An Yi, who worked for eighteen days in a row, finally got two days off, and before the holiday, the shopkeeper Chen, who was instructed by the owner Ou Yaoting, called An Yi and sent him a bonus of 30 yuan.

An Yi is indeed grateful for his kindness, but the object of repayment is not his shopkeeper Chen.

Not long after three o'clock in the afternoon, An Yi, who was carrying a few paper bags, came to Mr. Lao's stall and sat down, put the bag under the square table, grabbed Mr. Lao's teacup and drank it in a big gulp. Mr. Lao sent a middle-aged woman away, accepted three silver quills, turned around, and saw An Yi drink all his cup of tea, very distressed: "What kind of tea do you drink at a young age?" Isn't there a pot of boiling water in the back? I'm reluctant to drink this hometown tea for a long time, it's ruined, it's ruined! ”

An Yi turned around and refilled the teacup with no one else, and then reached out and took out a bag of tea from a paper bag: "Here, pay you back, stingy ghost!" This is your favorite Pu'er, which Liuxiangzhai bought. ”

"Rich? You can't be so lavish, you have to start saving money to marry a daughter-in-law. Mr. Lao happily picked up the tea leaves, closed his eyes and smelled them: "Good tea!" Got a pound of the ocean, right? ”

"As long as you like, I'll buy it for you after drinking." An Yile said happily.

Mr. Lao's heart was moved, but his mouth was tight: "It's not profitable, you have two dollars and you toss around, and the loser is so used to it." ”

An Yi didn't care at all, and picked up a paper bag from under the table and pulled out the carton inside: "I measured the pair of rotten leather shoes under your bed this morning, I guess it's appropriate, try it quickly." ”

Mr. Lao opened the box and was stunned, looked at it for a long time and turned to An Yi: "These shoes are rubber-soled moccasines made in the United States, and they cost twenty oceans to say the least, tell me, where did you get so much money?" ”

An Yi saw the reproachful look in Mr. Lao's eyes and immediately explained: "I repaired more than 20 sewing machines that the firm could not repair, reducing the loss of more than 6,000 yuan for the firm, and our shopkeeper rewarded me with 30 yuan of oceans under the pleasure of the shopkeeper. I know you're reluctant to buy new shoes, but now that I'm able to support myself, I don't have any gifts for you, so buy a pair of shoes, and you don't think it's for you to leave or I'm going to leave like you're fooling your guests, and we don't pay so much attention to each other. ”

Mr. Lao's heart was hot, but there was a cold look on his face: "Take it and return it to the store immediately, I am not blessed to enjoy such expensive shoes." ”

An Yi smiled with half-closed eyes: "Don't come with me, do you still want me to say a word of thanks for saving my life?" Mr. Lao, you have taken care of me for so long, leaving me alone and feeling that there are still people who care about me, and I am at ease. To be honest, don't look at me usually joking with you, but in my heart you are like my elders, I have something to do and income now, who do I want me to honor if I don't honor you? Take it, if you don't take it, I'm really going berserk. ”

Mr. Lao couldn't help but laugh when he heard the word "rampage" again: "Okay, I'll take it, but this is the only time to take it as an example." ”

"It's pretty much the same, a bit of an elder's demeanor." An Yi made another joke, put away his shoes and took out a beautiful new pen for Mr. Lao to appreciate: "This is the Parker pen I gave to Dongzi, he can use it for writing every day, and he also bought him two sets of autumn clothes. ”

Mr. Lao nodded frequently: "Xiao Yi, don't call me Mr. in the future, Shengfen!" ”

"Then I'll call you uncle, Uncle Lao!" An Yi thought for a while and asked, "Uncle Lao, I don't know your name yet, can you tell me?" ”

"Why not? My name is the way of keeping, the way of keeping...... Wait, why does it sound so awkward that you just called me 'Uncle Lao'? Uncle Law...... Mouse...... No, you can't call it that, the four pillars are rushing together! Change one. Mr. Law stroked his long beard and shook his head repeatedly.

An Yi smiled: "It's indeed the same as a mouse, but it's unlucky to call Uncle Shou, I don't understand that one is going to have surgery, let me think about it again, Uncle Dao?" That's not right...... Ah! Uncle, how did you come up with that name? ”

Mr. Law laughed: "What tastes bad in your mouth, how much mess is in your brain?" It's up to you, you can call it whatever you want, my old man is very open-minded! ”

"Hi...... Are you angry with me? Okay, I don't call you an uncle, I just call you an old Taoist, anyway, you are also a Taoist, and it is appropriate to call you an old Taoist. An Yi laughed after speaking, seeing that Mr. Lao was not angry but seemed to be very happy, he made up his mind to call it this when he was angry.

