Chapter 9: Monga
After Jiang Zhen's funeral, Ni Kun left, and before leaving, he solved the problem of Liangkun going to school.
Liangkun also began student life in Taipei.
The school that Liangkun wants to attend is called "Wanhua High School", which is located in Wanhua District, Taipei City.
Wanhua District was formerly known as "Monga".
Han Han said: The leader of the literati is Ni Kuang, who specializes in science fiction, because the cultural level of this kind of people is not very high, so he is afraid that he will not know a single word in his name, so he changed his name to "Westrel", which is now the Mr. Wesley loved by most people.
This is probably the reason for the name change of Monga.
Monga is the oldest urban area in Taipei City and is the starting point of Taipei's development. The origin of the place name is because the Pingpu canoes and canoes gather in the place for "Monga", the aboriginal language "moungar", when the people of Quanzhou, Fujian Province who came to Taiwan heard it, they took the Hokkien pronunciation monga of the Chinese character "Monga" as a homonym. At that time, in addition to shooting fish to make a living, they also used canoes to carry the sweet potatoes and bitter tea produced along the Tamsui River, and traded goods with the Han people.
In 1975, Monga has become the most prosperous street market in Taipei.
Liang Kun is reminded of Yau Ma Tei in Hong Kong.
The name of Yau Ma Tei is closely related to the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei. Because at that time, the land in front of the Tin Hau Temple was a place for fishermen to dry the hemp cables on their boats. Many tung oil and hemp cable shops that deal in fishing boats are set up there, so it is called "Yau Ma Tei".
In 1975, Yau Ma Tei has become the most prosperous market in Hong Kong.
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Liangkun walked through the market of Monga and stepped into the "Wanhua High School", and was greeted by the "instructor"'s "sincere and kind temptation": "I have seen bad students transfer from one school to another, you are better, from Hong Kong to Taipei!" Be careful, if you dare to make trouble at school, I'm not welcome. β
After training Liangkun, the instructor began to train another transfer student: "Your name is Zhou Yiwen?" Three schools in two years? You were still absent from school for half a semester when you were in Shulin (Shulin Middle School in Taipei County)? You're very busy, and you're doing a lot of business, aren't you? I'll tell you, you'll finish the book for me honestly and peacefully, don't mess around with me. β
Under the leadership of the instructor, Liangkun and Zhou Yiwen followed him to the classroom.
The difference is that Liangkun, who has undergone rigorous training at the Junior Police Academy, stands straight when he stands and struts when he walks; And Zhou Yiwen slumped his shoulders loosely, with his hands in his trouser pockets.
"Hmm." Zhou Yiwen hummed from his nose in response to the instructor.
The instructor looked back at Zhou Yiwen and scolded, "Uh-huh? Poop? Well? β
However, the instructor was indeed imposing, and a few fellows who didn't seem to be good students, who were about to leave the classroom, were so frightened that they retreated when they saw the instructor in the hallwayβeven though the instructor had already walked over.
The instructor who turned around glanced into the classroom, pointed to the students who were playing poker in the classroom, and shouted, "Eh! Gambling! β
The instructor pulled the poker students out of the classroom, stood in a row in the corridor, and beat the palms of their hands with rattan one by one, and continued to preach while playing: "You have a lot of courage, so don't hide!" β
I was arranged to sit down in the classroom, and the seat was quite high. It's just that Liangkun, who is wearing a red silk suit, and Zhou Yiwen, who is wearing a school uniform in the woods, look so out of place compared with the other students around him who are wearing "Wanhua High School" school uniforms.
In the classroom, the teacher is reading from the book and cheating on the salary; As for the students, some are eating instant noodles to supplement their nutrition, and the ghost knows how his nutrition is lost, and some are playing poker, and the bet is not big, just coins.
Liangkun felt that someone was patting him on the shoulder, and a note came from behind, and the cover also said "New".
It seems to be for himself.
Unfold the note, which reads: "After school tomorrow, on the embankment, bring 3,000 yuan to worship the pier, or else", and a "kunai" is drawn on the back, which is called "flat diamond" in the Taiwanese dialect.
Liangkun threw the note into a ball and threw it into the arms of the young female teacher who was bowing her head and reading her textbook on the podium.
