"In this way, Mr. Du, you come out of it first, and then come out first. ”

Du Zigui leaned on the glass a little weakly: "I can't get out, this cabinet is centrally controlled, and it can't be opened from the inside." ”

"Can't open it from the inside?" Xu Chunqiu repeated, "What about eating and excreting?"

"It is open four or five times a day for 15 minutes each time. ”

She thought it was insane.

"What kind of work is this, I don't treat people like people. ”

Du Zigui's voice came muffled from the glass: "Wear a long shirt, sing in the showcase, and sing from morning to night." ”

"It's kind of performance art. He lowered his head and smiled bitterly.

"How many times have you done this kind of work?" Xu Chunqiu trembled in his voice, "How much money do they give you?"

"This is the second time. Du Zigui smiled weakly, "It's twenty-four hours at a time, five thousand yuan." ”

She was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but say, "Did you get the rent from working like this before?"

"You don't have to pay it back to me, you don't have to be in such a hurry. ”

"I have to pay it back," Du Zigui's voice was not loud, but it was very firm, "It is only right to repay debts." ”

Xu Chunqiu looked at her, all the words were in his throat, and he couldn't say anything.

She had no way to persuade him to take care of his body, he wanted to survive, and it was impossible for him to live on the relief of others all the time.

It's how he makes a living.

She let out a long sigh, "When is the next time it is opened?"

Du Zigui pursed his chapped lips, the water in the display case had been drunk, and the empty mineral water bottle was lying under his feet.

"Ten o'clock. He said in a hoarse voice.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you at the coffee shop next door until ten o'clock. ”

The coffee shop was already closed, Xu Chunqiu circled left and right, pushed open the glass door, and sat down at a 24-hour convenience store next door. Fortunately, there were not many people in the store at night, and she was wearing a mask, so no one recognized her.

Towards ten o'clock, she pulled two bottles of mineral water from the shelves to settle the bill, and then walked back to the glass display case.

Sure enough, when the time came, the cabinet did open on its own.

Du Zigui staggered out of it, and when he left, he took all the garbage he left inside, and three or five empty mineral water bottles let him stuff them into the recyclable trash can on the side.

He licked his lips and felt that his throat was almost smoking, and there was a rust smell in his mouth.

Xu Chunqiu walked out of the convenience store with a bottle of mineral water in one hand and stuffed both bottles into him.

Du Zigui was really thirsty, he took the water, and before he even had time to say thank you, he unscrewed the cap of the bottle three or two times, raised his head and poured it down, and poured a whole bottle in one go.

At the end of the drink, the water was drunk into the trachea, and he coughed with red eyes again, and it took a long time to recover.

"Thank you. ”

His voice was finally better, but it still sounded hoarse.

"Your voice is ......," Xu Chunqiu wanted to speak and stopped.

Du Zigui wiped a handful on the side of his mouth with some irregularity, and then went to unscrew the second bottle of water and poured it into his mouth: "It's okay, just raise it for two days." ”

"Where is there such a precious price, I came here like this last time. ”

Xu Chunqiu's heart twitched fiercely, as if he was grabbed by someone suddenly.

But for opera actors, the voice is precious.

Singing can be bad anywhere, but the voice can't, this is something to rely on and use to eat.

Xu Chunqiu didn't speak for a long time, only heard the sound of a whistle coming from the intersection, she squinted and saw that it was Xiaobai's nanny car that had arrived.

"At this time, public transportation should have been suspended," she said as she turned to Du Zigui, "and we'll send you back." ”

"No, I can go back by night bus. ”

What he didn't say was that the night bus runs every 40 minutes, and he missed the trip at 10 o'clock and had to wait at the bus stop for another 40 minutes.

Xu Chunqiu led him to the intersection without saying anything, and Xiaozhi persuaded him to get into the nanny car with emotion and reason.

When he got into the car, Du Zigui's hair was still messy, and the top of the robe was gray and dirty, and he was indescribably embarrassed, but Xiaobai recognized it almost at a glance: "It's the teacher Du from last time, right?"

Du Zigui was a little stunned: "Do you still remember me?"

Xiaobai answered: "Harm, I almost didn't see our Teacher Xiao Xu pull people into the car, except for you, that is, our Mr. Tang and Mr. Lu have taken Mr. Xiao Xu's nanny car." ”

Du Zigui didn't know what to say, so he just kept silent awkwardly.

Xiaobai opened the navigation by himself: "It's still the same one from last time, right?"

The car navigation made a crisp prompt sound, and Xiaobai stepped on the accelerator and was about to drive in the direction of the south of the city, but he heard Du Zigui say with some difficulty: "No, it's not." ”

"I moved away. ”

He gave an address, and this time it was not a narrow alley, but an old residential area.

The nanny car drove out for thirty or forty minutes to reach the place, and Du Zigui leaned towards them slightly: "It's too troublesome for you today, just stop here." ”

Xiaobai pulled down the handbrake, Xu Chunqiu followed him out of the car, and naturally talked to him: "I'll send you, has your troupe moved here now......"

Halfway through her words, she suddenly stopped.

The old residential area is dirty, crowded like pigeon cages, and the faded six-story building has a wall covered with yellowish creepers, and a large field of dusty old bicycles is poured down.

The density of living here is too great, once the voice is practiced, it will definitely disturb the people, and the troupe will never choose such a residential area even if they move the place.

"Yes, you're right," Du Zigui let out a long sigh, "My troupe is gone." ”

"You're sharing a house now?"

He shook his head: "It's a one-man residence, do you want to go down and have a look?"

"Go down?" Xu Chunqiu repeated suspiciously.

Why go down?

Du Zigui took the lead in entering the residential building, and Xu Chunqiu saw it and hurriedly followed.

There was no elevator in the building, as soon as he opened the door of the stairwell, he walked straight down, Xu Chunqiu was choked by the dust accumulated in the stairwell and coughed, and his eyes turned physiologically red after taking a few steps.

"Teacher Xu?" Du Zigui looked back and said with concern.

"It's okay......" Xu Chunqiu coughed and followed recklessly, "It's not so squeamish." ”

Under more than a dozen steps, Du Zigui skillfully opened the door with a key and turned on the light in the room with one hand.

A cramped, damp semi-basement.

Xu Chunqiu had already been mentally prepared, but when he really saw it, he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.