Chapter 366: Human face and peach blossom complement each other

It was a beautiful spring Sunday.

I'm in my third year of high school. I have classes every day and cram school on Saturdays. The only time I can have a short break is on Sunday.

It happened to be a good day, so Zhang Yunqi accompanied Chu Jian shopping.

Unlike other girls, Chu Jian rarely went shopping. This time, she was willing to go out with him. Zhang Yunqi took her to eat her favorite fried alpine grass fish with lemon, and also bought her a very beautiful blue long skirt.

It was okay for Zhang Yunqi to give her gifts during festivals, but in daily life, this girl was never used to easily accepting gifts from others, even if this other person was her de facto boyfriend, and even if this boyfriend had mentioned it many times.

She bought the skirt with her own money at a street stall.

The first time Zhang Yunqi saw Chu Jian bargaining for something, the scene was quite interesting and full of life fun. No matter who she was talking to, she was always very polite and spoke softly: "Auntie, can I have a lower price for this skirt?"

The boss said: "Little girl, I'm already giving you the lowest price. We are just a small business, and it's not easy to make a living. Oh! You are so pretty, and this skirt is so beautiful. It really suits you. Just buy it."

Chu Jian hesitated for a moment: "Well, I'm sorry... I'm still a student and I don't have so much money."

It is easy to be convinced when such a beautiful and polite girl says such words. At this time, the boss looked up at Zhang Yunqi next to him, as if to indicate something.

Zhang Yunqi put his hands in his pockets and saw nothing.

The boss snorted and secretly gave Zhang Yunqi a look of contempt. Perhaps she thought this guy was a little silly and didn't know how to please a girl, especially such a pretty and bookish girl.

Seeing that Chu Jian was about to stand up, she quickly put on an embarrassed expression and said to Chu Jian: "Well, okay, my girl, since you are still a student, I won't make any money from this deal, I will sell it to you at a low price."

When you first meet me, say thank you, auntie.

After packing the skirt, Chu Jian paid the money and thanked him before taking the bag and leaving with Zhang Yunqi.

After walking for a while, Zhang Yunqi said, "I suddenly feel embarrassed to go shopping with you."

When I first saw you, I was surprised: “Why?”

Zhang Yunqi said: "In the eyes of others, I seem to be a fool."

Chu Jian smiled: "That's good too."

Zhang Yunqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What good is that? If I'm really stupid, how can I support you in the future?"

When she first met him, her face turned red and she said softly, "I can also work to support you. Do you remember the steamed bun I bought at the beginning of the freshman year of high school? I'll eat the smaller half and you can eat the larger half."

It's spring.

It was the 90s, the spring of spring.

It was the spring of my youth, when the faces of young people and the peach blossoms complemented each other.

The wind is gentle, the sun is warm, and the young people on the pedestrian street have smiles, sweetness and vitality on their faces.

Zhang Yunqi and Chu Jian were mixed in.

The two of them walked around and ate a lot of delicious food. Around three o'clock in the afternoon, they went to the cinema and happened to see Stephen Chow's movie "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella".

The previous one, "A Chinese Odyssey Part One - Pandora's Box", was released in January 95, and I have already seen it. I watched it with Ji Ling at that time, and now Ji Ling is still taking the art exam in the provincial capital.

Zhang Yunqi suddenly wanted to watch the second part.

We agreed upon this upon first meeting.

After buying movie tickets, popcorn and drinks, the two entered the theater. Zhang Yunqi found that there were quite few people there.

The Chinese film industry had just experienced the Stephen Chow Year of 1992. He occupied seven of the top fifteen box office hits and swept the top five. "Justice, My Foot" broke the box office record at the time. At that time, Stephen Chow was an absolute hot star, and it was surprising that his films were watched by so few audiences.

Zhang Yunqi and Chu Jian found a seat and sat down. After a while, the movie started.

