"Three."
"Hey, what a fool!"
"Damn it, are you mistaken? You are so lucky tonight?"
In a small room, under the swinging chandelier.
The man was holding a cigarette with an excited look on his face. He pushed the tiles forward with his big hand and then rubbed the mahjong in a circular motion like Tai Chi.
There was the clatter of shuffling cards.
Another circle is set.
The number card and card sorting room.
One person played mahjong and said without raising his head:
"I heard there have been a few new residents in the building recently."
"Thirty thousand. I've seen one father and his son, and the other seems to be in his early twenties."
"Eat! I discovered that it's not that I'm lucky, it's that you are unlucky. I've seen that father and son, and the father has a stern face and doesn't like to talk. I feel like there's something wrong!"
"what is the problem?"
"What other problem do you think it could be? I live next door to his house, and I can hear the noise and crying inside every night. It makes me very upset. Why don't I sneak out to have a fight with you?"
"Qie Chai, you should read more books, Qie Chai, let's learn from each other... Jiutong."
One person laughed.
"Looking like this, no wonder I see that child wearing that red dress, wrapped up tightly, with a cold expression. He doesn't like to talk, and he doesn't play with other children. He just squats in the flower garden downstairs every day. People play.”
"Nine barrels, let me touch them. You three have all seen them before, but I'm the only one who hasn't seen them! Yisuo."
"Oh, I'm really bad at this. If you go out more, you'll see him. I said that kid is a bit evil. Ninety thousand."
"..."
One person did not answer, staring at the cards on the table, his eyes moving up and down slightly.
The man got nervous.
"Are you holding back your ultimate move? There's something wrong with your eyes!"
"Nonsense, I haven't done anything stupid tonight. Eat. What kind of evil method?"
"I went back to the building yesterday and saw the child squatting in the corner with a mouse in his hand. He was very cruel. He first tore off his hands and feet, then threw it up and down, put it in his palm and played with it like a toy, and finally picked up a piece. The stone bloomed in the mouse's head."
"Tsk... a rope."
"Fine. It sounds scary, but if you think about it seriously, it's not surprising that you have such a father."
"Hey, by the way, I don't think my son looks much like his father."
"Oh, when you say it like that, it seems like oh, it can't be..."
"I think the possibility is quite high. How can you do this to your own son?"
"No, why is there nothing east, west, north or south on this table?"
Someone suddenly frowned.
"Who's next?"
"Old Wang!"
The three people's eyes were all focused on Lao Wang. He narrowed his eyes slightly, holding a card in his hand and feeling the texture carefully with his thumb.
The air seemed to have fallen into dead silence.
"Yes, yes, great joy!"
Lao Wang pushed the cards.
Immediately see east east east, south south south, west west west, north north north, nine, nine.
"Fuck, I just said there was something wrong with his eyes. The three of us were talking, and this kid didn't even let out a fart. He was really holding back his big move!"
"Give me money, give me money, don't talk nonsense."
Lao Wang beamed with joy.
"It's over. Now I've lost all my money for going out for fun." One person lamented.
"That's not good. It's been very strict outside recently. I heard that several people have fallen into trouble. It's safest to stay at home." One person said with a smile.
"That's not what you're saying. I haven't gone out to play for a long time, and the few unfilial children at home don't know how to show respect to me, my old father."
The man had a frown on his face.
at this time.
knock……
There was a knock on the door.
The four people immediately stopped talking and looked at each other. One of them stood up and opened the dilapidated iron door, only to see a man in his mid-twenties standing outside.
"Hey, this is not allowed to show off, what's wrong?"
The man was wearing a slightly dirty jacket and had a light beard. His face was weathered, but his eyes were quite bright.
As he said that, the man noticed the cardboard box Xu Zhao was holding in his hand, which contained daily necessities and office documents. He suddenly understood and said with a smile, "Has it been opened again?"
"..."
Hearing this, Xu Zhao showed an awkward smile and subconsciously glanced into the room.
A smoky atmosphere.
As soon as he opened the door, the strong smell of smoke and the stuffy smell poured out, causing him to subconsciously hold his breath.
Immediately, Xu Zhao said:
"Uncle, my door key is broken and I want to get a spare one from here."
"Oh, okay, just wait."
The man nodded thoughtfully, turned around and took out a pile of keys from the drawer on the side, rummaged through them familiarly, and then handed them to Xu Zhao.
He smiled a little weirdly: "You have to pay the rent soon, so you have to hurry up."
'rent. '
After hearing these words, Xu Zhao's eyebrows immediately drooped, and his face looked even more weathered.
Eighty percent of all the hardships in the world are caused by lack of money.
"Thank you, uncle."
Xu Zhao thanked him and left with the carton in his arms.
The door engraved with the security room closed gently.
"This guy is a bit stupid."
The man returned to his seat.
"Is that the resident who just moved in?" someone asked.
"right."
“I just don’t know if I’m used to living there.”
After saying that, he and the other three looked at each other and smiled.
"Hahahaha, come on, let's continue to make differences."
"Let's compare notes, you two hundred and fifty."
The clatter of mahjong cards being shuffled.
…
Xu Zhaochang let out a long breath.
There still seemed to be an unspeakable odor lingering in front of my nose.
But at this time, he was too busy taking care of himself to complain. This is the third time he has been fired. He changes jobs every seven days on average. It is almost the end of the month and he doesn’t have enough money to pay the rent.
What to do then!
Really, people are so unlucky that even drinking cold water is stuck between their teeth.
Suddenly.
Xu Zhao stopped, raised his head and looked ahead. It was evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the charred walls, giving him a feeling of desolation and loneliness.
"It's really hard to survive in Binhai City. Isn't this the end of the road?" 'He was a little moved by the scene.
There was only a sigh.
Walk towards the building.
The community where Xu Zhao lives now is very old, but the prices are also very cheap.
You can tell by looking at the color of the walls outside.
There are four buildings in total, which are close together in a zigzag shape. If you want to enter the building where you live, you must pass through a long corridor.
Dark, silent and no human voice.
This was Xu Zhao's deepest feeling about this corridor in the past month. He stamped his foot hard and when the sensor light didn't light up, he knew that the light was broken again.
"Xu boy."
Suddenly, an old voice sounded from the front.
Xu Zhao was suddenly startled, and then he saw a white-haired old woman, hunched over and holding her hands behind her back, walking out of the shadows.
benign countenance.
"It's Grandma Chen."
Xu Zhao smiled and said, "You went out for a walk again."
Grandma Chen seemed to be in good spirits. She paused and said, "Yes, I miss my grandson and want to go back and see him."
"Then you have to pay attention to safety on the road."
Xu Zhao expressed concern.
"Okay, okay."
Grandma Chen smiled so hard that the corners of her eyes clenched together, and she immediately walked forward.
Suddenly.
She looked back at the figure that was about to disappear into the darkness and shouted: "Xu boy."
"Hey." Xu Zhao turned around and looked out of the shadows with doubtful eyes.
"Pay attention to safety." Grandma Chen's smile remained unchanged.
"Okay, so are you."
Xu Zhao was stunned for a moment, then smiled, waved goodbye, and walked in.
then.
Grandma Chen narrowed her eyes and disappeared.
