Updated: 2012-07-11

Meixi Bridge is a cement bridge built in the mid-60s. After nearly thirty years of ups and downs, the bridge deck has been bumpy, the steel bars exposed on the bridge piles are also mottled, and the railings are incomplete. The narrow bridge deck makes two large trucks be careful when meeting on the bridge deck...

This Meixi Bridge, which has served the people on both sides of the lower reaches of the Meixi River for nearly 30 years, looks a little overwhelmed at this time.

Chen Huai pushed the bicycle and stood on the Meixi Bridge.

The land in the west of the bridge belongs to Tangzha District, with a spacious asphalt road built by municipal finance; Meixi Town is east of the bridge, with dusty sand and gravel roads flying.

Relying on the convenient and cheap river transportation of Meixi River, from the bridge, there are many river transportation terminals on both sides of the river, with some sand and gravel shops, timber shops and transportation stations.

However, Qiaodong belongs to the area of ​​Meixi Town. Since the hardware facilities and management have not kept up, it seems messy from the east bank of the river to both sides of the gravel road, and domestic waste can be seen everywhere.

Meixi Town has lagged behind in its development and looks dirty and messy. Every time he stepped on this land, Chen Huai felt intimate in his heart. The insects and birds flew, the chickens and dogs jumped, and the young girls squatting on the side of the road and peeing with their butts reminded Chen Huai's soul that he belonged to this land.

No matter how shabby she looks at this time, no matter how scattered, or how lagging she lives above her, no matter whether the people living above her are kind, integrity, evil, greedy, hardworking, laziness, and motivated, he must love her.

"Secretary Chen!"

Chen Huai's reverie was interrupted by a crisp and gentle voice, and he turned to look over. A bus was driving onto the bridge from the west end of the bridge, and he was heading against the window. Chen Dan sat in the bus, looking at him unexpectedly.

Although the Meixi River is no longer clear and muddy and yellow in recent years, Chen Dan still likes to see the rippling river water every time he crosses the bridge. At this time, the sunset is slanting, and the river is scattering rippling golden light. When the bus gets on the bridge, Chen Dan is staring at the wide river in the distance. Chen Huai pushed his bicycle and stood in a daze at the bridgehead, suddenly breaking into her vision, saying that she is surprised to meet suddenly. That cry almost subconsciously shouted out.

However, he thought about the situation where Chen Huai parked in front of that small shop that day, and thought that he was a greedy person. Even if he had not had any bad thoughts about him, he should be far away from him. So he regretted saying hello to him.

Chen Huai didn't know what Chen Dan was thinking. Seeing the kind and intriguing fair face and bright and dodging eyes, he made his heart slight ripples. The corners of his mouth raised, giving him a responsive and clear smile, he got on the bus, followed behind the bus, and came to Meixi Town.

Chen Huai went to Meixi Town to see Xiao Li a few times before, but he was far away and did not dare to disturb the peace of their lives. Therefore, Chen Dan had never seen Chen Huai in Meixi Town before.

Chen Dan turned his head, his face pressed against the window glass, and watched Chen Huai ride a broken bicycle and follow him into Meixi Town. She didn't know that Chen Huai was going to work in Meixi Town, nor did she know that Deputy Mayor Chen Mingde's accidental death. These things are always far away from her. How could she not be surprised to see Chen Huai ride a broken bicycle to Meixi Town?

At the same time, Chen Dan felt that his smile just now was particularly friendly, as if he had not seen an old friend who had been together for a long time and laughed at him. It was so natural and unforgettable; how could he feel about him?

Chen Dan wanted to ignore Chen Huai, but when he thought that he had helped a lot and ignored him, he was a little too unkind. Seeing the bus entering the station, he got off and waited for Chen Huai to come over, wanting to say hello formally.

Chen Dan was wearing tight jeans under the rose-red thin tweed jacket, her legs looked slender and upright, and stood on the platform with a stand-up posture. She simply tied her crow-colored hair behind her shoulders. Under the illumination of the setting sun, her fair face had an indescribable tenderness, which made her have the temperament of an unusually beautiful woman.

Chen Huai saw Chen Dan standing on the bus stop from a distance, but a truck behind him honked impatiently, and he rushed to the bus stop before he let the truck over.

At this time, he was almost next to Chen Dan. When he looked up, he saw her eyelashes trembling slightly in the sunset. The long and dense shadows made her eyes particularly deep. Chen Huai was a little lost in his eyes for a moment.

Chen Huai was instantly lost, causing Chen Dan to feel a little uncontrollable pride and disappointment. He put his bag in front of him and asked softly in a little embarrassed manner: "Why did Secretary Chen come to Meixi Town?"

"Oh, I was bored in the afternoon, and I wandered around on my bike and rode across the bridge without realizing it," Chen Huai wanted to cover up a reason, and asked again, "Do you live near here?"

"We have to go forward all the way, but it's not far away. Just turn around. When I saw Secretary Chen, I thought of Haiwen's compensation. I haven't thanked Secretary Chen well..." After talking about the topic, Chen Dan became generous.

"Is that true?" Chen Huai probably understood Chen Dan's complex mood of not wanting to be indifferent and not wanting to get too close. He just smiled at Chen Dan's lying and said, "I'm going to the town, so I won't delay..."

"Secretary Chen is gone, I have to say thank you for Haiwen's work. I happened to have something to do today, so I will invite Secretary Chen to visit my home someday." Chen Dan smiled sweetly, thinking that he had sent Chen Huai away, and bowed slightly to watch him ride a bicycle away.

