Chapter 228 (1/2)

When it was dark, the street shops lit up one by one, some dim, some bright, some white and some pink. People in the city began to enjoy their different nightlife after experiencing the white days that are almost the same every day and don't seem to belong to them at all.

Hot pot shops and Hunan restaurants were full. Those who couldn't get on the wheel took the number and lined up at the door. The kebab stand on the street was also full of people, and the aroma wafted far away. The road was littered with mutton skewers and lobster gloves, and overturned vermicelli soup was scattered everywhere.

The cook shouted at the back door of the hotel, ”why don't the swill collector come? The swill bucket is full and can't hold it!” after looking around for a long time, he didn't see the swill truck coming, so he called the vegetable washer, ”go, pour the water in the swill bucket into the gutter, remember to take out all the residue and throw it into the trash can, don't block the gutter!”

In the dark corner of the wall on the street, there are more than a dozen large garbage cans, but they still can't hold all the garbage left by the appetite indulgent people in this noisy night. Scattered plastic bags are all over the ground. Pickled cabbage fish soup is mixed with sheep blood, and garlic emits a rotten smell under the action of mold.

However, this disgusting taste has become a gluttonous delicacy of some animals.

Several stray dogs kept sniffing by the garbage can. Human indulgence gave them a chance to pick and choose. For them, this is a rare food season, which can fatten up their bodies. After winter, people hide in their homes with heating at night. Only a small amount of food waste will be cold and hard as soon as it is thrown outdoors. At that time, they will face months of cold and hunger.

The wall behind the trash can is more than two meters high. Behind the wall is a wasteland that has been demolished for a long time but has not been developed, full of weeds and thorns.

A thin cat ran up the wall. I don't know whether the light of the street lamp was too dim or the cat was too dirty. It was black and couldn't see the color of its body hair. Only two bright eyes flashed hungry yellow and green light.

It lay quietly on the wall and carefully observed the noisy crowd in the busy street not far away, as if a scout were investigating the enemy situation in front.

A stray dog looked up at it and wanted to bark. It was probably because it was still swallowing. It only purred in its throat, and then lowered its head to look for its food.

The cat shrunk its neck. Seeing that the dog didn't bark wildly, it was bold, leaned out half of its body and tried to jump down.

There came rustling footsteps. Two young men in white overalls came here carrying a large bucket of garbage. The cat quickly retracted, with its front paws lying on the wall, and its hind legs retreated outside the wall, ready to jump off the wall at any time. Several stray dogs walked a few steps away and continued to turn over their delicious food.

”Today's business is really good.” after throwing away the garbage, one of them took out a cigarette and handed one. ”Come on, have a cigarette and have a rest.”

”What if business is good? It's the boss who earns and we who are tired.” another took the cigarette and lit it. The fire red the wall and scared the cat on the wall.

”That's right. If I don't get a raise, I can't go on.”

”If you can't do it, you have to do it. It's good to have a job these days!”

”But our salary is too poor. We haven't caught a few cats yet. I heard that the online cat killing order has raised the price again, and one cat has risen to 5000.”

”Don't say five thousand or fifty thousand. You can still see a living cat in the city now? Even if you see it, you can't catch it. It's not who sees it. You have to kill it.”

”Hey, you said there was so much rubbish here. Would there be stray cats or something?”

”In the past, I didn't know if there was one.”

”Why don't we get some medicine to sprinkle and come back in the middle of the night? Maybe there's a surprise!”

”Well, you can try.”

……

The cat cocked up its ears.

There were footsteps over there, heavier than the previous two. It was obviously a fat man.