winter past

When Xiaoman was fast asleep, Yin Miaozai called him twice, the first time he didn't answer, and the second time he hung up, Yin Miaozai never looked for him again.Xiaoman continued to sleep soundly.When his cell phone rang again, he was already a little awake, listening to the ringtone, half-opened his eyes and looked at a window.The window was very close to the mattress he was lying on. The window was open, and the curtains were drawn on both sides. He could touch the curtains as soon as he stretched out his hands. The thin curtains were blown up by the wind. indoors.From under the mattress came the sound of something like "The Blue Danube."Xiaoman's body was covered with a layer of sweat.

The phone was still ringing, he glanced over, and this time the caller was "Hongfeng Chen Wan'er".He still didn't answer.It was 03:30 in the afternoon.Xiaoman stretched his arms and opened the curtains further, and the almost sinister sunlight instantly engulfed the entire single bed.Xiaoman stretched his calf again, rolled up the wire of the electric fan near the end of the bed with his foot, pulled the fan closer, and kicked the switch with his foot.The hot air was slowly sent to him, and he fell asleep with his mobile phone under his pillow.

The phone rang again, this time it was "Teacher Gao".Seeing the name, Xiaoman got up quickly, sat up straight, pondered for a while, answered the phone, and greeted repeatedly with a smile: "Mr. Gao, hello, hello."

Teacher Gao said bluntly on the other end of the phone: "Come over after school today."

Xiao Man nodded his head like a pest: "Okay, okay," he said again, "Or should I come over now? I'm fine, I'm fine."

"You're fine, but I have a meeting and I need to change my homework. After school, around six o'clock." Teacher Gao was a little annoyed. After saying this, she lowered her voice and emphasized: "Parent Lu Yang, please don't give up this time. Come back after drinking, it will have a very bad influence on the students!"

Xiao Man fully agreed, and asked tentatively: "Can I ask, is it a matter of recommendation for the college entrance examination?"

Teacher Gao's voice became softer: "Oh, I can't make it clear on the phone, let's talk about it when you come."

She hung up the phone.Xiaoman was completely sleepless at this moment. He wiped the sweat from his neck and sat on the mattress with his knees hugged. His arms and arms were burning hot from the sun, and his face was also hot. Cigarettes and a lighter, lit a cigarette, switched the fan to wind blowing mode, and got up.

The mattress on the floor was facing a refrigerator. Smoking a cigarette, Xiaoman opened the refrigerator, bent down to look at it for a long time, and took out half a watermelon sealed with plastic wrap from a refrigerator of beer and spirits.

Next to the refrigerator was a sink, and there were mouthwash cups, razors, and soap on the counter.There is a toothbrush and toothpaste in the mouthwash cup, a pair of chopsticks, and two stainless steel spoons.The soap lay in a glass ashtray.Xiaoman took the ashtray, took a spoon out of the mouthwash cup, and sat in front of the electric fan with a watermelon in his arms.

The sun was still shining brightly in the room, Xiaoman pulled the white vest on her body, and put half of her face on the half of the iced watermelon.His face turned cold, and his arms soon became cold. He hugged the watermelon tightly and smoked.His toes touched a low tea table, on which was a stack of A4 papers, pressed by a bottle of mineral water.The fan turned, and the corners of the paper were blown wildly by the wind.

Xiao Man moved over, sat on the side of the coffee table, and pressed the watermelon on the A4 paper. On the top piece of paper was an article titled "Bai Xiangyao Court Sudden Double Corpse Case, Sky-price Residential Property Owner Plans to Sue" property" news.These are old news brought by Yin Miaozai yesterday.

After smoking a cigarette, Xiaoman began to dig watermelon to eat. The ice watermelon was hot and sweated, and the paper under it was dizzy. Other news appeared under the news. In the photos of the murder scene, some organs and some human bodies are mixed together, which looks like a puddle of ink in a muddle.

