Homecoming.

It's two very simple words, but people who haven't experienced it can't appreciate the real taste.

The place where a person grew up is like an invisible bond, deeply implanted in everyone's blood.

Even if they are thousands of miles away, they will always remind people who travel far away to think of the water and soil that raised them from time to time.

This contains too many tossing and turning, too many thoughts and thoughts, and too many sentimental lamentations.

This is true even for a thief.

It's been ten years.

For "Reach Out", those people and things in the capital, no matter where he goes, are always calling him.

No matter where he is, he can always dream of many fragments in his dreams, very trance-like but so real, even with the passage of time, it has not been reduced by half a point.

Those resentments, those hatreds, those hatreds, and those thoughts are revisited repeatedly like a movie. Let his obsession become heavier and heavier, and more and more unforgettable.

He can't forget the suspicion and humiliation he received as a well-known habitual thief son since he was a child.

He couldn't forget his father, who wanted to change his ways, and finally fell into a desolate end.

He couldn't forget the circumstances in which he and his brother later disobeyed their father's instructions and stepped into the thief's business.

He couldn't forget how his two brothers overwhelmed the thieves, relied on their ancestral theft skills to break out of the world, and became the most famous "master of thieves" in the north and south.

But he can't forget that his skills can't deal with the knives in other people's hands after all, but because of his skills, he was jealous of others. Because he was unwilling to let those "players" ride on his neck, he was finally expelled from the capital like a reservoir dog.

And what made him most sad and ashamed was that his own brother took the initiative to sacrifice a hand and knelt in humiliation to save his little life!

For so many years, these things have always weighed on his heart like a heavy boulder, keeping him awake at night.

Over the years, the guilt of his brother, the desire for home, and the hatred of those "players" have become the biggest motivation for him to practice his skills and plan a return strategy.

Now that he has mastered his skills and has a careful plan, he can finally stop fearing those who drove him out of the capital, and can return to the capital.

Not only did he want to seek revenge on the man who took his brother's hand, but he would also be ashamed of his two brothers. He also has to find his brother again and make up for the debts he has owed over the years.

But it's a pity that he has just returned to the capital, and he has already felt the power of things and people.

On September 18, 1978, as soon as he left the train station, he went directly to the cypress alley at the entrance of Dengshikou, regardless of fatigue and hunger.

It was not only his home, but also his only brother, the loved ones he missed day and night.

But when he found the small courtyard where he used to live, he was suddenly disappointed.

Because it had been turned into a miscellaneous compound a few years ago, it was divided by three families who came from nowhere. And no one knew the whereabouts of his brother.

However, not only that, what he didn't expect was that the forces on the rivers and lakes had also undergone several major reshuffles, and the situation was completely different from when he left.

Xidan, Dongdan, and Wangfujing were all occupied by Nancheng's "handles". And the famous people of the South and North Cities in the past have almost disappeared.

The most ironic thing is that he learned from a few old acquaintances. The "Shen Chenghuang" who has always made him the most jealous and feared, the "King of Beicheng" who once claimed to be the king and demanded his brother's hand, was actually imprisoned as early as five years ago.

He has been stupid all along, wandering outside for several years in vain!

But who is to blame for this?

Over the years, I have never had to worry about funding. He relies on his hands and can eat and drink everywhere without worrying.

For the sake of safety, he kept wandering around, and there was no fixed place to stay, so that he only sent letters home to report his safety, but never wrote a reply address to his brother.

This is really called knowing that this is the case, regretting not at the beginning!

In the capital in autumn, the sky is tiled blue, as blue as the clear sea. Coupled with a few white clouds in the sky, it is like a white sailboat floating in the sea.

The most iconic feature of the sky in the capital is that groups of white doves are often seen circling in the sky, and the pigeon whistle sounds particularly exciting, and the magic is that it can reflect the two feelings of joy and sadness at the same time.

It is with this emotion that "reaching out" is more urgent to find his brother's whereabouts.

He didn't have any other good way, so he could only start from those old acquaintances and piece together the clues.

So after temporarily settling down in a guest house, he ran all over the bus lines in the main area of activity that year.

Fortunately, the hard work pays off. After many inquiries, he finally got his brother's situation and whereabouts from a "big Buddha" who was still active in the Beixinqiao area.

His brother has been disabled since his hand, and he is no longer called "One Station Seven".

Due to the mediocrity of his craftsmanship, after following a few "handles" in the north and south cities, the more he got mixed up, the more miserable he became.

Now there is not even a place where you can fix the "pedal unloading". can only barely survive by playing the "20 Road" and "204 Road" night buses.

As for his brother's side, at present, in addition to a master who can play with knives to "block the wind", there is also a little apprentice who has good skills. The servants temporarily settled near Longfu Temple.

It's hard to say where it is, but every night, they basically eat at the "boiled restaurant" on Dongsi West Street, and then go to "grab points".

In short, the situation is very difficult.

Hearing this, "Reach out" didn't have to ask anymore, gave the "Big Buddha" a roll of money, turned around and left with a blank face.

And the "Big Buddha" counts, it is actually a full twenty great unity.

This stroke made him gasp immediately, and it took a long time to spit out the words, ", awesome!" ......

The Han people's snacks in the capital are a must.

The most authentic is of course in Nancheng, but because at the end of the movement, it was still a public-private partnership, and it was still in the hands of a master. In fact, at this time, the level of the south city and the north city is not much different.

Usually, the place where this thing is sold cannot be called a restaurant, but only a small restaurant or a small shop. And often there is no specific store name yet. There is only a sign at the door under the guise of "boiling".

