1999

It's only been a week since the vigorous test preparation plan started, and Wu Jiusheng has already realized how naive his previous thoughts were.

Although there are only two subjects that need to be tested, there are not only a few books that need to be studied.Since he does not have any foundation, he has to read a large number of online courses first. The online courses are complex and general, without the division of key points, and he has to experience and deduce them by himself through exercises.There is no one he knows who is from this major, and he has no experience in preparing for the exam to share. He relies on his own groping, which is very inefficient.

The primary qualification exam is only held once a year, registration is due at the end of October, and the exam is due in May of the next year. Seeing that registration is less than ten days away, Wu Jiusheng is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

It became more and more difficult for him to sleep soundly, and sometimes he would read until midnight, and on the grounds that he had to turn on the lamp to read at night, he moved all the desk and lamp to his own room next to Huda.Close the door, the world is quiet and peaceful, but Wu Jiusheng still has a hard time calming down. Every ten minutes or so, he always loses his mind for a while, and he is afraid of being laughed at by others, and he is afraid of disappointing Hu Da. All kinds of chaotic thoughts are more than the knowledge points memorized.

In less than a week, he had dark circles under his eyes.

Huda saw it and said nothing.

He had seen Wu Jiusheng use a computer to check information on the Internet, and he knew that the registration date for the exam was coming soon.He couldn't get in his mouth, and the young man seemed to eat less and less of the meals he had worked so hard to cook.Every night, after Wu Jiusheng went to study next door, Hu Da turned off the light in the bedroom, so that the young man thought he had fallen asleep, but in fact he didn't even lie down, just sat on the head of the bed, in the dark. He was holding a cigarette in the small room, rubbing the knuckles of his fingers over and over again, neither lighting it nor putting it down, as if that was the only way to relieve some of the anxiety in his heart.

He understands that he shouldn't bother the young man at this moment, and there is no good reason to say, so as not to increase Wu Jiusheng's psychological burden, but making him just wait silently like this is really too tormented.

Huda got up early the next day, barely slept, and walked through the shadows of the street lamps in the dark when the Street of Life was still shrouded in a layer of dead gray before the sun had risen.

He planned to open the shop later in the morning, first call a motorcycle, and then transfer to the earliest bus to go to the city.

A message that was still hot just after it was sent was lying in his WeChat dialog box. It was a few words that he racked his brains, did enough ideological construction, and repeated several times before sending them out.It involved a past that he didn't want to recall, and a debt of favor that he had already persuaded himself to forget.

The news was sent to Xu Chongwen, that old friend who caused Hu Da to spend countless hours in prison because of an impulsive thought more than ten years ago.

It's not that Hu Da doesn't remember all kinds of things back then, it's just that he in the past wished that the deceased was well, and he didn't want to remind himself from time to time that he was a person who had been in prison and killed people because of too many investigations.

He couldn't say something like "I want to ask you for help, I don't know if it's convenient to find you".

After going around several times, Hu Da finally arrived at the shop run by Xu Chongwen's family in Huaqiang North, feeling his chest constricted and hot.He will feel embarrassed when he gets old.

He figured it out, he needed money, he needed it urgently, and the amount was not small, but he had to get it.He is willing to try all the ways in front of him, even if he has hardly made many friends in this miserable half life, but even if he asks everyone, Xu Chongwen, Yan Tian, ​​Professor Yu, he will put down his face and ask them one by one.What is face, he is not afraid of others knowing, on the contrary, he just wants everyone to know that Huda has a child to take care of for the rest of his life, and everything he does now, every decision, Whether it's opening a shop, running a business, borrowing money, or even including all the choices he will make in the future, to put it bluntly, it's all just for the little guy who messed up his life without saying hello.

Xu Chongwen sat behind a glass cabinet with a small fanny pack and waited for Hu Da. For breakfast, he prepared two servings, the egg sausage and fried steamed buns. The portions were exactly the same. He even prepared two cigarettes, which Hu Da didn't know at the time. He was thinking about something, a straw was in his mouth, and when he saw Huda, he opened his mouth and dropped it. Xu Chongwen stood up while touching the small bag at his waist, his eyes sparkling, as if he couldn't bear too much emotion Yes, looking at him blinking.

The person in front of him had saved his life, so he really had too much to say.

In his pocket was the money he just went to the ATM machine to withdraw from the bank in the morning. He didn't want to disappoint Hu Da. Even though he and his wife needed money for their children's schooling, they still brought in far more than that amount. He was afraid that his wife would intervene, so he didn't even use the bank transfer, but put cash directly.

Now he just wants to give Huda all the money, offering it with both hands, as if giving him back something he deserved, and giving him back a life that has passed away and cannot be turned back.

Hu Da glanced at the waist bag that had been unzipped and opened, and without saying anything, he took out a rolled newspaper from his pocket and handed it to Xu Chongwen.

That was a bit unexpected.

Xu Chongwen was about to turn back and refuse, but Hu Da pressed the back of his hand.

