My girlfriend who has been running for ten years is getting married tomorrow

Chapter 23 Going to Xinjiang, Missing You Thousands of Miles Away (2)
Seeing that I was more pathetic than him, Zishi felt much more relieved. He tidied up his broken heart and ended the phone call in relief.Old Liu lit a cigarette, pouted, and said, "I had a fart phone call with a man during dinner. How can I drink this sheep soup when it's cold? I don't know how to cherish it now. When I get back to the construction site, you want to smell sheep dung again." Don't expect any smell."

I quickly picked up my phone and ate my food.

He beckoned to the boss again, and said, "Adasi, please reheat this mutton soup and wrap another forty naan."

"Why do you buy so many naans?" Xiao Meng asked curiously.

Old Liu patted him on the head and said, "You silly boy, if the water and electricity cut off again at the construction site, the three of us can still eat this. Anyway, I bought it out of my own pocket."

After three o'clock in the afternoon, we drove back and went to a bathroom on the edge of the town. The half-naked woman on the colorful billboard was sexy and provocative. Old Liu said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Would you like to go in and vent your anger today? Once you enter the Gobi Desert, don’t even think about coming out as soon as work starts, let alone seeing a woman.”

Xiao Meng blushed immediately, but he didn't immediately deny it. This Spring Festival, his girlfriend didn't touch her fingers at all. A young man with a young blood is inevitably a little restless.But he is still a thin-skinned man after all, and he hoped that I would nod in agreement with this proposal. Unfortunately, I am very repulsed by such an occasion, so I just pretended to be stupid and smiled without seeing it.

"Do you want to go?" Xiao Meng asked Lao Liu in turn.

Old Liu smiled and said, "I'm not a single guy like you, I don't have such a strong internal fire."

In fact, Lao Liu is also bickering. He never touches women other than his wife. Last year, when he sang in a KTV in a seaside town, the lady wouldn't let him touch him.Since Lao Liu and I didn't reveal our intention to go in and have a blast, Xiao Meng could only give up: "Forget it, let's go! It won't be easy to go if the weather changes."

As soon as Lao Liu stepped on the accelerator, the car left the town and drove towards the vast Gobi Desert.After driving about two or three kilometers, Lao Liu gave me a wink, then smacked his lips on purpose: "The girls here have thick eyebrows, big eyes, and enthusiasm. Why don't you go back and feel it now, and there will be more in the Gobi Desert in the next few months." Think about it. Let's vote, the minority obeys the majority, who doesn't want to go?"

I raised my hand and said, "I don't really want to go."

"Where's Xiao Meng?" Lao Liu asked.

Xiao Meng faltered for a while, and finally said: "I'll just..."

"You little bastard, at such a young age, you have a lot of gossip in your stomach," Lao Liu patted Xiao Meng's head with one hand, and cursed, "You remember—you are somewhere else I don’t care if you are bad, but here, you don’t have to think about it. If your parents find out, they won’t be happy. You were a good boy when you came here, but you’ll become a whore when you go back.”

Xiao Meng rubbed his head and argued unconvinced: "You mentioned it first."

"As soon as someone mentions it, you will respond?" Old Liu stared, he patted the steering wheel again, and sighed, "It's no wonder that people like us who don't eat meat or fish, are hardworking, and insiders think We are different and out of gregarious, and outsiders don’t believe or understand, everyone is more willing to believe that the image of us doing engineering must be full of eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, bloated, and vulgar thinking, which is in line with the temperament of an engineering boss nouveau riche.”

"It's better to take care of another female college student." I added.

Old Liu shook his head and denied, "No, those are big bosses and high-ranking officials. Our image is dyed with soy sauce on the outside and skimmed meat on the inside. It would be nice to be able to wrap a hair salon girl."

Xiao Meng took out a mirror and took a look, and said, "I'm not like that. I still expect a rich woman to take care of me."

"You smelly and shameless!" There was a burst of laughter in the car.

