Volume 1 Volume 1 - Chapter 25
Dark, damp and dirty, it was the first impression of the place.
It's a very rudimentary basement, surrounded by earthen walls, unbuilt with bricks, and still in the shape of freshly dug up, but judging by the degree of dilapidation, it should have existed for several years.
The only wire that came in from the outside was a small light bulb, dim enough to illuminate the small space.
At the entrance to the basement there was a small table with a kettle and a few small bowls, and two or three stools beside it.
There was no bed in the basement, only a wooden plank in the corner, on which some hay was laid to serve as a bed, on which sat several children, ranging from five or six to eleven or twelve, male and female.
The children, ragged, sallow-skinned, with dirty faces and hair, huddled in the corner with their knees huddled in the corner, trying to hide themselves from this basement, occasionally looking up vigilantly, their eyes showing only fear and numbness.
On the stool sat a woman in her thirties, with curly hair, a slender melon seed face, delicate and charming eye makeup painted on her face, and bright lipstick, she looked very beautiful when she looked closely, and the cloudy eyes and wrinkles at the corners of her eyes proved that she was no longer young.
She propped up the table with one elbow, and a half-lit cigarette between her fingers in the other, revealing a smell of wind and dust, she spit out a smoke ring in her mouth, and said to the fat man next to her: "Uncle Zhao, this * is not very good." ”
The man had a big belly and stool, and he leaked a mouthful of yellow teeth and flattered: "Recently, Zhang Yang's kid doesn't know where he died, no one has statistical information, and he can only find these for the time being. ”
The woman flicked the ashes of her cigarette and said, "I heard that he was killed the other day. ”
The man said, "Don't worry, I will find someone to replace him as soon as possible." ”
The woman thought for a moment and said, "All these years, you haven't revealed what we did to him, have you?" ”
The man said: "Don't worry, that kid is just taking money to do things, he doesn't even have a note to collect money, he doesn't know what we do, hehe, he doesn't even know what he does." ”
"That's good, but I'm still not sure."
"Otherwise, when these two batches of goods are processed, we will withdraw and change places."
"It's fine." The woman extinguished the cigarette in her hand, patted the man's hand and said, "However, this batch of * is not very easy to deal with!" ”
The man said: "It's easy to deal with, it's easy to deal with, there are people at the bottom who want to buy, it's too small to raise, too big to raise, five or six years old is just right." ”
"Really?" The woman said, "So, have these two little girls found a buyer?" ”
The man looked at the two little girls, laughed twice, and said, "The little girl is not in a hurry, the market is very good, you can raise the price for a few days." ”
The children shrank in fright when they heard the man's oozing laughter.
"The big one, have you figured out what to do with it?"
The woman said in a coquettish voice: "Then I'm going to trouble you Uncle Zhao again, it's still the old rule." ”
The man said, "Sister Chun, aren't you still worried about my methods?" At that time, it will definitely not even be possible to find out from the hospital. ”
"Uncle Zhao is doing things, of course I'm relieved."
Uncle Zhao glanced at the children shrunk in the corner, and in addition to being cruel and tyrannical, there was a hint of unclear meaning in his eyes.
Perhaps, when this batch* is finished, he should consider leaving this business.