Hu Da's hand was very firm, with a broad and warm palm. It seemed that they had never had that kind of contact for half a lifetime. Xu Chongwen was held down by him, and all the words in his throat were stuck, and he couldn't say a word. not come out.

Huda was the only one who spoke.

"Take it. I'm taking a loan. I really need the money, but I don't want to make it look like a liquidation. I don't have many friends in my life, and Shenzhen is so big. There must be no less friendship."

Xu Chongwen was stunned.Huda had a straight face when he spoke, but it seemed as if all the blood in his body had been ignited.That tone was very similar to the way the other party spoke to him many, many years ago, when the two of them were still called brothers in the long time ago when the voice and appearance were blurred.

Xu Chongwen squeezed the newspaper roll uncontrollably, his nose felt sour and hot, and he called out "Brother Da".

Hu Da smiled, stood up and patted him on the shoulder twice, "I will find a way to return it to you in the next year", leaving this sentence, he hurriedly picked up the small bag and went out to drive the car.

When he returned to Pingxiang again, it was close to 10:30 in the morning. The factories in the factory area had been in operation for nearly two hours. There was a dark crowd, and the sharp roar of the ambulance could be clearly heard across the river bank to Living Street, passing through every narrow alley, and knocking on every glass window.

Even the local unemployed youth who are usually the most idle in the game room have gathered under the eaves to discuss loudly the "accident" that happened in the factory this morning.Huda walked among them with cash and bank cards in his arms, and heard the whole discussion.

"Did any of you see that scene?"

"Who can see it? It's so bloody. If you want me to see it, I still dare not."

"It's your turn. The machine in the workshop is faster than you can blink your eyes. All of a sudden, click, your finger is pierced. It only takes a few seconds before and after. The people in the next workshop rushed over to look at it. At that time, everyone was taken away, and there was blood all over the place."

"I heard someone picked up your finger?"

"Of course I have to pick it up, and I can pick it up when I send it to the hospital."

"Then, can the ones that are brought back work as well as the original ones?"

"I don't know, I don't think so. How can there be such a good thing, I think there must be some sequelae to some extent."

"So, it's not easy to be an assembly line worker. It's a high-risk occupation. You can't get away with it. Machines don't have eyes..."

Huda stopped in his tracks.Those few conversations caused his brain to freeze involuntarily for a moment. He didn't know what to think, and his footsteps seemed to have been controlled by the police. He turned around and quickly turned towards the electronics factory surrounded by Nagato.He walked faster and faster, and he was afraid that his steps would not be fast enough. In the end, he almost ran away with the things in his arms.When he broke into the noisy crowd of onlookers, he could no longer control his breathing. Huda was gasping for breath, a series of beads of sweat rolling down from his forehead and vest. He wanted to push the crowd away and squeeze in. But the crowd was so dense that it couldn't be pushed like a glued board that was tightly glued together, as if there was no end in sight.

The ambulance drove away early, and the people around were full of gossip and voices, and no one could say an accurate statement about what happened and which workshop the accident happened to. , Which worker, what is the matter with that person now.

Huda couldn't figure out why, and was so anxious that he seemed to be going crazy.He took out his mobile phone to call Wu Jiusheng, but only heard a series of endless busy tones.

"Wu Jiusheng!" He yelled that name in the crowd, and the sound that came out was quickly drowned out by the noise around him, like being blown away by the sound of the wind, and a string was suddenly cut.Huda was stunned, and his thoughts were overwhelmed by a great panic that he had never expected.

"Wu Jiusheng!" He began to shout that name repeatedly, pushing away the layers of shoulders and backs in front of his eyes, and at the same time tightly guarding the package in his arms, he slammed forward indistinguishably from east to west.

Wu Jiusheng was dumbfounded when he found Hu Da in the crowd.He had never seen that person so at a loss, as if he was lost and couldn't find his home.He had just appeared there by accident, and was pushed and shoved by the crowd and was trapped in the formation for a while and would not be able to get out. He didn't expect to hear someone calling his name amidst the loud voices.The thin young man squeezed through the gap in the human wall like a fish. From a distance, he saw Huda with a pale face, holding a small bag, and his eyes full of panic.

He didn't know why, but his heart was suddenly caught by a sharp weapon and hurt like that.

Huda, who was looking for him in the crowd, was 37 years old. The sweat on his face was exposed to the sun, and the dark skin in his skin was fully exposed. He looked particularly tired, depressed and weathered.

Wu Jiusheng could hardly think at that moment, until Hu Da also saw him from a distance, put away all his expressions in an instant, pursed his lips and ran towards him, pressing his hands firmly on his shoulders , pinched it firmly, and was completely sure that the person in front of him was intact, breathing briskly with nothing wrong, and then he was completely relieved, and the things on his face that were as solid as ice suddenly came to him. Spread out and land.

I worry about you, those words were almost engraved by Huda in every line of his skin, but he didn't say them out.

Wu Jiusheng suppressed the soreness in his heart and tilted his head at the person in front of him pretending to be relaxed.

"What are you thinking about..." He asked with a sigh, "You don't think I was the one who lost his finger on the assembly line, did you?"