Chasing

Autumn in Northeast China always comes in a timely manner. It seems that not long after the November holiday, the temperature has dropped twice. The leaves of the ginkgo trees outside have begun to turn yellow. At this time, there is no heating, and the office is deserted. , it was getting dark earlier and earlier.

Wei Yi has been busy all day, and he still has a document in his hand that Secretary Zhu, the leader of the unit, gave him this morning. Secretary Zhu asked him to make a work report on the control and interview, saying that he would go to the district meeting tomorrow, so he sat down Just after writing less than 200 words, there was a commotion in the petition hall downstairs. He thought that he could always finish writing in one afternoon, so he was not in a hurry.Unexpectedly, he had just eaten his meal at noon and hadn't sat down to drink some tea to digest his food. The villagers in Liushutun Village organized a group to petition to complain about the pollution from mining enterprises. send away.

He went upstairs to the office, looked at the time, well, he had to work overtime again.Wei Yi first called Secretary Zhu to communicate with him, and the materials would be given to him later. Secretary Zhu said that there was no rush.He also called his parents and told him that he could not pick up his son and would come home late at night. His parents took it for granted and told him to work overtime with peace of mind and told him to be careful on the way back at night.

Wei Yi is a smoker, writing a material of about 2000 characters, the ashtray on the desk is full, he hits the last punctuation mark, and the cigarette is also exhausted, he puts the cigarette butt out in the ashtray, and rolls around Mouse, checked again from the beginning, corrected a few typos and some words that did not make sense, printed it out and ordered it, and checked the time, it was exactly 05:30.

Only half an hour of overtime was put into work, which was still within the controllable range. After a brief commotion after get off work, the government building in Xinsi Township quickly returned to calm.

Wei Yi picked up the handset of the office phone on the table, pressed a few numbers, and within a short while the call was connected.

"Leader, the material is finished. Don't be busy there. I'll bring it to you."

"Well, it's not busy, you come up."

Wei Yi hung up the phone, left the office, went up to the fifth floor, knocked on the door of Secretary Zhu's office, and heard the word "come in", so he pressed the door and went in.

Secretary Zhu was also smoking. When he saw him coming in, he pointed to the chair opposite and said to him, "Old Wei, sit down quickly. It's really hard work for you. I'm working overtime with me on Fridays. Come on, smoke." He handed Wei Yi a cigarette.

Wei Yi didn't refuse, he took out a lighter from his pocket and lit the cigarette.

Secretary Zhu flipped through the materials he had written, nodded in satisfaction, and then complained to him: "Tell me, this broken meeting at the top has to be held on weekends, and I can't help it." He handed a document to Wei Yi, Wei Yi took it with a cigarette in his mouth, flipped through it, and it was another document.

Secretary Zhu saw that Wei Yi's face changed, so he smiled and said, "Old Wei, it's hard work, you have to work overtime on weekends. After finishing writing, send me an email. This is what I need during the meeting on Monday."

Wei Yi hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Leader, look, my son and I have made an appointment to go to the hot spring on the weekend. You said that the child is looking forward to it. I have to write materials. The child is so disappointed. I I haven't seen him for a week. Hey, can't I ask Secretary Li to write?"

Secretary Zhu, who was rejected by Wei Yi, was not angry, but said: "Old Wei, I know you have worked hard, but Li Yun's wife just gave birth to a baby, and he has to wait for the confinement every day when he leaves early these days. If you want to write this stuff, let alone the crap he wrote, it’s not as good as you.”

Secretary Zhu kept putting a high hat on him, well, it seems that this cannot be shirked.Wei Yi frowned, and had no choice but to take over the job.

Wei Yi declined Secretary Zhu's invitation to have dinner together, and drove home hungry.He had to go to his own mother to pick up the child, and promised to go to the hot spring. This was the reward owed to his son Wei Wenxi for the midterm exam. , the son must break away from the father-son relationship with him.

Wei Yi drove very fast on the township-level roads where there were not many cars. Over the years, the state has given great support to the townships, and every year there are rigid road and bridge construction indicators. The time was much better, and in just over ten minutes, he took the national highway and then entered the city. When he got downstairs to his parents' house, the whole journey took only half an hour.

At this time, it was basically dark, and almost every house in the old residential building where my parents lived had turned on the lights. It looked very warm from downstairs.He was just about to go upstairs when the phone rang, seeing that it was his son, he picked it up.

"Son, Dad is going upstairs." Before his son could speak, Wei Yi reported first.

Wei Wenxi seemed a little annoyed at the other end, "I thought you were lying again, and you said you would come back for dinner, but you didn't come back."

"How is it possible, son, open the door for Dad." While speaking, Wei Yi was already standing at the door of the house, and he didn't bother to take the keys out of his pocket, so he simply woke up his son.

