"Wait a minute, I have something I want to check with you." Lu Wuchuan told the old man Dong Xingyun who was riding a three-wheeler to pay for it, and asked Boss Hu if he knew about it too.
"I really saw this with my own eyes." Boss Hu had a trace of disdain on his face.
He said that Dong Xingyun's taxi was parked on the roadside outside his supermarket and was scratched.
That day he went to the supermarket to buy cigarettes and parked his car temporarily, not at all properly.
There is a small road in front of the supermarket, with four lanes in both directions. There are always people parking on both sides, so the road becomes two lanes in both directions.
Originally there were seats at the front and back, but for convenience, Dong Xingyun parked the car next to the entrance of the supermarket, thus taking up part of the aisle in the middle.
The old man riding a tricycle leaned to the right in order to avoid the car coming from the opposite direction. There were a lot of scrap aluminum bars pulled in the car, which were in a mess. One of them was a little long. He didn't pay attention and drew it from the front bumper of the taxi.
passed.
There was a scratch on the bumper, so Dong Xingyun quit his job and asked the old man to pay for it, which was only 500 yuan.
The old man seemed to be an honest man at first sight and almost cried on the spot. He kept apologizing to him and begged him to order less.
The biggest characteristic of Chinese people is that they like to watch the excitement. After a while, a circle of people gathered around, including Boss Hu.
Seeing that the old man was pitiful, everyone helped to persuade him. Some people even suggested calling the police and letting the traffic police handle it.
Of course Dong Xingyun didn't want to call the police, so he lowered the price a little, back and forth, and finally dropped it to 300.
"The old man usually makes some money by pulling things for people nearby. It's not easy for him at such an old age. He only has more than 160 yuan in total. The man surnamed Dong doesn't do anything. He wants to seize the old man's car and take the money.
I'll redeem it after I get the money. You say, how can such a person do this!"
Boss Hu was filled with indignation.
"At the critical moment, it was Lian Yi. He only had more than 70 yuan in his pocket, so he took it all out and stuffed it into the old man's hand. Only when the big guy realized that he had to raise money for the old man. I thought about it, it wasn't much different.
I gave the old man a hundred yuan and asked him to keep the rest to buy food."
Boss Hu spat: "That's it, Dong Xingyun didn't blush at all, he took the money and drove away."
"It's not easy even for justice. I thought I could afford the seventy, but this guy refused to accept anything he said. The old man was also very conscientious and came over a few days later to pay back the money. It's still a business for me, no.
He was short of three and two hundred dollars, but Lian Yi didn't ask for his money. The old man wanted to put the money down and leave, but he just stuffed it back."
"It's not easy for him to make money. He can't bear to eat or wear himself, but he still uses money to help others. What do you call this? This is benevolence and righteousness!" Boss Hu praised sincerely.
"It is indeed benevolent and righteous." Duanmo nodded, "Most people can't do it."
Looking at it this way, it seems that Zhang Lianyi is not so fierce.
"The police officer praised you for your benevolence and righteousness! Benevolence and righteousness!" Boss Hu shouted at the top of his lungs.
Zhang Lianyi had no expression on his face and just made a few gestures.
"He said that everyone encounters difficulties, and he has also received help from others." Lu Wuchuan said and turned to Boss Hu, "Let's go to his house and sit for a while. If the store is busy, you can call me."
He left his contact information and followed Zhang Lianyi back home with Duanmo.
Zhang Lianyi's house is on the first floor. It is relatively small, with only one bedroom and one living room. There is not much decoration in the house, and the furniture is very old, but it is reasonably clean.
The two of them sat down at the table. Zhang Lianyi went to the kitchen to get two cups. After drinking hot water from the thermos bottle, he poured two cups.
Lu Wuchuan curled his thumb at him.
"I know, this means thank you!" Duanmo followed suit.
"Yes." Lu Wuchuan chuckled, and then began to formally communicate with Zhang Lianyi, while translating for Duan Mo.
This special "conversation" lasted for more than two hours. Because it was in sign language, the content was much less than normal communication, but the amount of information was very large.
Zhang Lianyi "said" that with the support of supermarket boss Hu, he would no longer go out to do odd jobs.
At the beginning, he mainly helped receive and unload goods, and replenished the shelves at any time. If someone called for delivery or rode an electric bike to a distant place, such as Jinxiuyuan Community, he would pick it up.
It's walking.
The work in a small supermarket is not complicated. When customers come to buy things, they usually go straight to the topic and do not need too much introduction. The only communication is to collect money.
There are price tags on the shelves and a cash register to collect money. Even Zhang Lianyi, who cannot speak, is fully qualified for this job.
Boss Hu trusts him and leaves the supermarket to him when he needs to go out.
In the past, Boss Hu would close the store at around nine o'clock in the evening. He was the only one who guarded the supermarket and could not hold on until too late. Later, he saw that Zhang Lianyi had no problem looking after the store by himself, so we discussed with him to adjust his working hours later.
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Zhang Lianyi was alone in his family. It didn't matter when he came home. He immediately agreed to stay and visit the store that night.
Boss Hu asked him to leave after ten o'clock, but he didn't. He only went back when he was sleepy and wanted to go to bed. Usually it was eleven or twelve o'clock, sometimes even later.
One night in February this year, Zhang Lianyi locked the door and walked home when he saw a strange man in the community.
The reason why I say it is strange is because it was already half past eleven at night, and the man was standing under a tree smoking.
The weather in Liancheng in February is similar to winter, especially in the middle of the night, the temperature is usually below zero.
At this time, most people have already fallen asleep, and even if they haven't slept, they can't afford to go outside to face the cold.
Moreover, that man was standing in the shadow under the tree. If he were just passing by in a hurry, he might not even notice his presence.
Although Zhang Lianyi is half-deaf and completely mute, his eyesight is particularly good. He could see the spark on the cigarette from a distance, and thus noticed a person under the tree.
When the man saw someone coming, he looked at him, threw the cigarette butt into the remaining snow next to the bushes, stretched his feet and twisted it a few times, turned around and walked away.
And the direction he walked was not to a nearby building, but to another fork in the road next to it.
Zhang Lianyi also muttered that such a person appeared in the middle of the night, but he couldn't chase him and ask him what he was doing, and besides, he couldn't find out. He watched the man go away until he couldn't see him anymore, and then he continued.
Go home.
Lu Wuchuan made a few gestures, and Zhang Lianyi stood up with him and gestured between his nose and chin.
"He is between 1.73 and 1.78 meters tall, with a thin build... He is wearing dark clothes, I can't see the specific color... He is wearing a hood, and the hat is on his head... Most of his face is covered...
Holding a cigarette in his right hand... walking very fast."
Lu Wuchuan asked with gestures, while translating what Zhang Lianyi expressed, and Duan Mo recorded them one by one.
After a while, the two men sat down again, and Lu Wuchuan continued: "The place where the man was standing is in the green belt between Building 41 and Building 42, to the east."