There is no particular reason to focus on this family, at most it is because I know something about this family.When Gangzhi decided to do it, the first thing that popped into his mind was the old lady named Ogata who lived here. Her beautiful silver hair was combed very neatly, and her attire also showed noble taste. "Thanks for your hard work! It's amazing to be so young!" She said as she handed over a small paper bag containing gift money.When Gangzhi saw it later, there were three thousand-yuan banknotes inside.Since he started working for the moving company, it was the first time for Gangzhi to receive such a letter.

Judging from her smiling face, there is no bad feeling, it seems that all the wrinkles are kind.Gangzhi nodded hurriedly. "Hey, why don't you hurry up and say thank you!" Senior trained.At that time, Gangzhi had just turned nineteen years old, so it was four years ago. There are many wood wholesale shops in Kiba, Koto-ku. It is said that this has been the case since the Edo period, and the place name Kiba seems to be derived from this.On the truck on the way to Ogata's house, Tsuyoshi heard his senior say this.The Ogata family used to be such a wholesaler as well, owning the name of the Ogata store.But now the store seems to be a sham, earning income solely by repurposing the land formerly used to store lumber for other purposes.

"You can't finish eating even if you don't do anything! For sure." On the truck, the senior said enviously, "Not only the parking lot, but also real estate such as apartments and high-end houses. The old lady can't use it alone. The money that was finished flowed in rushing in every month! So, when my son said he wanted his own house, he immediately sold the money.” "The old lady also bought my son's new house?" Gangzhi asked curiously. "I don't know, maybe it is. I heard that her son didn't inherit the family business. He is just an ordinary company employee. Maybe it's not so easy to afford it."

You can tell at a glance that the senior is only speaking from imagination.However, when he arrived at Ogata's house, Gangzhi felt that what the senior said might not be too different.It was a one-story house with a combination of Japanese and Western styles, which is now rare, which means it occupied a rather large piece of land.Opposite the house is a paid parking lot, and the name of the Ogata store is also written on the sign erected there. There is a wide courtyard on the south side of the house, big enough to build another small shop house, and a white dog the size of a calf walks around.The old lady said it was a great pyrenes, a famous dog.The big dog growled loudly before seeing Gangzhi and the others, showing a strong sense of alertness.Probably already noticed the arrival of the stranger.

"It's so noisy! That big dog." The senior said while wrapping the cabinet with a protective pad.The dog was chained in front of the kennel and kept barking while Gangshi and the others worked. "However, with this guy, even elderly people can rest assured that they live alone. Usually, they are probably not tied up. If a thief climbs over the wall and comes in, he will be bitten by it immediately." Another senior said. That move was just moving the things of the son's family who lived with me to another place.The old lady's son was a thin man in his early forties, he didn't talk much, and he didn't seem to have much interest in moving.The chubby daughter-in-law looked very excited, as if she was not thinking about the home she was about to leave, but about the new house she just bought.

"My husband seems to be forced to move out by his wife!" Just like before, the senior said imaginatively again, "It stands to reason that it is enough to rebuild here, but in that case, I have to live with the old lady. Probably The house is also owned by the old lady in name, which is equivalent to letting the son’s family live in her own home. The fat wife probably hates this and forced her husband to buy her own house. Look, the face of that daughter-in-law looks like she has become the boss .” The senior smiled with his mouth crooked. After the luggage was packed, Gangshi and the others bid farewell to the old lady, and she would not go to the new house.

"You must do it well!" She said to Gangzhi alone.Maybe it was because he was the youngest and had nothing to rely on.Gangzhi hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Yes." A year or so passed after that, and there was another job to move near Ogata's house.After eating the lunch box he bought from the convenience store during his lunch break, Tsuyoshi strolled to Ogata's house alone.The majestic high wall is still the same as a year ago, but when you walk into the gate, you feel a little strange.At that time, I didn't know what the difference was, but I realized it when I walked towards the courtyard, and I didn't hear the barking of the big dog.

