Chapter 7 The Lin Family Coachman
Looking forward to something, Chen Zikun almost jumped up to kiss Mr. Li happily, but his years of experience in bandit work made him develop a character that did not change in front of Taishan.
"Okay, where is Miss Lin?" Chen Zikun asked calmly.
"Right at the door, oh, you don't know Miss Lin, I'll let Lao Zhang take you there." Li Dazhao found a school worker and asked him to lead Chen Zikun to the door.
Miss Lin and another chubby schoolgirl with glasses were standing under the porch of the doorway, wearing a velvet hat and cotton gloves around their necks like little girls, stamping their feet coldly.
"Miss Lin, your coachman is here." The school worker led Chen Zikun to him, introduced him and left.
"So you're our coachman." Miss Lin exclaimed softly, and excitedly shook the shoulder of the glasses girl next to her and said, "Wang Yueqi, it was his words that won the applause of Mr. Hu Shi, and he was invited into the classroom to listen to the class." ”
Miss Lin's southern Chinese is glutinous, glutinous, and Chen Zikun's bones are crispy, and she can't help but straighten her waist, cross her waist with one hand, and put on a pose that she thinks is very heroic.
Wang Yueqi helped her glasses and spoke Beijing fluently: "Lin Wenjing, where did your father find such a literate driver?" Catch up with Ming'er, and I'll find one at home. ”
Lin Wenjing said proudly: "Of course my father is amazing, but it is not easy to find such a literate and literate driver, maybe there is only one in Beijing." ”
Wang Yueqi pouted and said, "Then I don't care, lend me the coachman next time." ”
Chen Zikun looked at the freckles on Wang Yueqi's fat face, and scolded in his heart: Borrow your sister! However, the old man once talked about the rules of the St. Petersburg aristocracy to pick up girls, if you want to conquer a woman, you must first conquer her best friend, it seems that this freckled girl has to adopt a soft policy.
"Miss Lin, get in the car, I'll take you home, and this Miss Wang, if you stop by, you might as well join us." Chen Zikun smiled and said that he has always been quite confident in his smile, how many old ladies in the double drama team of the big car shop are fascinated by this, but he has always been guarded like jade, waiting for an angelic girl like Miss Lin.
But the two young ladies actually turned a blind eye to their charming smiles, and got into the car by themselves, Wang Yueqi smiled heartlessly: "Lin Wenjing, your coachman is really interesting, and he will borrow flowers to offer Buddha, how does he know that we are neighbors." ”
Chan's prepared lines didn't come in handy, and in his conception, Miss Lin should have asked him shyly: "What's your name?" "Then I can be very cold and pretending to say, my name is Chen Zikun, the word Kunwu, is the word that Professor Chen Duxiu helped me pick up.
It's a pity that this has come to naught, and the two girls are not interested in knowing the name of a coachman at all, so they go straight to the foreign car and order: "Uncle, go back to the alley of the back house on Shifuma Street." ”
Uncle, Uncle again, Chen Zikun's heart is broken, and his heart says that my beard is shaved, how can I still be uncle, God, Lao Tzu is a young man in his prime.
Okay, then Lao Tzu will let you two chicks see what a scud is, Chen Zikun pulled up the foreign car and ran forward, Wang Yueqi giggled: "Coachman, run faster, catch up with the car in front." ”
Chen Zikun looked up and saw that there was a purple-lacquered foreign car in front of him, which was pulling fast, and there was a bronze plaque on the back of the carriage, on which were written the words "Xu Fu for his own use".
Hmph, you fat glasses girl dare to give orders to Lao Tzu, Chen Zikun's heart was on fire, not only did he not speed up, but his pace slowed down, from running to jogging.
"Lin Wenjing, isn't your coachman full?" Wang Yueqi deliberately teased.
Lin Wenjing said softly: "Uncle, please hurry up, there is our classmate in front, and we have something to find him." ”
Chen Zikun only then quickened his pace, and caught up with the foreign car in front of him, and went hand in hand with it, on which sat a handsome young man, a black beep school uniform, seven copper buckles shiny, and a polite face under the student hat.
"Xu Tingge, President Xu, why did you go so fast?" Wang Yueqi said sharply.
The handsome young man turned his head to look at the two of them, frowning: "Is there something wrong?" ”
"I just want to ask you, if there is a class of Mr. Gu Hongming on Monday, will you listen to it?"
"Oh, I'll definitely go to Mr. Gu's class."
"Great, we'll go too."
"Do you prep students like to listen to Mr. Koo's classes too?"
"Who doesn't like the strange people who have learned Chinese and Western languages, nine foreign languages, and thirteen doctorates."
Xu Tingge and Wang Yueqi were talking, but Lin Wenjing lowered her head and didn't say a word, Chen Zikun felt relieved: It's still our family Jing'er who is educated and understands the rules, and the men and women on the street openly talk to each other, what kind of system, this Wang Yueqi is really not a good child.
He didn't notice that the coachman of Captain Xu University had already begun to compete with him, and the coachmen who pulled the monthly package were usually young and strong men, especially those who pulled the cart for the mansion door, and they were the elite figures in the rickshaw industry, with long height and legs, good explosiveness and endurance, and their skills in pulling the cart were also superb.
The coachman of the Xu family wore a neat green cloth cotton jacket, tied a leg belt, and was full of energy, he glanced at Chen Zikun with disdain, and his feet sped up, exceeding half of the parking space.
