Watching Lan Mingkun and others leave, Du Yongxiao couldn't figure out how his bad gambling dad could be related to the famous Hong Yihai, and it seemed that Hong Yihai regarded him as a benefactor.
Since you can't understand it, don't think about it anymore.
Du Yongxiao got in the car again and said to Douji Qiang: "Excuse me, Brother Qiang, let's go to the new department store first! I want to buy something!"
The New Department Store is not far ahead, located in the Mong Kok business district. It is the most famous department store in Hong Kong at the moment. Its owner is real estate tycoon Li Zhaoji. In order to gain fame, Li Zhaoji even invited Shaw Brothers star Xiao Fangfang to advertise for the department store. Everyone in Hong Kong knows: "If you want to buy what you want, go to the new department store!"
Doujiqiang was so anxious that he wished he could drive Du Yongxiao out of the car and drive to the repair shop to touch up the paint.
But he had to do what Yan Xiong told him. He had experienced Du Yongxiao's treachery. If he jumped on the street and snitched in front of Yan Xiong, he would be left with a lot to eat.
The car started running again.
Du Yongxiao and Douji Qiang were not on the same channel and had nothing to say.
Not far ahead is the new department store----
The towering high-rise buildings are in sharp contrast to the dilapidated wooden houses in Shek Kip Mei.
The fashionable men and women form two dimensions with the poor people in Shek Kip Mei, as if they are not living in the same place.
This is Hong Kong.
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Shek Kip Mei Street----
There are so many vendors and so many people.
At the stall, A Shui Bo, who sells sugar cane, said to his wife, Hair Comber: "Honey, I'm so smart. Yesterday I was almost picked on by that handsome boy Xiaohuang. If our Ali marries him, she will definitely suffer."
"Boss, give me some sugar cane!"
"okay!"
Ah Shuibo hurriedly handed the cut sugar cane to the other party, collected the money, and handed three mosquito coins to his wife, the "hair-combing woman."
The hairdresser took the money, jingled the bell, and threw it directly into the money box at her feet. She continued to do the hair of the female client without stopping.
Uncle Ashui glanced at the sugar cane money and swallowed a sip of water.
A long time ago, barber shops in Hong Kong basically did not accept female customers, and they often posted the words "Female customers are not allowed" on the door. As a result, there were hair-combing stalls specifically serving women in the streets and alleys.
Those who run hair-combing stalls are generally called "hair-combing ladies", and many of them are maids who have retired or changed jobs. After they master this set of beauty skills, they can go to the streets to make a living, mainly combing buns for female customers.
They need to be able to do traditional ancient buns, as well as fashionable buns such as horizontal S, straight S or double S, which are imitated by foreign women, in order to cope with various customers with different ages and habits.
In addition to combing customers' hair, the hairdresser's other skill is to make noodles for customers.
The so-called noodle trimming is to remove the hair on the face of female customers who love beauty, and modify the short hair on the eyebrows, forehead, temples and neck. But what is used is not a sharp weapon such as a knife or scissors, but a long and tough piece of money. First bite one end with your mouth, then use both hands to make the long line cross in a scissor shape, and pull it on the face to twist off the short hair, so Le Noodles is also called "Le Mian" "Treading the face" or "pulling the face". In the past Teochew dramas, there was also a "face-saving case".
Ah Shui Bo's wife, Ali's mother, is a famous "hair-combing woman" of the Shek Kip Mei generation, with good craftsmanship and exquisite skills. It's a pity that beauty salons have emerged in this era. Many ladies go to beauty salons to get their faces done. The hairdresser's business is getting worse and worse. Only in Shek Kip Mei can she still make a living. The main reason is that the price is low and suitable for the poor.
At this moment, her daughter Ali was handing tools to the side, and the hairdresser was combing the old customer's hair, while listening to Ah Shuibo claiming credit, she said: "According to your opinion, the handsome boy Xiao is finished this time?"