The off-road vehicle was moving forward in the boundless Gobi Desert. At a glance, there was a vast snowfield. A road full of snow slag and mud stretched to the horizon, and the distant sky was gloomy with large black clouds.Old Liu was in control of the steering wheel, Xiao Meng dozed off in the back row, and I was lying on my side on the flat passenger seat, thinking about what Old Liu had just said, feeling a little depressed.

"What do you think?" Lao Liu asked.

"There are some things I can't understand," I sat up and expressed my doubts in my heart, "Are we really inferior to others, do we have to be rich and full of brains one day before others are willing to give affirmation?"

Old Liu shook his head and laughed, and said: "Look at those eunuchs in ancient times, when they entered the palace, they were bullied and humiliated like pigs and dogs. They were called 'eunuchs'. No one would sympathize with them because of their diligence. They are prosperous and prosperous, with power in the government and the public, under one person, over hundreds of millions, and even hold the power of abolishing the emperor, and the princes, generals and ministers are shy to curry favor. Our situation is the same, living in this world, Don't worry too much about fairness and unfairness, climb up as much as you can."

"Eunuch? Hehe." I couldn't help but sigh bitterly.

"I'll just make an analogy, don't worry about it," Lao Liu said, holding the steering wheel with one hand, and patting his thigh rhythmically with the other hand, "There is still a long way to go, it's like catching crayfish. Wash your feet and go ashore when you have enough, it is impossible to stand in the stinky ditch with your trouser legs for a lifetime. Anyway, the projects in the past two years are not easy to do, and after finishing this vote, we will change careers."

"Which line should I turn?"

Lao Liu looked at me with contempt and said, "It's a shameless thing to say, we can enter other industries after we leave this industry. If we can become officials, negotiate negotiations, and fight, even if we sit in an office and write reports You don’t necessarily lose. But if you let a layman do our job, no matter whether he is a champion or a beggar, he can only be blinded.”

Having said that, I didn't feel much pride, and continued to lie back on the seat blankly.As we walked forward, the road became muddy, and the mud and snow slag splashed by the wheels hit the car door, making a rattling sound.The boundless snow field outside the window may be the scenery that many people in the city yearn for, but I can't feel the romantic words like "wrapped in silver", only full of confusion.

The most beautiful scenery is probably always in the invisible distance.

In the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang, the snow in the beginning of spring still submerged the calf, so we did not have the conditions to start work, but we had to lay out the lines in advance.Once the ice and snow melt and the flowers bloom in spring, we can start formal construction immediately.

We wore bank robber-like hoods, wrapped in long and thick military overcoats, and carried dozens of kilograms of equipment, trekking deep and shallow in the wild snowfield.I was in charge of observing the instruments and reported the data to Lao Liu in the car through the walkie-talkie, while Xiao Meng ran around in the snow carrying a prism pole, and another worker followed behind with a hammer and a picket to make marks.

The measuring instrument must be selected at a relatively high place. The high place means that it is extremely cold. The biting cold wind blows in front of me. I am shivering from the cold, and it is difficult to fine-tune the angle of the instrument.I asked into the walkie-talkie: "Xiao Meng, are you cold?"

He replied out of breath, "It's so hot that I'm sweating profusely, and my hands are numb from the heat."

"How about I go down and run for a while? I'm freezing to death!"

"Me? I don't know how to read instruments!"

"How about we change?" Old Liu's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

Of course I couldn't wish for it. I closed the car windows and basked in the sun. That off-road vehicle was like a sunbed, and I was sweating because of the heat even without the air conditioner.But I'd rather dive into the snow for a few laps, no matter how strong our relationship is, he's my boss first and brother second.If I can't figure out this truth and invade his sphere of power without authorization, he may think that I have entered a small stock and try to be equal to him.

For employees, the boss's kindness is always a gift, just like a monarch and his ministers.

Companion to a king is like companion to a tiger, this is the truth left by generations of ancestors.

Xiaomeng said suddenly: "Report! We found a hare ahead!"

