Tang Qing walked into the store and saw a large group of people installing mirrors.
"Master Jiujin, do you think it's okay to install this mirror like this?"
Lao Longtou saw Tang Qing come in and asked for her opinion.
Only then did Tang Qing remember that the big mirror in the store was broken by her punch yesterday morning. In order to install the mirror for her, Lao Longtou was sweating profusely and even his clothes were soaked. She almost burst into tears with excitement.
, hurriedly said:
"No problem, no problem. The installation is better than the original one. Mr. Long, this mirror is so bright, isn't it cheap? How much does it cost? I'll give it to you."
Tang Qing went over to open the cash box.
On the side of the tool table in the barber shop, Tang Qing asked Carpenter Wang to make a small cabinet to store the money for shaving, which was never locked.
"Master Jiujin, this mirror is free of charge."
The old dragon closed the cash drawer that Tang Qing had opened.
"No money? How is that possible? Mr. Long, you bought me a mirror and installed it for me. The labor is not included, but the money for the mirror must be given to you."
Tang Qing opened the cash drawer and took out a few large banknotes.
"Master Jiujin, it really doesn't cost any money. I pulled this mirror from the discarded items in our unit."
The old dragon put the banknotes into the cash box.
Lao Longtou was originally a leader of the Yancheng Water Conservancy Department and had been retired for more than ten years.
"Did you pluck it from the discarded items in your unit?"
Tang Qing didn't quite believe it.
"Yes, the staff club in our unit is no longer open, so some of the items in it have been disposed of at a low price. This mirror was originally used to teach ballroom dancing. A corner was broken during the disassembly, and no one wanted it.
It's been left in the yard."
"Can't you tell which corner is broken?"
"I asked two friends from the glass shop to come over and cut it and wrap the four corners."
"Then the glass shop masters must be paid their wages."
"Master Jiujin, you don't have to be so polite."
"Yeah, why do we need wages? It's just a matter of effort."
Two sweaty young men wiped their sweat and said to Tang Qing.
"Thank you very much. From now on, you can come to my shop to have your hair shaved for free."
Tang Qing handed over the towel.
"That's good."
"I've heard that Master Jiujin is good at shaving heads. We will come to your place to have our heads shaved in the future."
The two young men did not accept the white towel handed over by Tang Qing, but picked up their clothes to wipe their sweat.
"You all know that Master Jiu Jin is good at shaving heads, but she is even better at helping neighbors solve their problems!"
A shirtless man limped into the store. He handed a few screws to the old faucet as he spoke.
"I'm asking, are you going to ride a rickshaw today?"
Tang Qing asked the shirtless man.
"Master Jiujin, if you want to thank me today, you should ask me. He brought this mirror here in a rickshaw. We were missing a few screws just now, so he rickshawed to Jiangbin Road to buy it."
The old dragon head didn't wait for the shirtless man to answer Tang Qing, took the screw in his hand and said to Tang Qing.
"That's it, please ask, thank you!"
Tang Qing handed a glass of water to the shirtless man.
"Master Jiujin, are you still polite to me? It's a great honor for me to serve you, Master Jiujin!"
The shirtless man took the water handed over by Tang Qing and drank it all in one gulp.
The shirtless man makes a living by riding a rickshaw. Because he likes to inquire and spread gossip, everyone calls him Bao Wengui.
Bao DaTing, who has just turned fifty, is an old bachelor. When he was young, he was a well-known gangster on the street. He had one of his legs broken because he competed with a big boss for a woman.
"Bao asked, it's an honor for me to get your help. Come on, take it."
Tang Qing took out a fifty yuan note.
"Hey, hey, Master Jiujin, what do you mean by this? Are you looking down on me?"
The expression on Bao Wenwen's face looked very angry, but his green bean eyes were fixed on the fifty-yuan note without blinking.
"I only give you this fifty yuan because I think highly of you. I know you can spend hundreds of yuan in a morning, don't I mean that? If you don't take it, you are looking down on me, right?"
