"Hey, Fat Tiger!"

Xia Yi stuck his mobile phone through the traffic-ridden street, and walked quickly to the opposite side, the signal on the phone was weak and strong, and the sound of rushing water could be heard, and the person who asked for help was he who was small, but he grew up in a welfare home, and often sneaked out to play with him, and now he is also sitting near the cheap house he rents.

“....... Old and ...... I'm here...... The alley where the last scrap collection was hit, the second sewer well. The intermittent voice on the phone was talking, and Xia Yi also found the mouth of the alley and looked around, "There is no sewer manhole cover you said." ”

“...... At your feet. A weak voice floated from the phone and under him.

Xia Yi put down his mobile phone, lowered his gaze, and saw a pair of resentful little eyes on the hole of the sewer manhole cover winking at him, "Lao Yi, brother is finally saved now, I don't know which bastard pressed the motorcycle on the manhole cover." ”

Next to it, there was indeed a heavy locomotive parked, the heavy front of the locomotive turned over, and the tire was just pressed against the manhole cover. Xia also deviated the front of the car, it was locked, and no one often came to this alley, and he didn't know which one was upstairs, so he gritted his teeth and lifted the front of the car a little and moved it to the side, and then moved away.

For a moment, Xia Yi leaned on the saddle and gasped, the manhole cover was loose, it was slowly jacked up, and it was pushed to the side with a creak, and a big round face with black linen paint was drilled, revealing two big yellow teeth, and he laughed.

Then, the fat body climbed to the ground out of the water, a foul smell of rotten salted fish and boiled durian came to his face, Xia Yi hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, the fat man opposite was almost soaked, half of his buttocks were exposed, and he was embarrassed to pull down his pants.

"Dezhu, did you change careers and steal the manhole cover?" Xia Yi found a handkerchief on his body and handed it to him.

"How can it be, it was pitted, saying that there is a big scrap iron down here, just come and take a look, not long after going down, the manhole cover was covered by someone.......

"Yes, it's not greedy. ”

Zhao Dezhu picked off the rotten vegetable leaves on his head and threw them on the ground, wiped his face, saw the lunch box in the plastic bag in Xia Yi's hand, and blinked: "Brother Yi, you also started cooking and taking it to eat?" ”

"Take it. Xia Yi handed over the lunch box that Xiao Yu gave him in the morning, and there was still a lot of food left. The fat man over there was not polite, he gulped cold rice and cold vegetables into his mouth, puffed up his cheeks and chewed and said, "Xiao Yu is really good to you, just like my little flower." ”

"How long does your little flower study abroad to prepare to return to China?"

The chubby head shook it, "I don't know, anyway, she's short of money, I'll earn it for her, it's not easy to provide for an international student, I don't earn a penny today, and tomorrow I have to run at least half the city to collect scrap." ”

The two talked for a while, Zhao Dezhu suddenly stopped his chopsticks, looked around, and whispered: "Lao Yi, brother has a big project, let's do it, how about five or five points?"

"You don't have to worry about the railroad track outside, you pry it and try it, we can't afford to be tied together. Xia Yi leaned on the locomotive and lit a cigarette.

"I'm so stupid, I can't move even if I pry!"

At this time, someone in the alley passed, Zhao Dezhu paused, and waited for the person to leave, then he reconnected the previous words, and made a gesture: "At twelve o'clock tonight, I came to you, rest assured that the brother is just collecting rags, and he will never do anything illegal, and you will accompany me when the time comes." ”

Xia Yi spit out a puff of cigarette, looked at him for a while, and nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

As soon as the words fell, an old man came down from the upstairs behind them with a basket, and looked at the dirty Zhao Dezhu with reading glasses, "You repair the sewer? Why don't you help me get through the toilet at home?" ”

"Can't you give money? 25 cents less. ”

"It's so expensive, forget it. ”

"Then I don't want more than two hundred and fifty cents. ”

"That's okay, come up with me. The old man's head may not be very bright, so after thinking about it, he nodded, turned back, and the fat man quickly wiped his mouth and returned the lunch box to Xia Yi, "That's it." ”

After speaking, he hugged his pants and followed the old man upstairs. Xia Yi shook his head and chuckled as he put his lunch box back in the plastic bag and walked towards his rented house, which was far from the city center, almost on the edge, and belonged to the direction abandoned by the urban development plan, which could be roughly defined as an urban village, or a slum.

