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"Baba, Baba..." There was a sound of car horns, and Duan Qixiao brought his neighbor Faxiao Chen Erlin over in a seven-seater silver-gray Changhe van, and introduced to Liu Jun that Chen Erlin drove a van to solicit customers in the factory area. Chen Erlin's family is difficult, and he came out to make money before graduating from middle school, and he and Duan Qixiao are close buddies.

Liu Jun met Chen Erlin, so he introduced Liu Dekui and Tian Xiuhua to Duan Qixiao. Dumb and Duan Qixiao met in Jiangnan Teahouse, so there is no need to introduce them.

"Uncle, aunt." Duan Qixiao spoke very well, but he was a little stunned when he saw Liu Jun's father's disabled legs, so he didn't ask more, and it was inconvenient to ask.

"Hey." Tian Xiuhua heard Duan Qixiao calling her aunt, with mixed feelings in her heart, she turned her back and secretly wiped her tears, how much she wanted Liu Dekui's family and relatives to recognize her, it would be great if Ah Jun could call her mom.

"Ah Hua, it's okay, it's okay, my nephew has picked us up, we have a place to live now." Liu Dekui felt mixed feelings when Duan Qixiao was called uncle and aunt, but he didn't dare to expect his son Liu Jun to call Tian Xiuhua said "Mom".

Duan Qixiao was injured and just moved his mouth. Chen Erlin and the mute were busy moving boxes and chairs. Liu Jun carried his father into the car, and the group was driven by Duan Qixiao to the family area of ​​Jiangnan Machinery Factory.

After the car started, Chen Erlin drove, and Duan Qixiao sat beside Liu Jun to introduce the situation of Jiangnan Machinery Factory. Liu Dekui also took the opportunity to ask about the recent situation of his younger sister Hu Lanping and brother-in-law Duan Housong, and got a general understanding of the living conditions of his brother-in-law's family.

Soon, the Changhe car arrived at Duan Qixiao's home and stopped in front of the four buildings in the third district of the family area of ​​the old area of ​​Jiangnan Machinery Factory. The districts are simply worlds apart.

The new district and the old district are only separated by a two-way, two-lane road, with the new district to the south and the old district to the north.

The high-rise buildings in the new district are piled up, and the buildings with reinforced concrete frame structure are newly painted. There are potholes, some sewers have broken slate covers, the smell is pervasive, and the buildings look dilapidated.

When Liu Jun got off the car in front of his aunt's house in the old district, he smelled a pungent smell of potion, worse than the stinky gutter in the sewer.

The difference between the old and the new family area, one can feel at a glance that the south is the paradise of the rich, and the north is the common dwelling of the poor. One road separates the residents into two worlds, even though they are all the employees’ families of Jiangnan Airlines. But it is clearly divided into levels.

The lights were on on the fifth floor of my aunt's house. Because it was late at night, the Changhe car stopped and did not honk for fear of disturbing the neighbors. Chen Erlin and the mute got out of the car lightly.

With Chen Erlin helping to pick up the boxes, Liu Dekui was carried upstairs by the mute, and under the guidance of Duan Qixiao, the group hurried up to the fifth floor.

While going upstairs, Liu Jun sniffed and asked Duan Qixiao, "Cousin, why is the smell so pungent here? It's even worse than the traditional Chinese medicine boiled by Hu Lang in my hometown village. What's the situation?" "

Duan Qixiao sighed, and said, "Well, there is Qingyun Pharmaceutical Factory outside the courtyard wall of the old district. It is a village-run enterprise in the suburbs. Our family members in the old district have complained to the Environmental Protection Bureau many times to no avail."

"Complaining to the Environmental Protection Bureau is not only useless, the residents who petitioned were beaten many times by the villagers outside the courtyard wall. That villager has nowhere to complain." Chen Erlin, who was a little out of breath carrying a camphor box upstairs, answered.

"Why is no one caring about it? How can you bear the unpleasant smell of medicine every day for many years?" Liu Jun felt that the people in the city were not honest. You only care about making money when you open a pharmaceutical factory, and you discharge waste gas indiscriminately, and you don't even care about the lives of others.

