Chapter 10 Ruilong

On the Dapingba at the entrance of Daotai Yamen near my house, it changes several appearances a day.Although the people who came to Pingba couldn't tell when it was more and when it was less, but from the things placed in Pingba, it was easy to find out that the situation was not the same. This is a vegetable market in the morning.There are big baskets with gleaming scales, carps that are newly brought from the river, and can be raised in pots when you buy them home, and there are big live shrimps with long beards, and loads of wet (water) Turn over the water) red radish - green vegetables.Miao Dai Gou, carrying big pumpkins on his shoulders, is walking across the square; and the most famous He Sanyong fermented soy bean is also sold on the abandoned stove at the entrance of the gate.As soon as breakfast is over, it turns into a firewood field again!The fun is still the same.I saw large and small loads of Chinese pine and gold nuggets, Chai Pingping, arranged in pairs.They are neatly lined up, and when you look at them, you will think of the soldiers who are training under the sun on the big playground in the yamen.Moreover, their yellow color is exactly the same as the yellow cloth uniforms of soldiers. ——The difference is that among the soldiers, there are only a few trainers walking back and forth, shouting; while on this firewood field, there are many tank owners and apprentices, each carrying a bar that is stronger than my house's gate, The oil-soaked scale beam is walking from one side to the other, and the big iron hook at the end of the scale beam is hooked to the firewood to carry the scale.Soldiers would turn back and turn to the left—and walk, while the firewood load would just sit still as the sun baked it.

There are also many gray and yellow dry grasses.The straw load is so big that when the sun is not in the middle of the sky, there will be a shadow bigger than a square table on the side where the straw load bears the sun.Although it is now Bailu weather, the sun is not easy to resist after all!Who is not afraid of heat?Therefore, this shade has naturally become a resting place for those who sell firewood and grass. Since the weather is so dull, if your load of firewood is not dry and the bosses don’t come to ask, it’s not surprising that you just sit in the shade under the scorched autumn sun and fall asleep. thing!So after every load of grass, we can always see a man snoring loudly with his dead perch mouth open.This snoring sound is not very annoying, and it seems to have the power to hypnotize the other old Gengs squatting side by side.If you like to pay attention to those small things, you will also see those old Gengs who are snoring, and there are always a few people who are dozing off on their brown backs that have been slicked by the sun. Mosquitoes - that's funny!

The grass is dry like this, and one after another is placed like this: If there is a person who is usually joking and scrapes a match, in less than five seconds, I don’t know those people who sell grass and firewood in the ping. What a mess it's going to be!Originally, I saw such a thing once, and it is said that the person who did this was Ruilong and some friends.The meadow here is so big, the house is of course no problem, and I think it's more interesting than anything else.After passing here many times, I hope to see this thing again-needless to say, it always disappoints me! night came.Light yellow lights like fireflies rippling slightly on the small stalls - this place has become a place selling snacks.

Under the dizzy and rippling lights, the children gathered around the stall he needed.These stalls are lined up in rows according to everyone's habits before lighting up, like a game, and the display of goods changes according to the seasons.There are pickled radishes from Bao’s mother, Yangdong pears from Guangde, red pomelo from Gaocun from Mayang, money oranges from Xupu, fragrant Caojinshan beef, and groundnuts. , there are sugarcane, there are raw sweet potatoes,... probably this is also based on the delicacy of the townspeople, everything that comes to the gate is always very beautiful, clean, and cute.As for the value, it is not very expensive.If you buy peanuts for twenty renminbi elsewhere, the value is more than thirty renminbi here, but when you ask me to choose between the two, I will definitely buy the expensive one.

