Behind the ground floor of the salon is a small kitchen that is basically the same as an ordinary home, with pots and pans, a briquette stove that never goes out when it burns, and honeycomb coals that are half the height of the wall.

The meal is served at a low table, like a Japanese style, with a strange style of small short legs that can be folded.

There are people holding bowls and squatting at the table, and then squatting, standing, or simply sitting cross-legged on a newspaper when they are tired.

When they really sat down to eat together and chatted, Liao Dunshi and Tong Yang gradually realized that these women were actually ordinary people, not some terrible different kinds of creatures.

They eat the same food, and gossip at the table the same, talking about sorrow or joy.

Some people like to eat garlic or ginger, and some people carefully pick out the garlic cloves and ginger slices in the bowl...... In the same way, some people have a bad stomach and eat spicy food, forcing themselves to eat enough.

"Wow, so you're still a college student?!"

The old bustard said. Now I probably can't call the bustard, she said that if she doesn't dislike it, she can call it sister, Sister Minhong. In her own words, she is actually a sister leader, because she speaks the most neatly and can deal with things, she was pushed out by the other 7 students.

There are 8 women in the hair salon itself, ranging from 20 to 30 years old, some are hearty, some are silent, and some are even easy to be shy, because they are alive, and they dare not look at each other and talk too much when they eat around the table.

With the addition of two little young people, the small kitchen became a little cramped.

Tong Yang looked very cramped, most of the time he buried his face in the bowl and picked up rice, even if he occasionally looked up, he only smiled awkwardly;

"Isn't it, isn't it? Liao Dunshi, a college student, puffed up his chest and said proudly, that posture was like trying to earn back all the face he had just lost......

"You can't bear to give up the big red envelope. He shouted to the woman who had been to the room on the second floor with him before, "Sister Qianshu." ”

The one holding the bowl said, "Phew."

The other younger one, who seemed to be called Xilian, opened his mouth and said, "What's wrong with the college students? Then Sister Qianshu used to be a regular national worker, and she still has a job, not much worse than you." ”

As soon as her mouth was fast, Sister Qianshu, who was still happy before, immediately looked gloomy, and was silent for a while and said, "I can't stop your mouth when I eat...... It's not a glorious thing, don't mention it later. ”

After speaking, she lowered her head and picked up the rice......

The atmosphere froze a lot.

Liao Dunshi was thinking about how to make a mistake, but Tong Yang, who had not spoken, came out stupidly at this time and asked, "Why don't you go home for the New Year?"

The women, whether extroverted or introverted, collectively looked at him in silence.

After a while, Sister Min Hong said: "If you can have a family and go back to celebrate the New Year, you have already returned." We, you just save money when we save money. ”

She quickly adjusted, and continued angrily:

"What about you, take care of your meals, why is it your turn to sit in the hall and interrogate? What about the two of you, don't you also come back for the New Year...... How did the college students end up in this field?"

"Speaking of which, it's really bad luck. "Liao Dunshi 1510 told the two people who were deceived by their part-time jobs and the boss disappeared.

This time, it made everyone laugh.

"It turns out that college students are stupid too. ”

"It turned out that it was also from a poor family. ”

"Black-hearted, this money is also ...... cheating"

They said.

"Then what are you going to do next? I can't eat this meal, and I guess I won't be able to go back, right? And it's too late. Xilian suddenly thought of asking.

Liao Dunshi and Tong Yang looked at each other. The only way out for them at the moment is to find a place to call for a while, see if they can contact Zheng Xinfeng, and then go to him.

But just a while ago, Zheng Xinfeng actually took the initiative to find the two of them and asked them to go to the factory to join him and talk about the salary.

The two thought about it and refused. First, because he felt that he couldn't help Zheng Xinfeng in any way, the "classmates" couldn't erase their faces and take advantage of him; second, at that time, they also thought that the repair shop was not bad, they had money to earn, and they could learn technology.

Now that it has come to this point, it doesn't matter whether it is embarrassing or not, Liao Dunshi scratched his head and said with a smile: "I'll see it later, there will always be a way." ”

Before dinner was finished, there was a heavy rain.

Sister Min Hong cleaned up and saw that the rain was still heavy, and said, "You two just wait for the rain to stop in the back kitchen...... Don't go ahead. ”

The rain didn't stop for a long time.

Suddenly there was a shouting and shouting from the house in front.

The young man was stunned, and on impulse, he copied something behind his back, rushed out to look, and saw a group of seven or eight men standing there who looked like social gangsters at first glance......

When they met their eyes, the two of them were stunned for a moment.

"What, is this a thug who raises him, or does he eat soft rice?"

