Dreaming back to the 90s to help my dad catch a rival in love
Chapter 89 Looking for Brother Kai 1 More
The last time I saw Teacher Gu was at the teacher appreciation banquet hosted by Ning Xiaobei and Fan Xia.
Mr. Gu's students in this class are very good. Although they have not stopped since the first year of high school military training, and experienced a thrilling SARS epidemic before the college entrance examination, the class still maintains an undergraduate rate of nearly 95%. , There are too many students admitted by various 985 and 211 schools.
Among them, Tan Ruirui was the best in the exam. With her excellent grades and the extra points from Shanghai's outstanding league cadres, she successfully passed the entrance examination of Tsinghua University and bid farewell to two students who had been chasing after three years. Lick the dog and go north to study.
Ning Xiaobei clearly remembered that when he went to toast Kai, he boasted triumphantly to himself that he would be teaching key classes again next semester.At the end of the year, when the school selects outstanding teachers and decides on the number of talents to be introduced next year, it is absolutely indispensable to have my share.
He, Fan Xia, Ding Zheyang and the others rubbed fire together, saying that when Brother Kai gets his household registration, he must treat them to a good meal, after all, half of the military medals are theirs.
Who knew that it had only been a few months, and the school didn't have winter vacation yet, and the future outstanding young teacher Gu Kaige actually left the attached high school.
Teacher Peng Yuepeng also left at the same time.
The two of them inquired around the school, and the teachers kept secrets. In desperation, the two had no choice but to leave the school and go to the small farmyard that Gu Kaige originally rented, which was brought to Fan Xia and the others for three years in high school. The "big villa" of infinite joy to visit.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the small courtyard, I felt that things are right and people are wrong.
They have always entered through the back door of the yard. In the past, the door was a basketball hoop. It is said that it was eliminated by the school gymnasium. Brother Kai spent money to hire a farm tractor and dragged it here from the school. Since then, I don’t know how much happiness it has brought to the boys.
Now the basketball stand is still there, but the back door of the small courtyard is locked with an iron lock, and the silver-gray iron general looks cold and ruthless under the bleak winter sun.
Taking advantage of his height, Fan Xia jumped a few times on tiptoe, calling out the name of "Bush" while jumping.Usually, as long as the group of students called it, the yellow dog with the melancholy temperament of a poet would come out to greet it, biting its tail. At this time, the students would take out the things in their pockets and put them in their hands to feed it. "Bush" has a good temper and never accepts whatever he is being fed.Once, Fan Xia got a broccoli from somewhere and fed it, but the dog actually ate it and it was delicious.
After calling for a long time, "Bush" did not come, so the landlady was called.
"Ah, isn't this teacher Gu's student...Xiao Bei, uh...does he still have Xiao Heipi?"
The landlady was quite impressed with the pair of "black and white" and greeted them cordially.
When they entered the landlady's house, both of them were somewhat restrained.In the past, when they entered Brother Kai's yard, they came here as they wanted. It was fine to lie on the ground anyway, and Brother Kai himself was also lying on the ground, without the slightest pretense of a teacher.
"Sit down, eat fruit, don't be polite."
The landlady went to the kitchen to pour tea for them, and her own dog came over wagging his tail, sniffing here and there, and then lay down at the door to bask in the sun.
"That's great, you're both college students. I remember when you first came here, you weren't that tall, just a little bit bigger. Xiao Heipi is okay, Xiao Bei is not as tall as the sweet miliflower grown in my field."
Bringing two cups of tea, the landlady talked about the situation when they came back to Kaige's courtyard in the first year of high school. It was only three years, but now that I think about it, it seems that more than ten years have passed.
"I moved away suddenly, and I didn't expect it. It was agreed at the beginning that I would continue to rent at the end of the year, and said that I would take at least one more class of students."
The landlady put her hands on her knees, and the blue homespun apron commonly used by local people was spread on her knees.Rural people in Shanghai used to wear skirts regardless of gender. They were called "zuo skirts" over wide-leg trousers around the waist. In the past two years, this kind of dress has almost disappeared.
