The clock struck twelve times and midnight came. The entrance of the hall of the Flower World became lively again. The taxis came one after another, trying to get business from those who wanted to go home after eating and drinking. The drivers looked at the squirming crowd that was about to pour out of the front hall of the gate and imagined the ecstasy of the officials and rich people. They could not help but feel a complicated feeling of resentment and envy.
The door opened. The dancers on the first floor began to crowd out.
Yu pushed the bicycle and hid behind the iron guardrail. She watched as the shadows of the bloated people gradually dispersed. She smiled and ran towards the taxi. Gradually, the shadows became sparse. Under the flickering light of the automatic door, the chubby toot red faces of men and the helpless expressions of women were reflected. Suddenly, Iron Feather saw a face that he often saw. Now, this face was smiling shamelessly, looking ingratiatingly at a woman with shoulder-length hair who walked out with her. This woman was his wife, Hua Meiyu. He saw that his wife and the man didn't follow the crowd out. Instead, they clustered together and walked into the dark. In the dim night light, the two of them got closer to each other, and their shadows gradually blended into a blurry outline.
Oh, this…Iron Feather's heart tightened. Then, he felt a sour pain.
In the light of the taxi, he saw the man take something out of his pocket seductively and show it to his wife. His wife hesitated, but she only rubbed a corner of the shawl with her fingers. When the man reached out his elbow to hug his wife's waist, his wife suddenly patted his shoulder and nimbly dodged.
Iron Feather's heart sank. It was as if he had finally returned to the safe zone of his soul after swaying from the dark abyss for a long time.
He saw the man hail a taxi. The car stopped in front of him, roared, honked, and then drove toward the empty street in front of the station.
"Idiot, what are you looking at?"
His wife came to his side with a hint of pride.
"Oh? I didn't see anything. That, that man…"
"Humph, he, the toad wants to eat swan meat!”
His wife said as she sat down on the beam at the front of the bicycle.
"Hold on tight." Iron Feather reminded his wife and pushed forward, stepping onto the car with his right leg.
"It's cold." His wife was so cold that she hissed as she rubbed her palms and then tightened the scarf around her neck.
"Meiyu, it's not that I want to criticize you. In the future, after dancing, they would leave quickly. Don't hide in the shadows with those men, lest they pester you.”
"What? I let them pester me? Bullshit!" " Do you know what I'm going to do?" his wife complained in front of him. I asked him for the taxi fare. He promised to give it to me when we were dancing."
Oh! Iron Feather knew he was in the wrong and didn't say anything. However, the hidden pain in his heart surged up again at this moment.
"Well, I lost a chance to make a lot of money tonight.”
"What opportunity? Which rich man do you want to mess with?”
"What tycoon? It was a welcoming banquet for a new chief. They said that there would be a dance at the banquet, and each of us who accompanied the dance would earn 100 yuan. Who knew that this sh * t wouldn't jump.”
"Pretend to be serious."
"However, this person looks righteous.”
"Righteous? Bullsh * t! If these officials were capable. Save our factory first. Let a man like me work and support my wife and children! What kind of life was this?
Sigh! His wife fell silent. A heavy sigh, revealing deep pain.
The car drove out of the city center and turned into a small road with pine trees on both sides. The night was quiet. They drove on in silence, listening to the creaking of the frozen snow beneath their wheels. In front of them was the mining machinery factory that had been shut down for a few years. The factory was dilapidated and looked gray and desolate under the starlight. After passing through the factory area, they entered a group of closely connected civilian houses. This was the slums of the modern city, the shanty towns. This was where the two of them lived. This was not a place they wanted to stay for long. For many years, they had fantasized about moving out of here one day and living in a high-rise building in the city center. However, he did not expect that even such a day could not go on.
The car entered a small alley. The broken bell rang and the light in the hut came on.
"Mom!" The child heard the noise and shouted happily.
"Hey!" Her mother agreed with heartache. Before the car stopped, she rushed into the courtyard to open the door.
"Mom, you, don't work the night shift anymore. Daddy will pick you up every day. I'm at home alone…scared!”The ignorant child begged.
When Iron Feather heard this, he slammed the car into the corner and sighed. Tears of grief and indignation flowed down his face.
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