if you are still there

After Xiao Liangwen left the small town, he seldom contacted each other. He made a phone call every ten days and a half to report his safety, and the phone calls gradually decreased after that.

Ding Xu guessed that because of environmental problems, southern Xinjiang produces jade, but the conditions are relatively difficult, although he is worried that he can't do anything about it.I tried to ask Xiao Liangwen's address several times, but the other party didn't give everything, only knew that he was near the Almas jade mining area.

In addition to Xiao Liangwen becoming busy, Ding Xu also has many things to start preparing.

He was busy with his own exams. After the exams were over, the teacher in No. [-] Middle School specially arranged an exam for him after examining his results. It was on the second Sunday of the holiday.

During the review period of these two weeks, Mr. Ding fell ill. He had some old heart problems. He was hospitalized and an alarm was raised. He was playing chess with some old friends in the small courtyard that day, and his face changed suddenly and he passed out. But the old folks were taken aback.Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time, and his life was not in danger. Ding Xu brought the old man a change of clothes and his own textbooks without saying a word, and went to the hospital to accompany him to bed.

Old Ding loves him very much, and he is willing to do what he can to repay the old man.

It's just that this time, Mr. Ding was getting older, and he had other physical problems during his hospitalization. The doctor issued a critical illness notice, which made the whole family come.

Old Ding's two daughters were in the capital, and they rushed over in time, and their eyes were red when they arrived. The eldest daughter was taking care of the elderly in the ward, and the younger daughter went to the doctor and asked if they could be transferred to the capital, hoping to give the elderly better treatment.

My sister-in-law's eye circles were also red when she came back. She has always been strong, and if it wasn't for her father's poor health this time, she wouldn't be able to see her crying.She came in and took a look at the old man, saw that he was asleep, and whispered to the eldest sister: "...the doctor said that after a period of observation, he will be transferred to another hospital. Let's do a heart bypass. There is no other way... I will let Sun Mu's father first I went back, Doctor Tang who made an appointment for surgery at the General Hospital, hey..."

Sun Mu is her son, except that the children were not disturbed this time, all the adults from her and the eldest sister's family came.

Speaking of this, the sister-in-law suddenly frowned, and said with a bit of resentment: "Dad is like this, and the eldest brother will not come back to see! During the Chinese New Year, I didn't let Dad have a comfortable year. I said that Dad's illness may be caused by him. Angry..."

The aunt who was sitting next to Mr. Ding hurriedly interrupted her, and said, "Okay, stop talking, nothing can stop your mouth, so save Dad!"

"From the beginning, I was enough to make my family worry-free. The workplace took the exam by myself. I felt my conscience and said that I just didn't take advantage of our dad. Can't I say a few words?" Although the sister-in-law was angry, but He still lowered his voice, looked worriedly at the old man on the bed, and said, "With our father's body, it's fine if they don't come back from other places, and if they don't take care of it nearby, Dad said that he can't be in a better mood and live for two more years! "

The aunt frowned and said: "Bah, don't say such depressing words." The ward was a suite, and she saw Ding Xu sleeping in a down jacket in the small living room outside, and defended the eldest brother's family: "Besides, their family is not without Come on, Ding Xu has been taking care of our dad..."

The sister-in-law said a few words in a low voice, obviously not satisfied with such an answer.

When she came out of the ward, she glanced at the small living room outside. Ding Xu had already put on his clothes, and his hair was a little messy. His hair color was not dark, and it was scattered on his forehead without glasses. He looked like a young man, probably just woke up, still a little dazed, but he quickly tidied up his clothes, put on his glasses again, and returned to his previous appearance.

The sister-in-law glanced at him, stood by the sofa and said, "Ding Xu, give me the key to your grandfather's house, and I'll go back and get him something."

"What do you want?" Ding Xu put on the down jacket, and hurriedly said, "It's snowing and cold outside, I'll go get it."

The sister-in-law was a little impatient, and she just looked at him with no intention of leaving with her bag: "You have never seen the things your grandpa puts, and you don't know where to put them. Just give me the key, and I will Go back and get it yourself." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and asked for it.

Ding Xu doesn't like to deal with people, but it doesn't mean that he can't understand the meaning of other people's words. His sister-in-law said that, fundamentally, she didn't treat him as one of her own and was guarding against him.He took the bunch of keys out of his pocket and handed them to her, without mentioning what he said just now, he just said in a low voice: "The big one is the outer courtyard door, and the two inner ones are wooden doors."

"Okay, I see." The aunt took it and put it in the purse, then turned and left.

