Chapter 93: Life at the Bottom of the Xiangjiang River

"Black-faced Cai, didn't you say you were going to pick up your nephew? Why don't you leave?" In the room that the third uncle rented, four people chatted while playing mahjong.

"Don't tell me, I'm actually a little afraid of my nephew." The third uncle told them about his own situation, "Do you know that I have congenital out-of-control disorder? It's fine for my nephew to call me uncle. That would be a big deal, and I would lose control immediately and be able to do anything."

"Is it that serious? What will you do?" Hua Gu, who had always had a crush on Third Uncle, asked.

"I'll rape you!" The third uncle's face showed an evil light, but Hua Gu was secretly happy in her heart, wishing to see the third uncle get out of control and achieve good things. up.

"Hahahahahaha, I have been playing Shibazhuang in a row. If I sell this one, I can't afford to pay for it!" The third uncle laughed proudly. This is Thirteen. up.

"Hey, even if A Ping wants to sell it, she should sell it to me!" The fish seller who had a crush on A Ping expressed dissatisfaction.

It was the third uncle's turn to draw the cards again, this time he felt something was wrong as soon as he got the cards in his hand, so he carefully rubbed out the cards, and it turned out to be 90,000, Thirteen Yao has drawn it himself! The third uncle stood up excitedly, holding 90,000 yuan and was about to announce the winning card. Whoever heard someone behind him yelling for the third uncle at this time, the third uncle suddenly lost control and made a mess of the card table. Thirteen yuan wasted in vain.

"It's you!" The third uncle gritted his teeth in hatred, wishing he could eat Ah Xing.

"Third Uncle, it's me, I'm your nephew A Xing!" A Xing didn't know anything about this, and he still lay on the fence gate and waved to Third Uncle, "I'm here to join you in Xiangjiang!"

The third uncle lost control again, holding the selling fish and making obscene movements, and screaming "Nian Bada, Niang Bada" in his mouth; he really lost control? Aunt Hua was tempted, and when Ah Xing called Third Uncle again, she rushed to Third Uncle, wanting to throw herself into the trap, but Unexpectedly, Third Uncle woke up immediately when he saw her face, "What are you doing, you think you are a busty !"

"I'm sorry, I lost my temper, I'm sorry, I lost my temper!" Hua Gu fled out in shame.

With one person missing, there was no way to continue playing mahjong. A Ping and Mai Yusheng also went back, leaving only three uncles, A Xing and Shen Long in the room.

"Third Uncle, this is my cousin Shen Long. Aaron is my good brother. He just came back from the army and didn't have a job, so he came with me." A Xing introduced Shen Long to Third Uncle.

The third uncle has already got his own self-touching thirteen and was called flying by A Xing. He was depressed. Seeing A Xing like this, he immediately began to scold, "Look at your virtue, three points like a human and seven points like a ghost, with long hair It's all fake..."

Before he finished speaking, Ah Xing took off his wig, "I thought Xiangjiang was popular."

"You are so tall! You still wear it, can you take it off?..." The third uncle took out a cigarette while scolding, looking for the lighter all over his body.

Shen Long didn't speak at the side, but just quietly looked at the layout of the room. The living room is very small, and the smallest mahjong table would take up the space. He and A Xing squeezed on a double sofa, through From the crack of the bedroom door, you can see a bunk bed inside. This is probably the residence of Ah Xing and the third uncle.

The room was in a mess. It is estimated that Uncle San didn't clean it very often, and he couldn't see any high-end things. It can be seen that Uncle San's life in Xiangjiang was not very good. After decades of messing around, he was still at the bottom of society.

His friends are similar. As the name suggests, selling fish is probably a small shop selling fish. Not only do they have to get up early and go to bed late, they also have to pay rent and pay protection fees to the underworld. They can't save much money; Drinking and dancing for a living, Hua Gu seems to have been a dancer in the past, but now she quits when she is old and has no guests.

Xiangjiang is a city where the gap between the rich and the poor is extremely serious. Rich people such as Li Ka-shing live in luxurious villas in Taiping Mountain, and the bottom-level people like Sanshu and Aping can only squeeze into such a narrow rented house.

Xiangjiang is small in size and has a large population. In addition to its full development over the years, every level of the market is in an extremely saturated state. Under such pressure, it is very difficult for the bottom layer to turn around, and it is not possible to rely on hard work.

In the mainland, if you are a small business like Yusheng, you can still accumulate initial capital through hard work and honest management to expand the store, but it is very difficult in Xiangjiang; most of the money he earns every day is given to the landlord. The rent of shops in Xiangjiang is not cheap, and the rest has to be donated to the underworld, and the remaining profits are not much left except for daily life.

Moreover, housing prices and rents often rise far faster than economic growth. The development of Hong Kong's economy has created many super rich people, but it does not benefit the people at the bottom.

Therefore, many Xiangjiang people at the bottom like to gamble. On the one hand, they want to find something to do to pass the time and relieve the pressure of life. Hope to stand up, work hard and get rich is basically impossible.

They have no culture, no capital, no way to be lawyers, white-collar workers... Even starting a business is very difficult. They only have a handful of strength or a youthful body, but there are too many young people like this in Xiangjiang, Going to work in a factory can only earn enough food and clothing, and over the years, factories in Xiangjiang have moved in batches, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities to find jobs, so they can only hang out with gangs and play cards and gamble.

This is one of the reasons why Hong Kong gambling movies and gangster movies are so popular. If you were born in the lower class of Hong Kong, and graduated from a public school with average teaching quality, you can’t get into university and can’t find a job. How many choices do you have?

"Where is my lighter?" Shen Long thought wildly for a long time, but Third Uncle still hasn't found his lighter.

Ah Xing blinked, pointed to the biscuit tin on the table and said, "Third Uncle, the lighter is in that tin tin."

The third uncle casually opened the biscuit jar, reached in and touched it, and found the lighter. He lighted the cigarette and took a few puffs, and continued to scold Ah Xing. something inside.

Listening, Ah Xing suddenly became nervous, pointed at the opposite wall and shouted, "That little girl is about to fall, be careful, be careful, she will fall!"

As soon as the words were finished, they heard the sound of falling down from the next door, and then the crying of the little girl. Hua Gu and others hurriedly opened the door and saw the little girl crying on the ground.

Third uncle turned his head suddenly, can you see it through the wall?