After finishing work that night, Dongzi was the first to return indoors, and the others followed in one after another.

Dongzi asked me, "Have you taken a shower?" ”

I said, "Rush." ”

Dongzi said: "Just take a shower, although there is no hot water, but it is more comfortable to take a shower than not to take a shower." In the future, you can follow me to take a shower, there must be hot water. ”

I nodded and asked him, "What time is it?" ”。

Dongzi said, "It's past twelve o'clock. According to the regulations, every night is to finish work at 10 o'clock, turn off the lights at 11 o'clock and rest, except for the need to work overtime. But this has never been the case for a while, and I have to fucking work overtime for an hour or two every night. ”

I asked him again, "Do you have to work every night?" ”

Dongzi said, "That's for sure. If it's normal, it's good to finish work at 10 o'clock and rest at 11 o'clock, and have work to pass the time, otherwise, the days will be very difficult. But for more than a month, I've been working overtime until eleven or twelve o'clock every day, which is too fucking excessive. What's the solution, anyway, we're the living dead when we get here. What are you guilty of? ”

I said, "I'm not guilty." ”

Dongzi said: "What's so embarrassing when you enter here?" People here don't have face, three steps without smiling and two steps, it's all the same. ”

I said, "I really didn't do anything, but they said I was sentenced to a year of re-education through labor." I was wronged. ”

Dongzi asked, "Then what were you doing before you came in?" ”

Gou Shunzi hurriedly said: "Brother Long used to be a reporter. ”

I hurriedly pushed the dog Shunzi and motioned for him not to talk too much.

Dongzi said, "Are you a reporter? Then the people here won't dare to mess with you! ”

I said, "That was in the past, and when I came in, I was just like you, all of whom were re-education through labor inmates." ”

Dongzi said, "That's different. There's a reporter here, so they'd have to be careful. ”

I asked him, "Why do you say that?" ”

Dongzi said: "You are a reporter, if they treat you badly or too much, and when you go out and expose their practices here, then they can't stand it." ”

I said, "What do they have to expose?" ”

Dongzi said: "It's dark here, it's all some unsightly things, of course I'm afraid of being exposed." You wait. ”

After saying this, Toko got up and went out, and after a few moments, he came back, sat down on the edge of the bed beside me, took a can of beer from his pocket, opened the handle of the can and handed it to me.

When I saw that it was beer, I was taken aback and said, "This labor camp is better than the detention center, and there is beer to drink!" ”。

Dongzi said, "What do you think, if it weren't for me, ......"

Someone in the corridor was shouting: "Dongzi, the custodian calls you!" ”

Dongzi got up and went out.

I didn't dare to drink a beer, so I put my hand on the bed board in the corner.

A few minutes later, Dongzi came back again and said, "Come with me." ”

Out of the door, Dongzi said, "Keep looking for you." ”

I was taken up to a small room on the third floor by Dongzi, and sure enough, I saw it kept inside, with a cigarette in his mouth.

Dongzi said: "Keep it, people are coming." ”

The custodian said, "Come in." ”

Toko pushed me in and stood in the doorway.

The custodian asked me, "Listen to your director, are you a journalist?" ”

I said, "No, I'm a labor prisoner." ”

The custodian said: "The people who come in here are all labor re-education inmates, did you remember it before you came in?" ”

I nodded.

The custodian said, "Do you smoke? As he spoke, he picked up a pack of Chinese cigarettes from the table and gave me one, and said, "Dongzi, you can come in too." ”

Dongzi came in with his feet raised and took the cigarette that had been given to him.

It's been a whole day since I left the detention center, and I'm still a little addicted to smoking.

Dongzi's eyes were very lively, so he picked up the lighter on the table and lit a cigarette for me.

The custodian turned around and took out two bottles of Pearl River beer from a cardboard box behind him and said, "Open it and drink it." ”

Dongzi neatly opened one and handed it to safekeeping.

