(1) Early morning, slightly cool. The wind shook the brass bells on the wooden door, making a melodious but not annoying sound. The air is already moistened by the night mist, and when you take a big breath, you will feel refreshed and pleasant.

A mud hut was clad in the morning light, silent in the shade of a tree.

Before the unlucky child Zhao Xiaoming got up, his father Zhao Daming was already standing beside him, he grabbed a broom, tore open his son's small broken quilt, and scolded viciously: "Lazy guy, look at what time it is, hurry up and roll up for Lao Tzu......"

"Oh Dad, Dad...... What kind of nerves do you have? It's only less than six o'clock, so you can let me sleep again, okay? My son recently stayed up a lot of sad midnight in order to give you a good score, and today is Sunday, and there are no classes at school! Zhao Xiaoming covered his red buttocks and looked at his father timidly.

"Less nonsense, I know you don't have class today! What's wrong with no classes? Is no class a reason? You and I don't have classes every day, don't you have to get up early and go to bed late and work hard? Tell you, since your mother died, you and I have been a handful of shit and urine, and I have been a father and a mother, and I have worked hard to raise you to this fart today, is it easy for me? Tell me, is it easy for Lao Tzu? ”

"Dad, don't say it, I know you've suffered a lot for me, can't I get up right away......" Zhao Xiaoming sighed, the freckles on his face shifted frequently because of sadness, and tears swirled in his eyes.

He misses his mom so much. In his memory, his mother was a very beautiful and gentle woman.

It was his ninth birthday, and if it weren't for the fact that he was too headstrong and clamoring for a birthday cake, maybe... His fate, and indeed the fate of their entire family, would not have been so miserable and desolate... Every time he thought of this, he felt so guilty that he burst into tears!

That day, Xiao Ming's mother had just finished buying the cake and was rushing home to share the joy of family with her husband and son, when a red sports car suddenly came in the opposite direction and ruthlessly crushed her under the wheels.

What's even more tragic and infuriating is that the immoral perpetrator actually left his mother covered in blood and sneaked away in a car.

Since then, my mother has been lying in the hospital bed every day. The Zhao family was originally a small peasant family, with no savings, in order to treat his wife's illness, Zhao Daming worked hard, borrowed money everywhere, barely maintained for a few months, and finally due to serious injuries, his mother completely left them!

At that time, the sky of the Zhao family collapsed......

Zhao Daming was originally a cheerful male man, but when he experienced the pain of losing his wife and was pressed down by high debts, he became silent and irritable!

Since then, Zhao Xiaoming has often been beaten and abused by his father, he has no mother, never eats cake again, and doesn't even want to smell the fragrance of cream on the street. Sometimes on the way to or from school, every time he sees the grand opening of the newly decorated cake shop, he will walk around with tears in his eyes and bow his head!

Nine years have passed in the blink of an eye. In the eyes of ordinary people, nine years is nothing more than a white horse passing by and time flies. In Xiao Ming's heart, every alternation of day and night, every sunrise and sunset, has a long and bitter time.

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"Fuck, it's good to know! Today I went to the quarry to carry stones, where there is a lot of work. You clean up the house at home, especially the kitchen, and you have to do it thoroughly! Look at those cockroaches, shaking their heads one by one, such a big one, like an armored car, rampage through Lao Tzu's territory every day, they are simply robbers! You have to find a way to destroy them, remember, ruthlessly, completely!

Then you go to Wang's grocery store, send the goods that were not delivered yesterday to others, and get your wages back by the way. Help me ask the proprietress again, can she keep it for me next time she has unloading work, the price is negotiable......

And, by the way, there's another serious thing that I almost forgot, look at my memory. There is another serious matter, at nine o'clock, you have to go to Block A, B, C, D, E, F of the Cuihua Building on Central Street on time to deliver water. That's a big deal I got the day before yesterday, so don't mess it up for Lao Tzu......"

"Dad, you have to be careful......"

The father and son ate something hastily, and as usual, went their separate ways.

Central Street is the most prosperous main block in the entire Jade City, and at this time it has long been full of traffic and pedestrians.

On both sides of Central Street, among the several skyscrapers lined up, there are not a few with LT logos, which are all properties under the name of Longteng Group. Cuihua Building, standing proudly between the buildings, the huge neon lights flashing colorful light, highlighting the building to be noble and luxurious!

"Uncle, I'm here to deliver water!"

Block A of Cuihua Building, the representative building of Yucheng City's trump card, this high-rise commercial building that can only be seen on TV in the past, today, I finally came to its feet!

Zhao Xiaoming was very excited!

Facing the old security guard downstairs who was a few years older than his grandfather, Zhao Xiaoming followed his father's teachings and spoke politely.

