Return to the top of the road to champions

In the northern part of the Songnen Plain in the central and western part of H Province, this small county known as the hometown of hot springs is full of large and small hot spring pools, either in the form of family-style or large hotels. Hundreds of them The hot spring pool not only brought unlimited business opportunities to the small county, but also brought many outsiders.

Temporary workers of men and women wear water boots to shuttle between the small county town and the surrounding villages and towns, forming a unique scenery. There is a hot spring house covering an area of ​​[-] square meters in the open land near Changqing Town on the outskirts of the county town. Because the location is good and it is connected to the farmhouse in the front yard, the business is very good.

2013年10月3日，星期四，晚上08:30。

The day before the [-]th long holiday, the small farmhouse began to come to many tourists one after another. Eating farmhouse meals and soaking in hot springs made the compound surrounded by fences very busy.

The hot spring pool built by stones and logs in the backyard is divided into small single rooms one after another. High and low voices can be heard continuously from the small single rooms, and bypassing the front courtyard full of local characteristics, facing the Changqing Town Another small door opened in the direction.

Pushing open the small door, there is a small front hall, a woman in her fifties is sitting at a red counter with a height of half a person, holding a phone in her hand, knocking melon seeds, and talking on the phone with a loud voice , the endless chatter was accompanied by a high-pitched laughter. The harsh laughter made Guo Dapao, who came around from the front yard, frown. A hut with curtains with the word "male".

Passing through the long and narrow corridor, a small dressing room appeared in front of him, and the smell mixed in the faint foggy air made Guo Dapao's face darken.

"Tao cripple, Tao cripple..."

Taking two steps back and yelling loudly, before the yelling came to an end, a limping man with a bent back came out from the mist, and when he saw the figure walking slowly with his hunched body, Guo Dapao and Guo Weidong had a pair of small eyes. The staring boss stepped up and kicked, "Cripple Tao, did you do it on purpose, I'm a motherfucker, this room is going to stink, and I don't know how to open the windows to let the smell out. If you suffocate the two of you, you will pay for your life." How many times have I told you the fuck, don’t boil the water so hot, you just can’t remember it, it’s irrelevant, get out of here.”

The ear-piercing curses covered up the muffled sound of falling to the ground. The slippery palms made the man with inconvenient legs struggle for a while before slowly getting up, silently moving to the window, and opening the closed window a crack, One after another, until all three windows were opened, the fresh air and light drafts dispersed the fog in the dressing room.

The gradually dissipating stench made Guo Dapao take a sip, turned and left cursing.

"Old Tao, lame Tao, take a bath."

Just after finishing all this, the shout in the bathhouse made the man turn around again and dragged his stiff right leg and limped towards the bathhouse. He came to the foggy bathhouse and looked at the middle-aged man standing naked at the door. A short and fat man, the man took the bath card handed over by the middle-aged man, put it on his wrist, walked to a corner, took out a disposable plastic sheet and spread it on the bed next to him, sprinkled it with water, "Come up."

The hoarse voice, like a broken gong, was harsh and deep, and the man frowned, "Come on, Tao Cripple, you'd better stop talking, if this voice is ignorant, it can scare the child."

As soon as the man finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter behind him, "Fatty Gong, it's not the first day you know Tao Laizi's voice sounds like a broken gong, but you have a lot of problems, hurry up, what are you waiting for..."

Amidst the sound of laughter, the man put on a bath towel and tied his slender wrists with a bath card, and rubbed his fat body under his palms again and again.

Occasionally, he wiped the sweat that flowed down his cheeks to the tip of his chin. The short-sleeved vest with several holes was soon covered with sweat stains, but the man didn't seem to notice the sweat flowing down his neck at all. Under the urging of the short and fat man, push harder and harder.

Scrubbing and cleaning the bathroom until ten o'clock in the evening, there were no more guests in the bathroom. The man who had packed everything went back to the small utility room and took off his wet vest, revealing his skinny body, and put it on. A sweater and coat with unthreaded cuffs was put on a washed and whitish sweater before the man twisted his completely stiff legs and slowly left.

Before leaving, the man took the stack of change from Guo Dapao without looking at it, pushed open the small door and walked out of the bathhouse. The October evening wind was blowing on his body as it approached midnight, and the man dragged his tired body one step at a time. One step back to the home located a mile away.

A small bungalow of less than [-] square meters with a yard the size of a palm. There are many such houses in Changqing Town. They were all built and sold to outsiders when the land was not valuable a few years ago. There is only one large room, but the procedures are complete.

