Chapter 9 Vegetarian Dumplings
After I figured out that Li Tong's approach was deliberately done under the hint of Li Laodao, most of the depression in my heart was healed. At this time, I also wanted to take advantage of the victory to ask Li Laodao who made the deal with him and who wanted the things in my store, but Li Laodao did not give me this opportunity.
Li Laodao ignored me, and directly ordered Li Tong: "Li Tong, go and settle the matter." Come over at noon, it's still vegetarian dumplings. ”
Li Laodao bit the three words "vegetarian dumplings" very hard, Li Tong's eyes suddenly widened, and he hurriedly got up to agree. I don't quite understand why Li Tong has such a big reaction, to be honest, I don't think Li Laodao's dumplings are so delicious.
Li Tong turned around and smiled coldly at me, and left my house directly.
Only then did Li Laodao speak again: "Your dog was temporarily left elsewhere by me, and you won't see it again in a few days." By the way, the last time I saw you, I smelled that you still smell earthy, do you often deal with antiques and antiques? I've got a good set of things here, can you take a look? The eldest nephew has also been trained in the Fang family in this sect in the past two years, right? ”
I have never despised this Li Lao Dao from the beginning, I only said that my family helped him, and he repaid me for his kindness. Although I now know that Li Laodao originally had a plot against me, I don't have the slightest hatred for him. Since he diverted the topic and didn't give me a chance to ask, I replied bluntly, sneering in passing: "Don't dare to be." In the past two years, I have been trading some spiritual weapons, but I really can't say that I am a connoisseur. Let's go, let's go first to see what treasures Uncle Li Dao of Penghu Chaimen has saved in the back. With that, I got up and got out of bed.
Li Laodao said casually: "People live for a lifetime, and naturally they can't avoid eating, drinking, pulling, sprinkling, and sleeping. Eldest nephew, you and I have a fate, why don't you and I live these few days in harmony and peace? You must know that the mountain spirit immortal beast that is following your little brother Cao Zhengyi will come soon, and no one can control it without me. ”
I shook my head and sighed: "Uncle Li Dao, it took me just one day to understand the four words of life. ”
Li Laodao was a little curious: "Oh? Which four? ”
"It's weird." I replied.
Li Laodao smiled and smiled after a while. He nodded: "Come, look at this set of things of mine." ”
I followed Li Laodao to the kitchen, and at first glance, I almost blinded my eyes. I think I've seen a lot of good things in the past two years, but this set of things by Li Laodao really shocked me. Li Laodao's so-called set of things is actually a set of chopsticks and kitchenware used in the home, not to mention the gold, silver and jade, all of these things, under the cover of one of the things, are simply a spark compared to the bright moon.
A set of large, medium and small white jade, blue jade and purple jade dishes, two pairs of ivory chopsticks, gold and silver basins, soup spoons, bowls and spoons, and a colander are the same, and there is even a bronze dagger with a sharpened blade......
"Forgive me for being clumsy. Is that...... Is that...... No way? I pointed to the water cup that looked like a cylinder, but the crystal surface seemed to be transparent but turbid, and asked Li Laodao for permission, "Can you let me take a look?" ”
Li Laodao shook his head, and moved his body a few times to block the cup in front of me: "Let's eat dumplings at noon, right?" I brought some raw meat from outside. ”
Li Laodao pointed to the side next to me, and I looked down to notice the bag containing the pig's heart.
"Huh? Uncle Li Dao, do you still eat meat? Aren't you going to eat vegetarian dumplings at noon? I looked closely at the meat in the bag and said, "Dumplings made with pig's heart?" Oh, there must be six or seven hearts. ”
Li Laodao explained: "Wouldn't it be nice to think that it was plain? I didn't say that I was a teacher. ”
I nodded, noncommittal to Li Laodao's words. I mumbled, "That...... I'm here to give you a hand? ”
Li Lao said: "I just want you to appreciate and appreciate my crystal cup." Moreover, let you have a mental preparation. ”
"What mental preparation? Just let me see how much wealth you have? ”
Li Laodao smiled and was noncommittal: "The apprentice Li Tong and I both like to eat these things, so I will say hello to you in advance." As he spoke, Li Laodao picked up another bag, "This is some water tofu, which is used to wrap vegetarian dumplings." ”
I saw that the bag was full of red and white things similar to tofu brains, but I didn't know if I had no intention of talking to Li Laodao anymore, and a salty smell that was not quite the same as blood wafted out of the bag.
I almost wanted to be nauseated, and after a few perfunctory words with Li Laodao, I withdrew from the kitchen. I thought it was still uncomfortable, so I closed the kitchen door again.
At this time, it was not far from noon, so I took a bag of instant noodles and a bottle of Zaohuajia (drink) back to the house. I didn't dare to compliment what Li Laodao made, so I called the fat man while nibbling on instant noodles. The fat man told me on the phone that he and Ercui were being accompanied by several plainclothes police officers on a long journey back. The two of us didn't talk a few words, and when the signal in the mountains was so poor, it was already God's face that I could talk to him.
At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, there was a knock on the door, and Li Laodao opened the door to welcome Li Tong. After the two of them whispered a few words, I was called by Li Laodao to the living room for dinner.