Chen Huai also knew that Chen Dan was from Hetang, Linzhen. When she married in Meixi, she worked in the town guesthouse and many people knew her when she entered the town. If she walked side by side with a "strange" man, she would invite her home to visit her, and she would not know what rumors would be coming the next day.

Chen Huai rode forward for a while, stopped at the door of a hardware store, and saw Chen Dan turning south into a small fork.

Chen Huai was so familiar with Meixi Town that he could walk around with his eyes closed. He knew that the small fork that Chen Dan walked could turn up the old street of Meixi Town, pass through the town from the old street, and go to the east end of the town.

Chen Huai was not angry that Chen Dan lied to him, but he just felt a little funny, thinking that since her guardianship is so strong, why bother getting off the bus early and taking two more stops? Now avoid going with me and have to walk around the old street.

Chen Huai was originally going to turn to Meixi Iron and Steel Factory in the south, but now he was afraid that he would be embarrassed when he met Chen Dan on the old street, so he turned north at the intersection of the town center, pushing his bicycle under the sunset, and watching as he walked.

As a native Meixi people, Chen Huai is familiar with every grass and tree in the town. At this time, when he walked into Meixi Town again, perhaps because his vision or observation perspective had changed. Chen Huai discovered that many people and things that were ignored by absent-minded people were clearly presented before his eyes one by one.

Walking northwards to the health center, thinking that Chen Dan should have gone back and would not be embarrassed in the town, Chen Huai turned south. After passing through the old street and to the south of Zhennant, Meixi Iron and Steel Factory was once the leading collective enterprise in the townships of Donghua City. In recent years, like the municipal steel mill, it has rapidly declined, and its situation is even worse than that of the municipal steel mill.

But before he could reach Meixi Steel Plant, Chen Huai saw a large group of people around the intersection of Xuetang Street and Old Street from afar, vaguely watching someone pushing and fighting inside.

Chen Huai joined in the fun and saw three or five strong men pressing a young man with a flat head to the ground. Chen Dan squeezed in without any image, trying to protect the young man who fell to the ground, and not asking others to punch and kick him. He shouted: "If you want a fine, just fine. If you confiscate the things, you can just confiscate them. How can you hit someone?"

There were scattered pieces of goods on the curb, and there were also pieces of plastic cloth rolled into a ball.

Chen Huai was too familiar with Meixi's situation. The situation in front of him must be that the town joint defense team violently cleaned the roadside stall. It might be that the young man hit the gun and cleaned the people of the joint defense team in the street.

Although Chen Dan wanted to squeeze in and protect the young man, he was weak and asked someone to push him out. He sat on the ground with his butt and couldn't struggle for a long time. The young man who was pressing on the ground saw Chen Dan bullying, stood up with a roar, hugged the man who pushed Chen Dan and fell to the ground. He didn't care about the punches and kicks at him, so he decided that the man could stab him hard.

At this time, Chen Huai discovered that the young man was Chen Tong, the younger brother of Chen Dan, who had been in the army for many years: This kid has returned from the army? He should have employment after he was discharged from the army. Why did he set up a stall on the side of the road and even had conflicts with people from the town joint defense team?

"Stop!" Chen Huai squeezed in and saw a man taking out a short stick to suck Chen Tong's head. He grabbed it and pulled it out suddenly, and asked, "What are you doing? Beating someone to death, kill someone, who can afford to pay?"

"Who is your mother? Mei Xi's turn to meddle in other people's business?" The man who grabbed Chen Huai's short stick saw his companion pressing on Chen Tong and his eyes were red. When he saw someone standing up and meddling, he freed up his hands and grabbed Chen Huai's collar. His eyes widened, and he wished he could hit his fist in the face the next moment.

"This is my work permit. I don't want to care about your business, but you are so cruel that you will beat someone to death. Who can take responsibility?" Chen Huai didn't suffer any loss. When he squeezed in, he took the work permit in his hand and showed it in front of the man's fist in time.

The man was stunned for a moment and took Chen Huai's work permit.

"Who are you?" There was a short young man in the crowd, obviously in charge of the business. Seeing that nosy people stood up, he first directed the joint defense team to pull Chen Tong away and pressed him to the ground. He rescued his own people first, and then walked over in his pocket. He looked at Chen Huai with his eyes slanted. "The joint defense team enforced the law and rectified the appearance of the city. This kid knew that the law was illegal, set up stalls in the street, and was still fucking disobedient to discipline. He first injured our team members. Even if he beat him to death today, we will defend ourselves. Who do you dare to go to Meixi's territory to manage the business?"

Chen Huai recognized this man, Wang Gang, who was a gangster in the town since he was young. Because his face was short and small, like a cat, his face turned yellow all year round, and he had a nickname called "Yellow-faced Cat". He was a woman and a cadre in the town. Somehow, he got into bed with Du Jian, the secretary of the town party committee. Since then, Wang Gang has put on a grass-green security uniform and became the deputy captain of the town joint defense team, and has become the little overlord of Meixi Town.

From the team members, Wang Gang snatched Chen Huai's work permit and threw it under his feet. He was standing in the crowd just now. Seeing Chen Huai pushing his bicycle over, he didn't look down on this little guy from the bottom of his heart. Li Yan said sternly: "What the hell are you? How dare you become the boss in Meixi Town?"

"You ask who I am?" Chen Huai smiled, "I am not one of them, I just pass by here. But I'm afraid it's hard to explain if you beat someone to death?"

"It's all your business. Today you're polite, otherwise you'll be arrested," Wang Gang glared at the thorn in front of him with a lewd look, turned around and pointed at Chen Tong who was pressed to the ground, and ordered his team members, "Tie him up and take him to the team, lock him up for two days first, clean up well, and see if he can learn to be honest..."

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