Chapter 69: Nostalgic Old Shop

The northern suburbs of Xihe City Primary School is the alma mater of Jiang Xiaoliu Primary School.

At Gu Ruoxi's invitation, Jiang Xiaoliu arrived at an alley at the back door of his alma mater at noon.

This alley, located on the north side of the Xihe River, is called Jiangbei Pavilion Lane, which carries the childhood memories of Jiang Xiaoliu's primary school days.

In the past, he always carried a canvas schoolbag sewn by his adoptive mother and wore cheap clothes and pants, and walked half an hour from the urban village to the alley, and then walked through the Jiangbei Pavilion Alley and entered through the back door of the school.

Today's Jiang Xiaoliu, after seven years, stepped here again, and he looked at the unrecognizable alley as he walked.

In the alley, the residents on both sides have moved out, and the houses are in a state of demolition.

Walking in the alley, Jiang Xiaoliu did not meet others, and it was not until he arrived at the old store diagonally opposite the back door of his alma mater that he saw a few adult customers.

This old shop is a Malatang shop without a name, and the owner has been doing Malatang business in the alley for decades, from youth to old age.

Today, the North Suburbs Primary School has been relocated, but the old store is still open.

The people who come here to eat Malatang are all customers who belong to Ye Qinghui, and almost every one of them graduated from a primary school in the northern suburbs.

Jiang Xiaoliu looked at the honeycomb coal stove burning in front of the old shop, smelling the unique fragrance of Malatang in the air, he squinted comfortably and felt it, feeling as if he had returned to many years ago.

At that time, Jiang Xiaoliu's family was poor and could not afford to eat a bunch of spicy tang, and many times, he could only watch other students eat with relish.

When Jiang Xiaoliu drooled greedily every time, Gu Ruoxi, who was at the same table, pulled him and bought him ten strings of spicy tang, so that Jiang Xiaoliu could feel the fragrant taste of spicy tang.

The past is like smoke, still in front of us!

Thinking of Gu Ruoxi, a grateful smile appeared on Jiang Xiaoliu's face, Gu Ruoxi was very attentive at noon this afternoon, and the place to ask him to eat was this nostalgic old shop.

"Sorry, I'm a few minutes late."

When Jiang Xiaoliu closed his eyes and reminisced, a woman's fragrance came to his nose, he opened his eyes and saw Gu Ruoxi trotting over.

She was still wearing that patrol uniform at noon, which made Jiang Xiaoliu slightly surprised.

"It's okay, I've just arrived." Jiang Xiaoliu pointed to Gu Ruoxi's uniform: "Why do you still wear work clothes after work?" ”

Gu Ruoxi explained: "When it was close to lunch, I suddenly received an order from the police, and a big man came to Xihe City to maintain order on the road. It was only free ten minutes ago, and I was worried that you would wait for a long time, so I rushed over in my work clothes. ”

Jiang Xiaoliu smiled and walked into the old store with Gu Ruoxi.

It's still a childhood storefront with four old wooden chairs.

The chairs are small stools, and the wooden tables have become greasy over the years, but the people who come here to dine don't care about them at all.

Gu Ruoxi sat on the small stool with a big grin, took the paper towel on the table and wiped the wooden table, looked at the row of cabinets behind him, and asked Jiang Xiaoliu not to be polite to go and get the food at will.

At this time, a few people at the table on the side, some people recognized Jiang Xiaoliu and took a photo with Jiang Xiaoliu with their companions.

After the group photo, someone asked Jiang Xiaoliu: "You are all big celebrities, why do you still come to this place to eat?" ”

Jiang Xiaoliu smiled: "Big celebrities are what you think, I'm just an ordinary person, I'm an alumnus with you, and I'm here to find Ye Qinghui." ”

"Yes, my lord's youth is back!" Everyone laughed.

At this time, the shopkeeper came over, he knew Gu Ruoxi, and asked, "Miss Gu, bring your boyfriend to dinner today?" I've never met your boyfriend before, and I didn't expect to be a big star. ”

Jiang Xiaoliu, who was holding the vegetables over there, scratched his scalp in embarrassment and didn't speak.