Chen Zikun was furious, what a fucking tiger fell into Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, even a cart puller dared to shout with my double-gun fast-legged little white dragon, is the word fast legs in Lao Tzu's name a wasted name! He spread his legs and sped up his pace, overtaking the Xu family's foreign car, the coachman over there was not to be outdone, and also sped up, the two of you chased me, and soon arrived at the crossroads, the Xu family's foreign car turned in the direction of Dong'anmen, and before leaving, the coachman nodded at Chen Zikun quite reservedly, with a sense of heroic pity.
"Goodbye, senior." Wang Yueqi waved her handkerchief reluctantly, and whispered to Lin Wenjing: "How is it, it's very handsome, the senior is the prince charming in my heart." ”
"Well, that's handsome." Lin Wenjing nodded.
"Handsome fart, you know it's a straw bag at a glance." Chen Zikun scolded in his heart.
Fortunately, Wang Yueqi's home was nearby, she got out of the car and walked back by herself, Chen Zikun finally waited for the opportunity to enjoy the world of the two alone with Lin Wenjing, he secretly turned around, and just wanted to talk, but saw Lin Wenjing's eyebrows frowning, completely lost the liveliness and cheerfulness just now.
"My daughter-in-law must have met with something unhappy." Chen Zikun's heart ached faintly, and he felt pity, and the prepared lines were swallowed back into his stomach.
When they arrived at the door of the Lin Mansion in the Houzhai Hutong of Shijuma Street, the young lady got out of the car and entered the door, Chen Zikun also moved the car into the yard, and the maid Lin Ma came over and said, "Ah Chen, Mrs. called you." ”
Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin were both sitting in the living room of the inverted room, holding a tea bowl in their hands, with the posture of a master.
The wife looked Chen Zikun up and down a few times, her nose moved twice, and she said in Shanghainese Chinese: "Xiao Chen, you go out first." ”
Before he could speak, he let him go out first, Chen Zikun and his husband were confused, so they had to go out first, and as soon as they went out, they heard his wife say: "This coachman is not good, he is full of smell, and our family can't use servants who don't pay attention to hygiene." ”
Chen Zikun was furious, lowered his head and sniffed, although there was some smell, it was not too much, and besides, how could a man not stink, and the stinky point was healthier.
Mr. Lin said slowly: "This is not good, he is a coachman introduced by Zhou Shuren in the ministry, and he can't refute Mr. Zhou's face." ”
The wife said, "If that's the case...... Let him send Wen Jing to school, the salary can be less, and he can't be allowed to live in our house. ”
Mr. Lin is still wandering, but Chen Zikun is excited, not to mention giving a few less wages, even if he sticks a few oceans every month, he is happy.
In the future, I will be a full-time coachman for my daughter-in-law, Chen Zikun thought beautifully, and began to make up for it by himself:
In the drizzle, he pulled the foreign car through a long rainy alley, and Lin Wenjing stood at the end of the alley holding a paper umbrella, like a lilac with grievances......
"Ah Chen, Mrs. let you in." Mother Lin interrupted Chen Zikun's sweet dream, he hurriedly wiped the saliva on his mouth and entered the living room again.
"Ah Chen, Mr. and I don't use a car very much, you just need to send the young lady to school, send the young master to kindergarten, the work at home is taken care of by Lin Ma Zhang Bo, and you don't need your help, when you are fine, you sweep the floor, water the flowers, wipe the table or something, we just moved in, the house has not been cleaned yet, you better go home to live, it is more convenient." The wife didn't look at him, and her two thin lips flew up and down.
"Cheng, my wife can do whatever she says." Chen Zikun pretended to be very honest and said.
"Okay, you go back and pack up first, take a shower and change your clothes, tomorrow is Sunday, you don't have to come, come back at half past seven in the morning the day after tomorrow." It was probably because Chen Zikun was a bully, and his wife didn't mention the salary at all.
"Then I'll go first, I'll see you later, Mrs. will see you back." Chen Zikun bowed, turned around and left.
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"The big girl is beautiful, the big girl is lang, the big girl walks into the green yarn tent......" Chen Zikun hummed a small tune all the way and walked back to the miscellaneous courtyard of Willow Hutong outside Xuanwu Gate.
The yard was full of joy, a man was surrounded by the neighbors in the center to ask for warmth, he was wearing a hat, wearing a blue railway uniform, with a suitcase next to his feet, his face was shaved and blue, his body was clean and tidy, revealing an indescribable spirit, Xiao Shunzi, Baoqing, and Guo'er all circled around him, and they were very excited, and the uncles and uncles also had an extra front door cigarette in their hands, and they were all smiling.
"You're Chan Tsz Kun, right? I've heard about you, thanks to you last night. The man spotted Chen Zikun, separated the crowd and walked up to him and stretched out his right hand
Chen Zikun knew that this was the practice of the new school, this is called shaking hands, and it is the same as holding fists, he did not hesitate to stretch out his right hand and shake the sea, feeling that the other party's palm was wide and warm, full of strength.
"My name is Zhao Dahai, I work on the railway, if you don't dislike it, follow them and call me Brother Dahai."
"Brother Dahai." Chen Zikun shouted, he could see from the first glance that this man had a very infectious freedom and heroism, the same temperament he had only found in the big scoop handle.
"The sea, you stinky boy, you don't go to house all year round, and you finally came back for the New Year, and you don't even enter the house, and the baby doesn't know you anymore." Yesterday, the old man with a loud voice reprimanded with a smile, looking at the eyebrows, the two of them are quite similar, they should be a family.
"Dad, I see." Zhao Dahai lifted the suitcase and patted Chen Zikun on the shoulder: "Brother, you have something to say." From their conversation, Chen Zikun knew that Zhao Dahai was a skilled worker in the Zhengzhou section of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway, and he had worked with Zhan Tianyou on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway in his early years, and he was a decent person with status in the yard.