Chapter VII: The Dock Conflict
After finishing the haircut for the guest, Lao Zhang beckoned Bao Guowei to come and cut his head.
As soon as Lao Zhang came up, he committed an occupational disease, so he picked up scissors and wanted to overhaul Bao Guowei's forehead.
The sideburns in Bao Guowei's eyes are obviously different from those in Lao Zhang's eyes, and the difference is so big that it can't be said to be the same concept.
Under Bao Guowei's stopping, Lao Zhang failed to show his handiwork. I had to cut my sideburns and trim the hair on the back of my head slightly.
Lao Zhang chatted with Bao Guowei while getting a haircut, talking about some of Lao Bao's previous troubles, Bao Guowei was quite interested in this, listened carefully, and laughed a few times from time to time.
After the haircut, Lao Zhang wiped Bao Guowei's broken hair, and looked at Bao Guowei in the mirror with satisfaction.
"Look, this is a good cut, it was not good-looking, but now it is even more handsome. But your hair is not long enough, if you keep it longer, you can wipe it into what kind of hairstyle is popular in the West, what is it called, ah, big back! ”
"It's a good cut, Uncle Zhang, your craftsmanship for more than 20 years is indeed perfect. But Uncle Zhang, why don't you see Zhang Siwu? I haven't played with him in a few days, and I want to play with him. ”
Bao Guowei keenly felt that Lao Zhang's hand was slightly sluggish.
"He, he should be shelved at the North Wharf of the Gate to unload the goods, the year is not good, there will be wars at every turn, all kinds of miscellaneous taxes, business is not easy to do, and the family is not as good as a day. In total, he went to the dock with some friends to work as temporary workers to subsidize his family. ”
If it was before, Lao Zhang was actually not very willing to let people like Zhang Siwu and Bao Guowei mess around, for fear of being taken badly. However, after getting along this time, Lao Zhang's opinion of Bao Guowei has changed greatly, so he told him where Zhang Siwu is.
Knowing the location of Zhang Siwu, Bao Guowei said goodbye to Lao Zhang with a smile, although he could walk to the door in just two steps, Lao Zhang still helped him stop the doorknob and send it away.
Looking at the back of Bao Guowei leaving, Lao Zhang pondered: This kid is now like a different person, much stronger than before, and even speaks with idioms. I heard that Lao Bao bought a lot of books for him before, could it be that he read books? I also bought a few copies for four or five to try, I'm afraid it's a little expensive.
Although Gusu is not directly close to the sea, water transportation is extremely developed, with rivers and lakes all over the place, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal flows through. The Orientals have long taken a fancy to this well-connected trading treasure and proposed it as one of the treaty ports in the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
However, Gusu City, which was reduced to a treaty port, developed faster under the intervention of the Orientals, which has to be said to be extremely ironic.
At the north wharf of Changmen, there are many people on the avenue, a bunch of rickshaws are placed messily, and a large row of "Xiangzi" stands next to it waiting to solicit customers, as if a rickshaw station has been built here.
At the west end of the road, there is a large platform three or four meters deep, which is wide and large, and some plank roads have been built to the water's edge. There are many ships at the wharf, and there are many masts, and the longest pole is more than ten meters. Some boats still have wide sails, and some small fishing boats are sandwiched inside.
Some rickshaw drivers may be tired of waiting for customers, so they squat on the side of West Avenue and watch the boats and people below, chat with the people next to them, and see if there are any distinguished customers ashore.
"Eh, why are you fighting again, and it's only been a few days of stable life."
"Yes, taxes were raised as soon as there was a war, and now the price of rice is expensive. A group of refugees ran here, and they didn't like to take the car when they got off the boat, for fear that they wouldn't save money to find chickens! I went to check it out last night, and the price of chickens has gone up! ”
Next to the wharf, there are many half-armed laborers, loading and unloading in full swing, and a forty or fifty-year-old steward stands on the high platform next to the plank road to command and supervise. If the owner wants to find someone to help load and unload the goods, he must first find the steward, and the steward will draw a sum of money and then pay the laborers who receive the work, and the laborers will do the work for them.
Bao Guowei stood next to the stands and looked down to see if he could find Zhang Siwu.
