On August 1, 2006, it turned from cloudy to moderate rain.
The small hotel room was extremely hot, without air conditioning, and the fan hanging above the head ran 24 hours a day.
I just put on red underpants, sat on the sofa, sipped instant noodles, and looked up at the news on TV.
Evening news reported: "A cement bridge collapsed in Nansan Town, Zhanjiang City. A passerby on a motorcycle fell into the river together with his car. Local villagers committed suicide to organize a rescue. The injured have been transferred to the city hospital for rescue treatment."
At that time, everyone used satellite channels, and some of them could receive hundreds of channels! I kept changing channels to watch the news.
I remember a lot of big things happened that day.
First of all, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake occurred in Wandao Province in my country, a series of bombings occurred in Taiwan, a toilet dispute in Jinyun County, Lishui, Zhejiang, a man killed three people and injured five people, the Queen of Qu Opera passed away, etc., but, I What I want to see most is the news about what happened to the Changsha Museum.
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Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and I immediately became alert.
I just heard a woman's voice outside the door, saying angrily: "Can you please turn down the TV volume! It affects my rest! Also, can you throw away the shoes at your door? There are so many stinky shoes! They stink to death!"
"Okay, I know!"
I quickly turned down the TV volume, and then the other party left.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
I didn't dare to go out during the day because I was afraid that the sudden knock on the door would be a hat, which would be a bit too inconsiderate.
After dinner, I went to throw away the trash and beer bottles. As soon as I walked out, I smelled a particularly bad smell!
The smell was simply amazing! It was fifty times worse than the corpse odor I often smelled! It was so smelly that it felt as if I would faint if I stayed in the corridor for just one second longer!
The source of the stink was a row of rag shoes, both green and black, with sizes ranging from large to small. They were neatly arranged in a row and placed at my door.
I pinched my nose, kicked my sneakers away, and stood in the corridor and yelled, "Damn it! Who left those stinky shoes at my door? I'm going to die!"
After shouting, I felt dizzy. It wasn’t lack of oxygen, it was smelly. It was so smelly...
At this time, the door next door opened, and a middle-aged man in ragged clothes and unkempt face came out, and then four men came out one after another. They were also unkempt and looked like beggars. One of them had a childish look on his face and was estimated to be about his age.
At most fourteen or fifteen years old.
I said angrily: "What! There are so many people! Hurry up! Get all these stinky shoes from me! They will kill people!"
The older beggar smiled and said: "We put our shoes in the corridor and didn't put them in your room. What's wrong with us? Besides, who said our shoes stink?"
He picked up one and brought it to his nose and smelled it. Then he passed the shoe to others to smell and asked, "Does it smell bad?"
Several people had expressionless faces and shook their heads and said it didn't stink at all.
Then he smiled and said to me: "Look, all five of us said it doesn't stink. You are the only one. There must be something wrong with your nose."
I wonder if there really is something wrong with my nose?
I knocked on the door, called out the woman who just knocked on my door, and asked her if she smelled bad.
She vomited! She quickly covered her mouth.
She pushed me away and ran downstairs to call the boss up.
When the hotel owner came up, he immediately covered his nose and shouted: "Oh my God! Who put gas bombs here!"
The woman covered her nose and pointed, complaining: "Boss! If they still live here! Then I won't live here! It stinks!"
"Ouch! We'll put away the shoes now! Sorry, boss! I haven't taken off my shoes for two months! The smell is a little too strong!"
"What are you charging me for? I won't do your business anymore! Get out of here right away!"
The boss said angrily: "I only agreed to give you a room because you five are so pitiful beggars! Who knew you were leaving my place to drop gas bombs! Damn it! It has affected other guests! I will refund you the room fee! Get out of here!"
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Hearing this, the woman hid far away with a proud look on her face.
"Boss, please do a good job. It's going to rain heavily outside this late at night. Boss, please be kind and don't drive us away. We don't need to sleep in your bed. We can sleep on the floor. We just want a shelter from the wind."
Spend the night somewhere rainy.”
The woman immediately stamped her feet and screamed: "No! You people shouldn't live here! It's all affecting me! You should live on the street! Look at how dirty you are! It's time to wash up when it rains.
You guys stink!"
Later, at the strong request of the female resident, the hotel owner pushed and kicked the five beggars out.
After a while, there was a strong wind outside and it started to rain. The weather forecast was really accurate.
The light rain turned into moderate rain in the blink of an eye.
I opened the window and took a look, and saw that the five beggars who had been kicked out were still in the yard. They were crowded in a row, holding a torn snakeskin bag on their heads to protect themselves from the rain. Soon they were all soaked to the bone.
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I sighed, closed the window, lit a flower, and lay on the sofa with my legs crossed.
