The Pentium Era - South to North

In the evening, Liu Ligan came again, his face was livid. If he had been beaten when he came at noon, he was almost beaten to death now. He walked over to Zhang Chen and sat down, paralyzed there. , almost dying.

Zhang Chen was startled. His first reaction was that Beijing had probably officially rejected Liu Ligan's cooperation intention and Qihang had informed him. Zhang Chen asked: "What's wrong? Is there bad news in Beijing again?" "

Liu Ligan shook his head.

He lowered his head and stayed there motionless. Zhang Chen was a little annoyed and cursed: "What a big deal, what the hell are you talking about? Why are you so downcast!"

Liu Ligan raised his head, and Zhang Chen was surprised again. He saw Liu Ligan's eyes were red. Looking at Zhang Chen, he muttered incoherently: "Why, Zhang Chen, why, why are we fucking It’s so difficult to do something, why do you think this is, Zhang Chen?”

"What's up?"

Liu Ligan kept shaking his head: "It's yellow, it's yellow again, Zhang Chen, our aircraft carrier is also yellow."

"Ah!" Zhang Chen was startled and urged: "Speak quickly, tell me what's going on!"

…

When it was almost five o'clock, Liu Ligan received a page. It seemed to be from the office of Director Wang of the Urban Construction Bureau. Liu Ligan was confused, what did Director Wang want to do with him?

He quickly found a phone number to call. Director Wang was a little anxious on the phone. He said to Liu Ligan: "Reporter Liu, aren't you very concerned about Longkun South Road? Let me tell you, work will resume soon."

"Really, great, thank you, Director Wang!"

"If you are nearby, come over. I have something else to tell you."

"Okay, I'll be right over." After hanging up the phone, Liu Ligan immediately walked to the Urban Construction Bureau. He pedaled the bicycle very fast and felt full of strength. He looked at the surprised eyes of the people around him and almost smiled proudly. come out.

This ancient man is really fucking great. A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. What you lose is what you gain, what you gain is what you say. What a great saying. I didn’t expect to know that the Beijing side was ruined at noon. In the afternoon, I learned that the Longkun South Road was going to resume work. good news.

Compared with Chinatown, cooperative companies are nothing, this is truly their own business!

Liu Ligan ran to the Urban Construction Bureau excitedly, his head covered with sweat. He went to the bathroom on the first floor, washed his face with water, and then went upstairs and entered Director Wang's office.

When Director Wang saw him coming, he quickly asked him to sit down and told him that last time it was because he was not sure, so it was not convenient for him to tell him more. Now that it was confirmed, he could tell him, Longkun South Road. The project was stopped at that time because the new mayor requested that the plan be revised. Now that the plan has been revised, work will resume immediately.

"amendment?"

"Yes, it mainly involves the old shooting range of the Armed Police Force. I remember that place is related to your friend. You have asked me several times, so I asked you to come and explain this matter clearly to you. Three people spoke on the phone. I can’t understand two sentences clearly.”

"Ah, how to change it?" Liu Ligan's heart skipped a beat before he blurted out.

"Come on, let's go next door."

Director Wang took Liu Lipole to the next door. When they arrived in front of the sand table, Director Wang picked up the billiard cue and pointed to Xinlong Kunnan Road on the sand table. There was a small curve similar to ) and said to Liu Lipole :

"Did you see it? This is the original plan made by Tsinghua University and Tongji University. There is a small bend here. Why is there a small bend? Because here, next to the old shooting range, is a wetland. The experts' The suggestion is to preserve the entire wetland and build a wetland park in the future, so Longkun South Road turns a corner here."

Liu Ligan remembered that the wetland that Director Wang was talking about was probably the depression that Zhang Chen pointed to when they stood at the gate of Mr. Xie's factory that day.

"At this turn, Longkun South Road is right next to the old shooting range. Haha, the new mayor said, this is a scholar's opinion. Of course, the straighter the road, the better. There are a few muddy ponds. What's there to save? He requested that this place be straightened, and after it is straightened..."

"Will it hit that shooting range?" Liu Ligan asked quickly.

"It passed right through the middle of the shooting range and divided the land into two."

"Ah!" Liu Ligan felt like a thunderbolt struck him. He had just learned about the clan yesterday and knew what Director Wang meant by dividing it into two. In other words, cutting their Chinatown into two with one knife Two halves, their Chinatown is gone.