Standing on the edge of the stone wall and looking into the courtyard, the kennel is still where it was, but there are no dogs in sight.Gangzhi wondered if he took it out for a walk, and suddenly found a black collar hanging on a small tree next to the kennel, and Gangzhi remembered that it was originally tied around the neck of the Great Pyrenees. The son's family has moved away. If the pet dog also died, the old lady must be very lonely now!Gangzhi imagined.At that time, these were the only things that came to his mind, and he didn't have any other thoughts about the rich old man living alone.In fact, for the next three years, he never thought of the old lady again.If he hadn't fallen into the current predicament, maybe he would never think of her again in his life.

He came near the house.The Japanese-Western buildings surrounded by walls stand silently. This season, the wind blowing has already made people feel a little cold. In another month, I will probably walk with my shoulders locked.Then there is New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.The streets would come alive with people hurrying about: rushing about for work, or running out of money. I don't belong to any of the categories right now— He didn't want to get the money to buy Christmas cakes, nor did he want to eat rice cakes during the New Year, what Gangzhi wanted was the money that would make his younger brother Zhigui feel at ease, so that Zhigui no longer hesitated to make up his mind to go to college.

Gang Zhikong thought, the first thing is to deposit a sum of money in the bank in the form of a time deposit, and then let Zhigui see: how is it!Although I didn't tell you, I've already saved so much.With this money, examination fees and entrance fees are not a problem at all, so don’t worry about anything and study hard——I really want to tell my brother that. Gangzhi knew that Zhigui had already given up half of his heart about going to university, and he also knew that he secretly worked part-time behind his back.The younger brother was worried that looking for a job everywhere would make his elder brother angry, so he didn't say anything formally, but quietly collected the company's profile materials.

