Chapter 23: Barbecue
Zhang Qiusheng, who was far away, heard that Wang Shaoyang was still quarrelling.
To be precise, Wang Shaoyang didn't quarrel, it was Li Weijun and Hu Bin who were arguing, and Wang Shaoyang was a peacemaker on the side. But now the content of the quarrel has changed. Isn't it necessary to make a U-turn when the car arrives at the garbage dump? This road is not a national highway, nor is it a provincial road, nor is it even a county road, it is a road leading to the garbage dump without any level, and it is really difficult to make a U-turn. Hu Bin should drive a little further and find a place where he can turn around. But Hu Bin is not like this, he plugged the car into the garbage dump as soon as he hit the steering wheel. The garbage dump must be full of potholes, and the big truck is swaying like a small boat in a stormy sea, and it may capsize at any time.
That's not all, Wang Shaoyang and Hong Mingjie were better in the cab, Li Weijun and He Qiang were in a daze when they were driving the clouds and fog, Hu Bin suddenly made a big turn, the right wheel pressed through a large mound of earth, and the whole car was almost 45 degrees inclined and almost overturned. If it weren't for the carriage board, Li Weijun and He Qiang would have been dumped out of the car like garbage.
The car drove to the side of the road and parked, Li Weijun and He Qiang got out of the car tremblingly, their legs were frightened, and Li Weijun almost fell. Li Weijun pointed to Hu Bin in the cab, and after a few clicks, he had nothing to say. What is there to say, although Li Weijun and He Qiang are rough and horizontal, they are not stupid. I have to take this car when I turn around, if I scold Hu Bin and come back a few times, this little life must be handed over to this kid.
Then let's work, but Hu Bin, this kid, can't get off in the car. When I asked him what was going on, he said he had never seen a driver as a porter.
Until the early nineties, drivers were organized. is either state-run or a large collective, and the driver is indeed an uncle. In the seventies, there was even a slogan: four wheels and a knife, and the red flag of the white-clothed soldier was flying. The four wheels are the driver, the knife is the meat seller, and the white-clothed soldier is of course the doctor. The red flag fluttering refers to the officers and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army, and the military rank system was abolished at that time, and the collar badge was two pieces of red cloth. Of these four particularly popular groups, the driver ranks first, which shows how awesome it is. There is no way to be in short supply, and the economic era is like this, until the state allows private transportation, the status of drivers has fallen rapidly.
But this will be a different situation, this will be everyone coming out to commit a crime together, which uncle do you pretend to be the six fingers of which family? Do you drive a broken car and have more ears than everyone else? couldn't bear it, Li Weijun jumped like thunder, ** I almost didn't kill Lao Tzu just now, this will pretend to be an uncle again.
The noise Zhang Qiusheng heard was that Li Weijun greeted the eighteenth generation ancestor of Hu Bin's family and forcibly asked him to participate in the transportation. Why didn't the driver move, the copper was still moved out of the factory by Lao Tzu. But this time, everyone unanimously targeted Hu Bin, and even Wang Shaoyang didn't pretend to be a peacemaker. These people are all lazy, doing hard work, stealing, cheating, and slippery is a race, and if there is one less person to carry it, they will have to do more work.
Hu Bin couldn't help everyone, so he had to get out of the car, take a flat rope and go to the garbage dump with everyone.
Zhang Qiusheng secretly ran out, got under the car and tinkered for a while, climbed out and thought about it, ran to the back of the car, and tinkered with the connection of the trailer for a while. Clapped my hands and went home. Although he decided in his heart to write off the things in his previous life, it didn't hurt to play a prank on these miscellaneous flowers. For so many days, I haven't seen a single person or a car on this road, so there won't be any accidents.
Zhang Qiusheng quietly opened the door, and suddenly the lights turned on. My sister was sitting by the light switch at the door, and Zhang Qiusheng was startled. His sister glared at him and went back to her room without saying a word. Zhang Qiusheng understood the meaning of that glance: I don't tell you now because I am afraid of waking up my grandparents and settling accounts with you at dawn. Dare to go out in the middle of the night, hum!
