14. Righteousness and courage
Gao Xu didn't know the situation, he observed it first, the old man snorted angrily and looked at the young man opposite, his wife whispered something while pulling the hem of the old man's clothes, opposite was a young man in his twenties, with a partial head shape, a white T-shirt obviously left a few points of brown-red liquid, the young man looked up at the old man, and shouted: "I tell you, my bottle of wine is worth at least five hundred yuan, my clothes are also dirty, I can't wash it, you don't give me eight hundred yuan today, don't want to go down the mountain." ”
Gao Xu squeezed out of the crowd, walked to the old man's side and asked, "Old man, what happened." ”
The old man said indignantly, "This kid is blackmailing. When the young man heard this, he was disgruntled, and cried out, "Old fellow, don't talk nonsense, you have a reason to mess up my things." ”
The old man's wife pulled the old man hard again and said, "Old man, let's say a few words." He turned his head to Gao Xu and said, "I wiped it with this young man just now, sprinkled his unknown medicinal wine, and said that we would lose 800 yuan, and the old man felt that it was a bit too much to reason with him." ”
The old man said: "What wiped it, obviously he deliberately bumped into it, and his drunkard knew what it was." ”
The young man stepped forward and said menacingly: "Old thing, believe it or not, Lao Tzu pumped you." He pointed at Gao Xu again and said, "Boy, where did you come from, don't meddle with things!"
Gao Xu glanced at the young man, didn't speak, walked to the bottle and picked it up, because the ground was all soil, the bottle was not broken, and there was still a little liquid left in it, Gao Xu put the bottle close to the end of his nose and smelled it, there was a strong smell of wine, but he couldn't smell the smell of medicinal herbs emitted from ordinary medicinal wine, he roughly had his own judgment in his heart, stood up and said to the young man: "I'm curious why you climb a mountain and carry such a valuable bottle of medicinal wine?"
The young man said angrily: "Lao Tzu is willing, can you manage it, I advise you to go back where you came from, this is my business with this old man, and it has nothing to do with you." Gao Xu looked at the young man contemptuously: "Don't play tricks with me, or practice?"
The young man looked at Gao Xu seriously, and said inwardly: "You want to help this old man pay off his debts, let me tell you, my home is in the village near here." Gao Xu smiled and said: "Also, your home is nearby, you practice the local dialect first, your wine is a little white wine and paint, you have touched the porcelain and you have come to Xishan, creative." ”
The young man shouted in shame, "Fart, why do you say I'm not a drug, you fucking treat you as a police dog." ”
Gao Xu lowered his face and grabbed the clothes on the young man's chest: "I warn you, be careful with your mouth, and I will whip you if you are so unclean!" The young man broke away from Gao Xu's hand, took a step back, and said unwillingly: "I, I, you have to talk about evidence, I am a precious medicinal wine that has been soaked for more than ten years, it is precious." ”
Gao Xu shook the bottle in his hand: "Isn't this evidence, do you want us to call the police and ask the police comrades to test your precious medicinal wine?"
As soon as the young man heard this, he hurriedly grabbed the bottle, turned around and left, and muttered: "Forget it, count me unlucky, I don't care about you." Seeing this, the onlookers all said nonsense, at first glance, this kid is not a good person, he has long seen that he is a liar or something, Gao Xu pouted in his heart, these melon-eating masses are like this, hindsight, what did you do earlier, I just know how to watch the excitement.
Gao Xu waved his hand around and said, "Disperse, there's nothing to see." The old man stepped forward and said to Gao Xu: "Thank you, young man, for bothering you again." His wife was also saying words of thanks on the side, and Gao Xu said indifferently: "Little things, you're welcome, let's go, go down the mountain, let's take a companion together." ”
The three of them chatted all the way down the mountain, got to know each other, the old man's name is Liu Yucai, his wife's surname is Zhang, the old couple are retired university professors, retired for almost ten years, both are locals, but they have been teaching in universities in other provinces, and have been traveling around since retirement, and only recently returned to their hometown to settle down.
The two elders have a daughter and two sons, the eldest daughter and the second son are in Spring City, and the younger son works in SH.
The young man deliberately bumped into Liu Lao, originally wanting to make a few hundred yuan, but he didn't expect Gao Xu's appearance halfway through to ruin his good deeds.
Liu Lao is an arrogant and arrogant old man, he realized at the beginning that something was wrong with the blackmailing young man, and he didn't intend to obey, but under the persuasion of his wife, he reluctantly took out fifty yuan to calm things down, so he was no longer ready to give in, if Gao Xu hadn't appeared, he didn't know how to end it.
