Urban Life: Our Youth

Soon, I met Zhang Chuying.

"Shaozhe, I'm so anxious. I can't find him now." Zhang Chuying said after seeing me.

"Don't search blindly. The city is so big and there is no target at all. How can you search randomly? Zhang Chuan is already in the first grade of junior high school and is not a child anymore. Logically speaking, nothing will happen to him. What does he usually like to do? "I asked.

"He is the most disobedient. He will use my mobile phone to play the game of Honor of Kings whenever he has time. Recently, his grades have dropped sharply, so I have been very strict and don't let him play with his mobile phone." Zhang Chuying said.

"He likes to play games?" I asked.

"Yes, as long as you play games, you don't have to eat or sleep." Zhang Chuying said angrily.

"People will have hobbies at a certain age, and it was the same when I was a child. So does he have any classmates who are better at playing, and has he been in contact with his classmates?" I asked.

"He has a classmate named Sun Jun. The two of them are often inseparable. I have their class group. Let me try adding his mother's WeChat account."

Sure enough, after a while, Sun Jun's mother approved Zhang Chuying's friend application.

So Zhang Chuying used WeChat to dial the other party's number: "Hello, is this Sun Jun's mother?"

"Yes, who are you?"

"I'm Zhang Chuan's sister. I heard from him that he usually plays better with your Sun Jun. He hasn't come home yet today. I'm very anxious. So, I want to ask Sun Jun if he knows about him. Where."

"Oh, that's it. Don't worry, I'll ask Sun Jun to answer the phone," Sun Jun's mother said, "Sun Jun, come here quickly and answer the phone."

Soon, a little boy's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, sister!"

"Hello Sun Jun, I am Zhang Chuan's sister. He hasn't come home yet. I want to ask you, do you know where he went?" Zhang Chuying asked.

"He didn't come to class this afternoon. After school, I went to the playground to play basketball and didn't see him. However, recently, I found that he sometimes went to the Inspiration Internet Cafe. I don't know if he went there today." Sun Jun said .

"Inspiration Internet Cafe? He has been surfing the Internet secretly recently? But where did he get the money?" Zhang Chuying's head was buzzing.

"I don't know, but a few days ago, I saw him take out a red one hundred, and he invited me to play in an Internet cafe, but I didn't go." Sun Jun said.

"100 yuan? Okay, I understand, thank you, I'll come over and have a look." Zhang Chuying said and hung up the phone.

"Get in the car, I know where the inspiration Internet cafe is." I said.

So, we both drove to the vicinity of their school.

After I found a place to park the car, we both got out of the car together, and sure enough we saw the Inspiration Internet Cafe.

Entering the Internet cafe, I greeted the boss inside and started looking for Zhang Chuan inside.

This Internet cafe is very large and spacious inside. There are about two hundred computers. Most of them are young people smoking cigarettes and playing games, and there are also several students.

Zhang Chuying and I searched around inside, and finally found Zhang Chuan, and saw that he was playing Honor of Kings. His expression was very involved and excited, and he had reached the state of selflessness.

There was only a "pop!" sound, and Zhang Chuan received a sharp slap on the face.

"Who hit me?" He turned around and asked, covering his face. When he saw his sister was furious, he lowered his head in fright.

"Zhang Chuan, do you know what time it is? Are you playing crazy and not even going home? Do you know that our parents were so anxious that they thought you were missing and almost didn't call the police." Zhang Chuying said more and more. Angry, he raised his hand to hit him again.

Zhang Chuan was so frightened that he ducked back.

At this time, several gamers inside stopped and stretched their heads to watch.

I quickly took her hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, let's go home first."

After leaving the Inspiration Internet Cafe, Zhang Chuying asked: "Zhang Chuan, tell me clearly, where did you get the money? Did you steal it?"

"No." Zhang Chuan quickly denied.

"I heard that you have 100 yuan, right?"

"Uh," Zhang Chuan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "Yes."

"Then where did you get this money?" Zhang Chuying asked.

"A few days ago, I... I was playing with my dad's elderly mobile phone, and I accidentally found a red one hundred stuffed inside his phone case, so... then I put the money in my pocket." Zhang Chuan said hesitantly.

When Zhang Chuying heard this, he was so angry that he kicked his butt twice and said angrily: "After all, you still stole it! Did our dad know that you took that money?"

"I don't know." The two kicks were so hard that Zhang Chuan cried.

"If you take money without your parents' permission or knowledge, it's called stealing. Do you know that?" Zhang Chuying said.

"I don't know. I think this is our father's money and our own family's money. How can this be called stealing? It's not stealing from other people's houses." He cried.

"No matter whose money it is, you can't take it without permission, even if it belongs to your parents. Next time I find you stealing our parents' money, I will chop off your hands. Do you hear me? "Zhang Chuying said.

"I know." Zhang Chuan said while crying.

"Also, the head teacher has called me and told me that your grades have dropped a lot recently, your parents are not in good health, and the family is very difficult. This time, our mother was hospitalized and spent a lot of money for surgery, which was all borrowed. "How can you bear to spend your money randomly and affect your study? Who are you worthy of?" Zhang Chuying asked.