The peanuts here are particularly crispy, and the kernels are firm and reliable. — From peanuts we can prove everything else. If you don't have some money with you, who dares to play in this place that is enough to make your stomach growl?But that being said, just for the sake of playing here (without spending a single penny), while looking at the kumquats lined with pine hairs and the pears piled up like arhats on the shelf with your eyes, ... watch at will; It seems that there are still many poor children walking around swallowing their saliva. The vermilion chili sauce in the small white (painted with four seasons flowers) porcelain jar, just looking at it can make the mouth water to flow down the throat.Passing by the five-spice beef stall, how intoxicated by the strong taste!The fragrance of kumquats, pears, and sunflowers will all attract people to slow down their pace unconsciously.The crispy dumplings just arrived on the plate from the oil pan, and they were on the corner of the plate as if embarrassed.Large and small slices of sweet potatoes and white potatoes are piled up, and the small gongs selling candy are screaming... Well, these really needn't be mentioned, it makes my appetite itch.

How are they selling?Please look at the big and small copper coins in the basket. Chunky Ruilong is the only son of Uncle Meicun who lives next door to me.Maybe this is called rare things?Uncle Meicun and his wife always chased him and called Ruilong "good baby" all day long.In fact, apart from the round and brown face that looks like a big copper coin, what is there to be valuable about Ruilong?We saw that Ruilong deserved to be so clean, so we joked with him from time to time and called him a good baby.This "beautiful baby" is good when his mother calls it, but it is an insult when others call it. Ruilong knew this soon.Therefore, if this name, which does not please him, is uttered from the mouth of a younger brother, he will very bravely stretch out his little fat palm to cover your face and give you a slap in the face.The meaning of this slap is to avoid your second compliment for your title.As for the bigger ones that he can't subdue, he will quickly change his plan and say with a smile on his face, "Brother! I'm afraid of you, okay. You are not my father, how can you keep your mouth shut, baby?"

Because these three words ruined Ruilong's friendship with his companions, so many times that he asked to go to the yamen's playground to go to the dam.But everyone didn't think much of it. "Good baby!" "Good baby is here!" Fan Ruilong can still hear it at any time. The sweet baby on the lips of Uncle Meicun and Uncle Meicun is naturally sweet and affectionate. In fact, when it comes to the naughty behavior of this cute baby on the street, it is very similar! But Ruilong also has some advantages besides being naughty. His family runs a trendy tobacco shop, and he is only eleven or twelve years old, and he can help his mother pack cigarettes.In our opinion, it is not easy to distinguish the difference in weight between the five-cent and one-pack high-quality silk, but what he is capable of is that he does not need to use a scale (but he can hold it with his hands) There are two kinds of smoke in the package.During the day, he went with us to the old copper hammer (this is also a good name he gave our husband) to study at the old copper hammer (this is also a good name he gave our husband), and after returning from night school, he had dinner, and then went to the gate of the road to sell sugar cane with a winnow.He was not very good at reading, and his naughty skills sometimes made the wooden square on the red lacquered desk of old Mr. Brasshammer useless.But when he stood by the stall with a short apron around his waist and the cuffs rolled up above the elbows, he wiped the mud on the sugarcane vigorously with a cloth in one hand, and scraped the small sickle with great agility in the other hand, (When I see an acquaintance and pass by) I make that strangely friendly and affectionate voice: "Eat sugar cane, brother!" or "Uncle, this sugar cane is sweet and crisp, how can you eat it—take it, Take it! Why do you want uncle's money?" If you saw it, you would think it must be another Ruilong!

We often joke, thinking that at this time, if the old Mr. Tonghammer had just turned around and saw Ruilong's strange and friendly look--and Ruilong was very knowledgeable, so he casually picked up the big man in the dustpan. Stuff two knots of fat sugarcane into the teacher's arms, I dare to bet with anyone, when I enter the school tomorrow, I am not afraid that Ruilong will be more violent, and will not be punished by the teacher to kneel under the table for so long.I have my reasons. I firmly believe that the most polite gentleman will never do something like "repay the world with sugar cane"!

