It was already 9 o'clock in the evening when we arrived at Quancheng Railway Station. Compared with Yanhai City, the temperature in Quancheng was slightly lower. Shen You followed Bai Qianqian who was wearing a dog-skin waistcoat, while Luo Feng was ten meters behind them, keeping a distance. Not too close or too far away.

The girl also got off the bus in Quancheng. When she got off the bus, she saw Shen You and Bai Qianqian. She originally thought that Shen You would definitely strike up a conversation with her, but in the end he didn't. Although she didn't want to be struck up, when Shen You really didn't strike up a conversation with him. , but she felt faintly disappointed.

This is the case with many things. When something you are disgusted with does not happen as you thought, you will feel a little bit disappointed.

Shen You also saw her, but he didn't go over to talk to her. They met by chance. A guest from a foreign land is like a duckweed. Meeting her is fate, but not meeting her is a duty. There is no need to be sad.

There are many things that you can just do without doing. Once you have done it, there is no need to care about the final outcome.

A relatively young man picked up the girl and drove away after exiting the station.

Bai Qianqian kept making tut-tsk sounds from the moment he left the station, and said in a very sighing tone: "This guy has changed a lot since I came here last time. Well, he deserves to be a big city."

Luo Feng and Shen You ignored him and didn't take it seriously. They bought three steaming roasted sweet potatoes from a roadside stall selling roasted sweet potatoes. They brought them back and stuffed them into Shen You and Luo Feng without any explanation. in hands.

As soon as the sweet smell of roasted sweet potatoes reached their noses, the howling cold wind suddenly aroused the hunger in Shen You and Luo Feng's stomachs, and the two of them took it and started to eat it.

Luo Feng said jokingly: "Old man, you are quite attentive. I thought you only knew how to tell jokes!"

After hearing this, Bai Qianqian said with some seriousness: "Actually, you are a local snake and may not know the hardships of running around in the world. To be honest, when I was running around in the world, I lived and died several times. I looked at the people selling things on the roadside in the middle of the night or early in the morning. If I have money, I will definitely buy it. It is not easy for everyone, and they are just begging for food. These days, if you can rely on your own hands, you are a respectable person."

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore. In exchange for my words, old man, you will give me a big lesson. But it is indeed right. I will learn from you and learn from you in the future." Seeing that Bai Qianqian was a little unhappy, Luo Feng hurriedly said.

While eating sweet potatoes, the three of them found a small hotel by the roadside. At this time, Luo Feng also went to the small store next to the hotel and bought some peanuts, five packs of Wujiang mustard, a few ham sausages and two bottles of Erguotou.

Inside the small hotel, there is a charcoal stove that the owner burns himself. Although it is a bit choking, it is very warm. Coupled with a few cups of Erguotou, it naturally makes people feel warm.

The three people who coincidentally did not mention what happened in Yanhai City or what they were going to do when they came to Quancheng. Most of the time was left to Bai Qian. This guy had been traveling around for a long time and could tell all kinds of jokes by heart.

Early the next morning, the three of them got up early. Bai Qianqian and Shen You were together, and Luo Feng was alone. The three of them split into two groups and wandered around Quancheng.

Quancheng, as the name suggests, has a lot of spring water. It is surrounded by lotus flowers and mountains as the main tone, and the auxiliary Liuyicheng Lake on three sides forms the entire Quancheng.

We walked around until after five o'clock in the afternoon, and then Bai Qianqian mysteriously said to Shen You, "I'll take you to meet someone later."

Who is Shen You asking?

Bai Qian didn't say anything clearly, but there was a mysterious look on his expression.

Shen You simply didn't ask any more questions, and Bai Qianqian took Shen You to the core of the old town of Quancheng. Different from the high-rise buildings, the core is the old bungalows that retain the original architectural colors. After all, tourism is a driving force. At this time of economic development, having such a well-preserved old house is also a great asset.

Bai Qian checked the direction and stopped at a stall selling roast chicken at the entrance of an alley. Shen You took out his wallet in a tacit understanding.

I originally thought he was buying some roast chicken to visit an old friend, but I didn't expect that Bai Qianqian took advantage of the vendor's idle time and said to the vendor, "Get as many chicken butts as you want."

Shen You was stunned. During his stay in Yanhai City, he also knew that many people like to ask the vendors to pick off the buttocks directly when buying roast chicken and duck, and the vendors usually don't throw them away. Most of them take them back and feed them to the dogs. .

The vendor was also stunned. He has been running a stall here for three years and has heard many times about buying roast chicken without chicken butts, but this was the first time he came here just to buy chicken butts.

He was surprised, but he couldn't lie after seeing millions of chicken butts. He immediately put the chicken butts in plastic bags. At a glance, Shen You saw that there were forty or fifty. In the end, the chicken butts were sold for five cents of the price of the whole chicken. One of them was sold by a street vendor for hundreds of millions.

The first thing Bai Qianqian did after receiving it was put the plastic bag filled with chicken butts to his nose, take a gentle breath, and immediately look like he was enjoying it.

