Chapter 23: A Different Life (20) Bearing the Burden of Humiliation (I)
"Sitting at night" in the number, time flies quickly, Guo Kaixin is at ease during the day to "make up for sleep", and his brother comes back from cooking, although there is only more than an hour of wind time in the afternoon, but this time allows Guo Kaixin to "use it efficiently", he wants to breathe a good breath of fresh air, and what greets him is that the work at night - "sitting at night".
In more than a month of "sitting at night" time, Guo Kaixin added a new effort, that is, 'listening', after the lights went out, only the lights in the corridor were still on, every time there was a 'government' passing by, he could tell who he was according to the footsteps of the person's walking, from the beginning of 'five out of ten', to the later 'nine out of ten', Guo Kaixin felt that if he was given another month, he would definitely be able to achieve 'ten guesses and ten hits'.
Guo Kaixin in the dark, while sitting cross-legged, his eyes were closed most of the time, that is, with his ears, the analysis in the air, the sound of gritting his teeth just now, which bed came from, the quilt of the fart, and who sent it, he simply found fun in the dark, the only fly in the ointment is that the meal called by the friend is not particularly delicious, not less vegetables, or not enough steamed buns to eat, but he didn't care too much, he must have suffered from it, and there were no days to be left.
What made Guo Kaixin the most troublesome was that when he read the newspaper after dinner, because the boss in the number was a big illiterate, the news read out of his mouth made Guo Kaixin's ears very uncomfortable, he wanted to grab it and read it himself, but he couldn't help it and didn't move, he kept thinking about what Zhang Daring said to him at the beginning, "Many people here are very jealous of him, especially those who have committed crimes, and they have always been disgusted with people who are about to go out." You'd better not offend them, lest something happen. ”
Guo Kaixin entered this account at the beginning of the month, and the 'upper payment' of the personnel in the account at that time had just been paid, so most people were bitter, and they couldn't put it down after taking Guo Kaixin's good cigarettes, and then waited until the end of the second month, and some people said to Guo Kaixin in private. 'It's time to hand in the contributions'.
Guo Kaixin didn't understand this thing very well, so he asked in a low voice, "What money?" ”
"Pay for it, five yuan a month per person, you picked it up last month. We've just finished handing it over, and you're here. This month the boss called me to talk to you. You'll have to pay it. ”
Guo Kaixin wanted to say, "Why should you give him money", but before he could say anything, he found the boss in the number, looking at him while sorting out his quilt. In his right hand, he also holds a "plank" for pressing the bed.
"Okay, who will you give it to?" Guo Kaixin immediately realized something, but fortunately, he still had some money on him.
"Just give it to me." The boss heard Guo Kaixin's words.
"For you now?"
"Yes, you should pay it for half a year first. Five dollars a month, half a Chinese New Year's Eve dollars. ”
Guo Kaixin was silent, he was going to go out in a month, and the boss in this number asked him to pay half a year's 'regular money', obviously too much, he rummaged through his clothes pocket, fortunately there were thirty yuan, so he walked to the bed of the boss in the number, didn't say anything, and threw the money directly on his quilt.
The boss in the number counted the 'upper payment', and said to himself, "I know that you are not convinced, but you also have to think about it for me, stay for another month, you will go out, a lot of RMB, waiting for you to earn, when the time comes, you still care about this little money." ”
Since then, no one has 'fed' Guo Kaixin anymore, Guo Kaixin is a little strange, could it be that the brothers in the number are so powerful. He didn't blame everyone, so although he fell asleep in bed during the day, when there was a whistle in the hallway, he would jump up at once, because he knew that the sound was mostly the sound of eating.
"Old Dog" has only met Guo Kaixin once for so many days, because the canteen is rotated, thousands of prisoners, coming and going, it is difficult to meet together, seeing Guo Kaixin wearing an ordinary 'prison uniform', the 'old dog' did not move him, he may not know the way, Guo Kaixin is about to go out.
Every time Zhang Daring saw Guo Kaixin coming to eat, he would take an iron lunch box, walk to his table, and give him the meat and vegetables in the box. When he drank it, he still drank it with a vegetable basin, his saliva spilled in the center of the vegetable basin, Guo Kaixin felt very nauseous, and he was about to vomit.
There is a 'service department' in the number, the price of a bottle of liquor here is equivalent to ten to twenty times that of the local market, and the price of cigarettes is several times higher than the market price, to serve this group of 'friends', Guo Kaixin smoked all the good cigarettes, he also bought the cheapest cigarettes, no way, it's too expensive here, and he also wants to give his own cigarettes to everyone to smoke, there is a saying that is very popular in the number, that is, "I'd rather fall into a circle, than fall into a person", there are a total of eight people in the number, and it takes eight cigarettes to send a circle, his box, That's just two laps.
Except for a few people who don't have the money to buy cigarettes and won't give cigarettes to others to smoke, the other three or four people are still 'bright', every time they take the initiative to give cigarettes to Guo Kaixin, Guo Kaixin will pretend to be very uncomfortable and say, "Cough these days, thank you." If he refuses, the person who smokes the day after tomorrow will not take the initiative to give it to him, and even if he gives it, he will say so.
