The weather is a bit annoying. The sun only came out yesterday, but it rained again early this morning.
It’s been a few days since I went to Lao Fu Ji to eat noodles. Not to mention, I really miss it.
As soon as I went out, I hailed a rickshaw: "Lao Fu Ji."
"Okay, boss, sit down."
The rickshaw driver excitedly pulled the rickshaw and ran away.
The drizzle kept falling on the rickshaw driver, but it couldn't stop him at all.
"Are you going out to do business on a rainy day?"
Meng Shaoyuan asked while sitting in the car.
"Oh, boss, you really know how to joke." The rickshaw driver said while pulling the rickshaw: "We are born to have a hard life. After pulling the rickshaw for a day, after paying the driver, license fee, and violation fines, the rest is just enough for a family. There is not even a penny left for food. If I don’t run for a day, I will be hungry for a day. I can afford to be hungry, but my wife and children at home can’t afford to be hungry."
Meng Shaoyuan was a little curious: "How much do you have to pay this month?"
"Those like me who have a license have to pay 25 silver dollars a month. Plus the license fee, violation fines, etc., in a month, I only get seven or eight silver dollars."
"Then we can only make ends meet." Meng Shaoyuan sympathized.
"Originally, it was difficult to do business, but now it is difficult to do business. There are more than 50,000 rickshaws in Shanghai. Originally, there were more cars and fewer people riding them. Later, with the introduction of cars and trams, business became even more difficult. .Also, the largest car dealer in Shanghai, Xiangsheng Car Dealer, has gone even further. It has opened a car-hailing phone number, No. 4000, which means "Forty million compatriots who want a car, please call the number 40,000." This can Well, with a phone call from a wealthy family, a rickshaw will be waiting directly at their door. How can we, who are doing business on the road, compete with others?"
This Xiangsheng company has brains and ideas that are ahead of its time!
In Meng Shaoyuan's era, with just a phone call, wouldn't a taxi pick you up directly at your door?
Thinking about my own time, things like calling a taxi by phone and hailing a taxi through apps are all leftover from people’s games in this era.
Listen to this advertisement again:
"Forty million compatriots who want a car, please call the 40,000 number!"
Absolutely amazing!
People will remember it as soon as they hear it, but it is much better than "If you don't give gifts this New Year, I will give XXX instead"!
Taxis are also available, but they are too expensive.
A taxi costs basically four to five yuan per hour, which ordinary people cannot afford. However, a rickshaw only costs 40 cents an hour, so the price is still advantageous in comparison.
Furthermore, although there are taxi companies in Shanghai, there are too few vehicles.
A brand new Ford car costs 12,000 yuan in Shanghai, while the monthly salary of the mayor of Shanghai is less than 200 yuan.
It's a pity that although rickshaws are still competitive, pulling rickshaws really can only make a living.
The driver paid the license fee, but the fine from the patrol was too much to bear.
To be precise, it's not called a fine, it's just an excuse to extort your money.
Not giving? The car is confiscated. Let the owner of the car dealership take the money and come to the patrol room to get it.
Isn't it the rickshaw driver who is unlucky in the end?
"Hey, hey, stop."
While we were chatting there, two patrolmen rushed out of the teahouse nearby and stopped the rickshaw regardless of the rain.
"Boss, what's the matter?" the rickshaw driver asked respectfully.
"Fine!" The leading patrolman said expressionlessly.
"Why?" The rickshaw driver looked aggrieved.
"Why? What day is it today?"
"It's raining."
"Soliciting on a rainy day is extremely dangerous, and you will be punished for the crime of dangerous solicitation!"
Meng Shaoyuan almost burst into tears after hearing this.
Dangerous pulling of a vehicle?
Have you ever heard of this crime from ancient times to the present?
"Boss, no, sir, you are my father." The rickshaw driver begged repeatedly: "This is my first business today, and I don't have a dime in my pocket. I lied to you that I am your grandson."
It was so early and it was raining, so the patrolman didn't believe it.
For people like this who don't have any money in their pockets, the police can still do it.
A patrolman walked around the back of the car and took off the rickshaw's license plate: "Dangerous driving, fined three yuan, come here to get it when you have money. We two brothers have been here all morning. It's late, but we have to go to the patrol room to get it." .”
The rickshaw driver wanted to die.
Three yuan, how many customers will you get? Not only was all the work done today in vain, it was a rainy day and it was doubtful whether the drivers would be able to get the money together.
But the guest is still in the car.
The rickshaw driver sighed, managed to pull himself together and pulled the guest to his destination.
Meng Shaoyuan got off the car, took out a piece of ocean and put it in the hand of the rickshaw driver.
"Boss, I can't find it."
Keep the change, please.
"ah?"
It was such a big ocean, and the rickshaw driver wondered if he was dazzled.
"Take it back and give your wife and children something good to eat." Meng Shaoyuan smiled and said, "By the way, come find me at No. 892 Albert Road at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. I will also use your car."
"Hey, hey, okay, boss, thank you, I'll be there on time tomorrow."
The rickshaw driver was almost in tears, and he pulled the rickshaw away with great gratitude.
Meng Shaoyuan saw the old beggar sitting at the door of Lao Fu Ji Noodle House at a glance. The eaves were barely sheltered from the rain.
pitiful.
