Retirement and reemployment

"Uh, actually, you don't have to try to mop the floor." Zhou Wenji didn't know how many times he interrupted He Liu's attempt to clean up.

This situation is probably because after returning home and learning that Zhou Wenji himself is over 70 years old, the child started to fidget.

Because their family actually has a grandmother in her 70s, who looks very different from Zhou Wenji's appearance, the child even sighed: "The people in the city take good care of themselves." Such an exclamation.

Zhou Wenji explained to him that he was in a special situation. As a result, people and children became more cautious when talking to him, as if they were treating a frail retired old man. Zhou Wenji was also quite helpless.

"Don't you retire in your 70s?" The child asked Zhou Wenji curiously. From his not-so-big eyes, Zhou Wenji could see He Liu's fear of this oppressive old man.

Is this world so scary?Is it so difficult to survive in the city?

Over 70 years old and still go out to work?

"Uh, I've actually retired." Zhou Wenji didn't know how to explain.

As a result, He Liu's expression became even more terrifying, probably because he was shocked by having to work after retirement.

"So there's really nothing good about living in the city, right?" He Liuzai muttered in a low voice, which Zhou Wenji heard.

Zhou Wenji nodded after glancing at the child: "Well, yes, it's nothing special."

In fact, he was still not feeling well, until Tisi came to find him to sleep at night.

Disi's thinking is really pure, he simply thinks that Zhou Wenji's current state is not right, and he is not in a good mood, so he touches it, he is afraid that Zhou Wenji will not sleep all night, thinking about other things.

The two of them didn't chat too much, with Di Si beside them, Zhou Wenji fell asleep pretty quickly.

Strange to say, Di Si stood aside, and Zhou Wenji never felt uncomfortable, maybe because Di Si didn't care as much as Zhou Wenji, most of the time his heart was more peaceful than Zhou Wenji's?

Or, at the beginning, Disi was regarded as a junior, and later, it became a more ambiguous relationship naturally. Most of the time, Disi lying next to Zhou Wenji brought Zhou Wenji a sense of security.

Inexplicably, I felt that I had a bottom in my heart.

In the next few days, they took He Liu to more places one after another, such as parks or large playgrounds, and even haunted houses, although He Liu looked more like ghosts than the staff now.

And He Liu's expression also changed from dead silence at the beginning to a childlike look later on. Of course, he was more likely to be envious, because he could only watch, and couldn't eat or touch many things at all.

Zhou Wenji did his best to be a companion, and most of the time, Di Si had no sense of presence, just standing aside.

On the way home on the last day, He Liu stopped halfway and looked at his body, he was about to disappear.

At this moment, He Liu looked very calm, as if he had been prepared for a long time.

He came to this world in a hurry, without a good family, and without a good body. He knew that sooner or later he would leave this world, the kind that was faster than others.

When it was time to leave, it seemed like there was nothing to be reluctant about.

Zhou Wenji was also very calm, he squatted on He Liu's body, and put his hand on He Liu's shoulder vaguely: "Will it feel uncomfortable?"

He Liu shook his head.

Disi was standing behind Zhou Wenji, with his hands in his pockets, looking at Zhou Wenji's back, wondering what he was thinking.

He Liu's figure slowly faded away, and at the last moment, he looked at Zhou Wenji: "Thank you..."

He opened his mouth, but still swallowed the word grandpa.But Zhou Wenji saw it clearly, Zhou Wenji only felt that something knocked in his heart, it didn't hurt, but it made people feel a little uncomfortable.

The departure on Saturday was quiet, ordinary people didn't notice him at all, and no ordinary people would realize that such a special child had come, and no one else would be aware of his departure.

Zhou Wenji froze for a moment when the child looked at him like that. He vaguely remembered that someone had looked at him like this before, and the child called him grandpa.

That was his younger brother's grandson, but he was taken away by the flood more than 50 years ago. When he got it back, there were too many juniors, and he didn't even see who the child was.

Their faces were swollen from the water.

