Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Debt Collection

He thought she would come, and waited for several days, but there was no sign of her. She still has the deposit for the roller skates.He didn't know why she didn't come to pay back the money. If she didn't come, he had a reason to go to her.A reason, worth eighty yuan, maybe a lot, maybe too little, not enough to be a good reason.Fairies and eighty bucks.The two things were so intertwined that they became a sticky problem. He was fidgeting about it, weighed it many times in his heart, and finally tended to the snobby answer.It all depends on her attitude, if the fairy treats him well, the eighty yuan is not important, otherwise, the money cannot be given to her for nothing, not a penny less.

He opened up a new walking route for his grandfather, and led his grandfather towards the seedling nursery. When he came to a camphor tree, he tied the rope to the trunk and told his grandfather, be honest. Go to the old gardener's house to do something. A tall castor plant and a few sunflowers shade the old gardener's shed. The warning sign on the wall may have been deliberately painted out by the fairy, leaving only the word idler, so the shed looks a bit mischievous Funny atmosphere, it doesn't look like the old gardener's home, but the fairy's home alone.Behind the house is the enclosure wall of Jingting Hospital, with remnants of barbed wire on the top of the wall, and the surrounding metasequoia, locust and ginkgo trees grow taller, making the tin roof appear shorter and shorter.A piece of dried radish is drying on the roof of asphalt felt, and there is also a colorful plastic windmill inserted obliquely under the eaves, spinning in the wind.A piece of old calico was patchworked and sewn together to act as a door curtain, covering the owner and the messy household debris inside the door. The plywood door was half-closed, and the sound of an old woman coughing continuously came from behind the door.

The fairy window bathed in the spring sunshine.The window is a bit special, shaped like a train window, a small flat piece of miserly, one piece of window glass is transparent, the other is foggy, frosted glass, and paper-cut left over from the New Year is pasted on it.There is an apricot-yellow sun hat hanging by the window, revealing a uniform semicircle. On the window sill are piles of books, ballpoint pens, headbands, combs, a pile of colorful bead chains shining brilliantly and falsely, and another A large infusion bottle, with a few pink roses inserted in it, and a white insole sandwiched abruptly between the flowers and leaves of the roses.This small window reveals the basic information of a girl's life, first, she is in full bloom, and second, it is a mess.

Bao Run still remembered the white insole, the humiliating insole reminded him of his own humiliating experience, he, like the insole, was stepped on by her, used and discarded at will.His brain suddenly became hot, and he cursed, and then he jumped onto a large upside-down tank and shouted into the room, Fairy, get out of here! The faint sound of music in the room fell silent.Someone was running around in plastic slippers behind the window, and the floral curtain was lifted, and it was the fairy's grandma who came out.The old woman had disheveled white hair and a miserable expression. A plaster was pasted on her temples, and she squinted her eyes to search for the source of the sound outside.Grandfather may be too famous in Jingting Hospital. Even if he was standing far away under the camphor tree, the old woman recognized him at a glance. Soul digger?How come here?She waved her hands forward and made a chicken bouncing motion, go, go, don't come here to dig souls, this is a nursery, there is no your soul.

Grandfather stood by the camphor tree, aggrieved to defend himself, I didn't dig, I haven't dug for a long time, I'm full of flowers, how to dig your nursery? At this moment Baorun raised a hand on the tank to attract the attention of the old lady, he said, look this way!It's none of my grandfather's business. I'll find the fairy and ask her to come out. The old woman looked at Baorun on the tank, and her face was sullen. The fairy is not here, and I don't see you as a little rascal. Look, you are still stepping on my water tank?Come down quickly, you have stepped on the water tank and you have to pay for it.

Baorun jumped into the water tank and walked towards the fairy's window without authorization.He said, who is the little rascal?Old woman, please don't slander people casually, if you slander people casually, you will be legally responsible.Before he could poke his head into the window sill, the old lady chased after him with a long bamboo broom. You still say you are not a hooligan?The girl's room, what are you looking at spookily?You are not a little hooligan, you are a big hooligan! There was a snort behind the window, which meant someone was secretly laughing.Baorun was eager to find out what happened, so he stepped onto the window sill with one leg, Fairy, get out!He shouted like this, almost saw her shadow cast on the wall, but unfortunately the fairy's grandmother didn't give him a chance, she rushed over and hugged his other leg, dragging him off the window sill, It's so pissing off, your grandpa is mentally ill, where are your parents?They are also mentally ill, don't educate you?Such a big man, no tutor at all!

