This is the truth, these days I have been doing logistics, buying pork ribs and crucian carp stew. Replace Xiaoya during the day and let her go back to take a shower to catch up on sleep.

Grandma was in need of nutrition or calcium supplementation during the recovery period, she took my hand and said lovingly:

"Tianyang, you are a good man, Xiaojie is also a hard-working man, my mother left early, and Da (Dad) doesn't care, I am always relieved to have you take care of her."

Grandma thought I was Xiaoya's lover, and Xiaoya and I looked at each other and smiled, and our faces turned red.

I don't blame my grandmother for thinking so, first of all, Xiaoya took me to see her, it's not an intimate relationship, and I won't bring it.

I also saddled up before and after the horse, running back and forth sincerely, when I was fine, the two of them were tired of being together, playing and laughing, like a couple in love.

Although I don't have a chance to make out again, I always like to secretly pinch her and play with each other.

If it hadn't happened later, we might have actually become lovers.

It was already afternoon when I returned to Jiangcheng because I had to reverse two buses.

Xiaoya's place is not easy to find, the first time I went there it was at night, and I didn't remember the black lights.

In fact, it is a den of thieves, Xiaoya's den of thieves.

A den of thieves refers to a place where thieves, thieves and other criminals and criminal gangs are built to hide or hide.

The "Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit", the den of thieves is, of course, an important base for their activities, including long-term residences, temporary hiding places, meeting places or bases for thieves (that is a large organization).

I remember when she took me in, there were many children, and she was quite secretive.

It was a courtyard in the suburbs, and the yard was very large, with a low and dilapidated courtyard wall enclosing the appearance of two acres of land.

In addition to the vegetable patch and an empty old factory building, a row of small houses were built against the courtyard wall, covered with asbestos tiles, about four or five rooms.

Xiaoya pushed open a creaking iron door.

Suddenly, a big yellow dog sprang out of it, barking non-stop.

Xiaoya barked, Ah Huang, the big yellow dog wagged its tail and stopped barking, sniffing around me.

Next to the iron door was a communication room, in which sat an unrecognizable grandmother, full of gray hair, looking me up and down vigilantly.

It was as if there was a light shining from those eyes, and I could see that my scalp was numb, and the kettle on the stove at the door was fluttering, and the water was boiling.

Xiaoya kept gesticulating, and Grandma's eyes gradually softened and became much gentler.

Xiaoya led me to the row of small houses, pushed open the door, and there was a hot and humid smell inside, with the smell of mosquito cigarettes, mixed with the smell of urine.

In the dim light, a buzzing electric fan kept spinning.

Seven or eight children, big and small, sat on old mattresses or broken sofas, staring at me with curious eyes.

This is a group of thief dolls, and they are also Xiaoya's children!

The three older ones are fourteen or fifteen years old, and the rest are only seven or eight years old.

Seeing Xiao Ya all gathered around, she called Sister Xiao Ya gossiping.

"Have you all eaten?" Xiao Ya asked with a gesture.

"I ate Xiao Wu's tea eggs." A big boy said. Xiao Wu's tea eggs are still given by me, and the ten tea eggs and eight and a half old children must not have eaten enough.

As the saying goes: half a bowl eats a cow.

It was past eight o'clock, but none of them said they were hungry, and looked at Xiaoya and me quietly.

Xiaoya patted me on the shoulder and said, "This is my brother, you will call her Brother Tianyang in the future."

Several people who were neither deaf nor dumb shouted in unison: "Brother Tianyang".

Two girls who looked like junior high school students each pulled out a roll of loose bills from their school bags.

Xiaoya took it and nodded, about one hundred and fifty or sixteen.

Xiaoya was very satisfied: "Mao Ya will still be on the overpass tomorrow, and there are many pedestrians there." Xiaoli took Xiao Wu to the bus station. ”

Little Jacob ordered 80 yuan and put it in his pocket, and returned the rest to them.

I saw a schoolgirl kneeling on the ground at the train station, with a piece of paper in front of it, saying that she had no money to go to school because of her parents' illness, or natural or man-made disasters, and begged for tuition and travel expenses.

It seems that the girl named Mao Ya and Xiaoli is dressed as an out-of-school student.

