the next day.
Friday.
Chaotian Road, Yuexiu District.
"Bingkun, Yueyue has been saying that she wants to visit your place of work. After the winter vacation, you can take her there to have a look." Zheng Juan held a piece of Congcong's leftover roasted sweet potato in her hand and pinched it off. I stuffed one piece into my mouth and discussed with him about going to Shenzhen.
Even though she lived in three bedrooms and one living room, even though the cash in the closet was measured in thousands, and even though there were gold bracelets, gold necklaces, and gold earrings in the jewelry box, she was still naked, spread out from top to bottom. She was in such a state that she was once mistaken by her neighbors for being a nanny from the countryside.
An ordinary woman would definitely not be able to bear this. She always has to spend her family money to compare who is more valuable, but Zheng Juan has no idea at all. Yueyue always asks her, why didn't you spend so much money when your uncle left you?
Her answer was that her uncle handled a lot of money and owed a lot of money to the bank. This person, from poverty to wealth, could easily get used to a life of wearing gold and silver, eating well and having fun, but if he goes back to his original life , then you will feel that life is hopeless, and everything you see is bad, bad, and hopeless.
Yueyue said that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
She said yes, that's what it meant, so just because you have money, you can't forget the hard days you lived in the past. Women must learn to be diligent and frugal in running the house, spending what should be spent, and not spending what should not be spent.
"Okay, after she has her winter vacation, I will take you to my office to have a look."
"Um."
Zheng Juan nodded: "Bingkun, there is one more question."
"what is the problem."
"When will we move to Shenzhen to live with you?"
"Let's wait a few more years until the living environment there is better."
Why did Lin Yue let them live in Guangzhou? Because compared with the administrative center of Guangdong, Shenzhen in the 1980s still had many shortcomings, whether in medical care, education, transportation, public security, service industry, urban facilities, various welfare systems, and later The latter cannot be compared with the former. It was not until the 1990s that this situation changed. Fortunately, the two cities are not far apart. It only takes two or three hours to drive, so he still comes back very frequently.
Zheng Juan was about to discuss sending Congcong to kindergarten when Lin Yue suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"You take Congcong there first. If you pick up Yueyue and I haven't arrived yet, go to the pink shop opposite the school and wait for me for a while."
"oh."
Zheng Juan didn't know what he was going to do, but she didn't ask any more questions and took Congcong's hand and continued walking forward.
The little guy took three steps and turned back, looking at him eagerly, as if he was afraid that he would dump the mother and daughter.
…
Less than three hundred meters away from the south gate of Chaotian Road Primary School, Shui Ziliu was sitting in the car, holding a telescope and looking in the direction of the school. This was an appointment he had made with Luo Shibin, who went to Shenzhen to investigate. According to the situation, he was responsible for confirming whether the woman he saw yesterday was Zheng Juan.
Facts have proved that Luo Shibin was right. The woman who appeared in the telescope's field of vision was Tu Zhiqiang's ex-wife and Zhou Bingkun's wife Zheng Juan.
It's really her. Why did she come to Guangzhou?
Shui Ziliu murmured in his heart, and when he was about to learn more about Zheng Juan's situation, there was an extra hand outside the car window on the other side.
Dong Dong Dong~
When he heard the voice, he turned his face and his pupils shrank suddenly.
Say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here!
Yes, it was Zhou Bingkun, but how did he know that he was sitting in the car spying on Zheng Juan?
Lin Yue didn't give him time to think about the problem, and raised his fingers at him, meaning to get out of the car and talk.
Shui Ziliu thought about it seriously, and finally chose to put down the telescope, push the door open and get out of the car.
"Go and talk over there." Lin Yue pointed to an uninhabited alley behind him.
Shui Ziliu didn't say anything and limped along with him.
"Did Luo Shibin ask you to do this?"
"How did you know?"
Lin Yue smiled coldly: "I know everything you know and what you don't know. For example, Luo Shibin wants to kill me, and you are an old glass."
Shui Ziliu looked him up and down for a while, trying to see him through, but for some reason, the guy he and Luo Shibin defined as a villain gave people an unfathomable feeling, both in his words and in his demeanor. He was calm and composed, as if everything in this world was under his control.
"what do you want to say in the end?"
"Before I say anything, I want you to see something." Lin Yue touched his hand behind his back, and when he handed it out, there was a letter between his fingertips.
