It's around seven or eight o'clock in the middle of the night, and the sky has not yet faded away. When you look up, you can see the clouds that have been dyed black by the night. They are like a big cotton quilt covering the tops of the buildings, making the small town of Hongmao a stew.
A melting pot.
Below, the street lights just started to shine, attracting some moths to pop up. Next to it, various neon signs hung high up and placed on the ground opened their halos early, making the street colorful.
through.
And this huge street, including the pavement and sidewalks on both sides, has long been crowded by the traffic flow during the evening rush hour, the all-pervasive army of electric vehicles, night market vendors occupying the road, and numerous pedestrians. Among them, the most eye-catching ones are probably
One after another, the young and beautiful girls wore cool hot pants and short skirts, exposing their bare legs... white, black, long, short, thick, thin, pairs.
Rows and rows of children, young and old, hooking their eyes and scattering into various fast food, noodles, hand-cooked, grilled fish, spicy crayfish, and barbecue shops with their singing voices.
Small groups gathered around a table.
"Boss, let's have some grilled fish."
"I want it."
Don't wait long, peel and clean the fish, mix it with seasonings and garnishes, wrap it in tin foil, and throw it on the charcoal fire.
"Zila."
The aroma of roasted grease was picked up by the night wind, mixed with the smell of perfume, and mixed into the smoke of human fireworks, which blew into this person's nose along with the wind.
…………
Yuan Xiaochuan took a deep breath.
"boss!"
He lowered his voice and suppressed the noise in half the street.
"Give me roasted two pounds of silver carp, a handful of mutton skewers, a plate of stir-fried beans, and some meat and vegetable dishes! Remember to bring the peanuts first."
"Got it!"
In front of the barbecue stall, the boss, who was so busy that he was arrogant, shouted back in the same way when he had some time.
"Would you like something to drink? Captain Yuan."
"Lao Li, what do you want to drink?"
Yuan Xiaochuan did not rush to answer, but turned to ask Li Changan, who was wearing big pants and Crocs next to him.
The Taoist priest was engrossed in watching the street scene. As he listened to the words, his eyes were in a daze for a while, and then he gradually focused on the huge advertisement opposite that occupied most of the floor.
Above, an idol boy from 20 years ago is holding a bottle of wine and giving a thumbs up, and next to him is a blond, blue-eyed foreign model with a hunky look on her shoulders.
Li Changan blinked his eyelids.
"Isn't your place the land of medicinal wine? Want a bottle?"
"What are you talking about?"
Unexpectedly, Comrade Yuan didn't have any sense of collective honor in the city, so he gave me a big roll of his eyes on the spot.
"Haosheng, I'm going to treat you to a good meal. Why are you drinking that stuff?!"
After saying that, he turned around and opened his voice again to the boss.
"Two beers, please."
"Mountain city or Qingdao?"
"Mountain Castle!"
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After ordering the food, the two of them sat down at a seat on the side of the road. The waiter brought some chilled beer and a plate of peanuts. The two of them set up a gantry array with snacks and wine.
To be honest, this trip was actually beyond Li Changan's plan.
He had been tossing around in the ancient world for several months and was exhausted. When he returned to the present world, he just wanted to live happily ever after, but he didn't expect that the state would come to check the water meter. Although he didn't notice any follow-up actions, he always felt that
Someone was staring at him in a dark corner, and he felt uncomfortable going out to buy groceries, so he simply left the doghouse and went out to relax and travel.
When this person travels, he only does three things: first, to see the cultural scenery of a foreign country; second, to see the majestic beauty of mountains, rivers, lakes and seas; and the last one is to visit relatives and friends.
Firstly, Li Changan was lazy and did not want to travel far away to a place with very different customs and food; secondly, in ancient times, he was tired of the green mountains and green waters, desolate and shabby, and now he likes the prosperous secular world; thirdly, after the death of his grandfather, Old Man Li, he and that
A group of relatives lost contact early. After thinking about it, there was only one thing left, which was to meet friends.
Taoist priests don't have many friends, but they have a lot of close friends, and one of them is Yuan Xiaochuan.
