Ten Mile Room

The knock on the door from the front building rang for about a minute, followed by a heart-piercing cry, and then disappeared.

"Jiang Gezi! Don't go too far... Point... Point..."

Well, when we encounter something we don’t like, we always have a way, throw it out, throw it out, fly it out... In short, I don’t want to see you, and this old Sanxiang said that he won’t let you in, so you will never think about it came in.

Is it interesting to waste so much spring and autumn pen and ink to render a result?

Wasting time is immoral!

After Guan Qiu'an's screams finally disappeared, Jiang Gezi looked back at Zhou Songchun with a slight smile on his face.

Zhou Songchun drank the old wine with pain on his face, and it took a long time before he said, "Are you not letting me go out?"

Jiang Gezi chuckled, "No one stopped you, did you?"

Zhou Songchun sighed, no matter how far apart he and Guan Qiu'an were, they grew up together when they were young. They shared every memory of growing up, but the time around their parents was not as long as the two of them were together. There is some friendship, It's not about breaking off.

What should he do?

A pile of chicken offal, beef offal, and pork offal were spread out by the old men as appetizers.Young people don't like to eat, and old people are afraid of waste, so they think of ways to pack them up, and serve them whole and fragrant to pass the time with Mr. Pole.

In the eyes of their brothers, Master Gan's knowledge has nothing to do with his age, at least Master Gan can always understand what his brothers are thinking, and he can still speak to the point.

Uncle Duan pointed to the stewed tofu and recommended it with a smile: "Try this, this is the future business of the eldest couple."

Jiang Gezi picked up a piece of stewed tofu and tasted it, then curled his lips and said, "I'm old-fashioned, do you dare to sell this taste?"

Old Duan was stunned for a moment, he took a bite with his chopsticks and chewed for a while and said, "I think it's okay? Everything is enough, it's... pretty delicious?"

Jiang Gezi threw away his chopsticks unceremoniously: "Don't sell it, this is killing the licorice seller, it smells like cough syrup."

Hearing what he said, Uncle Huang went straight to it, grabbed half of a pig's tail and put it in his mouth. He clicked his mouth for a while and said, "This is just to deal with the taste of our street! Well, my grandfather said That's right! It's really not delicious, and it's not that you said you were stingy, you were afraid of everything, you just passed it, it smells like licorice!"

Just as he was talking, Second Wife Duan ran into the house with a depressed face, holding a letter, and through the half-opened partition door, she called out to Jiang Gezi, "Master! I'm causing you some trouble." It’s also my family who didn’t live up to expectations and took a broken project in Changqingshan. No, the higher-ups have the right to give this, saying that they will show it to you no matter what... This is all my family’s work, Minger I asked him to settle the money, if you can't go up and down, if you lose money, you will lose money..."

She walked while talking, and before she finished speaking, she saw the person she didn't want to see behind the door, her old shopkeeper stared at her with big eyes, and cursed at her: " What are you calculating?"

The second sister-in-law never expected that her old shopkeeper was sitting here, and the old man didn't give his daughter-in-law face, so he just opened his mouth and scolded her.

The second sister-in-law was taken aback, and she couldn't bear it right now.

Jiang Gezi saw that the old man's hands under him were trembling, so he patted his thigh and said with a smile, "Hey! What are you talking about? It's a big deal, isn't it just a letter?"

After speaking, he raised his face and smiled, raised his hand to the second sister-in-law and said, "Please trouble sister-in-law, let me see who wrote it for me?"

The second sister-in-law carefully looked at her old shopkeeper, and then remembered the project money on the mountain. She was anxious and ashamed, and burst into tears.

The old Duan's family who lived opposite Jiang Gezi had four daughters-in-law, but they were not the fourth sister-in-law if they were capable.

The fourth sister-in-law is a sloppy person, and she is not very good at calculating accounts. She used to do business. When the neighbors buy things, she doesn't make money from the neighbors. When they get along well, she can give away something for free.

