Of course, Lu Li didn't know what happened to Xu Yunjian, he stayed in Pengcheng for one more day, and went to Liu Zhan's house again before leaving; Unlike Yangcheng's urban construction, which has become a system, Pengcheng is really backward in this regard. Liu Zhan is the head of the first bureau, but he and his wife are crammed into a small house of less than six square meters - he is from Hunan Province, and he was transferred to Pengcheng to participate in the construction of this fast-growing city, and his children and parents are staying in his hometown.

The environment of the residential area is dirty and messy, not to mention that it is not as good as Hong Kong, even compared with the sky (Tianjin), it is also far away, full of low-rise bungalows, everywhere is full of sewage flowing all over the ground - there are no municipal works here, there are no sewers! The most annoying thing is that there are no public toilets, in fact, there are, but they are far away! With the location of Liu Zhan's house, if you want to go to the toilet, it is a five- or six-minute drive by bicycle. But Mrs. Liu doesn't know how to ride a bicycle yet, so every morning, no matter how late Liu Zhan sleeps, she has to get up early and send his wife to the toilet.

As for domestic sewage, it is convenient to dispose of it, and you can splash it on the dirt road at the door. The result of this is the breeding of mosquitoes, and it is useless to hang mosquito nets and light mosquito incense, making one by one complaining, but not thinking of a solution.

In such a small environment, it has become difficult to even entertain guests, but fortunately, the weather in the south is pleasant, so a square table is set up at the door of the house, two benches are taken, and Mrs. Liu makes tea and cigarettes for them, and is busy serving, "Auntie, don't be busy for me." You've been working a day too, can you take a break? ”

Mrs. Liu and her husband are both from Hunan Province, and she has no job herself, so she is completely responsible for taking care of her husband and raising her children; This time, I came to Pengcheng with the same purpose; Fortunately, in view of the fact that there are many cadres and masses like Liu Zhan in the city, and Pengcheng is short of materials, all three meals are solved in the unit, which saves her a lot of trouble, "That, Xiao Lu, look at it, it's rare for you to come here, I came to cook you some food from our hometown, this ...... Not prepared at all. ”

"It's okay, auntie, I'm done eating at the guest house. And I won't stay long, I'll have to go back in a while. ”

Liu Zhan waved his hand, motioned for his wife to enter the house, turned his head to look, and couldn't help sighing, "See?" People like me live in this area. But that's fine, whether you know someone or not, talk and chat at night, and the day will pass. ”

"Ju Liu, don't worry, the situation in Pengcheng seems to be very bad now, but I think it won't be long before it will become more and more prosperous and lively. When I was watching TV last year, I heard that the state is ready to increase its investment in urban construction. People like you and those who live around you will be the veterans of urban construction in the future! ”

"This little comrade is right." A man next to him suddenly interjected; The two looked up, and Liu Zhan stood up, "Oh, Lao Wang, please sit down, sit down and talk, sit down and talk?" Xiao Lu, let me introduce to you, this is the newly formed director of the public utility bureau in the city. ”

The two shook hands and sat down, "I haven't seen this little comrade before, is it a new transfer?" ”

"No, you're wrong this time." Liu Zhan said with a smile: "This is my ...... Well, friend, Xiao Lu, called Lu Li, Tian (Tianjin) people. ”

"What a place! Nine rivers down! But it's just a little far away from home, and it's also transferred? ”

Lu Li smiled noncommittally and said to Director Wang: "You are the first to know the place as soon as you hear me; A lot of people I met were oh, oh, oh for a long time, and finally I had to explain to know where the Tian (Jin) Wei was. ”

The two of them couldn't help but laugh when they heard him talk funny. "Tianwei is a big place, one of the municipalities directly under the central government, and there are only three in the country."