Don't look so simple, so inconspicuous, but people who want to eat don't have to worry about not finding it or missing it.

Because to be honest, you don't even have to look at the signboard. Just by the three-foot cauldron at the door, the "hodgepodge" fragrance in it can be sensed in advance from a street away. Who can't find it?

Pig heart, pig lung, pork belly, pig intestine, these pig offal sink at the bottom of the pot, and there are more than a dozen flames floating on the pot, which rise and fall with the boiling soup with the fried tofu bubbles. It's enjoyable just to look at

When eating, the master of the stove only needs to pull lightly, and these things will enter the fence one by one.

The specific operation process is to first burn the fire on the shelf, bell two knives, and cut it into four corners of the bowl. Follow those meat goods, pick them up, chop them, crush them, and put them in a bowl. Finally, take a few more tofu bubbles and pour the old soup.

Drink! Okay, this master had to drool at that time.

And this thing is hot, satisfying and satisfying, not to mention being full. The biggest benefit is that it's cheap. Such a big bowl only sells for a dime and two.

imitates the taste and method of palace Su meat, but uses scraps that are too cheap to be cheaper. From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, from liberation to the present, it has been the main source of meat for the common people in the capital, especially manual workers.

So that's the main reason why this snack is so thriving and so marketable.

Behind it, there will always be great working people!

But then again, no matter how delicious things are, you can't get tired of eating them every day. What's more, it's such a big thing.

At seven o'clock that night, I followed the "big eye lamp" and "two heads" to eat the "rollers" of "boiling and boiling".

"Big brother, Master, shall we change our appearance today? I have been brushing my teeth for the past two days with the smell of pig intestine and garlic, and my stomach is a little unbearable. I always feel uncomfortable, as if I can't restrain it. ”

These words made the "big-eyed lamp" and the "two-headed" look at each other, and they were all sad.

"Ertou" said, "Brother, my brother can't stand you, I've wronged you! Bear with me today, as long as we get the goods, Ming'er said that my brother will also invite you to go to the 'Bai Kui Laohao' to have a meal of roast mutton." ”

"Big Eye Lamp" thought about it and said, "It's all my fault, the first two days finally got some 'leaves', and I also had liver disease." As a result, I ran out of medical treatments! Otherwise, I won't eat it today. Anyway, I don't have an appetite, so I'll give you three cents, and you can find a restaurant and ask for a meat dish to eat rice. ”

But as soon as he said this, "Roller" also blushed and quickly changed his words.

"I didn't mean that. Where is the truth that when the master is hungry, the apprentice himself is fed? I mean...... In other words, I'll just buy two fires to eat in a while. I won't eat those chops, so I can save some money......"

Speaking of this, the three difficult brothers were moved, but they were also speechless.

What else can I say? When a thief is in this position, he will feel panicked if he says more than half a word.

So several people sighed secretly, and entered the "stewed restaurant" that must be visited every day.

Not to mention, the more affordable the place, the more people there are. Don't look at it so late, people can't eat right away when they come, and you have to wait in line for a few minutes to buy tickets. There are no seats, so you have to wait for others to finish eating and quickly occupy them. Or you have to eat it outside on the windowsill.

But no one expected that the house leak was even rainy. Finally, it was the turn of the "big eye lamp", he just asked for two bowls of stew, and lit two fires for the "roller", but he couldn't take it out when he paid for it.

Dare to love him with a clean pocket, the only dollar left, and a five-point steel jumper who kept a coin toss, all of them were nowhere to be found.

"Big Eye Lamp" is absolutely sure that I will go out with money today, and I will touch it twice again, or not!

Now he was shocked. Needless to say? It must have been touched.

Instinctively, he immediately turned his head and glared at the person behind him, but the person looked weak at all, and looked at him impatiently.

After a moment of stalemate, he couldn't get any more out of it. In the end, he had to retreat in the eyes of the waiter and the customer.

Well, now I don't even have to eat the stew.

"Big Eye Lamp" hurriedly whispered the situation to "Two Heads" and "Roller", and they were also shocked. But what else can be done? They can only glance around with hatred at the customers who bow their heads and eat "stewed". Then he departed with nothing.

What a shame in their hearts! In this world, where is there anything more blood-spitting than a thief letting a thief steal? At this moment, morale really fell to the lowest point.

But just when they walked ten meters away. A man suddenly caught up behind them and stopped them all with a word.

"Well, lose your money. Give it back to you, do you want to ......?"

The two of them were startled at the same time, and quickly turned around in unison. I saw a young man behind him smiling at them for this money, but the man was not in the light, and his face could not be seen clearly.

"Two heads" immediately touched the knife on his back waist and asked. "Friend, where did you come from, to play with us?"

Unexpectedly, the young man ignored him, and just went straight to the "big eye lamp".

"Brother, it seems that you really don't know me. I was with you all the way just now, just behind you, you looked at me for a long time, why didn't you recognize me?"

Wait for the lights to shine. "Big-eyed lamp" saw the young man's face clearly, and suddenly had an idea. It was to pass with a surprised ecstasy. He hugged the young man's arms.

"Qiangzi, you are a strong household! Brother, you have grown so tall, you were only fourteen years old when you left, I can recognize you at a glance!"

"That's ...... too"

The young man laughed too, and then said.

"My own brother, alas, you also made me look for it so hard. The famous 'one station seven' Hugang back then, but now few people know about it. I'm lucky to find out your whereabouts......"

At this time, the "two heads" and "rollers" on the side were dumbfounded.