On the bus

A bus driving between urban and rural areas was full of passengers. This was the first bus in the morning. It coincided with the city’s annual commodity exchange meeting during the New Year’s Day holiday. Villagers took advantage of the opportunity. This is an opportunity to buy new year's goods. There are also corporate employees who are on holiday, and they all go to the city to join in the fun, buy some affordable items, and return to their hometowns to honor their relatives and friends. All year round, migrant workers must bring decent gifts to their families.

The bus was already overcrowded, and the bus driver shouted at the top of his lungs, telling people in front to stand back and walk back. He said the same thing over and over again to divert the crowd of passengers. Fortunately, there were still passengers getting off the bus one after another during the more than ten kilometers between urban and rural areas. At another stop, about ten people got off the bus this time. It was rare that there were no passengers getting on the bus. The car was a little more relaxed. At this time, an old man He grabbed the hand of a young man in his thirties and shouted, "Catch the thief. I saw he stole a woman's wallet. Don't let him escape." The young man calmly shouted, "Dad, Stop making trouble and tell people in the car to watch the joke. Am I not going to accompany you to the exchange meeting? I turned my head and explained to the passengers in the car in a pleasant manner, "Oh! This is my dad, who has Alzheimer's disease. I took him to the hospital and coaxed my dad out during the exchange meeting. Please don't misunderstand me. Everyone should check to see who has lost something. Don't listen to his nonsense. I'm sorry, everyone, the young man said this. First of all, the passengers were concerned about their own wallets and checked secretly. The silence of the people in the car proved that what the young man said was true. The old man said angrily, I don't know him, he is a thief. I could see clearly from the car that he had stolen someone's wallet. The woman had just gotten out of the car and she hadn't noticed that her wallet had been stolen.

Dad, sit down here, be quiet, let go of my hand, I won’t run, oh! The young man spoke softly to the old man. The old man was robbed of his explanation by the young man who claimed to be his son. He blushed and defended loudly to the people in the car: "He is a pickpocket, not my son. I am a retired teacher. Driver, you drove the car to the police station and now you are a pickpocket." Those who are literate can use sophistry to confuse falsehood with truth."

The old man's previous shout of "catch the thief" is like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, which will inevitably stir up waves in the hearts of the passengers in the car. With the young people's calmness and mediation, big things become small and small things disappear. It turned out to be a family matter of the old man, whose dementia could not be seen. His speech was clear and his arguments were well-founded. He might have a mental problem, so the father and son refused to let him go and started fighting in the car. The farce was still a one-man show. The young man clearly wanted to break free from the old man's iron-like hands, but he did not dare to use force. The bus was driving for about ten minutes. The old man asked to stop. His son-in-law's house was on the roadside. He reported a number and asked someone to call his daughter. He asked his daughter to get on the bus and got through the phone. The young man panicked and tried to get away. The old man and the passengers saw something was wrong. They stood up and surrounded them, and began to accuse the young people not to be violent to the old man.

The old man’s daughter got on the car and called out to him, “Dad, what’s wrong with you?” She pointed at the young man and asked him who he was. At this time, the truth came out. There was an explosion in the car. The person the old man grabbed and refused to let go was indeed a pickpocket. The passengers were all filled with indignation and collectively demanded that the pickpocket be sent to the police station. Passengers had already taken over from the old man and subdued him. Escaped pickpocket.

The pickpocket in the police station confessed to five members of the criminal gang, who were stealing on the bus. After they succeeded, the stolen goods were transferred away from the crime scene by the accomplices. Even if he was caught, he could get away safely by catching the thief. . This is not the first time bus theft has gone wrong today. He failed many times but got away safely due to his own quibbles and after checking that there was no dirt. Today I fell into the hands of a stubborn old man.

The police followed the lead and uncovered a major bus theft case. They arrested several other members of the theft gang, collected the dirty items, 98 mobile phones, 42 various bank cards, and seized a criminal amount of 37,000 yuan in cash.

During the argument between the liar and the old man, the passengers were all deceived by the liar’s smooth words into believing it was true. It was a quarrel between father and son because they went to the hospital. It was because it was inconvenient to intervene in family affairs. Old man, you were in that situation at that time. Have you ever thought about giving up pickpocketing? Aren't you afraid of criminals' revenge?

Bah! I saw that I had to risk my life to catch them and prevent them from running away. You know why I did this, so it’s okay to tell you. When my granddaughter was 8 years old, she saw a pickpocket. She innocently asked her mother, what was uncle doing? Want to touch other people's pockets? The pickpocket failed and I got off the bus at a bus stop. The pickpocket touched my granddaughter’s face. She is such a beautiful girl. There was a bloodstain from her earlobe to the corner of her mouth. The pickpocket used a razor blade to make a 7-centimeter-long gash. Now my 18-year-old granddaughter’s face still has... There is a faint dark scar. I am a retired teacher. I know that when you see a pickpocket stealing, you can stop it by pretending to be an acquaintance or by saying that your bag is beautiful. Kind reminders are also helpful, but what happened to my granddaughter is a lesson. You can’t step down for pickpockets. Kind reminders are just scratching the surface and won’t help, are they pickpockets? If you see someone stealing, you must stand up bravely and let him give in under the rule of law. Only then can social security address both the symptoms and the root causes...