prison love

The child was still crying. Zhou Lin had no experience in coaxing children at such an age, and coaxing him for a long time was useless. He clumsily wiped away the child's tears with his hands, and then gave him a piece of paper to wipe his nose clean.

After crying for a long time, the child was tired of crying, so he stopped crying, sat quietly on the chair, and looked around curiously. Zhou Lin heaved a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't cry, otherwise his mother would come later and he couldn't explain it. .

"Uncle, will I continue to tell you stories?" Zhou Lin picked up the book that was left on the bed before, and asked gently.

The child nodded. Zhou Lin didn't have any fairy tales here, and he couldn't tell anything himself, so he could only read from the book: "It was the best of times, and it was also the worst of times..." It was Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities .

The child was ignorant and didn't seem to know what Zhou Lin was talking about. He just listened curiously, but before he finished his curiosity, the woman came to pick him up.

"Thank you so much, he didn't cause you trouble." The woman said politely, Zhou Lin didn't look like he was going to work from his dusty appearance, maybe something really happened.

"No trouble, he is very cute." Zhou Lin wanted to laugh, expressing that he was not lying, but when he thought of the child who was scared to cry, he forgot, so what he said with a blank face was not credible.

The room was peaceful again, Zhou Lin was so bored that he couldn't read the book anymore, how should he live?He was thinking about this difficult problem, and fell asleep thinking about it.

At the end of this month, Zhou Lin finally found a really serious job.Why do you say that?Because he is considered a government employee—a sanitation worker.

This job is really good. I have work clothes, and I also give out masks and brooms. After wearing them, no one can recognize anyone. I just need to sweep the floor with a broom all day long, even though it is on the road.Of course, the best thing is that there will never be wage arrears.

Zhou Lin has worked here for three months, and this is the most stable job he has ever had.

It's a good job and you can meet all kinds of people.

Some people are glamorous on the surface, but they can’t say a word behind it; some people look well-bred but can litter everywhere; some people can barely eat enough, but they can show love to stray cats and dogs .Zhou Lin thought he couldn't do such a kind thing. He was never a kind person, and anyone who knew him well knew that.However, apart from the prison guards, the people he knew well were inmates, but all the inmates in the same cell as him died and committed suicide.

So there is really no one in this world who understands him, maybe he doesn't understand himself.After all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and he doesn't even know what he might do when he goes crazy.

As long as he doesn't push him really hard, Zhou Lin can't do anything. The craziest thing he has ever done in his life is to kill someone, and then he spent 12 years at the price.

He will not be so impulsive a long time ago, he has grown up, he is no longer the 14-year-old kid back then, he is 26 years old.He should be a mature man.

Zhou Lin's thoughts gradually went astray, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Anyway, when he realized that he was already in the middle of the road. Fortunately, there were no cars, otherwise he might have been on the news—"The young sanitation officer who was hit by a luxury car Workers, is it the destruction of humanity or the loss of morality?!"

Haha, Zhou Lin thought about it again. The above sentence was said by the neighbor on the right. He has never understood such things as Internet buzzwords.

Who would popularize these things for him in prison, and he didn't buy a mobile phone after he came out, and he didn't have anyone to contact, so it was useless to buy it.And computers can't afford it, so he is like a primitive man, living a life without the Internet in this information age.

Older people may not have had his asceticism.

Zhou Lin was quite conspicuous among the sanitation workers, a large group of middle-aged uncles and aunts, and he was the only young man, so it was natural that others would stare curiously.But they are just curious why young people become sanitation workers, without any malice.It's much better than the eyes of those who know he's been in prison and then show it.

They just don't know about his past.Zhou Lin thought with a wry smile.

It would be nice if life could continue in such a peaceful way, maybe Zhou Lin would save some money and buy himself a ticket to live in a small city.Or stay here all the time, maybe use the money in your hand to start a business or something.In short, either way of life will be good.

But the key is that there are always unpredictable things. Zhou Lin never expected that this kind of government unit would also have layoffs one day, and he, unfortunately, was the one who was laid off.

The reason this time was not as nonsensical as before. His boss said that he was still young and could not spend his time in this kind of industry. He should do other jobs to see more of the world. Sooner or later, he would be successful.

When Zhou Lin walked out with his salary, he was still thinking, does this count as a slap in the face to comfort him?Probably yes.Anyway, this is the first person to talk to him like this.

When I got home, the neighbor on the right was also there. It seemed that he had been busy for the past few days. He whistled frivolously at Zhou Lin: "What? Unemployed again?"

"Yeah." Even his neighbors are used to Zhou Lin being unemployed, so one can imagine how miserable he is.

"You really don't consider changing careers to hang out with me?" He asked again.

"Forget it, I just want to get drunk and die." Zhou Lin motioned for the bottle in his hand.

The neighbor laughed with a "puchi", "You just drink mineral water to get drunk?"

"...If you don't get drunk, everyone gets drunk. This is a state." Zhou Lin looked like you were very uneducated.

"……All right."

Zhou Lin turned around and entered the house, ignoring the neighbor squatting at the door.When he came back after soaking the noodles, he found that the neighbor was still squatting there, and he didn't go up to talk to him.

"What's your name? I don't know how long I've been a neighbor!" the man asked at the door.

"Zhou Lin."

"Oh, my name is Qi Jing. I think you're a nice person. Shall we be friends?" Qi Jing raised his eyebrows at Zhou Lin and asked.