Don't look at this begging job, it seems to be decently dressed cleanly, but you can kneel for hours, or the scorching sun on your head, or the cold wind is biting.

This sin is not less! When a normal person kneels for half an hour, his knee pain is unbearable, and his legs are numb and his feet cramp.

The boy who spoke just now also took out a bunch of coins and gross bills from his pocket, and Xiaoya counted less than 50 yuan.

She took 20 yuan and said, "The school has opened today, there are a lot of people, three dogs, why do you only have so little?"

The boy named Sangou said, "Yaya is sick, and we will be back in the afternoon." ”

The remaining children also took out a bunch of gross tickets and coins, Xiaoya also took half of them, and returned the rest to them, they didn't speak, it seemed that they were really deaf and mute.

Later, I found out that they were Xiaoya's children, and Xiaoya was the head of the eight of them.

They worked in pairs, begging for money and things to show every day, so that Xiaoya could distribute them in a glance.

Xiaoya wants to take half of it, and keep the rest by herself, it seems that they are very disciplined, and they dare not hide it no matter how much.

Because of the two, no one can believe that the other party will tell the secret, and the whistleblower will be rewarded.

The secretary of the defendant was fined all the money on his body to the informant, and at worst, he was severely beaten, confiscated of his money, and expelled from the team.

Xiaoya collects more than 200 yuan today, as for how much she begged or stole herself, I don't know, this is also quite a considerable income.

That's more than the salary I would be paying for a month working in a factory.

Later, Xiaoya told me: I have to pay 2,000 to the master every month, Xiaoya has to pay them food and lodging, pay rent, water and electricity bills, and see a doctor when they are sick, get rid of these expenses.

There are about four or five thousand yuan a month, and it can be tens of thousands when you encounter big fish.

Xiaoya is different from those black-hearted beggar gang bosses, they mainly steal, supplemented by begging.

Xiaoya not only has to take care of their food and shelter and not be bullied by her peers, but is also responsible for taking apprentices and teaching stealing techniques.

Xiaoya picked up a little girl on the bed, only five or six years old, touched her forehead lovingly, and touched her own forehead, feeling that there was no fever,

Asked, "Yaya, where are you uncomfortable?"

"Sister Xiaoya, I'm hungry and dizzy." This girl said, Yaya can talk.

Maybe it's too hot, and it's lucky that such a young child is begging in the sun and doesn't suffer from heat stroke.

"Sister will give you instant noodles to eat." After speaking, from the next room, he brought out a box of Zhongchun instant noodles, and if he was willing to eat, he would not be sick.

In the early 90s, a bag of Zhongcui instant noodles for eight cents was definitely a snack for children, comparable to the street fried and spicy noodles later.

KFC only entered China in 87 years, and it had not yet entered Jiangcheng at that time, and Geng Fuxing's xiaolongbao was a delicacy that they usually dare not think of.

Only on birthdays, Xiaoya will also sell them a bowl of shrimp noodles (that is the Jiangcheng delicacy that was later on "A Bite of China").

If you steal a large amount of goods, it is something to be happy and celebrated, and one person will sell a steamed rice with slag meat to ensure that everyone eats a full stomach.

Xiaoya gave each of the eldest children two bags and one bag for the children. The children were all overjoyed, some of them took it apart and gnawed it, and some put it in a bowl and soaked it in hot water at Grandma's.

The crispy aroma of the noodles, mixed with the unpleasant smell in the room, made my stomach very uncomfortable.

After arranging this group of children, Xiaoya walked into the small house next door just now, and it seemed that this was her own single room.

He took out a plastic bucket, poured some hot water on the stove in the guard's room, pressed half a bucket of cold water in front of the pressurized well, and carried it back to the room to wash.

After a while, the door opened, and out of it came a young and beautiful girl.

The fluttering white dress, the slightly convex body, the wet shawl long hair, the small face is more delicate and fair, and a pair of stiletto sandals came to me.

I was stunned, I couldn't believe that the beautiful girl in front of me was the little cockroach thief with messy hair like a chicken nest, dirty face, and sloppy body.

It's like a golden phoenix flying out of a chicken coop!