Chapter Thirty-Eight: Children of the Rivers and Lakes and Hand-Rolled Noodles
Although Boss Xue is a particular person, Zang Hai will not really accompany Liu Kunlun to drink for a night, he will sit with him for a while and go back to work, happily grilling meat skewers, swaying a lot of cumin powder, he has determined his dream and direction, that is, to open his own barbecue stall in the future.
Liu Kunlun and Luo Xiaoxiao are of the same age, and they are both from poor families, they actually hit it off at first sight, and they chatted quite speculatively, at first they talked about how they were beaten by their parents when they were children, and there were some common topics, and after slowly going deeper, Luo Xiaoxiao's pale and boring student time could not provide talking points, she could only talk about things after entering the university, such as falling in love with female classmates and instructors during military training, and boys going to the cafeteria in the middle of the night to steal meat buns and the like, and Liu Kunlun was talking about the rivers and lakes.
The simple female college student was fascinated by Liu Kunlun's story, listened to it so fascinated that she even forgot to eat the lamb skewers, Liu Kunlun talked about Brother Kang, Su Qing, everyone in the Dun Emperor, about the bloody battle on Chinese New Year's Eve, about his confusion and pain, about his nirvana and dreams.
Luo Xiaoxiao held his cheeks, his two big eyes were confused, Zang Hai walked over with four skewers of freshly baked big waists, and sat down on the bench: "What is this, Brother Kunlun was wiped on his neck and didn't die, and he killed those two killers, you say it's awesome, right?"
"Really?" Luo Xiaoxiao was extremely reverent, looking at the red scar on Liu Kunlun's neck, he reached out to touch it but didn't dare.
"Touch, touch it, touch it badly, it's mine. Zang Hai's joking words made Luo Xiaoxiao shy.
"Actually...... Your experience is similar to that of my brother-in-law, except that he didn't have the same luck. Luo Xiaoxiao sighed, Liu Kunlun was about to ask what happened, Xue Wenwu came over with a wine bottle, and said that he was not busy at this time, and he would have a drink with his brothers, so the topic was put on hold.
Xue Wenwu is in his thirties, and he is an "adult" in Luo Xiaoxiao's mind, while Liu Kunlun is the same age as herself, and she actually sits on an equal footing with an adult, chatting with the world, which makes her feel that Liu Kunlun's figure is a little more majestic.
Boss Xue said that the business of the barbecue city is good, but he still has some ideas, whether adding a Shanxi knife-cut noodle project can attract more customers, after all, many people come to the barbecue stall for the second time, and after drinking a stomach of wine, they want to eat some carbohydrates.
"It's a pity that I can't find the right person. Boss Xue rubbed his head, a little melancholy.
Suddenly, Luo Xiaoxiao jumped up: "It's not good, the dormitory is about to close, I have to go back quickly!"
Zang Hai said with bad intentions: "If you can't go back, what are you afraid of, let's Brother Kunlun find you a place to sleep." β
Liu Kunlun didn't do the thing that took advantage of people's danger, he picked up the motorcycle key: "Go, I'll send you." β
"Are you okay with the wine?" Boss Xue asked with concern.
"It's fine. Liu Kunlun took out a hundred-yuan bill and put it on the table, although this meal was eaten by the two of them, and they ordered something that was less than fifty yuan, but Boss Xue sent a lot of dishes, which must add up to more than a hundred.
Xue Wenwu's face changed suddenly: "Brother, you are scolding me, take the money back! Xiaohai, give the money to your brother." β
Liu Kunlun didn't care about that, got up and left, Zang Hai chased after him with the money, and was pushed back by him, Zang Hai is also a discerning person, took the money and ran back and said boss, my brother has to give money, he is particular about people, if he doesn't give money, my brother won't dare to come to the show. Boss Xue also took the money.
It has already passed seven o'clock, the bridge line to the university town has stopped, Liu Kunlun rode a motorcycle with Luo Xiaoxiao back, he knew that he was drunk and driving dangerously, deliberately slowed down, Luo Xiaoxiao grabbed Liu Kunlun's hand is also a lot more natural, Kawasaki 400 unhurriedly driving on the Huaijiang Second Bridge, this time there are not many vehicles on the bridge, the street lights on both sides are shining, only the silhouette of the dark tower crane can be seen on the river, the whistle of the night ship is long, Liu Kunlun slowed down to pull over, got off, and stood on the side of the bridge, Luo Xiao stood beside him silently, looking at the surging Huai River under the moonlight, the moonlight is covered, and the beauty is infiniteγ
"What are you thinking?" Luo Xiaoxiao asked him.
"I wondered if there was a place in the city that belonged to me. Liu Kunlun's eyes reflected the brightly lit South Shore city, flickering not only the lights, but also the passion and dreams of teenagers.
"What about you?" Liu Kunlun looked at the female college student.
"I was thinking that in such a big city, there must be many opportunities to make money, and I want to earn tuition so that my sister is not so tired. The river breeze blew the tips of Luo's small hair, and the air was rippling with the breath of youth and romance.
Suddenly, a girl shouted from a passing car: "Luo Xiaoxiao~~" drove forward for a distance and stopped, and a head poked out of the rear window and asked, "Luo Xiaoxiao, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Luo Xiaoxiao shouted and explained to Liu Kunlun, "That's a classmate of mine in the dormitory." β
The female classmate shouted again, "Take my car back." β
Luo Xiaoxiao hesitated for a few seconds, but still agreed: "Okay, wait for me." β
Liu Kunlun didn't react, so he looked at Luo Xiaoxiao and said I will go first, ran over, and got into the white Passat.
