Fisherman

The couple brought the child back to Riri Fresh, and asked about the situation along the way. The child's name is Wang Tian, ​​and he is a child from a village not far from the market. After his grandfather left, no one cares about him, so he wandered to the market. of.

Seeing that he was dirty like a black mud monkey, Zhao Qian asked Brother Zhou to take him to take a bath and change into clean clothes when he arrived at the restaurant.

"I'm already ten years old, let my brother go with me..."

Zhao Qian was amused by his words. She felt quite ashamed when she was young, but it was also a good thing: "It's because I didn't make arrangements, so I'll go with you."

Wang Tian bowed to him, and looked at Brother Zhou again apologetically.

"It's okay, go, I'll find clothes for you."

Seeing that Zhao Qian took the little mud monkey away, the boys all went to Brother Zhou one after another: "Where did this kid come from?"

"Brother Zhao is newly recruited to work."

Huang Er rubbed his chin: "I don't look too old, what can I do?"

"Serving tea and pouring water, running errands." Brother Zhou paused and said, "Don't worry, I won't steal your jobs."

Huang Er laughed and said, "Look at what you're talking about, we can still be as knowledgeable as a child."

Zhao Qian led Wang Tian to take a shower. While taking a shower, he was thinking about arranging something for him. Ri Ri Xian had enough staff, and let a child just come in to do something. If you just go to this kind of restaurant, you probably won't be able to let it go, and the ones who can come here are those with a little money, and it would be bad to offend them if you accidentally offend them.

The barbecue shop is full of rough old men, so it's not bad for Wang Tian to go out and deliver barbecue or something. After all, he's a boy, and it's easier for him to go out than girls.

While he was thinking about it, Wang Tian quickly came out after washing. The mud monkey took out all the dirt, his hair was straightened, and he was still a good-looking child except that he was a little thinner.

The clothes are temporary clothes bought in a tailor shop, and they are not tailor-made. Wang Tian is too thin, so the clothes look a bit loose, but the child obviously hasn't worn new clothes for a long time, and he keeps touching the corners of the clothes, looking very happy.

After greeting Brother Zhou, he took the child to the barbecue shop.

"Brother Zhao, is this shop also yours?"

Zhao Qian nodded: "I sell barbecue here on weekdays, and I only return to Daily Fresh at night."

"Then you are really amazing. When I was begging along the street, I smelled the smell of grilled skewers inside. It was so fragrant that I couldn't walk."

"It's quite gluttonous." He laughed, opened the door of the back room, and pointed to the small bed inside: "From now on, you will live here, get up early in the morning to open the shop door, and grill skewers when the door is closed at night."

Finally, he had a place to live, and he didn't have to sleep in the open air. Wang Tian couldn't stop smiling.

Zhao Qian spent an afternoon teaching him how to cut meat and wear skewers, where to buy seasonings on weekdays, a series of things were taught, children learn very seriously, everything is always fast with heart, and children in this era are precocious , the ability to accept is much stronger than he imagined, not to mention that Wang Tian is still a village boy who has suffered a lot, and he cherishes hard-won opportunities more than ordinary people.

The next day, when he came over from Ri Ri Xian, Wang Tian had already cleaned up the shop and opened the door. Surprisingly, he even turned on the charcoal fire in the grill.

"Have you eaten breakfast?"

"I've already eaten." Wang Tian said with a smile.

Zhao Qian secretly felt that he was a malleable talent, and it was not in vain to spend a lot of effort on him.At noon, Hu San'er drove an ox cart into the alley with fresh seafood on it. When he reached the door, Hu San'er jumped off the ox cart, and the people in the shop went over to help unload the goods.

"Ri Ri Xian has already rested, and the rest are from this side."

"Success." Zhao Qian gave Hu San'er the money for the sea goods, and the two sat on the table to drink tea while resting.

Zhao Qian looked at the seafood that was constantly being moved inside, and said, "Why do I feel that there are not as many seafood as usual? Why, the seafood in the village is not easy to buy recently?"

"I was just about to tell you about this." Hu San'er put down his teacup, and said angrily, "The people in Xiayu Village didn't know which nerve was wrong, but they actually built a boat to go fishing on the seashore, and robbed the people in our village. Do it!"

Zhao Qian's brows tightened: "Why is this happening? Didn't it be agreed that the people in Xiayu Village would farm the land and the people in Shangyu Village would fish? What does it mean that Xiayu Village is both farming and fishing now!"

"That's the reason, but Feiqiang from Xiayu Village insisted that we built the village very close to them, occupying the mountain where they collect firewood and the land they want to plant, and now their village is going to go fishing! "

Zhao Qian said: "The people in Xiayu Village haven't been fishing for so many years. Even if the ancestors had some fishing skills but neglected to practice, can they still fish in this generation? Fishing is a technical job."

