Chaos

When Li Kang arrived at Fuyi Building, the waiter rushed over to greet him and said, "Master Kang is here! Officer He has been waiting for a long time!" Then Li Kang was led by the waiter to a cubicle where there were two bowls on the table. Stepping on the stool, eating peanuts rubbed in hands.

He Guanhai is Li Kang's childhood friend. He often came to Li's house to play when he was a child. He has small eyes and a square chin.He has been fond of fighting against injustice since he was a child, and he couldn't understand that Li Lu often bullied Li Kang, and often fought with Li Lu.Li Lu's speech was harsh, and He Guanhai was more irritable than Li Kang. Later, He Guanhai got closer to Li Kang and knew that Li Kang's fists were no worse than Li Lu, who was four or five years older than him. I really admire Li Kang's ideas that are more mature and far-sighted than myself.

"You grandma still knows to come?" He Guanhai put his feet down angrily.

Li Kang sat down with a smile and said, "Then can't I treat the guests and apologize for my crime?"

"You still have a conscience!" He Guanhai looked at Li Kang's formal attire, and found it rather strange: "Hey! Why are you still dressed like a dog today?"

Li Kang leaned down and looked at his clothes: "Take Li Kong to learn something, you have to dress formally. Does it look good?"

He Guanhai glanced at him with some disgust, put a peanut in his mouth, and continued to ask: "Where is Li Lu? Your second uncle cultivated him so much, and he took over in a few months. Why don't you let him go?"

"He was drinking at the Wanchun Building last night. The second wife said that he had a stomach problem, so she came to beg me to help him for a day."

He Guanhai smiled sarcastically, "Li Lu's heart is really big enough, he doesn't pay attention to such important things. You too, if the second wife tells you to go, you can go, and when your second uncle finds out, Li Lu will blame you for not exercising. You. You spend all day at the pier living with labor coolies, and your second uncle always tells you that you don’t seem to be working for the Li family..." He Guan was pouring wine by the sea for Li Kang’s injustice.

Li Kang didn't say anything, but he felt relieved.Li Lu is not far away from officially representing the Li family to participate in the Chamber of Commerce. Not many people in the Li family care about what they will do. Whether they have a good relationship with moving things at the dock, or they can be called brothers and sisters with coachmen and hooligans, these have nothing to do with them. It's important, and naturally no one will praise him for his long-sightedness, but there are still people who can understand his own mind and make him feel "worth it", and he will be very content.

He Guanhai ordered some hot dishes and some wine.

"You are busy and chaotic every day, and your second uncle doesn't appreciate it. I can't stand it anymore. What can Li Lu do?"

"Older than me?" Li Kang laughed at himself.

"That's why I'm older than you!" He Guanhai sneered with his mouth tilted, his expression was very funny.

Li Kang didn't want to talk about this, so he changed the topic: "Li Lu is going to marry Wu Mohan, and it will be on the [-]th of next month."

"I heard that even the gatekeepers of the patrol room have received invitations. It seems that the situation is not small."

"are you coming?"

"Does the Li family's wedding dare not show you face?" He Guan smirked twice like a pirate, "The main house is dead, and the wedding banquet is about to be held just after the day, and it is such a big event, those old men and women who received the invitations are not allowed to face each other. Pointing at him and scolding him?"

Li Kang smiled, raised his wine bowl and touched him.

Putting down the wine bowl, Li Kang continued: "This Wu Mohan is not simple. Li Lu has told more than once at home how he met this fairy-like smart woman."

"Hey! Is there a story?" He Guanhai asked with great interest.

"What's the story?" Li Kang smiled. "You know Li Lu's poker skills. I haven't met any opponents in these years. But Wu Mohan is best at Pai Gow. The needle points against the wheat, and the hero cherishes the hero."

"That's right, how long has Wu Mohan been playing cards in the casino? The two of them must have only heard of each other's name. Wu Mohan is famously arrogant, how can he look up to ordinary people? I am emotionally attracted to Li Lu. Okay, the size is a story !” He Guanhai nodded and poured the wine.

Li Kang teased him with a smile: "Guanhai, you like telling stories so much, why don't you become a storyteller? I think there are as many people who like to listen to your stories as Liyuan Teahouse!"

"How could I know how to tell a story? It's just a lip service." He Guanhai said a few words of self-effacement, and then suddenly remembered something, put down his wine bowl, "Before Shen Jinghu and Li Lu got married, I heard her tell a story, that's called a storyteller... "He Guanhai said with some regret on his face.

"I've heard it too," Li Kang also recalled, "he can speak and sing, and he fought with his father for many years not to marry Li Lu."

He Guanhai pursed his lips, lowered his eyes slightly, and asked, "Is Li Lu treating her well?"

"It can't be said to be good, nor can it be said to be bad. Li Lu won't allow her to get a divorce, but apart from the fact that divorce is not allowed, Li Lu just takes the money and doesn't ask questions when she goes to the Liyuan, the flower houses, or even goes to the casino to smoke. I thought , she would live her whole life in such a muddle, but who would have thought that such a big accident would happen suddenly at the Shen Family Flour Factory, and a dozen of people's lives would all be lost..." Li Kang sighed, a little bit unbearable.

He Guanhai put down the chopsticks in his hand, as if he was listening to something that should not be disturbed by eating: "Where is his father, has he visited her?"

"I've been here several times, just wanting to see her, but no matter how I say it, I don't see her. When Shen's family had an accident, Shen Liqun was busy with the factory accident, and she became very haggard. No matter how much she hated her father, she couldn't help being soft-hearted. She secretly begged me to take her with her." I went to see my father from a distance, and when I came back at night, I locked myself in my room, crying and laughing, smoking more opium... Later, when Shen Liqun heard the news of his daughter’s death, he fell seriously ill.”

"Good fortune, good fortune..." He Guanhai closed his eyes and shook his head, opened them again, suppressed his emotions, poured wine for Li Kang, and continued: "Shen Liqun has been guilty of his daughter for ten years, now he wants to hate himself for the rest of his life ...Did Li Lu kill her?"

"No, Li Lu just wanted to divorce her and marry Wu Mohan, but something happened to Shen Jinghu's family and he couldn't divorce at this time. He didn't agree. He and Li Lu quarreled at the family banquet and poured a glass of wine on Li Lu. He was too anxious to go back and get soaked in the rain. The wind is cold, and I still keep smoking opium, and when the girl finds out, she is already stiff..."

Neither of them spoke anymore, they listened quietly to the commotion outside the door, it seemed to be another world, a chaotic but orderly world, a flesh and blood but cold and ruthless world, with the cries of dystocia accompanying the wedding and wedding symphonies for funerals.

He Guanhai poured two bowls of wine, and the two picked them up silently, "For your next life!" They yelled silently in their hearts, and fell to the ground together.