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A dazzling thunder and lightning passed across the sky, a strong wind blew under the clouds, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, and pouring torrential rain poured down the world continuously. The entire Xiangjiang River was shrouded in endless rain, as if isolated from the world.

Xiangjiang has a subtropical monsoon climate, and the annual rainfall is concentrated from May to September. Even so, it is rare to encounter such heavy rain.

The heavy rain has been falling for three days and three nights, and even the Observatory has issued a flood warning. If the rainstorm continues, the government may have to prepare for disaster relief in advance.

It is now late at night, the roads are deserted, and all the shops and hawkers have closed their doors to take shelter from the rain. There is an unspeakable absurdity.

In an unknown alley, a food stall was still open, but it was raining too much, and the store was empty, with only one customer pouring his own drink.

The boss is a middle-aged man who looks very kind. He moved a chair and sat at the door, looking at the rain with a sad face in a daze, as if he was worried about his life.

Sighing, the boss felt that there would be no guests tonight, so he began to pack his things and prepare to close.

Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps from far to near in the rain, and then a man and a woman appeared, wearing coats and rushing into the food stall, cursing the weather loudly.

The boss's eyes lit up, he hurriedly got up to pour tea and water, and greeted the guests attentively.

The man is a middle-aged man in his 40s, well dressed, wearing gold and silver, and looks like a nouveau riche.

The woman is only in her twenties, with heavy makeup and revealing clothes, she looks very gorgeous, and is carefully helping the nouveau riche wipe off the rainwater. At first glance, it reminds people of words such as mistress and mistress.

"Mum Thure, it's fucking unlucky that it's raining endlessly in this kind of shitty weather."

The nouveau riche cursed and wiped the water on his face with a paper towel, and noticed that the gorgeous girl was only wiping his trouser legs back and forth, his face changed suddenly, and he slapped the gorgeous girl to the ground with a backhand slap, pointing at her nose and shouting: , "Are you fucking blind? Can't you see that my hair is soaked? You only know how to wipe my pants back and forth. Do you think you are wiping the spirit card for your father?"

The nouveau riche has a very violent temper, he slaps as soon as he says, the slap even breaks the corner of the beautiful girl's mouth, a streak of bright red blood is flowing out, and the words of cursing are even more vitriolic.

The gorgeous girl was so frightened that her face turned pale, she didn't dare to speak back, she didn't even bother to wipe off the blood at the corner of her mouth, she quickly got up and picked up a tissue, and obediently helped the upstart wipe his hair.

The boss waited at the side nodding and bowing, selectively ignoring the evil deeds of the nouveau riche, and persuaded with a smile on his face, "Boss, calm down, don't get angry, your body is important, you just caught the rain, hurry up!" Drink some hot tea to warm you up."

The nouveau riche enjoys the service of the gorgeous girls as a matter of course, glanced at the boss contemptuously, pushed away the hot tea served by the boss with a look of disgust, and said with a disdainful smile, "Just your poor tea, even the pigs raised in mainland China don't like it." Drink, are you willing to let me drink it? A piece of tea cake that I usually drink can cover your income for ten years, don’t you believe it?”

If he was humiliated after being entertained out of kindness, anyone would be angry.

It's just that the boss's expression remained unchanged, and he still carefully apologized and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, I am ignorant, how can this kind of rubbish tea get into your mouth? I will take it away immediately, and I promise it will not hinder your eyes. But this rainy day God, you're all soaked, if you don't eat something warm to keep out the cold, you might get sick, so you see?"

As soon as the boss finished speaking, a gust of night wind suddenly blew in at the door, which made the nouveau riche shiver.

After pondering for a while, the nouveau riche seemed to think that what the boss said was quite reasonable, and then put on a look of reluctance, and said arrogantly, "Well, you can talk! I am happy today, sir, and I will give you the most expensive Serve all the dishes to the uncle, you old boy, be careful, if I am not happy with the meal, I will overturn your dilapidated shop carefully."

The boss was overjoyed, promised repeatedly, and trotted to cook for the nouveau riche.

This is the sorrow of the little people in the market, struggling hard in the world, all for three meals a day, even in the face of humiliation, they can only swallow their breath.

But those rich people can boss around, occupy most of the resources in society, and act recklessly.

