Chapter 24: The Gospel for People with OCD
Qingzhou City, Street Division.
During the lunch break, Wang Ling sat in a daze in the courtyard where the city servants were resting.
It's been three days since he joined the company, Wang Ling found that he hadn't seen Tang Xiaoyu much in the past few days, except for the occasional meeting when he was eating in the inner office, Tang Xiaoyu rarely appeared in the Street Division, I heard that it was because he received an order that after half a month, all the people who served the city in the second room and above the third class had to go out to go out to work and assist the transfer department to escort a batch of grain and grass to the front line, and the jurisdiction of Dongshi had to be handed over to the people who came to support the city in Qizhou, Tang Xiaoyu was in a bad mood, so he rarely showed up.
Cao Shuangxu's girl didn't show up in the past two days, and only when he returned to the small courtyard on the first day, he saw the girl, but he didn't say anything else, just reminded him to make less trouble, and he knew something about it.
However, Dawu will wait for him with the little black donkey at the door of the yamen every day after the ya, return to the residence with him, prepare a meal for Wang Ling, and do chores with his own head, saying that Cao Yong has ordered him, and his diet and daily life are taken care of by Dawu, Dawu regards Wang Ling as his master with peace of mind, and always calls a son, Wang Ling didn't say anything, but he likes this straightforward man, and it's not bad to have someone who can talk when he gets home from work.
There was one more person who never appeared again.
The masked man that night, since that night to take a photo, he has never come to Wang Ling, occasionally remember, always feel that what happened that night is a little inexplicable, that person obviously has no ill will towards himself, even said that he has good intentions, but he didn't say anything, he asked everything at the time, just let him go, it's really a pity.
But if you ask, you may not be able to tell me, after all, I don't know his true identity, there are too many things in this world that I don't know, but in the dark, I can feel that that person knows a lot more things than Tang Xiaoyu and them······ Wang Lingxin said.
He really hoped that the masked man would come to the door again, because he had a lot of questions to ask, and maybe he would give him answers.
Just last night, he noticed a strange thing that had happened to him.
That is: the broken arm is actually good!
This change was beyond his cognition, and he had been injured for a hundred days, and he had suffered similar injuries before, and the steel nails and steel plates had been recuperating for a year from the time they were driven in to the time they were removed.
But it's only been two or three days, and it's good to have your arm on its own!
Wang Ling raised his arm above his head, the bandages and brackets were still on it, he didn't dare to remove it, because he didn't know if it was normal in this world, yesterday he found an opportunity to ask Tang Xiaoyu and Shi more vaguely, a person who cultivates martial arts or specializes in cultivating qi, after the bones are broken, is it possible for the body to recover on its own in a few days?
He didn't choose to consult Zuo Yucheng, considering that he was a keen person, maybe he would guess something just after asking.
But whether it is Tang Xiaoyu or Shi Geng, the answers given are surprisingly consistent.
"It's impossible to do this even if it's the fifth grade, unless after the fourth grade, it's warmed up with its own powerful qi, supplemented by the elixir of the flesh and bones of the living and dead, it's difficult to do it, I've never heard of it."
After hearing this answer, Wang Ling's heart seemed to flash a thunderbolt, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to remove the bandages on his arms.
Now, he is more eager to know what happened to him, but one thing he knows is that most of these are related to the old grandson, but he can't figure out how the people who eat and live together every day bring about this change to him.
With the sense of vigilance that he has cultivated all year round, even if he falls asleep, he can wake up immediately at the slightest disturbance, but in the three months he has been with the old ghost, except for the old thing who doesn't sleep honestly and likes to put his legs on himself, there is no other feeling of being touched, and now it has changed so much, it is impossible to be silent.
Wang Ling scratched his head, he couldn't figure it out and simply didn't want to think about it, some problems can't be known by thinking about it yourself, just like you can't give a three-year-old child a primary school math book to let him know what calculus is.
At this time, Shi Geng's voice sounded in his ears: "What are you sitting in the yard alone in a daze, take your things and go out to patrol the streets." ”
In the past three days, Zuo Yucheng and the people in the second room have been busy making preparations, including counting the quilts, camp tents, equipment, etc., the more fully prepared they are when they go out, the less likely they are to lose when performing tasks.
The good news is that he finally didn't have to do chores, began to patrol the streets, and experienced the feeling of a chengguan, the first day on duty, he pretended to kick the hawker's stall with his feet, the strength was not great, but his expression was really scary, with bandages on his arms, his face was extremely vicious, like a ramp, just like a ramp, even if he pulled out a knife to cut people, the hawkers felt that it should be something that this kind of person could do.