Ding Xu sat back on the small sofa and was silent for a while. He wanted to pick up the book and read it again, but he was so upset that he couldn't read it no matter what.He squinted for a while just now, maybe it was because the sofa was too soft, he was a bit of a nightmare, after finally waking up and encountering such a thing, he was really not in a good mood.

After reading a few sentences, I finally put the book down.

He leaned back on the sofa, looked at the ceiling, took a deep breath and then exhaled, but no matter what he couldn't let the depression in his heart escape.

The dream he had at noon was very bad, it seemed vaguely ominous, and he couldn't wait to wake up and escape from that dream.

He dreamed that he became like a child. At that time, his parents had just divided the house. In a very small house, there was a sofa about the size of the small living room in the ward.

He sat on the sofa, very prim.

Fruits and snacks were placed on the small table in front of him. He just glanced at it, and then he heard Ding Chenghua frowned and reprimanded him, "I just looked around when I first came here. Is it from your family? Do you dare to look at it?" !"

His face suddenly turned red, embarrassed, he quickly looked back and said, "No, I didn't mean it...I..."

Zhong Jie also came out from the small kitchen at the back, holding a plate of spicy shrimps in her hand, she glanced at him and said with a sneer, "Cheng Hua, don't be angry, he just hasn't been educated well, you wait for me to educate him well, I'm sure he will be well educated." Good reading is as good as you!"

He sat there in extreme embarrassment, as if what he did or said was wrong, the whole person was excluded and felt ashamed.He sat on the little sofa and squeezed his fingers hard, pinching himself, trying to wake himself up quickly, telling himself that this was just a dream...

After waking up, it was indeed a nightmare, but when my sister-in-law came to ask him to take away the keys to Old Ding's house, the depressive feeling came back.

He sat for a while, the phone vibrated twice before he realized it, and hurriedly took the phone to the corridor outside to answer the call. It was an unfamiliar number, but it was very likely that Xiao Liangwen called.As soon as he said "Hello", he heard gasping and puffing over there, and Xiao Liangwen's voice sounded like he had just finished running a few kilometers, and it was a little hoarse.

"Ding Xu, I may have to go back after a while. I have something to do here. I'm busy."

Ding Xu also guessed that he would say this, but he was a little worried about his current environment, and said, "How are you doing? What happened to you? Why did you delay your return? Are you still at the jade mine?"

Xiao Liangwen's side was very windy, and when he heard his phone beeping, he said vaguely, "Wait a minute", as if he had found a shelter from the wind, and then said: "It's something, don't worry, it's been dealt with Alright. I originally wanted to go back in these two days, but I met a person at the Jade Bazaar here..." Xiao Liangwen's voice was a little dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to really protest to that person, "I I met Major Pan Feng and the others, and he said he was on a mission and needed me to stay and cooperate with him."

Ding Xu was relieved when he heard Pan Feng's name. Pan Feng mentioned that he wanted Xiao Liangwen to enlist in the army when he was training at the base before. Maybe this is an opportunity.Ding Xu loosened his brows, and joked with him half-truthfully, "Tell Major Pan that it's fine for him to stay, but he has to pay the wages."

Xiao Liangwen also laughed and said, "Yes, he gave me his monthly allowance of three hundred."

Ding Xu taught him, "Don't listen to him, he heard Grandpa Sun say that his allowance is different from others, and that three hundred is the allowance for the rank of second lieutenant, and his allowance is definitely not so little." Feeling better, he directed Xiao Liangwen said, "Take more and eat yourself, don't starve."

Xiao Liangwen agreed earnestly, and said again: "Are you going to take the exam soon?"

Ding Xu said, "Well, the exam will be tomorrow afternoon."

There was a moment of silence on the phone, and he said regretfully, "I thought I could hurry back and watch you get good grades."

Ding Xu smiled and said, "I can still get good grades if you don't watch."

After chatting for a few words, he told Xiao Liangwen to take care of his body outside, and then hung up the phone.

Xiao Liangwen squatted on a dirt wall sheltered from the wind, still reminiscing, holding his mobile phone for a long time and not willing to put it down, Pan Feng kicked him and said: "Hey, I can't pull it out in my eyes. But satellite phones, military supplies, don’t think about any crooked ideas, it’s good to use them for you.”

Xiao Liangwen was almost kicked off the earthen wall by his foot. He steadied his body slightly, changed his posture and knelt on one knee on the narrow wall, and said expressionlessly, "I didn't intend to steal it."

