flawed

This period of time was the most comfortable life for Jiang Yu after his mother passed away.

I can eat and dress warmly every day, and my body is clean. When I go in and out of the shops in this area, whether it is shopping or picking up bottles, there are fewer times when I am kicked out.Except that the lady boss of old man Deng's house thought he was dirty as always, and drove him out when he was alone.

Those people didn't drive him away, except that he was no longer so dirty, and they also explored him more.To be precise, he was full of curiosity about the man named Qi Nuliang who had just broken into the boundary of the daily chemical factory.

"Is the man who lives in your house really your uncle?"

"Why did he come to you now?"

"Is he your real father?"

"No way, that man looks young, but he doesn't have such a big son."

"Could it be his mother's best friend?"

"How old was Yao Huilan when she died? How come she must be over 30, how can she have such a young friend?"

"I've never seen such a person before. She has been doing that for so many years. If she is a good friend, can you not come to her?"

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Regarding these questions, Jiang Yu turned a deaf ear to them and did not respond to them.He has more important business - picking up bottles.

He now eats three meals a day.Recently Qi Nuliang went out early and returned late every day, and when he didn't come back to cook at noon, he would give him a few dollars to go out to eat.

Jiang Yu saved all the money Qi Nuliang gave him for food, even though he was so hungry at noon, and the emptiness in his stomach made him want to gnaw on rocks.There are two full meals in the morning and evening every day, and he is already satisfied.

Qi Nuliang descended from the sky like a god, bought him food and clothing, and turned his empty house into what it is now.

He didn't know why all of this was happening, just like he didn't know where Qi Nuliang came from.Similarly, he didn't know when this person would leave, and when he would fall into the same situation in the past again.So now, he wants to save some money for himself in case of a rainy day.

During this period of time, he still persisted in picking up trash and going to Internet cafes to run errands... Coupled with the food money and occasional pocket money given by Qi Nuliang, Jiang Yu saved a total of more than a hundred yuan .

This was after his mother died, when he was at his wealthiest.

On the eve of his mother's death, she took out the saved more than 800 yuan for medicine from under the pillow and gave it to him.At that time, he didn't know how to save money, and soon he ran out of money, and then sold all the household items that could be exchanged for money, and then there were long days of starvation.

On this day, as usual, Jiang Yu returned to the daily chemical factory after picking up the bottle from the Internet cafe early.Before the scrap collectors confiscated the booth, they sold the bottle for one yuan and eighty cents.

He carefully put the newly-earned block notes and gross notes into the right pocket of his clothes, and zipped up the zipper.With the zippered pockets becoming his little coffers, he puts all his money on his body, where he can feel it and see it, so that he can feel at ease.

It was too early to go home at this time, Qi Nuliang hadn't come back, and there was nothing to eat at home.He continued to wander aimlessly in this area, trying to pick up something more.

Turning into an alley, I met the big yellow dog.

The big yellow dog was even thinner than when he snatched his fried dough sticks last time, and his ribs were only stretched by a layer of dry skin.When I saw it last time, it still had a litter of puppies, but now there is only one yellow and white pup left behind it.The puppy was so dirty that its coat color was almost invisible, but because of the fluffy hair, it looked not as thin as the bitch.Seeing Jiang Yu, the puppy shrank behind the mother dog, with timid eyes.

Life as a stray is hard, whether it's a human or a dog.

The yellow dog looked at Jiang Yu, and Jiang Yu also looked at the yellow dog. This time he didn't hold a stick, and the yellow dog didn't bark his teeth.They stared at each other like this for a while, Jiang Yu turned and walked away, but the yellow dog followed him step by step, and landed two or three meters behind him.

When Jiang Yu stopped, it also stopped. When Jiang Yu turned to look at it, it wagged its tail.In a cowardly and flattering manner, he completely lacked the arrogance of barking his teeth last time.

Jiang Yu understood this appearance very well.

He sighed, turned around and walked towards the snack street in front of the community. The yellow dog also seemed to understand, and followed a little tighter.

The dog stopped at the mouth of the alley before turning into the busy street.Jiang Yu called out, and the dog turned around in a circle, but did not follow.Jiang Yu immediately understood that there are many people and restaurants here, this dirty and ugly dog ​​must have been beaten a lot in this area.

"You just wait here." He said, and quickly ran to the steamed bun shop he frequented, and ordered four steamed buns.

When I took money out of my pocket, there were too many zero bills, and I pulled it all over the floor.Jiang Yu panicked, quickly picked it up and repacked it, and ran away with the steamed bun.

Back in the quieter alley, the two dogs were still waiting here.The steamed buns are still hot, and when you break them open, they exude the unique fragrance of grains.Jiang Yu swallowed, broke up the steamed buns and fed them to the two dogs, one big and one small, muttering something.

"Very hungry, I'm hungry too."

"Anyway, I'll be home for dinner in a while, so I'll give it to you."

"Don't mess around here, it's useless. The people in the daily chemical factory are poor and stingy, no one will give you food, take your son to Hongcheng, or the last one will starve to death."

