Chapter 3 Scavenging
Yi Tianxing pushed the 28-year-old bicycle out of the carport, looked at the dark night sky above the campus, and his brows twitched slightly imperceptibly. He looked at his classmates as he walked by, greeting them in a friendly manner. Now that he is not a child, he also knows how to refresh his body, and no classmates are alienated from him because they can't stand the smell of his body. No one in high school will discriminate against him because of his family background, even if there is, but in the schoolyard full of books, no one dares to show such a tasteless disgust on his face.
He pushed the bicycle that seemed too tall and walked outside the school, the road leading to the gate was dimly lit on both sides, and he was slowly thinking about what books Zhou should go to the county library to borrow, but unexpectedly, someone passed by him like the wind, accompanied by the sound of the wind, and the hand that reached into his hair and scratched it randomly.
"Boy, it's time for you to wash your hair, and you'll come home for dinner tomorrow night. Several bicycles whizzed past him, and one of the short-haired girls turned around and grimaced at him.
He smiled. The short-haired girl is called Zou Leilei, at the same table, but unfortunately they have different paths, at least the way home is different.
Lei Lei is also Yi Tianxing's most familiar classmate on campus, the reason is actually very simple, because the last time the whole class went to Lei Lei's house for a party, Lei Lei's mother looked at Yi Tianxing and was stunned, and then her hand full of oil smoke slapped his face directly, and called: "Dad, come and see, is this that kid?"
Mr. Zou, who was wearing glasses, walked in slowly from the study, and then took off his glasses and looked at them for a long time, Fang said slowly: "The eyebrows are vaguely like, but the years have been ...... for a long time."
Lei Lei's mother interrupted with a wave of her hand, shouting, "Why are you so stupid?
The classmates were looking at Yi Tianxing and Lei Lei's parents strangely at this time, and Lei Lei said angrily: "Mom and Dad, what are you doing? This is our classmate, who is usually the most shy, and today I finally invited him to drive, don't scare him." ”
Lei Lei's mother waved her hand and said, "Adults speak, don't interject with your children." Then he asked with a gentle smile on his face, "Boy, what's your name?" Remember, it's in the household register. ”
Yi Tianxing became a twelve-foot King Kong at this time, and said, "My name is Yi Tianxing." ”
As soon as Yi Tianxing came out of these three words, Lei Lei's mother and Teacher Zou both laughed, and said, "Do you remember who gave this name?"
Yi Tianxing suddenly realized, looked at the two parents for a long time, and then said gratefully: "It turned out to be Director Fat and Teacher Zou." ”
"Fat director?" Although Zou Leilei didn't know what was going on, she still couldn't help laughing when she saw that the most taciturn classmate in her class actually called her mother Fat Director.
After everyone sat down at the dinner table, Mr. Zou took a small wine glass and told the students about the relationship with Yi Tianxing, and when it came to emotion, he was even more embarrassed. After a while, the fat director, oh, Leilei's mother asked with concern, "We moved away when you were in elementary school, how are you doing later?"
Yi Tianxing was dealing with a big chicken leg brought over by Lei Lei's mother, and replied vaguely: "It's all good, the neighbors are very helpful." ”
Lei Lei's mother sighed for a while, and then blew Yi Tianxing's genius past in elementary school to the classmates at the table, and just blew the classmates in awe, regardless of Yi Tianxing's face was already like a boiled prawn.
After eating, everyone dispersed, Lei Lei sent Yi Tianxing to the door, with a coat draped over her shoulders, and in the dim light, the girl looked at him with clear eyes: "Unexpectedly, Yi Tianxing, you can really pretend, it turns out that you are the monster genius when you were in elementary school." ”
Yi Tianxing couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "You forgot my name, how can you pretend?" Besides, ...... suddenly stunned: "Monster genius? Is this the title I gave when I was in elementary school?"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Since that day, Yi Tianxing has become acquainted with Zou Leilei, and often goes to her house to have a meal and a tooth sacrifice, and then takes some delicious food back to his little black house on the way after eating.
