After hearing what Lao Kantou said, Miao Qiang and several others present couldn't help but become curious.
I heard Miao Qiang ask: "According to your old saying, the current problems in Yingbin Building are all caused by Mr. Zhang?"
After Lao Kantou took a sip of tea, he nodded and said: "Absolutely. A few years ago, in the spring of Lai, my brother had a health problem, and he was getting worse day by day. At that time, what he was most worried about was this store. After all, he had worked hard to run it.
For the rest of my life, I didn’t want it to go bankrupt due to poor management after my death. And his son, Zhang Bin’s father Zhang Li, was idle all day long eating and drinking, and Chun Lai would never pass the shop on to him no matter what.
"
"After repeated consideration, Brother Chunlai finally decided to hand over the store to his grandson Zhang Bin. After Zhang Bin took over, he had the idea of renovating it. Brother Chunlai didn't object, but there was one thing he repeatedly told Zhang Bin.
, no matter how hard you try in the future, you can’t touch the wall in the basement and the yellow talisman on the wall."
"But just when Zhang Bin was about to renovate the store, news came that it was going to be demolished. This made him extremely happy. You must know that this Yingbin Building used to be a public housing, but later in the spring, my brother made money
With the money, he bought it out, and now it is a fully private house. Once it is demolished, the compensation for such a big house will be sky-high. So, he gave up the idea of renovating it."
"But it happened contrary to his wishes. When the demolition plan was finalized, he was dumbfounded. Although the interior of the Yingbin Building has been renovated many times, the exterior has never been touched. It is a proper Russian architectural Baroque style and is included in the list.
It is a historically protected building and is not included in the demolition scope. The only thing included in the demolition scope is the basement that was originally expanded."
"Since an underground parking lot is to be built nearby, according to the building requirements, a safe passage needs to be opened somewhere. Therefore, a safe passage was built between the basement and the parking lot to connect them together."
"Seeing the surrounding high-rise buildings rising from the ground, Zhang Bin felt uncomfortable. But the demolition planning was not his decision. Moreover, during this period, Chunlai also gave up."
"After Chunlai left, Zhang Bin came up with the idea of renovating again. This time he planned to get it right in one step and spend more money to turn the Yingbin Building into the most popular indoor forest garden landscape at the time."
When Lao Kantou said this, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea and sighed: "Hey, as the saying goes, this person takes the tea to cool down. Not long after my brother died in spring, Zhang Bin told him what his grandfather told him at that time.
It was forgotten."
"In order to get more dining places, he decided to move to the basement. Not only did he tear up the yellow talisman, but he also had the wall dug out, and decorated the entire basement into the largest room.
The private room not only has a mahjong table and karaoke, but also a billiard table was installed inside."
"The newly renovated Yingbin Building is what you see now. In the past two years, the large private room was very popular. If you want to eat in that private room, you can't get it unless you book two days in advance.
Above. Moreover, the private room has been offset by Zhang Bin’s reservation. The minimum consumption must not be less than 18,888, otherwise you will not be qualified to reserve a private room.”
"It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. Just when Zhang Bin was secretly proud of that private room, the private room started to become noisy. First, the gold and silverware and tableware specially used for the private room were missing inexplicably. Later, people often saw dirty
Things are floating around."
"Seeing that things were getting worse and worse, Zhang Bin was forced to close the private room. Later, because the warehouse in the kitchen was not enough, he changed it into a warehouse. But without the yellow talisman and the wall,
Suppression, what’s the use of just closing the private rooms! In the past few years, dirty things have come out and wandered around from time to time, especially during the Qingming Festival and July 15th, the troubles became more serious.”
"Isn't it July 15th again today? I don't trust you little guys, so I came here to take a look."
After listening to Lao Kantou tell about the past of Yingbin Building, Miao Qiang and others were all sighing. At this time, Lao Kantou looked at Manager Zhang and said: "Xiao Zhang, it's almost done today. It's already late at night
, close the shop and let these little guys go back and rest."
