Chapter 25: A Friend Comes from Far Away
"No hurry, no hurry!"
King Zheng took out the wine jug from his waist, took a big sip, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Good things are not in a hurry, little brother, do you know what a big day today is?" β
I thought about it for a while and asked, "Is it possible, today is Brother Zheng's birthday?" β
King Zheng laughed and said something about it.
He spitted wine, swaggered to a blackened calendar hanging on the wall, pointed to the day and said that today was Children's Day, and he would celebrate this holiday when he was a child.
It was only on Children's Day that he felt innocent and childlike.
"Even if the sky falls, we must celebrate Children's Day." King Zheng smiled, took out the hundred-yuan bill I gave him, and said that it was rare for a friend to come from afar today, and it was lunch time, and he had to do his best to be a landlord.
After saying that, King Zheng didn't care if I wanted to or not, he grabbed my arm and walked out of the store.
I was dragged by him for dozens of meters, and the two of us came to a pickled vegetable stall, the stall owner was very familiar with King Zheng, and enthusiastically shouted the head shaving king, and asked King Zheng if he was eating peanuts again today?
I saw fried and bagged peanuts on the stall, and King Zheng cut in to the stall owner's inquiry and said:
"What do you mean, what do you mean to eat again? I love peanuts, not because I don't have money to buy anything else, but because I personally like it. I like it, I like it, you don't understand the word, laugh, get some meat dishes for my brother at noon today! β
The stall owner laughed and said yes, according to King Zheng's arrangement, he cut some braised scalp and some pork liver.
In the end, the stall owner had to give away a bag of peanuts for free.
This King Zheng, who had spent more than forty years in distress, smiled happily, patted me on the shoulder and said, look, the people in the urban village here are all his friends of King Zheng.
The stall owner laughed and told me that the shaved head king was good at everything, but he was dirty and pretending, and I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
On the other hand, King Zheng did not feel the slightest embarrassment, but laughed even louder.
On the way back from the braised meat stall, I met three children, who rushed over when they saw King Zheng, and went to grab the braised vegetable bag in King Zheng's hand with a smile, clamoring to eat meat.
King Zheng smiled and divided a few pieces of meat between them, and the three children didn't thank each other, and one of the older children stretched out an inverted middle finger towards King Zheng, saying disdainfully that the shaved king was too stingy, and he deserved not to marry a daughter-in-law in this life.
King Zheng was not angry about this, and told me to ignore the three children, saying that he was used to being rude to the children.
I smiled, and I could see that King Zheng's popularity in the urban village was very good, and even the children got along well with him, otherwise those three children would not dare to play with King Zheng.
Back at the store, King Zheng set up a small table and a small stool at the door of the store, put the braised vegetables and peanuts in a large bowl, handed me a pair of chopsticks that were quite old, and asked me if I wouldn't dislike it, right?
Before I could speak, King Zheng said to himself that he should not be disgusted, and those who can be brothers with Zhou Wu are not rich!
That's right, and no one else!
I smiled stupidly and sat on the small stool, I didn't mention the matter of helping Zhou Wu again, since King Zheng said that he could discuss it after Children's Day, I didn't want to disturb his Yaxing in a hurry.
"Here, take a sip!"
King Zheng sat across from me, he was a big man, and he looked awkward sitting on a small stool, but King Zheng didn't care, and handed me the flask he had drunk in his hand.
Looking at the greasy spout of the wine jug, to be honest, I was a little resistant in my heart, saying that the disease came from the mouth, and the ghost knew if the sloppy King Zheng had any infectious diseases!
But I knew that if I didn't drink it, it would definitely make King Zheng feel uncomfortable.
After a brief thought of less than a second, I took the flask, opened my mouth and drank it, and the strong smell of white wine made me cough.
Hahaha......
Seeing that I had drunk, King Zheng smiled happily, and he said that ordinary people could not drink his wine jug, and many people in the urban village begged him, but he did not use the wine jug for others.
I laughed when I heard it, knowing that King Zheng was blowing it again, and it was not illegal to brag anyway, so I drank with him and listened to him.
After a long time of contact with King Zheng, I found out that he is quite capable of blowing, knowing astronomy and geography, and actually understanding the secret art of feng shui.
"It's not me bragging, if I hadn't guarded the ancestral business of the shaving shop, I, King Zheng, would definitely be a genius, a tomb robber who can shave his head!"
King Zheng said spittle, but I secretly took a look at his so-called 'ancestral business', this store has been run by King Zheng like this, and I don't know what his ancestors will think if they know about it?
As for the tomb robber wizard, I think King Zheng is very convincing, as if he really robbed the tomb.
I chatted with King Zheng for more than an hour, and I couldn't hold it anymore after the liquor was served, and King Zheng didn't force me to continue drinking, so I slept on his bed that was dirtier than a kennel.
When I woke up, I found that the shop was closed, the sky had darkened, and when I looked at the time on my phone, it was almost 8 o'clock in the evening.
There was a missed call on the mobile phone, which was about 3 p.m., from a landline number in a neighboring province.
I wondered if it would be Zhou Wu's call, so I immediately dialed back.
The caller on the other side of the phone, the owner of a small supermarket, said that the phone was a public phone, and he could not remember who made the call at about 3 o'clock.
I asked again with a very good attitude, which city is they over there, and is there a coal kiln?
The supermarket owner told me that the city where he lives is called L County, and there are many coal kilns in the local area, some on the surface and some in the dark.
I said thank you, but I didn't dare to ask more, for fear that the supermarket owner would treat me as a reporter who secretly visited the black coal kiln.
L County, a famous coal county in the neighboring province, that's right!
It was explained that the missed call in the afternoon was from Zhou Wu, who said that he was going to the black coal kiln in another province, and he should have gone to L County in the neighboring province.
It's just that I drank too much and couldn't get a call from Brother Wu, which has to be said to be a pity, but thinking that Zhou Wu could call me to show that he had arrived safely, this also made me feel a lot more relieved, and I believe that Zhou Wu will contact me again.
I withdrew my thoughts from Zhou Wu, got up from the bed, and called Brother Zheng a few times, but no one in the shop responded.
I thought to myself that King Zheng should have gone out, and I was about to open the door to leave, but at this time, King Zheng opened the door from the outside and walked in.
"Little brother, have you woken up?" When King Zheng entered the house, he asked me.
I patted my head, felt my mind clear, and said I had sobered up.
King Zheng said that it would be good, he didn't turn on the light, and stuffed a plastic bag in my hand: "It is the relevant items I have prepared, and now that it is dark, we should also act according to your plan!" β
I immediately smiled: "Brother Zheng, I thought it was Children's Day today, and everything was postponed." Unexpectedly, you took advantage of me to drink and sleep more, but you were busy preparing. β
King Zheng said: "Can you compare with me?" You said it yourself, you want to celebrate Children's Day, but my brother and I have been adults for a long time, what else is Children's Day, do you say you are childish? β
"This ......"
I was blackened by King Zheng's words, obviously this guy has to celebrate Children's Day, but now he calls me naΓ―ve.
"Keep up with the speed, do you still want to save your Brother Zhou Wu, just keep up if you want to!"
King Zheng raised his hand and slapped me on the forehead and led me out of the shop.
He quickly closed the door of the shop, and stepped out like a sensitive mouse, and was the first to burrow into the night.