1999

Wu Jiusheng remembered that it was two hours later that he contacted Xue Jintong through WeChat.He was lying on Huda's bed, blowing on the air conditioner in his room logically, and there was an opened box of pineapple cakes beside his pillow, and he had already eaten two of them.

In fact, he and Xue Jintong were not very close before this, probably because Xue Jintong wore glasses, Wu Jiusheng always felt that he had read a lot of books and was a very educated person.And Xue Jintong’s personality is more restrained and calm than other workers. He does not smoke or drink alcohol. He is never late for work and leaves early. He is also very skilled in professional skills. He doesn't have any other hobbies at all, and he doesn't have much in common with Wu Jiusheng.

But he still remembered the last time he helped Simao find Xue Jintong, and he also remembered that he had promised that he would find a way to repay the favor he owed him.

It turned out that Xue Jintong didn't come to him to repay the favor. He said very vaguely in WeChat, he only said that he had a friend who was from another nearby factory, and he was from the same place as Wu Jiusheng. He wanted to get to know him, so he thought about it. Let's organize a dinner party, everyone has a lot of fate with each other, so I asked Wu Jiusheng if he was free tomorrow night, and he wanted to have dinner with the three of us after work.

When Wu Jiusheng typed a reply on WeChat, Hu Da had just entered the house. The young man turned the air conditioner down too low, so cold that he gasped, frowning, turned up the temperature, and patted the young man's exposed knee .

"Be careful getting old with arthritis."

Wu Jiusheng twisted his buttocks and moved into the bed to make room for Hu Da. Hu Da lay down on the bed and felt it, but it was still a little narrow. He planned to go to the city with the young man when he was free. Pull a double bed back.

He turned his head and covered Wu Jiusheng with a towel, and saw the youth's phone interface at a glance.

"An appointment tomorrow night?" he asked.

The young man said "Well", "Okay, why don't you just come to the store where I live" just after typing the words, Hu Da snatched the phone, deleted the unsent messages, and replaced them with "Okay." "The word was sent out.

The young man was very dissatisfied and yelled in protest.

"What are you doing? It's all about eating anyway. Why don't you call someone over? You can start a business by the way. I'll save trouble after eating, so I don't have to go out anymore."

"I don't know the rules." Hu Da knocked on his small forehead, "It's people who come to you to make friends, not you to invite them to dinner. They should have the final say on where to eat."

"But then I have to go with them?"

"Just go."

"Really?" Wu Jiusheng squinted his eyes and looked at Hu Da, "Then you won't be able to see me. Generally, fellow villagers have a few meals, and they usually have to drink after eating. Maybe it will be very late."

"You think I can't see you and you still can't bear to eat?" Hu Da laughed, "Go, it's a good thing to get to know a few more people, but you should drink less alcohol, the hangover headache is very painful, you can't bear it .”

Wu Jiusheng pouted.

"Why are you so relieved that I ran away with someone else?"

"I can still tie you by my side all day long." Hu Da said helplessly, "You're not afraid that others will find out."

"See it?" Wu Jiusheng frowned, "I'm afraid that people will see something?"

Of course to see the relationship between me and you, Huda remained silent.Such a gap between the two of them may not be favored by others, let alone two men.Even though the world has become much more open compared to the past 20 years, people's tolerance always seems to be difficult to apply to the homosexual group.They still maintain an image of being out of the crowd, and it is best to sneak in to avoid attracting the attention of others.

Huda suddenly sighed.He stroked the young man's hair and said to him:

"Remember, don't let others know that you are with me, and don't let others know that you know what is going on between men and men. It is best to pretend that you don't understand anything, even if someone talks to you about it. , you play dumb too."

Wu Jiusheng looked puzzled.

"But we are all living together now, how can I pretend?" He asked Hu Da, "I heard from the team leader that in addition to treating guests to dinner, sometimes the small leaders of the workshop will invite familiar workers to take a bath/like that in the city. What about the place where, in case I meet someone who asks me to go whoring a lady later, can I also go there?"

"If you have a reason, just say that you are not feeling well," Hu Da gritted his teeth. "If you really have no reason, you can go. It's the same when you go and go for a cutscene and then come back. You don't have to do something really." He told Wu Jiusheng said.