There are indeed many young workers on the side of the platform who move things on the flow of people under the wharf, and the steward is not afraid that the workers will run away with the goods.
There are people coming and going, and it is really difficult to find Zhang Siwu, and I didn't wait to find it after looking for a few minutes.
Just when Bao Guowei was about to give up and go to find Hu's eldest son Hu Xiaoshan, he saw a sudden commotion below.
It turned out that there were two groups of young workers who were about to fight, one group of five people standing, and the other group of six. The laborers and boatmen around them just avoided them and went about their work, as if they were accustomed to this kind of scene.
"His mother's, grab us alive! Don't you want to live anymore! ”
"Your mother is a go-on, robbing you with a job? The work of the past few days has been given to you, and it stands to reason that it should have been our turn to do it a long time ago, so don't look too ugly when you eat! Do you force us to do it, really when our brothers are vegetarians! ”
"Fight! Fight! ”
Some laborers who like to join in the fun pass by and laugh at this group of small workers.
"You're fucking ......"
The little foreman who was swearing was punched in the side of the face, and immediately took two steps back and covered his cheek with his hand, frowning.
Bao Guowei took a closer look, wasn't the one who punched someone in the face Zhang Siwu? Hu Xiaoshan seems to be in that group of people.
"Brothers side by side!"
"Hit it! Who is afraid that you will not succeed! ”
The two groups of people rushed together and scuffled.
Since it was Lao Zhang's son who was fighting with someone, Bao Guowei couldn't ignore it, and he quickly walked through the crowd and caused a burst of complaints.
"I'm sorry, I've borrowed it, I've borrowed it!"
Bao Guowei hurried over the platform ladder quickly, but before he arrived, he had already begun to call and stage a full martial arts parade.
"Stop fighting! The bad guy is coming! ”
Bao Guowei rushed over and shouted scarelessly, but the two sides were already fighting, so how could they stop. It's useless when the bad guy comes, and the most he can do in a fight is to be caught in a juvenile prison for a few days, and he has to give up his life to others after he loses the fight.
Zhang Siwu's cheekbones were a little purple at the beginning of the beating, and his face was a little hideous, and he was pressing the young man who was the head just now under his body, the young man had a nosebleed, and raised his arm to block Zhang Siwu's fist with difficulty, and his arm was bright red and was about to break out of the bruises, and he still didn't say a word, just grinning in pain.
Zhang Siwu felt a little familiar when he heard Bao Guowei's voice, turned his head to look, and shouted with some surprise:
"Bao Guowei! Come over and help, you don't know anyone else, you just help Hu Xiaoshan, and you will follow whoever Hu Xiaoshan beats! Just hit your arms and legs, don't kill them! ”
Zhang Siwu still seems to have a lot of sense, and even thinks about Bao Guowei, afraid that Bao Guowei will not be able to recognize who to hit and hit the wrong person.
Hearing Zhang Siwu's words, Bao Guowei immediately concentrated into a state of brain overload, and all the scenes in front of him seemed to be driving at a low speed, and he could clearly see everyone's movements.
Hu Xiaoshan, he was fighting with two people, one person was holding his hands from behind, and the other was punching and kicking Hu Xiaoshan, Hu Xiaoshan was in pain, so he could only shake his body back and forth trying to block his fists and feet with the person behind him.
Out of caution, Bao Guowei did not act immediately, but used his brain overload to observe the situation.
He found that both groups of people were very restrained: they would never attack people's vital points. Almost all of the attacks fall on the opponent's limbs and shoulders, and the head, chest, abdomen, and other places that are easy to kill people are not even touched.
In this world, those who come out early to mix, even if they are young people, there are few stupid ones, and the big guys come out to eat.
Although it is very important to rob the job, it is not possible to make a fuss and lose money and squat in the class room for a job.
The temper is too explosive, and no one dares to ask for a person with a bad brain who wants to join the gang, in case he misses and kills someone, it will cause everyone to lose money and squat in the class room together.
If this is a fight that may cause death, even if it is for the sake of Lao Zhang's feelings, Bao Guowei will never help. However, after seeing the truth in this, Bao Guowei still decided to get involved.
He's going to make a move!