Chapter 85: Liu Heimin and Wang Fubao
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Liu Heimin was sore, tired and hungry, and in a bad mood, he carried a big bag from the boat down to the Qinghe wharf. The men sent by the shopkeeper of the Cui family's rice shop on the dock shouted loudly on the dock, telling them to speed up and unload all the rice on the ship before the sun rose. A large bag of one hundred and twenty pounds was carried from the cabin to the cart of rice on the dock, and each bag was a penny. This is a hard job, but in the eyes of many poor and hard-working men, it is a real job with quick money. There are special foremen on the wharf, and ordinary people can only take over the work by these workers, and then receive the task, and they have to give them one out of ten of the money they earn every day.
Liu Heimin is young and energetic, at the age of twenty, he can carry three big bags at a time, and carry one trip to be a family three times. Carrying three hundred and sixty pounds of three bags of rice, the whole person seemed to be carrying a big mountain. He bent over and walked step by step, but all he thought about was jumping into the Qingshui River and paddling freely, then changing into clean clothes without the smell of sweat, then a roast chicken or duck, then a pot of wine, and finally a beautiful girl to sleep well. "Kuroko, if you can carry four bags at a time, our shopkeeper said that he will add ten cents to you!" Mi Xing's guy stood aside and said with a smile.
If it was in the past, Liu Heimin might have kicked it over earlier, when would he have fallen into a situation where a young man would dare to bully. However, remembering that his grandmother was still lying on the hospital bed waiting for him to grab the medicine and go back, he could only grit his teeth.
"Talking counts?" Liu Heimin said loudly under the sack.
The young man raised the bamboo chip in his hand, "Our shopkeeper's golden mouth and silver teeth, of course, his words count." If you see the bamboo skewers, I'll give you the skewers as soon as you finish carrying them. ”
Liu Heimin carried the grain bag on his body to the grain pile at the dock and threw it down, took a few breaths, and said directly to the shopkeeper sitting on the side drinking tea: "If I carry five bags at a time, how much reward can the shopkeeper give?" ”
Shopkeeper Liang put down the teacup, stroked his beard, and said with some interest: "Don't do it if you don't have this ability, if you press out a good or bad one, I don't care." ”
"Don't worry, isn't it just five sacks, no problem."
The shopkeeper is really interested, sitting here and watching these poor men work hard, everywhere is the smell of cow and horse manure and the smell of the sweat of the poor men, very boring. It's good to have some fun when you have time. He rolled his eyes and said: "Five big bags are six hundred pounds, I have been working here for many years, ordinary people can only carry one big bag, and it is rare to be able to carry two big bags." Today, if you carry three bags at a time, it is already amazing. Are you now sure you want to carry five bags at a time? ”
"If the shopkeeper is willing to pay for it, I can carry it." Liu Heimin said coldly.
Liu Heimin's tone made the shopkeeper a little unhappy, and at this time, many people on the dock heard the words here, and they all gathered around to watch the excitement. The shopkeeper wiped his beard and said with a smile: "Okay, I want to see if you have this real ability, just like you said to carry five big bags of one stone at a time, six hundred catties." From the cabin to the dock, as long as you carry it here without stopping, I will reward you with fifty cents! ”
"One hundred wen!" Liu Heimin looked at the more and more people around him, and paid back.
A hundred dollars can almost buy a big bag of rice, but the shopkeeper only wants to have fun, and he doesn't care about the hundred dollars. And with so many people watching, he is not willing to bargain and lose face.
"Okay, the money is here, it depends on whether you have the ability to get it!" The shopkeeper took out a small string of money from the cash box on the side, and this string was exactly 100 yuan. "Look, this is good meat, not for nothing."
Liu Heimin nodded, the string of money is all good meat in the official system, one hundred yuan, enough for grandmother to catch medicine. He turned around and walked towards the boat, and under the gaze of everyone, after a while, he came out with five bulging bags, and the five big bags pressed on his body, like a small mountain, and no one could see it. Everyone saw a bunch of sacks slowly coming down from the boat, and the people on the dock had good eyesight, and they could see at a glance that there was absolutely no small number of these five big bags, and they were all one hundred and twenty pounds a bag. Seeing Liu Heimin carrying five big bags and moving over steadily, everyone couldn't help but let out an uproar.
This is a full six hundred pounds, when he carried three bags just now, he had already surprised many people, but now he is carrying five bags at once, which is absolutely unimaginable.
"Who is this big black man, why haven't I seen it at the dock before, what a great divine power." Someone asked in surprise.
An acquaintance next to him said: "It's not easy to talk about this big black man, he is from Zhangnan County." ”
"But where is Dou Jiande?" Someone asked.
"No, this big black guy is Dou Jiande's fellow countryman, and the relationship is not bad." The man nodded and said, in this place of Beizhou, when it comes to Dou Jiande, there are very few people who don't know. Especially in a well-informed place like the wharf, Dou Jiande is well-known in Beizhou, and many people know him.
"What does this big black guy have to do with Dou Jiande?" Hebei people are the most heroic, Dou Jiande is benevolent and righteous, so everyone also wants to hear about this big black man.