He himself has done this before, and it's not like he hasn't been in touch with the young lady. They are not strict, but there are too many people who have to serve every day. Right on the number one.

Wu Jiusheng was surprised.

"As for..." He frowned and said, "I didn't break the law, why should I hide my life like this?"

"You don't understand." Hu Da interrupted him, "This world is only more cruel than you think. I can't teach you one by one now. When you grow up, you will understand it yourself. I What I ask you to do is for your own good and for our own good. I promised you that it will be a lifetime thing to be with you. I am willing to block any wind and rain outside, but I don’t want to wait until I can’t stop it. , you and I are implicated together. Even the best friends, if they can't understand and know about you and me, they will still have various thoughts about you, and those thoughts can sometimes hurt people. You can't stop it. So I protect the two of us, and you protect yourself, okay?"

His rough palm rubbed against the young man's cheek, it was hot and itchy.Wu Jiusheng was ignorant, but Hu Da's solemn tone spoke to his heart, and he nodded.

Xue Jintong looked in a good mood when he started work the next day.Wu Jiusheng couldn't bear his curiosity. During the break, he grabbed him and asked him several times what his friend looked like and what his name was, but he didn't say anything.Until it was time to get off work, Wu Jiusheng's face was full of excitement. After punching the card, he stuck to the back of Xue Jintong's butt like a tail, and asked him without any shyness what delicious food he was going to eat in a while.

Xue Jintong was mysterious. He pulled Wu Jiusheng out of the factory gate, but instead of crossing the river, he walked along the river bank in the direction of another factory building. They walked for nearly 10 minutes. It's getting rarer and rarer, and it doesn't look like there are any delicious restaurants at all.Wu Jiusheng was wondering when Xue Jintong suddenly took him around a corner and came to an empty compound where a glass factory used to store sundries.There was nothing in the yard except a car parked.

A painted black Honda.The window panes on all sides were covered with film, and car curtains were installed, so it was impossible to see the inside clearly.

Wu Jiusheng stopped.

"Brother Xue..." He hesitated and called Xue Jintong, "Didn't you agree to have dinner? Are you playing tricks on me on purpose?"

"A Sheng, I won't trouble anyone if I make trouble with you." Xue Jintong turned his head and smiled at him, "Think about it for yourself, did I take good care of you in the past? What good is it that I didn't forget you?"

Wu Jiusheng thought for a while and nodded.

"That's it." Xue Jintong looked very satisfied.There was a strange light behind his glasses, which made Wu Jiusheng feel that he was different from his usual days.

He pushed Wu Jiusheng's hand, and said to him: "Ah Sheng, Brother Xue didn't mean to lie to you. I brought you here today because I have a great event to introduce to you. A great event has great benefits. Come here Get in the car ahead, Brother Simao is still waiting for you."

"Brother Si Mao?" Wu Jiusheng was stunned.

It turned out that the fellow that Xue Jintong kept talking about did not exist. Since yesterday, the person he hesitated and dragged Wu Jiusheng to meet was Simao.He didn't understand why Xue Jintong lied to him on purpose, but he also knew that if Xue Jintong hadn't lied to him on purpose, it would be impossible for him to follow him here.

He had promised Huda that he would never have anything to do with this group of people again.

The door of the Honda was opened, and Si Mao was sitting on the back seat, with an open pizza box on his lap, and he was holding a piece of brushed pizza in his hand, eating with relish.Another driver came down from the front door, he was no more talkative than Xue Jintong, he just pushed Wu Jiusheng's whole body, and just pushed him into the car.

For a few seconds, Wu Jiusheng thought that he was going to be kidnapped and sold.

But Si Mao was kind to him, and after the car door slammed shut, he graciously handed the whole box of pizza to Wu Jiusheng.With a smile on his face, he asked him straight to the point:

"Little brother, how much salary does the factory pay you for a month?"

Wu Jiusheng retreated a bit, but Si Mao's hand was already directly on his arm.

"Don't be so nervous. You are from Shandong. My ancestors are from the Northeast. We are not far away. We have met each other before. What are you afraid of me doing? Your team leader is so big outside, I Can it still harm you? In fact, there is nothing else to come to you, but my cousin and I want to start a new business in your electronics factory recently, buying electroplating waste from your workshop, and just want to ask your opinion, yes Are you not interested in making this batch with me?"

