Golden bachelor

Seeing that the Spring Festival is approaching, the Zhou family began to be lively, and people would come to visit every now and then, most of them came to see Zhou Gang. Ai Dongdong heard that Zhou Gang had opened two factories in the suburbs of the city, and the business was booming. It was handed over before, and I have been working overtime recently.Although Zhou Gang is the leader of the factory, Zhou Ming is actually the one who is really busy. For several days in a row, he came back from dawn to dusk, but Zhou Gang often ran from one meal to another.

What surprised Ai Dongdong the most was that Zhou Gang still had a job, which was a bit unbelievable to say, and he was actually a car repairman.

That's right, it's a car repairman, a black and dirty car repairman who gets out from under the car that you often see on the street.

Ai Dongdong was particularly surprised.

He only discovered this by accident. One day Zhou Gang came back from outside and brought back a bag of dirty clothes. Ai Dongdong happened to be washing clothes, so he said, "Put it here, and I will wash it together later."

As a result, Zhou Gang said: "It's fine, but don't mix this clothes with other clothes. This clothes are oily and dirty. It's best to wash them separately."

Ai Dongdong didn't care, he thought how dirty it could be even if it was dirty, Zhou Gang loved to take a bath and changed his clothes frequently, how oily could it be?

As a result, he opened the bag and saw a smell of oil coming towards him. He saw a piece of oil stains on the black clothes inside.He was also familiar with the clothes, and had often seen them on the side of the road before.Ruiling came to see him, saw him washing clothes, and said with a smile: "Bring me any clothes you have in the future, and I will wash them for you."

"Don't bother Second Aunt. There is a washing machine, which is very convenient. I can wash it myself."

"Convenience is convenience, but the water is cold in winter. I'm not afraid that your hands will freeze."

"It's okay, I'm naturally antifreeze." Ai Dongdong smiled and shook off the water on his hands, and asked Ruiling, "My godfather just brought back a piece of clothing, and I saw it was covered with motor oil. Is his car broken? ?”

Ruiling laughed as soon as she heard it, and said: "Oh, then he probably went to a car repair shop. You may not know that he opened a car repair shop in the old city. Sometimes he would go to a car repair shop on a whim. Work, I guess I will go again today. The clothes are not easy to wash, why don’t you give them to me, I’ll wash them by hand and send them to you.”

Ai Dongdong was surprised when he heard this: "He doesn't hire any assistants to open a shop, so he does it by himself?"

"It's like this. My eldest brother used to like to ride a motorcycle when he was young, and he liked to assemble it by himself. Later, he changed to a car, and he tinkered with the car from time to time. In fact, he didn't make much money by opening that shop. He used it for fun. , The people who go there to repair the car are all people he knows. Most of them are not because the car is broken, but they want to replace parts or assemble it into a new car. My brother's own hobby, I like to play with these things...Give me the clothes, I'll wash it for you."

After talking, Ruiling took the dress out of the bag, took a look and smiled, and said, "It's really dirty."

Ai Dongdong quickly stretched out his hand and said, "I'd better wash it, as I have something to ask my godfather, I will take this opportunity to curry favor with him."

Upon hearing this, Rui Ling smiled and returned the clothes to him: "Okay, that's a good idea. You are the most capable child in our family. My elder brother will be happy to see it. He will agree to whatever you ask him to do."

Ai Dongdong put the clothes into the basin with a smile, and Rui Ling instructed: "You wash with hot water, the oil stains will go away faster."

Ai Dongdong hurriedly took a basin to fetch hot water in the bathroom, only to see Zhou Gang taking a bath in it. He had already finished washing and was dressing there with long sleeves on. When Ai Dongdong entered, he only saw the man's face. Strong and muscular waist.Seeing him coming in with a basin in his arms, Zhou Gang was stunned for a moment, and Ai Dongdong said, "Second Aunt told me that your clothes would be easier to wash with some hot water."

"You don't need to wash it by hand, just put it in the washing machine and stir it. Anyway, no matter how clean it is, it's still dirty. It's almost enough. It's so cold now, don't freeze your hands anymore. I saw you scratching them last night. "

Ai Dongdong stretched out his right palm to have a look, and said, "I have old chilblains on the underside of my palm, but it's not serious, but it will itch when I enter the bed at night."

Zhou Gang squeezed his palm and looked at it, and touched the underside of his somewhat red and swollen palm. Ai Dongdong retracted his hand in embarrassment, and said, "I'll get some hot water."

Zhou Gang nodded and said, "It's fine to rub it with hot water. You can't dip your hands in cold water anymore. Chilblains are very troublesome and happen every year."

Ai Dongdong nodded, but still washed it several times, and the clothes were washed clean, leaving only some light-colored oil stains.Ruiling saw it and said, "It's really clean. When you were at home, didn't you often do your own laundry?"

Ai Dongdong shook his head: "I don't care about anything at home. I learned to do laundry later on. If I'm out alone, I have to do it myself."

Ruiling sat on a small bench next to her, knitting a sweater, and asked while she was doing it, "I heard from Zhou Ming that you used to live alone?"

