On the second day of the story creative class of the school without precepts, there were 5,887 words, with a total of 5,887 words.
"mom, mom, where are we going? Where's dad? " Five-year-old Zhang Lei grabbed the woman's skirt with his plump little hand, and her innocent voice echoed in the room full of luggage.
The woman sat in a chair with her hand on her forehead. After a long time, she reached out and touched Zhang Lei's head: "Son, your father made a lot of money doing business in Shanghai and won't come back."
5-year-old Zhang Lei fluttered her eyes and tears fell: "I miss my father, I want my father."
Zhang Lei, a child of a single-parent family, moved to Xuncheng from the county with her mother to go to relatives, attended our primary school and became my deskmate.
I still remember his self-introduction: "Hello, my name is Zhang Lei, and my dream is to become a monopoly in Shanghai."
The teacher couldn't help smiling, and the students were all overjoyed, but Zhang Lei seemed to be indifferent to these laughter, with firm eyes and serious expression.
I didn't ask him curiously until he stepped off the platform and sat next to me: "Why did you go to Shanghai to be a monopoly?"
But he gave me a mature look and whispered in my ear, "It's a secret."
Zhang Lei's grades are very good, and he has always been among the best, so he was easily admitted to the junior high school of Xuncheng No.1 Middle School, but I missed out on No.1 Middle School by a few points.
I thought I might never meet my deskmate in this primary school again, but when I walked into the classroom of Class 3, Grade 1, No.2 Middle School, I recognized Zhang Lei at first sight, although he was tall and thin now and wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses.
unexpectedly, he and I became deskmates again.
He studies very hard, but his grades are always in the middle level, because he only listens to half a class in each class, and reads extracurricular books on his mobile phone for the rest, such as Smart Investor, Poor Charlie's Collection and Finance.
I was amazed at the profundity of his extracurricular books, because once I found him reading Das Kapital.
I asked him, "Why do you want to read these books?"
He smiled and said, "Because only by reading these books can we see through the essence of this world."
I remembered what he said to me in primary school, and I asked him again, "Is it because of that secret?"
Zhang Lei turned around and smiled at me and said, "I didn't expect anyone to remember except me. Thank you for remembering."
3
One semester before the college entrance examination, he was like a different person, eating books with red eyes every day and doing exercises crazily. On his desk, besides a large number of simulation papers issued by the school, he also bought real questions himself.
His grades are going up with the naked eye.
until one month before the college entrance examination, in our class of 5 people and the grade of more than 8 people, he jumped from 27 in the class and 45 in the grade to the 11th in the class, the first hundred in the grade, and the second model was the sixth in the class and the first fifty in the grade.
I gaped at his report card and couldn't believe my five senses.
He said lightly, "The college entrance examination is just a small stone on my way forward. If it gets in my way, I'll just kick it away."
I asked him, "What kind of secret can make you have such great motivation to accomplish something?"
without looking up, he said matter-of-factly, "A secret is a secret, but if you say it, it is not a secret."
4
Driven by his strong study drive, my score in the college entrance examination was improved by nearly 5 points, and I was admitted to one or two colleges in Shanghai, but he entered Fudan University to study finance without any accident.
Because we are all in the same city and have been friends for more than ten years, we occasionally get together and talk about the recent situation during our college years.
One weekend in the next semester of junior year, we were sitting in a coffee shop. He told me that he had found an internship in a securities company and planned to take part in the postgraduate entrance examination while working.
I'm envious. He's still a bully. I said I can only concentrate on the postgraduate entrance examination, but I can't take care of both.
He smiled and didn't say much. Instead, he fiddled with it on his mobile phone and motioned me to read WeChat.
I clicked on WeChat and found two photos, an old photo and a modified photo of Meitu Xiu Xiu.
In the old photo, there is a young man with a 5.6-year-old child in his arms, while in the other photo, the young man looks old, but he is dressed in a suit and tie and a successful person.
Before I could speak, he smiled and said, "This is my father. He left home when I was seven years old and came to Shanghai to do business. I haven't seen him for so many years. I think he should be like this when he is old."
I said in surprise, "Is this ... is this your secret?"
Zhang lei nodded.
Once the secret I wanted to know many years ago was declassified, I didn't feel that my curiosity was satisfied. Instead, I felt a little heavy in my heart. Zhang Lei's face in front of me was smiling, and I recalled what I looked like every time I saw him.