Although he knew that it would be too late if he didn't think of a solution quickly, but now, not only did Gangzhi have no fixed deposit money, but he also lost the opportunity to make money. I quit my job at the moving company two months ago.Pain in the waist and knees is the direct cause.I was not a regular worker in the first place, and I was not allowed to adjust to commercial work.I also did furniture delivery work outside the moving company, but the contract there was also terminated. With inflexible hands and feet and a short memory, the only thing that has confidence is physical strength, so I only choose this kind of work, but the result is that my body is damaged, and I don’t want to hire it anywhere.I was doing food delivery until last week, but because of the severe pain in my lower back during the delivery, I turned the cage upside down and was fired again.If you go to a construction site, this body may not be able to bear it.After thinking about it, all the roads are blocked. It is said that the whole world is in a recession, but from Tsuyoshi's point of view, everyone except himself seems to be living a prosperous life.Although cheap electric stores are popular recently, cheap or not, they are only useful to those who can afford them.Healthy food is popular, the key is that everyone still has that surplus, Gangzhi thinks this way, even if it is a fraction of that wealth, just transfer it to himself. I never thought that if I was poor, I could steal other people's things, but I really couldn't think of any other way.No matter how much I sigh or pray, there is still no money coming out, I'm afraid I really have to do something. The kind face of the old lady came to mind.She had endless money, and a little stealing wouldn't get in the way of her life much.She even felt that if she knew that it was someone like herself who stole things, she might forgive herself.Of course, it's best not to let her know. Gangzhi looked around.The streets are a mix of homes and small factories, with few shops to be seen.Perhaps for this reason, there were no people walking on the street.There are several large apartment buildings built not far away.But the gates all face the main road, and the people who live there don't seem to come to the street behind the building. His short silhouette was cast on the asphalt.I don't know the exact time, probably around 3:00 in the afternoon.He checked the time when he entered the convenience store more than ten minutes ago.I went into the convenience store to buy gloves.In fact, before coming here, he didn't even have time to think about fingerprints. He knew that there was no one in Ogata's house now.He tried calling on the pay phone outside the convenience store just now.The phone number is written on the sign of the paid parking lot opposite Ogata's house.The phone was connected, but all I could hear was the recording that the owner is not here, please leave a message. Tsuyoshi slowly approached the gate of Ogata's house.Of course he hesitated.Within seconds of reaching the door, he asked himself and answered: ——Can you really do this? —Of course not, but what other way is there?You can only grab some from others.If you want to do that, you can only grab it from the rich. —What if you get caught? ——No, there is no reason to be caught.Only the old lady lives in this house, if she is found out, just run away.The opponent will not catch up, and will not be caught. The small courtyard gate was unlocked.There was a slight metal rubbing sound when the door was pushed open, but he thought it was a loud noise, so he couldn't help but look around, as if no one had noticed. Hastily slipped through the gate, bent over and walked into the door.The brown wooden door seemed to be carved out of a wooden board. He heard from others that the door alone was worth more than one million yen. Putting on gloves and holding the handle, it cannot be opened, and it is still locked, but this is also expected. Gangzhi walked lightly and walked around to the north side of the house.The south side with the courtyard is easier to operate, but it is afraid of being seen from outside the wall.The distance between the courtyard wall on the north side and the house is very small, and next to it is the wall of the neighbor’s house. As long as it doesn’t make a lot of noise, it’s not easy to be discovered by others. Another important reason for choosing the north side is to remember that the windows there are old.The others are made of aluminum alloy, only here the window frames and lattices are made of wood.Of course, the lock is not a crescent lock, but a bolt from the past.When we were moving that day, the old lady’s son told his mother that the window was neither good-looking nor safe, so how about replacing it with an aluminum alloy window?So the very tasteful old lady retorted calmly, at least the room with the Buddhist altar does not want to be transformed into a Western style.I don't know why that incident remains in my memory. Seeing that the old window was still the same as it was back then, Tsuyoshi let out a sigh of relief.Although the aluminum alloy window can be opened with a screwdriver, it is quite troublesome.Wooden things can be easily deformed, but aluminum alloys are not so easy. Tsuyoshi took out two screwdrivers stuck in the belt around his waist.The belt that can be used to insert various tools was given to him by his senior when he was in the moving company. Insert two flat-shaped screwdrivers into the gaps under the two windows respectively. The latches are inserted, but the windows are slightly lifted up by about 2 mm.Holding the screwdriver in both hands, Gangzhi slowly lifted the window using leverage to confirm that the gap below was expanding, and pushed it forward cautiously. The two windows only slid forward a little, and Gangzhi felt that he had made great progress. . He kept changing the position where the screwdriver was inserted, and moved the window little by little.It would have been a glass window, and