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I carried two bundles of books and wandered into the Hankou Pier. Two men with bulging bellies stood at the gate of the iron fence. One of them held a stack of white tickets in his hand. He glanced at the corners of his eyes and raised his mouth: "Five yuan for the goods ticket." I grinned, panting and laughing: "Master, charge less!" "It's a ticket for one person." "Half a ticket." "Don't be nagging! Five yuan is five yuan." I had to take out five yuan and give it to him, and he tore up a five-yuan goods ticket and gave it to me.
Ten days later, I swung another load of books into the dock, and a thin man said sharply: "Eight cents for cargo." I quickly put down the load and took out a dollar. He took it and stretched out his hand: "Take another seven cents." I blinked: "Don't you have to ask me for two cents?" He said in a rough voice: "You are so smart! You want to send eight cents to beggar? Today's money is not long-lasting, and one dollar is only worth ten cents in the past, so it is just a dollar. This has been like this in Wuhan for a long time." I Opening my eyes: "Last time, the master only charged five yuan." "The charge was less last time, and we should make up for it this time. The superiors have regulations: charge eight cents for one hundred catties." I laughed: "Charge less, master!"
At this time , the other ticket checker walked away, and the thin man immediately squinted his eyes: "Okay, I'll charge you 30 cents less. But you know what happened." I took out another four dollars: "Thank you." "Empty words can't fill your stomach." He approached me: "You can just give me 2 cents. I don't need to buy a ticket." "What about that?" "No." It's five o'clock when you arrive at Wuxue. They have to go to bed and are too lazy to check the tickets. You don't need to buy tickets next time. I will check the tickets."
When I went back to Wuxue, no one checked the tickets.
When I go to Wuhan again, I can take the midnight boat and get on the boat directly without buying a ticket.
When I arrived at Hankou , it was broad daylight, but I didn’t see the thin man. Instead, a tall fat man stood on a high place, twisting his head, bulging his eyes, shining like a searchlight. I shrank my neck and my heart was beating fast. When I passed the fence, my face felt hot and I lowered my head and followed the crowd.
Suddenly, a fat palm slapped me on the shoulder: "Ticket!" My heart trembled, so I had to stand aside, deliberately took out a small notebook, and dug inside it for a long time: "Hey! My ticket is clearly here! Why is it missing?" The fat man waved his hand: "Stand!" His eyes kept scanning the heads and faces of the people who came.
After a while, a group of women with wrinkled and gray clothes, all with red faces, some turned their heads and looked away, some lowered their heads, jostling towards each other. The fat finger pointed at them: "You guys, vote." They looked at me and I looked at you, standing aside next to each other. A woman with pale hair trembled and whispered: "We work, but we don't get paid..." The fat hand waved again: "Stand!"
After checking all the passengers, the fat hand pointed to the women: "Let's go into the office." I followed the women. The fat man put his hand on my shoulder and said to the fat man with a smile: "How many more bastards have you caught?" The fat man also put his chubby body on my back, and said in a rough and thick Chinese voice: "I have made another friend!" The smelly hot air blew on my neck, and I felt numb all over, so I had to grit my teeth and walk forward.
Entering the small cement building at the river embankment gate, the fat man asked the women to pay and exit from the starting point. The women all had their eyes open, their faces were pale, and they were biting their lips. The pale-haired woman trembled and whispered, "Master, please help me. We really have no money, and we haven't received our wages." The fat man was wearing a yellowed white coat, "Pah! Pah!" patting his chest covered with black hair, still speaking in a rough and strong Chinese voice: "If you don't pay, what will I get for you?" The women immediately lowered their heads, their faces turning red and white.
The pale-haired woman still trembled and whispered: "I only have an umbrella and a pair of rubber shoes..." The fat man still had a bulging belly and said harshly: "No! Broken umbrellas and old shoes are useless!" Several women who bowed their heads shed tears. I couldn't help but opened my mouth and said: "You are the real deal! They really have no money!"
The fat hand immediately pointed to me: "Then you pay for them!" The fat man then stared at me and nodded: "Why are you here?" Then I remembered that I was also caught as a fool, so I mumbled vaguely: "How can I pay for them?" "Then you pay fifty! The fine is ten times as much." My heart felt like being cut by a knife.