The previous guest turned his back to the upstart, and didn't react at all to what happened outside, only indulging in his own world.

Most of the water stains on the nouveau riche's body were wiped off, and he didn't feel as cold as before. The so-called fullness and lust, he casually pulled the gorgeous girl onto his lap, and regardless of the public place, his hands carelessly swam over the girl's graceful body Walking away made the girl gasp.

The boss cooks skillfully in the simple kitchen with a smile on his face.

Although the nouveau riche's face is annoying, his money is real money. As long as he is well served, the loss tonight should be able to make up for it, and the pressure of life can be greatly relieved.

In today's world, it is really difficult for ordinary people to survive, especially since Xiangjiang has just experienced the financial turmoil, business is becoming more and more difficult.

In this humble food stall of less than [-] square meters, it seems to be divided into three areas. The people in the three areas are different and do not intersect each other. Vicissitudes of life.

"Huh? When did a food stall open here?"

Suddenly, a middle-aged man with a thin face appeared at the door. He put his briefcase on his head to keep out the rain, and his suit was completely soaked, wrinkled and clinging to his body, dripping water.

Another business came, and the boss who was cooking was overjoyed. He wiped his greasy hands on the apron and greeted him warmly, "Boss, please sit down quickly. I am cooking. Please wait for a while, and I will serve it to you right away." Warm up with hot tea."

The man in the suit vigorously wiped away the water stains on his face with his hands, and waved his hands to signal the boss that you are welcome. He found a seat by himself and took a tissue to wipe the water stains.

When the nouveau riche saw the man in the suit, his expression changed suddenly, and then quickly returned to normal, but the corner of his eye kept falling on the man in the suit.

As if sensing the eyes of the nouveau riche, the man in the suit raised his head. Although his expression was the same as usual, his pupils shrank in vain, and the surprise flashed away.

Then the two sat on one side of each other as if they didn't know each other, without saying a word.

For a moment, the atmosphere seemed to have a strange solemnity.

At this moment, the food stall came again.

I saw a short, fat middle-aged man from the Mediterranean rushing into the store with strides, standing at the door, stomping his feet and shaking his head violently.

The middle-aged pudgy man has a short stature, a huge beer belly that seems to burst his clothes, and a neck that is so short that it is almost invisible, as if his head is placed directly on his shoulders. He looks naive and has an inexplicable sense of joy.

Another guest came, and the boss smiled from ear to ear, repeatedly apologized to the short fat man, and asked him to sit down.

Humpty Humpty just turned around when he saw the upstart and the man in the suit. He was startled, obviously they knew each other, and he laughed and came forward to greet them, "Haha, old fox, Alang, long time no see, I didn't expect tonight Such a fate, let us all meet together by chance."

After all, he sat next to the nouveau riche familiarly, put his hands on his shoulders enthusiastically, and did not forget to call out the man in the suit to come over for a gathering.

The nouveau riche glared at Humpty Humpty displeasedly, but it was rare that he didn't attack.

The man in the suit hesitated for a moment, got up and walked to the upstart's table to sit down.

"Hahaha, how long have we not seen each other? It's been almost 20 years. I didn't expect to reunite unexpectedly because we took shelter from the rain. Thank you for the damn heavy rain! How can we not celebrate our old friends? Boss, add a few more Here’s a dish, let’s have a good drink tonight.”

Humpty Humpty looked very happy, dancing and laughing loudly, the boss was even more happy, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

The man in the suit was taciturn and drank tea silently while holding a teacup. The nouveau riche had a gloomy expression and let the short and fat man play around. The appearance of being virtuous and virtuous.

Humpty Humpty picked up the teacup and said with emotion, "I haven't seen you for 20 years, how are you doing?"

"It's okay." The man in the suit cherished words like gold.

The nouveau riche snorted coldly, but did not answer.

Humpty Humpty didn't mind either, and greeted them for tea cheerfully, as if he was the boss here.

The boss quickly brought out plates of stir-fried vegetables that were delicious in color, fragrance and taste.

A few people were immediately aroused by greed, and they moved their chopsticks one after another, even the upstarts were no exception, and their mouths were full of oil.