Liu Zhan asked, "Xiao Lu, how many days can you stay here?" ”

"I can't stay, I'll go back tomorrow. Before leaving, I came to see you and your aunt. ”

"Hey, you young man, you really have a heart." Liu Zhan smiled movingly, with an undisguised look of appreciation between his eyebrows, "I always worry about us and my wife." Thank you. ”

"That's as it should be." Lu Li said a few polite words, didn't stay any longer, got up and said goodbye, "Then, Liu Ju, I may come back in a week or so, and I will come to see you when the time comes." Do you need anything? After all, the market over there is richer,......"

Liu Zhan shook his head and waved his hand and said, "No, no, it's not easy for you." But don't, Xiao Lu, you listen to me, don't buy anything, I can't be happy if you come. ”

Lu Li nodded with a smile, leaned closer to him, and said, "Liu Ju, that ...... Brother Rong's matter, I talked about him last time. For the sake of how many years younger you are, forgive him. ”

Liu Zhan's smile was sluggish, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, looking at his appearance, he was obviously slandering, "Come on, just look at your Xiao Lu's face, this matter is over!" ”

Lu Li clasped his hands together and thanked him, "Then, Liu Ju, I'm leaving, I'll see you when I come back." ”

Coming out of Director Liu's house, Lu Li left Pengcheng and returned to Hong Kong. I took a minibus to get off near Tai Kok Street in Kowloon City, and before I could enter the hot pot restaurant, I heard a noise inside, "...... This can't be done, Uncle Cai, I said yes at the beginning, but now you suddenly want to change your mind, and I can't be the master. ”

"Big nephew, didn't I know you couldn't be the master? I came over with an old face, that is, let you and Lu Sheng have a good talk, this is not okay? You're not giving me face. ”

"Uncle Cai, if you don't get fat alone, why do you have to eat it all alone? Aren't you afraid of bursting your belly? ”

"Whether the swelling is my own, you just say it, can it help or not?"

"Uncle Cai, it's useless for me to help you, you have to come back to Xiaoxiao about this matter, and I only know after asking him."

"You have it, eldest nephew, who doesn't know that you and Lu Sheng are good partners?" Wei Laicai still had an unrelenting tone, and said, "Eldest nephew, you have helped me in this matter, and I will not be able to benefit you in the future." What do you think? ”

"Uncle Cai, what are you talking about? What are you doing with me? Cao Xun suddenly changed color, pulled back his arm hard, turned around and left, "Uncle Cai, you better wait for him to come back." Anyway, when the time comes, I'll just bring your words to him. Whether it will work or not, you have to listen to him. ”

Wei Laicai muttered a few words, he felt very dissatisfied, he couldn't imagine that this mainland boy was such a non-oil and salt-incoming person? A basket of good words, but they don't work? If he didn't know that he had the closest relationship with Lu Li, who would be willing to give up his face and beg in a low voice? He stood for a while, turned to leave, and saw Lu Li step in, "Lu Sheng? ”

"Uncle Cai, it's early." Lu Li listened to a few words at the door, and already knew some general reasons, as if he didn't know, he put on a smile and greeted him warmly.

Wei Laicai's eyes rolled, and he smiled and took a few steps, "Lu Sheng, why did you come back so late this time?" Is it okay to eat and live over there? ”

"It's okay, thank you, remember me."

"Of course you have to remember, of course you have to remember." Wei Laicai said with a smile on his face: "Oh, Lu Sheng, you can't imagine how fast the vegetables you brought back this time are sold!" I tell you that in less than 12 hours, the Jiulong Yuan family was taken away! I'm here to send you the money, oh, it's all for the guys in the store. Ah Xun, isn't it? ”

Cao Xun smiled bitterly and nodded, "Brother Li, a total of 9,083.52 Hong Kong dollars, all of which have been paid." ”

"Sold out so quickly? Uncle Cai, it looks like these vegetables are very popular, huh? ”

Wei Laicai couldn't hide the joy on his face, and he took Lu Li's hand and pressed it on a chair, "I told Ah Xun just now, I'm not afraid of trouble, I'll tell you again." Ha ha! ”

Lu Li chuckled and nodded, he could understand Wei Laicai's ecstatic mentality, waiting for him funny——。

Wei Laicai is looking for a person called Bao Qi, this person's real name even he doesn't know, but everyone calls him so, and it has become his big name, he is one of the largest restaurants in Hong Kong, called Kowloon Court sous chef, one of the focus of work is to go to Hong Kong and Kowloon, New Territories, Yuen Long and other places of seafood, vegetables, fruit markets every day, to choose his favorite varieties; Any stall or middleman, if he can get his approval, the business will be very good on this day; Vice versa.

