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Just came back from the city, Deng Jianghua was still worried every day that Asen would come to trouble them.But two months later, not only did no one make trouble, he became more and more comfortable in Hongcheng with Qi Nuliang.

Qi Nuliang is no longer working as a collector in the collection company.After returning from the city for a long time, he didn't know what his job was.Until a phone call came, calling him Brother Qi, saying that he had something to deal with.

Qi Nuliang was called to the footwashing city called "Dragon Palace" in the square, and the manager of the lobby took him to the warehouse behind.He saw a group of young guys similar to him in the warehouse, and a man tied to a chair among them.The man's mouth was stuffed with socks, and when he saw someone coming, he became excited.

The lobby manager told him that this man was the husband of a foot-washing girl in their store. He came to the store to make trouble and was arrested by their people. He asked Qi Nuliang how to deal with it?

"Keep his mouth open."

One person ripped the sock out of his mouth, and the man immediately cursed.It is said that they force good women into prostitution and detain women from good families to do this kind of thing. If the public security bureau sues them.

The manager of the lobby, Qi Nuliang, said that there was no forced prostitution here, it was all voluntary, and there was nothing illegal about it. Instead, he came to make trouble, and asked Qi Nuliang if he wanted to do it privately or publicly.

"What's wrong with private, what's wrong with public?"

"If you beat him up privately, if you're public, you'll send him to the police station. You'll have to imprison him for a few months." The lobby manager said in a low voice, "Our relationship inside is tough."

"You call his wife over here."

After a while, the woman came over, shivering and standing by the door.She was wearing a lotus skirt overalls with white flowers on a blue background, and she was quite beautiful.It's just that the shell decoration on the bun on the head is crooked, and there are finger prints on the red and swollen face.

Qi Nuliang asked her: "Did you come to work here voluntarily, or was someone forcing you?"

She nodded, glanced at the man, and shook her head again.

The manager immediately became angry when he saw it, and shouted: "Xiao Fang, speak more honestly in front of Brother Qi, who forced you?"

The woman was shaken by the yelling, and her eyes filled with tears: "No one forced me, I came here by myself."

"You shameless bitch... Mmm..." The man cursed half a sentence, but was gagged with a sock again.

Hearing the man's scolding, the woman immediately collapsed, crying and scolding the man.He called him a gambler, lost all his money, and even lost his family's house. There were old and young, and a family of five squeezed into the shed.If she doesn't come to do this, the whole family will starve to death...

After the woman scolded her, Qi Nuliang asked her again: "Are you still doing it? If you don't do it, let the manager pay you the bill and leave."

After hesitating for a while, the woman whispered, "Nothing to eat."

"He slapped you in the face?"

The woman nodded, and immediately begged again: "You guys let him go, if he has something else, our family will really not be able to survive."

Qi Nuliang asked the manager to take the woman away, walked up to the man, tore off the sock from his mouth, raised his hand and slapped him hard, grabbed the collar and lifted him up: "Did you hear that? Your wife was forced to do this by you, and she was beaten and scolded by you, what kind of bastard are you, huh? Are you fucking a man?"

The man's brain was buzzing from that slap, blood was dripping from his nose, he just choked up and begged for mercy.

"Let me know that if you hit a woman again, be careful that I will chop off your hand." He said and called other people, "Just teach me a lesson and throw it out. Just don't hurt your bones."

Such a trivial matter was dealt with this month, but the money transferred to Qi Nuliang's account at the end of the month surprised him.At first he thought that someone had made a mistake, so he hurriedly called Zhaohui.

Zhaohui told him that Uncle Hong decided to give him a "salary" increase because he did a good job.It's just that he is not very familiar with the business now, so he gets less.

"There are fewer people in the backcountry of Hongcheng. If you are asked to come to Nanquan, you won't come. But you are just starting now, and it will increase in the future. Don't worry."

He is not impatient, he is guilty.He felt that he didn't do anything, he just went to Nanquan City and met Uncle Hong once, and when he came back, he suddenly took so much money, and he felt unworthy of virtue.

Because of this, Qi Nuliang went to see his former colleagues in the company when he had nothing to do, or went to Xijiaocheng to show that he was indeed working hard.But every time the manager saw him, he would be very polite, offering good cigarettes and wine, and asked him to help Uncle Hong to mention himself and say a few nice words next time he saw Uncle Hong.

Qi Nuliang is not easy to accept, and always refuses embarrassingly.He was only summoned and respected by Uncle Hong, and he was not "a senior officer" than anyone else.

But others don't seem to think so.The news that Uncle Hong valued him spread like wildfire. Once some troublemakers were caught, everyone spontaneously asked him how to deal with it.When someone asked, he had to give an answer.

Luckily, they were also bullies who bullied women one after the other. When Qi Nuliang led someone to stand in front of him, his legs shook as if he was sifting through chaff, and he couldn't even say a word of begging for mercy.

Compared with collecting accounts before, this job is not only easier, but also not dangerous at all.Even if he wanted to do something, he still had a large group of brothers at his disposal, as long as he gave orders.

