1999

When Wu Jiusheng woke up the next day, he was in Huda's room. He was what he was when he fell asleep yesterday, and he was still what he was this morning, except that there was an extra towel on his body.

He grabbed a handful of hair that was messy like a chicken coop, and when he sat up, he shivered from the low temperature of the air conditioner.It’s been a long time since I slept in a cool room, and I accidentally slept until dawn because it was too comfortable. If the phone was not in the pocket of the jeans, the alarm clock would ring when the time came. I’m not sure this morning. We're all going to be late.

Wu Jiusheng shook his head, and when he wanted to go back to his room to change clothes, he suddenly thought of a question. He slept in Huda's bed, so where did Huda sleep last night.He pushed open the creaking door of his own room and found the answer immediately.

Huda was leaning, no, to be precise, laying on his pillow, resting on one of his arms, and tilting his head in a strange posture, as if deliberately avoiding pressing somewhere on his head.In the morning light just before seven o'clock, there was a hint of merciless coolness, and the heat was not too tormenting. Wu Jiusheng approached on tiptoe, and saw Hu Da's sleeping state clearly.

There was a dark mark on his left forehead, and there was still a faint smell of blood at the scab near the hairline. It was unknown what caused it.When Wu Jiusheng saw it, he felt a tingling pain all of a sudden——Huda didn't even take off his clothes when he slept, and he sweated all over his body in the middle of the night, and the sweat dried and stuck to the wound. He knew that it would be worse. pain.Wu Jiusheng took a deep breath, and lightly touched that spot with his finger.

Hu Da opened his eyes at that moment. His eyesight that had not fully recovered looked like a wild wolf. The movement of grabbing Wu Jiusheng's wrist was so strong that it seemed to swallow him alive. After a while, Hu Da saw clearly what was in front of him. The frightened person softened his expression, loosened his knuckles suddenly, and sat up.

Wu Jiusheng clutched his thumping heart, neither stood nor sat nor squatted awkwardly.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" He asked.

Huda wiped his face and answered scribbled:

"Last night, two workers got drunk and quarreled in the store, and I threw them out."

Hu Da is quite famous in the factory area. Many people are afraid of him and dare not be presumptuous in front of him, but it doesn't mean that they won't meet other enemies who make them look down upon while drinking and eating meat.Alcohol is a very magical thing. As long as it is given a specific environment and people, it can become the most powerful catalyst. There were a total of ten or so people who watched the short fight last night. They were all frightened and dumbfounded. Brave enough to do it in Huda's shop.As soon as the two people who shouted at each other started their posture, the others left the store one after another. They thought that at least two or three tables would have to be overturned in order to end the fight. As a result, before a chair could be overturned, Hu Da Already squeezed between two people, one person was knocked down with one punch and one kick, and the person and the wine bottle were thrown out of the store door.When one of the workers was about to get started, he grabbed a folding fruit knife in his hand. Before he could open it, the small metal ring on the handle, which was used to hang the key chain, brushed against Huda's forehead, drawing a bloody gash. .

Wu Jiusheng was dumbfounded when he heard it, and he couldn't imagine that such a thrilling thing happened downstairs when he was asleep upstairs.He stroked his hair with his hands, smiled shyly at Huda, and said:

"I'm sorry, Uncle, I'm like this. I sleep like a dead pig. I usually don't wake up when there is no movement of the sky. Look at the big battle last night. I didn't feel it at all. You Could it be that...you couldn't wake me up, so you fell asleep on my bed."

After listening to Wu Jiusheng's words, Hu Da was silent for a while, and then slowly nodded his head twice.He looked at the young man's more and more embarrassing and embarrassing appearance, and finally even blushed, and suddenly had the urge to laugh, and even the bad feeling of beating someone last night subsided a lot.

In fact, he lied to Wu Jiusheng. It is a fact that Wu Jiusheng slept peacefully, but it wasn't that Hu Da couldn't wake him up, it was that he didn't wake him up at all.

