Chapter 30: A Bowl of Shredded Pork Noodles
Ye Ning, who was rescued from the thief, ran forward a few steps in a panic, and almost fell down on an unstable footing, but fortunately, with the support of Su Muyan and Chen Muxuan, he did not fall, but his eyes were red, and he looked at a thief who was half kneeling on the ground a few meters away, and the man who stood behind and took down his butterfly knife.
"Li Qiao, are you okay!" Su Muyan hugged Li Xiaoqiao worriedly, saw Li Qiao, who had been standing still, and stepped forward and asked.
Li Qiao turned his head and grinned, his white teeth a little dazzling in the light: "It's okay." Then let go of the hand that was holding the thief, turned around, and walked towards Su Muyan.
"Oh, what are you doing, you're going to let the thief go!" Although Li Qiao smiled, Chen Muxuan was shocked when he saw that he actually let go of the thief, and shouted in panic.
"It's okay, he won't mess around again. Li Qiao said very calmly, because he felt the same temperament from this man, maybe he hid it well, but Li Qiao saw the child's apology very clearly.
Sure enough, the thin man with bloodshot eyes and a scruffy beard sat on the ground dejectedly, motionless, as if he had lost his vitality at this moment, and did not react to the laughter and scolding of the outside world.
At this moment, several security guards in uniforms and batons squeezed through the crowd and walked over, frowning and saying, "What are you doing, what happened?"
"Oh, it's the security guard!" Li Qiao saw the security guard who suddenly appeared, as if he had changed a person, and immediately approached with a smile on his face, took out a bag of Zhongnanhai from his pocket, and scattered a few: "It's all a trivial matter, it's just that a thief was caught." ”
These security guards are managing the security of the shopping mall, to put it bluntly, thankless, a month's salary is not much, seeing that the other party is so good to take the cigarette, smiled, but the next moment heard the word thief, one by one immediately took out a baton, vigilantly looked around: "Where is the thief." ”
"Caught, caught, this thief is as thin as a bamboo pole, even a woman can't beat it, and he hasn't stolen anything. Li Qiao turned his head and looked at Ye Ning, who still had red marks on his white neck: "Yes!"
The girl was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Yes, I didn't steal anything, I didn't do anything, I was caught." ”
"Hey, this person changed his face too quickly!" Chen Muxuan on the side couldn't help but say: "That thief hijacked ...... just now" But before he finished speaking, he was covered by Su Muyan, and the latter looked thoughtfully at Li Qiao, who was laughing next to the security guard.
"Really?" the security guard looked suspiciously at the thief who was sitting motionless on the ground, and then at Li Qiao, who was courteously handing over cigarettes.
"I won't tell you the truth, that thief actually I know, he is a flat-headed brother, and his family is poor, so he made this decision, but he didn't steal anything, there was no personal injury, no property damage. Li Qiao hurriedly explained: "And we have called the police, it's okay." ”
At this time, Chen Muxuan shook her mobile phone in a timely manner and said with a smile: "I did call the police." ”
The security guards saw that there was no impact, since the other party knew each other, and they were so good, they were too lazy to waste their efforts in vain, and they were thankless, so they warned: "Don't mess around." After that, they walked back, and the other onlookers, seeing that the thief looked like a piece of wood, and even the knife was gone, and one by one they regained their elegance and grace.
"What are you going to do?" Su Muyan held the child, looked at the thief, and couldn't help asking.
"What else can I do, wait for the police to come!" Li Qiao smiled bitterly, spread his hands helplessly, walked to the side of the man who looked like a dead man, and kicked him with his toes, the man had a little reaction, raised his head blankly, and saw the man under the light, threw a cigarette to him, and then lit it in the mall without any scruples, and the smoke hazy his face: "Hey, let me tell you something, my little kid wants to invite you to eat a bowl of shredded meat noodles, the kind of ten yuan." ”
The man was stunned, turned his head, and saw a little girl in the arms of a woman with a good face and temperament, with a flat mouth and a stinky face, and it could be seen that the man's previous roar at her had a bad impression on the child, and after a moment of silence, he finally said, "I'm sorry!"
"You should come along!" Li Qiao glanced at Ye Ning, who had returned to calm at the moment, but her neck was still red, the girl was stunned and nodded in agreement.
"Hey, just two people, what about our family's Muyan? The child who has been hugging you for so long, you can't have nothing, yes, there is also the phone bill for me to call the police!" Chen Muxuan teased, making Su Muyan, who had to hold Li Xiaoqiao, blush slightly.
Li Qiao came back to his senses, only then did he remember this stubble, immediately took the child from her arms, said thank you, and then waved his big hand and said, "Then let's go together!"
However, he held a cigarette in his mouth, and his high-spirited bearing, before he took a few steps, he was directly wiped out under the majesty of the cleaner aunt who was halfway out and cleaned, and immediately nodded his head and waist, and diligently swept the cigarette ash that fell on the ground clean and spotless.
