Da Mao’s injury was no longer serious. All that was left was to continue to nurse him back to health. His hands and feet could move freely. So on the afternoon of the second day after I burned down Sanchuan Ghost Market, we got on the bus to Chengdu. We stayed in Chengdu that night. Stayed one night and returned to the mountain city.
Communications at that time were relatively underdeveloped. Although telephones were installed in many places, most of them were in people's communes, police stations, and other places. There were also factories. However, telephones were not something ordinary people used often, so Da Mao and I left our hometown. For a month, friends back home had almost no news about us.
I am alone, and as I have done a lot of big things over the years, I am somewhat famous in the industry, so my friends still believe that I know how to protect myself even if I encounter danger, and I know how to escape unscathed. But Da Mao is different. Although he debuted at almost the same time as me, Da Mao is younger and has spent most of his time under the protection of Mr. Wang Chengqian for many years. He is also relatively low-key. Therefore, Mr. Wang Chengqian's reputation in the industry is far greater than that of Da Mao. Big hair.
This means that when Damao left home for a month, the person who was most worried about him was Mr. Wang Chengqian. But when we returned to our hometown, I sent Da Mao home. On the way, I couldn't help but look at Da Mao who was walking slowly beside me. When he came to see me a month ago, he had just returned from the Sanchuan Ghost Market. , was almost under house arrest for a month, and was tortured emotionally and physically. When I saw him that time, he was a whole circle thinner than before. And Da Mao, who was walking next to me at the moment, was even thinner than when he and I set out for the Sanchuan Ghost Market a month ago.
The hairy young man in his twenties, who was originally tall and strong, now looked sickly, even his cheeks were somewhat sunken. As a big brother, I feel quite distressed when I see his appearance. Because a month ago, we didn’t need to cause trouble. Only because of Da Mao’s sense of justice and my curiosity, we embarked on this journey. And when we set off, we didn’t think that this trip would be It was so dangerous that he almost lost his life.
It wasn’t just Da Mao who got involved, but also myself, because I didn’t expect that when I was investigating the Sanchuan Ghost Market, I would be involved in such a big conspiracy. Even if I finally prevented the disaster from happening, it still left me I feel exhausted, but also very sad. What is sad is that people can be so destitute that they can make a living by selling ghosts. It is sad that when people's kindness is taken advantage of, they will become irrational. In the past month, my beard has grown by almost an inch. Such a beard looks so disharmonious on the face of a person of my age. Maybe Da Mao noticed it when I looked at him. He turned his head and looked at me, and then smiled with relief, as if to say to me, you don’t need to say it out loud, you and I both understand.
When I brought Da Mao to Mr. Wang Chengqian, Mr. Wang Chengqian seemed to have seen his long-lost son. He pulled Da Mao to his side and held him in his arms, while scolding you for being so thin, you bastard. You still have the nerve to come back and so on, but you can't help but burst into tears. I stood silently, with mixed feelings in my heart. When Da Mao and I set out for the Sanchuan Ghost Market, it was actually with the tacit approval of Mr. Wang Chengqian. Perhaps his thoughts at the time were the same as mine at the moment, and he had experienced , Only then did I realize my own shallowness, and only then did I understand the preciousness of those who returned.
But when Mr. Wang Chengqian saw the silly girl standing aside with an innocent face, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and then turned to look at me. He probably thought that I brought this girl back. Because in our era, men and women got married relatively early. Generally speaking, men and women in their twenties and sixties have become parents of their children. People like me who are still single in their thirties , either the family is too poor to find a wife, or the family is physically disabled. And even those with physical disabilities will mostly marry someone who is a dementia or a fool, but they are still human beings and can continue their incest.
So when Mr. Wang Chengqian looked at me with ill-intentioned but relieved eyes, I knew that he had misunderstood. In the past, I might have waved my hands in defense, but now I held back my words. I just smiled and shook my head at Wang Chengqian, which meant it was not what you imagined, and then raised my chin towards Da Mao. , which means you should ask your apprentice.
Mr. Wang Chengqian is a highly respected veteran in our local industry. He has strict family rules. Ever since I met Da Mao, I have always felt that Da Mao treated Mr. Wang Chengqian with great respect. Although Mr. Wang Chengqian often scolded him, sometimes he even punched and kicked him. , but he felt sorry for his apprentice from the bottom of his heart. So when Wang Chengqian hugged Da Mao, cursed and cried, Da Mao also cried silently. But when I gave Mr. Wang Chengqian this look, he was still very surprised. He walked around the silly girl, looked up and down, then pulled Da Mao aside and asked, "This girl's eyes are distracted and lifeless. What are you doing?" Take it home, do you mean...?
