After hearing A Dong's words, Nie Cai frowned slightly.
The Tang Group paid Captain Xiong 50 yuan per person per day, and 5,000 yuan per household to move out. However, he peeled it off like this and only got 10 yuan in the hands of this little boy. This is simply extremely evil.
But even with this, the little boy felt quite satisfied, which made Nie Cai feel sad...
Imagine a little boy whose parents are dead and suffering from AIDS. He lives with his elderly and sick grandmother and makes a living by picking up rags. His daily income is so meager. This Adong is too miserable.
You know... he is still a six-year-old child. At this age, other children should be playing happily in preschool and pestering their parents for pocket money every day. But not only is he suffering from AIDS, his parents have also passed away, so he can only rely on him. He was raised by his grandma, and even had to go against his conscience and do such immoral things with Captain Bear in order to make some money. This has to be said to be a kind of tragedy.
Nie Cai took his crutch and walked into the house. The house smelled of old musty smell. The furnishings inside were simple, with only an iron frame bed covered with a yellow quilt.
In the middle of the house, a simple stove made of cement bricks was filled with firewood, crackling and burning, and the flames burned a dark black aluminum pot.
The little boy A Dong ran to the pot, scooped out a large bowl of rice, poured it on a pot of dark vegetable juice on the table, picked up a few slices of green vegetables, and ate it with relish.
While eating, he pooped a few times, threw part of the rice in the bowl into the iron basin on the ground, and ate together with the big black dog.
As if remembering that there was an outsider in the room, the little boy smiled sheepishly and said to Nie Cai, "Uncle Cai, you came just in time. Have you eaten?"
"Anyway, they don't dare to eat my food for fear of being infected by me, so I feed it directly to Dahei. Dahei is an adopted stray dog and has gotten used to it over the years!"
The big black dog waggled its tail meekly and licked the rice bowl. It seemed that it knew its owner was talking about it, and even raised its head and barked.
"My teeth are swollen and the pain is so bad that I won't eat if I can."
Nie Cai shook his head. He had already thought of this argument. He had to be careful when he infiltrated this AIDS demolition team alone.
"Uncle Cai, you have to be careful. We AIDS patients are in poor health. We must not get injured or catch a cold." A Dong said with concern.
But Nie Cai heard an important message from Adong's words. Those people seemed to be afraid to eat with Adong, who had AIDS - they were all AIDS patients, so why were they afraid of being infected
As if seeing the doubts in Nie Cai's heart, A Dong swallowed a mouthful of dry rice and spoke a little slurred: "Uncle Cai, let me tell you a secret quietly. We are the only two AIDS patients here, and their AIDS certificates are all fake. Yes, the syringe also contains red ink, it’s designed to deceive people!”
"Actually, there was an aunt who lived with me before. She was also an AIDS patient, but she was too seriously ill and was taken away by Captain Bear two days ago. She probably died."
A Dong's face looked a little sad. Who knows if that aunt's fate will be what he will be like in the future
Hearing A Dong's words, Nie Cai was startled at first, and then he felt confused about whether to laugh or cry.
There is only one AIDS patient here, Adong, and the others are all lies
I had just been chased by a group of people from the AIDS demolition team with syringes until I wet my butt. I didn't expect that they were actually some fakes... This was really fooling people!
There seemed to be a noise outside, and Captain Xiong's cursing voice came from outside: "Tmd, that reporter just ran very fast, I almost caught up with him!"
"Yeah, one hundred thousand yuan is gone. This is enough for us to do a lot of work."
Someone echoed, their tone full of regret.
"Forget it, forget it for now, let's talk about eating...Uncle Zhong, is the rice ready?"
Nie Cai looked out through the corridor and saw Captain Xiong returning with his "AIDS Demolition Team" members.
The old man opened the door, pointed in the direction of Nie Cai, and said to Captain Xiong: "Captain, a leader of Ai came just now. He said that you recruited him to the team. How should we deal with it?"
"I've been recruiting people for so long and you're here?"
Captain Xiong glanced at Nie Cai suspiciously, as if he wanted to see through Nie Cai, and said to him: "We are full and we are not recruiting any more people. You can go back!"
After all, he still had some doubts about Nie Cai. After all, a reporter had just come to interview him. It was normal to be wary of this person who appeared out of nowhere.
"Captain Xiong, you forgot that you were looking for AIDS patients in City B. I was introduced by a patient."
Nie Cai calmly took out the AIDS patient's medical certificate from his arms, and then continued: "I'm here now. I have nowhere to go anyway, so Captain Xiong will take me in."
While talking, Nie Cai had been quietly paying attention to Captain Xiong's expression.
Although there are a lot of people in this AIDS demolition team who are fake "AIDS patients", a few of them must be real, otherwise it will be too easy for them to be fake.
Just now A Dong told him that there were indeed two AIDS patients here, but one of them had disappeared, so Captain Bear should now recruit another real AIDS talent.
After all, A Dong is too young, and many things are not as convenient as adults.
Sure enough, after listening to Nie Cai's words, Captain Xiong pondered for a moment and seemed to be moved.
"Are you really AIDS? How many years have you had the disease?"
After thinking for a while, Captain Bear asked.
