Chapter 27 Twenty-seven

The fact that Xiao Tong was stolen and cleaned up once again became the news in the class.The Youth League branch and the general branch of the Youth League also took advantage of this to launch an aid campaign to raise donations for his emergency living expenses.Perhaps because of his fact that misfortunes never come singly during this period, many students in the department participated in this charitable act of love, and it can be said that everyone has a heart of sympathy.On the day when the general branch of the Lu Lindong delegation solemnly handed over 1,300 yuan to Xiao Tong, he went to Zhongguancun.

The evening in Zhongguancun is the most market-like.Pedestrians of all kinds flowed on the street, and small stalls and shops on the street were also open to welcome customers.The sound of cars and people merged into one, filling people's ears with endless and thick noise.After the charcoal fire of kebabs and the exhaust of cars continue to mix with the residual heat of autumn evening, there is a strange smell with complex ingredients in all the streets and alleys.The smell makes it a bit less like Beijing. Xiao Tong carried the donation full of love and sympathy, and walked through the streets mysteriously.It was as panicky and tense as a fugitive who had been hiding for many days suddenly appeared.He mingled in the noisy and mixed flow of people in this half-city and half-rural area, and he looked suspicious in every oncoming person.Those wandering the streets, disheveled and whispering to each other, all look like drug dealers with white powder in their arms.He looked at them.They looked at him too.No one came up to talk to each other, it seemed that they were all probing each other with their eyes.He wanted to step forward several times and ask: "Is there any fan?" - that's how the students who have experienced this kind of encounter learn their tongues - but he still dared not.

After dark, he finally ran into a person who asked the question, "Do you want a fan?" The person looked like a Xinjiang native, with a bearded face and a natural look of a thief. , but the tone of his mouth was quite kind.At that moment, Xiao Tong's desires were all captivated by fear, and he replied in a terrified voice: "Yes, is there?" "Yes, what do you want?" "Ah, I don't know, what kind of things are there?" The Xinjiang native only needs these two rounds to see that his skills are still shallow.Patting his shoulder and numbly, "Come on, let's talk over there."

He followed him and walked into a secluded alley, beside a dirty toilet, the man stopped and asked: "How much do you want?" "How much... how do you sell it?" "Five hundred yuan a pack, very pure." Xiao Tong couldn't make up his mind: "How much is a pack, and how long will it last?" "It can be used for a long, long time." The man smiled, showing his incomplete yellow teeth: "Little brother, did you just suck it?" Xiao Tong didn't speak.The person's image and accent made him sick, so he didn't want to entangle him any more. He said, "Give me two packs, can it be cheaper?"

The man took out two small paper bags from a tattered black leather bag and said, "Little brother, I bought it from someone else for 460 yuan a bag. You have to let me earn a car ride too." Money. If you want it, just take the money, if you don’t want it, forget it. Don’t gossip!” Xiao Tong handed over the money, and the Xinjiang man put the small paper bag back, counted all the money, put it away, and then took out the paper bag and handed it to him. Then, without saying goodbye, he turned away and walked out of the alley Gone. Xiao Tong packed his things, looked around stealthily, left Zhongguancun with a beating heart, and returned home almost without turning a corner.

On the door of the house, a padlock was temporarily changed.He turned on the light and went into the back room, past the broken furniture that hadn't been put away.Open one of the paper bags, find the cap of a Coke bottle from the kitchen, pour some white powder from the paper bag into the aluminum bottle cap, hold it with chopsticks, and burn it with a lighter.The burning smoke came out, and he sucked it into his nose without leaking.It's a method he's seen on TV. That night, he took two breaths at short intervals before he felt a little more comfortable.It wasn't until later that he realized that the white powder he bought on the street for the first time was just a defective product mixed with a small amount of heroin and a large amount of flour.It's worth less than two hundred dollars.And the drug dealer cheated him of almost all the donations he got.

He only persisted for three or four days with the two packs of greatly diluted white powder, and then he was back on the brink of dying.Not only do I have to fight to the death with drug addiction every day, but I also try my best to avoid people's gaze.He can only hide in the toilet, the woods, and all the dirty corners that no one can reach, enduring the tears, itching of limbs, and even the pain of being bitten by thousands of insects.Every night, instead of staying in the dormitory, he returned to the dilapidated home alone, moaning alone in bed.He is afraid of seeing people, afraid of being asked why he is thin, why he is pale, why he can't wake up, why he doesn't play football.There is only one thing that he thinks about every day, and that is how to get some money, and then go to Zhongguancun!

