When Min's screams reached Gong Xiaojun's ears from the courtyard, his brother-in-law Li Dongfang was talking with him at home.
It was a Sunday morning, the winter sun was lazily sleeping behind the clouds, the sky was foggy and there was no bright color at all, as if someone had covered it with a huge gray cloth.
The winter in our northern city is probably the worst winter in the world. While the north wind is cutting your skin like a sharp arrow, the dirty air is eroding your heart and lungs. At this time, urban people seldom go to the streets, and huddle at home like hibernating animals. When I have to go out, for example, on the way to and from get off work, I put a thick white cotton mask on my mouth. From a distance, it looks like soldiers from the chemical defense regiment in the suburbs doing military exercises. Due to the dirty air, the mask turned black after wearing it for a day, especially on the nose, where the two black dots looked like two black chess pieces. At this time, the road seems to be full of small vendors holding masks.
"What? Exporting to domestic sales? I said buddy, do foreigners wear masks? Your mask can't even cover foreigners' noses. Who are you cheating here?" Some wiser citizens asked.
In fact, whether it is smart or smarter, they just want to have fun, because there are too few cheerful things in winter in this city.
On this day, when Li Dongfang came to find Gong Xiaojun, he didn't wear a mask, but brought Gong Xiaojun five white masks, which were issued by Gong Xiaolan's unit. The nurses and doctors in the hospital never have to buy masks by themselves, they have unique conditions.
"Brother Xiaojun," Li Dongfang said while sitting on a sofa with three legs left, "Did you go to the dance hall of Dragon Phoenix Hotel last night?"
Gong Xiaojun hadn't gotten up yet, one leg was resting on the window sill next to the bed, the other leg was bent, and his left hand was resting on it, scratching it. He was wearing a pair of light yellow spring and autumn trousers, which had turned gray due to the long history, just like the sky outside the window. In the thigh, there were two more holes, and his tickling hand was in it now.
How did Li Dongfang know what happened last night? Gong Xiaojun looked at Li Dongfang puzzled.
Li Dongfang had long wanted to come and talk to Gong Xiaojun. Ever since the day he sent his brother-in-law to the detention center, he felt that he already owed the Gong family something. These days, Li Dongfang's life in her small family is not easy. Although Gong Xiaolan is usually indifferent to her elder brother Gong Xiaojun, just like a passer-by, but her newly married husband sent her elder brother to the detention center with his own hands. I can't accept it, after all, I am a compatriot from the same mother. Gong Xiaolan even thought that her mother Suzhen was mad at Li Dongfang. If it wasn't for Li Dongfang's righteousness to kill his relatives, how could his mother die?
Li Dongfang naturally had troubles, he thought if Gong Xiaojun hadn't gone to the Xunmeng Caf¨¦ to go whoring in the middle of the night, how could he have caused trouble for nothing? Perhaps until now, Li Dongfang didn't know that Gong Xiaojun went astray precisely because he was the captain of the patrol squadron responsible for the security of Guangming Street. clear. From this point of view, Gong Xiaojun is undoubtedly a victim. In any case, things have already happened, and everything is irreparable. Li Dongfang fulfilled his duty as a people's policeman, but brought a disaster to the Gong family, and it was not a small disaster. It's not that Li Dongfang didn't care about his brother-in-law's affection at all. He also talked about some personal affairs within the scope of his policy, such as sending Gong Xiaojun, who was still under investigation in the detention center, to a prison guard who was familiar with him. For example, when a reporter from the Evening News came to interview a few days ago, he tried every means to persuade the reporter not to reveal Gong Xiaojun's name.
Li Dongfang's righteous deed was criticized by Gong Xiaolan, but praised by his superior and his father. It is not surprising that his superiors recorded third-class merit for him. His father Li Xianyi's praise may be unacceptable in the eyes of ordinary people. Could it be that this is a family that does not eat fireworks? Li Dongfang's parents are both old police officers. His father is a first-class hero model of the Ministry of Public Security and the political commissar of the Provincial No. 1 Prison. His deeds often appear in newspapers, radio and TV stations, and have touched many people, including of course his son Li Dongfang.
It was a few years ago that Li Dongfang began to admire his father, when he was a student at the Provincial Police Academy.
One night in the autumn of this year, a prisoner escaped from prison. During the chase, his father met him in a dormitory area near the prison. The reform-through-labour prisoners took a hostage, and this hostage was not an outsider, but Li Dongfeng's ten-year-old sister Li Dongfeng. The capture process is notComplicated, his father refused to compromise and let him go. The labor camp prisoner seriously injured Li Dongfeng and jumped over the wall in a panic. After climbing over a high wall, he fled in embarrassment. The father glanced at his daughter who was lying on the ground. At this time, Li Dongfeng's face was rapidly turning pale, and the blood on the ground was slowly expanding. Her eyes were wide open, and she was calling to her father: Dad, I can't do it After my father shouted "Dongfeng, you have to stand up for the bricks", he climbed over the wall to hunt down the fugitive. As a result, the fugitive was caught, and his Daughter Li Dongfeng died of excessive blood loss due to delay in rescue.
You have to be worthy of the national emblem on your head. When Li Dongfang graduated from the police academy and went to work, his father said this to him.
Now, Li Dongfang is worthy of the national emblem above his head, and at the same time, he thinks, he must also be worthy of his wife ** Xiaolan and brother-in-law Gong Xiaojun.
It took Li Dongfang a lot of words to stabilize Gong Xiaolan's mood and make her withdraw her vow to divorce. After initially solving Xiaojia's problem, Li Dongfang still has his brother-in-law Gong Xiaojun in his heart. Li Dongfang thinks that the Gong family is not a low-quality family. His brother-in-law Gong Xiaojun is still a college student. Behavioral detours, but Li Dongfang believes that this is not his essence, just like he was a child who could be educated well when he was "****", he can still cheer up and make a difference now. When he was patrolling the Longfeng Hotel last night and accidentally found Gong Xiaojun chatting and laughing with a strange lady, he decided to act today.