Cai Liang squatted at the door and smoked, I glanced at the yard behind him, I felt that the environment was very poor, the small yard should be full of tenants, the yard was dirty and messy, there were a few thin wires in the middle, some sheets were hung on it, and a bunch of sundries and a few bicycles were piled up next to it, and there were two swill buckets at the door, which were stinky.

Seeing me suddenly appear, he was obviously stunned for a moment, took out a pack of red plum cigarettes for three yuan from his pocket, handed it to me and said with a smile, "What a coincidence?" Or did you come to me on purpose?

I'm not polite, I lit a cigarette and squatted next to him and smiled and said, I came to find you.

He puffed on the smoke dryly and said, If you want to use the car, I'll help you contact other friends, my car has just been sold.

I said, is it because of my sister-in-law's illness?

Cai Liang sighed and said, yes, the hospitalization fee is still a little worse.

I said, "Do you need help?" I can help you get the rest of the money out.

Cai Liang obviously hesitated, pondered for half a minute with a complicated face, shook his head lightly and said, No need, no merit, besides, I understand your thoughts, thank you brother for your kindness, I promised my daughter-in-law never to go down that road again.

I tilted my head sideways and asked, do you know what I do?

Cai Liang stared at the scar on my chest a few times and said, Eight or nine are not far from ten, the days of licking blood from the knife are not suitable for me, and I am really tired of the days when my daughter-in-law is frightened.

As he spoke, he dragged his shirt away, and I saw that he had a lot of scars on his body, but they were covered by tattoos all over his body, and his chest, back, and arms were all tattooed, which looked a little hideous, compared with his usual polite appearance, it was like two people.

I said, Brother Liang should have been a big brother-level figure before, right?

He shook his head and said, the eldest brother and the second brother don't dare to be, anyway, because I was a bastard, my mother sold the house to pay for the medical expenses, and my father was also angry with me, don't call me Brother Liang in the future, call me Cai Liang or A Liang Ducheng, I don't adapt.

When we were talking, Wang Xing came over with a small bag, I just called him to send it over with 50,000 yuan, I glanced at the small bag and handed the money to Cai Liang, smiled and said: "I lent you this money, don't worry, I won't force you to do anything." ”

Cai Liang hesitated for a few seconds, did not accept the money, shook his head and repeated, I will not be rewarded for nothing!

I shoved the bag into his arms and said mockingly, "It's really hypocritical, can you use my kindness to treat your daughter-in-law?

Cai Liang wanted to push the money back to me, at this time, a woman with a big belly came out of the courtyard, even if she was pregnant without makeup, she could see that the woman was very beautiful, the fly in the ointment was that she had a big bag on her neck, the size of a table tennis ball, which looked particularly awkward.

The woman's voice shouted crisply, Ah Liang has eaten, are those two your friends?

Cai Liang smiled and said, daughter-in-law, you eat first, I will talk to the two brothers for a few words and go back in the next day.

The woman nodded obediently, smiled at me and Wang Xing respectively, and then went back to the house with her stomach up, and after a while, she actually came out with two cups of hot water, I hurriedly took it and said to the woman, sister-in-law, you are pregnant, don't run back and forth.

Cai Liang persuaded the woman to go back to the house with a distressed face.

I said, Ah Liang, I think your daughter-in-law exudes a temperament, it's not good, anyway, I just feel it, not like a girl from an ordinary family

Cai Liang was silent for a while, smiled, lowered his head and said, Your eyesight is not bad, Huihui and her family are very rich, but the girl is dead-eyed, so she is willing to follow me, when she went to school, I was a gangster, and the girls in the school liked gangsters, and we were together.

I nodded lightly and handed him a cigarette.

Cai Liang let out a sigh of relief, and then said, later I mixed with society, she went to college, and there were contacts, and then I went to prison, she went to see me every month, and said that she wanted to marry me or something, I never believed it, and then later, I was released from prison, she really came to me, her family knew about our affairs, she must not agree, I worked hard for a long time, it was useless, Huihui followed me directly, and did not take a penny from the family, do you say this girl is stupid? After being together, the two of us first set up a street stall to sell fruits, and her brother was the head of the chengguan at that time, often looking for trouble to bully us, ruffle our stall, and find someone to beat me, the purpose was to force Huihui back, because Huihui also slapped her brother with a brick, and completely broke off the relationship with her brother.