Wu Jiusheng glanced at Simao, the shirt the other was wearing was unbuttoned, and his chest and abdomen were exposed in the air.In the factory area in Ping Township, Si Mao is considered well-known. He owns several small cars and has a few younger brothers who follow him all day long.It is said that he works in the factory only on a temporary basis, and his real income comes from working with his relatives to find the factory and run business.

Wu Jiusheng has always been curious about what kind of business can be so profitable, but no matter who he asks, no one can give an accurate answer.Now Si Mao mentioned it in front of him, and he subconsciously asked:

"What new business? I'm in charge of the assembly line in the workshop. I don't know anything else. I don't know how to do business..."

Si Mao laughed out loud.

"I'm not looking for you to do business." He replied, "My cousin and I are in business, so you don't have to worry about it. I asked your factory for the contract right to a batch of electroplating waste, mainly to recycle the electroplating solution. Tin slag, really, I won’t lie to you, it’s all a formal business, the agreement signed by your factory’s administrative office is personally approved, if you don’t believe me, you can see for yourself.”

As he spoke, he took out a document from the leather bag next to his thigh. Wu Jiusheng had a high school education, so he could understand it naturally. They are all the same as the handwriting on the holiday notices posted in the factory, so there should be no fakes.

He let out an "oh", and still didn't understand why Simao wanted to talk to him about it.

Si Mao saw that the young man had already read the agreement, so he put away the materials again, and said to him kindly:

"As you can see, this is a business with complete procedures, fully compliant, and without any legal risk. But, if I only do this kind of business, my profit is limited. I want to do a few more things with you guys. The price in the factory has not been negotiated, so I want to ask you for a little help. It is not difficult at all. If you are willing, I can guarantee you that you can choose a few ways to make money. The source of the money is clean and you can get it. I will share the net profit with you in proportion, and this is a long-term cooperation with me, little brother, no one will have trouble with money, do you think about it?"

"Wait, I..." Wu Jiusheng wanted to ask a few more questions, but was interrupted by Si Mao's hand.

Si Mao looked at him and asked with a smile: "Just tell me a word, do you want to make money?"

Wu Jiusheng stared at Si Mao's hand on his wrist, which felt hard and papery. He blinked, thought of something, and nodded honestly.

Of course, who doesn't want to earn money.Money is a good thing, not only can be used for consumption, but also can be used to buy many life security.In the past, Wu Jiusheng only looked at the present and not tomorrow, but now, he also started to make some plans for the future.

After listening to his answer, Simao showed a satisfied expression.He held Wu Jiusheng's hand and slowly released it, and he stuffed a stack of paper money rolled up very small into Wu Jiusheng's palm and left it there.

He gestured to the driver. The driver pressed a button on the car and unlocked the locked rear door again. Si Mao walked over to Wu Jiusheng to open the door for him, and patted the young man on the shoulder with one hand. shoot.

"The rest of the matter, let your team leader talk to you slowly. You two are familiar with each other, so you can talk openly. I'll get the information from him directly if you cooperate. Little brother, don't let me down."

After Si Mao asked Wu Jiusheng to get out of the car, the black Honda drove away.Xue Jintong and Wu Jiusheng were left standing in the open space, Xue Jintong smiled with his eyes behind the glasses, and he handed Wu Jiusheng a cigarette.

"Brother Xue," Wu Jiusheng asked seriously, suppressing the uneasiness in his heart, "what's going on here?"

"That's what you heard." Xue Jintong answered him, "Simao signed an agreement with our factory to purchase tin slag from the factory. Do you know where the waste is usually piled up after our electroplating workshop starts work? "

"Where is the pile?" Wu Jiusheng asked.

"It's piled up in the waste recycling warehouse. You don't know where that place is. I know that the leader of our production team is going to report the storage of various waste materials. I went to that warehouse when I was docking, and I know it. Classification method." Xue Jintong patted Wu Jiusheng's vest, and then said: "Actually, except for tin slag, all waste materials are collected and distributed in that warehouse, as well as lead slag, ABS waste and various alloys. Some alloy scraps are precious metal scraps, and a lot of silver slag and silver paste scraps can be produced from our workshop alone, do you know?"