The bespectacled young female teacher unfolded the note, and when she read it, she was furious, threw the textbook on the podium, and said, "Lawless! Wild! I even dare to collect the teacher's protection fee! β
After saying that, the young female teacher walked out of the classroom with a note, probably to find the instructor.
Soon, the instructor walked into the classroom with the rattan, and he didn't even have the right handwriting, so he directly pointed to the guy sitting in the corner of the classroom and scolded: "Paparazzi, you come out for me." You dare to even collect the protection fee of the new teacher! Next, do you still have to charge me protection money? β
The guy called "Paparazzi" had a big long face and a ruffian, with yellowed hair standing up at the roots, and he was covered in skin and bones.
Some people are ruffians, they are called ruffians, those who are far away are like Edison Chen, and those who are close are like Zhang Yishan; However, the face of the paparazzi gives people the feeling of being underbeaten.
The instructor grabbed the paparazzi by the hair and dragged him out of the classroom.
Then, Liangkun heard the screams of the paparazzi and the instructor's preaching.
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After class, the paparazzi brought four or five tall and strong guys to surround Liangkun's seat.
The paparazzi asked menacingly, "How dare you throw a note to the teacher?" β
Liangkun stood up and said, "The note says 'new', and I think the teacher seems to be the new here, thinking it's for her." β
The paparazzi turned his face in front of Liangkun and asked, "Why are you fooling me?" β
Liangkun slapped the paparazzi's underbeaten face and said, "What if I play with you?" β
Seeing Liangkun slap the paparazzi to the ground without blinking, the four or five tall and strong guys couldn't figure out the details and didn't dare to make a move.
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At noon, the school workers pushed carts and brought the heated lunch boxes to the classrooms and placed them on the podium.
In the 70s, there were not many shops, nor many restaurants, nor many hotels, food, clothing, housing and transportation, they all had to go home, and they had to go home to eat. Therefore, most students can only choose to bring a bento box.
Everyone went up to the podium and received their own lunch box.
Liangkun, who finished receiving the lunch box, stretched out his head and looked at Zhou Yiwen's lunch box in the front seat.
Sure enough, it's a grilled chicken thigh!
Liangkun looked back at the paparazzi again, he was sitting on the seat, holding his cheeks with his hands, tilting his head, as if looking at the scenery outside the window.
The paparazzi didn't eat, or rather, he didn't have a lunch box at all.
If it weren't for the swollen face on one side, he would definitely snatch other classmates' lunches and "eat a hundred meals" like in the past.
It's a pity that I can't enjoy the paparazzi's imitation show - "Lee Ji-joon's emotional time".
Alas, hateful people, there will be pitiful places!
Liangkun sighed, covered his lunch box, brought it to the paparazzi's table, and put down the lunch box.
The sound of the lunch box falling on the desk woke up the paparazzi who were "indulging in the beautiful scenery outside the window".
The paparazzi looked up at Liangkun and asked, "What do you do?" β
Liangkun said: "Please eat, it will be considered as a compensation for you." β
The paparazzi said, "Don't think that just by inviting me to a meal, I will be able to forgive you." I won't let you go! My cousin is Wen Qian of the 'Back Wall House'! β
Liangkun said with a smile: "If you want to seek revenge from me, I will accompany you at any time." However, this meal has nothing to do with those. Eat, it's hard to be hungry! β
The paparazzi asked, "I ate it, so what do you do?" β
The paparazzi couldn't believe that this was what they would say.
Liangkun said: "I'll be fine if I eat less." β
After speaking, Liangkun turned around and returned to his seat.
The paparazzi opened the lunch box in disbelief, checked it carefully, and there was no trace of spitting, picked up the spoon, and scooped it into his mouth.
Liangkun feels that the food tastes average, but in the paparazzi's taste, it is a Michelin-starred delicacies.
In fact, this is the result of the combination of sympathetic and non-sympathetic nerves in the human body, and when you are hungry, the stomach gives the brain a signal that it is time to eat. Therefore, whatever you eat at this time, the brain will give a signal of pleasure.
As the saying goes, when people are hungry, they eat deliciously.
As he scooped the second spoonful of food into his mouth, a tear came out of the paparazzi's eyes. He quickly wiped away his tears, for fear that others would see it, and ate more quickly.
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Liangkun, who was sitting in his seat hungry, remembered a story about bento that happened in Japan:
When my father's lunch box broke, my mother bought two lunch boxes, one for my father and one for my son, who was in high school, so that my son could bring food to eat.