Zhou Wenji hadn't been home at that time, he hadn't been home for two or three years.

So he doesn't know anything, not even what grade the little grandson is in, how tall he is, and what he likes.

His younger brother didn't tell him about these, because he felt that he was tired outside, and these were trivial matters, Zhou Wenji didn't need to know.

Among them was his sister who was beaten by her husband.

He Liu looked at Zhou Wenji, the emotion in his eyes was sincere and pure, he was simply thanking Zhou Wenji for what he had shown him.

But Zhou Wenji saw more shadows through him.

Zhou Wenji is not like this either, it seems a bit too hypocritical, but sometimes feelings are out of Zhou Wenji's control.

If He Liu can survive well, if he can grow up safely, what will it be like?

Probably still staying in that small mountain village, because of the particularity of his body, maybe he can't find a wife and just be a bachelor like this?

Because he has never been to school, the greatest possibility is to work in agriculture like his parents.Working at sunrise and resting at sunset, but this seems tiring to ordinary people, but for He Liu, at least this is still alive.

Just like the son of Zhou Wenji's sister, Zhou Wenji's nephew, when he grows up, he will have his own life.

Of course, now he has no contact with Zhou Wenji.

Zhou Wenji didn't even know his nephew's phone number, and he had never met his grandnephew.

Just more than 20 years ago, a flood took away almost all the relatives around him, and left him with nothing.

There are so many juniors in their family who he can't even remember their names.

He Liu gradually dissipated, Zhou Wenji just watched in a daze, to outsiders, it was Zhou Wenji who was staring at an empty space in a daze.

When He Liu completely disappeared, Zhou Wenji squatted for a long time, and it was not until the winter wind blew on his face for several rounds that Zhou Wenji felt the cold.

Disi stayed by Zhou Wenji's side, but he didn't make a sound.

When Zhou Wenji stood up and stretched out his hands to rub his legs, and his legs were numb from squatting, he reached out to support Zhou Wenji.

"Want to find a place to rest?" Disi reached out to help Zhou Wenji rub his legs: "Sit down."

Zhou Wenji's condition was not good, and Di Si felt that next time Li Dusheng bothered Zhou Wenji to do such a similar task, he might have to find a time to put a sack on the guy who was the number one active player.

Don't you know how much senior Zhou has experienced?Don't you know that Senior Zhou was a lonely family before he appeared?

I don't know if Senior Zhou's duplicity, saying that he doesn't care, is actually so embarrassing in his heart that he is going to die?

If Li Dusheng couldn't understand this, Disi felt obliged to beat him until he understood.

Di Si led Zhou Wenji to the hot pot restaurant. These days, he took the children with him and tried not to eat any good food, so as not to make the children hungry.

After the hot pot restaurant sat down, the two took off their coats, Zhou Wenji still looked preoccupied.

To be honest, every time this happens, Disi is quite at a loss. From the outside, Disi seems very calm and calm, but he panics a lot in his heart.

He never participated in Zhou Wenji's past!Since you haven't participated in it, how can you comfort me?

Zhou Wenji probably knew this himself, he waved his hand at Di Si: "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine in a while."

He won't be stuck in the memory for too long, this is a rule of thumb, usually it will be fine after a while.

"You can't do this." Di Si suddenly said seriously, "Your state is not healthy."

He handed the menu to Zhou Wenji: "It's not good to keep everything in your heart. I know that Zhou has experienced a lot, and sometimes he can't control his thoughts."

"But if you hold it in for a long time, people will get bored, and you have to vent it out." Di Si pointed to the menu, and Zhou Wenji saw that Di Si pointed to the column of drinks and drinks, and fell on a certain column of liquor.

Liquor?Zhou Wenji can't drink much, but one or two drinks is fine, if there is too much, he will get drunk easily.

He looked up at Yandisi, and then looked down at the menu bar.

"Don't drink too much, I'll watch this week." Disi spoke like a parent.