The man didn't speak, looked at him seriously for a long time, and then squeezed toothpaste and asked, "You're new here, aren't you?" Do you know the rules here? ”

Zhao Xiaoming shook his head, he was just temporarily delivering water for his father, where did he know what the rules were!

"I don't understand, do you? Okay, good! The old security guard pondered for a long time, and then said: "Then let me tell you, if you see the big red characters on the sign, what is written, read it to me!" ”

"Ladies world, men stop!"

Zhao Xiaoming looked at him with a little confused in his eyes.

"Let me tell you, all the women who work in this building, all the high-level ladies who have the ability, status, and fame in the city. A thief-eyed, sloppy, and sloppy little offspring like you, I'm sorry, don't enter! ”

The old security guard lit a cigarette, spit mist at Zhao Xiaoming, and rolled his eyes!

"Uncle, just let me in, my dad finally found such a job, if anything goes wrong, he will pick my skin. Uncle, you can do it, let me in, uncle, I call you grandpa...... Zhao Xiaoming said a lot like reciting lines, his heart was sour, but he wanted to be happy!

"Bah...... It's useless to call the ancestors, I can't violate the principles! ”

The old security guard felt that this kid was deliberately teasing himself, so he was a little angry and paced in front of the building in a huff!

"Lao Zhang, Director Huang on the 88th floor just called, a meeting is being held above, there are too many people, the water is about to be cut off, call the water delivery staff to go up immediately!" The window of the sentry box opened, and a small head with blond hair protruded. This is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, with a freckle face, uglier than Zhao Xiaoming, and a more obscene appearance.

"Yellow team, who is looking for this water delivery worker? Silly, the whole one is two hundred and five! I don't even know the most basic rules, and I still want to establish myself here, it's a pipe dream! Hmph......" the old security guard said deliberately loudly.

"Hehe, Lao Zhang, you are an old employee, and you know some things without me telling you. Here, foxes and rabbits have fun together, and fish and dragons live together. Fuck, the water is too deep, some people we don't know the details, so we can't afford to offend, we have to use our brains to deal with this kind of person, you know? Look at my ......"

The young security guard walked out, squeezed his small eyes, and looked Zhao Xiaoming up and down.

"Dude, new here?" Huang Mao asked with a grin.

Zhao Xiaoming nodded. The security guard in front of him was about the same age as himself, and he felt much more pleasing to the eye than the old man.

"It's not easy to come out and mix at such a young age, just like me! My name is Huang Kitten, and I am the head of this place, just come to me directly if you have anything in the future! The 88th floor upstairs is seriously cut off, so go up immediately! Huang Kitten smiled.

"Ah, thank you, thank you, I'll do it now, act now!" Zhao Xiaoming was very excited when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that this young guy was so neat and tidy, and he couldn't help but be full of gratitude to him!

Zhao Xiaoming pushed the water wheel and walked into the elevator.

"Hey, buddy, come back...... come back," the yellow kitten yelled.

Zhao Xiaoming turned around and found that two security guards were staring at him maliciously.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Xiaoming asked.

"Dude, you can't take this elevator casually, don't you see that it says VIP employee passage? This is a special elevator for those rich women and beautiful sisters, and ordinary people can't use it. The yellow kitten spread his hands and said helplessly.

"What then? Is there a dedicated freight elevator? Zhao Xiaoming asked.

The two security guards shook their heads at the same time.

"So where do I go?" Zhao Xiaoming asked again.

"Dude, here, you can only carry a bucket to climb the stairs, there is no other choice!" The yellow kitten grinned, and his face revealed something imperceptible.

As soon as Zhao Xiaoming heard this, his face instantly sank. He knew that the two grandsons were deliberately playing tricks on themselves.

"Two, I can only earn one yuan for a bucket of water, and you let me carry it up to the 88th floor, isn't this a game?" Zhao Xiaoming said angrily.

"Just like you, a dead mountain cannon who doesn't know how to advance or retreat, what's wrong with you? It's right to play you, people like you play one less to die, and you're guilty if you don't play, you say it's not the yellow team! The old security guard lit a cigarette for the yellow kitten and said a string of words that were not related to his age or attachment.

The yellow kitten held a cigarette in her mouth, squinted her eyes and nodded slightly.

Zhao Xiaoming looked at the two of them coldly, his fists clenched loudly.

"What, you kid wants to fight, don't you?" The old security guard grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Brothers, listen to me, there is someone making trouble downstairs in Block A, hurry up for reinforcements!" ”

"Old man, don't be too arrogant, like you, I, Zhao Xiaoming, can send you back to the West with one punch, believe it or not!" Zhao Xiaoming's eyes were cold, he stared at the old security guard extremely viciously, and the guy was so frightened that he took a few steps back.

Soon, thirty or forty security guards rushed from the nearby building area, all of them were fierce and vicious, with armed belts around their waists and killing sticks in their hands, and surrounded Zhao Xiaoming.