Chapter 21 Our Resentment

The time was three hours ago.

At 8:54 in the morning, Lu Liang arrived at Qi Jie's house on time and picked her up.

After all, they have known each other since childhood. Although there were some conflicts before, but they really walked together and talked a few more words, and the relationship gradually became harmonious, and Lu Liang finally no longer had a cold face.

The two went shopping for a long morning. Lu Liang bought some clothes for Qi Jie, and the total cost was over two thousand. He looked very high-spirited. It seemed that the business at home should be really good recently. Qi Jie also bought two sets of clothes for him, not many, and the total was almost less than 2,000 yuan - this would give Lu Liang a feeling that he didn't lose much money, and at the same time he found a big man who spent a lot of money to become a confidante. That very face feeling.

They both think they look pretty good.

In the middle of shopping, Lu Liang took Qi Jie's hand several times, Qi Jie did not refuse, and let him hold her hand submissively, but every time it took less than half a minute, Qi Jie would definitely I found some nice looking clothes in a roadside store, and then, I seemed to pull out my hand very casually——Lu Liang didn't notice anything unusual.

After shopping all morning, the two went to have dinner together at noon.

Lu Liang was very interested in talking. He said that this year's family business is expected to exceed 3 million yuan. If it is realized, the net profit will be as high as 800,000 yuan. There is one-fifth of him, that is a small 200,000 yuan-even though pork is very expensive, it can be sold for more than three yuan a catty, but ordinary people, such as ordinary teachers like Qi Jie who have not been teaching for a long time, can spend a month Her salary is only about 1,500 yuan. If the insurance and various taxes are deducted, she will not earn 15,000 yuan a year.

Therefore, 200,000 a year is really a huge income.

Lu Liang said that he has taken a good look at the house. It is in the south of the city, very close to Qianfo Mountain. It is a new community, a new house, a small high-rise, three bedrooms and two living rooms, more than 120 square meters, and the front door is transparent from the north to the south. The layout is very good. He plans to get the 8th floor, which means getting rich. The total price is a little more than 360,000, but the developers in the community know it. If they say hello at that time, it is estimated that they can get it for about 300,000. The old man of Qian's family has already promised to give it away, and the decoration can start during the summer vacation.

Although...Although Qi Jie feels that the matter of the two of them getting married and buying a house should really be decided by asking her to go and have a look together. It's really unnecessary for the fiancée who passed the door to socialize... But Lu Liang said that he was already optimistic about it, so Qi Jie didn't say anything, and listened with a smile from the beginning to the end, as if he was listening to something completely different from himself Unrelated things the same.

Lu Liang said that I am very busy, and I will find a decoration company to do the decoration, but it needs people to watch, but it is said that there is formaldehyde in the decoration materials, my mother is old, and the health is not very good, then you go, you are young .

Qi Jie said yes, I'm fine in summer vacation, I'll go.

Lu Liang said that I have already thought about the decoration style, it should be more grand, have you watched a certain TV series? The Tang Dynasty palace-style hotel inside, when my father and I went out to discuss business, I saw a hotel of that style in Beihai Prefecture. I like that feeling, the atmosphere, it looks upscale, we just like that For the decoration, I will explain it carefully to the decoration company, and you will be responsible for keeping an eye on it.

Qi Jie continued to smile and said, okay.

It took an hour and a half to finish the lunch. In the afternoon, Lu Liang was going to take Qi Jie to watch a movie. He said that there was an American movie called "Proud and Strong", and several of his friends had watched it. They all said pretty.

But Qi Jie refused. She said that she was not feeling well these two days. There was a particularly mischievous student in the class. Maybe he was pissed off, so she wanted to go back to rest.

Lu Liang seemed a little unhappy, but he didn't care too much. He just told Qi Jie that you can teach a group of children, and don't care if they learn or not. Anyway, they will teach for the last year. Once you get married, you just quit your job and just cook and do laundry at home. Women, who can't earn a lot of money and go out to show their faces, no, it's serious to wash clothes, cook and take care of children at home, and take care of your own man, isn't it better than anything else?

Qi Jie smiled and said yes, with a happy look on her face.

In the end, instead of letting Lu Liang see her off, she took a taxi home by herself.

Ever since she got into the taxi, she closed her eyes with a tired look on her face. When the car arrived downstairs, she gave the money, got out of the car, and stood in front of the corridor for a long time before realizing that she had arrived home.

Then she went upstairs, climbed a few steps, and came down again.

Her car was parked in a parking space not far away. She went over, got in the car, ignited it, reversed the car, and soon reached the street.

She drives very slowly, very slowly.

And aimlessly, when you see an intersection, you randomly choose a road with less traffic and turn into it.

Summer time at two in the afternoon: the weather is hot and the sun is poisonous.

