There is a father and son surnamed Wen in Lushi County, the father is called Wen Shenglian, the son is called Wen Sheng, and the nickname is Daxiao Wen or Erwen.

These two texts have never done serious work, but they have never had to worry about eating and drinking, and they can even use the extra money to buy tobacco and alcohol in the famine year. Erwen is not good-looking, with a short neck and short legs, gray eyes and gray skin, and a soft roasted potato; Standing and racing a shadow, walking and racing a smoke, people say that this kind of person is born to be a thief's material, and it seems quite reasonable.

Not to mention how much they looked like thieves, but only to say that they had never worked, and at a glance, they knew that they were poor for several generations, unlike those losers, who had no wealth for them to squander. Then the money they spend on eating and drinking can only be obtained by the five most despised behaviors that are used to the rivers and lakes, as for which five are they? That big guy knows that cheating, cheating, abducting, cheating, and stealing.

Thieves also have the word "thief" and "pickpocket". Pickpocket, that is, another name for a thief, is called Lao Rong in the rivers and lakes. It is also known as the Three Hands, the Gentleman on the Beam, the Thief, the Thief, the Bag, and some places also call it Xiao Lu. At the time of liberation, in those densely populated places, there were large-character slogans on the walls, "Beware of small hands", which meant to beware of pickpockets who were good at reaching out and stealing bags; Thieves are those thieves who pry the door and lock the door into the house to move things, and there is not much technical content, which is completely manual work, and it is easy for people to block the house.

Lushi County is a poor county, because of the geographical relationship, although it is rich in mineral and forest resources, it is hindered by the mountains, and it has never been rich since ancient times. Basically, they live on the only land, and they really don't have money in their pockets.

It stands to reason that there will be no pickpockets in this poor and remote place, and they will starve to death if they don't work and rely on rubbing their bodies to make so many cents, so there will be no professional pickpockets in the local area, at most those who are hand-in-hand.

Coincidentally, the Heshun Yang Soup House, where the grave team eats during the day, is next door to Erwen's residence. The two of them are okay to drink some mutton soup, don't look at their clothes but they are generous, they only carry the whole ticket on their bodies and never have change, they throw one away after eating, and they don't need to make change, and the shopkeeper is also happy to entertain them.

Erwen's generosity made the neighbors jealous, and he chewed his tongue and said that Erwen had picked up treasures before and sold them for a lot of money, and he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking in this life, which was only half right. The money Erwen spends now is indeed from selling treasures, but the treasures are not picked up, but stolen, and the two of them are snitches who walk on the wall.

In the old days, the old pickpockets didn't have to do it themselves, they went to the poor countryside to buy children, scolded and beat them to force them to steal on the street, and they themselves hid in the shadows and watched them, and those children who stole money were also called "little ghosts." ”

When Wen Shenglian was a child, he was a "little ghost" who let old pickpockets buy and steal money, he was smarter than other children, and his skills in stealing bags became more and more powerful as he grew older. Other pickpockets have tools, and small items such as tweezers, chopsticks, and blades are all necessary to carry.

But when Wen Sheng was even twelve years old, he relied on a pair of small hands, as long as he rubbed his body, no matter what time you carried, even if it was hidden in his clothes and attached to the flesh, he could let him touch it, and the person who stole it was not aware of it. By the time Wen Shenglian was eighteen years old, he had already made a name for himself in the pickpocket world, saying that his trick was called "empty gloves white wolf." ”

Later, he was accepted as a closed disciple by Huang Erye, a famous big snitch in Henan at that time, and became a big thief directly from a pickpocket, but when he became famous, disaster followed.

