Chapter 406: Old Joe and His Neighbors
A fraud ring that roamed the country collapsed.
The reason is that there are three young people.
After Liang Yudan found out, he was full of praise for his son, and he was also full of praise for his future daughter-in-law and his son's good friend. He also told them that he was going to the United States immediately, and he would come to Hengming City in a few days, first, because he had some business matters to deal with, and secondly, he would assist the police in testifying.
Because let my son not rush back and play in Hengming City for a few more days.
Brother Huanxi didn't want to come back in a hurry.
There's a bet with Old Joe.
Hmph, last time he got two large pieces of gold from him, this time he has to find a way to get it back no matter what.
I called Old Joe, but no one answered.
Could it be that Old Joe knew that he was coming and hid?
It's not that easy!
Brother Huanxi's two big pieces of gold, why can't you just leave it alone.
If you hit again, you still don't answer.
Don't be afraid, it's not so easy for you old Joe to avoid me.
You don't answer my phone? It's okay, you forgot the address you gave me last time!
Not to mention Brother Huanxi, even Anne and Mo Fatzi miss Lao Qiao a little.
How much fun it was to be with this old Joe.
Open the navigation, enter the address left by Old Joe, and find it without much effort.
Hengming City, Linghua Avenue Lvhua Lane No. 126 Miss Yan Hotel.
This is a very old alley, and many houses have a big word "demolition" written on them.
By the time we arrived, it was already evening. Many families put tables and chairs outside the house, eating small dishes and drinking small wine.
Sometimes, the next door will come and get a piece of meat without saying hello, and then send a piece of fish to the other party.
This kind of life is absolutely not seen in high-rise buildings.
The rolling shutter door of the Synear Cigarette Hotel is closed.
A man in his 50s walked up to the cigarette hotel. He bent down and opened the roller shutter door, pulled it up, and then shouted outside: "Old Song has a bottle of rice flowers, who else wants it?"
"I, I also want a bottle of rice flowers, and then I will wrap peanuts. β
"I've got two beers here. β
"Done. I'll help you pay for it first, and I'll remember to give it to me later. β
The man took out the wine and peanuts, took out a 100 one, opened an iron box hidden behind the counter, put the whole ticket in, and looked for change.
As soon as he turned around, he was about to close the door, and saw Lei Huanxi and the three of them: "What do you want to buy? β
"Oh, no. Lei Huanxi touched his head: "This store is yours?"
Could it be that Old Joe is even bragging. Obviously it's not your own cigarette hotel, do you have to say it's your own?
"It's not. The man was a little impatient: "What are you doing with so many questions?" β
"We're here to find someone. β
"Looking for whom?"
"Qiao Yuanfan. β
"Old Joe!" As soon as he heard the name, the man's attitude suddenly changed: "This shop belongs to Lao Joe, and he often goes out, so he has a few keys for everyone, and several of us have them." There is such a cigarette shop in this alley now, if we don't open the door, we have to cross the road to buy things, how inconvenient it is. Old Joe thought of such a way, everyone wanted to buy what they wanted to open the door and get it. Buy the money and put it away. β
Hey, that's okay too?
It's true that this old Joe is lazy. But I really trust these neighbors.
However, it is certain that Old Joe is gone.
"And where is he now?" asked Lei Huanxi tentatively.
"Hospitalized. β
"Huh? Hospitalized?"
"yes, I've been staying for a week, and my heart is not good. The man hurriedly said, "But it doesn't matter, I will be discharged from the hospital the day after tomorrow." The loudspeaker is there. β
Big horn?
Who is the loudspeaker?
Lei Huanxi and the three of them were simply confused when they heard it.
"Are you his friends or relatives?"
"Friends. β
"I said, I've never heard of old Joe having any relatives. The man smiled: "You haven't eaten yet, are you're welcome, Old Joe's friend is our friend." My surname is Mu, and everyone calls me 'Ah Wutou'. Come, eat together, after eating, I happened to change the loudspeaker today, and I accompanied the night. When the time comes, I'll take you to see Old Joe. β
Ah Wutou and those neighbors are particularly enthusiastic. put a few tables together, beckoned Lei Huanxi and the three to sit down.
Lei Huanxi, Annie, and Mo Fatzi were not polite. Anne, in particular, was so hungry that she picked up chopsticks and ate it.
"This little girl is so funny. The one named Lao Song said with a smile: "Such a delicate little girl, even if she doesn't dislike us old guys, she always worries about hygiene when she eats here, but you look at other little girls, she doesn't care at all." β
"I'm hungry, I don't care. Anne stuffed a large piece of fish in her mouth: "It's delicious." β
A group of neighbors laughed, and Ah Wutou smiled: "I remember, that time Lao Qiao came back and said that he knew a group of children, it must be you, it seems that Lao Qiao didn't brag this time." β
"Old Joe has been bragging?" Brother Huanxi suddenly became interested.
