It was already late at night, and the barbecue stand in front of the alley was still lit.

A small shed made of rainproof cloth let in the wind, and two lacquered tables were put together, and iron plates for kebabs were placed on the table. The proprietress brought the last bottle of soju, wiped her cracked hands on her apron, looked at a few people and cautiously said "eat slowly".

"I'm in trouble." It was still the young man who replied, and his voice was kind.

Several strong men around him didn't even raise their heads, grabbing mutton tendons and sending them to their mouths in strings, like starving ghosts reincarnated. The proprietress was originally worried that these fierce-looking guys were here to eat the overlord meal, but looking at the young man, she was a little skeptical of her judgment, and went outside to muttered to her busy husband in a low voice. Both husband and wife are in their forties, and their faces are weathered. The husband is very thin, gesturing to shut up his wife while baking things, and his honest expression is full of helplessness.

"The bastard didn't have a hard bone, I thought the lame dog had something to do, but it ended up peeing in three or two fucking strokes! Who is the surname Fang that he is talking about? Shen Dali ate his mouth full of oil, grabbed the napkin and wiped it indiscriminately.

"Old acquaintances. That day, he was fighting in Huaguang Community, and he was also looking for a minion. Chen Mo said.

"Does he have a grudge against the proprietress or against you?" Shen Dali was a little confused.

Chen Mo thought for a while, and smiled indifferently, "No matter what you do so much, in the end, you can't hold it back, he will come out by himself." ”

"If it's just for the waiter's sake, there's no need to make the lame dog like this." Liu Er interjected and looked directly at Chen Mo, "It's easy to dodge the open gun and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent, and you can't do anything, this kind of villain always has to wait for the opportunity to return you with a knife." It's better to touch two handfuls of smooth hair, let him wag his tail happily, and at least don't force him to become a mortal enemy if he can't talk about friends. ”

"You are as big as Chen Mo, it is estimated that even the plate will be eaten by a lame dog." Sun Siyin's cold eyebrows moved, and he spoke lightly.

Liu Er then remembered Chen Mo's age, and was shocked to realize that he had unconsciously regarded him as a peer, and said with a smile: "When people are old, they think about things more, and then look back, there are some detours that are really not necessary." ”

"That's right." Yu Da only said four words, and raised his wine glass to Chen Mo.

In terms of surnames, Yu Da is as calm as a rock, Liu Er is slightly sleek, and Sun Si is like a ghost who only lives in the yang world. The three veterans were undoubtedly a little different from when they first came to Yancheng, but the faint dead aura in their bodies was always deep-rooted. Chen Mo sometimes couldn't help but wonder what they had experienced, but he didn't intend to speak. Today was the day they talked the most, and the indifference in their eyes was obviously diluted a lot when they cast their eyes.

"Don't sleep when you go back, you have to send the money to your mother in the morning." Yu drank the wine dry and didn't move the chopsticks again.

Liu Er nodded, the smile on his round face slowly disappeared, and his brows furrowed, "When Xiaoliu called, I heard that the voice was wrong, and I don't know if the old man's illness was worse than what he said......"

"He didn't dare to lie about this, and he wasn't his mother alone." Sun Si said.

Chen Mo heard what they said strangely, and couldn't help but glance at Shen Dali. Lao Shen was gnawing on the sheep's kidney, hesitated for a moment after stopping his movements, and was interrupted by Liu Er when he just wanted to speak.

"I'll tell you." Liu Er tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled bitterly, "We used to have a dormitory for several brothers, and above Sun Si, there was also Zheng San. Later, he died on the battlefield, leaving his wife with no one to support, so we picked up the burden. It's hard to find a job as a soldier, you don't have a diploma, you can't earn money, and you don't want to do anything that violates the law. Finally, there are a lot of people, and one person makes up a little, so that the old lady's life is okay. If you hadn't reached out this time, we'd be in trouble. ”

Chen Mo was slightly moved, the three veterans looked inconspicuous, but how could this real righteousness be compared to those gangsters.

