Chapter 111 High School Friends
Zhou Yi asked the neighbors next door and learned that two days ago in the afternoon, Wang Cui'e and her family suddenly went crazy and started smashing things.
He smashed things and cursed at the same time, saying all the unpleasant words that he couldn't bring himself to say.
The neighbors had already suffered greatly from this family, so naturally no one dared to come out and ask about the situation.
Anyway, after smashing things and cursing, the person left and was never seen again.
"It seems like he scolded your old man, your father Jianguo, your mother, Aihua, and Jianye." The neighbor aunt also watched Zhou Yi grow up since he was a child and was very familiar with him.
"Oh, I curse you the most. I curse you for getting hit by a car when you go out, and for giving birth to a son without an anus..."
"Thank you, Auntie." Zhou Yi interrupted quickly. He didn't want to listen.
"It's okay. This family won't be coming back to live here anyway."
The aunt was surprised and asked, "Is this true?"
"Really? I'll find someone to clean it up, and then my parents and grandpa will move back in."
"Oh, that's great! I have to tell everyone about this good news."
Zhou Yi called someone to clean up the house, replaced the doors and windows with new ones, and installed a lock. Then he took his grandmother's portrait, passbook and keys home.
When he got home and told the story, the old man was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, cursing his rebellious son.
Zhou Yi just smiled and said nothing. For people like his father's generation, it was normal for them to have three to five brothers and sisters in their family.
What’s strange is that among families with many brothers and sisters, there is usually one who is particularly unfilial and a bastard.
It seems like some kind of magical law.
Unlike Zhou Yi's generation, most of those born in the 1970s and 1980s are only children, so the ratio of filial piety to unfilial is about 50-50.
At dinner that night, my father couldn't help but say, "I wonder where the second son and his family are now."
The mother said unhappily, "It's none of your business. When you and I moved out with Zhou Yi and squeezed into that shabby rented house, where did everyone miss you? Zhou Yi was so young back then."
Zhou Jianguo ate his rice noisily without saying a word.
Zhou Asi also ate his meal noisily without saying a word.
"That...Qiuxia." Grandpa put down his chopsticks and took out the passbook from his pocket.
"Dad, what's wrong? Do you want more rice? I'll get you some."
"No, no. The thing is, in this passbook is my life savings, over 60,000 yuan."
"I was thinking, let's take out 5,000 yuan and buy Xiaoyi a motorcycle. Now that he works at the Municipal Bureau, it's inconvenient to ride a bicycle all the time."
Zhang Qiuxia widened her eyes in disbelief and looked at the passbook on the table.
"Withdraw another 20,000 yuan, give 10,000 to Aihua and 10,000 to Jianye. The remaining 40,000 yuan will be left for Xiaoyi's wedding."
Grandpa smiled and asked, "Do you think it's okay?"
"Okay, okay, of course." The mother's face lit up with joy, and she couldn't let go of the passbook. "Zhou Yi, I've always said that your grandfather loved you the most since you were a child."
Forty thousand yuan was an astronomical figure for Zhou Yijia in that era.
"Dad, I'll get you a bowl of soup, bone soup, drink more." Mother ran into the kitchen with the bowl in her hand, smiling.
The father frowned and said, "Dad, what are you doing? This is all your retirement money."
"After this, I've finally figured it out. Support in old age still depends on people. Money is mortal, but people are living. With you and Qiuxia, and a wonderful grandson like Xiaoyi, why should I worry about not having someone to support me in my old age and see me to the end?"
Zhou Yi said, "That's perfect. Forget about buying the motorcycle. Let's fix up the old house first, paint the walls, and buy some furniture. It's completely bare now. You won't be able to live there if you move in."
My father immediately said, "I'll buy two buckets of paint for the walls tomorrow and paint them myself. I'll also buy some used furniture at the second-hand market, they're cheap. I also have to buy a motorcycle. It'll be handy for commuting, and it'll be handy for catching criminals someday."
Zhou Yi nodded, remembering the scene of catching Xu Jiaguang at the auto repair shop. It was convenient to ride on Zhang Lechao's motorcycle.
The old man suddenly sighed, "Alas, it's a pity that the second son's family is not doing well."
Zhou Yi patted the back of his grandfather's hand and said, "Let's not talk about this. It's all in the past."
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The next morning, Zhou Yi remembered from his father's reminder that he had not yet gotten the reimbursement voucher from the hospital, and that was all money.
Zhou Yi went to the hospital. Fortunately, the printer at the window was not broken and the instant noodle lady was not there.
However, Zhou Yi was actually quite grateful to the other party. Although their service attitude was not very good, listening to them chatting at that time inspired him to check the water meter in Xu Jiaguang's home.
Zhou Yi put away all the documents and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, I heard someone shouting at the medicine window behind me: "Xu Junjie, who is Xu Junjie? I still have medicine to take, why did you run away?"
After a while, a young man ran over and said, "I, I, I, I'm Xu Junjie."
"Let me see the list."
"Don't forget next time."
The man thanked her repeatedly and put the bottle of medicine into his pocket.
Just as he was about to leave, someone suddenly patted him from behind.
Turning around, Zhou Yi looked at him with a smile.
The man was overjoyed: "Zhou Yi? Why are you here?"
"Long time no see, Da Xu."
"It's been a long time."
The two hugged each other warmly.
This Xu Junjie is Zhou Yi’s high school classmate. They had a very good relationship when they were in school.
Xu Junjie was admitted to an undergraduate university in another province, so we haven't seen each other for more than a year.
"Why didn't you come back during the Chinese New Year last year? Lao Yan and I went to your house to look for you." The Lao Yan that Zhou Yi mentioned was another high school friend.
Xu Junjie smiled sheepishly: "I have a girlfriend over there, and I went to her house last year."
Zhou Yi punched him: "Good boy, you value women over friends. No, you haven't graduated yet, right? Isn't undergraduate study four years? Why are you back?"
"I'm doing an internship in my senior year. I don't have classes, so I just came back to do some work."
"Why, your girlfriend let you go this time?"
Xu Junjie said somewhat awkwardly, "She's breaking up with me."
"By the way, Zhou Yi, how are you? I heard from my high school classmates that you went to the police station?"
"Yes, but he's not in the police station anymore."
"Huh? Why would a good police officer quit? Didn't you always want to be a police officer?"
Zhou Yi smiled and said, "No, there's no way I'm not a police officer. I just changed my unit."
"Changed unit? Did you get a promotion?"
"I guess so. I'm in the Municipal Bureau now."
Xu Junjie was stunned, thinking he had misheard. "Municipal Bureau? Which Municipal Bureau?"
"Which other city bureau could it be? Our Hongcheng City Public Security Bureau. I'm currently a detective in the Criminal Investigation Division of the City Bureau."
Xu Junjie widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.
"Is this true?"
"When did my brother ever lie to you?"
Xu Junjie punched him and said, "You're awesome, kid."
"Wait..." Xu Junjie suddenly stared at Zhou Yi and shouted, "Fuck, was that you I saw on TV a few days ago?"
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