Chapter 18: The Lonely Old Man
Yang Shi looked at the old man's big yellow teeth, and thought to himself, I am afraid that it is not as simple as not brushing all year round, there should be habits such as smoking and drinking tea all year round.
"Oh, young man, how can this work, but you said so, uncle didn't accept it, wouldn't it be a disappointment to your kindness. ”
Although the old man said so, he still hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his wrinkled and sallow old hand, snatched it from Yang Shitian and held it in his hand, without pausing, he directly tore open the package and took out a pack of soft China, took out a cigarette and put it directly on his mouth, took out the lighter from his pocket and lit it, and smoked it with an intoxicated face.
Yang Shi put his hands in his trouser pockets, looked at the old man helplessly, and waited quietly for him to finish the cigarette. "Uncle, now you can tell me that the pile of garbage was just emptied this morning, right?"
The uncle paused for a moment, then threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, and then put the remaining cigarettes into the cabinet, for fear that Yang Shitian would regret it. "Ah, this young man, what are you looking for, so that you can tell the uncle?"
"Damn, the old thing is not ashamed, I have collected Lao Tzu's things, and I have given Lao Tzu a grinding and chirping. Yang Shi cursed the old man in his heart, but he didn't say it, so he stood in front of the window with a displeased face and didn't say a word.
"Hehe, young man, don't get me wrong, uncle is just afraid that your things have been picked up by others, there is an old woman on the street around the city, and the son and daughter-in-law of the family have been working for more than ten years, and they have never returned. ”
Yang Shitian still didn't say a word.
The uncle smacked his lips twice and continued. "Eighty percent of them are dead, but the old woman has a grandson at home, so as long as there is garbage in the garbage station, she will come to pick up the useful garbage and use it, or pick up the bottles and cans to sell. ”
"Where does she live, I'm looking for a white dress!" Yang Shitian's expression was still the same.
The uncle put his hands behind his back and looked up and thought for a moment. "I don't know about this, you can ask the neighbors on that street, uncle, I don't go out much as soon as I see the door, even what I just told you, I heard the long-tongued women on the street tell me, you can see that the uncle is poor, if it weren't for her family being poorer than me, can I let her pick up those bottles and cans? ”
"Big brother, we've searched all over the garbage dumps, big and small, it's weird, no is no!"
Yang Shitian was chatting with the uncle here, and the search operation of Erleng and others also ended in failure, and they ran to Yang Shitian covered in dirt.
"Bah, damn it! Erleng'er, Lao Tzu told you to shave lightly, Lao Tzu's face is full of sauerkraut soup that you planed. Scar wiped his face and spat on it.
Erleng scratched her head with one hand. "Hehe, isn't this in a hurry!"
"So, big brother, what's going on now?" stammered ask.
The taxi driver didn't speak, and his sour body seemed to be involved.
"Thank you, uncle! We won't disturb your rest. Yang Shitian turned around and walked to the taxi, Erleng and the others followed, and the uncle greeted him with a smile and walked slowly, and then watched Yang Shitian and the others go away with a smug face, reached out and put it in his pocket, took out the soft China and smoked it.
"Big brother, what should I do? are you still looking for it?" asked Erlen'er as she walked.
"Find!" Yang Shitian said lightly, opened the door and got into the car, and Scar and the others did the same. The little brother drove the car to the left side of the ring street and stopped. The taxi driver nodded when he heard this, started the car and drove to the Ring Street without a few faces, turned on the double flash and stopped on the left curb.
Bang!
Yang Shitian took the lead in opening the door and getting out of the car, followed by Scar and the others, descending more than ten meters according to the route they had just gone to buy cigarettes, turning left and walking into the alley, to the commissary where they had to buy cigarettes.
The owner of the commissary is a middle-aged man in his thirties, with an honest smile on his face, which makes people think that he will not deceive people at all.
"Yo, boy, why are you back?
Yang Shitian raised his hand to interrupt the boss's speech, and went straight to the point, Erleng and the others stood and watched quietly. "Boss, do you know where the old woman who picks up garbage for a living lives on your street?"
The boss laughed. "Why do you ask this?"
"It's okay, we are plainclothes investigators from the government department, and we are here to investigate the situation of the citizens' families on this side of the ring road, please tell us which old woman's family lives where thank you." ”
The boss looked at Yang Shitian and the others, Scar pretended to be serious and held his head high, and the other three followed in a similar way, and after a while, the boss spoke.
"Oh, then, her house is in the alley at the bottom of the street, and the most dilapidated house is her house. ”
"Thank you!" Yang Shi thanked the boss, then turned around and walked out, the four scars, their heads held high, swaggering, followed closely behind, after two minutes, in front of the car, covering their stomachs with their hands, laughing loudly.
"Hahaha, the eldest brother's old watch is really stupid, and he was stunned by you. Erleng's words fell, and the scar was immediately connected. "Yes, I also think that there are no government officials who wear leather pants. ”
"Okay, don't laugh, get in the car if you still have business!"
The five of them got into the car again and headed south towards the ring street, and did not stop until the end of the street.
