You could smell the pungent smell of wine emanating from the man's body from a long distance, and he wore a shabby black suit full of oil stains, which could be wiped with a match. Leather shoes on his feet, and obvious vomit on the uppers.

Moreover, the left side of the man's cheek was covered with dust, and there was already blood in some places, which was caused by drinking too much.

"There is a girl named Xiaofang in the village, she is cute and kind, thank you for the love you give me, let me remember it in this life......"

Humming an out-of-tune tune, the man took the S-shaped route and stumbled to the courtyard.

", there's a burglar in the house, why is the door still open?"

The man was confused, noticed that the wooden door of Ma Long's room was open, and then staggered over, and almost fell down when he went up the steps, but fortunately grabbed the door panel.

He glanced at Ma Long, who was lying on the bed, and said with a disgusting hiccup: "When did you come back? Didn't you say that you won't enter this house in this life?"

"This is my house, why can't I come? As I said before, because of the death of Ma Long's mother, Ma Long has no good feelings for this father who has nothing to do except drink and gamble every day.

"You're talking so interesting......"

The man took out a box of gold Nanjing from his pocket, lit it with a disposable plastic lighter, took a puff, and stood against the wall: "I pulled you so big, what did you give me? You mother is eighteen years old, I have no obligation to raise you, but you have the obligation to pay tribute to me." In the six years since you went out, the police have been looking for me twice in three days, and if you don't have hush money, forget it, I ask you to spend money, it's not too much, right?"

Hearing this, Ma Long sat up from the bed and asked, "Didn't I give you 10,000 yuan when I came back?"

"Ten thousand?" The man sneered and wrapped his cigarette: "You tell me that for 10,000 yuan, how many laps can I walk around on the mahjong table?"

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger that came out of his heart, Malone lay down again, covering his head with the quilt, he really didn't want to talk to this so-called father anymore.

"Get me some more, don't want more, three or five thousand will do. ”

"Nope!"

"Don't stay here, get out!" the man said suddenly, glaring at two scarlet eyes.

Malone got out of bed, carried his luggage and walked out.

The man didn't stop him, and when he saw the gauze wrapped around Ma Long's arm, he asked seemingly casually: "Are you fighting with someone again?"

Malone ignored him with a cold face and continued to walk forward.

"Hehe!" The man sneered and looked at Ma Long's background, gritted his teeth and said: "Little rabbit cub, you have a kind of never come back, it's better to starve to death outside and be beaten to death!"

Hearing this, Ma Long's footsteps did not stop, but accelerated, he really didn't want to stay in this house for a second longer.

Five minutes later, the sun was like fire, Ma Long's lips were chapped and he walked on the dirt road at the junction of urban and rural areas, the road was uneven, under the illumination of the sun, you could see hundreds of millions of dust in the air, there were drainage ditches on both sides, and the black water mixed with domestic garbage exuded a pungent smell, and passers-by couldn't help but cover their noses and speed up their steps. Dirty leper dogs scurried around the streets, wires were set up in the air, and cheerful sparrows landed on them and chirped.

Ma Long went to a small supermarket nearby to buy a bottle of water, there was not much money in his pocket, not enough to rent a house and pay a deposit, the purpose of coming here is to find a job, even if the salary is less, as long as he eats and lives.

It is at most 500 meters away from Ma Long's house, which belongs to the part of the connection between the city and the countryside, and most of the residents are farmers who have gone to the city to work, women who sell prostitution, and student couples who have no money to live in a hotel.

At the same time, there are also many shops here, selling health medicine for couples, and opening small hotels and restaurants abound.

But most of them are made of aluminum alloy doors and windows, their staff are often not very old, they are all sixteen or seventeen to early twenties, wearing an autumn coat on a hot day, adding a long sleeve outside, the hair is fatally long, the black face is full of oil stains, the sleeves are full of small holes burned by Mars, the mouth is holding a cigarette, tilting the head, holding an electric weld in his hand, and slamming at a pile of steel.

Ma Long asked several households, either they didn't want people, or they didn't include food and housing, Ma Long didn't give up, and told the boss that it was okay not to include food and housing, can I advance 500 yuan first, and when the salary is paid, you can directly deduct it, but he was directly kicked out by the boss.

Standing in the shade under the big tree on the side of the road, Marlon let out a long sigh, he had no strength, but he didn't even have a job to eat.

"Ahh

Malone bent down to pick up his luggage, and was about to look for it again, when a shout came.

Looking up, less than ten meters in front of Ma Long, there was a manpower three-wheeled car with its front pouted, a few bags of grain in the body, and an old man lying on the ground next to it.

Malone hurried over to help the old man up, and asked him if he was okay.

The old man glanced at his elbow, which was already stuck in the bald skin, and said that it was okay, and then he was about to look up at Malone to express his gratitude, and when he saw Malone's face, he immediately stretched out his hand and pointed at Malone: "Aren't you that one......?"

