criminal mentality

Chapter 70 The Man Who Died in Prison

Zheng Muyang never imagined that a phone call would ruin his young life
Beibao Prison in L City is located on the southwestern coast of the city. There is a salt factory built by the sea. Most of the prisoners here are light criminals with a sentence of less than ten years. Therefore, the management is relatively loose, and the freedom given to the prisoners is relatively easy. more.They go to work in the factory on time every day, take a lunch break on time, eat dinner on time, take a shower, and watch the news.Every half a month on weekends, they can meet and chat with relatives and friends who visit them, and bring back some fresh food. Of course, they have to be checked by the guards first.So every day is not difficult.

Today was another visiting day in the prison, Zheng Muyang got up early in the morning to wash and change clothes, sat upright on the bed, waiting for the guard to tell him to go out to meet his parents.He looked at his watch over and over again, and tidied his clothes over and over again, wondering if his father was getting better, and if his mother had listened to him and bought more supplements for the two of them to nourish their health.However, he waited and waited, and the time passed by, and people from other cells were constantly called out, but it was never his turn.

Soon, 12 o'clock arrived, and the visiting hours ended.what happened?I have been in prison for more than two years, and my parents have never missed a visit. Now that I am about to be released from prison after serving my sentence, why don't I come here suddenly?What happened at home?Zheng Muyang sat there motionless, not even noticing someone approaching, until the person stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, then he recovered from the trance, raised his head and saw the person coming, Zheng Muyang Mu Yang stood up quickly: "Guardian Li."

Li Yunlai patted Zheng Muyang on the shoulder again, motioning him to sit down and said.Zheng Muyang sat on the bed anxiously, desperately thinking about whether he had done anything wrong recently, which caused the guard to come to the cell to talk to him.Li Yunlai looked at Zheng Muyang, who was nervous across from him, and didn't know how to speak. As the guard of light criminals under five years in Ward A, he knew that Zheng Muyang was not like other people here, because he committed various crimes. Locked in, this poor man just killed someone with his car and had no money to pay.

Alas, it’s normal to have no money to compensate, Li Yunlai brewed his emotions, and then slowly opened his emissary to explain his purpose: “Mu Yang, just now the prison management office received a call from your mother, your father died because of a relapse of an old disease. Hospital, your mother has been staying with you in the hospital for the past few days. In fact, she couldn’t find time to visit you, and she was afraid that you would feel sad if they didn’t come, so she called to explain. She said that you will be released from prison in half a month. At that time, she and your father will definitely come to pick you up, let you reform during the last period of time, and be a new man after you come out."

Dad is sick again?For more than ten years, my father's lungs have become worse and worse. He can't breathe at night and can't sleep all night. He has been relying on traditional Chinese medicine to keep him warm.It was even more sad during the dry season in autumn and winter, and I always stayed in the hospital for ten days and a half months.However, this is just lung failure, there is no cure, only support.Over the years, he has suffered a lot.Because my father's illness is inseparable from others, my mother retired early at home. The two have a total pension of more than 1000 a month, which is not enough for my father to buy medicine once.This is also the reason why Zheng Muyang resigned from his job in the bus company and started a big business.Running long distances is tiring, but earning a lot of money.In order for Dad to take the medicine on time, Mom doesn’t have to worry about the fact that the vegetable market in front of the house is [-] cents more expensive than the supermarket two kilometers away. Zheng Muyang is not afraid of hard work at all.But who knows, the leak in the house happened to be rainy, and he had an accident while running a long distance home, and he was sent to prison.

When my mother came to see him, she looked thinner and thinner every time. My father couldn't speak a complete sentence and coughed all day long.Thinking of this, Zheng Muyang covered his face and sobbed softly.

Li Yunlai didn't know how to persuade Zheng Muyang, all the words were pale, because he couldn't empathize with Zheng Muyang's experience, so of course he spoke lightly.Just when he was about to get up and leave quietly to let Zheng Muyang vent his depression, Zheng Muyang stopped him suddenly: "Guardian Li, I beg you, please let me call my mother!" Yun Yun turned around and looked at this man in his thirties with red eyes and sadness, the words of rejection stuck in his throat and he couldn't say anything.

Li Yunlai brought Zheng Muyang to his office, pointed to the fixed phone on the table and said, "Call quickly, but don't make it too long, I will be in trouble if someone finds out." After speaking, he walked to the window and stared at the corridor inside the movement.

Zheng Muyang picked up the phone and unplugged the familiar number. Soon, his mother's voice came from the receiver: "Hello, who is it?"

"Mom, it's me, Mu Yang, how is Dad?"

"Oh, Yang Zi, where did you call from? Silly boy, you are about to be released, don't do stupid things!"

"Mom, I'm fine. I was beaten by the kind guard Li. Are you still in the hospital?"

"Yang Zi, this time your dad is probably in trouble. Huh, huh, the doctor said your dad needs to be operated on, and he will have to be on a ventilator from now on, but our family is so poor that we can't cure it. .”

Zheng Muyang took a peek at Li Yunlai, seeing that he was still staring out of the window, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Then what about the 10 yuan I sent back last time? Is it all gone?"

"You know that your father can't stop the medicine, and the medicine is very expensive. It's been a lot of money in the past two years, and it's not even enough for the hospitalization fee this time."

Li Yunlai saw someone coming around the corner, and hurriedly urged Zheng Muyang to hang up the phone.

"Mom, I have to die. Remember, find the person who gave you the money last time, and tell him that he still owes me 20. It's best to pay me back right away, or you'll just wait for the fish to die." After finishing speaking, Zheng Muyang hung up the phone.

Back in the prison cell, several of his roommates had already returned from their meal, lying in bed and taking a mid-morning rest.Hearing the noise, Cai Pengcheng opened his eyes and saw that it was Zheng Muyang who had returned, he took out two steamed buns wrapped in paper from under the pillow and threw them to Zheng Muyang, then turned over and went back to sleep.

Zheng Muyang thought back to the conversation with his mother just now, there was nothing that could arouse suspicion, the prison phone must have been monitored, he couldn't have an accident at this juncture, his parents were still waiting for him to go back.

After eating the steamed buns as if they were chewing wax, Zheng Muyang also lay down on the bed and went to sleep with his clothes together, and got up at [-] o'clock in the afternoon to go to the factory with everyone to work.

Time passed quickly, two weeks passed in a blink of an eye, and it was only three days before Zheng Muyang was released after serving his sentence. He seemed to have smelled the smell of freedom.
The next morning, after hearing the wake-up bell, all the prisoners in the prison quickly got up, dressed and washed, but Zheng Muyang was still lying motionless on the bed, and the head of the cell, Kang Baoping, kicked him out of bed. , only to realize that his complexion was blue, and he had been dead for a long time.

(End of this chapter)