Cheng Ji originally thought that he could at least be safe until spring came, but he didn't expect it would only last for more than half a month.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, his good days came to an abrupt end and could not be repaired.
Early in the morning of that day, "Huangcun Zhongyi Renyong Noodle House" set off firecrackers to welcome the God of Wealth and opened its doors to resume business. Lao Geng drove his tricycle out to buy vegetables, while Cheng Ji cleaned the store and waited for customers to come.
There was nothing to do in the morning. At noon, Wang Beifeng, the son of destiny, came to Huang Village under the guidance of God.
Wang Beifeng is from Xu Province, thousands of kilometers away. He is called "Beifeng" because his hometown is in the north.
He did not go back to celebrate the New Year this year, but brought his parents to Hongcheng for a lively reunion. Because they missed their small business, his parents were anxious to go back after only staying for a few days. Wang Beifeng could not persuade them, so he sent them on the early flight back home today.
After his family boarded the plane, Wang Beifeng came out of the airport alone. He encountered traffic control halfway and took a small road. He did not turn on the navigation and drove casually along the road. As a result, he drove more and more remote and entered the mountainous area after 20 minutes.
As the scenery on both sides of the road was beautiful, he was not in a hurry and just treated it as a New Year's trip until the car drove into the paradise of Huang Village.
He had been in Hongcheng for several months and had basically been active in the urban area, occasionally going hiking and fishing. He was unfamiliar with the outskirts of the city and had never even heard of the name of this village.
He got off the bus to ask for directions. He was hungry, so he thought of having a meal before leaving. At a glance, he saw the "Loyalty, Righteousness, Benevolence and Courage" sign waving like a painting in the bright New Year sun, and it was shining brightly with golden light!
"Oh my god!" He was amazed at the grandeur of the plaque and walked into the noodle shop.
At this time, Cheng Ji was sitting behind the cash register with an apron on, picking vegetables and watching TV series.
“Welcome, what would you like to eat…” Cheng Ji looked up in shock, his face suddenly changed, and he shouted “Fuck!” in his heart!
Wang Beifeng wanted to kneel down to him immediately!
"Fuck!!!" Wang Beifeng roared.
“…” Cheng Ji silently put down the coriander in his hand.
“Oh my god!!!”
"Who is your mother?" Cheng Ji finally adjusted his expression and smiled in a relaxed manner.
"You are my mother!!!" Wang Beifeng roared.
Cheng Ji then said, you have the wrong person, I am not your mother, and I have never given birth to a blue child as tall and majestic as you in my life.
Wang Beifeng pointed at him and cursed: "You are so dishonest! You ran away from the crematorium without even saying hello that day, and Qi Beisong almost skinned me alive after he found out! Thanks to Lei Jing for being so righteous and taking on 70% to 80% of the firepower for me, otherwise even if I had nine lives, they wouldn't be enough for Qi Zuo!"
Hearing Qi Beisong's name again, Cheng Ji felt mixed emotions and asked, "Qi Beisong, what do you do?"
"What do you think?" Wang Beifeng asked back.
"I have no idea."
Wang Beifeng asked: "Is it true that you don't know or is it false that you don't know?"
Cheng Ji smiled and said, "It's fake, I don't know. I know what he means. Isn't it just that the young master is spoiled at home and is really bored, so he makes an enemy to chase and beat to relieve his boredom. Without me, he will still find someone else, so he doesn't have to be so focused."
He didn't voice his doubts because the more he thought about it, the more impossible it seemed. Thinking about it any further would seem like he was overly self-conscious, which was inconsistent with his free and easy personality.
Wang Beifeng observed him for a while, then said helplessly: "... I think you really don't know."
“?” Cheng Ji was puzzled.
"…" Wang Beifeng sighed, "On one hand, Nezha is making trouble in the sea, and on the other hand, I am ignorant. Tsk tsk, I feel like this question is beyond the scope of the syllabus."
"Exceed what?" Cheng Ji asked again.
Wang Beifeng coughed lightly: "Anyway, I won't bother you about running away that day. Have you been hiding in this village for so many days?"
Cheng Ji said, "I'm not hiding. This is just my normal work. The owner of this store is a friend of the vice president of Changkang Hospital. She introduced me to work here."
"She's still my mother! You guys are really tormenting me, don't you know that? Qi Beisong almost turned Hongcheng upside down to find you, and you just sit here and work as a cashier?!"
Cheng Ji said: "I'm not a cashier. I'm learning the skill of pulling noodles from my master. The owner of the shop is really good at making noodles."
"Bullshit, come back with me!" Wang Beifeng shouted.
