Gu Pei reborn

As if to match my own mood, the sun rarely came out for a few laps at noon.Holding the book, Gu Pei looked at Chen Yan whose mouth was already grinning to his ears, and couldn't help but chuckle, this was the first time he had seen such a silly and childish Chen Yan.

Gu Pei freed one hand to touch Chen Yan's head: "Do you want to go back now?"

"...No." Hearing Gu Pei's question, Chen Yan's expression froze.

"Yeah." Gu Pei nodded and then didn't know what to say, because he suddenly remembered what Chen Yan said about his mother—a woman who dreamed of making a fortune in the garbage dump.

"I hid the garbage bag, and I will pick it up after changing clothes later." Chen Yan said with his head down.

"Then this book..." Gu Pei could only say this.Although this child has been involved in his life, his world is still far away from him.

"I will hide them well." Speaking of this, Chen Yan's tone became relaxed again.

"You kid still has a secret base." Gu Pei smiled when he saw Chen Yan with a faint pride on his face. He had forgotten that this kid had lived a good life for eight or nine years before he met him. Worry about it?

After sending Chen Yan away, watching him disappear without a trace in an alley full of discarded objects, Gu Pei sighed, turned around and stepped out of this dark alley, exposing his body to the warm sunlight.

The low building eroded by wind and rain in the distance glows pale in the sun, like the last glory of the sunset.

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Standing on the stairs four or five steps away from the entrance of the corridor, Gu Pei looked at Chen Yan who huddled into a ball and closed his eyes, feeling a little dazed.Isn't this kid waiting here last night?Probably not, his clothes are obviously not the same as yesterday.Thinking of this, Gu Pei heaved a sigh of relief and wanted to wake him up, but seeing his peaceful sleeping face felt a bit unbearable.Walking in gently, just as he bent down, he suddenly saw those black eyes open. Under the reflection of the moonlight, Gu Pei clearly saw the defense and vigilance in his eyes, like a small beast in the wilderness, ready to open his eyes. Sharpens its claws with prey.Being stared at by such a pair of eyes, Gu Pei actually felt a little stiff.It wasn't until Chen Yanqing coldly said "Brother Gu Pei" that he came back to his senses.

"It's time to get up." Gu Pei smiled and rubbed his head, as if he hadn't noticed anything, "When did you come?"

"Well, it's not long since I arrived." Chen Yan stood up and patted the dust off his buttocks.

"Then let's go."

"Ah."

Taking Chen Yan's hand, Gu Pei noticed that he flinched unconsciously, and couldn't help but frown, leading him to the street light on the street, Gu Pei stopped, pulled up his sleeve, and waited to see clearly what was in his hand. When he saw the purple mark, his heart was filled with anger.

Seeing that Gu Pei was about to pull his sleeve, Chen Yan had already started to break free, but he was small and weak, and finally Zhizhi saw his ugly arm exposed in the air.Seeing Gu Pei's face full of anger, he lowered his head and said cowardly: "I accidentally fell down yesterday."

"Yeah." Gu Pei replied, but his heart was on fire, how could he not see that this was the mark left after being pinched!But what can he say now, that's his mother, how can he scold him?Containing his anger, Gu Pei pulled down his sleeves as if nothing had happened, "Be careful next time." Then he patted his head, "Let's go."

"Yeah." Chen Yan nodded, looked up at Gu Pei's face that didn't relax at all, felt a little sad, wanted to say something but got stuck in his throat.

The street lamps gave off a dim yellow light, and the piles of rubbish on the street and the cold buildings hidden in the darkness and lights in the distance seemed to be the devil's forbidden place, so empty and quiet that one could feel palpitations.

On the edge of District A, the city is gradually revealing its prosperity, young people frolicking in the streets in twos and threes, nightclubs with neon lights, people who leave early like them to look for work... Gu Pei ignores Chen Yan's pain and pulls His hand quickly passed through here, and came under the overpass, only to find that the place where the newspapers were distributed had gathered many people, like another world, people who were hidden in the dark and couldn't see their faces clearly seemed unwilling to be the only ones who got up early , talking loudly wantonly, as if to wake up all the people in the city.Occasionally, the headlights of the car hit these people's faces, and they could only see their distorted expressions covering their faces, and then they soon heard these people began to abuse the driver.

The newspapers were delivered by a young couple who looked very friendly, but their impatient voices let them know that they didn't like this kind of work.

"Is this your first time here?"

"Yeah." Gu Pei nodded, watched the woman who was talking open the newspaper, put another stack in it, folded it again, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Oh, the pages of this newspaper are separated, and you have to put them in yourself." The woman was very talkative, "You guys came here by yourself? He's a very nice guy. Don't ask acquaintances to bring them for the first time."

"En." Gu Pei nodded and stopped talking. He felt that Chen Yan's hands tightened a little. He thought he was not used to this environment, so he tightened his hands and pulled Chen Yan up to the boss.

"How many servings do you want?" the proprietress asked succinctly.

