Chapter 34: How Difficult People's Livelihood Is
Xue Xiangzao was so greedy that he smiled and agreed a few words. Then he held the chopsticks and attacked the bowl of oily, fragrant, half colorful and half green and green donkey mixed cakes in front of him.
As soon as the soup was wrapped in the pancake, Xue Xiang felt his tongue jump up. It seemed that in an instant, all the taste buds were activated, strong fragrance, spicy, numb, and vigorous. This wonderful taste immediately made the greed in his stomach rebell.
At that moment, Xue Xiang picked up the chopsticks, opened his mouth, and it was like swallowing a river. Huh, and in a flash, most of it went down.
The old man there had just sent away a table of guests. Seeing Xue Xiang eating sweetly, he was happy and said, "Comrade, I still have the five-spice donkey meat made from the secret local arts. Do you want to come?"
Mr. Xue hurriedly put down the bowl, "Come two pounds, this donkey mixed Hu spicy cake, and you will also serve two more bowls!"
Mr. Xue has experienced countless delicious foods in his life, but today he is the most eye-opener.
The old man waved his hand to greet the old woman to prepare the materials and said happily: "I have seen that the comrade is a big belly man, but we have enough Hu La Seed Bread, but there is not much five-spice donkey meat. This is the sign of the old man. Some customers are just here to come, so they can't give up so much. Seeing that the comrade is generous and is a foreign customer, he can only give up half a pound of you at most."
"Chengcheng, self-management, self-management!"
Speaking, Xue Xiang launched an attack on Haiwan again.
Now, he didn't eat it anymore. Although he was eating it very hard, he was waiting for the old man to pick it up.
Sure enough, when he just put down the bowl, two bowls of Hu La Seed Bread and a plate of clear five-spice donkey meat arrived.
Now, Xue Xiang's meal speed soared again, and after a moment, he cleared two bowls and plates.
Seeing that he was eating sweetly, the old man was also happy and smiled and said, "The guests are so good at eating. When I was young, I could eat it like this, but time has never forgiven people. Now I can hold up half a pound of donkey meat. It is a great blessing to be young!"
Xue Xiang laughed and said, "Old man, the meal has been finished. Can you take a rest here? I think it's your place to be cool!"
As he spoke, he handed over a big donor to take it. He was an old problem. He couldn't figure out the price of the food, so he handed the most money. He thought that the bowl of Hula Seed Bread and half a pound of donkey meat would be about the same price.
The old man took the money and then brought out a box full of red and rust. He picked it up inside and said happily: "Look at what you said, you said that you still had a meal with my old man, but you didn't eat. You can rest and do everything." After that, he shouted: "Courtes, serve tea to this little comrade, a big bowl!"
After shouting, the old man lit up the change he took out one by one, ordered it repeatedly, and then handed it to Xue Xiang, "Give it, this is the six-yuan six for you!"
Xue Xiang was surprised, "Old man, it's not that I'm wrong. I ate a lot, and I only need 40 cents."
The old man heard him say that he was affordable here. He grinned and showed two rows of white teeth that even young people might not have, and said, "That's right. Comrade, a bowl of Hu La Seed Cake costs 80 cents, half a pound of donkey meat is one dollar, and a bowl of Hu La Seed Cake, and half a pound of donkey meat is just 40 cents!"
Xue Xiang took the money and said, "Old man, you can't make much money by selling according to your method!"
The old man smiled and said, "The sesame cake is made from home, just to spend some flour. The main ingredients of the soup are donkey mixed. This donkey is something that no one wants to pick up when I get it. My old man basically has no money to collect, and only donkey meat costs a little. In general, it's a lot of money!"
"Cough, cough!" The old woman who was cleaning up the chopping board suddenly started to cough.
The old man said, "You cough and you still have a lot of money. Look at your stingyness. Could it be that you are afraid that the little comrade will listen and come and compete for business with us? What's your look? People can like this!"
Xue Xiang knew that the old woman was taboo, so he didn't follow her and changed the topic and asked where the old man was, his family income, and local anecdotes.
Of course, Mr. Xue would not ask directly, but would attack indirectly.
He has many experience in visiting grassroots in Xiaoshan and knows how to talk to grassroots people. After a while, he chats with the old man in full swing. Even when the old man serves new customers, he never stops.
The two of them were talking so hard that they suddenly became surprised.
"Old Diao Nu, let me say something more. Believe it or not, I will always break up your broken stall and let you live in the second half of your life in the bureau!"
The two of them looked in the voice and found that it was the old woman who had a quarrel with the northernmost guest. The table of guests was facing here. Although they couldn't see their appearance clearly, they were all in black uniforms, and there was a baton next to the legs of the table. They looked like a man, but they were definitely not dressed in a policeman. What was even more surprising was that the tiger skin in the middle was still a woman!
Looking at the figure of this person, he looked familiar. Xue Xiangzheng looked suspicious. The old man who was just dressing in the seasoning suddenly abandoned the pan and rushed towards him.
