The new heart-piercing drum tower is also a landmark building, which is a famous unfinished building in the local area for many years. The main frame has been completely built, and the floors are planned according to the model of modern shopping malls. You can see the escalator jumping stairs outside, and it's all water. However, it is completely rotten there, and it has been rotten there for more than ten years since the era when the bean curd residue project was not popularized. Of course it's not dangerous. New arrivals to Kunming, out of the North Railway Station, can't see any signs to welcome you to Kunming. If they don't go far, they will surely see this magnificent unfinished building. Sometimes there are several advertisements on it, and more often, it just stands there naked. If you want to ask the local people why? They will tell you many "rumors" he knows. Across the street from the east of the new drum tower, there is a big army barracks, and guards stand guard all year round. There are no high-rise buildings around the new drum tower.
Every place, every city is being demolished and built, excavated and filled. Until it has no taste, no history and no aftertaste. The new drum tower has never been demolished or rebuilt. Tong Yuan, the city that never sleeps, was razed to the ground at some point. Under the big Tong Yuan Bridge, it became empty again. Level the land, pry open the cement floor, bring in the soil, plant flowers and plants, and install all kinds of simple fitness equipment. It became a small garden by the Panlong River. Most of the alleys where antiques were sold in those days are still preserved. Various vendors, selling fruits, flowers and selling groceries, occupy most of the area.
However, the small antique shop with Guanyin statue is open as always, and Guanyin statue still reveals his antique on the counter at the corner. Because not far from here is the famous Red Cross Hospital. Many family members of hospitalized patients will come here to buy some fruits, or buy some cheap meals, or buy some plastic pots and thermos bottles needed for life at the grocery store, which has propped up the excitement of small businesses in this street. Of course, hawkers should always be careful of the arrival of urban management, and urban management generally does not get off. As long as the horn is put on the car, the vendors will cooperate with each other and rush to further places, occasionally cursing "son of a bitch, always chopping." .
Han Yi watched his father lying in the intensive care unit of the Red Cross Hospital, his eyes were open, shaking from side to side, but he stopped looking at him. Han Yi's father's hair was completely shaved, wrapped in gauze and covered with a net. Han Yi leaned over his ear and called him gently. He didn't respond. He smells like sweat and oil. Han Yi touched his hand and read a Buddhist scripture in his ear. Suddenly he saw his father's tears flowing out of his eyes, and then he was even more unresponsive.
When Han Yi walked out of the ward, the doctor said, "You have seen the situation. In his present situation, we will try our best to rescue him. However, if he still can't regain consciousness within three months, he will enter a vegetative state. Your family should be prepared. Today we are going to intubate him, and there is an agreement that needs to be signed by your family. "
So, Han Yi took this piece of paper, and the doctor explained the possibilities and consequences of 2 1 to him. My legs are numb. "This is actually just a minor operation, because he is in a coma, so it is very troublesome to expectorate and it is easy to cause suffocation. In order to prevent his lungs from further infection and to facilitate us to suck sputum for him, this operation must be done. "
"Needless to say, I believe you."
Han Yi signed his name in the lower right corner of the agreement, which is the heaviest signature ever. During the Spring Festival, I sat at the door and watched my son leave with a smile. My father, who can't bear to say it, became like this in less than 20 days. ......
Walking out of the hospital, the cherry blossoms on both sides of the street swayed gently in the bright sunshine of Spring City. The magnolia flowers in the small garden under the Tong Yuan Bridge are also in full bloom, shining with dazzling light. Han Yi passed the antique street, and suddenly he saw someone he knew. It's ying. The girl who often takes him to Li Shunxiang's house. I met the same person in the same place, nearly 16 years later.
"Li Shunxiang, how could I not remember? Only you. I won't remember until you tell me. You were really disheveled, haha, college student. "
"I have been working for more than ten years. It is still the same soil. "
"Much better now. This day flies so fast, it's really scary to think about it. "
"What happened to Li Shunxiang?"
"I haven't seen him for several years. I only know that he seems to have good and bad. "
"You people in Honghe Prefecture are not very United, but also people from the same place, and there is nothing to worry about each other."
