Cleanliness

Xiao Tong's life is orderly, and her meticulous craftsmanship has allowed her to accumulate a group of repeat customers in the early days of opening the store. Sometimes she is too busy, and the neighbors in the neighborhood would rather wait for a few days in line than go to the tailor shop on another street. Change clothes.

Aunt Li in the neighborhood next door often took her little grandson down for a walk, and sent her school uniform to Xiao Tong to have it changed once. Xiao Tong sent some glutinous rice balls and zongzi made by himself, which made Xiao Tong a little embarrassed.

The last time Aunt Li brought her daughter-in-law’s clothes to change the zipper, it happened that Xiao Tong couldn’t finish her work, so she had to apologize and said that she didn’t have time, and introduced to Aunt Li that there was a tailor’s shop on another street. , not far.

Aunt Li took the clothes and said angrily: "That store has keys and tailors, how can you be professional. The attitude of the proprietress is also bad. Last time I went to change my trousers, when I brought them back, I found a big mimeograph on the trouser legs." Wife! I went to their house to argue, and the proprietress put her arms around her hips and scolded me for extorting her money! I was so angry that I couldn’t eat for two days! If it weren’t for her tailor shop in the county, who would give her business? Now When I meet such a craftsman and thoughtful person like you, I can’t see it for a few years, and that store is about to collapse!"

Aunt Li said so, Xiao Tong couldn't refuse, so he had to say: "Then you can put it down, but my list is a bit full now, and it will take at least two weeks for you to finish this work, okay?"

"Okay, anyway, Weiwei's mother doesn't wear the old clothes anymore. She was going to throw them away that day. I saw that the clothes were still new, but there was something wrong with the zipper. It's a pity to throw them away. That's when I thought of sending them here for you. Change it, I will pick it up and wear it later.”

Xiao Tong stopped what he was doing, and went to the counter at the door to write an order for Aunt Li, "Okay, then you put away the order and come to pick it up next month."

After sending Aunt Li away, Xiao Tong raised the back of his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and looked around.

The small facade is full of various fabrics and accessories, and she is busy with the entire store from purchasing, bookkeeping, production, and cleaning. She thought it would be easy, but when she really started doing it, she realized that she was too busy.

Xiao Tongyuan planned to wait another three months until the store's business stabilized before planning to recruit people. After thinking about it, she first wrote a recruitment notice and pasted it on the glass door.

Xiao Tong recruited apprentices, with room and board included, but the salary was relatively low. Most of the young people in the county had gone out to work. It was not easy to recruit people, and there were quite a few people who came for interviews, but there were too many high-minded people. , was fooled by false TV advertisements, took Xiao Tong here as a training institution, wishing to become a well-known fashion designer in one month, two months, and three months to become a famous fashion designer. There is no one who wants to learn tailoring skills, Xiao Tong The recruitment notice was posted for more than a week without any satisfactory apprentices being recruited. During this period, another thing happened.

Xiao Tong's shop was ordered to be fixed.

One night, Xiao Tong cleaned up the things in the store, locked the shutter door and went back to the second floor to rest. Unexpectedly, when he came down the next day, he saw a group of people standing on the side of the road pointing at his store, and Xiao Tong pushed the crowd away. I went in and took a look, and I didn't know when someone painted a few large characters with red paint on the shutter door of my shop:

Murderer, not a good death!

Those words were written crookedly, but they almost occupied the entire iron door, and the paint flowed down unscrupulously along the bends of the strokes, like bleeding, especially the dazzling exclamation point, which was shocking.

Aunt Li was also one of the onlookers, and she was still carrying the fresh vegetables she just bought. When she saw Xiao Tong, she pulled her and asked, "Xiao Tong, what's going on?"

"I don't know either." Xiao Tong was a little confused, he didn't seem to have any enemies, what's going on?Which teenager's silly prank?Or which little bastard □□ but looking in the wrong place?

"Did you offend someone?"

"No." Xiao Tong shook his head, and said with a relaxed smile, "It's probably some child who played a prank."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Tong turned around again, and said loudly to the crowd who were still watching: "Guys, which kid is this playing a prank? It's okay, let's leave...Grandpa Zhang, the soy milk and fried dough sticks in your hand should be served while they are hot." Delicious, is the little grandson still waiting for breakfast? If you don’t go back, the fritters won’t be crispy anymore.”

"Oh! No! My grandson is still waiting to eat!" Grandpa Zhang slapped his forehead and ran home, causing everyone to burst into laughter. With him taking the lead, everyone naturally dispersed.

Just because of this incident, Xiao Tong's business was also hit hard today. Usually, there would be several customers in one morning, but today passed without a single customer coming in.