Ruilong's sugar cane is probably more delicious and cheaper than other people's stalls. Every night, his business seems to be better than those few people side by side.As far as I think, it may be because he is young, so he likes to do business with their classmates and friends (this is also heard from the old copper hammer).And he was so brave that he dared to give these young generals credit - otherwise, the business on the left of him would not be worse than him, so why would his business be far inferior to Ruilong's?That's what Bao's mother said, she said that Ruilong was originally popular.

A round bamboo strip, with two wooden strips cut into a square shape, forms a cross, and divides the painting into four areas.Arranged according to the usual easy-to-recognize order of dignity, one square face to face, each section is ten Wen; on the left, it is worth five coins;The tail is as tender and white as jade, and it is very beautiful. If the sugar cane is not used for chewing, but only used for viewing like chayote papaya: then I don't want to spend a lot of money to buy the goods that are in the right size.This tail is not for sale, but if you meet our acquaintances, you can take it and eat it casually.But Ruilong is not a stupid dog when doing business. When Shengmazi asked about Qiange, he would of course say, "You take the two money, all of it." Festival! Dazzling as you like" But most of the time he used it to make friends.

The few of us who know how to find happiness are gambling around the Ruilong stall again to split sugar cane.There is nothing better than betting on sugarcane splitting!Whoever has a better technique can get the best part of the sugar cane without spending a penny. Which child would not want to make such a bet?I, Zhaoxiang, Brother Yun, Qiao Qiao, (it seems that Chen Jiahuanhuan was also present) After selecting the sugar cane, everyone drew lots to set the order: everyone thought in their hearts that Mo would draw the shortest last lot—but the longest It's not what that person wants. Needless to say, the referee naturally fell on Ruilong. This is a piece of sugar cane, the head is sharpened on one side, and the tail is stripped to the very tip of the tip. Everyone takes turns to chop with a knife.In order to adjust the sugarcane to be the same length as itself, the first one always has to stand on the small stool; and finally, most of them put the sugarcane on the stool again.As long as he backhanded, he proved the life and death he hoped for.As the curved sickle turned back and forth, everyone's hearts were hooked by the point of the knife. "Xi——" when the sharp thin knife passed through the sugarcane, everyone's hearts were immediately tensed by the voice to the highest point—finally, the hahaha came out of their mouths, and their hearts finally Slowly and gradually relax. "Ha, Brother Yun lost again! Why is your face blushing? Come on again." Ruilong teased Brother Yun, and smiled cunningly and happily. "Come again, who is still afraid of that? Pick a bigger one and do it... Okay, okay, that's it." Brother Yun, whose face was feverish after losing, was not discouraged, and hoped that he would fight in the last time. Washed away his shame of losing twice in a row in the past.Most arrogant people have such a temper: they know that they are no match for others, but they always blame their failures on fate. "Then, this must be 'no more than three things'—no, no, this is exactly the account of Brother Yun who 'falls three times'! ... Hey, let's do the math, Brother Yun. Fifty-three plus ten just now Six, a total of fifty-nine—no, no, sixty-nine. . . This one counts twenty-four (he is counting the sum with one finger) and ninety-three together, doesn't it?" "Could it be counted on my account if I didn't hack you again?" "Well, it's sure to turn—your saber technique! I'd like to let you retaliate; otherwise, you can pass five levels. You don't believe in evil, next time we will try a little bit." This time, Yundi was lucky to draw the second lottery. He was not sure at all, but he got more than a foot long with one knife - but it was Qiao Qiao's turn to lose. Everyone didn't expect it, so they thought this accident was funny. "Brother Qiao, what! The old crab's feet will be broken by others, what a strange thing!" Rui Long shifted the teasing to Qiao Qiao without hesitation. "Break the old crab's feet, haha, really!" Everyone agreed. "My dear, let's do the math for you, Uncle Qiao, how much