Chapter 1 The city is prosperous and the routine is deep
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A small angry youth who has lived in a small county for 16 years, dropped out of school at home before finishing high school, and has traveled the rivers and lakes since then, but has never been out of the county.
That year, Xiao Yanqing no longer wanted to be a caged bird, and did an earth-shattering thing despite his parents' opposition.
"Zhuang Sheng, if you have the ability, don't give Lao Tzu back." His father, Zhuang Zhiqiang, chased after him angrily for a while, picked up a brick and threw it at the tail of the exhaust car.
That's right, I ran away from home that year, and my father was standing outside the car with his nostrils puffing, and the words he said to me were like five thunderbolts.
"I'm going to make a name for myself." Leaning against the window for the first time, I felt more freedom than I had ever felt before, and I was so full of energy that I could make a big difference.
I didn't know that the reality was cruel, I was deceived by the beast "melon boy" who was traveling with me, I couldn't find a job, I had no fixed place to live, and it didn't take long for me to fall to the point of wandering the streets.
That day, it was also a rainy night, the rain was soft, and the weather was cold, cold.
The first time I met him, it was he who helped me in my most difficult time, and it was he who led me down the wrong path in life for the first time.
His name is Dongwen, he is not very tall, dark skin, inch head, in his early thirties, his face is square, of course, it is not square, like a piece of cake that has been failed by the chef, he actually has a double chin, the chest and waist circumference are medium, but the lower limbs are thin, completely like the black version of SpongeBob SquarePants in the cartoon, the eyebrows are messy, and there are broken lines in the middle, [I heard that people with broken eyebrows are very cunning, I heard that ...... Just heard...... Don't take it seriously. The two eyes are black and white, although there is no light, but the eyes are very sharp, and half of the nose hair is still exposed under the black nostrils, [Oh...... Forgot to talk about ears and mouths, hey...... Forget it! That's a lot of. There is no beard on his face that is common for a thirty-year-old man, and there is no residual stubble on his chin.
Later, I learned from him that he was actually happy to have a beard, at least he thought it was very manly, but his girlfriend would think it was more prick and would always not let him kiss him, so he shaved it off with all his heart.
The first time I met Dongwen was at the 518 bus terminal, to be precise, it was not called a meeting, at least it was not a normal way to meet, and it was not for the low point of my life.
It was a crowded day, just in time for a shopping mall discount spree, so I curled up and crouched in front of a restaurant waiting for someone to throw the unfinished food into the trash. I thought I was dying of hunger, and I didn't care about other people's eyes at the moment, no one would know me here, they would just treat me like a beggar.
I wore a torn padded jacket that I had picked up at the garbage disposal, and the stench could smoke away all conscious animals within a 300-meter radius, but it was nothing to me compared to hunger and cold.
At that time, Dongwen was still a crawler, which was the meaning of a thief, and he was engaged in some easy things. In his words, it is called entrepreneurship, and when it is in hand, it is called profit, and the more uneducated people are, the more they have to package themselves in front of others to be very literary and artistic.
Later, I learned that Dongwen's principles were slightly different from those of other thieves, and I tried to convince myself that it was for these reasons that I agreed to go along with him, but I had no choice.
He set himself a rule of four don't steal, don't steal when you're old, don't steal when you're young, don't steal when you're poor, don't steal when you're sick, this is also a kind of theft, although Dongwen's practice has been criticized among his peers, but at least I agree with his behavior.
When I noticed him, he was struggling to squeeze the bus at a time of rush hour.
The winter days are so short, and at five o'clock the sky gradually darkens, and sleet falls in the night sky.
In order to take an hour's seat to get to the bus, pedestrians had to crowd the front of the bus, and no one would obediently queue up for the nominal gentleman, which would be tantamount to suffering from stupidity.
However, this situation is the best time for Dongwen's profession, and Dongwen can also take advantage of the opportunity, he sees the opportunity in front of him, lowers the brim of his hat, slowly closes in, opens his coat as a cover, and reaches out to the edge of evil with his evil hand.
I saw all of this, and if it was normally, I might have stepped forward to stop it, or maybe I would have shouted at the thief or something to get someone's attention.
But at this moment, I am already a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect myself, and the reality tells me that since no one will care about your life and death, why should you bother.
Dongwen succeeded and ran to the next target, while I was still rummaging through the trash cans along the street. When I tossed around the street again and finally found a piece of freshly discarded pancakes, I bet it was definitely thrown by a mischievous child, and there were not even traces of teeth biting on it, I was ecstatic, and I was enjoying the food, when I was stunned by the sudden slap.
"Is this human food?" I looked up and saw that it was Dongwen. Without saying a word, he dragged me away, much to my consternation.
Dongwen didn't say anything all the way, he dragged me through two streets and alleys to a pastry shop, but I didn't dare to go in.
After a while he came out with two bags of bread and stuffed them in front of me, but I stood there stupid and unable to say anything.
After a moment of silence, Dongwen said, "Eat!" This is for you, aren't you hungry? ”
I didn't refuse, I didn't speak, I was left to gobble it up.
After a while, Dongwen said: "You slow down, be careful not to choke to death, I don't have the money to send you to the crematorium." ”
At that moment, I was moved, for so long, no one except my biological parents had ever cared so much about me, and I couldn't control my emotions even if I tried to.
I lowered my head to prevent him from seeing, and my body trembled but betrayed me.
Dongwen saw it, and he said with a smile: "No! A big man actually cried, you are too inferior! ”
I took the opportunity to wipe my eyes with my dirty cuffs, and forced a few words out of the corners of my mouth: "What do you know?" "It was so small that I couldn't even hear it, and I bet Dongwen still didn't know what I was talking about, but he wouldn't be interested.
After a long time, Dongwen continued: "Seeing that you are young, you have hands and feet, and you don't look like a professional beggar, no matter how poor you are, you won't get mixed up like this!" Besides, I've never seen you in this area before, so you're not a local, are you? ”
Indeed, I was just a wanderer who stumbled into Dongwen's territory by mistake, and he was right, I have to admit it. But I have the right to remain silent about his questions, and I did, though he was gracious to me.
Seeing that I didn't speak, Dongwen was silent for a moment and then said, "Forget it, you can follow me in the future!" I'm just missing a helper, at least no worse than you're in now, and all the things you've done are human beings? Dongwen's tone was like a kind of command, and Ben didn't give people room to refuse.
Although I didn't take it seriously, since then, I have started to call him "Brother Dong".
Later, Brother Dong got drunk and told me that he had been eyeing me from the moment he stole something at the station, and that he had done everything for one purpose, that is, to pull me into the gang.
I listened to the speech, hey, the city routine is really too deep, and at this moment I am already on the thief ship.