one punch

The location of Lotus Lane was revealed to Dad by Jiang Ran.

Afraid of being asked by his father why he went to that place, he deliberately took his father to the Nike store in the next town on the grounds of buying new shoes. On the way home, he pretended to point at That dark alley, ask Dad what "adult healthcare" means.

Wang Yingsong didn't expect that there would be an invisible red light district in this old alley, so he immediately contacted his colleagues in the nearby police station and mentioned this matter.

At around 20 o'clock that evening, the police station mobilized more than [-] police officers and successfully destroyed the prostitution den, arresting more than ten women and six men on the spot.

Dou Guangmao is one of them.

Dou Tianxiao was the only one in the family who didn't know.

He didn't see his father at home for more than a week, so he felt faintly uneasy, so he mentioned at the dinner table that he saw his father and the afro in the dark alley that day.

Uncle and aunt kept this matter secret, changed the subject quickly, and started talking about buying a house again, so Dou Tianxiao had no choice but to give up.

It wasn't until his father had a big fight with his grandfather after his father came back that he found out that his father went to the police station to "walk" around because of prostitution.

Although Dou Tianxiao still doesn't understand the relationship between men and women, he still knows what prostitution is.So Dou Guangmao's not-so-good image in his son's heart completely collapsed overnight.

Sometimes when Dou Tianxiao sees him going out, he can't control his thoughts, wondering where he is going?Are you doing something shady again?

Where is that woman?Are they still in touch?What exactly did they do?

Later, when he passed the old alley again, he found that many shiny signs had been demolished.

Dou Guangmao lived outside for a long time. One day, while his son was away from school, he hastily packed a few clothes and moved out of his grandfather's house.

Before leaving, he put 1000 yuan in Dou Tianxiao's desk drawer.

This is destined to be a silent farewell.

No farewell, no retention.

Dou Guangmao carried two huge plastic bags and walked out of the place where he had lived for more than a year and had sheltered him from wind and rain.

That night, my grandfather opened the door and entered the room, and explained the matter to him tactfully, "Your father told me that he has moved away, and he will come back to visit us during the Chinese New Year."

"Oh." Dou Tianxiao nodded.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Grandpa stroked his shoulder.

Dou Tianxiao shook his head, spread out an exercise book, and said nothing more.

To be honest, it didn't matter to him whether his father left or not. When his grandfather cleaned up the bedding on the sofa in the living room, he didn't feel sad or sad, and even felt a little lucky.

He felt that sometimes he seemed to have an indifference beyond ordinary people.

I don't know who inherited it.

As for the money, Dou Tianxiao only found out after school started, and there was a note under his father's ugly handwriting.

"Xiao: Dad has done a lot of bad things, and I know you definitely don't like me, and even hate me a little bit. I don't know what to say to you. After I'm gone, take good care of yourself. Have some popsicles—Dad."

Dou Tianxiao's heart, which he thought was invulnerable, beat violently a few times because of the last sentence of concern, and then calmed down again.

All emotions need to be accompanied and understood to be deepened and consolidated, and these two things are precisely missing between the father and son.

For Dou Tianxiao, such fatherly love is cheap, he doesn't need it.He tore up the note and threw it into the trash can, and used the money to buy a lot of snacks for Xiaotu.

It wasn't until the winter vacation when he was in the first year of junior high school that the three words "Dou Guangmao" rushed into his world in a way that was caught off guard.

That day happened to be the first day of the new year, and the family gathered together to clean up the house.

Around noon, my mother and that Uncle Li also came to the house, and between them was a three-year-old little girl.

As soon as she entered the door, Ye Xiaoyue picked up the child, pointed to Dou Tianxiao and said, "Wan'er, call me brother."

It wasn't long before the child learned to speak, and his pronunciation was still not standard. First, he said "ahhh" twice, and then he called out a soft "brother" after repeated corrections by Li Qingning.

Dou Tianxiao saw this half-sister for the first time, and thought she was chubby and a little stupid, not as cute as Xiaotu, but seeing her mother and Uncle Li kissing and hugging her so much, she couldn't wait to praise her In the palm of his hand, there was an indescribable sour feeling in his heart.

Why did my mother always teach him a lesson when I was young?

He couldn't find any warm memories about his mother.