The people of Xiayu Village have lived by the sea for generations. They have spent many days exposed to the wind and the sun, and they are still not very skilled in fishing. Sometimes fishermen are buried in the bottom of the sea. Where does the people of Xiayu Village have the courage to fight for it? Do this deadly job.

Hu San'er sighed: "Didn't you ask the villagers to raise the price of seafood before? At that time, everyone in the village thought it was a favor for you, but they never thought that seafood could really be sold. I wanted to raise the price to the highest in history, but there were still people buying it in piles. The villagers made a lot of money in those days. But it was because of this that the people in Xiayu Village got wind of it. Seeing that seafood was sold so expensive, it was comparable to They are much better at farming, and this year's crop harvest is not good, so the people of Xiayu Village have taken a fancy to this sweet pastry."

"They are shrewd, and they will not row the boat far away. The safe sea area that we have explored for generations, let them occupy it, but they don't stop us from fishing, but now there are more boats on the sea. , then the sea area is not easy to fish. The people in Xiayu Village have no skills, but blind cats can always get something when they encounter dead mice. Now the two villages go to sea earlier than anyone else, and they can only go to the sea when they are late. Salvage, but who dares to run far!"

"The villagers complained a lot, but there was nothing they could do about it. People in Xiayu Village started asking for prices at the market when they had seafood. Now the seafood is not easy to sell."

Things are a little tricky, and the people in Xiayu Village really linger.

"Boss Zhao, let's take people to the village and drive them away!" Friday interjected.

Zhao Qian waved his hand: "You can't always use force to solve problems. If you drive away once, you will inevitably come back next time."

As he spoke, he looked at Hu San'er: "I'll go to the village with you to see what's going on."

Immediately, the two drove the ox cart back to the village. The two gentlemen drove the ox cart faster than before. When they reached the entrance of the village, Hu San'er tied the ox cart and went with Zhao Qian. seaside.

It's been a while since I came to the beach. Zhao Qian watched the water recede from the original village. There were some dilapidated walls and ruins in the area where the village was built before, but the villagers organized them into one place so as not to hurt the scenery. Love, so as not to block fishing.

At this moment, there are far more ships on the sea than Zhao Qian imagined, looking around, they are everywhere.He knows everyone in this village, but most of them are strangers now.

"Look at it." Hu San'er looked at the sea and said angrily.

When the fishing boats at sea saw Zhao Qian returning to the village, they all stood up from the boats, waved at him, and yelled at him from afar.Zhao Qian also greeted them, the people in the village still treated him so warmly, this kind of intimacy could not be experienced in the market.

Seeing the movement, the people in Xiayu Village also looked towards the beach.

"Isn't that Zhao Qian?"

"These two guys used to do some stealthy things in our village, but now I heard that they opened a shop in the market and made a fortune."

"Who the hell knows what shameful means are used to make it. Don't care about the face, what is he doing back to the village in a good way, I think he wants to make trouble!"

At this time, it was almost time to collect work. Slowly, there were fishing boats approaching the shore, and the boats from Xiayu Village followed suit. After a while, there were many people on the empty beach, and many people got off the boats. There are some seafood, or less.The villagers in Shangyu Village mentioned more. Firstly, Zhao Qian harvested oysters, which accounted for a lot of people, so they saw a lot of them. Secondly, the skills were better, and it was easier to catch fish.

People in Xiayu Village don’t salvage raw oysters, so it’s not easy to sell them in the market. They saw that people in Shangyu Village liked to fish oysters, and they thought it was easy to sell, but they went to the market a few times without success. Zhao Qian stopped salvaging after harvesting.

Seeing the people coming ashore continuously, Zhao Qian randomly pulled a person from Xiayu Village and asked, "Brother, I want to ask why the people in your village suddenly came to fish."

The man who was being pulled shook off his hand and shouted loudly: "What are you doing! The sea is not opened by your village, so why can't you come fishing!"

As soon as they heard the wind, people from Xiayu Village swarmed up like a bee.

"You want to make trouble, don't you!"

Zhao Qian's temper was worn out in a short while, and now everyone in Xiayu Village is upright and confident. He thinks his tone is quite kind, but in the ears of Xiayu Village, his taste seems to have changed, and he is completely unreasonable. look.

The village chief got off the boat, fearing that he would really mess with the people of Xiayu Village, so he quickly stopped him, and the people of Xiayu Village dispersed cursing.

"The two villages have scolded them several times, but there is still no result." The village chief's face was scorched.

Zhao Qian sighed, it was indeed a difficult task, even if there was a fight, it didn't matter who lost or won. Since they both spent money to build boats, they must be planning to keep fishing and won't be caught. Say back in a few words.

It is necessary to arrange a stable partner with the people in the village. Fishing is an unstable job. If you are hungry, you will be full. Now that you have ginseng from Xiayu Village, life is even more difficult.But there were a lot of people in the village, and he couldn't find out what to do for a while.