After hearing this, Manager Zhang smiled and said: "Okay, Uncle Kan, I'll let them go back when nothing happens."
Lao Kan nodded, coughed twice, and said, "That's okay, I won't accompany you anymore. I'm getting older now, and my back hurts after standing for a while, so I'll go back to sleep."
Watching Lao Kantou leave, Miao Qiang asked Manager Zhang: "Zhang, this man looks very simple. What is his background?"
Manager Zhang pursed his lips and smiled and said: "Brother Miao, you may not know it just a few days after you arrived. Uncle Kan has been a veteran of our store for three dynasties. Didn't you listen to what he just said? Mr. Zhang has taken over our store since then.
He has been here since the time of the Yingbin Building, and he has been here for the rest of his life."
"Uncle Kan has no children and is alone. Now that he is old and has no one to rely on, Xiao Zhang is always nostalgic, so he allows him to stay in the store and help with things like looking after cars. Firstly, it is convenient to take care of him, and secondly
Come, just let him retire here."
While the two were talking, the lights in the hotel lobby suddenly flashed, and then everyone's eyes went dark.
This sudden change immediately caused everyone to panic. Some of the timid girls even let out a scream.
In the darkness, I heard Manager Zhang yell: "What are you shouting for! It's not like I've never seen a power outage before. Don't be surprised!"
While Manager Zhang was speaking, several lights from mobile phone screens appeared in the darkness, and then the flash lights on these mobile phones lit up one after another.
After having the light source, everyone seemed to feel a little more at ease. At this time, Manager Zhang said: "You guys use your mobile phones to shine some light on me. I remember there seem to be a few electric rods in here."
Under the illumination of several mobile phone flashlights, Manager Zhang found a few flashlights from the cabinet under the bar, opened them and tried them, and they still worked, so he distributed them to several people around him.
After Miao Qiang took one of them and opened it, he saw that the light of the flashlight was flickering a little bit, so he patted the flashlight on his palm. When he saw that the light source stopped flickering, he said to Manager Zhang: "It seems to be God's will."
, the power went out again in the middle of the night, and I really don’t want us to stay here any longer. I’ll go to the kitchen to check, and you can also arrange for everyone to evacuate.”
Manager Zhang nodded and said: "Okay, Brother Miao. I will let everyone pack up and go back to the dormitory."
While the two were talking, Lao Kan left and came back again. He was seen holding a flashlight in one hand and a quilt on his other arm, pushing the door open and walking in.
After coming in, he said to Manager Zhang: "Hey! You unlucky kids, you are responsible for all the bad things. Okay, the power is out and we can't operate. You go back and rest. Uncle Kan and I
I’ll show you here.”
When Miao Qiang returned to the kitchen, Xiao Wuzi, who had changed his clothes, was using the flashlight on his mobile phone to hang out with the pastry chef's apprentice.
After seeing Miao Qiang, the little girl suddenly blushed and broke out of Xiao Wuzi's arms.
Xiao Wuzi scratched his head and said with an embarrassed smile: "Master, why did you get down?"
Miao Qiang's eyes widened and he said, "What the hell, I have to inform you in advance wherever I'm going, right?"
Xiao Wuzi hurriedly explained: "No, master, I didn't mean that."
Before Xiao Wuzi could finish what he said, Miao Qiang interrupted: "Okay, don't be poor. There's a power outage here. Quickly check the water, electricity and gas to see if they are all turned off. After checking, go back to the dormitory to sleep."
After returning to the dormitory, Miao Qiang lay on the bed and couldn't sleep. Especially when he recalled what happened tonight, he became more and more angry. After being played by three ghosts all night, he really thought that he was easy to bully.
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Listening to the snoring one after another around him, he felt unwillingly and picked up the flashlight on his pillow, got up and walked out.
After leaving the dormitory, when he came to the Yingbin Building again, he did not enter through the main entrance, but went around to the entrance of the underground parking lot next to the building.
Staring at the safe passage connecting the parking lot to the basement of Yingbin Building, Miao Qiang hesitated for a moment before pushing open the heavy iron door.