Zhang Qiusheng didn't take his sister's reaction seriously, he didn't plan to hide it for a long time. Today is the last trip, and tomorrow we will start selling barbecue. Even if I went to pick up garbage at home, you don't have time to object.
Wash and sleep, and practice for a while.
Wang Shaoyang and the other five people stood next to the garbage heap and didn't dare to walk around, there were broken copper and iron all over the ground, and they would trip and fall if they were not careful, and they would not be able to row if they fell. Li Weijun scratched his head and said, "Heyββ, it's obviously buried here, why is it gone?" Jiezi, you must be here? In this moment, he said this sentence more than twenty or thirty times. Hong Mingjie looked at him disdainfully, and he didn't bother to answer.
Needless to say, this situation must have been moved out in advance by others. Wang Shaoyang sighed, turned around and left without saying a word, and the others followed silently. Everyone had nothing to say, listless. Speaking of which, everyone is at fault, so the eldest brother and the second brother Brother Mazi, let's not say anything about anyone.
Hu Bin's start this time is still very rough, he was originally a cloudy day to learn the craft, and it is very good to be able to drive the car. But it was still much better than just now, at least it didn't let Li Weijun He Qiang on the carriage fall again. Hu Bin felt that something was wrong after driving for a short distance, and the car seemed to have become lighter. I wanted to stop and take a look, but I found that something was even more wrong, there were no brakes. Hu Bin was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, if there was a person or a car suddenly in front of him, how could it be good.
Although Hu Bin is a horizontal person, if he hits someone to death for no reason, he doesn't have the guts. He has a bottom line when he is angry, that is, he will not die on the spot. His dad was just a transportation company manager, and his dad wasn't so-and-so.
Hu Bin held the steering wheel tightly with both hands, his eyes fixed on the front. Wang Shaoyang saw that something was wrong and asked, "Beard, what's wrong?" β
Hu Bin stared at the front and replied: "The brakes are gone, and the car can't stop." β
I'm cΔo, Wang Shaoyang was also scared out of a cold sweat and wanted to cry without tears, I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do anything. Wang Shaoyang's heart is much more ruthless than Hu Bin, he dares to kill people on the spot, his bottom line is not to be discovered by others, and he does not involve himself. But he is also a person who is absolutely afraid of death. Hong Mingjie was also frightened and shouted: "Brother Yang, jump out of the car, I can jump if you jump." "He sat in the middle, and Wang Shaoyang blocked his way to jump out of the car, not the kind of bravery that you go first and I cover.
This section of the road happened to be a bit downhill, and the car kept going down. It wasn't until it had run for about 600 meters that the car slowly stopped. Li Weijun and He Qiang are sitting in the carriage smoking, aren't they afraid that Hu Bin's car will drive like a disco, and they are not afraid of you jumping when they sit with a low center of gravity. This time the car was very smooth, smooth and there was no sound at all. The two didn't know that Hu Bin didn't step on the accelerator at all, so they couldn't help but praise Hu Bin for learning well. Li Weijun also sighed with emotion: "This kid just wants to scold, scold hard, or he won't be able to learn well." β
At this time, I found that the car stopped, and the two people in the carriage were strange, why did they stop well?
"What about the trailer, why is the trailer missing?" Hu Bin's voice was puzzled with a slight cry, and he suddenly scolded: "Li Datou, monk!" I'm cΔo, where did you two get the trailer! If you don't get it back for Lao Tzu today, Lao Tzu wants you to look good! β
Li Weijun said with a smile: "Yes, I was still thinking about it just now, the driving skills of the beard have risen, ah, your old man can drive the car away, and the trailer stays still, how much ability does it take?" I thought you were going to show your hand in front of me. β
"Beard, what are you talking nonsense? So a big trailer is still sesame, where can the two of us go, is it difficult to put it in our pockets? He Qiang saw that the trailer was still and did not go with the car, and he originally planned to say it, but he made Hu Bin miserable just now, so he didn't bother to say it. However, he usually has a good relationship with Hu Bin, unlike Li Weijun and Hu Bin, so he doesn't speak so yin and yang.