Xiaoman looked back at the refrigerator, thought for a while, walked over, and took out a bottle of vodka.He poured half a bottle of wine into the watermelon and drank it with the watermelon juice.

He threw away the leftover watermelon along with the photocopied news.

He stopped sweating, and his body was a little sticky. He went to the toilet outside the house to take a shower, washed his face by the way, and brushed his teeth twice before coming out of the toilet.There is a simple clothes hanger built with a water pipe in the room, on which are hung a few shirts, and under the hanger there is an uncovered plastic storage box and a closed cardboard box.In the storage box, underwear, outer pants and socks were mixed together.He found a pair of crumpled suit pants, a pair of white socks, and grabbed a white shirt from the hanger.Putting on these, he opened the cardboard box, which contained a pair of leather shoes, a belt, and some T-shirts.He took out his leather shoes and polished them, put them on, and went downstairs.

Downstairs is the Yaochi Grand Ballroom, with bright red light and misty smoke, and the band's seat was vacant. Sister Xu was flipping records at the bar, flicking the long earrings on her ears, and asked, "What song do you want next?"

Someone who was dancing on the dance floor shouted, "Green Island Serenade."

Someone suggested: "Dance Cha Cha."

Xiaoman walked to the bar and asked Sister Xu: "Sister, is there anyone applying for the job?"

Sister Xu turned her head and saw him, she gave him a disdainful look, turned around and continued to turn over the record: "Why do you smell like alcohol again? Who wants to work here? You have a wrong brain! Did Louise go to the university? It's over, don't you do it?"

"I'll be here later." Xiao Man said, "If someone applies for the job, let her call me directly."

Sister Xu found the CD and asked loudly, "Would you like to play disco?" She asked Xiaoman again, "Where are you going? How is this store? Did you give me the CD?"

"well!"

"Turn on the air conditioner!"

"Miss Xu, add some hot water!"

Xiaoman looked at Sister Xu with a full smile: "The head teacher of Yangyang is looking for me, I have to go to the attached middle school immediately."

Sister Xu leaned on the bar and asked him: "Huh? How is it? Is it possible to recommend him to the University of Foreign Studies? I said let him choose Arabic. Boys, who speak a small language, must have a role."

Xiao Man smiled at Sister Xu, and was about to leave. Sister Xu called him to stop, and handed him a cup of strong tea: "You hangover."

Xiaoman sniffed her breath, and then smelled the clothes on her body, and sister Xu said, "Of course you can't smell it after soaking in the wine tank all day!"

Xiaoman smiled, drank a whole cup of tea, left the ballroom, touched his pocket, and went back up again. He found Sister Xu on the dance floor, and gestured to her with a playful smile: "Sister, can you borrow a bus card?" Do I use it?"

Sister Xu took out a bus card from her pocket, one ten yuan, and stuffed it to Xiaoman. After looking at him, she pulled Sister Li who was dancing next to her and whispered a few words, and put the headband on Sister Li's head. Gave it to Xiaoman.Xiaoman put on the headband, went downstairs, and got on a bus heading for Baixiang District.He dozed off in the car, and ended up sitting over his head, so he had to walk back two stops and returned to the stop of "Qingda High School".The gate of the High School Attached to Qingda University is just behind the bus stop.

It was a cloudless day and the heat was steaming. When he arrived at the school and was led into the teaching building by the guard, his shirt, chest and back were drenched with sweat.

The teaching building was still shady. The guard took him up to the third floor. When he passed by the classroom of Class Two (1), Xiao Man glanced in. The students were taking physics class. He saw Lu Yang at a glance. He buried his head in writing something, a piece of tape was pasted on his nose, and his right eye circle was blue.No other students in the classroom had facial injuries.

"It's here." The guard pointed to the office diagonally opposite Class (1) and said.Xiao Man knocked on the door, but the door was ajar, and someone inside shouted, "Come in."

