Chapter 4 Those people and things in those years
Zhou Mubai returned to the apartment and an uninvited guest came to the apartment.
Yu Lingyu looked at Zhou Mubai curiously. The big boy looked in his early twenties and had done a little combed his hair. He had already tamed it a lot compared to yesterday. This shows the temperament of the big boy in front of him.
Although he is not a handsome guy who is so handsome, his eyes are deep and there seems to be a deep pool inside. As his eyes turn, stars burst out again.
Her facial features are not particularly outstanding, but they are very harmonious when they are matched together. When she saw her, the eldest boy smiled slightly, and Yu Lingyu felt his heart beating violently.
"I remember your name is Xiaoyu?" Zhou Mubai said to the little girl blocking the door.
Yu Lingyu raised his head with his hips and said viciously: "Little brat, you have to call me sister!"
Zhou Mubai laughed silently. Her grandmother was a little girl in front of her, so why did she have the confidence to think that she was a little brat?
Zhou Mubai's smile angered my aunt-in-law, and my aunt-in-law raised her eyebrows: "Is there anything wrong? I've asked. You are a first-year graduate student, and this year... I'm 21 years old, I'm 24 years old. Is there anything wrong with calling me sister?"
Zhou Mubai smiled and shook his head: "If you let me go, I will open the door first and talk inside."
Yu Lingyu suddenly became alert: "What do you want to do? I won't stay in the same room with you alone."
Zhou Mubai was not angry and agreed: "This is great and vigilant, so that he can better protect himself."
Yu Lingyu was unhappy again because Zhou Mubai's words sounded a little old-fashioned, just like her father's behavior. She frowned and snorted, "At a young age, don't be like an old man."
Zhou Mubai opened the door and stood at the door and said, "Do you want to come in? If you don't come in, I'll go to bed. I didn't sleep well last night."
Yu Lingyu blocked the door and gritted his teeth and hesitated for a moment: "I want to enter, but the door cannot be closed."
Zhou Mubai nodded, turned around, took out a bottle of wine on the wine rack, poured himself half a cup, and sipped it gently on the sofa.
Although Yu Lingyu had been here once, he was still a little curious and looked at Zhou Mubai's old objects.
Zhou Mubai looked at the little girl with his eyes. Yu Lingyu was really very similar to Xu Donglai when he was young. Not only did he say that his eyebrows were similar, but even his silly aura was very similar. Zhou Mubai sighed slightly, thinking of Xu Donglai crying and laughing, it was a little warm, but more guilty.
When we first met at Fengling Ferry, we missed our life.
Zhou Mubai remembered the young man he met in Xiangjiang and later wrote a very famous martial arts novel. The character of Guo Xiang is really similar to Xu Donglai.
"Zhou Mubai, right? Tell me honestly, what is your relationship with my grandmother?" Yu Lingyu walked in front of Zhou Mubai and suddenly asked, wanting to fight a sniper battle.
Zhou Mubai took a sip of wine, gently exhaled a scent of wine, and asked without answering directly, "What did your grandma say?"
Yu Lingyu bit her lip and thought to herself, if my grandmother is willing to tell me, why would I come to you?
Xu Donglai did not dare to tell Yu Lingyu about the matter, but said that Zhou Mubai was his old friend's grandson. Because he looked very similar, he recognized the wrong person. As for Zhou Mubai, he knew her because his grandfather had told Zhou Mubai about her existence before he came to the United States.
Yu Lingyu was skeptical because Zhou Mubai did not see any respect from his elders in the scene at that time, but instead... it seemed like he had a reaction when he saw his own sister or a little lover.
Zhou Mubai saw Yu Lingyu's expression and knew the clues. He smiled and said, "Actually, there is nothing. My grandfather is your grandma's first love. I happened to look very similar to my grandma when I was young, just like you and your grandma. So, your grandma recognized the wrong person."
"Then why do you recognize my grandma?" Yu Lingyu didn't believe it.
Zhou Mubai smiled and said, "Because I have photos of your grandma when she was young."
"You are lying to me. My grandma is so old and is so different from when she was young. How could you recognize her?"
Zhou Mubai smiled and said, "You forgot, I saw you at first sight."
Yu Lingyu tilted his head. It seemed that this was true, but there were still many doubts, but I just didn't know how to ask.
"Can I see your grandpa's photos?"
Zhou Mubai hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Wait a moment, I have to look for the album."
