Chapter XVIII: Initiation Ceremony
The old man stood still again, and his cheeks seemed much older in the eyes of the crowd. "When people get old, they talk a lot, I hope you don't think I'm verbose. There is an end to everything, and there is an end to words, and those who can listen will naturally be able to listen to it, and those who can't listen will be able to say it in his ear a thousand times, and ten thousand times it will be in vain. That's all my nagging, let's get down to business. ”
The first time Guan Ke knew the boss of Honggang was from a few shopkeepers a few days ago. The shopkeepers said that he had a strange temper, was suspicious, had to carry two bodyguards with him at all times, and was completely a man who could do anything for his own selfishness, but today, after listening to the old man's words, he changed his mind. The old man is clearly the role of the head of the family, and he is working hard for the big family of Honggang. Every word he says is so sincere, powerful, and unquestionable that it is hard to suspect that he is a selfish person.
The old man then began to pace again, and when he reached the corner, he came back from the corner. This seems to be the habit of the old man to speak, and he will pace up and down as he speaks. His tone was as flat as before: "Everyone will welcome a future brother, partner and friend today, and a new member will be added to the big family of Honggang." I'm sure you've heard about Westbound Street. The young man is very good, very brave, very courageous, quite a bit of my demeanor back then. A person who faced several people who only knew how to slaughter meat all day long did not have the slightest timidity, and it was really courageous. There are not many fearless young people like this these days. I admire him and I like him. Come, Guan Ke, come up and say a few words, and make a few comments about your joining Honggang. ”
After the old man finished speaking, he stepped aside and quietly looked at the customs guest in his seat.
The gatekeeper was somewhat flattered. When he was a child, he used to read a month's reading excerpt in one go, so whenever he was writing an essay, a sentence of more literary youth was quickly formed at the tip of his pen and left on the paper. During that month, the composition paper was often full. At first, the teacher often criticized him for being innocent* and that his writing was empty and sad, and that it had no connotation at all, but then one Monday morning, the teacher was walking among the students, reading a manuscript in his hand with bright eyes.
When the teacher reads out the first sentence, he knows that the essay was written by himself. At that time, Guan Ke was very excited, and if it wasn't for the class, maybe he would have jumped. He listened to the teacher read his words with emotion, and his expression was as intoxicated as if he had drunk glass after glass of fine wine.
At this time, although I was not as intoxicated as I was then, I still felt a little excited.
Guan Ke stood up a little abruptly, and said with a shy smile: "I'm embarrassed to praise me." ”
The crowd burst into laughter.
The old man pointed to the position where he was standing just now, and said with a smile: "Man, husband, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, come, come up and say a few words to the brothers, and also introduce yourself, we will be a family in the future." ”
Guan Ke sighed in his heart, he originally thought that joining the gang was like entering a company as a clerk, but he omitted to sign a contract, but he didn't expect it to be not, it was more like an introduction for new students who transferred from one school to another.
He stepped forward, stood where the old man had stood, and said, "My name is Guan Ke, Guan Yu's Guan, and the guest's guest." If there is anything that accidentally offends you in the future, I hope you will be reminded that I am young after all, and I don't know more than you big brothers. If there is a need to use me, please do so, and I will do my best. ”
When he stepped forward, everyone looked at him with suspicion. Someone muttered in a low voice: "I thought it was a powerful character, it turned out to be a sick seedling, what can he do." ”
Wang Laohu sat in the crowd, neither smiling nor saying a word. It will not be easy for anyone to be played by a dog, because it means that he is not even as good as a beast. He had vowed to kill the dog, and the owner of the dog, and he would do it. Every night, he couldn't sleep, because when he closed his eyes, he saw the arrogant dog circling around him, and rubbing the dog's tail against him. He felt another wave of nausea and anger.
Wang Laohu casually glanced at the speaker, and immediately recognized who it was. That was the culprit who made him feel humiliated, and if he wanted to wash away the humiliation, if he wanted to get rid of his anger, he had to get rid of the culprit first. The boss said a lot of mysterious and mysterious things, which seemed to be biased in favor of this kid. But I don't understand it, and I don't want to understand it. He wants to sweep away the root of his anger.
Wang Laohu stared at Guan Ke with a pair of hateful eyes.
With such a strong hatred, Guan Ke naturally felt it. He was equally impressed by Wang Laohu. He remembered that the man chased Hei until the police arrived.
At this time, he only felt that he was being targeted by a poisonous snake, and those eyes were so cold and ferocious.
Wang Laohu is not the only one who also knows Guan Ke.
Wang Xiaoye was hiding in the corner behind him, and he was also looking at him with a pair of gloomy eyes. Guan Ke saw jealousy and hatred in his eyes.
Wang Xiaoye didn't have Runke by his side, but he had another acquaintance.
