Chapter 22:Patron

The second day.

As soon as Qin Yu entered the office, Old Cat came over and found him, 'What are you busy with?'

'Old Black said a couple of words to me before he died, asking me to approve his pension and send it to the two kids he raised.' Qin Yu sipped his water and responded, 'I've just finished writing the report and I'm ready to send it up.'

'Ah.'

'You don't have to deal with it without the three on your side?' Qin Yu took the initiative to ask.

'A handful are being handled, and are in contact with the families of the fallen colleagues.' The old cat bowed his head and responded, 'I don't like this kind of occasion, so I didn't go.'

'Ah.' Qin Yu nodded.

'Hey, do you have something to do later?' Old Cat suddenly asked.

Qin Yu froze, 'Still interrogating those two horsemen, nothing important.'

'Then come with me to Qi Lin's house.' The old cat deliberately pretended to be a dangling state: 'He transferred to the logistics to go, there is no field subsidies in the future, the salary has become less ... I am afraid that this kid can not think in the fucking hanged.'

After a period of contact, Qin Yu has found that this old cat is just a cheap mouth, there are times when he speaks without paying attention to other people's feelings at all, but his heart is very countable. He probably knew that he had said too much yesterday at the breakfast shop, which is why he made such a mess. But he himself went to Qi Lin's place and was a little embarrassed, which is why he came over to pull himself a piece.

'Let's get off work at noon, I have to go to Zhu Wei's place later to check on the interrogation.' Qin Yu swept a glance at the wall clock and answered.

'Okay, then I'll come over and call you at noon.'

'Good.'

...

Just after the noon closing bell, Qin Yu took Old Cat's electric motorbike and went to Qi Lin's house.

In fact, those who can serve in the Superintendent of Police are considered to be doing well in this era, at least in the Nine Districts they are definitely considered to be in the mid-range income group. Because it is no longer dangerous, after all, is also an iron rice bowl errand, there is a fixed monthly salary to take. But even so, Qi Lin's life was also very hard. His family was located in the slums on the edge of the black streets, and the vast majority of the people here did not have stable jobs. The younger ones are fine, at least they can do a little bit of manual labour to make ends meet, but the old and the sick suffer, some of them really do not have the ability to work. And the Songjiang government doesn't have enough resources to provide relief food for everyone, so there are real cases of starvation here. The crime rate is also very high, and the turnover of people is very common.

The reason Qi Lin lived in this kind of place was because of the economy. Houses are cheap here, electric lights and water hours are supplied at night, and the basic cost of living is very low, which is why he was able to deduct some extra money to feed his family. And this is also why he can dabble in the police division, even if he is off work early, he is still mixing dinner and eating before leaving, even the clothes of the family are also taken to the police division to be washed ... These are all in order to be able to save two bad money.

Qin Yu stepped into the small courtyard of Qi Lin's home, twisted his head to survey the surrounding scene, see the courtyard is four square, the area of about three to four hundred square feet, but the vast majority of the people's landlord, they are only the entrance to the two low and narrow bungalows rented to the Qi Lin for a long period of time. And the two bungalows are opposite each other, there is a wall partition in the middle, but also put an iron door ... This kind of layout does not understand the people may look at it will be very strange, but people who understand understand, this is the landlord is afraid of the tenant s hands and feet are not clean, purposely get the partition, sleep at night to lock the iron door. Only Qi Lin lived here for a long time, probably the landlord also knows what he is doing, so relax the management, the iron door is open for a long time, to show respect it ...

After the two entered the courtyard, they looked up and saw Qi Lin sitting on the steps in a depressed manner, fuming.

'What are you doing?' The old cat rushed up and asked.

Qi Lin froze and stood up, 'Why are you two here?'

'To see if you're dead or not.' The best thing about this person, Old Cat, was that he wouldn't speak properly if he had something to say.

'Come on, into the house.' Qi Lin this kind of person may be the best at forgetting the contradiction and embarrassment, he did not mention yesterday's matter, emotional adjustment is also fast, smilingly greeted the two into the house.

'Where's old mum?' The old cat asked.

'My mum is lying down in the opposite house, my sister is doing some odd jobs with someone on the side, not at home.' Qi Lin smiled, 'Go inside and drink some water.'

'Don't drink it, go see old mum.' The old cat carried some food, specially prepared for Qi Lin's old mum.

Qi Lin was silent for a moment and shook his head in response, 'Don't go.'

'What?' Qin Yu asked.

'The two of us argued.'

'F*ck!' The old cat cursed upon hearing this, 'You're not happy, so you're taking it out on your mum? How grown up are you, can't you be a little good?'

'Pull back, she's the one taking it out on me.' Qi Lin sighed and said, 'Good, have to let me get her a daughter-in-law back. You say ... I'm about to transfer logistics to go, earn more than a hundred less a month, live are difficult, where to give her whole daughter-in-law to go?'

'Why suddenly let you take a daughter-in-law?' The old cat asked curiously.

Qi Lin hesitated for a long time, greeted the two people into the house, then told the story.

Qi Lin's mother suffers from liver disease, has been dragging no big money for medical treatment, so that the trouble has now become a syndrome, the body's vital organs atrophy, looking at the end of time. The old lady did not have much culture, the family is also many disasters, she may not have any wishes before she left, just want to let Qi Lin get married, before he closed his eyes to see a descendant ... and the deeper reason she did so, Qi Lin heart is also clear, the old lady just do not want him to spend more money on himself, hurry to get a daughter-in-law, settled down.

Inside the house.

