It was almost one o'clock in the morning when Su Yan fell asleep, and there was the sound of the cold wind blowing against the glass in his ears, accompanied by the sound of Wang Mang watching TV upstairs.

Wang Mang didn't have to do anything for a day, and after many years, he developed several younger brothers, whose task was to monitor the fixed site every day to prevent anyone from escaping. Wang Mang's daily task is to send them to the square at about 5 o'clock in the morning, and pick them up at about 12 o'clock in the evening to count the money. Wang Mang's life and rest are full of sleep during the day and energetic at night. After coming back at five o'clock, Wang Mang first took a hot bath, the temperature was very high, and the dilapidated residential building environment was very poor, Wang Mang specially installed a water heater in order to have a good rest. The hot water warmed Wang Mang's whole body. After taking a bath, Wang Mang was wrapped in thick clothes and lay down in the quilt, and a large piece of solar energy was placed next to the bedroom, which had already baked the room hot. After Wang Mang got into the quilt, he imitated the people in the TV series and comfortably opened the cheap aromatherapy on the wardrobe, and put on an eye mask and fell asleep. After tossing and turning and sleeping for a while, he pulled off the eye mask, turned off the aromatherapy, and fell asleep on all fours. After sleeping for a while, I had a casual meal, and it was about eight o'clock. It was dark outside, there was no light in the dilapidated residential building, Wang Mang went to the square at nine o'clock, there were many stalls in the square, Wang Mang had a little money in his pocket, and he couldn't see snacks, besides, who wants to brave the cold wind to eat here? Think about walking into a xiaolongbao shop, ordering two cages of meat buns, a bowl of wontons, pickles, what to serve is so comfortable, after eating hot, go out with a cup of soy milk, and look at the beauties walking around the street. Sure enough, women love beauty, and they are still wearing thin stockings on such a cold day, so they wander around for a while and go to other stores to shop, and then they are almost there, and after counting the money, they go home, and take out a lot of steamed buns that have been hoarded and pick a few to send to the basement. After doing this, Wang Mang's beautiful life began, and after returning to the bedroom, he turned on the TV to watch the show, drank some wine to warm up, and poured some peanuts or something. The sound of Wang Mang's TV was so loud that it could be heard clearly in the basement.

In a trance, Su Yan felt that he could see it, as if he had returned to the small county town in his memory, and his mother's face of hard work to maintain his home appeared, his father sat on the sofa and blamed his mother, and then cried, he seemed to see his younger brother, a vague little baby, and then it was transferred to the hands of everyone, their dark faces, the whips and slaps raised in their hands, as if they were about to be slapped on their bodies in the next second, their vicious eyes were hideous, Su Yan was very afraid and kept retreating, and after retreating to the corner, grandma's face appeared, kept accusing Su Yan of being a loser, and Su Yan woke up suddenly, it turned out to be just a dream. Su Yan listened to the surrounding movements, someone was snoring, the TV upstairs was still ringing, and Wang Mang's laughter was heard from time to time, Su Yan was ready to go to sleep, and he still recalled the scene in his dream in his mind, he was really afraid, that kind of fear surrounded him, as if a shackle firmly locked Su Yan, just between half a dream and half a wake, Su Yan was confused for about half an hour, bang, the door opened, it seemed that it was time to go out again. Su Yan was awakened as usual, and slowly lined up to the back to go to the toilet, and was scolded angrily by Wang Mang, and after eating some dry food at will, Wang Mang stuffed it into the car and came to the square.

It's still the same hard work as usual, kneeling on the street for a whole day, feeling that the body doesn't feel like its own, it's soft. There were a few times in the middle that I couldn't stand it and wanted to stand up, but because I knelt and sat for too long, my body was numb, and I almost fell down every time, and over time, Su Yan began to slowly get used to it, and besides, it has been a few years, and I should get used to it, but I still don't fit in. Su Yan's day was reluctant to go into details, just like usual, the difference was that he returned to the basement at night and felt that there was one more person in the basement.

"Hey, you guys, make room for this newcomer, get along well, don't bully her" Everyone began to move slowly, and then made room for the newcomer, and then Wang Mang took the futon from the cabinet and threw it to her. "Your position, where, no, you can't hear it, come and see" "I don't know you, you hurry up and let me go, I, Mom" Su Yan listened to the girl's voice, soft and glutinous, and quite young. "Don't grind for Lao Tzu, hurry up and go to sleep, or I'll kick you to death" The girl saw Wang Mang's expression, extremely hideous, and suddenly a little scared, tears fell, as soon as they fell, they couldn't control it, and the tears came down, Wang Mang felt annoyed, and kicked up, "I can't understand people, right?" Give you some color and look at it, and you'll know" The girl couldn't hear the words, so she could only grab Wang Mang's clothes and beg "Don't hit me, I want my mother" Wang Mang heard that the anger came up, and directly pushed the girl to the vacated place, and then saw the tears in the girl's eyes, and was even more angry, grabbed a broken basin and threw it on the girl, the girl snorted, covered her mouth and didn't dare to make a sound. Wang Mang saw that the girl didn't speak and opened the door to leave, but he didn't expect the girl to get up from the ground and run out, Wang Mang suddenly grabbed the girl's hair and tore the girl off, the girl screamed in pain, Wang Mang slapped the girl on the head, the girl instantly lost her voice, and could only hear a small breathing sound. Then Wang Mang dragged her to the floor and began to kick, Su Yan listened to the girl gradually lose her voice, and hurriedly moved to Wang Mang's side and begged Wang Mang, "Brother Wang, don't beat the girl, give her to me, I'll persuade her, you are tired of a day today, go up and rest, I'll talk to her" Wang Mang looked at the girl lying on the ground, and was also afraid that he would take his life too hard, Su Yan just gave himself the stairs, why not, so he snorted coldly, "You have to let her eat some lessons" and shook his hand and walked out of the basement.

Su Yan slowly moved to the girl's side and patted the girl's back gently, the girl began to twitch a little when she was beaten, and she couldn't stop trembling, Su Yan took the girl in her arms and slowly patted the girl's back. The rest of the basement didn't bustle and then dispersed and returned to their beds. Su Yan patted the girl first, and after feeling that the girl was not so scared, he returned to the position of his bed and gently touched the person next to him. "Can you change beds with that girl? Big brother, you see that she is quite pitiful" The man next to him glanced at Su Yan, then turned his head to look at the girl, sighed, and made room for the girl. Su Yan felt that the side was empty, so he moved back to the girl and slowly pulled the girl to the bed. Su Yan, who couldn't see with his eyes, fumbled for a long time to find the quilt, covered the girl, leaned the girl's head on his shoulder, and comforted the girl softly, but the girl didn't respond. This is what Su Yan remembered what Wang Mang said just now, and the girl couldn't hear the sound, so she quieted down. After a while, the girl began to move slowly, and then cried out, Su Yan hugged the girl tighter, and the girl trembled and made a voice, "Sister, where are we" Su Yan just wanted to answer, thinking that the girl couldn't hear and couldn't sign language, she made a random comparison, and the girl couldn't understand it, so she didn't ask anymore, and whispered in Su Yan's arms.

"Sister, my name is Xiaoli, I'll just call you sister, okay?"