……

"That kid disappeared." Li Dusheng, who had already dealt with the follow-up, almost fell asleep at home all morning, and in the afternoon, he was full of energy, holding his thermos, and came to the Bureau of Irregular Affairs to chat with Zhao Lei.

Because of the lack of work, his teammates basically went to sleep at home, and it is estimated that some of them may have to sleep until the next day before getting up.

"Senior Zhou sent you a message?" Zhao Lei frowned, "Actually, I was wondering if Senior Zhou would bring me depression when he brought up a child."

"How do you say it?" Li Dusheng maintained his aloof expression on his face, took a sip of water and looked at Zhao Lei.

"The juniors in Senior Zhou's family are basically gone." Zhao Lei raised his head from the file, "I was wondering if Senior Zhou would fall in love with the scene, and I couldn't bear it."

Li Dusheng stopped in the middle of drinking water. He put down the water glass expressionlessly, and looked at the rim of his water glass with heavy eyes: "I don't know the situation of Senior Zhou."

"You didn't know you were brought by senior Zhou?" Zhao Lei was surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, most people would not have thought of this unless Zhou Wenji himself hadn't mentioned it.

Hearing this, Li Dusheng seemed to be on the safe side, but in fact he was terribly flustered, mainly because he felt that Di Si might retaliate against him because of this.

Zhao Lei held his forehead and was about to say something when Li Dusheng's phone rang. Li Dusheng gave him a sorry look, and then went out to answer the phone.

When Li Dusheng came back again, his face became quite scary: "I'll take a leave of absence, Zhao Lei, please tell someone later, I have to go home."

"Ah? Oh..." Zhao Lei didn't ask what happened. Judging by Li Dusheng's appearance, he would definitely not get an answer if he asked.

When it was five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Lei, who had no work, was about to leave work on time, but he received a call from Di Si in the middle of the car.

"Can you come over here?" Disi faltered on the phone, and only gave an address, saying that he hadn't learned to drive yet, and he couldn't get a taxi now.

Can't get a taxi?Zhao Lei was puzzled. Although the address they reported was not the city center, it was quite bustling. Why couldn't they get a call?

After arriving at the seat, Zhao Lei understood that Senior Zhou was drunk, and it is estimated that Di Si was afraid that Zhou Wenji's appearance would be seen by other people.

"Too much to drink." Disi explained with a blank expression.

Zhou Wenji was hanging on him, with his arms around his neck, and passers-by frequently turned their heads to look at them, but Di Si remained motionless.

"It's done, let's get in the car." Zhao Lei didn't ask what was going on, and when Zhou Wenji was pushed in by Di Si, Zhao Lei vaguely saw Zhou Wenji's face through the rearview mirror.

Cried?

The corners of Zhou Wenji's eyes were red, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes. He looked pretty, but also fragile.

Zhao Lei was startled, and was wondering if he would be silenced after seeing this scene, when Zhou Wenji spoke.

"Damn it! I've never been so aggrieved in my life." Zhou Wenji pointed at Di Si, "What do you mean? Kidnap me? Do you know who I am?"

Good guy, this roar is full of anger, Zhao Lei is really dreaming back to Zhou Wenji who was accidentally backtracked in time.

It's also fortunate that Zhou Wenji subconsciously didn't use his powers after he was drunk, otherwise his speech skills wouldn't know how many moths he would have made.

"I know, you are Zhou." Disi squeezed to Zhou Wenji's side, stretched out his hand and pushed him inside, and then closed the car door.

"Porridge! You fucking porridge is the porridge! You are porridge with preserved egg and lean meat!" Zhou Wenji smiled disdainfully, "Listen, your grandpa will change his name or surname, Zhou Xiaobao!"

The loud Zhou Xiaobao made Zhao Lei feel lucky that he hadn't started the car yet, because he suspected that if he was not careful, he would be out of shape on the road.

Zhou Xiaobao... Senior Zhou's nickname, isn't it that they all had nicknames at that time?

However, Disi nodded seriously: "I see, Xiaobao."

Zhao Lei endured it for a long time before he burst out laughing.