Hu Bin didn't have anything to do with the two of them, and scolded and went to reverse. 400 meters of normal driving is a negligible distance, but it is difficult to reverse, especially Hu Bin's technology, and it is a non-standard road surface painted in the middle of the night.
Wang Shaoyang stood on the left side of the road, Hong Mingjie stood on the side of the road, shouting vigorously: "Pour, pour, pour, pour-"
Why is it not enough for one person to stand on one side and one person to stand in the middle of the road? Damn, these are all ghosts who are afraid of death, who can rest assured of Hu Bin's technology? If this kid comes violently, it's better to say that he is dead, but if he is hit half dead? Gotcha, let me out in the middle of the road and give you a toss for the kid.
In the morning, Zhang Qiusheng practiced first, then went out to practice boxing, and then went home for breakfast. After grandpa went out to set up a stall, Zhang Qiusheng didn't wait for his sister to speak, and took the initiative to confess.
After hearing this, Zhang Qiuran didn't say that his younger brother was unproductive and went to pick up garbage, but opened his eyes wide and said, "Are you not going to go to high school if you don't do well in the exam?" The tone was cautious, as if he was afraid of scaring his brother, but in fact, he was even more afraid of scaring himself. She didn't want to believe that her brother didn't do well in the exam, she didn't want to see her brother drop out of school after graduating from junior high school, and she didn't want her brother to run for life at such a young age. Picking up garbage, how dirty and tiring the work is, is it something that such a young child can do? No matter how old Zhang Qiusheng's mental age is, he is now a childish junior high school student on the surface, and in the eyes of his sister, he is a little boy who has not grown up.
"Qiusheng, you are still young, the job of picking up garbage is not something you can do," Zhang Qiuran burst into tears: "It doesn't matter if you don't do well in the exam, we can't go to key high schools, aren't there ordinary high schools?" Ordinary high schools are not good, there are vocational high schools and technical schools. Let's not pick up the trash, okay? β
"That, okay," Zhang Qiusheng pretended to be obedient and said, "Then don't pick it up, I won't pick up garbage from today on." "Just below the soup, borrowing the wind to cross Poyang Lake, anyway, I plan to change my career to selling barbecue, and it's good to be able to make my sister happy.
"Alas, Qiusheng is obedient." Zhang Qiuran was indeed coaxed by his younger brother to be happy: "Take advantage of the summer vacation to review your homework, learning mainly depends on individuals, and ordinary high schools still produce talents." You can't keep carrying it like that, can you? Fat brother is beaten every time he takes an exam? β
"Of course, review is to review," Zhang Qiusheng had always dreamed of going back to school in his previous life, and of course he couldn't let go of the opportunity in this life. But the dream of making a fortune also has to be done: "Sister, sue you, I plan to change careers next." β
"Changing careers?" Zhang Qiuran was confused, what line of work is his younger brother now? Where did you change it?
Zhang Qiusheng explained to his sister: "Yes, from picking up garbage to selling barbecue, picking up garbage in the early stage is to accumulate capital for selling barbecue. β
"Selling, selling barbecue?"
Zhang Qiusheng continued to explain: "Yes, it is lamb skewers, mainly lamb skewers, you can also grill tenderloin, small crucian carp, eggplant, leeks, cabbage and others, you can grill anything. This is a lot of money. β
The younger brother's words were beyond Zhang Qiuran's imagination. Zhang Qiuran has always been a good student and a good child, and in her life she has always only learned. Of course, after my grandmother was paralyzed, she also housekept the house, bought vegetables and cooked with firewood, rice, oil and salt, and bought clothes, shoes and hats for the family. But doing business, and selling barbecue, those are all things that adults do, and they are far, far away from her little head. Although their family is poor, the hardships of life have always been borne by their grandparents and parents, and they never have to worry about the two children.
Zhang Qiuran did not look down on picking up garbage and selling barbecue, and the children of poor families were not so tall. Do you just think it's okay to sell barbecue brothers? Doesn't he want to study? She had also read from newspapers and books that many boys had voluntarily dropped out of school due to family difficulties and then worked hard to earn money to support their families. Zhang Qiuran even saw a picture of his younger brother selling barbecue in the smoke and fire, and his heart couldn't help but feel sour.
