nosy on you

Shadows in the back alley

The light in the room was a bit dim, with a five-centimeter-wide slit in the single-sided window, and a gray cement wall outside the window.

After washing his face rigorously, the cell phone lying on the bed rang, it was a text message notification tone!

He didn't bother to dry his face, and quickly rushed to the bedside. It's only a few days before the end of the month, so it shouldn't be a phone bill reminder message.

Staring at the dark screen for a while, I didn't reach for it for a long time.

He has lived in this room of less than 10 square meters in front of him for more than half a year. He only needs to walk two or three steps from the toilet to the bedroom.

The browser's progress bar crawled for at least 2 minutes, and finally a new page popped up: the resume was sent successfully.

This is the 101st resume submitted by Yan Jing this month. Those before have all disappeared without a trace.

Finding a job with a high school degree is harder than 101 marriage proposals!

The most valuable thing in the room is probably the "600% new" notebook by the bedside which cost [-] yuan from the second-hand market, and the old mobile phone that he wanted to take but didn't dare to take, and sold to a recycling platform that couldn't even be replaced by a basin. .

The relatives and friends who will take the initiative to contact him can be counted on five fingers. For a "high-quality customer" like him with a monthly phone bill of 19 yuan, almost no advertisers who are not open-minded are willing to send him spam messages.

After failing to unlock the fingerprint twice, Yan Yan sighed helplessly, entered a four-digit password one by one, and the moment he opened the short message, his fingers trembled.

-Hello, we are glad to inform you to come to our company for an interview!

Interview company: Liqi Daily Chemical Co., Ltd. logistics center;

Interview position: logistics operator;

Interview time: 8:1 am on August 9st;

Interview address: 12nd Floor, Building 3, Xinkai Logistics Park, No. [-], Xinyuan Avenue, Xinkai District...

Liqi daily chemical?Seems like a pretty big company...

Yan Jing was stunned for at least ten seconds, repeatedly confirmed the sending number several times, couldn't help but jumped up, and almost blew the light bulb hanging above his head.

Obviously it was a job of moving bricks, and he was only notified for an interview. Those who didn't know thought he was going to go to the moon.

It was less than 3 p.m., and I carefully opened the phone book. Except for the three frequently used contacts, the others were Boss Wang, Zhang, and Li...all kinds of bosses without heavy surnames.

There are no such familiar and unfamiliar titles as father and mother in the contacts that can be seen with one swipe of the finger.

He quickly found Mu Xue's name and called it excitedly, although the person on the other end of the phone might not have woken up yet.

"Play if you have something to do, kneel down if you have nothing to do." Mu Xue quickly answered.

"Hey, you're quite awake when you hear the voice. Are you just waking up or haven't you slept yet?" Yan Jing was a little surprised.

"Hang up." Mu Xue yawned.

"Don't! Is there such a ruthless heroine as you?" Yan Jing complained casually, and hurriedly got down to business, "I have good news for you, I received an interview notice today."

Mu Xue immediately regained her spirits: "Really? Have you checked it out? It's not a scam text message, is it?"

"Who will send me a fraudulent text message?" Strictly proud, "It's from 51job."

"I want feet flutter, I want flippers..." Mu Xue murmured several times in a low voice, "I've never heard of this company, Washing Foot City still sells diving equipment?"

"Fuck off, is my English that bad?" Yan Jin clicked his tongue, "The text message from [-]job told me to attend the interview of Liqi Daily Chemical, she is a big company."

Mu Xue laughed for a while: "Don't be modest, your English is really poor. I don't think this company can last long, but I actually fell in love with you. Tell me, what position is it and how much is your salary?"

Yan Jing was annoyed by her and laughed: "Why do dicks embarrass dicks, you are also a young woman who is about to lose her job. We will meet to discuss the specific situation at night, so you can sleep a little longer."

"Okay." Mu Xue yawned again, "I've been educated by my parents all morning, and you haven't closed your eyes yet, so you have to prepare to take over, and you even made a special call to show off, and bring me delicious food tonight , my mother’s listening fee is very expensive.”

After hanging up the phone, he closed the window carefully and went out.

The monthly rent of his place is only 500 yuan, in a run-down urban village adjacent to the downtown area.