The village head said: "Don't worry about this matter, you are also busy with business in the market, it's not a big deal, after all, life is difficult, and people from Xiayu Village may not come if you take it slowly Fishing."

Zhao Qian knew that the village chief was worried that he would go to Xiayu Village to make trouble, so he comforted the village chief.

"Let's go and sit at home."

Later in the day, Ririxian closed. Brother Zhou heard that Zhao Qian had gone to the village on Friday, so he didn't wait for him to have dinner. After the girls left, he went to the tailor shop to get the clothes he had made a few days ago .

It's not dark yet, but it's a little drowsy. People in the market are going home one after another. The barbecue shop is not open in the afternoon, and the whole alley is much deserted.

He took a few steps along the way to call Wang Tian, ​​and asked him to go to the tailor shop together, so that he could measure the size and make two suitable winter clothes.

"Zhou Fulang, you're here." The shopkeeper in the tailor shop was very happy to see him. In the past few days, he came one after another to order a lot of clothes. some big business.

"Are the clothes for Brother Zhao and I ready?"

"Okay, I also told Xiaoer to send it to you, but I didn't want you to come." The boss took out the clothes: "Look at it."

Brother Zhou shook the clothes off and looked at the size. They were all accurate. He touched the stitches again, but he didn't expect it to be quite strong and fine. Too much to worry about.

After paying the rest of the money to the boss, he pointed to Wang Tian beside him and said, "Measure with him and make two clothes that fit."

"Okay!"

The boss asked Xiaoer to lead the people in, and asked curiously, "Why haven't you seen this kid before?"

Seeing to be about ten years old, Brother Zhou is not very old, so it cannot be the child of Zhao Qian and Brother Zhou.

"It's the kid who helped Brother Zhao in the barbecue shop." Brother Zhou didn't say much about Wang Tian's background.

The boss stretched his neck and took a second look, but didn't say anything more.

When the two walked back, the sky was much darker than when they came. Wang Tian, ​​who has always been very mature, bounced around on the way back, which is just like a child.Looking at his figure, Brother Zhou couldn't help but think of himself in the past. At that age, he also started to busy himself, taking care of many of the family's assistants.

But luckier than Wang Tian, ​​his parents are still alive, unfortunately, his relatives, Gu Zaiye, each made him a decent dress, all of which were worn by his elder brother and worn out.

"Help! Help!"

He was lost in thought when suddenly a hasty shout interrupted his thoughts. When he opened his eyes, Wang Tian pointed to the front: "Brother, in front!"

He seldom went out at such a time, and this was the first time he encountered such a situation. He heard the yelling and it was clearly a brother. The source of life in the past.

Wang Tian hugged the bundle of clothes tightly, and slowly leaned behind him.

"Indecent!"

"Hey, don't bark, little beauty, Big Brother just wants you to drink together, hiccup!"

Zhou Geer approached and found that it was a lean man who was drunk and wanted to be frivolous. He raised the stick and hit the man on the back of the head, with a bang, the man's drunken swearing stopped abruptly, Don't look over at him holding the stick: "How dare you hit me!"

Brother Zhou's heart skipped a beat, his hairs turned cold, could it be that his strength is too weak?

He opened his eyes wide, and was about to tell the little brother on the ground to run, when the man wobbled and fell down.Heaving a sigh of relief, he threw the stick on the ground, looked up, and found that the little guy on the ground turned out to be the hot-tempered guy who ate in the restaurant a few days ago, and he couldn't help feeling a little complicated.

Seeing that there were two strings of teardrops hanging on the man's white and tender face, he completely lost the air he had when he saw him. It turned out to be a paper tiger, he couldn't help but sighed: "Are you okay?"

Zhuang Qingran pouted her mouth, wiped her face, got up from the ground holding Brother Zhou's hand, and said in a sad voice, "It's you."

Brother Zhou saw that he was pitiful, his face was still gray, such a pampered son must have been terrified: "It's getting dark, why are you running out by yourself?"

"I asked the little servant to buy me a barbecue, but I didn't come back after a long time. I was alone in a hurry, so I came out to look for it!" Zhuang Qingran became angry when she said that: "Who knows that the folk customs in this small market are a little It's not simple."

He kicked the fainted man on the ground, and Brother Zhou quickly pulled him back: "The barbecue shop is not open today, if you want to eat, I will ask Brother Zhao to roast some tomorrow, and then someone will deliver it to you. Where do you live, I will take you back."

Zhuang Qingran tugged Brother Zhou's sleeve, sticking to it like a piece of brown sugar: "I just live in the inn, and I don't know if the little servant will come back or not."

Brother Zhou was keenly aware: "You mean you don't want to go back yet?"

"I think you are tall and pretty good. Not only do you look good, you can also protect yourself, and you are self-reliant. As a little brother, you are not bound to do things..."