The custodian said, "I don't want to drink it, so drink it." ”

Dongzi handed me one, opened it himself and drank it.

The custodian said, "It doesn't matter if you used to be a journalist or not, but when you get here, you have to obey the management here, and there is no way to do it." As long as you don't cause trouble yourself, I guarantee that no one will bully you. ”

I said, "Thank you for the safekeeping!"

The custodian said: "There is nothing to thank, as long as it is within the scope of my rights, it is not easy to take care of you a little bit!" ”

Dongzi was on the side, drank the beer in three or two sips, and said, "It's a good person to keep it!" ”

I nodded.

The custodian reached out and took out two packets of instant noodles from a cardboard box next to him, and said, "One pack for each of you for supper." ”

Dongzi said, "Thank you for keeping it, then let's go first." ”

The custodian raised his hand and signaled that we could go.

When he went downstairs, Dongzi said, "See, your face is big!" ”

Back in the room, some people had already returned from showering, and others were still going to shower one after another.

Gou Shunzi was lying on the bed, and when he saw me and Dongzi coming in, he hurriedly sat up.

Toko patted me on the shoulder and sat down on the edge of my bed.

Dongzi shouted inside: "Thin ghost, bring a few cigarettes!" ”

A skinny young man came with three cigarettes.

Dongzi said "Thank you".

The lad left.

Dongzi gave me two cigarettes and lit one for myself to smoke.

I handed Gou Shunzi a cigarette, and Gou Shunzi said, "Save some for you, I don't have a smoking addiction, so I can stop smoking." ”

Dongzi said, "You're very good at things, what's your name?" ”

Gou Shunzi said: "Brother Dong, my name is Gou Shunzi." ”

Dongzi glanced at Gou Shunzi and asked me, "I don't know your name yet, how do you call it?" ”

I said, "My name is Daron." ”

Dongzi said: "You must be older than me, so let's call you Brother Long from now on." ”

I said, "That's not good, everyone in this room calls you Brother Dong, I can't be a brother anymore, you can call me Ah Long." ”

Dongzi said: "Yes, the rules can't be broken, then I'll call you Ah Long." You, just call me Dongzi. ”

I said, "It's better to call you the head of the room." ”

After a pause, Dongzi said, "It's okay, just call it that." You see, I'm right, even the custody is so good to you, let alone those correctional cadres. ”

I asked him, "Is the custodian also a re-education through labor inmate?" ”

Dongzi said, "That's for sure, but he's different from the rest of us. ”

I asked, "What's the name of the custodian?" What to call him? ”

Dongzi said: "Except for the correctional cadres, no one else knows his name, and the correctional cadres call him safekeeping, and we all call him safekeeping." ”

I asked, "Then why is he different from us?" ”

Dongzi said: "It's so different! In this compound, in addition to the discipline cadres, the custodian is the most free person. He has a lot of power, and his words are often the words of disciplining cadres. If he treats you well, no one else will dare to bully you. You can also see that the storage is to give you Chinese cigarettes to smoke, beer to drink, and instant noodles to eat, what a lot of face. I'm all naked with you. ”

Speaking of beer, I suddenly remembered that the beer that Dongzi had just given me had not yet drunk, so I took it out of the bed in the corner and said, "You drink." ”

Dongzi took a sip and handed it to me.

I took a sip and handed it to Gou Shunzi.

Gou Shunzi took a sip and cried with a whimper.

The room was full of people who didn't know what was going on, and all eyes were on us.

I asked, "Gou Shunzi, what's wrong?" ”

Gou Shunzi choked up and said, "Kill me...... All...... Unexpectedly, it's still ...... Beer to drink......"

Dongzi said, "I see. Then you can follow Brother Long in the future, and you will definitely be able to drink beer often. ”

I said, "Okay, you can't call me Brother Long." ”

Dongzi said: "You can't call in front of people, but you can in private." But anyway, Gou Shunzi called you Brother Long, that's nothing to say. ”