Exclusive Memory Chapter 8 Part 4
On the third day after the exam, I got on the long-distance bus to City B.
Mom's prison is not far from the urban area. Originally, the unit rented her a three-bedroom house in the urban area. She usually thinks it is far away from the prison, so she seldom goes there, so she lives in the dormitory of the unit. The dormitory is actually a tube building, the toilets and bathrooms are shared, and meals can only be settled in the cafeteria.
After I came here, everything felt inconvenient, and it was not as good as our school.
So, she followed me back to the city.
When moving things, several of my mother's colleagues came to help, including an uncle in his fifties, who was particularly enthusiastic, and the young driver kept smiling and calling him "Political Commissar Chen".
Since the last quarrel with her in the cemetery, I have been extremely sensitive to the word "Chen" and have squinted at the "Political Commissar Chen" many times.
He is not tall, thin, wearing a navy blue cotton police uniform, which looks very dark. He is kind to me, but he looks serious and always has a straight face, which is a completely different type of man from my father.
Later, he seemed to notice my scrutinizing gaze and looked at me frequently.
And my mother didn't say a word.
Before going to bed, I couldn't bear it any longer, and asked first, "Is this man the one you mentioned?"
Mom wondered: "What are you talking about? This and that."
I was so angry: "It's that Chen or something, who will help you move things today!"
After she heard it, she was very happy, "What have you been thinking about recently? But you are suspicious of anyone with the surname Chen. What is Chen, is there any manners? This Uncle Chen is the political commissar of our unit. It's not the last time I..." She turned her back and paused, "It's not the one I mentioned to you last time."
"Oh." I replied, "Who told you not to explain clearly."
"By the way, his daughter is also a senior, and she will come to accompany him for the New Year next week after her graduate exam. You can also be a companion then. ”
"Oh."
"He said his daughter was introverted and didn't like to get close to people, so he was afraid that you wouldn't be able to get along. I said that you have a good personality since you were a child, and you can play with anyone. I'm exaggerating, don't tear me down. .”
After a while, I realized a very serious question, "Mom, is this Uncle Chen married or divorced?"
Mom became angry, "I said Xue Tong, you control me even more strictly than I control you!"
I couldn't help but giggle.
I don't know if it's because I'm getting older, or because it's rare for our mother and daughter to get together now, and our relationship is indeed much better than before.
I had never walked the streets alone in a strange city with a map, and at first I felt unused to it, but after a few days I began to fall in love with it.
Uncle Chen's daughter arrived here the second week.
Her name is Chen Yan, she is an exceptionally beautiful girl with extremely white skin.
"What did you major?" I asked.
"Law."
"Wow, this major is good."
"What about you?" Chen Yan asked.
"English."
"English is also good, at least if you go to graduate school, English can pull a lot of points. Why don't you give it a try?”
"I don't like to continue studying." I said, "And what's so good about studying, you can't make money."
As my mother wished, Chen Yan and I really became good friends.
After getting acquainted, I found that the silence was only the appearance of her outside, and in private, she was still chattering like ordinary girls, and she loved gossip and was curious.
Once, when talking about my mother's unit, I was surprised: "Are there male prisoners in their prison?"
"Yes, you don't even know this?" Chen Yan was even more surprised.
My mother never told me about work, I just knew that she used to be in a women's prison, and those colleagues were basically women, so I thought this was also a women's prison. So I saw so many male policemen that day and I wondered.”
"It's not that women can only take care of female prisoners. In men's prisons, female police officers can't take over and enter the cells." She obviously knows a lot more than I do.
"Why can't you go into the cell?" I asked curiously.
"It can't be said that you must not enter the cell, but it is stipulated that if a female police officer enters the cell, she must be accompanied by two male police officers." She continued to monitor.
"Why?"
Chen Yan didn't answer right away, but blinked her big eyes at me.
Then... I understood.
I rolled my head and pointed at her and said, "Your expression is so wretched."
Chen Yan asked: "You don't think about obscene things yourself, how can you see that I am obscene?"
"You know so much," I said.
"I like to ask my dad about work."
"Can you talk?"
"Hmm." Chen Yan nodded, "Don't look at him always with a strained face, but he is actually very kind."
Kind? I raised my head and recalled Uncle Chen's dark face, but I couldn't associate it with the word "kindness".
On the night of the New Year's Eve, we both dressed fatly to set off fireworks.
When it was nearly twelve o'clock, Liu Qi called and talked to me for a long time.
Chen Yan asked: "Your boyfriend?"
"Well. About the same."
"Be careful, I'll tell your mother."
"She didn't bother to care about me." I said, "What about you?”
"I don't," she answered. "I don't have the time."
"Falling in love is not an idle business." I argue.
"I have no such plan. I want to live my life by myself." Chen Yan said.
"Why?"
Chen Yan said with emotion: "It's nice to be alone, carefree, and I have other ideals." The tone was extremely solemn. Chen Yan's words made me think of Mu Chenghe, whether he also has this attitude towards life and wants to be single.
Suddenly, Chen Yan's phone and mine rang at the same time.
It's mom.
"Hi—" I said.
"Tongtong, where are you?"
"In the Municipal Square."