"Stop talking." Zhou Ge'er felt goose bumps: "Don't think that I will let you follow after you say something nice."

"Please, just take me with you, I dare not stay in the inn alone." Zhuang Qingran managed to squeeze out two tears, looked up at Brother Zhou with teary eyes.

"I really can't help you."

After coming out for a while, there was another person behind his buttocks. When it was time to eat daily, Wang Tian went back to the barbecue shop by himself. Brother Zhou led Zhuang Qingran into the house, and he poured hot water for him. Zhao Qian hasn't come back yet.

In the past, the barbecue shop closed relatively late, even if Zhao Qian would not come back at this hour in the market, but he had returned to the village, Brother Zhou was inevitably still worried, so he lit a lantern and hung it at the door, waiting for Zhao Qian to come back to the village. Shallow back can also brighten up a bit.

Zhuang Qingran was sitting in the hall, drinking hot water, carelessly playing with the water glass in his hand, seeing that Brother Zhou had looked at the door several times, and asked, "Who are you waiting for? Waiting for your boss?"

Brother Zhou walked over, a little proud and a little shy and said: "That's my husband."

"Your husband?" Zhuang Qingran was very surprised, but he turned his mouth away but had no good words: "He looks good, but he treats you too badly, why do you make you do some rough and tiring work, I will watch you He should be quite rich, so I won’t let a brother of yours come out.”

"I did this voluntarily, and it has nothing to do with Brother Zhao." Brother Zhou saw that he was very at ease, and he didn't look like he was crying outside: "But you, don't be afraid of coming here, don't you worry that we are bad people? "

"Can you save me if you are a bad guy? You don't look like a bad guy."

Brother Zhou said: "That bad guy still writes his badness on his face."

Zhuang Qingran pouted at him, instead of answering his words, she said: "I'm hungry, I really want to eat barbecue, I heard people in the inn eat it today, the taste is really mouth-watering."

As he spoke, he really wiped the corners of his mouth, Brother Zhou gave him a disgusted look, and shook his head.

"Zhou Shaoyu, Shaoyu, you must know where the barbecue shop is, take me there."

Brother Zhou quickly pushed away the person who was entangled again, and said calmly, "Don't call me Shaoyu, just call me Brother Zhou."

I wouldn't have told him what my name was if I had known it earlier, only Brother Zhao could call him that...

"Why can't you call me Qingran?"

Brother Zhou stood up: "Don't bark!"

Zhuang Qingran giggled and said, "If you don't want to call me, then don't call me, but if you don't take me to the barbecue shop, I will call you Shaoyu..."

Zhou Ge'er looked at him with eyebrows intertwined, Zhuang Qingran blinked and called out again.

"Our family owns the shop. Brother Zhao went out on business today and didn't open the door. I'm still lying to you!"

"Then I'll go to the shop to see what's fresh!"

"Let's go, let's go!" Zhuang Qingran dragged the person out, and acted like a baby when he couldn't drag him: "Shao Yu~"

"Let's go, let's take you there!"

Brother Zhou locked the door and walked forward alone with his head down. He was tall and his steps were fast. Zhuang Qingran had to run to keep up: "Wait for me! Why do I get lost later? manage!"

"It's just a few steps, how can I get lost!" Zhou Ge'er looked impatient, but stopped.

When we arrived at the barbecue shop, Wang Tian hadn't closed the door, leaving a small door, and the little figure was wearing the barbecue skewers that he wanted tomorrow. Brother Zhou felt that this kid was quite solid.

"Brother, why are you here?"

Zhou Ge'er turned his head to look at Zhuang Qingran: "Look, I said it's not open."

After finishing speaking, he went into the house to help Wang Tian put on meat skewers and chop garlic. After Zhuang Qingran walked around, he felt that this shop was far inferior to Daily Fresh. He really didn't expect such delicious barbecue to be sold from here. to go.When he was tired of shopping, he also went to the two people who were busy, looked at the meat marinated with chili and salt, and blinked his eyes.

Brother Zhou hurriedly put away the meat skewers, he was afraid that Zhuang Qingran couldn't resist eating the raw meat.

"Shaoyu, this shop belongs to your family, so you should also know how to bake?"

"Don't call me, I won't!"

"Little rain~"

"If you're calling me, I'll kick you out!" Zhou Ge'er said with a sullen face that was a little scary, Zhuang Qingran closed his mouth, covered his mouth and backed away from him.

Brother Zhou thought he would calm down for a while, but he turned around and went to pester Wang Tian again.

"If you are here to help, then you should know some! I haven't eaten all afternoon, and I haven't eaten dinner~"

Wang Tian was full of embarrassment, and turned his eyes to Brother Zhou for help.

"Leave him alone!"

"Little rain~"

Brother Zhou: ...