He waved his hand and told the women to deposit their bags here and go out to borrow money to get them. The women cried and said they couldn't borrow money, but he still waved his thick, hairy hands: "Go! Go! Go!" They had to bow their heads and bend over, shedding tears, and shuffled out.
The fat man glared at me: "You pay fifty yuan." I said I didn't have that much money, so I made up the story that I came to Wuhan to find odd jobs. "Then you can borrow it." I made up another story: "My brother is studying in college in Wuchang. I have to earn money to support him." He waved his hand and said, "Don't be nagging! Don't even think about leaving until you pay fifty!" I felt that he would not let go. I had to rush to batch the goods and give him fifty as soon as possible. In front of him, I immediately loosened the belt of my trousers and unzipped the pocket of my briefs, revealing a stack of big bucks inside.
These fat hands, with black hair standing on end, reached into my underwear pocket like lightning, and pinched away the big pile of money like iron pliers: "Ha, you have so much money! Awesome!"
He glanced at the office, only him and me, and his thick black-haired hands immediately showed veins and trembled. I stared at my thick hands: Why are they shaking? My heart tightens and jumps.
At this time, a policeman wearing a large cap came in. His fat hands immediately stopped shaking and became relaxed. He looked at the policeman and said, "He has so much money and he still mixes in the money." He walked aside with the policeman and muttered a few words. The police said, please count the money in person, it is 980 yuan, keep it here temporarily, you can come back in the afternoon.
I just have to get out. Staring at the turbid Yangtze River water , my mind was in a mess.
In the afternoon, I stepped up to the small cement building at the gate of the river embankment. The police and the fat man placed my stack of money on the table one by one. The police took the camera and looked at the money: "Click!"
The policeman said: "You have so much money, and you are still cheating! Now stand still and I will take a photo and hang it in the waiting room for everyone to see!"
I immediately thought that I wanted to be a writer, and my face should be looked up to by everyone! I feel that a pure and loyal girl will be raped! Gang rape! This photo must not be taken!
I gritted my teeth and stared, ready to walk away immediately without any money. The policeman stood in front of me and said loudly: "If you don't cooperate with us, we will have to send you to the police station!"
I thought this was more troublesome, so I had to turn my head and stand there with gritted teeth and a glare. "Don't turn your head!" the policeman shouted.
I could only grit my teeth and stare at him."Crack!" - I immediately felt numb all over: "It's over!" I thought of Yang Bailao , being forced to press the red seal of selling Xi'er!
I gritted my teeth and stared, gasping for breath, holding the stack of money (50 yuan was fined). As soon as I got out of the small cement building, I wanted to jump into the Yangtze River and wash my face! Looking at the murky yellow rushing water, I knew I couldn't wash my face clean, so I wanted to cut off a layer of my face! Thinking about ⋯⋯
I thought that in my store, my wife was still waiting for me to buy the goods and go back to sell them. I could only grit my teeth and stare, and opened my mouth: "Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!" In this noisy and chaotic world, I stumbled around. Wusheng Road Book Wholesale Market ⋯⋯
Many years later, I won the Lao She Literature Award , and some newspapers reported on me on the front page, with a large photo of me. Many people on the Internet say that I am a contemporary - "Gorky!" I also want to write - "I will survive in this world!" 》
Now, I have been running around in the world for sixty years. I am sorting out the manuscripts I have written in my life, and I still want to name it-"Naked in the World"!
My nature is not used to taking advantage. From "Photography" - Why did I take advantage then? Deserve to be photographed! ——From then on, I always remember that "taking pictures!" will never be taken advantage of in the slightest! Really and clearly establish: for life - do not touch money when dealing with men, and do not touch flesh when dealing with women! Even the compliments given by others are regarded as encouragement.
I try my best to keep an eye on my own shortcomings, thinking about how to correct them, and poking at my own shortcomings, in order to cut the knot with a sharp knife, cut the firewood at the bottom of the axe, and eliminate the possibility of being "photographed" again, and eliminate all possible "photographs" in the bud! ——Even after several years of dating Teacher Yan, Teacher Yan praised me as “there is nothing that can be defeated!” I even took it as encouragement! Decide to practice it with your life!
If you have no desire, you will be strong! Without me, the world is invincible!