Take out the key to open the far door, walk through the clean and tidy courtyard, and come to the door, open it and walk in without even turning on the light, the man who fell directly on the bed was breathing heavily in the small room. big big.

I don't know how long it took, the man who finally regained his strength slowly moved his tired body, stretched out his hand and turned on the small lamp on the bedside, the bright light made the man shrink subconsciously, and raised his arm to block it. Cheek, half-cracked, the man who adapted to the light lowered his arm blocking his cheek.

A dark and old face appeared under the light. The gray sideburns, heavy nasolabial folds, drooping eyelids and big bags under the eyes made the man under the light old and lifeless.

The knuckles of a pair of palms on both knees were thick and full of calluses, and the fingers covered with tiny cracks were slightly bent, rubbing the swollen and sore legs, the man stood up and walked to the single-eye stove on the right, twisted the hidden The liquefied gas tank in the cabinet under the stove, after a few pops, some blue flames sprang up, poured water into the small pot on the stove, and waited quietly against the cabinet for a few minutes, There was a piercing sound, and he turned around and took out a bag of Huafeng, tore it open and put it into the pot. Soon, a bag of instant noodles came out of the pot, reached out again, pulled a small stool from behind, sat in front of the stove and ate with.

Soon a bowl of noodles was eaten, and the aching stomach was also relieved by the hot instant noodle soup. After touching the sweat on the tip of his nose, the man stood up with difficulty and put the used bowls and chopsticks in the small bowl. After cleaning the pot carefully, he dragged his heavy legs back to the bed.

Opening the bedside table, he took out a jar of unknown ointment and put it aside. He moved his body vigorously and took off the dark blue work pants on his body. The two completely different legs of the trouser legs that were slowly lifted appeared under the light.

The appearance is completely different from the outside, which makes people feel astonished. The white face, which is completely different from the dark face, shone with a faint fluorescence under the light. However, it is a pity that the two fair legs are completely different. The left leg is white and slender. It has a beautiful curve, like a porcelain sculpture waiting to be judged, but the right leg has shrunk and stiffened and is covered with long incisions. The scar across the entire calf and the completely collapsed calf without muscles are impressive. Trembling with fear.

And the most shocking thing is not only the collapsed calf and the incision, but the knee of the man's right leg is much thicker than his left leg. .

As if he didn’t see the shocking difference, the man who took the ointment twisted open the lid and dug out a large lump of ointment and applied it on the calf and ankle of his right leg without muscles. The hamstring was severed and the muscles were dug out. My right leg hurts unbearably every time I get tired.

Just like the heart-piercing ruthlessness when he was treated inhumanly at the beginning, "To live, only to live and feel the pain can eliminate the boiling hatred."

After repeated massages until it was slightly warm, the man stopped what he was doing, took the towel thrown on the bedside table and wiped his hands, the panting man slammed his head back on the bed, pulled the quilt over his body, Under the light, he fell asleep as usual.

Under the light, the deep fatigue between the man's brows seemed to be irreversible. The slightly locked brows made people sink, and he slowly curled up. His stiff right leg protruded from the thick quilt, pale toes and terrifying His right leg was clearly visible under the light, and the man, who couldn't even turn over, twisted his body and fell asleep in a strange posture. His rapid breathing, light or heavy, kept ringing in the silent midnight.

Until four o'clock in the morning, the painful right leg made the man unable to sleep any more. He got up silently, took out the ointment and wiped it vigorously, over and over again, but the unbearable pain was relieved, and the man slowly stopped. However, the slightly trembling fingertips could detect that trace of helplessness.

Leaning against the head of the bed with eyes closed and silently waiting for the dawn, the time moves slowly every minute and every second. The exhausted man opened his eyes when the sky was slightly pale, and he glanced out of the window in dead silence in his bloodshot eyes. , a little white through the small window let the man know that the night has finally passed.

He let out a long breath, put down his trouser legs, moved his body to the side of the bed, raised his right leg and put it on the ground, then put his left leg down, and then pressed hard on the hard bed under him, a man who swayed vigorously stood up. on the ground.

After brushing his teeth, washing his face, and eating breakfast, the man left home and walked to the bathhouse not far from home to start his day's work.

Day after day, the daily repetitive life has lasted for seven years, are you used to it?Perhaps, the life of material and spiritual poverty is just to prove that he is still alive for a man.