Wu Jiusheng nodded dully.When they usually bond the chip base, they do sinter with alloy solution, and they do use silver paste.

Xue Jintong then asked: "Then do you know how much the price difference is for different types of waste?"

The recycling price of tin slag on the market is currently 180 yuan per kilogram, while the price for recycling silver slag in electroplating waste is 6500 yuan per kilogram, a difference of more than 30 times.

There was obvious excitement in Xue Jintong's face, he approached Wu Jiusheng, and asked him in a low voice: "Tell me, if the delivery truck mixes some silver slag into the tin slag when it is loading and unloading in the warehouse area, then all According to the purchase price of tin slag, it leaves the factory, and then sells it to the processing factory on the market, how much difference can you make?"

Wu Jiusheng remembered a sonorous buzzing sound in his mind.He finally understood.

It turned out that this was what Simao had been trying to win him over and Xue Jintong for a long time.No wonder when he first went to see Si Mao, the person who introduced him specifically emphasized the workshop where he worked. No wonder Si Mao insisted that he wanted to know the leader of the production team. No wonder he only signed the purchase of tin slag, a kind of waste. Agreement, Wu Jiusheng is not stupid, and all the information has been connected in a short time.

Xue Jintong and Simao just wanted to fish in troubled waters, smuggling silver scraps from the factory and reselling them!

Wu Jiusheng retreated subconsciously, pulling away from Xue Jintong, but Xue Jintong grabbed his wrist.

"Are you stupid? I've already mentioned this. Why hesitate?" Xue Jin stared at him with a puzzled face, "You just saw that Si Mao and the others have an agreement. It means that all vehicles entering and leaving the factory have a "Temporary Vehicle Pass". Who can find out what is in the vehicle. They are already familiar with it. Do you think they just found the two of us? The joints in the factory They have all opened up, and the channel for receiving goods has been cooperating, ensuring that they can be realized when they are delivered to the factory, and they will never be held in their hands. Don’t think this is scary, basically all factories have people doing it. This is a gray area, just like selling counterfeit phones, what are you afraid of!"

Although Xue Jintong's words sounded tempting, Wu Jiusheng was still very resistant.Hu Da told him that he must walk on the right path. Even without his advice, Wu Jiusheng never thought of doing illegal things in the past.He doesn't understand gray or gray areas, but he understands stealing, but stealing is always bad.

Seeing him, Xue Jintong was still moaning, and he couldn't maintain his original good temper. He held Wu Jiusheng's shoulders, and wrapped his neck around his shrinking neck like a capture.

"Do you know how much money they make per truckload?" He gritted his back teeth and told Wu Jiusheng, "One hundred thousand! It's a net profit, one hundred thousand! Every month they deliver two truckloads of goods from the factory. I'll give you 2 yuan for running errands, do you want it? If you think about it, it's [-] yuan per month."

Wu Jiusheng was stunned.That is an astronomical figure for him at present. How much is 2 yuan? He has checked that the off-season tour to seven countries in Europe is only a little over [-] yuan.

[-] a month is really too much income.

And what did Xue Jintong just say?

"Really... just use me to run errands?" Wu Jiusheng stammered and asked.

Xue Jintong smiled and shoved him.

"Otherwise? There are porters for the shipment, administrators for the material warehouse for signing the shipment, and gate security for the factory inspection. They are all our own people. Can we still use you? It is definitely running errands, and the key links are guaranteed. The safety factor is very high, and no one can find you."

Wu Jiusheng's eyes flickered.

"You can do it." Seeing his expression loosen, Xue Jintong squeezed his shoulder, "I will teach you in person after that, what exactly you need to do. I promise you, apart from running errands, don't You don't need to do anything."

After speaking, Xue Jintong let go of Wu Jiusheng.

The heat source next to his side was withdrawn at once, and in such a hot summer evening, Wu Jiusheng's back unexpectedly felt a bit chilly.He stood there, very dazed.

The cigarette that Xue Jintong handed him was held in his hand all the time, and he completely forgot to smoke it. The spark was blown by the breeze and burned all the way to the filter, almost scalding his hand.