The second brother and wife are smart, and they live a good life. In the past, when something happened, the second elder brother and the second sister-in-law depended on others to help them. They calculated their lives very carefully...

It's not that it's wrong for people to do so.It's just that these two couples are a little not smart, and their calculations are too obvious. Every time they are spotted by others, they lose the reputation of the neighbors.

Of course, it's not a bad guy!They are all ordinary people in the small streets and alleys who are a little tricky in their hearts.

The second sister-in-law won't be here today, Jiang Gezi doesn't even know that his family can still undertake projects on Evergreen Hill?

Yo!This business is a bit big.

He turned back to look at Zhou Songchun, Zhou Songchun spread his hands and said, "How can I cover everything? What to do is not to let people control each other. Guan Qiu'an and I will be with His Highness and say that my people belong to him. That's right."

Speaking of this, Zhou Songchun suddenly felt a little grievance on his face: "Do you know what his nickname is?"

Jiang Gezi shook his head.

Zhou Songchun pointed to himself and said, "I know how to calculate, but people know the current affairs. Do you think I am wronged or not?"

Jiang Gezi burst into laughter, and after laughing, he opened the letter, pulled out the letter paper and was startled, good guy, blood book!

Zhou Songchun originally wanted to have a drink, but he was also stunned when he glanced at it.

It was a thick blood book of seven or eight pages, plus a few reduced copies of the appraisal form. After Jiang Gezi read it back and forth twice, he took a lighter and burned the letter directly.

After burning the letter, he saw that the second sister-in-law was still standing there with a pale face, so he turned back to the second sister-in-law with a smile and said, "Please, sister-in-law, bring me a message back, and you can tell the people over there~ tomorrow!" Send a lawyer over and say... I agree."

Uncle Duan was so impatient, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Grandpa! Wait a minute, what did you promise?"

Jiang Gezi smiled and patted his hand covered with age spots, and comforted him softly, "What are you anxious about? It's not a big deal. I agreed and there is nothing to lose. You can drink yours with peace of mind!"

After he finished speaking, he winked at the second sister-in-law, and the second sister-in-law drifted away with a white face.

The autumn rain finally stopped, and the water on the dripper of the tile was transported to the ground bit by bit, knocking out one after another blisters on the bluestone slabs of the newly paved porch.

After Jiang Gezi drank a few sips of mulled wine, he just felt that life was strange and full of jokes.

If it is true according to what Xing Xuzhuo said, the source of all tragedies is an engineering accident that concealed the quality of the machinery, then six people's lives were piled up in it, and it has become a bloody feud.

But is it really, as the man said, an unjust case?Based on the inspection report he has provided so far, it really can't explain any problems... But it's not without problems, it's just...disgusting.

Duan's!He remembered!

Zhou Songchun carefully looked at Jiang Gezi, and seeing his calm expression, he said, "Can I ask?"

Jiang Gezi was startled by him, and it took him a long time to react and said: "Oh? Oh! I can ask! It's nothing, it's just Xing...Xing Yujuan's funeral, I hope he will take care of it, and I agreed."

Zhou Songchun was a little startled, and was about to say something.

Uncle Duan who was sitting next to him stood up abruptly, and the old man trotted away, stomping on the floor of the living room angrily.

Jiang Gezi sighed helplessly, and hurriedly said to Uncle Huang: "Old Huang, hurry up and pull it back, it's really no big deal! Don't disturb your family because of outsiders..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Uncle Huang said freely: "What am I pulling him for? Those couple don't have a good thing! What the hell! Can't tell the difference between the inside and the outside! He can do whatever he likes." , you don’t care about his family’s affairs, I’m too lazy to learn from you! The boss is simple and honest, the third child is kind, and the fourth child is better than me! The second child and his wife are not a thing! I’ll just ask you In a word, did that guy come to you some time ago?"

Jiang Gezi chuckled and said, "Why, you know?"