"Then one day, I came back with red eyes. Oh, Xiao Peng also came that day. The two of them were fine at first, but then they quarreled. The quarrel was so intense. You all know that , We country folks, after dinner and watching the news broadcast, we were about to go to bed. That day they kept arguing until at least nine o'clock in the evening, throwing glasses and hitting walls."
"The sound of 'kuang kuang kuang' made people tremble with fear. Later, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I asked my man to put on his clothes and knock on the door, telling them to be gentle."
"Then that little Peng ran out. My man glanced at him as he was leaving, hey, he fell in a mess on the ground, and the dog was so frightened that he hid in the doghouse and didn't dare to speak."
Ning Xiaobei and Fan Xia glanced at each other, both worried about Brother Kai and the others.
But Ning Xiaobei was more worried, he knew more than Fan Xia after all.
"Auntie, didn't the house be rented out later? I think the gate of the yard is closed."
Ning Xiaobei asked.
"No rent, no rent. Mr. Gu's rent was originally paid until the end of the year, and there are still several days left. And he hasn't moved all his things, but he has taken away the dog and some of his clothes. We even It is to rent a house, and it is also rented to people who work nearby, and no one will come to ask until after the New Year. "
The landlady waved her hand, urging Ning Xiaobei and the others to peel the candy and eat it.
Sorghum sugar is contained in the mouth, but the heart cannot be sweetened.
At last the landlady opened the door of the yard and let them have a look inside.
After the dispute that night, the room should have been tidied up, and the appearance of Ning Xiaobei and the others when they came to Kai's house to relax for the last time before the exam has not changed much.There are still various dumbbells and barbells on the north corner, and the treadmill is still there.The big TV and the big sofa were covered with a gaudy red transparent gauze to prevent dust from falling. I don't know if it was made by the landlady or Kai himself.
Sure enough, a lot of cups and dishes were missing in the kitchen, and the pair of paintings that were said to be Mr. Peng's favorite work hanging on the wall were gone. It seems that the "battle" was very fierce that night, and the two smashed a lot of things.
Upstairs was Teacher Gu's bedroom. They were too embarrassed to go up, talked to the landlady for a while, and left in a hurry.
"I feel very lost."
Fan Xia put his arm around Ning Xiaobei's shoulder and said.
Facing the setting sun, walking on the asphalt path in the countryside, next to the harvested farmland, a telegraph pole is occasionally exposed in the brown field, and there are one or two sparrows standing high above it, staring down at others like a small bean. People feel very depressed.
In two weeks, after the final exams were over and the kids were back in town, the town was going to get lonelier.
Perhaps the residents of this town have long been used to this kind of life. Week after week, semester after semester, children come and go.Just like these little birds, buzzing and chirping, spinning and disappearing.People and birds may seem the same to them.
"Without Brother Kai's alma mater, it doesn't feel like his alma mater."
He said he came back to visit his alma mater and teacher, but in the final analysis, he just wanted to see Brother Kai, brag about him, and talk about his recent life.
"Why do you think Brother Kai is leaving? Hearing what the landlady said, it doesn't look like he's going to change jobs. It's like..."
It was as if someone suddenly encountered something important and was suddenly... fired.
Fan Xia didn't say those two words, but Ning Xiaobei also guessed it.
"The strangest thing is that no matter whether you call or send him a message, there is no reply."
Fan Xia still keeps in touch with Brother Kai on weekdays. In the past two months, he sent a message to the teacher to say hello, and Brother Kai would reply a few words, so they always thought it was okay, but Brother Kai was a little busy taking students from the first year of high school. , no time to chat with them.
Until this month, there has been no news at all.That's why they thought of coming to the school to have a look.
"Hey, hey, you two wait. Xiaobei, little Heipi..."
Both of them had walked a long way, and were about to stop the car on the main road and go back to the city, when they suddenly heard someone calling them.
Looking back, it was the landlord himself, chasing them on a [-]-bar bicycle that rattled in the frame and rang everywhere except the bell.
"This, this is for you. My mistress is really not very good. I chatted with you for a long time, but I didn't think of giving this to you. I came back from the field and she told me that I would I remembered."
The landlord himself was a little chatty, and while he was talking, he took out a note from his breast pocket.
