Ling Tian turned around in surprise, only to see that it had turned into an anti-theft door behind him, and after trying it, the old-fashioned key couldn't be inserted into the lock at all.

"Who?"

There was an inquiry from behind the security door, followed by the sound of slippers walking, Ling Tian hurriedly walked to the side, and secretly sighed in his heart the magic of the door ghost.

Is this a crossing, or is it a crossing?

Through the windows of the hallway, he could see the endless high-rise buildings outside, the roar of cars mixed with all kinds of noisy sounds, familiar and unfamiliar.

With a hint of shock, Ling Tian walked to the window, and at this time he also saw a figure smoking at the corner of the stairs.

This is a middle-aged man, who has half a head of white hair at a young age, a pair of bloodshot eyes surrounded by thick dark circles, the hand holding the cigarette trembled slightly, and the ash of the cigarette drifted down little by little.

And on the floor, countless cigarette butts have been lost.

The man also saw Ling Tian, and with an apologetic smile on his face, he waved his hand to disperse the smoke that filled the corridor.

Inferior cigarettes.

As a smoker, Ling Tian quickly came to a conclusion, looked the middle-aged man up and down and said, "Where is this?" ”

The middle-aged man was stunned, this question was obviously a little unexpected to him.

"What?"

"Nothing." Ling Tian shook his head and changed his question: "You live here, right?" ”

The man nodded, his eyes unconsciously looking to the side, his lips squirming a few times.

It was a closed door, with a big blessing on it, very new, and it looked like it had only been pasted for a long time.

"Yes, yes, you also live, haven't you gone back for the New Year?"

"Chinese New Year?"

Ling Tian was stunned, he really suspected that he had crossed over, it was still June before he pushed the door, and now it was the New Year.

"yes, Chinese New Year."

The man repeated, and the gaze towards the door became a little strange.

Sometimes weak, sometimes firm, as if constantly mustering courage, but unfortunately, this courage does not last.

Ling Tian was thinking about whether to say something, the man had already thrown away the cigarette butts, took out a broom from behind the fire door, and swept the cigarette butts clean one by one.

"It's the New Year, and I'm going home."

As if talking to himself, as if talking to Ling Tian, the man smiled kindly and walked to the door.

His hand was raised and lowered, and he looked back at Ling Tian's surprised gaze several times, and finally mustered up the courage to knock on the door.

The door soon opened, and the sound of a crowd of people singing and laughing came from behind the door.

It was a chubby woman who opened the door, and her smile when she opened the door became cold the moment she saw the man, and she suddenly took off her slippers and slapped the man's face fiercely.

"You're too embarrassed to come back, you piece of shit."

The man seemed to have gotten used to it, his hand raised slightly, but he didn't block, and let the slippers hit his face with a crisp sound, and his pale face was instantly red and swollen.

"Xiuying, what's wrong?"

Hearing the movement, an old woman walked out, her appearance was somewhat similar to that of a fat woman, and her expression was even the same, her smiling face suddenly drooped, and she squinted at the man and snorted coldly.

"Xiuying, stop fighting, your relatives are still waiting for you to eat." The old lady looked arrogant, and shouted into the house after speaking: "Xiao Ming, bring out the rice." ”

Soon, a chubby boy of 7 or 8 years old came out with a plate.

There was rice and vegetables on the plate, as well as a chicken thigh.

The boy named Xiao Ming skillfully handed the rice to the man: "Dad." ”

The man reached out to take it, but Xiuying reached out and knocked the bowl and rice to the ground.

"Waste, let you beg for money, the money is not returned, and you dare to eat?"

The man's mouth squirmed a few times, but finally he didn't speak.

At this time, all the relatives who were alarmed in the room came out and persuaded Xiuying one by one.

"Xiuying, don't be angry for the New Year."

"Okay, okay, after all, it's a family, and so are you, what are you doing."

"Let's eat, everyone is happy, and it's the New Year."

......

No one spoke for the man, but under everyone's persuasion, Xiuying finally didn't do it again.

"Eat out by yourself, go to beg for money after eating, and you can't get it back, see how I clean you up."

After waiting for a few seconds, seeing that the man didn't move, Xiuying slapped the man in the face: "Don't you think I knocked over your rice?" ”

Under Xiuying's cold gaze, the man finally spoke: "No, it's not. ”

After speaking, he bent down and hurried the rice into the plate little by little with his hands.

The others persuaded again, Xiuying covered her chest and said with a sad face: "You have also seen it, he is so angry with me, so angry with me, he can't get back the money he begged for, and he can't get it back." ”

Amid the comforting voices of the crowd, the door closed, leaving only the hunched man.

As if sensing Ling Tian's gaze, the man turned his head to look at it, smiled, picked up all the grains of rice, and then walked to Ling Tian with the plate: "Let you see the smile." ”

Ling Tian's wide mouth couldn't be closed at all, what kind of laughter was this, this was completely funny.

The man carefully cleaned up the garbage on the plate and said, "Fortunately, she hasn't smelled the smoke on my body yet, otherwise she might have to go to the hospital again." ”

The tone was very indifferent, as if he was saying something irrelevant.

"You ......" Ling Tian swallowed his saliva, "That's your wife?" ”

"Well, yes, that white and chubby boy is my son, cute."

Cute fart.

Ling Tian swallowed the dirty words into his stomach with difficulty: "How can she ......." ”

The man looked at Ling Tian strangely: "You are not a resident here?" Oh, I should be back for the New Year, and those who often live here know that it's not a big deal. ”

As he spoke, the man had already cleaned up his meal and carefully placed it behind the fire door, as if he was afraid that others would touch it, and used a broom to block it.

After doing everything, the man smiled apologetically and walked downstairs.

Ling Tian's mind was still a little confused, and he subconsciously followed.

Soon, the man came to the first floor, bypassed the garden on one side, and stopped outside a bungalow.

This should be the garage of the community, on the edge of the garage, there is a simple hut, a little girl of a few years old is struggling to wash clothes outside the house, seeing the man, the little girl's eyes lit up, and then she looked around in fear, and finally looked at Ling Tian with doubts.

The man glanced at the little girl's gaze, and although he was surprised, he didn't say anything, but walked up to the little girl and squatted down: "Xiaotuan, it's okay, it's the New Year today, Auntie won't come out, you see, what did uncle bring you." ”

As he spoke, the man took out the chicken leg from his clothes that he didn't know when he had hidden.

The skin on the chicken thighs has been peeled clean, revealing an attractive flesh color.

"Chicken legs! Thank you, uncle. ”

The little girl happily kissed the man on the face, then took the chicken leg and hurried into the room.

"Grandma, grandma, chicken legs."

The dilapidated hut leaked light everywhere, and standing outside, you could clearly see the simple furniture inside and an old man lying on the bed.

At this time, hearing the little girl's words, the old man struggled to get up, but he couldn't get out of bed, so he could only say in that weak voice: "Come, come, the old woman is sick these days and hasn't picked up the bottle to sell for money, can the money be given to you a few days later." ”