Jean Love

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Xin looked at me flatly.

"Where is the owner?"

"He brought me here, took the money, and left. He also explained that when he leaves tomorrow morning, he just needs to leave the key in the house and lock the door. There is no need to call him anymore." Zhao Xin said.

"Give him a call and see if he can check out."

Zhao Xin called several times, but no one answered. I called several times with my mobile phone, but no one answered. We put the key in the house, locked the door and left, "Can't you stop? How about 50 yuan?" Zhao Xin followed behind.

"Let's find another place. The environment is really bad. Just lose the 50 yuan. Remember in the future, don't live in such a house near the station. It will be cheated and robbed. If there is a fire, you will not be able to escape." I'm exaggerating a bit.

"Oh, I know."

When we got down, on the side of the main road opposite the train station, there were no decent hotels and hotels around. We found a few, and behind the wall, it was pitch black and messy. It felt very unsafe, so we didn’t stay. , Watching the time go by little by little, at night, it was past ten o'clock, I called a passenger motorcycle and asked him to take us to the nearest regular hotel, eight yuan, the driver took us Go to the Junhao Business Hotel diagonally opposite.

A sliding glass door, similar to most regular hotels, a clean and comfortable lobby, bonsai, seats, leather sofas, a half-moon-shaped wooden combination cabinet in front, and a beautiful girl inside: "Night Well, welcome." Warm greeting.There are four or five round wall clocks hanging on the wall, with New York time and other words on them. In the lower right corner, there is a black rectangular stone tablet like a frosted stone, which marks various room equipment and unit prices like a Rubik's cube. .

"Hello, please open a double room." I handed over my ID card and three hundred yuan.

"Hello, your room is on the third floor, No. 308. Please keep your ID card. This is the receipt and the deposit slip. Bring this to you and refund the deposit when you check out tomorrow." The girl smiled softly and held her hands Hand it over, then pick up the walkie-talkie and talk to the receptionist on the third floor.

There is a small pool under the stairs on the first floor, in which there are a few red carp, a small rockery, some plastic algae, and a plastic lotus root. The fish swim gracefully and the water is clear.We stepped on the thick, bright and flooded floor tiles, followed the wide stairs to the third floor, and a girl in light yellow overalls was already waiting at the stairs: "Good evening, welcome." She nodded politely and showed us the way .

The aisle is covered with a red plastic carpet, which looks clean and soft to step on. 308 is on the left hand side, with a light-colored wooden door, a metal handle, a card slot on one side, the door opens, and a toilet on the right, with a marble washbasin and a shower Shower, white towels, beige floor tiles, it looks very clean.Two steps forward, there is a table on the left, a TV on it, an air conditioner on the wall, and two white beds on the right, covered with white covers, which look very comfortable.

"It's getting late, go take a shower and go to sleep, tomorrow I have to get up early and take the car." I put down my backpack, turned on the TV, and glanced at Zhao Xin on the side.

"En." She put down the simple luggage and changed her shoes carefully.

"Where are you? Have you bought the ticket? When is the train?" When she received a call from her mother, she was shocked by a series of questions, like a surprise inspection. It was already eleven o'clock. Already fell asleep.

"In Foshan, I bought the shuttle bus tomorrow morning and was about to go to bed. It's so late, why are you still up?"

"I just woke up to see if you bought a ticket. You went so late."

"I got it, don't worry, let's rest." I turned up the volume of the TV, as if it was deliberately used to cover up the sound of running water coming from the bathroom.

"Well, you should rest early too."

"Who called just now?" Zhao Xin came out of the shower and asked while wiping her hair, turning her face sideways.

"It's my mother's call. It scared me."

"Hehe, she doesn't know yet, does she?"

"It sounds like she doesn't know. It seems that she has become suspicious." "Hey, does anyone in the family know about this time when I go home to apply for a certificate?"

"My sister and the others know."

"Do your parents know?"

"I didn't say it, but my sister may have told them." Zhao Xin lowered her head.

"Oh, such a big thing, we should let mother know before others know." I feel guilty.

"Yeah, I thought so too."

"However, her personality is too strong. The most important thing is that she is not in good health now. If she wants to know, we probably can't do it." I sighed.

"Yeah, I'm worried about that too."

"Forget it, I'll find a chance to tell her after it's done, as I said before, try not to let others know before my mother knows, okay? You should rest first, it's getting late."

"Ok, I know."

The bus at six o'clock the next morning was on time. I sat side by side with Zhao Xin along the way. After so many years of marriage, no, it can be said that we have grown up together so much. We rarely sit side by side like this. There are different times and different trains when we return home to the factory. In my impression, I only remember that Quan’er was sick. When we took him to the hospital together, we sat side by side like this. Every time we approached, I felt an unknown pressure, like an invisible weight. , wanting to break free, but afraid of breaking.

Sitting together at this time, I feel a little different, although my mind is still complicated, but there is less burden on my shoulders, like a person who bears a burden has been taken over by someone, and suddenly relaxed, but the burden is still there, in my heart, it is still the same An inseparable concern.

The weather was fine and sunny that day. On the highway, the car was moving fast, with clouds and objects flying outside the window, and travelers whistling inside the window, crooked their necks, turned their heads, and collapsed in their seats.

I looked at Zhao Xin beside me, dressed in a black and white plaid shirt, a pair of flat cloth shoes, black hair, fair face, protruding nose, slightly closed eyes, gentle sleeping appearance, she was motion sick, but not as severe as her mother.

"Are you in Shaoguan so soon?" The car stopped, and she also woke up.

"Yes, go to the bathroom, are you hungry, do you want to go to the gas station and supermarket to buy something to eat?"

"No, I don't dare to eat, I'm afraid I'll throw up." She waved her hand to refuse, covering her mouth and nose with her left hand, and walked out of the carriage with a flowery women's bag on her shoulders, heading towards the women's toilet on the opposite side.

The car arrived at my hometown town at one o'clock in the afternoon.We each took a motorcycle, she went back to her biological parents' house, and I went back to mine. I really wanted to ask her to find a hotel in Nanxiong to stay for a day. The next day, I came up to the certificate office to meet. I was about to speak, watching her because of motion sickness. Looking at her slightly swollen belly and her gentle and weak appearance, I couldn't bear to look at her blue face, "Forget it, you can go back to your home, if they don't ask, you don't tell, if they already know , you have to know how to say it, don't make it public, but there is no need to escape, understand?" I repeatedly explained.

After explaining a lot, I felt a little selfish, so I overturned it myself: "Go home and ask your mother to make some delicious food for you to nourish your body. See you at the gate of the town government at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and bring your ID card."

"Well, I know." She stepped on the motorcycle and turned her head: "You have to find our marriage certificate when you go back. I'm worried that those certificates are still in Foshan, so it's a waste of time."

"Well, I'll go back and look for it right away." I was a little sweaty when she said that.

When I got home and greeted my family, I ignored my grandma’s warm admiration and followed closely. I came to the tin warehouse that my mother said, locked the door, and searched carefully.

"Hey, are you home yet? Don't touch my things. I've packed them properly. Don't worry if they find out. There's still Quan'er and Nian'er's New Year's money over the past few years. "It's my mother's phone call.

Since last night, along the way, my mother has kept calling, asking this and that, explaining this, explaining that, everything is trivial, and I have never been vigilant before, making my hands and feet tremble as I am rummaging like a thief , fine beads of sweat ooze out of the skin: "My God, how does she look like she has clairvoyance!"