Chapter 9 3. Is "sticking bark" a shortcut for the first rich?

There is a shocking flesh worm on elm trees. We northerners call it "sticking bark", also known as "foreign worm".More than one inch, black, hairy, with stinging feet on both sides of the groin.When it falls on the clothes, it sticks to it tightly, shaking but not falling off.If it falls on the skin, it cannot be removed unless it is pulled.Although it is removed, the skin becomes red and swollen, as if being stung by a bee. It takes two or three days to reduce swelling and relieve pain.This is similar to a leech, but it looks more annoying than a leech.And it also changes color, black on the elm, white on the poplar, green on the locust tree.

Some Chinese are really like "sticking tree bark".The target it "sticks" changes and shifts with the development of the times.It is quite thought-provoking to study the level of its "stickers".The first is to post "official". "Director XX? I know him!" "Commander XX? His son and my buddies!" "Leader XX? The sister of his daughter's classmate is my lover's younger brother's sister-in-law!" With seven crutches and eight detours, those who cannot be caught by ten poles can always be caught.When you catch it, you will "stick it".

This is really a "sticker". There are also fake "posters", although they also want to "post", but they have no chance, and it is difficult to get close to the target. In our life, don’t we often see some people, in order to curry favor with a certain head or the son or daughter of a certain head, do their best to flatter, flatter, and please?What is the picture?Many of them have real plans.There are also some people who have no intention, but only get some kind of psychological comfort.As if "posting" someone, I am no longer an ordinary person, and my status has been elevated.

Then "post" Hong Kong tourists.Hong Kong residents are also yellow-skinned, black-haired and black-eyed. They are descendants of Chinese people, descendants of dragons, and our compatriots.Why is it too urgent to "stick" each other?Gein Hongkongers are quite rich in the eyes of the "posters".Those who have money seem to belong to the category of "higher Chinese" nowadays.In fact, apart from having a little money compared to the average mainlander, what exactly makes them "higher"?As far as money is concerned, Hong Kong is by no means full of gold and silver, and not all Hong Kong people are rich. Fake "managers" among "Hong Kong guests", "rich men" in disguise, and scammers who came to the mainland with ulterior motives. In recent years, are there not many people who only disclose it in newspapers?

However, in order to get some benefits, the "posters" know that the other party is a liar, and they still have to "post" recklessly.The scammer's profiteering can even show his superb "sticking" skills. "Post" Hong Kong visitors is more beneficial than "posting" such-and-such leaders and such-and-such cadres.The small ones are lighters, stockings, cosmetics, fake jewelry and so on, while the big ones are tape recorders, cameras, color TVs, video recorders and so on.As long as you have worked for them in the interior, it is not difficult to get rewards for your merits.The Hong Kong guests also seem to be more generous than the cadres who lead such and such.You want to take a tape recorder from the house of a certain leader and a certain cadre?Don't think about it!Under normal circumstances, they are used to receiving rather than giving. Those who "post" leading cadres are actually "post" and "power".In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, power is not just for people to "stick".Have to "pay taxes".Those who have achieved things that ordinary people cannot do by clinging to a certain power, how many do not pay anything? Those who "post" Hong Kong tourists are actually "posting" money and "posting" things.Money is also things, and things are also money. They are all things that can be seen by hands, touch and eyes. When they are "posted", they are real.

According to my opinion, Hong Kong tourists are divided into three or six or nine classes. First class decent business and decent business. The second-class will inevitably speculate and make profits. The third-class ones, cheating and cheating, do whatever they can, and they just want to take a couple of pockets of money from the mainland to go back to eat, drink and have fun. During a certain period, those who wore Hong Kong uniforms, those who stayed in Hong Kong, those who tuned into Hong Kong, those who looked like Hong Kong, those who "posted" Hong Kong customers, and those who pretended to be Hong Kong customers, really made our society and life lively. for a while.

If the "poster" is a man, it's annoying; if the "poster" is a woman, it's even more disgusting.Male "posters" rely on shamelessness and skills, while female "posters" rely on shamelessness and lust.All "posting", no matter the technique or the appearance, must be shameless.Just like steamed buns or barbecued pork, it is always necessary to use some "mian yinzi". Once when I went to Beijing Hotel to visit people, I saw a beautiful girl with full makeup, walking back and forth in the front hall with a short and fat ugly Hong Kong visitor in his fifties on his arm.The girl is already half a head taller than the Hong Kong people, and she wears a pair of extra high heels, as if she is carrying an obese child, which is really "appalling".The girl was still arrogant, with her neck stretched out like a giraffe, and a light yellow was exposed under the mask of the "rich and strong fan".It seemed that it was Napoleon on her arm.It really makes you feel that the faces of mainlanders have been completely humiliated by these men and women who "post" them.

