When I woke up early, I went straight to the six villages of workers and peasants.

The office in the early morning is not much better than at night, and the feeling of coldness and desolation is still strong.

I recounted my dreams, and for a long time, I could only hear the sound of my own breathing.

My heart was empty, so I listlessly called Guo Yujie and directly asked her to meet in the Sixth Village of Workers and Peasants.

Guo Yujie asked casually, "You're not coming to the office?" ”

"Well, it's not coming." I didn't say anything about dreams.

"Okay, I'll go directly to the six villages of workers and peasants."

About an hour later, Guo Yujie arrived at the Sixth Village of Workers and Peasants, and we went to the neighborhood committee to find Director Mao.

Director Mao was on the phone, holding back his anger, and said to the person on the other end of the phone: "This has nothing to do with whether it is demolished or not. The residents are still living here, and they all need water, so how can they not repair it? ”

Guo Yujie pulled a staff member of the neighborhood committee, "What's wrong?" What happened to the demolition? ”

"There was a building where the water pipe burst, and I asked the property owner to fix it, and they shirked it." The man was angry, "It's not the first time. The water pipes are clogged and leaking, and there are green insects and parking spaces in the community for vehicles outside...... That property is rubbish! ”

Guo Yujie's eyes showed sympathy.

Director Mao finished the phone call, and smiled apologetically when he saw us, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Let's go find Tao Hai. ”

"I'm sorry for you, Director Mao." Guo Yujie and I thanked each other.

"Hey, no trouble. You guys be mentally prepared, this Tao Hai is not like ...... So good. Director Mao's words were vague for a moment, and his expression was ugly.

I guess she wants to say "Uncle Wang", just thinking about Uncle Wang's death, there is a sense of fear.

"As long as he is short of money, it should not be difficult to convince." I said.

Director Mao sighed, "Tao Hai is short of money. As soon as this comes back, will you come to our neighborhood committee to ask for subsidies? ”

"What subsidy?" Guo Yujie asked suspiciously.

"The subsidy for the lonely and widowed elderly, there are some grains, oils, food and daily necessities every month, which are not much, but they are also worth hundreds of yuan." Director Mao said, "He has a son, who was not qualified, and he has been grinding with us for a long time, so he will be treated special under special circumstances." I told him about the demolition yesterday and he looked reluctant. ”

"You said last time he didn't want to sell the house, but you never said why. Is there something special about it? I asked.

Don't run into an Uncle Wang and give us problems.

"I don't know. He's shameless and can't talk about business. Director Mao shook his head.

As we spoke, we walked to the building where Tao Hai lived.

Tao Hai lives on the second floor. Director Mao knocked on the door, didn't respond for a long time, shouted a few more times, and there was no movement in the house.

The person next door opened the door and greeted Director Mao: "Xiao Mao, are you looking for Tao Hai?" ”

"Yes, Aunt Xu."

"I saw him go out in the morning when I came back from grocery shopping."

"Are you going to buy breakfast?" Guo Yujie asked.

Director Mao and Aunt Xu denied at the same time, "Impossible." ”

Director Mao added: "He doesn't eat outside. ”

"That's something, right?" I don't know Tao Hai, so I can only analyze it from the usual way of thinking.

Aunt Xu pouted, "What can he do?" ”

No matter what happens, if the person is not there, we can't help it.

Director Mao complained about Tao Hai and apologized to us, "Let you run for nothing." ”

"Nothing. You helped us so much. I said quickly.

As he was walking out, Director Mao suddenly pointed ahead and shouted, "Tao Hai!" ”

A little old man walked in front of him, black and thin, with thinning hair, a wrinkled face, wearing a white-washed old clothes, all with raw edges, and looking very poor and sour.

Hearing Director Mao's shout, he looked up and saw the three of us, Tao Hai turned around and ran away.

I hurried to catch up, but I didn't expect that the old man was athletic, and his location happened to be not far from the entrance of the community, he went out of the community, turned a corner, and disappeared into the crowd.

I was dumbfounded, and stood stupidly for a moment before walking back.

"Why didn't you chase it?" Guo Yujie was angry.

"The man is gone." I shook my head.

Director Mao comforted: "Don't worry, that Tao Hai was collected for debts when he was young, and he has already practiced his skills." ”

Guo Yujie and I looked at each other.

"He still has this experience?" I sighed, "Director Mao, you have to tell us about this Tao Hai." ”

Tao Hai's decisive escape was too suspicious. Uncle Wang knows the bottom line and is willing to communicate with us, but Tao Hai's refusal to communicate is not conducive to our work.

Director Mao scratched his cheek, "I also heard from others." He gambled when he was young, owed a lot of money, his wife divorced him, and left with his son. He is often collected for debts, but people don't come to his house to collect debts, so they are all hearsay from neighbors in the community. ”

"He's not an employee of the city's No. 3 Iron and Steel Plant?" I heard something wrong.

"He's not, the house is for his parents. At that time, he was buying and selling outside, and did not enter the steel mill. Director Mao is very sure of this.

We asked Director Mao to help us keep an eye on it, and if Tao Hai came back, he would call us.

"It's going to be hard." Guo Yujie sighed.

The four rooms in Aoba can still be said to be unable to find the property owner, and finally hang an announcement notice to deal with it, Tao Hai's room can have a real owner, and it can't be solved by this means.

"Grind slowly." I said.

My words are unfortunately true. Since then, Guo Yujie and I have begun to chase and intercept Tao Hai, he seems to have really been trained by the debt collection agency, and neither of us can catch this old guy who is older than us combined.

Guo Yujie was ruthless and decided to stay at the door of his house all night.

Although Guo Yujie is a strange woman, she can pick me up with one hand, but she is also an out-and-out sister, I don't want her to squat alone, so I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman.

All night, we didn't wait for Tao Hai to come back, and we didn't know if he slept on a park bench or nested in a bridge hole.

"I don't believe he won't come back for the rest of his life!" Guo Yujie said resentfully.

"Alright, don't go too far." I yawned.

Guo Yujie glared at me.

"If he really doesn't come back, do you want to make headlines?" I asked her.

Guo Yujie wilted.

We're not debt collection agencies, and debt collection agencies aren't going to drive people to death.

Tao Hai is an old man, he doesn't return at night, who knows what will happen? We'll have to blame it then.

This kind of squatting method can only be stopped.

Frustrated at work, I haven't slept well in the last few days, and I always dream of Zhang Shanmei hanging herself.

Her falling posture repeats itself, and her dreams become more and more grotesque. After Zhang Shanmei fell, from the initial movement of a few fingers and kicks, it turned into a frantic struggle, writhing in mid-air, her face twisted and painful, reaching out and desperately grabbing the rope around her neck, letting out a terrible howl, and the sound echoed in the theater.

I subconsciously wanted to rescue her, but when I wanted to move, I realized that I was just a bystander in this dream, and there was no "body" at all.

Zhang Shanmei struggled in the dream for a night, until I woke up and the dream disappeared, she did not give up or die.

I was stunned for a long time, dragging my tired body after a tired nightmare to go to Aoba again.