Mrs. Zhang smiled all the way and asked about Gao Xu's situation, Gao Xu answered one by one, and when she was about to reach the foot of the mountain, the old lady answered a phone call, it turned out that the second son knew that the two old men had come to Xishan, and specially rushed over to pick up the two old people and go home.
Gao Xu, who wanted to say goodbye to the two old men, was forcibly pulled by the old lady, and he had to wait for the old man's son to have a meal together before leaving, Gao Xu was not good at forcing people to walk, so he had to accompany the two old men to wait at the foot of the mountain, planning to say hello and leave after the old man's son arrived.
didn't wait for a few minutes, a black Volkswagen sedan stopped in front of the three of them, Gao Xu, who likes cars, paid attention to it, it was actually a Phaeton, at this time there were not many people who knew this car, and people who were not familiar with it would think it was a new model such as a Passat.
On the car walked a man in his thirties, a man of moderate shape, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, looking very elegant, a light gray shirt, navy blue trousers, and black leather shoes were spotlessly polished.
The man's appearance is very similar to Liu Yucai, at a glance, he knows that he is a father and son, although Gao Xu has little knowledge of a very high-end clothing brand, but he also feels that the man's clothes are absolutely valuable, and it should not be simple to come to Liu Lao's son in combination with the car driven by the man.
As soon as the old lady saw her son, she pulled Gao Xu over and introduced her, and repeatedly told her son to thank Gao Xu for herself. Gao Xu smiled embarrassedly.
The man solemnly stretched out his hand to Gao Xu and said in standard Mandarin: "Mr. Gao, hello, I'm Liu Shengming, thank you for today's incident." ”
Gao Xu nodded politely and said, "Hello Mr. Liu, it's just a little thing, it didn't help much, it's the two old people who are too polite." ”
Liu Shengming said gently: "Mr. Gao is too modest, I know my father's temperament, if it weren't for you today, he would definitely fight that person to the end, if it really hurts the two old people because of this, it will really make me regret it, please Mr. Gao must give me a chance to express my gratitude." ”
Liu Shengming's attitude was very sincere, Gao Xu really didn't feel that he had done anything great, he felt a little ashamed, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Liu, don't say that, it's also the liar who feels like a thief, even if I'm not here, it's not interesting to pester, I guess I'll leave by myself, you see I'm going to work at seven o'clock in the evening, let's talk about it next time we have a chance to meet, okay?"
Liu Shengming felt that what Gao Xu said should be true, but he was afraid that the two old men would be unhappy, so he looked at the old lady with an embarrassed face, and before the old lady could speak, Liu Yucai raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said: "It's only five twenty now, let's find a place to have a casual meal nearby, and after Shengming drives you to work, I will definitely not miss you." ”
Gao Xu wanted to say something more, but the old lady couldn't help but take his hand and said, "That's it, a young man, don't want a mother-in-law." ”
Liu Shengming also persuaded him in harmony, but Gao Xu was not emotional, so he had to get into the car with the family of three.
Liu Shengming seems to be more familiar with this area, and drove the car to an elegant small courtyard by the Dianchi Lake, which seems to be a rare private restaurant in this era, Gao Xu didn't know that there was such a restaurant here until later generations, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and he was also curious about Liu Shengming.
After sitting down, Liu Shengming consulted Gao Xu's taste preferences, and ordered five or six dishes with ease, and did not order a table of dishes like ordinary people. During the banquet, Liu Lao talked about some interesting things about his teaching time, and Liu Shengming always nodded in agreement, and talked with Gao Xu from time to time.
After the meal, regardless of Gao Xu's obstruction, Liu Lao and his wife insisted on letting Liu Shengming send Gao Xu to work, Liu Shengming was very familiar with the restaurant owner, so he asked him to arrange a car to send the two old men home, and he drove Gao Xu to the Peacock Hotel.
In the car, Liu Shengming expressed his gratitude to Gao Xu again, which made Gao Xu embarrassed, and deliberately diverted the topic and said: "Mr. Liu is so low-key, it is easy for people to admit mistakes when driving this car." ”
Liu Shengming said disappreliantly: "The car is driven by myself, not for others to see." Gao Xu was choked up, only with an oh sound.
Liu Shengming also found that what he said just now was a bit inappropriate, and then explained: "I have a Volkswagen four-S store, so I chose this car to drive by myself, and I can be regarded as supporting the brand I represent." ”
Gao Xu said with interest: "Oh, then you can get a preferential price when you buy a car and find Mr. Liu." Liu Shengming smiled and agreed.
After a while, the car drove to the Peacock Hotel, and when Gao Xu got off the car, he didn't forget to introduce the Golden Bottle Business and Entertainment Club to Liu Shengming, saying that he hoped that Liu Shengming could come to patronize when he had a party, Liu Shengming also happily agreed, and the two sides exchanged phone numbers and left.