Chapter 73: "Childcare" (1)
The explanation given in the Modern Chinese Dictionary is "a person who seduces and is deceived from the side". Originated from the Beijing dialect, it first appeared in the early 90s in the last century, and originally referred to the hiring of one or several people in a store or roadside stall, pretending to be customers, and making various gestures to lure real customers to buy their products. This kind of promotion method is to take advantage of people's greed for small and cheap and conformity, northerners are generally called "childcare", and Shanghainese is called "prying" and "unkempt".
It can be seen that the word "childcare" is not a good word, it can almost be regarded as a kind of liar, and with the evolution of society, it seems that this name is becoming less and less a good word.
One person I know is "childcare", and it is an ancestral "childcare".
How do you say that? Is there also an ancestral word for "childcare"?
It should start with his grandparents.
Let's give him a name for the time being, Chang Fa, which is in line with his idea of wanting to get rich.
Changfa's grandfather worked in the teahouse at that time. At that time, there were sons and daughters in the teahouse who listened to the tune, and everyone knew that if you ordered a track in the teahouse, it would be charged, especially if you wanted the girl to sing the next song for you, the price was higher, and some sons would even pay a high price for what the girl sang next.
And Changfa's grandfather is the "childcare" who lures his son-in-law to pay a high price.
Let's just say that this Changfa's grandfather, that is a master who has nothing to do, at that time, Changfa's grandfather sent his grandfather to the teahouse, originally thinking, doing chores, having something to do, don't gamble every day when you have nothing to do.
In the present, it is normal for this grandfather to think about it, but it was not normal at that time. At that time, when was it, having more children is more productivity, I can't wait to have a few more, how can I ask my children to have a job, how much money doesn't care?
If you want to talk about this, let's just say that this grandfather who often makes hair, that is a complete gambler.
People bet on dice, play pai gow, this is normal, playing mahjong, this is also a daily pastime, but the grandfather who often sends is different, that bet, it is simply an all-encompassing bet. Look, I'll tell you, what are you gambling on? Bet on whether the next one will wear a long shirt or a short fight, bet on the girl and his wife who will enter the door next, bet on what color the Zhang family's daughter is wearing today, bet on whether tomorrow's weather can scrape off the Li family's shed, and bet on a bully passing by on the street who dares to go up and knock someone's head.
Anyway, what you want to get, what you can't think of, Chang Fa Grandpa can gamble, this is not, the bet is lost, the clothes are picked up, that's too much, if it weren't for Chang Fa's grandfather to stop, it is estimated that Chang Fa's father let Chang Fa Grandpa press the gambling table as a bet.
In this case, what do you say can happen to this grandfather who often sends hair?
At first, this grandfather was thinking, I'll lock you up, at home, you can't gamble, right?
That's useless, this Changfa grandpa is not an ordinary person, ordinary people only gamble in the casino, Changfa grandpa is in the teahouse, the theater garden, the restaurant, even the old tree at the door, the ridge at the edge of the village, you can gamble anytime and anywhere. There was really no one to bet with him, and he gambled with his left and right hands, which was bigger than the number of points in the roll of the dice.
This Changfa grandfather is really out of tricks, so I thought, find some kind of work, do it for this Changfa grandfather, this can also pass the time, not so boring, maybe I won't gamble.
However, the gambler's quitting gambling is no different from smoking cessation, drug addiction, and obesity weight loss, which is uncomfortable, and it is very easy to repeat the mistakes of the past.
This Changfa grandfather, when he arrived at the teahouse, he was penniless and had no choice, so he could only gamble with himself. I don't have time when I'm busy, so I can only forget it. At the beginning, this Changfa grandfather was very happy, but it had been almost a month, and he didn't go to the gambling house.
But this Changfa grandfather seems to have forgotten that this month, it's time to start the monthly money, with this month's money, will Changfa's grandfather still be able to bear it? The answer is definitely no.
The monthly money is very small, and Changfa's grandfather quickly loses it all, and he owes a lot of debt as before. The debt collector chased him to the teahouse, and the owner of the teahouse was afraid that the teahouse would be smashed because of the affection of his old friend, so he had no choice but to help Changfa's grandfather repay the money.
