Cat Gu Notes

Mei said, "But I don't know Zhang Zhu, how can I find him?"

Xia Mingruo said: "Don't think about it, go and see Wang Xin and Baozi first."

Today is the intermittent period of the rainy season. The weather is hot and humid. The streets are crowded with people enjoying the shade. The bamboo chairs and stools are so stuffed that they can’t walk. Some adults and children simply sleep on the street. In the middle of the night when the dew is heavy Then I fled home with the mat strips in my hands.

Wang Xin squeezed among these people and borrowed a small bench to sit on. As soon as he saw Xia Mingruo and the others, he ran over and said that he had been waiting for a long time, but it was a pity that he never saw the old man again.

This was also expected, they took Wang Xin to find Leopard, and Leopard reaped a lot, pinning down several old men.

The old men complained and kept begging: "Comrade, young man, let us go, we don't know anything!" "Is it this? No? Can you see clearly? That's this? It's not..."

The uncle said: "Let's let it all go, it's useless if the top traffickers are caught now."

Leopard asked: "Is there a clue behind?"

The uncle nodded, then shook his head: "Whatever, find a place to sleep first."

They were about to sleep on the curb when Wang Xin suddenly said that he knew a good place.So several people followed him to the cinema, climbed in through the broken window at the backstage of the cinema, and walked all the way to the stage.There was a bit of dust on the stage, but it didn't matter, and the curtain was pulled down halfway, so it could be covered and covered for sleeping.

Xia Xiubai said: "It's good here, so I won't be afraid of sudden rain."

Wang Xin said that an old janitor lived in the reception room of the movie theater. He was over 60 and didn't watch the night at all. He slept here every time he came to the city.But there is no wind, a little hot.Xia Xiubai said: "Be patient, when you're away from home, everything will go your way."

The other three are long-term field workers, wishing they could fall asleep in the grave, they didn't realize this problem at all.Xia Mingruo and Leopard shouted in unison: "Hurry up, recharge your batteries!" After shouting, they fell asleep, and after three seconds, they couldn't wake up again.

The uncle barely persisted for a cigarette, muttered "How can I find Zhang Zhu" a few times, and fell asleep.

Xia Xiubai was not so easy to dismiss. He always felt itchy all over his body, suspected that there were bedbugs in the curtain, and then worried that Zhang Zhu would not be found, so he just sat up and thought of a way, and it really reminded him of one.

The next day was the weekend, early in the morning Xia Xiubai was on guard at the corner of the street, handing out [-] cents to every child who passed by, telling them to come back and tell him when they saw Zhang Zhu, and then add another [-] cents.

Xia Xiubai thought, there are only 3 to [-] people living in this small county, which is not as good as a large factory.Since Zhang Zhu is a well-known bum in the county, it is estimated that many people know him.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhu did not escape the vast ocean of the People's War, and soon a dozen or so children lined up to receive the reward, saying that Zhang Zhu was taking a little girl to eat breakfast at the People's Restaurant.

Xia Xiubai quickly pulled up those who were still sleeping, and the children led the way to the restaurant.Xia Mingruo ran in first to explore the wind, and then came out crying.He wiped his tears and said: "I'm eating crab roe dumplings, the most advanced kind, that girl who looks like a black whirlwind also eats crab roe dumplings, it's too bad! I'm a student of a ×× university College students, intellectuals, have never eaten crab roe dumplings in this life! Crab roe dumplings... take a bite... crab roe... small fat meat... soup..."

Xia Xiubai quickly comforted him and said, "Let's go, I'll buy it for you, can Dad buy it for you?" He entered the store and saw that it cost two yuan a basket, he immediately hesitated, "It's so expensive."

Xia Mingruo called out again.

"I'll buy it! I'll buy it! You unlucky boy..."

The uncle reminded with a sinister smile: "Brother Xiubai, don't forget there are three more people here." He slapped his hands on the counter and told the salesperson, "Ten baskets first."

Xia Xiubai covered his face and cried bitterly.

There was a lot of movement on their side, but fortunately there were so many people in the store, Zhang Zhu and his girlfriend didn't pay attention to them.Zhang Zhu was a slender young man, extremely ugly, and he was a perfect match for his girlfriend.

The steamed buns were served quickly, Xia Mingruo bit his mouth full of oil, and said vaguely: "Don't look at him, wait until you finish eating."

His dad asked him, "Is it delicious?"

Xia Mingruo nodded: "It's delicious."

Xia Xiubai pushed the cage in front of him as well: "Eat more."

The uncle asked him: "Why don't you eat?"

Holding the soy milk, he said with the fritters: "At this price, I'm full just looking at it. Alas, it's a strange thing. When I was young, I enjoyed a lot. I didn't know how many bird's nests I ate. I especially like fresh fish from rivers and lakes, such as those from the Yangtze River. Swordfish, whitebait from Taihu Lake, crabs from Yangcheng Lake..."

Xia Mingruo said: "It is the socialist transformation that has been done well."

