In a dilapidated mud house in Hot Springs Town, Zhang Kuan and his accomplices were happily inspecting today's harvest.

There were six purses in total, with 3,456 yuan in cash, and he smiled widely, praising the people in the city for being rich. If you change to a local in a hot spring town, you will only put a hundred yuan in your wallet at most.

The young man who cooperated with him was called Du Kui, who looked like he was thirty-four or five, and speaking of which, Zhang Kuan's three hands were all taught by him. Du Kui is not a native of Hot Spring Town, but a native of Longbei Township north of the Wei River, who came to Hot Spring Town about a year ago to specialize in petty theft.

I don't know what's going on, Du Kui and the gangsters in Hot Spring Town don't deal with it much, but they have a special impression of Zhang Kuan. The gangsters in Hot Spring Town had troubled Du Kui, and after being ruthlessly repaired by Du Kui, they didn't dare to have bad thoughts about him again.

So, Du Kui stayed in the hot spring town and lived in Zhang Kuan's dilapidated house.

Zhang Kuan is also a strange person, his father committed an accident when he was still in his mother's womb, and he was sentenced to life, and he can't come out in this life. When her mother was three years old, she left Zhang Kuan behind and went to the south. It was his grandparents who pulled him up, but unfortunately when Zhang Kuan was twelve or thirteen years old, his grandparents also passed away one after another. There is only one wide and three frontage rooms facing the street.

Originally, Zhang Kuan's family relied on the three façade houses to collect rent, but after the death of his grandparents, the tenant asked Zhang Kuan to buy the three façade houses at a price of 50,000 yuan.

There was no relative to the staff officer, and Zhang Kuan's 50,000 yuan was spent in a year or two at all, and most of it was spent on Internet cafes on the streets. Barely graduated from junior high school, Zhang Kuan didn't have a penny in his hand, so he began to follow the gangsters in the town to do some stealing and stealing things.

Of course, there is no shortage of people caught repairing.

For an orphan, this is inevitable.

It wasn't until a year ago that Du Kui came and mingled with Zhang Kuan, and Zhang Kuan's life was slightly better since then, at least he could see the oil when he ate, and no one dared to stare at him fiercely.

Seeing Du Kui's ability to turn into a wallet empty-handed, he was determined to learn, Du Kui couldn't entangle, so he had to agree to teach him, but explained in advance that this kung fu can only manage food and clothing, and he can't make a fortune, and he may be folded into the number at any time.

In this way, listening to the seventeen or eighteen-year-old Zhang Kuan's ears is automatically ignored.

The cash was three thousand four hundred and fifty-six, Zhang Kuan kept three thousand for himself, and the rest was given to Du Kui.

Unexpectedly, Du Kui didn't ask for it this time, but pushed the money back.

"Kuan, today is the last time, and I won't steal with you again in the future. Du Kui said.

Zhang Kuan was puzzled, and his happy face was suddenly stunned, "Brother Kui, why?"

Du Kui smiled, "Brother is also old, I want to find a daughter-in-law to live, I always steal like this, who will follow me?"

"Don't look for it in the hot spring town, go somewhere else, no one will know that you are a thief, just find a daughter-in-law." ”

"People don't know for the time being, but they won't know it in the future? Brother is a person who has been in once, and he doesn't want to go in a second time in this life. ”

Speaking of which, Zhang Kuan can't say much, he also thinks that stealing things is not good, but he can't find a way out for the time being, and he doesn't know what to do in the future.

"Kuan, it's not that my brother said you, you're not stupid or stupid, why don't you learn a craft and make money properly, what you learn will only lead you to the pit, but you won't be able to make a fortune. ”

Zhang Kuan nodded when he heard this, "I know, but I don't know what craft to learn, and it's not easy to learn anything now." As he spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Why don't I go to Lanxiang to learn excavators, I heard that it is very profitable." ”

Du Kui didn't express any opinion on this, just put away the wallet on the table, and said to Zhang Kuan: "It's better to learn anything than to be a thief, I will go back to these wallets, and there will be no cover from me in the future, remember, don't stretch out your hand, you will be caught." ”

Zhang Kuan is very clear about this, it seems that Du Kui's technique is not learned by ordinary people, but he really worships the master and enters the door. said that if you didn't worship the ancestor before making a move, you would inevitably miss. Moreover, how to worship the ancestor is also exquisite, and it is not something that ordinary thieves can learn.

At present, Du Kui said that he wanted to leave, and he wanted Zhang Kuan to stop stealing, these are no problem for Zhang Kuan, the only problem is how to live alone.

Du Kui saw Zhang Kuan's worries, and said with a smile: "I see that you have a fat head and big ears, and you look like a rich man, don't worry, when the time comes, you should get rich, and no one can stop you." ”

After saying that, Du Kui took his wallet and left.

In today's society, no one can do without an ID card, Du Kui stole the wallet, always only took cash, and did not move anything else, and put the wallet back on the owner when he was done, if the owner had gone away, he would send the wallet back according to the address on the ID card.

Du Kui said that this is his rule of stealing, and it cannot be broken.

Du Kui also said that the reason why he was arrested was also because of this rule, and he was blocked by the public security at the door of the post office and sentenced to three years.

Du Kui got out of the dilapidated house, went directly to the north, and ran all the way, and soon came to the east side of the street, under the big locust tree, a middle-aged man in his fifties was squatting on a cement pier waiting for him.