"One hundred evening papers, sixty metropolitan newspapers, and twenty commercial newspapers," Gu Pei said.He knew before that this weight is actually a bit much, but today he plans to help Chen Yan sell it together, and after his grades improve, his mother actually doesn't care much about him.

"It's 60 yuan in total." The woman started counting newspapers as she said.

Passed a part of the thick newspaper to Chen Yan, then chose an empty seat, first watched how others folded the newspaper, and then started to do it himself.

Chen Yan didn't speak. Although selling newspapers might not make as much money as he did picking up rubbish, it was a brand new experience for him. He was a little apprehensive and somewhat looking forward to it. He didn't even open his mouth to speak this morning.When the thick stack of newspapers was finished, he didn't realize that he smiled.

When the street lights went out, the place was deserted, and most people in the city would not know that it was a meeting place before the sun rose.

Holding a stack of newspapers awkwardly, Gu Pei took Chen Yan to eat breakfast, gave him some change, agreed on a meeting place after the sale was sold out, and then left at an intersection.They sold newspapers for the first time, choosing to run around in the streets instead of standing in one place and waiting.

Selling newspapers is not an easy job for Gu Pei.Even the phrase "Evening News, Metropolis Daily, Business Daily" was not spoken until half an hour later.

After walking tired, he chose to sell near a big bus station. According to his own experience, if these people have no change to take the bus, they should buy a newspaper for change, but they only sold a few copies after standing for a long time. It was not until the conductor on the bus that he remembered that there were not many automatic coin-operated cars at this time.

In fact, besides making money selling newspapers, you can also discover many things that you don't usually pay attention to. When Gu Pei was selling newspapers outside the passenger terminal, he found not only a case of a thief pocketing a wallet, but also those children who asked for money. When people come out of the station, they will swarm around them. Five or six pairs of small hands are stretched out in front of the person, and they have to give if they don't give.Occasionally, a few strong people will be teased by those children even if they get rid of it - pulling their luggage, swearing at them, putting their dirty hands on other people's clothes...

Looking at those smiling children, Gu Pei felt as if he was watching a movie.

But his business here is pretty good, perhaps because he looks like a good boy, so many outsiders will ask him for directions while buying a newspaper.Sometimes some people will give him a dollar without change.

At about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Pei had already sold out the newspapers, and he felt very happy with a lot of change. Speaking of which, he still prefers to touch real money, especially real money, compared to bank cards. a lot.

When we arrived at the place agreed with Chen Yan, the child hadn't arrived yet.Leaning against the wall, Gu Pei was a little worried, what would happen to the child's first sale, right?Probably not, that child is very mature, but maturity is also a child. Didn't he have been beaten by bad boys before...

Gu Pei stood there, his thoughts were flying wild, watching the strangers coming and going, he was even more irritable, this damn day without a mobile phone!

"Brother Gu Pei!"

Hearing Chen Yan's joyful voice, Gu Pei let go of the stone hanging in his heart.However, when he saw the transparent bag of plastic bottles and waste paper on the child's shoulder, he couldn't help but worry for a while. Maybe this child had an accident selling newspapers and changed to picking up trash? !

Xu Shi could see Gu Pei's worry, Chen Yan approached and lowered his head and explained embarrassedly: "When I was selling newspapers, I saw a lot of waste bottles on the road, so I picked them up by the way."

Gu Pei cast a black line, but he breathed a sigh of relief: "The newspaper is sold out?"

"En." Chen Yan nodded, took out a large handful of change from his pocket and handed it to Gu Pei.

"You don't need to give it to me." Gu Pei shook his head and asked again, "Haven't you eaten yet? Go get something to eat first."

"Ah."

Seeing Chen Yan mentioning his bag, Gu Pei paused and said, "Go to the scrap yard and sell these first." Taking a pile of scraps to eat, I think the boss will look disgusted.

They didn't eat anything good, they just spent one yuan to buy a steamed stuffed bun and a cup of soy milk. After eating, Gu Pei took Chen Yan to the roof of his house and started counting the money.Looking at the two handfuls of money, which totaled around forty yuan, Gu Pei was quite satisfied. It seemed that there were quite a lot of kind-hearted people, and there were quite a few people who gave more.He handed all the money he made to Chen Yan, but he didn't expect that he would only take his share: "Under normal circumstances, selling scraps is only a dozen or 20 yuan."

Gu Pei didn't answer the question, and asked again: "Do you think it's okay to do this?"

"...Well." After hesitating for a while, Chen Yan still nodded, "I can buy more tomorrow."

"Then you can keep the money as capital." Gu Pei paused and asked again, "I'm going to school tomorrow, can you go by yourself?"

"Yeah." Chen Yan nodded. When Gu Pei entered the newspaper this morning, he read it carefully.

"The reporter hides the money well," Gu Pei urged.

"Hmm." Although Gu Pei felt that Gu Pei's worry was unnecessary, Chen Yan still nodded. People like them hide their money absolutely tightly.Touching his bulging pocket, Chen Yan slowly grinned.Selling newspapers is good, and they can be sold out early, and in the afternoon, you can go to your secret base early to read the books that brother Gu Pei gave you.