Five dollars per person in the number, a month adds up to a lot, the boss of the number will always receive the money on the first day of each month, the money will be spent, he will buy the cheapest cigarette, put it in the quilt, his cigarettes are never given to others, and no one dares to ask from him, he will take the number of brothers at the same time, will also say by the way, "Okay, smoke yours first, when you are gone, then smoke mine, I have another one over there." But Guo Kaixin found that he had not given a cigarette to everyone, which made him very angry.
In addition to buying cigarettes, that is, buying wine and meat, the boss of the number, this guy pretends to be serious on the surface, but in fact, these two things of his will only be enjoyed alone at night, and only Guo Kaixin can know when he ate it, with his eyes closed. Listening to his gobbling voice, Guo Kaixin felt very ridiculous, this guy still has a problem, it may be that there is no 'oil and water' in his stomach, every time he finishes eating and drinking, he will go to 'Dajie', the stink goes straight to Guo Kaixin, who is 'sitting at night', so that he holds all his breath, even if he inhales, he will not use his nose. Instead, he used his mouth, but fortunately, his money was quickly spent, which made Guo Kaixin stop suffering again.
For many days, Guo Kaixin's patience has reached the limit, but things still happened. One day in the middle of the night, the boss of the trumpet shouted violently. "Don't it. Get up for me, Lao Tzu's money is lost. ”
After Guo Kaixin heard this, his shoulders moved, and he shivered, and within a few minutes, everyone gathered on the ground. They stood in a row, listening to the boss's instructions.
'Which of you stinky boys stole my money?' Hand it over to me. ’
None of the people said anything, and the boss became Ben Galli, 'I don't say if it's or not.' Not to mention that I have to search, if any of you have extra money, tell me to rummage, be careful that I pick your skin. ’
"Big brother, I have a hundred yuan here, which my wife gave me last Sunday." A man pulled out a ball of 'great unity' from his pants.
"Is there anything else?"
"It's gone."
"You stand aside, it's not you, I'm losing five pieces, one piece."
The man walked as quickly as if he had been pardoned, and he went to the door to get the wind out.
Then one after another, they all went through the "search", and the boss didn't find anything, there was anything wrong, and he walked up to Guo Kaixin and said, "Xinzi, you are the only one during the day, did you see someone go to my bed?" ”
"No, I slept most of the day and didn't see anyone coming in."
"That's okay, I've finished turning over them, you let me flip them." The eyes of the boss in the number, in the dark room, flashed one after another, and Guo Kaixin saw his fierce appearance through the light of the corridor.
"Okay, just flip it." Guo Kaixin opened his arms wide, because he knew very well that except for a little unity, all of his bodies were 'gross tickets' and 'split votes', and there was no five-yuan ticket at all.
"Okay, Xinzi, if you have it, I will know that it is you."
Guo Kaixin was a little surprised, "Why is it me, how did you analyze it." ’
"You're embarrassed to say it, I've seen all the money on them, yours is different, you look at your gross ticket, there are more than ten yuan, have you exchanged my money for a gross ticket and a share, just afraid that I will turn it, you kid is so treacherous."
In the middle of the night, Guo Kaixin was very unconvinced, he walked directly to his bed and sat down, "I didn't take your money, if you don't have any money, how much you say you lost, I'll make it up to you." ”
"I know that you are rich, but if you don't prove that you are not a thief, I usually see it, in our number, you are not angry, what's the matter, is your skin tight." As he spoke, the boss waved his fist, and he rubbed his right fist with his left hand and his left fist with his right hand, and put on a powerful posture.
"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Guo Kaixin covered his head with a quilt, and he pretended to be asleep.
"Fuck, you kid doesn't accept it, 'don't he've got a hail right now'." Suddenly, the boss of the number uttered a 'black word'.
Before Guo Kaixin could react, all the prisoners rushed up and hit Guo Kaixin on the bed.
Fortunately, with the protection of the quilt, Guo Kaixin found that he had a few kicks on his legs, he quickly rolled, and while the room was dark, he rushed out of his bedside.
"I didn't steal the money, you all listen to him, if you come over again, I'll be in a hurry." Guo Kaixin threw the quilt on his body, and he walked to the door by the corridor, he hoped that people could hear him so that he could relieve the siege.
"Okay, Xinzi, at first glance, he is a good fighter, there are so many people, and you were allowed to run away." The boss looked at Guo Kaixin contemptuously.
Guo Kaixin put on a 'Tai Chi' posture, "Do you all listen to him, if you want to be not afraid of death, just come here." ’
As soon as he saw Guo Kaixin's "kung fu", he was shocked by the other six prisoners, and none of them dared to step forward.
"This kid is about to go out, are you afraid of him, or are you afraid of me?" The boss of the number shouted loudly, and he urged the prisoners to attack Guo Kaixin.
"Government-government." Guo Kaixin shouted loudly.
"What's the matter?" A man in the distance asked.
"Someone beats me, don't you care?"
After hearing another burst of footsteps, a prison guard came over and shone a flashlight on the inside of the room, "In the middle of the night, whatever is the fuss, go to bed." ”
"Someone beats me, you don't care." Guo Kaixin pointed to his leg.
The prison guard shone a flashlight again, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to put me to bed." ”
'All go to sleep.' The boss commanded the prisoners and climbed into bed.
"You go to bed too."
"I'm sitting at night."
"What kind of night to sit, get out, I'll talk about it tomorrow if I have something." Without waiting for Guo Kaixin to say anything, the prison guard walked away. (To be continued......)