Chapter 197

Little stray dog

At first, Chen Lina greeted Chen Zili and the people from the mining area’s vehicle management office.

They were specifically shown Deng Chun's photo, which meant that no matter who they were, if they saw Deng Chun taking a ride, they were not allowed to pick him up.

After all, she knew that the kid would definitely run away.

But who could have imagined that she would dress herself up as a girl by tying a flowery headscarf on herself and wearing a little liberation outfit.

That was great. In the blink of an eye, Deng Chun disappeared.

After arriving at the mining area, Deng Chun went straight to the train station and said, "Auntie, buy me a train ticket to Shanghai."

"How old are you, little brat? Where are you, adult?"

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"There are no standing tickets left. They were sold out long ago. Come back in a few days."

Just like that, Deng Chun was rushed out of the train station.

After all, he is 9 years old and in the third grade. He still knows a lot of things. So he ran to the long-distance bus station again, bought a bus ticket, and took one bus after another. One day he will be able to return to Shanghai.

"Bus tickets? They're sold out, little girl. Come and queue up at 4 a.m. tomorrow and you can buy tickets for October 7th," said the ticket seller at the long-distance bus station.

Deng Chun pulled down her flowery headscarf and realized that she had overlooked a very important issue.

The National Day is coming soon, and many units will have a holiday. Umayyad is an immigrant city, and too many people will take advantage of this holiday to visit relatives and friends.

All the tickets for cars and trains that had tires were sold out.

It was getting dark, and the streets were full of people going home to cook. Even the gate of the Oilfield Middle School, which was always closed, was opened.

11. Those learning machines in the oil field middle school and a group of nerds were also released.

Walking on the street, this place is really different from Shanghai. There are small stalls everywhere where people sell food. Occasionally there is a shop open selling vegetables and meat.

Deng Chun walked around and sat on the steps of the Petroleum Plaza. He took out an apple from his pocket and started eating it.

Oh, if I had known I would be so hungry and couldn’t buy a ticket, I should have brought some steamed buns.

The fried pancakes made by Chen Lina are soft and fluffy and very fragrant.

While he was chewing an apple, two policemen in black trousers, green jackets and wide-brimmed hats came towards him with smiles on their faces. Deng Chun quickly hid in the bushes.

Nie Weimin had just finished school when Gao Xiaobing pestered him, "Nie Weimin, where are you going to go on the National Day holiday?"

"It's none of your business." Nie Weimin walked forward quickly.

Gao Xiaobing said, "My parents are going to take me to Dalian to see the sea and my aunt. Don't be jealous, they said. They will show me Great White, a world-famous horror film about sharks eating people. If you beg me now, I will bring the videotape back and show it to you."

She was shorter and had round haircuts, so she said, "Please ask me."

Nie Weimin had seen the movie introduced in his father's magazine. It was said to be extremely scary. However, young people don't like excitement or horror the most. Most boys have an indescribable love for fish.

Therefore, Nie Weimin actually wanted to see it very much.

But, he just didn't like the way Gao Xiaobing always had to beg her for help.

"If you don't like it, go watch it yourself." Nie Weimin said, and seeing that there was no one around, he couldn't help but gesture with his hand, "You little girls like to watch movies, we are all masters, beep."

He is going to catch the oil tyrant this National Day, and he is very excited.

He and Liu Xiaohong happened to be catching a ride at the Petroleum Square. In the city center, all the tricycles that carry passengers pass by here.

"Do you want to go with us?" Nie Weimin asked.

Since he was able to make his own decisions, he has been very cocky lately. How should I put it? When he talks to Liu Xiaohong, he uses the tone that adults use to talk to their family members.

"The farm is now operating under a contract system. My mother has contracted a large cotton field. I have to pick cotton on the 11th, so I can't go," said Liu Xiaohong.

Although the officers and soldiers of the Armed Forces were organized to go to the farms to pick cotton around October 1, the tasks of the farm workers were still extremely heavy.

Liu Xiaohong is an expert at picking cotton. She can pick 30 kilograms of cotton a day.