There was lightning and thunder outside the window, and bursts of laughter suddenly came?
When I went over to take a look, I saw these five beggars throwing away their broken sacks and dancing wildly in the rain! And they were laughing loudly! They lifted up their clothes and exposed their bellies, dancing happily.
Infected by their laughter, I grinned too.
Life is too difficult, this is the joy of suffering. I like this atmosphere.
I took an umbrella and went out and shouted: "Oh! Brothers, please come into the house! Let's chat! Don't catch a cold!"
The older beggar wiped his face and said loudly: "We also want to live in the house! But the boss won't let us!"
"Wait a minute!"
I ran to the front desk and explained my intention to the boss.
The boss was embarrassed: "Brother! It's not that I'm cruel! I'm a businessman and I can't let them affect other customers! You've seen that beauty's attitude! She's a regular customer here! Besides, someone else complained to me just now!"
I went upstairs and came back down again, slapped the 20,000 yuan on the table and said, "I've reserved the third floor, you clear it for me, and let that woman live on the second floor!"
The boss was stunned for a long time. He probably didn't expect that I would make such an abnormal move.
I said that woman is nothing, you have to watch her face! If she had the ability, she wouldn’t live here! So she went to stay at the China World Hotel!
After bringing the five beggars back, the elder beggar at the head hurriedly clasped his fist at me: "Brother, you have done a good job for us tonight! We are so grateful! We can't repay you! We are here to wish you great wealth and good health!"
I cupped my fists and said with a smile: "It's a small matter. I have received some good advice from you. I wonder if you are gang beggars or casual beggars?"
He immediately replied: "We are beggars! We are from the Baotou Gang! This time we plan to go south to defect to the Guandi Temple Sect in Guangdong! I never thought that we would take the wrong path and end up in Beijing! We even got separated from the big beggar!"
I was very surprised. I didn't expect that they were from the Baotou Gang.
Don’t forget, I used to follow the beggar Master Liu to beg for food in the Nanguan Street area of Wu’an, so I know something about the beggar gang.
The Baotou Gang is the largest beggar gang in the north, and the bigger one in the south is probably the Guandi Temple Clan in Guangdong.
Beggars are divided into positions such as beggars, uncles, and kid. The older beggar is the "uncle" and the other younger beggars are the "kids". The uncle manages the little ghosts under him, and the little ghosts go to the streets to beg.
When the things arrive, some of them are given to the uncle. The uncle gathers them together and offers them to the beggar head. Therefore, the beggar head has a very high status. It can be said that he lies down and enjoys the offerings from the little devils every day.
The Beggar Gang was once the largest gang in the world, with more than tens of millions of members! Their various internal hierarchies and rules are very complete! Don't underestimate the orthodox Beggar Gang! They are just not united now.
Ten years ago, anyone who dared to bully the Beggar Clan for no reason would have caused endless trouble for themselves!
Suddenly, the youngest beggar said:
"Uncle, I'm so hungry. We haven't had anything to eat today."
"You bastard! You know how hungry you are every day! If you don't get anything today, that's because we didn't choose the right place! I've asked about everything! I'll take you to Wangfujing tomorrow! I heard that rich people live there!"
The little beggar retorted: "Uncle, I don't think it's a local problem. Are the people in Beijing too indifferent? If we can't find the big beggar within three days, will we have to starve to death here? Or
It’s good to beg for food in Baotou, you can have enough to eat every day.”
I laughed and said, "Boy, what you said is wrong. There are good people and bad people everywhere! It's the same with people in Beijing. Besides, you can't say bad things about people when they don't give you food. Do you understand?"
"Brother, what you said is right! Kid! Don't blame others! You still don't have the skills to beg for your own food! Think back to those days! Our Baotou Gang's Yu Dabeitou! That broken porcelain bowl with chipped teeth and cracks! It's from the south to the north.
! And from the north to the south! From the nobles to the poor! There is no one who refuses to give! Good luck! That meal is three dishes, one soup and two sips of wine!"
I smiled and said, "There are people in all walks of life who are better than others. Today I can't provide you with three dishes and one soup, but I can let you eat buns and instant noodles as you like."
Of these five beggars, the elder is called Uncle Zheng. The little ones are all orphans or children abandoned by their parents like me. They don’t have serious names either. Their nicknames are Goudan, Diode, Little Fox and Star.
The youngest child who just said that Beijing people are too cold is called Xingxing.
They were so grateful to me that they ate a whole box and a half of my instant noodles out of the broken bowl they brought with them.
That scene is still fresh in my memory, it feels like it happened yesterday.
It's raining heavily outside, but it's steaming inside.
For a moment, the sound of slurping noodles even drowned out the sound of rain outside.
