Chapter 19: The Gift of the Beard
Due to a good rest last night, Xu Chen got up early this morning. Before seven o'clock in the morning, he went downstairs to the restaurant and finished breakfast.
When I passed by the main desk, I renewed my room fee for another day. Since the bank was not open, in order to prevent theft, he temporarily deposited the more than 50,000 yuan he earned yesterday at the hotel reception.
The little sister of the main station was startled when she saw Xu Chen take out so much cash at once.
After all, electronic means of payment are so convenient nowadays that few people carry so much cash with them. The little sister saw that Xu Chen was always wearing a straw hat, and eighty percent thought that he was a farmer brother who came from the countryside to the city to do business.
The farmer's money is hard-won, and it's all hard-earned money. The little girl was afraid that something would go wrong, so she didn't dare to handle it, so she quickly reported the matter to the manager on duty.
After the manager went downstairs, he also attached great importance to this matter and was very cautious.
In front of Xu Chen, he checked the money three times, and after both parties confirmed that the amount was correct, he wrote a very formal deposit note. It not only clearly indicates the amount of the money, but also the storage time, Xu Chen's identity information, and contact number.
After saving the money, Xu Chen returned to the guest room and simply cleaned up the room, then picked up the plastic bag where the line was placed and went downstairs from the elevator. I stopped a taxi at the door of the hotel and hurried to the west of the city.
Xu Chen's express hotel is located on Xinlin Road, not far from the west wall of the city, which is seven or eight minutes' drive. Choosing this place yesterday is because of the advantage that this place is not far from the root of the big wall.
Yesterday morning, I suffered a loss of experience, I went late, and I couldn't occupy the most ideal position in my heart, until now, Xu Chen is still angry.
Because of this, he deliberately got up early this morning. The heart said that this place was close to the root of the big wall, and there was no traffic jam at this time, and it was so early that it could be said that it was connected to three insurances. If this is the case, if you can't occupy that land, then you can only point to the heavens and the gods are unfair!
The journey was very smooth, and in less than ten minutes, the taxi took Xu Chen to the base of the wall. But before he got out of the car, he saw through the window the figures of a dozen colleagues and seven or eight idlers appearing under the plane tree.
"I'm going, are these guys crazy? they're all here so early!"
Xu Chen paid the fare, blackened his face, and got out of the car with a plastic bag.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
As soon as Xu Chen stepped out of the car door, a customer who begged him yesterday to count his lost property rushed to greet him.
"Master Xu, I can be regarded as looking forward to you!"
As soon as the man shouted, the crowd followed suit. Hu Zi and Zhao Zhicheng were also inside.
"Master Xu, you can count it! You don't even know ...... yesterday."
The customer held Xu Chen's hand tightly with both hands, and complained: "Yesterday we waited for you here for an afternoon, and waited until more than eight o'clock in the evening. When I call you, you always turn off your phone, and you don't reply to your messages. No, today I have a few friends with me, and I will be waiting for you here before dawn. Master Xu, for the sake of me waiting for you for so long, you have to give these friends to me today no matter what. ”
Although the customer's words were urgent, there was no intention of complaining about Xu Chen. Yes, it's just anxious, disappointed, and expectant.
"I was supposed to come yesterday afternoon, but there was something happening. ”
Xu Chen replied unhurriedly, and didn't explain too much about yesterday's events.
"Brother Xu, you're here! Come, I'll help you get the bag." ”
Seeing Xu Chen arrive, Hu Zi stepped over in a few steps, stretched out his hand, and wanted to carry the plastic bag for Xu Chen.
Xu Chen sighed, and was about to hand the bag to Hu Zi, when Zhao Zhicheng suddenly jumped over coldly, "Give it to me, Brother Xu, I'll help you get it." ”
As he spoke, he snatched it in his hand as it was about to touch the bag. Then, he stood beside Xu Chen with his head bowed, and asked questions very enthusiastically.
Seeing this, Hu Zi neither got angry nor paid much attention to it, he said to Xu Chen as he walked: "We made a decision yesterday afternoon, and anyone who eats our bowl of rice under the root of the big wall must come early this morning." ”
"Come early, why don't you come early?"
Xu Chen was stunned for a moment and asked suspiciously. He looked at his left and right sides, and found that those peers from yesterday were really here.
"Hey, I'm coming to meet you!"
Hu Zi smiled heartily, walked side by side with Xu Chen, and said as he walked: "In our business, you don't see the respectful and respectful people who usually come to ask for hexagrams, but in fact, after others, they don't look down on us at all." They are all secretly saying that we are liars and gods, of course, this is not false, our business is originally nine points false, one point true.
And Brother Xu, you are different! You are very true, and there is no falsehood!
To tell you the truth, since yesterday I saw so many people vying to almost break their heads to beg you, I will convince you in my heart! Convince you, not of your ability to count lost property, but of convincing you to give these brothers under the big wall a face! With you, our waist pole has also become stronger!"
While talking, the group came to the foot of the tung tree.
Hu Zi raised his hand, pointed to the empty space on the east and west sides of the empty wall under the root of the big wall, and signaled: "Ah, Brother Xu, look, the positions are all vacant, you can choose a place now! If you don't choose, absolutely no one will dare to take it. Moreover, we all said that no matter where your stall is, no one can get too close to you. At least, on the left and right sides, give you fifteen meters. Because you have a lot of customers, it's so convenient. ”
Listening to Hu Zi's words and looking at the empty wall, Xu Chen was suddenly a little overwhelmed.
He thought, today's incident was definitely Beard's idea. After all, under the root of the big wall, no one dares to mess with him. No one would do that except for him to take the lead in organizing the call.
Xu Chen looked at the place not far away that he wanted to occupy in advance yesterday, but because he came late, he couldn't occupy the ideal position, so he made his beard like this, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
So, after a moment's hesitation, he said, "I don't have to choose, I'll just be where I was yesterday." ”
As he spoke, he looked at the crowd and said, "Also, you don't have to be so far away from me. Everyone is a peer, and I'm not here to compete with you for jobs. I'm just proficient in counting lost property, and other things like marriage, numerology, future, fortune, etc., my master didn't teach me much, and I don't know much about it.
And you're not like me, you're all all-in. As for me, I'm just a little more skilled than everyone else in the calculation of lost property. So, we basically don't have much competition. That's it, everyone is gone, what should be busy. As for me, I still went to yesterday's place, and I was still next to Hu Zi and Lao Zhao. ”
"Oh, take a look, or Master Xu became a master at a young age. This bearing, hey, it's just ......."
In the midst of the praise, everyone dispersed and walked to where they were yesterday.