Shui Ziliu narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment and threw away the cigarette butt, then took the letter in his hand and read it in front of his eyes.
As his eyes continued to move downward, his expression became increasingly ugly.
"That's why I said, I don't know what you know, and I know what you don't know. Water flows by itself, aren't you a very smart person? Why don't you ask Tu Zhiqiang not to come to Guangzhou to find you after he is released from prison, but instead Why did you go to Beijing to settle accounts with me all of a sudden? That's right, you had an affair with him, but Luo Shibin didn't. I sent you to go to further study. Luo Shibin wished he could eat my flesh and drink my blood, but I am studying at Tsinghua University in Beijing. It's beyond our reach. Tu Zhiqiang is about to be released from prison at this time. If I tell him my whereabouts and add a few more words to provoke him, what will he do if he is a cuckold in the eyes of outsiders? As long as he goes to Tsinghua University If I make trouble, my reputation will be ruined, and I might even be expelled from school. As for whether Tu Zhiqiang will enter the palace for the second time, is that an issue that Luo Shibin needs to care about? No, it should be said that it is a good thing that Tu Zhiqiang will enter the palace, so that you are in the south You don’t need to give him a share of the money you earn, am I right?”
During the Spring Festival of 1981, Lin Yue asked Zheng Juan to pick up something, none other than this letter.
When Tu Zhiqiang comes out of prison, he will definitely go back to his hut first. The most precious things for the inmates in the prison are the letters sent by relatives and friends. Tu Zhiqiang cannot destroy them, and 80% of them will take them out and put them at home.
After all, Zheng Juan had lived in that house, so it was not difficult to find the letters that Tu Zhiqiang had put away.
Shui Ziliu said, "What does this letter mean when you read it to me?"
"What do you think?"
Lin Yue gave him a meaningful smile, turned around and left.
Shui Ziliu looked at the letter in his hand, and then at the figure walking away behind him. His expression changed several times. It wasn't until an old man walked out of a house in front of him that he came to his senses, turned around and walked out of the alley.
…
Just as Lin Yue expected, Shui Ziliu deceived Luo Shibin, saying that he had seen it wrong. The woman only looked like Zheng Juan from the side and was not actually the same person.
Luo Shibin had no doubts because he thought there was no need for Brother Shui to lie to him.
Think about it, Zhou Bingkun's family are all in the Northeast, how could he come to the South to make a living.
In the blink of an eye, another half year has passed.
Early 1984.
Yueyue was still doing homework in the room. Zheng Juan put Congcong to sleep and was about to go to the bathroom to wash the dirty clothes when she heard a door ring and a person walked in from outside.
"You're back?"
"Um."
"Is it cold outside?"
"good."
"I'll get you a glass of boiling water to warm yourself up."
"No need, the winter here is nothing compared to that in the Northeast."
"That's different. It's damp and cold here. I still remember when I first came here, it rained for many days in a row, and water could come out of the quilt."
Lin Yue said no, but she still poured a cup of hot water into the cup.
At this time, the door of Yueyue's room opened, and the little girl ran over and hugged his waist: "Uncle, I heard from aunt that you went abroad? To Japan?"
"That's right."
"Then what gift did you bring me?"
"When I was a child, I would pester my uncle to hug me and throw me high. Now that I have grown up, opening and closing my mouth is a gift."
"What..."
The little girl made a face at him.
Lin Yue rubbed her head.
"It's in the bag, go get it yourself."
Yueyue was happy when she heard this, and quickly ran over to unzip the handbag and took out the contents.
"Camera? How did you know I wanted this?"
"Although uncle is often away from home, how could you hide your little thoughts from me?"
"Uncle, you are so kind to me."
She rushed over again and hugged his waist for a while.
"Okay, okay, go do your homework and I'll talk to your aunt for a while."
"oh."
Yueyue took the Canon A-1 and ran into her room.
Zheng Juan said: "How much does that camera cost?"
Lin Yue took the cup she handed and took a sip of water: "More than 1,000."
"Stop buying her such expensive things in the future."
"Why?"
"The day before yesterday, her class teacher talked to me and said that the culture of comparison is getting stronger and stronger in the class, and Yueyue is one of the culprits."
"Okay, okay, I'll buy something cheaper next time."
"By the way." Zheng Juan seemed to suddenly remember something: "There were calls from Jichun this morning. One was from your elder brother, and the other was from Ding Xia from Jishan Hall."
Lin Yue put down his cup: "What did you say?"