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Director Fat and Teacher Zou are really wonderful people.
Yi Tianxing looked at the bicycle in the distance, stood at the school gate and thought in a daze. Looking up, he saw that the night sky was getting darker and darker, and knowing that it might rain at night, he hurriedly got on his bicycle and rushed to his home.
His little black house is still in the old place, in the most sloppy corner of the old city.
Yi Tianxing carefully took off his shirt and trousers that couldn't tell whether the blue sè was white or white, folded them and put them on the bed, and put a newspaper between the sheets and the clothes. Then he took out his work clothes from under the bed, and without frowning, he put them on skillfully.
The overalls were a pair of black jeans, a blue sè overalls from an unknown textile factory, a torn straw hat with thorns on the edges, and a handkerchief that could not be washed white.
Put on his work clothes, carry the back basket behind him, put on the pair of rubber shoes that have accompanied him in his scavenging career for more than ten years, and hold the bamboo stick split in two in front of him like a sword, our scavenger sang softly: "I only see you go, I don't see you return to ......" Learn the fourteen chants in the TV series, and then start walking along the black street towards the large garbage dump in Chengguan.
The more he walked, the better his mood became, knowing that the rubber shoes under his feet were always worn in the past, and they had to be tied with a hemp rope to walk, but now they fit more and more. As soon as he is in a good mood, the more relaxed he is walking in the stone-paved alley, as if he wants to dance.
Ahead is where he works his night shift, the garbage station in Republic Village.
A hill-like garbage heap appeared in front of Yi Tianxing, a foul smell came to his face, and he gently put down the gray hand towel tied to his nose, but there was no embarrassment on his face. That's right, it's been in tatters for more than ten years, will it still be uncomfortable?
He walked to the garbage dump and gently rummaged through it with his gloved left hand, picking up the plastic bottles, glass bottles inside. There are not many cans in these years, and when I stumble upon one, it is more like picking up a treasure, so I quickly put my palms together to deflate it, and then put it in the basket behind me. The left hand is extremely skillful rummaging, but the right hand is not empty, I saw him gently use a bamboo stick to clamp the confetti bag on the ground, and then put it back and loosen, the black rotten paper ball that is not strong will be obediently eaten by the basket behind him, the action is extremely skillful, a long bamboo stick is used by him like chopsticks in the hands of the world.
Colleagues who pick up garbage are also colleagues, right? Colleagues who live in a garbage heap every day are also colleagues, right? It's a pity that there are only indifferent eyes between such colleagues, so it's okay to save the hypocritical smiles of people sitting in the office.
Yi Tianxing looked at the three or four peers walking on the garbage heap from a distance and smiled slightly. He is very satisfied with this life of not talking to people, because often he does not know whether he can understand what he is saying to others.
The garbage dump under the night sè was full of foul smell, and the bright moon in the night sky seemed to be unbearable to such a smell, and quietly hid behind the clouds, and Yi Tianxing's surroundings were even darker.
In the distance, a few people came, wearing fashionable fat pants and T-shirts, Yi Tianxing had good eyes, and naturally saw clearly, these people were carrying a few lumps of aluminum ingots, and were walking towards a farm vehicle parked outside the garbage dump.
He frowned, knowing that this must be the county hooligans stealing the raw materials from the factory in the north, so he quickly turned his head and walked back a few steps, and quietly said hello when he walked past the old scavengers. As soon as he reminded the old scavengers, they found that there were a few hooligans behind them, and they were frightened, and hurriedly ran to the back of the garbage heap.
Yi Tianxing deliberately fell last, but he didn't want to go too quickly but attracted the attention of those little hooligans.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the motor of the dirty farm vehicle was turned on, the headlights turned on, and his figure shone on the garbage heap.
"Cāo, what do you look at that kid?" a hooligan scolded Yi Tianxing, who subconsciously turned back.