Chapter 40: Both parents are dead, no brother, no house
Beibei cut a strip of meat from the frozen steak and shook it in front of the pastoral dog.
The strips of meat were swaying like earthworms, but the pastoral dog's appetite didn't seem to be very high... or even non-existent.
Ever since it was abducted into a second-hand electrical appliance store, it has been crawling in the corner. The narrator even has a shelf to completely store it in this small but extremely safe place.
"I thought I was a homebody enough before, but I didn't expect you to be a homebody more than me... What's your name? Can I call you Xiaobei?" Beibei was squatting at this time, holding his chin with both hands, "My name is
Beibei, Beibei, hello!"
Pastoral dog... Xiaobei, who had just been given a name, didn't seem to hear it, and didn't even lift his drooping ears.
He really looks like a useless dog.
But the girl seemed to have turned on the talking switch, and started talking to herself, talking about random things. In the end, Xiaobei still didn't eat the beef strips.
Suddenly, there was a sound of tapping on the gate from outside.
The girl who was talking to herself stood up in an instant, and when she stood up, she lifted the knife used to cut beef upside down and put it on her arm.
His gaze also became unusually cold.
At this time, Xiao Bei's eyes opened a gap. After taking a look, he continued to be lifeless.
The sound of the gate flapping had not stopped yet. Beibei came closer, put his ears closer, listened carefully, and at the same time looked at the picture on the monitoring screen.
The person knocking on the door was a girl with short hair... Beibei frowned, and after thinking about it, he pulled down his sleeves, hid the knife in his hand, and opened the side door.
"What's the matter? We are closed for business here." Beibei looked at the short-haired woman and said apologetically.
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The one who walked out was a pretty young girl...at this grade, she was only nineteen or twenty.
Nan Xiaonan opened her mouth and said, "I see you still have lights on here, so I want to find something."
Beibei frowned and said, "Looking for something?"
Nan Xiaonan nodded, "I'm planning to buy a second-hand washing machine... I got off work too late, and other places were closed, so I happened to see there was some light here, so I had to give it a try. You know, it's all night now
There is a curfew and it is inconvenient to buy anything.”
"washing machine?"
Nan Xiaonan nodded and said: "I just came here to work... I rented a house in the urban village over there, and the things haven't been packed yet! There are too many things to wash... Semi-automatic ones are fine, use them first.
.”
"Sorry, we don't have the washing machine you want here." Beibei shook his head.
"That's it..." Nan Xiaonan said with a pity on her face: "Then can I go in and take a look? I want to see if there are any cheap and useful household appliances... I think the induction cooker is also needed."
"No." Beibei still shook his head, "You'd better go somewhere else tomorrow...I'm going to close."
"Beautiful girl, let me take a look? We, the social workers who are new to reporting, have a hard time. Such a big second-hand store must have induction cookers and the like, right?" Nan Xiaonan said bitterly.
"what's going on?"
At this time, a man's voice came from the second-hand electrical appliance shop... Beibei quickly looked in, "Jin...Boss, there is a lady here who wants to come in and buy something."
"What to buy?"
Nan Xiaonan poked her head in when Beibei wasn't paying attention, "Washing machine and induction cooker... you're the boss? Okay, okay, I just moved here, and the landlord I live in is very stingy... It's really inconvenient tonight."
"
Beibei frowned and grabbed Nan Xiaonan's arm.
"Let her come in." The man in the store... Boss Jin said calmly at this time.
"The boss is still a good guy!" Nan Xiaonan smiled and gently patted Beibei's hand away, and went straight into the electrical appliance store.
"We have what you want here." Boss Jin said calmly at this time: "But it's so late, how do you carry it back? At this time, you can't call the person who is selling the goods... At night, there is no one on the street.
"
"It's okay. It's not far. It's just across the road. I can carry it myself!" Nan Xiaonan patted her biceps and said, "I have gained muscle since I fell out of love. Next time I see my ex-boyfriend, I will
Designate to kill him!"
Boss Jin looked at it expressionlessly, then slowly walked to the side, took out a semi-old induction cooker from the shelf, and then pointed to the other side and said: "There is only this induction cooker, and there are three washing machines here. You can see for yourself
Whichever one you win, just carry it away."
"How much does this cost?" Nan Xiaonan asked, pointing directly to the one in the middle.
"One hundred and fifty." Boss Jin said calmly: "If you don't negotiate the price, take it away if you want it, or close it if you don't want it."
"Boss, are you... a business person?" Nan Xiaonan opened her mouth.
Boss Jin stared silently again.
Nan Xiaonan could only say: "Including this induction cooker, how about one hundred and eighty?"
Mr. Jin suddenly asked: "Where do you live?"
Nan Xiaonan said casually: "It's the village in the city across the road, not very far."