"I'm used to being in the army, I won't be a sycophant when I come out, I can't get used to seeing this and I can't get used to that, and I should not mix well. This time, I took a strong call to Yancheng, and I didn't expect anything, but I thought that the three of us brothers could stay together and get a salary, which would be good. The day I saw you, to be honest, I was shocked, I always felt that at such an age, what can you be? Later, I watched you do things a little bit, and I felt that Dali really didn't introduce the wrong person. You are ruthless and stable enough, calm down at critical times, and then polish and polish, which is a piece of material to do big things. I can probably guess your future plans, don't dare to say anything else, as long as the path is not biased, you can leave the back to us with peace of mind. It's just that it's too early to talk about friendship, 50,000 yuan wants to buy the lives of our three brothers, more is enough, and less is really little. It's really a bit embarrassing for more than 30 old men to follow you, but in this society, where is there a place for us. Liu Er exhaled, and his eyebrows were full of loneliness.

"It's not the same as who you mess with, I think he's quite pleasing to the eye." Sun Si yawned lazily.

"Chen Mo has a good saying today, you can't lose the last thing." Yu Da straightened the clothes on his body, and a granite-like face showed an astringent smile, "I have always thought that I was wearing a military uniform. ”

Walking out of the small shed of the barbecue stall, Shen Dali threw two empty wine bottles like a grenade, and the private car parked under the residential building opposite immediately blossomed, and the rear windshield shattered. The lights on the fifth floor were soon turned on, and a woman opened the window to look, and as soon as she cursed, she was dragged back and the lights went out.

"What is this for?" Liu Er was stunned.

"Otherwise, what do you think we're here for a late-night snack?" Shen Dali smiled very slyly, didn't say anything more, patted his stomach and scratched Chen Mo's hair, "It's good to order two more sheep kidneys, your sister-in-law always scolds me for not having the strength to ......"

Chen Mo didn't understand, and looked at the house that had turned on the lights before, but he also smiled.

When the barbecue stall couple saw a few people walking away, they were stunned and didn't dare to catch up and ask for money. The proprietress cursed quietly, but her husband hurriedly waved his hand to stop her, "Don't you look at the car they smashed, can there be a good person who is looking for trouble with a lame dog?" ”

The proprietress took a closer look, sighed and walked to the shed to pack up her things, "My son has to go to school tomorrow, let's go home, I have to get up early to cook for him......"

Her hand holding the rag suddenly paused on the table, and she couldn't believe it to find that there were orders and banknotes pressed under the barbecue iron plate, and there were a lot of pennies.

Chen Mo came to Ziyun Park, not far from the school, early in the morning, carrying the soy milk fritters he had just bought. Today's sun is good, there are many old people fishing in the morning, he went to the rockery to find Chen Qingyan, who had white hair and silver beard, and handed it over early.

"I asked Pan Jinyu to borrow you, but he didn't even borrow it, and now he hasn't been dug up by me to the foot of the wall?" Chen Qingyan was triumphant, stuffed the fishing rod to Chen Mo, sat on the pony and took a bite of the fritters.

"I really have nothing to do with him, why don't you believe it." Chen Mo raised his wrist, and the seven stars drifted in the blue pond one by one, and the sunlight reflected on the water surface was a little dazzling.

"The bullying old man is old and has no eyesight?" Chen Qingyan was very stubborn and couldn't listen to him as usual, "Little boy, why do you have time to play with me today?" ”

"I'm afraid that you'll faint from hunger and become a fish to catch you, so I'll come and bring you some breakfast. Eat fast, I still have to go to school. Chen Mo was carrying a fiberglass fishing rod, and he always felt light and fluttering, and he didn't have the big bamboo seedling at home.

"Grandma's, it turned out that she was afraid that I would float the corpse......" Chen Qingyan scolded with a smile, accidentally being burned by soy milk and grinning.

If a group of cadres from the Municipal Party Committee Office were present, I was afraid that they would be dumbfounded by the conversation between these two people. Chen Qingyan is the father of Chen Mulan, secretary of the Yancheng Municipal Party Committee, a retired professor at the University of Political Science and Law, with seven doctoral titles. Chen Mulan was deeply influenced by his father, and in the past two years in office, he has vigorously fought corruption and advocated clean government, which has caused many corrupt officials to fall from power. When it comes to this resolute female secretary, everyone in the province knows it.

After meeting Chen Mo through Lin Qingying, Chen Qingyan was itchy that day and asked him to paint to see it. The old man liked flowers and birds the most in the freehand painting school, so he begged Chen Mo to paint a picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix, and frankly admitted that he had practiced hard for many years, but he never had the charm.

