At that moment, I was in Wadsey's office, wrote an invitation to Gu Sanye and others, handed it over to the embassy's handyman, and asked him to send it door to door! Then I personally ran to the welcome building and booked a table!

The next day I arrived at the welcome building early, and before I could sit down, Wadsey came in from outside, and as soon as he saw me, he said to me in broken Chinese: "Charlie Cao, how did you find such a place?" I was almost late! ”。

I took out my pocket watch, looked at the time, and said, "Lao Wa, you're not late, are you?" It's still early! ”。

Wadsey also looked at his watch, slapped his head, and exclaimed, "Oh, look at me, I got the time wrong, damn it!" ”。

I laughed and said, "Lao Wa, I think you're hungry, so you said it on purpose!" ”。

Wadsey was embarrassed to say, "No, no, I really got the time wrong!" ”。

I pulled a chair for Wadesey to sit down and said, "You sit down first, and we'll serve the food when we're all there!" ”。

He shook his head and said to me solemnly: "Charlie Cao, I'm not in a hurry, don't you Chinese have a saying?" Say that I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, I want to eat your Chinese hot tofu! ”。 I couldn't help laughing and said to him, "Don't worry if you want to eat hot tofu, even I want to eat hot tofu, why don't we wait together!" ”。

Wadsey narrowed his blue eyes, stretched out his long, thin legs in the chair, and said, "Okay, Charlie Cao, let's wait for the hot tofu to get cold!" ”。

I chatted with Wadsey for a while, and heard that the restaurant was gradually lively, so I took out my pocket watch, looked at the time, and found that the agreed time had passed, I finally couldn't sit still anymore, pushed open the wooden door of the box, and saw the guests in the welcome building bustling, endless, only the door of the box I set can be crowded, and I can't even see a ghost! I couldn't help but feel a fire in my belly, and turned back to Wadsey and said, "Old Wa, you wait a little longer, if no one has come yet, we won't wait!" ”。

Wadsey comforted me and said, "It's okay my friends, the people you invited didn't come, but this worries me very much, I think they must know something...... That's why I didn't dare to come to the appointment! ”。

I nodded and said to Wadsey, "You wait in the house for a while, and I'll go down and see!" ”。 I pushed open the door of the box, walked to the door of the welcome building, and looked at both ends of the street, only to see pedestrians on the street one after another, but there were no guests waiting for me! I couldn't help but feel stunned, standing at the door, like a cormorant standing in a pond with its neck crossed, embarrassed! As the sun sets, the whole street is immersed in a sunset afterglow, and the bell and drum tower in the distance stands majestically, and is a golden dazzling piece of gold stained by the golden sun! The crows hovering in the sky let out a piercing chirp! The streets were bustling with traffic, horse-drawn carriages carrying goods and rickshaws pulling people rumbling past me...... A little farther away, a team of Bactrian camels slowly walked towards me......!

This group of camels was carrying heavy goods, and the ashes took up half of the street, which caused passers-by to look sideways! I was looking out when I suddenly heard a voice behind me call me, "Sir, sir, are you Mr. Charlie?" ”。

I looked back and saw a little beggar in tattered clothes, staring at me with bare eyes. So I asked him, "Who are you?" How do I know my name? ”。 The little beggar was full of childishness, he clenched his little fist, rubbed his nose vigorously, and said, "Then you are Mr. Charlie?" ”。

I said yes, who told you my name? The little beggar said very skillfully that he had been entrusted to deliver a letter to me! So I asked him, who told you to send me a letter? The little beggar turned around and pointed behind him and said, "Someone handed me a piece of money from the car just now, and asked me to hand you this note!" ”。 As he spoke, the little beggar raised the note in his hand at me!

I said, "Where's that car?" ”。

The little beggar turned his head, searched the traffic that came and went, then scratched the back of his head and said, "The car seems to be gone, what are you doing with it?" I said, sir, do you want a note? If you don't want it, I'll make a fire with it!" ”。

I said, why not? Give me the note! The little beggar smiled, retracted his hand holding the note, and said to me, "Sir, do you know the rules?" ”。 I wondered, "What rules do you know?" ”。

The little beggar pursed his lips and said, "Have you forgotten to give the money?" ”。

I said, "Didn't that man just give you money?" ”。

The little beggar said confidently: "You are really, you wear five people and six people, why don't you understand the world?" Have you ever seen someone running errands for nothing? Let me tell you the truth, those who do our business are both end-versus, not only the person who wrote to me just now has to give money, but even you, the person who received the letter, have to pay money! Don't be unconvinced, every line has the rules of every line, we don't take your money in vain, from now on you take your Yangguan Road, I take my single-plank bridge, whoever asks me about your affairs will not leak half a word, if you are still distressed, I will not force you, but from now on I can not guarantee that day will shake your affairs out, which is more important You will weigh it! ”。