The frightened vendors turned pale, and for a moment imagined the dozens of miserable outcomes they might encounter.
In fact, since the second room was managed by Tang Xiaoyu, the three streets and two markets managed by the second room are much better than other places, at least they never loot the people.
As the name suggests, the third street is the east of Qingzhou City, including the main road and three streets on both sides, the two cities are Dongcheng Street Market and Wa City, one is the living area, the other is the entertainment area.
The vendors themselves have forgotten the last time they were bullied by the city servants, it seems that not long ago, after Tang Xiaoyu took over here, in fact, it hasn't been long ago, but they have become accustomed to it, and they have forgotten the powerlessness of buying and selling under the oppression of the city servants.
Now Wang Ling's kick can be regarded as a complete reminder of him, especially his fierce face, the timid ones are even more frightened and their legs tremble, they are not afraid of Wang Ling, but they remember the unbearable past.
And then.
The man left without saying a word, neither asking for money nor beating anyone, but continued to kick the next stall, and he kicked left and right like this, confusing everyone.
The second monk of the merchants was puzzled, wondering if this official who was born in the face wanted to come over and give them a dismount first, and then he would have to ask for money next time? But it doesn't make sense, the fierce expression just now doesn't look like a person who is polite in this regard.
Not to mention these vendors, the old man who came out to patrol the street with Wang Ling, as well as another third-class junior official, Shi Geng, were also puzzled by his behavior, even if you scare people, you can say something, and leave without saying a word, what's the matter?
How did they know, it's not that Wang Ling didn't want to say it, but he didn't know what to say, in the previous life, when the hawkers saw the chengguan, they all ran away, even if they were caught by the chengguan, they could only resign themselves to watching their cars being confiscated, and then honestly went to the chengguan brigade to pay a fine and take away their cars.
The ruthless nonsense is not to be said, and it will be confiscated directly, and the soft-hearted will be impatient at most, and say: "This can't be set up, hurry up." ”
He could not confiscate the stalls of these poor people, not to mention that he could not get by with his conscience, as long as he did not obstruct the roads and did not encroach on the places of the government and people's houses, they were all legal businesses.
Besides, the world is so difficult, it's hard to do some small business to support your family, why bother? I just thought about being addicted to being a city manager.
After a few days, what he did was reported to Tang Xiaoyu by the old man who led the team, Tang Xiaoyu was in a very bad mood these days, and she couldn't help frowning after hearing the news at first glance, and slapped it on the table.
"What a bastard!"
At this time, her mind was full of the ugly faces of those who oppressed the good servants.
But when she learned that he hadn't made any excessive moves, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"You mean, he just kicked his stall down the street and walked away without saying anything?"
"Yes, I just didn't know if this was a violation of our rules for a while, so I came to you to get an idea, you want to say that he committed it, I immediately took my brothers to get someone and dealt with him."
Tang Xiaoyu didn't speak, and she couldn't understand what Wang Ling was doing, and after a long time, she said: "Forget it, I just didn't do anything out of the ordinary, don't worry about him, just keep an eye on it." ”
"Yes."
"Wait!"
The person was just about to quit, but was stopped by Tang Xiaoyu again, she suddenly remembered the scene in front of the Cao Mansion, Wang Ling at that time, even she and Zuo Yucheng, also felt a chill, so she ordered: "You go and talk to Third Brother Xie, as long as it is Wang Ling's class in the future, he will lead the team, lest this person really do anything." ”
"Yes"
That night, Wang Ling lay on the bed with some difficulty, maybe he himself felt that he didn't talk when he kicked the stall, and he was a little chattering, and he always felt that he should do something to be worthy of the identity of the current chengguan, so he thought about it all night, and finally let him come up with a good idea.
The next day, when the point was over, Wang Ling stood at the door with a knife in one hand, waiting for Shi Geng and others who were patrolling the street together, with an eager and excited expression.
"You kid, have you remembered some beautiful girl, or have you picked up the silver? Laughing like a monkey. ”
Wang Ling turned around and saw Shi Geng, there was another familiar face behind him, Wang Ling was stunned for a moment, and then greeted enthusiastically.
"Yo, isn't this thank you third brother? It's you leading the team today, what about Brother Yu? ”
The Brother Yu in his mouth was the one who was responsible for taking them to patrol the streets before.