Zhang Qiuran held back tears and asked, "You, do you know how to make barbecue?" β
"Yes, what's so difficult about that, it's not about building airplanes or atomic bombs."
In his previous life, Zhang Qiusheng was alone except for prison, and his life was irregular, often coming to a few barbecues and a few bottles of beer, even if he sent himself away with a meal. If you eat more, the taste of barbecue is a bit particular. Later, a cellmate was a barbecue seller, and he was sentenced to prison for beating the chengguan. The cellmate explained in detail how to make a barbecue, but in fact, the prison is a big school.
Zhang Qiuran wiped the tears that couldn't help it: "Okay, I'll sell it with you." I don't go to school anymore. β
Zhang Qiusheng knew that his sister didn't understand his plan, so he had to explain to her: "Sister, don't worry, I'll tell you." There is no conflict between going to school and selling barbecue, school is during the day, and selling barbecue is at night. I didn't say that I wouldn't go to school, not only did I have to go to school, but I also promised that no matter which school I went to, my grades would never be worse than the provincial focus. He said this with full confidence, because these days when he reviews his homework, he feels that his memory and understanding are very good, no matter what class he reads, he can understand it, and if he understands it, he can remember it. He attributed this phenomenon to the effect of the exercises.
Zhang Qiuran was very happy when he heard his younger brother say this: "You can still go to school, that's great, I thought you didn't want to go to school to earn money." β
"Of course, you have to go to school, but you also have to earn money," Zhang Qiusheng said to his sister: "You know the importance of going to school better than me, so you don't need to say more." Let me tell you about the reason for making money as soon as possible. The party and the government are calling for hard work and prosperity, right? Needless to say, this is not to be said. The party's policy is to allow some people to get rich first, right? Herein lies the problem. You have to do everything early, so if you want to get rich, you have to get rich before others. While others haven't woken up yet, we can always do it if we start small, and we don't want to make a fortune in a few years, so we can always do it without worrying about food and clothing, and not letting our grandparents worry about money. It's like I pick up scrap metal, if everyone picks up it, where will I have my share. This is also selling barbecue, if now those laid-off people who are waiting for work are swarming to set up barbecue stalls, selling more than eating, then what else is going on with me? β
"Hey, don't say so much, I know all this, the father of one of our classmates has resigned and gone to the sea." Zhang Qiuran is happy that his younger brother can understand so much, and he is even more proud of his younger brother's character when he thinks of it, which is like a man: "You think my sister is stupid and doesn't understand anything?" β
In the next two days, Zhang Qiusheng and his sister seized the time to prepare. My sister insisted on going with him, but she couldn't help it, so she had to agree. He is not afraid of heaven and earth, and he dares to kill people, but he has no family to do it. Who made him the youngest, at home has always been a controlled element. Comfort yourself, with your current skills, a few gangsters can still be easily dealt with, and there is nothing to worry about, let her go if my sister wants to go.
Two days later, I didn't look at the yellow calendar and didn't choose any good day to open, and the sisters and brothers didn't understand or care about these things. I ate dinner in advance, and the main dish for today's dinner is roast mutton, mutton bone broth, which are all leftovers from making mutton skewers.
The purpose of eating dinner in advance was to go to the stall early, and just as he was about to leave, Zhang Qiusheng's heart suddenly moved. Well? It's time to practice, and today I just want to set off early and forget about it. Zhang Qiusheng sat down on the bed and began to practice, this is the top priority, there must be no delay, and the other gods and horses have to give way.
Zhang Qiuran was surprised, what the hell is my brother doing? Eat dinner in advance and set off early, the idea of seizing the base area is what you said, and when you are about to come, you will sit up and sit here. You're meditating too nondescript, aren't you? Watching TV, people meditate all over the ancient temples and temples in the deep mountains, and they have to sit on the futon. Even if it is a martial arts person who is in distress, he has to meditate in a quiet room where no one is around. But you, Zhang Qiusheng, are fine, just at home, meditating in bed. Are you practicing? I think you've read too many martial arts novels and become obsessed.
