"First tell me what the cigarettes are for, and these noodles will be yours." Having learned the lesson just now, Hong Tao didn't dare to show a smile and deliberately spoke with a straight face.

"...Sell it for five cents..." The little girl thought for a while and felt that the transaction was fair, so she finally told the truth. But when she took out the two hand-rolled cigarettes from her pocket, tears immediately came to her eyes.

Out of the eye socket. Both cigarettes were broken, and the tobacco shreds were scattered in one hand.

There was a moment of silence around the table. Although the tiger, ox, and pony did not shed tears, the muscles on their cheeks were squirming. They were as strong as iron and could kill without blinking, but their defenses were broken by the little girl's silent tears.

"Don't cry. Didn't you just tell me what the cigarettes are for? These two cigarettes are yours!" As expected of a hero, Hong Tao still showed no expression and took out two cigarettes and handed them over.

"Thank you, uncle, I'm going back. Mom hasn't taken the medicine yet..." The little girl licked her lips, raised her face and smiled at Hong Tao. Even though there were still tears on her face, she still smiled sweetly.

Then she took out an identical small iron box from her arms. After opening it, there were some shredded tobacco inside, which should have been removed from the cigarette butts. Judging from the color, she took it apart very carefully, and there was no trace of burning at all.

A cigarette was also carefully put in.

"Is your mother sick?" Hong Tao took out two more cigarettes and put them on the table...

"Well, she was seriously ill and vomited blood... The grandfather at the grocery store on the street said that she needed to spend money to buy medicine. Mom has no money, and neither do I..." This time the little girl did not reach out for the cigarette, even though her eyes looked

Full of desire, he still stood up, put the noodles into the small iron box, and stuffed them into his arms.

"I really like the little tin box you put your tobacco in. If you are willing to give it to me, I will give you some pills, maybe they can cure your mother's disease!" Hong Tao thought again when he saw that the cigarettes were not easy to use.

The second transaction was made.

"..." The little girl's logical thinking ability seemed to develop faster than her age, so she was not fooled.

"..." Hong Tao winked at the scalper.

"Can I exchange two iron boxes for two pieces... I can clean the box!" When the scalper took out the anti-inflammatory medicine sold by the alliance from his pocket, the little girl's eyes suddenly lit up. She obviously knew this medicine, or

When I saw this kind of packaging, I immediately took out the two small iron boxes.

"That's great, I like a couple. But what if they take the pills away when you go back with the pills?" Hong Tao finally smiled, as if he had picked up a big leak in an antique market.

But he quickly frowned and pointed behind him. There was no need to look back, Xiao Ma had already hinted with his eyes that the group of children had not gone far and were hiding in the shadows across the street.

"..." This time the little girl was really at her wits end, or maybe she wasn't old enough to think too carefully.

"How about this, let's take you back. When we get home, how about I give you the pills and the iron box to me?" Only then did Hong Tao come up with what seemed to be the only reasonable solution. Naturally, the little girl fell into the trap, even though

She was still reluctant to bring a stranger home, but the temptation of two pills was too great!

"Hide halfway and follow those children..." Hong Tao whispered in Tiger's ear as he stood up to leave.

The little girl's house is really not close. It takes more than 50 minutes to walk north from Fifth Avenue, which is almost 3 kilometers. This is Hong Tao's excuse to go back early to give his mother medicine, and hold her and walk quickly. If he uses her

My short legs and physical strength are slowly wearing thin, and the time it takes to get home may have doubled.

In addition to being far away, it’s also very shabby! In fact, the further north you go, the shabbier the inhabited houses on the roadside become. This is not too strange. The innkeeper has introduced that the living environment of the Jinmen Port Industrial Zone is arranged from south to north, from south to north.

Distribution from rich to poor.

The area in the south near the Haihe River is the richest. People living there are military families, managers and technical workers in various factories and their families, as well as many foreign businessmen who do business here all year round.

Taking TEDA Square as the dividing line, to the north is the residential area for ordinary workers and their families. From Ninth Street to the north is the slum area, including small businessmen and hawkers with unstable incomes, temporary workers, and newly arrived refugees.

