Chapter 42: The Story of a Handful of Bills

"That's right, my uncle is Zhou Gai, does Lafayette recognize it?"

"It's our old friend, Xiao Zhou, where is your uncle now?

"Oh, at home, since Lafayette wants to see it, I'll arrange it immediately. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info"Zhou Yu is very happy.

"Let's do it another day, it's too late!" Jing Yi looked at the time, it was almost eight o'clock, and she had to rush back to the suburbs, not to mention that she was not very enthusiastic about seeing Zhou Gai.

"Also, I'm dizzy. But eight o'clock is not too late, Xiao Zhou, how about we go to your parlor for tea and tell us the story of your uncle. Xiaoyue, you don't have to worry, I'll drive you back when you get back. "Rui Ming flower road.

"It's a pleasure! Please, just in time to try the desserts in our restaurant. Oh, the Western food I learned before, and the desserts in the Western restaurant of this restaurant are all designed by me. Zhou Yu said, he couldn't help but glance at Ruan Che when he spoke.

Tommy's face has been ugly since he heard that the little fairy is the patriarch of the Gram tribe in this city, he said that he wanted to go home early, and he didn't say hello to the little fairy and left, and the rest of the young men in the car repair shop were embarrassed to stay and left.

He didn't seem happy. Ruan Che said.

"Little boy, uncertain heart, ignore him. Rui Minghua thought that Tommy was because of her hints, and did not take it to heart, in the past ten years, there are not a few people of the opposite sex who beat her idea, and she has seen a lot of frustration from men of all sizes because of her rejection.

Zhou Yu's reception room is quaint and simple, and the antique furniture makes Ruan Che feel cordial, she touches here and looks there, remembering the life of relying on the old maid in the Great Song Dynasty, she can't help but touch the scene, and feel homesick, bow her head, and tear up.

"Not her. Zhou Yu on the other end saw Ruan Che's appearance, shook his head, and whispered to himself.

The waiter brought tea and dessert, and Yi Shanshan was not polite, she was only half-full, and she feasted on it. She Li stared at a tempting cream cake and didn't dare to eat it, Wei Chen lied to her and said that it was vegetarian, and she didn't hesitate to pick it up and take a bite, and there was immediately a smile on her face that was intoxicated by the beautiful taste of the food.

"Miss Ruan, don't you want to taste it?" Zhou Yu handed a plate of tiramisu to Ruan Che, although Ruan Che was far from the person in his heart, but because of his similar appearance, he felt kind, and he thought that maybe he could be a friend of the opposite sex.

"It's so beautiful!" Ruan Che took it, smelled the fragrance and liked it very much.

"Not only is it beautiful, it's also delicious, try it!" Although they have not known each other for a long time, Zhou Yu likes to observe Ruan Che's expression.

"Zhou Gongzi, favor one over the other!" Rui Minghua deliberately put on a face.

"Lafayette, you can also taste it, new flavors. Zhou Yu hurriedly took a plate and handed it to Rui Minghua.

"Let's put it on, I'm afraid of getting fat when I eat sweets at night. Let's talk about Zhou Gai, I haven't seen him for more than 30 years, and he is also an old man. Rui Ming Hanami said, and observed Jing Yi's reaction from time to time.

"Uncle is sixty-eight this year, fortunately, not too old, looks like he is in his early fifties, he has a better mentality than me, except for often missing his goddess, he can basically see everything. Uncle and I live in the villa of Liuliyuan, because of the inconvenience of his legs, he does not often come to the restaurant, so he grows flowers at home, researches and studies new dishes, and lives a very leisurely life. Zhou Yu took a sip of tea.

"How can I live with you? Zhou Gai doesn't have his own home, what about his wife and children?"

"Uncle has never been married in his life, just waiting for his goddess, this old boy is very timid, after the amputation of his right leg, he is even less timid, and he doesn't even dare to inquire about the whereabouts of his goddess, saying that the goddess is so tall and tall that a woman must have married a good man, and it is in vain to increase the distress when he hears it, and he has been holding himself hard for decades, and he doesn't tell me about his heart, let alone the name of his goddess, holding a bunch of ancient banknotes every day, saying that it was his goddess who stuffed it to him, I asked him when he was poor and couldn't eat for a week, how could he still have money to stay, he said that it was not money, and I would understand when I had someone I liked。 ”

"Ah, I remember, it was the money that Xiao Yue scattered! Xiao Yue, do you remember, you grabbed a handful of tickets and stuffed them to Zhou Gai, and I saw it clearly on the second floor of the hotel. This kid turned out to be a baby, haha...... I'm laughing to death!What's wrong to keep, keep the banknotes!" Rui Minghua recalled the past and shook Jing Yi happily.