"Hey! Call me Uncle anyway. The street is so big, and every household has a shop. This is the truth! Who doesn't agree with you when you take care of the neighbors? Why, huh! I'm not satisfied, but he's a ghost ball After making four ghost balls, you still sublet it out with a backhand? What’s the matter? He’s the only one who’s smart? We’re all fools? Don’t tell me you’re always going to rent it out?”

Jiang Gezi laughed: "Stop this matter, don't mention it! Tomorrow, the old Duan knows that he won't play with you anymore."

Team Leader Xue, who had been silent all the time, interjected leisurely: "Who is playing with him? He is relying on us, and we don't bother to take him! Troublesome stuff, things that don't distinguish between inside and outside, and shameless ...Do you see how well I cooperate with Lao Huang? Besides, I have someone to play with me, and Ming Chuan wanted to take me on a round-the-world tour a few days ago, hum! I'm not even willing to go!"

kindness!You pull!

Jiang Gezi shook his head helplessly, feeling more and more like the aunt who taught the small class in kindergarten, neither coaxing nor threatening.

In fact, it wasn't the second brother Duan and his wife who came to beg, it was just this household that Jiang Gezi subsidized privately.

He's not stupid, it's just that in the first four years, the couple sent their children to taste whatever delicious food they made. The calculation was indeed a calculation, but Jiang Gezi really didn't eat less food from others!

How should I put it, people's hearts are biased, palms are upright and back, why did he want to fix the art books for Fourth Brother Duan and his wife, why did he secretly subsidize the entrance of Brother Duan and his wife?Why do you want to take care of Lao Huang's children and grandchildren to walk with the yamen on behalf of yourself?

Human affection is the most afraid of consumption, so the second brother Duan's family has indeed consumed the last friendship.

Otherwise, what is the old man chasing after?

No one is a fool!

Zhou Songchun sat on the sidelines and listened to Jiang Gezi rambling on with the two old men about what happened in the street.

Don't look at the identical shopfronts in the back streets of the three alleys. It's a university question to put who's house next to whose house.

It's a pity that the surnamed Huang was born with the brains of a think tank and a staff officer, but it's a pity that he was born in this place.

That team leader Xue was not a fuel-efficient lamp, he said he didn't like someone, Jiang Gezi sent him to the corner with great trust.

Don't look at the old man as a blind man, but he managed to replace Jiang Gezi and watch Sanxiang's hearts.

There is also the old duan who ran out just now, that is Jiang Gezi's Mao, whoever commits a little disrespect and plays tricks in Laosanxiang, this old man can lead a group of people to run against each other to death.

However, this is not over yet, in the following time, Zhou Songchun finally knows what it means to have a sky beyond the sky, and someone beyond the human.

After the small banquet in the corridor, Uncle Duan didn't come back.

After Huo An led the people to clean up the place, Uncle Huang took out a notebook from his arms, and flipped through the pages while spitting, and read to Jiang Gezi the new rules of Laosanxiang that they had thought up.

Jiang Gezi's legs were covered with a blanket, and he leaned on two high soft pillows, moistened like a landlord. He was still listening to the report with his eyes closed, half asleep and half awake.

Zhou Songchun looked at him with a little envy, thinking that this is also a job for others, and that is also a job for him?Hey!I don't have such a good assistant who can cover everything.

Uncle Huang looked at the book and read.

"Grandfather, we brothers discussed it. The first item of this new rule is to stagger the business in the back streets of Laosan Lane and our third alley. The other side of Laosan Lane is open during the day with the tourist office. As for In the back street, that’s our own territory, we’ll just hang the lights on at sunset, what do you think?”

Jiang Gezi opened his eyes slightly, nodded and said, "Yes."

Team leader Xue explained in detail: "This is because we don't have so many people, and secondly, we have to take care of it before and after. That's not how business is done. People come all the way, so we will entertain them. Don't be in such a hurry that you can't take care of anything!"

"Well, this one is over."

"Succeed! Then the second one, sir, I have discussed with them, we want to control the passenger flow in Laosan Lane in the future."

Jiang Gezi opened his eyes now, and looked at Uncle Huang with a smile.