Hong Kong people pay attention to food, for example, large restaurants such as Kowloon Court also have a person like Bao Qi, who is responsible for purchasing various raw materials, from durian, betel nut, cuttlefish roe from Taiwan; Malaysia's mangosteen, pineapple, coconut; Singapore's grouper head or red snapper head and so on, almost everything, the daily flow of funds through his hands, as high as more than 100,000 yuan.

Such an important person in the Hong Kong food industry, but the appearance is really flattering, Bao Qi gave birth to a face like dried orange peel, a pair of tearful eyes, wearing a pair of wide-brimmed bronze toad sunglasses all the year round, and a pair of high-minded demeanor that is ignored by others.

Wei Laicai and Bao Qi can only say that they know each other, but they are not even friends, the two people's identities are too different, in terms of Qi Qi, he is a person who almost everyone in Hong Kong who eats this bowl of rice wants to win over and approach, this kind of thing has seen a lot, naturally he will not take it to heart, he received a call from Wei Laicai, he didn't take it seriously at all, and when the day's work was over, he forgot about this person and these words completely, and put Wei Laicai aside.

Wei Laicai's family waited until after eight o'clock, but they didn't see him coming, and they couldn't find him when they called, so they knew that he might have forgotten - Bao Qi had a lot of criminal records in this regard, and others couldn't afford to provoke him, so they could only slander him secretly. Seeing that it was getting late, Wei Laicai had no choice but to go out and hail a taxi and found the house of Bao Qi in the depths of Jardine's Shop in Causeway Bay.

Bao Qi lives alone, and only a nephew from the countryside of Yuen Long takes care of his daily life, and he wakes people up at night, and his mood will naturally not be good there, but he can see clearly that it is Wei Laicai, and he thinks that he has missed the appointment before, so there is no need to mention it, "It's Caiji, what's the big deal, I have to let you come here so late?" ”

"Seventh brother, it's not an important thing, I don't dare to disturb Seventh Brother to rest so late, do I?" Wei Laicai said with a smile: "Look, I let the taxi wait at the door, can you go and have a look with me?" ”

"See what? It's so late, can't it be tomorrow? I promise, I'll go early tomorrow morning. ”

"Don't, Brother Seven, I'm here, let's go, let's go." Wei Laicai couldn't help but say, half forced him to pull him into the car, and drove all the way back to the Caiji he drove. Although it was already night, Bao Qi was still wearing sunglasses that he never left, he really felt helpless, and pulled Wei Laicai into the warehouse, pushed open the door, and a cool air came to his face, he unconsciously dodged a step, "Cai Ji, you came to me, do you want to see your warehouse?" ”

"Yes and no. Brother Seven, I just came back from the north today......"

"North? What is the ...... of the North" Bao Qi was stunned, but quickly reacted, "You went to the mainland?" ”

Wei Laicai nodded and gave a thumbs up, "Seventh brother, there is no faster brain than yours." Come, I'll take you to see what I shipped from the mainland......" He turned on the lights in the warehouse, and the neatly stacked vegetables came into view, "Brother Seven, how about it, if you want to say that it is not better than Liu Quanji's things, my Caiji will be closed from today onwards, how about it?" ”

Bao Qi was not as excited as him, sneered into the warehouse, walked a few steps, picked up a ball of lettuce, looked carefully in his hand, the thing was indeed good, he said in his heart, the lettuce was crystal clear, like a piece of emerald agate full of water, uncover a leaf, pinch it with your hand, and the crisp and slight click sound can be heard clearly.

