A group of guys with different clothes and ugly faces were eating and drinking, and the dishes on the table were in a mess.
They banged the table and hit the benches, yelling and cursing. The boss, a middle-aged man with a mustache, was busy apologizing, but the waiter didn't dare to talk to him and stood aside in fear.
"Dear guests, although this small shop is not a big restaurant, business has always been based on integrity." The boss smiled apologetically.
"I don't care, your little shop is not clean, there are cockroaches in it..." said one of them with a shiny bald head.
There are four guys in this group. The leader is this big bald guy, the skinny guy nicknamed "Ma Gan", and there are two other helpers.
There was a plate of lion heads on the table that was eaten to pieces, but there was actually the body of a Xiao Qiang, and only most of it was there.
"Look, look, all the neighbors and neighbors, look, there are cockroaches in the lion's head in this store..." Ma Gan screamed.
"Ah, no, I may have eaten half of it." Ma Gan made a retching gesture.
When the diners around saw it, they also looked sideways. In twos and threes, they got up and left. Some took advantage of the chaos to eat the Overlord meal - and slipped away. How could the little guy stop him by himself?
"This guest, this is because the shop didn't greet you well, so today's meal is free for us. Look..." The boss quickly apologized to the bald head. It's better to do less than to do more.
"Free of charge? Are you kidding me? Are we charging you for this meal?" the group yelled.
The boss knew that he had encountered someone who was trying to extort money, but when he opened his business, what kind of person would he not encounter? I had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to apologize: "What do those bosses mean?"
"Let's see, we are not unreasonable people. You can just pay a small amount of money, whether it is medical expenses or emergency expenses, and we will expose this matter..." The bald man shouted again.
Hearing this, Ma Xiaoguang thought to himself: "Ma Dan, why don't you go grab it?"
But this is different from helping Kevin settle the "free prostitution incident" in the hotel. When he helped Kevin, he also helped the hotel solve the problem, and they all formed a good relationship. If he helped the restaurant owner this time, he would obviously offend these gangsters. Doesn't fit in with his agent persona.
However, our deputy team leader Ma is an agent with a sense of justice. Should we allow these bad guys to do evil?
While he was hesitating, the curtain between the kitchen and the front hall was lifted, and a person came out.
I saw that this man was covered in oil, and his fat body looked like a firefly in the dark among the people in the Republic of China, who were mostly malnourished and thin people. He was so bright and outstanding, but the oil-stained twist in front of him could not be seen. The facial apron ruins the image a bit.
He is clearly a cook.
The cook hurriedly apologized to the gangsters who were looking for trouble and said with a smile: "Guests, I am Yang Youyi, the chef here. I can guarantee..."
"Who are you, and what qualifications are you guaranteed?" the other party's idiot screamed.
"You vouch for it? What do you mean, we have some eye problems?" Baldhead asked with a sinister smile.
"Let me tell you, this is spring, cockroaches are not that big..." the fat man said angrily.
"Heh, fat man, are you talking too hard? Do you have any other reasons?" Ma Gan said.
"First, I just said this is spring. Although there are cockroaches in all seasons, the ones in spring are not that big. Second, this cockroach is obviously shriveled and has not been dead for a long time. Third, it is possible that there are cockroaches in other dishes. The lion's head Absolutely not..." Fatty said calmly.
Hearing this, Ma Xiaoguang couldn't help but smile. This fat man is still a really good cook, but he probably knows his own family, so he doesn't have to have a good eye as a cook?
Therefore, in the 360 professions, we must not look down on other professions. Agents and cooks are similar. In many cases, they rely on their eyesight and mouth.
"Why do you still mean that we falsely accused you?" Baldhead said with a change of expression.
"I didn't say that, I just said that this cockroach can't be from our store." The fat man said still neither humble nor haughty.
Seeing this, the boss pulled the fat man behind him and said with an apologetic smile: "Guys, this was a misunderstanding today. Just treat this meal as my treat, free of charge. Let's see..."
"What are you looking at? We're paying you for a meal? The food in your store is unhygienic. My brother has gotten sick after eating it. How about we notify the health department..." The bald man's eyes flashed slyly.
When Ma Gan saw this, he suddenly fell to the ground, as if he was having an epileptic fit. He fell to the ground and foamed at the mouth.
Some of the onlookers were booing, some said something was wrong with the restaurant, and some shook their heads knowing the truth, but no one stood up to explain to the restaurant owner.
When the fat man saw this, he was angry and anxious, and said loudly: "If you don't do our business, you really don't do our business..."
When he was at a loss, the fat man suddenly said fiercely: "Do you think this dish is poisonous?"
"That's for sure." These two helpers said, both of them were short in stature and had nothing special about their appearance.
