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Volume 4 Leviathan Chapter 2 Solution

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    Gillings and Duncan followed the translator out of the inspection office, crossed two streets, and turned into a dark alley. With the footsteps of the three people, the surrounding environment became more dirty, dilapidated, and narrow.  , they walked and walked, looking for the house where the target of their trip lived.  The houses on both sides of the street are tall and large, but very old. The residents are all from the extremely poor class. You can tell this by just looking at the dilapidated appearance of these houses without looking at the grimaces on the faces of the men and women you meet occasionally.  .  Pedestrians folded their arms, hunched their backs, and dodged as they walked.  Most of the houses have shops, but they are tightly closed and look decayed and dilapidated. Only the upper floors are used for living.  Some houses were in disrepair and were about to collapse on the streets, so they used several large logs to support the walls with one end and the other end firmly inserted into the road.  Even these houses, which are nothing more than pig pens and dog kennels, seem to have been chosen by some unlucky homeless people as a night shelter, because many of the rough wooden boards nailed to the doors and windows have been pried open, leaving gaps.  Enough to get one person in and out.  The drains were blocked, the stench was unpleasant, and rats were rotting here and there, and even they looked horribly hungry.  Occasionally, one or two pedestrians appeared, also with hungry faces, hiding in the shadows, peeping at the two outsiders Gillings and Duncan, seeing that the surroundings were becoming more and more familiar with the East End of London (the East End of London was a working-class area at that time, known for its dilapidated  Known for poor security).  Duncan winked at Gillings, took out a pistol from his purse, and handed it to him.  "Two gentlemen, please don't worry." The translator seemed to have a pair of eyes behind his back: "Put away the gun, you don't need this thing. The birds here are just a little shy, but they don't peck people, unlike  The rich people living by the river not only pecked people's eyes, they even chewed up the bones and swallowed them." Gillings and Duncan looked at each other. They both heard something in the other's words, but Gillings  No answer.  The translator turned two corners, stopped at a courtyard door, and whistled. After a while, the courtyard door opened a crack, and Duncan could see an eye peering outside.  The translator took two steps forward and said carelessly: "It's me, I have business coming to you!" The door was slowly pushed open, and a lame man walked out. Gillings keenly discovered that the lame man's right hand was missing two fingers.  .  The lame man glanced at Duncan and Gillings warily and asked, "Why did you bring the others?" "It's a temporarily closed business. I have something to do in the afternoon and don't have time to delay it. Besides, what are you afraid of the two foreign devils? Are you afraid of others?  The person with the plate?" The lame man snorted and looked away at Duncan and Gillings: "Say, what's the matter?" "I lost a wallet at the dock this morning, with twenty pounds in it, and a passport.  Some other things, you keep the money, and I¡¯ll give you another ten pounds!¡± ¡°No, twenty pounds!¡± ¡°Twelve pounds, no more. The other party offers twenty-five pounds, and only the patrol room will take a share!  "The lame man stared at the translator coldly, as if he was silently asking whether the translator was lying, but the translator looked at the translator with a smile. Finally, the lame man turned his head and limped towards the yard.  The translator whistled happily, as if announcing his victory.  Gillings, who still couldn't understand Chinese, only heard the translator and the lame man arguing fiercely for a while. After seeing the lame man go in, he asked in a low voice: "Do you know what happened to this man's legs and hands?" "This  It¡¯s a new question! But it¡¯s free!¡± The translator said with a smile: ¡°He lost his legs and hands in the factory. The machine tool in the factory cut off his fingers and legs, that¡¯s what happened!¡±  What is your relationship with him? Why do you know all this so well? " "Sir, your curiosity is really too strong. This is not a good habit!" The interpreter replied in a slightly threatening tone.  I made a good deal today and I'm in a good mood. What do you think if you give me another five pounds and I'll answer any questions you want?" "Three pounds!" Duncan took it out of his wallet.  The three pound note was handed over.  "Okay, three pounds is three pounds!" The translator stretched out his right hand to take the money. After confirming that it was real money, he stuffed it into his arms and shrugged: "I am his son and he is my father. That's it."  Simple!" "What?" Gillings asked in surprise: "You let your father live in such a place and do such a business?" "What's wrong, sir?" A sarcastic look appeared on the translator's face.  : "Isn't this a good deal? Not everyone comes out of their mother's womb with a good job like you. There are always some unlucky ones who are so careless that they forget to ask God whether they have the capital.  To support themselves, they are reincarnated into this world, but these guys also need to eat and clothe themselves, so they always have to do something to earn enough to satisfy themselves.My belly is full of rice!  Isn't this a matter of course?  " "Then can I ask what happened to your father's hands and feet?  " There was a sad expression on the translator's face, but it disappeared in an instant, so that Gillings suspected that he had seen it wrong. Then he still replied in that lazy tone: "Nearly all the people living here are from Anhui.  and Subei, two provinces adjacent to Shanghai where floods are common.  You know, when a flood occurs, water overflows from the river and submerges all the fields. The farmers will lose nothing, and the farmers there will flee to Shanghai.  I had to do whatever it took to avoid starving to death.  He was also like this. He went to work in a factory, but once he worked in the factory for four consecutive days without sleeping. He was so sleepy that he took a nap next to the machine tool, and his feet and fingers were cut off by the machine tool. The result was like this!  " "Four days in a row?  Are you sure you remember correctly?  "Gillings showed a suspicious look. "That's right, I was already six years old at the time, and I could already work at the dock to support my family!  The translator stretched out two fingers of his right hand and made a pinching gesture: "This is very common in factories. Workers are allowed to lean in the corner of the workshop for two to three hours during shift change, and then they have to continue.  Get up and work.  The economy was not good at that time, and the goods produced in the factory could not be sold. Many workers were fired. The remaining people had to work harder to fill the vacancies of those people. If they did not work hard, the bosses would use  Others take their place and drive them out into the streets to starve!  " "Asshole, what are you talking about there!  "At this time, the lame man walked out of the yard again, holding several wallets in his hand: "Look, which one do you want?  " Gillings immediately saw his wallet. He pointed at the wallet and shouted loudly: "That's the one, the tawny one with the copper ring!  " "Sir, please wait a moment!  "The translator smiled and bowed slightly to Gillings. He was very excited about the money he was about to receive. He turned around and stretched out his hand to the wallet, but was opened by the lame man: "Pay with one hand, deliver the goods with the other!  " "Damn old guy, I have to get money from my husband before I can give you money!  "The translator yelled angrily, but the lame man seemed not to hear what the other party said. He put his left hand holding the wallet behind his back and repeated: "Pay with one hand, deliver the goods with the other!  " "Okay, pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand!  "The translator was finally defeated by the other party's stubbornness. He turned around and said to Gillings: "Sir, you must pay first before you can get your wallet!  " "Duncan, lend me forty pounds.  "Gillings stretched out his hand to Duncan, but Duncan did not give him any money. He took a step forward, took out a ten pound note from his arms, and whispered: "This is ten pounds. I must first confirm what is in the wallet.  You can get all your money without losing anything.  "    "All right!  "The translator reached out and took the note, turned around, walked to the lame man's side, and exchanged the wallet. He opened the wallet carefully, and after Gillings confirmed that nothing was missing, he nodded to Duncan. Duncan put his right hand in  He seemed to be asking for his wallet. There was a greedy look in the translator's eyes, and he stretched his neck unconsciously. Suddenly, Duncan swung a left fist like lightning, hitting the opponent's chin.  He fell to the ground, then Duncan picked up the wallet that fell on the ground and threw it to Gillings. He took out his pistol and pointed it at the translator lying on the ground, and shouted: "Tell your father to take out the money, or I will beat you to death!"  "The translator looked at the black muzzle of the gun in Duncan's hand, and finally shouted a few times to the cripple. The two quarreled loudly. After a few minutes, Duncan got back his wallet and the ten-pound note he had just taken out. Duncan put the wallet and  He handed the banknotes to Gillings who was standing aside, pointed his pistol at the translator and said solemnly: "Now let him in, and you take us back, don't be naughty, it won't be good for you!  " The translator said a few words to the lame man without asking, and walked forward dejectedly. When he brought Gillings and Duncan back to the dock, he whispered: "Let's stop here!  "    "May I have your name?  "Gillings asked. "Jiang Zhiqing.  The translator's face turned ugly: "I'm unlucky enough. I've been running all morning in vain to find your wallet, but I didn't get anything. Isn't this matter over yet?"  " "No, I don't want to cause trouble to you!  Gillings smiled and said, "Jiang, can you tell me how much you can earn in a week in the patrol department?"  "    "How much?  rare!  "When he mentioned money, Jiang Zhiqing's face turned ugly. He sighed and complained: "I'm just an ordinary handyman there, not even a servant. I just earn some money for tea and meals. If I can't  Find some water outside, I'll be starved to death!  " "You can write and speak English. Even if you work as a clerk in a business firm, it will cost you more than this!"  " "You don't know, sir, that I don't come from a clean family."??There¡¯s no one to vouch for me, so which business firm would hire someone like me!  "Jiang Zhiqing sighed and narrated in a low voice that it turned out that the street where he lived was almost the residence of bankrupt farmers, old prostitutes, thieves and other homeless people at the lowest level of society. Although he had been smart since he was a child and learned by himself.  He has learned writing and English, but he has a criminal record, so he can't do a serious job and can only hang out under the patrol station.
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