A few months passed, except for the man who beat his wife who really made him angry and did it himself, Qi Nuliang never beat anyone again.He intentionally restrained his anger and impulsiveness, and he was also trying to fulfill his promise to Jiang Yu - not to put himself in danger.

In the blink of an eye, it was winter again, and the cold wave came earlier this year.

Now that he has plenty of time, he set up a coal stove to cook hot pot at home when Jiang Yu was out of school.

Originally, there was a treat for dinner at night, and they also had hot pot, so naturally Qi Nuliang was kindly invited, but he was not willing to go.Everyone knows that he has a child in his family, and they don't force it.At the beginning, he asked him to bring the children to play together, but after being rejected many times, he stopped mentioning it.

Qi Nuliang never let his younger brothers come to the house, nor did he take Jiang Yu to play with those people, he intentionally separated these two kinds of life, even trying not to show his two fancy arms.

He has a clear boundary in his heart, Jiang Yu is different from them.

But tonight's hot pot was packaged from his subordinates.

Qi Nuliang lit a cigarette with one hand, and opened a bottle of beer beside the pot.He doesn't eat much or drink much, he only cares about smoking and cooking for Jiang Yu.

The child was still devouring food, but the food and nutrition that was stuffed in such a hurry could also see results.Seeing that he has grown rapidly like bamboo shoots after the rain, in just two or three years, he has lost his childish appearance and is now a handsome young man.

And Qi Nuliang is like a diligent and conscientious farmer. At this time, it is like watching a field of crops grow vigorously under his care. There is a kind of joy and pride from the heart. After all, not every farmer can grow crops Plant it well.

"It's cold, I'll drive you off in the morning."

Jiang Yu's mouth was full of flesh and he just shook his head.

"It's so cold to ride this morning."

"Fortunately, I wear a lot." Jiang Yu swallowed the food in his mouth, showing embarrassment, "It's not good if your classmates and teachers see it." As it is now, the school is spreading all kinds of gossip Someone came to ask him if his brother opened the Footwashing Store over the square.

Qi Nuliang was right when he thought about it, and he no longer forced himself to ask, "Can I ask for a day off on Wednesday afternoon?"

"What are you doing on leave?"

"Think about it, what day is this Wednesday?"

Jiang Yu frowned and thought about it, but still shook his head.

"It's your birthday, silly boy." Qi Nuliang brushed his hair with a smile, "I'll take you to buy clothes and eat delicious food then."

"Okay, I can ask for leave."

Last year, the child's 13th birthday was originally ordered with a cake, but such an accident happened. The birthday was not successful, but it was also a terrible day.This year has come and gone, and there is a big difference, Qi Nuliang made up his mind to make up for the past.

So that day in front of Jiang Yu was a big three-tiered cake.After lunch and cake, the two of them walked around the commercial street, and the back seat of the car was filled with new clothes.Back home in the evening, Qi Nuliang took out the birthday present he specially prepared for Jiang Yu—a small gift box wrapped in colored paper and tied with flowers.

"Guess what?"

"cell phone."

"...you guessed it so quickly?"

Jiang Yu pursed his lips and smiled: "A few days ago, you asked your classmates if they had mobile phones, so I knew you wanted to buy me a mobile phone."

"Playing this game with you is really boring." Qi Nuliang handed it out and took it back, solemnly said, "I didn't buy you a mobile phone for you to take to school to play, but for you to take it with you, so we can keep in touch if something happens. .”

Jiang Yu nodded.

Only then did Qi Nuliang give it to him with confidence: "I don't need to teach you how to use it, you usually use my mobile phone more smoothly than I do."

"Ah."

"Then take it apart and see if you like it."

A latest Nokia music phone with camera function.

"Hi, I like it..." Perhaps because of excitement, these two words suddenly stuck in his throat, the child was in the period of voice change, and the sound broke, Jiang Yu was a little embarrassed, and said it again softly, "I like it very much, thank you brother .”

After speaking, it seemed that words were not enough to express his liking and happiness, so he stood up and put his arms around the man's neck, and naturally kissed him on the face.

Unprepared Qi Nuliang was taken aback by this kiss, and raised his hand to wipe the drool on his face.

Then it felt like a puddle of warm water flowed through my heart, like being licked by a puppy on my finger, or rubbed on my cheek by a kitten, and everything was soothed from the inside out.The man who has always been clumsy and tongue-twisting can still find two words to describe his feelings at this time. It turns out that happiness is like this.

Jiang Yu unpacked the box a few times and turned on the phone, suddenly pointing the camera at Qi Nuliang.

Qi Nuliang is not good at facing the camera, so he just stretched out his hand to cover his face: "What are you doing?"

"I'll try the camera function."

"You take pictures of others, don't take pictures of me." Having said that, he took his hand and looked directly at the camera.

With a "click", a face remained on the screen, and Jiang Yu showed it to him: "It's pretty good."

But he was not very embarrassed: "Okay, okay, you can play by yourself, I'm going to take a shower."

After Qi Nuliang walked away, Jiang Yu fiddled with it a few more times, and set Qi Nuliang's photo as a screensaver.