Xie Sanjin didn't seem to want to be too familiar with him, so he cleared his throat with a little embarrassment: "Yu Yang has other things, and I will be responsible for leading the team in the future." ”
To tell the truth, Xie Sanjin has a good impression of Wang Ling, whether it is what he did to the housekeeper of Cao Mansion at that time, or helping Tang Xiaoyu to come out a few days ago, you can see that this kid is bloody and has a very good appetite for himself, but he came to the Street Division to compete with Xiaoyu for the position of the general flag, and the second room hopes that Xiaoyu can be the general flag, so his attitude towards Wang Ling is slightly complicated.
Most people actually have a good impression of him, but they are afraid that this good impression will be despised by others, everyone has a good impression, and they are all afraid that they are the only one, so they have to be bored, even if they appreciate Wang Ling in their hearts, they have to pretend to be indifferent to me and you.
Yu Yang, who led the team before, was one of the few people who was indifferent to Wang Ling.
Xie Sanjin came to Dongshi with people, and as soon as he stepped here, Xie Sanjin frowned, he found that there was something wrong with the eyes of those vendors looking at them, just like seeing a ghost, from the street to the end of the street, everyone's eyes were focused on their line.
Even a veteran like Xie Sanjin couldn't bear the gaze of so many eyes.
Only then did he remember what Tang Xiaoyu asked Yu Yang to tell him, and he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Wang Ling, who was walking at the back of the line.
At this glance, Xie Sanjin was stunned, and Wang Ling had an excited expression on his face.
He seemed a little impatient······ Xie Sanjin said in his heart.
In addition to Xie Sanjin, the rest of the city attendants also noticed the eyes of the vendors, and immediately looked at Wang Ling with their eyes.
The look in his eyes seemed to say again, it's all a good thing that your kid did, and the reputation of our second room has ruined your hands.
Wang Ling hasn't actually done anything out of the ordinary these days, but you can't come out every time you patrol the streets to scare people and play, and look at these small merchants and hawkers.
"Ahem, let's go......"
As soon as Xie Sanjin's words fell, suddenly a person came out from behind his side and went straight to the nearest stall, the stall owner was a middle-aged man with a two-horned mustache, and there were all kinds of cheap jewelry on the shelves.
The middle-aged man seemed to see him, cautiously took a small step back, made a gesture of please, and said with a slightly stiff smile on his whole face: "Official, you... Please. ”
That means, you can kick whatever you want, just don't kick me carelessly.
However, after waiting for a long time, Wang Ling did not take any action, and the middle-aged man looked at Wang Ling, only to see him squatting on the side of his stall, closing one eye, and the other eye seemed to be comparing something.
The middle-aged man was a little puzzled, so he got closer and asked cautiously, "Official, are you..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw Wang Ling suddenly stand up straight, stretch out a hand towards him, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly took two steps back.
"I won't beat you, what are you hiding, come here, ask you for a favor."
The middle-aged man was stunned, instinctively reluctant to get close to this servant, since this person came, he came to kick their stall every day, and glared at them viciously, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to lean over vigilantly.
Seeing this, Xie Sanjin walked towards Wang Ling's location, and the rest of the city servants also followed.
It's just that when they came behind Wang Ling, they saw Wang Ling take out a long thread from his arms and put it in the stall owner's hand, while he held the thread.
Xie Sanjin wanted to remind Wang Ling not to go too far, but he saw Wang Ling holding the thread and heading towards the end of the street.
"Wang Ling, what are you doing here?" Xie Sanjin asked.
Wang Ling was happy when he saw Xie Sanjin, and said with a smile: "Third brother, you came just in time, my arm is not very convenient, you ask a brother to help me pull this line to the other end of the market." ”
"What is this?"
Wang Ling didn't explain, just smiled and said: "You'll know in a while, don't worry, it's not a bad thing, it's all for the appearance of the city!" ”
"The city's appearance?"
Xie Sanjin was a little hesitant, but seeing the heat in Wang Ling's eyes, he couldn't help but be curious about Wang Ling's intentions, and he didn't think that a line could have much impact, so he beckoned to Shi Geng: "You pull this line to the other end of the street." ”
Shi Geng first looked at Xie Sanjin with a confused expression, then looked at Wang Ling with the same eyes, and finally sighed, reached out to take the thread in Wang Ling's hand, and at the same time lowered his voice and said to Wang Ling: "The third brother is fair, don't be a demon for you." ”
These days, one of the deepest impressions that Wang Ling gave Shi is that he has a grotesque style.
Which normal person has the courage to provoke the general flag? It's still dog shit used, and the way he treats vendors, even Shi Geng, who is also a third-class person, thinks he's a weirdo.
