Out of place

After calling Cheng Boyan, Xiang Xi got into the car, and Brother Wang looked at the time: "Now the neighborhood committee is off work, shall we go have something to eat first? Go in the afternoon?"

"Well," Xiang Xi thought for a while, "I'll take you to find a cleaner place, this area... I'm familiar with it."

"Then show me the way." Brother Wang smiled.

After the car drove out, Xiang Xi didn't give directions, and looked out of the car window silently. After a while, he said softly: "Why don't we drive around first?"

"No problem." Brother Wang said immediately.

Zhaojiayao's territory is not small, and the police station is located on the edge of the dilapidated area. Brother Wang didn't ask him how to get around, and slowly drove the car inside.

Zhaojiayao under the strong sunlight during the day still looks lifeless, but the dense wires that look like bushes growing in the air can be seen clearly.

The road is very narrow, and most of it can only pass two cars. The potholes on the ground cast shadows in the sun, and at a glance, it is all black, big and small.

It was the first time for Xiang Xi to pass these roads and potholes in a car. The car bumped from time to time, and he almost bit his tongue several times.

"I never noticed that the road is so dilapidated before." He looked at the small shops and snack bars on the side of the road, and occasionally saw one or two bosses who were as depressed as the door faces.

"No one is in charge here. I don't know when this film will be developed." Said Brother Liu who was sitting in the back.

"Which developer can take this piece of land, every one of them wants to eat enough money for the next eight lifetimes." Brother Wang looked out the window, "Xiaoxiang, did you grow up here?"

"Well," Xiang Xi nodded, and smiled after thinking about it, "This is my territory."

When the car arrived at the son in Dawalikou, Xiang Xi asked Brother Wang to stop the car: "I'll go in and have a look."

The three of Brother Wang also got out of the car and made a stop at the intersection.

Xiang Xi wanted to laugh a little. I didn't know what the trio were doing before. Looking at Song Yi's attitude, I guess they were all mixed up before, but compared to Zhao Jiayao, they are more awesome. some.

When Xiang Xi walked in, he had the feeling that he brought his awesome little brother back to show off.

There is no change in Dawali, it is still dirty and messy in appearance, dirty and messy in the inside, and even the chickens raised are no different from the previous ones.

"Xiao Zhan?" Xiang Xi heard the fake blind man's voice when passing by an open door.

He turned his head: "Master, it's me."

"Why are you back?" The fake blind man came out of the house, and he still forgot to grab the blind man's glasses and put them on when he stepped out the door, "Why are you back!"

"Look," Xiang Xi said, "I'm passing by."

The fake blind man poked his head over to the intersection, and saw the trio looking at them with their arms folded. He shrank his neck: "Are you looking for revenge?"

"Who is looking for revenge?" Xiang Xi walked forward slowly, "I have no revenge here."

"Your Uncle Ping ran away, and so did Er Pan," the false blind man followed behind him, "Mantou also ran away...why are you still hanging by your arms?"

"When the arm is tired, it hangs," Xiang Xi said, and asked again, "Who lives there now?"

"No one lives, no one cares, they are all empty," said the fake blind man, "Xiao Zhan, you look different."

"Where's Li Hui?" Xiang Xi ignored him.

"I ran away too, with her mother, on the night of the fire," the fake blind man pushed his glasses, "If it didn't happen, I would have been killed."

Xiang Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and looked up at the roof of Erpanwu. The place where Li Hui was kicked down was now empty, and the potted flowers on the edge of the roof were all dead, with yellow leaves and Branches hang down.

"It's nothing good to run away," the fake blind man said to himself, "it's just to follow her mother and find another home..."

The small blue sign on the wall on the first floor of Uncle Ping’s small building is still there, saying No. 17 in Dawali. The curtains on the window were drawn, and you could see inside, but Xiang Xi didn’t look in.

He turned around and looked at the fence opposite No. 17, and saw the cat by accident.

She seemed to be pregnant, she had gained a lot of weight, and she slumped lazily on the top of the wall, half-squinting her eyes and looking at him in the sunlight.