The businessman saw that so many people were waiting to listen, so he talked a little proudly, it turned out that this Liu Heimin and Dou Jiande were indeed fellow villagers, and the relationship was not bad. In the early years, Dou Jiande and Liu Heimin both learned martial arts under an old military leader in Zhangnan, and they also had the friendship of the same family. Dou Jiande is the most benevolent and righteous, and although Liu Heimin has also learned martial arts like Dou Jiande, his parents died early and lived in poverty. often asked Dou Jiande for funding, and even once owed gambling debts and was forced to be in a hurry, and went to Dou's house to steal a farming cow. However, Dou Jiande did not dislike Liu Heimin because of this, but often helped him and often visited his grandmother. Dou Jiande once told a friend that although Liu Heimin is a bit of a scoundrel, he is a righteous man, a friend who can be relied on when it is critical.
If Dou Jiande hadn't offended the county order and was forced to leave his hometown, maybe Liu Heimin's life would have been the same as before, drinking and gambling every day, and he had no money to go to Dou's house to fight the autumn breeze. Dou Jiande left Zhangnan, although there are still people in Doujiazhuang, but others will not be so kind to lend him money again and again. In addition, the new county magistrate was at odds with Dou Jiande, and by the way, he also didn't like Dou Jiande's brother, and he secretly troubled him several times, and even ate a few prison meals and was beaten a few times. Life can be described as very difficult, during this time, my grandmother was infected with the epidemic again, asked for medical medicine, and the family was completely gone. In the end, everything that could be borrowed was borrowed, and when I was desperate, I was forced to come to the dock to carry my bag.
In fact, Liu Heimin thought about leaving Beizhou with Dou Jiande, but there was an elderly grandmother at home who couldn't leave.
In a surprised gaze, Liu Heimin threw five large bags of rice in front of the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was still immersed in shock, he really didn't expect that someone could really carry 600 catties of rice and walk from the boat to the dock.
After inhaling the cold air, Shopkeeper Liang threw the skewer of meat to Liu Heimin.
Liu Heimin picked up the money, didn't count it in his hand, and stuffed it into his waist pocket, "Do you want to see the shopkeeper again?" ”
Shopkeeper Liang's face was a little dark, it was enough to watch such a scene once, a hundred pieces of meat were good, and he had to be given a bag to move five bags of rice, which was too costly.
Liu Heimin smiled disapprerovingly, it is enough to earn such extra money once. He handed the bamboo skewer to the shopkeeper together, "Since the shopkeeper doesn't want to look at it anymore, then settle the salary, I still have something to do, so I'll be here here today." ”
The shopkeeper Liang settled the account very happily and counted the copper coins to him, "Brother, this strength is really powerful, it's too wasteful to carry a bag at the dock, if it is a letter to Liang, I am willing to introduce you to the owner and be a nurse, which is much better than carrying a big bag." ”
Liu Heimin knew that the owner of the shopkeeper Liang was the most famous family in this Beizhou, and it was also one of the top gate valves in Shandong, the Qinghe Cui family. The power of the Cui clan is in the area on the north bank of the Yellow River, which is truly unparalleled. It is indeed a good job to be able to enter the Cui family as a nursing home. However, he is casual by nature, not to mention that there is an elderly grandmother at home, "Thank you to the shopkeeper, let's talk about this later." ”
After taking the money, Liu Heimin walked directly to the side under the pergola, where there were a few strong men, they were one of the foremen who took the work on the dock, and Liu Heimin carried the work under them. He came here to hand in the commission.
"Foreman, I got up in the middle of the night today to work, and I carried two boatloads of grain, and I carried a total of 100 bags. So saying, he counted out ten pieces of meat, put them down, and turned to leave.
"Wait, brother, this count is wrong."
Liu Heimin looked at the foreman and a few strong men next to him. "What's wrong?"
"You made 200 yuan today, 10 bets, and it's good to hand over 20 pieces of meat, right?" Foreman Road.
Liu Heimin frowned, "This money is not the salary for carrying the bag." ”
"But this is the money I made on my dock, so I naturally have to take a share according to the rules." The foreman glared back without showing weakness.
"You're unreasonable!" Liu Heimin snorted coldly.
The foreman smiled, "My Wang Fubao respects you as Dou Jiande's brother, so I asked you to come to the dock to carry the work, otherwise, where can anyone use you now?" It's good to have ten meats, and I don't care. But what I care about is the rules here, no rules are not a circle, if you break my rules today, then how will my Wang Fubao live on this dock in the future? ”
"What if I don't give it?" Liu Heimin is not a person who is reluctant to pay a few pennies, but now he needs this money to grab medicine.
Wang Fubao stood up, shook his sleeves, and sneered: "If this is the case, then you will have a competition, if you can beat me, you don't have to pay the ten cents, and if you come to the dock to carry the work in the future, I won't take your money." If you lose, take a cut according to the rules, and it will be the same in the future! ”
Liu Heimin laughed, "Okay, happy, it's decided, come on!" ”
PS: Many people must know the name of Liu Heimin, the hero of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but how much does this Wang Fubao know?
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