Chapter 24: The First Day of Work
On both sides of the road on Xihang Street, there are many small houses with one or two floors, and most of the owners of the shops are bored eating melon seeds and watching TV, while the old people set up the chessboard and put the chess pieces in the shade of the big trees, and continue to play chess with old friends who have been playing against each other for decades. Of course, some of the old people were not at ease, and there were all kinds of books on the pavement made of bricks and stones, and the paper was old and old, and they were veritable little yellow books.
Guan Ke and Li Duoan walked side by side on the asphalt pavement of Westbound Street, looking at the life scenes of people on both sides of the road, and couldn't help but feel a little envious. Guan Ke thought that if I had dealt with everything, I would definitely have to buy a house here, or play chess with others, or buy a few little yellow books to be a staff officer, which would also be a great joy in life.
The two of them walked from one end of the street to the other, and from the other to this end, looking really leisurely. Hei has always been restless, and although he seems to have a human soul, he still can't get rid of his dog habits. He searched everywhere, as if there was a sweet piece of cheese waiting for him, but when he did find a piece of icing, or a few pieces of chocolate wrapped in dust, the dog's nose wrinkled.
It's so dirty, and there are so many bacteria hidden, how can you eat it?So Hei had to walk forward step by step, until the food he found was completely invisible, and then he resolutely turned around and sniffed a sweet place with his nose.
The gateway did not report to the police that someone had hit him. It's not that he wants to let the other party go with compassion, but just a little lazy and a little indifferent.
Li Duoan seemed to remember to please the passer, and when he first came to Xixing Street in the morning, he beckoned everyone and told the story of who hit the passer. The subordinates were immediately excited, and they couldn't wait to beat the man now. Guan Ke watched quietly from the side, thinking that the words "the upper part is effective, and the lower part will be very serious" really did not come out of thin air, what kind of boss will bring out what kind of subordinates. He bet that if the man who hit him was standing here, Li Duoan and his men would be the first to escape.
I don't know how many times they walked back and forth on the street, and when the sun reached mid-heaven, Guan Ke couldn't help but ask, "What are we going to do?"
Li Duoan waved his hand, shook his head again, and said, "You don't need to do anything." ”
"So what do you want us to do?"
Li Duoan was a little embarrassed, and then began to frown, and said, "Of course, it comes in handy at a critical time." ”
"When is that the critical time?"
"For example, fights, brawls, customers are unreasonable, shopkeepers bully the small?"
"Isn't that what the police do?"
Li Duoan was embarrassed again, he was silent for a long time, and then said: "The police can't finish these things, so there must be people like us to settle them." ”
"When did we get so close to the police?"
Li Duoan became angry, suddenly patted his head, and said, "At a young age, why are there so many problems? ”
Guan Ke pursed his lips, but did not ask any more, and followed Li Duoan into a restaurant.
I saw an old man in a white robe bent over his waist, and his hands wiped and wiped the hem of the robe before running over with a smile. His round fat face, with a smile, is somewhat similar to Li Duoan's appearance.
"Boss Li, what do you want to eat?"
Li Duoan said: "Just get a little bit of it, as long as it's not the same as yesterday." ”
The old man bowed down again, answered the "okay", and ran to the back to get busy.
Guan Ke said, "It seems that you often eat here." ”
Li Duoan said: "His family's food is not bad, you will know it after you have eaten it." ”
Li Duoan's vision is very good, a plate of scrambled eggs with leeks is very tender, a plate of fried shredded pork with green peppers is very crispy, and even Guan Ke, who has eaten very little because of his illness, can't help but eat a big bowl of rice.
Li Duoan finished eating, put the chopsticks together, pulled up the customs guest on the side, and staggered out the door.
The passer said, "You haven't paid yet?"
Li Duoan glanced at him and said condescendingly, "Do we still need to give money?"
They walked far away, and they didn't see the old man in the white robe chasing him out. They don't have to pay.
Guan Ke thought to himself, the boss of Westbound Street still has such benefits.
In the afternoon, they still walked from one end of the street to the other, and the two of them walked leisurely and outrageously, very much like two second ancestors, strolling around with endless banknotes.
Although Guan Ke liked to watch old people play chess quietly, and how an old man tricked a fifteen-year-old boy into buying a yellowed magazine, he was still a little uneasy. The feeling of uneasiness was small at first, but as time went on, it grew larger, and when the sun was already above some roof in the west, the feeling of uneasiness reached its peak.
