Hong Yanwu, who returned to this era in 2012, saw his father and sister. After coming out of home, he did not go directly to the bathhouse. Instead, he passed through the street building and ran north, eager to go to the coal factory on Nanheng Street.
Go.
Undoubtedly, what he wants now is to find Chen Liquan as soon as possible. He also has to confirm that his Fa Xiao, his good buddy, and his senior brother Quanzi are still living safely in this world, so that he can feel at ease
Go do other things.
Besides, judging from the time, Quanzi should be getting off work soon. If they could meet, then of course it would be best for the two of them to take a shower together.
This is the most familiar route in Hong Yanwu's memory, because the intersection of Guancaiyuan Hutong is the place where he and Chen Liquan have walked together more than a thousand times.
This fork is actually a very important geographical point. From here to the west is the Nanheng Street Coal Factory, from here to the north is the small courtyard where Mr. Yu lived during his lifetime, and from here to the east is Panjia Hutong, where he and Chen Liquan walked.
Enter the "Jianghu" and become the starting point for a professional "player".
It was there, in a long and narrow alley separated from the Taoranting Police Station in Jiajia Hutong, that he and Chen Liquan completed the feat of "washing the Buddha" for the first time hand in hand. (See Volume 1, Chapter 9, "Becoming a Rich Man")
Hong Yanwu still remembered that after Yu Ye passed away, Yu Ye's small courtyard was taken back by the state, and Chen Liquan had to move back home. So when the two met again, they naturally mixed together again.
And at that time, he was extremely short of money because he was with Fang Ting. Moreover, he had already learned a lot about how "players" and "academy factions" make money from Gao Ming and Gao Fang, and he was already wild.
, then naturally, he also had the idea of setting up his own business, so he used friendship as bait to lure Chen Liquan into the water.
But he didn't expect that when he got serious about it, as a veteran of beating people, he got big eyesight because the knife felt strange to him.
The matter was done in a very unfavorable manner, but thanks to the presence of Chen Liquan, we did not suffer a greater loss.
In fact, he may have used the small broken knife that Gao Ming gave him once in his life, but that time it got caught in his clothes when he was pulling out the knife, and he couldn't pull it out. It's really unpleasant to think about it.
Son.
What's interesting is that at the beginning, after Gao Ming and Gao Fang learned that he and Chen Liquan had formed a separate team and officially became the "players" of "Shou Fo Ye", they didn't know because they were reluctant to lose him.
The high-quality thugs were still dissatisfied and fearful of him leaving them alone and wanted to do it alone. Anyway, their reaction to this matter was somewhat sour.
The two boys also made some small moves behind the scenes. Not only did they find excuses to ask him to move out of the "Third General Staff Institute", but they also quietly said outside that the "academy faction" of the "Third General Staff Institute" would part ways with him in the future.
They are not responsible for any of his actions, and seem to be very optimistic about the future of him and Chen Liquan's gang.
This naturally had some impact on Fang Ting. She was accustomed to judging people by their appearance and did not think highly of Chen Liquan. She always felt that Quanzi was rustic and stupid, like a fool who had never seen anything.
In particular, she was worried that losing her relationship with Gao Ming and Gao Fang would be detrimental to her own future. For this reason, she threatened him with breaking up several times, asking him to give up his unrealistic ideas and return to the "Third Department of the General Staff"
's camp.
But they were indeed mistaken. Slowly, they realized how capable he and Chen Liquan were together.
As long as there is a fight, no matter whether the opponent is a cunning and well-known "old gunner" or a new generation of gangsters with a large number of people, there will never be a time when the two brothers do not win an overwhelming victory.
A majestic one.
He and Izumi cooperated very well, neither of them were afraid of bleeding and injury, and each had superb wrestling skills. Over time, they also developed a unique weapon-holding style that was close to their signature, that is, they did not use armed belts when fighting.
No need to use a knife, just a rolling pin.
Every time before the "ballast fight", they would carry the guy in their sleeves, and if they made a move, they would pull it out with a "swish", and they would be sure to smash the opponent with a knife and a spring lock all over his head and make his face look bloody.
of blood.
Because of this, when people outside bring up the names of "Red Boy" and "Chen Da Bangchui", not to mention the entire XW District, even Chongwen, Fengtai, Haidian, Xicheng, and other surrounding areas, which girl is not afraid of them?
!
So at this point, let alone Fang Ting, even Gao Ming and Gao Fang, these two blind young men, had to start fawning over them again.
Naturally, there were more people who asked for him and obeyed him, and Quanzi did not compete with him for anything. Whether it was money or the opportunity to show off his power and "take the title", these made him feel satisfied.
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At that time, he didn't need anything else. He occupied two bus lines, and he had a fixed "Buddha" to pay him at a fixed point. Even the respectable "old guns" had to give him face when they met him, otherwise
They themselves don't even think about having any face anymore.
But once he helped someone else, he didn't pay for it, but he would go to the treat. Together with Quanzi, he ate in almost all the good restaurants in the capital, and he also successfully taught Quanzi to smoke and drink.