He Lanshan, the former labor model, would probably have to admit defeat after hearing this.

Nie Weimin was very angry, but his mother was willing to help him with everything except taking Liu Xiaohong home.

Well, he couldn't understand Chen Lina's feelings for Chen Lili. He always felt that Chen Lina put Liu Xiaohong on the farm in order to work as a laborer for the Wang family.

Look, the buggy is here.

Liu Xiaohong refused to take the same bus with Nie Weimin, so he didn't get on and waited for the next one.

"You don't think that my aunt kept me on the farm on purpose to separate us, do you?" Liu Xiaohong, who was standing at the end of the queue, said to Nie Weimin.

Nie Weimin thought that Chen Lina must be afraid that he would fall in love too early, so she left Liu Xiaohong on the farm as a laborer. However, out of respect for his mother, he did not say it out loud.

"You don't understand. She gave me freedom and democracy. I like our farm and I think life on the farm is much better than living anywhere else. But you, if you are going to Hami, be careful on the road and take good care of the little ones."

Nie Weimin saw her get on the bus, waved his hand, and the bus sped away, emitting yellow smoke.

"Brother, brother." Nie Weimin heard Sandan calling from a distance. He turned around and saw Sandan standing across the street, waving at him.

"Why are you in the mines?"

"Mom wants you to go to the police station and tell them that Deng Chun is missing. Ask them to help look for him," said Sandan.

Chen Lina rolled down the car window and said, "Deng Chun ran away wearing my clothes. You can tell your uncle Yu that there was a small flowered headscarf and the old cotton jacket I usually wore when I was out of the dust, the one you wore with the big belt. Draw a picture for him and tell him to hurry up and search all over the mining area."

In fact, Deng Chun was not far away, but when he saw Chen Lina so anxious, he didn't know why, but he felt a little schadenfreude in his heart, thinking, humph, I'm going to make you pay for it.

There were fewer and fewer people on the street. Deng Chun, who had eaten an apple, was still hungry, so he wandered alone on the street. It was getting darker and darker. The streets in the mining area were not as lively as those in Shanghai. At this time, there were few people around.

Finally, he stopped in front of a kebab shop and started drooling.

"Boss, bake a pancake and give me a kebab," he said.

Because of the flowered headscarf and the little liberation jacket, the kebab vendor thought he was a little girl. Moreover, Deng Chun only stole thirty yuan and gave the kebab vendor a ticket.

The other party took the money, but did not give him change. He roasted the meat, stuffed him with several large skewers of mutton, and handed him the cakes.

"Uncle, where's my money?"

"What money? You used the money to buy the cake. Didn't I give you the cake?"

"I need money." Deng Chun said timidly.

The other party said nothing, picked up the small knife for cutting meat next to him, and with a swipe, he flew it onto the pancake.

Deng Chun was frightened, but he still held out his hand and said firmly, "I need the money to go back to Shanghai to find my mother."

"Is your mother dead?" the other person said.

Deng Chun has already started crying. "Yeah."

"You motherless kid, you are clinging to the wall. Look at how you are begging for success. I'll give you the money. Get out of here."

Deng Chun got the money and was about to leave, wiping away tears, when he suddenly turned back and couldn't stop crying, "Brother, I want to take the train tomorrow, what should I do if I can't buy a ticket?"

The kebab vendor was so moved by the aggrieved and frail child that he shed crocodile tears. "Go to Wushi Bar, give Yubu twenty yuan, and he can take you on any train. You look like you have no mother, and you look so miserable!"

"Okay, thank you brother." Deng Chun finally mustered up his courage, wiped his tears, and held the money tightly in his hands. He felt that he was one step closer to his mother. Moreover, after running for a long time and sweating a lot, the fever subsided and he had the strength to walk again.

Nowadays, there are people guarding the door of bars, and most people have to buy tickets to go in.

Deng Chun thought this was Shanghai, and there were a bunch of bad guys like him who specialized in puncturing tires, deflated air valves, and stole spokes to sell for popsicles, so he rushed in with all his might.

