposite the alma mater, it can bloom snow-white flowers every year.There will never be a shortage of brave young men in this world who are desperate.But his fruit, from beginning to end, is that one.

Therefore, he simply regarded Zheng Xiaojun as a heartless and stupid younger brother.It's quite interesting to watch him go "hahaha" when he's in love, and "wow" when he's broken up.

Back home at night, Xu Minghai had dinner with his parents.Li Yandong and Xu Yong look old these years, but they are still in good health.

"Aunt Qian called today." Li Yandong added food to Xu Minghai. "She said that the district government plans to designate our Hutong as a 'cultural street'. The government will pay to restore it to what it was like in old Beijing during the Republic of China. Wait. Well, the original residents can move back to live. Those who don’t want to move back can also rent it out for others to do business.”

Xu Minghai was stunned for a moment: "Can we really move back?"

"I heard that it is possible," Li Yandong said, "but the timing is out of date. I reckon it will take at least another two or three years."

In other words, Xu Minghai had the most difficult time in the year that the courtyard was going to be demolished.For his 20 stalls, he owed a butt of foreign debts, and opened his eyes to find money all over the world.

But if this is the case, Xu Minghai just refused to agree to take the demolition money and slap his ass and leave.Xu Minghai was scared.He was afraid that if he left, the yard would be demolished, the alley would disappear, and Guozi would not be able to find a home when he came back.

Li Yandong knew what his son was thinking.So, this woman who had been looking forward to living in a high-rise building for half her life jumped onto the roof when the neighborhood committee came to mobilize the house to be vacated.Everyone was dumbfounded.

However, the neighbors in the alley thought that Xu's doing this was nothing more than extorting more money for demolition.Some people think it should be such a fuss, while others think it's unreasonable.

In the end, Aunt Qian from the neighborhood committee came and knelt down for Li Yandong, crying and saying that before she died, she wanted to spend a few days without emptying the urinal, and begged Xu Minghai's family to get it done.

In short, the scene at that time was very bloody and very sad.All living beings are mostly ordinary people with no power or power, who doesn't want to live a more comfortable life?Xu Minghai thought that their happiness should not be dragged down by their own selfishness.So in the end, the Xu family still signed the demolition agreement.

It's just that the developer lost the chain later, which was completely unexpected.The residents of Zhiyuan Hutong collectively appealed, and the lawsuit was won, but the houses were also demolished, and they could never go back.

Looking back on that period now, it was like the end of the world.Xu Minghai couldn't sleep all night and night, standing by the window of the rented house, he thought that he had to hold on to whatever he said, otherwise he would have no face to see Guozi when he came back.

Fortunately, Xu Minghai slowed down in the second year.

The name of the new building that was approved is getting more and more popular.Not only wholesalers from all over the world are flocking to it, but also students, office workers, foreign tourists, and even some celebrities regard this place as a "clothes shopping resort".Crowds are crowded every day, especially on weekends, like a war.

As a result, the booth fees in the building also began to soar in situ. Xu Minghai holds 20 stalls in his hands, like a hen that can only lay golden eggs. His peers are very jealous, and they all praise him for his vision.

Boss Xu's win can be described as thrilling.

Later, he bought a three-bedroom apartment near Xuanwumen, not far from Xidan. At the beginning of 2003, after the opening of "Zhenduo Mansion", we immediately bought Room 2 in Building 501.Xu Minghai just didn't know when he could really live in this house that he used as a wedding house.

"Son, son?" Li Yandong patted Xu Minghai's shoulder, "What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, it's okay, I was taken aback when I heard you mention the courtyard." Xu Minghai quickly put the rice in the bowl into his mouth, stood up and walked to the kitchen, "It's only two or three years, it will pass in a flash. Wait for the truth I'm the first one to move back when I'm done. I'm different from you, I like living in bungalows! How nice a bungalow is, it's warm in winter and cool in summer..."

The following words were obviously mixed with choking breath and became vague.Li Yandong knew that Xu Minghai was suffering again.

She sighed, turned to add vegetables to Xu Yong, and said in a low voice: "Your son, the donkey dung is smooth on the surface, but it's almost rotten in my heart. Sigh, I don't know where the fruit is. Tell me, can we wait until the day he comes back?"

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings," Xu Yong sipped Niulanshan lightly, "Wait, we are now... just taking advantage of the time?"

After Xu Minghai finished washing the dishes, he returned to his room, and picked up a copy of "Norwegian Forest" with a yellowed cover on the table.

I heard that what is popular now is either tomb robbery or palace fighting, but he is not interested in it.This book was left by Guo Guo, and the other party held on to it for a while and refused to let go.Xu Minghai only started to watch it recently, and he only felt that it was bland and slightly yellow.But after putting it down, I can't help thinking about it.

At this moment, when he leaned on the bed and read "Lost people are lost, and those who meet will meet again." Both his heart and the phone trembled at the same time.

Xu Minghai put down his book, took out his N78, and saw that it was a harassing MMS message from Zheng Xiaojun.

"Brother, this is the beautiful image I left in the first KFC in Beijing today, isn't it handsome?"

Xu Minghai is particularly incomprehensible to this kind of selfie behavior in public.He glanced at it and threw the phone aside, too lazy to hit the brat's self-esteem.

Afterwards, Xu Minghai, who had a salty dinner, went to the living room to drink water twice, went to the toilet, and was called by Xu Yong to kill the virus on the computer.During the whole process, he always felt that something was wrong.

A feeling that was too weird and vaguely familiar always enveloped Xu Minghai.Until he lay down on the bed again and grabbed the book, suddenly, a small beam of electricity exploded from his brain, and then leaked all the way to the tailbone.

He knew something was wrong!

Xu Minghai picked up the mobile phone that he had just dropped, and opened the MMS again.The hourglass-shaped icon turned and turned, and Xu Minghai got goosebumps all over during this gap.

The picture finally opened.Through Zheng Xiaojun's smiling face and scissorhands that filled the screen, Xu Minghai saw a blurry figure in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of KFC.

This shadow suddenly becomes larger on the 2.4-inch screen.Then, bit by bit, it filled his entire cavity.