The phone was hung up, and at this moment, the sound of running came from the other side of the door, and then the door opened, and Wei Wenxi, whom he hadn't seen for almost a week, appeared in front of him.

Wei Wenxi, who has just entered the sixth grade this year, has reached his shoulders, but her temper has also grown. When she saw him, she lost the enthusiasm she had when she opened the door just now, turned around and entered the room with her mouth pouting.

His mother came out to welcome him, and the first thing she asked him was: "Why didn't you work overtime today?"

Wei Yi smiled helplessly and said, "Mom, you are expecting me to work overtime."

"There is no father who doesn't care about his children. I have told you 12 times, let you find another one, how can you do without a woman at home? Zhang Xinrui has been abroad for almost ten years, and Wen Xi is [-] years old. , are you wandering around like this?"

Well, Wei Yi has almost memorized his mother's set of theories. All he can do is never refute, just listen quietly.Because the psychological shadow caused by his ex-wife made him unable to do what he wanted to do with women, his parents didn't know the reason, and he was even more unwilling to say that his parents always thought that time would make up for all the damage. In their opinion, finding a woman to live with That's business.

Seeing that Wei Yi didn't speak, his mother was about to continue nagging, when his father came to help him, "Old lady, can you stop the ink, Wei Yi has been busy all day, and he didn't even catch his breath when he entered the door, just listen to you." Gossiping here."

Wei Yi glanced at his father gratefully, then quickly changed his shoes and entered the house.

Parents and son had already had dinner, knew that he was coming back, and knew that he often worked overtime, so even if he said he would come back for dinner, they never waited for him, and only left one for him on the dining table.

Wei Yi washed his hands well, drank a glass of water, and sat at the table to eat.At this time, Wei Wenxi came over, pulled out a chair and sat opposite him. "Dad, don't you work overtime this weekend?"

Wei Yi took a mouthful of the braised pork ribs, and was questioned by his son. The ribs choked in his mouth, whether he swallowed it or not, so he shook his head and nodded again.

The son was very happy to see him shaking his head, but he was irritated by his nodding, so he stood up angrily and was about to leave.Wei Yi quickly picked out the bones of the pork ribs, and swallowed the meat without chewing carefully. "Son, why are you angry again? Your father and I have something to write here, but if I promise you, Dad will definitely do it. Dad will go back to work overtime tonight and finish writing. I will have fun with you for two days on the weekend."

His son's little face immediately turned cloudy, and he asked him with a smile: "Really?"

"Father will lie to you again, you will be a puppy."

Wei Wenxi pursed her lips and snorted. His father had sworn this kind of oath hundreds of times, and he had never turned into a puppy.

After eating, Wei Yi washed his own bowl, took some fruit from the refrigerator, washed it and brought it to the living room. His parents were watching the news broadcast on TV, and his son was doing his homework in the small room.

He pushed the fruit plate towards his parents. His father's blood sugar was a little high. He saw the fruit, but he didn't dare to eat more. His mother didn't eat anything after dinner. The old couple shook their heads together.

Wei Yi grabbed a few grapes and stuffed them into his mouth, said, "It's quite sweet", and then sent the plate to the small room, and said to Wei Wenxi, who was doing homework, "Son, eat grapes. Go home with Dad tonight Go to bed, leave early tomorrow morning, and take you to KFC for breakfast."

Wei Wenxi glanced at his father, and before he could answer, a handful of grapes were stuffed into his mouth. He rolled his eyes at his father, and without answering, he spat out the grape skins and seeds on his father's hand .

Wei Yi indulged his son, went out to the living room to throw away the fruit peel, went to wash his hands, and when he came back, his son had already packed his schoolbag and changed his clothes quickly, and was telling his grandparents to go home.

"You go back with your dad, can your dad take care of you?"

Wei Wenxi shook her head and said, "I don't expect him to take care of me. It's fine if I don't take care of him. Grandpa and grandma, I'll come back after school on Monday."

Wei Yi stood at the door with a smirk, and his mother rolled her eyes, and said to him: "Fathers don't look like fathers, you say you..."

"It's gotta...Mom, please calm down for a while, I'll take Wenxi back." Wei Yi knew that his mother was going to talk about the same old things again, and he said this twice tonight, so he hurriedly interrupted what she was about to say , put on his coat, pulled his son to say goodbye to his parents and left.

The father and son were in the car, and they didn't have much to say. Wei Yi didn't know what to say, and asked about his son's grades?My son's grades have always been good, so he doesn't have to worry about it; ask him if he has any difficulties in school?He can't help him when there are difficulties; care about his son's emotions?His son is not yet 12 years old. Although the child is mature now, it is not enough for him to bring home a little girlfriend.

He suddenly remembered the phone call from his ex-wife Zhang Xinrui a few days ago, and wondered if he should talk to his son.