Today, Li Yao took her first salary after entering the hall, a full 30 yuan, held in the palm of her hand, heavy, she was extremely happy, and in order to thank Lin Zichen, she specially invited him to have a meal.

There is a noodle restaurant called Xiao Shi Kee in the small street, and it is said that the business is very good, and a bowl of clear soup noodles is less than two cents. The two sat down on the bench, and Li Yao said with some embarrassment: "I can't afford to invite you to go to those high-end places to eat steak and drink foreign wine, this noodle restaurant is small, but the boss's craftsmanship is very good." ”

"Whatever you say, I rarely go to those places, and if you invite me to dinner, even if it's to eat bran vegetables, I'm happy!"

Li Yao was amused by him and laughed out loud: "You didn't say it earlier!" ”

Lin Zichen really hadn't eaten this kind of street snack and didn't know what to order, so Li Yao made his own decision and ordered their signature "two-sided yellow".

The reason why it is called "two-sided yellow" is because its production method is very special, this side has hard two-sided yellow and soft two-sided yellow, the hard two-sided yellow is the raw surface fried, and the soft two-sided yellow is the lower hard side to filter dry and then fry. How to fry a two-sided yellow with a uniform and beautiful color, there is a doorway here.

The color should be just right, not scorched or black, wait for the fragrance to float out, drain the oil and put it on the plate, and then thicken the toppings with the marinade to the top, so that the noodles are full of marinade, and then with ingredients such as green onion and coriander, the color, flavor and flavor are comprehensive.

The process was a little complicated, they waited for a while, and the boss brought the noodles and egg drop soup, and sure enough, as Li Yao said, they felt appetizing at a glance.

Li Yao scooped a spoonful of chili oil and poured it on the noodles, the originally golden noodles had a red landscape, she caught a glimpse of Lin Zichen looking at herself with a surprised face, and explained: "In the past, when I was in the Northland, it was cold in winter, so I relied on spicy to keep out the cold. ”

Lin Zichen smiled, followed her to scoop a spoonful, stirred, Li Yao asked curiously, "It turns out that you also like spicy food?" ”

Lin Zichen replied: "Yes! After saying that, he regretted it, the noodle entrance, a spicy breath rushed straight to the throat, he only felt that his tongue was ignited instantly, the tongue to the throat to the nose was spicy and almost out of breath, his face was even more spicy red, he hurriedly lowered his head to drink the bowl of egg drop soup, three times and two drank it all, the soup did ease up a little when the entrance of the soup was indeed eased, but after swallowing into the stomach, the spicy taste in the mouth gushed out again, not only that, but the stomach also began to surge. Fine sweat began to break out from his forehead, cheeks, and nose, but he still had to feign his composure.

Li Yao looked at him while eating noodles and drinking egg drop soup, and felt a little funny.

After eating and checking out, Li Yao smiled and bent over, she pointed to Lin Zichen's mouth and said, "You also said that you can eat spicy, look at your mouth, it has swollen into a sausage mouth." ”

Lin Zichen had to push her glasses and smile awkwardly, she smiled, she was still a little distressed, and ordered a bowl of mung bean soup on the side of the road for him to get angry.

Mung bean soup is a good way to beat the heat and remove the fire, especially when it is sprinkled with some osmanthus foam, the taste is even sweeter and delicious.

They were drinking, and suddenly there was a commotion in front of them, and it was estimated that there were at least 100 people, all of whom walked all the way from the long street, all of them were violent, holding white banners, on which were written with a brush "Unscrupulous profiteers, pay back my hard-earned money", and what slogans were shouted in their mouths.

A dozen or so people marched in a row, filling the street that was not very wide, and the vendors had to curse and clean up their things.

Lin Zichen and Li Yao had to get up and avoid the side.

This was the first time Li Yao had seen such a big parade, and she couldn't help asking, "Has anything big happened recently?" Who are these people? ”

Lin Zichen was on crutches in one hand and leaning on the wall in the other, the procession was too long, they were blocked here and it was difficult to move an inch, standing for a long time was a physically demanding thing for him, he forced himself to say: "These are the workers of Yongji Silk Village, I heard that their owners did not give them a salary increase and deducted their wages." ”

Li Yao remembered that Yongji Silk Village was the property of Shao Hua's family, but she didn't expect that their family would deduct the wages of workers.

The vendor boss who was still scolding just now sighed: "These people are also old and young, and now there is a shortage of soldiers outside, and it is really not easy to have a job to support the family, and this boss also deducts wages, it is really no business and no treachery!" ”

After he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, although he was doing a small business, he was also a serious businessman, and he scolded himself in a hurry, and immediately added: "My mung bean soup is very meticulous in the selection of ingredients to sell a dime a bowl, and it has not risen a penny for so many years, I am different from them!" ”

There were men, women, old and young in the march, their faces were basically full of angry expressions, their clothes were either shabby or patched, and the girls who were about the same age as themselves next year were gray-faced, without beautiful clothes or exquisite jewelry, and even some people had scars on their faces, Li Yao's heart was touched.

When she was young, she also lived a hard life, knowing that life was not easy, his father went to work as a long-term worker, and the happiest thing she did every day was that his father brought back the steamed buns that had already been dry and hard at night, and when she was lucky, she would bring back a chicken leg or meatballs, as long as she could do her homework well and memorize the book well, she could also get snacks such as sugar gourd preserves.