Knowing how to steal but not robbing, he began to borrow money. The first person to borrow money was Yu Wenhuan. He told Yu Wenhuan that it was time to buy a meal ticket for the cafeteria, and begged him to help pay for it.Yu Wenhuan reluctantly took out 300 yuan and said, "I am here to save the poor. If you are really short of money, you can come to me and do an after-school job. The food court in our company is fast. It’s opened, but there’s a shortage of people anyway.” He nodded perfunctorily, took the money and left.At this time, Yu Wenhuan had long lost the gentleness of being a teacher, and had the air of a businessman.The restaurant he ran also relied on Ouyang Tian's investment as a shareholder, Xiao Tong would not go to work there even if he had no money to hang himself.

Three hundred yuan is not much, but at least it can keep him quiet for two days.If he was more or less vindictive about the money he defrauded Yu Wenhuan—he was the one who brought him onto Ouyang Lanlan’s pirate ship—then later he borrowed Lu Lindong’s money, borrowed money from his classmates, and borrowed everything he could. When the money given to him was borrowed at ten or twenty yuan, it was completely an uncontrollable depravity. I have sent several letters asking for money to my parents, but there has been no response.The long postal route made him know that his parents' support was not only a drop in the bucket, but also far from enough to quench his thirst.And borrowing money from others can only be done again and again, not again and again.Despite his growing skill at lying, the money he could borrow dwindled.It didn't take long for his reputation in the class to start to sour.A lively, intelligent, decent, and handsome man suddenly became so contemptuous and obnoxious that almost everyone who knew him could not understand it.

Only a few teachers were not surprised, and they commented, "It's not because of that punishment."Among the students, there have been such people in the past. They couldn't deal with adversity correctly at all, and would never recover from a setback.Xiao Tong just acted more extreme. And Xiao Tong has already ignored the public opinion around him.He has been to Zhongguancun several times, and unknowingly, he has met several drug dealers. He has become more and more familiar with the experience and ways of buying fans, and he also knows many rules and stories in the drug circle.Gradually, like most drug addicts, he stopped coming here to buy fans. He also had the BP machine numbers of several drug dealers in his hand, and he would call them when he had money.

