The Pentium Era - South to North

It can be seen that Liu Ligan was a little cautious when he got out of the car. Although he hugged Xu Jianmei and made jokes with other people, his eyes were always secretly searching the crowd, looking for that familiar figure. .

It wasn't until he confirmed that there was neither Tan Shuzhen nor Feng Laogui in the crowd that Liu Ligan sighed secretly and relaxed.

But in his heart, he felt a little disappointed.

If you wear beautiful clothes every day, you should show them to the person you want to see them.

Zhang Chen was also looking for Tan Shuzhen in the crowd, but couldn't find her. He knew that she had deliberately avoided it, and Zhang Chen was relieved.

"Don't take it off, pole, are you going to start sending it out now?"

Xiao Jin led the young students and was about to unload all the goods from the tricycle. Teacher Li saw it and stopped him quickly. He thought that he could just take it one by one from the tricycle, why bother to carry it up? The next one is doing useless work.

Teacher Li asked Liu Ligan, and Liu Ligan quickly said yes.

Teacher Li clapped his hands and shouted to everyone:

"Okay, I won't say any more thanks to Zhuang Zi and Zhang Chen. Everyone knows what they are saying. Come on, everyone will line up. Everyone has one, two bottles of good wine and two good cigarettes. I have a big red envelope. You can take it home and celebrate the Chinese New Year in a dignified way. Don’t squeeze in. Those who live in the group have to give in and want to go back. They have to catch the train.”

In front of the tricycle, a queue formed immediately. Some people did not join the queue, but stood on the edge and looked at the people in the queue happily. The people in the queue were all eager to go back to the countryside. Those who stood and watched were those who planned to stay in the group for the New Year, and they were not in a hurry.

Teacher Li and Xiao Jin stood in front of the tricycle handing out New Year's goods. Xiao Wu stood beside them, holding a stack of red envelopes in his hands. Those who had received the New Year's goods would receive a red envelope from Xiao Wu, holding it in both hands. There was nothing left, so Xiao Wu stuffed the red envelope into the pocket indicated by them.

Two bottles of wine, two cigarettes, and a box of instant noodles. Everyone felt that the New Year's goods were heavy.

The people who were standing on the side watching unknowingly gathered around Liu Ligan's car. Liu Ligan opened all four car doors and let these people get in and out one by one. Liu Ligan stood on the side. on the car, explaining all the issues they raised, from price to performance to how long it would take to drive from Hainan to here.

Zhang Chen stood outside the crowd for a while, walked up the steps, and walked into the building. He looked towards the office and saw that the door was open, so he walked over. He wanted to see this shabby office. , is it still the same?

Zhang Chen walked to the door of the office and was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that there was another person sitting in the office, Feng Laogui.

Before Zhang Chen arrived, Feng Laogui had been sitting there, cocking his ears and listening attentively to the movements outside the window, especially the shouts and surprises of those people, and Liu Ligan's pretending to be calm. .

Hearing the footsteps at the door, Feng Laogui turned his head and saw Zhang Chen standing at the door. Neither of them expected to see each other, and they were both stunned. Feng Laogui's face suddenly turned red.

Zhang Chen stood at the door and thought for a moment, then walked in.

The furniture in the office is still the original old furniture, but the entire office is much neater than before, and the objects on the desk are also in order. It looks like someone works here every day.

Feng Laogui watched Zhang Chen come in. He held it in for a long time before he said: "You're back?"

Zhang Chen nodded and said, "I'm back."

He walked over and sat down at Teacher Li's desk opposite Feng Laogui. The two looked at each other and both laughed.

"It's my turn to be on duty today..." Feng Laogui murmured, which meant to tell Zhang Chen that he did not intend to come and see Liu Ligan's demonstration.

Zhang Chen said "Oh".

"When did you come back?"

"yesterday afternoon."

Feng Laogui hesitated for a moment and asked, "Now...are you okay?"

Zhang Chen said yes.

"I heard that your wife just gave birth to a baby?"

Zhang Chen said yes and gave birth to a son.

"That's great." Feng Laogui smiled.

Zhang Chen also laughed. He originally wanted to say, I heard that you also gave birth to a daughter, but after thinking about it, he felt it was inappropriate, so he changed it to something vague: "Is everything okay at home?"

Feng Laogui nodded and said, OK.

The two of them were silent for a while, Zhang Chen avoided mentioning Tan Shuzhen, and Feng Laogui also paid attention to avoiding Jin Lili.

If women can't even be mentioned, there will be no topic of men.

They heard the crowd outside gradually thinning out. Many people had received New Year gifts and red envelopes and walked to the car. With their hands free, they bumped Liu Lipole with their bodies and said to him, "Pole, thank you!"

Then go down the curved ramp and happily catch the car.

"Your, that, work relationship... Zhang Chen, there is no other way, I have fought for it with the bureau." Feng Laogui said.

"Thank you, I know you can't make the decision on this matter." Zhang Chen said.

"But I will keep the room upstairs for you." Feng Laogui said, "I think you will come back sooner or later."

Zhang Chen nodded and said thank you. In fact, there is nothing. It has been of no use for such a long time.

