Bourne's Nemesis

Chapter 89 Poor Child
Liang Hongwen has worked as the captain of the detective team in Hangzhou for several years. He knows the city very well, and he also knows the composition of the people in these slums. It is possible to do it.

"Brother, who are you looking for?"

"A poor child."

Liang Hongwen's brain immediately asked, "Whose?"

"It's not what you think, I'll tell you later." Zhou Qian asked Erdong after finishing speaking, "Just tell me where Xiaogang lives."

"Going forward, there is Lingshou Temple Lane. The fourth room on the left is Xiaogang's house."

"It seems you know him?"

"I do know each other. There are four brothers and sisters in their family. His eldest, his mother sews and washes clothes for others every day, and Xiaogang and the others pick up cigarette butts and rags."

"Where's his father?"

"His father is exhausted from working hard."

"worn out!?"

"Well, I heard that I was exhausted."

"Their family is so difficult and you still bully him?"

"It's not difficult for anyone, and we are barely hungry."

"How many cigarette butts can you pick up in a day?"

"With luck, each person can pick up more than 1000 a day, but this is rare, and under normal circumstances, we can pick up a few hundred. When the weather is bad, especially when it rains, we have to go hungry."

"How much can you exchange for the cigarette butts you pick up in a day?"

"Two or three hundred copper plates."

"The income is good!" Zhou Qian said in surprise, because at that time two copper coins could buy a meat bun.

"The money we earn every day has to be handed over. We don't get much, and at most we can eat two full meals."

Zhou Qian asked here and didn't continue to ask. If you ask who it is, you still can't go to them. Zhou Qian doesn't have this kind of leisure now, so he just gave him a piece of ocean.

Erdong took the money and bowed to Zhou Qian and Liang Hongwen, then ran away with Ocean in his hand and disappeared.

"Brother, do you want to use these children to help you mark people?" Liang Hongwen suddenly understood Zhou Qian's intention and asked,
"Brother Liang, don't you think it's unreliable?"

"It depends on what kind of child it is. I think the child just now is fine. It's smart."

"I'm still hesitating, but no matter who it is, I will definitely adjust it before using it."

"You came to this shantytown to find such a child?"

"No, because when I was watching Sato Yoko, I always watched Erdong and the others bully a child. I heard that he hasn't picked up cigarette butts for several days. I just want to see what he is doing now."

"There are too many children like this in Hangzhou, why are you so interested in this child?"

"I can't tell, I just feel that this child is special, but I can't tell what is special."

"Brother, the person you are looking at must be right, be careful where you step!" Liang Hongwen pointed at an indescribable lump on the ground and screamed.
Zhou Qian hurriedly dodged his feet, frowned and said: "It's too dirty and messy here, it's easy to get infectious diseases if you live here?"

"This place is indeed dirty and messy. This area is full of slums, and the people living in these alleys are also very mixed. There are Zhenjiang people, Shandong people, Hunan people, Shaoxing masters who have lost their jobs, and Ningbo red people who have gone bankrupt. , most of the tenants here are from the countryside.”

Fortunately, Liang Hongwen was brought here, and Zhou Qian praised: "Brother Liang is worthy of being a policeman, and he still understands the people on the ground very well."

"Don't look at this is a slum, but there is no family to support idlers. Men pull rickshaws, set up small stalls, sell cakes, and sell cigarettes. Women wash clothes for others and work as nannies. Children carry baskets to pick up waste and rubbish. The children sell newspapers, shine shoes, and pick up cigarette butts. After a month of busy work, half of the money earned must be handed over to the landlord, and the rest can make ends meet.” Liang Hongwen lamented,
"Is the rent here very expensive?" Zhou Qian really didn't understand the people's sentiments here and asked,
"Rents have skyrocketed in the past two years, especially since the financial crisis, too many farmers have gone bankrupt. After planting the crops, they have to pay the extortionate taxes and miscellaneous taxes and even the seed money. Because of this, a large number of farmers have flocked to the city. Rents in Hangzhou are inherently expensive. Every year, more and more people come here to rent a house, and the more people rent, the harder the rent rises.”

There was mud under his feet, and if he didn't pay attention, he might step on shit. Zhou Qian felt more sad than stepping on shit at the moment, but he still insisted on finding Xiaogang's house.

Zhou Qian knocked on the door of Xiaogang's house, which was leaking in all directions. The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman with a sad face. Seeing Zhou Qian and Liang Hongwen, who were neatly dressed, she asked in a daze, "Who are you looking for?" ?”

Zhou Qian asked softly: "Is this Xiaogang's home?"

The woman asked with a look of horror: "Who are you, what do you want from my son?"

Seeing that the woman was so nervous, Zhou Qian hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, elder sister, we came here with no malicious intentions, we just wanted to ask him something."

"You have already broken his arm and he can't even get out of bed now. Please let him go. Our house really has nothing. If it doesn't work, I can help you wash your clothes and cook, and do whatever you want." The woman will kneel down.

Zhou Qian was taken aback and quickly supported the woman and asked, "What did you say, Xiao Gang's arm was broken?"

"Mom! Who is it?" A boy's weak voice came from inside the room.
Zhou Qian quickly walked into the dilapidated room, and saw that lying on the bed was the boy who was often bullied. His bare upper back was covered with bruises, and some places were still bleeding. Zhou Qian also saw Seeing that his arm seemed unable to move, a five or six-year-old girl stood beside the bed, looking at Zhou Qian timidly.

"Who beat this?" Zhou Qian asked Xiao Gang angrily.

Xiao Gang had never seen Zhou Qian before, so he asked with a look of fear, "Who are you?"

"I'm someone who can help you." Zhou Qian picked up Xiaogang after finishing speaking, and said to his mother: "Let's go to the hospital, don't worry, I will pay for the medical expenses, if you don't show the child, he may be permanently disabled. "

The woman burst into tears when she heard this, and sobbed, "Sir, we don't have anything in our house."

"I don't want anything from you, hurry up and follow me and bring the little girl." Zhou Qian urged.

Xiao Gang was in a daze at the moment, he felt a little uncomfortable being hugged, and said, "Sir, I can go."

"Where to go, look at your injuries." Zhou Qian trotted out of Dajing Lane and came to the front of the car. Xiaogang's mother hugged her daughter who had never been in a car before, and froze in place in shock, because they had never I have sat in such a high-end thing.

"Get in the car, hold Xiaogang." Zhou Qian put Xiaogang on the back seat and pushed Xiaogang's mother into the car.

Liang Hongwen followed up and made sure the car door was closed before going to sit in the passenger seat. Zhou Qian started the car and asked, "Xiao Gang, tell me you were beaten like this. Why did you beat you? Say it boldly, but thousands Don't lie."

Xiaogang's mother rushed to say: "Xiaogang went to work in the factory, he just took an extra cornbread and was beaten like this."

(End of this chapter)