Although the grandfather did not support his daughter's marriage, after all, so long had passed, he still warmly greeted Ye Xiaoyue and Li Qingning to stay for lunch.

After it was over, I went upstairs to watch TV with the baby in my arms.

Dou Tianxiao has been hiding in the room doing homework in silence.

He didn't want to see his mother coaxing the child softly, nor did he want to see his grandfather rummaging through every corner of the house to find toys for the child to play with.

It was hard for him to bear that the things that should belong to him were distributed to this little kid named Li Wan, so he simply ran to Jiang Ran's house to stay for an afternoon.

When he came home at night, he learned that his father had also come back that afternoon.

Dou Guangmao didn't enter the house, but stood on the ridge of the field and looked at the house from a distance. He saw a woman chasing a child at the door of the house. He thought it was some kind of relative from his grandfather's house, and he didn't bother to bother him.

He stopped and watched for a long time, and finally waited for his uncle who was going to buy firecrackers on the street, so he handed over the things to his uncle.

During dinner at night, my uncle took the things out of the room, "Your father came here today and said he was going to work elsewhere. Here are some things he bought for you."

Dou Tianxiao took the things and was stunned for a few seconds before opening his mouth, "Where are you going to work?"

"I really don't know about that. When I asked him where he was going, he didn't say anything. He just said he was going to work." Uncle said.

Dou Tianxiao pinched a black bag hard, guessing that it should be a piece of clothing.

"Did he say anything else?"

Uncle hesitated for a moment, then patted Dou Tianxiao on the shoulder, "He told you to study hard so that you can get into a good university in the future."

"Oh." Dou Tianxiao nodded.

In fact, this sentence was made up by my uncle. At that time, Dou Guangmao was holding an old suitcase in his hand, and he was in a hurry to leave without leaving a word, or maybe he didn't know what to say.

After the meal, Dou Tianxiao hugged the brand new down jacket and a big bag of snacks, and recalled Dou Guangmao's voice and smile in a daze, but unfortunately he finally recalled the way he was walking on the street with that afro in his arms, and then continued It's the arrogant way he talks with a cigarette in his mouth.

He doesn't like this father, because he is a thousand miles away from his uncle, Jiang Ran's father.

But these insignificant warmth still touched his nerves.

The black down jacket didn't fit well, because Dou Tianxiao's stature had grown so fast during that time, and his shoulders were narrow, so he couldn't wear it at all.

Dou Tianxiao brought the snacks to Ye Xi's room, and then tore off all the packaging of the puffed food. The two of them faced the moonlight, chewing potato chips of various flavors quietly, and chatting about their father.

It was the first time in Ye Xi's life that he ate potato chips and drank drinks so happily. In the end, his belly was as full as a watermelon and he didn't want to stop. He even drank a big mouthful of sweet grape juice one second before falling asleep.

Everything left by Dou Guangmao was gnawed away within three days.

The short New Year's time slipped away in the endless streets and alleys.

On Monday morning, Ye Xi was still lingering in bed and refused to get up. Dou Tianxiao finished a bowl of shredded pork noodles early, and planned to take Xiaotu to Jiang Ran's house to hand over.

Xiaotu is now a full-grown adult. The fur on its back is long and smooth, its claws are thicker than a human wrist, and its height is higher than an adult's knee. Jiang Ran has always speculated that one of its parents must be a border shepherd. Because Xiaotu is very smart, as if he can understand people's words, he can sit, stand, and go home with things, sometimes broken sneakers, sometimes cabbage leaves.

Just as he was cleaning up the dishes with his grandfather, there was a sudden knock on the door in a hurry.

Houses in the country don't have peepholes, so Dou Tianxiao shook his hands and asked instinctively, "Who is it?"

The other party did not respond, but the rhythm of knocking on the door did not slow down at all, which made people panic.

Xiaotu had been chained outside the door to guard the house, and after hearing it bark a few times, he lowered his voice "woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo".

Dou Tianxiao became anxious immediately, but just as he unlocked the door, a burly middle-aged man rushed in and blocked him back into the room.

"Is it Dou Guangmao's house?"

The person who spoke was a full head taller than Dou Tianxiao. He was wearing a thin sweater and a down vest in the cold weather. You could see blue tattoos on his wrists, which looked like dragon tails. .