In fact, as the host, I also accompany the guests to eat out of politeness. But he never expected that in addition to the vegetarian dumplings, the pork heart on a silver plate in the middle of the table was actually sliced raw, and the garlic paste was a dish. Still out of politeness, I planned to eat a few dumplings and pretend to be good, but I just suppressed the feeling of nausea, and when I picked up the chopsticks and was about to eat the dumplings, Li Tong instantly shot out and knocked the chopsticks in my hand away.
"What are you doing!" I stood up, you're so fucking shameless.
Li Tong didn't even look at me, and stared at Li Laodao in a daze. He said coldly: "Old man, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs." ”
"With this heart, liver and lungs, who does it matter?" I didn't hear Li Laodao's words clearly, or it may be that he said, "It doesn't matter who he is".
Li Tong said again: "Old man, compare your heart to your heart, your heart is broken." ”
"I have a good heart, and I have no bad conscience."
Li Tong glanced at me, then looked at Li Lao and said, "Isn't having a brain called a bad conscience?" There's no need to use this bit of brains to set yourself on fire. ”
"Well, let's just assume that he doesn't have that blessing." Li Laodao and Li Tong reached a consensus in a few words, and at this time, he turned to me and said, "This meal is a meal that I am going to practice for Li Tong, eldest nephew, you avoid it, we have something to discuss." ”
What would you do if you were me? Anyway, at this moment, I was so angry that I gritted my teeth and stomped my feet and went back to the house. If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, anyway, I look disgusting with that thing, and besides, I ate enough two hours ago, so let's retreat under the donkey.
I closed the door and stuck my ears close to the door to listen to the movement outside. Sure enough, Li Laodao and Li Tong first talked softly, and after a while, the voices became louder and louder, and at first I could still hear some words about Grandma Hu, but soon, although I had listened to their conversation very clearly, they began to speak a dialect that I didn't understand at all.
At the end of the 20th century, the sound insulation of the building was very poor, and as the quarrel between Li Laodao and Li Tong became louder and louder, I heard the upstairs neighbors start beating the ground with dun cloth or something. At this time, my house was full of banging sounds, and the roof was almost poked into a hole.
The quarrel between the two of them did not stop there, and it was not long before the noise from the upper floors stopped, followed by a heavy and urgent knock on the door of my house.
I opened the door and was about to open the door to explain to the neighbor upstairs, but Li Tong was faster than me, and had already opened the door and talked to the old lady with a black face full of anger.
The old lady's words were so coarse that I had no intention of repeating this art of language. Li Tong was still smiling and scolding at first, but after a while, his face changed, and he shouted to the black-faced old lady in that strange dialect.
The black-faced old lady just shouted to Li Tong for two or three minutes, and then she was stunned coldly. She said, "What did you say? ”
"I don't even know what I'm talking about, shrew." After Li Tong finished speaking, he closed the door with a "bang".
Don't say it, don't say that the black-faced old lady is dumbfounded, I'm dumbfounded too. Coincidentally, the world suddenly fell silent.
I leaned against the door and quietly looked at Li Tong and Li Laodao. They spoke in a strange dialect for a while, and after the conversation, Li Tong packed all the things on the table, skillfully cleaned the utensils brought by Li Laodao, and put them all into a large wooden box, and then piled up all the things they brought in front of my house.
Li Laodao also watched Li Tong pack up his things like me, and then said to me: "After a day of bothering, I want to leave for a while...... Li Tong and I have a very important thing to do temporarily. Now that you're safe and the parties have settled, there's no need for you to worry anymore. ”
I was stunned for a moment, obviously I didn't understand which play Li Laodao and Li Tong were playing. I hesitated: "It's nothing if I'm in danger or not, Cao Zhengyi ...... him."
"Jiren has his own nature. I'll just take a trip to do that. ”
Since I had no reason to keep them, I had no choice but to send them off. Actually, I didn't want to keep the two of them, they have already caused me a lot of trouble.
Li Tong still ignored me and didn't say a word to me from beginning to end. Even if Li Laodao politely greeted him before leaving, he still had a hot face and a cold butt.
After Li Laodao and Li Tong left, I cleaned up the house inside and out. Actually, I have to admit that I have a little bit of a cleanliness fetish.
It wasn't until four or five o'clock in the afternoon that Chen Ergou and I exchanged a code word, saying that the police had confirmed that all the arsonists had been arrested, and that some of them had already confessed and told the hiding places of the remaining people. He wanted me to be reassured, saying that soon the limelight would pass.
After hanging up the phone, I called the landlord's home again, originally I thought that the store fire should always compensate the landlord something, but I never expected the landlady to apologize to me one by one, and said that her husband had gone to negotiate with the neighbor to see how to compensate me for my loss, and asked me to quote the amount to her.
When I inquired, I found out that the fire had started from the neighbor's yard.
Yesterday night, I think it was hard for me to understand it anymore, and I don't know which of the sick people set fire to my store without even checking the address.
The departure of Li Laodao and Li Tong is a good thing and a good sign for me. After calming down, I hurriedly went through this series of events in my mind a few times, and gradually, I had some eyebrows and a little credible speculation.