The three-storey old houses are closely connected, and the distance between buildings is less than 20 centimeters. Thieves over ten years old can hardly get into the gaps, so most of the windows of the owners’ homes do not have security nets.

It's better to be cautious, although he has nothing to steal.

As soon as I reached the stairs, a bag of garbage fell from the sky and exploded on the concrete floor two meters in front of me, like a rafflesia flower emitting a stench that burst into full bloom in an instant.

The passing uncle looked up at the window sill on the third floor, then turned and left expressionlessly.

This is not the first time that Yan Jing has encountered garbage shells. Almost every building has similar tenants. Even after living in it for more than half a year, he still cannot be calm like others.

But today he was in a good mood, without even frowning, he grabbed the broom and dustpan in the corridor and happily cleaned up the garbage.

Turning left and right along the potholed path, when approaching the intersection, three young people were chatting against a graffiti-covered wall.

All black T-shirts, ripped jeans, and red and yellow hair dyed on their heads. The cool look is almost the standard for social brothers who hang out in this area, but they don't snatch the tenants of urban villages.

Maybe it's been taken before.

Most of the people who will rent a house here are out-of-towners with little money in their pockets. They just want to rent cheaply. If you are lucky, you can find a few hundred dollars from your body, which is not bad, and it is not worth robbery.

One of the gangsters nodded in this direction, and smiled politely. It was only after walking out of the intersection that he remembered that this person had asked him to borrow a lighter before.

The city center is two streets away, and it takes only 15 minutes to walk to the place where I work. I don’t even need to take the bus, saving money.

After graduating from high school for more than five years, the actual length of service added together is less than two years.

Rigorously summed up experience and lessons, and finally concluded that his luck was too bad.

Over the years, he has worked as a company cleaner, a supermarket tally clerk, leaflet distribution, restaurant waiter...

But there is no job that can last for half a year. Either the company closes down or the boss lays off employees. Once unemployed, it usually takes several months to be idle before re-employment.

It's as if his mother has been possessed by an evil spirit!

beep—

The sudden start-up sound of the speaker startled him, and Yan Jing immediately turned his head to look at it.

In front of an empty store by the road was a stall selling cheap wallets. The owner plugged in the speakers and took a puff of a cigarette smartly. Then a vulgar ad came out of the speakers that made people want to dance along with him. language.

Yan Jing suddenly remembered Boss Li in the phone contact book, not because of how kind he was, but because he was the most special person.

Boss Li has opened a new training school, which mainly provides comprehensive extracurricular education for primary school students. It needs a large number of salesmen and leaflet distributors. The size of the school is a rented classroom in an office building plus an office.

On the day when I was notified of the offer, I was actually a little apprehensive in my rigorous heart, probably because the name of the school was a bit unreliable.

New South Education? !

However, the remuneration was quite generous, so he didn't think much about it, and just rolled up his sleeves with a group of new employees.

After distributing leaflets for more than a month, the day the salary was paid, the office was surrounded by many parents.

After inquiring, the boss actually ran away with the boss's wife's best friend!

The wages were zero, and the job broke the record for the fastest job loss since serious employment.

The slogan of the purse stand is still playing in a loop. He used to listen to it as a joke, but now he is a little shaken.

The owner of the Jiangnan Leather Factory may have really run away with his sister-in-law. After all, Boss Li also ran away with his wife's best friend.

But this time I was unemployed and re-employed, but it didn't take too long.

He mentioned this while chatting with Mu Xue on WeChat. It happened that the mid-shift employee of the 24-hour convenience store where Mu Xue worked had resigned.

This supermarket is next to the bar street in the city center. It has a good location and a lot of customers. The morning shift runs from 8:4 to 4:12 pm. Boss Zhou looks after the store by himself, and the middle shift runs from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] pm. , there is still half an hour before the shift.

He reached out his hand to feel in the right trouser pocket, and carefully took out the lighter and the cigarette case. This 7 yuan pack of cigarettes was the cheapest kind he could find, and he would only pick one up when he was particularly irritable.

The reason for the recent irritability is probably that the deposit in the bank card is about to drop below four digits.

