Chapter XIII: Detention
"What's wrong? Look at your panic! Qian Yongqiang opened the door and let Huang Youcai in, smelling the smell of alcohol all over his body, and couldn't help asking, "Are you drunk and causing trouble outside?" ”
"No, absolutely not! I drank some wine, but I didn't get drunk or cause trouble, it was Li Qiming who had an accident! Huang Youcai settled down and told Qian Yongqiang everything he heard outside in the afternoon.
"Li Qiming had an accident, what are you nervous about?"
"No, it's related to you!"
"What does it have to do with me?" Qian Yongqiang asked puzzled.
It turned out that Huang Youcai went to the scrap collection station of Boss Gao in Qingshi Village at noon, and after that, he found that Boss Gao was not there, and only the worker Xiao Li was squatting at the door with his head hanging listlessly basking in the sun.
"Didn't work?" Huang Youcai grinned and asked, "I didn't see Boss Gao, where did you go?" ”
Xiao Li smiled bitterly and shook his head, but didn't answer Huang Youcai's words.
Huang Youcai took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, smoked one and stuffed it into Xiao Li's mouth, and took out a lighter to light it for him.
Xiao Zhang snapped his mouth and took a puff of cigarette, and then two thick plumes of smoke came out of his two nostrils.
"Is it in stock?" Huang Youcai saw that there was no one around, so he leaned down on Xiao Li's ear and whispered.
"Nope!" Xiao Li turned his face to the side and smoked a cigarette by himself, obviously too lazy to deal with Huang Youcai.
Huang Youcai didn't take Xiao Li's attitude seriously, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Are you free at night?" I invite you to drink! ”
As soon as he heard that there was wine to drink, Xiao Li suddenly came to his senses, immediately stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and said, "When you can't drink if you want to drink, why do you have to wait until the evening?" ”
"You're not working? Boss Gao must have picked your skin when he comes back! ”
"Hey, hey!" Xiao Li smiled mysteriously and whispered to Huang Youcai, "I'm free today, no one cares!" ”
"What's going on?" Huang Youcai was very puzzled.
"Where is so much nonsense! Do you drink alcohol or not? If you want to drink, hurry up, if you don't drink, pull it, I still have to sleep! Xiao Li was a little impatient.
"Let's go, let's drink!" Huang Youcai didn't want to offend him, there were some things in his hand that Huang Youcai wanted to buy.
"Boss Gao had a fight with a boss surnamed Li the day before yesterday, and both of them were arrested by the police station.
"What boss surnamed Li? Why haven't I heard of it? Huang Youcai asked.
"It's the kid who came to us a while ago to sell the goods, and the bread and dirt in the goods!"
"Is that the kid who is skinny and dirty?"
"Yes, that's him!"
Worker Xiao Li went on to say:
"Boss Gao was detained for seven days, and I heard that the boss surnamed Li was detained for 10 days. By the way, the boss surnamed Li seems to be more familiar with Boss Qian - it's the small money you sell books together, are you familiar with it? ”
Xiao Li usually doesn't talk much, but when he sticks to wine, he is like a different person, he talks endlessly, and tells Huang Youcai all about what has happened in the past few days.
"Is Boss Qian skinny and white with eyes?" Huang Youcai asked.
"It's that little money. A few days ago, the surnamed Li came to sell the goods, and the goods were adulterated, and he interceded from it, and Boss Gao didn't care about the surname Li because of Boss Qian's face. Unexpectedly, just a few days after the incident, the surname Li came to look for trouble! ”
Xiao Li's implication is that even if the surname Li and Qian Yongqiang are not in the same group, they are acquaintances and friends. This surnamed Li came to make trouble, and Boss Gao not only hated the surname Li, but also Qian Yongqiang.
Hearing this, Huang Youcai hurriedly drank the wine in the cup, then settled the account, and found an excuse to leave quickly.