Another time, I was having dinner with the daughter of one of my middle school Chinese teachers in a restaurant. There was Er Gangzai at the next table, and I toasted and laughed with a few "modern" girls from the Mainland, acting presumptuously. One of them, puffing out smoke rings, said leisurely, "I'm going to suck up 17 cents every minute!" showing off how much bad money he has. The few female "posters" clicked their tongues, expressing their infinite admiration, and the corners of their eyes swayed coquettishly. Another porter, staring at our table from time to time.Finally, he came over and confronted me without any trouble.Then I stared at my female partner and said, "Miss, can I toast you with a glass of wine?"

She blushed and said seriously, "Why?" "Because you are so beautiful! I have been in Beijing for many days, and I have never seen a girl as beautiful as you!" The Hong Kong dialect and the salivating look made me want to Put the dish on his face. I said coldly: "Thank you for your flattery, she is my wife." The other party was startled, and then said: "I really envy you, you have such a beautiful wife, you can tell that she is a movie actor La!" My female partner's face has already blushed like a peach blossom.She is indeed a beautiful girl, and those few female "posters" look even more vulgar compared to her. "Your eyesight is pretty good." I said coldly, and decided to sweep the fun of these two porters today.

"Let's be friends, shall we? We are..." He took out a business card and put it on the table, and a fragrance entered my nostrils. I also have business cards.Two hundred sheets.Beautifully printed.For work needs, our editorial department prints for every comrade, and it is also fragrant. With a flick of my finger, I flicked the business card to the ground and said, "You don't deserve to be friends with me." He looked at me and saw that my clothes were old and dirty, and asked, "Who are you?" with contempt in his tone. I dug out my Writers Association membership card from my schoolbag, put it on the table, and said, "I am a member of the Chinese Writers Association. Although I am a small person, among the waiters in this restaurant, there must be someone who knows my name."