It was almost ten o'clock when he returned to Huda's shop that night.After Xue Jintong finished talking with him, he took him to dinner, ordered a few delicious dishes, and the two of them drank some wine. When they got home, Wu Jiusheng's collar was stained with a pungent smell, and his face was a bit pale. Trance.

When he entered the door, Hu Da was washing dishes in the kitchen. Hu Da had a sharp nose and immediately smelled the smell of wine on Wu Jiusheng's body. His two eyebrows were wrinkled as if they were about to stick together.

"Did they force you to drink white water?" He asked very dissatisfied.

Wu Jiusheng's face was red, and he was a little slow in responding to Hu Da's simple questions that could be answered directly with yes or no.He glanced at Huda and giggled twice.

Hu Da shook his hands by the pool and came over to hug him. Wu Jiusheng staggered from drinking. He was afraid that this person would go up the stairs by himself and roll down the stairs in a while.

Huda sighed, carrying the young man on his shoulders to go back to his room.Unexpectedly, the young man protested on his back.

"Uncle, let me down, I want - I want to go back to my room!"

Huda put him down.

"doing what?"

"I want to - play computer!" The young man yelled, hiccupping his face.

"Just kidding, there is no internet at home! You go to bed and lie down for me, the air conditioner is not allowed to be lower than 27 degrees! The pores are open after drinking, and you will definitely catch a cold if you blow too cold wind .”

Wu Jiusheng turned a deaf ear to the second half of Hu Da's words.That's right, he just thought, if the computer at home hasn't connected to the Internet, then he can just play with his mobile phone.

When Hu Da put him on the bed, Wu Jiusheng was still squinting his eyes to unlock his mobile phone with great difficulty. His eyes now have double images, and he failed to enter the password correctly after entering it several times.

Huda looked at him looking like he was drunk and wanted to have fun, and sighed helplessly.The aftermath work in the store has not been finished yet, the weather is hot, and the ingredients will rot if one is not careful, and those things cannot be delayed. He took a look at the grumbling young man, and decided to leave him alone in the room for the time being. Let's go downstairs and tidy up the kitchen.

The young man who was thrown on the bed by himself finally unlocked his phone tremblingly.He entered the words "Ping An Insurance" in the search bar and opened the insurance company's official mall.

Hu Da showed him his ID card when he confessed to him before. He knew that Hu Da’s birthday was May 1982, 5. He is not yet old enough to buy comprehensive medical insurance for middle-aged and elderly people at this age. Wu Jiusheng held his head Feeling dizzy, he searched for Adult Critical Illness Insurance and Adult Comprehensive Critical Illness Anti-cancer Insurance, entered Huda's birthday and gender, and selected the amount in the free combination of insurance items below. The highest custom option, after calculation, the annual insurance premiums are 10 yuan and 1598 yuan respectively. He went to look at the subdivision items in the comprehensive medical care, and there is a special guarantee called "gas accident insurance". The explanation is "During the insurance period, if the insured dies or becomes disabled due to a gas accident, compensation will be paid." Wu Jiusheng held up his mobile phone and looked at the line, and a string in his mind was actually hooked. The gas insurance is particularly good. Huda is a restaurant owner, and he walks around the boiler table every day. Isn't this just right for him?

He was happy that he had found a good insurance project for Huda, and laughed twice.

The maximum amount of insurance premiums for a year is only this little. If he can really earn that much money from Simao, he can buy it for Hu Dadu, and he can also buy it for himself.Without five social insurances and one housing fund, commercial insurance will provide a lot more protection. If you work harder, you may be able to buy a small car, and let Huda drive him to the city every weekend, so that you don’t have to pay for it every time. I was in a hurry to take the bus, and I had to get stuck back and forth.

Wu Jiusheng imagined it to himself, and felt very happy and joyful in his heart.

When Hu Da finished packing and came back to his room, what he saw was this picture of the young man falling asleep drooling while holding his mobile phone.He didn't know what the young man was laughing at just now, but Wu Jiusheng, who was asleep, still had a faint, restless melancholy between his brows, as if he was worried about something.Huda touched it with his fingers, and gently stroked his eyebrows and forehead hair, until the other person's expression completely calmed down, and he returned to the carefree young man he was familiar with.

That's good, Huda thought, if he could live like this for the rest of his life, he would be willing to do anything.