This is the case in a small county town. News spreads faster than the wind. Once there is any gossip news, it will spread throughout the city within half a day. , someone poured red paint on the door of her shop, and in the afternoon, it was all rumored that Xiao Tong had murdered someone, that he was a heinous fugitive who hid in this place because he fled in fear of crime, and the rumors became more and more evil.

Going on like this is not an option, and the business will continue to be done in the future. Anyway, there is a high probability that there will be no business today. Xiao Tong saved the time of taking a nap at noon, finished all the orders for today, closed the shop for half a day, and went to the police station to call the police.

The police were also in a dilemma. First, there was no evidence, and second, it did not cause any substantial damage. At most, it was a suspicion of disturbing social order. It was still difficult to catch the perpetrators, but they still called the police and returned with Xiao Tong. The store looked at the "crime scene", took a few photos, briefly recorded the case, and then went home. It was as if he hadn't come, but because the police came, the rumors spread intensified among the residents, and even The rumors of "Xiao Tong murdered and divided his body and hid it in his refrigerator, so the police came to search for evidence" all came out.

Xiao Tong didn't know what to do, he was in a hurry one night, and the next day he developed an ulcer in his mouth, which hurt even to the touch.

People are unlucky enough to drink cold water to stuff their teeth. When Xiao Tong went downstairs early in the morning, she found that there were many people around the door of the store. She was shocked and hurried to look. All the foul language came out, Xiao Tong was blinded by the sight, and hurriedly called the police.

The attitude of the police was the same as yesterday, but it was the reporters who heard the news, and reported the matter with embellishment. As a result, there were more and more onlookers in front of Xiao Tong's gate in the next few days, blocking her business. up.

Going on like this is not an option, the police can only take care of Xiao Tong, she doesn't know if this is a prank or someone is deliberately revenge, no matter what, she expects the prisoner will come tonight, so she set up her mobile phone on the roof early, Turn on the video mode, and take pictures of the prankster's actions, while hiding behind the house and waiting for the perpetrator, ready to come and get the stolen goods.

Sure enough, in the dead of night, the perpetrator came again. He was a guy in a black hooded sweater. Took an open bucket of red paint with a brush in it, the old paint on the rim of the bucket was dried up and had obviously been used many times.

He stopped at the door of Xiao Tong's shop with a paint bucket, put the paint bucket down, dipped a brush in the paint, and raised his hand to write new content on the locked shutter door.

"Stop!" Xiao Tong rushed out from the dark and grabbed the perpetrator, for fear that he would run away.

The perpetrator obviously didn't expect that there was someone in the dark, and was caught off guard by Xiao Tong. She wanted to break free from Xiao Tong's grip, but failed to break free after struggling a few times. In desperation, she made a plan and pointed the brush in her hand towards Xiao Tong. With a flick of it, Xiao Tong was caught off guard, the red paint on the brush hit his face and almost fell into his eyes, Xiao Tong subconsciously turned his head to hide, the perpetrator took the opportunity to push hard, pushed Xiao Tong to the ground, and turned himself in the opposite direction Run away quickly, without even brushes and paint buckets.

"Don't run!" Xiao Tong was pushed and fell to the ground, the palm of his hand was in direct contact with the rough road, a layer of flesh was rubbed off the palm, it was hot and painful, and blood oozed out immediately.

Xiao Tong didn't care too much, he only thought about catching this person today.The perpetrator has been alarmed now, if he is allowed to escape tonight, it will be almost impossible to catch him in the future, but before she chased him out, a person came out of nowhere.

"Don't chase." The man took Xiao Tong's elbow, lifted her injured bracelet, turned it over, and looked at the streetlight, "Your hand is injured, it is easy to get infected if you don't treat it, go to the hospital with me first. "

"No, let him run away and all previous efforts will be wasted!" Xiao Tong knocked off the man's hand, tried to chase him again, but was stopped again.

"He can't run away, don't worry."

"What do you mean?"

Before finishing this sentence, Xiao Tong heard a scream in front of him. After a few minutes, several people came from the dark night thinking of her. The policeman was holding a short skinny monkey who had been handcuffed.

The little man was not honest in the hands of the police, and he had to twist and turn and scream for injustice while he was in handcuffs.

"Don't move! Be honest!" The leading policeman warned him, then turned around and saluted Xiao Tong, "Hi Miss Xiao, I am a policeman from Shangrong Police Station, my surname is Wu, sorry, both of you As an eyewitness, cooperate with our work, go back to the institute with us, and make a record."