Wang Ling smiled at the corner of his mouth, and also said in a deep voice: "Don't be verbose, when you get over there, just listen to my command." ”
Shi Yan stopped talking nonsense, and pulled the thread backwards to the end of the street little by little, and the surrounding vendors and pedestrians all looked at this scene curiously, not understanding what these city servants were doing.
Shi Geng stood at the end of the street and beckoned to Wang Ling and the others.
Seeing that he was ready, Wang Ling took the spool from the middle-aged man's hand, squatted down, pasted the thread on his side to the bottom of the shelf of the jewelry stall, stepped on it with his foot, and then raised a hand and pressed down on the stone, signaling him to squat down as well.
Shi is even more agile, he not only squatted, but also consciously put the thread on the ground.
Wang Ling closed one eye, put his whole face on the middle-aged man's shelf, and felt that the position of the stone line was a little crooked, so he compared it with his hand to his right hand, Shi was more aware of it, and moved the line to his left hand, just like this, until the position was determined, Wang Ling got up satisfied, and said to Xie Sanjin, who was full of doubts behind him: "Third brother, you call someone to come over and step out of this line for me." ”
Xie Sanjin immediately ordered one person to go over and take over Wang Ling's long line.
Then Wang Ling got up and shouted to Shi Geng: "Shi Geng, if it loosens for a while, you remember to straighten it!" ”
"Got it!"
Then Wang Ling stepped over the jewelry stall and came to the next stall, where the stall owner did not know what he was going to do, when he heard the familiar sound of kicking the stall.
Wang Ling pointed to the shelf and said, "Your side is protruding, step back, and be level with this line." ”
"Huh?" The stall owner subconsciously made a questioning voice.
Immediately afterwards, I heard Wang Ling say viciously: "I asked you to move the stall, level with this line, don't you understand people's words?" ”
Frightened, the stall owner hurriedly did so.
Then he went to the back stalls one by one, and every time he passed a stall, he either asked people to move back, or he asked people to move back, or he looked at the slanted ones and scolded them for straightening up.
Xie Sanjin and the people who watched the lively traders and passers-by suddenly understood Wang Ling's intentions, but after a while, they felt that he was doing this completely redundantly, who would care if the stalls were not neat?
What a weirdo······ That's what almost everyone is saying.
Because when the line was first drawn, the stalls were not in a straight line, and some of the protruding parts would loosen after being corrected, so Wang Lingcai told Shi Geng that as long as the line was loosened, let him remember to straighten it.
By the time Wang Ling walked to the end of the street, the stall owners had already placed their places in good spirits.
When Wang Ling came to the last stall, he still squatted down and closed one eye, put his face on the shelf, looked at the direction of the street with the other eye, and motioned to Shi Geng to move the line, got up and walked to a few stalls, made the final adjustments, and after tossing back and forth twice, he nodded happily.
Next, on the other side of the street, you just need to do the same.
Under his toss, the stalls on both sides became neat and neat, completely in a line, which looked inexplicably comfortable, as if the heart was originally blocked by something and was suddenly washed away by the water.
The whole street looks so orderly that it is impossible to bear to touch any of the stalls, for fear of ruining the pattern.
Xie Sanjin, Shi Geng and the others stood on the street at the entrance of the East Market, looking at the neat stalls on both sides, they were a little stunned, and they didn't know what to say for a while, just now they still felt that Wang Ling was not necessary to do this, but the feeling of pleasure in their hearts made it difficult for them to have such a thought.
Just when everyone thought it was over, Wang Ling returned to the jewelry stall at the beginning.
Everyone looked over suspiciously, and the middle-aged man with a two-cornered mustache was stunned, not understanding why he came back.
Wang Ling stood in front of the stall, scanning the middle-aged man's stall from top to bottom, and then stretched out his hand to the jewelry placed on the stall.
Everyone except Wang Ling was thrilled to see this scene, especially those vendors, who quickly hid the valuable items in their stalls when they saw Wang Ling reaching for the jewelry.
Xie Sanjin frowned, but he was not in a hurry to stop him.
"Third brother, aren't we going to stop him?" A city attendant beside him asked.
Xie Sanjin shook his head, Wang Ling made a fuss in front of Cao's Mansion on the day, he was there at the time, vaguely remembered that this person shouted for those poor homeless people at that time, and he still recalls it deafeningly, he doesn't believe in his heart that Wang Ling will do things to take by force, but after all, the relationship is not deep, and he is not so confident in his heart, so he just watched, if Wang Ling really took other people's things, it would not be too late for him to stop him, and it would be a big deal to return it to the stall owner.
