Ten Mile Room

The old-fashioned restaurant at noon, the business is different from the usual booming, the old old TV is playing the news channel, and the crowds of middle-class people are performing human tragedies on the screen, and four or five middle-aged people in shirts are performing drunk Afterwards, the octopus dances into the pot.

Judging by their expressions, they have become intoxicated and floated like immortals in the sky, and it seems that there is no room for them in the world.

This is a private house facing the street, it was cut in half, more than a dozen tabletops were placed on one half, and a small half was divided into a visible kitchen.

Boiling soybean oil in the air is mixed with the aroma of at least [-] kinds of ingredients. Diners sit around the narrow wine table, and the clinking sound of the bottom of the hot iron pot is like some kind of pleasant beat rhythm, making this the highest consumption. Banguan's small restaurant is full of warmth in the world.

Of course, apart from those fairies, there was also a sad customer curled up in the corner of the restaurant, eating a wretched pile of pitiful fried peanuts and drinking the cheapest old wine glass by glass.

Occasionally this one looked up and could see clear tear stains on his face.

It was a very unusual day. Shi Mei, a highly educated girl from the old street, brought three well-dressed and very decent-looking outsiders into the restaurant.

Especially the one in the middle, the collective wages of the small restaurant, this God-cared-for appearance is that you don’t need to work, and you can get a full pot with a job on the street.

The girl Shimei who brought someone here was a little shy when she was seen by the neighbors. While suppressing her restless heart, she said that I am a local girl full of human atmosphere, and I just sympathize with you in the Golden Palace when I invite you to dinner. Eating a sausage is not easy, you must have never seen the real world, I just show you a different world from before.

But the real situation is that Miss Shimei regards this experience as an opportunity on the road to growth.

Yes, this is an opportunity to change destiny.

No one wants nothing, and those who want nothing are fabricated dreams written blindly in books and on the screen.

And after entering the small restaurant, Jiang Gezi, who was stared at in a daze, looked around curiously.

The fat girl next to him sold him as a "wonderful" life experience taking him to wait in line for a table.

Come on, it's not like he hasn't lined up before, so what's so rare about it?

Of course, the attitude of Zhongzhou people is really interesting to him.The people here are quite respectable. The diners who come and go are called by their names. When the younger generation sees the elders, regardless of their clothes, they always bow their heads and give ancient courtesy. Their attitude is extremely polite and respectful. With an unconscious arrogance.

Jiang Gezi thought to himself, oh, this is the old street in Zhongzhou, it seems to be different from my Laosanxiang.

People from Laosanxiang are not as confident as people from Zhongzhou City, and they are not so particular about it.He also understands how this kind of atmosphere is formed. The people in Huangchenggen are the same wherever they go. Although the people here are the low-level common people in Zhongzhou City, they share a river and a piece of land with the emperor.

Miss Shi Mei took her own handkerchief and wiped the tables and stools vigorously, and even scalded the simple tea sets for diners on the table three times with boiling hot water.

They sat down and watched Miss Shi Mei bustling around. In fact, Jiang Gezi didn't know what state of mind she was in, so she followed this fat girl, Shi Mei, to have a meal of "never eaten" folk flavors.

The strange face was brought by Miss Shi Mei to the small restaurant she often visited, which immediately caused a commotion.

The proprietress who was collecting the money shouted to Shi Mei with an undisguised loud voice: "Shi Mei! Who is this? Is this a boyfriend you found at school? Ah, speaking of which, you are not young. The last time I talked to your mother Chatting on the street, she is still worried about you, for fear that you will not be able to make a contract. Speaking of which, you will be 22 this year, right? If you don’t look for it, there will be no young man waiting for you in the street. You said that you have studied so many books, and you are delayed. How good is it that you don’t even have a male friend at the age of bond formation?”

There was bursts of collective laughter in the small restaurant.

"You, what are you talking about!"

Miss Shi Mei scolded, and then returned to the table with a few plates of small dishes in a four-inch plate with a flushed face, and said to Jiang Gezi with some embarrassment: "You~you don't mind, people here~ Uh, it’s all like this, this!~ This is what folks really look like.”