In such bad weather, we have to go out to beg for food.
Meng Shaoyuan sighed.
After eating for a while, let the waiter give him a bowl of noodles.
Just as he was about to go in, the old beggar suddenly said: "Boss, please give me something to eat."
Um?
In Meng Shaoyuan's impression, the old beggar had never asked anyone for food?
He was startled and stopped.
The old beggar suddenly said: "Go quickly, someone is trying to kill you!"
What?
Meng Shaoyuan had no time to think and was about to leave immediately when there were two sudden "bang bangs".
It was probably a rainy day, which affected the killer's vision, and both shots missed.
Meng Shaoyuan pounced to the side and took out his gun.
However, the killer on the other side of the street was already prepared, and bullets kept coming here.
In the noodle shop, four killers kicked over the table and rushed out towards the door of the shop.
Meng Shaoyuan is doomed!
…
Yiji Qiancao was the first to rush.
Killing Meng Shaoyuan was the first achievement of the Imperial Shanghai agent!
As soon as he took one foot out of the store, he saw a figure suddenly rushing towards him.
Yiji Qiancao felt a pain in his heart.
A sharp knife pierced his heart.
Old beggar!
"Run!"
The old beggar roared wildly.
While the killer was stunned, Meng Shaoyuan rolled a few times and rolled to a corner. He was covered in mud and water and was in a state of embarrassment, but he couldn't care less. He fired a shot with his backhand aimlessly, rolling and crawling, stumbling!
…
"Bang bang"!
The bullet hit the old beggar and he fell to the ground.
The killer ignored Yi Ci Qiancao and the old beggar and chased crazily towards the place where Meng Shaoyuan escaped.
The old beggar had two bloody holes punched in his body.
His eyes were wide open and he murmured:
"I'm not a dog, not a dog!"
…
Meng Shaoyuan ran forward frantically.
Several killers were chasing after him frantically.
Bullets kept flying by.
While Meng Shaoyuan was trying to escape for his life, he was also wary of bullets, and his speed slowed down greatly.
The killer behind him had no worries at all.
If this continues, Meng Shaoyuan will be caught up by the opponent soon!
It's over.
This time it's really going to be over.
"Sir, hurry!"
A rickshaw suddenly rushed out.
Meng Shaoyuan didn't consider the time at all and jumped onto the rickshaw.
Several rounds of bullets hit the rickshaw.
The rickshaw driver didn't care at all, he just kept driving the rickshaw.
According to ordinary people's understanding, pulling a rickshaw with one person sitting in it will definitely not be able to outrun the pursuing soldiers, but the actual situation is absolutely not the case.
The rickshaw pullers who pull rickshaws all year round are nicknamed "muddy feet". Even if they pull a rickshaw with people on it, most people will not be able to catch up with them in a while.
The most important thing is that they are familiar with each other.
In the streets and alleys of Shanghai, they are equally familiar with those horny bumps that you have never heard of before.
I saw the rickshaw driver turn left, then run about ten meters, and then make another sharp right turn.
It's like driving a car and drifting.
With just these two actions, it didn't take long to get rid of the pursuers.
The rickshaw driver did not dare to neglect, and continued to pull the rickshaw to find alleys.
It took at least half an hour before the rickshaw driver stopped and asked without even breathing, "Boss, where are you going?"
Meng Shaoyuan was in shock: "Alpe Road, No. 892."
Finally, he saw clearly that it was the rickshaw driver who had just pulled him.
"Hey." The rickshaw driver continued to pull up the rickshaw, not afraid at all: "I was going there tomorrow, but I didn't expect that I would drag the boss there today."
Meng Shaoyuan couldn't help but ask: "Why did you appear there?"
"I watched the rain getting heavier, and the boss gave me another big ocean. I thought, I have enough money today, so I can hide from the rain and wait for the rain to subside before soliciting customers, but then I heard gunshots. I was scared. , I originally wanted to run away, but when I saw that it was you, the boss, who was being chased, I thought, boss, you are a good person, I have to save you."
You are a good person and I have to save you.
It's that simple reason.
Meng Shaoyuan asked again: "Aren't you afraid?"
"Afraid? Not afraid!" The rickshaw driver didn't care at all: "Back then, the Ax Gang was beheading people in Shanghai. Hundreds of people were bloody and bloody. I still did business. I remember, I helped several injured people. I went to the doctor and saw this scene many times."
Success, success.
He never expected that it would be two little people like this who saved him today.
"Boss, we're here."
The rickshaw stopped at 892 Albert Road.
As soon as he saw that the customer wanted to pay, the rickshaw driver quickly said: "No, boss, you already gave me a fortune."
"That's OK." Meng Shaoyuan was not stubborn: "Remember to come to me tomorrow."
…
"What's wrong with you?"
Wu Jingyi was shocked when she saw Meng Shaoyuan's appearance.
"Being hunted."
"What? Are you okay?"
"I was originally dead, but I was saved by a bowl of noodles and an ocean."
Wu Jingyi was confused.
A bowl of noodles and an ocean?
what does it mean?
Meng Shaoyuan did not explain much: "Send someone to Lao Fu Ji Noodle House immediately to see if there is an old beggar there. If he is still alive, remember, you must save him at all costs!"