Pan Feng brought the satellite phone over, put it in his pocket, and said with a sneer: "Don't think I don't know what you think, to tell you the truth, what you think is left over from my playing. It's okay to use a satellite phone." Ah, you will report to me in the future, and I will use it once a week, and the contacts are enough."

Xiao Liangwen said: "But you call every night, I have seen it."

Pan Feng has a thick skin and doesn't care about it at all, "I have a family, just like you, a bachelor recruit? Hah."

Xiao Liangwen looked at him, imitating his tone and said expressionlessly: "Heh."

Pan Feng: "..."

Pan Feng felt that he might have really taken a fancy to this soldier, otherwise he might have beaten Xiao Liangwen until he was honest with his previous violent temper. Quite a personality... There is no one else.He rubbed his chin, looked at the stupid soldier in front of him, and suddenly felt a little bit amused. Before, he said harshly, and when he saw Xiao Liangwen, he was detained into the army. He didn't expect to meet him in such a remote place in southern Xinjiang. When it arrives, it's his, so I didn't run away this time.

There are still flower buds on the trees in southern Xinjiang at the moment. The houses here are all built of loess, and there is a grape rack in the yard. Although the sun is very hot, the sky is high and the clouds are wide, and the scenery is still good.

Pan Feng took out another camera from his backpack and stuffed it into Xiao Liangwen's hands. He found a treetop with flowers and squatted down. The pink apricot blossoms, let Xiao Liangwen take a picture of him.

Pan Feng kept smiling, and his voice came from the root of the tooth: "Come on, you perform the first task first, take a picture of me. Take a good picture, remember to frame it."

Xiao Liangwen took two steps back, squatted on the wall to take pictures of him, and muttered softly, "What kind of mission is this?"

Pan Feng was sweating with a smile, gritted his teeth and said, "Stop fucking nonsense, just shoot as you please."

The corner of Xiao Liangwen's mouth twitched, and he took a few photos. Pan Feng happily put the camera away, and said, "It's done. When I get back to the city, I'll find a post office and send it back to my family."

He put the things away, bumped Xiao Liangwen with his shoulder, and said, "Have you thought about what I told you yesterday?"

Xiao Liangwen remained silent.

Pan Feng asked him to serve as a soldier at the base before, but he refused because he still had to fulfill his promise.Now that he didn't owe Scarface those people anything, Pan Feng hesitated to mention this matter again.

Eight years was too long, and he couldn't wait.He is different from Pan Feng. Pan Feng grew up in the army compound. He grew up in a place with three schools and nine schools. He grew up on his own, and he didn't have that strong sense of belonging to the army.

Pan Feng saw his embarrassed face, and made another suggestion: "Maybe you go to the management company under my unit?"

Xiao Liangwen was stunned for a moment, and said, "...a state-owned enterprise?"

"No, it's just affiliation. In the past, some units had more or less affiliated companies to engage in business activities, but then they were made into a mess..." Pan Feng reckoned that being stopped by the superiors would be a matter of the next year or two. , He rubbed his chin, and said with a sneer: "I have a few quotas in my hand, and how many people are staring at them. I haven't been able to find a suitable person to get them. It's not breaking the law, but I'm just walking around."

He took a look at Xiao Liangwen, and tentatively said, "Or did Bai Bin recruit you into his gang before?"

"No." Xiao Liangwen didn't understand the twists and turns of these people, and told the truth.After thinking about it, he asked Pan Feng again, "Where is it?"

Pan Feng said: "Province X."

Xiao Liangwen frowned, agreed after a little consideration, and tentatively offered his own price: "I want three cars, leave the port."

Pan Feng raised his eyebrows: "What did you do that broke the law?"

Xiao Liangwen didn't hide it from him, and said, "Just like you, I took the edge and got a batch of DVD players that were returned from export."

This item is a new item that is in short supply, and where there is no return, it is obvious that Xiao Liangwen got it through his own way.Pan Feng looked at him for a while, then smiled and said, "You have a good eye, where did you get the money from?"

Xiao Liangwen said: "Some time ago, I was betting on stones in Tengchong, and won a piece of jadeite, and took some capital to start a small business."

Pan Feng asked him the quantity, calculated in his mind, and said with a sneer: "This order is no longer a small business, remember to complete all the documents."

Xiao Liangwen knew that he agreed, and immediately said: "Okay."

The two of them glanced at each other, and they had a new understanding of each other's capabilities, especially Pan Feng. Xiao Liangwen's small electrical appliance was nothing to him, but Xiao Liangwen could get it. He really has some skills, he re-judged in his heart, and finally made up his mind to officially regard Xiao Liangwen as a partner.