"Teacher Gu said, in case someone comes to him and he is not here, give that person this piece of paper. Teacher Gu has been away for so many days, and only you two have come to visit him. Hey... Speaking of which Even if Mr. Gu isn't "full of peaches and plums", there are more than 100 students brought out, right? Why are you the only two watching him? Not to mention so many students, at least some of the students who used to come to his house often A dozen or so, playing ball, eating and drinking, why are you the only two here?"
The old man was very nagging, chattering a lot of nonsense, Fan Xia's hands in the air were a little numb, and he still didn't hand over the little note.
A taxi drove over, and the driver honked his horn twice and asked them if they could go.
"Ah, look at me, look at me, the mistress also said that I am good at everything, except that I talk too much."
The landlord finally had some self-knowledge, stuffed the note into Fan Xia's begging palm, and waved at them.
"Come back to play next time. Find Mr. Gu and tell him to remember to come home to pick up things."
The old man showed a down-to-earth smile, turned around and rode on his bicycle, and walked away with a "bang bang bang bang".
After getting into the back seat of the taxi, the two put their heads together and looked at a small note in Fan Xia's hand.
"This address..."
Fan Xia looked surprised.
"Isn't this the address of our university town? Mr. Gu has gone from middle school to university."
Ning Xiaobei took a second look and felt that something was wrong.
"This address, I seem to have seen it somewhere... wait..."
As he spoke, he reached into his trouser pocket and fumbled for it.He took out the business card that the black snake boss had stuffed into his jacket pocket last time in the VENDY bar.
After returning from the bar that day, Ning Jianguo took his clothes to wash and found it when he was digging out his pockets.He didn't know what the black business card with the butterfly on it represented, so he threw it on Ning Xiaobei's desk.
When Ning Xiaobei came home the next week, he felt guilty for no reason when he saw this thing on the desk.He found a book at random and threw it in.Then somehow, by accident, it ran into these pants.
Things at home are like this, they disappear inexplicably, and I can't find them no matter how I look for them.When you can't think of it, it will appear again inexplicably.
When Mrs. Ning encountered such a situation, she never bothered to look for it, and she also asked Xiaomei not to look for it.It is said that the things at home were borrowed by the gods to play for a few days, and they will come back when they have played enough.Ning Xiaobei never believed in this kind of superstition, and now seeing the black and white butterfly appearing in his trouser pocket for no reason, he couldn't help but believe it.
Comparing the two, the address left by Mr. Gu on this note is obviously the address of VENDY Bar.
To be precise, it is on the second floor of the bar.
"Oh, what you are asking is Yueyue them..."
After going around in a circle, the two set off back to the university town as usual.But instead of going back to their respective schools, they went to Bar Street first.
In the bar with the music of "Mohuraka", the boss who is still unscrupulous is lying on a booth like a snake, smoking a hookah.
He looked at Ning Xiaobei covering his mouth with a look of "rejecting second-hand smoke". He lowered his head and smiled, revealing his fingernails painted with dark green Danko. Moss, dark and thick, almost black.
"I came here a few months ago and lived upstairs in my room."
He pointed to the second floor.
"now what?"
Fan Xia raised his chin and asked.
He has been protecting Ning Xiaobei from the moment he entered the door until now. After Ning Xiaobei knew that this is a gay bar, the nerves of the family were tense——Xiaobei is so good, she is seen by other men What should I do if I leave?
"Oh little brother, instead of worrying about the things around you, you should worry about yourself. My place is 'wandering everywhere', and there are poor people who are 'with nothing to rely on'. The most lacking is a macho man like you, brother. "
As Vendy said, she blew a smoke ring at Fan Xia.The smoke of the hookah is different from ordinary cigarettes. It has a mist and a smell of fruit essence, and it comes out of his mouth. It really smells like a fairy in a fairy tale. Fan Xia shrank back in fright. Hid behind Ning Xiaobei.
Seeing this, the boss laughed so hard that he might have choked on the mist he sprayed out, coughed twice, his eyes were red, and he didn't look like a person.
"You are late."
He said.
"They died for love."