The two got to know each other by wearing crotchless pants. When I was young, there were few cartoons on TV, and the same old ones were shown over and over again, such as "Calabash Baby", "Journey to the West", "Jingle Cat", "Black Cat Sheriff"... among them
, a few villains like "Black Cat Sheriff" the most, and they like to play "cop catching thief" when playing house. This Yuan Xiaochuan has no other problems, he just likes to occupy the role of "police", and because
He was born black, and he was particularly sensitive to the word "black", so he was nicknamed "sheriff".
He didn't expect it, but he took it seriously and took it seriously. He determined to be a people's policeman, uphold justice and eradicate evil. When he grew up, he really got his wish and became a policeman, gearing up.
, we must be inseparable from sin.
But, the principles learned in childhood may not be applicable when you grow up...
"How are you doing recently? I heard from others that your son was promoted and the fake police chief became a real police chief."
Yuan Xiaochuan hummed twice, poured a glass of cold beer, raised his head and poured the whole glass down his throat.
"The front-line criminal police in the provincial capital was transferred to the traffic police captain in the county-level city."
He wiped the foam from his mouth.
"It's true that I got promoted."
"It's just your bad temper." Li Changan slowly picked up a salted peanut, "It's not necessarily a bad thing."
"I have a bad temper, what about you? How can you be better than me?"
Yuan Xiaochuan snarled, and then asked:
"Hey, to be honest. I called you here this time because I wanted you to do me a favor. I am not willing to give in and want to make a comeback."
"I knew your son was not so generous. He was picking up a car and treating you to guests. What's going on?"
"How's your job as a reporter doing?"
He was fired early!
Li Changan is a media major. He worked as a reporter on a news website through connections in the early years. At that time, he was still naive and enthusiastic. He didn't like to interview when the leader asked him to do so, but he insisted on doing interviews when the leader didn't. The leader said:
Then go ahead and go and do interviews wherever you like.
Fortunately, there are still some connections left in the industry, so this is probably what Yuan Xiaochuan asked.
The Taoist priest was about to elaborate.
"I'm coming."
The waiter suddenly emerged from the densely packed array of seats and brought a plate of grilled fish to the table.
But on the iron plate, the roasted fish meat was soaked in red chili oil, with a thick layer of chili pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, and chopped green onion. When it was steamed by the remaining heat, the aroma steamed up along with the water vapor, and penetrated through.
When it enters the nose, it makes people move their index fingers and make their mouth and tongue salivate.
The food is now, and the worldly affairs can be discussed later.
The two of them stopped talking, picked up their chopsticks, and started to eat.
However.
"Meow."
Suddenly, a long and shrill cat cry pierced the night sky.
Li Changan raised his head in shock.
Then I saw an orange "pig" falling from the sky and hitting the grilled fish that had just been served with a "clang" sound.
Immediately, the cups and plates were knocked down, and the grease was splashed everywhere. With a "click", the plastic table fell to pieces, and the two bottles of Shancheng hit the ground with a crisp sound, and white foam floated in the green glass slag.
Li Changan didn't react for a while. He looked at the round, round and motionless hairy dumpling in the plastic and in the soup dregs. After a long while, he stretched out his finger and poked it.
"Meow."
I saw this guy's hair explode, he picked up half of the fish tail, and swooped out of sight.
"Well……"
The Taoist priest looked at the grilled fish on the floor, then at the confused waiter, and then at the big ball of oil on his pants.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he took out a few pieces of tissue paper and wiped them, thinking to himself:
What's going on?
He didn't want to, and someone immediately told him what was going on.
I heard a female voice, as high-pitched as a suona and as sharp as nails scraping glass, rising from upstairs.
"You uncles are so jealous of me, get out of here, get out! I won't sell it to you even if I beat it to death!"
At the same time, a man's voice next to him seemed to want to argue.
However……
"I……"
"Wo said your house is an immortal Banban!"
"you……"
"Your mother sells old mapi, and you old man sells leather eyes..."
Not an opponent of the same magnitude at all.
Not for a while.
Amidst the violent curses, several people fled from the corridor in panic. One of them, with his hair combed shiny, saw Yuan Xiaochuan, grinned, and came up to him.
"Hey, isn't this Captain Yuan? Are you drinking?"
Lao Yuan glanced at him sideways and ignored him.
This man was not angry either, and looked at Li Changan with a smile.
"Who is this brother? I won't introduce him."
As he said that, he handed over a business card.
Li Changan glanced at it.
"Yang Sanli, Public Relations Manager of Hongmao Liquor Industry" is quite famous.