……

"It's gone today, find someone else." Jiang Yu clapped his hands.

The two dogs devoured the four steamed buns in one go, the big dog sat aside and licked its mouth, and the little dog happily circled around Jiang Yu wagging its tail and licking his fingers non-stop.

The big dog licked his mouth and left.When he was about to walk out of the alley, the little dog stopped to circle around, looked left and right, followed the big dog, and looked back at Jiang Yu all the way.

It's time for Jiang Yu to go home.

As soon as he stood up, he heard someone say: "Hey, you are very caring. Feed the stray dogs."

Jiang Yu turned around and saw three men not far behind him.These boys are not children like Zhang Xiaoqiang, they are all dropouts in their teens, who are already close to adults in size, but they don't have serious business like adults.

They often sneak around, and some of them have entered and exited the police station several times.Some committed minor crimes, and some were not yet at the age of full criminal responsibility. In short, they cannot really be thrown into prison.Everyone in the daily chemical factory disliked these guys, but there was nothing they could do.

They also rob children of pocket money.

Jiang Yu ran away...

"Hey, why are you running, brother, I gave you bread before, remember."

Jiang Yu raised his eyelids, revealing half of the whites of his eyes, and stared at the buck-toothed man with both shyness and hatred.Of course he remembered, the pushpin wrapped in the bread, which made his mouth bloody.

The three hooligans blocked Jiang Yu at the base of the wall, and he had no way to escape.

"So caring, lend us some money to spend Huabei."

Jiang Yu subconsciously clutched his pockets tightly.

"No way, you are so generous to dogs, so what if you lend us some money."

One of them reached out to pull Jiang Yu's hand that was covering his clothes, but the boy held it tight, but he couldn't pull it fast after trying.The frantic little hooligan slapped Jiang Yu with his hands, and said viciously, "You're looking for death, take your hands away."

Jiang Yu is used to seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, knowing that there is no good in fighting against these guys.But this is really the money he saved hard, the "property" that he relied on for survival after Qi Nuliang left, and he can't give it to them.

In just 2 minutes of fighting, both sides of his face were swollen, and a big hole was torn in the pocket of his clothes.This dress was his only new jacket that fit well and was warm. In the end, he didn't know whether the clothes were torn or the money was robbed, which one made him feel more distressed.

After being stripped of their pockets, the group left.

Jiang Yu didn't cry originally, and he hasn't cried since his mother passed away.

Until Qi Nuliang came home and put a bunch of candied haws on the table, for some reason, looking at the bunch of bright and sweet fruits, he didn't drool, but felt his nose sour, and tears fell down.

In the afternoon of the next day, according to Jiang Yu's estimated time, Qi Nuliang was waiting at the entrance of the alley that entered and exited the daily chemical factory.

He was wearing that woolen cap on his head, an old leather jacket with a fur collar and a narrow waist. A pair of old fur boots.

Qi Nuliang leaned against the brick wall at the entrance of the alley to smoke, regardless of the fact that the wall was covered with dust.Jiang Yu squatted beside him, poking the ants on the ground with a stick.

"How much did you say those gangsters robbed you?" Qi Nuliang lowered his head and asked him.

Some cigarette ash fell on top of Jiang Yu's head, the man patted it with his hand and held the cigarette butt in the other hand.

"110, eight yuan and thirty cents."

Qi Nuliang was a little surprised: "So many?

"It turns out that picking up garbage is so profitable, why don't I come with you tomorrow instead of looking for a job."

Since last night, Jiang Yu has been very unhappy. Qi Nuliang tried to tell a joke to tease him, but he is really not the type to tell jokes, and he failed as expected, and the child looked even more depressed some.

It's just that the garbage money is okay, Jiang Yu thought that he would lose all the money he saved even if he couldn't bear to eat lunch, and his nose was sore again.

Qi Nuliang was afraid that he would cry again, so he quickly changed the subject: "Are you sure how many people will come here?"

"Yeah." Jiang Yu threw the stick and stood up, "They will go to the Internet cafe in Hongcheng during the day, and they will come back at this point and pass by here."

"Then wait. Can't wait, you take me to their house to look for it."

After Qi Nuliang finished smoking a cigarette, Jiang Yu suddenly tugged at his sleeves, pointing to the four young men with shoulders and backs coming along the road: "It's them."

"All four?"

Jiang Yu recognized it: "The two in black and yellow were the ones who robbed me yesterday. The other one is not here."

"Are you sure it's the two in the middle wearing black and yellow?"

"Yeah." Jiang Yu nodded, but suddenly got a little nervous, and pulled Qi Nuliang's sleeve again, "Forget it, the four of them..."

Qi Nuliang took a final puff of the cigarette butt in his hand, threw it on the ground and crushed it: "This kind of bastard, let alone four, you can beat ten of them casually." He stretched out his hand and pushed Jiang Yu back, "Stand aside , stay away, don't get in the way.

"If anyone rushes at you, you run away, you know?"

Jiang Yu nodded, and hurried to the end of the alley.