The first scene of that incident is the protagonist, of course she remembers it better than anyone else, but she is very calm, just listening to the past of an old friend, the tea in the cup is not to her taste, she wants to drink Coke more, this is her focus.

"Xiaoyue, Lafayette, do you recognize your uncle's goddess? Who is it, but she is still alive?"

"No matter how you asked, your uncle is not dead, of course they are here. And that person is among us, guess who it is?" Rui Minghua said.

"I heard you call this Dao Leader Xiaoyue, is that ...... You?" Zhou Yu's eyes lit up, and he was a little disappointed, he thought that the goddess that Zhou Gai had thought about for decades should still be like Rui Minghua even if she was old, with a plain face facing the sky, an ordinary appearance, and a face like a knife as if someone else owed her eight hundred, no matter how much he used his imagination, he couldn't equate the goddess with his unattractive Daogu.

"That's right, it's her, her real name is Yao Xiaoyue, and now she is the head of the realm. ”

"Oh, it's good, it's young. This is the only compliment that Zhou Yu can say.

Jing Yi still didn't get close to anyone, and he didn't look at Zhou Yu.

"By the way, what's wrong with Zhou Gai's leg? At that time, the restaurant went out of business, but he was determined to go to Xiaoyue, why is his leg gone?"

"How do you say this......" Zhou Yu scratched his head, "My dad was also working in the city and lived with my uncle, I heard my dad say that my uncle borrowed him a suit to wear that day, dressed neatly and neatly, and took a picture in front of the mirror for almost two hours before going out, he was so excited when he went out that he forgot to put on leather shoes and put on slippers and went out, and he also wore a pair of short stockings that my dad borrowed from my mother, because leather shoes were also borrowed, and the shoe size was small and only by wearing stockings could he get on his feet." ”

"Women's stockings?" haha...... Rui Minghua laughed, as elegant as a little fairy squirting out a big sip of tea.

"Don't laugh, Uncle's leg is ruined in those stockings. At that time, the house they lived in was on the third floor, the stairs were set outside, when the uncle went down the stairs, his feet in stockings and slippers, just down a step, his feet slipped in the shoes, and the whole person rolled from the third floor to the first floor, unfortunately, I don't know who piled up a pile of glass at the mouth of the first floor, my uncle rolled down and hit the glass, the glass fell down, one of which cut into the meridian of his right thigh, and was rushed to the hospital by my father who rushed over with leather shoes. At that time, the medical conditions were limited, and the uncle's leg was infected after a wound, and the doctor had to remove the entire leg, and then for more than ten years, my uncle walked with crutches, and I cooperated with my uncle to open this restaurant, and the economy improved, so he installed a prosthetic leg, but when he was at home, he didn't need to remove it, saying that the crutches were more comfortable. ”

"I see!"

"Well, there was an unpleasant thing that happened back then. Uncle not only spent all his savings because of the handling fee, but also owed a debt, I was in the countryside with my mother, life was not very good, because of the uncle's affairs, my father's savings were gone, he also had to help the uncle pay off the debt, to my mother's living expenses are very small, I remember that our family has not eaten meat for several years in a row, I am not afraid that you will laugh at those years want to eat meat crazy, hehe.

Later, once, I went to visit my father in the city with my mother, it happened to be my birthday, my mother wanted me to eat a meal of meat, so she pulled my father and uncle to discuss to see if I could borrow some money from my friends, both of them shook their heads, the debt was not paid off, how embarrassed to borrow money from others for the second time, my mother knew the temper of their brothers, no longer reluctant.

Although it was my birthday that night, I ate very shabby, porridge and pickles, after eating, my mother cleaned up, the two rooms were not big, but the two men were as sloppy and messy. My mom cleaned up my dad's room, and then went to clean up my uncle's room, my uncle was playing with me at the time, I didn't pay attention, and when I found out that my mom was tidying up, she immediately ran over, and then she saw my mom with a handful of bills in her hand and was so angry that she couldn't speak.

My dad didn't know where my uncle's bills came from, and the three of them didn't speak, but stood with big eyes and stared at each other, and then my mother shoved the bills into her pocket, pulled me up, and told me to go to the restaurant to eat meat. Uncle was in a hurry, and went up to get the money back, saying that he couldn't spend it, it wasn't money.

My mother said Zhou Gai, you are blind to me, this is not a banknote, is it straw paper? It is straw paper, what are you doing in a cookie box? There is perfume on it, Zhou Tian, you smell my hands! Oh, Zhou Tian is my father's name. My dad has always defended my uncle, and although he didn't understand why my uncle was hiding so much money at the time, he thought that my uncle must have his own reasons, so he asked my mother not to make trouble and return the money to my uncle.