Seeing this, Lao Yuan finally responded, but did not take his words and introduce Li Changan. He just pointed to the place upstairs where the curses continued.
"Why are you here to provoke someone else?"
"What are you talking about? Where are you provoking?"
Yang Sanli quickly apologized for himself.
"Don't they sell cats and dogs? I just come to buy a cat and take care of their business. How can I imagine that I will be scolded for sending money to my door?"
I just finished saying this.
"Take your bad money and give it to me!"
Then I saw a dozen bills flying down from upstairs, scattering all over the street.
Now, even Yuan Xiaochuan couldn't stand it.
"Zou Pengpai, why are you so mad?!"
"I have seizures every day, every month, and every year. Can you take care of me? If you have the ability, why send me to the Five Temples?"
"Five temples?"
Li Changan was listening with gusto with his hands folded, but when he heard a word he didn't understand, he quickly asked without shame.
Next to him, Yang Sanli smiled as if nothing happened and replied: "There used to be a mental hospital."
Yuan Xiaochuan turned around and glared at him. He smiled and made a gesture of shutting up, and called a few of his accomplices to get in the car and leave.
At this time, I don’t know which neighbor’s old man was upset by the noise.
"It's late at night, could you please lower your voice?"
"Your mother sells mapi, you old bastard, you are a salesman. If you don't stay in your house, the old woman will die, so why are you meddling in your mother's business?"
This time, it was like poking a hornet's nest, which aroused unanimous condemnation from the surrounding neighbors. This heroine was also a ruthless character, and she was able to fight with others with words.
It is inevitable that some people with violent tempers, who are not good at words but good at fists and kicks, will come to the door and smash the door with loud bangs all over the building.
But this "Zou Pengpa" still didn't show any timidity.
"Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock hard, and I will mourn your whole family."
"Come on! I don't want to live anyway. If you kill me, will you be able to escape?"
"well……"
Yuan Xiaochuan covered his forehead and let out a long sigh.
But when he turned his head, he saw Li Changan looking very interested, as if he had just listened to these dirty words as a ditty.
"You don't mind hearing it."
"What does it sound like?" The Taoist priest saw the fun and didn't mind it, "You're not scolding me."
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to tell your baby."
Comrade Lao Yuan was so tired that he panicked.
"That's it for today. I can't eat anymore. Let's talk about it tomorrow when we have time."
After saying that, he went upstairs to mediate with a dark face.
At this time, the boss who had seen the excitement grabbed a handful of skewers.
“Would you like some skewers?”
"Why don't you want it? Pack it up."
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Hongmao is a small county town with only a few bustling streets. The farther away you are, the lights gradually dim and the number of pedestrians becomes less frequent.
In this way, those guys with mobile phones stuck behind your butt will be particularly conspicuous.
Li Changan suddenly turned around.
Later, the young man who followed him for most of the street almost dropped his cell phone in fright. He finally managed to hold it steady, but he broke out in a cold sweat, couldn't open his mouth, and couldn't move his feet.
Who is Li Changan?
Even with big pants and Crocs, a beer in one hand, and a barbecue in the other, they can't hide his strong figure, and his eyes are like the edge of a sword, which can send chills all over the person's body.
The young man shivered for a while, then suddenly "his spirit base moved", he showed a stiff smile, and stammered:
"Little brother, little brother, would you like to give you a gift?"
The Taoist priest laughed when he heard this, and looked him up and down several times, until his heart felt hairy and his chrysanthemums trembled.
Then he silently finished the skewers in his hand, rubbed his hands on his pants, and spread them in front of the young man.
The young man suddenly burst into tears, but under the gaze of the Taoist priest, he reluctantly stretched out his hand. But without touching it, he saw a heavy hand on his wrist, filled with leftover bamboo sticks and used tissues.
The plastic bag hung from his wrist.
"Throw it for me."
The young man felt relieved and hurriedly nodded and ran away.
"Thank you."
The Taoist priest waved at his back, grabbed another mutton skewer, drank beer, and wandered into the darkness of the small town.
But also when the Taoist priest turned his head.
The Mediterranean dog walking on the street, the owner of the hair salon across the street, the couples selling dog food all over the street... all kinds of people picked up their mobile phones invariably.
However, the last bus happened to pass by.
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