Huda was still watching the fire by the stove when the quarrel happened last night, and the first sudden noise was when one of the workers smashed a beer bottle on the corner of the table.Huda looked up the floor instinctively. At that second, he seemed to be able to hear the vague and irritable grunts from the throat of the young man who was awakened. It seems that even the center of the eyebrows are itchy after listening to it.

Huda started fighting with the two troublemakers without even thinking about it. The whole process took less than half a minute. Except for the noise of tables and chairs being dragged and scratched the ground, the store was almost immediately emptied. Calm was restored.The scratched wound was very shallow and did not need any special treatment. Hu Da didn't bother to bathe in water, so he pushed open the door of the youth's room and fell down on the bed and fell asleep.During this time, the idea of ​​running to wake the young man up and then going back to his room to sleep never occurred to him for a second.Now that Wu Jiusheng mentioned it, Hu Da was bewildered, right, why didn't he think of going there at all.

It's a pity that the busy morning scene didn't leave them much time to think carefully.Wu Jiusheng still has to rush to work, and Hu Da has to clean up the mess in the kitchen last night, and prepare for the rest of today's business by the way.They swapped positions with each other, and went back to each room to change clothes and prepare to go about their own business.

The time Wu Jiusheng rushed to the workshop to clock in was very limited, and he would be charged points and deducted money for another 3 minutes at night.The leader of their production management team stood beside the time card machine and waited for him, pointing to the electronic clock on the wall with a serious face.He is a young man who wears glasses and usually looks gentle. His name is Xue Jintong. Wu Jiusheng usually calls him the team leader, or Brother Xue.

The task in the workshop today is heavy, and there is no time to exchange pleasantries when we meet each other early in the morning, so everyone is devoted to intense work.Wu Jiusheng's workshop is responsible for the welding of semiconductor chips. To assemble circuit chips on metal lead frames, the electric welding process used in their factory is metal alloy welding, using eutectics such as gold silicon, gold germanium, and gold tin. The low-temperature silver paste used is directly sintered in the air. The general temperature is about 150 to 200 degrees. It can be operated by hand without nitrogen protection, but gloves must be worn.All types of work on the assembly line rely on piecework to calculate wage income, so once they start working, the entire workshop will maintain an unusually quiet atmosphere, and basically no one will talk or chat.

Wu Jiusheng didn't get the chance to go to Xue Jintong to mention Si Mao's matter until it was almost time for lunch break.What surprised him was that Xue Jintong knew about Simao. Not only did he know, but after hearing him talk about the resale business of refurbished equipment that Simao was engaged in, he also showed great interest. Change in an instant.

Wu Jiusheng told the truth, he just wanted to take advantage of it, if Xue Jintong was willing, he could go with him to find his fellow countryman again, through him and Simao getting acquainted, it would be considered that he owed Xue Jin the same favor.

Xue Jintong didn't say he agreed, he just said he knew it, and after a few days of rest, he would add it up again, and then went to the cafeteria to cook dinner with the enamel rice bowl.

Like everyone else, Wu Jiusheng ate lunch in the factory every day.The food in the cafeteria is not very good, but it is the closest to the workshop, so eating is the most time-saving. After eating, you can rush back to your work station and start working in the afternoon.Wu Jiusheng has also been in the electronic component factory for more than half a year. He has his own circle of acquaintances, and his daily lunch partners are basically fixed. He Jiajia, a female worker working in the inspection workshop.He Jiajia first approached them because of an introduction from a fellow countryman in the dormitory. They are all from Guangxi, and their voices are soft when they speak vernacular. They are not in the same way as the locals. Cooking in a stainless steel pot stinks so much that other people in the dormitory complain.Her fellow countryman later left Pingxiang to work elsewhere, leaving He Jiajia as a girl, good-looking, sweet-mouthed, generous and good at chatting, and the rest of the people naturally accepted her. I take her with me during meals and breaks.

