Am I considered a master?
I have no idea.
I don’t know if Lao Qiao and Mr. Bao will be a little relieved to see me now.
Back at the villa, when I lay down in the bathtub and soaked my body in the water, a lot of random thoughts came to my mind for no reason.
Today is probably the longest day I have spent since arriving in Southeast Asia. It seems that all kinds of miscellaneous things have gathered together on this day, which makes me understand what it means to have mixed feelings.
The most touching thing among them was the negotiation with Anne at night.
This cannot be explained by holding two families with one hand. It feels like... I should have unconditionally obeyed the country that gave birth to me and raised me, but I also hid my selfish hope that through this negotiation, I could let the country I just acquired The land can develop better.
"Old Xu."
Xiaoxiao walked in from the outside wearing a black suspender skirt. She was carrying an ashtray with a cigarette in the ashtray. She just entered the bathtub and sat with me. She didn't care that her clothes were soaked with water. leaned into my arms.
Snapped.
I lit a slightly wet cigarette with my wet hands, and Xiaoxiao said without moving, "I'm awkward."
"I'm awkward too."
I held Xiaoxiao in one hand and held a cigarette in the other. I smoked the wet cigarette and said this.
We are really awkward. Due to our status, we can only use this attitude to negotiate with Anne. There is neither the ferocity that should be used in negotiations nor the trust of being in the same trench.
At that time, Xiaoxiao suddenly turned her head, and I saw every unspoken word in her eyes.
She wanted to say: "How about, let's go."
I want to say: "If we leave without caring about anything, the entire Wa State will become what it was before, and it will even become a real hell amid wars and disputes..."
She turned her head away and then lowered her head.
I felt that in our silent exchange, she might not believe a word of what I wanted to say.
I don't believe it either.
"The water is cold, come out."
Xiaoxiao got up and left, leaving me alone in the bathroom.
It's like I covered myself with hypocrisy and blocked out the whole world.
After getting out of the bathtub, I wiped my body with a bath towel. When I stood in front of the full-length mirror and looked at myself, I suddenly felt a little unfamiliar.
How can this be the me who worked so hard on the construction site all day long that I developed a body full of tendons?
The tan that I once had due to sunburn has turned into the yellow color of staying up late for a long time. The originally strong body is already covered with fat, and even the chin has layers of fat...
I can't bear to look at my belly!
You can see the swimming rings on both sides without taking a breath, both sides! !
How did I become... like this...
When I picked up my phone from the sink and planned to go back to the bedroom, I turned on the phone screen and saw the date. It turned out that I had been in Southeast Asia for two years.
Why do I feel like these two years have passed by in the blink of an eye?
Back in the bedroom, Xiaoxiao and I lay back to back on the bed without saying anything, both seemed to be thinking about their own thoughts.
But under the moonlight, the moment I looked up at the window, I subconsciously looked towards the east.
That's the direction of home...
Home……
…
I didn't sleep all night and got out of bed at six in the morning.
At the same time, I am very sure that Xiaoxiao also lay in bed and stayed awake all night. At four o'clock in the middle of the night, the moment we turned over, we opened one eye at the same time to secretly check each other's status. , was caught red-handed by both parties, and then smiled.
What I mean by this is, I have insomnia.
Hesitating between advancement and retreat, it's like the bad and good people everywhere in life. They clearly have the opportunity to take advantage of the other party, or they have already taken advantage of the other party, but they still pretend to be grandsons and say a few words to prove that they are actually My heart is not bad.
Yes, this is what I want to show to Anne, because she represents a country that I will never betray forever.
Bangkang Municipal Government.
When I stepped out of the elevator at 06:20 in the morning and entered my office, a lot of information in the room disappeared, but Teacher Yu was still sitting on the sofa in my reception area, holding a handheld computer and checking information. Sitting on the other side, playing with a new gun he just received.
"Why are you so early?"
When I entered the office, I said hello casually.
Minsheng looked back at me and responded: "I just arrived, she didn't sleep all night."
"can not fall asleep."
Teacher Yu followed the conversation and said: "I compared the GDP of Bangkang with that of a small county in the east. I didn't choose a developed area, but a small county in the border ravines..."
"You shouldn't compare." I didn't let her continue, because that's not the goal you should pursue. Lao Jin's family didn't dare to turn their heads east, but you still took your fancy. What about the economic level in the 1990s?
"Master Xu, we have Bangkang, which can be regarded as a capital city. How can we stimulate the economic development here and let the people know what it means to know shame and then be brave?"
At that moment, I stopped and stopped my body that was about to go back behind the desk. I forced myself back and said, "You really want to hear it?"
After Teacher Yu nodded seriously, I walked back and sat across from her.
I feel that I still have a certain say in this matter. After all, I am from a country in the east and from the northeast of that country.
"Then I'll talk to you."
I told them a history.
A piece of history, complete and complete.
It started with foreigners using money to attack the entire country's currency market, leading to the isolation of the country, and then jumped to the border with Japanese pirates. When everyone was developing, we were still fighting in the court to see who would eventually become a hero in the history books, and all science and technology would be conquered. Considered as a strange and obscene skill.
Then we, who have become a backward country, were slapped in the face and killed an entire army with machine guns. They also said that it only takes a dozen people to conquer this country...
Finally, the story came to that magnificent war, and what it means to be beaten if you fall behind, but the people of this country just fought back with every inch of their mountains and rivers and their blood.
It took me a full hour and a half to tell everything I knew, but it was not enough to tell the story of that period of history, but it was enough for Teacher Yu and Minsheng to listen. I was stunned for a moment.
At this second, I heard their understanding of the war from Teacher Yu’s words. It turned out that they only knew that we defeated the island country in World War II. Their understanding of the war was limited to this sentence... It seemed that there was no I have never heard of so many horrific battles, let alone those countless crimes.
It was also at this second that I seemed to know why I felt awkward after negotiating with Anne.
Just like what Teacher Yu asked: "Master, why do you remember so much..."
My first reaction was: "Shouldn't every Chinese child remember so much? I don't remember much!"
Only then did I realize how reluctant I was to part with this land!
"Wait a minute!"
Minsheng suddenly stopped our conversation: "What does this have to do with the development of Bangkang?"
Teacher Yu explained for me: "If the people of the Wa State are not like the dragon in the East, they will not be able to understand how to develop after such a severe pain. Even if you send everyone to the classroom and carry them one by one." They can’t learn it even if they are taught by ear.”
"What should I do?" Minsheng looked at me worriedly.
Teacher Yu glared at him angrily: "Don't you understand what Mr. Xu said?"
Minsheng: "What did he say?"
"Open up!"
"Let Bangkang be completely opened up, let all the people who want to make money come here, let them deceive these stupid people, let them take away all the hard-earned money from the stupid people, until one day these people are cornered, you don't have to teach them , they learned it themselves!”
I turned my head immediately: "Is that what I meant?"
I swear, I just wanted to explain the fact that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. I didn't want to say the last sentence! (End of chapter)
