Chapter 2: Calculations

It's a bustling metropolis where the night is as dark as day, and even more lively than the day. However, in this lively city, the teenager does not seem to feel a place for himself.

......At this moment, he was holding a slightly worn broom and slowly cleaning up on the street. This street is close to the station, and too many passengers get on and off here, all over the world. Relatively speaking, garbage is also the most numerous.

No matter how hard the sanitation workers try, it's dirty all the time. The teenager doesn't mean much to sweep the floor, he just wants it to be cleaner.

"Child, how do you get to the city police station?" a young man in a white robe had just gotten out of the car, perhaps seeing the teenager, so he stepped forward to ask.

"You have to take the No. 3 bus, get off at Vientiane Square, and change to the No. 12 bus to get there. The boy thought for a moment. Asking for directions like this occasionally came about, and he was used to it.

The boy also got off the train from this station, and he did not have the money for the return ticket at that time. As a result, when I came here, I found that many places that recruit workers do not accept child labor, and I spent almost half of the month hungry. At that time, many guests saw that he was pitiful, so they gave a lot of money, which was the key to his survival in the first month.

But he is not a beggar, although he finds that the income of begging here for one day is higher than the income he earns for more than ten days of picking up garbage.

"Thank you!" the white-robed young man thanked him, then turned and left. Perhaps for him, the boy is just a passerby in life. And for the teenager, maybe the young man in the white robe is just a passerby in life.

"I really don't know how anyone still likes this kind of retro robes in this era. The boy shook his head, he didn't know much about fashion, but at least he had some concepts. Nowadays, many people like Western style clothing, and even follow the so-called trend front, and traditional clothes are decreasing, especially the kind of robes.

But he was here for three months, and he saw more than thirty, or even fifty people in various costumes, coming and going, and each of them had a badge on his chest. But not all badges are the same.

Two hours passed, and he cleaned the entire street three times. The crowd on this side of the station is starting to decrease, and the floor is not as dirty. The sanitation worker had already started cleaning, and he didn't need to keep doing it.

"You baby, come here every day to sweep the floor, I will be laid off if you do this. The aunt of the sanitation smiled at the boy and said half-jokingly. Thanks to the teenager, her workload has been reduced by at least 30%.

There was really a two-hour pile of garbage here, so it wasn't easy to sweep up. In particular, many people look at the dirty ground and a large pile of garbage, and they will also throw it on the ground, completely ignoring the few garbage cans next to them. Of course, too much foot traffic is a problem in itself.

"Auntie, you introduce me to a sanitation job, so I don't have to rob you. The boy laughed.

"No way!" The aunt was a little helpless, "If you are a few years older, it would be good to be fooled, but you are too young now." Auntie, even if I want to introduce me, I can't help it...... That's the rule. ”

After two or three months of contact, she also knew that the young man in front of her was a good child, tenacious, and hardworking, and it was rare that he had a good heart, and she liked it very much when she looked at it. It's not that I don't want to help him, but his age is there, and there is really no way.

"Are you still well fed now, aren't you hungry?" the sanitation aunt looked at the boy.

"It's okay, I can feed myself now. The boy smiled at the sanitation aunt.

"So......" the aunt thought for a moment, "I have a boxed lunch here, can you take it?"

"Auntie, if I take this lunch box, what will you eat?" the boy shook his head, "Besides, I'm really hungry myself." ”

"But nutrition needs to be supplemented, at your age, you are still growing your body. I guess your parents won't want to see you malnourished. "The aunt has some sympathy for this child, and many things are actually obvious to be able to come out alone. I don't know when he became an orphan, but he can still maintain such a kind heart.

After a pause, he continued: "Besides, you have helped me sweep the floor for so long, which has reduced my work a lot, and this box of lunch is even a salary. I'll sweep the floor early, maybe I'll be able to go back sooner. ”

"That'...... Thank you Auntie. The boy bent down and thanked him, and his every move seemed very polite.

"Good boy, you eat slowly, I'll go sweep the floor. The sanitation aunt smiled, then took the broom and began to sweep. After this time, some garbage began to appear again, but not much, and many people were embarrassed to litter when they saw that the ground was clean.

After all, the ground is dirty, and no one cares about one more piece of garbage. But with clean floors, any garbage is so glaring.

The boy took his lunch box and broom and began to return to the unfinished building where he had settled. Sweeping the floor can't be said to come often, only like today, call it a day early, and then go out. It's just that I didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected gain today.

"Uncle Bai hasn't come back yet?" When he returned to the second floor, the boy realized that Uncle Bai didn't seem to have returned. Supposedly, at this time, he should also be back.

"Forget it, he's an adult, what can happen?" the boy shook his head and began to eat a boxed lunch. The box lunch is also a little lukewarm, fluffy rice, and three meats and one vegetarian, which is the most delicious and hearty meal that the teenager has eaten this month.

"It's a pity that it's not my money that I can afford to eat. The boy sighed, he wanted to eat such a meal, and he was afraid that all the money he had earned in the day would be gone. However, if he remembers correctly, this boxed lunch is just a working meal for sanitation and is considered free.

The teenager is enjoying the warmest moment, but outside the unfinished building, it is a dirty deal.

"He's back......" Uncle Bai took a puff of cigarette, and after a long breath of relief, he said to the two people beside him.

"Good job!" said the young man next to him slowly, "It's a pity that he is twelve years old, and he is not worth much......"

"No, it's at this age that the value is great. The middle-aged man next to the young man has a different view, "Some things are worth nothing, and from another perspective, it is a different result." It's still early, wait, and we'll do it at eight o'clock in the evening! That guy won't go out, will he?"

"When I came back in the afternoon, I was almost in my room. Uncle Bai smiled, this deal is a good deal, at least five thousand points will be divided into one vote, and it will not be in vain for him, these two months are so good for the boy.

"After the deed is completed, we will introduce it to the organization, as long as it passes, then congratulations, from now on you will be our tipper. The organization will give you shelter, we will give you a new identity, a new life, so that you can say goodbye to the past. The middle-aged man looked at Uncle Bai.

"Thank you, big brother, thank you for the organization! I will definitely do my best to turn the door and die!" Uncle Bai said flatteringly.

On the other hand, the white-robed young man who met with the teenager at the station earlier also came to the area around the unfinished building at this moment. According to the results of the inquiry by the city bureau, Bai Yishan, who he wanted to pursue, settled here.

"It's all come to this, and hopefully everything will go well. The white-robed youth clenched his fists and moved towards the building.