Make a living

Zheng Haichuan's reply to Qi Yu was that the piling project would last at least one to two months.

When Qi Yu saw the news, he even lost his temper of swearing.

With a stiff face, he took his mobile phone and pajamas, took a taxi and went straight to a business hotel one kilometer away from his home - he got a room in a business hotel where he couldn't hear the sound of the construction site, and then slept comfortably all day.

So comfortable that Qi Yu woke up when he opened his eyes, and began to think about staying in the hotel for a month or two.

After all, for Qi Yu, a good quality of life is more important than anything else.

But Qi Yu still has reason after all.

His current income from work supports him to rent an apartment where he lives alone. If the hotel where he stayed for a whole month is added, he might have to learn from a big fool who eats chaff every day.

Thinking of this, Qi Yu was a little irritable. When he got up, he saw a message from his friend Cheng Zijun on his phone asking him to have dinner at night, so he agreed.

Qi Yu followed his memory and found the food stall where Cheng Zijun invited him.

Located on a narrow street in an urban village, this food stall has a rare and spacious facade.There are many transparent large fish tanks stacked at the entrance of the store, in which you can see all kinds of fresh fish, shrimps and crabs, which are slaughtered on the spot. Another way is to swim into dirty ditches and sewers.

There is no need to count on the sanitation of this kind of store. The tiled floor is covered with footprints and has never been clean, and the wooden table with a sense of age has accumulated a lot of grease. Fortunately, there is a disposable tablecloth to cover it, so that diners can Choose to turn a blind eye.

Qi Yu stood at the door, looking up at the big faded sign above his head, with a dazed look on his face.

"Hey, Yuzai, what are you doing? The dishes are all ordered, come here!"

Cheng Zijun's loud voice came from the store, Qi Yu stopped being in a daze, and stepped into the store door.

And behind him, a maintenance worker in navy blue overalls was walking into the small vegetable market on the corner with his child in his arms, picking out the dishes to be made tomorrow.

"He Miaoer, what do you want to eat?"

Zheng Haichuan asked the little nephew in his arms while picking at the vegetable stall.

But the little boy seemed to be attracted by something behind him, his little chin rested on his shoulder, and his eyes stared not far away.

"What are you looking at?"

Zheng Haichuan bumped him, trying to get Zheng Jiahe's attention back.

"Hmm... Yuzi." The little boy looked across the street and mumbled a word.

Zheng Haichuan couldn't help laughing when he heard it, "Why are you greedy for fish again? Didn't you just eat it not long ago?"

But he has always spoiled this well-behaved little nephew, "Okay, let's eat fish if we want, Dad Yao can still afford fish!" Zheng Haichuan said, walking towards the fish stall, "This time, let's eat fish!" Let’s have a steamed fish, I’ll slice the fish and cook you porridge! Last time I heard Sister Hong talk about the special recipe here, it sounds pretty good!”

Zheng Jiahe didn't have any opinion on Dad Yao's decision, anyway, he could eat up every meal.He just looked at the restaurant on the other side of the street and thought: Isn't that the one I saw last time... Uncle Lu?

Why do people call him Yuzi?

Um, is it a green fish?

"Just look, what kind of fish do you want to buy? Grass carp, crucian carp, silver carp, mullet..." The owner of the fish stall saw the visitor, put down his mobile phone with a short video, and stood up to greet the visitor.

"Boss, what kind of fish is suitable for making fish porridge?"

"Grass carp and mullet are fine. The mullet has fewer bones."

"Okay, then weigh one for me, it weighs about two or three catties."

"Yuzai, you are so dawdling, I will order the food first."

"Sashimi porridge, Pipi shrimp, and fried sixties are all the same. Add oysters and grilled meat platter, what else do you want to add?"

Cheng Zijun greeted Qi Yu while rinsing the bowls and chopsticks with hot tea.

"Almost, not enough to add."

Qi Yu yawned, he was a little more human, unlike his usual elite appearance.

"Oh, have you worked extra night shifts for a few more days?" Cheng Zijun felt strange, looked up and down the tired look on Qi Yu's brows and eyes, and couldn't help but smirked, "Or was it squeezed dry by some little goblin?" ?”

"..."

Qi Yu gave Cheng Zijun a big roll of his eyes, "Do you think everyone is like you, waiting to grab Tang Seng's meat?"

"Tsk, Tang Seng himself is also very good!" Cheng Zijun shook his forehead, "Although most of them value my money, isn't money also a part of me?"

"It makes sense." Qi Yu beckoned the waiter to add another plate of crabs, "Thank you for the compassionate treat for the master who saves all sentient beings today."

Cheng Zijun: "...Yuzai, with your mouth, it's really easy to end up alone forever."

"Cheng Zijun, can you call again?" Qi Yu raised his eyebrows, "Call me brother."

Cheng Zijun curled his lips: "I think I was a grade higher than you in elementary school! Hmph, if your dad hadn't let you dance for a year in junior high..." As he spoke, Cheng Zijun saw Qi Yu's face turn down, and he immediately recognized the fun Changed the subject quickly, "Come here, the food is served! Shrimp first, shrimp first!"

To say that this kind of roadside restaurant looks nothing special, and the people who come to eat here are all ordinary people nearby, but the taste may not be worse than the ones in high-end restaurants.After all, there are many restaurants and restaurants in the villages in the city, and the rent is not cheap. If you don't have the skills to manage, it is difficult to survive in this kind of city all year round.

The owner and chef of this food stall are all authentic Teochew people, and the seafood and home-cooked dishes they cook are so cheap and good that people can't stop chopsticks.Qi Yu remembered that he and his grandmother came to eat when it first opened. At that time, my grandmother liked the fried rice noodles at this restaurant the most, saying that it was delicious with seafood.

"Hey, so you have to knock on the downstairs construction site for a month or two?"

During the meal, Qi Yu also told his friends what troubled him recently, and Cheng Zijun worried for him, "Don't just resist like this, I'm really afraid that you will die suddenly in the hospital someday!"

This is no joke.

Although Cheng Zijun doesn't know much about his work, he knows a lot about all walks of life.Although it is said that not many people's work is easy and easy, for doctors, in addition to their busy work and night shifts, they also shoulder the heavy burden of patients' lives. The news of the doctor's sudden death never stopped.

And Cheng Zijun knew in his heart that Qi Yu was not a person with much passion for life.

Qi Yu has been more mature and self-disciplined than other peers since he was a child. When they were still playing with mud, Qi Yu could read a book all afternoon.

Later, Cheng Zijun became interested in learning martial arts, so he dragged Qi Yu to learn together. He himself could not fall over his shoulder by fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, but Qi Yu only learned it for one year, and he was able to master martial arts. The person who came to collect debts was beaten!

Later, Qi Yu's mother fell ill, Qi Yu went abroad to study medicine, and then Aunt Feng passed away, and Cheng Zijun watched Qi Yu lose his popularity more and more.

Although Qi Yu seems to be living a good and unrestrained life now, but Cheng Zijun feels that he doesn't seem to care about anything anymore.Cheng Zijun felt that it was entirely possible for Qi Yu to do stupid things like dedicating all his energy to medicine and messing with his body!

Cheng Zijun was really afraid that he would hear Qi Yu's sad news someday.

"Yuzai...Brother Qi, don't you want to live with me for two months?"

Cheng Zijun had known Qi Yu for so many years, and knew that he was soft and not hard, so he said kindly, "Your brother and I have nothing else, just a lot of houses! Don't be afraid that the house will destroy me!"

Qi Yu really thought about it, but he still shook his head, "It's too far, it's troublesome."

The part of Cheng Zijun's house has been demolished, and the lost house is in the new urban area, not far from here, and Qi Yu is too lazy to spend too much time commuting to and from get off work every day.

"Then you want to stay in the hotel all the time?"

Cheng Zijun took a mouthful of crab roe, and rolled his eyes: "It's not impossible. Someone cleans up every day. Except for the trouble of moving things, you can still live in it."

"You think I have so much money to burn?" If possible, sometimes Qi Yu really doesn't want to talk to this kind of stupid fool.

"Oh, if you want to, can't you burn more money?!"

The topic finally developed in the direction Cheng Zijun expected.He raised his mouth and pointed towards the direction of the next street, "Billions of real estate, waiting for your inheritance."

The next street is where Qi Yu lived when he was young.

"To shut up."

Hearing this, Qi Yu's face became unhappy again, "It's not like you don't know that I have severed relations with him long ago."

"Oh, bro..."

Cheng Zijun frowned, and a picture from a few years ago appeared in his mind.

The uncle of the Qi family, who was obviously the same age as his father, did not know when he became old and decadent.The little gray-haired old man forced him a door key and asked him to hand it over to Qi Yu.

The key is still in his trouser pocket now.

Cheng Zijun felt a lot of pressure, but he never found a chance to hand it over.

Today, at this moment, he finally found a good time, and slapped the key on the table with a "snap"——

"Brother, do you want money or face now?"

"It's your home, it's your house, you can live there if you want! Isn't it cheaper for others to be empty?"