The elderly, the weak, the sick and the lowest class of society are all cared for here.

How would you rate it? It is a little more organized than the homeless area outside the Redeemer base. There is a streetlight not far from the main road. Some people dare to wander outside after dark. The rest is basically the same. The doors and windows of the houses are in tatters, and the streets are

There was sewage flowing across the street, it was muddy, and the smell of urine and feces was everywhere.

The tiger disappeared before leaving the market, and its exact location is unclear. The pony is at the head, Hong Tao is holding the little girl diagonally behind him, and the scalper is at the end.

It seems random, but in fact this formation is the most advantageous way of defense in the city. The sight of the three people will not be blocked by their companions, and they can take out their guns and shoot targets at the front, rear, left and right at any time, and at the same time, they will not be attacked from any side.

Knock them all down with intensive shooting.

It's a pity that the people here don't know much about the goods. They looked blankly at these three men who were clearly dressed as not belonging here and holding a little girl who clearly belonged here. There was no surprise, no doubt, or even curiosity in their eyes.

"We're here... on the second floor!" Fortunately, there was no need to go through too complicated and dark alleys and alleys. The little girl's home was above a house not far from the street. Yes, it was above. She said on the second floor.

But there is no building here. It is just a layer of iron sheets and wooden boards on the roof, which can be said to be a pigeon cage.

"Mom...Mom...I have medicine..." The staircase is hung at the back of the house. It is a frame welded with steel pipes and angle irons and covered with wooden boards. The little girl climbed up with her short legs and climbed hard.

while shouting.

"Howl in mourning for those who suffered a thousand cuts! Go back and tell your mother that if you don't pay the rent, you'll have to leave. If you want to die, you should die outside and don't ruin the feng shui here. I...I...who are you looking for!"

"

Before the little girl climbed to the roof, as the stairs trembled, a fat old man with an unshaven beard appeared at the top of the stairs, blocking the way with his hands on his hips and cursing loudly. Just as he was about to reach out to grab the little girl, he suddenly realized that there was something below.

Someone was immediately stunned.

"Looking for her mother... Are you the landlord here?" The other party was obviously not a child and did not need to be coaxed. Hong Tao was finally able to smile and asked with a smile, baring two half of his front teeth.

"Yes, yes... Oh, no, I'm helping Third Master look after the house. Her mother is afraid that she won't be able to pay. No, she hasn't paid a penny of the rent for two months. Let me tell you, she's afraid that

It didn't work, I coughed up blood every day, and was skinny..."

This smile made the old man seem to have seen something darker in the night, and he stuttered a bit when he spoke. Even so, he did not say much. It can be seen that the problem of talkativeness does not depend on whether the situation is urgent or not. The more nervous it is, the worse it will be.

"You want to see people alive, and you want to see corpses when dead. This is the rule! Either you get out of the way or lead the way. I don't have that much time to talk nonsense!" Obviously, the old man regarded himself as a debt collector, and Hong Tao also thought of himself as a debt collector.

If you don’t want to explain, just get off the donkey.

"It has nothing to do with me, it really doesn't matter... Go ahead, damn kid, lead the way!" Upon hearing this, the old man immediately retracted his body and stepped aside to get out of the way of the stairs.

"Come on, girl, take your uncle to give your mother some medicine!" The passage on the roof is very narrow, and the two of them will be staggered. Hong Tao didn't intend to go too deep, so he stayed at the top of the stairs. The scalper took out the medicine box and pulled the little girl.

Walking inside, Xiao Ma became even more ruthless. He simply went down the stairs and shrank into the shadow behind the house.

"What does this child's mother do?" Seeing the fat old man staring at the scalper's back and his eyes rolling around, Hong Tao knew that he also recognized the medicine box.

"Hi, I'm a surrogate mother. When the child was born, she was unwilling to pay the balance because it was a girl. Then she gave birth to another child. I had some money, so I went to work part-time in a factory, and my life was pretty good." The old man said.

When he heard the question, he quickly looked away, said a few perfunctory words and turned around to leave.

"Then what disease does she have?" Hong Tao took half a step wrong and blocked the way in.

"This, this...I don't know, I'm pretty sick anyway..."
Chapter completed!