Cheng Ji pretended to be angry, put down his face and said: "Wang Beifeng, I am the local boss here now, you have to be serious in front of me. If you speak nicely, I will treat you to noodles. If you don't speak nicely, I'm afraid you won't be able to go back even during the New Year."
Wang Beifeng weighed it and said, "Eat noodles."
Cheng Ji then shouted to the kitchen: "Saucy noodles! Extra large portion!"
"Who wants the extra large portion?" Lao Geng asked in the kitchen.
"Brother!" Cheng Ji replied.
Lao Geng came out and looked at Wang Beifeng, then asked Cheng Ji, "Is this your buddy? He has a good physique. Has he practiced before?"
When Wang Beifeng saw Lao Geng for the first time, he was shocked no less than Cheng Ji was, because Lao Geng had a scar on his face, a cigarette in his mouth, a bandit-like look, and a fierce look in his eyes, but he was wearing a floral lace apron.
"He used to be a soldier." Cheng Ji continued picking vegetables.
Lao Geng patted Wang Beifeng on the shoulder and said, "My son's buddy is my nephew. Today, not only will your uncle treat you to a big portion of臊子面, but he will also give you a portion of super chili oil. It's so spicy that it'll make your hair fall off!"
"..." Wang Beifeng asked, "Where did the hair fall from?"
After Lao Geng returned to the kitchen, Wang Beifeng asked Cheng Ji, "Where did your father come from?"
Cheng Ji chuckled, pulled a chair and sat across from him, lowering his voice and saying, "Don't underestimate this shop owner. He was a jerk in the past and almost spent his life in prison. Even now, he still has a group of people who often get together to eat and drink together, and they all call him 'Brother Biao'. He insisted on recognizing me as his godson, so I had no choice but to recognize him as his godfather. Anyway, I have a backer now, so you'd better not mess with me!"
Wang Beifeng also lowered his voice: "You have never seen a real black society, right? Your father's interest exchange group for middle-aged and elderly people, what kind of backing is that?"
Of course Cheng Ji had seen black societies before, and he had even taken down a few of them in his previous life. He also knew that no matter whether it was a black society or a fan club, they would be vulnerable if they really met the Qi family.
He smiled and said, "Brother, for the sake of our friendship, please go back and stop talking. I have nothing left but this fake father. If Qi Beisong brings his men to kill me again, I won't be able to resist. As long as you don't say anything, I'll let my father give you another serving of braised beef, okay?"
Wang Beifeng said: "No, Lao Qi..."
He suddenly remembered Qi Beisong's behavior recently, and he might really do something because of love turning into hate. He weighed the importance of Qi Beisong and the braised beef in soy sauce in his mind, and decisively agreed to Cheng Ji's request.
He really didn't say much when he got back, but three days later, he drank too much in the bar and let it slip to Zhao Jiarui and Chen Chuan.
Zhao Jiarui and Chen Chuan, the two generals, took advantage of their vacation to visit Cheng Ji in Huang Village.
Cheng Ji saw the two men hanging around outside the door wearing goggles on a snowy day. He wanted to ignore them, but they just kept teasing him and refused to leave. He could only say to Lao Geng, "Dad, two more of my buddies are here..."
Lao Geng said: "Great! These two guys seem to be pretty smart, they are so hot that they lose their hair!!"
While Lao Geng was away, Chen Chuan asked Cheng Ji, "Didn't your mother die? Where did you get a stepfather?"
Cheng Ji immediately asked angrily: "Are you jealous? Then go find one too!"
Chen Chuan smiled and said, "Cheng Cheng, anything else is fine, but you can't just recognize anyone, Dad."
Because if you recognize another father, Qi Beisong will have another father-in-law. If the team grows bigger, people will become confused and difficult to manage!
Cheng Ji invited the two men to eat noodles and told them, "Please don't tell anyone when you get home!"
"Absolutely not." Chen Chuan said, "But you have to answer me a question."
"What's the problem?"
Chen Chuan and Zhao Jiarui exchanged glances with serious expressions: "Excuse me, what do you think of lovesickness?"
"Who is suffering from lovesickness?" Cheng Ji asked.
Chen Chuan said: "The protagonist in my novel."
"You don't know? Chuanzi is also a writer." Zhao Jiarui introduced solemnly.
Chen Chuan said modestly, "I can't say I'm a writer. I'm just an ordinary literature and art lover, worker and explorer. I just started writing my humble work. I wrote about 200 words yesterday. It is expected to be 2 million words. I am still in the stage of going deep into life and collecting extensive information. So, what do you think of lovesickness?"
"A type of mental illness?" Cheng Ji asked.
Chen Chuan raised his thumbs high: "Sharp!"
Zhao Jiarui also gave a thumbs up: "Accurate!"