Mr. Jin said calmly: "Give me two hundred and three, and I will carry the things for you."
Nan Xiaonan opened her mouth at this time, as if she was caught off guard.
At the same time, Beibei from behind was approaching slowly step by step, and the light of the murder weapon was already exposed in the palm of his hand... The knife was quietly raised behind Nan Xiaonan.
I just heard Nan Xiaonan say at this moment: "It's just crossing a road, and you have to charge 50? Boss, you are too cheating! Do you think I'm from out of town and bully others?"
"Then how much can you say?" Boss Jin said calmly.
"Thirty!" Nan Xiaonan gritted her teeth, "If the price is achieved, I will be responsible for it myself!"
"Then thirty." Boss Jin nodded.
Beibei was startled, but finally quietly retreated a little... The tip of the knife quietly moved away from the back of Nan Xiaonan's neck.
Nan Xiaonan said with a smile at this time: "It's all anyway, boss Jin, right... This old fan counts me as ten yuan?"
"You are very greedy." Boss Jin said abruptly.
Nan Xiaonan blinked, "All women are greedy, but young women are even more greedy."
"Take it." Boss Jin said calmly, "If you want anything else, just take it. Our place may not be open tomorrow."
"temporarily unavailable."
"Beibei, come and carry these two things." Boss Jin said directly at this time: "I will carry the big ones."
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The sound of the wheels of the hand-pulled cart grinding against the street bricks was particularly loud... Boss Jin walked in front, pulling the washing machine.
"By the way, my name is Xiaonan, what's yours?"
Nan Xiaonan walked with Beibei... on the footbridge leading to the opposite road.
"Beibei."
"What a cute name." Nan Xiaonan smiled, then lowered her voice and said: "You, the boss, don't seem to like to talk much... you are quite fierce."
Beibei smiled and said, "The boss doesn't like to talk much, but he is a very nice person."
Nan Xiaonan nodded and asked casually: "Your second-hand store has been open for a long time, right? Are you locals?"
"It's been a while." Beibei also said casually: "We are also from out of town, and we are actually not very familiar with this place. It's not safe in the city recently, so we don't dare to run around."
"That's it." Nan Xiaonan vomited bitterly: "It's hard to find a job. I finally found one, and the salary is only a tiny bit... By the way, I heard that the nearby [No. 1 Mansion] bathing center is recruiting people.
Man, do you know? How is that place? Is it serious or not?"
"This... is not very clear." Beibei shook his head, "Do you want to work in that kind of place?"
"Just ask." Nan Xiaonan smiled casually.
At this time, Boss Jin suddenly stopped and said, "We passed the road, where do we go in now?"
"Go straight along the archway and you'll be there about a hundred meters away. The third floor is not high!" Nan Xiaonan said quickly: "It's just that the corridor is a bit narrow!"
"fine."
Without continuing to speak, the distance of a hundred meters has indeed been reached in a moment... it is an old house turned into a narrow alley, there is nothing special about it.
Boss Jin picked up the washing machine without saying a word, went up the corridor, stopped in front of the iron door on the third floor, and said calmly: "Open the door."
Nan Xiaonan said: "You guys wait a moment, I'll clean it up...it's a little messy in there!"
Nan Xiaonan quickly opened the door, then walked directly into the rental house and closed the door... Unexpectedly, Boss Jin suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed the door panel, and pushed the door panel open with force.
"What are you doing! I told you to wait a minute!"
Nan Xiaonan felt as if her tail had been stepped on, and she screamed like her hair was exploding... Boss Jin opened his mouth, but immediately said nothing and allowed Nan Xiaonan to close the door again.
"This woman...is quite sloppy."
Beibei said something abruptly.
The moment Boss Jin opened the door, she basically saw clearly what the inside of the room looked like...it was really messy, and there were several red, purple and black underwear hanging on it.
"It seems that I'm really just here to buy things." Beibei said in a low voice at this time.
"Look again." Boss Jin said calmly.
Beibei nodded silently.
After a while, Nan Xiaonan opened the door again... It had one room and one bathroom, and there wasn't even a so-called kitchen. I could only place a small table directly in the room with some convenient kitchen utensils.
The clothes on the anti-theft net of the window have been collected.
This is what a typical single dormitory in an urban village looks like...it's still a squat toilet type, dark, humid, and stuffy.
Boss Jin didn't say anything, he just carried the washing machine inside and started to install it.
"It's a bit messy...I'm sorry."
"It doesn't matter."
They were chatting about insignificant things outside... It seemed easier for women to communicate with each other.
"Sister Xiaonan, why do you think you want to work here?"
"I've longed for a big city." Nan Xiaonan opened a bottle of beer, sat down, raised her head and looked out the window and said, "I've been longing for it since I was a child, but after arriving in a big city, I found that it's just like that."