"Okay, the money for your meal is mine, and I'll eat the rest. If anything happens, I'll go with you to the patrol room or the health department. If nothing happens, don't bother the boss..." the fat man said harshly.
After saying that, he couldn't help but sit down and eat all the leftovers like a duck, holding back his nausea!
Ma Xiaoguang also had some admiration for Fatty, who was careful enough and ruthless enough. The key point was that these gangsters took advantage of the crowd to cause trouble. The onlookers followed the crowd, and most of them understood that Fatty was fine when they saw him.
Gradually, there were whispers and some snickering.
The four of them saw that the fat man had eaten a full stomach of leftovers, and it was nothing, and they were a little frustrated. However, the big bald man refused to give in, but the fat man could not hold on anymore, and was too embarrassed to wake up, so they had to lie on the ground without saying a word.
The big bald man said stiffly: "No matter what, my brother is lying on the ground now, not knowing whether he is alive or dead. You must give me an explanation."
The fat man also became furious, his face flushed, and he took out a sharp boning knife: "I don't need money, but I need my life..." After that, he pointed the gleaming knife at his chest with his backhand and said : "If you continue to bully others, I will die here!"
Now the two helpers and the big bald man were stunned. They didn't expect that there would be people who would rather give up their lives than their money. They wanted money rather than their lives.
But since they began to mingle in this street, no one has dared to risk their lives like this with them. Maybe they are bluffing...
Seeing this situation, the bald man seemed to disapprovingly say: "Boy, I left my words here today, if you dare to stick it out, forget about today's matter..."
"Is this what you said?" the fat man asked harshly.
"What I said, Mr. Jin, I keep my word, and the whole street knows it." The big bald man also said harshly.
"Okay!" The fat man finished his words. I saw that he was extremely fast and his momentum was like lightning. "Plop-" The sharp knife was mostly buried in his chest, and blood spurted out.
"Ah..." The little guy who didn't dare to speak next to him just now fainted with fright.
The onlookers around were screaming and screaming.
"A murderer..." "Someone committed suicide..." They were all called that.
Seeing this situation, the bald group of people were also panicked.
Eating a meal or extorting money was not a big deal at all, but now it was a big deal to save someone's life. Several people exchanged glances and immediately had an idea.
"Forget it today, I won't argue with you anymore." He hurriedly said this and the four of them quickly disappeared.
The people in the restaurant dispersed in a hurry.
The entire store was empty except for the boss, and only Ma Xiaoguang was left. Oh, and by the way, there was also the cook who was still bleeding on the floor.
The sudden change surprised the boss. When he realized it, he began to sob and cry: "Youyi, why are you doing this..."
Ma Xiaoguang remained unmoved but took out the banknotes and shouted to the boss: "Check out."
The boss turned around and settled the score with Ma Xiaoguang quickly.
Ma Xiaoguang looked around, maybe because what happened just now spread quickly, the restaurant was deserted and quiet.
He kicked the fat man on the ground and said, "Friend, those gangsters are gone. Get up and clean up quickly. If you don't lie down for a while, the patrol is coming..."
When the fat man on the ground heard this, he suddenly opened his eyes, rolled his eyes, quickly got up, and said to the boss: "Boss Li, I can only help you so much. You will explain it to the patrol room..."
Boss Li looked a little embarrassed and smiled at Ma Xiaoguang, then turned around to wake up the unconscious waiter and clean up the store.
The waiter was so frightened when he saw the fat man coming back from the dead that he fainted again, making Boss Li very busy again.
The cook stood up, tidied up briefly, seemed to remember something, and suddenly rushed to the back...
Ma Xiaoguang became interested at this time and followed the fat man in.
I saw the fat man leaning over the swill bucket, vomiting loudly, making stars appear in his eyes, as if all the bitter bile was coming out.
After vomiting for a while, the fat man took the gourd gourd and got water to rinse his mouth. After drinking some water, he felt better.
Turning around, he saw a pretty boy in a plaid suit looking at him with a smile.
Ma Xiaoguang said to the fat man: "Master Yang, your knife is still stuck in your body... You won't keep sticking him home, right?"
The fat man's face turned red, and he pulled out the boning knife from his body with his backhand. At this time, there was no common bleeding scene. He saw the fat man take out a red object stained with blood from his clothes, looking for a lotus leaf and Wrap it in oil paper and put it into the baggage together with the knife.
In the back alley, the fat man walked quickly with a baggage in his hand from the back door of "Maoyuan Restaurant", followed by Ma Xiaoguang at the back door.
Ma Xiaoguang smiled and said to the fat man: "Master, please tell me what skill this is?"