The uncle and nephew joked with each other so affectionately, Lao Dao saw a few young men in military uniforms coming from afar, and hurriedly put down the topic and whispered to An Yi: "Look at the west, a few soldiers who came over are extraordinary, such a portrait is rare, and the future in the future is unlimited!" ”

An Yi looked up, looked at it for a while, and said in surprise: "I have seen a few of them, the tall man is from Hunan, his name is Chen Mingren, strange, how did he get acquainted with Jiang Xianyun and He Jinhan, who often come out to speak, so quickly?" ”

"You know?" Lao Dao also found it strange.

An Yi saw a few people approaching and hurriedly said, "They are coming, I'll tell you slowly after they pass." ”

Jiang Xianyun and He Jinhan, who were wearing military uniforms and walking steadily, walked in front, and a little later were Chen Mingren and a few people An Yi didn't know, and the group looked at it with interest when they walked past the old fortune-telling stall, and the sharp-eyed Chen Mingren recognized An Yi and quickly stopped and greeted him warmly: "Brother An, I didn't expect to see you here, what?" What do you do? ”

An Yi stood up and laughed: "This is my uncle's stall, I will come here to sit when I have nothing to do today." ”

Jiang Xianyun saw that An Yi's surname was cheerful and handsome, and he also had a good impression of him, Chen Mingren immediately introduced An Yi to his companions: "Everyone, this is the An Yi brother that Zuo Quan and I talked about, he reminded us to go to Wushan (Jiang Xianyun) and Junshan (He Jinhan) in front of the preparatory office that day, everyone knows the rest of the matter, and I haven't had a chance to thank Brother An." ”

Jiang Xianyun happily stretched out his hand to An Yi: "Brother An has an extraordinary personality, everyone has mentioned you several times, and now when we meet, I feel that Brother An is hearty and easy-going!" I don't know where Brother An is now? ”

"What's high? After that meeting and breakup, I have been looking for a job to make ends meet, and half a month ago I was lucky enough to be taken in by the 'Taichang' trading firm, and now I am working as a mechanic repairing machines there. "An Yi people are very realistic.

He Jinhan said in surprise: "It's not easy to enter 'Taichang'!" This is a big firm, 'Taichang', 'Hongchang' and other more than a dozen firms are under this 'Taichang', operating shops including imported machinery, Western medicine, cloth, jewelry, etc., the last time we got 10,000 yuan of first-aid medicine is the 'Taichang' boss Mr. Ou Yaoting donated, I heard that Mr. Ou and several veterans of the base camp have a good relationship, is an enlightened rich businessman, Brother An works under him is a rare thing. ”

An Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from you, I don't know what my boss looks like until now, I squatted in the warehouse in the backyard all day to repair those sewing machines, grinders or something, and I only got my first rest today, haha!" Where are you going? ”

Chen Mingren replied: "Many of our fellow villagers came to take the third phase of Huangpu, we got the leave and came out together, to help the villagers complete the formalities and settle down to prepare to find a place to satisfy hunger, from the morning busy to the present lunch has not eaten, and an hour later we have to catch a steamboat back to school for the holiday, but the restaurants in this area are too expensive for us to eat, and we are planning to go to the stall on the edge of the Tianzi Wharf in front of us to eat a bowl of pho to pass away, Brother An has not had lunch?" How about going together if you don't have any food? I haven't thanked you yet. ”

Several people listened to An Yi's words, treated people sincerely, and treated people very kindly, and they also invited him to go with him when they heard Chen Mingren say this. Seeing everyone's enthusiastic eyes, the cheerful An Yi also agreed, said hello to Lao Dao, and followed everyone to talk and laugh together. In fact, An Yi had already had lunch, and he wanted to inquire about how these peers lived in the army, after all, the Huangpu brand was too loud, and it was a pleasure and comfort to know more.

Walking a few steps down to the embankment, there is a rice share, and the stalls are set up with four small square tables and a dozen low stools, and the guests are not many but clean.

After sitting down one after another, Chen Mingren introduced his companions to An Yi one by one: "This is Du Guangting and Du Yuming from Shaanxi; This is the famous Chen Geng, the pillar of our school's Blood Flower Drama Club; This is the talented Zeng Muyi Zeng Guangqing, by the way, is it still your fellow Sichuan countryman...... Brother An, what's wrong with you? ”

An Yi, who was stunned, came to his senses and thought to himself, how could I not be surprised? He smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, it's really ...... to know so many heroes What a blessing for three lives! Everyone, don't call me Brother An, I'm under nineteen this year, younger than all my brothers, if you don't dislike it, call me Xiaoyi. ”

"Okay! I'll call you Xiao Yi in the future. Jiang Xianyun smiled briskly: "I came in just now and saw you greeting the boss and his wife here, you are very familiar?" ”

An Yi smiled: "I come here from time to time to deal with a lunch meal, by the way, the beef stew here tastes good." ”

"The taste is very tempting, but unfortunately if we let it go, I'm afraid we will have to use it as pants." Zeng Guangqing's words drew a burst of laughter.

An Yi thought about it and turned to the proprietress happily: "Aunt Fang, is there any beef stew?" ”

"Yes, there's half a basin, I'll send it to you if you want." Mali's proprietress smiled at An Yi.