There was a pair of lovers walking towards each other holding hands. The girl was wearing a milky white short-sleeved T-shirt with a smiling face printed on it, and a small floral skirt below her knees. The smile of the boy beside him was full of doting, a look of dumbfounding.

Not far away, a young couple walked out of the store with their child in their arms. The child was about two or three years old, crying loudly in his mother's arms. big rag doll...

Qi Jie stepped on the brake suddenly.

beep!

The car behind was startled. While subconsciously honking its horn, it made an emergency turn to pass the car in front. When the two cars passed each other, they lowered the window again, and a shirtless man in his thirties stretched out his arms. Lai gestured with the middle finger, "You idiot, can you drive!"

Qi Jie was expressionless, watching the car drive away amidst the scolding.

Maybe it was because the air conditioner in the car was turned on too high, she suddenly felt a little cold, and subconsciously hugged her shoulders.

After a while, she released the brake, checked the direction, slammed the steering wheel, and turned the car back.

Straight to school.

Outside the school gate, she stopped the car, locked it, and walked into the campus under the sun.

…………

"I used to ask endlessly,

when will you come with me,

But you always laugh at me,

nothing.

I want to give you my quest,

and my freedom,

But you always laugh at me,

nothing.

Oh when will you come with me?

Oh when will you come with me?

The ground is walking under the feet,

The water around me is flowing,

But you always laugh at me,

nothing!

Why can't you always laugh enough,

Why do I always pursue,

Is it in front of you,

I still have nothing.

..."

God, it's really hot.

Li Qian was really depressed in his heart.

For some things, he knew clearly that he couldn't rush or be impatient, so he had to take his time. But at this very moment, he was so impatient in his heart that he wanted to roar and roar to the sky.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day.

Just riding to school by bike made me sweat profusely.

When he came to the top of the building, he simply took off his T-shirt and was shirtless.

He sang several new songs that he had been practicing recently, but he always felt that the fire in his heart was getting hotter and hotter. So, for the first time since his rebirth, he suddenly sang rock and roll.

From "Nothing", to "Elopement", and then from "The-Phoenix", to "Existence".

The fire in his heart was burning hotter and hotter.

After singing for more than half an hour, he stopped, picked up the water glass and drank a few big gulps, then closed the lid and put it back, panted for a while, and picked up the guitar again.

Either because the weather was too hot, or because the fire in his heart was too hot, his face was flushed and he was sweating profusely.

The guitar sounded, and after a prelude that sounded a bit ordinary, he suddenly started singing.

…………

The teaching building seems... silent?

Qi Jie climbed to the fifth floor in one breath, panting a little from exhaustion, so she stopped and looked up.

There was no movement on the roof.

Suddenly, she felt an urge to cry.

Taking a deep breath, pressing back the sour feeling, she wanted to turn around and go downstairs, and go home, but by some strange circumstances, she finally decided to go to the rooftop to take a look.

From the fifth floor to the rooftop, there is a two-fold staircase with a total of thirty-six steps.

She walked more cautiously, one step, one step.

Suddenly, the guitar sounds.

Qi Jie stood there immediately.

At that moment, she felt an uncontrollable joy in her heart.

It seemed that all of a sudden, she had changed from someone else's fiancee to a Chinese teacher at National No. 13 Middle School.

Then, there was a stronger urge to cry...

…………

The guitar sounded, and after a prelude that sounded a bit ordinary, the people upstairs suddenly started singing.

Then, the clear but vicissitudes of life, the fierce and angry lyrics and the rampant tune soon made her feel numb all over her body—as if a sharp sword with cold light radiated from it. The sky came suddenly, piercing her easily!

The voice of the singer upstairs is still clear, but it reveals an unspeakable casualness and uninhibitedness, as well as a certain complex emotion that makes people hard to explain but understandable——

"Ideals are always flying around, illusory;

The reality is still real and cannot be hidden. "

Just these two sentences captured Qi Jie's heart immediately.

Almost subconsciously, she held her breath.

But at this time, contrary to the casual and uninhibited just now, the guitar upstairs suddenly became violent, and the voice suddenly rose, like a shout, and like a roar——between those words and sentences, there seemed to be a kind of desire to tear everything apart. The impulse!

Qi Jie's heart suddenly twitched——

"The heart is full of desire, the body has no strength,

I didn't want to feel sad, so I had to pretend to be dissolute.

Fly around, I fly around, full of hope.

I'm like a bird! "

The guitar sound suddenly softened again, and the rhythm was a bit wobbly, and the singer also put away the violent roar just now, and suddenly resumed the casual but uninhibited taste——

"I don't feel tired, but I have nowhere to go.

The emptiness threw me on the street like a sick man fleeing death. "

Afterwards, the fierce strumming started again, and the violent roaring started again——

"It's good for wandering here, and you can't close your eyes.