Not long after the movie started, Zhang Yunqi saw a man sitting next to him. He was about forty years old, dressed in a suit and tie, and looked like a successful man with some money. He was watching the movie very attentively, laughing and secretly wiping his eyes from time to time.

Next to him was a girl, not very old, about twenty years old, good-looking, and dressed up beautifully. As soon as the movie started, she crossed her legs and kept munching on popcorn. Less than halfway through the movie, she started yelling that it was too boring, and then pulled the man away.

Zhang Yunqi turned his head and looked at Chu Jian.

Chu Jian said: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Yunqi said it was nothing, looked at her fluttering eyes, and bent down to kiss her forehead.

In the darkness, her little face turned red when she first saw him.

She put her arms around his arm, pursed her lips, and rested her ponytailed head on his shoulder.

Later, the two watched a movie quietly.

Time passed quickly, and at the end, Zhang Yunqi relived the scene that many people remembered deeply. The man who grew up from Zhizunbao to the Monkey King turned and left the city gate, with the vast desert in front of him and the afterglow of the setting sun behind him, as well as the words of the Sunset Warrior: "He looks like a dog."

At this time, the familiar song "Love of My Life" sounded.

And then, it ends.

What is this movie about? It seems that nothing can be said, nothing needs to be said, just let the love, pain and sorrow surge in the silent sea of ​​suffering.

Or maybe it means that from birth to death, life is a series of choices, and love is the most difficult choice. Do you like Bai Jingjing who lived 500 years ago, or Zixia who gave you three moles? Do you like Zhizunbao who is free and dares to love and hate, or Sun Wukong who looks like a dog after being put on a tight hoop?

Zhizunbao used the Moonlight Box many times to choose, but finally found that there was no choice. Zhang Yunqi used the Moonlight Box once, and a lot changed, but a lot did not change. Walking out of the cinema, the sunset in the sky was still warm, and Zhang Yunqi saw a few couples holding hands on the street, with smiles on their energetic faces.

It is a warm spring.

When I was young, the spring was full of beautiful faces and peach blossoms.

"Is the movie good?"

"It's pretty good, but the ending is a bit sad. I still remember a line from the movie." Chu Jian turned his head to look at Zhang Yunqi, then looked up at the setting sun in the sky: "I didn't expect that after these five hundred years, the person I was looking for was not her, but you."

Zhang Yunqi didn't know what to say.

Chu Jian held his hand tightly.

This girl was never used to having intimate behavior outside, but after coming out of the cinema, she kept her palm in his.

It was already past five o'clock, and the two went home.

On the way, Zhang Yunqi suddenly remembered that Chu Jian's 18th birthday was coming up. Although he didn't care about his birthday and wasn't a person with a strong sense of ceremony, he had to do something for Chu Jian's 18th birthday.

What to do?

Thinking about these things, the car soon arrived at the residential area where I lived.

When he was at the gate, Zhang Yunqi was a little surprised. He saw from afar some people gathered in groups around the gate of the community. There was an old woman lying on the ground, her face wrinkled like dead tree bark, with blood on it, and tears in her dim eyes. The scene was very miserable. Cabbages, radishes, garlics and onions were scattered all around her.

Standing next to them were a middle-aged man with triangular eyes, probably in his forties, and two young men in their early twenties. They all had armbands on their arms with the words "Urban Construction Supervision" written on them.

The so-called urban construction supervision is the 1.0 version of the urban management in later generations. The first urban management unit in China appeared in Xuanwu in 1996. In 1995, there was no urban management in China. At that time, the main responsible for urban management was the urban construction supervision brigade, which was divided into professional brigades such as urban appearance and sanitation, urban planning, municipal utilities, landscaping, real estate, and scenic spots, which were affiliated to different units.

What really made Zhang Yun frown was that his mother was also there, blocking the middle-aged man with triangular eyes. She looked very excited and was arguing loudly about something.

Chu Jian was a little nervous, and took Zhang Yunqi's hand and called him by his name, Aunt Zhang. Zhang Yunqi quickly got out of the car, walked over with Chu Jian, and held his mother and asked, "What happened?"