Speaking of this, she lowered her voice and said to Jiang Gezi with a somewhat pleasing tone: "You must have never seen it?"

Jiang Gezi smiled at her awkwardly, lowered his head and began to look at the traditional side dishes with Zhongzhou characteristics in front of him.

Spicy diced bamboo shoots, spicy dried fish, bean sprouts in spicy sauce...he had never seen the momentum of beating the spicy sauce seller to death.

But this gossip, his Laosanxiang is much more serious than this.

Not long after, the fat girl Shimei came to the table with an original cast iron cauldron.

With a dull bang, Jiang Gezi saw the gurgling of the iron pan, boiling fish, chicken, ribs, potatoes, and white radish with wide vermicelli. There was still a lot of spicy sauce, and the gurgling came out The taste is filled with a taste of watercress.

This is... really beneficial, and it smells pretty good, but the container is a bit exaggerated.

Jiang Gezi looked at Tang Ling who was sitting next to him, and Tang Ling suppressed a smile and said to Jiang Gezi, "Sir, this is a traditional home-cooked vegetable stew in Zhongzhou, a folk New Year's dish in ancient times, and it tastes pretty good~" , you can try it."

Shi Mei, who had already sat down, looked at Jiang Gezi with bright eyes, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes! You have a taste, I'm not bragging to you, this taste is right, It’s no worse than the big restaurants on Tianjie.”

In fact, in Miss Shi Mei's previous life, she had never tried any restaurant on Tianjie.

Jiang Gezi nodded, picked up the chopsticks and put a small piece of the right size into his mouth. The smell of hot meat accompanied by the sincerity of the sauce began to flow around on his tongue.

It tastes like that, actually.

Jiang Gezi's tongue has eaten good food now, and it has a higher pursuit of taste when it has a comparison. It seems that it has a mediocre reaction to such affordable big pot dishes.

Although this is a very affordable big pot of meat.

After chewing, Jiang Gezi gave Shi Mei a thumbs up out of politeness.

Suddenly there was a proud laughter with a sense of being so true.

Miss Shi Mei's face suddenly turned into a smile.

The glass door of the small restaurant was pushed open again, and a group of middle-aged people rushed into the room, shouting as soon as they entered: "Madam proprietress, hurry up! Hurry up! Today I want a large mixed pot of old wine, and a double serving of medium ribs." Son!"

The business is good, the wrinkled face of the proprietress turned into a big red enthusiastic bow with a smile.

Jiang Gezi looked at those people curiously. After they collectively occupied a table and sat down, he asked Shi Mei curiously: "Is this~ something good happened?"

Along the way, there is an old street, and most of the happy people occupy it.

This is a completely different world from the human tragedies they saw on the video screen.

Shi Mei enthusiastically gave Jiang Gezi a meat head with a huge cockscomb, and said in a good mood: "Yes, everyone is very happy today! Don't you know? Shanglian Bank is bankrupt, so we don't have to pay back the money." Got a loan!"

Speaking of this, Miss Shi Mei pointed to the box she bought next to her, and said with sadness in her eyes: "It seems that I have lived my whole life, and I am just waiting for this moment~ Do you know that my first pair of genuine leather shoes , or the old shoes my sisters replaced, there are six sisters in my family, and I have never worn new shoes before today!"

What Miss Shi Mei said was cautious, but when she saw Jiang Gezi's calm expression, she added another layer of sadness and continued:

"This is not to complain to you, but to win your sympathy. In fact, most of the children in Laojie grew up like this. A new piece of clothing is worn out and the small one is worn out. There are four children in my family who are receiving higher education!

I have been taking out loans since I was in secondary education. Although I have obtained primary qualifications and successfully applied for a job, I will start repaying my debts next month. That is a 20-year student loan! , the bank is bankrupt, you know?I spent a full five guan today!These are ladies' cosmetics, Luanfeng's coat, suit, and Limei's leather shoes, I have never been so rich when I grow up..."

She snapped her fingers and showed off piously, but Qi Ren, who was sitting on the side and pretending to be transparent, choked a mouthful of rice in his trachea before he finished listening, and suddenly coughed violently.