"Isn't it?" Ah Wutou took a sip of wine: "Old Joe loves to brag, who of us here doesn't know? Tell us what is like in the United States today, and what is like in England tomorrow, so that he seems to have really been there." Last time I asked him, how much does a plane ticket to New York cost? He didn't say anything for a long time, and finally came to us with a sentence that someone else bought the ticket for him, and he had never seen the price. So I said, 'Old Joe, you just said that a foreign beauty bought it for you.' And suppose what old Joe answered, and he said, 'yes, how do you know?'"
The old guys at the table laughed "coaxingly".
Lao Song was overwhelmed: "This old Qiao, if you really know any foreign beauty, and you are still single?" that is, the loudspeaker has taken a fancy to him." β
"Huh?" Anne, who was eating there, suddenly became interested and carried forward the spirit of gossip: "Uncle, tell us about it." β
Anne was beautiful and sweet-mouthed, and the old fellows simply told all the things about Old Joe.
Old Joe is not a local, he moved to Lvhua Lane more than 20 years ago.
As soon as I came, I opened a cigarette hotel. It has been open until now.
At that time, he was in his early 40s, personable, very handsome, knew everything about astronomy and geography, and was single, so he suddenly attracted the favor of countless unmarried women in Luhua Lane.
The loudspeaker is one of them.
The big horn is a nickname. Her real name is Liu Cai'e, she was only 25 years old at the time, and she looked okay, but her personality was a little hot. As soon as he saw Lao Qiao, he told people that he was in love with this man.
Regardless of the big age difference between the two parties, he personally ran to Lao Qiao's store to marry him.
Old Joe refused.
After that, the loudspeaker pestered Lao Qiao for three years, and Lao Qiao never agreed.
The big horn saw that Ben 30 had gone, and in a fit of anger, he married someone casually.
On the day of the wedding. Lao Qiao also went, and gave a generous bride price,
Listening to the best friend of the loudspeaker, the loudspeaker cried that day.
The big horn's life is not good, I found a man who can only gamble and play with women, and after a few years, I was caught and raped by the big horn in bed again, and the two had a big fight and divorced. The daughter was raised by the big horn.
During that time, the loudspeaker had a very difficult time, and it was always Lao Qiao who took over.
Everyone thought they could break the mirror and reunite. I didn't expect Lao Qiao to help him, but he was not ambiguous at all emotionally, he once drank too much and sued sΓΉ A Wutou:
"I'm sympathetic to the trumpet, but I don't love her, I already have a woman in my heart. I've loved her all my life, no matter what happens. Even if thirty or fifty years later, I am about to die, there is still only one her in my heart. β
Later, these words reached the ears of the big horn, and the big horn was completely dead. She said to Ah Wutou:
"You go and sue SΓΉ Old Joe, I will serve such a man. I'm convinced, I envy the woman he loves. I can't be Lao Qiao's woman in this life, I'll be his sister-in-law, he has no relatives, I'll take care of him for the rest of my life!"
This is the story of Big Horn and Old Joe.
"Lao Qiao likes to brag in other aspects, ...... other aspects" Lao Song gave a thumbs up: "I didn't say it, no one in Luhua Lane disobeyed him." If anyone's family suffers a disaster and has difficulties, if they don't say it, Lao Qiao will help if he goes bankrupt. Old vegetable skin, you talk to these children. β
Lean and lean, nicknamed Lao Caipi, took a sip of wine: "That year, my son was seriously ill and had no money, and our whole family was so anxious that he wanted to hang himself." The old guys helped to make money, but they were not rich, and the medical expenses were far behind. Old Joe had been missing for a few days, and when he came back, he put a box in front of me, 'Let's see our eldest nephew.'" When I opened it, it was full of money. 150,000, a full 150,000. You may not sound like much now, but this happened 18 years ago, and if it weren't for these 150,000, my son wouldn't be alive now!"
When Mo Fatzi heard this, he was curious: "Where did Lao Qiao get 150,000?"
"I know that. Ah Wutou sighed: "He used to have a piece of jade hanging around his neck, which was very valuable, I used to play with jade, and I could see at a glance that it was something from the Tang Dynasty." But when he came back that time, the jade was gone. Where do you think the money came from?"
Lei Huanxi, Annie, and Mo Fatzi glanced at each other.
Cheng, Lao Qiao, you Cheng, good!
Even if you lose the bet this time, your brother Huanxi won't ask you to return the two big pieces of gold. Brother Huanxi can guess without thinking about it, you must be using these two pieces of gold to do serious things.
"In this alley, he can help with everything he can. Lao Song pointed to the alley: "So as soon as he gets sick this time, the big guys have discussed it, money, big guys come together." Take care of it, everyone takes turns to take care of it every day. Old Joe has no relatives, but all of us are his relatives! If this relative in his own family is sick, we don't take care of anyone. β
Brother Huanxi finally knows what kind of person Old Joe is.
A person who can be liked by so many people, even if there are some little problems that he loves to brag about, is completely bearable!
It's not easy for people to do this!(To be continued......)