Our Time: Unswerving until Death

Chapter 5 Glass Street

The gray sky was getting whiter. There was no one on the road before. In a blink of an eye, voices could already be heard. It was almost dawn, and the vendors in the morning market set off before the city gate opened. Set up the booth and start the day's business.

Although Gouwa's tail was torn off, which solved one problem, another problem followed. Gouwa was covered with hair, and the straw couldn't cover it. Where could I get a piece of clothing?
Even if you don't consider the hair on Gouwa's body, the two of them have no clothes on their bodies, and they rely on straw to cover some key places. How is it different from running naked?A beggar still has a tattered dress to cover up his shame, he is even worse than a beggar, and I am afraid that he will not be able to enter the city gate.

While He Qi was thinking hard, she suddenly heard a familiar voice, and after careful identification, it seemed to be the voice of the owner of the chaotic stall at the gate of the city yesterday morning and the voice of the waiter San'er.

He Qi opened his head and looked around, wanting to see what happened, and saw a group of people appearing on the road in the distance, two of them were pushing two cars, one in front and one behind, driving slowly, the one walking in front, He Qi recognized the owner of the wonton stall at a glance.

Now recalling what happened at the wonton stall yesterday morning, He Qi just remembered that the boss is the good guy, he had already reminded him several times in secret, but unfortunately he was blind, so he put on a hat son's way.

But then again, if you don't follow Zhang Mao'er's way, you won't meet Gouwa, so this matter can't be explained clearly after all!

Seeing that the two cars were still a distance away, in order not to attract the attention of others, He Qi first placed Gouwa in a depression behind a tree, and then squatted beside the road, waiting quietly.

The owner of the wonton stall is surnamed Wang. He is the second eldest child in his family. People who know him call him the second child Wang. It is said that his ancestor was a pastry chef in the palace. There are not many left, and they live by setting up wonton stalls at the gate of the city.

People who are not familiar with Zhang Maoer think that he is doing errands for front teeth, but Wang Laoer lives in the south of the city and knows everything about Zhang Maoer. The most important thing is to shoot Hanako.

Therefore, Zhang Maoer's carelessness immediately aroused the vigilance of Wang Laoer, and secretly reminded him. Unfortunately, this matter cannot be brought out in the end. Mr. Wei can respond in time.

Unfortunately, Wang Laoer went out of the stall as usual today, and before he reached the Lugou Bridge, he suddenly heard someone shouting, followed the sound, and saw a man squatting in the withered grass by the roadside, wrapped in straw, not paying attention. Look, there is no one hiding, and if you look closely, it is the gentleman from yesterday morning.

Wang Laoer parked the car slowly on the side of the road so as not to block other people's way, leaned forward and asked, "Sir, what's the matter?"

"May I take a step to speak?" He Qi said.

As soon as Wang Laoer heard it, he probably understood what was going on, and shouted to San'er, the guy behind him: "I'll go and relieve my hand, you watch it."

"Hey!" The clerk San'er replied, but his puzzled eyes fell on He Qi, who was clearly wearing foreign clothes yesterday morning, why did he look like this today?
The two came to the big tree, and He Qi succinctly talked about how she was cheated by Zhang Maoer, but did not reveal the story of Gouwa. Gouwa was sold for a high price. The so-called money touches people's hearts, and the most difficult thing to guess is people's hearts. Then he looked at Wang Lao Er sincerely, and asked: "Please give me two unnecessary clothes so that I can go to the city, and I will repay today's kindness in the future." .”

"Look at what you said, it's just two pieces of clothes, and it's easy to do with a little effort." Wang Lao Er replied, but changed the subject, and said again: "However, sir, you must pay attention, you have to enter the city through another gate, Yongding gate. City, absolutely impossible."

"Why?" He Qi asked puzzled.

"Yesterday morning, you showed your face. Zhang Mao'er has been in this area since he was a child, and he knows a lot of people. You only enter the city through this gate. Within half a day, Zhang Mao'er will know your whereabouts. And you don’t have anyone you know well in the city, so Zhang Maoer finds a few more people, and when there are few people, they will put you whole in sacks, and then they will be taken out of the city.”

"In broad daylight, they dare?"

"You don't know this. Paihuazi has a kind of medicine, which only hits you by your side. If you wave it in front of you, as long as you don't pay attention, you will feel dizzy after taking a sip. What others say what."

He Qi was trembling when he heard this, but at the same time, he was very fortunate that he happened to meet a good boss, otherwise he would go to the city like this, and he might be in trouble.

"Thank you for your kindness!" He Qi thanked him solemnly.

Wang Laoer shook his head and said: "It's nothing, we old Peiping people, we go out one after another, whoever we meet, what happens to us, we can help if we can, and we are absolutely unambiguous."

While talking, Wang Lao Er walked three steps at a time, went to the front of the car, took out a trousers jacket from inside, handed it to He Qi, and said: "Coarse cloth jacket, don't think it's shabby, try it on your upper body."

He Qi ran to the back of the tree, quickly removed the straw, and changed into clothes, which were a little too small, but they were able to cover her body, and she could wear them just enough.

However, Gouwa was still lying there, motionless, which made He Qi into trouble. The boss had already given him a piece of clothing, so he couldn't ask for another one for no reason, right?

While He Qi was hesitating, she heard Wang Laoer continue to ask: "Sir, do you have a place to go when you go to the city?"

He Qi shook her head and said, "I want to find a job and make some money."

"If this is the case, I have a place to go, and I can find an errand for my husband."

"Oh? What errand?"

"My brother-in-law is an apprentice at Wenhuiju on Liuli Street. I heard from him a few days ago that many foreigners like to go there to buy antiques, but we can't understand what the foreigners say, so I went to hire a translator. If the deal goes through Fortunately, if it doesn’t work, it’s too worthless. Presumably, when you come back from abroad, you will be able to understand the words of foreigners, so it’s no problem to go to Liuli Street to make a living.”

He Qi is a programmer with a certain foundation in English, because the programming contains a lot of English codes, although it is not to the point where communication is not hindered, but even comparisons and strokes, no matter what, you can understand everything, and English is plain , That's the thing, as long as you have a thorough understanding of some professional terms in the antique industry, everything else is fine.

Thinking of this, He Qi readily agreed that there was nothing better than an errand for temporary placement, and then she told the boss about Gou Wa, only saying that she escaped with Gou Wa.

Seeing that Gouwa was covered in straw, Wang Er Er went to the car of the man San'er without saying a word, took a coarse cloth coat and trousers, let Gouwa who had changed into the car, and gave it to him again. He Qi put on a felt hat and rushed to the booth.

There were not many people in the morning market, mostly in twos and threes, most of them were street vendors. After all, it was still early, and the sun had not yet risen. Wang Laoer asked the clerk San'er to set up a stall, took a few big cakes, and brought He Qi Gouwa and Gouwa went straight to Liuli Street in the south of the city.

(End of this chapter)