9. Borrow money
The autumn breeze is bleak, and in the blink of an eye, Cao Erniu has been in Mingzhu City for almost half a year. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The days are very dull.,Almost every day is the workshop、Canteen、Dormitory three-point life,During this period, in addition to being shouted "return my gasoline pump" by a little Lori,Except for the door blocked once when the boss lady was not there,And then Zhao Yifang, who had a glass of wine, directly ignored a few times,The rest is probably quite comfortable。
The night was cool, and at nine o'clock in the evening, Cao Erniu was on the bed flipping through a copy of "Car Modification Technology and Examples" borrowed from next door, when an untimely knock on the door suddenly sounded.
"Brother Erniu, open the door, I didn't bring the key."
Cao Erniu got up and opened the door, and saw Ah Le looking at him with two bottles of beer and a few packs of peanuts with a smile, and instantly had a headache, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and after hesitating for a moment, he still opened his mouth euphemistically, after all, this is not the first time, plus the previous month, this kid already owed himself a full 3,000 yuan.
"What's that...... Xiaole, you know what the situation is in my brother's family, although I have saved a little money, but it is not spare money, and I still point to this money for my sister to ......"
"Don't worry, Brother Erniu." Before Cao Erniu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ah Le patting his chest, "Wait until tomorrow morning, the money will be paid back immediately." ”
Cao Erniu rubbed his head with some distress, if he remembered correctly, this kid seemed to have promised this when he borrowed money twice.
"Xiaole, you tell my brother the truth, are you playing cards with someone outside?" Now that the words have been spoken, Cao Erniu feels that it is necessary to ask, although this kid usually doesn't look very good, but his temperament is actually not bad. Cao Erniu really didn't want to see him fall into the same field as the old king of the workshop, and the monthly salary had just been paid and he had not covered it in his pocket, so he had to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall to deal with the pile of credit cards that owed more than 100,000 yuan, and he couldn't even pay his son's kindergarten tuition.
Ah Le was stunned for a moment, and then waved his hand again and again, "Brother, can't you still trust me?" At most, I'm idle when I play two QQ landlords, and I'm not interested in poker and mahjong at all, so you're not going to worry about it. ”
Looking at this kid's troubled appearance, Cao Erniu couldn't help muttering, speaking of which, the dormitory next door often plays mahjong, this kid really rarely goes to join in the fun, but since this is the case, why is the monthly salary always insufficient? You must know that the girl upstairs treats him very well, a position that basically plays the autumn wind, and it is also four thousand oceans of white flowers every month.
Ah Le was serving wine and handing peanuts on the side, Cao Erniu almost softened, "That's okay, don't count this time, but the 3,000 yuan last time must be paid back tomorrow, uh...... By the way, you'll have to tell me what you're doing with this money. ”
After all, he is a stunned young man who has just left school, Cao Erniu is really afraid that he will take a detour, if that is the case, wouldn't he do bad things with good intentions?
"What's that......"
Cao Erniu and this kid slept on a bunk bed for more than half a year, and his temperament was somewhat understood, and when he saw that he couldn't say why he was struggling for a long time, he became more and more suspicious, "It's okay if you don't say it, I'll go with you at night." ”
"This ...... Not okay? You're not like me, you have to get up early to go to work tomorrow! Ah Le's head was about to be put into a sieve, as if he was afraid that someone would see a little secret, and he couldn't kill him.
"Then I won't borrow this money." Cao Erniu is also dry.
"Oops, my second bull brother! My dear brother! If you have something to say, don't get excited......"
On such a lay brother who admits death, Ah Le, this kid can be regarded as completely admitted, driving the Wuling Hongguang, which is no different from his private car, driving Cao Erniu, to the remote suburb that must be shamed tonight.
Time passed very quickly, half an hour later, when Cao Erniu arrived at the place, he found that he really didn't guess wrong, yes, it was indeed not playing cards, it was actually ...... Racing gambling!
Saying that racing cars really lifts them up, two Honda Civic, a Buick Yinglang XT, and even a Volkswagen taxi! Well, forget about these, but what the hell is this Wuling Hongguang under him?
Cao Erniu really slapped Ah Le's heart, but this kid was still very scrappy, "Don't worry, brother, these three levels are so rotten, today I promise to let them only eat ashes!" ”
Cao Erniu finally knew where his 3,000 yuan went, so he didn't bother to pay attention to Ah Le, who was surging in adrenaline, and said expressionlessly: "Go, turn around, go home." ”
Ah Le was naturally unwilling, and told Cao Erniu that he was only one parking space away from winning yesterday, this kid sat in the driver's seat and held the initiative, just when the two were deadlocked, several cars on the side of the road dripped their horns, and a loud voice came from the air, "What are you doing?" Is it fucking better than that? ”
"Brother Erniu!" Ah Le was a little anxious, and suddenly shouted, staring at Cao Erniu with a pair of squinting eyes that seemed to be very sincere, and his tone gradually softened, "You just believe me this time, I, Ah Le, swear to God, I will lose today, and I will never come again!" ”
Cao Erniu frowned and hesitated for a while, seeing that he didn't look like a lie, after sighing, he thought that he should spend 1,000 yuan to rescue a young man who was persecuted by gambling.
"Remember what you have said, when you play chess, you pay attention to making mistakes without regrets, and people can't be untrustworthy."
