Chapter 55: Hu Changfu

  In the crew rest room, two flight attendants stood on either side of a small guy, with a large bag on the floor, already open. Inside the bag were some cash and high-end clothes, as well as a camera. Hei Zi took one look and realized he had seen these people before.

  The car window was open and the night wind blowing in was very cold and strong. The two police officers were not wearing much, but they seemed to be impervious to the chill.

  The traffic police were taken aback at first, then one of them asked: "What do you do?"

  "Hei Zi used his foot to close the door and said: 'What are you doing?'"

  "Are you his accomplice?" A plainclothes policeman asked the little guy standing in the middle, but he immediately negated his own idea from his heart, it didn't seem like it.

  Hei Zi couldn't say he was meddling in other people's business anymore. If he said so, he would also be unlucky. The other person represented the powerful department. Hei Zi quickly thought of something and said: "I am from the third team of the municipal police department, I've been with him for three days." Hei Zi pointed to the short guy standing in the middle.

  Two people meet on the road and let out a sigh of relief. One gets into the police car and closes the window, while the other gives up his seat to Hei Zi.

  Hei Zi didn't sit down, he looked at the short guy and said: "You little kid can really run, where are your several accomplices?"

  The little guy was stunned by Hei Zi's question. He had always been alone and never had any partners.

  "Don't say I didn't warn you, I'll make you speak." Hei Zi started showing off.

  "Hei Zi looked at the package on the ground and said: 'You return the package to its owner, I'll take the person away.'"

  One of the police officers raised an eyebrow and looked at Hei Zi then at Xiao Gui and said: "Are you really from the Criminal Police Unit?"

  "Hei Zi sneered and said: 'Of course, my ID is in my bag. Do you want me to go get it for you now?'"

  The police officer who was asking the questions didn't say anything, another older police officer who was more experienced in handling matters saw Hei Zi's unhappiness and quickly said: "No need, interrupting your investigation is really sorry."

  "Hei Zi nodded and said: 'You are also innocent, forget it. It seems that we can only interrogate him to find his accomplices.'"

  Hei Zi picked up the short one and walked out, the short one shrunk his neck and didn't dare to breathe loudly. After they went out of the door, Hei Zi let him go and said: "Go ahead, don't play any tricks."

  Back to his seat, Xiao Fei saw him bring back a person from the toilet. This little guy had a sly and cunning look in his eyes that made people uncomfortable. He asked: "Lao Wu, why did you bring someone back?"

  Hei Zi hadn't gone to the toilet yet and was feeling urgent. He pushed Xiao Gui and said: "Watch him, I'm going to the toilet."

  Heizi left. Xiao Fei asked: "What's his name? Do you know Lao Wu?"

  The short man took the two of them as part of the criminal police team, and when someone asked him a question, he bowed his head and said: "Hello, my name is Hu Changfu, I'm from the big bun shop."

  Zhuo Xiao Fei didn't seem to understand, so Da Kui explained: "A rolling big package refers to carrying luggage on the train."

  Pickpocketing is what Xiaofei knows, it's just stealing bags.

  Hei Zi sat back down and asked Xiao Fei: "Lao Wu, what's the point of bringing a thief back?"

  Hei Zi sighed and looked at other passengers in the car, saying: "It's not convenient to say now, I'll tell you when we get off."

  Hei Zi made Hu Chang Fu sit beside him, and drink with them. Hu Chang Fu didn't dare to, Hei Zi glared at him and said: "I told you to sit, so just sit, I won't eat you."

  Hu Changfu had no choice but to sit down gently beside Hei Zi.

  "Hei Zi whispered in Hu Changfu's ear: 'I'm not a police officer, I said that to save you.'"

  Hu Changfu suddenly understood and was about to kneel down when Heizi grabbed him: "What are you doing? There are so many people on the train, do you think no one will notice?"

  Hu Changfu asked in a low voice: "Which way is Big Brother on?"

  "Stop prattling on and have a drink first. We'll talk after we get off the bus." Hei Zi feared others might hear, so he stopped Hu Changfu from asking random questions.

  A big drink till dawn, when arriving at the station everyone was a bit drunk. When drinking, Hu Changfu told everyone that his family is in Tongda City, with a paralyzed old mother and a divorced sister.