it would have been quicker to break it, but he didn't want to do that.Apart from stealing some money, I don't want to cause more trouble to the old lady.In addition, it can also delay the time when she discovers the theft. The window finally opened.It took a little longer than expected.He put the window on the outside wall, took off his shoes and got inside. It was a Japanese-style room the size of eight tatami mats.There is an alcove, and next to it is a Buddhist alcove the size of a cabinet.Tsuyoshi didn't have the impression that he had entered this room since the last time he moved.The tatami mats seem to be larger than those used in ordinary homes today.The whole room is filled with the smell of incense sticks. He opened the sliding door and went into the hallway.To the right should be the entrance, to the left is the kitchen.Gangzhi walked to the left, next to the kitchen should be the dining room, facing the courtyard on the south side.He wanted to unlock the glass window there first.I seem to have heard somewhere that if you want to steal something from a house where no one is home, you must first secure an escape route. The kitchen and the dining room are each six tatami mats in size, and they are all very clean.On the round dining table is a pocket of fried chestnuts.He remembered that this was Zhigui's favorite food. He opened the glass sliding door a little, and he entered the next room, which was the living room.About twenty tatami mats in size.Among them, there is a place of ten square meters covered with tatami mats, which can be used for heating stoves.On the floor are leather sofas and marble-topped tables.It doesn't look like it's just an old lady's home. I remember that there is a sliding door inside, which is a Japanese-style room. I remember that it was the bedroom of the old lady's son and his wife. Gangzhi opened the drawer on the TV stand, but found nothing of value.He looked around the room, all of which were high-end furniture, and the paintings hanging on the walls seemed to be valuable things.However, what he wants is cash, or jewelry, and it must be something that can be taken away in his pocket.And if you go to buy paintings or something, you may be discovered right away. Go to the room where the son and his wife used to have a look—just as he took a step, he stopped suddenly.Tsuyoshi remembered where the old lady might have kept important things. Tsuyoshi went to the corridor and returned to the room where the altar was placed.There are several drawers on the altar, open them one by one, they are filled with candles, incense sticks, old photos and the like. There was a white envelope in the fifth open drawer, and as soon as Tsuyoshi touched it, his heart jumped.Its weight and thickness gave him a certain premonition. Glancing tremblingly into the envelope, he held his breath.Inside was a wad of 10,000 yen bills.He took off his gloves and pulled out a new banknote.Judging by the thickness, it seems to be around one million yen. These are enough, there is no need to worry about other things.He stuffed the envelope into the pocket of his coat.Below is just a matter of running away, not even wanting to put the windows back the way they were. However, when he put his hand on the window, he suddenly thought of fried chestnuts in sugar.Naoki would be very happy if he brought that back too. On the way back from the department store together, mother and son, their mother bought them fried chestnuts in sugar for the first time. That was when Zhigui was just in elementary school.My younger brother didn't like to eat sweets when he was a child, but he ate deliciously at that time.Probably because candied chestnuts are delicious, and peeling chestnuts is also fun. Take that too, Tsuyoshi returned. He paid less attention to the footsteps this time, and walked through the kitchen into the dining room.Grab the paper bag of candied chestnuts on the table.It seems that I just bought it not long ago, and I feel that the bag is still full.Naoki is no longer a child, so he probably wouldn't be so happy to hear that it's a chestnut, right?Maybe not as happy as before, but thinking of Naoki silently peeling chestnuts, Gangzhi was a little excited.It feels like returning to a happy time in the past even for a moment. Put the chestnuts in your pocket.Chestnuts in the right pocket, banknotes in the left, never so smooth. Gangzhi just wanted to go through the living room and return to the room with the altar.There are a lot of valuable things in the living room, but I don't want to steal anything.However, before leaving, he still wanted to do something. In the living room, he sat down in the middle of the spacious three-seater sofa.The brown leather sofa is much more floppy than it looks.He crossed his legs and picked up the TV remote control on the marble table.In front of him was a large widescreen television.I have moved such a TV several times, but I have never seen its picture.He pressed the switch on the remote control, and the widescreen program that was playing appeared on the screen.I often see an announcer in the showbiz whose name I don’t know is reporting the news of the divorce of the former pop singer. It has nothing to do with Gangzhi, but the feeling of monopolizing such a large screen makes him feel very satisfied.Check out another channel, whether it’s cooking shows, educational shows, or reruns of historical dramas, there’s something new about it. After pressing the switch of the remote control, when the TV screen disappeared, the sliding door next to it opened with a bang, and an old lady in pajamas stood at the door. It never occurred to him that there were still people in the house, and Gangzhi was instantly taken aback.Presumably she was the same, just staring at him blankly. Of course, this state only lasted for a second or two, and Gangzhi stood up.She also widened her eyes and stepped back, screaming something.Whether it was screaming or shouting, Gangzhi didn't understand.In any case, there was