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01 For the Benefit of Mankind002（第3页）

Themannodded.

Xusteppeddowrudboweddeeplytothetramp.‘Thankyou.’

‘Thankyou.’addedZhufromthetruck.

Whatshoostwasthattheirgratitudeseemedsincere.

Theydroveon，losingsightoftheedmillioherearvies.Notfardowhetruckstoppedataoothboresprantday-laborerssquattingonthecurb，waitingforwork.Eahadasmallmetaltrowel，andasmallcardbnonthegroundread:‘Scrapers.’Thethreemenranoverassooruckpulledupandclamotajobforus，boss?’

ZhuHanyangshookhishead.‘No.Hasbusinessbeengoodlately?’

‘obehad.Everybodyusesthathermalsprayowadays，noneedforsymore.’

‘Whereareyoufrom?’

‘Henan.’

Zhurattledoffseveralquestions:‘Thesamevillage?Isitpoor?Howmanyhouseholds?’

‘It’supiherearemaybefiftyfamilies.Everyone’spoor.Itneverrains.Boss，youwould–wehavetateourplantsohawatering.’

‘Dohfarming.Doyouhavebankats?’

Allthreeshooktheirheads.

‘You’llhavetotake.They’reheavy，butI’llstilltroubleyoutotakeadozeheback.’

‘Adozen?’Itwasthescrapers’oionastheyuhethebedofthetrudpiledthemoheydidosiderZhu’sinstrus–ork.

‘Itdoesakeasmanyasyoulike.’

Fifteenlayontheground.Pointia，‘Eatainsonemillionyuan，fifteenmillionintotal.Gohomeahemohyourwholevillage.’

&hemehis，asifZhuhadcrackedajoke.Oneofhispanionscrouandopehecases.Themests，thesameflabbergastedexpressiorampgovertheirfaces.

‘Thecasesareheavy，soyoushouldhireacartoreturually，ifoneofyoudrive，buyacar.Itwillbemoret.’saidXuXueping.

&hreescrapersgapedatthetwopeopleinfrontofthem，uheywereangelsordevils.Likecloeofthemehesamequestiorampbeforehim:‘Whatdoyouwantwithus?’

Theahesame:‘Wejustodousohealiensareing.Iftheyaskyou，tellthemyouhavethismuey.That’sall.isetodothis?’

&hreemennoddedi.

‘Thankyou.’

‘Thankyou.’Thetwoplutocratsbowedinsincereappreddroveoff，leavihreebaffledscrapersstahestackofcases.

‘Youmustbewiftheywillkeepthemohemselves，’ZhusaidtoSmoothbore，hiseyesstilloeeringwheel.‘Perhapsinthebeginning，buttheywillsooheirwealthwiththelessfortuaswehavedone.’

Smoothborekeptsilent.tedwithsuchabsurdity，hefeltitwasbesttosaynothingatall.Hisintuitiontoldhimthattheworldashekwasabouttoafualge.

‘Stopthecar!’criedXu.Sheall，filthyagingthroughatrashfortindcolabottles:‘Kid，ehere!’Theurdashedhishalf-filledsasandbottlebehindhimasifafraidoflosingit.‘Takeathetruckbed.’Theboyobliged.‘Lookihedpeeredinside.Herised，butnotasshockedasthefouradultshadbeen.‘Whatisit?’promptedXu.

‘Moheboy，liftiogazeather.

‘Onemillionyuahomeaoyourparents.’

‘Soit’strue?’Theboybliurniolookattheboxesstillstackedhighiruckbed.

‘Whatdoyoumean?’

‘Iheardpeawaymoneyalloverthecity.’

&hroaper，thoughtSmoothbore.Xuued:‘Youhavetopromisesomethingbeforeyoukeepit.Thealiensareing.Iftheyaskyou，youmusttellthemyouhavethismuey–exactlythismuey，okay?That’sallillyoudoit?’

‘Yes!’

&akeyourmoneyandgohome，boy.Noonewilleverbepain，’saidZhuashestartedthetruck.

‘Noonewilleverberi，either.’saidXu，adarklookonherface.

‘Pullyether.It’sabadsituation，butonsibilitytostettingworse.’saidZhu.

‘Youreallythinkthereisapointtothislittlegameofours?’

Zhuslammedthebrakesandbroughtthetruckthalt.Gestigwildlyoverthesteeringwheel，heshouted，‘Yes，ofcourseithasapoint!Ordoyouwaofyourlifelikethesepeandhomeless?’

‘Idoogoonlivinganymore.’