The more Zhang Qiuran thought about it, the more angry he became, he couldn't let his younger brother develop the problem of doing things half-heartedly, he could fail in anything, but he must not fail because of half-heartedness.
Thinking of this, Zhang Qiuran was ready to pull his younger brother up. Fortunately, she has always been light on her brother, and before her hand touched her brother's arm, she suddenly felt a tingle. What's going on? Could it be that my younger brother is really practicing? And also practiced a little Mingtang?
Zhang Qiuran was so frightened that he didn't dare to touch his younger brother again, I heard that people who practice martial arts are most afraid of disturbing, and they will be injured or go crazy. She sat quietly on the sidelines, not daring to come out.
Zhang Qiusheng didn't finish until eight o'clock in the evening, and he didn't have time to tell his sister more, so he hurriedly went downstairs and set off on a three-wheeler. The three-wheeled ones were bought from the bicycle repairers, and they were broken but cheap. On the three wheels, there are barbecue grills, folding tables, chairs, benches, charcoal, beer and other household items, and Zhang Qiuran is holding an erhu case and sitting on it. She said that if the deal is good, she will help, and if it is not good, she will pull the erhu on the side, which can be regarded as advertising.
Many neighbors were outside in the shade, and they all looked at the siblings with curiosity. Grandpa wanted to send off his two grandchildren, but the siblings ran too fast, and when Grandpa went downstairs, they ran away early.
The neighbors asked the grandfather what his grandchildren were doing. The appearance of the sister and brother can be seen at a glance that they are doing business, but some people don't understand what to do business.
Grandpa smiled and replied that it was a barbecue seller.
Many neighbors envy this grandfather Zhang has two such good grandchildren, so sensible and knows how to share the family's worries at such a young age, and can also cook barbecue, many neighbors have never eaten it. So he began to scold his own children, and he only knew how to play crazy all day long, but he didn't know how to think about his family.
None of that is to be said. In fact, when the grandfather heard that the sister and brother were going to do business, he didn't agree at first. He felt uncomfortable in his heart, he didn't have the ability to make his two children suffer. But if you don't agree, let the child continue to suffer, and you can't get over it. The main reason is that the children are still too young, so let the children of such a big point let them earn money, even if this old face is unbearable.
When Qiusheng took out more than 2,000 pieces of money at once, and told the origin of the money. Grandpa was stunned and didn't speak for a long time. I went back to my room and stayed for a long time, thinking left and right, if I didn't agree to the children, Qiu'er would sneak to pick up garbage in the middle of the night, what would I do? Maybe she will go with her, a girl to pick up garbage? Ran'er looks soft and smooth, but she is actually very strong in her bones.
Grandpa finally agreed, he handed the two thousand pieces of money to Zhang Qiuran, and asked them to buy and sell things by themselves. Grandpa said a lot, the main thing is to ask them to focus on their homework and not delay their studies, grandparents' biggest wish is that they are both admitted to university.
On the way, Zhang Qiuran couldn't help but ask: "Qiusheng, are you really practicing kung fu?" β
"Of course." Since he was practicing at home, he didn't intend to hide it.
"If you practice kung fu well, you will be able to fight in the future, right?"
Uh, you can't blindly agree after your sister's words, if you say that practicing kung fu is specifically for fighting, my sister must resolutely oppose it. Her concept is that everything is inferior, only reading is high. If she is verbose, she is definitely more powerful than Tang Seng, Tang Seng is more or less a man, and her sister is a woman.
"I don't practice kung fu for fighting, I practice this kung fu with many benefits, such as enhancing memory and understanding."
Zhang Qiuran nodded, his younger brother's memory and comprehension are really strong these days, and the junior high school course will be reviewed in a while, and he can read textbooks faster than others reading novels. Even if he learned his homework solidly in junior high school, he was very fast in preparing for high school courses later. I didn't see how he reads, he should remember it, he should have remembered. It seems that practicing this kung fu is really good for learning.
"There is another advantage of practicing this kung fu, you can use it for two purposes or even three for it." This is also what Zhang Qiusheng just discovered, and he generally does not hide his own affairs from his family. Because the family environment is relaxed, there is no need to hide it, and the grandparents are old, and they don't want them to work hard if they don't tell them.