It turns out that he has accepted it from the beginning, and he is trying to uncover the secret with his own actions.
I was curious and asked him, "Your father abandoned your mother. Why are you looking for him?"
at last, his face changed, and suddenly he became expressionless.
"That's why I want to ask him why he never came back."
5
Shanghai is such a huge city, and there is a vast sea of people. Where should Zhang Lei look for his father?
In this age of advanced science and technology, maybe he will also look for it through the internet, and mobilize the vast number of netizens to kill the old love rat who abandoned his wife and children.
But Zhang Lei is very persistent. If I were you, I would hate you, but I wouldn't be so persistent.
Keren is different from person to person, just as I can only get less than 5 points with enough firepower in the college entrance examination, but Zhang Lei can get into a prestigious school like mega launch, which can't be achieved by either line.
Seeing Zhang Lei again, he is already a gold medal trader in the securities company. It only took him two years to make a big name in the industry. Although he borrowed a bear market to divide the market, his success will always be on the side of the prepared people.
It's still the same coffee shop, but the difference is that he is about to enter his highlight period, and I am still a student.
"Sorry, I have noticed all the people I have met, but there is no your father." I said.
Zhang Lei sighed and said, "I didn't find it either, but I had someone help me compare some people's photos through the Internet, and it seems that I found some clues."
"oh? Then did you verify it? " I asked quickly.
He shook his head and said, "At present, my work is on the rise and I can't leave. After this time, I intend to go."
it's been too many years, and my curiosity about this matter has accumulated for too many years, so I really want to witness it.
"If it happens to be my holiday, can you take me with you?"
Zhang Lei gave me a surprised look, pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, I'll contact you when I go."
6
The clue mentioned by Zhang Lei is actually in my hometown, Xuncheng.
We took the high-speed train and arrived at Xuncheng Railway Station five hours later.
We took a taxi and drove to a farmhouse at the foot of Lushan Mountain.
Zhang Lei got off the bus and looked up at the door of the farmhouse: Laozhangtou farmhouse.
I followed him, watching his expression change from relaxed to tight, and now he is frowning.
I didn't bother him. I was just an outsider and a bystander, so I waited quietly.
for a long time, he explained to me, but it sounded like talking to himself.
"When I was young, my mother suddenly said to me one day: My father made money in Shanghai and won't come back.
I asked her why.
She said: The bustling world of Shanghai is like the big mouth of a huge beast. It seems that there are countless temptations, but when people walk in, there will be no bones left.
I didn't understand it at that time, but when I saw my mother's lonely expression, I felt an indescribable emotion in my heart.
My mother dedicated her youth to that man, but she got such a result ...
Later, I followed my mother to Xuncheng and went to my grandparents. In fact, I didn't want to, but we were helpless except my grandparents.
At least he has some conscience. He made money and bought some properties for his own parents, so my mother and I don't have to live under the same roof with them.
I work hard to make money, not only to find him and ask him why he left us, but also to get rid of his bondage to us.
We live in his house, and my mother takes time out to go to my grandparents' house every year to do something for them. Although my grandparents are not bad to me, on the contrary, they often spoil me.
but I still hate them. "
until this time, I slowly asked him, "Why are you so persistent? You already have great prospects. You can choose to take your mother away and become strangers with their family."
His brow slightly loosened, and he looked at me with a wry smile: "I have been studying for this answer for 16 years, and I am not willing to let you give up like this."
I tried to persuade him, but at this moment, a 5-year-old woman with pale sideburns came out of the farmhouse door with a dustpan and looked in our direction, but she stopped.
I found that Zhang Lei's body trembled slightly, but his eyes were fixed on the woman.
"mom."
7
I was amazed at the result of this incident. We obviously came to look for Zhang Lei's father, but we found his mother after following the clue. What on earth is going on?
full of questions, I followed the couple to the backyard of the farmhouse.
Zhang Lei's mother put the dustpan on the ground, let us wait a little, wiped her apron with both hands, and went into the covered kitchen connected with the backyard.
The chimney on the top of the kitchen was puffing white smoke, but Zhang Lei's mother went in and didn't come out for a long time. I looked at the door and then at Zhang Lei.
