Chapter 34 How difficult the people's livelihood is
Xue Xiangzao was so greedy that he smiled and agreed, then he held his chopsticks and attacked the bowl of oily, fragrant, half purple and red, half green donkey mixed sesame seed cakes in front of him. Literature Bar xb
As soon as the sesame seed cakes were wrapped in the soup, Xue Xiang felt his tongue jump. It seemed that all his taste buds were activated in an instant. The aroma, spicy, numbing, and chewy texture all made his stomach ache. The gluttons rebelled.
At that moment, Xue Xiang picked up his chopsticks, opened his mouth, and huffed like he was swallowing a river. In an instant, most of it was gone.
The old man over there had just sent away a table of guests. Seeing that Xue Xiang was eating deliciously, he felt happy and said, "Comrade, I also have spiced donkey meat made here with local secret methods. Do you want some?"
Xue Laosan hurriedly put down the bowl, "Two jins, two more bowls of these donkey mixed with spicy sesame seeds!" [
Xue Laosan has encountered countless delicacies in his life, but today alone was the most eye-opening for him.
The old man waved to the old woman to prepare the ingredients, and said cheerfully: "I have already seen that Comrade is a big-bellied man, but we have enough spicy biscuits, but not much spiced donkey meat. This is a young man. Some customers come just for this sign, so I can’t give up so much. Seeing how generous my young comrade is and he’s a foreigner, I’ll give you half a pound at most.”
"Chengcheng, take care of yourself, take care of yourself!"
While talking, Xue Xiang launched another attack on Haiwan.
This time, he stopped gobbling up food. Although he took a big mouthful, he ate very slowly. He was waiting for the old man to receive the food.
Sure enough, when he just put down the bowl, two bowls of spicy sesame seed cakes and a plate of clear five-spice donkey meat arrived.
At this time, Xue Xiang's eating speed increased again. In a moment, he emptied two bowls and one plate.
Seeing that he ate delicious food, the old man was also happy and said with a smile: "The guest has a good appetite. When I was young, I could eat like this. However, time is not forgiving. Now half a kilogram of donkey meat is enough to fill up the body. Being young is a great blessing. ah!"
Xue Xiang laughed and chatted for a while, then said: "Old man, we've finished eating. Can we rest here for a while? I think it's your place to cool down!"
As he was talking, he handed over a large bill to collect. It was an old habit of his and he couldn't figure out the price of the food. So he handed over the largest amount. I expected three bowls of spicy sesame seed cakes and half a catty of donkey meat. , which is about the same price.
The old man took the money and took out a box full of red patina. While rummaging through it, he said cheerfully: "See what you said. Man said that you had dinner at my old man's place. That's right." If you don’t want to eat, let passers-by take a break and let them do as much as you can.” After that, he shouted again: “Guest, please serve this little comrade tea, a big bowl!”
After shouting, the old man counted the change he took out one by one. He counted it three times before handing it to Xue Xiang. "Here, here's six dollars for you!"
Xue Xiang was surprised, "Old man, it's not a mistake. I've eaten a lot, and it only cost three yuan and four cents."
When the old man heard what he said about the benefits here, he grinned, showing two rows of white teeth that even a young man might not have, and said: "That's right, comrade, a bowl of spicy sesame seed cake costs eighty cents, half a catty of donkey meat costs one yuan, and three A bowl of spicy sesame seed cakes with half a pound of donkey meat costs only three yuan and four cents!"
Xue Xiang took the money and said, "Old man, you won't make much money with the way you sell it!"
The old man laughed and said: "The sesame cakes are homemade, it just costs a little flour, and the main ingredient of the soup stock is donkey offal, and the donkey's water is all stuff that no one wants to clean up. My old man collected it without any money at all.
Donkey meat has some costs, but overall, it’s very profitable!”
"Cough, cough!" The old woman who was cleaning up the chopping board suddenly started coughing.
The old man said: "You can still make money even if you cough. Look at how stingy you are. Are you afraid that the young comrades will hear this and come to compete with us for business? What's your look? People will take notice of this!"
Xue Xiang knew that old women were taboo, so he stopped annoying others. He changed the subject and asked where the old man was from, his family income, and local anecdotes.[
Of course, Xue Laosan would not ask directly, but would make insinuations.
He had a lot of experience visiting the grassroots in Xiaoshan, and he knew how to talk to the grassroots people. After a while, he and the old man were chatting enthusiastically, and the old man did not stop talking even when serving the newly arrived guests.
The two of them were talking animatedly when they suddenly became shocked.
"Old naughty slave, I'll say it again. Believe it or not, I've ruined your mess and let you spend the rest of your life in this trap!"
The two of them looked at the sound, and it turned out that it was the old woman who was having a dispute with the guest at the northern end. The guest at the table had his back to this side. Although they couldn't see their appearance clearly, all three of them were wearing black uniforms.
, there is also a police baton beside the table leg, which looks like a man among men, but it is definitely not dressed as a policeman. What is even more surprising is that the tiger skin in the middle is still a woman!
Looking at the looks of these three people, Xue Xiangzheng became suspicious. The old man who was preparing the condiments suddenly abandoned the pan and ran towards that direction.
