The world is cool

It seems to know that today is a good day, the weather is beautiful, and there is no cloud in the sky.The taxi was galloping on the not-so-smooth road in the suburbs. The bright sunshine shone on the flowers, plants and trees along the way, and everything seemed to be shining with golden light.

"The weather is so nice." Zhou Cheng sighed softly.

The little lunatic took no time to reply: "That's not right, it's not like the weather when some people got out of prison, alas, the mud spots on my pants haven't been washed off yet."

Zhou Cheng tilted his head to look at him: "You can try Tide."

The little lunatic didn't react: "Huh?"

Zhou Cheng smiled slowly: "There are tides, but no stains."

The little lunatic died.

I looked away from the endoscope, thankfully I was in the co-pilot, and ignored the disputes in another dimension behind me.

The road leading to the prison has always been deserted, with fewer cars and fewer people, and it is even more so today. Up to now, I have not seen a car or a passer-by.The monotonous gray asphalt road slowly turned into a film in the field of vision, and the playback speed was fast, but it remained unchanged.I think after picking up Huahua, I will never come here again in my life, or take this road again.It has nothing to do with determination or oath, it is a very simple cognition - it will be so, and it should be so.

Before the car reached the gate of the prison, a woman's figure loomed in the outline, and when she approached, it turned out that she was Jin Dafu's daughter-in-law.

Huahua and Da Jinzi were released from prison on the same day, everyone knows about it, but no one mentions it, as if the three of us really came here to pick up Huahua in a down-to-earth manner, heartless like lunatics, at most we are here Having to face the embarrassment of this situation at this moment, he clicked his tongue, then opened the door and got out of the car, and told the driver: "Wait for us a little longer, don't run away."

I bit the bullet and walked forward, and it took me a long time to find a smiling face: "Hi, sister-in-law."

The woman was a little surprised when she saw us, and she froze for a while before saying, "You guys are..."

"Come to pick Huadiao out of prison." Zhou Cheng walked over and answered with a smile on my behalf.

The tense look of the woman was obviously relaxed, and I just realized that the family members of the reform-through-labour prisoners have the same idea, such as the woman in front of me, or Zhou Cheng’s sister, no one likes their relatives to stay with their inmates after they are released from prison. Together.This kind of mood is easy to understand, but the logic is actually quite ridiculous, as if the prisoners in their own family can start a new life, while those in other families must repeat the same mistakes.

After exchanging pleasantries for about ten minutes, everyone was at a loss for words. They were not very close people at first, so they fell silent in unison, or paced, or were in a daze, or walked around, and slowly formed a pattern in the anxious waiting. The two camps, one standing alone on the south side of the gate, and the other entrenched in front of the gate, without the Chu River and Han border, are already clearly separated.

I don’t know how long it took, maybe a few minutes, or maybe a few hours. At this time, I have lost my correct perception. I only know that when the sound of the prison door opening shakes my eardrums for the third time, my heart still does not move. Controlled throbbing.I think the same situation will not change even if it happens a hundred times a thousand times, as long as the person who is about to step out is the person you have been waiting for for a long time.

"Mute, this way—"

At this moment, the one who can still be alive and kicking like a human is just a little lunatic, waving his arms like he is picking up the plane at the airport exit.

But Hua Hua didn't move, she stepped out of the prison gate, and stood there blankly, letting the prison gate slowly close behind her.

On the other hand, Jin Dafu saw us when he heard the voice, and immediately beamed with joy, and came towards us without even thinking about it.

I'm embarrassing in place, I can't wait to yell aloud, brother, where is your wife? What eyes do you have!

Fortunately, Da Jinzi came to his senses when he was still five or six meters away from us. After looking around, he finally caught sight of his daughter-in-law. After a moment of hesitation, he made a sharp turn and turned towards his wife.

I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and found that subconsciously I still hope that he can live a good life with his wife, not only the issue of homosexuality and heterosexuality, but a woman who has been a widow for nearly ten years without any complaints and dutifully supporting her In this family, with children raised, one has to be conscientious, right?

Zhou Cheng didn't speak from the beginning to the end, I turned to look at him, but I couldn't see any clues on his calm face, and even his eyes were indifferent, like a peaceful lake in the afternoon.

"Isn't the dumb dumb?" The little lunatic's murmur drew my attention back.

Huahua was still standing there, wearing a suit of old clothes that had been washed white that I had never seen before. She raised her head slightly and looked at one place.I followed his gaze and saw a group of sparrows huffing and flying from one tree to another. I don’t know why they have to act collectively even to change the treetops, but their chirping calls are full of liveliness and harmony. hapiness.