The last time, if nothing had happened, I would have definitely eaten the roast duck at "Judequan". Gao Ming and Gao Fang were two bastards, and they even boasted about letting them drink Maotai. Unexpectedly, he and Quanzi fell into it without drinking the wine.
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Hong Yanwu finally reached the area of Nanheng West Street. He thought that he should buy something to celebrate the meeting between the two people, so he stopped at a grocery store passing by and bought two boxes of cigarettes.
According to his original intention, he wanted to buy "Peony", which was Chen Liquan's favorite brand.
But it was a pity that these famous brand cigarettes were Class A cigarettes. Although he had money and cigarette tickets, they were not readily available on the market, so he had to make do with two boxes of "Daqianmen".
"Daqianmen", "Hengda" and "Dachongjiu" are both Class B cigarettes, priced at 39 cents, and require a Class B cigarette ticket. In those days, people generally smoked "Handshake" for 9 cents.
"Battle" and the 15 cent "Goldfish" era were already considered to be fine cigarettes.
Although there are always goods in the store, few people buy them, so Hong Yanwu's "bully purchase" of two boxes caused the salesperson to stare at him for a long time, as if he felt that he shouldn't buy such good cigarettes because of his appearance.
He seemed to want to ask more questions, but he didn't ask, probably because he felt a little embarrassed.
But to be honest, Hong Yanwu felt even more awkward. Originally, he wanted to buy some other things, such as cans, rice rolls, Erguotou, etc., so that he and Chen Liquan could go to the bathhouse and have a drink after taking a bath. However, the salesperson's obvious discrimination based on appearance made him
In the end, I didn't dare to take out more money to buy things, so I had to leave quickly without any interest to avoid being questioned for no reason.
But having said that, no matter how much he bought, he would probably feel ashamed when he saw Chen Liquan, because if he thought about it carefully, he didn't have anyone else to blame for his misfortune in his life.
But I was really dragged down by him.
Looking back on the past, if we say that when he was a child, he was favored by Chen Deyuan and cultivated by Master Yu, and at the same time he had to be a good boy to bully the kind-hearted Chen Liquan. He was still young and ignorant, deliberately pretending to be a grandson.
Then he deliberately went to the Xuanwu Sports School to cause a scene, ruining Quanzi's future as a champion, and later dragged Quanzi onto a pirate ship and fooled around with him in the "player" circle.
But it's really unreasonable to be selfish and narrow-minded.
Because the results of these two incidents not only directly destroyed Chen Liquan's supposedly bright and promising championship future, but also dragged him into prison. In the end, even Quanzi's mother was sad and depressed because of Quanzi's labor camp incident.
I was pissed off early.
If we count strictly, it can even be said that he caused Quanzi to lose her mother and become a pure orphan.
But how did Quanzi treat him?
Not only has she been willing to suffer and endure hardships since she was a child, she has never argued with him and tolerated him to the extreme. Even at critical moments, Quanzi would often risk being misunderstood, blamed, and even dangerous by him to help him, support him, and provide help in times of need.
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For example, in the reform-through-labor circle in Chadian, he was often the leader who resisted labor, caused trouble, and even fought. But Quanzi not only took the initiative to help him dig earthwork and worked hard, but every time he started fighting with others, he was even punished by discipline afterwards.
, and never abandoned him once.
Especially when the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 happened. When the brick houses in the circle collapsed due to the aftershocks, he originally wanted to follow some unwise parenting and take the opportunity to escape.
But at the critical moment, it was Quanzi who calmly reminded him that he realized the risk of being shot if he escaped at that time, and he promptly grasped the major opportunity to make meritorious deeds by working hard to provide disaster relief in times of crisis.
As a result, there was another different result in which he and Quanzi were excommunicated in advance for saving people. It can be said that if it had not been for Quanzi that time, he would not have wandered around the world as a wanted criminal and lived a different kind of life.
A life of escape without humans or ghosts means being shot to death and ending one's life prematurely.
But not only did he not cherish this rare opportunity in life, he still hung out in society complaining about others after he was released from the religion. Even in the later stages of his life when he was proud, he always felt that his life was miserable and that life owed him too much.
No matter how much he gets, it is just a kind of compensation that should belong to him.
But he never thought about a problem from another angle. Chen Liquan was far worse than him, because in the end, Quanzi even risked his life for him.
When he thought of this, Hong Yanwu was so ashamed that he wanted to crawl into the cracks in the ground.
Quanzi really regarded him as a friend, but he never regarded him as a friend.
Quanzi worked hard because of him, and Quanzi's mother died. Quanzi lived alone, but how could he have cared about these things in his last life, and how could he have thought about them?
Ask yourself, throughout his life, he has failed the people who should least be let down, and ignored the people who should least be ignored.
How stupid!
After walking for another five or six minutes, Hong Yanwu finally saw the black cast iron gate of the Nanheng Street Coal Factory. The large coal factory under the cover of a green iron shed was once the place where Chen Deyuan presided over, and it should also be where Chen Liquan's son inherited his father.
Industry, the place where you work every day.
This made him feel inexplicably excited when he stepped into the coal factory.
Some are sour, some are warm, some are panic, some are melancholy, and some are on tenterhooks.