And such a thing? Zhang Qiuran didn't believe it. Zhang Qiusheng stopped the car and wanted to test it for his sister on the spot. He sat on the flower bed in the green belt, took the erhu, and while pulling the erhu and asked his sister to ask questions, he answered.
Zhang Qiuran couldn't think of any problems for a while, so she picked up an English book she had with her, and ordered a text for her brother to memorize, which she had only spot-checked in the morning.
Zhang Qiusheng played a song "Autumn Moon in the Han Palace", and fluently memorized foreign language while playing the erhu, without pause at all.
Zhang Qiuran was stunned, is this okay? Unconvinced, I ordered two more articles and asked my brother to memorize them in one go.
Zhang Qiusheng changed a song of Liu Tianhua's "Good Night", and then memorized the two texts fluently.
Zhang Qiuran was convinced, and practicing martial arts still has such an effect, which not only cannot be opposed, but also vigorously supported. However, that, that: "Qiusheng, can you teach me?" β
"Yes, I see that you usually hate fighting, otherwise I would have taught you earlier."
"Yes, right? Doesn't it mean that the martial arts sect can't be taught casually without the consent of the master? Zhang Qiuran guessed based on the understanding in martial arts novels.
"I don't have any master, I am a master myself, if you are willing to learn, of course I can teach you."
"Your own martial arts? That's impossible, just make it up. If you really want to teach me, you have to ask your master for permission, and just accept me as an apprentice. Zhang Qiuran said what was in her heart, she was afraid that her younger brother would want to teach herself and offend the master regardless of it.
"How can I have the ability to create martial arts by myself, it was taught by an old man," of course Zhang Qiusheng can't say that he met Zhang Daohan when he was smuggled in his previous life, Zhang Daohan taught him, and then he crossed through rebirth and so on, and no one would believe it: "This old man didn't let me apprentice, only said that he would make friends with me." β
Zhang Qiuran was surprised when he heard that his younger brother had such an adventure, and he was also happy for his younger brother. So I made an appointment with my brother that she would start studying tomorrow.
It's really not early, we have to hurry to open.
Zhang Qiusheng chose a location far from his home, on a small street about half a stop from the city center. This street is next to the prefect's yamen in the past, so it is called Fuyou Street. Out of this street is the main road that runs through the east and west of Kirin City. He wanted to go to the city center, but it was already occupied by small traders and peddlers, and even the small streets in the vicinity were occupied.
Zhang Qiuran asked why he didn't put it on the main road, isn't there a larger flow of people? Zhang Qiusheng was affected by the fact that small merchants and hawkers in his previous life were chased all over the streets by the chengguan, and some were even fined for confiscating their tools, so he was reluctant to set up a stall on the main road. At this time, although there was no such thing as chengguan, the police might have to take care of it.
But the chengguan can't tell my sister or anything. Zhang Qiusheng said that the barbecue smoke is heavy, and the swing on the road will affect the cleanliness and hygiene in front of people's shops. My sister agrees with this. And in the days to come, the surrounding area will be cleaned every day before closing the stall.
The business is really good, as soon as the stall is set up, someone comes to eat, and there is a gang of people, ten strings per person plus a bottle of beer. Zhang Qiusheng didn't react much, and his sister was overjoyed. As soon as the lamb skewers were baked, they quickly opened the bubble box wrapped in a quilt and took the beer, and opened it for the guests one by one. There was no refrigerator at home, so the beer was hung in the well for most of the day, and then put in the bubble box and wrapped in a quilt outside. After the large-scale urban reconstruction, all these wells were filled, and Zhang Qiusheng felt a pity when he thought about it.
After a while, Grandpa also came. After all, the old man is not worried about the two children, and he can't sit still at home. There are also four or five children who are about the same age as Zhang Qiusheng's sister and brother who came with their grandfather, all of whom grew up together in the same yard. They wanted to learn from Zhang Qiusheng, and asked Zhang Qiusheng if they could also come to set up a barbecue stall.