After two days and two nights on the green train, even with the young strength of Lu Li and Xu Yunjian, they couldn't bear it, their legs didn't look like their own, they were swollen and painful, and it was very sad to walk.

When Xu Yunjian was about to leave home, he bought two cigarettes, and he had smoked all the way down from Jinmen to the capital and Sichuan Province, and by the morning of the last day, he sat up straight in a daze, reached out to take the cigarette, but felt empty, "Oops, no." ”

Luli woke him up, and opened his eyes in the same daze, looking left and right, "Ah, what? What's missing? ”

"Smoke, it's gone."

"If I told you to smoke less, I wouldn't listen, would you? Bear with me, get out of the car and buy it later. ”

Xu Yunjian pouted, looked around boredly, bumped his elbow against him, and asked, "Hey, I said, Xiaoxiao, why do you have to come here?" Do you miss Lao Zhou? ”

"It's one aspect, but more importantly, you have to buy something. Let's go back to Hong Kong and add it to the hot pot, there should be a market. ”

"What the fuck, you're really lacking in heart, there's nothing in Hong Kong, you have to come all the way here to buy it?"

"This kind of thing doesn't exist in Hong Kong, I've asked, many people don't know what I'm talking about, you think about it, you haven't even heard of it, can there be one?"

"So, what is it?"

"A lot, I'll tell you later." He heard the sound, picked up the teapot, and saw the conductor coming with a kettle, filled a large cup, and took a sip - taking a train, especially a long-distance train, people are most likely to get angry, and the only solution is to drink more water!

Xu Yunjian also asked for a big cup, and said slowly: "Hey, speaking of which, I haven't seen Lao Zhou for two years, right?" I finally came to visit, and Wang Xiyu's file happened, what is this called? By the way, how is he now? ”

Lu Li was speechless for a while, as Xu Yunjian said, after Wang Xiyu's incident, Jay Chou didn't have much to visit Yaxing in Jinmen, and even hurriedly boarded the car and returned. Moreover, after Wang Xiyu's incident, Jay Chou did not forgive Lu Li's handling for a long time, and most of the replies sent from him were followed by three words, and the sparse sentences and cold words were overflowing on the paper. It wasn't until before Luley officially set off for Hong Kong that a reply came that he almost cried!

Xu Yunjian didn't know anything about this matter, and with his heartless surname, even if he knew, he wouldn't take it seriously, "He, it's good now, I heard that he became a second chef in the cafeteria." ”

"What do you mean by a second chef?"

"I don't know." Lu Li smiled and said, "Hey, you say, what if you let Lao Zhou join in?" ”

"Are you really planning to bring in all the brothers from the beginning?"

"Nonsense, he's in this business, and it's our buddy - I want to use people anyway, and use my own people, isn't it easier to worry and save trouble than using outsiders?"

"Even if you want to, you have to be willing by others, right?" Xu Yunjian snorted, he was addicted to smoking again, looking left and right, even under the seat, as if he was looking for a cigarette that had unintentionally slipped off; It's really a wish, and I really found one for him! picked up the cigarette roll, but I didn't know who dropped it in the corner, the cigarette paper was a little yellow, even so, it still made him happy as if something, Meimei lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, "Oh, it's satisfying!" ”

Luli is so angry! Raised his hand and gave him a look, "How do you know about smoking?" What's so good about this thing, smoke it every day? ”

Xu Yunjian looked at him aggrievedly, and snorted to distinguish, "Why are you beating me, I recruited you to provoke you?" ”

"I'll let you smoke less, this kind of thing is not good."

"Okay, I know, you don't care. I've been smoking for years, how can I quit? It's okay, it's okay, huh? ”

Of course, Lu Li will not persuade him with a few words, but he is too familiar with Xu Yunjian, and knows very well that as an old friend, he can do whatever he asks him to do, but he can't mention quitting smoking - in fact, Lu Li is not easy to manage too much and too widely, after all, he is just his old friend, and he is not his own son, why care?

Just talking all the way, the train stopped at Yucheng Station, the two got off the train with their luggage, and the first thing that caught their eyes was the Bangbang Army of Sichuan Province!

Yucheng is known as the mountain city, the overall construction of the city is mostly set up according to the surrounding environment, there are staircase-like passages everywhere, there are undulating blocks everywhere, it can really be said that there is no three feet flat, it doesn't matter to the locals, for the first time to come here for outsiders, especially the outsiders who come with luggage, in the search for the destination with large and small packages, it has become a hard work, therefore, the Bangbang Army came into being.