His voice was loud and imposing, as if he was questioning rather than inquiring, and Dou Tianxiao froze on the spot without reacting at all.

When grandpa turned his head, three men squeezed in one after another from outside the door. Two of them had cigarettes in their mouths and looked fierce.

"Who are you?" Grandpa put down the bowl and chopsticks, "This is my home."

The man who took the lead to enter the door first looked at his grandfather up and down, and then looked around in the kitchen, "Are you Dou Guangmao's father?"

As soon as the grandfather heard these three words, he pulled Dou Tianxiao to his side very warily, "Who are you?"

The man with the tattoo didn't introduce himself, but took out a piece of A4 paper cut in half from his black leather bag, and handed it to his grandfather, "Dou Guangmao owes my brother more than 30 yuan. Since you are his father, please help him." He paid it back."

Grandpa's back stiffened, and a coolness instantly climbed from the soles of his feet to his spine.

At that time, more than 30 yuan was equivalent to a set of commercial housing in the city center. Grandpa had never earned so much money in his life, and he even suspected that he was deaf.

He stared at the white paper in the man's hand and narrowed his eyes.

There are several lines of black handwriting on it.

Grandpa's heartbeat was a little fast, and his thoughts were quite confused. He could hardly understand the content above. He only saw the signatures of Dou Guangmao and another person named Sun Wenjuan at the bottom.

Dou Guangmao is the guarantor.

"What does this mean?" Grandpa asked, his voice trembling.

"Can't you understand the IOU?" The tattooed man poked the handwriting on it, "Sun Wenjuan, Dou Guangmao, you can understand the signatures of these two people, right? Hong borrowed RMB [-] to [-]..."

The tattooed man read the contents of the IOU aloud, and both Grandpa and Dou Tianxiao stared at the note intently, their chests felt like magma rolled over, and even their breathing became short of breath.

"...The borrower, Sun Wenjuan, the guarantor, Dou Guangmao." The tattooed man flicked the loan slip, "I came to ask Dou Guangmao for money today."

"Let me take a closer look."

When the grandfather stretched out his hand, the man with the tattoo raised his back very vigilantly, "What are you looking at? It's written in black and white. It's clear. Where's Dou Guangmao?"

"The borrower is obviously Sun Wenjuan, why did you ask Dou Guangmao for money?" Grandpa asked.

"Sun Wenjuan can't find anyone now. Dou Guangmao is her guarantor, and the guarantor will repay the debt for her." The tattooed man explained.

"He's not here. I'm his former father-in-law, not his father." Grandpa raised his hand and waved out the door, and began to issue an order to evict the guests, "If you want to find him, look outside."

"Don't play rogue with me here," the tattooed man glanced at Dou Tianxiao, "You are Dou Guangmao's son, right? I've seen your photo. Where's your father?"

Dou Tianxiao timidly shook his head, "I don't know."

"Is it our rascals or your rascals? This is my home. Dou Guangmao has already left. If you want to find him elsewhere, we have nothing to do with him." Grandpa waved his hand and said.

"I've already left, so that means I was here before?" The tattooed man snorted, and winked at the men behind him, and the men dispersed and walked to each room.

"Hey! What are you doing!" Grandpa raised his voice and pointed at the tattooed man who took the lead, then walked over to stop one of the men with a cigarette in his mouth.

When the man turned his head, the cigarette ash fell on the back of the grandfather's hand. The grandfather let out a "hiss" and retracted his arm in pain, "What the hell are you trying to do! This is my home! What right do you have to mess around like this! "

The men acted as if they hadn't heard them, they looked around, and two of them simply ran upstairs, the grandfather didn't care about the pain in his hand, he pulled one of them by the arm and scolded angrily: "You are breaking into a private house! Get out of here immediately!"

The man was strong and strong, pushing his elbows, and the grandfather took several steps backwards, almost falling off his ass.

Dou Tianxiao hurriedly supported his grandfather's back. He was so frightened by the sudden situation that he froze for a few seconds before thinking of calling the police.

When the tattooed man was not paying attention, he sneaked into the storage room next door. Unexpectedly, as soon as he picked up the receiver and dialed the two numbers "11", he pressed the end button with a big hand.

Dou Tianxiao's heart tightened and his breathing stopped.

The tattooed man smiled obliquely, with a frivolous tone, "The kid is quite smart, who do you want to call?"