When Qian Yongqiang heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly. muttered in my heart:
"That day, I also saw that Li Qiming was pitiful, I just helped him say a favor, and I met him for the first time, how could this matter affect me. This Li Qiming is really a shaft goods, he must have been beaten that day, he felt aggrieved in his heart, and he couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a few days, so he went back to Boss Gao to vent his anger. ”
"This has nothing to do with me! Huang Youcai, you know, I have only met Li Qiming twice, and I don't know each other at all, let alone an accomplice and friend! What a place to be! Qian Yongqiang said angrily. It's really uncomfortable to be misunderstood.
"Call me to say, Li Qiming's kid is not a good thing. The goods are mixed with mud in the goods, and the matter has passed, and there is still the face to find someone else's back account! Huang Youcai said hatefully:
"You shouldn't have been mindful of this in the first place. Okay now, Boss Gao will definitely make trouble for you after he comes out, what do you think? ”
"Why are you bothering me? Can you get me in trouble without any evidence? Qian Yongqiang asked unconvinced.
"Brother, that's a good thing to say, and it's so reasonable, but Boss Gao is not a reasonable person!" Obviously, Huang Youcai knows a lot about Boss Gao.
"Don't be afraid, when Boss Gao comes out, I'll just go and explain things to him. If it's unreasonable, he can't help me, at most, he won't sell me anything in the future, and if he doesn't sell me something, I'll go to someone else's house to buy it. Then I won't go to his house to sell things, to see who loses the most. ”
Qian Yongqiang felt a special fire in his heart, he just said a few more words, but he didn't provoke it.
"That's all there is to it. I'll go with you then. It's just that don't bother with that Li Qiming in the future. That kid is like a thin monkey, his two eyes look at people viciously, and he doesn't look like a good person at first glance! ”
Qian Yongqiang nodded, patted Huang Youcai on the shoulder and said, "Brother, thank you for this today." You didn't drink well just now, I'll buy a few dishes, let's drink some of them! ”
About a week later, one day at noon, Huang Youcai ran back from outside out of breath and said, "Boss Gao is back!" ”
"When did you come back?" Qian Yongqiang was slightly stunned, and put down the work in his hand, "Since he is back, I have to find a time to explain Li Qiming's matter to him, so as not to misunderstand me!" ”
"I'll go with you, Boss Gao is more familiar with me, and I can help you say good things then!"
"Good!" Huang Youcai and Qian Yongqiang each rode a tricycle and went straight to Qingshi Village.
Huang Youcai walked in front, and when he arrived at the door of Boss Gao's acquisition station, the door was open, and no one was seen, Huang Youcai parked the car to the side, put his head in and looked around, and found that Boss Gao was not there, only the worker Xiao Li was busy working inside.
"Boss Gao isn't here?" Huang Youcai handed Xiao Li a cigarette and asked, "I saw him here at noon, where will this go?" ”
"Do you have something to do with Boss Gao?" Xiao Li motioned for them to go to the door of the warehouse to talk, and said as he walked, "Boss Gao has taken a bath." Just came out of it, go to bad luck! ”
Xiao Li was holding a cigarette in his hand and wanted to smoke, but Boss Gao had a rule that no one was allowed to smoke in the warehouse. The three of them stood at the door of the warehouse, smoking cigarettes and chatting, waiting for Boss Gao to come back.
After waiting for about an hour, Boss Gao came over from a distance, with a cigarette in his mouth and his big back combed shiny.
Xiao Zhang saw that Boss Gao was back, so he ran into the warehouse early to find work.
Huang Youcai walked over to Boss Gao with a smile and handed a cigarette to Boss Gao. Boss Gao took the cigarette and put it on his ear, then ignored Huang Youcai, and looked at Qian Yongqiang when he passed by, frowning slightly, ignoring him.
Qian Yongqiang found that Boss Gao's face had a few more dark red scars, and there was a little less of the past in his eyes. Boss Gao snuffed out his cigarette, and then walked towards the warehouse, and Huang Youcai and Qian Yongqiang followed behind and walked in.