The men looked dark-skinned, thin, and withered, like half a piece of wood that had been roasted by fire, with a mass of rope of varying thickness slung on their shoulders, and a flat pole in their hands; This is the one who has already finished a trip, and the one who is in business, who quickly tied a heavy box with his hands and feet, picked it up, easily got up, picked it up and left. It looks very skillful and easy.

But Luli knows that this is definitely not a light job, on the contrary, it is a job that requires quite physical strength, especially waist and leg strength. He asked himself, with his physical fitness, if he could still persist after one or two jobs, he would be tired and paralyzed after a day! These things were all heard from Jay Chou when he was in the slack back then, and he had never seen them, but he could be regarded as 'alive' at this time.

When the train entered the station, it immediately found a new source of money for the Bangbang Army, listening to the Sichuan sound, which was slightly heavier than that of the northerners, 'Bang'er Bang'er's army, baby', and the two of them were for it.

Walking out of the train station, the architectural style here is similar to that of Tian (Tianjin), which is a wide square in front of the station, with buses going back and forth, and billowing smoke coming out from behind the buttocks; The only thing he felt was that he couldn't see the Yangtze River here. Find a policeman to ask for directions, board the car, and go straight to Hongxing Road in Shizhong District (today's Yuzhong District) - the place where Jay Chou works is called Hongxing Canteen.

Walking to the door of the canteen, this is actually a restaurant, but it is just such a name, the sign at the door reads the words 'Red Star Canteen', I don't know how long it has been wind and rain, coupled with the fumigation of oil smoke, it has long been impossible to see the original color; "What do you want?"

"We're looking for someone." Xu Yunjian opened his mouth and said, "There is a guy named Jay Chou, is he working here?" ”

The man was stunned, "Who are you?" Something to do with him? ”

"We are his classmates, and we came to see him when we passed by here."

"He's gone, he's been arrested."

Lu Li was taken aback, "How come?" ”

"Why not? I went out with people to fight in groups, and they were all arrested. That's a lot of babies! ”

Lu Li and Xu Yunjian glanced at each other, both a little stupid, "Hey, do you want to eat?" ”

"Yes, yes, I want a mapo tofu, a fish-flavored shredded pork, and a pound of rice."

Soon, the meal was ready, the two sat opposite each other in a daze, as if no one had an appetite, "Little ......" for a long time, Xu Yunjian squeezed out a sentence, "Think of a way, right?" ”

"I ...... Know. Luli groaned and said, "Let's eat first, and then we'll talk about it after eating." Let's find out his address first, and then let's go see his family and ask about the specific situation. But......" he sighed, shook his head, and said, "But you can choke!" ”

"How do you call it enough?"

"This is Yucheng, not our family, nor Bei (Beijing). We can say that we have no relatives, we don't know anyone, and we can't get a relationship at all, how can we help? ”

"You can't just ignore it, right? Lao Zhou is our buddy! ”

"Nonsense, don't I know yet?" Lu Li was secretly annoyed, this time the trip was really not smooth, when he was in Beijing (Beijing), he heard news like Zhao Min, and when he arrived in Yucheng, Jay Chou actually had such a thing again? He beckoned and called the man who had just spoken over, "I'm sorry, I'll ask you, do you know where Xiao Zhou's family lives?" ”

"I don't know." The man glanced at the two of them and said, "But someone knows, I'll ask you." ”

After a while, the man turned out, holding a piece of paper, and Lu Li looked down at No. 34 Jiefang Road. "Thank you? That, let me ask you one more thing, this, when did Xiao Zhou fight with others? ”

"Well, the beginning of October, right? National Day, yes, just past the National Day. ”

"Just a few days after sending me the letter?"

"What?"

"Oh, nothing, nothing. So, now...... It's been so long, it's over, right? ”

"It's already sentenced, hey, second boy?" The man shouted inward, "That, Zhou Jiawa'er, how long has it been sentenced?" ”

"Two years."

Lu Li was confused for a while, but it was just a fight, and he was sentenced to two years? What kind of law is this?! The following questions don't need to be asked anymore, people have already been sentenced, what else can they say? But that's fine, at the very least, people in prison can be allowed to see their families! Thinking of this, he no longer had the appetite to eat, and seeing that Xu Yunjian had almost been used, the two of them settled the money and bills, and got up to leave.

"So, Xiaoxiao, what are you going to do?"

"Let's take it one step at a time, find their house first, and then go to the prison to see him, and at the same time buy what we need here, and when we have all the purchases, we will go back."

The two of them met Jay Chou's family very smoothly, although they had never met before, but they had heard him mention it many times, and knew that in addition to the second elder in his family, there was also a grandmother, and below, there was a brother and a sister, all of whom were the same as Lu Li and Xu Yunjian, the most ordinary ordinary people.

