The night of the big city is a city that never sleeps, no matter where there are bright street lamps illuminated, and the tall skyscrapers are decorated with colorful lights, which looks even more majestic and beautiful from a distance. It was late at night, and there were no pedestrians on the sidewalk, but there were still brightly lit vehicles on the roadway.

The shops on both sides of the street are mostly closed. I don't know how many street intersections I crossed, and I don't know how far I walked. Dragging his sprained foot, Long Chen limped down the pavement. The key is that his upper body clothes are gone, and his bare upper body looks very indecent, and there are occasional mosquito bites on him......

He had no intention of appreciating the beautiful night scene, and he did not have a clear destination in his mind, so he just walked forward with his feelings, hesitating and sleepwalking......

The baggage prepared when you go out is gone, the most basic living expenses for mobile operations are gone, your mobile phone is gone, and your ID card is gone...... He is now a complete homeless homeless man! He had never imagined that he would be like this when he went out a few days ago with a hopeful dream.

I was very hungry, and the sprained foot was getting more and more painful, and the joints were very red and swollen...... For now, it's best to find a medicated wine or ointment to deal with the iron damage, then get something to eat, and then find a place to sleep to survive tonight...... But now, where to look? The shops on the street are closed.

Finally, in a small shantytown deep in a street alley, two people are cleaning up a mess of dilapidated debris.

Chen Long dragged his injured leg and walked inside step by step with the hope of getting help.

It is an old couple about 70 years old, who are sorting and tidying up, and can sell it for money and old money.

The old man first discovered Chen Long's injured leg, put down his work and came up: "Young man, what's the matter, is your foot sprained?"

"Yes, it hurts, it hurts. ”

"Oh my God, let me help you. The old man hurriedly came up to help support Long Chen.

The wife on the side also stopped what she was doing and helped move an old chair to help Chen Long sit down.

"Thank you, thank you. Chen Long was so excited that he hurriedly thanked him, he was very relieved to know that he had met a good Samaritan.

"Let me check the injury for you......"

The old man said and kicked down to carefully examine Long Chen's injury, and then sighed: "The redness and swelling are quite serious, and the injury is really not light! How could it be like this? Don't move, I have made a good iron medicated wine, and I will go and wipe it for you." ”

"Thank you so much, uncle. ”

"Don't say kind words. The old man stood up, and quickly returned to the hut full of old debris, took out a bottle of medicinal wine, which had been soaked in black, opened it and carefully wiped it for him.

The wife and aunt poured a large bowl of warm boiled water for Chen Long to drink.

After being busy for a while, the old man wiped the medicinal wine several times for Chen Long and bandaged him.

For the enthusiastic help of the old couple, Chen Longqi was so moved that tears were about to flow out, and he kept thanking them.

Under the repeated questioning of the two old men, Chen Long simply told them what he had happened to these days. Before he could finish speaking, the old man was so angry that he scolded: "These people are too lawless, I'll help you call the police now." ”

"Forget it, it's midnight, I don't remember where it is, I'll talk about it tomorrow. But I was very lucky to have two of you kind people who helped me. I've bothered you so much, I'd better get out of here now......"

"You're being too polite, young man. Where else can you go in the middle of the night? You don't have a choice now, so spend the night with me tonight. ”

The kind-hearted and enthusiastic old couple took Chen Long in, found a piece of clothing for Chen Long to wear, and cooked a bowl of egg noodles for him to eat......

The two kind-hearted old couples cleaned up a small place for Chen Long in the shed full of sundries, used a large piece of paper as a mat, found mosquito nets and sheets to make a temporary bed, and settled Chen Long for the night.

I haven't been able to get a good night's sleep these days. Now I can listen to the loud sound of traffic coming and going, but I can finally put down my heart and get a good night's sleep.

Maybe he was really tired, Chen Long slept until the next morning, it was already more than eight o'clock, and the old couple had already gotten up early to make breakfast.

Although the sprained foot is still swollen and painful, it has been greatly improved by the effect of medicinal wine. In the process of having breakfast with the old couple, Chen Long briefly learned about their situation.

The old couple are outsiders, the old man's name is Shen Songyang, and the old woman's name is Lu Kunrong. They have two daughters, and they are already married and have children. More than ten years ago, the youngest daughter took her children and a family of four to work in this provincial city. So the old couple also came to help them take care of the children. Later, when her granddaughter grew up, she didn't have to take her to study, and her living expenses continued to increase. So, the old couple who had no skills went around in this provincial town to pick up rags and scrap to sell. Later, he opened this small waste recycling station in the shantytown, bought waste items picked up by others, and continued to go out to pick up some scraps when he was free.

Chen Long didn't dare to disturb others any more, and insisted on leaving after breakfast. The old couple gave him two sets of old clothes, gave him dozens of yuan in change, and specially filled some medicinal wine in a small bottle and told him to wipe his sprained foot. Tell him to come back to them if he can't find a job to stay in for a while.

After thanking him from the bottom of his heart, Chen Long left the small shanty that made him feel extremely warm and walked out into the street.

At the moment, the most urgent thing is to find a job, and if you find a job, you can solve the problem of food, clothing and housing. Today, he must find a job, Chen Long made up his mind in his heart.

...... Today, however, there is such a big difference between the plan, the ideal, and the reality! Today, Chen Long first interviewed a few street shops who had posted on the job posters, and then joined two manufacturing companies to apply for jobs, but he was not hired, mainly because he did not have an ID card. Unexpectedly, a small ID card has become the biggest obstacle preventing him from finding a job now!

The problem came back to the criminal pyramid scheme, a criminal gang that had deeply harmed him, and it really made him angry and hateful! So he went to a nearby police station and reported the case of his luggage that had been cheated, beaten, and abducted.

However, because he did not have an ID card and could not provide a valid ID number, it was difficult to file a case, especially because he did not even know where the den of the black pyramid scheme organization was, so the police station where he reported the case was just a routine registration......

It was dusk again, and the dozens of yuan that the kind-hearted old couple gave him had been spent by Chen Long today, and he took out the last few yuan, bought two big breads, and devoured them in a big gulp. A busy provincial city, but he seems to be on an isolated island, with no place to stay, where will he go tonight?......

Just a few days after he came out, he was thinking about whether to ask for help and go back to his rural home in G County tomorrow, or whether to go to his younger brother Chen Gang's university to find him for help......

No, absolutely not, he is not reconciled, and he does not succumb to the predicament in front of him, the difficulties should only be temporary, maybe he can find a job tomorrow, and he can solve the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation......

Unconsciously, Long Chen walked back to the shantytown where he and his old couple collected waste last night. It's better to be cheeky, he decided that he still has to turn to this kind old couple tonight......

"It's back, you haven't found a job that suits you, do you? ”

The old man greeted him with great understanding and sympathy.

"Young man, you haven't eaten dinner yet, and there's still food left, so I'll give you some hot food." The old aunt also asked him with warm concern.

Listening to the old couple greet him like dear relatives, he nodded with emotion, and tears welled up in his eyes.

After all, it was a day of hunger and exhaustion, and Long Chen did not refuse the leftovers that his aunt reheated for him, and ate them all!

Looking at Chen Long's embarrassed and extremely pitiful appearance, the old man was also very distressed in his heart, and said to him:

"Or, I'll teach you to pick up waste items, if you know how to pick up, you can still pick up a lot every day, anyway, I recycle here, you pick it up and bring it back to me and sell it to me." Don't underestimate this work of picking up waste items, my wife and I used to pick up waste items every day, and basically we could pick them up and sell them for dozens of yuan every day. ”

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