"Yes, it is as you say, Xiaoying, I am really ashamed. I haven't spent much time in Yunnan these years. My mother told me all about him in dribs and drabs. Although we were in the same army, the whole family moved to Kunming and there was not much communication. "
"Haha, there is not much contact." She looked at Han Yi with a little disdain, but quickly withdrew the expression.
"Li Shunxiang had an accident, I didn't leave Tong Yuan city that never sleeps. It's just a youth meal. People can't be young and beautiful all their lives. There are always a few mainlanders who touch us. I don't want to do it there either. Later I went to Zhaotong and met my husband. I followed him to Kunming and opened a grocery store here. This dog X's city that never sleeps, I don't know where it has moved. There's nothing left anyway. The urban management of dog XX does not rest on Sunday! " She scolded 1, rushed to the door and moved the little thing left at the door into the house. Han Yi followed her, piled several colorful plastic stools and put them back in the empty place of the shop. The chengguan wearing sunglasses in the car pointed to Liu Xiaoying at the door and said nothing. The car sped by.
"I am a tourist school, graduated from etiquette. I came to Kunming on the recommendation of a teacher. One day, I came here with Li Shunxiang. Although he is thin, he is full of strength and diligence. First, he was assigned to the canteen to help with things, washing vegetables and washing dishes. He works hard. Be polite to everyone. You know, he was so handsome and easy-going, and he was soon invited to be the receptionist in the private room. "
"Are the clothes in his mosquito net your receptionist's uniform?"
"No, that's what he wore when he worked in KTV later."
"At that time, there was a man named Director Ma, who was a frequent visitor to the hotel and often brought a few people over to drink and sing. It seems that they are all very important people. "
"Where is he a director?"
"I didn't know anything at first, but occasionally I heard everyone call him that. He is also a burden. When drinking and eating, I don't talk much about myself, and even the license plate number can't say anything special. Probably a deck. He is a big man with thick and iron flesh on his arms and chest. I guess he is in the army. People in the army are grumpy, so we all wait on them carefully and dare not make any mistakes. If anything happens, it's no use calling 1 10. And they are also difficult to entangle. "
"Does Director Ma have anything to do with Li Shunxiang?"
"I'm not sure. However, as a foreigner in Li Shunxiang, there is no chance to offend anyone. I think only Director Ma can't escape. "
"What's the matter?"
"One night, Director Ma brought three or four people to drink and sing. I don't know, maybe I quarreled with someone in another box because I was fighting for a little sister. After a few words with them, Director Ma started work together. The people there are not vegetarians, and many people have the upper hand. Director Ma, except Director Ma, actually all of them didn't play very well, and after several performances, they were black and blue. Director Ma also took a few real blows ... What do you want to do at home? " Liu Xiaoying saw several middle-aged people poking their heads out at the door and asked. Hearing Yingying's words, the men walked away shyly. Several men have dark skin and messy hair.
"Probably what's wrong with my family, to Kunming in the hospital. Now people are poor, their lives are good, and there are more diseases. What thermos pots, alcohol lamps, plastic washbasins and lunch boxes are sold to people in the Red Cross Hospital. "
"Director Ma didn't come to see you later?"
"If only I hadn't found it. How can people like them stand such anger? He actually sent a special person to spy on the edge of the hotel. After staring for several weeks, the person who fought with him probably felt calm and came again. Director Ma got the news immediately and even pulled two carts. That night, they blocked the door of the shop first. What I saw at the door were all strong and tall young men from other provinces. They don't talk much. However, I can see that anyone who has spoken about it is not a native of Yunnan. It is estimated that they are all fellow villagers of Director Ma. "
"Aren't those people dead?"
"No, Mr Ma comes in at the door, our manager will know that something had happened. He was afraid that something would happen, so he called the men out of the KTV private room on the third floor and let them follow a pipe behind the building and let them escape into the Panlong River. "
"Ha ha, that doesn't stink."
