these years

Since the funeral, Wang Lijun has not seen Mimi again.The last time they were together was watching Christian's burial.The coffin was shiny black, and several men carried it into the pit.Under six feet, the handsome man who was compared to Jia Baoyu fell asleep forever, leaving only his Daiyu, Qingwen and all other Yingyans below the world.

Not long after, several colleagues in the circle committed suicide one after another.Some of them have tens of millions of debts, their luxury houses are foreclosed, some of them have bad luck and depression. They have persisted for such a long time, but now they go to hell one by one. Everyone said that it was all because of Christian who destroyed the last line of defense. .

Wang Lijun was eager to know the truth about Max Sloan's death, but he never found out.Later, Du Yibing told him that sometimes the script has horrible ups and downs, which is to move the plot to the next paragraph.Because the screenwriter is too bad to connect seriously, it has a terrible effect.Therefore, we are likely to usher in a new plot.

Wang Lijun said, can this be the same? It's all nonsense.

Du Yibing said, why is it different? Life is like a play.

In early 1990, "Yau Ma Tei Police Station" was released as scheduled, and the box office broke the highest record since the opening of Hong Kong.In the same year, Jin Rulin established Sailong Film Production Company, and most of Jinqiu surrendered to him.In mid-March, Wang Lijun won another best actor award.In May, the shooting of his third movie started, "Only Walking in the Rivers and Lakes", the theme of ancient costume martial arts, tells the story of how a young knight can make progress step by step, and finally become the story of the leader of the martial arts.It is worth mentioning that the director of photography for this drama is Qiao Weidong.

Finally in August, Mimi and Zhong Weihong were about to give birth, and they were admitted to St. Marian's Hospital.Wang Lijun was on vacation for a while, and went to see them when he had nothing to do with Qiao Weidong, but it was a pity that they would talk to each other while sitting in front of the hospital bed, because men don't understand women's affairs.

And Mimi's child's biological father finally has a clue, it is Jin Xiangyan.Suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, he is crippled and has difficulty in moving, sitting or lying down. However, he often visits Mimi, rubs her belly, and calls her "Zai Zai" affectionately.He also made a will, if this is a boy, then all his inheritance will be left to Zaizai - because the grandmother only gave him a pair of twin daughters.Sooner or later, she will marry, and women will not be included in the family tree, Jin Xiangyan said.

After Jin Xiangyan left, Mimi made a wish and said that she would have a girl. Zhong Weihong said that the child would be able to get the family property, why did she have a girl?

Mimi said that she doesn't want her children to get involved in their affairs.If it's a girl, Lao Jin won't want her, she can be surnamed Wang, she is the child of my Tong Junzai...

Zhong Weihong didn't understand, she wanted to "fight for life".Because Jin Rulin didn't know which master he believed in the slander, saying that Zhong Weihong and him were destined to have no children.Since there is no child, the fetus is a girl.How can a woman inherit the family property if she is not included in the genealogy?Jin Rulin said.Probably because of this prophecy, Jin Rulin only came to visit twice, not as often as Wang Lijun.

Zhong Weihong didn't believe this evil, she was about to give birth to a boy, and this boy would be Jin Rulin's eldest son.In her fantasy, he will defeat all the concubines and wild boys around her father, and win the highest glory for her mother.

In this way, each of them lived in an advanced ward, and the two wards were next to each other.Although only separated by a wall, the two had completely different thoughts and endured the pain of pregnancy together.

The two of them were expected to give birth on the same day, and they did give birth on the same day.According to observations by the Hong Kong Observatory, it was the hottest day in 1990.

At eight o'clock that morning, Zhong Weihong's amniotic fluid broke without warning, and the gurgling water between her legs made her scream in shock. Fortunately, both Wang Lijun and Qiao Weidong were there that day. Unhelpful, the midwife stomped her feet anxiously, signaling that they would not help.After making a fuss, the person was sent to the delivery room in time.

The two were waiting outside the delivery room, Qiao Weidong was very happy, he said with his fingers, "Brother, the baby will come out soon, you have to count your fingers first, then your toes, to see if they are all in order."

Wang Lijun reminded: "There are also hare lips."

Qiao Weidong suddenly said: "Oh, yes, there are also harelips, harelips - and ears! The ears should also be looked at..."

Before the two of them had time to carry out the postpartum care study to the end, there was another woman's scream from the other side—then Mimi also entered the delivery room.

So they squeaked outside the delivery room, probed their brains, and even jumped up to look inside.In the end, the two aroused public outrage, and were thrown out of the building by the midwife, who told them to wait in the garden, and they would be notified when they were born.

So they went outside, and gradually wandered into the corner of the garden.There are lush green trees here, no sunlight, only covered with leaves, screening out a spot of light.

Qiao Weidong walked to the stone bench, took off the camera and put it on the bench.The camera is specially brought because he wants to take the first photo of the child.

Wang Lijun sat on the bench. The stone bench was cold, and he hissed comfortably.

The two were silent for a few seconds, but when a woman cried out in pain, Qiao Weidong shrank his neck and said, "It turns out that it is so miserable for a woman to give birth. I thought it was very easy."

Wang Lijun said: "Go and play with me. Having a baby is the worst thing in the world. I have known it since I was a child."

Qiao Weidong asked: "Brother, how do you know?"

Wang Lijun said: "In the past, there was a maternity and child clinic next to our courtyard house, and they often delivered babies, and it didn't stop for a day. The screaming was worse than this."

Qiao Weidong lowered his head and said, "I didn't expect... I thought that other women were like my mother, and it was very easy to give birth, and they gave birth in a snap."