After listening to Qi Lin's words, Qin Yu didn't say anything, he didn't know what advice to give the other party. Old Cat, on the other hand, deliberated for a long time and asked, 'If you want to find a woman, you have to be prepared. If she suddenly wants a daughter-in-law, where can we find one? It's too late.'

'She has contacted the daughter-in-law of the next Lao Dong and found an intermediary. My mother's intention is for me to pay for a marriage. But my situation you know, this has just been punished, the income reduced not to mention, after the logistics of what kind is not yet guaranteed ....' Qi Lin had a sad face.

After listening to Qi Lin's words, the old cat pondered for a long time and said, 'It's okay to buy one.'

'Don't bullshit.' Qi Lin waved his hand, 'In case my punishment is so severe that the Superintendent can't stay, what will I do in the future?'

'Stripping your clothes definitely won't reach,' the old cat said with a lowered head, 'I'll make sure you stay in the police division no matter what.'

Qi Lin sniffed and froze.

'You give me the truth, is the old lady really not working?' The old cat asked in a low voice.

Qi Lin was silent for a few seconds and said with a long sigh, 'No cure, only maintenance, means deterioration ... How long is hard to say.'

'Then the whole daughter-in-law.' The old cat gritted his teeth and said, 'You should also marry, can not be a big man every day not to do anything to run home ah, there is a person to take care of, you can also work well.'

'But I hand ....'

'You wait.' The old cat threw down a sentence, turned around and shouted at Qin Yu, 'You come out with me.'

'Old Cat, no need.' Qi Lin immediately stood up.

The old cat pointed at Qi Lin and said, 'If you're told to wait, you wait.'

Two minutes later, outside the door.

Old Cat smoked an e-cigarette and said at Qin Yu with his head down, 'Got any money?'

Qin Yu blinked, 'The most I can lend him is five hundred.'

'That's not enough.' The old cat shook his head.

Qin Yu responded without hesitation, 'That's all I can afford.'

The old cat lifts his head and says word for word, 'If this money Qi Lin can't pay you back for a while, I'll pay you back before Christmas.'

Qin Yu looks at the old cat with some surprise, and after carefully deliberating for a few seconds, he responds, 'I only have a total of fifteen hundred left, so I'll take thirteen hundred for you, and I'll keep two hundred for dinner.'

'Thanks, brother.' The old cat patted Qin Yu's arm.

'Hey, I want to ask,' Qin Yu blinked his eyes and asked curiously, 'If Qi Lin can't pay me back, what are you going to pay me back with?'

'I'll go to Dirt Dirt Street to sell silver and pay you back as well.'

'... You paralysed,' Qin Yu collapsed, 'I don't want to borrow it.'

'It's decided.' The old cat laughed and rushed into the house, opened his mouth and shouted, 'Qi Lin, find someone to contact, the two of us put together to get you three thousand and five, and the rest you can think of your own way.'

Qi Lin stood in the ragged interior, staring at the two for a long time, bowed deeply, 'I ... I ... this money I'm sure to return.'

...

Yes, Qi Lin also does not want to go against his mother's wishes, because he knows that this may be the last wish of the old lady.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, with the huge sum of money wrapped around his waist, Qi Lin left downtown Songjiang in a car with Qin Yu and the old cat and rushed to the Beitai Living Village.

The vehicle crossed the Songjiang River, which had been frozen for several years, and the tyres crushed the snow, stopping on an unnamed dirt road. Qin Yu and his trio walked three kilometres to the entrance of Beitai Village and made a phone call.

After waiting for about half an hour or so, an old woman in her fifties wrapped in a military coat with a red face greeted them and asked, 'Buying someone?'

'Speaking in such a stark L,' the old cat returned quite reluctantly, 'Looking for a daughter-in-law.'

'Come with me.' The old woman threw down a sentence and turned around.

The three of them followed her around the shabby cottage area and into a private house that leaked everywhere.

The old lady yanked open the iron door and pointed to the dozen or so people of all colours sitting on the floor inside the house and said, 'Black, white all, as long as the money is in place, anything can be negotiated ....'

Qin Yu stayed at the door and covered his nose: 'Qi Lin, you go into the house and pick it.'

'Are they all with residency?' The old cat asked, pretending to be very knowledgeable.

'Older brother, I'll introduce you to the ones with residency, huh?' The old bitch rolled her eyes, 'Doesn't it smell good to take a job directly on dirt-cake street?'

'... Big sister you know quite a bit about it.'

'F*ck,' the old bitch bristled and responded, 'Who doesn't have a bit of a story nowadays.'

The old cat was disliked without a word.

The old woman patted Qi Lin's shoulder, 'Old brother, there is nothing to be ashamed of, trading, the customer first. You go in and pick, this has a torch, the kind of darkness can not see clearly, you shine a little light ....'

Qi Lin is indeed a little embarrassed, standing in the doorway slightly constrained.

'Boom!'

The old cat kicked Qi Lin into the house, 'Hurry up the whole, it's going to be dark.'

Qi Lin blinked his eyes and stepped into the interior.

...

On the other end, a figure sneakily swept around before stepping behind Qi Lin's house window and softly shouted, 'Qi Lin, Qi Lin, at home?'

A rush of footsteps came from behind him, the silhouette was startled, he lowered his head and yanked out the large spray pursed in his clothes, and swept back only to realise that there was just someone passing by next to him.

With a fine bead of sweat on his forehead, the silhouette once again swept towards Qi Lin's house and saw that there was no one there before frowning and leaving.