"For the sake of life, that also can't tube so much. It was only after Director Ma closed his eyes and closed his eyes on empty air that they began to make trouble in the ballroom. He sat on the sofa without saying a word, lit a cigarette and began to smoke. The person who came with him called our manager for questioning. As soon as he struck the table, he broke the glass on the table with one punch. Our manager and director ma begged a lot of affection and begged for mercy. Director Ma won't let the outside guests in and the hotel people out. It was asserted that the hotel tipped them off and those people ran away or hid. I stood at the door that night with a sharp pain in my heart. Later, our manager said that he secretly called the troops to picket, and Director Ma retired. "
"How could he recognize the somebody else is which troops? It's amazing! "
"What ah, this is his serious injury. According to the manager, Li Shunxiang later told him that when Director Ma was smoking on the sofa, he noticed that Director Ma's leather shoes were the uniform hairstyle of XX troops. I guess he was so happy to go out that day that he forgot to change it. So, Li Shunxiang decided that they were the X Army, and there was nothing to see in leather shoes. What about the people who come here to drink? If they hadn't accidentally forgotten, they wouldn't wear them to meet people. It will take some time for the troops to set up pickets. I don't know why our manager didn't think of this and asked Director Ma to leave quickly. We have reported to the picket. "
"Your manager is also a good person. It is not a good thing to think that you have offended Director Ma. Naturally, you have to let Director Ma go. "
"I understand now that you say so. Our manager is really slick. "
"He doesn't have oil, how can he come out to mix?"
"Also, but Li Shunxiang disappeared in a few days. He returned to his residence after work, only a few steps away, and disappeared. The people who lived with him said that he didn't go back that night. I thought he had gone somewhere else. I don't care. The next day, Xiao Jianshui came to work and didn't see him. It was not until the third day, early in the morning, that Xiao Jianshui heard a knock at the door and opened it only to find that it was Li Shunxiang. Xiao Jianshui said that at that time, he only felt that Li Shunxiang was very strange. He was wearing a thin shirt and even lost his undershirt vest, so he buckled two buttons. He was topless and sleepy, which was a little different from usual. Ask him where he went, but he won't say. Asked why he didn't bring his key, he smiled politely and said,' I'm sorry to wake you up early in the morning. I'd better boil some water and wash my hair first.
Xiaojianshui didn't get enough sleep, so he didn't pay much attention to him. He climbed back into bed, trying to keep calling him big head. But it didn't take long to lie down and think about it, and I felt something was wrong. The corridor was quiet and there was no sound. A little scared, I got out of bed again and said I had to go to the bathroom. When I came back, Li See Shunxiang, naked, leaned against the door with his eyes closed, and smirked. There was no sound at all, and his clothes and trousers were thrown all over the floor.
Xiaojianshui teased him:' Are you just going out to boil water?' He said,' It's time to carry water in the pomegranate field. Xiao Jianshui joked:' You'd better put on your underwear before you go, or you'll be raped by the wife who poured the spittoon. Where are your underwear? He said,' Don't worry, there is no one in the field. . So, he said nothing. Xiaojianshui himself was still sleepy, thinking that he was drunk, so he dragged him over, pressed him on the bed and said,' Go to water the ground when you sleep!' But I saw bruises on his wrist, back of hand and ankle, so I asked him, "What did you do?" . However, as soon as Li Shunxiang touched the bed, he closed his eyes and fell asleep naked. Xiaojianshui helped him tuck in. However, when he woke up at noon, he could not distinguish the people around him and began to talk nonsense. Witches, black bears and so on. "
"It won't be Director Ma who tied him."
"Well, this is not evidence. He just left and came back. We also said that he might be fascinated by others. Is he taking drugs? "
"How much money does he have to be drugged?"