The snitch Huang Er and Wen Shenglian's growth experience is strikingly similar, both of them were sold to pickpockets since childhood, and they were treated as "little ghosts" who stole money, and they were both teenagers, and their methods were self-taught. But Huang Er has always been old and thoughtful, and he has done a lot of things before that he secretly reported to the government to kill his master, and then took the money and left. When he found out that Wen Shenglian's craftsmanship was far superior to his own, he was afraid that he would also be deceived and destroyed his ancestors, so on the last night, when he went to steal from a big family, he knocked Wen Shenglian unconscious from behind and left him there, causing Wen Shenglian to be arrested and imprisoned for five years.

After Wen Sheng came out, there was no snitch Huang Er for a long time, and no one could tell where the big thief went. It's just rumored that the year before last, two groups of thieves fought each other for turf, and countless people were killed and injured. Later, the gang led by the snitch Huang Er was retaliated against by another gang, and they were all hacked to death at home while sleeping, but Wen Shenglian was framed and imprisoned by Huang Er, so he escaped.

But Wen Shenglian can only do the deeds of those thieves, he has no other strengths, and he has no choice but to do his old job, wandering around the streets to steal money. That year, the bad luck was bad, and most of the food harvest was lost due to natural disasters, and there were fewer and fewer people buying things on the street, and they couldn't steal a few dollars all day long.

One day at noon, Wen Sheng squatted on the side of the street and looked at the passers-by, he could see at a glance who had money on him or whether there was something hidden in the sleeve of his clothes, and if he found it, he would touch it with the past and pretend not to look at the road, and then he hurriedly left, and waited until there was no one to spread his hands to see what he had stolen just now, whether it was worth anything.

Seeing that the meal was about to be ordered, Wen Sheng was even hungry and uncomfortable, but today's meal money had not yet arrived, so he had to continue squatting, and suddenly saw a woman holding a child. The woman's face was strange, and she walked very weakly, not like she was hungry but more like she was seriously ill, but Wen Shenglian's eyes were fixed on the woman's pockets covered with both hands, and his instincts told him that there might be something of value in the pocket.

I hadn't seen this for a long time, so I quickly pulled on my shoes and shook it three times, pretending to be a drunkard, and went to meet the woman, and pretended to fall down in front of her, and rubbed the woman lightly.

Originally, he was just close to himself to cover up, but the woman was almost knocked down by him, and the children around him hurriedly supported his mother. Wen Sheng even pretended to be drunk and said, "What's the matter, right? I'm sorry. The woman coughed weakly a few times, but did not reply, and took the child away from him.

Wen Shenglian stole a round thing from the woman's clothes, he thought it was a jade plate, and walked to the dark place to quickly see what he stole, but he was dumbfounded when he saw it, it was actually a small cake, I don't know how long it had been placed, it was already as hard as a stone. At that time, I felt very guilty, and I was very ashamed, so I hurried to the street to buy a few hot cakes, and chased after the mother and son.

But when she found her, the woman was unconscious, and the child was sitting on the side crying. Wen Sheng walked over quickly, stretched out his hand to probe the woman's snort, his heart was half cold, and he was already dead.

Wen Shenglian asked the child if there was any family at that time, and the child just shook his head while holding his mouth and crying. Seeing that the child was too pitiful, Wen Sheng even bought a thin coffin out of his own pocket, buried the woman, and then left with the child, not knowing where to go. Many years later, he came back again, and he brought a half-grown son, and when he saw people, he said that it was his son, named Wensheng. I don't say where they went during the time they left, but they came back with a lot of money, planning to go back to their hometown to repair for a while, and then they had to leave.

That night, the brothers of the grave team went home after eating the mutton soup, and they drank so much that they talked loudly, and they happened to let Erwen listen. Wen Shenglian was an old thief at this time, and he always slept with one eye open, and the slightest movement woke him up.

Listening to the drunken words of the grave team outside, he felt that there was a play, so he quickly called his son up, and the two put on a set of black clothes, and followed them until they left the county seat at night. The gang walked too slowly, and they were about to fall asleep after them, and they were going to go back after them, but suddenly they heard Hu Dabao say that they had money, which made Wen Sheng happy and said to his son: "We can count the money again today!" ”

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