One day, my father noticed that the salmon bento, which was unchanged every day, had turned into beef in sauce, and the rice was tightly covered with a layer of black seaweed.
My father was moved to tears and was in a very good mood.
However, when I got home, I heard my son losing his temper with his mother because of his poor lunch.
At the end of the story, of course, the mother made a mistake for her son and father's lunch box.
This kind of "small luck" is indeed very heartwarming. When we enter a state of concentration, living in the moment, and completely forgetting ourselves, we will feel the most true and subtle happiness and satisfaction.
Liangkun hurriedly spread out the paper and wrote down the story to divert his attention.
- After all, he didn't eat.
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At the end of school, the paparazzi grabbed Liangkun and said, "Your kindness, my paparazzi will not forget." From today on, you are my brother, and we don't know each other. Come with me, there will be good for you. β
Ignorantly, he followed the paparazzi to the school gate, and Liangkun found that the paparazzi's useless followers were also there.
The paparazzi bumped Liangkun with his elbow and said, "Come out." β
Liangkun looked up and saw that it was still Zhou Yiwen.
The paparazzi said: "I sent a message to him, and this kid dared to ignore me." We must collect the protection money. Otherwise, everyone will learn the same, so how can we do it? Then I don't worry, this kind of thing, I am the most familiar with it, I will beat him today, and he will pay obediently tomorrow. β
Seeing the paparazzi blocking him at the school gate, Zhou Yiwen turned around and ran.
The paparazzi hurried after him.
Liangkun also had to chase behind.
Running through the streets and alleys, Zhou Yiwen ran to the embankment in a panic, ran down the embankment, and was chased by the paparazzi in the river valley.
Even though he was surrounded by paparazzi and his little brother, Zhou Yiwen was still fighting back. Of course, it was quickly knocked to the ground.
If it weren't for Zhou Yiwen's accidentally getting stool on his body that he didn't know who left it, the paparazzi and his little brothers wouldn't have stopped.
But the paparazzi still surrounded Zhou Yiwen with his little brother and pointed and laughed: "Take the plug ()!" β
Seeing that Zhou Yiwen was annoyed and angry, it seemed that he had shared his stool with the paparazzi and others, but the paparazzi still gave up and continued to stimulate Zhou Yiwen, so that the mosquito escaped.
Liangkun stood on the embankment and watched the farce under the embankment.
Not far away, Li Zhilong, who had seen Jiang Zhen at the ceremony, was gambling on sausages with a few younger brothers.
This way of shopping is similar to the candy man at the gate of the primary school, and it can be traced back to the "Guan Pu" in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Seeing Liangkun, Li Zhilong raised the sausage in his hand and gestured, "Come on." β
Liangkun took the sausage, glanced at the river embankment, and said, "My two friends have a quarrel, let them shake hands and reconcile tomorrow." β
Li Zhilong smiled: "You've only been here for the first day, and you've made two friends, not bad!" β
Liangkun said: "How can your prince brother be strong and strong? β
Liangkun took a bite of the sausage, and immediately the juice overflowed, and his lips and teeth were fragrant.
"It's delicious!" Liangkun nodded and shouted to the paparazzi under the river embankment: "Paparazzi, stop fighting, come up and eat sausages." β
The paparazzi looked up and saw Liangkun, sent away his little brother, climbed the river embankment alone, and said to Liangkun: "What are you calling me for?" Don't you see I'm hitting someone? β
Liang Kun pouted at the sausage stall and said, "Do you want to play with this thing?" If you know how to play, you come and play, please eat sausages. β
Of course, the paparazzi will play, but they often have no money to play, and today there is a treat for Liangkun, he grabbed the dice on the sausage stall and said something in his mouth: "Come to a full house." β
The paparazzi never spoke to Li Zhilong and Li Zhilong's followers, and even if his eyes swept over them, he lowered his head slightly, unwilling to make eye contact with them.