"It's not that the government doesn't care about it. After a few times, it's because Du Min in that disturbing village outside the wall is too domineering. There have been many incidents of law enforcement officers being kicked out of the factory. Later, the higher authorities just let it go and let it go. It's gone." Duan Qixiao was very dissatisfied in his words.

"Naoxin Village? Troubled trouble? Troubled heart?" Liu Jun felt strange. Is there such a village name?

"Yes, it's called Naoxin Village." Duan Qixiao replied affirmatively.

"***, Naoxin Village is really troublesome." Liu Jun said to himself, thinking of the new district across the road from the old district, he asked again: "I think the new district is quite rich and powerful. People live there, so bad smell of medicine, won't they protest?"

"Qingyun Pharmaceutical Factory is on the side of the old district. The southern wind blows most of the year in the south of the Yangtze River. The smell of the medicine will not waft to the new district. It will have no effect on the new district. Those rich people don't bother to care about it." Chen Erlin interrupted again. speak.

"Oh, so that's what happened." Liu Jun didn't want to say anything more. It's not so harmonious in this big city. Most people in the city just want to make money, and they don't care about other people's lives. There is no bottom line in life. .

Up to the fifth floor, Duan Qixiao knocked on the door and called softly "Mom."

Liu Jun observed it carefully when he went upstairs. Every house has two doors, a security door with an iron fence outside, and a wooden door inside. The building is very old, but the corridor is still clean. It is said that people in the city I like to engage in patriotic health campaigns. In order to prevent mosquitoes, the trees on both sides of the street are sprayed with insecticides. It is common to distribute rat poison and insecticide water.

The red-painted wooden door creaked open, and Duan Qixiao's parents appeared in front of Liu Dekui's family, wearing blue overalls with the word "China Airlines" on the left chest. They hadn't seen each other for more than [-] years.

When Tian Xiuhua saw the familiar Hu Lanping, she didn't dare to face her, and lowered her head with a blushing face.

"Dad, Mom, uncle and aunt are here, this is cousin A Jun and Ali." Duan Qixiao broke the embarrassment, unscrewed the lock in the iron fence, and opened the anti-theft gatekeeper Liu Dekui to welcome in.

"Brother, Ah Hua, Ah Jun, Ah Li, come in quickly." There was only a short silence, and Hu Lanping seemed to understand what was going on, opened the door and her husband Duan Housong leaned sideways to let Liu Dekui's family in.

When Hu Lanping saw clearly that the mute was carrying Liu Dekui on his back, and Tian Xiuhua was carrying a wicker chair next to her, she panicked and said anxiously, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Uncle, come first." Duan Housong winked at Hu Lanping, shook his head lightly, telling Hu Lanping not to ask so many questions, since the guests are already home, just ask slowly if you have anything to do.

When Liu Jun entered, he found that his aunt's house was very small, only fifty square meters at most, and there was even a layout of two bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom. how small.

It is not difficult to find that several pieces of glass on the windows were broken, a corner of a square dining table was knocked off, and the glass of the photo frame hanging on the wall was also missing. A few hours ago, my aunt's house was smashed by someone with a scarred face known as Brother Biao.

"As the saying goes, it's not as bad as the family. Scarface is really shameless. It's a terrible death to smash such an honest poor family." Liu Jun's heart was tumbling, thinking of the ugliness of Scarface made him feel uncomfortable.If I had known that Scarface was so vicious, I shouldn’t have wanted him for 20 at the Jiuzhou Farmer’s Market, even if I cheated him for 200 million, it wouldn’t be too much...

When Liu Dekui sat down on the rattan chair, Duan Qixiao and Chen Erlin were busy taking out the prepared side dishes from the small refrigerator in the corner of the living room, and opening a few bottles of beer, which was a welcome for Liu Dekui's family from afar.

But Hu Lanping couldn't wait to take Tian Xiuhua to the parents' house in the back room to have a chat. After a while, the two women came out with red eye circles, as close as sisters.

It was too late at night, and they had snacks and cold beer for supper. The two families talked and laughed together, happy and sad. Naturally, they couldn't do without talking about how to settle down in the provincial capital in the future.