One of them, Sister Chao Minhong, asked with a playful smile.

"Neither. Sister Min Hong turned her head to look at Liao Dunshi and Tong Yang, and saw the tongs behind them, helpless and worried, and hurriedly explained: "It's two cousins and children from my hometown, who said that they came to Shencheng to work, but they came to catch up with the Chinese New Year, and they haven't found a place to settle down for a while." ”

"Oh, idiot, is this?" said the man, laughing, "Is this coming to you?"

Sister Min Hong smiled bitterly and nodded.

"Okay, 1.5 is 1.5, pay the money, don't bother to talk nonsense with you. ”

Sister Min Hong nodded selectively and took the money and handed it over.

This money was originally to be paid on a monthly basis, protection money, and not only this black person, they have long recognized and used to it. This time, it was because the other party said that he would receive twice as much as the New Year, so that he could send red envelopes to the people below, and Sister Minhong argued a few words, and was only willing to pay 1.5 of the total, so there was the movement just now.

The thugs took the money and walked away.

"Just the two of you, do you dare to rush out with things?" The words were squeezed people's words, but the smile on Sister Min Hong's face was rare and a little warm.

"Don't make a fuss about the money you have to pay as usual. Go back and go, when the rain stops. She said.

The rain continued to rain all night.

"The kitchen can sleep, right? It was very late, and seeing that there was no way to kick people out, Sister Min Hong came over and threw down a mat and two quilts, and said, "It's all clean, and I wrap it all tightly." ”

"I've heard the story of the down-and-out showman. Xilian came out from behind Sister Min Hong, made a grimace and said, and followed after speaking.

A down-and-out talent, trapped in the Qinglou, taken in by a dusty woman, and received help...... Then it was mixed up to the first day, and it was abandoned at the beginning and finally abandoned.

This is a story from ancient times, and there are operas and novels.

On the eve of the Spring Festival in 1994, it was performed again in a special way.

…………

Early the next morning.

Porridge and pickles, the women scooped two more bowls.

During the meal, Sister Min Hong said, "If you two really have nowhere to go and still want to make some money, a few of us have an idea, do you want to listen?"

Liao Dunshi nodded.

"This whole alley is a hair salon. Sister Min Hong pointed outward and said, "There is a small shop on both sides of the alley outside, and everyone will be closed when they go back for the New Year...... These days, they have nowhere to buy cigarettes, so they have to travel far away. ”

"I have a place to get cigarettes, and I can pay for it. If you two college students are not afraid of being ugly, get two boxes, just like in a Republic of China movie, and stand at the mouth of the alley. In this way, those who shout inside and pass by outside are estimated to sell a lot a day. ”

"Let's split half of the money we make when we look back. I estimate that this Chinese New Year's work is about twice as much as what you earn in the repair shop, and there will definitely be one. ”

She had good intentions, because she didn't know that the two of them actually had other ways out, all she saw were two poor children who stayed behind to work during the winter vacation, who were deceived, and now they are almost penniless, have no food, no housing.

Liao Dunshi didn't hesitate for too long, this matter was not a burden for him.

Tong Yang hesitated for a while and asked, "Can you give me a hat?" ”

The two of them stood for a day, made up the goods many times, and deducted a total of 54 yuan.

I don't dare to think about it.

At night, I lay in the kitchen as usual, turned off the lights, and touched the money.

Liao Dunshi said happily: "Tongyang...... Tong Yang. ”

"Huh?"

"We're making money. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Happy, huh? Suppose, I mean, if we had the money at the time, we would have come in here...... You know what I mean, right?" Liao Dunshi smiled lewdly and asked, "Who do you want to sleep with?"

Tong Yang was silent.

"I want to sleep on the lotus, it's beautiful, she said that she used to be a flower in the brigade. Liao Dunshi said beautifully.

Tong Yang hesitated for a long time, and with great difficulty, he held back a few words: "Sister Minhong." "This guy has had a crush on his mature female teacher since high school.

The two unscrupulous raw melons and eggs were talking like this......

"Hmmm. ”

Suddenly, a spoonful of cold water spilled over.

The two people's heads and faces were cold, and they turned over in a panic.

"Who?"

"What for?"

"Me!" Xilian scolded angrily through the window: "Dog's day, take you to eat and take you in...... You want to sleep with me?! Give you back, that introvert and silent one, I didn't think you were quite bold. ”

"Tomorrow Chinese New Year's Eve, don't open the door, sell your cigarettes well, and show respect." After a while, she threatened again.

In the end, listening to the footsteps and leaving, there seemed to be a few vague laughs and curses, or maybe laughter in tears.