"Okay." This is the first friend after he got out of prison, but he didn't seem to have any friends before he went to prison...

An immature and frail figure flashed in Zhou Lin's mind. Twelve years had passed, and he no longer remembered that person's face. He only had a vague impression. Even if he met him on the street, he would definitely not recognize him.

Zhou Lin shook his head, that person is not a friend.

Seeing him lost in thought, Qi Jing patted him on the shoulder, "What are you thinking about?"

"It's okay, I'm sleepy, I'm going to bed." After speaking, Zhou Lin closed the door.

Qi Jing: "..." Is this how you treat new friends? !

Zhou Lin really calmed down and stayed at home for a few days this time. Instead of reading at home like before, he was thinking about how to live the next life well. He now has less than 3000 yuan in his hand. The difficulty of starting a business is almost the same as climbing to the sky.

He would also like to set up a stall to sell pancakes and fruits, but he can't, and he doesn't have the money to buy tools and cars yet, and he doesn't even have a bicycle, let alone a dining car.

He has a lot of plans in his heart that he wants to implement, but he is always short of money. If he really wants to find someone to help, he can't find it. It's just that he doesn't want to take kindness in return, so he has been in such a miserable situation.

After finally figuring out something, Zhou Lin had a small goal for his future life, and was still thinking about doing something, when there was a knock on the door, it was still the neighbor on the left.

Zhou Lin thought that she was going to ask him to look after the child again, because he had helped him several times, and before he could say yes, the woman surprised him with an anxious expression: "Can you lend me some money?" ? I can sleep with you!"

"Did something happen?"

It was raining heavily outside, and thunder followed one after another, Zhou Lin let her into the house.He didn't have the intention to sleep with her, but he knew that something must have happened to the child that could make a woman so anxious.

"Xiao Lai was hospitalized with high fever and pneumonia. I can't afford the medical expenses. Please help me. I will definitely pay you back." The woman burst into tears, "I will really pay you back, please."

Her tone was really pitiful, and Zhou Lin couldn't bear a child to suffer so much. He thought about when he was a child, when he was sick and no one took care of him, it was because his neighbors sent him to the hospital to revive him.

Zhou Lin went to the cabinet to take out the money, he kept [-] for living expenses, and gave the remaining [-] to the woman.The medical expenses must be high, otherwise women would not borrow money from him.

"Thank you, thank you, I will repay you." The woman was so grateful to Dade that she almost knelt down for him.

"You're welcome, do you want me to go see the child with you?" Zhou Lin asked, looking outside.

The rain didn't stop, and it was getting bigger and bigger. In this kind of weather, he... was not very relieved. What would happen to the children in the hospital if something happened to a woman with thousands of dollars on her body.

Zhou Lin took an umbrella and went out with him, and Qi Jing also took an umbrella and came out of the house, and propped it up: "I'll go with you."

The three of them took a taxi to the hospital together, and Qi Jing paid for it.

The child was placed in the intensive care unit with severe tuberculosis.

The woman was coaxing the child to sleep in the ward, while Qi Jing and Zhou Lin stayed outside.

"How much did you lend him?" Qi Jing asked.

Zhou Lin: "Two thousand five."

Qi Jing: "I borrowed five thousand, but it doesn't seem to be enough for the child's medical expenses. The intensive care unit is simply burning money."

Zhou Lin didn't speak.

They stayed here for a while, and the child left when there was no problem, but none of them thought that after leaving for one night, they would say goodbye to that lively little life forever.

When the woman went back the next day, she was devastated, holding the child who was no longer breathing in her arms.The child suddenly had a fever again in the middle of the night, and died of cardiopulmonary failure.

He had helped take care of this child a few days ago, and he was still crying, but he was gone in a blink of an eye. Zhou Lin had to lament the fragility of life.The child who had asked him to tell stories before had turned into a withered flower so quickly.

He didn't know how to comfort the woman. This child was almost the motivation for her to live. Without the child, Zhou Lin was unwilling to imagine the rest of the woman's life.

In the evening, he wanted to see how the woman was doing, and by the way persuade her to bury the child.Then he saw blood all over the place, the woman held the child in her arms, cut her wrists and committed suicide.

Zhou Lin was stuck at the door, and he seemed to see 12 years ago through the women and children in the pool of blood.

Zhou Lin regained his senses and went out to call for someone. Qi Jing was the first to come in.

There is nothing to say about what happened afterwards. The woman and the child had no relatives except each other. Zhou Lin and Qi Jing buried them. Zhou Lin couldn't help but wonder if he would be like them after he died, even if he could bury him people may not be able to find.

Zhou Lin still has less than 50 yuan left on him. In order not to return to his life when he was just released from prison, he has to go out to work and earn money for food first.

Zhou Lin felt uncomfortable and was still thinking about women. He was absent-minded when crossing the road and didn't notice the approaching car at all. Zhuo Xingyuan and Lin Yue were both sitting in the back seat. A sudden sudden brake made them all startled one jump.

The brakes were useless, Zhou Lin was still hit, and his first reaction when he fell was: I hope he can be killed directly, and it will be very difficult for him to survive if he is disabled...

The author has something to say:

Zhuo Xingyuan: I finally made my debut!Daughter-in-law misses you so much, okay!

Lin Lin: Hehe, so my back hurts again, right?