Naturally, this grandfather has no money to repay, and the family is not rich, because he has often made grandfather's gambling over the years, and he also owes a lot of foreign debts, and he can't afford to pay it back now. At that time, the owner of the teahouse happened to be holding a girl, so he thought of asking for a "childcare" to stimulate the son's buddies to order tunes.
Grandpa Changfa was originally not in the eyes of the owner of the teahouse, because Grandpa Changfa's family was too poor, where could he pretend to be a young master? And the most important point, is afraid that Grandpa Changfa will squint his money in private, after all, he is a gambler, and on the side of the owner of the teahouse, there is indeed no credit at all. It's better to hire a kid on the side of the street to be diligent and capable.
But Chang Fa's grandfather was stalking, and in addition, this kind of "childcare" was difficult to find at that time. This kind of work, it's best to find the kind of son who is in distress, and it is like that, but in that world, how can there be so many sons and brothers in distress? When I find it, this girl is well known, do you still need to hold it?
This is no trick, just think, just let Grandpa Changfa try it, a dead horse as a live horse doctor, it's a big deal to find someone to stare at this Grandpa Changfa, I don't believe that so many people are watching, this person can still disappear out of thin air to gamble.
Don't you really say it, this Changfa grandfather, born with a rich appearance, wearing good clothes, this is really a bit like a rich son, plus there are a lot of rich people I usually see in the gambling house, and his vision is not bad, he belongs to the group that is very good at observing words and feelings, and he does look a bit like the son of a nouveau riche.
This Changfa grandfather has just started to do "childcare", and it is still very smooth, why? Because Changfa's grandfather is in the casino, he presses money casually, and he never spends money softly, plus he usually dresses up like his grandfather, which is different from now, and no one really recognizes it, this is the gambler, and I thought it was the stupid son of the nouveau riche.
Especially the few sons who often come, because they are friends, it is usually impossible to compare with each other, but this newcomer who came suddenly, spending a lot of money, suddenly aroused the interest of these sons, and they began to compete for bids.
How do these boys know, people pay money, that is the left pocket to the right pocket, no loss at all, real money on their side, and a lot of money on their side.
The money was in an uproar, and all of a sudden one song came out to fifty-one songs. Fifty, is that a little bit of money? What age was that, fifty? A tune from a not-so-famous girl? Don't say anything else, just these fifty, order a well-known girl, that's enough to order this girl who no one knows about out of this street? The owner of the teahouse was also so happy that his mouth was behind his ears.
On this day, it brought the owner of the teahouse money that he couldn't earn for a month. The owner of the teahouse was happy, and gave Grandpa Chang Fa a ten-point tap that night, and told Grandpa Chang Fa that he was not allowed to say it to the outside world, changed his clothes, and sneaked out of the back door to don't let people see it.
Grandpa Changfa got the money, so naturally he went to gamble and tell others? That Changfa grandpa is not so stupid, if people know, what if they come to rob their own business? In addition, with this money, it is natural to gamble non-stop, how can there be time to talk nonsense, this kind of girly chirping, our grandfather Changfa can't do it.
But Grandpa Changfa's "childcare" work didn't last long, and Grandpa Changfa died. Why is that?
Of course, with such a large amount of financial resources, Grandpa Changfa naturally would not have been killed by debt collectors, nor was he sick, but robbed.
Actually, this is also because Grandpa Changfa doesn't pay attention, it's too showy.
Don't you think it's strange that a person who disappears during the day and goes in and out of the gambling house at night, spends a lot of money, never borrows money on credit, and is the owner of the gambling house? If you're a street gangster, wouldn't you be curious?
So, one day, when Grandpa Changfa came out of the house in the morning and went to the teahouse, he was targeted. In fact, it is strange to say, the gap between this grandfather and grandfather before and after changing clothes is still very large, not to mention normal people, even the grandfather of Changfa is afraid that he will not be recognized, but this bandit is the fiery eyes of Sun Monkey, and it can be seen at a glance that this gorgeously dressed and spends a lot of money is a gambler who gambles in the gambling house at night.
