Burning fire

Thanks to Uncle Peng's craftsmanship, the fattest piglet, Bai Yuxing, could not eat it.

"Are the other dishes still hot?" Zhou Qizun put down the two roasted suckling pigs.Just after the heat, the tender aroma of the little piggy rises up.

If it wasn't for not wanting to cause trouble for my sister-in-law and rushing to Jiang Qiuqin's burial, Zhou Qizun would definitely slam the plate on Liu Hongshuan's face.

"Brother Sun, are you still hot?" Liu Hongshuan smiled obsequiously, and immediately asked Sun Feiteng for instructions.

"No need, trouble, just eat like this." Sun Feiteng broke off a pig's trotter, his oily hand was burned bald, and the pig's trotter fell on his lap.

Zhou Qizun threw a pack of napkins over, turned around and stood at the door without seeing it.

"Bullshit service attitude." Liu Hongshuan wiped Sun Feiteng's pants with a tissue, stared at the back of Zhou Qizun's head while wiping, and cursed.

"Where are you going to wipe it! Wipe your pants/crotch!" Sun Feiteng slapped Liu Hongshuan on the back of the neck, leaving a greasy handprint, "Where are you looking? Where the hell are you looking?"

"Wrong, wrong, wrong brother Sun." Liu Hongshuan's head was pulled lower, and his eyes rolled, "It's because my subordinates didn't count."

Sun Feiteng clicked his tongue, took another pig's trotter, and asked dissatisfiedly: "Tell me to watch it tonight. What time is it? Where are the things?"

"Hey." Liu Hongshuan heard this, and quickly raised his head to glance at Zhou Qizun. Seeing that Zhou Qizun didn't respond, he lay down in front of Sun Feiteng again, and whispered, "He's coming soon. Brother, keep your voice down, we can't let people hear."

"Hmph." Feiteng Sun seemed dismissive, but lowered his voice, "What a good thing? Let me tell you, if this vote fails, you're screwed/fucked."

"That can't be done." Liu Hongshuan said furtively, "My little brother from my hometown, we grew up wearing crotch pants together, he is stupid, really."

"The pure gold plate was dug out from the deep mountains, maybe it is a treasure of some dynasty." Liu Hongshuan leaned closer to Sun Feiteng again, "Your precious eyes are very sharp, you will know it when you look at it."

"Success." Sun Feiteng raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Then I'll wait a little longer."

Two flies buzzed behind them, Zhou Qizun stood at the door, couldn't hear what they were farting, let alone listened.

In winter, the sky is so dark that it is so dark that people can't imagine.

Tomorrow I will go to the grave on the mountain.

Zhou Qizun is not a filial person, he never pays attention to the Qingming Festival, and rarely goes to Zhou Yunheng's grave.Everyone is dead, why go to see a mound of dirt?

So far, it took him a lot of effort to recall that the last time he went was two years ago.

Tomorrow, he will send Jiang Qiuqin there.

If Zhou Yi was present, the two brothers and sisters could kowtow three times to their parents together.

Zhou Qizun closed his eyes and pinched his eyebrows.Ever since Jiang Qiuqin left, his mind was always thinking about something.It's not like him, sentimental.Strange hypocrisy.

Zhou Qizun rubbed his face to wake himself up.But he didn't have time to think about it, and the guest came here.

As soon as the door was pushed open, Zhou Qizun was stunned.The first person to come in was a woman, wearing a white cotton coat that was so old and yellowed, holding a child. ——This is the strange woman I saw at the sheep soup restaurant today.

The woman seemed to have no impression of Zhou Qizun, she walked past Zhou Qizun without any reaction.Zhou Qizun glanced at the child by the way.The child was quiet now, fast asleep in her arms.

"Chunping, Chunping, listen to me." A man trotted in after him.

The man was born small, very short, with a hunched back, as if he was about to shrink into a dry, shriveled ball.He came chasing after the woman: "I'm serious this time, I have a big business, and we'll have money right away."

"Chunping..." The man stretched out his hand to give the woman a hand.

Xu Chunping stopped abruptly, turned her head and stared at the man, as if she was about to curse, but suddenly lowered her voice: "Chen Ming, don't be ashamed. When you got married, you said that you would have money, and you would have it. Where is it? You can't even keep your job in the factory, I believe you? Do you take your son to drink northwest wind with you?"