Before he could speak, Uncle Duan entered the room with a hurt face, and when he saw someone, he said: "Run too fast, hit a tree! People... people will die with him in the future! Leave me alone!"

These few people saw through and didn't expose it, didn't they just designate to fight with the second child's family, and were scratched by the old lady Duan.

Jiang Gezi was afraid that the old man would be embarrassed, so he didn't look at him, but just looked at Uncle Huang and nodded, "Go on."

"Hey, hey! Let me just say these two things. I went to the airship station, the pier, and the underground king city with a few old shopkeepers. We went to the residential houses under the street and the hotel and the villa. When we were in Changhui County, we received them every day. Tourists can reach 20 people, and when the weather is bad, they will be [-] to [-], my father, this is not a good thing!"

Zhou Songchun was quite happy to hear the number of people, but what did the old man say?Not a good thing?

What does he mean?

Jiang Gezi looked at his old man with bright eyes and said with a smile, "Tell me what you think?"

Uncle Huang looked up at Uncle Duan.

Uncle Duan wiped the wound on his face, gritted his teeth, then took out a small abacus from his bosom, sat there and began to calculate for Jiang Gezi.

"Grandpa, there are a lot of tourists here, and the traffic is heavy from the street, but this is not for business, this is for the country people to release ducks, drive out hundreds of them, and stay wherever they go. It doesn’t matter whether you eat well or not, just swing your club when it’s time to go! Our ancestors in Laosanxiang have dozens of generations of businessmen. When this old customer enters the house, they can take away 150 yuan. Wen, this business is not done right... You see, let's count as [-] passengers in a group, [-] Wen for three days in a chartered car, and [-] Wen for meals per day..."

The air was filled with the clacking of abacus beads, Uncle Duan's accounting was complete, and he counted all the money for going to the public toilet.

Leader Xue snorted and said, "Is it just for fun when the old customers come? It's a race for life! I heard that no one is satisfied, and they still want to return customers? The group of wastes raised by the Yamen are a group of big fools !!"

The idiot Zhou Songchun choked on the water and coughed hard.

The old men had a lot of opinions, so they complained on the sidelines.

"As soon as the airship station came out of the gate, I let people jump and play. I entered the inn in a hurry, put my luggage in the car, and let people get on the car without even taking a sip of water. They were dragged to the underground king city in a hurry, and continued to punish people for walking. ? Are you raising old customers to participate in the global competition and come to Laojie for training?"

"Hey!"

"A bunch of unscrupulous bastards, those little bastards from other places are full of nonsense, and they are still cheating! It's worth it. They dare to blackmail people for five hundred yuan for a chartered car!"

"Humph!"

"The eight doors given by the ancestors have been opened since ancient times. This is not the way to do business! Let alone other things in Changhui County, there are 65 ancestral restaurants. Who do you think is still doing banquets now? Hey! Don't talk about banquets, wedding banquets are not accepted! They have changed to selling boxed lunches of 20 yuan. It is good to see that the business of thousands of boxes is good, but one day the reputation of this old street will be ruined, let alone [-]. , the two thousand old customers don’t have a moment, so let’s all cry!!”

"kindness!"

'"So our brothers and I discussed that from now on, Laosanxiang will not follow the outside. Our daily passenger flow here is 20, only [-] are entertained, and [-] are also on holidays! You can have [-] or [-]. , we don’t care about it! We like to treat [-] old customers properly, such a big city, people from tens of thousands of miles will come to take care of your business... Thank you, that’s nonsense, but you always have to give people something to think about No head? What do you say, sir?"

Jiang Gezi opened his eyes, yawned and nodded, "Well, that's the reason, so be it! What about the back street of Sanxiang?"

Uncle Huang, dripping with saliva, turned a page of the book and continued: "Grandfather, this back street... we only have this place, and we said in private that we don't like old customers going ashore, so we thought of a way, listen to me." .”

Jiang Gezi glanced sideways at Zhou Songchun, who was thinking seriously, and nodded with a smile, "En! Then tell me, and I'll listen."

