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01 For the Benefit of Mankind002（第3页）
‘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。’
‘Yourseywillsustainyou。Inthesedarkdays，it’stheonlythingthatkeepsmegoihdemandsthatwedevoteourselvestothismission。’
‘Ourwealthwhat?’shriekedXu。‘Weole，wenevercoerced，everyyuanweearnedwas。Ourushedsocietyforward。Societyshouldthankus!’