Cautiously started the car, and started slowly on the road. On the way, Zhou Wenji was counting down his glory days. It was really shocking, but Zhou Wenji couldn't help belching after every one of his words.

It's very entertaining.

When he got to the community, Zhou Wenji refused to go down again.

"Xiaobao, get out of the car." Di Si's voice calling Xiaobao really made Zhao Lei's skin crawl, and he couldn't take it anymore. If it wasn't for the inconvenient exposure now, he really wanted to reach out and rub his arm.

Zhou Wenji refused to get out of the car: "I don't fucking like it here!"

"But this is our home." Di Si was helpless, he had thought that Zhou Wenji might not be able to drink very well, but Zhou Wenji was probably in a complicated mood, when Di Si went to get the materials, he found that Zhou Wenji had blew on the bottle when he came back.

Zhou Wenji still refused to get out of the car, and in the end, Dissi pulled and pulled, and finally pulled someone out of the car who had changed his temperament drastically.

"What are you doing? Hiccup! Ah!" Zhou Wenji pointed at Di Si's nose, "I've disliked you for a long time. You've been restricting me there since just now. Can you restrict me?"

As he said, he rolled up his sleeves, as if he wanted to show Di Si a little bit more, but Di Si didn't respond, and Di Si just looked at him like that, which made Zhou Wenji unable to do anything.

He doesn't beat this kind of wood that won't resist.

He refused to go up, and Disi stood with him below to blow the cold wind for a while, and after an unknown amount of time, Zhou Wenji suddenly felt that his mind was cleared by the wind.

"Zhou, are you uncomfortable?" Di Si patted Zhou Wenji's back, and he saw that Zhou Wenji's eyes were clearer, so he asked quickly.

Zhou Wenji's current feeling is very strange. He hasn't been drunk for a long time, and he feels that reality and dreams are overlapping. He feels that he is awake, but he can't find his way lightly under his feet.

And the hand that Disi patted on his back, clearly through the clothes, had a warm feeling inexplicably.

"Zhou, forget all about the past."

"I told you, you didn't apologize to anyone."

Zhou Wenji felt that his head was heavy, but he understood these two sentences, and raised his head in a daze. He opened his eyes with difficulty, trying to see Disi clearly, but Disi always blurred in front of him. film.

"Their deaths are not blamed on Zhou. What you have given is far more than what you have received."

"Let's put it all down, I really can't go back, and there's no point in thinking about those."

Disi took Zhou Wenji's hand and walked back, he said here, Zhou Wenji listened quietly.

Just staring at him like this, I don't know if I heard clearly.

When he got to the door, Zhou Wenji began to resist again. He probably lived in this place before, so he felt uncomfortable.

Disi simply stopped at the door.

"I didn't know before." Disi held Zhou Wenji in his arms, still patting Zhou Wenji's back lightly, "But as I said, I will be here in the future."

Zhou Wenji's fingers were trembling.

Until Disi said that sentence: "I like Zhou the most."

be quiet

long silence.

until it clicks.

It was the sound of old gears finally starting to turn.

Zhou Wenji felt that he was being dragged into reality by people.

He is like a monster living in old black and white photos, forever young, abandoned by his own time.

At this moment, it seemed that there was a person whose hand penetrated the barrier of time and tightly held him who should have lived in the past.

Then pull hard.

The surrounding scenery seems to have faded from the old black and white of the last century, and faded into a colorful present.

And he finally saw the person in front of him clearly.

Zhou Wenji was stunned, staring at Disi's face in disbelief.

The tears couldn't be controlled anymore, and fell from the sockets.

Di Si was a little flustered, as if he didn't quite understand what happened, and wanted to reach out to wipe Zhou Wenji's tears, but Zhou Wenji held his hand down.

Then Disi felt a pain in the back of his head, and he was pressed against the door panel.

And Zhou Wenji leaned forward, leaning on him with lips and teeth.

Tissy's eyes widened in disbelief.

There was a ticking sound all around, which was from the clock.

The time of Zhou Wenji began to flow.