That was Teacher Gao's voice.Xiao Man went in. The air conditioner in the office was turned on very low, and there were three teachers sitting inside, all wearing sweaters.Teacher Gao was sitting in front of a bookcase, looking up at Xiao Man.Xiao Man closed the door and walked towards her with a smile: "Hi, Teacher Gao, I'm not late, am I?"

Teacher Gao glanced at the computer on the table: "You are early, get out of class is not over yet." She rubbed her temples, "It's okay, my homework has been corrected, you sit down."

Xiao Man pulled up a chair and sat down, and asked, "What's wrong with Lu Yang?"

Teacher Gao said: "Fight with people."

"Ah?" Xiaoman touched the tear at the corner of his mouth, the wound was scabbing, and it was hard to the touch.He sneered and said, "It's because I didn't set a good example for my children. My fault, my fault. The teacher is more considerate, more considerate."

Teacher Gao looked at the other two teachers in the office, got up and said, "I smashed a computer in the school, I'll take you to have a look."

She took Xiaoman out of the office.Right now in the teaching building, there is only the sound of the teacher lecturing. The aisles and stairwells are extremely quiet, and Teacher Gao is also very quiet, without saying a word. She didn't say a word until she left the teaching building, "Lu Yang is a good seedling. The grades have always been very good, we can't let the bad life style corrode and poison him, don't you think?"

"Yes, that's of course. In fact, I was injured because I acted bravely. I helped people catch the thief and was beaten by the thief."

Teacher Gao walked in front of Xiaoman and looked back at him, Xiaoman quickly followed her pace.The two walked side by side, and Teacher Gao said earnestly: "I know you and him are not related by blood. It is not easy for you to take him with you all the time. I don't want to comment too much on your working environment, but the child is at this age. It is easily affected by the external environment."

Xiaoman was taught modestly: "You're right, Lu Yang's matter won't affect files and the like?"

While talking, the two entered the Shaw Building. Teacher Gao led him up the stairs and said, "Today's Chinese class is a multimedia class. We take it in the computer room. The computers in the computer room are connected to the external network for the convenience of students." Check the information. As for Lu Yang, he suddenly got into a fight with the students next to me. I can see clearly my class. Listened to the testimonies of the surrounding students."

Teacher Gao looked at Xiaoman, Xiaoman listened silently, then Teacher Gao continued: "Lu Yang searched some indecent words on the Internet, and the classmates next to him commented on his behavior, and the two of them just like this There was a conflict."

Xiao Man asked, "What did he search for?"

When we reached the third floor, Teacher Gao pointed to the aisle: "The computer room is right in front." She asked, "Are you taking care of Lu Yang's mother's dance hall? Does he usually live there?" She sighed: "My child is about to go to the third year of high school. I don't need to say the importance of the college entrance examination. If the financial conditions allow, you can actually move to a place closer to the school to study."

Xiaoman still asked: "What did he search for and was made fun of?"

"It can't be said to be teasing, the classmate just expressed his own opinion." Teacher Gao frowned slightly, "I have already dealt with the matter, and Lu Yang and that classmate also realized their mistakes and wrote self-criticisms. Leave it to me, don't worry, it won't affect his file, Lu Yang's family situation is quite special, I think we should be more tolerant in dealing with him, don't you think? The students also understand this very well That classmate has no opinion on how to deal with it."

Xiaoman smiled and said: "How about this, Teacher Gao, I will personally apologize to the classmate who was beaten, and I have to apologize to the classmate's parents." He stopped at the door of the computer room and patted his chest: "This matter Don't persuade me, this is what I should do, can you give me the contact information of his parents? Or should I call them to the school? I'll go and see that computer first, how much will I pay for it?"

The two just entered the computer room. Teacher Gao pointed to a computer and said, "Here, you can see that this monitor has been broken."