Fortunately, there is still electricity and water, and the rent is not expensive, otherwise with the little money in Xia Yi's hand, he can't afford to rent it at all. Back on the street, when I came to Xiao Yu's grocery store, the girl was absent-mindedly guarding the container, because of her eyes, she couldn't go anywhere, so she could only help with something in the familiar store.

"Thank you for the box lunch, tomorrow is Saturday, I have a rest, so you don't have to cook for me. Xia Yi came to the girl, handed back the lunch box, and looked inside from time to time, after all, he was twenty years old, and he didn't have much money on him, and it was rare to patronize this business, and his self-esteem was somewhat unreasonable, "If there is anything inconvenient at home, I can help make some." ”

Before Xiao Yu could speak, a woman's voice came from the inner room behind her: "Yo, you want to be a son-in-law so soon?"

"Don't pay attention to her, Brother Yi, what does it smell so bad on your body? Xiao Yu was afraid that her stepmother's words would hurt Xia Yi, so she quickly changed the topic.

"Saved a fat man who was trapped in the sewer today. Xia Yi smiled and waved his hand, "It's okay, Auntie said this because she loves you, then I'll go first, and if something happens, I'll call upstairs, I'm at home." ”

In the shop, the woman with melon seeds poked her head out and shouted, "Don't worry, I will look for you if there is something." ”

Xia Yi smiled and nodded, then walked into the dilapidated unit door, his expression gradually sank, opened the rented room, and clenched his fist for a long time before he let go, "Take a deep breath...... Xia Yi.....You have to refrain from it...... Restraint ......" he pinched the edge of the sink and looked at himself in the mirror, muttering to himself.

Time passed slowly, and there were all kinds of people sitting in the rental room, sometimes there were the sounds of men and women wheezing for violent exercise, there were also beatings and screams of domestic violence, and of course, there were also the sounds of children happy and crying, all kinds of things.

"What's the noise—"

The sound of domestic violence on the opposite side is getting louder and louder, Xia Yimeng opened his eyes, grabbed something in the bathroom, and walked to the balcony, at this time it was getting dark, and in the dilapidated residential buildings opposite, in the open window on the third floor, a man with a stick scolded and beat a woman, and a terrible scream was coming out.

In the next second, the glass shattered, and the man holding the stick fell to the ground with a thud, leaving the woman with her messy head to look at the rubber lid of a urinal on the ground, turning on the floor. When the bruised face looked up, there was no one in sight.

At this time, Xia Yi fell asleep with a sweat, and soon after, Fat Tiger called.

.......

The stars paved a galaxy in the dark night, the moon hung on the treetops, shining on the cold light of the green and dark, the insects chirped from time to time among the wild grasses, and a path stretched ahead, with bright lights swaying and rust rubbing.

"Fat Tiger, is this the big project you are talking about?" Xia Yi sat on the back seat of the old bicycle, dangling a flashlight to shine on the side of the path, the red brick wall with the words 'family planning' written on it, and as he passed, the shadows of the moonlight intertwined to form the outline of a factory, like a crouching giant beast, waiting to reveal its hideousness.

Staring hard at Zhao Dezhu who was stepping on his feet, his face was covered with sweat, and a simple T-shirt on his body was wet and transparent, he panted and turned his head: "Lao Yi, I have inquired a long time ago, this factory closed down last year, and many things in it have not been moved." ”

Xia Yi frowned: "Fatty, this is not a petty theft, and you have to be sentenced." ”

"I'm less daring than you!" Zhao Dezhu squatted on the ground and wiped his sweat as the bicycle drove down the hill and stopped not far from the ditch where the sewage was discharged...... I'll go in and get some small parts, sell a few copper and iron coins, and you will wait for me outside, and you won't go in if you have bad breath. ”

"Okay, don't be greedy. ”

"I'm not greedy, or I would have pried the rails a long time ago. The fat man got up from the ground, took a burlap bag from his bicycle, put it on the waistband of his trousers, and took a flashlight and went into the dry sewage pipe over there, and the light disappeared from the mouth of the pipe soon after.

Losing the human voice, the insect screamed happily again, Xia Yi lit a cigarette, walked around, and could see a lot of fields by the moonlight, after coming to this city, he was not like a fat man, he was very regular in the martial arts hall and the rental room, trying not to cause too much trouble.

While his mind was drifting.

Phew-

A gunshot rang out in the distance.