Aunt Zhang pointed at the old lady on the ground and panted, "This old lady left home before dawn carrying two winnowing baskets of vegetables and traveled seven or eight miles to the city just to earn some hard-earned money. These people with stamps were so shameless that they overturned her stall. I couldn't stand it anymore, and the noodle shop happened to need some vegetables too, so I said I would buy all the vegetables and told her to go home and not to set up a stall here again. But these evildoers didn't agree, and they kicked her winnowing basket and carrying pole to pieces, smashed her scale, beat her, and demanded a fine."

"That's right, why can't the elderly be allowed to sell vegetables?"

"At your age, you still grow vegetables day and night and sell them in the city just to make a living. Is that easy? You are going too far!"

"This old man has been selling vegetables here for a year. They are all farm vegetables grown by him. They are fresh and cheap, and it is convenient for people living here to buy vegetables. Don't you think it's wrong to do this? Sooner or later, you will be punished by God!"

The residents around were also talking to each other.

The residents of this community all have some money and some free time. Most of the old men and women living here are educated people. They also suffered a lot when they went to the countryside to work, and they especially can't stand seeing farmers and common people being bullied.

Zhang Yunqi quickly understood what had happened. It was actually very simple. The three guys with official stamps on their hands saw this old country woman setting up a stall, so they overturned her stall and tried to take the beam scale and winnowing basket from her hands.

The old man refused to let go, and during the struggle between the two sides, the old man fell to the ground. After the three men took the scale and dustpan and put them in the trunk of the car, the old man got up and chased forward to negotiate with the three men.

Later, the actions of these three people aroused public anger.

They walked to the back of the car, opened the trunk, took out the confiscated scale, broke the scale bar and threw it on the road.

The old man cried and climbed into the open trunk. The men were very angry and carried the old man out of the trunk and threw him on the road, causing his forehead to bleed.

The whole process was witnessed by the surrounding residents. Many people were filled with indignation and surrounded the three people, accusing them.

The three held the notice and argued, saying, "This is a new regulation issued by the city. It does not prohibit ordinary people from selling vegetables, but it regulates the street vendors' stalls. You can see that stalls are allowed next to the No. 1 Middle School not far away. We have persuaded and educated her many times before, but she still does not change her ways. She sells vegetables in a non-business area, which affects the order. We are doing this to maintain street management, and we have no other intentions."

“Why the fine then?”

"Rules are fixed, but people are alive! This fellow is quite old, and he sells vegetables to make a living."

"It's wrong for you to beat people! How can it be easy for an old man to sell vegetables for a few dollars? It's understandable that cities need to regulate, but people should at least be more humane, right? Not only did you overturn the stall, you also fined and beat people. How can this be tolerated?"

The scene was already in an uproar.

Seeing that his nosy mother was angry, Zhang Yunqi couldn't just ignore the matter.

To him, this was just a small matter, but what really worried him was that, in a sense, the issues behind this small matter were very complicated and had a lot to do with him.

Zhang Yunqi thought about it, pulled his mother away, and walked over to ask politely: "Excuse me, three of you, what are your names? Are you from the city or the district?"

The middle-aged man with triangular eyes glanced at Zhang Yunqi and said, "Who are you? Which one?"

Zhang Yunqi suddenly didn't want to say another word.

If you don't listen to my nice talk, I'll ask someone else to talk to you in a tough way. He took out his Motorola 8900, and the three city supervision officers were stunned. Then, they watched this young man, who they didn't know, call the city's city supervision brigade.

They heard the boy calling the city captain's name.

Zhang Yunqi hung up the phone and said to the triangular-eyed man who was already hunched over, "I don't know if you are from the city or the district. Your city captain will come later to apologize, compensate for the food and medical expenses, and send this lady home."

After a pause, he added: "As for you, go to the detention center for 15 days."

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pls.next chapter, monday night.

(End of this chapter)