The boy was young, but he was not a fool.
“It turns out that the cage I picked up is yours, uncle?” The little boy suddenly blushed when he thought of the scene when he talking about how he picked up the cage: “Uncle, I don’t know you put it here. I thought -”
“I didn’t want it. I thought the cage was too small, so I left it here, so I brought another big one today.” Gu Boyang laughed.
The little boy hummed, but he understood that the uncle in front of him was not telling the truth.
Bai Zhi also got up and said to Gu Boyang, “It is better to teach people how to fish than give them fish. This cage will break sooner or later. Then, what will he do for a living?”
The little boy looked at Bai Zhi puzzled, and Gu Boyang also looked at her.
Bai Zhi said with a smile, “Why don’t you teach him the skill of making a cage? He can sell some cages in addition to fish. He won’t get hungry by then.”
The little boy’s face brightened, and then dropped his head again: “I can’t take out the money for an apprenticeship, I’m afraid I can’t learn.”
Gu Boyang was happy: “The money for apprenticeship is naturally to be collected.” The boy became more depressed when he heard this.
Gu Boyang added: “But I don’t like money, so I’m interested in food. I don’t know what delicious food you have in your home. If I’m satisfied, it will be your payment. How about that?”
The little boy was excited again, but then he was worried again. There was nothing at home except tables and chairs on the four walls. He could not eat enough food on weekdays. Where could he find delicious food?
When Bai Zhi saw that he was worried, she whispered, “My eldest brother likes to fish. You can make him a bowl of fish soup later.”
The little boy looked down and saw the fresh fish in the cage. His face glowed with a smile.
He had seen his mother cook fish soup before. It was very delicious. It seemed not difficult to make it. Maybe it would work out.
They stopped fishing. Bai Zhi and Gu Boyang followed the boy home.
The little boy’s home was only one block away from the house they live in.
Who could have thought that the distance between a street was like two worlds?
Dongping Lane, one street away, was peaceful and elegant. While Dongli Lane, one street away, was dilapidated.
And the little boy’s home was in the most dilapidated area in Dongli Lane.
“A’Niu is back!” A familiar neighbor and boy greeted him on the way, and their eyes fell on Bai Zhi and Gu Boyang curiously.
A’Niu answered with a smile but didn’t say much. He went home with Bai Zhi and Gu Boyang.
The yard of A’Niu’s house was surrounded by wooden sticks, which were not high. So they can see the situation in the yard when they stood outside.
A young man in his twenties was standing in the courtyard of A’Niu’s house, holding the crying girl in one hand, kicking a woman to the ground, and swearing.
When A’Niu saw this, he was shocked. He rushed in, threw the fish cage on the ground, and shouted to the young man: “Let go of my sister.”
The young man raised his eyes, and his eyes fell on A’Niu. He sneered: “Boy, it’s very timely to come back.” With that, his eyes wandered behind A’Niu’s back. There was a man and a woman who couldn’t see clearly, but that figure almost made him drool.
Gu Boyang frowned, stepped forward, and stood in front of Bai Zhi. He shouted in a deep voice: “What are you looking at? I’ll gouge your eyes out if you look again.”
Gu Boyang was a marine criminal police officer. He was upright and spoke with a lot of pride. The young man was frightened by the scolding: “Who are you? Mind your own business.”
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