Zhang Chuan just cried.

"The current high school entrance examination is very important, even more important than the college entrance examination. If you can't pass the high school entrance examination, you won't be able to go to college in the future. You said you are so young, why can you go? If you can't go to college, you will have problems in the future. What's the way out? If you don't study hard, don't you want to be a bricklayer and do manual labor like our dad?" Zhang Chuying said.

"Forget it, forget it, he is still young now. If you tell him this, he may not be able to listen or understand it. When he grows up, it will be fine." I persuaded from the side.

"Both of my two younger brothers are safe. I am going crazy from their torture," she said.

"Then why did your dad put 100 yuan in the back case of the mobile phone?" I asked.

"Alas!" Zhang Chuying sighed and told me the story of the 100 yuan.

It turns out that his father, Zhang Xichun, was a bricklayer, but his job was a small job, not a big job, so his income was not high.

In the early summer of last year, Boss Zhou, a road construction worker in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, urgently needed people because he had to meet the construction deadline. He came here to recruit workers. The small workers were paid 200 yuan a day, including food and accommodation.

After Zhang Xichun heard about it, he rushed over.

I start working at five o'clock every morning, take a two-hour break at noon, and work until dark at night.

In the morning and evening, they eat two steamed buns, a bowl of porridge, and some side dishes. At noon, they eat a big pot of rice, with each person having a bowl of rice. It is said to be cabbage and roasted meat, but often only cabbage can be seen and no meat can be seen.

They lived in work sheds and slept on the floor in the large passage. Each person had a one-meter-wide mat lying on the ground. Dozens of people were crowded into the two work sheds. Not to mention the smell of feet and sweat. , if you have a bad appetite, you will vomit.

In this way, Zhang Xichun persisted for two months. Then the hot weather entered. The asphalt on the road steamed too much, and the temperature reached over 50 degrees at noon.

Later, one day, Zhang Xichun suffered from heatstroke and fainted on the construction site.

There was no other way, he couldn't hold on anymore, so he had to go home.

After being suspended from water for three consecutive days, his health improved slightly, and he went to the construction site boss to settle his wages.

"Boss Zhou, I'm really sorry. My health is not up to par. I've suffered from heat stroke. I feel weak and trembling all over. I can't do any work now, so I have to go home," Zhang Xichun said.

"Old Zhang, you have to take care of your body." Boss Zhou said.

"Boss Zhou, thank you for your concern. I will take care of myself after I go back," Zhang Xichun said. "Please settle the salary."

"Your salary is 1 yuan in total. However, because our project has not been completed yet, the project funds have not been allocated, and we have to continue to make additional investments. Therefore, funds are very tight. Let me settle the settlement first. I’ll give you 5000 yuan, and the rest will be settled at the end of the year, what do you think?” Boss Zhou said.

"That's fine too."

So Boss Zhou asked the finance department to give him 5000 yuan in cash and said, "Put the money away. When you go back, be careful on the road and keep it safe."

"I know, don't worry, it'll be fine." Zhang Xichun said.

After Zhang Xichun received his salary, he called Zhang Chuying. He didn't know how to use a smartphone and used an elderly key machine. He said, "Chuying, boss Zhou gave me 5000 yuan in wages."

"Dad, then I will send you my bank account number and you can call me." Zhang Chuying said.

"No, the weather is so hot, I have to run to the bank. Besides, I'm not very familiar with the transfer business, and 5000 yuan is not much, so I'll just put it in my pocket and take it home."

"Then be careful on the road." Zhang Chuying said a little uneasily.

"It's okay, I put 5000 yuan in my pocket, how will others know that I have money?" Zhang Xichun said.

"Then if you buy a bus ticket that goes directly to this city, it's best not to change trains." Zhang Chuying said.

"I know." Zhang Xichun headed to Zhenjiang Bus Station carrying a large snakeskin bag containing sheets and other miscellaneous items.

When he arrived at the station, he realized that the tickets for the direct bus to this city had been sold out, and there were still tickets for city B. City B was not far from this city, but he couldn't get home that night.

So he bought a ticket to city B.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, he arrived at the bus station in City B and called Zhang Chuying again: "Chuying, I'm in City B now. It's very close to our home. I'll get on the bus tomorrow morning and leave in more than an hour. You can get home."

"Dad, didn't I ask you to buy a direct bus and not transfer?" Zhang Chuying asked.

"The direct tickets have been sold out, there are only tickets to here." Her father said.

"Oh, then go find a hotel to stay and pay attention to safety." Zhang Chuying said.

"No, how much does it cost to stay in a hotel for one night? It's such a waste. It's summer now. I go to bed late and it will be dawn soon. Why waste that money?" her father said.

"We can't afford to live in a high-end hotel, can't you find a cheaper one? How can you do it without sleeping all night?" Zhang Chuying said.

"It's okay, I'll just sit by the flower bed all night." Zhang Xichun said and hung up the phone.