He couldn't help hooking the corners of his mouth, and let out a meow.

The cat's eyes opened a little bit, but they were quickly closed again, looking too lazy to talk to people.

Xiang Xi stared at it for a while, the sun was too strong, he rubbed his eyes: "I'm leaving."

"Leave now?" said the fake blind man, a little strangely, "what are you doing here?"

"Just take a look." Xiang Xi walked out without looking back.

"What's there to see, a group of people who are about to die," the false blind man did not follow, and stood still, "A group of blind people, what's the point of seeing it."

"Sense of superiority," Xiang Xi said, "I will show off my sense of superiority."

"Will you come again?" asked the fake blind man.

"No more," Xiang Xi waved his hand, "Master, take care."

Xiang Xi walked out of Dawali without looking back, and got into the car waiting at the intersection.

"Let's go, let's eat," Xiang Xi said, "I'll treat you to this meal."

"Farewell, there's no need for a kid like you to treat us as guests," Brother Liu smiled, "Let Song Yi know that we can't squeeze us."

"I still want to invite him to dinner," Xiang Xi smiled, "It's okay to invite you to eat here, as long as you don't mind it, Zhaojiayao Restaurant is the best restaurant here, so go there."

"Great Hotel?" Brother Wang looked around strangely, "Didn't see anything related to the Grand Hotel along the way."

"Turn right ahead, you'll know when you get there." Xiang Xi said with a smile.

The original name of Zhaojiayao Hotel is Laosi Hot Pot Restaurant, [-] square meters, one floor, except for the beer boxes and various sundries piled up in the freezer in the store, it can hold seven or eight tables.

He and Mantou often come here to eat, a small hot pot is 15 yuan, including the free vegetables, tofu, and rice, they can eat for [-] yuan each.

The boss still knew him, so he was quite surprised to see him: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Xiao Zhan."

"Well, I'm on a business trip." Xiang Xi said.

"Where's your little brother?" The boss brought a pot of tea to their table, "I haven't seen him since."

"Go home." Xiang Xi said.

"Going home? It's good," the boss said, "It's good to go home. There's nothing like home."

Although the weather is already cold now, Xiang Xi was still sweating after eating two small hot pots. When he went out, he sneezed when the wind picked up his head: "It's cool!"

He looked at the time, and it was almost there. Although Officer Li gave him the address, he still had to look for the specific location of the neighborhood committee.

If you want to ask where are the black Internet cafes, black game rooms, and small casinos in Zhaojiayao, Xiang Ximener is clear, but he doesn't know any of these formal places. First, the sense of existence is low, and second, these places Even if he saw it, it would be as if he hadn't seen it. What kind of people live what kind of life and what kind of things they come into contact with.

Neighborhood committees belong to the residents.

Now he has to become a resident with a registered permanent residence and an ID card before he thinks of looking for it.

The Neighborhood Committee is located in an old house, and it is the cleanest and tidy place in this area. There is a sign at the door on the first floor, so it is not difficult to find.

There are only three women in the neighborhood committee office, two younger clerks, and one older director aunt.

"You are Liang Chuanping's child," when the director aunt said the name, the other two younger ones looked up and looked towards Xiang Xi, "I know, you sit down first."

Uncle Ping was already well-known here, and now that he is on the run for being involved in drugs, he has become famous all at once.

The director took out a notebook and began to inquire about Xiang Xi's situation in detail: "When he brought you back, our neighborhood committee should have asked about it. I checked and there was a record, but I hadn't been here yet, so Still need to find out more.”

The director said that he understood, besides asking and checking the previous records, he had to take Xiang Xi back to Dawali to ask the old residents for questioning.

Xiang Xi was stunned for a moment, then reluctantly followed her and stood up: "I have to go too?"

"Of course," the director said, "the police station told me about you, but it's not a trivial matter after all, and we still need to understand it clearly. Originally, it took me two or three days to understand the situation before I could issue this certificate. After all, what materials do you have?" None, now we have a policy on homeless and kidnapped people, we will get you a certificate as soon as possible..."