"Great!" After getting Cao Erniu's consent, Ah Le's eyes burned with an irrepressible battle intent, and he slammed down the accelerator with his right foot, and put the wonderful Wuling Hongguang in the middle of the road.
Even this kind of playful competition also has some doorways, waiting for several other cars to put in formation, A Le gave Cao Erniu a little science popularization, they met in a group of car friends, and then whimsically organized the competition, the stakes are not big, it is enough to make up for the daily fuel cost, theoretically anyone can participate, but there are requirements for the participating vehicles, the displacement cannot exceed 1.6 liters, and it must be a production car that has not undergone any performance modifications.
“3,2,1,GO!”
I don't know which car got out of a very rough man, and after counting down with his throat, five cars in a row rushed to speed forward.
This is a suburban road in disrepair, because the government has built a brand new asphalt road not far away, so there are almost no cars passing here, the race is very simple, the whole journey is about ten kilometers, with the abandoned gas station next to the road as the end, the first to win, the first place to get all the bets, 1000 yuan per car each time.
Cao Erniu has sat in Ale's car a few times, and knows that this kid is not a novice, of course, that's all, but no matter how you use this Wuling Hongguang to compete, it is really not a normal person's move.
The chassis is too high, and the center of gravity is also high, and it is certainly inferior to several other cars in terms of speed, especially those two Honda Civic, Honda's engine technology is well-known all over the world, and the I-VTEC technology used in the Civic can instantly increase the output horsepower to a powerful point, which is something that GM's VVT technology cannot compete with.
As for the Volkswagen taxi, as far as the engine is concerned, its biggest advantage is not the power output, but the stability, which is the saying endurance.
So not long after the start of the race, Wuling Hongguang, which has no performance advantage in comparison, is naturally at the bottom, but fortunately, Ah Le has a sentence Cao Erniu still deeply agrees, that is, the level of these guys in front of them is really bad, so bad that they can't find a relatively smooth route on this road that they don't know how many times they have run, and they are doomed that these guys will not be able to become real drivers for a lifetime.
In comparison, Ah Le's understanding is higher, and when the third of the game passed, Cao Erniu probably analyzed his magic weapon that he thought could win by surprise, and also understood why he didn't play cards according to common sense.
In fact, the answer is very simple, it is on this road.
This road is dilapidated, you can see potholes everywhere, Wuling Hongguang speed is indeed not fast, but the victory lies in its solid chassis, although it uses the same load-bearing body as the car, but in terms of suspension it chooses a tougher overall bridge, the composition of the leaf spring structure sacrifices part of the comfort also greatly increases the reliability.
And it is equivalent to the ground clearance of urban off-road, which can also make it enough to ignore some small obstacles, and it is precisely because of these that Ah Le dares to make such an impulsive move.
It stands to reason that if the other few people are all at the same level as the two Civic owners, Ah Le is not without the possibility of counterattack, but the reality is cruel, there is a guy who drives a taxi among these contestants, although the driving level is not outstanding, but after so many years of taxi running, there is always some sense of the road, so in Cao Erniu's view, this game is basically no suspense.
With the last kilometre remaining, Wuling Hongguang was in second place, and the obscure Volkswagen taxi took the lead. Ah Le was in a hurry, the floor was oily under his feet, and he drove a van on this tattered road to a speed of 120 yards!
The taxi in front was not to be outdone, and the 4,000 oceans that were already in the bag naturally had no reason to abandon them, and they also raised the speed.
"Fuck you!" Soon, Volkswagen taxis took the lead in rushing past the gas station, and Wuling Hongguang, who was only less than two seconds behind, was red and vented his anger with a national scolding, but unfortunately this did not change anything.
After a while, the three cars behind also arrived one after another, Ah Le did not open the door, just lowered his head and held the steering wheel tightly with both hands, and only raised his head after a long time, "Brother, I listen to you, I will never come again." ”
"Okay." Cao Erniu nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand and handed him 1,000 yuan, no matter what, he was willing to lose the bet.
Ah Le got out of the car to give money, and the matter should have ended like this, but Cao Erniu, who didn't get off the car, sat in the carriage and listened to the conversation from a few people not far away, and couldn't help frowning slightly.
"Haha, it's still a good money! It's much faster than when I get up early and go to solicit customers. The taxi driver was a skinny middle-aged man, and the way he laughed unbridled at the moment made his thin face a little hateful.
"Hey! Why did Comrade Xiaole leave without saying a word? Remember to be on time tomorrow! I'm almost overtaken by you today! ”
"I won't come tomorrow, and I won't come again." Ah Le drooped his head, turned around and left.
The taxi driver saw that he seemed to be really going to quit, thinking that he might lose a lot of income in the future, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed: "Damn! Isn't this little rabbit cub unable to afford to lose? ”
Although the other people didn't help, they also scoffed at this kind of disappointment, not to mention that they had just lost money, who could not be a little angry.
"If you can't afford to lose, don't get involved! Retreat, what kind of plane? ”
"It's just that the first time I saw him drive a van, I was so embarrassed that I shouldn't have taken him with me in the first place."
Ah Le's temper is indeed proportional to his weight, this kind of ugly words, if you fall in your ears and grit your teeth, you can endure it, but a certain mountain calf who thinks he has a small heart can't bear it, and he doesn't bother to endure it.
"Since you're so interested, why don't you do it again?"