"People from home?"
"I have no family anymore." Nan Xiaonan shook her head, "If one person is full and the whole family is not hungry, that's what I'm talking about."
"sorry, I do not know……"
"Yeah." Nan Xiaonan shook her head, her eyes downcast: "It doesn't matter, I've gotten used to it a long time ago... I almost don't remember what my parents look like."
"This key..." Beibei looked curiously at the key pendant tied around Nan Xiaonan's neck.
"This..." Nan Xiaonan lowered his head, stretched out his hand to play with the key pendant, then shook his head and put it away: "It's not an important thing, I just bought it because it looked special."
Beibei didn't ask deeply.
"It's been installed. Take a look. If there's no problem, we'll leave." Boss Jin walked out directly at this time, quite simply.
After Nan Xiaonan looked at it, she said there was no problem, so Boss Jin took Beibei away directly, still looking very straightforward.
"Thank you! If I need anything else, I'll come back to you, boss! Remember to give me a good price!"
She watched the two people leave in the corridor.
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Downstairs, Boss Jin raised his head and looked around... He saw Beibei coming back in a circle, shaking his head and saying: "There is nothing suspicious."
At this time, Boss Jin walked directly into a canteen, looked at an old lady hanging a pocket in front of the counter and asked: "Are you the landlord of this building?"
"A housekeeper?" The aunt looked at her suspiciously.
"Let me ask something." Boss Jin thought for a moment and said, "Did the woman on the third floor just move here?"
I saw the aunt frowning at this time and said warily: "Why are you asking these questions?"
Beibei walked up quickly at this time, took Boss Jin's arm affectionately, and said with a sweet smile: "That's right, boss lady, this is my eldest brother... He just met the sister upstairs, which is interesting.
So I want to inquire. My eldest brother is a very nice person, but his family members are a little worried, and he himself is also anxious... Can I help you?"
She gave the boss lady some consulting money... quietly.
"You don't look like bad people." The aunt smiled and took out the money, and then sighed loudly and said: "Speaking of which, this girl is quite miserable. She has been looking for a house here for several days, but it is too expensive.
The deal was settled. I saw how pitiful she was, so I happened to have a room available, so I rented it to her at a cheap price."
"Did she have a miserable life experience?" Beibei asked curiously.
"It's already miserable enough that we lost our parents a long time ago." The aunt sighed and said, "No, I had a boyfriend who we were talking about getting married to, but he died suddenly a few months ago... I don't know the specific reason why.
I don’t know, and it’s hard to ask, right? It’s not easy for this girl. When she moved things that day, the downstairs was full of stuff. I kindly wanted to help her call someone to carry it upstairs, but she had to go alone.
I resisted them all and was very tired, but in fact I didn’t save much money.”
Beibei and Boss Jin looked at each other. Beibei smiled again and said, "Auntie, do you know where she works?"
"I'm not very sure about this...but she goes out very early in the morning these days, and when she comes back, it's probably about this time."
"Okay, thank you, boss lady." Beibei nodded at this time.
"I have her phone number, do you want it? Just don't tell her it was me." The master said with a smile.
"No need." Beibei said casually: "For this kind of thing, it would be more sincere to ask in person. Excuse me, boss lady."
"You're welcome... come to my shop often from now on! Many girls pass by my place!"
They have gone far.
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Beibei is responsible for cooking the meals.
A group of people ate around a wooden table without much conversation.
Maeve was eating and asked curiously: "Where is the boss? Don't you want to eat?"
"I don't know, I went to the small room after I came back." Beibei shook his head.
They looked at Boss Jin's small room at the same time. He never allowed anyone to go in. Of course, there were no secrets in it. After all, they had only been in this second-hand store not long ago.
Including Mr. Jin himself...it was just a second-hand electrical appliance store that was sold in the past half month.
"Speaking of which, isn't this dog... a bit ugly?"
"Really? It's called Xiao Bei!" Bei Bei asked the protester at this time: "What's so ugly about it?"
Just talking about some random things, like a family member.
The sound...if it didn't reach the small room, even if it did, Mr. Jin probably wouldn't be able to hear it clearly at this time.
Because he was wearing headphones at the moment, and there was an open suitcase on the table... eavesdropping equipment.
"Damn cockroach! Beat you to death! Beat you to death!!! Still running! Still running...die!"
"Oh, my feet... my feet..."
"Let's eat instant noodles alone...and of course have a slice of cheese..."
"This rubbish drama is getting more and more ugly! If I replenish my membership, I will be a pig!"
The sound of eating noodles.
Suddenly, the chatter stopped and there was silence.
Mr. Jin frowned and reached out to twist the knob inside the box... Then, a sobbing sound slowly hit his ears.