Xiang Xi reluctantly agreed, and just told the fake blind man that he would not go back, turned around and came back within two hours.

The director was quite agile, and asked a few neighbors directly, and it was the first time that Xiang Xi heard circumstantial evidence about his life experience.

It was brought back.

No one knows where it came from.

When it was brought back, it was very small, a little fluffy, a few months at most.

I really can't remember the exact year, but it must have been winter, and I was wrapped in a thick quilt.

When he came back he was always sick, Liang Chuanping almost wanted to throw it away again.

Liang Chuanping always said that he picked it up.

……

The director stamped the printed certificate and handed it to him, and the younger clerk next to him took out a camera: "Can I take a photo?"

"Why?" Xiang Xi turned to look at her.

"This can be regarded as the result of our work. It is more meaningful. Let's record it," the clerk said. "I won't take pictures of your face, and I won't publish your name, is that okay?"

Xiang Xi thought for a while: "Slap the back of your head."

The clerk walked behind him and took a photo of the director holding the certificate with him.

"Young man," the director patted him on the shoulder, "I wish you success in your work and life in the future."

"Thank you." Xiang Xi looked at the certificate in his hand, the bright red stamp on it was very dazzling.

This is the first time he has seen such a red badge on something about himself, it feels quite miraculous, and the intense excitement that will soon become a real ordinary person fills his body.

He couldn't express this feeling, no one probably knew his mood these past few days, anticipation, excitement, uneasiness, how much he wanted to yell, how much he wanted to yell.

No, there are still people who can understand him.

Cheng Boyan.

Only Cheng Boyan can understand his mood, only Cheng Boyan knows what these certificates, these red badges, these thin pieces of paper and forms mean to him.

Cheng Boyan hadn't arrived when he got home, Xiang Xi changed clothes and sat on the sofa, arranged the materials and forms page by page on the coffee table, then sat upright, looking at the paper on the coffee table.

He didn't move until Cheng Boyan entered the door.

He jumped up from the sofa when he heard the sound of the door opening, jumped to the door, pointed at the paper on the coffee table and called Boyan: "Look!"

"Ouch," Cheng Boyan was reaching out to press the disinfectant, when he shouted, a lump of disinfectant was squeezed on the shoe cabinet, "What are you looking at?"

"Look! Here! These!" Xiang Xi jumped back to the coffee table, "This is my proof! My materials! Xiang Xi's! Something that proves that there is a person like me! Did you see the chapter? The red one! "

Cheng Boyan didn't check the disinfectant on the shoe cabinet, and didn't take off his shoes. He walked directly to the coffee table and looked down at the certificates on it.

"Is it ready?" he asked.

"The main thing is to ask for the certificate from the neighborhood committee," Xiang Xi reached out and tapped the certificate twice, "That's all, the other is the form, I have to hand it in after filling it out, I have to go tomorrow, I'll just wait after handing in all these things Yes, they gave me my household registration in the orphanage, so that I can use this household registration to apply for an ID card. Officer Li will take me to get blood tomorrow, saying that if my parents also collect samples, they will be able to match... "

Xiang Xi spoke quickly and was very emotional. Cheng Boyan was afraid that he would bite his tongue, so he quickly pulled him into his arms and patted him on the back: "Speak slowly, speak slowly, I don't even have time to listen gone."

"I'm done," Xiang Xi immediately leaned on him and smiled, "I think my business has gone very smoothly, but I thought that I might be dragged back and forth, and I would have to run back and forth many times to get it done." Got a chapter."

"It's pretty quick to do things now, and you are in a special situation, maybe you will do something special?" Cheng Boyan rubbed his back, feeling that his mood had eased, and then he let go. He went back to the door and rubbed his hands He said, "Go and change clothes."

"Huh?" Xiang Xi pulled his clothes, "I just changed, and I just changed when I entered the door."

"I touched you and rubbed you all over," Cheng Boyan said, "Go change it."

"Isn't it? You need to change your clothes after touching it?" Xiang Xi felt that Cheng Boyan's symptoms of cleanliness seemed to have worsened, "Did you touch shit?"