Yang Shi's face was expressionless, and when he arrived at the fork in the alley, he stood and turned around to face everyone.
"Look for it separately, report it in time when you find it, learn to bark at the dog, and bark louder. The words fell, turned around and strode north, and Scar followed.
"Hey, hey, big brother, I don't learn to call a dog to call me a cow, I belong to a cow, big brother scar, you listen a little, listen a little, moo..."
Yang Shitian did not look back. "Whatever you want, you can do it!" Scar turned back and followed Yang Shitian, the corners of his mouth raised, raised his middle finger, and then turned around and put his hand in his trouser pocket.
Seeing that Yang Shitian and Scar disappeared into the alley and turned left, Stammering and the others launched a search. "Brother, you go to the left, me and the stammering right, do you think it?" The driver nodded and turned to leave, and the stammering Erleng then turned around and walked from the right.
"Big brother, I have something to tell you. "The scar is behind, and Yang Shitian is in front. "Find the clothes first!"
Scar frowned. "Hey, but, big brother, I feel too evil about that thing..."
Moo... Moo... Moo...!
Scar was about to speak, but was interrupted by an extremely ugly cow bark, and the two of them stood at the same time!
"So fast! Hurry up and follow Scar, hurry up!" Yang Shi rushed west when he heard the sound, and Scar followed with a frown.
"Moo... Moo... cough cough cough dig groove, I'll moo a few handfuls, big brother, are they deaf, Lao Tzu has been mooing for half an hour. ”
Erlen'er was lucky, two or three hundred meters to the west and turned right, and saw a dilapidated green tile house, much more dilapidated than the surrounding green tile house and very small, an old woman with messy hair and dirty up and down, was sitting in front of the tile house basking in the sun, Er Leng Er learned to bark in front of the tile house.
But at this moment, Yang Shitian and Scar were sweating profusely, and they couldn't run out of the alley no matter how they ran.
"Big brother digging grooves, are we lost?" Scar arched his head with both hands and knees, looking at Yang Shitian who was leaning against the wall.
"It should be, damn it! This alley is too winding, Scar is sorry, I was too anxious to take you the wrong way. Yang Shitian looked guilty.
Scar stands with a smile. "Big brother, you're wrong, you have a life-saving grace for my scar, since that moment on, you Yang Shitian is my scar's eldest brother for life. ”
Yang Shitian smiled and said that the scar was similar, the former was against the wall and the latter was standing, and after resting for a while, they were ready to get up and continue to search, but the two of them were resting, but Erleng was still in front of the tile house, and had been learning to bark as a cow.
"Hahaha, Erlen'er can really howl, tomorrow I don't believe he can still speak. Scar stood up and said, Yang Shitian generally doesn't like to talk, as always, laughed, the two of them stepped forward again, and walked in the direction where the cow's cry came from.
"Stop for Lao Tzu, run chicken feathers!"
But when the two of them just took two steps, a man's voice came from behind them, Yang Shitian heard the sound a little familiar, and the scar was also noticed, and the two turned around at the same time.
"It's the two of you, who are digging the slot, and you want to rob? Do you think that with two mallets, why is the knife master so afraid of you?" Scar stepped forward to fight, Yang Shitian hurriedly stepped forward to stop, and the two people who came were the security guard and the commissary owner.
"Damn, I'm still hard-mouthed when I'm dying, hurry up and don't blind a few handfuls of ink, hand over the money and get out of here. The boss held a mallet in his hand, pointed at Yang Shitian and the two and said, the uncle did not speak.
Yang Shitian always felt unsteady in his heart, it turned out that the problem was here, after the two of them left the garbage station, they must have been on the phone, but it was good to come, and Yang Shitian was too lazy to find a way.
"Come on, son, don't be in a hurry to smoke a cigarette, this China is bought by that kid to honor your son. The uncle took advantage of the situation to grab a cigarette, handed one to the boss, and lit one with a smile.
Yang Shitian heard that the water was deep enough, and the father and son were brave and strategic, but they didn't have to breathe when they beat his family with their own strength. "Uncle, this China is not bad, right?"
"Hey, hey, it's good!" the uncle sneered, and stepped forward with a mallet, followed by the boss. "Boy, hand over the money, uncle let you go today, of course, for the sake of your respect for your elders. ”
Yang Shitian laughed dryly. "I think your son should know my identity, right?" The uncle turned to look at his melon skin son with a puzzled expression.
"Hahaha, dad, don't listen to his nonsense, I think he is a turtle, how can a government official wear such a ghost, you see his yellow rubber shoes, worse than the old woman who picks up garbage. The boss looked dismissive.
"Damn, big brother, let's hand over these two old brutes to Director Mu. Scar said angrily.
"Well, that's all there is to it. Yang Shitian sighed and shook his head and thought to himself, he really doesn't like to use his hands and feet, but why do others always force themselves.
"Uncle take us out, I won't embarrass you today. But Yang Shitian wanted to give them one last chance, but the uncle and the father and son looked at Yang Shitian with an idiot and didn't appreciate it.
