Chapter 23: Pickpockets
After walking around, he didn't find a monk, and Li Zimu was a little skeptical about whether this was a temple or not, and he was still a tourist besides a tourist.
What he doesn't know is that today's temples are different from the past, and the current monks are also very different from before, for example, if you want to be a monk now, you must have a bachelor's degree, you must know that if this is placed in ancient times, it is estimated that there are few monks in the temple......
Didn't go to climb the mountain like most people, Li Zimu looked at the time and was ready to go home, there was nothing to climb in Putuo Mountain, he used to go often, although there are many more buildings on it now, but he is not interested in this.
Walking slowly along the lotus pond to the gate, Li Zimu looked at the group of goldfish, if only he could be as forgetful as them. The fish has only seven seconds of memory and never gets bored. This sentence does sound very desirable.
It's a pity that this is just a legend, in fact, their memory is far more than seven seconds, but most people are misled by this sentence, such as these goldfish in front of them, their memory cycle is a month.
There is a scientific basis for this, most fish have a memory cycle of a few months, and it can be longer with human intervention, but if you compare their lifespan, then this creature can be said to be very forgetful.
Just when he arrived at the intersection, Li Zimu did not go directly to the mountain gate, but turned around and went to another path. Because he found an interesting thing, there were two girls over there who were happily feeding the goldfish, but Li Zimu's attention was the middle-aged man not far from them.
Although it is no different from most tourists, Li Zimu can see at first glance that he is a pickpocket, even if he hides himself well, he also does not hide from Li Zimu's eyes.
The middle-aged man leaned on the stone barrier and played with his mobile phone, raising his head from time to time to look around, as if he was waiting for a friend, acting naturally and not attracting the attention of the people around him.
Deng San'er is a well-known pickpocket in the surrounding circle, and everyone calls him Three Hands, because he can always get things in other people's pockets smoothly, as if he has an extra hand.
After so many years of mixing here, the number of times I have been caught can be counted on one hand, which shows how high the success rate is. The danger of doing this business is relatively great, but there are still many people who choose to take risks, the reason is very simple, the feeling of getting something for nothing is still very comfortable, as long as the work is deep, it is not a big problem to make a fortune.
Today's harvest is a little less, mainly because there is nothing in the first few wallets, and now the days are getting worse and worse, cashless consumption has risen in recent years, and everyone has not much cash in their pockets, and the four wallets that I touched today add up to less than a thousand yuan.
After finishing the last order, he could call it a day today, he looked up at the two girls in front of him, and his eyes quickly swept the corner of the red wallet protruding from the back trouser pocket on the right. Today can only be regarded as your bad luck, he thought to himself, as long as the couple next to him is gone, it will be the time for him to do it.
The two girls didn't notice this person at all, they were still smiling and chatting with the goldfish, they didn't know that the middle-aged uncle behind them had been staring at them for a long time.
Just as the couple was about to leave after taking the photo, the middle-aged man also began to move, and at the same time, Li Zimu also slowly walked towards him.
The middle-aged uncle unhurriedly put the phone back in his pocket, glanced at the back of the couple to make sure that they would not come back, and then stood up straight, and at the same time took his right hand out of his trouser pocket, Li Zimu noticed the thing in his hand, a small double-sided blade.
I saw him walking straight towards the front of the trail, his steps were very slow, the blade flipped quickly between his two fingers, and his head shook from side to side as if he was looking at the scenery in the water on both sides, and his expression was not panicked at all, but he looked very relaxed, and he looked like a veteran.
Just as he walked behind the first girl, he paused, lowered his head to stare at the wallet, and swung his right hand forward with his footsteps, stopping at the farthest point, just at the back pocket of the girl's pants.
The index finger and thumb hold the sharp blade, silently slicing towards the line of the sewing pocket, and the girl wears a pair of loose black sports shorts, which is a very popular way to wear it at the moment.
It looked slow, but it was only a matter of a second or two, and I saw the sharp knife edge gently cut through the trouser pocket, and a small red wallet was exposed, sliding down the cut hole.
The middle-aged man was overjoyed, and the blade quickly retracted into his palm, ready to catch the wallet that was about to fall. The two girls hadn't looked back until now, and were still feeding the goldfish in the pond, so it seemed that the deal should have been done, he thought to himself.
Suddenly, the back of his hand seemed to be stung by something, and the instant pain made him unable to hold the wallet in his hand and fell to the ground, he glanced at the back of his right hand, and a small red mark quickly became red and swollen.
The middle-aged uncle was surprised, turned his head to look behind him, and saw that five or six meters away from him, a young man in a white T-shirt was lazily leaning against the stone barrier by the pond, looking at him with a pair of eyes smiling.
Although I don't know how this young man did it, but obviously all his actions just now were watched by the other party, and he had observed it before, and there was no one else around except the couple, but he didn't expect that someone suddenly appeared now.
Seeing that the matter had been revealed, the middle-aged uncle could still take care of the wallet on the ground, and walked quickly to the front. Li Zimu didn't step forward to arrest him, hoping that he could learn a lesson, he sighed in his heart. Jiangshan is easy to change his nature, he caught him this time, and he will definitely do it next time, he can't stop it at all.
"Is that your stuff?" Li Zimu stepped forward and said to the two girls who still hadn't looked back, the young people now have really big hearts......
"Ah, how did it fall out, thank you!" the girl said gratefully, picking up her purse on the ground, but when she was about to put it back, she realized that her pants had been cut.
Looking at the backs of them leaving in a hurry, Li Zimu didn't tell them what happened before, the corners of his mouth raised, and he turned around and walked back, as if nothing had happened here, on the smooth stone slab, only a small pebble that did not belong here was lying quietly on the ground.