Xiao Man asked, "Is this the seat where Lu Yang was sitting in class?" He looked in the direction of the podium, "You are on the podium, right? Were you lecturing when the fight happened?"

Teacher Gao cleared his throat: "That's right, I'm telling you the handout on the ppt."

Xiaoman looked at the podium, and then at the seat in front of him. The two were on a diagonal line. He said, "You mean the computer that Lu Yang smashed, right? What did you use to smash it?" Xiaoman touched He checked the monitor, "It seems that there is no blunt object damage on it." He clenched his fist and gestured, "I think he punched it down and smashed it? That kid must have searched for something shady, and was caught When the classmate saw it, he became furious and destroyed the evidence first, am I correct in my analysis?" He asked Teacher Gao with a smile, "Did he hurt his hand?"

Teacher Gao was stunned: "This...it's not..."

Xiaoman crossed his arms and rubbed his chin, seemingly puzzled: "That's really strange, based on my experience as a criminal policeman, if it wasn't punched out, then someone might be caught I hit my head on this computer, Mr. Gao, the student who was beaten, did he have a broken nose? Then he has to go to the hospital to see, I will reimburse the medical expenses." He touched the screen again, " Look, there are still bloodstains here. If the parents of the classmate saw that the child was seriously injured, they reported the crime and arrested us Lu Yang. And the police will come to find all the teachers who were there at the time, and the students will take notes, and the police will ask whether it was a joke, who lied, who told the truth, who was doing what when the incident happened , They asked all the questions as soon as they asked, even if they couldn't, just simulate the incident a little bit, for example..." Xiaoman walked to the podium, "Look, I'll play you, and you can play Lu Yang. Let’s simulate the situation at that time…”

Teacher Gao raised his hand, interrupted Xiaoman, and said, "The school will replace the monitor here first, and will contact you if there are any expenses in the future."

"Oh, so that classmate wasn't injured?" Xiaoman walked back, pointed to the broken monitor and said, "Can I have a look at Lu Yang's search records? I want to see what that kid searched for." Crooked things." His facial features tensed up, looking very serious, "If a child makes a mistake, he will do it wrong, and he must be educated well."

Teacher Gao took out his mobile phone, sat down, put the mobile phone on the table, turned his head, touched the keyboard repeatedly, and said: "I asked him before, but he refused to say, I asked the computer teacher After adjusting the record, he sent me a screenshot, take a look, I am really embarrassed to say this..."

Lu Yang picked up Teacher Gao's mobile phone and looked. Lu Yang searched the Internet for "AIDS symptoms", "gay AIDS", "vomiting in the morning is a problem with the immune system".

Xiaoman said: "Oh, I see, the English cram school he attends on weekends seems to be doing social surveys, the questions given by the foreign teacher."

Teacher Gao raised his eyebrows: "He still attends English cram school on weekends?"

Xiaoman didn't blink: "That's right, let's go, just the English Corner of Xinjie Education."

The school bell rang.

Teacher Gao and Xiao Man didn't stay in the computer room any longer, and left the Shaw Building.Just now when he reached the teaching building, Xiaoman saw Lu Yang coming out with his schoolbag on his back. Xiaoman called him, ran over, pulled Lu Yang and bowed to Teacher Gao: "Teacher please."

At this time, a group of boys carrying schoolbags passed by them, one of them was tall and gave Lu Yang a sidelong glance.The tall boy had scratches on his right hand.Teacher Gao said to Lu Yang: "The fight must never happen again in the future."

Lu Yang didn't say a word, Xiao Man kicked him, and Lu Yang let out a "hmm", like a mosquito screeching.Xiao Man dragged Lu Yang out of the school.

The two walked towards the bus station. Lu Yang put his hands in his trouser pockets, looking downcast and unhappy.Xiao Man then asked him, "Do you want to eat chicken chops?"

Students in the school uniforms of the attached high school gathered in front of a small shop selling fried chicken cutlets nearby.Lu Yang looked at it and shook his head.