They also met the owner of the arrears of wages, his father went to ask for wages and was beaten half to death, and when he saw the wild vegetables in the field, he would dig them up and eat them.

Fortunately, I was lucky to meet a good owner and was introduced.

A group of police officers poured out in front of the procession, and when they saw that the marchers were all unarmed ordinary workers, they rushed into the procession with batons in their hands, and those who were afraid of death secretly ran away from the back of the line when they saw the police from a distance, and the less timid were so frightened that they shrank into the corner and cried, while the more radical ones rushed up to fight back with sticks or grabbed weapons.

There were also some strong and strong policemen in the team, who pushed the policemen who rushed in first to the ground with fists and feet, and those with little strength were more miserable, and they were beaten with batons and fell to the ground with broken heads and bleeding.

The streets were in chaos, and the people who watched the excitement were afraid that the red-eyed people would indiscriminately regard themselves as their accomplices, and only dare to watch from afar.

After all, the march was overwhelming, and the police were quickly defeated, when several trucks came to a roar and stopped not far away, and soldiers with long guns got out of the cars.

The only girl who rushed to the front of the demonstrator crowd was very fierce at first glance, shouting "Unscrupulous profiteer, pay me back my hard-earned money!" As she rushed forward, a policeman stood behind her, holding a stick, and she didn't realize that the danger was coming, and she saw that the stick was about to fall on her head.

Li Yao rushed out without thinking about it, and the baton fell on her shoulder in the next second, she cried out in pain, and the girl who was protected by her looked at her with a frightened face, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, her black eyes looked at Li Yao, she looked at her dress like a young lady from a rich family, but the young lady from a rich family would give her a stick from the police, she couldn't figure it out, and the expression on her face was very complicated.

The policeman in front of him probably thought it was strange, and he didn't dare to get off the stick again after being beaten with a stick.

Lin Zichen was really frightened by her move, he shouted her name on the side, but the scene was too noisy, his voice had already been dispersed, and he was inconvenient and couldn't rush in to bring her out, so he could only be in a hurry on the side.

At this time, the army had already surrounded the procession, and it was Ma Fugui who led the procession, he took out his pistol and fired a shot into the sky, and a sudden loud noise instantly quieted the restless crowd.

Li Yao protected her little sister who was frightened just now, looked up and looked ahead, only to hear Ma Fugui say to the crowd: "You are all scattered, if you don't listen to dissuasion, you will be tied!" ”

I don't know who shouted: "We are not afraid!" ”

Seeing that someone was taking the lead, the procession began to be restless again, and there was a tendency to rush forward, and a box of people in front of him was smashed by the gun's gun, and immediately his head broke and blood flowed, and before he could cry out in pain, he fell to the ground and fainted.

Li Yao saw it in her eyes, she was very angry in her heart, she directly pushed aside the crowd and walked out.

Ma Fugui still looked serious and cold at first, when he saw Li Yao, he was stunned for a moment, he received a notice to come over to suppress the marchers, where did he know that Li Yao would blend into the crowd.

"Uncle Ma, they are just unarmed workers, just to ask for wages, not rioters."

"What are you doing here? They don't obey the law, you look at the miasma they have made on this street! With that, Ma Fugui motioned for the people behind him to pull her over.

Looking at the ** lying on the ground behind him, huddled into a ball and crying secretly, and some people who were beaten and covered in injuries and still stood up straight, Li Yao was a little distressed, but he was soft-spoken, and he was afraid that he couldn't help much, so he had to say: "It's better to listen to their appeals, the salary is obtained, and they will definitely not make trouble again." ”

Lin Zichen finally pushed through the crowd and came over, wanting to help speak, but some of the reckless elements in the demonstration behind him saw that the officer was the uncle of the girl who stood up for them, not only did they not know how to be grateful, but also took the lead in insulting her hypocrisy.

Some people always like to bully the weak and fear the hard, I don't know who picked up a stone from the ground and threw it on her, just grazing her forehead, wiping out a bloody mark.

She covered her forehead in pain, only to hear the adventurous elements behind her say: "You are in a group with him, don't fake it here." ”

As soon as he said this, the people around him began to accuse her, and the crowd became restless again.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, Ma Fugui immediately asked people to isolate them from the crowd.

Ma Fugui said to her: "There are many things in this world that we can't do anything about, like you just stood up for them, they looked at you but didn't appreciate it at all, you and them are always people in different worlds, no matter how much you sympathize with them, they will not suffer less!" ”

Although what he said was reasonable, it was too warm and indifferent.

She lowered her head and didn't speak, and when her mood gradually stabilized, she realized that her arm hurt hotly, and her arm couldn't be raised, and it looked swollen.

Lin Zichen noticed that something was wrong with her, and as soon as she touched her arm, she frowned in pain, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”

Ma Fugui's subordinates beat Li Yao, he was also full of guilt, and wanted to send her to the hospital, she was angry with him, and stubbornly replied a few words: "There are good safflower oil and gold sore medicine at home, I will go back and ask Yuncui to wipe it on me, it will be fine, when I was a child, I did hard labor, and I often hit my feet or shoulders, and this little injury is nothing to me." ”

Ma Fugui could hear that it was angry words, and he realized that what he said just now was indeed narrow-minded, but Li Yao was still young and kind-hearted, and he would understand it in the future.

Lin Zichen said to Ma Fugui: "I'll send her back first, don't worry." ”