The fat man said angrily: "Walking around in the world, people's hearts are evil, and I don't want to engage in such dirty tricks. You have also seen that the group of people just now deliberately extorted money. I will definitely not be good if I don't do something evil. I If you want to fight with them, don’t stop doing business. If you didn’t call me just now, I will run away, so as not to cause trouble to Boss Li..."
"You, the cook, are a kind-hearted person. That blood is..." Ma Xiaoguang asked curiously.
"The pig urine is filled with the blood of a freshly killed chicken..." the fat man said.
"Huh? What a talent!" Ma Xiaoguang sighed in his heart.
After performing such a scene of "Blood Splattered at Maoyuan Village", the fat man definitely didn't want to stay there any longer, so he had to change his clothes and costume and go home.
Ma Xiaoguang became more and more interested in this fat man and followed him all the way.
The fat man was a little depressed after losing his job, so he naturally treated him without any pretense.
Ma Xiaoguang, however, always looked kindly to him, and would always look for topics to chat with when he had nothing to say.
I saw a snack shop on the roadside and bought some snacks to take with me.
Ma Xiaoguang asked: "Now that you can't work in Maoyuan, what are you going to do?"
The fat man was a little depressed and confused and replied: "I don't know."
Ma Xiaoguang said: "I have a friend who owns a foreign trade company. How about I introduce you to work there?"
Hearing this, the fat man stopped and looked at Ma Xiaoguang carefully as if he were looking at a monster, which made Ma Xiaoguang feel scared.
"Why are you watching what I'm doing? I'm not a woman." Ma Xiaoguang said angrily.
The fat man replied: "Although I have nowhere to go now, I won't follow you because you have unknown origins. There will be no pie in the sky."
Ma Xiaoguang was a little depressed when he heard this. As a pig's trotter, although he didn't have a halo like some great gods when he appeared on the stage, making heroes from all over the world bow to him, at least it shouldn't be according to this script.
Ma Xiaoguang was a little annoyed and said angrily: "You fat guy, you are so unreasonable. I saw that you were desperate, so I kindly helped you..."
"Help me, you pretty boy, you are all glamorous, but you don't look like a serious businessman. Either you are a freeloader, or you are trying to betray the gang," the fat man said with a smile, "You are just trying to trick me with your kid's tricks."
Since entering the era of the Republic of China, Ma Xiaoguang, who has always felt like a fish in water, was so angry that he was speechless for a moment.
After walking for about an hour, we arrived at Chengxingli in Zhabei.
This is a newly renovated Shikumen building. The fat man and his mother rented the ground floor of a house. Because the fat man has a special occupation and his income is not low, the mother and son live in three rooms on the ground floor of the same house. There are two wing rooms for each person, a living room and a common kitchen.
The old lady was kind-hearted. When she saw the fat man coming home, she asked with concern: "Xiaoyi, why are you so early today?"
"If there's something going on at the restaurant over there, we won't do anything." The fat man said in a muffled voice.
"Are you in trouble again?" the old man asked worriedly.
"No, no, someone was causing trouble there. Xiaoyi didn't want to cause trouble, so he quit." Ma Xiaoguang explained helpfully.
"Hello, auntie, I am a righteous friend, and I happened to go to Maoyuan Restaurant for dinner today." Ma Xiaoguang added.
"Oh, it's fine. If you don't have a job, just look for it." The old lady felt relieved after hearing this.
Seeing that Ma Xiaoguang also carried the snack box, I felt a little sorry and hurriedly let Ma Xiaoguang into the house.
"Sir, please take a seat. I have a duty to greet the guests... I will boil water." The old man greeted him warmly and was busy.
Just as he was about to light a fire, he was probably a little excited when he saw his son happy, or maybe he was choked by the soot from the house next door, so the old man coughed violently.
Seeing this, the two people quickly helped the old man sit down. Ma Xiaoguang went to pour water, while the fat man went into the side room to find medicine.
After a while, the fat man came out with a red face and asked: "Mom, your medicine is gone, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I've been sick for so long and it's not getting better after taking medicine. Why waste money? Everything is expensive in Shanghai, so I might as well save..."
"No, no, you must take this medicine..." The fat man choked with red eyes.
Seeing the fat man and his mother, Ma Xiaoguang felt a little sad, thinking of his parents in later generations...
All kinds of feelings came out of my heart, and I couldn't say anything for a while.
Suddenly he saw a spotless cross on the wall of the living room of Fatty's house. He thought about it and thought of something. He said to the mother and son: "Auntie, Xiaoyi, I have an American friend who has a way to get rid of the cross." Drugs for treating pneumonia and cough are available in foreign countries and they are not expensive, so I will go take a look right away and I will come back tomorrow."
After that, he comforted the mother and son for a while, then said goodbye and left Chengxingli.