The author has something to say:
Fan Xia: In this kind of place, I want to protect Xiaobei, you all get out of the way!
Xiao Bei: Protect yourself. . .
Mr. Gu's students in this class are very good. Although they have not stopped since the first year of high school military training, and experienced a thrilling SARS epidemic before the college entrance examination, the class still maintains an undergraduate rate of nearly 95%. , There are too many students admitted by various 985 and 211 schools.
Among them, Tan Ruirui was the best in the exam. With her excellent grades and the extra points from Shanghai's outstanding league cadres, she successfully passed the entrance examination of Tsinghua University and bid farewell to two students who had been chasing after three years. Lick the dog and go north to study.
Ning Xiaobei clearly remembered that when he went to toast Kai, he boasted triumphantly to himself that he would be teaching key classes again next semester.At the end of the year, when the school selects outstanding teachers and decides on the number of talents to be introduced next year, it is absolutely indispensable to have my share.
He, Fan Xia, Ding Zheyang and the others rubbed fire together, saying that when Brother Kai gets his household registration, he must treat them to a good meal, after all, half of the military medals are theirs.
Who knew that it had only been a few months, and the school didn't have winter vacation yet, and the future outstanding young teacher Gu Kaige actually left the attached high school.
Teacher Peng Yuepeng also left at the same time.
The two of them inquired around the school, and the teachers kept secrets. In desperation, the two had no choice but to leave the school and go to the small farmyard that Gu Kaige originally rented, which was brought to Fan Xia and the others for three years in high school. The "big villa" of infinite joy to visit.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the small courtyard, I felt that things are right and people are wrong.
They have always entered through the back door of the yard. In the past, the door was a basketball hoop. It is said that it was eliminated by the school gymnasium. Brother Kai spent money to hire a farm tractor and dragged it here from the school. Since then, I don’t know how much happiness it has brought to the boys.
Now the basketball stand is still there, but the back door of the small courtyard is locked with an iron lock, and the silver-gray iron general looks cold and ruthless under the bleak winter sun.
Taking advantage of his height, Fan Xia jumped a few times on tiptoe, calling out the name of "Bush" while jumping.Usually, as long as the group of students called it, the yellow dog with the melancholy temperament of a poet would come out to greet it, biting its tail. At this time, the students would take out the things in their pockets and put them in their hands to feed it. "Bush" has a good temper and never accepts whatever he is being fed.Once, Fan Xia got a broccoli from somewhere and fed it, but the dog actually ate it and it was delicious.
After calling for a long time, "Bush" did not come, so the landlady was called.
"Ah, isn't this teacher Gu's student...Xiao Bei, uh...does he still have Xiao Heipi?"
The landlady was quite impressed with the pair of "black and white" and greeted them cordially.
When they entered the landlady's house, both of them were somewhat restrained.In the past, when they entered Brother Kai's yard, they came here as they wanted. It was fine to lie on the ground anyway, and Brother Kai himself was also lying on the ground, without the slightest pretense of a teacher.
"Sit down, eat fruit, don't be polite."
The landlady went to the kitchen to pour tea for them, and her own dog came over wagging his tail, sniffing here and there, and then lay down at the door to bask in the sun.
"That's great, you're both college students. I remember when you first came here, you weren't that tall, just a little bit bigger. Xiao Heipi is okay, Xiao Bei is not as tall as the sweet miliflower grown in my field."
Bringing two cups of tea, the landlady talked about the situation when they came back to Kaige's courtyard in the first year of high school. It was only three years, but now that I think about it, it seems that more than ten years have passed.
"I moved away suddenly, and I didn't expect it. It was agreed at the beginning that I would continue to rent at the end of the year, and said that I would take at least one more class of students."
The landlady put her hands on her knees, and the blue homespun apron commonly used by local people was spread on her knees.Rural people in Shanghai used to wear skirts regardless of gender. They were called "zuo skirts" over wide-leg trousers around the waist. In the past two years, this kind of dress has almost disappeared.
"Then one day, I came back with red eyes. Oh, Xiao Peng also came that day. The two of them were fine at first, but then they quarreled. The quarrel was so intense. You all know that , We country folks, after dinner and watching the news broadcast, we were about to go to bed. That day they kept arguing until at least nine o'clock in the evening, throwing glasses and hitting walls."