A young waiter came to remove the dishes, and I asked, "Have you watched the TV series "There's a Snowstorm Tonight"?" Those days were playing continuously. Read the answer. I said, "I am the original author." The young man smiled and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you. I also like literature, but I can't write well. Can I bother you in the future?" I said, "Of course." I tore off a page from my notepad and wrote my address to him. The gangster didn't know what to say anymore, and retreated to their table tactfully. That group of vulgar men and sluts stopped teasing and stared at us with various eyes.My girlfriend whispered, "Let's go." I said: "No. I haven't finished my meal yet! Listen, I'll post a couplet to see if you can get it right—male 'poster', female 'poster', male and female 'poster'. men and women." Unprepared, she lowered her head. I said again: "Listen to the next couplet—red flies, green flies, red and green flies looking for flies!" After that, I stood up. She too stood up immediately. I whispered, "Take my arm, let's go." She obediently took my arm and walked out with me.I walked on the road for a long time without saying a word. She tried to withdraw her arm, but I held her hand tightly. "What's the matter with you?" she asked uneasily. Then I said: "Listen, you know I treat you like a younger sister, you are about to be transferred to Guangzhou to work, there may be more Hong Kong tourists of this kind, there may be more girls of that kind, if you become You must be as worthless and despicable as they are, and you will never see me again. If you see me, I will not know you!" She shook my hand hard and whispered: "Look, I am Is that kind of girl?" I know she'll never be like them, I'm totally sure of it.I often think, what exactly are the Chinese people lacking at present?Is it money?Why have the living standards generally improved in recent years, but Chinese people have become extremely jealous of money?Among the one billion Chinese people, which part of the Chinese people was first defeated by money? !Society, you come to answer this question! Once, I encountered such a thing in Beitaipingzhuang: a driver from out of town asked someone how to drive to Dongdan.The man stretched out his hand and said without shame: "Give me two yuan and tell you, otherwise I won't tell you." The driver went to ask a peddler again, and the peddler said, "Buy me a pair of underpants first, and I'll tell you later." The driver sighed and said to himself: "Oh, this is still in the capital..." That day I was pushing a bicycle and took my son to the Beitaipingzhuang shopping mall.The son wanted to eat ice cream, so he took all the change in his pocket and bought four.When paying the fare, I ran out of change, so I exchanged it with the old woman who sold ice cream for one yuan. She asked, "How many more?" I said, "I won't even buy one, I'm riding a bike, and I have children, so I can't take it anymore." She said: "There is no change." She returned the one yuan to me and ignored me.I said, "I just bought four from you!" She just pretended she didn't hear me, and she didn't even look at me. On the other hand, the old man who was looking at the bicycle was very reasonable and said: "Forget it, let's go, let's go." He shook his head and said, "People have become 'money strings' these days..." Fortunately, not everyone has become "Qian Chuanzi".Otherwise, if our country and our people have reached a well-off living standard, the social situation will indeed not be good. It seems that the improvement of living standards is not necessarily directly proportional to the improvement of national quality. The door was opened, and all kinds of foreigners came to China. The "posters" showed their talents again, using higher skills to "post" foreigners. This is the third level of "sticking" style. That's all I see. Because the "Martians" won't come to China with flying saucers in three to five years.It is said that "Martians" are similar to monsters-if there is one, no matter how skilled the men and women "stickers" are, they will scream and run away when they see them. The style of "sticking" has levels, and those who "stick" are divided into grades. First-class "posters" "post" Americans, British, French, Japanese, Canadians, Italians, Swedes... Second-class "posters" "post" blacks. On this point, it quite reflects the international attitude of the Chinese people - not engaging in racial discrimination. The third-class "posters" can only "post" Hong Kong customers.While "sticking" to it, at the same time unwilling to be reduced to second-class forever, as the saying goes: "Riding a horse to find a horse." Once, a Swedish friend, Walker, said to me: "How come you Chinese have become so low in front of foreigners now? Within three days of knowing foreigners, you will make such and such requests, wanting to get rid of them, but entangled Hold on to you..." I scowled and said sternly, "Please don't insult the Chinese in my house!" He didn't expect that I would say such unkind words to him, he stared at me for a moment, and resigned in displeasure.After a long time, I thought I had offended him.He finally came anyway and sincerely apologized for what he said. In fact, Walker's words are not an insult to some Chinese people.He just spoke of a "bad" phenomenon. Those who "post" foreigners are not only for money, for things, but also for going abroad. "The honest ones don't get the food that comes from the cheap." Our ancestors respected themselves like this, which is really admirable. Sometimes I can't help thinking wildly, if any foreign rich man, with ingenuity, puts up a case in Tiananmen Square, puts all kinds of foreign goods on the case, and shouts: "Hey, you Chinese, come and take whatever you want!" Will there be thousands of people? , swarming to grab, squeeze over the case, break the head? Walker came to my house often, and every time he came in his car, some people paid special attention to me. So someone asked me: "Can you exchange some foreign exchange certificates for me?" I always simply answered two words: "No." As a result, some people think it is too "independent", and they don't even give it a little "convenience".I don't take this "convenience" door myself. At that time, my home did not have a tape recorder, no refrigerator, no color TV, only a 12-inch black and white TV.In comparison, refrigerators are much more important to our lives than tape recorders.Summer in Beijing is too hot, leftovers and children's milk will go bad the next day.Refrigerators have become the stuff of our dreams.And refrigerators are out of stock, so it is really hard to buy them.But "Friendship Store" is for sale.But I don't have a foreign exchange certificate. My wife often said to me: "Just ask Walker once! Can't we just ask him once? Based on your friendship with Walker, if you ask him to buy a refrigerator for us with foreign exchange certificates, will he still refuse? ? Let’s give him RMB.” Even the old father said: “I think Walker will help with this, please open your mouth once, please see.” I think, as long as I ask, Walker will definitely agree. I swore to myself never to make such a request, or anything like it, to Walker. Because one day, after dinner, while drinking tea, Walker looked at my son who was building blocks on the floor, and suddenly said: "The first time I came to your house, Xiao Liang Shuang couldn't play alone. Call me 'Uncle Walker', but I haven't even given him a toy." His face was ashamed. His wife said: "He has a lot of toys!" Walker said, "Next time I come here, I will definitely give him a toy." I said, "Why are you so serious?" Walker glanced at me and said, "Xiaosheng, you are the only Chinese I know who has never asked me anything." I said: "There is a saying in China - 'The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water'. I don't want to mix any impurities into our friendship." Since that day, I have firmly remembered Walker's words - "You are the only Chinese I know who has never made any request to me." His words made me proud and sad for some Chinese people. Once I deliberately asked him: "Among the Chinese people you met, did you ask you to help them buy a refrigerator?" He said, "It's not just about buying a refrigerator!" He told me that there was a bureau chief who met him through some relationship, and then took the initiative to invite him to his home many times as a guest, and introduced his two daughters to him.Later, he hinted to him through a third party that he hoped that this young Swedish doctor would become the first or second son-in-law of the "comrade" director. "It doesn't matter which one I fall in love with. 'You can choose between the two'-that's what they said to me!" Walker's handsome, princely face showed an extremely contemptuous expression. expression. I said, "Then you just pick one! Don't you want to find a Chinese girl to be your wife?" Walker said angrily: "But I want to find it myself in China, not to let others sell it to me!" I said, "You should understand their feelings!" Walker said: "Of course I understand, I understand it too much! I told them bluntly that I couldn't fall in love with any of those two girls! And persuaded them to die! I think they are insulting Me, but guess what kind of request they then made to me?" I said, "I can't guess." Walker said, "You take a serious guess." I thought for a while and shook my head. Walker said: "They asked me to introduce other foreigners to the director's two daughters! I asked them, why do they have to find a foreigner husband for their daughter when there are so many Chinese men? They answered very Frankly: "In Beijing, there are many cadres at the level of the bureau chief. Besides, my bureau chief is about to retire, and my daughters are not very capable. Find a foreigner as a husband, and they can go abroad in the future. There is something to rely on for happiness." The so-called happiness some Chinese consider for their daughters is to find a foreigner as a husband!" Feeling slipped again, he quickly looked at me and said, "Please forgive me." I said, "Your words make sense." Maybe my expression was too serious, and Walker's expression also became serious. He thought for a moment, then said in a low voice: "If I encounter this kind of thing in the future, it's not too much to despise them in person, right?" I said, "It's up to you."