"Well," Xia Xiubai nodded, "Actually, it's not bad now."

He nodded his son with chopsticks and said, "You should feel happy if you have crab roe dumplings. Do you know that when your mother gave birth to you, there was a famine, and the three of us were in our hometown. At that time, the old family couldn't even eat rice bran. The wild vegetables have also been dug up, and the bark and leaves have been eaten by people. Both your mother and I have registered permanent residence in Beijing and are fleeing from famine. We cannot go to the production team to get work points, let alone occupy the rations of our family. I can go hungry, but How can your mother do it? Then I thought of a way, every day in the middle of the night, I would get up in the river pond to touch mussels, snails, small fish and shrimps, catch whatever there is, and cook soup for your mother when I go home. Your mother can’t finish it. I'll drink again. This has to be done secretly, because the river is also the river of the public, and if it is found out, it will be labeled, and the whole family will have bad luck."

Speaking of the past, he sighed softly: "You said mussels and snails are so cold in nature, how can a pregnant woman eat them? But there is no way, I am even more hungry when I am trapped in Beijing... But things are unpredictable, in fact Those things are all high in protein, not only milk, but also fattening, you see your mother is fat now. In fact, your mother was pretty and slim when she was young, and Sijiucheng is definitely one of the best."

Xia Mingruo said: "Dad, don't brag about it. I've seen pictures of my mother when she was young. She's no thinner than she is now. Besides, would a thin person dare to be called Yang Yuhuan?"

The uncle interrupted their father and son's conversation, pointed to Zhang Zhu and said, "He's leaving, Leopard, follow quickly."

The leopard quickly stuffed the last three steamed buns in the fifth cage into its mouth, and ran out following Zhang Zhu.

"Eat quickly, don't waste it." The uncle urged Xia Mingruo, "Don't worry, no one can escape with leopards around."

The leopard followed Zhang Zhu and his girlfriend for a few streets, and when they reached a place with few people, they suddenly punched Zhang Zhu down with a sideways punch, and then dragged him to a more secluded alley. Seeing that the situation was not right, he screamed and turned around and ran away.

Zhang Zhu hugged his head and shouted: "Don't hit me! Don't hit me! It's none of my business!"

Leopard said: "I haven't even started asking, how do you know it's none of your business."

Zhang Zhu said: "I know what you are going to ask. I have already transferred those two items. I am an ordinary person and dare not keep those items."

At this time, other people also arrived one after another. Xia Mingruo fumbled Zhang Zhu's pocket up and down. Although there were no clues of cultural relics, he actually took out foreign exchange certificates worth more than 2000 yuan.Foreign exchange certificates are rare things. If currency has a say, foreign exchange certificates are at least twice as much as RMB. It is nothing to have 100 yuan in your pocket.

Xia Mingruo stuffed the money back jealously: "If I had known that bastards were so rich, I wouldn't have taken the college entrance examination back then!"

Zhang Zhu shouted: "Aren't you plainclothes? Don't scare me!"

The uncle pressed his face against the wall and kicked him hard in the hollow of his knee: "Tell me, where did you go?"

"Ouch! This...I can't say anything about this, I have already agreed to it."

Hearing the words, the leopard went up and swung his mouth so that half of Zhang Zhu's face was swollen: "Say it!"

"Hey!" Zhang Zhu said crying, covering his face, "I really can't say, this is the rule... Oh, don't hit me! Don't hit me! Big brother, I beg you! It hurts! I I can't stand it!"

Leopard lowered his fist and stared at him.

"But this rule... don't fight!! Brother, it's true. If I say so, they won't let me go."

Leopard sneered, turned to the uncle and said, "Master, some people are just fucking cheap now, and they have to be beaten up to be happy."

The uncle said earnestly: "I told you not to watch too many movies and books. If you watch too much, you will always mistakenly think that you are also unyielding. You should be quicker!"

Leopard rolled up his sleeves excitedly, Zhang Zhu fell to the ground and curled up into a ball crying, his long face covered with tears, sweat and mud, it was already ugly, but now it was unbearable.Xia Xiubai, who had been silent all this time, suddenly sighed softly, and said, "Brother Yuwen, brother Leopard, it's not good for you to do this, it's too rude."

He squatted in front of Zhang Zhu, and said in a much gentler tone than usual: "Little comrade, I apologize to you on behalf of them, you can go."

Xia Mingruo grabbed his arm and shouted exaggeratedly: "Father!"

Xia Xiubai said: "Let him go, he is not a bad person. I don't think the cultural relics can be recovered, so why bother to bully others here."

Zhang Zhu looked up at Xia Xiubai, trembling, his gratitude was beyond words, Xia Xiubai smiled at him.Zhang Zhu quickly got up and said "thank you". Just as he was about to leave, Xia Mingruo suddenly said in a slight but audible voice behind him: "Dad, you are hurting him like this..."

Zhang Zhu stopped, Xia Xiubai said with a happy smile on his face: