Chapter 3 [Beggar]
Su Le is a person who is optimistic by nature. Even if his mother loses all her belongings, even if she goes out to avoid debt and leaves without saying goodbye, even if her mother leaves in a hurry and doesn’t even have time to leave him a penny, Su Le’s emotions are still not affected much. According to my mother’s past statement, why are you so heartless? I really don’t know if I gave birth to it?
Su Le believes that whether happiness or troubles are found by himself, life must continue, and living people cannot be suffocated to death by urine. He is already seventeen years old and is about to be independent. He is eighteen years old abroad and has not set up his own business at the age of eighteen. He is only a year earlier, not to mention that there is no way out for people. At least in these three days, he still has a place to live. He sighs and grimly faces are purely a waste of life. He has to smile every day when he lives. Su Le thinks very openly. This kid is definitely the kind of person who can be covered even if the sky falls. Nowadays, the more he has, the more he is afraid of losing. I have nothing, so what's so scary? Not only him, many young people with nothing have the same idea.
Xiao Dongfeng's boss is Su Meihong, the waiter is Su Meihong, and the chef is also Su Meihong. After Su Le grew up, he occasionally played the role of waiter and chef, but he had never really become a boss.
He suddenly realized that Xin Yuejiang would come to collect the house three days later. Wouldn’t he become Xiao Dongfeng’s real boss in these three days?
The family had no money and the store had no money. Su Le searched every corner of Xiao Dongfeng and finally found only two pounds worth one dollar. My mother was a little unkind to do this. Before leaving, she even left the fifteen pocket money in his wallet.
Fortunately, there were vegetables in the freezer, so Su Le quickly came up with a solution. The turnover in three days is also a revenue. In today's society, it is hard to move without money, so I can get some money first to spend it.
Su Le spent a morning tidying up the broken little Dongfeng, put out four long tables, counted the store's inventory, and then wrote down today's recipes neatly on the small blackboard, and then hung them out.
After two consecutive days, the business was neither cold nor indifferent, and the total revenue reached 530 yuan. This was already a considerable wealth for Su Le. He charged 50 yuan in phone bills first, and he had to ensure that his mobile phone was unobstructed. He could not guarantee when his mother would call back. The next night, Su Le had already started to think about where he would go next. After thinking about it, he wanted to go to Nanwu, the provincial capital. He had an uncle in the provincial capital, which was his only relative in his memory. Maybe his mother would go to his place because he had little contact and Su Le didn't know his uncle's phone number, but fortunately he had his uncle's family address.
When Su Le packed up his things, he received a call from his classmate. The call was from the class leader Zhao Guowei. Although Su Le's grades were average, she was smiling all day long and talkative. She had a good popularity in the class. In the past, she often played table tennis and football with Zhao Guowei. Even Su Le learned Taekwondo with three moves and two styles of Su Le. However, after entering the third year of high school, Zhao Guowei stayed away from all sports activities and focused on the college entrance examination, and also alienated her relationship with Su Le. In the eyes of many parents, Su Le belongs to the kind of playfulness that needs to keep her children away. Compared with other parents, Su Meihong never made too many demands on Su Le in her studies. She always thought that the dragon was destined by God. Whether the child achieved success in the future was not something you could barely get. So Su Le was still grateful to her mother for her. At least in her childhood and youth, her nature was preserved and healthy.
Su Le's mobile phone is still the old Nokia 3210. Speaking of this mobile phone, my mother was eliminated after changing to N70. Although it looks bad, it is because of her durability. She fell countless times, including the time she accidentally dropped the toilet, she threw the water dryer and used it without any mistakes.
Zhao Guowei called to ask him to attend class reunion in the evening. Su Le politely declined. Compared with those students who were full of energy and full of longing for a better university life, Su Le’s goal is undoubtedly much more realistic. Seize the last opportunity, do a good job in the last day, and strive to make more money. This is closely related to his future life. With more money, life can be more comfortable.
Xiaodongfeng is just a small restaurant, usually with fast food and leisure wine, and the customers they face are all ordinary people in society. Dafu and rich and rich want a scene to eat and drink on public funds, and no one will come to the dilapidated Chunfeng Street. The business was particularly booming on the last night, and even the private room was full. It sold for more than 600 yuan in total, which was more than the turnover in the previous two days. To some extent, it is also called a return to the light.
After seeing off the last group of guests that night, looking at Xiao Dongfeng's sign, Su Le suddenly felt an indelible nostalgia in his heart. He took a few steps back so that he could see the full picture of Xiao Dongfeng. After tonight, this place will no longer belong to him. The little Dongfeng under the setting sun seemed very old, but no matter how old it was, it was his home after all. It left too many childhood memories here, recording the laughter of him and his mother and carrying their tears. If it weren't for Xiao Dongfeng, he wouldn't have grown up. Su Le retreated across the road and looked at Xiao Dongfeng's somewhat broken light box. He seemed to hear his mother's fierce and arrogant laughter again. For some reason, his eyes were a little wet.
There was a tick sound from afar. An old man was holding a large white enamel teapot in his hand and carrying a gray-black travel bag on his back. He was filled with patches. It should be said that the old man was dressed quite clean, but his outfit made people know his profession at a glance. This is a beggar.
Since it is a restaurant, dealing with beggars is inevitable. Su Le usually sees many beggars, but this is the first time this old beggar has seen.
The old beggar came to Xiaodongfeng Gate and looked up at the door face above. His eyes stopped on the three words Xiaodongfeng for a while, and murmured: "It's here!"
Su Le hurriedly walked over: "Old man, who are you looking for?"
The old beggar glared at him with some dissatisfaction, and his white beard in his jaw stuck out and said, "You don't know how to look at me. I'm dressed like this, like looking for someone? What am I doing? What am I doing?"
Su Le smiled and said, "Old man, if I read it correctly, you always beg for food." This outfit is clearly a standard beggar professional outfit. Su Le can certainly see it, but this professional outfit and equipment are too clean, lacking the sloppy temperament that beggars often have.
The old beggar paused the crutch in his hand to the ground: "It's a good idea to teach me, but if you don't see this, it's called a dog-beating stick." He raised the big teapot in his hand again: "This is called a treasure pot!"
Su Le quickly took out two steel pounds and threw them into his big teapot, but Su Le didn't expect that such a move would anger the old beggar.
The old beggar glared at Su Le and said, "Boy, what do you mean?"
Su Le said: "It's not interesting. Are you doing this all the time? You think it's too little!" Su Le took out her pocket and picked another five dollars to throw it into the teapot. Su Le really had no malice.
The old beggar was so angry that his white beard was pouting.
Su Le said: "Old man, I tell you the truth, I am not rich either." His heart was bad. Why did he meet an insatiable person tonight? In today's society, beggars are picky and will shy their faces if they give them less. People's hearts are really impetuous. The ones who owe money are the masters, and the ones who ask for money are the masters. Su Le suddenly felt that his mother was very failed. She owed so much gambling debts to others. Logically speaking, she should be a sensible old man. Why do people shout and fight like a mouse crossing the street and run around? In the final analysis, they still owe less. If they really owe hundreds of millions of dollars, even the bank credit manager will pay you like a father.
The old beggar's expression was very angry, and it seemed as if he wanted to put a big teapot on Su Le's head at any time: "Do I think I want money? I beg for food, do you understand beg for food? I have not been insulted like this for most of my life. Why are you doing? I'm going to ruin me with seven dollars! I'm so old, I'm so insulted by you, a young man! Do you know how to respect the elderly and love the young? Do you have the minimum love?"
Su Le was really amused and crying. He didn't expect to meet a strange old man so late. He didn't mess with him and gave him seven yuan. Unexpectedly, he caused a lot of criticism: "Old man, don't be angry. If you don't dislike me, I'll pack some leftovers for you now."
The old beggar took advantage of the light and looked into the private room: "It's rich enough, why don't I go in and pick it myself."
Su Le thought that Xiao Dongfeng would be someone else's tomorrow. Since he met him, even if he was destined to do so, why did he refuse him? So Su Le nodded.
The old beggar turned anger and smiled: "Boy, you are pretty good, which school is from? I'll write you a letter of praise later."
The old beggar walked into Xiaodongfeng and saw that there was a lot of vegetables left on the table. He couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "The wine and meat in the rich are smelly and frozen to death on the road!"
Su Le said: "Old man, don't put on your hats. I'm just a tavern and can't get to the rich. Besides, in the summer, there are no bones that can freeze to death!"
"Yoho! I really like to argue!"
The old beggar looked at it, took out the seven yuan from the big teapot and put it in his pocket, and then pointed to the dishes on the table: "I'm not polite!"
Su Le said: "Don't be polite. If you don't dislike the leftovers, you can eat it here." But he thought to himself, the seven yuan is not just putting it in his pocket, and he was so sloppy just now!
The old beggar smiled and said, "Really?"
Su Le sat down and said, "What am I lying to you? I'm going to tell you that the place will be closed tomorrow, so you can eat whatever you want tonight."
"Then I'm not polite." The old beggar picked up a pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of the pot of meat, took a bite, and immediately spit it out: "Bah! Why isn't anyone moving when I think this pot of meat? It looks golden and oily, and it seems delicious, but it tastes hard and dry. It's almost like Chaihe in my mouth, and it almost blew my good teeth."
Chapter completed!