Chen Mo didn't refer to the object to imitate, where could he draw a hundred birds and a phoenix? was forced for a long time, and I could only touch the pen, and after a long time of luck, I concentrated on the top student announcement. After more than ten minutes, he stepped aside, and the old man was overjoyed, and grabbed his desk to feel the shock again.

He was indeed shocked. I saw that there were many small black dots on the left side of the rice paper, and a parenthesis was added next to it, annotating "Hundred Birds"; On the right is a monster that does not look like a chicken and a duck does not look like a duck, with deformed wings, a long tail and a bag on its head.

"Is this a phoenix?" Chen Qingyan looked at it for a long time, and asked with trembling lips.

"yes, it's not very good." Chen Mo said modestly.

Chen Qingyan thought that this little guy was playing tricks on himself, and almost pulled out the Longquan Sword and killed him on the spot. Finally, Lin Qingying was also there, and the angry old man was appeased, but when Chen Mo opened his mouth to explain, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Will it only be imitated and will not be original? Chen Qingyan took out the old works with suspicion, but Chen Mo still couldn't draw them. It wasn't until Chen Qingyan personally picked up the pen that he was really surprised.

A pair of "Qinling Hengyun", Chen Mo completed it less than half a minute later than him. Even Chen Qingyan himself can't tell who is true and who is fake in the end.

From this day on, Chen Mo became a frequent visitor to the secretary of the municipal party committee's house. Chen Qingyan said that her daughter's official authority was too great, and she was afraid of scaring Xiaoyou, so she always picked Chen Mo to come over when she was away. Chen Mo's amazing skill was limited to the ability to imitate, which made Chen Qingyan feel like he was facing a huge treasure, but he could never find the excavation opening. I have never learned to paint, but I can imitate it like this, how can I describe it as talented? Chen Qingyan's heart of love for talent was beating uncontrollably, put away all his temper, and taught Chen Mo the introduction of Chinese painting with an unprecedented surname, and he didn't even dare to scold half of the sentence. Chen Mo was extremely depressed when he learned, and often didn't come under excuses. The old man was forced to have no choice, and one day he saw that he seemed to be quite interested in the wine cabinet at home, so he immediately patted his head, and opened three bottles of Moutai in a row that night.

Chen Qingyan's biggest regret in his life is that he didn't give birth to a male baby, and he has been with Chen Mo for a long time, and he always feels that something is missing when he doesn't see him for a day. The unique simple taste of Chen Mo's body made the old man more pleasing to the eye the more he looked at it, and once pretended to use wine to get mad, asking him why he never used "you" to call himself. Chen Mo thought about it for a long time, and finally smiled, saying that you don't have a fight, I won't follow you to the set of empty heads. Chen Qingyan is also an alcoholic, once Chen Mo was forced to stuff a bottle of Chivas Revas by the promotion lady in Di Bar, so he brought it to him. Chen Qingyan was very surprised that this guy could save wine and not drink, but Chen Mo's answer was very simple - he didn't like foreigners' things.

This sentence was very appealing to Chen Qingyan's appetite. He also didn't understand that the sorghum that his ancestors had brewed for thousands of years was not as good as foreign urine, and at this moment, the old-fashioned young man in front of him was not only a surprise, but more like a friend.

"I'm leaving, you use some white wine to soak rice, and there will be more fish to sprinkle." Chen Mo waited for the other party to finish eating breakfast, and stuffed the fishing rod back.

"The daughter of the Pan family will be born next month." Chen Qingyan slowly threw out a sentence and threw the hook at the same time.

Chen Mo stopped, quite surprised, "How do you know?" ”

"Pan Jinyu has been serving wine every year since she was ten years old, and Yancheng knows a little bit of identity." Chen Qingyan looked at him and smiled, with a sense of care in his old eyes, "It's been a little rough lately, if you want to go, come with me!" ”

Chen Mo waved his hand and left, but did not answer.

The seven stars sank, were dragged underwater, and floated upwards. Chen Qingyan tugged on the fishing rod, and a chopstick-long crucian carp brought up silver flowers, jumped out of the water with thorns, and landed in the grass behind him, curling up and fluttering. Chen Qingyan picked up the fish and put it back in the water, looking at Chen Mo who was leaving under the morning sun.

He once played a game of chess with Chen Mo, and the latter's chess skills were very bad and he was killed to the ground. However, at the beginning of the game, Chen Mo chose to fly. Nowadays, there are still many juniors who are full of honorifics. But the young man who still remembers this ancient etiquette, Chen Qingyan has only met such a one.