There is almost no winter in this seaside city. It is not dark yet, and there are several tables of customers in the surrounding barbecue stalls and hot stew shops. Yan Jing has not visited once for several months. The 12 yuan fast food is obviously not as good as His wealth value is more matching.

As soon as he lit the cigarette, Boss Zhou opened the door and walked out, and waved to him with a smile: "Xiao Yan, why are you here so early today, have you... found a job?"

"I found it." Yan Jing greeted him with a cigarette between his fingers, "The interview will be on the 1st of next month."

"I'm sorry, but I have to. Business is not easy." Boss Zhou sighed, with a smile that was more bitter than Coptis chinensis.

At the end of last month, the tenants on this street received a notice from the landlord to increase the rent, and the increase was not small. In order to maintain profitability, boss Zhou had to fire the shop assistants, and he and his wife took turns watching the shop.

He generously gave a one-month buffer period. As the boss, he has indeed done his best, and there is nothing to complain about being strict. It's just that his bad luck has dragged Mu Xue to the unemployed army, which is a bit embarrassing.

"It's okay, we can all understand." Yan Jing hesitated for a few seconds, "That..."

"Okay, I put the milk and bread that are about to expire on the outermost layer, and you can take them home after get off work at night." Before he could finish speaking, Boss Zhou readily agreed.

Boss Zhou is really a good man, a good boss in China.

Busy until 11 o'clock at night, he counted the cash in the cash register strictly according to the routine, and skillfully took inventory and replenishment. After finishing these tasks, he happily put several boxes of fresh milk and four bags of toast into the shopping bag.

These are enough for breakfast and lunch for two days, saving money again.

After cleaning up the store, he greeted the girl from the milk tea shop next door: "Miss, I'm going to throw some trash in the back alley, please keep an eye on me for a while, and call me if there are any customers."

"Okay." The young lady poked her head out from behind the counter, with a smirk on her face, "Little cutie, I'll treat you to milk and tea."

"Sister Hooligan, can you punctuate sentences more normally?" Yan Jing clicked his tongue and quickly returned to the store.

"Ouch, it's cuter when you're shy..." The young lady shouted outside.

Yan Yan picked up two bags of garbage, walked around the warehouse again, and then opened the back door and walked out. Before going out, he even stuck an empty plastic bottle in the crack of the door.

There are no street lights in the back alley, but it is not very dark, both ends are brightly illuminated by the neon lights on the main road.

Next to it was a bustling bar, and three people walking side by side could block half of the alley. In addition to a few trash cans, there were several layers of plastic boxes full of beer bottles piled up against the wall.

The hot and humid wind is sticky on the face, and the air is also mixed with the aroma of barbecue and beer.

Luxurious taste.

Yan Yan threw the garbage into the bucket, and subconsciously took out another cigarette and lit it. The thunderous sound of disc playing could be heard clearly through the wall. lighter.

It was very lively in front of the bar. Some people were drinking too much and swearing at the street. Some people's nightlife had just begun. Everyone didn't know each other but they could gather in a smoky and depressing space to have fun. After the show, they didn't know each other again.

A figure flashed in the corner of the eye, that person paused at the entrance of the alley, then suddenly turned around and walked over.

Rain or shine, the ground in this alley is always wet, and there are few pedestrians in the daytime. Now it is almost midnight, and those who dig into the corners are either trying to be robbed or robbed.

Yan Yan pinched out his cigarette, and glanced back vigilantly.

The man couldn't see his face with the light behind his back. His back was as smooth as mink hair. He was tall and taller than him by half a head. On such a hot day, he was wearing a long-sleeved shirt with the hem tucked into the waistband of his trousers. , this visual effect, below the chest are all legs.

The horror scenes in horror movies spelled out a ninety square grid in my mind.

Yan Jing hurriedly turned around and walked towards the back door of the supermarket, fearing that if he was too late, the man would pull out a scalpel from behind his back and open him up, then took off his bloody shirt, and left the crime scene from the other side of the alley as if nothing had happened .

Three steps and two steps rushed to the iron door, and the plastic bottle in the crack of the door had been squeezed out.

"Fuck!" Yan Jing tugged on the handle, but the iron door didn't move at all, it was actually locked.