only one way for him to go. He turned over the back of the sofa and planned to run to the dining room, where the glass windows were already open. At this moment, Gangzhi's waist suddenly felt severe pain, and his lower body became paralyzed for a moment. He sat on the ground all of a sudden, not to mention running, he couldn't even move his feet. Looking back at the old lady, she had been standing there with a fearful expression on her face.Then, as if remembering something, he suddenly ran to the TV station, picked up the handset of the cordless phone, and returned to the Japanese-style room.The movements seemed out of proportion to her age. Tsuyoshi saw her hastily slam the sliding door shut.If she calls the police.As it is now, he will be caught in no time.Something must be done to stop her. He resisted the piercing pain and stood up desperately, with cold sweat on his forehead. He wanted to open the sliding door, but it didn't move at all, as if it was blocked by something inside.Hearing the sound of furniture being dragged on the other side of the sliding door, he probably sensed that Gangzhi was about to enter and set up obstacles. "Come here! There are thieves, there are thieves!" the old lady shouted. He banged on the sliding door.The door slid easily out of its slot, but it didn't fall.Hitting it hard again, the sliding door fell down together with something inside, like a tea cabinet. The old lady was standing by the window, about to press a button on the telephone.There are squares on that window.Gangzhi yelled and rushed over. "Ah! Help..." He gags her and turns off the phone.However, she resisted with all her strength. Enduring the pain in his back, even if the opponent was an old lady, it was not easy to hold her down. His finger was bitten by her, and he couldn't help pulling back his hand. In such a moment, she almost broke free.He reached out and grabbed her neck.The pain in his waist spread from his lower body to his back, his face twitched, but he couldn't let go. "Come on! Come on, come on!" Pulled her who was screaming to the ground, trying to gag her.However, she resisted violently, twisting her neck from side to side and continuing to shout.That throbbing throat seems to be driving Gangzhi. He put his hand on the belt around his waist, pulled out the screwdriver, and stabbed the old lady's throat.Maybe it was all the strength of the whole body used in the madness, but the screwdriver pierced deeply even though it didn't feel much. The body fell backwards, and the old lady was completely motionless.The mouth is still the same as when he shouted loudly, and the expression also stays in the state at that time. Tsuyoshi pulled out the screwdriver.It is so easy to insert, but it is very laborious to pull it out, as if it is entangled with muscles.After twisting and pulling it out, blood bubbled up from the wound. He froze.I can't believe I did it myself.But it is a fact that the old lady in front of him is dead.He stared at the bloodstained screwdriver and shook his head.My mind was in turmoil.Even the thought of running away from here took several seconds to appear.And it's time to seem to forget about low back pain, too. Inserting the screwdriver back into his waist, Gangzhi stood up and moved his steps carefully. Every step he took, it seemed that an electric current was flowing from his waist to his back. Even so, he couldn't stop.At a speed similar to crawling, I finally reached the door.He went outside in his socks.The sun was high, the sky was clear, and the fragrance of golden osmanthus flowers wafted around. Going to the north side of the house, he puts on his shoes.It feels like a great event has been accomplished, but the real trouble is what comes after this.He took off his tool belt, hid it in his coat, and went out the door.Fortunately, there was still no one on the street, as if no one had heard the yelling just now. He wanted to get rid of the screwdriver first. It would be unclear if he met the police with this thing. Gangzhi wanted to throw it into the river. There are many small rivers nearby. However, whether I could walk to the river was a problem. It was the first time that I felt such pain, as if an electric current passed through my back, and the pain was so painful that I was about to lose consciousness.Unable to bear it, he squatted down.The more anxious you are, the less you can move. "What's the matter with you?" Someone said from above, it was a woman's voice.A figure was projected on the ground, and the part of the skirt was shaking. Gangzhi shook his head, speechless. "What's wrong with your body..." The woman bent down and looked at Gangzhi's face.A middle-aged woman wearing glasses.Seeing Gangzhi's face, for some reason, her expression suddenly became tense, and she hurried away.The sound of taking off shoes gradually faded away. Gangzhi gritted his teeth and walked up.There is a small bridge in front of you, not a river below, but a park.But he also went down to find a place to rest. Probably this place used to be a river, and the park was also long and narrow.Tsuyoshi looked for a place to hide.There are things made of cement that look like water pipes, and it seems that children are playing around in the middle.Now there is no sign of the child, he wants to go there, but maybe he has reached the limit, and he falls on the nearby grass. He took off his gloves, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands, and let out a long breath.Then he looked at his hands and was horrified to see blood on the palms.I don't know whether it was when the screwdriver was inserted or pulled out, and the blood spattered on the face.No wonder the woman just now had such an expression. Within a few minutes, Gangzhi saw someone walking from the side of the park.It was two men, both in police uniforms. Gangzhi touched the pocket of his coat, the envelope containing the money was still there, but the pocket containing the roasted chestnuts was missing, he thought he might have lost it somewhere.