Chapter 90: Brother-in-law
"What's the matter?"
The man looked unhappy, obviously the content of the phone call he had just made him unhappy, but when he saw the blue boxed special panda cigarette handed over by Zhang Can, his eyes were stunned, and he immediately reached out and took out one, held it on his mouth very skillfully, and took out the lighter point, and then put the lighter in front of Zhang Can and said, "Let's have one too!" β
Zhang Can smiled and waved his hand and said, "My throat is uncomfortable......"
"Oh......" The man retracted his hand, and then "sizzled" again, and took a deep puff of the cigarette, which was muffled in his cavity for a long time before he spit it out, as if immersed in the smell of the good smoke.
But as soon as he spit out the smoke, the man "coughed", glared and scolded: "Damn, fake cigarette ......"
Zhang Can's face flushed, in these small alleys in the village, selling fake cigarettes is the most normal, but it would be a little strange if it sold real cigarettes.
"This ......" Zhang Can smiled and said, "Brother, just a moment, you are from Chuan'an, right?" β
"Huh, how do you know? β¦β¦ It seems that your tone is also Chuan'an's, right? The man was stunned, and then asked Zhang Can with a surprised expression.
Zhang Can immediately replied: "Yes, yes, I am from Zhangjiazhuang, where are you?" β
"Haha, what a coincidence, I'm from Dongcheng, you ...... What are you doing here? The man suddenly had a smile on his face, and then pulled Zhang Can and snorted: "Go, go in and go to the boss to return the money, damn, sell fake cigarettes......"
"Forget it......" Zhang Canzi stopped him and said in a low voice: "I can't make a fortune with a pack of cigarettes, it doesn't matter, I'm not free now, I'm in a hurry, I want to ask you about someone, I don't know if you know each other?" β
The man said enthusiastically, "Say, who are you looking for?" Do you live in this building? β
Zhang Can nodded, "It should be here, her name is Liu Xiaoli, she is also from Chuan'an's hometown, she works in a supermarket, I don't know where she lives." β
The man was stunned for a moment, then stared at Zhang Canxi, his expression was very puzzled.
From his expression, Zhang Can immediately knew that this man and Liu Xiaoli must have known each other, and most likely it was her boyfriend, so he immediately smiled and said: "Don't get me wrong, my surname is Zhang, my name is Zhang Can, Liu Xiaoli should be my sister-in-law, my fiancΓ©e is Liu Xiaoli's sister Liu Xiaoqin!" β
The man was stunned for a moment, and immediately showed a smile, and quickly nodded: "Oh...... It's my aunt...... Hehe, my name is Li Yong, and Liu Xiaoli is my wife...... Girlfriend, what a coincidence, you found it as soon as you looked for it, let's go...... Take a seat outside in the restaurant and grab a bite to eat......"
Zhang Can didn't expect it to be so smooth, and he smiled and followed him out of the alley, and asked as he walked, "Is Xiaoli at home?" β
"She's at work!" Li Yong shook his hand and replied, and the two of them came to the side of the road outside the village entrance together, and suddenly their eyes lit up, the tall and bright buildings, and the beautiful decorations, all different from the village.
Li Yong was originally walking towards the food stall at the entrance of the village, but Zhang Can waved his hand to let him go to the Coco Western Restaurant at the entrance of the main street, Li Yong was stunned again, he didn't expect that this seemingly ordinary aunt had a good taste, and the person who can usually enter the Western restaurant is at least a small white-collar worker, the consumption of a meal of Western food is dozens of hundreds of yuan, and more than a thousand, ordinary workers must not be able to afford it, like he works in a supermarket, only 1,900 yuan a month, 200 yuan less than Liu Xiaoli, The combined salary of the two people is only enough for the basic capital, Li Yong is addicted to smoking, and usually smokes more than ten yuan of cigarettes at home, but here he can only smoke four yuan and five cigarettes, and he often breaks the gear, and smokes on credit in the small cigarette stall downstairs, that is, the store where Zhang Can just bought fake cigarettes.
Zhang Can took Li Yong to the door of the Western Restaurant, and the waitress in the door had already opened the glass door, one on one side, bowing and saluting: "Welcome to the Coco Western Restaurant!" β
The voice is so sweet that Li Yong has not enjoyed such treatment for a long time, and he has not been in such an environment for a long time, so he is obviously a little uncomfortable.
"Please come with me, gentlemen!" One of the waitresses led the two inside.
Comfortable air conditioning, green farmhouse vineyard decoration, realistic bunches of grapes from the green-natural mood.
Sit down on the side of the room, the wall is brown steel stained glass, it looks very clear from the inside out, but you can't see it from the outside, Zhang Can pointed to the opposite side: "Brother Li, sit down!" β
Li Yong sat down suspiciously, because the waitress was holding the menu to Zhang Can, so she didn't say anything.
"Chicken cutlets, tricolor salad, well, another coffee!"
Zhang Can ordered it smoothly, then pushed away the list to Li Yong's side, and asked with a smile: "Brother, what to order?" Order whatever you like! β
"This ......" Li Yong smiled wryly, naturally embarrassed to say that he had never entered a Western restaurant, but said: "It's the same, just have the same one!" β
Zhang Can immediately waved his hand at the waitress and said, "Okay, that's it, two copies are the same!" β
The waitress nodded, then saluted, "Please wait!" β
"Wait!" Zhang Can stopped her again and asked, "Is there any good smoke?" Send two packs of cigarettes! β
"There are Chinese, pandas, yellow crane towers, canadianclassic......" the waitress read as she spoke, and finally said the names of several foreign cigarettes.
Zhang Can immediately stopped her words, "Okay, let's go to the Yellow Crane Tower, I can't understand your foreign smoke, Chinese gentlemen only smoke Chinese cigarettes......"