Jiang Gezi was taken aback when she heard this, the fat girl's scheming couldn't be concealed, but he wouldn't hate this kind of scheming, he just waited until Qi Ren finished coughing before kindly reminding the girl to come : "Don't you know?"

Miss Shi Mei, who was scrambling to pat Qi Ren on the back while holding a tissue, was taken aback for a moment.

Jiang Gezi looked around, and there was a lot of noise around him. In the end, he could only raise his voice to: "Even if the bank goes bankrupt, the Supreme Banking Regulatory Commission will hand over the loan procedures to the designated bank when the debt relationship is being cleaned up, so regardless of whether the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce Whether it’s a bank or any of the royal banks, their bankruptcy has nothing to do with your loan, you should still pay it!”

Jiang Gezi had a good memory. In his spare time, he would read some books recommended by Lian Yanzi, such as those related to law and history.

He didn't even think that the superficial knowledge that everyone should understand would be used here.

But following his loud explanation, the small restaurant suddenly became quiet, and the girl Shi Mei across from her was hit hard. She looked at Jiang Gezi mechanically, and Jiang Gezi nodded regretfully.

She mechanically looked at the pile of things she bought, and at those flying fairies who seemed to have pressed the stop button.

"Loan... the loan still has to be paid?"

"Yes! You have to pay, and you have to pay even a penny."

"But...but haven't all the banks gone bankrupt?"

"That's the bank's business, it has nothing to do with your loan."

There was an oppressive silence all around, and finally an uncle sitting in the corner of the room rushed over breathing heavily. He wanted to come over and grab Jiang Gezi's skirt, and threaten this brat with his strong figure, so that He took back the bullshit law he just said.

However, he hadn't reached Jiang Gezi before, when he stumbled under his inexplicable feet, and the moment he fell forward, he grabbed the corner of the tablecloth beside him for balance, but all this was a struggle for no reason, as the dishes moved With the sound of landing, the silence in the room immediately rose to an octave.

Tang Ling wiped his mouth innocently, shrugged regretfully at Jiang Gezi and said in a low voice, "Sir, why are you saying this?"

Are you a devil? Everyone is happy, and sooner or later you have to know. Why do you bother to spoil the fun?

Jiang Gezi shook his head innocently. He watched those people swarm up to help the uncle up. Fortunately, half of the pot of miscellaneous food over there had been eaten, and the temperature was not so hot anymore.

The atmosphere in the restaurant is no longer gloomy, those Fei Xianer are no longer tossing, and the decadent people sitting in the corner crying are no longer depressed.

They just stared at Jiang Gezi, hoping to observe a few flowers in his eyes.

The proprietress standing behind the cashier turned around, and she walked up to Jiang Gezi and asked, "I mean boy? Are you a student of law?"

Jiang Gezi was taken aback when he heard the words, he looked at Shi Mei, then at the surroundings, and finally he lied.

He was still wondering why the atmosphere in this old street was so different. After a long time of commotion, these people thought they didn't have to repay the loan?

If they continue to consume excessively according to their unscrupulous waste, someone must hang themselves this year!

Forget it, if you study law, you should study law, he nodded at the proprietress with certainty.

Miss Shi Mei's eyes are staring round and round at the moment. Didn't she mean that she is the king of some noble?

The proprietress's expression turned pale, and she said again with a certainty as if she was dying: "You, you are still a student, right?"

Jiang Gezi nodded and said: "Well, although it is so, the financial law has always been like this. In order to make up for the loopholes in the financial system, it has never been reduced. It doesn’t matter if you have to pay or pay. The only good news I can tell you is that the Banking Regulatory Commission needs to consume some time during the process of handling bankrupt bank accounts, so you will probably have three to six months. I received a reminder from the bank, and during this period, your loan will not bear interest."

The people in the small restaurant looked at each other, and the emotions of the little people always came and went in a hurry.

It was just tens of seconds of silence, when suddenly someone looked up to the sky and yelled: "Ha! So it's still half a year... Let me just say, how could those damned bankers be fools! Ma'am, let's have another pot! Miscellaneous, if you want a big portion, put it on the bastard's account! What bad luck, man, where did you fall? Why did you fall here..."