it is in total." "What does it matter! Forty plus twenty-four makes sixty-four—just enough to weigh a pound of rotten beef." "Okay, baby, see you tomorrow." "You can't afford to lose too much! Brother Yun, who has been defeated several times in a row, is not as sloppy as you." The good baby Ruilong didn't hear the first sound, but swallowed it from his ears because he was not strong enough. up.When the second sound came to his ear, he was a little angry after all, but the sound was still very soft. "What? Why can't you afford to lose? Which sloppy are you talking about?" Qiao Qiao, who was about to leave, turned around again. "I don't know who can't afford to lose, I don't know who is sloppy, just lose a piece of sugarcane and—" "What? I don't admit it?" "Then why do you speak so wildly, and keep saying 'good baby, good baby'? You didn't raise him; you're not his father—" Rui Long, who leaned on the stool and sorted the sugar cane, had wet eyes. "I like to scream, I'm happy to scream,... good baby, good baby, good baby... I am willing, no one can pick up a pile of horse shit to seal my mouth! Anyway, you are not a good baby, why come to admit it ?” These words are too powerful!But Ruilong is a person who knows each other and this, and he has also experienced Qiao Qiao's strength - he knows that he is not an opponent, so he can only endure.In fact, as long as you hold back your breath and Qiao Qiao walks a little further, the big thing will be settled!Unfortunately, the babble that he muttered in his mouth fell on the tip of Qiao Qiao's ear, who was several steps away from the stall. "What, who are you scolding?" "Whoever calls me a good baby - I'll fuck his mother who bullies me!" He replied without thinking. Don't worry!You would think that when two of you are scolding your mother, the breakup is decided, and if you see them coming together, you will twist your butt and roll the two of you towards the muddy garbage nest, right?This would not happen today.Although Qiao Qiao said that he was extremely brave in the fight, but he would not just attack Rui Long! "Are you a good baby? Don't be ashamed! Whose good baby are you? (He turned around again, and looked at us who were dazed, not knowing why, but also a little hopeful to watch the fun.) What, which one of you wants a good baby? One! I don’t want it, it’s rare to take care of it.” Qiao Qiao was still laughing, very proud that his witty words got into Rui Long's ears. Seeing Ruilong wiping his hands vigorously with the sugarcane rag, tears as big as soybeans falling on the edge of the dustpan, Qiaoqiao was still grinning.Ruilong was bullied today. "Only dare to bully others a little bit." "Then give me a hand." "Fight with the Yang family's pockmarks!" "I'm afraid of people - I can only eat you!" Qiao Qiao teased on purpose. "Okay, forget it. We're all good friends, so why bother arguing over something bigger than eyeballs—even if I'm one of your good babies. (Everyone laughs) Isn't it considered a role if each bears a word? ...Go, go, let's go." Fortunately, Zhaoxiang, who was interested, came out and became a peacemaker. Everyone procrastinated and pushed Qiao Qiao away, and then came to comfort Ruilong, cleaned up the stall for him, and persuaded him to leave.This matter is so settled, I feel it is boring, I am afraid it will be Yang Xixi who loves to tease children to fight each other the most.He was drinking millet wine at another stall at this time, and once noticed the sugarcane stall here. Those who don't know the situation would think that Rui Long, who was still crying when he turned around, had made this feud with Qiao Qiao tonight, and he would not see each other for at least ten or eight days!In fact, what are these gossip and squabbles, if they are just a few words of cursing?The next day at the stall, it was still the same few present people messing around there. "Hey, Brother Yun is blushing from losing! Haha, what's the matter with you!... Do it again, do it again..." Maybe Brother Yun is a little too honest, everyone loves to joke with him; Sarcasm, especially to Brother Yun who often blushes when he loses. However, ever since Ruilong cried, Brother Yun has found a few words that can make Ruilong blush, these words are: "Can you! Don't try to play against me, if you are brave, you have been with brother Qiao Let's go!" At this time, Ruilong must have lowered his head to tidy up the sugar cane that didn't need to be tidied up. Made in October 1925