Wang Lijun laughed: "Dare you ever accompany your mother to give birth?"

Qiao Weidong became interested: "That's right. I told you that the day my brother was born, my mother was still working the day shift in the factory. At that time, she just took out the tools and went down against the wall. I saw her legs Get on that stream, it's exactly the same as Xiaohong."

Wang Lijun was startled, he had never heard such a story, so he immediately pricked up his ears.

Qiao Weidong continued: "At that time, my mother told me to go to the infirmary quickly and call the doctor over. But when I called the doctor and rushed back, my younger brother was already born and was held in my mother's arms. She bit the umbilical cord herself. broken."

Wang Lijun jokingly said, "It was born in a snap? Don't be too long on your journey."

Qiao Weidong said seriously: "It's definitely a slap. I still remember that day was the August 2st Army Day, and the factory's loudspeaker was playing "I am a soldier". I ran out to find a doctor, and when I took the doctor back, when I first entered the door, I sang the second stanza of "resolutely wipe him out"—" He counted on his fingers, and then continued, " It’s only [-] minutes at most, brother, tell me, it’s not just a snap.”

Wang Lijun, like listening to "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio", was patronizing Le, not wanting to understand the reason, and now he finally turned his head to think about it.He thought, Qiao Weidong's mother is not a Maozi, a Maozi woman cannot be considered a woman.

Qiao Weidong muttered there again, talking about the umbilical cord and placenta. Wang Lijun waved his hand and said, "Don't think about those things, think about it for me. Tell me, what is the name of Miss Mimi's child."

Qiao Weidong laughed straight: "Oh this! The surname is Jin, what is Jin—"

Sitting on the stool, Wang Lijun stretched out his hand to pinch his head: "Fuck Jin, his surname is Wang!"

Qiao Weidong covered his head and hid: "Yes, yes, the surname is Wang, so the name is Wang, this..." He dragged his voice, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Brother, let me tell you, I thought about it before. If I have a child, I will call it the month I was born in, for example, if I give birth to a girl in April, I will call it Qiao Siyue, how nice it sounds to you, should I follow this?"

After saying this, under the deep green shade, Wang Lijun's face turned slightly green. After a while, he opened his mouth and said.

"Qiao Weidong, don't you know it's August now?"

Qiao Weidong said: "That's right, it's called Wang—oh!"

Qiao Weidong was pinched, and the two of them sat on the stone bench and blew a gust of wind.Who knew there was an ancient well in this garden, surrounded by stone benches on two sides, with leaves covering the top to block out the sun, dark green moss crawling on the walls of the well, the summer wind blows, the whole body is cool.

Qiao Weidong saw that the well was very simple, so he picked up the camera and wanted to take pictures, but he gestured for a long time, but gave up again.Because it's too dark here, the exposure is not normal, and the film is just a black cloud.So he made a wish, hoping that the development of camera technology will advance by leaps and bounds in the future. In addition to the powerful functions of the camera itself, it would be great if there are other ways of beautification so that photographers do not have to work hard on negatives.

After a while, Wang Lijun suddenly heard the cry of a baby. He was overjoyed, grabbed Qiao Weidong's hand, and the two hurried to the delivery room.When he reached the door, Qiao Weidong touched his trouser pocket, and suddenly said: "Brother, I forgot to take the lens cap! You go up first, and I'll be right back!" After saying that, he hurried to the garden again.Wang Lijun sighed to express his displeasure, and simply ignored him, just striding up the stairs.

This is a day of universal celebration.It didn't matter to them who the child belonged to.What matters is that new children finally come into the world to keep company with these two men who hate the adult world.

Qiao Weidong went back to get the lens cap. When he was walking back, he saw a group of people in suits walking towards the inpatient building, each of them looked serious.Qiao Weidong felt something was wrong, so he secretly followed the team.He followed the suits into the building, went up to the second floor, and stopped in front of a certain ward.Seeing people walking into the ward one by one, Qiao Weidong hid sideways by the door, trying to eavesdrop on the enemy's situation - such a big battle, probably related to Jin Xiangyan.

Only a female voice could be heard inside saying: "What's going on with Kuang Mei'e?"

A male voice replied, "It's a boy."

The woman spat, and then said to the man: "Time is fate—Master IKEA will die soon, we must guard the Jin family, and we must not allow the wild son to take away the inheritance." Speaking of this, she took a deep breath. , and then said: "You and I have a deal."

The man asked: "... a little, a little bit?"

The woman said: "Have you heard the story of Xuegu's seven friends[1]? The wild boy from IKEA is Xuegu, I am the evil queen, and you are the hunter, understand?"

The man didn't answer, as if hesitating.

The woman said again: "However, I don't want his heart. I want to see the corpse here. If you let Xuegu run away like a hunter, your death will be worse than Xuegu's, you know?"

Then the woman gave instructions to the customers in suits, but Qiao Weidong didn't listen to them.He leaned against the wall, and the blood all over his body seemed to rush to his head instantly, and the blood surged in his ears, like the sound of thousands of drums.He understood that Jin Xiangyan made a will, asking Zaizai to inherit all the property, but unexpectedly Mimi gave birth to a boy.But the old lady had to think about her two daughters, so naturally she couldn't tolerate an illegitimate child taking over the family property, so she had to send someone to take Zaizai's life.

Qiao Weidong was silent for two seconds, then jumped up suddenly. He took a big stride and went straight to the obstetrics department. He wanted to protect the child before all the bad guys.

[1] Snow White and Seven Friends: Cantonese translation of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".