They suddenly regained their vitality, eating and drinking together again became lively.

Jiang Gezi looked at Miss Shi Mei full of doubts, but the girl also had a revived expression on her face, and patted her chest and said, "Alright, there's still half a year left, I'm really scared to death, half a year is half a year , Borrowing money for half a year in vain is considered good news."

After finishing speaking, she ran back to the vegetable outlet, ordered a bowl of warm miso soup, turned over and poured it into the pot.

For these small people, they can get their bills six months later, which is also a profit.

In fact, everyone has a feeling in their hearts, how can there be such a good thing as a pie falling from the sky, now that someone exposes this incident, they accept it naturally, life has always been like this, as long as it doesn't happen in front of your eyes , then you can survive.

Miss Shi Mei continued her work. While waving her chopsticks to entertain distinguished guests, she praised Jiang Gezi with all her strength and said, "You are amazing. You are really different from those old ladies who hold dances all day long and wear body-shaping belts..."

However, before she finished speaking, a middle-aged man stood up from the corner of the small restaurant, he came to the table in a few steps, first smiled politely at Jiang Gezi, and then shouted at the proprietress: "Madam proprietress! I have invited this table!"

Jiang Gezi was taken aback when he heard this, and first looked him up and down.

This man is in his early thirties, with simple and honest features. He wears a crumpled dark gray formal suit popular in business circles. From the pomade on his head, it can be deduced that this person's life is better than the neighbors around him who rely on coolies to repay their loans. on a lot.

Ever since Jiang Gezi and the others entered the small restaurant, this man was acting decadent in the corner, even crying.

But now, he rushed over to invite Jiang Gezi's guests, which was interesting.

Miss Shi Mei stood up and refused this man with a panicked expression: "Brother Xianrong, no~ no need, no need, how can I let you treat me."

However, the proprietress who returned to the cashier poked her head and smiled and shouted: "Shi Mei, let him invite you! It costs five pennies to see a lawyer and just write a complaint for you. It's only a few dollars for a pot of handyman. I Speaking of Xianrong, I still have high-quality sea cucumbers and senbei in my refrigerator, do you want to add a few more?"

This man named Xianrong is obviously a high-ranking customer, he waved his big hand and said: "Bring them up."

In the kitchen, the chef yelled "Okay!"

And this gentleman named Xianrong naturally pushed Tang Ling away with his butt, and sat next to Jiang Gezi.

He also took out an elegant copper business card case from his bosom, took out a bronzing business card, handed it to Jiang Gezi with both hands and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, my surname is Zhang, and my name is Xianrong. Now I opened a family with someone on Wanshan South Road." For a small travel company, my family and Shi Mei's family are old friends, and we have been familiar with each other for three generations."

Shi Mei looked at this, and looked at Jiang Gezi nervously. She had a lot to say, but she couldn't say it. In the end, she could only look at Jiang Gezi pitifully. This, this is my brother Xianrong, you, don't mind, he, he is the most promising person in our old street."

Jiang Gezi took the business card, glanced at it casually, put it on the table with a light smile and said, "What? Is there a deposit in the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce?"

Zhang Xianrong shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Uh, yes! In fact, my hundred years is really nothing important. As you can see, this old street is not rich, and it is not easy to climb out.

Compared with my neighbors, I was lucky. As soon as I got the aptitude, I met a good time. I opened a travel company with a senior with a background. Last year, I happened to encounter the tourism boom in Sanchang County. social relations, we contracted a line for a nursing home..."

Jiang Gezi raised his eyebrows strangely. When he heard that someone had made money in Sanchang County, he felt inexplicably happy.

The unlucky guy next to him is still nagging: "I haven't clenched the silver in my hand, and I have encountered such a thing. Do you think you are worried about others? My own money is nothing. But the money in Kyushu Commercial Bank is an advance payment from passengers, we will definitely face a lawsuit tomorrow!"

He scratched his hair full of wax with his hands in distress, and his expression became more and more downcast.

At this time, on the TV screen diagonally above, someone suddenly pulled out a knife and rushed into the crowd shouting: "If you can't survive, let's die together!!"