Bao Run broke free from the old woman, and left the window angrily.Just leaving like this, he was not reconciled, turned his head and said loudly to the window, what's the use of hiding?You owe me 80 yuan. Tomorrow, come to Ward No. 9 of the male ward to pay back the money. If you don’t come to pay it back tomorrow, you will get 1 yuan in interest every day! Grandma Fairy was a little dazed, blinking her eyes. After a few seconds of dazedness, she regained her composure, and suddenly let out a roar, swung a bamboo broom and swept Bao Run's legs, cursing while sweeping, what eighty yuan?What interest?Blackmail coming?You have to recognize a rich man for extortion, how did you recognize my door?Who doesn't know that our family is so poor, you are blind!

The old woman punished him with all her strength.He hid and ran, and his legs were swept several times by the bamboo broom.Returning empty-handed was the result he expected, but he never expected that improper exercise of power would turn into such an embarrassing crime. He fled from the shed in a hurry, just like fleeing a crime scene.After running far away, he heard his grandfather calling him, Baorun, where are you going?I'm still on the tree!He returned to the camphor tree, untied his panic-stricken grandfather, and said angrily, let them go one yard today, and talk about it next time!

Baorun's used trousers left a commemoration of the bamboo broom.The most difficult thing to deal with was some sticky black particles, which stuck firmly to the trouser legs and refused to separate. At first, he didn't know what they were, but after digging them out and studying them carefully, he discovered that they were rabbit feces. The so-called ultimatum is completely ineffective for her.After several days, Baorun did not see her figure. Baorun had met Liu Sheng.From his grandfather's ward, he saw Liu Sheng riding a bicycle in the direction of the women's ward. He seemed to have seen a sinner, as if he had met a savior. He went downstairs to chase Liu Sheng, and stopped when he saw Liu Sheng say what?The matter is over, Liu Sheng's fault, he has forgiven, the fairy's fault, he doesn't know how to judge.He is a face-saving person, talking about fairies with Liu Sheng, talking about humiliation, talking about the eighty yuan with Liu Sheng, talking about pettyness and wretchedness, simply, he hid everything in his heart.

He was in a bad mood, and his attitude towards his grandfather became much rougher.For several days, he took his grandfather out for a walk, and tied French knots for his grandfather.The legal knot was uncomfortable, and my grandfather had a strong resistance to it. He not only resisted, but also yelled, I don't want a legal knot, I want a democratic knot!The grandfather's protest alarmed the patients in the No. 9 ward. They came to watch, and they all thought that the legal system was terrible. It was applicable to death row prisoners, and it was not fair to the old and frail grandfather.The patients interceded for their grandfather one after another, and made suggestions to Baorun according to their own aesthetic tastes. Some preferred the plum blossom knot, some preferred the pineapple knot, and some thought that the democratic knot was easy to tie up, so they came straight to fight for Baorun's rope, trying to make a knot in Baorun. Try it on your grandfather.Baorun managed to disperse the patients, and took his anger out on his grandfather, even tying him to the iron bed frame.He kicked a spittoon to his grandfather's feet and said, I want to urinate into the spittoon, and I will take care of myself today, and I will go shopping.Grandpa said, you want to spend money indiscriminately again, what are you going to buy?He poked his neck and thought for a while, and said, buy a knife!