Li Zhilong also felt a little embarrassed and said, "You guys play slowly, let's go first." β
When Li Zhilong walked away, the paparazzi raised his head and said, "How do you know Li Zhilong and them?" β
Liangkun said: "Is there anything wrong with him? β
The paparazzi said: "Li Zhilong, the son of Miaokou GETA!" β
Liangkun said: "The world is changing, and the family passed down from father to son is no longer the mainstream. Have you ever heard the saying, 'Princes and generals, rather have a kind'? β
The paparazzi blinked and said, "I think I've heard the teacher talk about it in class." β
Liangkun said: "Let's talk about Li Zhilong and his little brothers!" β
The paparazzi said: "Li Zhilong is the son of the boss of Miaokou GETA, and he is the eldest brother in their group; He Tianyou, a monk who really has the strength of his eldest brother, my cousin takes a fancy to him very much, because he grew up with Zhilong since he was a child, and the monk only has Zhilong in his eyes; Abo, Huang Wanbo, swaggered and deceived under the banner of Li Zhilong; As for the white monkey, Hou Chunsheng is an idiot, but he is very capable of fighting, and he is the kind that does not want to die in a fight, and was selected by Li Zhilong to be his follower. β
Liangkun said: "Abel and the white monkey are in our class, right?" β
The paparazzi said, "Yes." β
Liangkun nodded, and said, "Who is your cousin?" β
The paparazzi said: "My cousin's name is Wen Qian, he is the right and left hand of the boss of MASA in the back wall, he made a scapego for the boss of MASA a few years ago, and he was arrested and locked up, and he came out in more than a year." When my cousin comes out, I must ask him to fix that Li Zhilong. β
Liangkun said: "I'll have a treat at noon tomorrow, you and the newcomer will have a drink together, and everyone will have any grievances written off." β
The paparazzi said, "You said the one with the plug ()? β
Liangkun said: "He has not succumbed to being beaten by so many of you, he is a hard-boned person, and he will always come out if he does not die." It's unwise to go against such people! And, the most important thing is that today's events are all seen by Li Zhilong. If we don't hurry up and win him over, Li Zhilong will make a move. A great man once said: What is politics? Politics is about making the enemy's people less and their own people more! You don't think you have too many people and too few enemies, do you? β
The paparazzi muttered to themselves, "Great man? I haven't heard that the former president Jiang Gong said such a thing! β
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Not to mention how Zhou Yiwen returned home with an embarrassed body and opened a small beauty salon, how he clashed with the big brother of the Triple Gang who came here to spend money.
The next morning, when he walked to the school gate, Zhou Yiwen found that the paparazzi were "waiting for someone" with a few people.
Zhou Yiwen subconsciously knew that the paparazzi were waiting for him, and just turned around to skip class, he grabbed Zhou Yiwen's shoulder with one hand.
Liangkun said: "Zhou Yiwen, we have no malice. Yesterday, the paparazzi's joke went too far. Today, he's here to apologize to you. Everyone is young, be friends, and the previous unpleasantness is erased as chalk words. β
Holding Zhou Yiwen's shoulders and walking into the school, the guy who was entrenched on the stairs playing cards did not dare to collect the toll, and Liangkun also saw the back of Li Zhilong with the monk, Abo, and white monkey.
Liangkun, Zhou Yiwen, and the paparazzi sat on the rooftop of the top floor.
Liangkun said to Zhou Yiwen: "Mosquito, don't blame the paparazzi. He didn't have a mother since he was a child, and his father was a gambler, and no one at home made him a bento. It's not much better than you don't have a father, and it's not much better. β
Zhou Yiwen asked strangely: "How do you know that I don't have a father?" β
The paparazzi said disdainfully: "You have written it all on your face, what else do you not know?" β
Liangkun asked, "How did your father die?" β
Zhou Yiwen said with a sense of loss: "I didn't have a father since I was a child, and my father got an infectious disease after he went to Japan, and he sent him a postcard from Japan before he died. I had no friends, and I was bullied by my neighbors and classmates all the way to adulthood. β
The paparazzi took the initiative to say: "My mother can't stand my dad's gambling habits and ran away when I was five years old." β
Liangkun said: "Then it's better for the three of us to worship as brothers with different surnames, and from now on, you will have two more brothers." Not only will we not bully you, but if someone dares to bully you, we will help you fight hard. β
Zhou Yiwen was a little excited, and a little uneasy and said: "No one has ever looked down on me and made friends with me, you are the first." β
The paparazzi also said: "To befriend the head of the chicken and burn the yellow paper." None of these things! β
Liangkun said: "Let's go, go buy chicken and yellow paper." β
Zhou Yiwen asked, "No more classes." β
Liangkun said: "Classes are not listening to heavenly books, what are you going to? No, it's gone. β