"You guys, guys, if you have something to say, if you have something to say, you damn old lady, why are you so stupid if you don't cut donkey meat for Big Fei!"
As soon as the old man ran over, he bowed to the three of them and sold them.
The female tiger slapped her palm on the small square table, "Stop fucking nonsense, old man Xu, have you thought about what I told you? It's been three days, and I don't have time to play with you.
Son, if you don’t give me an answer, you’ll stop setting up this stall!”
She was obviously a female tiger, but the voice she made was a male, and the voice was so familiar. Xue Xiang was shocked and recognized these three people. It was the long-haired young man who was making the move on the train, the middle-aged man with glasses, and the three fat men with gold chains.
people.
This surprise was really extraordinary. The reason why he thought the long-haired young man was a woman before was all because of his long hair. And if an ordinary person had long hair, Xue Xiang would definitely not be unable to distinguish between men and women, but he just couldn't tell the difference between men and women.
The long-haired young man is wearing a uniform. Just think about it, no matter now or in future generations, any man who is a public servant would dare to have long hair.
The look of this long-haired young man really opened Xue Laosan's eyes.
In addition, he was also really surprised at how these three people changed their identities from being liars to being public servants.
While he was in shock, the changes there became more and more intense. After listening for a while, he roughly understood what was going on.
It turned out that the three long-haired young men were actually members of the Comprehensive Security Brigade under the Baofeng District Comprehensive Management Office. To put it plainly, they were the urban management officials in the 1980s!
But in terms of powers, they are much larger than the urban management, because they can not only manage illegal road occupations, but also be responsible for assisting in prevention and maintaining the stability of the place. They are also responsible for rectifying the industrial and commercial order, euphemistically called cracking down on speculation, and this
The source of helping people is naturally the unrest factor in society. After all, if you are not vicious or evil, how can you control the masses.
This group of people also gave themselves a majestic nickname: Dog Fighting Team. As the name suggests, in their eyes, the masses are the dogs. They can not only beat them for fun, but also eat their meat after being beaten to death.
Right now, the three long-haired young men just want to eat the meat of the old couple selling spicy sesame seeds.
At first, Xue Xiang thought that these three people were taking advantage of the power in their hands to get some benefits. Originally, this kind of pole stall requires various business licenses, which is impossible. In this case, can they exist?
, it’s all in the hands of the long-haired young man.
But generally speaking, such low-cost private stalls are not included in the scope of local crackdowns, but the long-haired young man and others can cash in their power, extort some management fees, and eat for free.
These are extremely normal.
If that were the case, Xue Xiang wouldn't think anything of it. Originally, this kind of low-level life order could never be a pool of clear water.
But what the long-haired young men want to do is not to extort management fees and take advantage of free money. Instead, these three people want to forcefully divide the profits of the old couple. They keep saying that they can help the old couple expand their business and do something to them.
The stalls are protected, but they have to take 50% of the monthly profits.[
And this pole stall is an ancestral craft of the old couple. The people who eat do not want to earn much, as long as they can subsidize the family after making ends meet. It is basically the lifeblood of the family's livelihood. Who is willing to divide the lifeblood of their family in half?
At that moment, the old man kept begging for mercy, and even begged that he was willing to double the management fee and give three people a cigarette every month.
Unexpectedly, the old man had been pestering for a long time, and the long-haired young man became angry first. But when he saw him standing up, he stretched out his hand and lifted the table. In an instant, red soup, green donkey meat, and white sesame cakes rolled all over the table.
land.
"You have no shame, you idiot!"
The fat man with a gold chain on one side came up and gave the old man a slap in the face, knocking him to the ground. At the same time, the hungry old woman rushed to save the old man, but was tripped by his stretched out leg.
There was a lot of commotion here. It was originally in a downtown area. It stands to reason that bullying the elderly and bullying the widowed by the masses should arouse public outrage and be besieged. But the long-haired young man stood on the spot with a fierce look on his face.
How dare one person move.
The fat man with the gold chain even scolded the person who came over: "Look at you, look at your paralysis. If anyone else looks at you again, arrest him and send him to jail!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, someone spoke up: "It's you three again, this time I won't play cards, I'll grab it instead!"
Xue Xiang finally couldn't help but come forward.
It stands to reason that a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake. What's more, his current situation in Dejiang is not optimistic, and he is carrying a big burden. He should not "meddle" in the matter at hand.
At first, Xue Laosan did indeed think so, hoping that others would come forward to expose what was happening in front of him. He had always heard that Shu people were brave and there must be heroes.
But the current situation disappointed Xue Xiang, but after thinking about it, he was relieved. No matter how brave the locals were, they were still afraid of locals who were more fierce than him in their own land.
It seems that these three long-haired young men have been doing bad things for many years. In addition, they have tiger skins with them, so ordinary people naturally dare not provoke them.
In this case, how can he be a spectator again, or quietly leave the scene, because no matter where he is an official, Xue Laosan always has a commoner's feelings.
""Hold"!"
"Depend on!"
"day!"
The three long-haired young men turned around, took a clear look at Xue Laosan's face, and each of them screamed in surprise.