Chapter 14 Section 2 The Little Thief at the Rescue Station

One day, Chi Dao received a call from a distant relative in his hometown.According to the phone call, the relative's 13-year-old son is currently at the Juvenile Rescue Station, and Chi Dao will pick him up and send him back to his hometown during the Spring Festival. Chi Dao and I came to the juvenile rescue station in the suburbs. The staff of the aid station said that the teenager was brought here by the police from the police station a week ago.At that time, the boy was begging on the overpass with scars on his body.Some citizens dialed 110, and the police found the boy. The boy said that he had wandered all the way from his hometown and was penniless, so he thought of begging.Due to the juvenile's young age, the police could only send him to a relief station and temporarily arrange his life.

In the aid station, the young man told his story: he was controlled by the beggar gang to beg, and he gave the money he got from begging to the boss of the gang every day. If he couldn't get the money, he would be beaten.However, he didn't know where the beggar gang boss lived or where he was from.He only knew that he lived in a dark room with a few street children who were also begging. When it was dark, the door was locked; after dawn, the door was opened.Even which road he was begging on, he couldn't remember the name. The teenager told the name of his parents and the name of the village where he lived, but he didn't know which township or county.The staff of the rescue station finally found out the place of birth of the boy through the household registration police.Afterwards, the boy's father, who was thousands of miles away, entrusted Chi Dao to bring his child back for Spring Festival.

The aid stations are full of underage boys and girls.Among them are some mentally handicapped children who can never remember the situation of their parents. They were sent to the relief station by kind people, or they may have been abandoned by their parents. They can only live in the relief station forever; They are full of lies, smooth and tactful, like loaches, but they have already tempered into veterans at a young age. That day, Chi Dao and I went to the aid station to pick up his distant nephew, and saw two thieves.One is a girl and the other is a boy.They are all about twelve or thirteen years old.

That boy had a viciousness that didn't match his age. He looked at everyone who approached him with wolf-like eyes, and his expression was as indifferent as a piece of ice.There was a scar on his neck like an ugly centipede.The staff of the rescue station said that the teenager was caught by the plainclothes police on the spot while stealing on the bus, but he said that he did not steal anything when he was at the police station.Since entering the rescue station, he has not said a word, as silent as a hard stone.The staff showed enthusiasm like chicken soup for the soul, but they just couldn't influence him.

Contrary to boys, girls answer every question.She said that she was born in a small city in the northwest frontier, and her name has been forgotten. A month ago, he came to this city with her father, and she stole because she had no life and no food to eat.She said she only stole twice, the first time she stole 10 yuan, and the second time she was caught by the police when she stole a bag from a restaurant. The girl is very beautiful, with dark skin and long eyelashes, like a Barbie doll.The staff member said, this girl is obviously lying, the first time she stole 10 yuan, how dare she carry the bag the second time?She was indeed caught by the police when she was carrying her bag in KFC, but if she dared to carry her bag, she was already a habit of stealing.It must not be her father who brought her from the northwest frontier to this city in the south. How could a father instigate his children to steal things?The so-called father she spoke of must be the thief.

The child told the staff that her father's name was Ai Hejiang.The next day, someone called the rescue station, saying that his daughter was lost, and asked if she was at the rescue station.The staff member asked, "What's your name?" He said that his name was Ai Hejiang. However, the staff still did not believe that Ai Hejiang was the girl's father. The thieves are all old slickers who have been immersed in the rivers and lakes for many years. They never steal. It is the children they have trained to steal. The children are caught, but they are safe and sound.They know that even if these underage children are caught, they will not be punished by law and will eventually be sent to the Juvenile Rescue Station.Then, they pretended to be the teenager's parents, took the child away from the rescue station, and continued to steal.

In every city, you can see these children stealing, and behind the children are those hateful thieves. I originally planned to use this girl to enter the gang. However, when I came to the Juvenile Rescue Station for the second time, the girl had already been picked up. In desperation, I decided to break into the theft gang through this silent boy. Chi Dao's distant nephew is called Sun Ziming, whose skin was darkened by long-term begging under the scorching sun, but his eyes shone like high-quality coal.Dropping out of school prematurely to enter the society has made these children alert and sophisticated. When they tell a lie, their expression is calm and their faces do not change, as if they have witnessed it with their own eyes.

Sun Ziming promised to help me get close to the silent boy. On the second day after Sun Ziming was picked up, he came to the Youth Rescue Station again, and the staff arranged for him to live in a room with the silent boy.Over the years, I have always had a good relationship with the people at the rescue station, because I have no "partition", so I can only rely on my own ability to find clues, and the clues at the rescue station can trip people up, everyone who comes here There are twists and turns in the story. Later, Sun Ziming told me that this silent boy was nicknamed Centipede.The thieves don't call each other by their first names, they all call them by nicknames.