"Where's the cake?"

Passing by a bakery, you can see many students from the attached high school lining up at the window selling fresh milkshakes.

Lu Yang shook his head again, and pointed forward: "Go back."

After he finished speaking, his raised hand suddenly retracted, hanging down by his side, clinging to the seam of his trousers, and clenched into a fist.His other hand gripped the strap of his schoolbag.Xiaoman saw that the tall boy from before was standing on the platform.

Xiao Man led Lu Yang into a side street, and after walking for a long time, there was no student from the attached high school around. Xiao Man asked Lu Yang, "Why were you grabbed and bumped into the computer?"

"Didn't you say that a fight, whether it's a fight or a fight, as long as you participate in it, it's considered involved?"

"You didn't fight back?"

"No."

Xiaoman said: "I'll buy you a mobile phone, don't take up school resources."

"Are you going to sell your kidney?" Lu Yang asked coldly.

Xiao Man patted the back of his head, pointed to a snack shop selling wontons by the roadside and said, "Do you want to eat wontons?"

The two went into the snack bar and ordered a fried vegetable and meat wonton, a bowl of iced mung bean soup, and Xiaoman also ordered a bottle of iced Coke. He dug out ten yuan to pay the bill. Seven yuan, the store accepted the money and went to fry the wontons.

The door of the snack bar was open, and there were many newspapers stacked on the wall. The air conditioner was not turned on, and only a fan hanging from the ceiling was working.The two sat down under the fan.Lu Yang asked, "Why don't you become a policeman?"

"Too tired." Xiao Man said while drinking Coke, "I don't have any private time."

"You need a lot of private time?"

"Yeah, I'm not a working machine."

"You need a lot of private time at bars, don't you?"

Xiaoman smiled and lit a cigarette: "Let me see your nose."

He stretched out his hand towards Lu Yang, and the food was just on the table. Lu Yang avoided his hand, picked up a wonton, lowered his head, took a bite, and asked, "Why are you a policeman?"

Xiao Man fanned the air with his hands and asked the shopkeeper, "Can I smoke?"

The shopkeeper pointed to the door.Xiaoman moved the chair to the door, put one foot outside the door, leaned half of his body, and lit a cigarette.

Lu Yang said: "Did you sleep all day and didn't go to Dr. Chen's?"

Xiaoman squinted at him, grabbed a wonton and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed a few mouthfuls, swallowed it whole, and said, "Are you not very popular in your class?"

. .Yuyan. .

Lu Yang said: "When you were studying, would you be willing to make friends with someone whose father was a drug dealer and was shot, whose mother took drugs and was in prison?"

"Why is there no such kind of motherly female classmate in high school now?" Xiao Man smoked a cigarette and looked at Lu Yang with a smile.

Lu Yang rolled his eyes and picked up the mung bean soup to drink.After a while, he held up the bowl and asked in a low voice, "What did Teacher Gao tell you?"

Xiaoman said, "I didn't say anything."

He added lightly: "I don't have AIDS."

Lu Yang fell silent again.Xiao Man leaned against the wall, looked outside, and said, "Because there is no need to go home."

There are wide gaps between the paved bluestone slabs, and weeds grow wildly.The sun was scorching, and many leaves of many weeds turned yellow and seemed to be dead.

Lu Yang said, "What?"

"Didn't you ask me why I became a policeman?" Xiao Man peeled off the newspaper coloring page advertisement pasted on the wall. It was covered with a thick layer of oil, and it looked like "Yao Ting Phase III, exclusive for the city" The word is heavy and heavy.

Xiaoman said: "I still have something to do, you can go back by yourself." He touched the bridge of his nose: "Be careful not to touch your nose with water." He then said: "By the way, you remember that you were at the English Corner and A foreigner teaching English, doing a social survey on AIDS.”

Lu Yang raised his head and blinked, Xiao Man took the Coke and left.