Zhang Lei was in no hurry, standing in the middle of the yard like a pillar, motionless.
It was a long time before I saw Zhang Lei's mother, dragging a man out of the kitchen door. The man had a long head and black and white hair, and he looked haggard. He also experienced a lot of life damage.
But I recognized him at a glance. It was Zhang Lei's father.
Zhang Lei's father is still pushing his mother. It seems that he doesn't want to come into the yard, but his head is slightly curled and he looks in the direction where we are standing, but his movements are slowed down.
Zhang Lei was not excited as expected, but turned and left the moment he saw his father.
I quickly grabbed him.
"Don't you want to get the answer?"
"I don't want to."
I let go of my hand unconsciously, and Zhang Lei left without looking back.
Zhang Lei's mother hurried out and shouted Zhang Lei's name, but Zhang Lei never looked back.
I was at a loss, but it was Zhang Lei's mother who took my hand.
"You are Xiaolei's classmate, aren't you? Xiaolei is not sensible. Stay for dinner."
8
At the dinner table, after drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhang Lei was supposed to ask the question.
"Uncle, why did you leave Zhang Lei and his mother and son?"
The man sighed. He was drinking water. He took the bottle and poured himself two or two glasses of wine. He finished it at once and said, "I'm just a useless person. I want their mother and son to have a better life."
Zhang Lei's mother quickly grabbed the bottle and put it at my feet. She glared at the man and said, "I'll tell you."
a story unfolded before me.
Sixteen years ago, Zhang Lei's father, Zhang Jianjun, set up a business in a local partnership, while his mother, Liu Qiuping, worked as an accountant in the company.
When the business was about to get on the right track, Zhang Jianjun found that his partner owed a lot of money by gambling.
originally, Zhang Jianjun only needed to buy the partner's shares and become the absolute shareholder of the company, but something happened in the meantime, which made Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Jianjun beyond redemption.
that partner embezzled the client's funds. Originally, the matter of misappropriating clients' funds should have passed the accounting, and the accounting was Liu Qiuping. Under normal circumstances, such a thing would not happen, but I didn't want the partner to actually buy off Zhang Jianjun's secretary, steal the company seal, and give out the money from Liu Qiuping, which was used for investment, but was actually taken by him to pay off debts.
when Zhang Jianjun found out about this, the partner had disappeared, the company lost a lot of money, the bank accounts were not matched, and the loan was stopped. The company immediately turned from profit to loss. At the same time, those customers heard the news and took Zhang Jianjun, a corporate person, to court.
Originally, if Zhang Jianjun blamed Liu Qiuping for this incident, then Zhang Jianjun would be able to eat less in prison for a few years, but Liu Qiuping would have to go to prison.
Zhang Jianjun made a decisive decision, took all the responsibility, confessed to the crime, and told the police that his partner had fled.
After mediation by lawyers, the court gave a verdict. Zhang Jianjun was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment and immediately executed, while Liu Qiuping was sentenced to three years' imprisonment with a suspended sentence of two years.
that year, Zhang lei was only 5 years old.
Liu Qiuping said to me, "I listened to his father and cheated Xiaolei for 16 years.
His father didn't want him to stay in a small place all his life, so he made up that lie.
I told him that if he became rich, he would be able to talk with his father on the same platform.
He also really lived up to expectations, and now he is developing very well in Shanghai. We are satisfied to see him like this. "
Liu Qiuping wiped the corner of her eye and said, "His father went to prison to make up for my mistakes. Over the years, I have always felt guilty, and I can't help telling the truth many times."
"Qiu Ping." Zhang Jianjun patted LiuQiuPing on the shoulder, and poured himself a glass of wine, a drink.
"I don't need to explain what I mean. I've been through this for a few years, and I just want to spend my last time with you, Qiu Ping."
9
I came out of the farmhouse with a heavy heart. Zhang Lei's father suffered from liver cancer. Although he was treated, the cancer cells have gradually spread. The doctor said that he would only live for three to five years if he took good care of himself.
This is simply a big misunderstanding. I don't know if this misunderstanding is the source of Zhang Lei, but this misunderstanding is really cruel.
I called Zhang Lei and learned that he was at school. I immediately took a taxi back to the district.
When I saw Zhang Lei, he was sitting on the steps beside the school basketball court.