This bandit may be clear at a glance that this is the "nursery" of the tea house owner.
But how did this Changfa grandfather know that he, a fake son-in-law, had been targeted by a real bandit? also continued to play the role of this son-in-law, spending a lot of money and making crazy tunes. The bandit was also very patient, pretending to be a common man drinking tea and listening to music, and sat at a distance, watching all this.
At the end of the song, the people dispersed, and this Changfa grandfather, as usual, was ready to receive money to gamble.
As soon as I took the money, changed my clothes, and went out from the back door of the teahouse, I was beaten, and I was beaten, and my eyes were full of stars.
But it's really unfortunate that this time it may be light, this Changfa grandfather didn't faint, and found that this bold bandit was robbing his gambling book, and he actually held on to resist.
Who are the bandits? Does this make you rebel? If people don't have the courage to bandits, how can they choose to rob at the back door of the teahouse, where there are still people walking around? This bandit looked at Grandpa Changfa and didn't let him rob it, it was another stick, and then he was ruthless, and he actually beat Grandpa Changfa half of his life, but this Grandpa Changfa was also a cow, that's it, he didn't faint yet, he dragged his broken money bag to death, and he didn't let him rob it, so he let this bandit, again and again, beat him to death in the back of the teahouse.
Coincidentally, no one walked through the back door that day. But think about it, everyone is not a "childcare", they are all legitimate professions, and they are not afraid of people knowing, who has nothing to do through the back door. Pity this grandfather Changfa, when he was discovered, he had already missed the time to rescue, and his body was stiff.
Changfa's grandfather knew about this, and he was naturally grief-stricken, and the white-haired man sent the black-haired man, this pain, that was not ordinary, and he directly made the old man angry, fell on the bed, and couldn't get up.
Changfa's father was still young at that time, only ten years old, overnight, his father died, his father was sick, and his mother ran away with others because of his father's excessive gambling in his early years, and now he is helpless and has no recruitment.
Fortunately, the owner of this guilty teahouse took in the poor child and worked as a handyman in his teahouse, serving tea or something.
The old man, who was immersed in the pain of losing his son, finally did not get up again, and went in less than a month.
Poor Changfa's father, at a young age, he became an orphan.
The owner of this teahouse is also righteous, and after receiving Changfa's father, he treated him very well, and he did not have any prejudice against Changfa's father because of Changfa's grandfather.
Changfa's father was also a diligent child when he was a child, and he was also handsome, so he was very fond of those wives who drank tea and listened to tunes, not only often gave Changfa's father some rewards, but sometimes gave him some gadgets.
So in the past few years, Chang Fa's father, although he was an orphan and lonely, he was not living in poverty, and even learned Braille and musical instruments from a few old men.
But this fate will never favor one person all the time.
When Changfa's father was fifteen years old, Changfa's grandmother came back, and she seemed to be doing well, and she married her in-laws, but she wanted to take Changfa's father to live a good life.
Of course, everyone was happy for this lonely child, and the owner of the teahouse and the old men of musical instruments also joined forces to give Changfa's father an erhu as a gift.
Chang Fa's father followed his mother to Shanghai, which was very prosperous at that time, and many things were much more advanced than the countryside where Chang Fa used to stay.
Changfa's father is too old, so naturally he can't start reading from scratch.
But this Changfa grandmother also specially found a teacher to teach at home, and within two years, Changfa's father successfully transferred to middle school to study, and his grades were not bad.
Do you think this is a story of an orphan who suddenly becomes a rich boy?
Obviously not, I have never written this story, and I have also said before that this Changfa family is an ancestral "childcare", that is to say, this Changfa father has also become a "childcare".
Changfa's father is living a good life, but he seems to have changed as a different person, not as diligent as he was when he was a child, but there are many more bad problems of rich children.
It's idle all day long, and I will follow the rich man's brother to play around, go to this alley to see the young lady today, go to the teahouse over there to listen to music, and sometimes, go to the nightclub, and play all night and don't go home.
At this time, Changfa's father got acquainted with a son-in-law, who was a son-in-law who opened an auction house.
At that time, the auction house was similar to now, and it was still auctioning some very valuable things.
(To be continued.) )