He Jiajia likes red. Today he wore a V-neck red dress with two flowing ruffles. Wu Jiusheng knew that it was probably a new dress. He had never seen He Jiajia wear it before, so he praised it when he met. In a word, the clothes bought look good.The other workers booed when they heard this, saying that Wu Jiusheng was young and thoughtful, and he was blatantly courteous because he was his elder sister.

When He Jiajia heard that, she immediately became unhappy. As soon as her job was put on the table, she said, "Why do you have to emphasize that I am older than him, and I am only old this year. If you keep mentioning this, you will call me old for no reason."In fact, Wu Jiusheng was not happy either. He originally had good intentions when talking to He Jiajia, but every time no matter what he said, someone made a fuss, making him seem like he was really flattering He Jiajia.If he had any other thoughts about He Jiajia, he really didn't.He Jiajia is beautiful, she is a small wild flower, as beautiful as a red apple, she is lovable, and makes people feel inexplicably friendly. Wu Jiusheng could have just treated her like a girl and gave her the most ordinary care, A little gentlemanly spirit is enough.But in the winter when he first arrived at the electronics factory, he blew up a boiling water bottle in the boiling water room. At that time, He Jiajia was waiting in line behind him to pick up the water. She was wearing a white sweater and a red scarf.The back of Wu Jiusheng's hand was scalded by boiling water, and there was no cold water pipe nearby, so He Jiajia dug out a bottle of mineral water from his bag, took off the scarf around his neck, wet it with water, and pressed it on the back of his hand for a while to relieve it burning pain.That incident made Wu Jiusheng remember her, and because of that red scarf, Wu Jiusheng has always said some compliments to her intentionally or unintentionally to make her laugh.

Seeing He Jiajia's feigned anger, and the atmosphere of the people around her laughing more wantonly because of her coquettish tone, he felt strange for a while.

He couldn't figure out why the people around him always believed that a person must like another person just because of the kindness of a word or an action.Although he was young and had never been in a relationship, he instinctively felt that it was not like that, and it shouldn't be like that.

A group of them finished their lunch amidst laughter, and quickly went back to work.When Wu Jiusheng was working in the afternoon, the team leader Xue Jintong came to him for the first time, and asked him if the fellow villager mentioned in the morning was Xu XX who worked in the display assembly workshop. Wu Jiusheng was very surprised. Seeing Xue Jintong's figure, I don't know where he went, and I looked for the name that I found out.He nodded and said yes.Xue Jintong approached him more and more mysteriously, and told him about Si Mao who he had inquired about.It was said that Simao's uncle was the salesman in the production department of their factory, and his uncle married a wife who was an accountant in the factory director's office. Because of this relationship, the recycling business of electronic scraps was ordered from the factory leader. It is said that they have been working in this area for four or five years, and there are several fixed cooperative shippers in Huaqiangbei.It's just that something has changed recently. According to the workers in the factory over there, the chief of the security department has recently been replaced. Originally, at the end of every month, Si Mao would be too busy to leave, but this time is very unusual. , I always see him drinking in the ktv private room on the living street, even handing over the work of transporting the motorcade that he was originally in charge of, so he doesn't care much about it.

Wu Jiusheng looked at Xue Jintong in confusion, and asked him, "What's going on?"

Xue Jintong shook his head.

"I can't find out. After work in the afternoon, I will try to ask a few people."

"Brother Xue," seeing Xue Jintong turning his head to leave, Wu Jiusheng stopped him, "Do you think there is something wrong? If it's wrong, let's not go to Si Mao."

Xue Jintong hesitated for a moment, then patted Wu Jiusheng on the shoulder with a smile.

"Ah Sheng, you are still young, you don't understand. I have my own discretion in this matter, you don't need to worry about it, just concentrate on your work."

Seeing that he was sure of what he said, Wu Jiusheng didn't suspect him. He was about to bow his head and start working again, but Xue Jintong called out again.

He seemed to remember something temporarily, with a narrow smile on his face.