"...didn't touch shit," Cheng Boyan glanced at him, hesitated for a moment before saying, "I came to the emergency room today, he was drunk and got into a car accident, and his bones were broken. I'm checking it out. Spit my hand... my hand I was still thinking about removing the stitches tomorrow, so after a long day of tossing and sterilizing, I immediately removed them."

Xiang Xi looked at him and frowned: "It's disgusting."

"Well, you have to ask," Cheng Boyan changed his shoes, "I'll take a shower first, and I'll take a closer look at those forms later."

"You have to fill it out for me," Xiang Xi said, "I'm not good at handwriting, and this thing, I want to write it more beautifully, after all, the meaning is different."

Cheng Boyan smiled: "I didn't want you to write it yourself. If you write it, I have to write it first and let you copy it."

While Cheng Boyan was taking a shower, Xiang Xi went to change his clothes, and wiped clean the areas on the floor where he had just stepped on with his shoes. In fact, it was not obvious that they had been stepped on after stepping on them, but Xiang Xi still wiped them according to Cheng Boyan's standards. up.

If this goes on like this, it is estimated that he will be trained as a cleanliness addict.

After tidying up, he sat back on the sofa and looked back and forth at the forms and certificates. After a long time, he suddenly remembered something, jumped up and ran to the bathroom door and knocked on the door: "Did you remove the stitches?"

"I thought you would remember to ask tomorrow." Cheng Boyan laughed inside, "It's demolished."

"Is there a scar?" Xiang Xi asked, "Let me see."

"Of course there is a scar now," Cheng Boyan opened the door, stretched out his hand and pointed his palm at him, "Look."

"...It's ugly," Xiang Xi looked at the scar on Cheng Boyan's palm, feeling distressed. Cheng Boyan's hand is pretty, and now he has this scar, and he feels very uncomfortable, "What if there are scars in the future?"

"If there is one, let it be," Cheng Boyan said indifferently, "It's better to leave a bigger scar."

"Why, are you sick?" Xiang Xi stared at him.

"Massage you with this hand." Cheng Boyan said while washing his hair.

Xiang Xi opened his mouth but didn't say anything, and closed the bathroom door directly.

When the old rascal uttered such words, he didn't even change his tone of voice, as if he was talking about what to eat for a while, all in one go.

There is no cure.

When Cheng Boyan came out of the shower, Xiang Xi had already placed the form and pen to be filled in the middle of the coffee table, and there was a sample beside it.

"Fill it quickly." Seeing him come out, Xiang Xi stood up and let the sofa out.

"I went to write in the room. The coffee table is so low that I feel uncomfortable." Cheng Boyan took things into the bedroom, sat down at the small table, and turned on the lamp.

"What do you want to eat?" Xiang Xi dragged a small pier and sat opposite him, "I'll make it for you, fried fish? Mixed beans?"

"No." Cheng Boyan glanced at him, "Should we eat according to Hu Hai's recipe in the future?"

"No, I just learned these two things." Xiang Xi smiled, "Then what do you want to eat?"

"I'll take you out to eat later," Cheng Boyan picked up a smile, "I can't afford it if I can't make it..."

Xiang Xi laughed for a long time, then rested his chin on the edge of the table: "Then you write, I'll watch."

Cheng Boyan began to discuss with him what to fill in the contents of the sample, first name, last name, place of birth, place of origin, current residence, basic information...

Xiang Xi stared at Cheng Boyan's pen tip. Cheng Boyan's handwriting was beautiful, but usually he wrote very sloppy. He only wrote one stroke at a time when he was writing a message for him. Now he wrote very neatly.

Xiang Xi looked at the filled forms, feeling as if his life had been rewritten little by little, leaving the correct page.

"I'm so excited," he whispered. "You know how I feel, don't you?"

"Yes, I'm also very excited," Cheng Boyan said, "I'm afraid I will tremble when I write."

"What are you excited about?" Xiang Xi laughed.

"If you have an ID card, I can take you out to play, maybe you can get married someday," Cheng Boyan said, "It's a pity that you can't be counted as a father and son with me, you can only wait until you get married."

