The delivery rider in front of me was wearing a yellow jacket. Because he had been exposed to the sun and rain all year round, his skin was extremely rough and dark.
He is about fifty years old, and he is almost the same as the uncle and aunt on the bus when Chen Hai was in Japan.
However, compared with them, the delivery rider in front of him looked much older. At first glance, he already looked like a little old man.
"Brother, when you sign for it, could you please give me a good review?"
Seeing that Chen Hai seemed a little distracted, the delivery boy looked humble and quickly added something inappropriate.
"Tong Daqiang? Brother Qiang?" Without responding directly to the takeaway rider's words, Chen Hai tentatively asked.
He is naturally familiar with Tong Daqiang.
However, the delivery rider in front of him was a bit different from the Brother Qiang in his impression.
Is it him? I'm not completely sure, and Chen Hai has some difficulty confirming it.
"Who are you?" Hearing Chen Hai call out his name, the boy outside looked suspicious. He looked up and down at Chen Hai carefully for a long time.
"Chen Hai, Brother Hai? Impossible, Brother Hai can't be so young..."
The memories from twenty or thirty years ago seemed a bit blurry in Tong Daqiang's mind.
After calling out Chen Hai's name, his head shook like a rattle. He immediately completely rejected his guess.
The reason why this is so is actually not surprising.
After all, in Tong Daqiang's impression, Chen Hai is only a few years younger than him. Logically speaking, he should be over fifty.
But the young man in front of me looks to be in his early twenties at most. If he is said to be a student, no one will doubt him.
Even though such a young man was very similar to the Chen Hai in his memory, he still found it hard to believe that the two could be the same person.
"I am Chen Hai, nothing is impossible."
"Come on, come in and sit down!" Without any explanation, Chen Hai pulled him into the room.
"I just took the order, and it will be delayed. If it cannot be delivered on time, the customer will complain and the money will be deducted..."
Chen Hai's enthusiasm made Tong Daqiang extremely awkward. He hesitated and explained.
When he was young, he was high-spirited and full of energy.
But now, in his late fifties, with a family to support, he has already been tortured to pieces by the cruelty of life.
From his body, there is not much enterprising spirit, only the obvious twilight, written clearly on his face.
Of course, the reason why he said these words must be that he still had some doubts about the identity of Chen Hai in front of him.
After all, it is really unbelievable that a man over fifty looks like a young man in his early twenties.
"If you deduct money, you will deduct money. You are so scared!"
"Don't you have a reward function here for delivery riders? I'll replenish it for you by deducting as much as you want!"
Chen Hai rolled his eyes at Tong Daqiang angrily, picked up his phone, thought about it, and directly tipped 8888.
After returning to Liuyuan County for half a day, everything was strange.
After finally meeting Tong Daqiang, a former acquaintance of his, he naturally wanted to reminisce with him and have a few more words.
In any case, Tong Daqiang used to make a living with him.
Seeing him in such a state of desolation, giving him a small reward through the food delivery platform was nothing to Chen Hai!
"Are you really Brother Hai?" Tong Daqiang, who received the reward message, had all doubts on his face, leaving only deep shock.
After all, people have already made real money out of it.
Apart from the fact that the person in front of him was really Chen Hai, he really couldn't think of any other reason why this person could reward him with so much money without saying a word.
You know, if you run a takeaway in a small county like Liuyuan County, after a month of hard work, it usually only costs 3,000 or 4,000 yuan.
If the market is good, if you can have five or six thousand, you are already Amitabha.
If this person is not Chen Hai, who can be so generous as to reward himself with one or two months' salary?
"Brother Hai, your appearance..."
In terms of age, although Tong Daqiang is several years older than Chen Hai, he has been calling Chen Hai with the honorific title of Brother Hai since he started working with Chen Hai.
Although he no longer doubted Chen Hai's identity, he still couldn't help being curious and asked.
"I went to Japan and something unexpected happened."
"I was sealed in a cave and practiced in seclusion for a period of time. When I came out, I was already where I am now."
"Is there something wrong with my appearance? Eternal youth is a dream that many people can only dream of..."
After making a haha and using a teasing tone, Chen Hai responded with a smile.
"Brother Hai, you are amazing!" Although he couldn't tell whether his words were true or false, Tong Daqiang still gave a thumbs up and then echoed.
"I still remember that you gave me a fortune teller before, saying that I would wear a yellow mandarin and have plenty of meat and fish with me every day."
"At that time, I thought you were joking with me."
"But now, since I became a food delivery rider, I realized that you had already figured it out a long time ago, and I was just the one delivering food."
"I have to say, Brother Hai, you are really amazing at divination..."
Speaking of this, Tong Daqiang looked helpless and smiled bitterly.
Back then, he was always showing off the fact that he would wear a yellow jacket in the future.
Comparing it now, a strong bitterness suddenly surged into his heart.
Some things seem to be destined by fate.
If Chen Hai, a noble man, had been supporting him, Tong Daqiang's fate might have changed.
When Chen Hai was gone, he was not only brought back to his original shape and returned to his original destiny, but he also continued to have bad luck.
I was riding an electric bike out and accidentally hit an old lady.
When he went home at night, the manhole cover of the water island was stolen, and he fell into it.
When trying to surf the Internet in an Internet cafe, people who catch fugitives can catch the wrong person and lock him up for two days...
Similar unfortunate incidents did not just happen once or twice. For a period of time, he would encounter them almost every ten days and a half.
It wasn't until he put on a yellow jacket and became a glorious delivery rider that his bad luck slowly disappeared until it was completely gone.
Over the years, the hardships of life have already tortured him to the point where he has completely lost his temper.
"By the way, what's going on over there at the winery?"
"Where is my old cousin? What's the situation now?"
Suddenly thinking about this matter, Chen Hai opened his mouth and asked.
"Brother Hai, if you leave this fine winery to us, it will go bankrupt within a few years."
"We have failed to live up to your great trust. We are really ashamed to mention this matter to you!"
"The winery's bankruptcy was mainly caused by excessive expansion, coupled with quality problems, and it was revealed that it was substandard and shoddy, leading to a break in the capital chain!"
"In terms of responsibility, I, your cousin, and Mr. Qiu all have some."
"The winery went bankrupt and was sealed. In addition to some other problems involved, Mr. Qiu was still responsible and resisted everything. In the end, he was sentenced to seven years."
"As for where he went after he was released from prison, I don't know!"
"Your old cousin and I have actually picked things up from the winery, but they have become useless."
After a pause, Tong Daqiang let out a long sigh and added: "Since the accident at the winery, I, like me, have been extremely unlucky."
"He was working as a bricklayer on the construction site and had several accidents."
"A few days ago, I heard that the wages in northern Myanmar were high and the money was easy to make. He and two co-workers went there together."
"Just yesterday, he called me and said that he was over there and could earn one or two thousand a day..."
Speaking of Sun Jinzhong's current situation, Tong Daqiang seems to be a little envious.
Unfortunately, he couldn't get away at all.
His wife was reluctant to even go to other cities to work, let alone let him go to northern Myanmar!