005, Liuli Street
The gray sky was a little whiter, there was no one on the road before, in the blink of an eye, I could already hear the sound of talking, now the sky was almost bright, the morning market vendors pinched the time to set off, rushed to open the city gate, set up the stalls, and start the day's business.
Although the tail of the dog baby was torn off, one problem was solved, but another problem followed, the dog baby was covered with hair, and the straw couldn't cover it, where to get a piece of clothing?
Even if you don't consider the hair on the dog's body, just because the two of them have no clothes on them, they all rely on straw to cover some key places, how is it different from running naked? The beggar still has a tattered dress to cover his shame, and he is not even as good as a beggar, and he is afraid that he will not be able to enter the city gate.
Just as He Qi was meditating, he suddenly heard a familiar voice, and if he looked closely, it seemed to be the voice of the chaos stall owner and his buddy San'er at the city gate yesterday morning.
He Qi opened his head and looked over, wanting to see what was going on, and saw a group of people on the road in the distance, two of them pushing two cars, one in front of the other, driving slowly, the one who walked in front, He Qi recognized it as the owner of the wonton stall at a glance.
At this time, recalling the incident at the wonton stall yesterday morning, He Qi only came back to his senses, it turned out that the boss was the good man, and he had already secretly prompted several times, but unfortunately he was blind, so he caught his hat.
But then again, if you don't have a hat, you can't meet a dog baby, so you can't make it clear after all!
Seeing that the two cars were still some way away, in order not to attract the attention of others, He Qi first placed the dog baby in a depression behind the tree, and then squatted on the side of the road, waiting quietly.
The owner of the wonton stall is surnamed Wang, the second in the family, familiar people call him Wang Laoer, it is said that the ancestor is the pastry chef in the palace, after a few generations, the Qing Dynasty is gone, and there is not much pastry technology left in the second-hand Wang Lao, relying on the wonton stall at the city gate to survive.
People who are not familiar with Zhang Mao'er think that he is doing incisor errands, but Wang Lao'er lives in the south of the city, and knows Zhang Mao'er well, and knows that Zhang Mao'er is a bastard, and what he does behind his back is to shoot flowers.
Therefore, Zhang Mao'er's indifferent dedication immediately aroused Wang Laoer's vigilance, and secretly reminded him, but unfortunately, he couldn't take it out after all, after all, he still had to rely on the wonton stall to make a living, and he only hoped that the gentleman could react in time.
Unfortunately, Wang Lao Er went out of the stall as usual today, and before he reached the Lugou Bridge, he suddenly heard someone shouting, and followed the sound to look, but saw a person squatting in the dry grass on the side of the road, wrapped in straw, and if he didn't look carefully, he couldn't see that there was a person hidden, and then he looked closely, it was the gentleman who was yesterday morning.
Wang Lao Er slowly parked the car on the side of the road, so as not to block the way of others, leaned over and asked, "Sir, what's the matter?" ”
"Can you take a step to speak?" He Qi said.
As soon as Wang Lao Er heard this, he probably understood what was going on, and shouted to the guy behind him, San'er: "I'll go and relieve my hands, you can watch it." ”
"Huh!" The guy San'er answered, but his puzzled eyes fell on He Qi's body, obviously he was still wearing a foreign dress yesterday morning, why did he look like this today?
The two came to the big tree, He Qi concisely said that he was deceived by Zhang Mao'er, and did not reveal the matter of the dog baby, eat a trench, grow a wisdom, the dog baby was sold at a high price, the so-called wealth is moving, and the most difficult to guess is also the heart, and then looked at Wang Lao Er sincerely, and requested: "Please give me two clothes that I don't want, so that I can go to the city, and he will repay today's kindness." ”
"Look at what you're talking about, it's just two clothes, a gesture." Wang Lao Er responded, and then changed his words, and said: "However, Mr. must be careful, you have to enter the city from another gate, enter the city from Yongding Gate, and you must not." ”
"Why?" He Qi was puzzled.
"Last morning, you showed up, Zhang Mao'er has been in this area since childhood, and he knows a lot of people, you only enter the city from this gate, and within half a day, Zhang Mao'er will know where you are going, and you don't have a familiar person in the city, Zhang Mao'er will find a few more people, and take advantage of the lack of people to put you in a sack, and then you will be taken out of the city."
"In broad daylight, they dare too?"
"You don't know this, there is a medicine for shooting flowers, only hitting past you, waving in front of you, as long as you are a little careless, smell a bite, your brain will be dizzy, and what others say is what it is."
He Qi, who heard this, was furious and shuddered, and at the same time he was very glad that he happened to meet the boss of a good person, otherwise he would have to go into the city like this, and he was afraid that he would have to suffer a disaster.
"Thank you for your kindness!" He Qi said solemnly grateful.
Wang Lao Er shook his head and said: "It's nothing, we old Beiping people, there is a play, what people you see, what you encounter, you can help, there is no ambiguity." ”
While speaking, Wang Lao Er took three steps and two steps, went to the front of the car, took out a trouser gown from it, handed it to He Qi, and said, "Coarse cloth gown, don't be too cold, you try it." ”
He Qi ran behind the tree, simply removed the straw neatly, and changed into clothes, small is a little smaller, but he can finally cover his body, and he can wear it if he makes do, it's all like this, and it's not that exquisite.
However, the dog baby is still lying there, motionless, which makes He Qi difficult, the boss has already given a piece of clothing, and he can't ask for another one for no reason, right?
Just as He Qi was hesitating, he heard Wang Lao Er continue to ask: "Mr. entered the city, but there is a place to go?" ”
He Qi shook his head and said, "I want to find a job and make some money." ”
"If that's the case, I'll have a place to go, and I can get an errand for my husband."
"Oh? What errand? ”
"My brother-in-law is an apprentice in Wenhuiju on Liuli Street, I heard him say a few days ago, there are many foreigners who like to go there to buy antiques, but we don't understand what foreigners say, so I specially invited a translator. Presumably, when Mr. comes back from abroad, he will be able to understand the words of foreigners, and it will be no problem to go to Liuli Street to make a living. ”
He Qi is a programmer and has a certain foundation in English, because programming contains a lot of English code, although it is not to the point of unhindered communication, but even with comparisons, how can you understand seven, seven, eight, eight, and eight, and English is blunt, that's it, as long as you understand some professional terms in the antique industry, everything else is not a problem.
Thinking of this, He Qi agreed that there was nothing better than having an errand to be temporarily settled, and then told the boss about the dog baby, only to escape with the dog baby.
Wang Lao Er saw that the dog baby was wrapped in straw, so without saying a word, he went to the car of the guy San'er, took a coarse cloth coat and pants, and let the dog baby who had changed his clothes sit in the car, and put a felt hat on He Qi, and rushed to the stall.
There are not many people in the morning market, three or three, most of them are street vendors, after all, it is still a little early, the sun has not yet risen, Wang Lao Er instructed the guys to set up a stall, take a few flatbreads, take He Qi and the dog baby, and go straight to Liuli Street in the south of the city.