beginning of autumn

Although Liqiu's room is small, it is very delicately furnished.There was a narrow bed in the corner, which seemed to only accommodate one person.The pale pink quilt was neatly placed in the center of the small bed, with a small blue and white warm hat buttoned on it.Yunfei felt that the hat looked very familiar, so he took it in his hand and looked at it carefully. It seemed that the winter day many years ago appeared in front of his eyes, when Li Qiu was quietly waiting in the wind with a bag of small buns Looking at him, he suddenly realized: "Li Qiu, why do you still keep this little hat?" Li Qiu looked back and smiled, "Why are you willing to throw away what you gave me?" Hearing this, Yun Fei's heart ached. The lake is like a gust of warm wind blowing, causing ripples.

The small bed was indeed very narrow. The two brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they seemed to have endless conversations, and they didn't hug each other until the fifth watch.Early the next morning, when Yunfei woke up, Liqiu was no longer by his side.Breakfast was ready, covered in a box, and placed on the dining table.Yunfei opened the box and saw that there were several omelettes and a bowl of wine red porridge inside.There is a note next to it, on which is written a line of delicate small characters: Brother Yun, the lunch has been prepared, and it is kept in the refrigerator, and it will be eaten when it is warmed up.I get off work a little later, and I'll make dinner when I get back, and if I'm hungry, there are cookies in the cabinet.The key is placed by the bedside. When you want to go out, you must pay attention to safety and don't lose yourself.

Yunfei smiled, carefully folded the note and put it in the pocket of his coat.

There seemed to be some movement in the corridor, Yunfei went out to look, but there was no one outside the door, the sound came from the opposite room, the door was not closed tightly, and someone could clearly hear someone arguing fiercely .A person's voice sounded a bit familiar, so Yunfei looked in through the crack of the door curiously, and couldn't help but turn pale with shock. It turned out that the person was the tall, thin man who had been following him all night.

This world is really small, I didn't expect to find it even here, but what did he want to do all this time pestering himself?Yunfei was very puzzled, and hurried into the room, his heart beating wildly, his mind was full of random thoughts.

But after the man made a fuss for a while, he slammed the door and went downstairs, and didn't come here to look for him.

After get off work, Li Qiu almost trotted all the way back home.When he walked to the door, his nose smelled a faint fragrance, which seemed to come from the house.He walked into the room lightly, but saw Yunfei was busy in front of the stove, looking at that familiar figure, tears could not help but flow from his eyes, astringent, sweet...

Yunfei didn't feel that Liqiu had come back, and he was still busy with the work in hand.The movements looked a little clumsy, and beads of sweat dripped down her fair and thin cheeks, soaking the neckline of her clothes.Just as Yunfei turned off the fire, suddenly a pair of small hands passed through his slender skin, hugging him tightly around the waist.He was taken aback by this sudden movement, and almost threw the wok on the ground. When he looked back in shock, it turned out that Li Qiu was watching him secretly smiling, and he blushed and said to Li Qiu: "I Seeing that you are so tired from work and can't help you much, you eat and drink like a rice worm instead. I just wanted to cook a meal for you to make you happy, but I didn't expect it to be so messy You're just messing with me." Li Qiuwen glared at him, with his left hand still on his waist, his right hand took a pair of chopsticks from the cupboard, put a piece of green vegetable in his mouth, and closed his eyes Chewing lightly, it looks like it is enjoying itself.After eating, he solemnly praised: "Brother Yun, this dish is delicious, try it if you don't believe me." After speaking, he put another slice in Yunfei's mouth.Yunfei smacked it a few times, and couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Can this be called delicious? He will pick up nice words to coax me."

Just as Li Qiu was about to say something, suddenly there was a coughing sound from the opposite room. Li Qiu hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Brother Yun, you can eat first. I'll deliver a bowl of porridge to Grandpa Lu, and I'll be back in a while." Yun Fei asked curiously: "Which Grandpa Lu?" "It's the Grandpa Lu who lives across the door. "

"Perhaps... because of something else..."

"Oh"

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In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and Yunfei traveled to many places in the provincial capital, but he couldn't get a better position, and he couldn't do manual work. In the end, he still didn't find a job.Lying on the small bed at night, it was difficult to fall asleep, so I mustered up the courage to whisper in Li Qiu's ear: "Qiu, why don't I go back... Living here will only cause you trouble..." Li Qiu seemed to have fallen asleep soundly , Yunfei was afraid of disturbing him, so he stopped talking.