"What kind of idiot are you? We robbed you, oh ok? you, no?" The boss looked arrogant.
"Damn, don't talk English to Lao Tzu!" Scar strode forward.
"Oh, ahh
But the scar has not yet walked in front of the two fathers and sons, Yang Shitian's ghost-like figure left an afterimage, first arrived in front of the two fathers and sons, his right hand became a fist and a hook, the uncle spurted blood and spit teeth on his back before he landed, and Yang Shitian jumped up and aimed at the boss's jaw is one knee, and the sound of bone breaking sounded later, but there was no scream, both of them fell to the ground!
"Papapa, hum go into battle father and son soldiers, but so, Scar, I'll go to Erlen'er and them first, you tie up his two fathers and sons and drag them out, and we will meet in the old place. Yang Shitian clapped his hands with a flat face, and then heard the sound of his cow barking and looked for it, but Scar did not answer, and his mouth that had been open was not closed.
Moo... Moo...
"Damn, the old lady asked you to moo..."Erleng at this time, raised his head and closed his eyes, spread his hands, howled loudly, the driver had arrived, but Yang Shitian and Scar had not yet arrived, just howling like this, the old woman also sat in the sun with a flat face, as if she couldn't hear anything, but the neighbors around were not happy, a middle-aged woman opened the window, and faced Erleng is a basin of water.
Erlen'er heard the sound of water, hurriedly opened his mouth and shouted that it was not good, and as soon as he opened his eyes and wanted to run, the water filled his mouth.
"Ahem, ahem... Grooving... Who the fuck did you splash it, give it to Lao Tzu, how can this water still smell. Erleng coughed and scolded, choking on tears, and the driver and the stammerer waited for a while, then covered their stomachs and laughed.
At this time, at the window on the second floor of the green tile house, a woman was wearing a bath towel, her hair was wet and scattered on both cheeks at will, seeing that she had just taken a bath, and she looked at Erleng with a big iron basin in both hands and smiled again and again.
"Giggles, little cub, that's the eldest sister's bath water, is it delicious?"
Er Leng'er couldn't stop churning in her stomach when she heard the sound, but she wanted to vomit and understand, so she took two steps back with her intention to vomit, blocked the sunlight with her hand and looked up.
"Gross... Big... Eldest sister, how long have you not taken a shower, I'm sick, vomiting... And you look even more thunderous than Sister Feng... Vomit... Digging a groove spit out all the gastric juice of Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu is going to wash his stomach. ”
"It's... What's the matter?Erleng'er?" It is best to deal with things calmly, and after a few minutes, Yang Shitian arrived here with Erleng'er's cow cry, seeing Erlen'er holding on to the wall with one hand and constantly vomiting, and the tears of the driver and stammering laughter welled up, and he was a little puzzled for a while.
"Big brother, I'm going to kill that stinky woman, and she dares to splash me with bath water. Erlen'er couldn't help but spit out vaguely.
"Okay, you can vomit slowly, where is the old woman's house?" Yang Shitian asked.
Erleng'er didn't look up at herself, she pointed to the position where the old woman was sitting, Yang Shitian followed and pointed to get up, and the stammerer and the driver saw that the big head was coming, so they stopped laughing and started to follow, and the middle-aged woman in front of the window disappeared.
In front of the old woman, Yang Shitian was inexplicably a little sad and didn't know why, the old woman at this time had her hands sandwiched between her legs, her long hair was black and white, her face was covered with Zou Wen's skin had become loose, her mouth was chapped, her eyes were dull, her whole body was in tatters, the tips of her shoes were broken, her five toes were exposed, and her epidermis was cracked.
"Hello mother-in-law, can you hear me?" Yang Shitian asked, but the stammering driver did not interrupt.
The old woman paused for a moment, then slowly raised her head, her eyes were cloudy, her cheeks were thin and pitiful, her voice was very old, and her appearance was already past the age of six.
"You... Who are you? Feng Gui, are you back?"
Yang Shitian didn't know how to answer for a while, the name of the person in the old woman's mouth, nine times out of ten, is her son's, it should be that she is old now, her eyes and vision have deteriorated and she can't see things clearly, and she really doesn't know how she usually picks up garbage for a living.
"Feng Gui, are you coming back to see your mother? Why don't you speak, let your mother touch you well. The old woman got up, stretched out her hands to hold Yang Shitian's cheeks, her hands were still shaking, seeing the sadness and longing on her face, tears were raining down for a while, and her speech was very choked.
"Feng... Mom misses you, and the neighbors say you're dead, but Mom doesn't believe it, Mom doesn't believe it. ”
Yang Shitian's throat surged, and tears gradually appeared in his eyes, the appearance of the old woman would inevitably make Yang Shitian recall the unbearable past.
"Grandma, grandma, grandma!"
The old woman stood in front of Yang Shitian, stretched out her hand and stroked Yang Shitian's cheeks on both sides, and suddenly there was a child's crying in the room.
"Come to Feng Gui, your son's mother has helped you raise him, come into the house and take a look, he is already eleven years old this year. ”