Yang Dawei's usual serious interviewer's face was always smiling at the moment. His smile is so kind, so contagious, that people who know him will definitely think that he is a friendly person. However, no matter how hypocritical a liar is, a liar is still a liar at heart. Although he smiled and nodded in the direction of Guan Ke, Guan Ke still saw a deep chill in the depths of the other party's eyes.
Guan Ke originally thought that he was going to meet many strangers, but he didn't expect that there were so many acquaintances gathered in this hotel. In the past, he might have been timid, afraid, afraid, and didn't know how to deal with himself, but today, he doesn't know what fear is. So he swept away his previous shyness and shyness, and smiled slightly in the direction of Yang Dawei.
Yang Dawei's smile actually conveyed a very clear meaning: "You are unlucky." And the smile that Guan Ke responded conveyed was also very clear: "Then let the horse come." As soon as the two looked at each other, they smiled and quickly looked away, and those who didn't know thought they were old friends for many years, but how did they know that it was the beginning of the war.
When the gang saw that he didn't speak for a long time, they thought he couldn't think of words, so they muttered more and more in their hearts: "Where does this look like a ruthless man, but like a coward." ”
After a long pause, Guan Ke said with a calm smile: "My life experience is very simple, so the introduction is also very simple, don't say a lot of other nonsense, the boss has already said a lot, and if I say more, it will delay everyone's time." Have a great time later. With that, he walked down.
A fat man sitting in the front row, leaning comfortably on the seat, squinting his thin eyes, said for a long time: "I see if this young man has a terminal illness, his face is very pale." He spoke so quietly that only the nearest steward could hear him.
Steward He leaned towards the fat man, lowered his voice and said, "I think so." ”
"Looking at the meaning of the eldest brother, he wants to entrust the family property to this young boy who has just arrived, but such a terminally ill person, even if he has great ability, how many days can he take care of the family property?"
"Maybe the boss just admires him and doesn't mean anything else. ”
"The eldest brother is the first to talk about the aftermath, and then the kid he introduced, anyone can see that he wants this young man to be his successor. Although my eldest brother likes him very much, and I am not disgusted, I still feel that it is too hasty and abrupt. ”
"Boss is still tough, we've been thinking about these things too early. Maybe the boss saw his own shadow in this young man, so he liked him very much. ”
"Big Brother is a man of great thought. Since experiencing two betrayals, he has become more cautious, so he will not do everything for nothing, there must be a reason for him. The two bodyguards at the door have been following the eldest brother for five years, but the eldest brother has never told us their names, as if they are two ghosts, only the body, but not the god. Why didn't the eldest brother divulge the slightest information about our two bodyguards, that is, he was afraid that some of us would find the family members of the two bodyguards. Big brother is always on the lookout for us, and he always feels that someone is going to do something bad behind his back. But in my opinion, this is completely superfluous. Everyone is a person who has come from the wind and rain, and what was said at the beginning was that there are difficulties together, can't we share the blessings today?"
Steward He muttered in his heart, a long, long time ago, people realized a truth, there are difficulties can be shared, and blessings may not be shared. Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, unloading the mill and killing the donkey abound in the history books, so who dares not to care about his death? Although he thought so in his heart, he did not say so, and what he said was just another thing: "Maybe you always think too much." ”
The fat old man snorted from his nose: "I wish I had thought too much." He hugged his two chubby arms and stopped whispering to Steward He.
After the customs guest finished speaking, the old man wearing reading glasses, that is, the boss of Honggang, said calmly: "That's all for today's business, everyone is busy going their own way." ”
So everyone got up in an orderly manner and set up the tables and chairs in an orderly manner. They all bowed slightly to the old man, and then walked out in silence.
When Li Duoan got up, his head was already covered with sweat. After the old man said the words "everyone is busy", he immediately took a long breath, and then he realized that he was covered with sweat, and immediately took out a piece of paper from the paper drawer on the dining table and wiped the sweat from his head.
Don't look at Li Duoan's casual eating of the delicious food at the table at the beginning, in fact, his heart has always been carrying. Because he knew that the boss knew that he had not paid the rent. He had been waiting for the boss to bring up this matter during his speech, so while slowly chewing all kinds of meat, he slowly made words and sentences in his heart, thinking that he should say those words to round up this disaster, but he didn't expect that the boss said it in a mess and didn't even mention a word. He couldn't help but feel that he was a stupid fork, a second-class, and he had so much heart in vain.
Li Duoan was about to support the Guan Ke and follow the crowd to exit, but was stopped by someone shouting: "Li Duoan, come here." ”
His fallen heart suddenly rose high, and he wondered if his ears had heard it wrong, was the boss calling him?
Li Duoan slowly turned around and saw the boss looking at him with a smile. It's really the boss calling him.