Chapter 446 Ove
[Sweden's most successful bestseller] [Saved countless suicides] [First female novel became an instant hit] Synthesis of "A Man Called Ove Decides to Die"
Details: The 59-year-old eccentric Ove decided to commit suicide, but his plan was disrupted by his new neighbor...
"It turned out to be this one. It made sense. In the story, Ove and his friends had a conflict over a car, so they got a red flag. Owning a car triggered it."
Gu Lu knew about this work. To be precise, he had seen the movie. The reason why he didn't think about it was because he really didn't remember that this work was from Sweden.
In fact, Gu Lu personally couldn't tell the difference between the countries in Northern Europe.
"Drink less. It's just the two of us. Drinking too much won't make sense." Gu Lu was thinking a lot, but his hands didn't stop.
"So, it would be nice if I could call a few more high school classmates." Dou Ke said, "There seems to have been a high school reunion before, but I didn't go because I had something to do. I should have gone to see it if I had known earlier."
Dou Ke was a little afraid to face the students in the No. 8 Middle School. Even if they were only in the innovation class, most of the students had a better future than he did now.
As for the lack of time between chatting with Gu Lu - the gap is too big, but there is no reason to be timid.
They drank until past one o'clock in the morning, because under the advice of King Gulu, the two of them drank half a box of snowflakes, and ate quite a lot of peanuts and red oil pork slices.
Therefore, neither of them needs to give the other away.
Dou Ke's family lived in an old community with an elevator. He did not go home immediately. Instead, he squatted on the stone bench downstairs and lit a cigarette.
The stone tables and benches downstairs are surrounded by old men playing yaodiren (long cards) during the day.
After two strokes in a row, he was left to dry himself. The smell of alcohol on his body should have almost dissipated, and Dou Ke thinks he can go upstairs.
When the cigarette was gone, he wiped it randomly on the stone bench with the cigarette paper twice. At least the shoe prints were wiped clean. Dou Ke threw the garbage on the ground.
"Is it Dou Ke?"
A strange male voice came out from behind.
Turning his head following the sound, Dou Ke saw a sturdy middle-aged man supporting Dou's father. The latter is already a bit drunk.
Dou's father was not an alcoholic, and it was rare for him to get drunk.
"We had a few friends drinking together today, and your dad drank a little too much," the middle-aged man said.
Following his words, Dou Ke was a little impressed, his father's colleague. Although there is an age gap of four or five years, the two have a good relationship, and the two families can borrow 50,000 yuan from each other.
"Excuse me, Uncle Liu." Dou Ke quickly walked over to help him.
"Your dad is happy today." Uncle Liu looked at the child and supported his father thoughtfully.
He continued, "Sometimes I envy Brother Dou. The family is harmonious and you are really obedient. That little brat in my family still skips classes when he is in college."
Uncle Liu's children seem to be gangsters, not gangsters, but hang out with the energetic guys who have nothing to do all day long, and occasionally find children in junior high schools to have sex with (and steal money from).
Faced with the compliments from his elders, Dou Ke didn't know how to respond, so he could only smile awkwardly and ask, "What are you happy about today?"
"Today your dad was named the company's outstanding employee of 2019." Uncle Liu said. It is indeed worth celebrating. The outstanding person of the year can receive two thousand yuan in cash and one thousand yuan Yonghui Supermarket shopping card at once.
"So I invited a few of us to eat skewers." Uncle Liu said.
There are about seven or eight maintenance workers in charge of this area of the ferry area, but only two or three can play well. Dou Ke estimated that tonight's dinner party would also include these people.
"Okay, let's send Brother Dou up. He's so angry today. Xiao Dou, you see how hard he works, so you bought him a bottle of Feitian Moutai during the Chinese New Year. It's more than a thousand yuan. I haven't drunk it before, but you kid still has it?" So filial." Uncle Liu said and turned around and left.
Uncle Liu didn't tell you all the details of tonight's party.