The buildings are so brilliant and the lights are so bright.

Fly around, I fly around, reality is a cage.

I'm like a bird! "

The violent electric current hit her again and hit her hard!

Qi Jie stayed there, feeling numb all over, and couldn't even raise her hand.

reality is a cage...reality is a cage...reality is a cage...

Suddenly, that sore and helpless feeling came back to her heart again, she only felt her nose sore, and she felt an urge to cry instantly!

And at this time, the singing of the people upstairs did not stop——

"They give me a pair of wings, they give me a direction.

They say that is happiness, so I am full of hope.

I fly with power and see the truth,

There is no happiness there, just a big wall.

Fly around, I fly around, full of hope.

I'm like a bird! "

Completely uncontrollable, Qi Jie's eyes blurred quickly, and then, large, large teardrops fell silently and quickly slid down his cheeks!

The guitar upstairs is intermittently mellow or cranky.

At the same time, in response to the rhythm of the guitar, the people upstairs chanted softly repeatedly——

"Fly around,

flying around,

I fly here and there,

like a little bird. "

My mother said: "...Actually, Xiaoliang is really a good kid. We have seen this since we were young. Your dad and I have also watched that kid grow up since we were young. Can he still run? Besides, you and him We haven't known each other for a year or two, and we've known each other since we were young. Tell me, what's wrong with Xiao Liang? Besides, he has a good family background. If you marry him, you can live comfortably. Otherwise, Parents love you so much, they will book such a marriage for you?"

Dad said: "Xiaojie, I never heard that you were dissatisfied with this marriage before. Why did you talk about this and that when the time came? Could it be that...you got a boyfriend when you were in college?"

…………

"Fly around,

flying around,

I fly here and there,

like a little bird. "

"Dad, Mom, how many times have I told you that I really don't want to go to some girl's college. There is not even a bearded person walking around in the whole school. If I go to that kind of school, I will go crazy sooner or later. Drop! Besides, I don’t want to be a teacher in the future. What kind of education department should I study? It’s not enough for the two of you to contribute to the education of the motherland. Why do you have to drag me? I won’t! I won’t! Kill me Neither!"

"...Look at you child, what Xiao Liang said is not unreasonable. Girls, major in education, and just come back to teach after graduation. Parents have taught for so many years. How many good friends do you have? When you come back from graduation, if you think the thirteenth middle school is not good enough, ask your father to find someone for you, let’s use the relationship and let you enter the first middle school, okay? And that women’s college, how good it is, clean and easy Heart, there are not so many messy things in other schools..."

"Lu Liang wants to train me according to the standard of a child bride. I don't see any men all day long in a women's college. I major in education. I come back to teach for two years, just to teach him a husband and a child... He thinks beautifully, why! You guys Or is it my real parents? Are you thinking about me, or are you more willing to train him a qualified child bride-in-law for Lu Liang?"

…………

"I fly here and there,

I fly here and there,

I fly here and there,

like a little bird. "

"...Xiaojie, come on, let's see what this is?...Chocolate! Haha, your Aunt He bought it for you, try it quickly!...Is it delicious? Hehe, it's good if it's delicious. If mom doesn't eat it, you Eat, this is your wedding candy!... Mom told you, today, I went out with your dad to meet your Uncle Lu and Aunt He to discuss things. Liang's marriage has been decided! How about it? Are you happy? This marriage is definitely settled. When Xiaojie grows up, we can marry with peace of mind! You don't have to worry about finding someone Don't worry about the man! You see, my parents have chosen for you..."

"Mom, what does marriage mean? Does it mean that I will marry Xiaoliang when I grow up?"

"Yes, how is it, okay?"

"But...but I don't like Xiaoliang..."

"Why don't you like Xiaoliang? Xiaoliang is so nice, and he is willing to play with you and give you candy, right?"

"But...he has a snot, and, and...he also likes to be angry, he will push me when he is angry, and then push me down, it hurts! I cried and he ignored me, and even threatened me that he would beat me ..."

"Xiaoliang will definitely not in the future, our Xiaojie is already his wife now, right?"

"But……"

…………

Qi Jie burst into tears.

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At this time, the violent strumming sound suddenly changed, and returned to the swaying rhythm at the beginning, and the people upstairs sang lazily and casually:

"I don't want to be numb anymore, I don't want to be pushed around;

I don't want to lie and let my life go wasted.

We used to wander the streets, let the cold wind beat our chests;

We once clenched our fists, fighting for a little bit of freedom. "

Then, the guitar suddenly picked up again, and he roared at the top of his lungs——

"Let us sing together, sing the song of freedom,

Let's fly together, fly to the sky.

Let's sing together, sing the song of freedom.

Let's fly together...

like a bird,

like a bird,

because of U.S,

born free! "