In the evening of the next day, when Li Qiu came back from get off work, he saw Yun Fei packing his things, so he guessed that he was going back.He hurriedly threw the backpack aside, waved the stack of papers in his hand in front of his eyes a few times and said with a smile: "Seeing you running out again and again these days, I am also quite anxious for you, so I entrust the company's My friend found this, and I think it is quite suitable for you, why don't we try it?" Yunfei took it over and looked at it, suddenly felt his eyes light up, and smiled happily: "The provincial civil service exam? This is really a test. Good opportunity." But after thinking about it, she pulled her face down again, sighed and said, "Forget it, maybe it's an internal appointment again, it's just some deceitful stuff." Li Qiu saw him like this, He knew that he had lost confidence in himself because of several successive failures, so he thought for a moment and said, "Brother Yun, don't go back in a hurry, okay, just stay here and study hard. Someone will come to disturb you, which is especially suitable for you. If you are worried about the house, I can ask my sister and brother-in-law to take care of it. And... and what's more, if you are out of order, only I will know." Yunfei knew that he was serious, and he didn't have the courage to reject him again. Looking at Liqiu's big eyes full of expectation, he finally decided to stay.

Maybe what Li Qiu said was right, this exam was not as complicated as imagined, after more than half a year of hard work, Yunfei was finally admitted to the Municipal Forestry Bureau with an excellent score of No.1 in the province.As soon as he got the news, he wanted to call Liqiu to tell him, but he couldn't get through to the string of numbers recorded in the notebook.

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"Yunfei, why are you so happy to go to the province for business training? Is there a girlfriend waiting for you?" Yunfei smiled and didn't answer when he heard someone ask him this.Several days of training missions finally gave him a taste of how life feels like a year. As soon as the answer sheet was handed in here, he rushed back to the place that made him dream.Unexpectedly, after knocking on the door for a long time, it was not Liqiu who came out, but a young couple who went to work in the city. They said they rented this room at the beginning of the year. clear.Yunfei was dumbfounded, and was so anxious that tears almost fell down.

Unable to find Liqiu, Yunfei had no choice but to go back. He sat on the seat with a frown, looking at the small note in his hand, his mind was full of that cute look.While he was in a daze, he suddenly heard the girl sitting next to him laughing at him: "Brother Yun, why is it you? It's been a long time." Yun Fei looked back, and although the other party had a kind face, he couldn't remember who it was for a moment.Seeing him looking at her strangely, the girl pushed him and said, "Brother Qiu took you to our company that year, the three of us were together, have you forgotten?" Yunfei suddenly realized, and smiled embarrassedly: "Xiaomei, I haven't seen you for more than a year. I almost don't recognize you." The two sat together and chatted. Tears dripped down, and he choked up for a long time before slowly saying: "It's all my fault, I actually miss him a lot, but he didn't say anything to me when he left. It's just that he left the provincial capital, Where exactly it went, I don't know."

"Then he did a good job in the company, why did he leave?" Yun Fei asked in a puzzled manner.

"On my birthday last year, I drove him to a nearby park on a motorcycle. Passing a T-junction, I saw an old man lying in a pool of blood, as if he had just been hit by a car. Brother Qiu recognized it immediately. It was Grandpa Lu who lived opposite him, so he called the police and helped send the old man to the hospital. The old man passed away after the rescue failed, and the perpetrator was never found. But his bastard son refused to let it go, he just begged and said that he was hit by our motorcycle to death, Brother Qiu saw that no one was willing to take care of this matter, and he was afraid that I would be implicated, so he took all the responsibility He pushed it all on himself. The guy saw that he was easy to bully, so he pestered him day and night, so that he didn't even dare to go home. Maybe he wanted to get rid of that bastard as soon as possible, so he spent these years All the hard-earned money was given to that person, and I left alone without leaving a word. After he left, I also resigned and left the city. I have been looking for him from all over the world. I believe , if you have him by your side in this life, it will be more important than anything else."

Yun Fei was already in a state of anxiety when he heard it, and he didn't hear what Xiao Mei said later in a trance.

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Spring 2004

A white car was bumping all the way on the rugged mountain road, and the dust raised by the wheels was splashed everywhere.The radio in the car was broadcasting the city's news. Deputy Director Li of the Municipal Forestry Bureau was sitting in the back seat with his eyes closed. Like falling asleep.