"By the way, when I came back at noon today, I heard from them that you pestered He Jiajia to talk while I was away? Some people in the quality inspection workshop said that He Jiajia was smiling happily until she went back. Ah Sheng, do you like her? ?”

He asked very sincerely, Wu Jiusheng's expression became bad when he heard it.That feeling of badness persisted on his face until after working in the afternoon, the factory broadcast sounded again, and he crossed the bridge, crossed the river, and returned to Huda’s barbecue shop on the Life Street, the emotion was still there.

When he entered the store, Huda was putting handfuls of fresh side vegetables into plastic baskets. Today he drove an electric tricycle to the market and bought a lot of raw materials. He still soaked the processed vegetable leaves. In the basins filled with water, but those basins changed places today and were moved to the side of the beer shelf at the back door. When moving them, they had to go down two steps, which required some extra work.

However, Wu Jiusheng didn't notice that change. He sighed loudly when he saw Hu Da, and immediately stunned Hu Da who was doing preparation work. After a moment of stunned, he laughed again.

"Did you take the wrong medicine?" He asked Wu Jiusheng, "What are you pretending to be a melancholy young man? You don't have to hurry to grab a seat at an Internet cafe today?"

Wu Jiusheng curled his lips, reluctantly picked a stool and sat down.

"I won't go. I'm bored and bored." He waved his hands and said in a very unhappy tone.

Hu Da frowned, didn't show too much emotion, and only asked while chopping vegetables: "What's wrong?"

"People in the factory are annoying." Wu Jiusheng replied.He didn't say exactly how he hated it. He actually knew that it was just an angry remark. In fact, although the workers had different personalities, they didn't care about them. They usually let him more or less and treated him well.But he was really tired of talking behind his back.He didn't know exactly how to trouble him, but he felt that those who spread the word would definitely not listen to his thoughts well, and even if he tried to explain it seriously, it would be of no use.

"Uncle," he suddenly called Huda, lay down on the table, and gave him a listless look, "Why do you think people are so strange, why do you only see that kind of relationship when you look at men and women? Is it possible that except for men If a woman likes it, can't there be some normal communication between men and women?"

Huda was a little confused by his rambling description.

"Did anyone say anything to you?" he asked.

"It's nothing." Wu Jiusheng shook his head, "It's just that I said a few words to a girl, and they all passed on that I like her. I think they misinterpreted my meaning, and they were very angry."

It turned out to be this kind of thing.Huda changed the angle of the knife in his hand to a slanted angle, and the action of chopping vegetables did not stop at all.

"Isn't it just being misunderstood as a woman? There's nothing to be angry about."

"Why can't you be angry?" Wu Jiusheng suddenly asked him back, "Is it such a small thing to like someone? They spread rumors about me. If someone really likes He Jiajia, what will that person think? If I really like him Who will I fall in love with, what will the person I like think? This is not suitable, not at all suitable."

Hu Da didn't expect the young man to have so many thoughts.

He subconsciously wanted to ask the young man if he knew what kind of person he would fall in love with. When the words came to his lips, he realized that the question was wrong, so he abruptly changed his sentence and said:

"You are only a little old, and you are so serious about what you do. I don't think you really understand what you like."

That sentence had the meaning of relying on the old to sell the old. According to the personality of the ordinary youth, he would definitely refute it at this time, but Wu Jiusheng did not refute it, but readily admitted it.

"Yes, I don't understand." He raised his head and looked into Huda's eyes and said, "But I know at least one thing, that is, no matter who you like, how much you like, it's a very serious thing, or you don't do it. , If you do it, you will spend your whole life, and you can’t go back on your word halfway.”

When he said that, he looked more serious than ever before, and there was no sign of playfulness. Huda saw it, and felt that the young man in front of him looked very different for a moment, and there was clearly more Several emotions, several temperaments, but he couldn't describe them.

A person walked in from the door, Hu Da thought it was a customer, and was about to greet him with a kitchen knife, but saw that the person was holding something in his arms, glanced around the store, and asked, "Who is here?" Wu Jiusheng."