Liu Ligan felt his head was buzzing. He didn't hear clearly what Director Wang said next. He even forgot how he said goodbye to Director Wang and how he went downstairs. When he reached the door below, he Feeling limp, I sat down on the steps of the Urban Construction Bureau.

Liu Ligan sat there blankly, his mind blank, until Director Wang got off work and walked out of the door. He was surprised to see Liu Ligan sitting at the door. He asked: "Reporter Liu, why are you sitting here? You look so ugly, are you suffering from heatstroke?"

Liu Ligan smiled miserably: "Yes, I'm a little dizzy. Just sit down and it'll be fine. Don't worry about me, Director Wang."

"It really doesn't matter?"

"It's okay, really. Thank you, Director Wang. You can go first. I'll wait until the sun gets smaller before leaving." Liu Ligan said.

In the evening in Haicheng, the sun was still very bright. Director Wang looked up at the sky and then at his watch. It was almost time for the dinner he was invited to, so he waved goodbye to Liu Lipole.

Liu Ligan watched Director Wang riding his bicycle and disappearing into the crowd of people under the sunshine on Binhai Avenue, and then stood up.

…

Zhang Chen felt panic and emptiness in his heart as he listened to Liu Ligan's intermittently finished story. He understood that the so-called wetland was the swamp he fell into that night. In order to preserve this wetland, the surrounding Their piece of highland was preserved. The new mayor did not want the wetland. Not only the haze of fireflies would disappear, but also the Chinatown they had worked so hard for.

The two were silent for a while, and Zhang Chen said with luck, "Will you change it back in two days?"

Liu Ligan smiled sadly and shook his head: "No, it's confirmed. On the way here, Mr. Xie and I talked on the phone. He said that the army had also informed him that the land was 40 acres. The government needs to requisition it, and the seat is just like what Wang Chu said, with a strip cut out in the middle."

The two of them were silent again. Liu Ligan remembered that on his way to the Urban Construction Bureau, he was still thinking about a blessing in disguise. He lost something and gained something. Now that he thought about it, misfortunes never come singly. Liu Ligan even thought about it. I wonder if I shouldn't stay in Haicheng at all and should go back to Yongcheng like Xiao Wu.

What history have you created? You are the biggest laughing stock of Yongcheng people in Hainan.

It was getting dark outside, and the two of them were sitting there blankly. The light in the office was getting darker and darker, until the other person's face was blurred and sank into the night. They were still sitting blankly, no one was there. say.

Cao Guoqing whistled, walked from a distance, walked into the office, and turned on the light. Seeing someone in the office, he asked strangely: "Why don't you turn on the light?"

He saw their faces, was startled for a moment, and quickly backed out. As he walked out, he hurriedly turned off the light again.

The office lit up for a moment, and after the darkness returned, the darkness seemed to be deeper than before. The moment the lights came on, Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan saw each other's faces, and they both understood, Cao Guoqing Why are you scared away?

The two people still said nothing in the dark, but tears flowed down their cheeks.

The BB machine in Liu Li's waist rang. The green light of the BB machine flickered like a will-o'-the-wisp. He took it off and looked at it. It belonged to Liu Yun. Liu Ligan threw the BB machine on the table and did not call back.

The two of them had been sitting for who knows how long. They felt hungry, but no one was in the mood to eat.

Liu Li stood up unsteadily. He touched the BB machine on the table and turned it back to his waist. Zhang Chen looked at his figure in the dark and still said nothing.

Liu Ligan murmured in his sleep: "I'm leaving, I'm going to sleep for a while, if the fucking sky is falling, I'm going to sleep too."

Zhang Chen still didn't say anything. He watched Liu Ligan's figure walking towards the door. The light outside the door was brighter than inside. He watched him form a silhouette in the door frame. This silhouette was no longer the slender figure he was familiar with. , dexterous, but a little rickety.

The darkness of one person is darker and more silent than the darkness of two people. Zhang Chen felt that he, like the dark cabinets and tables around him, was becoming a quiet, silent object.

Why is it so dark? !

Two years later, Longkun South Road was opened. A building appeared on Longkun South Road. The shape was the same as what Zhang Chen and the others had imagined, but the scale was much smaller. This building, also called China Town, became China Town as soon as it appeared. They found the landmark on Longkun South Road, but it had nothing to do with Zhang Chen and Liu Li. They were not even interested in knowing who built it.

Only Mr. Xie, when he drives by here occasionally, will think of Zhang Chen's rendering, like a dream, and Mr. Xie sighs in his heart.