"That's right, the old neighbors in North Street and South Street have lost their livelihood. They are not lucky enough to be a leader like you. Uncle's waist is not strong, so the ancestral property has not been kept.

Then we thought, we are eating meat!The soup is also worth a bite, isn't it, let them raise funds to buy two thousand boats that passed by, and we won't be able to go ashore in the future, so let's take a few more steps to make a living on the shore, what do you think? "

When Jiang Gezi heard this, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, and thought it was quite interesting. The water surface of Qianqian River is very wide now, and five boats can go parallel. If it is like Venice...it is also interesting.

However, the Qianqian River has just been restored, so many customers are shopping, eating and drinking on the water, the pollution problem is a big problem, and there is also the problem of going to the toilet... In short, it is very trivial if the guests don't go ashore.

Thinking of this, he raised his foot and kicked Zhou Songchun in the back.

Zhou Songchun looked at Jiang Gezi, Jiang Gezi glanced at him, then pointed at Uncle Huang and raised his eyebrows.

Who are these people!When you don't want to talk to yourself, you are just a decoration.He didn't have a good attitude even if he wanted to ask himself, so he went straight to it.

Zhou Songchun nodded sullenly and said: "Understood, I understand. Tomorrow, I will ask the tourism office to come over to meet, and you can discuss it yourself..."

I just don't promise what I can do, and I am willing to give away a city for nothing.

Stop being such a disgusting person.

Not to mention that Jiang Gezi set new rules in Laosanxiang.

However, at this moment, the outer wall of the cold storage where the corpses are stored in the legal office of Changhui County.

A group of middle-aged men dressed in black were standing in the back alley.

And Xing Xuzhuo, who was thin and embarrassed, was wearing a set of crumpled black clothes, sitting cross-legged against the outer wall of the mortuary, his eyes were empty into the burnt paper basin in front of him. paper money.

For two months, he came and left every morning and evening.

When you come, just burn the paper money here silently.

The black paper butterfly in the basin was flying, but Xing Xuzhuo didn't see it, but Xing Yujuan's ghost was sitting on the wall not far from him.

At this moment, Xing Yujuan was wearing a peach-red jacket and looking at her younger brother expressionlessly. She was still humming an old song, but living people couldn't hear it.

"The spring rain is heavy... the rain is falling, my sister is embroidering flowers on her back, the cotton thread is red, the cotton thread is flowery, embroidered with a heart, the hair is black... the hair is long, and the silver hairpin is on the plug..."

A Panneng car hurriedly stopped on the side of the road.The chubby Guan Qiuan ran out of the car without waiting for his attendants, and because he was running so fast, he even fell down.

He staggered all the way to the front of Xing Xuzhuo, looking at his lover who was in such a distressed figure, his heart was broken with pain.

Xing Xuzhuo stood up blankly and looked straight at Guan Qiu'an.

Guan Qiuan forced a smile on his chubby face and said, "They agreed!"

Xing Xuzhuo's eyes lit up, he looked at Guan Qiu'an in disbelief and asked, "Yes?"

Guan Qiu'an nodded vigorously and said, "En! Yes! It's fine to send a lawyer to hand over tomorrow, Xu..."

He wanted to say congratulations, but it was nothing more than asking for permission to bury the dead after going through all kinds of hardships.

Xing Xuzhuo's feet were soft, Guan Qiu'an hugged him distressedly, and comforted him by holding his waist: "Xu, don't be sad... I will buy the best cemetery for your sister, don't worry, I will also invite ancient witches for her." Make the biggest altar..."

Xing Xuzhuo turned his head to look at the morgue with a wry smile on his face, and it took him a long time before he whispered softly with trembling lips: "Sister..."

Xing Yujuan flew over from the wall on one side, and after circling Xing Xuzhuo twice, she gently touched his hair and sighed: "Sister is gone... Xu, I don't like you very much, and I can't hate you anymore." ..."

"The spring rain is heavy, the rain is falling, my brother, my brother will grow up soon..."