I looked in the direction of Xiaomeng's finger, and there was indeed a group of black spots in the snow, which was very eye-catching in the large snow field.At this time, Lao Liu jumped out of the off-road vehicle and said excitedly through the walkie-talkie: "Don't disturb it, let's catch the rabbit!"

I also took off my coat and moved closer to the direction of the hare, and a bare-handed hunt began.

When it comes to "cunning", people always think of foxes and rabbits, so the bad women in folklore stories are always foxes and rabbits.But the rabbits in the snow are so stupid that there is no lower limit. They will only run wildly along their own footprints, even if they are hunted down, they are not willing to open up new routes. I really don't know how it left the nest so early in the morning.

Lao Liu and the worker were in charge of outflanking the hare, yelling loudly to chase it away, while Xiao Meng and I chased hard, getting closer and closer to the hare.Rabbits surviving the winter in the wild are short of food and weak in physical strength, and their hind legs are weak in the soft snow. It should be a matter of time before they are caught by Xiaomeng.

At this time, the mobile phone in my pocket rang suddenly, I took it out and found that it was Ling Yiyao's call, so I answered it while running.Ling Yiyao asked over there: "What are you doing? Panting like this?"

I said, "Catching a hare!"

"A lot?"

I laughed: "This is not catching a sparrow, just one."

"Oh, then go ahead and talk to you later." Her tone was calm.

Having been together for so many years, I understand her temper very well, the more she acts nonchalantly, the more she holds back and waits for me to take the initiative to explore.I slowed down, breathed steadily, and asked, "What's wrong? Tell me."

"I'm on my period," she said after a pause, "the baby didn't come."

"Didn't you buy medicine?"

"I didn't eat," she said.

At this time, several other people shouted my name loudly. I looked up and saw the hare rushing towards me without thinking, but my mind was blank, and I was stuck in the snow like a chicken. Watching it slip past my legs.

"Are you an idiot, are you in a daze?" Old Liu was jumping anxiously.

Ling Yiyao continued on the phone: "You thought I was just joking that night, but I was serious. I put the box of medicine in the small compartment of your suitcase, and I will tell you when I am really pregnant."

"Keep chasing! The rabbit can't run anymore!" Xiao Meng yelled and ran over.

She sighed faintly: "Unfortunately, I still didn't win the bet."

I thought I was carrying all the responsibilities and playing games with fate, but I never thought that she was also carrying a heavy secret alone. I was a little at a loss and wondered if I was qualified to bear such feelings.

She asked again: "I have a question for you."

"Ah."

"Are you happy or disappointed when you heard the news today?"

I was stunned for a moment. This question seemed simple, but I couldn’t answer it at all—if I was happy, I was escaping the almost extra fatherhood; if I was disappointed, what would that box of birth control pills explain?But no matter what, I can't give an ambiguous answer. She is Ling Yiyao, and I don't want to play any fancy sophistry on her.

"Don't be embarrassed, I know you can't answer, just ask casually," she pretended to be relaxed, as if she was just joking with me, "Did you catch the rabbit?"

"No, I accidentally let it go."

"That's okay, maybe that rabbit has a litter of wives and children to raise, so it's a good thing to open the net." After saying this, Ling Yiyao hung up the phone and went back to the office to continue working.

The four of us rested in the car, smoking a cigarette with the air conditioner on, and putting our damp socks on the roof to dry.Lao Liu felt a little upset, and complained: "What did you call just now? When you were in a daze, we lost a big meal of rabbit meat."

I didn't answer, just rolled down the car window a crack, the smoke in the car immediately spread out like a reverse waterfall, and my thoughts also drifted away.I don't know why, but the figure of the hare always appears in front of my eyes, running left and right, fleeing in embarrassment, kicking its legs with all its strength, desperately longing for a way out.

Back at the living area of ​​the construction site, I dragged out the suitcase under the bed, and sure enough, I found a squashed medicine box in the interlayer, and the transparent moisture-proof seal on the outside was not even torn off.

Last year at the seaside, the temperature was as low as minus five or six degrees. The cold mainly came from the pervasive humid air. However, the air in the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang was dry, and the temperature was lower than I imagined.When I saw the real-time weather report of minus [-] degrees for the first time, I was dumbfounded and couldn't figure out why I was still alive.

Lao Liu told us a story: a foreigner went to a restaurant in Xinjiang this season and ordered a bottle of beer. The boss asked whether it should be refrigerated or at room temperature. , minus [-] degrees below normal temperature.

I suffered from the severe cold and suffered from severe frostbite on my feet and the back of my hands. At night, the frostbite on my feet was so itchy that I could only stretch out the blanket to freeze for a while, and when I woke up from the cold, I retracted into the blanket for a while, and when I woke up from the itching, I stretched out to freeze again. .

Xiao Meng was even more miserable.The toilets on the construction site are all open-air. Unfortunately, he was constipated due to acclimatization to the soil and water, and he suffered from frostbite on his buttocks in the ice and snow, restless all day long.Especially when I was wearing a military overcoat, I couldn't scratch it even if I got itchy, and I was so uncomfortable that I couldn't stop crying.

Ling Yiyao bought a bunch of chilblain ointment and planned to send it over, but my place is too remote, it is impossible to deliver by express, even the vegetables and meat have to be dragged from a small town hundreds of miles away.You can drag a truck as soon as you drag it, and you can eat it for half a month as soon as you eat it.

In mid-March, on Tuesday, Zishi suddenly called again and asked, "Are you busy?"

I said, "I've been busy as hell, and the weather has gotten warmer recently, so we're going full throttle."

"I'm getting married this Saturday, can you come?"

I thought he was playing tricks again, and cooperated: "Of course! Do you work in Gao Laozhuang?"

But he said seriously: "Hey, I'm really going to get married, I didn't lie to you."

"real or fake?"

"It has to be true."

Only then did I realize that he was indeed not joking, and asked suspiciously: "What's going on? Where did you get your wife from?"

"The girl who went on a blind date last month has only met a few times."

"Engage?"

Zishi said: "My grandfather was so sick that he couldn't even speak. His only wish was to see me get married. I asked that girl out, told her about it, and asked her if she liked me. She went back and thought about it." One night, and early the next morning, I agreed."

I couldn't help but sighed, "This is too fast..."

"Well, I didn't even choose an auspicious day in the lunar calendar, and just set it on the nearest weekend."

"What about the bride price and dowry?"

"She didn't want to say anything at first, she just wanted to decorate a wedding room in her hometown, but in the end she only took 880 to her parents as a gift money."

"Wow..." I still feel incredible.

"Hey, it's too hasty," he sighed. "My relatives and friends are all out of town, and many of them won't be able to come back in time. I roughly calculated that the guests attending the wedding ceremony can't fit a few round tables."

"How about I ask for leave today and go back to Jiangsu?"

He immediately declined and said: "No, you are busy with work, it's not worthwhile to toss back and forth, and the family doesn't plan to make a fuss. Don't worry, we have been brothers for more than ten years, so we don't need to pay attention to those red tapes, as long as we have the heart."

In fact, a lot of data is waiting for me to measure and calculate. Once I leave the post, the process will be broken, and dozens of people here will have to wait and stare.Zishi gave me a step, and I went downhill, but this kind of tacit understanding made me very frustrated, because my friendship and love had to give way to reality.

When I told this to Ling Yiyao, she was also very surprised, she didn't expect that Zishi, who has always been picky, would get married in such a hasty manner.She said with emotion: "Why can some things be so simple, while others are so complicated?"

"I can't figure it out either," I groaned, but then felt a hint of implication, and asked, "What's going on with your family now?"

She said: "It's still the same, always urging me to go back to work in Nantong, and my mother still wants Luo Tingyu to come to Nanjing."

I suddenly tensed up.

She added: "But don't worry, last time I got off the bus early in the city, they don't know my address here."

While feeling a little relieved, I also felt a trace of helplessness and bitterness——Ling Yiyao and I had never done anything harmful to nature, but we lived in such a poor life, one was sent to the frontier, and the other hid in Tibet.

(End of this chapter)