He rode to the gate of Jingting Hospital, and saw the gray-white road lying lonely in the field, with no cars or pedestrians, only a discarded plastic bag was blown by the wind, fluttering on the road.He suddenly realized that he was even more at a loss than that plastic bag, what kind of knife should he buy?Where can I buy a knife?What did you buy the knife for?In fact, he didn't think about it.He just wanted to go out and relax.Where to go to relax?This is a problem.He has no close friends, no special hobbies, in fact he has nowhere to go.He stayed by the publicity window for a while, pushed his bicycle, and walked angrily in Jingting Hospital, vaguely feeling that there was a pair of green roller skates in front of him, gliding in an S-shaped route, teasing him, or irritating him.Passing through the grove, there was a pungent smell of pesticides in the air, and he saw the old gardener.The old gardener carried a sprayer on his back and was busy spraying pesticides on several fruit trees. He parked his bicycle under a peach tree, fed the old gardener, then folded his arms and squinted at the old gardener with a questioning look.The old gardener heard his special greeting, he recognized Baorun, and asked, why are you alone today, where is your grandfather?Baorun shook his head, indicating that he was not interested in making chores.The old gardener said, your grandfather made a mistake today, so he was locked up?Baorun snorted and said, my grandfather made a small mistake, and someone made a big mistake.The old gardener didn't understand his complicated hints, he showed his yellow teeth and smiled, and then expressed a late thank you, thank you, young man, thanks to your excellent rope, your grandfather is very safe this year, and so are my flowers, plants and trees Divided, last spring your grandfather was digging everywhere, but I was too busy.The old gardener's warm greetings were regarded by Bao Run as a sign of guilt. He took the opportunity to attack the old gardener and yelled at the old gardener, what are you talking about?You can't even speak clearly, and you still come to play hypocrisy with me?The old gardener looked at Baorun in astonishment, young man, you can't hear me clearly, and I can't hear you clearly either. What is hypocrisy?Baorun said, your granddaughter owes me money, you really don't know?You thank me, thank you, let her come to see me, let her pay back the money, can I thank you? The old gardener may have heard about Baorun's visit to ask for debts. He blinked his eyes to observe Baorun, and took advantage of the other party's anger to verify the truth.The result of the verification came soon, and the old gardener expressed his attitude. My fairy is not sensible, and she is used to self-willedness since she was a child. Don't bother with her.The old gardener began to dig into his trouser pocket, took out a paper bag, opened it carefully, counted out six dollars, and handed it to Bao Run.The old gardener said, here is six yuan, and there is still two yuan short, and I will definitely pay you back next time. Baorun was stunned for about two seconds.You're funny, you're so fucking funny!He repeated the mantra like this, then suddenly knocked off the old gardener's paper bag, and yelled at him, it's not eight yuan, it's eighty yuan, you've been fooled by her! The old gardener was shocked this time. He seemed unable to believe that there was such a huge gap between the amount of money that the debtors said.The old gardener stared straight at Bao Run, thinking for a while, the initial panic gradually turned into contempt, and then, only condemnation remained in his eyes.Young man, you have to be decent, and you have to be conscientious in your speech. The fairy was raised by me, and I don't know her yet?She was used to being poor since she was a child, and she didn't even have eight yuan. If you dare to lend her eighty, she won't dare to give you forty. Bao Run's face flushed red because he was eager to get out of the predicament, and also because he was eager to expose the fairy's true colors. His angry statement was mixed with a lot of personal attacks. Do you really think your granddaughter is a fairy?What kind of fairy is she?What a shame!She's a fraud, a schemer!What are you staring at me for?I never lie!Go to the Workers' Cultural Palace and ask, is the deposit for a pair of roller skates eight yuan or eighty yuan? The old gardener's expression was stern, and anger ignited in his eyes, what is mean?What is a scammer?Young man, you speak with a clean mouth.I don't know about roller skates and wet skates. I don't go to the Workers' Cultural Palace. If I want to go, I go to the police station. What's going on with you? Is it eight yuan or eighty yuan? You two, who is the fraudster? I'll go Police station, ask clearly! They all thought they had justice in their hands, and there happened to be hostility between justice and justice. In this way, a rare negotiation broke up unhappy. The old gardener carried a sprayer on his back and headed into the depths of the woods, as if deliberately avoiding a shameless villain.Baorun chased into the woods, not knowing whether he should continue to plead or continue to collect debts.It seemed impossible to get back the eighty yuan from the old gardener.The work clothes on the old man's body are rings of salty sweat stains, and the old straw hat on his head is at least ten years old, with a row of popular slogans printed on the brim of the hat, serving the people.The old man turned around to apply the medicine, a gap was exposed in the crotch, and the calico pants inside were faintly visible. The pair of Jiefang shoes on his feet were probably made in the 1970s. thumb. The woods were filled with the sour and pungent smell of pesticides, and many nameless insects fled from the branches and leaves.Baorun sucked his nose tightly and waved his hands to drive away the flying insects in the air. Several times, he wanted to ease the atmosphere, but he didn't know where to start. Finally, he squinted at the treetops and uttered a vague threat of unknown direction, okay, okay ,You wait.The old gardener noticed that Baorun was following him, and there was a hint of guard in his disgusted eyes, young man, why are you following me?Are you used to tying people up and want to tie me up?Baorun asked back, tie you up?What's the use of tying you up?The old gardener did not speak, raised the sprayer and sprayed Baorun, took a step forward, and sprayed again. The two movements were consistent, and it should be a warning: you have the rope and I have the pesticide, which is poisonous. , you better stay away from me.Baorun sneered, walked towards the mist of pesticides, and walked under an old cypress tree. A pulsatilla flew up from the tree. He watched the bird's shadow go away, and suddenly realized that he was entangled with the old gardener. Meaningless, so he stopped, what am I talking about with you old guy?He raised his leg and kicked the trunk of the old cypress tree, saying, go back and tell your granddaughter, we will wait and see!