I am not a person with a good memory, but now I somehow recall the scene when I first met Huahua six years ago. At that time, he always liked to sit on the window sill and look at the sky outside. I curiously went up and asked, how old are you? What can you see if you look out like this.He wrote me three words stroke by stroke very seriously.

Birds are flying.

Why do I remember it so clearly? I have forgotten many things. Even the first sentence I said to him, the first word he wrote to me, is so blurred that there are no outlines. Only these three words, Clear as yesterday.

Taking a deep breath, I called out loudly: "Huahua——"

Finally, he turned his head to look this way.

I opened my arms and smiled slightly: "Come here."

Huahua tilted her head slightly and was stunned for a few seconds before moving.

It wasn't the rush I expected, Huahua took every step slowly and cautiously, as if it was a cloud, and she would fall if she didn't pay attention.

When someone walked up to me, my open arm was sore, but I still rubbed his head vigorously, and then grinned: "Boy, you are free!"

Huahua suddenly hugged me tightly, as if he realized at this moment that he has been released from prison, and he no longer needs to look outside through the bars, and no longer needs to envy the freedom of birds and beasts.

I let him hug me almost out of breath, and I don't know what the kid has been eating inside for a year, and his strength is almost as strong as Popeye's.

Sighing, I wrapped my sore arms around his back and hugged him back!

Nine years, who can understand the sadness and bitterness in it.

"Okay, if you're a man, just calm down." I had a premonition that the taxi driver who waited like this would go crazy, so I patted Huahua's back lightly.

"That's right," the little lunatic also came over, "Look at Zhou Cheng, the man has gone back with his wife, and his expression remains unchanged, elegant and calm."

Everyone has the heart to gossip, even Huahua is no exception, upon hearing this, she naturally let go of me, and then silently turned her head to look at Zhou Cheng.I followed along, but the person involved had already walked over, as the little lunatic said, with the usual expression.

"Did Jinzi go back?" I searched around, but there was no sign of the two of them.

The little lunatic shrugged and said deliberately: "Wife and child are waiting on the kang, who is wasting time here."

I frowned and was about to say something, but someone was faster than me.

"Rong Kai." Zhou Cheng called out very gently.

The little lunatic was stunned, subconsciously said: "Huh?"

The latter raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Don't force me to enter the palace for the second time."

Don't call your mother a little lunatic, even I gasped.It was definitely a knee-jerk reaction, because for a split second I believed he meant it.Going to look at the provocateur again, he has already petrified, his big eyes are unblinking, and the expression on his face is definitely not good-looking.

For about half a minute, the world was quiet, no one spoke, not even the sparrows moved.

Until Zhou Cheng stretched out his hand and pinched the little lunatic's face, with a pleasant smile: "It's serious, I'm just kidding you."

Your sister's kidding!Just kidding, how about you experience the vastness of the world without talking for half a minute? !

The little lunatic obviously didn't buy it either, he opened his hand violently, and got into the taxi angrily.

I couldn't see it, and frowned at Zhou Cheng: "A kid, don't keep scaring him like this."

Zhou Cheng and I looked at each other for two seconds, and suddenly sighed faintly: "Oh, one more entertainment is missing."

My black thread, is your fucking spare time so boring!

Hua Hua was happy watching from the side, she was full of smiles, and she was much more lively than before.

I put my arms around his neck, and said earnestly and earnestly: "See, everyone is out of tune, only your brother and I have such a hot heart."

Huahua didn't say yes or no, but unexpectedly bit my neck.

Does your mother approve or not?

I was very sad.

The taxi started to drive again, and looking through the rear window, there was no one at the gate of the prison that was drifting away, so I remembered to ask, "Did Jin Dafu go back?"

In fact, I meant to ask the little lunatic, but this kid may still have lingering fears about sensitive topics, so he sat in the co-pilot obediently, leaving the back of my head motionless.

"En." It was Zhou Cheng who answered, without looking at me, but quietly looking at the receding scenery outside the window.

I feel a little uncomfortable, at least I have been in prison together for so many years, it is a lie to say that there is no relationship, just like this, I feel uncomfortable thinking about it: "At least leave a phone number..."

"Given it." A voice came from the back of the head of the motionless co-pilot.

I was surprised: "When?"

With the back of his head motionless: "When you think about it, all human beings are extinct."

……

Hua Huazhao has not changed since the last time I went to see him. If you insist on looking for him, it means that the whole person is more energetic than that time, and I don’t know if it’s because of the loss of the glass in the visiting room. Look, Huahua seems to be more mature than when I was released from prison, and the outline of her face has become clearer, and she is no longer a teenager.