"Several, you guys, you have something to say and what to say. My dear wife, I won't cut donkey meat for Brother Da Fei, so why are you so sad!"
As soon as the old man ran over, he bowed to the person and sold him out.
The female tiger slapped on the small square table, "Stop talking nonsense, Old Man Xu, have you considered what you said to you? It's all right? I don't have time to play with you. If you don't give me a reply, don't set up your stall here!"
It was obviously a female tiger, but it made a male voice, and the voice sounded so familiar. Xue Xiang was shocked and recognized that the person was coming. He was the young man with long hair on the train, a middle-aged man with glasses, and a fat man with gold chains.
This shock was really extraordinary. The reason he thought that a young man with long hair was a woman before was because of his long hair. Even if an ordinary person had long hair, Xue Xiang would definitely not be able to distinguish between men and women. However, a young man with long hair was wearing uniforms. Just think about it, no matter whether it is now or later, who eats public food, who dares to grow long hair.
This long-haired young man's outfit really opened his eyes to Boss Xue.
In addition, he was really surprised. How did this man change his identity as a public person after a while?
He was surprised that the incident there became more and more intense. After listening for a while, he roughly understood what was going on.
It turns out that Changfa Youth is actually a member of the Comprehensive Security Brigade under the Baofeng District Comprehensive Management Office. Let’s clearly say that it is the urban management in the 1980s!
But in terms of power, they are much larger than urban management, because they can not only manage illegal occupation of roads, but also be responsible for assisting defense and maintaining stability in the area, but also be responsible for rectifying the industrial and commercial order, which is called to crack down on speculation and counter-attack. The source of these people is naturally mostly social instability factors. After all, they are not vicious or evil, so how can they suppress the masses?
The group also gave themselves a majestic nickname: Dog Beating Team. As the name suggests, in their eyes, the masses are the dogs, who can not only play with them, but also eat meat if they are beaten to death.
At present, young people with long hair just want to eat the meat of the old couple selling Hula Seed Bread.
At first, Xue Xiang thought that this person took advantage of the power in his hands to get some benefits. Originally, it was impossible for such a pole stall to have various business licenses. In this way, whether they can exist will be in the hands of the long-haired young man.
But generally speaking, local governments do not include such low-cost private stalls in the scope of crackdown, but young people and others can monetize their power. What kind of management fees are required? It is normal to eat for free.
If this is true, Xue Xiang would not feel anything. Originally, this kind of life order at the bottom could never be a pool of clear water.
But what the young man with long hair has to do is not to charge management fees. It is so simple to eat for nothing. This person actually wanted to force the profits of the old couple. He kept saying that it could help the old couple expand their business and protect their stalls, but they would have to collect 50% of the monthly profits.
This shoulder pole stall is a craft passed down by the old couple. If you eat, you don’t want to make much money. In addition to your life, you can subsidize your family’s income. It is simply a lifeline for maintaining the family’s livelihood. Who is willing to separate half of your lifeline?
At this moment, the old man kept begging for mercy and begged to double the management fee and to honor someone with another cigarette every month.
But I knew that the old man had been entangled for a long time, and the young man with long hair became angry first. But when he saw him standing up, he reached out and lifted the table. In an instant, red soup, green donkey meat, and white sesame cakes rolled all over the floor.
"Shameless, you are a horse!"
The fat gold chain on one side came up and slapped the old man and threw him to the ground. The hungry old woman rushed forward to save the old man, and then tripped him up again.
There was a lot of noise here, and it was originally in the downtown area. Logically, this kind of bullying the elderly with strong and overwhelming the weak with the masses should arouse public indignation and besieged by others. However, the young man with long hair stood on the spot, with a full look of fierce power, and no one dared to move.
The fat fat gold chain even cursed at the person who saw him: "Look at you, look at you, who the fuck will look again, get arrested and sent to jail for dinner!"
But when he finished speaking, someone spoke: "It's you again. I won't play cards this time, so I'll rob it!"
Xue Xiang finally couldn't help but stand up.
Logically speaking, the strong dragon will not defeat the local snake, not to mention that his situation in Dejiang is not optimistic now, and he is carrying a big burden. He should not interfere in the matter in front of him.
At first, Mr. Xue did think so, hoping that others would stand up and expose the current situation. He had always heard that Shu people were brave and brave, so there must be heroes.
But the current situation disappointed Xue Xiang. However, thinking about it, he felt relieved. No matter how brave the locals are, they are only to the outside world, and in their own places, they are still afraid of locals who are more fierce than him.
The young man with long hair is obviously a bad thing for many years. In addition, he has tiger skin and is naturally afraid to provoke him.
In this way, how could he be a spectator or leave quietly? Because no matter where the official is, Mr. Xue always has a common sense of sentiment.
"Hold!"
"Depend on!"
"day!"
The young man with long hair turned around, saw Mr. Xue clearly, and screamed in surprise. (To be continued)
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Chapter completed!