The centipede was also hostile to Sun Ziming. He crouched in the corner, staring at Sun Ziming viciously like a cheetah.I was always worried that Sun Ziming's personal safety would be threatened, so I hid in the corner outside the door and listened quietly to everything in the room.There is an iron fence door outside the room. These unscrupulous teenagers are suddenly aggressive, so these iron fence doors are usually closed, but the wind and grass inside can be clearly heard outside. Sun Ziming, who has been begging for many years, has already mastered a set of skills of using softness to overcome strength. He took out a pack of crumpled cigarettes from his underwear and gave one to the centipede. The centipede took it and looked at it suspiciously.Sun Ziming lit him with a lighter again, and he took a deep puff, then closed his eyes to let the smoke sway from his nasal cavity, with a face full of intoxication.

After the centipede smoked half of the cigarette, he suddenly asked: "How can you bring the cigarette in?" According to the regulations, when every teenager enters the rescue station, he will be searched, and any inappropriate things such as knives, ropes, and cigarettes will be searched. was confiscated. Sun Tzuming smiled and said, "You didn't see that I was hiding in my underwear, they couldn't find it." Like adults, a cigarette can also bring the distance between two teenagers closer. The centipede said: "I have seen you. You were in front of me at dinner the day before yesterday."

Sun Ziming said: "This is my second entry into the palace." The centipede asked, "How did you get in this time?" Sun Ziming said, "As soon as I went out, I worked as a fitter again, and was caught by Lei Zi. Why did you come in?" Sun Ziming has been immersed in the rivers and lakes for many years. He knows some black words in the rivers and lakes. When thieves are caught for the second time, they are locked up. Fitter"; the police are not called policemen, but "Leizi". The centipede said, "I didn't steal anything. I don't know why the police sent me here." Sun Ziming said, "Let's run out." The centipede said: "I'm not going to run away, I'll wait for someone to pick me up." Sun Ziming asked, "Who will pick you up?" The centipede said, "My father." Sun Ziming said, "Then I'll wait for my brother to come pick me up again. My brother loves to beat me, and he hits me very hard." The staff and I stood outside the door and eavesdropped on their conversations in the room. We were all deeply moved by Sun Ziming's vigilance.In his many years of professional begging career, Sun Ziming was able to rely on playing a pitiful face, which touched countless passers-by, and made passers-by consciously take out change and put it into the broken bowl in front of him. I believe he can also be moved by this nickname again The boy named Centipede. However, I underestimated the centipede, underestimated the cunning of the centipede. I heard the centipede ask Sun Ziming: "Which road do you work as a fitter?" Sun Ziming mentioned the road where he often begs. The centipede asked again: "Do you usually open the skylight or use the tunnel?" Sun Ziming seemed to hesitate for a moment, and said, "Do everything." The centipede continued to ask: "Are you putting on airs, or are you thinking about ideas?" I heard that Sun Ziming didn't speak, he just kept persuading the centipede: "Smoke, smoke." Obviously, Sun Ziming didn't know what the centipede was talking about. The centipede's tone suddenly became tough: "What the hell do you do? Speak!" I was worried that Sun Ziming would be in danger, and I was about to rush in, but the staff stopped me. He coughed severely, rattled the key chain around his waist, walked over, and opened the room. Door.Centipede and Sun Ziming quickly put out the cigarette butts. The staff pretended not to see all this. He said solemnly: "What are you talking about? No fighting, no quarreling. Whoever violates the rules will be punished by cleaning the toilet for a week." In fact, the toilets in the Juvenile Rescue Station are cleaned by special personnel, but this sentence is very deterrent.The last thing children want to do is clean the toilet. This threatening sentence often makes some stubborn children temporarily behave. It was only later that I learned that the thieves gang had their own slang, which outsiders could not understand, and only they themselves knew what they were talking about. What Sun Tzu knew was just some simple slang words, just superficial.On the rivers and lakes, every other line is like a mountain. The "which way" the centipede said does not refer to the real road, but to break into the house by breaking the door and twisting the lock, or stealing with the pedestrian.The opening of the skylight and the tunnel in the centipede's mouth refer to the stolen parts, the pocket of the jacket is called the skylight, and the pocket of the trousers is called the tunnel.Putting on airs refers to blocking the eyes of the person who is stealing; touching ideas refers to stealing. That day, I also underestimated Sun Ziming's resilience. I believe that even if I face such an aggressive interrogation by the centipede, I will panic and show my feet. However, Sun Ziming is very calm. Maybe, when the staff of the juvenile rescue station came in and interrupted their conversation, Sun Ziming came up with an idea. countermeasures. I heard Sun Ziming say, "Who would know so much? I just started this business with my brother." The centipede asked, "Are you doing it alone?" Sun Ziming said: "Yes, my brother took me. I haven't been in this business for a long time." The centipede said contemptuously: "No wonder you entered the palace for the second time in such a short period of time. How can you do it if no one is covering you?" Sun Ziming quickly asked without losing the opportunity: "How many people do you have? How are you doing it?" The centipede said: "We have too many people, dozens of them. Whoever puts up the airs, who goes out of the way, and whoever comes up with ideas, has a division of labor." Sun Ziming asked enviously: "You guys are much better than me and my brother. But I can't even understand what you say." The centipede said braggingly: "Putting on airs is to cover you, walking around is to check where his wallet is on his body, and finding ideas is to strike." Sun Ziming praised: "There are so many ways in here, it's a pity we don't know anything." The centipede said even more proudly: "I thought you were a stalker just now, and after a long time you were a shoulder-to-shoulder scorpion. Let me tell you, Tubie, you learn a little bit, and you will need it when you travel in the rivers and lakes. There are many kinds of hands. Long pliers; those with blades are called flying knives, and also called Xiaoli flying knives..." I was shocked when I heard it outside. There are so many specialties in the thief industry.According to the content of the centipede's speech, "tiaozi" should mean undercover, secret agent, etc.; "Bangshoulder" means a friend, and this appellation can often be seen in martial arts novels, "Shoulder, let's go".Turtle is a fool, a curse word. I heard the centipede yelling at me inside, because I was the brother he said brought his grandson to the Tao. He scolded me for not knowing a little about the rules of the rivers and lakes, and wanting to mess around in the rivers and lakes.Centipede also persuaded Sun Ziming to follow him. Sooner or later, he will become the boss and do a great job. He said: "If you want to hang out on the road, you don't have a helper, and you don't know how to die." The centipede also said that he just missed by accident, but it doesn't matter, he went out soon, and the boss knew he was here and would pick him up.He doesn't have to go to work these days, so he should stay here to refresh himself. The centipede's words were old-fashioned, not like a teenager's tone at all. I think this teenager might have joined a thieves gang to steal.In his heart, there has never been any morality and kindness. I heard him bragging about his past to Sun Ziming, saying what things he stole and what people he stole, ranging from seventy to eighty-year-olds to the next. Even students in school uniforms, and the ones who steal the most are women in fashionable clothes.He said that every time he saw the owner dejected and crying, he felt very funny. The only conscience and friendliness left in this young man's heart have been wiped out. When I was about to get off work that afternoon, a 40-year-old man with round mouse eyes came to the reception room of the Juvenile Rescue Station. He came to pick up the centipede and claimed to be the father of the centipede. The staff of the rescue station quietly went upstairs and told me that after ten minutes or so, I also pretended to be here to pick up someone and walked into the reception room. The man with the mouse eyes is very humble, he smokes first when he sees me, bends down, and is respectful.He always lowered his eyes, not daring to meet my eyes.However, I saw the eyeballs under his thin eyelids rolling around like pinballs, vividly.Like all thieves, he was dark-skinned and emaciated. I wanted to talk to him, but he didn't speak much, he just muttered vaguely and agreed without knowing what he was talking about.His eyes flicked to my pocket from time to time, I knew this was his professional habit, so I pretended not to care. When Centipede and Sun Ziming came downstairs, the mouse-eyed man and I went up to meet them.Then, the four of us walked towards the gate of the rescue station together. Centipede and Sun Ziming kept chirping and chatting, as if they were inseparable.I pretended not to pay attention to their conversation, but the mouse eyes looked at them both suspiciously, and then at me suspiciously. It was a long way out of the aid station, and when we reached a fork in the road, Centipede and Sun Ziming were about to separate.Sun Ziming asked the centipede: "How can I find you in the future? Do you have a mobile phone?" The centipede said, "I don't have one." He looked at the "dad" he was calling for help, then pulled "dad" aside, and spoke furtively for a few minutes. Then, the centipede handed Sun Ziming a piece of paper with the mobile phone number on it, and he said that he could find him by calling this number. I watched the mouse eyes and the centipede stopped a taxi and drove away. I unfolded the paper, but found that the number was missing a number. The mouse eyes are obviously intentional, he is a cunning fox. A few days later, Sun Ziming left the city where he had been begging for four years, and followed Chi Dao back to his hometown in the north.Many years later, he has become a well-known rag king in the local area. It is said that he started his business by collecting waste paper and rags in the streets with a tricycle, and now he has built a two-story building in the town. Before Sun Ziming left, I talked about Centipede in detail with him, and asked him to recall every word Centipede said.I want to find some clues from the casual conversation of the centipedes, especially their active area.However, the centipede did not tell Sun Ziming where they often haunted. In fact, even if the illiterate centipede saw the road sign, he would not know what was written on it.The locations of the thefts in his mouth are only places with no distinctive landmarks such as tall buildings, riversides, bridges, supermarkets, and buses. After Sun Ziming left, the only clue between me and the robbery gang was also interrupted.They are tightly organized, sensitive and abnormal like fleas, they reject strangers, and it is difficult to get in with any new face.