Gu Ruoxi's face turned red and explained, "Uncle Bai, you misunderstood, Jiang Xiaoliu and I are elementary school classmates. ”

Uncle Bai, the shopkeeper, smiled, with a look of knowing everything, and said, "The guests at noon today are free of charge, thank you for taking care of you over the years." ”

Gu Ruoxi hurriedly asked why the order was free?

The people at the table over there are also busy saying that they don't need to be exempted, and now prices are skyrocketing, but after so many years, there is still a dime and a bunch here, how much money can be earned?

Everyone understands that where Uncle Bai sells Malatang, what he sells is just feelings.

"Because, I'm going to tear it down here." Uncle Bai's expression became sad: "Today is the last time it will be open at noon, and in the future, you students who are worried about feelings will never be able to eat my old Bai's spicy hot again." ”

After speaking, Uncle Bai shook his head and walked out with a sigh, sat in front of the honeycomb coal stove outside the door, and scalded the guests with spicy hot.

Gu Ruoxi's expression tightened, and she walked out.

She first looked at the relocated alma mater opposite, and then looked around the old house around Uncle Bai that had long been empty, and asked, "Uncle Bai, have the neighbors around them moved out voluntarily?" ”

Uncle Bai sighed again: "Where did you move out voluntarily, the old neighbors here have lived together for decades, and no one is reluctant to leave this old home." But the Qin Group came to forcibly demolish it, what can we, the people, do? ”

At this time, Jiang Xiaoliu happened to choose the vegetables, walked out with the vegetable basket, and heard Uncle Bai's words.

He handed the dishes to Uncle Bai, and Uncle Bai stuffed these skewers with wooden skewers into a large aluminum pot, in which there was a hot and smoking spicy hot sauce, and the spicy smell was fragrant in the sound of cooking.

"Uncle Bai, do you say that the Qin Group is responsible for the demolition of this area, or is it forcibly demolished?" Jiang Xiaoliu asked, "Which Qin Group is it, is it the one in Linshi?" ”

Since Jiang Xiaoliu's alma mater is here, he has nostalgic feelings, and he is the spokesperson of the Qin Group's current public service advertisement, so Jiang Xiaoliu will naturally care about this matter.

"Yes, it's the Qin Group in Linshi, they came to forcibly demolish it a few days ago, forced many residents in front of them to leave, and smashed a lot of old houses." Uncle Bai said bitterly: "As for the school, it was relocated a year earlier, after all, it is too small and not suitable for the current school environment." ”

"The school moved away, leaving behind our old neighbors with no background." Uncle Bai said: So as soon as the Qin Group came, they coerced and lured, causing everyone to leave their hometowns. By this morning, the Qin group issued an ultimatum that after one o'clock in the afternoon, we must move out. ”

"Alas, by this time, I am the only one in the entire alley who has not moved away." Uncle Bai looked at the time on his phone and said, "You two hurry up and go in and eat, in half an hour, I will close the store." ”

Gu Ruoxi was angry when she heard this, and said: "What age is this, the state has already issued a ban on forced purchase and demolition, is there still a legal system in the eyes of the Qin Group?" ”

Jiang Xiaoliu's brows furrowed, he was about to call Qin Shishi to inquire about the situation, but who knows, a group of fierce and vicious people came over from the alley.

There are about 20 of them in this group, half of them are holding demolition tools in their hands, and a few of them are holding steel pipes to look majestic.

"Here, they are the bullies of the Qin Group who are responsible for this demolition!"

As soon as Uncle Bai saw this group of people, he immediately became nervous, rubbed his left chest, and said to Gu Ruoxi and Jiang Xiaoliu: "You guys go quickly, they are too lawless, I didn't agree to demolish yesterday, and I was beaten by them and my chest was bruised, and it still hurts." ”

When Jiang Xiaoliu heard this, he was immediately angry, but it was Gu Ruoxi who was even angrier than him.

She raised her eyebrows, grabbed the honeycomb coal iron clip near the honeycomb coal stove, and hurried towards the group of people.

"In broad daylight, you people forcibly demolish people's houses, is there still a royal law?"

Gu Ruoxi was at the moment, and he was angry and blocked the way of the group of people.