When it was broadcast that the former deputy mayor of this city was being investigated by his superiors, Director Li suddenly became more sober, sat up and asked the driver sitting in front: "Xiao Cao, did the incident in the bathing center last time?" Is it related to Deputy Mayor Zhang?" Xiao Cao said with a smile: "Then who knows, it's just that everyone said so in private, the bathing center is doing serious business, but secretly it is a veritable sex trading place. No one, no one will believe it. This deputy mayor is really stupid. Whoever sent him how much money is written down in the notebook clearly. This is a good thing. The list of offenders is now controlled by the higher-ups without any effort. Let’s just accept the investigation one by one.”

"Do you think the case of Qian...Qian Guodong has something to do with this matter?" Director Li seemed to be hiding something in his heart, and he couldn't even speak clearly.Although Xiao Cao is just an ordinary driver, Secretary Zheng of the Municipal Party Committee is his own uncle. With such a background, even the director can hardly get his attention, not to mention that the latter is only a deputy.Hearing Director Li's question, he knew he was spying on him again, and he couldn't help but secretly laugh.Deputy Director Li and Qian Guodong were college classmates. Seeing that the old Qian was expected to be promoted to deputy mayor, they privately spent a lot of money to entrust him to pave the way for them. I suspect that my affairs will be exposed, so I have trouble sleeping and eating all day long.

"Qian Guodong doesn't seem to have much to do with this matter. He was sold by an acquaintance. I heard that the man used to be a driver, but now he has changed his career to do business. He doesn't show much on weekdays, but he secretly has old money in his hands. There is a lot of criminal evidence, I think Lao Qian capsized in the gutter this time, and was completely beaten back to grandma's house." After Xiao Cao finished speaking, he turned around and gave Yunfei a few smirks.Yun Fei didn't speak, but he knew in his heart that the person Xiao Cao was talking about was Uncle Li.

"The investigation is too ruthless. Everything has to be uprooted. I heard that an entrepreneur in their county was also forced to commit suicide by jumping off a building recently. Thinking about it makes me terrified. Let me say that it is best to stop everything in moderation. It’s so terrific.” Xiao Cao knew Director Li’s complaints, but he was crying for himself in his heart, so he said with a smile: “As the saying goes, don’t do bad things, and you’re not afraid of ghosts calling your door. It's not a good thing. At that time, there were more than a dozen chemical companies under him. He was clearly the richest man in the county, and he was really a local tyrant. He used to have an only son named Cheng Wei. Every time, Cheng Tianzhong used money to find someone to help settle it. As the saying goes, people are doing it, and the sky is watching. It is said that the son of a bitch was killed by one of his subordinates named Zhu Laosan. The reason He slept with someone else's wife, and he deserved it. The loyal old man lost his son, couldn't bear the blow, and his spirit collapsed. In addition, after 2000, this chemical company was shut down two or three times one after another. Business was worsening day by day. He was cruel and simply sold the largest chemical company to a real estate company in Henan, where he built the largest garden-style community in the county. In this way, although he himself A lot of money was made from it, but the wages owed to other people's employees for many years have not been paid, so these people gathered together and went to the construction site to make trouble. The trouble became bigger and bigger, and Qian Guodong It was pulled out by the way. Cheng Tianzhong saw that the backstage was down, and there were another life lawsuit between the workers and the real estate developer, and he committed suicide when he had nowhere to go."

After hearing this, Director Li became even more upset. Seeing Yunfei sitting beside him silently, he was about to say something when he suddenly heard Yunfei looking out of the car window and exclaiming: "The mountain in front is on fire. It's quite big." Director Li quickly picked up his mobile phone and called the county fire prevention office, asking them to organize personnel to quickly fight the fire.

The fire burned for seven days and nights before it was completely extinguished. Many cadres in the county and village were punished for this incident.According to the villagers of Xiaohuangzhuang, the person who set the fire was an old lady in her 70s and [-]s, with bad eyesight and no one to support her, so she had to do everything by herself.Now it was the spring plowing season, so she limped into the field to burn firewood. Unexpectedly, it was windy that day, and the corn leaves that were blown up by the wind floated to the back hill and set the pine trees there on fire. It was too late when she found out. Not only did she fail to put out the fire, but she burned herself seriously when she was in a hurry. She was not saved when she was sent to the hospital.

I heard that the old lady kept chanting two words before she died: "...Liqiu...Liqiu..."

But no one knows what that means...