While eating, the short fat man ordered the boss to serve the wine. Suddenly, he saw the self-drinking person in the corner, put down his chopsticks and shouted enthusiastically, "Brother, it's boring to drink alone, why don't you come and have a drink with us. There are so many people, there is only atmosphere when drinking.”

Hearing Humpty's words, the nouveau riche and the man in suit stopped their chopsticks at the same time, frowned, and gave Humpty a reproachful look, as if blaming him for meddling, but in the end they didn't make a sound to stop them. I'm a little jealous of Humpty Dumpty.

The guest in the corner was taken aback when he heard the words, and then replied, "That's right, drinking is to enjoy the atmosphere, since my brother warmly invites you, I'd rather be respectful than obedient.

Boss, add a few more dishes and a few more bottles of wine, tonight's account will be mine. "

The boss happily agreed, and went to stir-fry after serving the wine.

The guest kept his back to them just now, and everyone couldn't see his face clearly. When he came, they couldn't help but admire him secretly, especially the girl, who was stunned and almost poured out the wine. cup.

Under some dim lights, a handsome young man walked slowly, with handsome features and a tall and slender figure, just like a star in a movie.

After Yuan Chao was seated, he picked up the wine glass and toasted several people one by one, and said with a smile, "It is fate to meet each other. I have a fate to drink with a few old brothers tonight. I will toast to everyone first."

After all, he drank it all in one gulp, which was very bold.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone is quite familiar with it. Under the effect of alcohol, the atmosphere began to be enthusiastic. Even the arrogant upstart let go a lot. Everyone clinked glasses frequently. After pushing the cups and changing the cups, those who didn't know thought they were old friends who had known each other for more than ten years.

It was still stormy outside the door, but inside the food stall was full of heat.

The short fat man's face was red, his eyes were slightly drunk, he could hardly hold the wine glass steadily, he hooked Yuan Chao's shoulder and yelled indistinctly, "brother, brother, it's too late for me to meet you, I met you tonight Good brother, brother, I am so happy."

"Haha, it's not too late to get to know each other now. I have wine and I'm drunk today. I don't have many friends. Today I hit it off with you, brother. I recognize you as a brother. Everything is in the wine glass. Come on, let's do it!"

Yuan Chao helped the short fat man fill up the wine with a smile, clinked glasses and drank it down.

Humpty Dumpty got carried away after drinking, invited everyone to toast together, and then introduced his two buddies to Yuan Chao, "This guy who smells like copper is called Laohu. Back then, his family was so poor that he often couldn't even afford food. He is very smart, and he is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong! I didn’t expect that after 20 years of absence, the ancestral grave would smoke and make a fortune. It’s really unpredictable, hahaha.”

Hearing Humpty Humpty's introduction, the nouveau riche's face turned livid, veins burst out on the back of his hands, and he was about to explode when he suddenly remembered something.

But he was still puzzled, and suddenly found that the beautiful girl was staring at Yuan Chao obsessively. The anger in his heart couldn't be suppressed immediately, he kicked the girl down, and when he got up, he was beaten violently, causing the girl to scream.

Yuan Chao was stunned, and was about to get up to stop him, but he was stopped by the short fat man, who snorted, reeking of alcohol, "Leave him alone, he is such a pee, he can't kill anyone, just let him vent his anger!
Come on, come on, let me introduce another buddy to you. His name is A Lang, and he is also my brother. I have been playing since I was a child. Don’t look at his dull appearance. In fact, the city is deep. If you have a chance to deal with him in the future, you can Be careful, don't be sold and count the money for him stupidly. "

A Lang, the man in the suit, raised his head and gave Humpty a cold look, and continued drinking without retorting.

Humpty Humpty stood up unsteadily, pointed to his nose and laughed, "Haha, brother, my name is Chen Kai, I work as a teacher in a night school cram school in Kowloon, and I should be the worst among us. When your child wants to study, feel free to come to my brother, I guarantee that you can choose all the famous schools in Xiangjiang~"

Yuan Chao propped his chin with his hands, looked at the three "big brothers" who met by chance with playfulness in his eyes, and the corner of his mouth curled into an arc, gently shaking the wine in the glass, and suddenly remembered an old saying:

There are all kinds of ghosts and monsters in life.