My mother exploded all of a sudden, you have also seen her temper, she is a female madman when she splashes, my mother refuses to give, she cries and makes trouble while holding her pockets, saying that she wants her son to eat meat no matter what, she sees me gnawing her fingers, and wants to eat her own meat!

So I helped my mother deal with two big men, and that night there was a big battle in that room, I dealt with my uncle, and my mother dealt with my father, because my uncle and my father did not dare to play hard, but my mother and I fought hard, and the four of us were evenly matched, and we fought until ten o'clock in the evening, and then we were exhausted and stopped.

My dad said it's so late, the restaurants outside are closed, let's give my son meat on next year's birthday, my mom said no, she has money now, and before twelve o'clock, she wants the restaurant to make me a meat meal. When the uncle heard this, he was in a hurry, moved a stool to block the door, and sat at the door to prevent me from going out with my mother.

My mother said that tonight is either the death of my mother or the death of your brothers, and the battle continues! Then, the four of them jumped until midnight, and my father saw that it was past twelve o'clock, and he gasped and proudly said to my mother that my birthday was over, and I could only wait for the next year. My mom completely lost, she scolded and cried all night, and my dad coaxed her while taking out the money from my mom's pocket, who had no strength, and returned it to my uncle.

Now every year on my birthday, the three of them will talk about that event, and it has become a very good memory. Hehe. ”

After laughing, Zhou Yu continued to tell the legendary story of Zhou Gai.

"Uncle's leg amputation after there is no restaurant to him, a few years he is at home to do some manual work, the income is very small, my dad with him to live and eat is normal, after my dad went on a business trip for a week, came back to see that the uncle has lost a lot of weight, almost to the skin, my dad opened the rice tank, the rice has not moved, it turns out that the uncle only drinks water for a whole week and does not eat, just to save money. Alas, the first time my dad cried, and the first time he scolded his uncle, asking him why he didn't buy food when he had money, what should he do if he starved to death? Uncle said that it was not money, it was really not money! My father said that I have no problem with you hiding private money, but you have to take care of yourself, isn't the money you earn just to eat and live, what are you trying to do! Uncle still said that it was not money, and my father was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he paid for wine and meat and came back and cooked a big pot of rice for my uncle to eat quickly, and my uncle only ate and did not eat meat, saying that Ah Yu had no meat to eat for his birthday, how could he be embarrassed to eat, and he had no face to eat, and he was dragged down at home! My father said, don't eat, no one eats, everyone doesn't eat, he angrily poured the meat out of the window, and didn't talk to his uncle for a whole month, but he supervised his uncle's meals every day.

Uncle thinks that manual work is too slow to make money, and he wants to go back to his old business, my dad thinks it's a good idea, he likes to eat uncle's meals since he was a child, and thinks that the world's chef Uncle is the first, and he is very supportive! But they can't afford to rent the venue, Uncle said then do supper, at that time Uncle's supper stall was the first person in the vicinity, at first the brothers did it alone, my dad borrowed a friend's table and chairs, and built a simple shed by himself, he came to help after work, a month later, the business boomed, and the money was more than my dad's salary for three months, my dad asked my mom to come over to help, my mom wanted to reunite with my dad for a long time, and I heard that I could make a lot of money, and I didn't hold a grudge against my uncle so much, and came happily.

Actually, at that time, the uncle was very hard, he had to keep frying with crutches, often standing all night, but there was money to be made, he was very happy, especially when he heard someone praise him for his good skills, he was even happier, although bitter but happy. The debts owed in less than half a year were paid off, and my uncle did it for another two years, and bought a house for my father, and the real estate certificate was written in the names of my parents, and my mother said that she could not have a name, and the house should at least be written on the uncle, and the uncle said that he owed his brother and daughter-in-law, and my mother didn't say anything anymore, and my uncle was not good at talking, and my parents knew him.

The uncle later opened a small restaurant, and the business has always been very good, because he strives to innovate the dishes, which is very popular with customers. All the money my uncle earned was subsidized to my family, and he also sent me to study abroad, and he kept the rest of the money in my father's account, and he only kept the working capital of the restaurant. Alas, this stupid uncle!

My parents have been persuading him to find a wife, with his conditions, it is very easy, but when it comes to other things, my uncle is good-tempered, but as soon as this matter is mentioned, my uncle gets angry, saying that finding a wife is not a breed, can you do it casually! His words are very rough, but my parents don't dare to care more, follow him. ”

Zhou Yu's rhythm is very good, like a master storyteller, the speed of speech and demeanor are in place, and when it comes to emotion, the little fairy draws a tissue and blows her nose.