Ai Dongdong nodded, and Ruiling asked, "Then what about the people in your family, and they didn't look for you?"

"There's nobody in my house anymore."

Ruiling was surprised: "I thought your parents were there, I always thought you ran out secretly, didn't you?"

"No," Ai Dongdong smiled, pursed the corners of his lips and said, "I'm the only one in my family."

"Then there must be other relatives, grandparents or grandparents?"

Ai Dongdong stopped answering, and looked up at Ruiling: "Why, Second Aunt wants to drive me home?"

Ruiling also laughed when she heard that, and said, "I'm just asking casually. I see that you have been reluctant to mention family matters."

"The past is the past, and now I am a member of this family."

Rui Ling was noncommittal, she pursed her lips and smiled, looked up to see Zhou Gang coming out of the room, and called out "Brother".

Zhou Gang nodded, looked at the clothes on the clothesline, smiled, and said to Ai Dongdong: "It's all washed, and it's quite clean."

"I praised him just now. Big brother, you said how lucky you are to have such a capable son for no reason."

Zhou Gang sat down on the chair next to him, lit a cigarette, and said to Ai Dongdong: "Hurry up and dry your hands, don't freeze them. From now on, you can just wash this clothes in a washing machine, and try not to get your hands wet. "

Ai Dongdong shook off the drops of water on his hand, let out a long breath, Rui Ling looked at Zhou Gang and asked, "There is no one in Dongdong's house, the old lady and I always thought he had a home in the city. "

Zhou Gang took a look at Ai Dongdong, saw that Ai Dongdong's expression was a bit unnatural, so he said "um", without saying anything else, but Ai Dongdong spoke up and said, "I'm alone now. Wherever the house is, I will not go back to the provincial capital."

Maybe he himself felt that such words were a little unreasonable. Ruiling was right. Even if there were no parents, grandparents, grandparents, grandparents, there should always be some. If he said so bluntly, no one would believe it .So Ai Dongdong went on to say: "I am my father's illegitimate child. Because my mother became my father's mistress, she cut off contact with the family long ago, so I have never met my grandparents, but I Dad has never recognized me, and he has a serious wife, my aunt, who has a very good relationship with my grandparents, so my grandparents regard my mother as a vixen and me as a bastard, although I said that when I grew up, the old couple treated me better, and they would come to see me from time to time, but I had no relationship with them. Later, my dad was investigated and sent to prison. I heard that he was reported by others. The reason is said to be because my mother spent a lot of money and was noticed. Since then, my grandparents have completely cut off contact with us... My mother always scolds me when she is in a bad mood, but she dare not hit me, she I can't beat me..." He smiled again as he spoke, and the corners of his mouth opened, as if he was talking about someone else: "I'm used to being alone, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it, I just don't want to mention it, and it will only embarrass myself if I mention it. "

Ruiling sighed, stopped her needle and thread, and said, "When the adults commit crimes, the children are also wronged. It's all my fault. Asking too much makes you sad."

Ai Dongdong thought it was good to say so, although the Zhou family rarely asked him about his situation, but he himself knew that they must be very curious, and they must have asked Zhou Gang secretly, but Zhou Gang was right. He doesn't know much about it, so it's probably all prevarication. Why don't he make it clear once, women can't hide their words. He will tell Ruiling the general situation today, and Ruiling will definitely tell others when she goes back. , so that everyone has a general understanding of his situation, and it will also prevent everyone from always having a doubt in their hearts.

Zhou Gang frowned slightly while smoking a cigarette, and said, "This will be your home from now on, the past is over, and you will live here steadily, and no one will treat you as an outsider."

Ai Dongdong nodded and said, "Thank you godfather."

Ruiling looked at the time, stood up with a needle and thread: "It's time to make lunch, I'll cook, you guys chat first."

Ai Dongdong watched Ruiling walk away, and then smiled softly. Zhou Gang asked, "How much of what you said was true and how much was false?"

"[-] to [-] points." Ai Dongdong said, "I don't want people to keep asking me where I am from and who else is at home."

"Since we want to live with you, it is human nature to ask you these things. You have said so much today. I guess they will not ask you again because they are afraid of exposing your scars." Zhou Gang took a puff of cigarette and said : "Actually, I also know the general situation of your family. I asked someone to check it some time ago."

"You still doubt me?"

"That's not true. Isn't this going to go through the admission procedures for you? Some information still needs to be filled in. I originally wanted to change your surname to my surname Zhou, but since your parents are still there, I still use you to go here first. Name...you don't have your father's last name?"

"It's been said that I'm an illegitimate child. My dad didn't recognize me at first, so I took my mother's last name." Ai Dongdong said and looked at Zhou Gang: "You are not allowed to check me behind the scenes. What do you want to know? Just ask me, I won't lie to you."

"I'm afraid of being fooled by you, and I feel uneasy." Zhou Gang squinted at him through the smoke, holding a cigarette in his mouth: "I don't know why, I have always been bold and confident, but I always feel uneasy when facing you." , There is a feeling of uncertainty, sometimes when I think about it, I feel like you are my nemesis, and you are here to get me."