  My old man died young, and I was out making a living, so my mother had no one to take care of her. My sister had to quit her job to take care of my mother. In a fit of anger, my brother-in-law divorced my sister and took the child away. Now I'm out here making money to support my mother, and my sister is responsible for taking care of her at home. If something happens to me, my sister will have to go out and work to make money to support my mother, and then no one will be left to take care of my mother, and she'll suffer.

  After getting off the train, Hu Changfu bid farewell to everyone and left. Heizi watched Hu Changfu's back as he walked away, thinking of his own childhood, thinking of his old father and mother.

  Hei Zi shouted as Hu Changfu walked out for over ten meters: "Chang Fu, can you go with me to take a look at your old mother?"

  Hu Changfu turned around and looked at Heizi, as if he had made a very big decision, saying: "Okay."

  Hu Changfu's family lives in a shantytown area in the northern part of the city, where urban planning has already prepared for demolition and relocation. The government plans to build low-rent housing, and Hu Changfu told them that the demolition office had come and registered, and they would also be able to live there after the houses were built.

  The room was cold and damp, an old woman with a head full of white hair lay under two layers of bedding, a middle-aged woman sat on a small stool staring blankly.

  Hei Zi and his friends came in. The middle-aged woman stood up, looked at them in a daze, then revealed a bitter smile and said: "Chang Fu, are these your friends?"

  Hu Changfu nodded and said: "They are all my friends, they came to see my old mother."

  Xiao Fei and Da Kui put the purchased nutritional supplements on the old wine cabinet, and the three of them took two steps forward to the bedside. A foul smell hit their noses, and Hei Zi thought to himself, "This cold house still has such a strong smell, I wonder how we'll get through the summer."

  The first two times they bought coal, Hei Zi and his friends brought cash. This time, because the amount was larger, they brought cards and only carried over 10,000 yuan in cash. After seeing Hu Changfu's mother, Hei Zi said: "Xiao Fei, leave some money for Chang Fu, their life is too hard."

  Hu Changfu's old mother moved her mouth as if she wanted to say something. She spoke with great difficulty, and Hei Zi had to put his ear close to listen.

  "Child, I'm almost dead, don't waste money."

  Hei Zi's eyes became slightly moist after hearing this, and he comforted Hu Changfu's mother by saying: "Don't worry, Mother, I won't die. With Chang Fu around, you can live to be a hundred years old."

  "Alas, it's hard for Zhang Fu. You all persuade him, don't let him steal again. I'm unable to move and can't manage him, you all help me manage him." The old man spoke slowly, his voice trembling slightly.

  Everyone was shocked after hearing what Changfu's mother said. They thought that Changfu's mother didn't know what he did, but it turned out she knew everything.

  "Hei Zi nodded and said: 'Don't worry, old lady, Chang Fu has already found a job and hasn't stolen anything for a long time.'"

  Chang Fu's old mother showed a relieved smile, actually it was hard to see a person who had been bedridden for years smile, but Hei Zi saw a loving mother's love in Chang Fu's old mother's smile.

  Xiao Fei was moved by what Chang Fu said to Lao Nian, and he said to Hei Zi: "Lao Wu, why don't we let Chang Fu join us? We need more hands anyway. It's better for him to work with us than to steal packages."

  Hei Zi turned around and looked at Hu Changfu. On the train, Hei Zi had told Chang Fu that he was a coal smuggler, and coal smugglers made a lot of money. Hu Changfu knew that working with them would not put him at a disadvantage, and besides, Hei Zi had just saved his life, so being with them would also give him an opportunity to repay the favor.

  "Hei Ge, I'm willing to work with you guys, let me do whatever." Hu Changfu said with a smile.

  Xiao Fei held a 10,000 yuan note in his hand and didn't know how much to give. Heizi grabbed it from him and said: "Xiao Fei, is the remaining money enough for us to eat and live for the next two days?"

  Xiao Fei nodded and said: "There is wealth."

  Heizi put the money in his hand on the bedside and said: "Auntie, this money is for you to see a doctor. I'll come back to visit you after a while."

  After Heizi and the others left, Hu Changfu's mother shed tears. Since she became paralyzed in bed, all she saw was indifference and white eyes. In ten years, today was the first time someone treated her so well.