He also knew many ways to make money, nothing more than stealing, robbing, cheating, and speculation.He had to always remind himself deeply, don't commit crimes, don't go to Ouyang Lanlan, he thinks this is his last backbone.The reason why he was able to guard himself like this and gritted his teeth was because he still had a Qingchun in his heart that he had a crush on.Although with his depravity he sees more and more that this dream is getting farther and farther away from him, he still wants to cling to this only beautiful souvenir in his heart. He thought that Qingchun's birthday was coming soon, and he promised to treat her to dinner.He wanted to save the money no matter what.What surprised him the most was that while chatting with a drug dealer, he suddenly found an opportunity to make money.He never knew that he could still find a place to sell blood these days. On Friday, he asked for leave to go to a blood transfusion station in Chongwen District. Several units were doing voluntary blood donations here, so it was crowded inside and out.He sat on a chair and waited according to the method he inquired, and a middle-aged woman with a perm came over after a while.Ask him if he wants to fill out the form.He said yes, and immediately got a blood donation medical examination form.The woman mysteriously pulled him to the door.On the side of the road at the door, there are still a few people who are filling out the form. There are men and women, poorly dressed, bloated or thin, and most of them are in their thirties or forties.The perm-haired woman taught them how to fill out forms, how to prevaricate the doctor's inquiries, and looked at their ID cards one by one.Among them was a woman who did not even have a permanent residence permit for temporary residents, but she withdrew the form and was driven out of the group.She looked at Xiao Tong's ID card, looked at the handsome young man, and asked doubtfully: "You go to school, or work, are you really short of money?" There is a younger sister who is still in primary school.At this time, he had already practiced lying very skillfully. The woman with perm smacked her lips sympathetically, and mercifully helped him fill out the form.In the column of work units, what kind of Lihualian restaurant is filled.Then they took a group of them in, had a physical examination first, and then drew blood. Each of them took 600 cc of blood.Then they came out and stood on the street corner waiting for the woman with the perm to come and give out the money. After the woman made the delivery with someone inside, she came out to distribute money, which was the same as the amount of blood, six hundred per person, and counted face to face.When it was Xiao Tong's turn, she didn't give it, saying you should stay aside and talk later.After all the money was distributed and the blood sellers dispersed, the woman took out Xiao Tong's money.She gave Xiaotong one thousand and left a pager number. She said: "Young man, I see that you have a good face, and this is the first time you are selling. The situation at home is really difficult for you. If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to the elder sister. The elder sister must be able to help." He asked: "Are you the manager of Lihualian Restaurant?" The woman with perm hair said: "Are you really coming back? I'm not from their Lihualian restaurant. Their restaurant allocated blood donation quotas but no one signed up to donate. No one donated for one thousand and eight. I was helping them contract blood donation tasks Yes, the restaurant I’m looking for offers 1,500 yuan per person. I’m benevolent enough. If the restaurant is willing, so are you, and I’m just earning some hard-earned money back and forth.” The woman with perm hair went to Xiao Tong's BP machine number again, and said that she could still find him for such tasks in the future. The woman winked at Xiao Tong, called a "face-to-face car" and left.Xiao Tong stood in the wind by the side of the road, clutching the thousand yuan money for selling blood.The first thing he did was to call a familiar drug dealer from a public phone near the blood transfusion station, make an appointment and ask him for 500 yuan of white powder.He kept the other five hundred yuan in his pocket, and he wanted to keep it to treat Qingchun to a birthday meal and buy her gifts. In the next week, he was lucky and got three consecutive chances to sell blood.But when he went to sell it for the third time, there was still a blue needle hole on his arm that didn't fade away in a while, which was spotted by the doctor at the blood collection station, who questioned him and drove him out.But the perm woman still gave him five hundred dollars.Say boy, don't be too hard on yourself, go get some ferrous sulfate and liver iron tablets to eat, and wait for a few days to talk about it. He earned more than 3,000 yuan in just over a week, which eased his daily life-and-death situation all at once.Every night after eating, he had enough energy to go to the shopping mall. After repeated selection, he still bought a crystal vessel as a birthday present for Qingchun. It was a crystal vase worth more than 500 yuan.In terms of concept and perception, he feels that only crystals have practical value and are noble and pure. He carried the crystal vase home.Take it out and put it on the table to enjoy.In this dilapidated home, this exquisitely carved vase shows its otherworldly delicacy and beauty. On this very night, Ouyang Lanlan came.Ever since he and Wen Yan stopped seeing each other, there has never been a knock on the door of his house.Ouyang Lanlan's knock on the door was not as cowardly as Wen Yan's, she knocked loudly and loudly.When he opened the door and saw her, he almost didn't want her in. But she came in anyway, looking around at the sore-ridden room.Xiao Tong said: "This is your masterpiece, let's see if your dog legs meet the requirements." Ouyang Lanlan didn't admit it or deny it, she kept silent without saying a word. Xiao Tong asked: "What are you doing here?" He could see that Ouyang Lanlan looked at him with unconcealable doubts, it was because his appearance at this time could not see any traces of poisoning under the light, He was doing just fine without her.This put him in a triumphant mood. In fact, Xiaotong didn't realize that Ouyang Lanlan's car had been parked downstairs of his house for three consecutive days, and she hid in the car to watch him go home alone every night.For the first time in three days she decided to knock on the door.She said to him, "How are you?" She and he both knew what the greeting meant. Xiao Tong raised his head and said, "What do you think?" Ouyang Lanlan didn't ask any more questions.She took out a paper package, put it on the table, and said, "There are twenty cigarettes here. If you feel uncomfortable, use some." Xiao