He understood what that uneasiness was, and although he was at work, he didn't feel like he was going to work. He couldn't help but ask, "Don't you think it's boring to go on every day like this?"
Li Duoan said as a matter of course: "It's not boring, the leisurely life is exactly what I yearn for." I wish every day I was going to be like this. ”
"That's not what I said, I'm talking about ......"
"You mean that you don't do anything when you occupy a seat, and you don't when you occupy a pit?"
Guan Ke thought to himself, you're still quite smart.
"Maybe you feel uneasy at first, but after a long time, it doesn't matter. That's the nature of your work, what can you do?"
"Isn't it a bit shameless?"
"Young man, you're still too tender. Li Duoan stared at the red sun and said with some emotion.
The customs guest was a little annoyed. It's not the first time he's been said to be too tender, and it's inevitable that he's a little unhappy.
Li Duoan continued: "What is this shamelessness? There are many, many more people in this world than this shamelessness. Although the city looks glamorous, there are still many people struggling to make ends meet. In order to live, they have to learn to be shameless, because without shamelessness, they cannot continue to live. There are also those big people who are also shameless for their own interests, but they don't feel it themselves, so it's not shameless. Therefore, this shamelessness is nothing. ”
"It sounds reasonable, but how does it feel like exonerating?"
Li Duoan sighed, looked at Guan Ke and said, "Sometimes I think you're smart, and sometimes I think you're too stupid. ”
"Am I not right?"
"No, I just don't think you're shameless enough. ”
The sun was sinking, and as it jumped off the horizon, the sky began to slowly darken. The remnants of the afterglow still rendered the west in splendor, and a few birds fluttered their wings and flew across the western sky, leaving a few black traces on the gorgeous canopy.
There are a few lights in the surrounding houses, and although they are not conspicuous in the afterglow of the sun, the naked eye can still occasionally catch a faint yellow light through the cracks in the trees.
Feeling the serenity and calm of his surroundings, Guan Ke said, "I have only now realized that the scenery here is no worse than the famous scenic spot. ”
Li Duoan said: "Actually, the scenery here has always been like this, as long as there is no deliberate destruction and there is no influx of scantily clad female robots, it will continue like this." ”
Guan Ke took a deep breath of fresh and slightly chilly breath and said, "I feel that even the air is a lot fresher at this moment. ”
Li Duoan said: "Actually, there are many such places in Pingle City, but you don't realize it. Maybe it also has something to do with people's state of mind. When a person hides too many things in his heart, he can't notice how beautiful the scenery around him is. ”
Guan Ke said, "Yes. In the past, I always felt that Pingle City was really a boring place, except for high-rise buildings or high-rise buildings, in addition to colored neon lights or colored neon lights, it was really the same, wherever I walked, it was like walking in reinforced concrete and breathing dirty air. Now that I think about it, there may be a few deep alleys hidden in the depths of the neon lights, and if you smell carefully, you may be able to smell the faint aroma of rice coming from people, and in the high places of reinforced concrete, there may be a few birds hiding from the crowd, looking at the world with a pair of smart eyes. ”
Li Duoan looked at him with strange eyes and said, "Should your job be changed for you, how about being a secretary?"
Guan Ke smiled awkwardly: "It's still not good, it's not bad to wander around the street like this." ”
Li Duoan smiled with satisfaction: "That's right, you have finally learned a little bit of my style." ”
Over the next few days, the customs guest spent a peaceful day on Westbound Street. Of course, there were times when he was not calm, his dizziness was blocked by analgesics, but the seizures were still very uncomfortable, and his illness began to worsen. One day, while having dinner with Li Duoan and his friends, Guan Ke's hand holding the bowl began to tremble slightly. He placed the bowl on a stone beside him, clasping his hands together, trying to stop the trembling, but to no avail. The second attack, not only did his hands tremble, but his legs trembled with him. During the third attack, Guan Ke was walking leisurely on the street with Li Duoan, when he suddenly collapsed without warning, lying on the dark blue asphalt and convulsing, and Li Duoan had to take him to the hospital.
Perhaps he was wandering around and suddenly collapsed, perhaps he was watching someone play chess and suddenly rolled the whites of his eyes, or perhaps he was eating, and suddenly threw out the bowl with the soup, and splashed someone's face all over his face.
Although there are all kinds of foreign appearances, the opponents of the Guanke did not settle accounts with him, so he is still doing well.