Boss Gao walked to a table, got a large glass of water by himself, drank it all with a grunt with his neck, rubbed the neat hair of his sideburns with the back of his hand, and then said hatefully to Huang Youcai and Qian Yongqiang:
"It's really unlucky, where did the little Tai Sui come from actually let me run into it! Boss Qian, how do you get with this kind of person? What the hell is going on with that kid? Is it a partnership to pit me? ”
Qian Yongqiang is not familiar with him, but he has only met twice and knows that his name is Li Qiming; I've only met him once - he doesn't look like a good guy! Huang Youcai hurriedly accompanied the smiling face, defended Qian Yongqiang, and also showed favor to Boss Gao.
Huang Youcai walked to Boss Gao's side and poured a glass of water for Boss Gao. Boss Gao pushed the cup away, looked at Huang Youcai suspiciously, and then stared at Qian Yongqiang.
"You really don't have anything to do with that kid?" Boss Gao didn't believe Huang Youcai's words too much, and asked Qian Yongqiang instead.
Qian Yongqiang shook his head: "Boss Gao, just like Huang Youcai said, I have only met him twice, I only know that his name is Li Qiming, and I don't even know where he lives!" ”
"This kid is here for the first time, I am familiar with both of you, it shouldn't be together!" Boss Gao seemed to believe the words of the two, touched the scar on his face with his hand, his eyes were full of anger, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"It's cheap for him this time, wait for him to come out, see if I can't clean him up properly!"
"Then I'll have to clean him up, or I won't be able to swallow this breath!" Xiao Li, who was working next to him, didn't know when he came up, and said hatefully.
"It should, it should!" Huang Youcai echoed.
Boss Gao's hostility towards Qian Yongqiang and Huang Youcai gradually subsided, and there were laugh lines on his face. Huang Youcai saw it in his eyes and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The four of them gathered around the table talking and laughing.
"Boss, you were detained for seven days and came out this morning; The boy was ten days, and he came out in three days. Xiao Li moved his fingers and counted the days when Li Qiming came out.
"Humph!" Boss Gao snorted and said with a sneer, "I can come out in seven days, and he is ten days, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to come out when the day comes!" ”
"Then why? Didn't you say a few days, just a few days? What the public said doesn't count? Xiao Li asked stunned.
Boss Gao glanced at him and said, "You kid don't wish he came out early!" Who are you from, still fighting for him? ”
"Boss, of course I'm on your side. I just asked casually, and I didn't mean anything else. You have been wronged this time, and I feel distressed when I look at it. You don't know, in the past few days when you've been away, I've been working in a daze, and I'm not in the mood at all! ”
"Working in a daze? Be lazy and slippery, I see you haven't done much work these days! Boss Gao glared at Xiao Li in dissatisfaction, kicked him hard with his foot, and yelled, "Why don't you go to work quickly, what are you doing sitting here!" ”
Xiao Li stood up stupidly, squeezed his eyes at Huang Youcai and Qian Yongqiang, and walked to the side.
Qian Yongqiang was very puzzled: Why is Xiao Li so cheap, he has never seen a boss scold workers for beating and buying whenever they want to buy them for so many years. Even when he was desperate to work on the construction site, he had never met such an arrogant boss. Xiao Li is young and strong, and he can't earn this kind of salary there, how can he bear this kind of treatment!
Later, it was Huang Youcai who helped him solve this mystery. It turned out that Xiao Zhang's salary at Boss Gao was average, not much different from his part-time work on the factory site, but he carried Boss Gao's back to earn tens of thousands of dollars a year, and secretly sold some good calligraphy, calligraphy and paintings to people like Huang Youcai.
These things are said to be behind Boss Gao's back, but in fact, Boss Gao also has one eye open and one eye closed, and many workers like Xiao Li who work at the purchasing station pick up things to sell, and few bosses don't know about this kind of thing. As long as it's not too big, the general boss doesn't speak.
"Boss Gao, you just said that Li Qiming's kid may not be able to come out in the future, what is going on?" The three of them talked for a long time, but Huang Youcai didn't hold back at all, and asked cautiously.