The BMW was like a swimming fish, skillfully swimming in the sea of cars. It was only less than 8 o'clock in the evening, and the provincial capital was already brightly lit, which was in sharp contrast to their training base in the mountains, which was already dark before 7 o'clock.
In the car, Jiang Yan Hai didn't say anything, and Li Er Niu didn't ask where they were going. Both of them were wearing casual clothes.
The car soon left the main city and headed for a shanty town closest to the city. It was considered an urban village to be demolished. There were a large number of local residents who had the "vision" to build a large number of houses in advance, so the housing here was very crowded.
This is also the preferred place to rent a house for most migrant workers in the provincial capital, because it is the closest to the city and also has the cheapest rent. If you want to get cheaper, you have to be further away from the city.
The buildings in the city are not affordable for these ordinary migrant workers. In other words, these migrant workers have a family to support in their hometown, and they will not have much money left after renting those houses in the city.
But the prosperity of this city is often due to them. But the more they want to make money, the harder they work. The harder they work, the more prosperous and prosperous the city becomes, and their temporary residence is increasingly squeezed to the edge of the city. In order not to be squeezed out of the city, they have to work harder to make money.
The urban village at this time is the noisiest place. At the entrance of an alley, a figure is leaning on the wall next to the box, quietly watching the scene in the distance.
Beside him, another young man who seemed a little at a loss was also looking at the scene in the distance.
A dirty little girl, about four years old, not very tall, with two messy ponytails on her head, a smile on her face, and humming an unknown children's song.
She held a small wooden stick in her dirty little hands and was searching in a trash can. Suddenly, she seemed to find something, and a surprised smile appeared on her face.
Then she skillfully used a wooden stick to pick up the empty drink bottle from inside, and then put it into the woven bag behind her, which might be a bit bulky for her.
After putting one in, she seemed to have discovered some great "treasure" and used a small wooden stick to dig out several bottles from that place one after another.
Until the last one, the lid of the drink bottle seemed to be screwed. She immediately bent down without any disdain and fished out the drink bottle from there with her little hands.
It was a bottle of Coke, but the original owner who discarded it did not drink it all. There was still about a fifth of it left, and he discarded it along with the bottle.
The little girl picked it up and looked at the bottle hesitantly. She didn't know what she thought of, and subconsciously licked her lips. Finally, she carefully unscrewed the bottle cap, then raised her head and looked around.
Jiang Yan Hai pulled Li Er Niu, and the two of them hid in the shadow of the alley, unable to be seen there.
Seeing that there was no one around, she seemed to have some surprise on her face, then she picked up the bottle and put it to her mouth.
"Hey..." Li Er Niu was a little anxious and wanted to speak.
"Shut up!" Jiang Yan Hai shouted with a cold face.
Li Er Niu was stunned for a moment, without speaking, and then silently watched the little girl take a sip of Coke with a satisfied look on her face.
Then she looked around, then carefully wiped the dirty outside of the Coke bottle with dirty clothes, trying to make it brand new, and then put it alone into a small cloth bag she was carrying.
Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu followed her silently, watching her rummaging through several trash piles in these boxes.
The garbage dump in the urban village was very dirty, with all kinds of garbage in it, but the little girl didn't mind it at all. Until she picked up about thirty or forty empty bottles in her woven bag, she couldn't carry it anymore and could only drag the woven bag along the ground.
Instead of continuing to dig through the trash can, she went straight to a recycling station in the urban village.
Before entering the recycling bin, the little girl shouted loudly, "Aunt Wang, I'm here."
"Hey, it's coming, it's coming, our little Lili is here." A middle-aged woman's voice came out from inside, and then a woman in her forties or fifties came out with a smile and greeted the little girl.
"Hey, little Lili picked up a lot today. Tell Aunt Wang, how many are there?" the middle-aged woman said with a smile.
"24 beverage bottles and 17 cans." The little girl immediately reported the numbers.
"Not bad, not bad, the price is still the same, 10 cents for a beverage bottle and 10 cents for a can, a total of 3 yuan." The middle-aged woman said with a smile.
"Aunt Wang, you miscalculated, it's 2.9 yuan." The little girl said crisply.
"Then Aunt Wang doesn't have any change. It's only 3 yuan. In fact, you sell scrap products to Aunt Wang and Aunt Wang still makes money. So Aunt Wang will make less today." The middle-aged woman smiled and touched the little girl's head.
"Thank you, Aunt Wang." The little girl happily took 3 yuan, and then waved to the middle-aged woman. "Goodbye, Aunt Wang."
The little girl left, and Li Er Niu couldn't help but said, "Isn't this too cheap? I remember that drink bottles are quite expensive."
Jiang Yan Hai didn't say anything, but silently took out his mobile phone, opened a page and handed it over. "The latest scrap purchase price in the provincial capital, 4 beverage bottles are 10 cents each, and 2 cans are 10 cents each."
Li Er Niu paused and stopped talking silently. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start.
The two quasi-special forces just hung behind, following a little girl until she returned to a relatively remote courtyard in an urban village.
Before entering the door, the little girl shouted loudly, "Mom, I'm back. I made 3 yuan today."
"You're still fucking hiding it from me?!... Isn't this money?!" A man's cursing voice came from the yard, followed by a slap in the face.
Jiang Yan Hai and Li Er Niu, who were not far away, could see clearly. After hearing the sound, the excited expression on the little girl's face turned to fear and dullness. Her little hand that originally held the money immediately took the money back and carried it behind her back.
But she still slowed down. A skinny man had already rushed out of the house and walked up to the little girl. Without saying a word, he grabbed her hand, snatched the dirty 3 yuan from her hand, and then rushed out the door.
The little girl was silent and did not resist or speak. She just watched the thin man snatching her money and going out. It was not until his back left that her big eyes were filled with tears.
Li Er Niu's eyes were red, and he was about to rush out in an instant, but was directly controlled by Jiang Yan Hai.
"What are you doing?!" Jiang Yan Hai shouted expressionlessly.
"Is this... is there any humanity in this? Are you just watching?" Li Er Niu shouted with red eyes.
"So? What are you going to do? Beat him up? Are you breaking the law? Arrest him? Do you have the power to enforce the law? Do you think the police don't know about him? My information was provided by the police." Jiang Yan Hai's tone was extremely cold, as if he had no emotions.