He hadn't seen each other, and the other party didn't know him either, but when the name was reported, the two elders suddenly realized at the same time that they had known this name for too long, too long! When the son came back from writing a letter from the merchant forest, he mentioned this guy named Luli, and when he returned to the city and went home, he also talked about him more than once, so although they met each other for the first time, they also had another enthusiasm to finally meet, "...... Hey......" Father Zhou sighed and said, "Tell me, who did my son provoke?" Just going out shopping with his classmates, he encountered a fight, who knew that he would be arrested too? ”

"Uncle, don't worry, since this matter has come out, all we can do is to think about good people first, Lao Zhou...... Hawkers, two years is not a short time, and it is not a long time. I'll go back and see him, let him reform it inside, and strive to come out early and be a new person. ”

"What else are you doing?" Zhou's mother also said with a sad face: "When you come back, isn't it also a person who has been sentenced?" I can't even find a job! ”

"It's okay, aunt, you can rest assured about this, he came out when he came out, if he could find a job, if he couldn't find it, I would help him!"

"You?"

Lu Li was not in a hurry to speak, saw that there were only four people in the room, and took out an envelope from his arms, "Uncle, aunt, there is some money here." You put it away first. Listen to me! He stopped the second elder's resignation and said, "Lao Zhou is my friend and my comrade-in-arms back then. If something like this happens to him, I can't help much, so I can only be outside and do my filial piety to your second elder for him. He was arrested, no matter whether we were wronged or not, in short, the job could not be saved. Without his share of income, he was afraid that he would also be nervous. As for the money, I will send it to you every month in the future, don't worry. If there is anything else, you can write to me, and I will not refrain if I can help. ”

"This ...... How good is that? Look, the first time you come, how can you ask for your money? ”

"It's fine. Auntie, you have to think so, when I look back, Lao Zhou knows that your second elder is here, with my help, he is also at ease inside, and if he behaves well at that time, he can get a commutation in advance. When the time comes, he will come out early, so it's good to be filial by your side, right? ”

"Then ,......," the old couple thought for a while, and finally sealed the envelope, "then, you two came to see him?" Or is there something? ”

"It's two pennies. Come and do business, and come to see him. Lu Li didn't talk deeply, and said a few perfunctory words, "That, uncle, my friend and I still have to stay here for a few days, you can take me to see him when you have time?" Or you tell me how to get there, and I'll go myself. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll take you there. That, the baby, don't you prepare food for others? ”

"No, no. Lu Li hurriedly stopped, "Uncle, we just had dinner, so I don't want to tell you, we still have to do something." Okay, let's leave our luggage here and we'll both come back in the evening, okay? ”

"Okay, okay, why not?"

Lu Li and Xu Yunjian nodded to the second elder and left for the time being.

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Jiefang Road is named after the Liberation Monument, this is one of the most prosperous areas in the city, not far from the door of Zhou's house, there is a non-staple food store, two people walked in, the smell here is spicy and spicy, they are very unaccustomed to smelling from the north. In addition to some necessary oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and other non-staple foods, there are also vegetables for sale here, but compared to what he saw in the Nandi warehouse, these vegetables are too inferior!

With his head down, Luli walked around the glass counter in a semicircle, probably because of the special taste, in a small grocery store, the variety of colors that could be seen was far more than he imagined! Bean paste, dried chili, Sichuan pepper, tangerine peel, grass fruit, cumin, star anise, kaempfera, cinnamon, bay leaves, cloves, white pepper, almost everything. As for the other onions, ginger and garlic, not to mention.

Luli looked at it for a while and asked, "Do you want tickets for these things?" ”

"What?"

"I'm asking, do you want a ticket for these things?"

"Some want it, some don't." A man paced over with a cigarette in his mouth, and looked at the visitor with curiosity.

"So, what do you want and what don't?"

The man pointed with his hand, "Bean paste, sugar, white wine, tempeh, mash, zibaba sea pepper, these things are all needed." ”

Lu Li frowned, and the next thing was just that, bean paste, tempeh and other things had to be purchased in large quantities, not to mention that he didn't have this kind of ticket at all, even if he did, what use could he have? How many things can I buy? "Hey, do you want it?"

"Oh, I...... Don't. Xu Yunjian, gone? ”

Said no, but Lu Li still couldn't allow the result of this trip to Sichuan Province to be empty-handed, and finally had to discuss with the second elder of the Zhou family, temporarily borrowed some bills from them, bought a few necessary items, and put them in their travel bags - whether the spicy hot pot can be successful, whether the taste can be liked by the southerners, there must always be materials in hand, and it will be known after experiments! (To be continued.) )