Da Mao sighed first, then nodded firmly and said, yes, Master, this is the girl I like, I will bring her back, we will live together, and I will marry her as my wife.
This was probably the first time that Damao had spoken so confidently and resolutely to Wang Chengqian. Although I feel in my heart that with Da Mao’s character, craftsmanship and talent, even if I can’t find an intellectual girl as my wife in the future, I can at least find one from our industry. If not, at worst, I can marry an honest and dutiful girl from the countryside. Okay, but feelings are so strange. Sometimes after falling in love with someone, you actually accept everything about that person, including good and bad, advantages and disadvantages, and even flaws. Maybe it’s because of my wandering life in the world these years, I often don’t know what will happen tomorrow before I fall asleep the first night, so I began to learn to do things that make me happy, because I am afraid that I will regret it tomorrow.
Mr. Wang Chengqian didn't understand that Da Mao had found a fool to be his wife, but he didn't have the nerve to get angry in front of me. In addition, Da Mao had lost a lot of weight and was so weak when he got home. Maybe Mr. Wang Chengqian thought this was the case. We can discuss the matter slowly, and maybe after a while Damao will change his mind.
That night, master and apprentice Wang Chengqian took me in to have dinner together. During the dinner, Da Mao seemed to have endless things to talk about. He told Wang Chengqian the things that we had encountered in the past few days, and he kept praising this silly girl. It's good. We are in the rivers and lakes. Although we are doing the job of helping others to eliminate disasters with money, after all, there are only a few friends in life and death. Although this silly girl is not very intelligent, she is very kind. Sincerely, as we grow older, we gradually become less innocent. When we want to be more pure, we find that that feeling can no longer be regained. But the silly girl has maintained this kind of emotion all her life. After all, she is a child of a poor family. Her parents sold her for money and let her go out to make a living. I am afraid she will die in a few days. , I am saving her, and I am also saving myself.
At the end of the sentence, Da Mao said with emotion, maybe this is the choice in life, I don't want anyone except her.
After all, Mr. Wang Chengqian still loved his apprentice. Although he had some objections, since Damao insisted so much and understood the truth so deeply, Mr. Wang Chengqian finally agreed, even though such an agreement contained a trace of his inner feelings. It's a pity, but he also knows that he can't take care of Da Mao for the rest of his life. After a hundred years, he still needs someone to accompany Da Mao.
So at the end of that meal, watching the deep master-disciple relationship between Damao and Wang Chengqian, I couldn’t help but drink in silence while thinking of the two masters before and after me. If they were still around, I mean any one of them, maybe At this moment, we will also drink and chat like this. The passion in the world is never for others to see, but for a few close friends to smile silently, push cups and change cups, and then quietly feel it in their hearts.
So that night, I drank too much again. It was already dawn when I woke up, only to find that I was still lying on the wine table where I drank last night. My last impression of that night was that Mr. Wang Chengqian patted me on the shoulder and said, OK, OK, Lin Qishan accepted it. A good disciple has a successor, and his spirit in heaven can be relieved.
People tend to be sentimental when drunk, so when Mr. Wang Chengqian suddenly mentioned Master's name when I was very drunk, I suddenly burst into tears and burst into tears. Crying and crying, the story ends.
The marriage between Da Mao and Silly Girl was arranged by Wang Chengqian in the second month. Since Silly Girl had no identity and could not even say her name clearly, Wang Chengqian thought that there was no need to verify her identity. Anyway, this girl She doesn't have to go to work, she just needs to help with chores at home. Giving her a few candies when she has nothing to do will make her happy all day long, which is good. So a month later, Da Mao and Silly Girl held their wedding at home. No guests were invited, and only a few seniors in the industry were notified as witnesses. I was the youngest among the invited people and the one with the lowest seniority, so my seat was arranged at the end according to the rules. But I was still very happy that day. It turns out that when I see the people I care about being happy, I will be happy too. Feel happy.
It’s just that the silly girl lived up to expectations and went crazy at the wedding. She probably thought that getting married was a troublesome thing, and she couldn’t eat candy for a long time, so she didn’t care that she was wearing the bride’s red dress, or that she was wearing makeup. His face became even more beautiful. In front of all the guests, he sat on the floor with his legs crossed and cried loudly. He cried and shouted for sweets. Da Mao was so anxious that he gave him sweets and coaxed them, making everyone laugh. For the rest of Da Mao's life, it is estimated that days like this will take up most of his time. Since he has chosen, he will go on silently all the way. Whether it is bitter or sweet, maybe only he knows in his heart.
And the second week after Da Mao's wedding, I locked the house again, left a letter to Da Mao under the door, and then I left my hometown and traveled around.
