bookbashuk Chapter 137
Chapter 137
Cheng Yan was stunned to see the boy in front of him passing by a stall at a very fast speed, and then got three steamed buns.
Even the boss didn't seem to notice, and was still chatting with the boss of the stall next to him as if nothing had happened.
After getting the steamed buns, the boy walked back directly, as if he had no intention of stealing other things.
Strange! This boy is a thief, why did he only steal steamed buns? Isn't it better to steal money? Steamed buns are only worth a few dollars! Three big steamed buns for five yuan are too expensive for a hipster. How can stealing tens or hundreds of yuan be comparable to dozens of big steamed buns?
Cheng Yan looked at the boy who turned around and left with a little doubt, and at the same time, he felt that the boy didn't seem to be a member of the thief gang.
Generally, such thief gangs are targeting valuable things, such as mobile phones or cash.
That is to say, nowadays, most people rarely use cash. Except for some elderly people who cannot use mobile payment, other people basically use mobile payment, so thieves basically target mobile phones.
They may not be interested in ordinary mobile phones, but they have to look at expensive ones.
Although mobile phones have positioning, they also have places to sell stolen goods. There are some small mobile phone stores that will buy these mobile phones at very low prices. Ordinary thieves will sell their stolen mobile phones in these places, and if they commit crimes in gangs, they have fixed channels to sell these mobile phones.
As for the thieves who steal food, steamed buns, etc., they don’t look like members of the thief gangs at all, because there is no need. For these thieves, if they steal a few dollars of things, they will eat them by themselves, and they can’t sell them. Even if they sell them, they are not worth much. They also risk being discovered and beaten. Why do they steal them?
At this time, the conversation at the stall next to them attracted Cheng Yan’s attention.
"That kid is here again."
"Let's get him and his brother some food. They are so pitiful, alas!"
Cheng Yan turned around and saw that two stall owners, one selling fruit and the other selling big fruit, were talking, and they were still looking at the big boy.
What's going on? Did they find out? They found out someone was stealing things but pretended not to see it?
Cheng Yan was confused, and then turned around to look at the stall owner selling steamed buns. He found that the stall owner was also looking at the big boy and moving the steamed buns as if nothing had happened.
As the stall owner moved the steamed buns, Cheng Yan realized that the stall owner seemed to have deliberately placed the steamed buns in the front, almost out of his stall.
Was this deliberately for the big boy to take?
Cheng Yan seemed to understand a little bit. The big boy's stealing method had been discovered by others a long time ago, but it seemed that because they knew the situation of the big boy, they did not bother him. Instead, they deliberately made it convenient for the big boy to take it.
Cheng Yan walked to the stall selling big fruits, sat down and listened to the chat of the two stall owners.
"He was abandoned by his family when he was twelve or thirteen years old. It is not easy for a person to live to such an old age."
"Who said it was not? The key is that his family did not register him when he was born. Now that he is an adult, it is difficult for him to get an ID card. With an ID card, he can at least go to work and earn money. Now that he has no ID card, even if someone wants to hire him, they dare not."
"He also picked up a younger brother to raise. Those irresponsible parents are really damned. If they don't want children, they shouldn't have them. If they don't raise them after giving birth, let them fend for themselves. It's really ridiculous."
"You are the ones who spoiled him by stealing things. If you had told him a few times after discovering it, he wouldn't have been stealing things to eat for so many years."
A stall owner selling pan-fried buns next to him also interrupted.
The stall owner who sold big fruits rolled his eyes: "He doesn't have an ID card, so he can't work. If he is found out, he will be fined. If you report him, those people won't care. If you want to care, you can let him work for you, or you can support him."
The pan-fried bun stall owner who was criticized also fell silent. His family was not rich, and he had a child in school. How could he support another child?
Cheng Yan listened here for a long time and completely understood the situation of the big boy and the little boy.
The big boy is not from here. His name is Cheng Xi. When his mother was pregnant with him, it seems that he didn't plan to have him. As a result, he was coaxed into giving birth. As a result, after the birth, the man regretted it and dumped his mother.
His mother was so angry that she brought the big boy, who was still a baby at the time, to her house many times, but she was driven out every time.
At that time, his mother was not married at all, and she didn't have a job. She played cards every day and wandered around. The child was not registered after he was born, but his mother didn't care about him at all, and finally lived with his grandfather.
As a result, when he was ten years old, his grandfatherHe passed away, and now no one cares about him at all. But it was good at that time. He was ten years old and could find ways to support himself. He lived in the small broken house of his grandfather's house and barely made ends meet.
As a result, his mother lost a lot of money playing cards and had no money to give, so she set her eyes on his grandfather's house and sold it directly. After the sale, the child stayed with his mother for a few days.
As a result, his mother disliked such a big child, and one time she drove the child to this place.
Because the child was an illegal resident, after reporting it, he wanted to get an ID card for him, and his family needed to find a way. As a result, after contacting his mother, his mother didn't care at all. In the end, there was no choice but to let the child wander here.
At that time, the child was thrown here, so many people in the town knew the situation and were relatively tolerant of the child. From time to time, they would give him some food, but that was all they could do. Their family situation did not support them to adopt a little boy.
As Cheng Xi got older, when he was fifteen, he wanted to work and earn money, but he didn't have an ID card and was too young, so no one dared to hire him.
Finally, a kind-hearted person in a restaurant hired him and let him work for a while. As a result, the restaurant was reported for hiring child workers.
Then the restaurant was fined tens of thousands of yuan, and Cheng Xi had no choice but to live on the streets again. He didn't dare to find a job, fearing that the kind-hearted person would be punished, so he could only rely on stealing food every day to survive.
The people in the town here also knew about these things and didn't dare to hire him for help, but they felt sorry for him. They could only get some food and put it next to the stall when they saw him coming, so that he could take it.
After Cheng Yan knew this, he thought about his previous life. Although he was a cow and horse, the money he earned from working every day was just enough to make him have enough food and clothing, but it was still much better than this child.