"It's been two years, look at my ID, look at my face!"
Nie Cai hurriedly handed the ID forward, and at the same time showed his face covered with "blisters" and said.
"Who wants to see your ID? What's the use of this thing?"
Captain Xiong frowned, took a bottle of mineral water from the side, took out a syringe and injected it with a needle.
A red liquid was swirling in the mineral water bottle, dyeing the water a light red.
"Have you read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Liu Guan and Zhang became allies through blood. Let's learn from them. As long as you drink this pot of water, you will be our brother and can stay."
After shaking the pure water bottle, Captain Xiong smiled proudly and handed the bottle to Nie Cai while observing Nie Cai carefully.
As long as the other person shows some withdrawal, then this person is suspicious!
"Okay, I'm not afraid of getting infected again anyway!"
Nie Cai narrowed his eyes slightly, took the pure water bottle, and directly activated his mind reading ability.
A line of golden characters suddenly appeared on Captain Bear's head, revealing his thoughts.
"The syringe is filled with red ink. There is no HIV at all, and it won't cause any harm if you drink it."
"But this kid was a little suspicious when he came here. Let me try it first. If he doesn't dare, he will be suspicious!"
Seeing Captain Bear's thoughts, Nie Cai sneered in his heart.
Captain Xiong was smart and knew how to use this trick to deceive Nie Cai. If Nie Cai chickened out, he might find out.
But Nie Cai first communicated with A Dong and knew that these people were fake AIDS patients. Later, he used mind reading to confirm that the contents of the syringe were not dangerous. How could he be afraid
Nie Cai put the crutch under his arm, unscrewed the cap of the pure water bottle, and took a big sip.
"Okay, you are loyal enough, we will be brothers from now on!"
Watching Nie Cai drink the water happily without frowning, Captain Xiong finally had all his doubts gone.
One more "real" AIDS patient is of great use to this "AIDS demolition team", and this time there are more people living up to the name.
He smiled and nodded to Nie Cai, pointed at A Dong and said: "From now on, you will sleep with A Dong. If I don't tell you, you don't have to do any work. You can just stay there. Food and accommodation are included!"
While talking, footsteps suddenly came from outside.
"Captain Bear!"
A middle-aged man wearing black clothes, sunglasses, and a big gold watch walked in and shouted from a distance in the corridor.
"coming!"
Hearing this man's shout, Captain Xiong immediately responded with a respectful look on his face: "Boss Lu, why are you here in person today?"
Boss Lu is the person in charge of this construction site, and he is also the one who communicates with the AIDS demolition team on weekdays.
"It's not because of some bullshit reporter! Your demolition team worked hard today. Although no one was arrested, Mr. Tang asked me to pay your wages first, work hard, and then force the remaining households to leave. Tang The boss will reward you!"
Boss Lu seemed to be afraid to enter the corridor, but placed a brown paper bag on the window sill.
"Count it, this is 50,000 yuan, and we moved a few houses a few days ago. This is given to you by the boss!"
Captain Bear was overjoyed and quickly ran over to pick up the brown paper bag. When he saw the neatly tied banknotes inside, he immediately beamed.
"Okay, Tang Group really keeps its word. Our demolition team will work harder. Let's buy a dozen firecrackers tonight to make them noisy!"
"I don't care what means you use, as long as you force people away
Boss Long waved his hand and left here.
"Captain Bear, we've paid again, let's drink tonight!"
"Yes, drink and celebrate!"
"Buy a roast duck and a few dozen beers, and let's get them drunk tonight!"
Everyone immediately cheered and gathered around, discussing excitedly.
At this moment, a weak voice came from the corner, it was A Dong.
"Captain Xiong, can you settle my money first? I want to send some money back to my grandma..."
He plucked up the courage, walked out, and said to Captain Bear: "You promised me back then that I would get ten yuan a day to help you work. It's been half a month now, so it's time to pay me."
"Ah, ten yuan. Captain Bear, when you recruited people, didn't you say fifty yuan a day?"
Nie Cai asked, deliberately pretending to be stupid.
Adong was too young, so he was probably tricked by Captain Xiong, and Nie Cai was trying to help him by speaking at this time.
"It's only fifty yuan a day. We are also poor. The boss won't give me any money. It's good to be able to eat!"
Captain Xiong laughed and said perfunctorily to A Dong: "A Dong, you are from my village, how could I lie to you? Just do it first. Let's talk about the money after a while!"
"However, my grandma's illness has worsened again, and I want to buy some medicine for her."
The little boy raised his head stubbornly, faced Captain Bear, shook his head and said.
Normally, he was a little afraid of Captain Bear, but in order to buy medicine for his grandma, he didn't care so much now.
"A Dong, are you disobedient?"
Captain Bear frowned and scolded.
"Captain Bear, I'm really short of money. Please give me the money... My grandma is almost sick!"
Tears welled up in A Dong's eyes, and he knelt down at Captain Bear's feet with a plop, hugging his thigh and crying and begging.
"Go away, who do you think you are? If I say I'll pay you at the end of the month, I'll pay you at the end of the month. Don't bother me!"
But Captain Bear kicked him away in disgust, with a fierce look on his face.