"The sound of 'kuang kuang kuang' made people tremble with fear. Later, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I asked my man to put on his clothes and knock on the door, telling them to be gentle."
"Then that little Peng ran out. My man glanced at him as he was leaving, hey, he fell in a mess on the ground, and the dog was so frightened that he hid in the doghouse and didn't dare to speak."
Ning Xiaobei and Fan Xia glanced at each other, both worried about Brother Kai and the others.
But Ning Xiaobei was more worried, he knew more than Fan Xia after all.
"Auntie, didn't the house be rented out later? I think the gate of the yard is closed."
Ning Xiaobei asked.
"No rent, no rent. Mr. Gu's rent was originally paid until the end of the year, and there are still several days left. And he hasn't moved all his things, but he has taken away the dog and some of his clothes. We even It is to rent a house, and it is also rented to people who work nearby, and no one will come to ask until after the New Year. "
The landlady waved her hand, urging Ning Xiaobei and the others to peel the candy and eat it.
Sorghum sugar is contained in the mouth, but the heart cannot be sweetened.
At last the landlady opened the door of the yard and let them have a look inside.
After the dispute that night, the room should have been tidied up, and the appearance of Ning Xiaobei and the others when they came to Kai's house to relax for the last time before the exam has not changed much.There are still various dumbbells and barbells on the north corner, and the treadmill is still there.The big TV and the big sofa were covered with a gaudy red transparent gauze to prevent dust from falling. I don't know if it was made by the landlady or Kai himself.
Sure enough, a lot of cups and dishes were missing in the kitchen, and the pair of paintings that were said to be Mr. Peng's favorite work hanging on the wall were gone. It seems that the "battle" was very fierce that night, and the two smashed a lot of things.
Upstairs was Teacher Gu's bedroom. They were too embarrassed to go up, talked to the landlady for a while, and left in a hurry.
"I feel very lost."
Fan Xia put his arm around Ning Xiaobei's shoulder and said.
Facing the setting sun, walking on the asphalt path in the countryside, next to the harvested farmland, a telegraph pole is occasionally exposed in the brown field, and there are one or two sparrows standing high above it, staring down at others like a small bean. People feel very depressed.
In two weeks, after the final exams were over and the kids were back in town, the town was going to get lonelier.
Perhaps the residents of this town have long been used to this kind of life. Week after week, semester after semester, children come and go.Just like these little birds, buzzing and chirping, spinning and disappearing.People and birds may seem the same to them.
"Without Brother Kai's alma mater, it doesn't feel like his alma mater."
He said he came back to visit his alma mater and teacher, but in the final analysis, he just wanted to see Brother Kai, brag about him, and talk about his recent life.
"Why do you think Brother Kai is leaving? Hearing what the landlady said, it doesn't look like he's going to change jobs. It's like..."
It was as if someone suddenly encountered something important and was suddenly... fired.
Fan Xia didn't say those two words, but Ning Xiaobei also guessed it.
"The strangest thing is that no matter whether you call or send him a message, there is no reply."
Fan Xia still keeps in touch with Brother Kai on weekdays. In the past two months, he sent a message to the teacher to say hello, and Brother Kai would reply a few words, so they always thought it was okay, but Brother Kai was a little busy taking students from the first year of high school. , no time to chat with them.
Until this month, there has been no news at all.That's why they thought of coming to the school to have a look.
"Hey, hey, you two wait. Xiaobei, little Heipi..."
Both of them had walked a long way, and were about to stop the car on the main road and go back to the city, when they suddenly heard someone calling them.
Looking back, it was the landlord himself, chasing them on a [-]-bar bicycle that rattled in the frame and rang everywhere except the bell.
"This, this is for you. My mistress is really not very good. I chatted with you for a long time, but I didn't think of giving this to you. I came back from the field and she told me that I would I remembered."
The landlord himself was a little chatty, and while he was talking, he took out a note from his breast pocket.