"Also. But for other reasons, this is possible. Xiaojianshui said that when he entered the house that morning, he smelled a strange smell of medicine and smoke. He seldom smoked, and then he gave up smoking altogether. Money is reluctant to spend. Then he woke up and started talking nonsense, and everyone panicked. It was our manager who had many ideas and called his father's acquaintances. I quickly contacted his father, who took the train that day and arrived in Kunming the next morning. However, there is nothing I can do when I get there, so I just take him back and learn from myself. At that time, everyone didn't think much, thinking that he had a disease before and had an attack. In fact, now that I think about it, I should report it to the police or take someone to the hospital for examination or something. However, even if you report it, what can you do? People like Director Ma, we ordinary people really want to sue. What the hell can we do? Our manager said that the local court could not find out the crimes committed by the troops, and only when the troops were handed over to the local authorities did the local authorities have the right to try them. Besides, what are we suing and what is the evidence? He disappeared into the night and came back gray and bright. Even the toilet hasn't been opened, and no one has poured spittoons. Who will see how he came back and who let him come back, he can't say anything clearly. I think this city that never sleeps is a fucking place. I see it in my eyes and keep it in my heart. Later, I was counting on saving some money and leaving when I could. You don't know, a small city of Kunming, all the bastards to put on airs are here ... "
"Report? In fact, the best way to report a case is to register. A foreigner from a county town does not have a Kunming hukou. Even the life and death of the local people can't be controlled. Who will take care of foreigners when they come back from missing? Register and fill out a piece of paper. Who will take care of you in the future? What law? The law does not protect people like us. "
"According to what you said, that night to and director ma said, not Li Shunxiang, is your manager. Later, was Li Shunxiang missing? "
"College students, you think so much. Now that you mention it, I'm surprised. Li Shunxiang should be very careful when he calls. There should be few people around him. Besides, at that time, mobile phones were not like now, and they were all over the fucking street. He ran to our manager's office and made that call. What did he tell our manager? In this way, only our manager can sell him Our manager's swing is fast and slippery. Director Ma had to take it out on someone, but he didn't have any opinions about it. It is also possible that he was heard when he told our manager. I wasn't there, and I didn't know any more. So is Li Shunxiang. What is the hard part? This is crazy. If I were you, I wouldn't care about Director Ma, Director Niu or any manager. If I have anything to tell them, it's best for them to kill each other. Director Ma and the manager are both dead perverts. They ... "
At noon that day, Liu Xiaoying, a middle-aged man from Xu Niang, was fiddling with colorful pots and pans at her door in her grocery store, telling a shocking story that happened more than ten years ago. Her sideburns have lost their swaying curls, dyed long brown hair, burned small waves, put them over her shoulders, and her clothes are clean. There is a big bag of money at the waist, which is a little dirty and old. People have gained a lot of weight than before. The young woman in the city that never sleeps, with graceful steps, hurried past in the night ahead, as if it were yesterday. Han Yi can't help feeling that this foul-mouthed street sister is another person at any time in Kunming.
After leaving the grocery store in Liu Xiaoying, Han Yi lifted his collar and walked in the direction of Kunming North Station in the cold spring breeze. Kunming North Station has been closed and turned into a train museum. The newly-built standard gauge railway will be opened soon. North Railway Station, the original starting point of Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, was built in Yunnan on 1904 and opened to traffic on 19 10. The French invested more than 65,438+500 million francs, while the people of Yunnan paid 60,000 to 70,000 lives. The tracks are only one meter long, and they drive small trains. So trains don't run as fast as cars, and railways don't pass through domestic and foreign countries. On the railway of more than 800 kilometers, there can be a corpse or a soul under each sleeper. Han Yi thought of the people who died on the railway and Li Shunxiang who came to work here from his hometown. In fact, tragedy or not, what's the difference? I can't help but hope that one day such a thing will really become a thing of the past forever. And Li Shunxiang's disappearance for one day and two nights can only become a mystery in the end.
After crossing the intersection, in order to wait for the red light, Han Yi stopped and heard Faye Wong's song from the roadside shop:
Give me a pair of hands that depend on you.
Give me a pair of eyes to watch you leave.
Just as a butterfly can't fly over the sea, no one can bear to blame it.
Li Shunxiang is the butterfly that didn't fly across the sea. The cold suddenly became unbearable, and two lines of tears flowed down. However, he quickly dried his tears and continued to walk in the cold wind of this city called Spring City in early spring.