"Of course, he borrowed a loan shark and offended Detective Yan Xiong. He will lose his skin even if he doesn't die!" Uncle A Shui spat, "I didn't say these words. Ask She Zaiming and the others, they I also know this!"
Ali still has some affection for Du Yongxiao, but she can't bear to hear that something happened to Du Yongxiao.
"Yes, hairdresser, I can vouch for this!" She Zaiming, who was squatting at the Xirong stall not far away to eat, said with a bowl in his hand, "Yesterday we all saw people with expensive gold teeth coming to ask for accounts! Those gangs People are so cruel!"
The three people next to him immediately agreed, "Not only is he very fierce, but he is also very domineering. That handsome boy Xiao is almost scared to death!"
Others are even more gloating.
The most embarrassing thing for poor people is not that rich people become rich and powerful, but that poor people like themselves suddenly become rich.
In their view, the Du family has an outlier like Du Yongxiao, who wants to ascend to heaven by working as a plainclothes chicken and dog, but there is no way.
"Did you hear that?" A Shuibo said proudly to the hairdresser, "That pretty boy Xiao can be saved! I have found a better family for our Ali!"
After Ashui Bo finished speaking, he looked at his daughter: "Ali, please say something. When Boss Li Mazi of the Western Cake Shop comes over later, you must entertain him!"
Just as Ali was about to speak, she saw two rickshaws stopping one after another. The person who got off the first car was Li Mazi, the owner of the bakery.
Li Mazi lives up to his name, his face is pockmarked and pitted like orange peel.
He was in his forties, as thin as a hemp pole, and wore a silk gown. When he got out of the car, he first took out his snuff bottle and wiped his nose, and then he arrogantly called on the coachman to unload the gifts loaded in the second car.
Look at the gifts, silk and satin, American ginseng, toilet water, Huadiao wine and other items, all of which are only available from Guangfa Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.
In this era, most poor people like to buy things at Guangfa Foreign Company, which is of high quality and low price. Occasionally, rice and soy sauce are also given as gifts.
When he saw the gift, A Shuibo's eyes immediately lit up. Even the hairdresser who was combing the female guest's hair couldn't help but take a second look.
Ali was a little disgusted by Li Mazi's appearance, but when she saw the gift, her disgust disappeared a lot.
She stared at the bottle of toilet water, remembering that Alan's boyfriend gave her a bottle not long ago and let her show off for three days.
This bottle looks bigger and more exquisite than hers, so it must be very expensive.
"These gifts are too expensive! I can't accept them!" Uncle A Shui hurriedly stepped forward to greet Li Mazi. He said he couldn't accept them, but he had already taken the silk and satin with his hands.
"It's not a big deal!" Li Mazi raised his chin with an arrogant look on his face, "As long as Ali likes it, I'm willing to give him more." After saying that, he looked at Ali with a lustful look.
She Zaiming and others didn't care about eating and ran over to flatter him: "Is that so, Boss Li? You are so majestic. I heard that you are planning to buy a car recently?"
"It's true!" Li Mazi said proudly, "When the time comes, we can take Ali to play."
"Wow, it's so cool to have a private car!"
"Yes, Ali is so lucky!"
After listening to these words, Ali looked at Li Mazi's ugly face and suddenly felt that it was not too ugly. Then Du Yongxiao's appearance reappeared in his mind, and he thought to himself: "What's the use of being handsome? You can't even sit in a car!"
at this time----
Toot toot!
A car horn honked.
I saw a luxury Ford sedan driving by.
Snake Ming and others stared wide-eyed.
A Shuibo also looked straight at it.
Even Li Mazi looked on with envy.
After all, in a poor place like Shek Kip Mei, not to mention luxury cars, there are not even a few car butts.
Ali looked at the slowly stopping luxury car, guessing who would get off it, and then-----
A familiar figure stepped out of the car.
Dressed in white.
Yushu faces the wind.
Snake Zaiming's eyes almost popped out!
A Shuibo's jaw dropped in shock!
Ali was even more stunned!
Only Li Mazi muttered enviously: "Who is this? What a handsome boy!"