The waitress blushed and hurriedly whispered, "Sir, which one do you want?" There are also many kinds of Yellow Crane Tower, the best one is the hard box 1916, two hundred and five hundred and fifty one packs! β
"Then this one, two packs!" Zhang Can waved his hand indifferently and let her go.
After the waitress left, Li Yong stepped forward and whispered to Zhang Can: "Zhang ...... Brother Zhang, the Yellow Crane Tower only sold for two hundred outside in 1916, and she is so dark here......"
Zhang Can smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, the employees of other stores, these are all money, the expenses are large, and it is normal to earn a little." β
Li Yong smiled wryly, I thought that the aunt I met for the first time was similar to him, and it was more likely that she had just come from her hometown and came here to work, so let's find them to settle down, but I never thought that he would be so generous, and it looked like he had a few dollars in his hand, if Zhang Can said that he wanted to find a place to live, or asked them to introduce a job, etc., Li Yong thought about eating him and then finding a chance to talk about it, saying that he was going to work, and then slipped away, of course, if Zhang Can had a lot of money on him, it would be another matter, Anyway, he is living a poor life now, and it is not bad to be able to get some money from Zhang Can.
But before Li Yong's words were asked, Zhang Can's appearance had already surprised him, and he was even more cringe, just imagine, how many countrymen who have just come from their hometown will be able to invite their fellow villagers into a Western restaurant as soon as they arrive in Jincheng? Will it cost two hundred or two hundred famous cigarettes? And he just bought a pack of 15 fake cigarettes at the entrance of the village.
Li Yong was really a little curious, I don't know if this old aunt is real or fake, but listening to the tone of his voice is absolutely right, the kind of earthy sound in his hometown, people outside will never learn that natural layer.
"Old ...... Brother, did you just come out of the house, or are you already working here? Li Yong hesitated, but still asked out loud, "Also, what about Xiaoli's sister?" Be...... It's a violin, right? I seem to have heard Xiaoli say that Xiaoqin came out of the health school and has been assigned to the county hospital as a nurse, but her father is not...... It's not ......"
Speaking of Liu Xiaoqin's father, Li Yong's tone was a little unnatural, Zhang Can understood that since he and Liu Xiaoli ignored the family affairs, it would naturally be a little embarrassing to talk about it.
Zhang Can nodded: "Yes, I have been in Jincheng for a few years, working in an antique shop, I went back to my hometown last month to meet and get engaged to Xiaoqin, this afternoon at three o'clock on the plane, Xiaoqin and her parents went to Jincheng, I came to treat the disease, I have already arranged it here, I came to find Xiaoli, I want you to surprise your parents, the old man, maybe the feelings of the family are better than any comfort!" β
Li Yong was really stunned, no matter what, he didn't expect that Zhang Can's purpose would be this, and Zhang Can said that he was ready, he didn't need it at all, and he didn't show the slightest intention of asking them to bear the money, I had heard Liu Xiaoli say before, her father's uremia, if it was to be treated with surgery, it would cost at least 500,000 yuan, and there was no guarantee that it would be cured, and there were other expenses, not to mention that he couldn't get the money, even if he could, he didn't want to, the family was rich, But his parents are old businessmen, and they have saved two or three million in a lifetime of business, even if Liu Xiaoli's family says to borrow, they will not borrow, and they have to borrow to see if they can pay it back, besides, they can't even receive interest when they lend it, judging from the current situation, if they really borrow, the interest is still a trivial matter, but I am afraid that the capital will not be recovered, and Li Yong himself will not borrow it.
It's just that what Zhang Can said is true? He is a part-time worker, how can he get so much money?
The waitress brought the coffee and said, "Please slow down!" β
Zhang Can opened the sugar box and asked with a smile, "Brother Li, do you want to add sugar?" β
"Oh? Good...... Hehe, I'll do it myself! β
Zhang Can lightly pushed the two packs of Yellow Crane Tower sent by the waitress to Li Yong, "Take this cigarette and smoke it, in fact, I don't smoke!" β
Li Yong was stunned again, if Zhang Can hadn't told the reason, he would definitely think that Zhang Can must have some conspiracy, took out so much money, and invited and sent it, maybe he wanted him to kill someone, right?
Li Yong has actually only seen Liu Xiaoqin once, that was a year ago, Liu Xiaoqin came back from school, he saw it when he went to pick up Liu Xiaoli, and he was still thinking at the time, these two sisters are so beautiful, if they have the opportunity to get both, it will be comfortable, this idea has been flickering in his mind, but now it seems that it is a little slim, this aunt and brother-in-law seems to be really a rich man, since he is rich, it is not easy to get it.
But it's okay, there is a rich aunt and brother-in-law in Jincheng, so you must be able to eat and drink spicy food with him, and you have to have a good relationship with him.
After thinking about it, Li Yong immediately took out his mobile phone, dialed it directly, and said as soon as the phone rang: "Xiaoli, hurry up and ask for leave to come back, there is something urgent...... What's up? Your sister and brother-in-law came to Jincheng, your parents came to Jincheng for treatment, the plane arrived at three o'clock in the afternoon, hurry up, my brother-in-law and I eat Western food at the Cocoa Western Restaurant outside the village entrance, you hurry up, come directly! β
Li Yong almost didn't give Liu Xiaoli a chance to ask, and hung up the phone after speaking, and then smiled at Zhang Can: "Women, it's just a lot of talk, a lot of nonsense, hehe, it'll be there in a while, I asked her to ask for leave, saying that I can't leave work, I'm angry, what else is more important than the family?" If you don't just break your supermarket job, it's a big deal to quit and quit it! β