"It's really different this time..." Chen Ming still held onto Xu Chunping.

"Don't drag me, Xiaowei is still asleep." When Xu Chunping mentioned the child, Chen Ming really let go.

Xu Chunping let out a breath, stepped out in two steps, and finally turned her head to look at Zhou Qizun. She took out the ID card in her pocket: "Are you the boss? I live in the hotel."

"Okay. Please wait a moment." Zhou Qizun took the ID card and took the book on the cabinet to register, thinking that Xu Chunping really had no impression of him.

Chen Ming took another step forward, just a small step: "Chunping..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. I'm here with my child anyway. Whether our family will break up or not..." Xu Chunping pursed her lips, "It's up to you. I'll believe this is the last time."

"Don't worry." Chen Ming said immediately, "This time there will definitely be money. Absolutely."

With just a few words, Zhou Qizun could already hear what kind of ordinary drama the two opposite people were having.Chai, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, rely on hope and love when starting a family, and because of hard work and poverty when separating.It's just that hard work is more real than hope, and poverty is more eternal than love.

Zhou Qizun memorized the information he had given Xu Chunping, returned his ID card, and handed her the key card: "Here. Go upstairs to the first room."

He asked Chen Ming: "How about you, sir?"

"Ah, I reserved a room before, my name is Chen Ming."

Zhou Qizun nodded and stretched out his hand: "Then show your ID card and I'll check it for you..."

"Chen Ming!"

Half of what Zhou Qizun said was cut off.Liu Hongshuan at the back suddenly called Chen Ming: "Have you babbled enough? Brother Sun is here, hurry up!"

"Hey, here we come!" Chen Ming didn't even care about his wife and children, let alone Zhou Qizun's outstretched hand.He quickly ran over, "Brother Sun, I'm Chen Ming, and Shuanzi's hair is young..."

Zhou Qizun had no choice but to withdraw his hand.He frowned slightly, and suddenly felt Xu Chunping staring at him.

Zhou Qizun turned his face away and smiled generously at Xu Chunping. Xu Chunping immediately retracted his gaze, as if he had been scalded.She lowered her head in silence, and walked upstairs with the child in her arms.

When passing by Zhou Qizun's side, Xu Chunping accidentally bumped Zhou Qizun's shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Xu Chunping didn't look up, but murmured in a low voice, apologizing like a mantra.

"...It's okay." Zhou Qizun clicked his tongue, the more he looked at Xu Chunping, the more uncomfortable he felt, but he couldn't figure out what to pick, so he had to give up.

Chen Ming didn't know what kind of money he was looking for, he and Liu Hongshuan bowed down to Sun Feiteng and smiled apologetically. Seeing his virtue, he almost knelt down and kowtowed a few times, and then licked the soles of Boss Sun's shoes.Zhou Qizun didn't like it, so he didn't pay attention to it.

Immediately afterwards, several guests came one after another, and Lao Peng happened to come out of the aunt's house, so Zhou Qizun and Lao Peng received them together.

After all the guests were arranged, Feiteng Fei finished eating.Liu Hongshuan and Chen Ming were like two tails, sticking to Sun Feiteng's left and right buttocks respectively, and followed Boss Sun upstairs.The lobby was empty for a while.

The table was full of leftovers, Zhou Qizun and Lao Peng stayed at the table and tidied them up neatly.

"Uncle Peng, how is sister-in-law?" Zhou Qizun asked.

"When I came out, she said that she wanted to lie down for a while, but now there is no movement, she must be asleep." Lao Peng sighed, "She is just stubborn and stubborn. She understands the deciphering to her, just figure it out."

"En." Zhou Qizun didn't say anything more.

Lao Peng put all the dishes into the basket and put them away: "Xiao Zun will go up the mountain by himself tomorrow?"

"Bai Yuxing is with me."

Lao Peng nodded, and said: "The road in the village is not easy to walk, and it is still buried, why don't you drive my car?"

"Success. Thank you, Uncle Peng." It happened that Bai Yuxing's car was still lying in the repair shop as a dead body. It was not easy to find a car in this place, which saved trouble.

