In the crowded square, the men limped and walked, and suddenly began to sing loudly, singing to the rise, stepping on the green belt, sitting on the garbage can and jumping down and holding the pillar in a circle, passers-by saw it and avoided it, while the dirty scavengers sat not far away to watch the liveliness.
The man's name is black skin, five years ago from Shanxi to Shanghai, in order to eat mixed food, he can only pick up garbage to sell waste, every day when he wakes up, he will push a cart in the garbage can sweep, sometimes plastic bottles, sometimes waste cardboard, after making up a certain amount, he will sell to the old Li who manages waste recycling. Although there is no need to worry about eating, but the black skin is honest and honest, and it is a moralistic person, the money is not invited to this meal, or borrowed the doctor, and when he has no money to eat, the people who have received his favor, one by one, run faster than the other, in the words of old Li, the black skin brain is too stupid, can not speak, only the share of being deceived.
Although Nanjing Road is bustling, but people are inevitably mixed, with more and more people from other places, thieves, beggars, scavengers also follow here to settle down, pick up garbage on the street during the day, at night on the side of the road casually find a place to sleep, the police come to catch up, just change places to continue, after waking up, continue to pick up garbage, and so on day after day.
Here, no one cares who you are, at most according to the hometown or appearance characteristics to take the name, Anhui sixteen years old from the hometown, early twenties, became the middleman of the garbage on this street, he stood on the street, waiting for the retail to send things to the door, every two or three days and then sold to Lao Li such a large number of recycling people, although relaxed, but in the face of bargaining, always have to pull a bit, the profits sold, only two cents, when he came, he was still full of hope for the future, but after a while he found out, Money is hard to earn, and eating is a problem.
What is even more embarrassing is that because of the early death of his father, he had to come out at a young age to support his family, and did not go to school for two days To settle accounts has become a problem, while his own brother has been admitted to college all the way, and he has to say that fate has tricked people, Hubei, a thief, who specializes in Mercedes-Benz car logos, old-fashioned car labels are made of silver, stealing a can sell for five or six thousand, is a cost-effective deal, but he was unlucky, was caught and squatted for more than a year.
After coming out, he had a child around him, fourteen years old age does not go to school, the posture of taking cards is very professional, the two are not related by blood, the boy's father is idle all day, when he was six years old, his mother could not stand running, helplessly, the boy ran to the city alone to make a living, could not find work to pick up bottles, really can not be hungry, as for the elders do not worry, the boy said bluntly, my mother knows that I am here, but refuse to find the door, such a parent to come to what use, he said light and breezy, but the real feelings, Only I know it.
Like most people, he is also full of yearning for big cities, after making money, the first thing is to see the Oriental Pearl, but after arriving, he found that it was like that, no different, and he wanted to be more distressed about the fifty cents spent on the ferry, just like outsiders looking at the Oriental Pearl. The attitude of the locals towards them is not much kind, begging uncle has endless anger, he sits on the street with a plastic red bowl for a day, only a dollar and two cents, in addition, he has to endure discrimination and scolding from passers-by, "countrymen" and "stinky people who want to eat", such words have heard the ears almost cocooned, uncle is angry, but complains to his companions, once the people in the city were sent to the countryside and not live in the cowshed, what is there to be proud of.
Most of the attitudes of this group of people are like this, the gentleness of the black skin seems to be a little "strange", he likes to drink, and is afraid that the money will be lost, so he gives the money to Acho for safekeeping, the two are partners, every day they pick up garbage separately, the money is sold and exists in one place, after a long time, the black skin treats Acho as a good brother, he turns in all the money, leaving only the money for dinner, unexpectedly, knowing that people know the face, Acho ran away with a thousand pieces of savings, and also left a bunch of debts, even so, black skin is only silently smoking, He also promised his creditors that he would pay back when he had money, and he did not know whether to say that he was big or weak.
Since that day, the black skin is busier, in addition to picking up by himself, he also did the errand of the middleman, but as Old Li said, he can't speak, only the share of being bullied, the seller wants to raise the price to earn a little more, the black skin refuses, the anxious sweat can't hold out a good word, being pointed at the nose and scolding, but also honestly endured, at the same time he also developed a new habit, no matter where he goes, the wallet is not separated, can count to count so a hundred dollars, the honest person like the black skin, no matter where he is, can not avoid the law of the jungle of the weak and the strong, Being able to guarantee that you don't go hungry is the best outcome.
National Day, Nanjing Road tourists more, scavengers poured out of the nest, in front of the garbage can to pick up bottles, this is the last fight before winter, the weather is getting colder, there are fewer people on the street, the bottles will follow less, the scavengers either go further south, or rely on the savings saved to survive, black skin is not in the two, during this time, he ran into walls everywhere, even if he saw the facts clearly, after waking up every day, he was not in a hurry to go out to make money, but he was fascinated by drinking, happy day is a day, but unexpectedly there was a fight on the street this night, He didn't say a word to persuade him, and the police rushed over, and it was supposed to end there, but at this point he launched a drunken madness, flipped the policeman's hat, and was arrested and taken into detention.
Two weeks later, the black skin finally came out, but the spirit became more depressed, others always had to laugh twice, and within a few days, the black skin was detained again for picking the bronze medal to sell money, and then he was beaten again, and there was no good skin in the whole body, two months later, the black skin was crazy, he wandered in the street all day, either singing loudly, or rolling on the ground, with the "Big Trouble Heavenly Palace" played on the big screen, it seemed particularly ironic.
In reality, there is no shortage of prosperity, let alone nameless marginal people, the poor are alone, and the ideal of reaching the world is too far away for them. Everyone who lives on the street of Nanjing Road is living seriously in their own way, everyone is on "Nanjing Road", what reason do we have, what position do we have to give sympathy.