"There are always some personal things..." Feng Laogui's voice lowered, almost whispering.

Zhang Chen said yes, I will go up and clean it up later, and the group can make other arrangements.

"Actually, actually... there's no rush." ​​Feng Laogui said.

"Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen, where are you?"

Liu Ligan's cry came from the corridor. Zhang Chen saw Feng Laogui suddenly panicking and his face turned pale. Zhang Chen quickly stood up and walked out of the door.

Liu Ligan was almost at the door of the office. Zhang Chen put his arm around his shoulders and asked, "Is the distribution finished outside?"

"It's still being distributed, it's almost finished." Liu Ligan said, "Who is in the office?"

"No one. You woke me up so fucking early in the morning. I'm so sleepy that I came here to take a nap."

Liu Ligan wanted to continue walking over there, but Zhang Chen stopped him and said, "Let's go upstairs and have a look in the room. I wonder what's going on in the room now?"

Liu Ligan was already walking toward the stairs in Zhang Chen's arms, but he still turned around and looked back.

"Did you bring the key?" Zhang Chen asked.

"What key do you need? Just kick in. Will you come to this place again?" Liu Ligan cursed.

The two people went upstairs and separated at the stairs on the second floor. Zhang Chen stood at the stairs and saw Liu Ligan walking to the door of his room. He did not kick the door, but took out the key from his bag, opened the door and went in. .

Zhang Chen just went upstairs and was pulled out by Liu Lipole in a hurry in the morning. He really didn’t bring anything with him. He pressed his shoulder against the door and with a little force, the door opened with a click. Si Bi The lock pin of the spirit lock was completely pulled out from the wooden door frame and hung on the deadbolt.

The door opened suddenly, and a burst of dust rushed into his face, almost choking Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen stood for a while before walking in. He felt that there was a thick layer of dust on the bed, table and floor inside. Zhang Chen frowned and regretted coming in.

He stood there, looking around, calming down, and his eyes began to adjust to the dim light in the room.

There is a transom on the door of this room, and the light in the corridor outside is on 24 hours a day, and the light is exactly at the transom, so this room is never dark no matter day or night. He remembered that several times, Jin Lily angrily wanted to smash the lamp in the corridor, but he stopped her.

Zhang Chen walked to the window and opened the curtains. He clearly remembered that on the morning they left, Jin Lili pulled the curtains over and over again, making sure there was no gap in the middle. Then he turned around and excitedly The ground told him, okay, the dust can't get in, so that when we come back, everything in the room will be the same as when we left.

If the dust can be blocked by closing the curtains, then where does the dust in the room come from?

Zhang Chen himself felt strange. Now when he thought of these past events, it was as if he was thinking of other people's things, and his heart was calm.

He remembered a word: "dusty". Was it because of the dust that all their vitality was annihilated, and even their memories were lifeless, making people feel as if it happened in another world.

He stood in front of the window and turned around. In the bright light, the room was indeed filled with dust. Looking at the room he had lived in for five or six years, he now felt alienated.

He scanned the room again, and then remembered that the main reason why he came up was to push Liu Li away, but he also really wanted to come up and clean up what Feng Laogui said: "personal belongings."

He took down several oil paintings he painted hanging on the wall, including a portrait of Jin Lili. He decided to keep it here, and let it decide its final fate. He didn't want to take it back. Saw by Xiao Zhao.

He then saw the oil painting box behind the door, which was made by his father with the help of carpenters from the factory.

Zhang Chen opened the oil painting box. The tubes of oil paint inside were hardened, and the paint on the palette was also caked. The entire palette was like an uneven topographic map of the world. Zhang Chen emptied the oil painting box. , put the empty box together with the paintings.

He then opened the wardrobe, which was full of clothes belonging to himself and Jin Lili. The clothes they had saved in exchange for money at that time were actually cheap goods. Now when he thought about wearing them, they all changed. It was a bit funny. Zhang Chen closed the cabinet door and let these things go.

Zhang Chen walked to a two-drawer table and opened one of the drawers. Each drawer was filled with sketches of scenes he had drawn. Zhang Chen closed the drawer.

Opening another drawer, there were three photo albums inside. Zhang Chen picked up the top one and opened a few pages to look at it. There were either photos of Jin Lili or photos of himself and Jin Lili. Zhang Chen put the album together and didn't want to Read on.

The other two books had similar contents, but he didn't even open them.

He stood up, found a brown paper bag in the room, put the photo album in it, looked at the portrait of Jin Lili on the wall, thought about it, found a pair of scissors, and cut the painting out of the frame. , rolled up, and stuffed into a brown paper bag as well.

Zhang Chen found a rope and tied the paintings and the painting box together. Looking at the room again, he saw that there was nothing to take away, and he was ready to leave.

He carried the bundle of paintings and the painting box in one hand, and the brown paper bag in the other, and walked out. Unable to free his hands, he hooked the door with his foot. The door closed and opened automatically. , fell to the ground with a bang, and another burst of dust was raised.

Zhang Chen shook his head, just leave it open, casually, he turned and walked towards the stairs.

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