Break off a piece and look at the light, the leaves are thin and have an attractive sheen. Both of them are veterans in this area, and it can be seen from the above points alone that this is a very fresh and high-grade variety.

"How is it, Brother Qi, things are good, right?"

"That's it, what you have here, don't you have Liu Quanji?" Bao Qi said.

"Yes, if you want to talk about this lettuce, he may also have it, you can take a look at the side again, oh, especially the green onions transported from Lu Province, you see, Liu Quan...... Don't talk about him, it's our whole Hong Kong, if there is a second one with such green onions, I will close the door! ”

There was no expression on Bao Qi's face - in fact, he just showed something, and it was all hidden behind the big sunglasses and lenses - he took the green onion from Cai Ji's hand, this is really different from the variety of shallots, the branches and leaves are plump, the body is long, green and delicate, and it looks very cute. Leaned under your nose and smelled it, a fragrant and slightly spicy smell.

Wei Laicai looked at him intently, and asked with a smile: "Seventh brother, you tell me the truth, how are things?" ”

Bao Qi thought for a while and said, "That's what Shang Kan mentioned, and the rest is nothing more than Er'er." ”

"Seventh brother, you have to put your mind right, the things I have here are all transported back from the mainland thousands of miles away, you can't say Er'er?"

Bao Qi's eyes hidden behind the lenses rolled, "You say I'm not right?" Cai Ji, are you talking to me? ”

Wei Laicai was startled, and hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, no, no, that's not what it means, Seventh Brother, who doesn't know that Seventh Brother is the most honest person, acts uprightly and brightly, and handles more than 100,000 yuan every month, and never makes a wrong account?" Hehe, this is a well-known ,...... in the industry."

Bao Qi glared at him fiercely, walked out of the warehouse, Wei Laicai sent him into the taxi step by step, and asked with the car door, "Brother Qi, look?" ”

"These things, you send them to me later, and I'll let the old horse wait for you."

"Hey, hey!" Wei Laicai agreed in a loud voice, bowing vigorously, "I'll do it right away, I'll do it right away!" However, Brother Seven, the price is ......, you see? ”

Bao Qi glanced at him and closed the car door, "Who doesn't know that I use Qi Qi Teeth as a gold envoy?" Don't worry, it won't cost you money. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Laicai stopped talking and smiled at Lu Li, who was fascinated, "Eldest nephew, I asked Brother Qi afterwards that these dishes were used as signature dishes in Jiulong Garden, [***] He is an old mother, and he is still pretending to be me!" ”

Luli smiled and asked, "Signature dish?" ”

"Isn't it? Let's talk about silver sprout fish shreds, without good mandarin fish and silver sprouts, it can't be done at all. Even if there is such a thing, it depends on the quality, and there are also raw materials such as green onions mixed with conch and abalone fish lips, which are all good green onions, cabbage sum, and so on. It's not that they couldn't do it before, but now with the fresh ingredients that have been shipped this time, the dishes that already exist have been reintroduced! Of course, the price is even higher and higher. You mother, we worked hard, and the money was earned by them. ”

Lu Li couldn't help but be a little amused when he looked at him gritting his teeth, "Uncle Cai, this kind of thing is like this. As long as you think it's suitable, it's enough, how can it be so sweet? ”

"Yes...... Heart? ”

"It means to be satisfied."

Wei Laicai said a few times, indicating that he understood, and then asked, "Lu Sheng, the more than a ton of vegetables that were transported this time are gone in a blink of an eye, next time, when will we go?" ”

Lu Li said a few perfunctory words, sent Wei Laicai away, turned his head, and bumped into Cao Xun's eyes full of inquiry, "I said, what about Xu Yunjian?" He didn't come back with you? ”

"No, he has something to do, and he went to Yangcheng with Brother Rong."

"You don't really want to find someone there, do you?" Cao Xun giggled, "You don't follow him and check him?" By the way, Wei Tieliang hasn't been back for a few days, are you going to take a look? ”

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, and blurted out a sentence: "Oops, I forgot it cleanly!" ”

Cao Xun laughed unscrupulously.