"Okay." Xiao Tong didn't hesitate at all, "Please wait for me, I still have a video here, maybe it can be used as physical evidence, I'll get it."

"Okay, thank you very much for your cooperation."

Xiao Tong and the others went to the police station in the middle of the night, and it was dawn after finishing the transcripts. The little boy turned out to be a half-grown little girl named Chen Hui, who had just turned 16 this year. No one cares about her, she dropped out of junior high school, and spends all day in the county, doing some sneaky things for food money, and was caught several times before, but because she is a minor, the police at the police station can't What to do with her, every time she can only be educated orally before she is released, and now the police have a headache when they see her.

Chen Hui is an old fritter, she is not afraid of the police at all, she has a playful smile on her face, she answered questions from the police, dawdled for more than two hours, and finally confessed.

Chen Hui and Xiao Tong have no grievances or enmities. As for why they did such a thing that harms others and does not benefit themselves, according to her words, it is called "using other people's money to eliminate disasters for others."

It turned out that Chen Hui spent all his money in the Internet cafe that day, and was kicked out by the boss. He wandered around the street with nothing to do, and the proprietress of a tailor shop on another street gave her an errand to write on the door of Xiao Tong's shop every night, writing The uglier the better, Chen Hui can get 200 yuan for his hard work once he writes it. When Chen Hui heard that there was such a good thing, it was much better than being beaten for stealing things, so he agreed without saying a word. By the third time, he was caught straight.

"Bah." Chen Hui spat, "It's really hard to memorize."

The interrogating policeman was amused when he heard this, "Miss Xiao has no grievances or enmity with you, and you are making such a fuss, and you are worried and delay the business. She hasn't said it yet, but you are ashamed to say it."

"It turns out her surname is Xiao." Chen Hui said lazily, "I can't help it. I have no money to eat and I'm hungry. I'll do things for whoever gives me money. That's the truth, brother policeman, why don't you give me some money?" ? Then I won’t do it in the future.”

"..." She was so frank and rascal that even the police didn't bother to talk to her.

After finding out what was going on, Xiao Tong thanked the police first. The police asked her what she planned to do. She said that of course it was a legal procedure. At best, this matter affects social security, and the longest detention is fifteen days. Secondly, Xiao Tong has just arrived, and he has opened a shop in Shangrong for many years. It is even more unfavorable for Xiao Tong to let them hold grudges. It would be better for Xiao Tong to come to the door to reconcile politely. It is also beneficial to Xiao Tong himself to make this big issue into a small one.

But Xiao Tong didn't agree with anything, "Comrade police, the country's laws and regulations have been formulated, so there is a reason for it. It is normal to punish violators and compensate victims according to laws and regulations. How can the perpetrator get away with it, and the victim come to apologize instead?" Xiao Tong shook the phone in his hand, "Your words have been posted on the Internet, guess what those people on the Internet will think?"

The little policeman was kind enough to persuade Xiao Tong, but he didn't expect Xiao Tong to be a soft-faced and hard-hearted master. Looking at the mobile phone in her hand that showed the recording, her face turned pale in a flash, and she hesitated for a long time and couldn't speak. Later, an old policeman with some experience came to smooth things over, saying that they would enforce the law impartially, and then politely sent Xiao Tong away.

It is said that the older a person is, the more he learns to reconcile with the world, but Xiao Tong feels that the older he is, the more he learns to be penny-pinching.

It is this so-called "reconciliation" attitude that allows more and more villains to test outside the rules and encroach on the rights and interests of law-abiding people. Suffering is a blessing", Xiao Tong doesn't believe these nonsense at all now, she has suffered losses for half her life, and she doesn't get any blessings.

Xiao Tong also knew that by himself, how could he be so arrogant just now, people respected her, but because there was still a silent Yu Qinghan standing behind her.

Yu Qinghan was the one who helped Xiao Tong up after she was pushed to the ground last night, Xiao Tong could already hear Yu Qinghan's first sentence, she seemed to have expected Yu Qinghan to come, she was a little surprised nothing.

On the contrary, Yu Qinghan was cramped all the way, she secretly followed Xiao Tong, for fear that Xiao Tong would drive her away violently, after helping Xiao Tong, she dared not say a word except to send her to the hospital.

Yu Qinghan has been guarding Xiao Tong silently during this time, Xiao Tong was in trouble, she didn't dare to come forward in person, so she had to contact the people at the police station to deal with it, unexpectedly, Xiao Tong discovered an accident, or Yu Qinghan took the initiative to expose Xiao Tong.

Xiao Tong didn't thank Yu Qinghan, she even felt very at ease.

