Chapter Ninety-Six: Night Market
Entering the private room, Li Zhendong finally couldn't help laughing out loud. Everyone is confused, what are you laughing at? Liu Ping thought she was laughing at herself, and her pretty face turned red. whispered that the guest had found him by himself, and he didn't want to deal with him at all, and the guest kept pestering.
Li Zhendong didn't explain, the back of the mountain in later generations, the goodness of Longyang in ancient times, didn't it pollute everyone's ears when he said it? What is there to say about this kind of bad scenery and bad atmosphere?
When the banquet was about to end, Li Zhendong arranged for the soldiers who came today to go back to rest first. He turned his head sideways and asked Liu Ping, "Is there anything wrong at night?" "It's okay," Liu Ping didn't know, Li Zhendong asked what was this for? In the past, when Liu Ping was in the service group, she had to work until about 10 o'clock in the evening before finishing work. Now you can leave if you have nothing to do. "Then go out with us and go to the deep area at night" Liu Ping was very happy, she had been to the deep area for a while, and she really didn't go out to play at night.
When he left the hotel, Li Zhendong saw Chen Fa sitting on the side of the lobby and nodded to say hello. Chen Fa caught up with a smile on his face. Li Zhendong responded with two sentences. Xiao Cui was shocked to the side, who is this Li Gongzi? It's worth the boss's care. Looking at Liu Ping standing beside the handsome young man, Xiao Cui unconsciously stepped back and hid out of Liu Ping's sight.
Liu Ping and Li Zhendong walked in front. Wu Da Niu and Da Gang were left behind.
Walking on the short street, most of the buildings on both sides are two-storey buildings. Many places are hidden in darkness, and a few places are leaking dim lights. There are quite a few pedestrians on the street, most of them in a hurry. There are really not many people like Li Zhendong who walk leisurely and slowly. These people just went out for a walk, and there was really no activity at night.
Li Zhendong came out with a purpose. As you walk, you look at the surrounding buildings, one street after another, to see where the streets are going, and to see what the location is. If you buy a building, what is the best location. Thinking in his heart, he was still chatting with Liu Ping.
"Liu Ping, how is your family?" Li Zhendong feels that he has known Liu Ping for several days, and he is together every day, out of friend etiquette, he should always ask! changed the topic and asked about Liu Ping's home.
Liu Ping walked beside him, listening to the boy tell some interesting stories. Who knew that the young man suddenly asked about the family situation. Stunned for a moment, Liu Ping's heart was like a deer, thinking that he asked me what I was doing at home? I haven't asked you yet! Gritting her teeth, Liu Ping told her family about the situation one by one.
"Ah, so it's a difficult situation in your house?" This was beyond Li Zhendong's expectations. Usually, Liu Ping, a girl who doesn't like to talk very much, never shows a little sadness about the difficulties of life. I didn't expect that the situation at home was not an ordinary difficulty.
In fact, the 40 yuan that Liu Ping sends home every month has become the family's main source of income. This is equivalent to having one person in the family working in a factory. Working in a factory shouldn't be so good yet. You want to eat when you get paid, right? Liu Ping is in the hotel with food and lodging, so she can save this money.
The land contract in Gan Province was relatively early, and the land had been divided into households the year before, so it stands to reason that it is not so poor. However, there are many people and little land, and there is not much land for each family, and there is no money to buy fertilizer and put it in the field. A year's worth of production will also be enough to sustain the family's food rations. After Liu Ping's brother had an accident, relatives and neighbors borrowed a lot of money, plus his grandfather and grandmother were old and sick. If there is not enough money, how can there be any surplus?
Is this disgusting my family? Liu Ping's heart was sour. I've been with this boy for a long time, and I saw that this little ghost's daily spending in the hotel was almost as good as his own annual expenses in previous years. Although Liu Ping didn't know what the family background of the little ghost head of Lu Dao was, Li Zhendong himself never mentioned it, Liu Ping didn't have to think about it to know that Lu Dao's own family was absolutely inferior. However, Li Zhendong's next sentence dispelled the sour thoughts in her heart: "Then can your brother's foot still be cured?" ”
"I can't," Liu Ping replied in a low voice. Just because of this foot injury, my brother's family affairs have been delayed. The woman is a girl from a neighboring village, who has known each other since childhood, and the relationship between the two parties is also good. After this incident, the woman's parents repented. Liu Ping's family was helpless. "Then your brother didn't want to come out and do things?" "He's lame, how can he come out and do things?" Liu Ping was dissatisfied. "Who says a lame can't do things?" Li Zhendong asked rhetorically: "How educated is he?" ”
Is this trying to help my brother find a job? Liu Ping was overjoyed, "I also graduated from junior high school!" He added a sentence of "can write and calculate". If only I could help my brother find a job, since the accident, my brother has been very depressed at home. Even his friends of the same geng called him out to play, but they all refused. Well, Li Zhendong took this matter to heart. Liu Ping's mood is inexplicably very good, the little ghost cares about his family! Even with more words, the coquettish voice was sprinkled in the night.
Before you know it, you have come a long way. Li Zhendong looked up by chance and saw a layer of sweat on Liu Ping's pretty face through the light. Only then did he wake up, "Liu Ping, are you tired?" Let's find a place to rest" and turn around, "Da Gang, Da Niu, find a place to eat in front"
The two of them were also chatting without a word, mainly because Da Gang was talking about Hunan Province. Hearing Li Zhendong's shout in front of him, Haole, here it is!
Here is the corner of a certain street, there is a large open space, and in the evening there are already many vendors here, supporting a small stall, a few coal stoves, scattered things, and a few small tables to attract night customers. The autumn nights in the south are not cold, and there are many people who come out to breathe and enjoy the coolness. There are many stalls like this in the vicinity of residential areas. Just now, Li Zhendong and a few people came out, and they had already met several people.
This small place is full of people. Most of the people who come to the deep area to look for work are young people. After a tiring day's work, gather three or five fellow villagers or friends, and everyone eats here. People who do manual work are full of dinner, but they feel hungry again after a while, which is the reason for the lack of oil and water in their stomachs. Having a late-night snack in the evening is the most frequent thing and doesn't cost much.
If you come to work in the deep area and work better, how can you have spare money on hand. If you are worried about your family, you rarely come out to play. There are young people who don't know sorrow, and there is wine today and drunk today. The beer produced by the Wuyang Brewery in Guangzhou has found a market here. A few dimes a beer, a dime or two of fried vermicelli, very few meats, more fish, and more extravagant can let the stall owner steam river fresh and seafood. Crucian carp is the sweetest with seven or eight taels.