"Teacher Gu said, in case someone comes to him and he is not here, give that person this piece of paper. Teacher Gu has been away for so many days, and only you two have come to visit him. Hey... Speaking of which Even if Mr. Gu isn't "full of peaches and plums", there are more than 100 students brought out, right? Why are you the only two watching him? Not to mention so many students, at least some of the students who used to come to his house often A dozen or so, playing ball, eating and drinking, why are you the only two here?"
The old man was very nagging, chattering a lot of nonsense, Fan Xia's hands in the air were a little numb, and he still didn't hand over the little note.
A taxi drove over, and the driver honked his horn twice and asked them if they could go.
"Ah, look at me, look at me, the mistress also said that I am good at everything, except that I talk too much."
The landlord finally had some self-knowledge, stuffed the note into Fan Xia's begging palm, and waved at them.
"Come back to play next time. Find Mr. Gu and tell him to remember to come home to pick up things."
The old man showed a down-to-earth smile, turned around and rode on his bicycle, and walked away with a "bang bang bang bang".
After getting into the back seat of the taxi, the two put their heads together and looked at a small note in Fan Xia's hand.
"This address..."
Fan Xia looked surprised.
"Isn't this the address of our university town? Mr. Gu has gone from middle school to university."
Ning Xiaobei took a second look and felt that something was wrong.
"This address, I seem to have seen it somewhere... wait..."
As he spoke, he reached into his trouser pocket and fumbled for it.He took out the business card that the black snake boss had stuffed into his jacket pocket last time in the VENDY bar.
After returning from the bar that day, Ning Jianguo took his clothes to wash and found it when he was digging out his pockets.He didn't know what the black business card with the butterfly on it represented, so he threw it on Ning Xiaobei's desk.
When Ning Xiaobei came home the next week, he felt guilty for no reason when he saw this thing on the desk.He found a book at random and threw it in.Then somehow, by accident, it ran into these pants.
Things at home are like this, they disappear inexplicably, and I can't find them no matter how I look for them.When you can't think of it, it will appear again inexplicably.
When Mrs. Ning encountered such a situation, she never bothered to look for it, and she also asked Xiaomei not to look for it.It is said that the things at home were borrowed by the gods to play for a few days, and they will come back when they have played enough.Ning Xiaobei never believed in this kind of superstition, and now seeing the black and white butterfly appearing in his trouser pocket for no reason, he couldn't help but believe it.
Comparing the two, the address left by Mr. Gu on this note is obviously the address of VENDY Bar.
To be precise, it is on the second floor of the bar.
"Oh, what you are asking is Yueyue them..."
After going around in a circle, the two set off back to the university town as usual.But instead of going back to their respective schools, they went to Bar Street first.
In the bar with the music of "Mohuraka", the boss who is still unscrupulous is lying on a booth like a snake, smoking a hookah.
He looked at Ning Xiaobei covering his mouth with a look of "rejecting second-hand smoke". He lowered his head and smiled, revealing his fingernails painted with dark green Danko. Moss, dark and thick, almost black.
"I came here a few months ago and lived upstairs in my room."
He pointed to the second floor.
"now what?"
Fan Xia raised his chin and asked.
He has been protecting Ning Xiaobei from the moment he entered the door until now. After Ning Xiaobei knew that this is a gay bar, the nerves of the family were tense——Xiaobei is so good, she is seen by other men What should I do if I leave?
"Oh little brother, instead of worrying about the things around you, you should worry about yourself. My place is 'wandering everywhere', and there are poor people who are 'with nothing to rely on'. The most lacking is a macho man like you, brother. "
As Vendy said, she blew a smoke ring at Fan Xia.The smoke of the hookah is different from ordinary cigarettes. It has a mist and a smell of fruit essence, and it comes out of his mouth. It really smells like a fairy in a fairy tale. Fan Xia shrank back in fright. Hid behind Ning Xiaobei.
Seeing this, the boss laughed so hard that he might have choked on the mist he sprayed out, coughed twice, his eyes were red, and he didn't look like a person.
"You are late."
He said.
"They died for love."
The author has something to say:
Fan Xia: In this kind of place, I want to protect Xiaobei, you all get out of the way!
Xiao Bei: Protect yourself. . .
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