Shen You couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this, but fortunately, Bai Qianqian was not bored enough to lament anymore. He just walked into the alley and bought four bottles of Erguotou and two packs of the most ordinary Jinyinshan cigarettes from the small shop in the alley. .

Shen You didn't say a word from beginning to end. He took the four bottles of wine he handed over and continued walking in after him.

After walking zigzag for 300 meters, a small intersection appeared in front of Shen You. The streets in the old city were relatively complicated, and the intersection was particularly crowded on the streets that were not spacious in the first place.

After passing through the intersection, Bai Qian stopped at a bicycle repair stall. It was already dark now, and under the dim street lights, an old man with white hair, wearing a green military coat and a leather waistcoat was repairing bicycles meticulously. On a bicycle.

Bai Qian stood in front of the stall for a while. The old man who repaired the car slowly raised his head as if he felt something. What a pair of lifeless eyes he saw!

Shen You secretly prayed that it wouldn't be him. Just as he was chasing after him, Bai Qianqian said, "We haven't seen each other for many years. How are you doing, old brother?"

A glimmer of light suddenly burst out in the old man's eyes. Although it disappeared instantly, it really surprised Shen You, and he finally understood that this old man who repaired cars was not an ordinary person.

After the light disappeared, as if it had nothing to do with him, the old man lowered his head again and repaired the bicycle in front of him meticulously. Bai Qianqian didn't say anything, but just looked at the old man with interest.

Finally, after finishing what he was doing, the old man stood up slowly, packed up his tools, got up and walked inside.

Bai Qianqian didn't say anything, but just followed step by step.

The second door was at the door. The old man opened the door, put his things away, and walked in without any intention of greeting Bai Qianqian and Shen You. Only then did Shen You realize that the old man's back was very rickety, and he was no longer as happy as before. Ji's back should be arched three points further.

"Okay! You've been here for so many years, you're not lonely at all?" After entering, he looked around the empty room and said to the old man half-jokingly.

"You haven't been here for so many years, and you came all the way here to tell me this nonsense, right?" The old man finally spoke.

"It's still the same as always. I can't spit out my teeth! If nothing else, let's have a drink first!" Bai Qian put the bag containing the chicken butts on the table that hadn't been wiped for who knows how long, without restraint. Just do it with your legs crossed.

The old man seemed to be used to it and sat down opposite him. Bai Qianqian took two bottles of Erguotou from Shen You's hand, unscrewed one of them and handed it directly to the old man. He also unscrewed one and put it in front of his eyes.

"Wait a minute, this thing is good for drinking, but it's not enough." After saying that, the old man stood up, and under Shen You's gaze, he held five green onions nearly one meter high and a large bowl of blackened home-brewed bean paste. Jiang came over.

The two of them paid no attention to the matter, holding up the bottle of Erguotou and bumping it. Almost at the same time, both of them grabbed the chicken butts on the table. Each of them swallowed two or three until their hands and mouth were shiny, and then they were alone. Pick up a green onion, dip it in some sauce and start chewing it.

"After all, I won't go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything." After four sips in a row, the old man said when he was almost halfway through the Erguotou in the bottle.

"It's nothing, I'm going to go shopping in Quancheng. I don't know whose dock I'm at now. I'm here to say goodbye!"

After hearing this, the old man snorted and said: "I'm just a car repairman, what do I know?" Even so, he still took a sip of wine and continued: "The old man of the Zeng family was famous in death, but he was famous in life. A lot of roads were paved and a lot of trees were planted, so people still admire him to this day. What's more important is that his son, who was originally thought to be one of the yamen, can easily control power. His two sons-in-law both hold important positions. Although Mr. Zeng was indispensable for paving roads and building bridges back then, they were indeed people with some skills."

When he heard this, Shen You's eyes couldn't help but light up. Sure enough, the old man went on to say: "This song has always been a combination of positive and negative, black and white. Although the Zeng family no longer has the old man, it can still be performed without any accidents." Thirty years of prosperity.”

Perhaps seeing the confusion in Shen You's eyes, he immediately continued: "Don't worry, the combination of black and white is a normal thing in Quan City."

"Well, Yang Zhuma was admitted a few years ago because of this?"

"Well, the old man of the Zeng family made a plan before he died. He got the real estate company under his name that attracted the fastest money, and passed it to Zeng Hu. Zeng Hu also lived up to his expectations and became Quancheng every three years. The person who won the Corporate Newcomer Award."

"Is Zou Qingmei doing this now?"

"Well, Yang Zhuma's previous businesses, except real estate, were all made by Zou Qingmei. She has been with Yang Zhuma for more than ten years, and she is more or less a figure. With her previous foundation, she can now compete with the Zeng family. "

Unknowingly, everyone drank two bottles of Erguotou, and the old man's tongue became a little bigger when he spoke. Perhaps because he saw that Bai Qian didn't mean to leave, he stood up slightly tremblingly and said to Bai Qian: "Oh! Every time I come here, you won't stop until I boil a pot of wine!"

Then he sighed and walked out with a large enamel jar. The aroma of wine overflowed in the jar and could be faintly smelled.
Chapter completed!