"Where are you from, little girl? Are you here to look for your father?" She was grabbed by someone.

"Brothers, I'm here to find Youbu?" Deng Chun said.

The gatekeeper and ticket seller took off Deng Chun's headscarf and said, "Brother, this boy has fair skin and tender flesh. He must be a primary school student."

"You didn't want to do your homework, so you escaped?" The other party kicked Deng Chun away. "Get away. The police came three times a night to check us. They sniffed out the scent of minors and arrested us. Don't cause trouble for us."

Deng Chun wiped his face, lay on the ground for a while, stood up, carrying his travel bag, and stood at the door of the bar.

At this point, the entire city has turned off its lights one after another.

The bar owner, Yub's brother Kul, happened to pass by and saw a little kid sitting at the door. He frowned and asked, "What's going on? Don't you know that bars don't allow minors? Do you think Yu Donghai hasn't checked us out enough?"

Saying they are black is a joke, Yu Donghai is even blacker.

Every few days, he would check the bar under various pretexts, and sometimes he would come in to have a drink or two. One second he would be on friendly terms with them and call them "big brother", and the next second he would come in to arrest people. He remembered everything that was said.

If there hadn't been a big oil tycoon like Su Xiangdong who taught everyone knowledge and taught everyone how to test the boundaries of the law, they would have been wiped out by the public long ago.

At this time, a primary school student came to the door of the bar. It looked like a trick played by the police.

"Release some dogs and keep him away. Don't let him get in our way and cause trouble for the police again."

Several of his men turned around and dragged out the ferocious wolfdog from the backyard, preparing to release it to scare Deng Chun.

When Deng Chun saw the dog, his legs went limp with fear. But the lights in the entire mining area were off, and he had nowhere to go. His legs went limp, and he sat on the ground and started crying.

Just at this moment, a jeep rushed by the roadside, and a woman rushed out of it. She yelled, "Kul, how dare you let the dog bite my son?"

"Secretary Chen, this is not your son." Kul quickly ordered someone to bring the dog back.

Chen Lina picked up Deng Chun, whose legs were weak, and pointed at Kuer's nose and said, "Don't think that the leaders of the mining area don't know what you did. Stealing oil is fine, but you let a dog bite such a young child. I guess I will have to look for his bones in the garbage dump tomorrow, right?"

"The child cannot be let out in the middle of the night, Secretary Chen. I'm sorry, but what you did was not right either."

"A city is where people live, where people can walk and move around. Why can't children go out at night? Is it because you specialize in eating their meat? Let me ask you." Chen Lina looked like she wanted to eat someone.

Kuhl is not someone who is easy to mess with. He will just turn around and hide when something happens.

Chen Lina used the headlights to look at Deng Chun from his face to his hands to his feet. Seeing that he was still intact, she kissed him on the forehead. "Oh my God, luckily you are not injured. Otherwise, how would I explain to your father?"

Deng Chun hugged Chen Lina's neck and didn't dare to let go.

"Deng Chun, sit in the back. I want to drive," she said.

Deng Chun shook his head and said, "I don't want it. The dog will bite me."

"The dog can't bite you while I'm here. Hurry up and sit in the back," she said.

Sandan couldn't pull Deng Chun off Chen Lina's body, and it was his sister who helped him get off.

"Brother Deng Chun really looks like a stray dog." The younger sister sighed and said.

At this point, Deng Chun completely gave up the boastful style he had when he first arrived, but he also folded his arms, hid in a corner, and protected himself with an unhappy look and a keep-away attitude.

After searching for a long time at the Public Security Bureau and explaining the situation, they brought Nie Weimin back.

When I got home, the laborer had not returned from overtime yet. However, Erdan, who had just returned from the mine after consulting Li Mingcheng, had become much more adept at playing the guitar.

It's certainly not practical to cook other meals so late at night.

Isn't Tiantian's family next door steaming buns with mutton and carrot filling? People in the mining area have a big appetite, so they steam a lot of buns. There are layers of buns in big steamers.