Tong said disdainfully: "You take it!" Ouyang Lanlan continued as if she didn't hear it, "This is specially prepared for you. The amount of heroin here is very small and safe. In addition, if you feel really uncomfortable, you can take another one. Don't inject it. It is easy to catch other diseases. Moreover, it is difficult to quit." Xiao Tong picked up the paper bag and said with a mocking smile: "Based on this, I can sue you for drug trafficking, can I let you have a taste of prison?" Ouyang Lanlan said without changing expression, "I gave you these cigarettes. I didn't ask you for money, so I didn't sell drugs." Xiao Tong has been in the school library for the past few days, especially reading the laws related to drug crimes.So he said again: "It is a crime for you to illegally possess drugs! With this pack of cigarettes, I can definitely sue you!" Ouyang Lanlan was still confident, and replied calmly: "Yes, you are a law student. You should know that possession of more than 50 grams of heroin constitutes a crime. There are far less than 50 grams in this pack of cigarettes." Xiao Tong was dumb. He guessed that Ouyang Tian must have studied everything thoroughly before agreeing that his daughter would bring heroin to him. Ouyang Lanlan said: "There is still a little money in the bag, go buy some nutrition, don't damage your body." She left without saying goodbye.The sound of footsteps on the stairs outside the door came from near to far.Xiao Tong even heard the sound of the BMW closing the door from the open window, so real.Ouyang Lanlan broke his leg and came to give him a walking stick again.But Xiao Tong couldn't hold back his heart at this time, and threw the pack of cigarettes and money in her face.Although he knew that the smoke was poisonous and the money was black money.She didn't earn it all by herself! He froze in the room for a while before opening the paper bag, which contained five thousand yuan and twenty sticks of thick, poisonous cigarettes.Inside the paper bag was a red heart-shaped pattern. He wrapped them again and put them in an undamaged drawer.Whether cigarettes or money, he decided not to touch it.Because once he used these things, it meant that he still couldn't get rid of his dependence on her. The next day was the day when the football team of the law department was established.At noon, Xiao Tong was called to hold the team's inauguration meeting in the senior classroom; the coach was invited from outside the sports institute.Lu Lindong represented the department as the team leader, and the team leader was a student from the graduating class.The position of vice captain was nominated by Lu Lindong, and Xiao Tong was elected. After the meeting, he said to Xiao Tong: "You are bold, what you need now is to rebuild your self-confidence!" After the meeting, we practiced the first game immediately.The coach asked everyone to play a folk game casually to observe everyone's technical characteristics and determine their position on the field.Xiaotong quickly found the dexterity and excitement he had on the court before.He scrambled fiercely, ran fast, and passed cuts beautifully.Although there is no achievement in the door, but the consciousness is good and the action is decisive.He could see Lu Lindong's expressive satisfaction and the coach's implicit appreciation on the edge of the court. But soon, his physical strength collapsed.The excitement when he played made him ignore that he had been eating and sleeping for many days, and he had sold nearly 2,000 milliliters of blood.After running for less than 20 minutes, he almost collapsed, sitting on the ground with only enough energy to breathe. The coach noticed that his face was sweating like water and waved him off.Lu Lindong also said that you run too fast and you should stop practicing today, we all know your level.After sitting on the sidelines for a long time, he was still sweating and tears were falling, and the muscles all over his body began to ache, even to the bone marrow.He knew the addiction was coming. He told Lu Lindong that he wanted to take a shower first.Lu Lindong agreed.He hurriedly hugged his clothes and ran to the bathroom.This bathroom is the closest to the stadium and the most rudimentary, with only a few shower heads.This is specially prepared for those who play sports on the stadium. Others take a bath and never hike here. This time and place are just as he expected, there is no shouting from the stadium, and there is only the sound of dripping water from the nozzle.He didn't put his clothes in the suitcase outside, but carried them into the shower inside.The floor in the shower room was half dry and half wet, a bit stuffy.He sat on the ground, hurriedly took out a small paper bag from the deep pocket, poured the white powder inside on the tin foil of a piece of chewing gum he carried with him, then flicked a lighter, the white powder on the tin foil instantly smoked wave.He inhaled hungrily, trying not to waste a trace of floating smoke.While sucking, he vaguely heard something behind him. Looking back, his whole body froze. Lu Lindong and several players who were about to take a shower were standing at the door of the shower room, and everyone stared at him in surprise.He only looked at Lu Lindong.It was the first time he saw Teacher Lu showing such a surprise.Disappointed and angry face! Everything is so sudden and so inevitable.From this moment on, Xiao Tong never walked into his classroom again.Two days after he was interrogated by the school security office, he was still in the office of the school security office when a cadre he didn't recognize announced to him the decision to expel him from school. There is no farewell party, no farewell party, no words of encouragement.All the popular farewell methods among college students will not happen.There were only a few classmates' earnest persuasion and insults, and a few tears in private.He returned home from school with his luggage in his arms, as simple as the end of a semester. He didn't write a letter to his parents, didn't inform the unrelated people about the matter, and at the security office of the school, he just insisted that he bought the drugs from people he didn't know on the streets of Zhongguancun. Momentarily curious.The purpose of saying this is actually very simple, that is, before Qingchun's twenty-seventh birthday, he doesn't want her to know the truth about himself.If he told about Ouyang Lanlan and how he got caught in the drug sea by mistake, he believed that the security department would report it to the Public Security Bureau soon, and Ou Qingchun would know everything immediately.How could she still spend her birthday with him at that time?And that long-awaited birthday dinner, in Xiao Tong's heart, seemed to have abstracted into a symbol of hope and warmth that he couldn't bear to lose.