Listening to what Cai Liang said, I was immediately stunned, and the state of the whole person changed, and I sighed silently, Cai Liang also felt that something was wrong, and asked me suspiciously: "Did I say something wrong?"

Wang Xing said with a wry smile from the side, No, nothing is wrong, the experience of the two of you is similar, but the results are different.

I forced a smile and didn't answer.

Cai Liang asked me, what's the matter, have you ever encountered such a thing?

I took a deep breath and nodded, yes, I'm also a gangster, I don't have anything in the house, not even a father or a mother.

As I spoke, I thought of Sophie again, remembered many things with her, and I closed my eyes and whispered: "One day, I will take back what I lost." ”

Cai Liang patted me on the shoulder and didn't squeak, I smiled and said, Brother Liang, you have to accept the money, don't worry, I won't put forward any conditions to you, don't be so selfish, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about your sister-in-law, and she has the next generation in her belly.

After speaking, Wang Xing and I pulled out our legs and left, Cai Liang hesitated for a few seconds, and said from behind us, I borrowed this money from you, in order to thank you for your help, I invite you to drink some bars?

We picked up a random barbecue stand near the park and asked for a few beers.

Cai Liang bit the cap of the bottle, touched it with me and said, The City That Never Sleeps is not as easy to mix as I imagined, the water inside is too muddy, and God's city is deep, and it is difficult to get ahead from there!

I smiled and said, "It's difficult, it doesn't mean that there is no chance!" They are all raised by their fathers and mothers, two shoulders and one head, what more is God than me? If he can do it, I am sure that I can do it, and you can do the same, just to see if you have the guts and courage.

Cai Liang smiled bitterly and said, I can't fight anymore, although I don't have anything, but I'm lucky, I have a daughter-in-law who loves me, that's enough, and I will definitely pay you back.

I glanced at Cai Liang and said with contempt, are you really lucky? My sister-in-law is going to have a baby, looking at your situation, you don't even have the money to let her live in a bigger hospital now, so what will you use to raise a child in the future?

Cai Liang was silent all of a sudden, he stared at me, then looked at Wang Xing and said, this is my luck, but also Huihui's misfortune, she has been with me for so many years, I never thought about it, when she was in high school, she gave me money, when I went to college, she also gave me money, when I was in prison, she gave me money, and now that I am out, she has given me people, in order to be with me, she has paid too much.

I smiled and said, "You know, I don't know anything."

Cai Liang rubbed his cheeks and said, how can I not understand, I have no education at all, I don't know anything, I have been in society for a few years, I have been in prison for a few years, and these tattoos on my body can't be washed off, and it is hard to find a job, so I can only run away from the black rental, go to the construction site to do some physical work, it is a problem to feed both of us, take on the family, raise children, I am under a lot of pressure and a great burden. ”

Cai Liang shook his head helplessly and said, in fact, I want to beat the child off, but she doesn't do it, that girl is stubborn, just to give birth, no matter what I say, it's useless for me to say it, I'm not too old now, I feel sorry for her, this is not her life, especially with a damn tumor on her neck.

I sneered, lifted the wine bottle, poured it down and said, "Who do you need to understand?" You don't have long hands or no brains? Look at your half-dead dick, you won't earn money if you don't have money? Or you just go buy lottery tickets, wait for five million, and then take your daughter-in-law to enjoy the happiness!"

He shook his head and said with a depressed face, in this world, money is too difficult to earn. ”

I picked up a cigarette and said, if people don't have the strength to die, you know?

Cai Liang nodded, handed me a bottle of beer, I smiled and laughed and my voice became hoarse, I raised my head and took a big sip of wine and said, telling him the truth about me and Sophie.

As I spoke, my eyes turned red, and my voice unconsciously raised a lot, I pointed at Cai Liang and scolded, you look at your dead father's behavior, how can you be a little gentleman! If you go on like this, it is better to send your daughter-in-law home, you don't deserve her at all!

Cai Liang was silent, lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.

I bit my lip and said, if I switch identities with you, I will take a knife, hold it to my throat, and tell myself, Zhao Chenghu, you are a old man! You have to use your own hands to protect your own women and let your own women live a good life! Even if you can't now! In the future, you must be able to!"

Cai Liang took a deep breath, lifted the wine bottle and poured it down, and then threw the wine bottle directly onto the road, with a crisp sound of "click", he wiped his mouth, stared at me with two eyes and said, I'm in!