I listened to the little beggar's eloquent remarks, and asked him, "How much should I give you?" ”。 As soon as I asked this sentence, I regretted it! The little beggar's eyes rolled, and he stretched out two fingers and said to me, "You must give me at least two dollars!" ”。

I was anxious and asked him, "The messenger gave you one dollar, so why should I ask me for two dollars?" Aren't you blackmailing? ”。

The little beggar touched my pulse, and he sneered and said, "Don't talk nonsense, you give it or not, I don't have the time to accompany you to grind your mouth!" ”。 When the little beggar saw that I was hesitating, he snorted, spat on the ground and scolded: "Just like you, I don't know where that young lady likes you, if I pick a high-roller with a generous shot, wouldn't it be hundreds of times stronger than you?" ”。

I held back the fire in my belly, and just wanted to open my mouth to scold this little flower child, but suddenly remembered that this neighborhood is the famous Bada Hutong in Beijing, didn't he also regard me as one of those romantic prostitutes looking for flowers and willows? After thinking about it, I felt that it was not right, there was not a woman among the people I invited today, so who was the person who handed me the note?

I was ignorant, like falling into the fog, so I took the words of the little beggar and asked him what the young lady sitting in the car looked like? The little beggar did not fall for me, he smiled slyly, stretched out his dirty little hand, and said, "Add another dollar, and I will tell you!" ”。

When I saw that the little beggar was a little interesting, I took out three dollars, put them in the palm of my hand, and teased him, "You speak first, and make it clear that these three dollars are all yours!" ”。 The little beggar's eyes rolled and he smiled: "You are an adult, why are you embarrassed to deceive me as a child?" ”。

I wondered, "When did I lie to you?" Why do you open your eyes and tell nonsense, you boy? ”。

The little beggar looked at the money in my hand with bare eyes and said, "If you don't want to deceive me, do you dare to give me the money first?" ”。

I said, "I gave you the money, what if you don't tell me?" ”。

The little beggar said disdainfully: "You are an adult, are you still afraid that I will not be able to escape?" ”。

I thought to myself, I'll give him the money first, if he dares to run, he won't be able to run out of my palm! Thinking of this, I handed the money to the little beggar and asked him, "Then tell me what the man who gave you the note looks like?" ”。

The little beggar grabbed the money, handed me the note, and said, "Sir, you have put the note away!" ”。 I took the note and urged him, "Why don't you say it quickly?" What does the guy who gave you the note look like? ”。

The little beggar grimaced at me and cried out, "Sir, don't you think about it, what are the rules of our business?" Master, how could I sell my customers for your mere dollar? You're underestimating me, aren't you? ”。 After saying that, he jumped back, staring at a pair of shiny little eyes, scattering his hair, ready to run away at any time!

I was spun around by the little beggar's tutu, and then I came back to my senses, and I couldn't help but be furious, and I reached out to grab the little beggar, not wanting the little beggar to be dripping around in place, and actually bumped into me! I was taken aback, and instinctively on one side, the little beggar grinned, passed under my armpit, and squeezed into the crowd!

I screamed "oops" and quickly separated the crowd, but when I saw the figure of the pupil, there was still a trace of the little beggar? ”。 I couldn't help but sigh, thinking that today is really eight lifetimes of mold, the person who invited did not come not to say, and was put by this little flower child, and was just about to go back, but found that he was still holding the folded small note of rules!

The small note is folded with a plain stick, and under the shadow of the lamp, the dark print on the paper is faintly visible, and at the same time, there is a fragrance like an orchid and musk, which emanates from the paper! I seemed to have smelled this fragrance somewhere, but as I searched for the source, my thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Wadsey!

Wadsey looked at me in surprise and asked me in surprise, "Charlie, what's wrong with you?" ”。 I came to my senses and took Wardsee's hand and walked to the side of the street, where it was completely dark, and the lights of the shops were lit up, and the lights and shadows flickered, reflecting the shadows of the street!

I took Wadsey's arm and headed back to the guest house. As soon as I walked up to the second floor, I saw a big man sitting in a box, who was bare-chested and bare-chested, and his body was fat, like a white pig that had been skinned and washed! When I saw that the man was surprisingly fat, I couldn't help but look at him more, only to see the man slap his hand on the table and shout, "Where is the run?" Where did they all die? Your white master has been here for so long, why hasn't he served the food yet? ”。