"Grandpa, how did you know Fifth Master Qiao?" asked Su Mu.

He only remembered that at a very young age, he had seen the wealthy old man come to his house with many gifts.

Later, as I grew older, I learned that the man my grandfather called the fifth man was an out-and-out multimillionaire, the kind of real rich man who bought a big villa in Beverly Hills in the seventies.

Qiao Wuye opened a transportation company, and now Li Ping'an's father works under him, and he has also invested in other businesses, and he is one of the few famous people in Chinatown.

Black and white is the real reason for fame, fame in Los Angeles Chinatown, more than Wang An, who is among the world's top ten richest people, everyone has to call a five-master, sometimes you can see a white Rolls-Royce silver spirit from the street, there is only a number "5" on the license plate, that is his car.

Although he didn't want to think so, Su Mu still felt in his heart that the difference in status between his grandfather and Fifth Master Qiao was too far, and there should be no intersection.

Old man Su was in a good mood today, and he ate another mouthful of tofu milk, and then drank a big mouthful of sticky white porridge.

The taste of red tofu is very stinky, but he loves to eat it very much, when he was a child, the family conditions were not good, and he mixed tofu with the seasoning of the meal, and over time he liked it, and now he can occasionally see the vendors in Chinatown, carrying iron buckets full of tofu milk to sell.

Then he told Su Mu: "When I was a child, he was also young. At the beginning, there were seven children in his family, half of the eldest child ate the poor old man, and the Qiao family had no money to buy food, so they bought expired bread from the bakery. ”

The old man's expression was a little emotional, probably thinking of his childhood days, and his tone was calm: "Black bread tastes as hard as a brick, and you have to soak it in water to swallow it."

Your great-grandfather, my father, gave his father some money when he borrowed money, and later went to his house to deliver bags of rice. At that time, there was still a war, and no one had a hard time, this kindness was remembered by the brothers of the Qiao family, and that was it. ”

"My great-grandfather is their family's life-saver?" Su Mu became interested and continued to ask: "Later, why didn't I take you to earn it with me after I got rich, otherwise our family would also live in a mansion." ”

"You kid......"

Old man Su shook his head and scolded with a smile, put down the bowl and began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, during which he continued to tell Su Mu: "It's not that you've come to our house several times, the things you bring are very valuable, don't think I don't know, he stuffed you with two hundred dollars of pocket money before leaving." ”

Su Mu was embarrassed, nodded and said that there was indeed such a thing, I thought that God was unaware, but I didn't think that it was remembered by my grandfather.

Old man Su's voice then came: "The favor has long been repaid, you can come to our house to see, it is already affectionate and righteous, we have food and drink at home, what do you want someone to help do?"

What's more, the elder generation has a relationship, and the two families will not move around when I am the time, your fifth master did not do a serious job back then, and went to prison for two years, fortunately, he washed his hands in time and went ashore, otherwise the result is really difficult to say.

If it weren't for you getting into trouble this time, I wouldn't have found him, and when I went out to buy something later, there must be a ...... of etiquette."

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Two bottles of Wuliangye, a Chinese cigarette, and some fruits.

The price of tobacco and alcohol is not low, there is no way to do it in this era, and there is no "Chinese" brand of cigarettes on the market, before it was used as a special cigarette and a gift to entertain foreign guests, it has long been famous, that is, it can only be bought on the market in recent years, a piece of more than 400 US dollars, the price has been speculated!

There is no way, the annual output is only a few thousand boxes, considering the huge number of Chinese, it is normal for the price to remain high, and it is mainly used for gifts.

In the '80s, there were still many smokers in the United States, and people thought it was just like coffee, a good thing to refresh the mind and relieve stress, and there were tobacco sales advertisements on television.

The white-collar workers who worked overtime smoked one after another, and in the end, many people died inexplicably, and the science of tobacco harm has not yet spread on a large scale, not only Chinese, but also whites and blacks like to use tobacco as gifts.

Su Mu didn't expect that the old man was so willing to spend money today, his half-month's salary was lost all of a sudden, and he complained with something in his hand: "This is too expensive, isn't it already good to have a hundred dollars of cigarettes?"

"I feel sorry for Lao Tzu, it's all your fault!

If you didn't cause trouble, how could I ask your fifth master to help, and you don't have to buy anything now.

I usually think it's expensive for two knives and a pack, so I finally bought a good cigarette, but unfortunately I can only smell it through the box. ”

Old man Su's face was full of melancholy, and he was sure that he was distressed, but he thought it was necessary.

In the past, Qiao Wu also brought good things to their house, if the old man fooled him at will, he would lose face, and things involving face were big things for the vast majority of Chinese.

Especially the older generation of Chinese, this is very important, and it is not a particularly expensive gift, but it is already the limit of what Old Man Su can afford, and half a month's salary is taken out.

"How can this be considered troublesome, I'm helping others, even if you don't help, I should be able to handle it. Su Mu retorted.

In Su Mu's generation, the American social atmosphere has deeply affected him, and he feels that his old man preparing such an expensive gift is actually very unnecessary, purely to slap his swollen face and become fat.

Suddenly, it occurred to me that a classmate who had just immigrated to the United States from Xiangjiang had told them during a casual conversation that most of their monthly income was used as gift money, just for interpersonal exchanges, and that they could get it back in the future anyway.

Thinking of the expenses in the process of preparing for a birthday banquet or wedding, Su Mu felt that it was strange to be able to recover them all, and the most profitable should be restaurants and vegetable markets.

It is said that there are still some families who are so shameless that they accept gifts for any happy event and funeral, and take this opportunity to make money, at that time he wondered, why do you want to associate with such a person, there is really no need to continue to contribute money.

Chinese people, who are not wealthy, seem to care more about face than money when they encounter the word "face......

Su Mu is rich now, and he doesn't care about this little problem, but the two generations have different concepts, which has caused a small generation gap, and the age difference between the two generations is huge, and it is normal to have a generation gap.

After walking along the street for about twenty minutes, not long after taking a shower, Su Mu sweated again and came to a company called "Fengshun Transportation".

At a glance, dozens of large trucks are parked in the parking lot, and the small white building next to it is quite magnificent.

In the past few years, construction has been going on all over the country, and officials have tried to increase infrastructure to save the economy, but unfortunately the results have not been very good, and the transportation companies have taken the opportunity to make a lot of money, and these trucks are needed for sand, gravel, cement, etc.

There were young men in short sleeves walking by, with bells and whistles tattoos on their arms, and a fat man who had just finished dinner, with no clothes on his upper body and a dragon tattoo on his back.

Guessing that these are not serious people, Su Mu thoughtless to himself, the mafia in "The Godfather" is obviously so cool, it can only be said that the reality is too cruel......