Hu Lanping said: "Brother, I asked the factory's personnel department. The machinery factory is not recruiting for the time being. You should stay at home for a while and look for a job. You can rent a suitable house before moving."

Tian Xiuhua immediately vetoed it: "Pingping, your place is already crowded, and your family has to go to work, so don't bother. I will rent a house with Ah Jun tomorrow."

Duan Housong sighed slightly: "Let's stay at home first. There is no rush to find a house. We haven't seen each other for many years. We should live together and chat."

While drinking and chatting, before we knew it, it was almost one o'clock in the morning. Considering that his sister, brother-in-law and his family had to go to work tomorrow, Liu Dekui suggested that everyone go to bed early after drinking the wine in the glass.

Chen Erlin also left, and left a phone number for Liu Jun, asking Liu Jun to call him whenever he wanted to use his car.

After some humility, Liu Dekui still insisted, and Liu Jun's family of four huddled together in the small living room of his aunt's house overnight.

Hu Lanping got up early, bought half a catty of pork liver from a meat stall in the old district, and ordered a pot of wide-cut noodles. Liu Dekui, Tian Xiuhua, Liu Jun, and Dumb all had three red eggs in their bowls, as a meeting gift.

My aunt cooks noodles very well. Liu Jun eats them deliciously and is very touched. Relatives are relatives. A few eggs can make Liu Jun know how grateful he is. Thinking that a family of four can’t be squeezed into my aunt’s house, Liu Jun runs out After breakfast, after uncle, aunt and cousin Duan Qixiao went to work, Tian Xiuhua was left to take care of father, and he and the mute went out to find a house.

If you are unfamiliar with the place, where can you find a house?Without thinking too much, Liu Jun used the high-end Apple smartphone given by his cousin to dial Chen Erlin's number. After waiting downstairs for less than 10 minutes, Chen Erlin arrived in a Changhe car.

"Brother, if you need my help, just say it." Chen Erlin followed Duan Qixiao's call and called Liu Jun the eldest brother, and pulled the gatekeeper Liu Jun and the mute to let them into the car. His attitude was very humble, presumably Duan Qi Xiao told Chen Erlin that the two young men in front of him were the ones who dared to beat up the scarred faces and make trouble in Jiangnan teahouses, and Liu Jun was more than enough to be the big brother of these ordinary people who opened the Changhe River to solicit customers.

Liu Jun got into the car and didn't leave in a hurry, he asked Chen Erlin, "Alin, is there a house for rent near here?"

Chen Erlin said: "The new and old areas of the Jiangnan Machinery Factory are occupied by the employees' families or their relatives. Basically, there is no house to rent. Even if there is a house, the rent is very expensive, and it costs one to two thousand a month."

"Well, it doesn't matter if there's something cheaper, it doesn't matter how far it is." Liu Jun wasn't surprised. A raccoon in the city can be sold for several hundred yuan a catty, and it's not uncommon for a rented house to cost one or two thousand.

However, although Liu Jun has a huge sum of nearly 20 yuan and can afford to rent a house of one or two thousand yuan, Liu Jun cannot rent it because his father and Tian Xiuhua must live in an expensive house. If you rent it and get nagged by your father, it's better to rent a cheaper one, and your father won't feel any psychological burden.

Chen Erlin thought for a while, and said: "There is a place not far from here, it looks like a few miles away, many migrant workers, and those with children and daughters all rent in that place, two bedrooms, one living room with kitchen and bathroom It’s only four or five hundred yuan.”

Liu Jun felt that the price was quite suitable, and asked, "Okay, Alin, where is it? Now take us there."

"Well, that place is Naoxin Village, which is separated from the factory's area by a wall." Chen Erlin started the car.

Liu Jun's heart suddenly moved: "Naoxin Village? Is it the village where Qingyun Pharmaceutical Factory was established, so that the residents in the old machinery factory area lived with the smell of medicine all day long?"

"Yes, do you still need to go to that village?"

"Of course." Liu Jun responded, thinking, "Okay, let's rent Naoxin Village, I want to see what's going on in that village?!"