The first time Xiao Tong called the police, but there was no result, the second time she called the police, but there was no result, and the third time, she did not call the police, but the police took the initiative to solve the case.

Xiao Tong does not go into the inextricable connection between fruitlessness and initiative. Xiao Tong has done everything a citizen should do. As for what makes calling the police useless and what makes calling the police useful, there must be some link in between. Something went wrong, but it was definitely not Xiao Tong who was the victim.

Xiao Tong didn't have a car, and there was some distance between the police station and her home. It was still early before the departure time of the morning bus, so Xiao Tong had to wait under the bus stop sign.

Yu Qinghan staggered over, hesitated to speak, and then murmured after a long time: "Xiao Tong, go to the hospital first, your hand..."

Xiao Tong stretched his neck and waited for the bus, ignoring Yu Qinghan.

"Xiao Tong..." Yu Qinghan stood in front of Xiao Tong, with a slightly tough tone, "Follow me to the hospital."

Xiao Tong only glanced at her lightly, and waited for the bus in another place.

This kind of look makes Yu Qinghan feel more heartbroken than Xiao Tong's intentional use of words to prick Yu Qinghan in the past. This kind of calm and indifferent attitude is the one who really treats Yu Qinghan as a stranger, no, more than a stranger People are even more terrifying, Xiao Tong simply regards Yu Qinghan as air, whether Yu Qinghan is there or not, Xiao Tong doesn't care anymore, he can't hide from Yu Qinghan, let alone deliberately ignore Yu Qinghan, just When you notice it, you glance at it lightly, and then do what you should do, and don't take Yu Qinghan seriously at all.

Ignore.

Hate is not terrible, disgust is not terrible, the most terrible thing is neglect.

Yu Qinghan thought, in the past Xiao Tong hated her and hated her, at least he took her seriously, whatever Yu Qinghan did and said, whether he hated or hated her, at least he could get a little feedback from Xiao Tong, now Not even feedback.

How could Yu Qinghan not know that Xiao Tong hated herself and hated herself, but she still had to dance in front of Xiao Tong, after all, she just didn't want Xiao Tong to ignore her.Whether you hate it or hate it, it's all called caring, but once Xiao Tong starts to ignore it, then everything Yu Qinghan does will become insignificant, positive or negative, and there will be no feedback.

It's as if Yu Qinghan turned into an ant in front of Xiao Tong, would anyone care what the ant did?No, they hardly notice the presence of an ant.

"Xiao Tong..." Yu Qinghan panicked, "Don't scare me, just take care of me."

If the former Yu Qinghan heard this, he would probably die of laughter. When did Yu Qinghan become so fearful, so cautious, so...so humble?Be careful, you have to think carefully about what you say, and carefully judge whether you can say it or not, and whether it will touch Xiao Tong's inverse scales.

"Okay, then thank you for your help yesterday."

"No, nothing!" Yu Qinghan blushed with joy, "What I should do! What I should do..."

"Hmm." Xiao Tong responded casually while playing with his mobile phone.

Yu Qinghan burst into tears, "Xiao Tong, don't be like this, just talk to me, I'm afraid..."

"Say it, you say it." Xiao Tong replied to Yu Qinghan, but what she saw was the direction of the bus coming in. When she saw the bus she was waiting for coming, she took it in her wallet. After issuing the bus card, he didn't care about Yu Qinghan at all.

When the bus stopped, Xiao Tong got on the bus and swiped his card, Yu Qinghan also got on the bus, she only had Xiao Tong in her eyes, and walked past the driver in a daze, the driver was a middle-aged man with a loud voice, with a rough voice Reminder, "Hey, get on the bus and buy a ticket, no fare evasion is allowed." Seeing that Yu Qinghan and Xiao Tong knew each other, the driver subconsciously thought they were together, so he glanced at Xiao Tong, "Swipe your card for your friend. "

"Ah?" Xiao Tong glanced at Yu Qinghan, smiled and said to the driver, "I'm not with her, my ticket has been swiped just now."

"Then you, buy a ticket." The driver pouted towards Yu Qinghan.

On the first bus in the morning, there were not many people on the bus, and the driver was very loud. Everyone in the bus looked at Yu Qinghan after shouting like this. Yu Qinghan fumbled all over her pockets. Being regarded as a fare evader, she had never received so many condemning and contemptuous looks since she was a child. With a breath in her chest, she got out of the bus angrily, and when the bus drove away slowly, she remembered that she hadn't brought her wallet and money. As for the mobile phone, it's not that she can't pay by mobile phone, it's just that she was too embarrassed at the time, her mind had gone blank, and she couldn't remember anything.

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