The Passat continued to start, leaving only the light of the tail lights in the night, Liu Kunlun's little bit of wine had been blown away by the river breeze, he was a little displeased, but there was nowhere to vent, so he stepped on the motorcycle and chased over, the motor of the Kawasaki 400 roared, and quickly caught up with the Passat in unison, driving a middle-aged uncle who looked loyal, and two girls in the back seat, one was Luo Xiaoxiao, and the other could not see clearly.
Luo Xiaoxiao waved his hand, Liu Kunlun also waved his hand to answer, and accompanied Passat to the university town all the way, and was relieved to watch the vehicle drive into the campus of Jiang Normal University.
The Passat drove downstairs to the girls' dormitory, and the two girls came out hand in hand, trotted out to the dormitory after the dormitory manager closed the door and entered the dormitory, returned to the dormitory, and lay on the bed at night to have a dormitory night talk as usual, and today's focus is Luo Xiaoxiao, the boyfriend who drives a motorcycle.
"Don't look at us as small and honest, we can find a boyfriend faster than us. A fat girl quipped.
Most of the people living in this dormitory are sophomores, Luo Xiaoxiao entered this dormitory because of the assignment, she is the youngest little sister, the sisters are very kind, they love her to help her, and the work of doing odd jobs and distributing flyers is also introduced by the senior sisters, and the head of the dormitory is called Chu Tong, who picked up Luo Xiaoxiao halfway.
Chu Tong said: "Xiaoxiao, what kind of profession does that boy do, he looks like a little rascal, you have to be careful." β
Luo Xiaoxiao defended Liu Kunlun: "He is not a hooligan, he has a serious career, and he is the assistant general manager of Jinqiao Market." β
Chu Tong said with a smile: "That's a gentleman, let alone provoke, you don't understand the complexity of society, so you will suffer a big loss if you trust others like this." β
Several other girls also persuaded Luo Xiaoxiao not to associate with this bad guy anymore.
"I don't think he's a bad guy, he's very brave, he's very righteous, you know, why don't the cake carts at the train station dare to put them in front of the big market? Luo Xiaoxiao took out this paragraph to correct Liu Kunlun's name, but he didn't expect it to arouse Chu Tong's memories.
"And this, what happened later?" Chu Tong remembered that when the semester started, she and another female classmate had an argument in the square over buying cut cakes, and were scared to cry by a group of people with knives, and then a security guard came to stop the evil behavior of the hawker, she and her classmates were too scared and fled the scene, not knowing what the follow-up development would be.
Later, he was stabbed by a hawker, but fortunately he was not injured, but after this battle, the hawkers were frightened, so they moved to the gate of the bus station and continued to slander people. After Luo Xiaoxiao finished speaking, he looked at the ceiling with fascination, and Liu Kunlun came to his mind as a outnumbered man.
"He's not going to be for mixed society, he's going to be the black boss, I'm my favorite, I'm going to be the black boss's woman. The chubby girl giggled, and the night conversation ended in laughter.
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Liu Kunlun's mind is full of what Boss Xue said about knife noodles, he thinks this is an opportunity to make money, but it needs to be improved, Omi people may not be used to eating knife noodles, they prefer to eat hand-rolled noodles, the handmade noodles are now rolled out with hot soup, sprinkled with shrimp skin pickles and seaweed and then lie on a poached egg, comforting the wine guests' hunger is no better, but I can't do this thing, this thing is suitable for women, Luo Xiaomei is the most suitable, and Boss Xue partners to sell hand-rolled noodles, first, there is no need to go to the streets and alleys to sell baskets, and secondly, it does not affect the business of hairy eggsγ
The young man couldn't hide something in his heart, Liu Kunlun decided to discuss with Luo Xiaomei immediately, he rode a motorcycle to the twenty-seventh dormitory of the railway, and when he locked the car, he found that there were three people standing in the dark downstairs, and the sparks of cigarette butts were extinguished, he immediately became vigilant, carrying a pure steel chain lock and waiting, but those people were not here to seek revenge, and looked carefully at one of them, there was a woman among them, the three of them spoke in a low voice, and they could faintly hear that they were locals, Liu Kunlun was relieved, locked the car and was about to go upstairs, when he heard footsteps behind him, and looked back, it was Luo Xiaomei who carried the child back with an empty basket on his backγ
Liu Kunlun stood in place and waited for a while, and when Luo Xiaomei walked downstairs, the three people surrounded her, and the middle-aged woman had a high-pitched voice, asking Luo Xiaomei why she didn't pay back the money on time.
"You still want to run, do you run! Take the money!" the woman's voice was so high that the lights lit up upstairs and some neighbors watched.
Luo Xiaomei was submissive, begging for mercy in a low voice, the child on her back woke up in fright, wow wow crying, Liu Kunlun couldn't hold it back, and stepped forward to drink. The other party was not afraid at all, took out a copy of the court verdict, and said in a heartfelt manner that we are the victims, and we are here to get civil compensation, even if you call the police, we will go to the police station to reason.
Liu Kunlun didn't make a move when he encountered this kind of thing, the other party didn't do it, and he didn't make a move, Luo Xiaomei took out all the money on her body under the other party's forced gaze, a bunch of money with gross tickets and coins, and it was only a few hundred yuan when she counted it, which was her hard-earned money all day.
The other party counted the money, hastily wrote a receipt, and the middle-aged woman said: "Don't think that we can't find you when you move, you will follow you in this lawsuit when you run to the ends of the earth, let's go!"
The three of them walked away, Liu Kunlun wanted to comfort Sister Luo, but she was clumsy and a little poor in words, Luo Xiaomei smiled reluctantly: "Xiao Liu, thank you, in fact, I didn't want to hide from them, I should pay back the account, and I won't lose any of them." β
Liu Kunlun asked what was going on, and Luo Xiaomei said lightly: "The child's father killed someone, this is an incidental civil compensation." β