Our Time: Unswerving until Death

Chapter 118

The living room was full of people, well-behaved, with gifts in large and small packages all over the floor. As soon as He Qi came in, he smelled a strong fragrance of ink, stood in front of the door and bowed a literati salute, raised his head and He laughed and said, "Hey, you all come to eat and bring so many gifts, I, the shopkeeper who throws away my hands, deserve it!"

A dozen people immediately stood up and bowed in salute.

Liu Banxia, ​​who is not tall and has a handsome face, said to a few unfamiliar faces: "This is the boss of our "Sprouting". Shanghai Tang is the richest, and I booked the 'Paramount' last night, it's a rare opportunity, this is the only time, and I will let go of my stomach to eat later."

He Qi had no pretensions, and while inviting Uncle Fu to make tea for everyone, she laughed at herself: "Brother Banxia, ​​I have never seen such a poor person like you. I am afraid that everyone in Shanghai is joking that the surname He is a stick." ! If De Qian finds out about this, I will be nagged about it for at least a year."

"This is true. When others laugh at you for being rich and powerful, that's envy. Deqian is just a joke. Hahaha" Liu Banxia's bad mouth made everyone laugh. It turns out that the legendary Mr. He is also a joker, not As rumored outside.

The scene suddenly became active.

He Qi sat down, and took out the "Hardman" from his pocket. Seeing people throwing out a cigarette, everyone was a little surprised to see He Qi smoking this cigarette. Liu Banxia joked: "Brother Yubai, you should be alone. Boss, he lives in a big villa, so he smokes this?"

He Qi saw a pack of "beautiful cards" in front of Liu Banxia, ​​and said: "Brother Banxia, ​​you don't know that, I have a special way of smoking 'Hardman'."

Liu Banxia asked curiously, "What's the point?"

Everyone also looked over curiously.

He Qidao: "Ordinary people smoking 'Hardman' is called honesty, and those who are very rich smoke 'Hardman' is called low-key, and some people don't want to leak money and deliberately pretend to be poor. A few days ago, it was reported in the newspaper One thing, there was a young man who looked very distinctive, but spent money like water, and a beautiful girl fell in love with him. The girl said that I love your people, not your money. Later, this young man's business failed, It turned out that he was embezzling public funds to make money. After the girl learned about it, she wanted to break up. This young man was desperate and disheartened, so he jumped into the river. This incident tells us that you can be rich, but you can't pretend to be rich, you can be poor , but you can’t be really poor.”

"Hahaha" everyone burst into laughter.

Liu Banxia was pissed off by He Qi because of a pack of "Beautiful" cigarettes, but she was not angry, and said with a smile: "Well, brother Yubai, you are waiting for me here? Deqian once said to curse people, you You are an expert, even Yucai is not your opponent, I have met you today."

"Hey!!! Brother Banxia praised you absurdly. What I said just now has nothing to do with you, so don't be excited. Besides, Brother Banxia is full of talent, brilliant diction, profound knowledge, and lingering fragrance. These are all advantages. Now Girls here, some only love to recite poems and fight against each other, romantic, eh, they look down on rich ones, just like you."

It was the first time for everyone to see the eloquent editor-in-chief Liu, and they burst out laughing at being so angry.

Liu Banxia was rubbed on the head.

Old Qiao had a smile on his face, his body was thin, he was wearing a blue shirt and a pair of glasses, he was very gentle, and he sat in the middle without any sense of disobedience.

He Qi said: "Everyone, there are toilets at home and outside. There are three urgencies for people. Don't hold back if you have something to do. I won't pay if it breaks. You can ask Uncle Fu to lead the way."

Uncle Fu just stood quietly and waited. If someone wanted to go to the bathroom, he went to lead the way.

Finally, Lao Qiao got up.

Uncle Fu led Old Qiao to a deserted place, and said softly, "There is enough firewood. Master is in the yard."

Lao Qiao was speechless, nodded, and then went to the front yard, with Uncle Fu guarding the door.

The old man was standing under the wintersweet flowers with Xiao Shu'er in his arms, and suddenly said: "You are here."

"Are you all right?" Old Qiao walked to Li Li's tomb, broke off a wintersweet flower, and placed it in front of the tombstone.

"People are old and useless." The old man said.

"There are talents from generation to generation."

"Back then, when Li Ji wanted to follow Mr. Sun, I stopped him from going. You said the same thing and helped him go to the south. After four or five years, this little bastard really turned out to be a man. This time, if you say this again, I feel relieved." The old man turned around, looked at Lao Qiao, and suddenly smiled, "I, I have been unable to understand one thing, Mr. Sun asked someone to come to you , you don’t want to go, and you don’t want to go when someone comes to look for you from the north, so why did you accept it this time?”

"On the way back, he made a bet with me that he would overwhelm the Green Gang within a year. If he did, I believed it." Lao Qiao said plainly.

"That's true." The old man said cheerfully: "We are not as good as him. We still don't read enough books and don't have enough vision. When the two of us encountered this kind of thing before, the first thing we thought about was to fight and kill. He is fine. , beat Lao Zhang last night, and Lao Huang asked someone to make peace in the morning, do you think it's ridiculous?"

"Lao Huang's face is only enough for one time." Lao Qiao said coldly.

"I know, he knows better than us that Li Li's matter needs an explanation." The old man suddenly became murderous, and his cloudy eyes revealed fierceness: "Otherwise, I won't be able to explain to his mother Li Li after I go down."

"Old Fu said that the inner ghost in the gang hasn't been caught yet, so be careful and don't walk in front of me."

"Ok!"

"Go!" The old man turned around.

Lao Qiao silently returned to the hall, and changed his face again.

After the luncheon was over, He Qi drank a lot of wine, went back upstairs in a daze, and lay on the bed. Li Wan took a glass of honey water and put it on the bedside table, and lay on the side, hesitating to speak.

He Qi knew what his wife was worried about.

"The matter in Zhabei is settled. Lao Huang and Boss Du made peace. Don't think about it."

"Really?" Li Wan asked in surprise.

"Can I still lie to you?"

Li Wan's heart was relieved, she pulled the quilt to cover her body, rested her head on He Qi's chest, and said, "I really wish we were in Beiping. Gou Wa lives there alone, after all."

"The Shaoxing guild hall where Yucai lived was really bad. I went there a few times, and at night the mice crawled out of bed to look for food. I asked Yucai to move to Dongjiaomin Lane and live in my previous room. Yucai, you It’s not that I don’t know, I’m poor and fastidious, and the clothes are all washed to pieces. He takes care of the small courtyard and keeps it clean.”

"You know how to block my words." Li Wan said angrily.

"I still want to gag you!"

"Ah! Bad guy, it's not dark yet!"

"Have a small meeting in advance."

Li Wan's body gradually disappeared outside the quilt, He Qi tried her best to restrain herself, but still couldn't help letting out a low growl of soul.

(End of this chapter)