"Hehe, uncle, do you remember me! My name is Ma Long!"

At this moment, Ma Long also recognized the old man in front of him, Ma Long and he are from the same village, the old man has no wife, he has been living alone, there is a big jujube tree on the edge of the yard of his house, Ma Long remembers that when he was a child, because he took a bamboo pole to steal dates, he was not less chased by the rhubarb of the uncle's house.

"That's right, little Malone!" the uncle slapped his thigh excitedly: "I haven't seen you for many years, what are you busy outside?"

"I'm not busy, hehe!"

Ma Long walked over and helped the tricycle up, picked up the rice bag that had fallen on the ground, and asked the old man where he was going? The old man replied that he was not going to go to the grain and oil store to change some white noodles, but he came back after closing the door. Unexpectedly, the rope loosened halfway through, and the rice bag slipped back, pouting me directly. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know how to get home.

Ma Long smiled and didn't speak, he put his luggage in the car, and then said, "Uncle, you get in the car, I'll send you home." ”

The uncle did not refuse, sat on his legs in the car, holding the rice bag with both hands, but when he passed by a vegetable shop, the uncle asked Ma Long to stop and buy some snacks.

Back at the uncle's house, Malone helped the uncle move the rice bag to the back room, and then went to the water pipe at the kitchen door to wash his hands.

"You wash first, go to the house to watch TV after washing, there are apples on the table, I cut this pig's head meat, and we will be on the hour in a while!" The uncle's voice came from the kitchen.

"Okay!"

Ma Long did not refuse, he shook off the water stain in his hand, and accidentally noticed that there was a rusty barbecue grill erected in the southeast corner of the courtyard.

Five minutes later.

On the dinner table, there was cut pork, mixed with cucumbers and coriander, dripping sesame oil, fragrant, and peanuts and chicken feet next to it.

This kind of wine costs three yuan a catty, spicy and top-notch, and Malone was choked and coughed after taking a small sip.

"Uncle, I remember that you used to sell barbecue in the Phoenix Mountain Market, didn't you do it now?" At the dinner table, Ma Long was eating peanuts and asked seemingly casually.

"Well, I don't do it, I can't stay up at night, I grow some crops by myself, and I receive the national subsistence allowance, which is enough to eat, and besides, I have no children and no daughters, who do I earn so much money to spend?"

"Huh. Ma Long chuckled: "Uncle, shall I discuss something with you?"

"What's the matter, I grew up watching you, and we still have outsiders?"

"What, I just came back from the field, I want to find something to do, you see if this will work, your barbecue grill and tricycle for me, and then give me some money, I want to set up the barbecue stall, I don't want you for this money in vain, you contribute, I contribute, the daily turnover, we share it equally." Or you can tell me a price and give me both the car and the stove on credit......"

Ma Long said tentatively, because he wasn't sure if the uncle was willing or not, and whether the uncle had so much money. The Phoenix Mountain Market has a lot of foot traffic, and the stall rents are also very high.

Seeing that the uncle was a little hesitant, Ma Long hurriedly opened his mouth again, and said Uncle, I will say later, if you think it is inappropriate, even if I don't say it, let's continue to drink.

I have a nephew who graduated from his uncle last year, and he has not found a job, I said let him do this first, it doesn't matter if he makes money or not, the main thing is to experience the society first, but my nephew can't look down on it, saying that it is a shame to sell barbecue, no, the day before yesterday I called and said that I went to the big hotel to serve dishes. ”

At this time, the uncle slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "If you want to do it, I have a hundred supports, now young people of your age, there are not many people who can put down the shelf and be pragmatic, the car and the barbecue grill are not worth much, just send it to you, you can buy me two red plums when you go back, and I will give you another 10,000 yuan, renting a stall is enough, do you think it is feasible?"

Ma Long raised the glass in flattery: "Uncle, don't say anything, I respect you!"

"Haha!

The two drank a glass of wine, the uncle got up and went to the bedroom, and after a while he came out with a passbook, and said with a smile: "Let's go and get the money first, and then go to the Phoenix Mountain Market to see the stalls, and where I bought the goods, I'll tell you." But let's talk about it first, this money is my coffin book, and you have to pay it back to me before I close my eyes!"

"Good!"

Ma Long didn't expect the uncle to be so resolute, so he immediately got up and rode the tricycle to the credit union not far away.

At ten o'clock in the evening, in every small shop in the Phoenix Mountain Market, Ma Long was lying on the wire bed physically and mentally exhausted.

This stall with a warehouse was rented for three months, one thousand two per month, counting the deposit, a total of five thousand, enoki mushrooms, peppers, mutton and other raw materials, as well as charcoal, two plastic tables and several small benches, etc., and nearly three thousand, when I thought of this, Ma Long was a headache, he had never been short of money abroad, and when he returned home, he had a famine......