Wu Jiusheng stood up with a dazed expression. He had never seen that person before. He was neither a coworker he knew nor a regular customer in Huda's shop.But he recognized what was in the man's arms. It was a brand new LCD demonstrator.

When he saw Wu Jiusheng, he walked over, put the monitor box into Wu Jiusheng's arms, and told him:

"Brother Simao asked me to send it to you. He said thank you, and there is no need to take your team leader. Your team leader has already met with the director of our factory, so you don't need to pass him alone. It's a matter Now that it's done, I'll give you this thing, and I'll make a friend in the future, and if you have any troubles, you can go to the factory to find him."

Wu Jiusheng was stunned, took the item for a long time, and then hesitantly replied "Yes".

The man left immediately after paying his errand.Wu Jiusheng was left holding the monitor and looked at Hu Da beside him.

Huda's expression became serious.He glanced at the back of the man leaving, then at the obviously expensive machine in Wu Jiusheng's hand, and asked him warily, "Where did you know this man?"

Wu Jiusheng told the truth, he didn't know this person, and he also told Hu Da everything about meeting Simao before and what the team leader told him today.

Hu Da pondered for a moment, his brows furrowed deeper.

"I think you are just a middleman in this matter, and most likely you have nothing to do with it, but you still have to be on guard. If you have already accepted the things this time, then accept them. Don't associate with those people again in the future." He told Wu Jiusheng to say.

Wu Jiusheng had an intuition that there was something wrong, but he didn't quite understand it. He looked puzzled and asked Hu Da if he saw something.

Huda's attitude was uncharacteristically tough.

"Don't ask, anyway, stay away from them, do you understand?"

He yelled at Wu Jiusheng, which shocked Wu Jiusheng, and nodded like a chicken pecking rice while holding the monitor.

He had never seen such a fierce Huda before, and only then realized that the man looked quite intimidating when his eyebrows were raised.He thought of the rumors about Huda that had been circulated in the factory area, and suddenly felt excited and curious at this moment.

Wu Jiusheng threw the monitor on the table and ignored it. Instead, he moved to Hu Da with bright eyes, called him "Boss" almost obsequiously, and asked him: "I have wanted to ask for a long time, what did you do before?" What do you do, there are rumors outside that you are a gangster, are you really like what they say, you have been a gangster and a big brother?"

Huda was taken aback by the sudden turn of the subject.He knew that there were a lot of rumors about him in the factory area, but no one had ever dared to ask him that in person. The young man suddenly brought up the words so bluntly, which made him a little embarrassed that he didn't know how to answer.

The rumors are of course false.Hu Da has never been in the underworld, nor has he been a big brother.But he did do dishonorable things and went to some dishonorable places.He didn't want to bring up that topic, and he didn't want to recall it.

He looked at the young man's shiny black eyes, and suddenly blurted out:

"You must walk on the right path in the future, remember?"

Wu Jiusheng showed a surprised expression.He thought he would hear such an exciting story about the world, but he didn't expect to hear a lesson, which was serious, like the teaching director's lecture.

"Uncle, you are right. When did I not go on the right path?" Wu Jiusheng protested, "I regret my life, but I dare not. I still want to use my life to try a lot of fun things. Do you have time to use those crooked brains?"

"But what if you are asked to go astray for fun?" Huda asked suddenly, "Then are you going to do it?"

Now it was the young man who was stunned.His little head, which only thinks about eating, drinking and having fun all day long, seems to have not bothered to think about such complicated and far-reaching problems. He is wondering what kind of fun things can only be achieved by people doing some unscrupulous work. He has no idea, and he has never heard of it.

But Huda was serious.He stared closely at the young man's hesitant face, and said to him word by word in a deep voice:

"If that time really comes, you must come to me first, you know?"

Wu Jiusheng didn't know why Hu Da asked him to promise that sentence.He was ignorant, and he nodded his head twice without realizing what his attitude was.