Faced with Lao Dou's reluctance, his friends (including him) wanted to try something new, but were ruthlessly rejected. Ever since, I became a "target" tonight, and I was drunk. It's just a bottle of wine, what's there to show off? With this mentality, Dou Ke helped Dou's father into the elevator.
He was indeed drunk. Father Dou was mumbling something unclear. If you listened carefully, you might be able to understand some fragments of it: "Is there a fish in a wine glass?" "One more punch" "Not tomorrow"...
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Fortunately, Father Dou was not like other drunkards who had unsteady legs or walked around randomly. Without much effort, Dou Ke helped him to the door of the house. The former took out the key and opened the door.
Dou's mother had already gone to bed, so Dou Ke placed his father on the sofa in the living room and then changed his shoes.
When taking off his coat, Dou Ke noticed the scar on the palm of Dou's father's hand. This wound was from a few years ago. After all, as a veteran repairman, he has good skills and experience, but he can't handle accidents.
As Uncle Liu said just now, he has the character to be shy in front of his old brother even if he gives a bottle of wine...
"Is it really embarrassing for you to be admitted to Wudu Jiaotong University?" Dou Ke suddenly asked.
Drunk Dou's father must have been confused, so he didn't hear clearly at all. He only looked for the keyword "Fog City Jiaotong University".
"Do you know that Wudu Jiaotong University is one of the best universities in Wudu, and my family, Dou Ke, got into it. Even if I tell you, you don't understand. Three people can't get together to get a high school diploma." Dou's father His mouth smelled of alcohol.
You are lying. Although there are not many good schools in Fog City, there are still 985 and 211. Re-education is not the first echelon in any case. Dou Ke opened his mouth to correct, but seemed to remember something again, He looked at his father blankly.
"Then why..." Dou Ke murmured. He seemed to suddenly realize that he did not perform well in the college entrance examination and failed to get into Fudan University. He has always looked down on his height.
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Under such circumstances, how could Father Dou mention college in front of his children? Thinking about the conversation that night, the meaning of Dou's father's words seemed completely different.
A Chinese father is a typical tough-tongued man. Unless he is drunk, it is difficult to hear compliments from his mouth.
On the other side, Gu Lu returned home and took a shower first. He would sweat easily after drinking and doing some exercise.
Put away your laptop and a change of clothes for the past two days for your flight tomorrow morning.
Let’s promote “Flowers for Algernon” first and see if it becomes a hit. Let’s not go back to Ove. This book has been number one on the New York Times bestseller list for several consecutive weeks, and the United States is enjoying it very much.
"Okay, now next year, oh no, this year's goals are all ready."
Although the New Year's Eve has passed, Gu Lu will subconsciously think that the year is not over until New Year's Eve.
Minor revisions of "The Life of the Disliked Songzi" are in progress.
"A Man Called Ove Decides to Die" has zero progress.
"Mr. Toad Goes to a Psychologist" can be submitted for publication at any time.
The next day, Gu Lu returned to Sijiu City. At this point in time, there are many meetings to attend, including two from think tanks alone.
New Year's Eve is approaching, and Peking University must be on winter vacation, but Gu Lu still has to go to school, and Professor Lu's classes cannot be missed.
Gu Lu returned to his busy life, which lasted two weeks at a time.
In the past half month, Professor Tian has not been lazy at all. While not affecting the administrative work of the college, he has spent all the rest of his time on translation.
I don’t even listen to my favorite classical music on weekends.
It aroused the curiosity of the old sisters, "Are you so busy at work recently?"
People flock together and birds of a feather flock together. Professor Tian's old sister is the editor-in-chief of "Forty-Nine Cities Literature and Art", so she is definitely a highly educated person.
"There is a translation task..." Professor Tian said in a different way, "We are doing something that may leave a name in the history of literature."
Editor-in-chief Hua, the old sister, may not necessarily take the former seriously, but the latter!
(End of chapter)