On the whole way home, the whole car listened to me talking about the history of struggle, such as tricycle riding, selling furniture, and kebabs, which almost made me talk about flowers.When I finally got out of the car, the driver insisted on leaving my mobile phone number, saying that he planned to change his career someday and come to me for consultation.I was a little embarrassed, but there was nothing I could do. I was happy when Huahua was released from prison, or I could say I was a little bit excited, but when I was excited, I talked a lot, which is an inherited problem.

"The house has just been rented for a short time. It has three bedrooms and one living room. It's spacious enough, but it's a bit messy, haha. I wanted to go to a restaurant and have a good meal to cleanse you, but after much deliberation, I can't go anywhere as comfortable as my own home. Let's eat today hot pot!"

"Feng Yiyi, can you open the door first?" The little lunatics in the crowd were not happy.

I had a good time and took out the key to open the door.

It’s a spectacular scene for four old men to squeeze into the entrance to change shoes. While changing, I’m glad that there is Zhou Cheng in the life team who thinks in all directions—or he reminds me to buy a new pair of slippers and toiletries And tank top and shorts, etc., Huahua's first day out of prison is a tragedy.

Hot pot is always the favorite of lazy people. Just at noon, we have piled up the meat and vegetables we bought in advance on the table. The small stove is lit, and the bottom of the small pot is gurgling.

"This glass of wine will wash Huahua away from the wind and dust. From today on, let's say goodbye to the past! Do it!"

"This second glass of wine is to wish our business will be better and better, and life will be smoother and smoother! Do it!"

"This third cup...Rong Kai, put your fucking chopsticks down!"

"..."

It took a long time to eat this meal, first eating meat, then eating vegetables, then drinking, and then bragging and farting.From noon to evening, from slightly drunk to sober.I asked Huahua a lot of things, and I used to use selective questions, such as how are you doing in there, is there anyone bullying you, are you happy when you come out, and so on.In fact, I got answers to these questions when I visited the prison, but I was always uneasy and insisted on asking them repeatedly.Huahua always showed a lot of patience, no matter how many times I asked the same question, she would nod or shake her head very obediently, and then smiled at me for the rest of the time, sometimes slightly, sometimes revealing Snow white teeth.

Full of wine and food, everyone slumped on the chairs, no one was willing to get up and clean up the messy table, as if it had nothing to do with them.

I hiccupped and squinted at Huahua with dissatisfaction: "It's a good thing to be daring in it. As soon as you ask me, you live a good life, eat well, sleep well, and discipline well. How do I feel?" You said that this place is not like the one I have stayed in."

The little lunatic yawned lazily: "Selective amnesia is a disease that can be cured."

Zhou Cheng was just picking up a enoki mushroom into the bowl boredly, when he heard this, he shook his chopsticks, and the enoki mushroom fell back into the pot again.

Huahua thought about it seriously, then took out a pencil tip that was almost shaved off from her pocket, and wrote a few words on the napkin with great painstaking effort.I leaned over to take a look, and the crumpled words read: Not all are good.

I nodded. That's right. Children who tell the truth are the cutest: "For example?"

Huahua's pen paused before writing: I miss you, but I can't see you.

My heart got hot, and I was about to say something, but the little lunatic came over, seeing what Hua Hua said was not happy, and narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"

Huahua frowned slightly and thought for a while, then forced a thin "men" behind you.

The little lunatic was speechless, plopped down on the table, and howled: "It's over, you've let Feng train you all the way to the end, naked house slave—"

I slapped and called out, what a broken word!

The night slowly fell, and the familiar opening song of the news broadcast sounded.

I put down the remote control, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, turned my head and suggested to the other three people: "Hey, let's ask for help!"

Who would have thought that my blood would be sprinkled in the Ice Age like this.

The little lunatic didn't even raise his eyelids, and directly refused: "Whoever wants you to be a brother, don't take advantage."

Damn, aren't you already my younger brother!

Zhou Cheng picked up another Flammulina velutipes mushroom, his expression focused as if it was a performance art: "I don't lack younger brothers, I have to take care of them after I recognize them, trouble."

Damn, it's not troublesome for you to pick up enoki mushrooms one by one!

Huahua looked at me and silently shook her head.

Damn it, you can hesitate for a couple of seconds before shaking it!

"Reason," I leaned closer to Huahua, gritted my teeth, "Give me a reason!" It's fine for Zhou Cheng and the little lunatic to refuse, but Huahua also refused, I am very hurt!

Hua Hua blinked twice in a daze, then turned to look at Rong Kai, then at Zhou Cheng, I thought he was looking for inspiration from his seniors, but there were three large characters on the napkin handed to me: No reason.

When I asked again, Huahua didn't even need to write, she just spread her hands, pretending to be innocent and sincere.