"Small things." Lao Peng glanced at Zhou Qizun again, picked up his things, and sighed, "Uncle Peng knows that you have a strong personality and a heavy heart. Don't think about it, go to bed early at night, and I will bring you something delicious tomorrow morning .”

Zhou Qizun didn't answer, just smiled and sent Uncle Peng out.

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It was late at night, and the small hotel was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.Zhou Qizun locked the door and went upstairs.Turning the corner of the stairs, he saw a shadow standing in front of him.

The headlights in the corridor have been turned off, only a dim small floor lamp in the corner of the wall is on.

The lamp was like a bean, and the figure was still shrinking, swaying back and forth, if Zhou Qizun hadn't been bold and calm, and someone else came up, at first glance it would definitely be intimidating.

Xu Chunping lived in the first room at the corner, and Zhou Qizun looked again to confirm that the shadow at the door was her impoverished husband Chen Ming.

Chen Ming raised his hand, as if he wanted to knock on the door, but after hesitating for a while, he put it down, and finally had to turn around and leave.

It's really useless for a man to live like this.His wife and children were in the house, but he didn't even dare to knock on the door.

Zhou Qizun was not interested in pondering other people's messes, so he walked over with a blank expression.But when passing by Chen Ming, Zhou Qizun suddenly heard two "giggles" laughter!

It was a woman's laughter, sinister and ghostly, as if it came up from the ground, carrying a deep coldness.

Zhou Qizun suddenly mentioned it in his heart.He stopped and listened again, but couldn't hear anything.It seems that the two ghostly laughs just now were just hallucinations.

Taking another look at Chen Ming, Chen Ming also showed no signs of abnormality, and walked towards his room dejectedly.

Zhou Qizun took a breath silently and slowly, narrowed his eyes slightly to observe his surroundings carefully, and subconsciously stared at Xu Chunping's door for a while.

When he was a soldier earlier, his eyes were injured, and his eyes were no longer sensitive in the dark, but he still had the ability to observe.

Nothing unusual around.

Could it be that the laughter just now was really just his hallucination?

Zhou Qizun pressed his temples, feeling a little nervous today.Maybe Uncle Peng is right, it's because he has a heavy heart and has been tossing a lot these days.

Zhou Qizun took out the room card from his pocket - maybe he just needs to go back to the house and get some sleep.

At the corner of the corridor, the light of the floor lamp flickered a few times.The light trembled violently for a moment, as if it was about to go out, but it returned to calm the next second.Dim yellow crawling on the ground, dead still like a warm corpse.

At the same time, the lights in Xu Chunping's room were turned off, leaving only a slender white candle burning on the table.It is rare to have such a thin candle, about as thick as a pencil, and the candle light is weak, flickering occasionally, reflecting the shadow in the mirror.

It was Xu Chunping's face.The smile on her lips just fell.

The child on the bed is sleeping soundly in a dream, with immature breath floating in the room, once, twice, three times...

Xu Chunping gently picked up the comb on the table, her hand was rough and chapped, but her movements seemed weak and boneless, her movements were extremely uncoordinated, and there was a kind of weirdness that was hard to pinpoint.

She slowly brushed her long, tangled, haggard hair.Every time I comb my hair from the top to the end, I will tear out a few strands each time.There are more and more hairs on the comb teeth.Her empty eyes stared at the mirror, just staring.

Suddenly, a little candle went out.Xu Chunping also stopped combing her hair.She put down the comb and stood up, and lay down on the bed with the baby in her arms.

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Outside the hotel, the night was dark.

Zhang Jueming kicked off the fence with both feet, then turned over neatly, and jumped onto the roof of the small tile-roofed house.

"Cass."

Zhang Jueming took out a small bell from his pocket.

The bell is like white jade, but only half the size of a palm.It is white all over, shining brightly under the cold moonlight.

It was the bell that called him just now, it was a girl's voice, soft and sweet, but the fly in the ointment was that the tone lacked lightness and joy, and could hear a lot of worry.

The preoccupied Bell spoke again: "Jade, should I...shouldn't you have brought me here?"

"No." Zhang Jueming sighed.

"You should come. Those are your parents. It's only natural that you want to see their graves..." Zhang Jueming stopped suddenly in mid-sentence.

"What's wrong?" Bell asked quickly.

Zhang Jueming didn't answer, he turned around abruptly, and jumped off the roof again!