The middle-aged man looks extremely ordinary, the kind of ordinary who becomes non-existent when thrown into the pile, wearing a washed white gray short-sleeved shirt, ironed flat gray trousers, and the most common plastic sandals under his feet.

Seeing Du Kui coming, he nodded expressionlessly, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

"What I didn't have was what I should do. ”

"Scheduled?"

"It's arranged. ”

The middle-aged man nodded again, got up from the cement pier, and the green cloth bag under his arm was also in his hand, and said to Du Kui: "You go home and take a look, there is nothing to do recently, come back in a while." ”

When Du Kui heard this, his eyes stared at each other, full of gratitude.

The middle-aged man didn't say much, and walked towards the path where Du Kui came, his steps were swaying, and it seemed that he would fall at any time, and it could be seen that his body was very weak.

Zhang Kuan lay on the kang with his eyes wide open, looking at the black ceiling above, there were four or five spider webs on the ceiling, and seven or eight geckos, all of which were quietly attached to the roof, waiting for the little ones such as moths, flies, and mosquitoes to come to the door.

Sometimes, Zhang Kuan thinks how good it would be if he was a spider or a gecko, so that he wouldn't have to worry about eating, and there were many flies and mosquitoes.

Why is it that if you are an individual, you are worried about three meals a day? The thousands of dollars in my hand seem to be a lot, and it won't take long to really spend it. When the mountain is exhausted, what can I do? Do I have to steal again?

If Du Kui is here, he urges him with words, maybe he really goes to learn the excavator. But when Du Kui was away, he didn't want to move anything, and wanted to lie down on this black kang all the time.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, Zhang Kuan was instantly alarmed, sat up from the kang, and stared at the door.

It won't be Duqua, he never has to knock when he comes in.

It won't be the landlord, the landlord won't come in at all, and besides, the rent has been prepaid for more than half a year.

It won't be the gangsters in Hot Spring Town, first, the gangsters don't dare to come, and second, the gangsters don't need to come, because they all know that they can't get a penny from Zhang Kuan.

There is only one possibility for such a polite knock on the door, and it is the police.

Zhang Kuan pushed open the window behind the kang, and if it was a policeman, he would jump out of the window and run.

A few wallets, worth not being chased by the police.

The door opened, but it was a middle-aged man with a black face, medium build, not fat or thin, gray and white, but extremely flat. Holding a green cloth bag in his hand, he looked at Zhang Kuan with burning eyes.

"Who are you?"

The moment he saw the middle-aged man, Zhang Kuan's heart was filled with a strange feeling, and the person in front of him seemed to be very familiar with him.

"I'm Zhang Changgui. The middle-aged man said, his body trembling a little.

Zhang Kuan looked at him, unmoved, thought for a long time, and suddenly shook his head, "I don't know." ”

Zhang Changgui was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, "It's okay, now we know each other." ”

In fact, Zhang Kuan lied, he felt who the other party was when he saw the middle-aged man for the first time, and there was a little throbbing, but for some reason, his mood calmed down.

Zhang Changgui, whose grandparents have read the name all their lives, is Zhang Kuan's father.

According to the people in the village, Zhang Changgui never wanted to come out of it in his life, and no one told Zhang Kuan what crime his father had committed, but many people told him that he had forgotten his father because he would never be able to come out of it.

But now, this man is standing in front of him.

Zhang Kuan's mood couldn't be said to be excited or calm, but he kept saying in his heart that today was an unusual day.

Zhang Changgui looked at the environment and furnishings in the house, and felt a pain in his heart, but he didn't show it, but smiled warmly, "This place is a little bad, you should live in another place." ”

"Where?"

"Your home, your former home. ”

In his previous home, Zhang Kuan vaguely had the impression that his hometown was in Nanzhang Village, a small village close to the Loess Plateau. If he remembers correctly, it seems that the family still has two acres of thin fields.

"What are you going back to?"

"Don't do anything, that's your home. ”

Zhang Kuan followed Zhang Changgui and rushed to Nanzhang Village's home before dark, unlike what he remembered, this home was obviously renovated, the original mud wall had been plastered with a layer of white ash, the light bulb had been replaced with energy-saving lamps, and there was an extra water pipe in the yard. Although it still looks dilapidated, it is much better than the room Zhang Kuan is renting now.

"Stay at home from now on, don't go out. Zhang Changgui said so, and then began to be busy, boiling pots, washing vegetables, kneading dough, and so on.

After a while, two bowls of red oily noodles were served.

Zhang Changgui and Zhang Kuan both squatted on the chairs, sucking and biting on the thick noodles like belts, occasionally nibbling on a mouthful of garlic, each with a few drops of sweat oozing from their noses.

After eating, Zhang Changgui picked up two shovels and handed them to Zhang Kuan, "Follow me." ”

"What are you going to do?"

"Go dig for treasure. ”

Zhang Kuan didn't say much, followed Zhang Changgui, and walked towards the field by the moonlight. In fact, he had a stomach full of things he wanted to ask, but he didn't know where to start, so he had to be silent.

When the two arrived in the field, Zhang Changgui looked at the direction, pointed to a certain place and said, "That's it, excavate." ”

Zhang Kuan took the shovel and flipped it up and down. In his mind, he guessed that he might dig up a chest full of money, or a box of gold, or a box of silver dollars, and he would dig up something very valuable anyway. The level of value is enough to offset the suffering I have suffered for more than ten years.

But he didn't expect that after spending half a day's effort, what he dug up was actually a stone statue?