"You stay with Chen Yan tonight. Mom has something to go to work, so she may not be able to come back." Mom said solemnly.
"What's wrong?" I asked anxiously.
"Work things, you don't ask, pay attention to your own safety." When it comes to business, she has this attitude.
After my mother hung up the phone, Chen Yan held the phone and talked more than me for a while.
"Your dad tell you?"
"Well. He said that something happened in the prison, and someone might have escaped."
" No way!" I widened my eyes.
Even though my mother usually separates me from her work, but after watching a lot of TV, I heard and saw that the prison break was a big event.
"What are we going to do?" As soon as I encountered something, I ran out of ideas.
"My dad's car is coming to pick us up." Chen Yan said.
"Where to?" I asked.
"Go to my house."
Along the way, Xiao Li looked extremely serious. At the intersection of the Second Ring Road, we encountered a checkpoint. The police and armed police seriously questioned and checked every vehicle entering and exiting.
Xiao Li and Chen Yan were very familiar, and said directly: "After dinner, I made sure that this person was still there, they usually watched TV at half past nine, and after roll call, they went to bed at ten o'clock. Tonight was Chinese New Year's Eve, so I was allowed to see the end of the Spring Festival Gala, and as a result, at half past twelve, I found that there was one missing.”
"How did he get out?" I wondered.
I went to my mother's prison the day I last arrived in City B. Not to mention the two layers of walls inside and outside, especially the outer wall, which is as high as a three-story building, and there is a power grid with a voltage of 10,000 volts on it, and there are armed police patrols on the outside.
Xiao Li said: "He may not have escaped, and he may still be somewhere in the prison. So, after you arrive, you can only stay in the office area. The prison is now stuck at the intersection, just afraid that he has hidden in the truck carrying the goods and mixed up, just in case.”
After he finished explaining, we stopped talking.
A few minutes later, the car drove through the second level.
In silence, Chen Yan asked again: "What kind of person is it?"
Xiao Li said: "A 50-year-old new criminal who just arrived last month. For the crime of poisoning, he will be sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve."
"Two years reprieve?" I asked.
"The execution of the death sentence is suspended for two years. If there is no continued illegal and criminal behavior during the two years, it will be automatically converted to life imprisonment. Otherwise, the death sentence will be executed immediately." Chen Yan explained.
When Chen Yan was downstairs, Xiao Li locked the car and made sure to take us upstairs.
"Xue Tong and I can be companions, don't be afraid." Chen Yan said.
"I must send you into the house and see you lock the door before leaving." Xiao Li emphasized, "We don't know where that person will appear or what he will do."
Chen Yan nodded, no longer refusing.
I suddenly became a little scared.
At four o'clock in the evening, I heard something in my confusion. Just now, the two of us fell on the sofa to watch the replay of the Spring Festival Gala, and we fell asleep with our clothes and clothes like this.
I got up and looked around.
The TV is still on.
To determine the source of the sound, I picked up the remote control board and turned down the TV volume.
At this moment, Chen Yan also woke up.
"What?" She rubbed her eyes.
"Shhh" I made a silent gesture.
Then, the sound appeared again, and it came from the direction of the gate.
After we looked at each other, we stared at the anti-theft door at the same time. My heart was beating suddenly, and I held the remote control panel tightly with both hands.
The door moved and opened slowly.
At that second, I almost forgot to breathe, and even imagined what was about to happen.
"Yanyan?"
The person who leaned out half of his body from behind the door was Uncle Chen.
"Dad, it's you!" Chen Yan said. At the same time, I exhaled heavily.
"You scared us to death, why didn't you call first when you came back?"
"I'm afraid you fell asleep."
Then came my mother.
"How is it?" Chen Yan asked.
"Found him." Uncle Chen put down his coat and said.
"Where did you find him?"
"In the prison, hiding in the dark, still waiting for an opportunity to escape."
I looked at them and it felt like a dream. Suddenly something big happened, and suddenly it was back to normal. As for the person who tried to escape from prison, what happened in the end is not my concern.
At the end of the winter vacation, on the first day back in City A, my mother sat down to chat with me. I thought she was going to talk about her and another Uncle Chen, but I didn't expect to just ask me about the school.
"You don't have any plans for the future?"
"I'm looking for a job."
"What do you want to do in the future?"
"I don't know."
"Don't know?"
"Yes, Chen Yan is better than me, and the ideal goals are so clear. And my classmates, who did not find a job, stayed in school to look for opportunities during the Spring Festival.”
Liu Qi is taking the civil service examination.
Song Qiqi signed a contract with a college in her hometown and went back to be a teacher.
Senior Brother Li still has two years to graduate from graduate school, and Bai Lin's intention is to stay in City A to accompany him, as for what kind of work, it doesn't matter.
Zhao Xiaotang wants to work as a property consultant in a real estate company.
And me?
What are my goals other than passing the eighth major next semester?
"Mom, what do you say I do?"
My mother looked at me and reached out and touched my head, "If you haven't thought about it yet, take your time, it's not a big deal to be idle at home first, and I will raise you."
"Otherwise, I will also take the police test."
"Nope."
"Why? Aren't you a policeman too?"
"Just because I do this, I don't want you to go this way." After a while, she whispered, "It's too bitter."
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