Zhou Mubai went into the corner of the wall and dragged out a wooden box. A lot of dust accumulated on the wooden box, as if it had not been sorted out for decades.
Zhou Mubai opened the box and found an album marked with [American Past] in it. He pulled it out and blew the dust on it. He was about to take out one of them, but Yu Lingyu sucked it over and said excitedly: "I'll take a look, I'll take a look!"
Zhou Mubai's first reaction wanted to grab it back, but when he saw Yu Lingyu's joyful look, he looked very much like Xu Donglai, so he stopped in time, locked the box and pushed it back.
Zhou Mubai wiped his hands with a wet towel, lit a Marlboro, and the smoke swelled up.
Yu Lingyu frowned, but this was someone else's home, and it wasn't her turn to object, so she could only concentrate on looking through the album.
The album is full of photos, and most of the photos are black and white, and there are traces of time, most of them turn yellow or even black.
Yu Lingyu turned the first page, a yellowed photo, a Chinese worker wearing a bloated cotton coat smiled brightly at the camera, the background was a long railway that continued to the horizon, and there were sleepers scattered around him, and there were also busy construction workers.
Yu Lingyu said in surprise: "Is this a photo of the United States when the railway was built? Well, this person is your grandfather, and he does look exactly the same as you?"
Zhou Mubai shook his head and said, "No, this is just a scene-playing."
Yu Lingyu has no doubt that he has, because the United States overhauled the railway from 1865 to 1869, and her grandmother was studying in Harvard around 1968. Zhou Mubai's grandfather also studied in the United States during that period, and it was impossible for him to appear in the United States a hundred years ago.
Yu Lingyu muttered: "Are you already so good at playing at that time?"
She turned the next page and Zhou Mubai's grandfather and a worker with long braids were holding each other. Zhou Mubai's grandfather smiled brilliantly, but the worker had a dull face and looked like he had been ravaged countless times by life.
"Hey, who is this?" Yu Lingyu pointed at the laborer.
Zhou Mubai glanced at him and couldn't help but feel ache in his heart. The words that often surround his mind came out again.
"Zhou Qu, you are a person with great skills and should not be limited to this. You can do more and protect us has no meaning.
To live a good life in the United States, one must stand on the top of the mountain, shout for us, and fight for our rights.
Chinese people cannot live like cows and horses. We must stand up and live, we must have rights, and we must have dignity!
We escaped from the country not just to live, we have to live standing up!"
Li Jincheng, Li Jincheng.
Zhou Mubai's eyes became wet and he smiled and said, "I don't know about this."
Zhou Mubai picked up the album, turned to the end, took out a photo, and said, "Just look at this."
Yu Lingyu shouted: "Let me see it!"
Zhou Mubai put the album to one side.
Yu Lingyu could only take the photo. The background of the photo was in the Lincoln Memorial Hall in Washington. There were three people in the photo. Zhou Mubai's grandfather stood in the middle, holding a black man with his left hand that he could see his back teeth. He held Xu Donglai with his right hand. Xu Donglai held Grandpa Zhou Mubai's waist with both hands, and smiled brightly, only Zhou Mubai's grandfather's face was grim.
"Wow, my grandma was really good-looking when she was young, and she really looked exactly the same as me!...Huh, isn't this Martin Ludekin? How did your grandpa and my grandma recognize him? They look like they have a good relationship?"
Yu Lingyu was extremely surprised. How famous is Martin Lu Dejin? He is a household name in the United States!
Zhou Mubai's face looked a little subtle, as if he was nostalgic, but seemed to be angry.
"...You need discipline, you need discipline! Activities without leadership, without program, and without discipline will have no results!"
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"...You must wear a suit, you must be disciplined, and don't be violent. This is the bottom line!"
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"...You have to control yourself well. I know you are under great pressure, but everyone is under great pressure. Playing with women will ruin your reputation. Now those people are staring at us!"
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"...Are you sure you want this article? Take out this article and you will become a thorn in the eyes of a big man. At that time, your fame will spread all over the world, but you may also die because of it!"
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"Bang!" The gunshot sounded, Zhou Mubai felt his hair explode, and Martin Lu Dejin beside him was bleeding from his mouth and fell softly to the ground.
"... Zhou, my brother... goodbye, thank you, I regret not listening to you... You should leave quickly."
Zhou Mubai suddenly stood up, grabbed the photo, turned around and said, "You go back first, I'm going to rest, I'm sorry."
Yu Lingyu stood at the door in amazement, and the door of the room was locked tightly.
Chapter completed!