An Yi nodded: "Let's bring it together, I made a fortune yesterday, and today I happened to meet my fellow villagers and friends, it is rare to be happy and happy together, and I am in trouble with Aunt Fang." ”

"It's okay, I'll send the rice noodles together after scalding."

Jiang Xianyun and the others looked at An Yi in surprise, and Chen Mingren, who was about to treat him, said in a low voice: "Xiao Yi, this half pot of beef stew costs three yuan to say the least, we don't want you to break the bank, so we can order it...... ...... owner"

"Lao Chen, don't be so polite!" An Yi pulled down the raised hand of Chen Mingren beside him.

Chen Geng laughed: "Old Chen? It's an interesting name, it sounds pretty pleasant, haha! Xiao Yi, as long as friends are happy together, you don't need to break too much. ”

An Yi realized his recklessness, and after thinking about it, he simply made a mistake: "I am different from your brothers, although I am younger, I am now a salaryman, the lowest income is sixteen yuan per month, which is a lot more than the average political axe clerk, plus I have repaired a lot of machines in the business during this time, and the shopkeeper's reward gives me a sum of money more than the monthly salary, so everyone don't fight, if you can afford to be a brother, you will be better." I've heard that Mr. Liao, the party representative of your military academy, went to the mansion of Commander Yang of the Yunnan Army three times to ask for help in order to give his students a meal of meat, but he couldn't do so. As a friend, what is it for me to invite you to eat a few pieces of beef? Even if I am an ordinary citizen, I know the truth that supporting the army is superior to supporting the government and loving the people. ”

Jiang Xianyun exclaimed loudly: "That's a good thing! Supporting the army is preferential, supporting the government and loving the people, and the relationship between the military and the people is explained thoroughly in eight words! Xiao Yi, you are amazing, you have a high consciousness, and you have the progressive ideas of revolutionary youth! By the way, are you interested in testing us in Whampoa? It's rare that you're in such good physique and can repair mechanics, so how about I recommend you? Now the third phase of the exam is just in time. ”

An Yi was stunned again, seeing that everyone was encouraging him, Chen Geng and Zeng Guangqing were particularly enthusiastic, and Chen Mingren was also staring at himself with hope. An Yi complained bitterly in his heart, thinking that it was okay for me to talk about it at this level, but if I really went to the exam, I was afraid that I would be out of the way.

At this time, the little boss and his wife sent bowls of steaming rice noodles, and half a pot of fragrant beef stew attracted the attention of many people, An Yi took the opportunity to laugh and grabbed a big spoon to share the meat for everyone: "I have just entered the business house not long ago, if I leave like this, it is really Mr. Ou, at that time, he didn't care that I didn't have a diploma to recruit me, so I had to ask for his consent, haha...... Come on! Eat more, the 'Taichang' where I work is not far from the embankment, just a few steps away, and it is very convenient to come if you want to eat, haha! ”

Everyone saw that An Yi was so enthusiastic and heroic, so they no longer mentioned the matter of letting him take the Huangpu exam, only the shrewd He Jinhan and Jiang Xianyun seemed to see that An Yi had other ideas, and the two of them did not move and buried their heads in eating.

An Yi also relaxed when he saw that everyone was so happy, thinking that he was afraid that the Huangpu School Army would soon go eastward, and the national political axe had already begun to accuse Chen Jiongming of his sinister intentions in the newspaper. An Yi also told a joke when he was interested, thinking that it would be in vain to get everyone happy.

An Yi wiped his mouth and smiled: "Lao Zeng's joke just now is interesting, I also have a joke, maybe rude, if you are willing to listen to me, I will talk about it." “

"Tell me, you're hungry?" Chen Mingren, who is usually cautious and reticent, obviously regards An Yi as a friend.

An Yi didn't want to be so much, so he opened his mouth and came: "I heard that when Commander Chen Jiongming first came to Yanjing, he walked to a dumpling shop and was attracted by the fragrance, at that time it was cold and steaming dumplings were very tempting, Commander Chen sat down and ordered dumplings, the waiter was a very beautiful Yanjing girl, she couldn't understand Cantonese, and our Commander Chen also spoke a few words in Mandarin, so he asked: 'Girl, how much is a bowl of dumplings?' Maybe our Commander Chen's accent is too strong, and the Yanjing girl hears it as 'how much does a girl sleep a night', the girl is a decent person but she doesn't want to, she scolded angrily, who knows that our Commander Chen is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and stood up angrily and scolded loudly: 'You are not young, don't you just ask you how much does it cost to sleep a night?' If you don't want to sleep for me, forget it, I go to another house to find sleep, how can I be so uneducated? 'As a result, the misunderstanding is even greater......

The last sentence An Yi learned vividly, and everyone laughed happily.

He Zhenhan, who had just put a clip of rice noodles into his mouth, squirted out with a smile, and one of the noodles actually came out of his nostrils, and there was a piece of green shallots hanging down his chin and swaying on it, and everyone was even more happy to see it, and they almost sat on the ground......