At this time, it was already past noon, and there were a lot fewer people eating in the restaurant, Su Muyan took the child and found a place to sit down, in fact, the experience of this day still surprised them who faced the patients every day, first helped catch the thief, saw the unusually fast fight, and even ate with the thief at this moment, which is not something that can be encountered normally.
The thin man sat in his position with a shrunken position, trying his best to keep a distance from Su Muyan and the others, for fear of soiling them, and his dirty hands full of dirt had been placed under the table, Ye Ning found this carefully, hesitated for a moment, and finally took a pair of chopsticks and put the spoon in front of him.
The man was stunned for a moment, raised his bloodshot eyes, looked at the girl who was strangled by himself, his eyes were red, he lowered his head again, and said silently, "Thank you." ”
At the same time, Li Qiao was buying noodles in front of the counter: "Boss, five bowls of shredded pork noodles." ”
"Okay, five bowls of shredded pork noodles!" the clerk shouted inside.
"Wow, the boss puts less chopped green onions, can it be cheaper!" Li Qiao rubbed his hands and asked.
The clerk didn't look at him: "Can't!"
"Oh, put more chopped green onions!"
Soon, five bowls of shredded meat noodles were sent up one bowl after another, compared to Chen Muxuan, Ye Ning, and Su Muyan's slow and logical way of eating, the man was much rougher, the hot noodles were almost not blown, so they were sent directly into his mouth, and he swallowed them immediately without chewing a few times, it could be seen that he had been hungry for a long time, and a pair of dirty hands touched the noodles, and he was not too dirty, so he picked it up and put it in his mouth, and soon a bowl of noodles bottomed out.
"It's not good, I bought too much!" Li Qiao said suddenly, put the noodles in front of the man and said, "Let's eat it for you, the so-called grains are hard, please help me eat them!"
The man raised his head and looked at Li Qiao in a daze, and Li Qiao also looked at him with a smile, and after a while, he lowered his head again, took the bowl, and ate it quickly, the soup splashed everywhere, and the sound continued, but it still couldn't hide his sobbing, and tears fell from his face, drop by drop into the bowl.
"Dad, this uncle is crying!" Li Xiaoqiao grabbed the chopsticks and said suddenly.
"No, the noodle soup was too hot just now, and it was hot. Li Qiao rubbed the child's little head: "You are so hot that you don't cry!"
"Cry, but I'll cry for a while!" Li Xiaoqiao shook his head and said.
"Very good, then Dad is going to pay!" Li Qiao turned around and went to the counter, then took out all his net worth from his wallet, seventy-five yuan and three cents, and said, "Boss checkout." ”
"I'm sorry, sir, you don't have enough money. The clerk replied reservedly.
"Nani!" Li Qiao was stunned: "Isn't your shredded meat noodles ten yuan a bowl?"
"I'm sorry for the price increase, it's eighteen yuan a bowl now. "The clerk was still very reserved.
"Damn, you're cheating consumers, I'm going to call 315 to complain to you. Li Qiao originally looked angry at being deceived, but the next moment it turned into a lewd smile: "If one person is ten yuan, I won't call." ”
However, the clerk was unmoved, and kept a professional smile: "I'm sorry, this is not a threat to this store!"
Li Qiao immediately softened: "Big brother, it's good, I really don't have much money to go out, you see I still have a big family to support, all of them are seven aunts and eight aunts, don't look at that little kid is only more than two years old, but it's actually my aunt and grandmother, forget it today, I'll pay the bill tomorrow." ”
"I'm sorry, but we don't take credit. "The clerk doesn't eat oil and salt.
Suddenly, a fragrant wind wafted by, and then a proud old man's head was placed on the counter: "I'll treat you today!"
"Good man!" Li Qiao was so moved that he almost cried bitterly, and when he turned his head, he turned his head to see Su Muyan, who was smiling at himself, this woman was not smiling at the iceberg beauty, and when she smiled, the whole noodle shop seemed to be bright, and the clerk was also slightly dazed.
"Then I'll give you back next time. Li Qiao scratched his head, a little embarrassed, after all, he waved his hand and invited someone to dinner.
"Okay!" Su Muyan did not refuse.
After a while, the police came, but as soon as the two met, Officer Xiao Chen was displeased: "Why are you again!"
"Yes, yes!" Li Qiao did not have the slightest sense of tranquility and indifference, and stepped forward shamelessly and whispered: "Comrade police officer, all this is my credit, I heard that there is a bonus for righteousness and bravery, when will I get it!"
"The nature of this event has not yet been decided. Xiao Chen didn't give face at all.
"Don't mind, when the bonus comes down, we'll split the account. Li Qiao said with a shy face.
"I'm going to sue you for bribing the police. "Comrade Xiao Chen is iron-faced and selfless.
"Wow, the sun is so big in the mall, I still have to leave beforehand. Li Qiao glanced at the thief, and the man smiled at him gratefully, and then he turned around and said goodbye to Su Muyan and the others, holding the child under his armpit, and the little fart made a breaststroke shape, with the sound of spitting bubbles.
When their backs were getting farther and farther away, Su Muyan, who was beside Chen Muxuan, said thoughtlessly: "Don't you think they are cute!"