"Master Jiujin, please don't say that, I will accept it."
Bao Datong took the fifty-yuan note from Tang Qing, and before stuffing it into his pocket, he didn't forget to shine it against the backlight of the door to see if it was genuine or not.
"Go and ride your rickshaw. Don't ferry here."
After Old Longtou tightened the screws, he looked sullen and went over to push Bao Wenting away from Tang Qing.
"You old man, you are so shameless. You were begging me just now and you kept saying nice things about me. Are you going to kill me so soon?"
Bao Wenwen was pushed by Lao Longtou. He stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Before Lao Longtou transferred to the local area, he was a fighting hero in the army. Although he is over seventy years old, he is full of energy and insists on participating in the voluntary patrol team of the neighborhood committee every day.
"Are you leaving?"
The old dragon head stared blankly and got angry.
"I'm going, I'm going."
Bao asked and quickly walked out of the barber shop.
"Oh, I'm so old and confused. How can I ask him to pull a mirror? I made Master Jiu Jin waste his fifty yuan. Humph, I ask, don't come to People's Barber Shop in the future. I'll beat you every time you come!"
After finishing his work, the old leader sat on a long bench and sulked.
Tang Qing sent away the two masters of the glass shop and returned to the shop. Seeing the appearance of the old dragon head, he persuaded:
"Master Long, do you know? I feel at ease only if I ask him to accept the money. Otherwise, I won't worry."
The old dragon head didn't understand what Tang Qing meant and asked:
"Master Jiujin, how come you feel at ease after spending unjust money?"
While Tang Qing was cleaning, he said to the old dragon head with a smile:
"Long Ye, why do I have to ask for money from Bao and ask him to accept it? But I only thank you and the two masters in the glass shop, but I'm not polite at all?"
"Why?"
"Long Ye, after I officially entered the industry and became a barber, my grandfather warned me that barbering is a business of dealing with people, and one must distinguish between good and evil."
"Of course there is a clear distinction between good and evil."
"Long Ye, what my grandpa refers to is not just the steelyard in his heart, where he has to distinguish between good and bad. He refers to good people and evil people, who must be treated separately. They must be clear-cut and cannot be careless!"
"Oh, is there such a thing?"
"My grandpa said that you can treat kind people as you like. You come and I go up and down, and you don't have to be more or less serious, because we are both kind people, and helping each other is normal. Who doesn't have troubles? He is helping you now.
, just write it down first, and when he encounters difficulties in the future, you can just help him."
"That's true, but what about treating evil people?"
"My grandfather said that good and evil are actually essential differences and exist in their bones. Good people are naturally good, and evil people are naturally evil. This will not change because of changes in age and environment. The so-called nature can be moved but hard to change.
"
"Three years old looks older than seven years old looks old. People are good or evil. They are really born with good bones."
"So my grandfather warned me that when it comes to evil people, you must draw clear boundaries at all times and everywhere. You must not get entangled with them too much, and you must not get hurt because you hate evil as much as you hate them. Evil people must have their own purposes in trying to please you. Then
You settle it in time, and on the premise that it doesn't affect any major right or wrong, it doesn't matter if you lose a little bit, and you must not give him a chance to blackmail you."
"Oh, my understanding of life as a veteran cadre is not as good as your grandfather, an old barber!"
"Long Ye, my grandpa is just a summary of his life experience from decades of walking through villages and alleys to shave his head, and it is also for self-protection. Like you, you have been selfless and dedicated through life and death, and you are still so upright and upright. Every neighbor says hello to you.
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"Master Jiujin, you praise me. But after you said this, I understand why you had to ask Bao for fifty yuan."
"Master Long, you should be able to go back for lunch, right? You've been busy with me all morning. Go back for lunch and then take a good nap."
"Well, I'm going back to have lunch."
Old Longtou stood up, walked to the door, turned back and said to Tang Qing:
"Hey, Master Jiujin, I almost forgot that a man wearing glasses came to the store this morning to look for you."