Chen Lina brought her own vinegar, soy sauce, and chili oil, and took two pieces of clothing that had just been made in her own clothing factory to Sister Wang, and then went next door.

Sister Wang used to be fat, but now she has lost weight. She put on a shirt with a white background and red flowers, and a two-button suit jacket that Chen Lina had specially modified. Although it was rustic, it was more suitable for people's aesthetic tastes nowadays. She asked, "How is it? Is it beautiful?"

After looking at herself in the mirror for a long time, Wang Jie said, "It's pretty, and you dress like a movie actor, but it's a pity. I work every day, and I'm afraid it won't fit if I wear this to work in the fields."

"We're going to open a movie theater in our mining area soon. We'll show movies every day, and they'll all be good movies. Clothes like this are for watching movies."

"I'm going to watch a movie, and I need to change my clothes?"

The children were wolfing down the food while the adults were changing their clothes inside.

"Of course we don't need it, especially when watching a movie. Besides watching the movie, you also go to show off your clothes and see whose clothes are prettier. This is called a sense of ceremony," said Chen Lina.

Seeing that Deng Chun had not eaten, Erdan grabbed a big bun, stuffed it with chili oil and minced garlic, and passed it to him. "Eat it, why don't you eat it?"

Deng Chun didn't want to eat it at first, but he couldn't resist the tempting aroma of the mutton and carrot buns. Plus, he was very hungry, so he took a big bite.

What children who run away from home fear the most are their family members’ scolding, ridicule, and the kind of indifference and disdain that believe they will never be able to get better.

Deng Chun ran away from home more than ten times in Shanghai. He got used to it. When he came home, his stepmother would cross her arms and look at him coldly. His sister would spit at him, and his father would often make him so angry that he had stomachaches. When he was in pain and sad, Deng Chun even saw his father crying in the bathroom, banging his head against the wall.

Therefore, when he came back, he was ready for the three Nie brothers to humiliate him together.

As a result, Erdan handed him the buns, and Sandan looked at him with a smile for a long time, then ran to the kitchen and brought him a bowl of sticky millet porridge.

"Drink it." Sandan said, "You want to go home to your mother, that's a good thing, but you should eat first, okay?"

“Brother, next time you really want to go, call me too.” Erdan said after slurping a mouthful of porridge.

Deng Chun felt so aggrieved that two tears fell into the porridge bowl.

Nie Gong has been busy working overtime recently, and his mind is full of sending instructions to the computer. He found that it seems that girls find it much easier to remember instructions than boys. Originally, there were only two girls in the laboratory, so he sent letters to several key universities, asking those presidents to find a few girls who are willing to come to the mining area and work hard.

It was almost two o'clock in the morning when he returned home.

He entered the house in the dark. The worker smelled something stinky, but couldn't figure out what it was. He touched the kang in the dark and thought it was Miss Chen, so he bent down and kissed her.

Nie Weimin flipped over and said, "Dad, you are so disgusting."

The worker was frightened and asked, "Where's your mom?"

"My mother said that the four of us sleeping on the small kang is too crowded. From now on, the big kang will belong to us. Hurry up and sleep there. Oh, your saliva."

The worker was rejected by his son and went into the bedroom in a depressed mood. Sure enough, Chen Lina had not slept yet and was sitting on the kang, packing clothes for the children to wear when they went out.

Seeing Nie Gong coming in, she said, "Nie Gong, I have observed carefully for a while and found that Wei Jiang is more ruthless than Deng Chun. So why did I die in my last life? Deng Chun must have been the one who killed me. If I were to die, Wei Jiang would definitely not be able to survive either. That proves that it must have been Deng Chun who killed Wei Jiang. The more I think about it, the more I can't understand. You are such a fool. You were confused for a moment and killed me. I guess you also killed Wei Jiang."

“Do you really think so?” At this time, the laborer will turn into an almond tree fork.

Kissing the sleeping little satellite, he said, "Deng Chun, this is the gun that Apricot Tree Fork gave to Wei Jiang. That gun can be used against others. Of course, it can also help Nie Wei Jiang end his own life."