Xiang Xi smirked for a long time with his chin on the table, not knowing what he was laughing at.

After filling out all the forms and checking twice for omissions and mistakes, more than an hour has passed, and Cheng Boyan stretched himself: "Hey——I'm not so serious about writing papers."

"Let's go eat, I'm hungry." Xiang Xi put all the things to be handed in tomorrow into a folder, and after thinking about it, he put the folder on the table under the pillow.

"What do you want to eat?" Cheng Boyan looked at his movements and wanted to laugh a little. He reached out and scratched his head, "Steak? Didn't you want to eat last time? Let's take you to eat today."

"Don't be angry?" Xiang Xi looked at him, "You can't take me, who is still hanging on the board, to eat something that requires two hands when you have your hands."

"I'll cut it for you," Cheng Boyan smiled and hugged him and kissed him, "I'll feed you."

Cheng Boyan took him to a small western restaurant in the corner by the lake, not too many people, very quiet.

Xiang Xi felt that this place was quite suitable for feeding. Imagine that he was sitting with one arm hanging, just opened his mouth, and Cheng Boyan was cutting food to feed him on the opposite side.

Cheng Boyan asked for a small table on the corridor on the second floor, which happened to be able to see the lake, so it was very comfortable.

After pouring them two glasses of water, the waiter put the menu card in front of them and stood aside waiting for their order.

Xiang Xi has never eaten Western food, so he doesn’t know what these things are. Just looking at the name of a dish, he has to look for Chinese in English. The Chinese he finds out is because a waiter is standing beside him, so he doesn’t know it right away. up.

"I'll call you to order later." Cheng Boyan said to the waiter.

"Okay, please watch slowly, both of you." The waiter bent over and walked away.

"Ouch," Xiang Xi whispered, "it's nothing, I don't know how to order."

"Pig, beef, sheep and fish, just tell me which one you want to eat? I'll order for you." Cheng Boyan said with a smile.

"Cow, isn't steak a cow?" Xiang Xi flipped through the menu, "Hey, once the waiter doesn't stare at me, I can read. Roasted leg of lamb with French herbs... hey, there's also leg of lamb ?”

"Why don't you go to the teahouse and ask Hu Hai to cook for you." Cheng Boyan said.

"Let me just tell you, I know these words, and what kind of fragrant roast lamb is there...how do you pronounce this word?" Xiang Xi pointed to the menu card and asked him.

"Die, Rosemary." Cheng Boyan replied helplessly.

After Xiang Xi flipped through the menu and finished reading, he still chose beef. Cheng Boyan ordered a set meal and a pizza for him.

"How to make pizza?" Xiang Xi looked at the picture of pizza, and suddenly regained his energy.

"Xiang Xi," Cheng Boyan handed the menu card in his hand to the waiter, "This can't be done, there are not all the things in the house, and it's not easy to make delicious food, and your senior brother may not be able to do it either."

"Really?" Xiang Xi smiled with his chin in his hands, and after a while the smile faded again, and he lowered his eyelids and sighed, "You know, when the neighborhood committee issues the certificate in the afternoon, I'll go get to know my neighbors first. Condition."

"Well, it should be like this, what's wrong?" Cheng Boyan took a sip of water.

Xiang Xi also picked up the cup and took a sip of water: "They said that I was picked up by Uncle Ping a few months ago, it was winter... so..."

Xiang Xi raised his eyes and looked at Cheng Boyan: "It's impossible for Hu Hai to lose his brother who has been there for a few months, right? In winter, will the family let him go out with little Mao Mao who has been there for a few months?"

Cheng Boyan didn't make a sound, and after thinking for a while, he said, "We don't know exactly how he lost his brother. You mean... you don't want to try?"

"No," Xiang Xi said softly, "I'm still going to show off my wealth. I want to try even if I have a little hope. If it doesn't work, I'll take a blood sample. I'll try it all. I'll tell you this is... just what I think Well, I was afraid that you would be disappointed if you followed me, so I gave you a vaccination in advance."

"No," Cheng Boyan pinched his chin, "I won't be disappointed if you're here."