Finally, I did it······ The middle-aged man sighed secretly in his heart, and said with a bitter face: "Master, which one do you like, you... Just take it. ”
However, the words of the king's order were unexpected: "Take what you take!" I think your jewelry is not in the right place, it's a mess. ”
The middle-aged man looked at his stall and muttered in his heart, I'm not messing around.
Without waiting for the stall owner to speak, Wang Ling said directly: "I'll teach you how to put it." ”
“???”
Three question marks popped up in everyone's minds at the same time.
Wang Ling chattered while moving the goods with his hands: "First of all, your hairpins should be from long to short, and they should be kept at the same distance while being together. ”
"The bracelet should be ...... according to the color from the largest to the smallest"
"You're pretty looking here...... But to do the categorization......"
"Earrings are distinguished according to the material, pearls and pearls are placed together, jade pendants and jade pendants are put together, gold and silver are ....."
"The ring is a little difficult to get, you should have the tools to repair the jewelry here, take a small chisel here, I will help you poke a few holes in this wooden plate, don't worry, don't look at my hand now, but I am absolutely confident that I will help you chisel neatly......"
The stall owner was stunned, almost unconsciously, and took out a small wooden box, in which a few tools were scattered, he took out a knife and handed it to Wang Ling: "You don't need a chisel to repair jewelry, master, do you see this line?" ”
Wang Ling took it, and after taking a look, he pressed the top of the file with his thumb, and after feeling sharp enough, he said, "Yes, you help me press this wooden plate." ”
"Oh... Oh. The middle-aged man knew that it was inconvenient for this person to only use one hand, so he immediately pressed down on both ends of the wooden plate to help Wang Ling fix it.
Immediately after Wang Ling's whole person was almost lying on the shelf, after a while, there were twenty-four more long holes on the wooden plate, six in a row, a total of four rows, from the first row to the fourth row The size is different, it is not caused by Wang Ling's mistake, he is deliberate, you can place rings of different sizes, the order is narrow to wide, and the last row can just put down the wide wrench.
After instructing the boss to put all the rings in place, he began to tinker with other jewelry, and after some messing, the jewelry on the whole stall looked dazzling but distinct, who didn't like it?
The middle-aged man suddenly felt that after he did this, it was much easier for the guests to choose jewelry, and compared with now, the placement he had made before was simply messy.
He hurriedly said: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, through your noble hands, it is really much better." ”
Wang Ling waved his hand impatiently, he didn't want to give these vendors too much good face, please! Lao Tzu is a city manager! The iron face is ruthless, it is my professionalism!
But when he was about to walk to the next stall, he turned his face and found that there were already people standing behind him, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
There were Xie Sanjin and other colleagues from the Street Division who came with him, as well as familiar vendors and strange passers-by.
"What are you ......?" was interrupted before he could finish speaking.
"Official! You can help me with my stall too! ”
"My booth is right next to it, you can teach me too!"
"Please take a look at my stall too."
"And me... And me! ”
The vendors surrounded Wang Ling in the center and surrounded him, and the people of the street division were squeezed out of the crowd instead.
"When did the people of our street division become so popular?" Shi Geng was stunned.
"......" Xie Sanjin and the group of city servants looked at each other.
In the crowd, Wang Ling felt the pressure of being surrounded by a group of people for the first time, and scolded the vendors to return to their stalls and wait for him.
The vendors happily agreed and returned to their stalls to wait.
For the cloth sellers, he places them side by side according to the gradient of color and the type of cloth, and the whole stall looks more bright and bright, like a rainbow on the stall.
Those who sell pork are distinguished by the length and size of the meat.
Those who sell porcelain require the other party to distinguish between glazed porcelain and painted porcelain by the central axis of the shelf, and then put the same type together.
When he got to the candy seller's vendor, he made a difficulty, so he simply asked the other party to separate the human-shaped sugar man from the animal-shaped, and then separate the man and woman, the candy seller was stupid, Wang Ling saw that he was embarrassed, he was stunned at first, and then saw the other party pull away a pair of sugar men who were originally holding hands, the man on the left, and the woman on the right.
The king was speechless, and silently recited "sins and sins."
It took more than an hour, and it was finally done.
Although it took a bit of effort, looking at the orderly goods placed in the neat street market and stalls, Wang Ling's heart felt a sense of happiness and accomplishment, and he said in his heart, I am really the gospel of obsessive-compulsive patients!