The two looked at each other and laughed, saying, "Okay, hurry up and cut a piece of the braised beef your dad made. Wang Beifeng said it's delicious. We promise not to tell anything when we get back!"
The two men really didn't tell anyone when they returned, because they told Lei Jing on WeChat as soon as the car drove out of the Huangcun intersection.
Lei Jing had nothing to do during the New Year, so he came over the next day to eat noodles.
Cheng Ji's face turned black, and he reported to Lao Geng, who commented: "Oh, this brother looks like a rare talent, but I have confidence in my chili oil, it will still be so spicy that it will make you lose your hair!"
Lei Jing said: "Then I respectfully decline the offer, because I cannot lose any of the parts on my body, otherwise my wife will be angry."
The noodle shop invited Lei Jing's guests (but Lei Boss was determined not to add chili oil), Cheng Ji wanted to kneel down and beg him: "Brother, you are a wise man! Give me a way out! Don't tell anyone when you go back!!"
Lei Jing said: "I won't say it."
But if he knew it, it meant that Zheng Haiping also knew it, because Zheng Haiping was not "someone else".
Although Zheng Haiping was not familiar with Cheng Ji, considering his important position in the Qi family, combined with Qi Beisong's recent performance, and for the sake of his second half of life, he decided to go to Huang Village to eat noodles and by the way, meet Zheng Zhuer, the woman who had infatuated Master Qi.
He didn't see her carefully last time in the old house. He only remembered that she looked sick and looked unwell. This time he went to take a closer look and saw how stunningly beautiful she was.
By the way, Cheng Ji is not the most beautiful woman in the country, but Qi Beisong is the most beautiful woman in the country.
Zheng Haiping is a very versatile person, but he has a weakness - he doesn't know the way when driving, and navigation is of no use. He gets lost while driving.
The terrain around Huang Village is long and complex, and even the locals would get confused, let alone Zheng Haiping. He spent a whole day trying to get out of the mountains, and his phone ran out of battery.
Fortunately, he sent a message to Lei Jing before turning off his phone, saying that he felt there were no wild animals in the mountains and asked him not to call the police first, and to trust his ability, and to send a helicopter to search if there was no news by tomorrow morning.
Early spring had not yet arrived, and it would be dark by five in the afternoon. How could Lei Jing allow Zheng Zongguan to stay in the wilderness for another night? He immediately took Wang Beifeng, Zhao Jiarui, Chen Chuan, and seven or eight other people into the mountains to look for people. When passing through Huang Village, he also called Cheng Ji. Among the people who knew about it, Qi Beisong was probably the only one who was still kept in the dark.
Around four o'clock that afternoon, Cheng Ji was preparing for the evening opening in the store when he was hurriedly called out.
He climbed into Wang Beifeng and Zhao Jiarui's car and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Cheng'er!" Wang Beifeng said, "My second ancestor is missing. You are familiar with the surrounding area. Please help me find him!"
"who?"
Wang Beifeng said: "The Qi family has a pair of old ancestors, a pair of great ancestors, a princess, a prince consort, a young ancestor, and a second ancestor. It doesn't matter if the others are lost, but these second ancestors are Lei Ge's real ancestors, so they must be found."
There was a handheld radio in the car, so they kept in touch. Lei Jing said in another car: "Xiao Cheng, Zheng Haiping is missing."
Chen Chuan added under the interference of weak electric current: "Wrong! Brother Hai lost himself again. This is the third time in the solar calendar this year and the first time in the lunar calendar!"
Wang Beifeng explained: "Brother Hai can get lost in his own neighborhood, but he insists on learning how to drive. After getting lost, he keeps trying the navigation system but doesn't follow it. Eventually, his phone runs out of battery and his car runs out of gas."
Cheng Ji asked: "Then how do you find him?"
Lei Jing said on the other end: "I put a GPS locator in his wallet."
Wang Beifeng said, "Cheng'er, please don't tell Brother Hai about installing the positioning device. He is a person with poor navigation skills but he still wants to save face."
"I see." Cheng Ji asked, "Where is his position now?"
Lei Jing sent an image to Wang Beifeng's phone. Cheng Ji combined the surrounding terrain, squinted his eyes and identified it for a long time, and confirmed: "I should have been to this place, but the car can't drive here. How did he get up there?"
Lei Jing said: "If I knew, wouldn't I be the same as him?"
When Cheng Ji led the way to Zheng Haiping, he was following a group of hiking friends, making a fire and setting up a tent halfway up the mountain. He looked quite happy.
Seeing Lei Jing appear behind the woods, he stood up and said to the hikers who rescued him, "Okay, my family is here to pick me up."
He was probably used to it, so he took the scarf and hat from Lei Jing without hesitation, put them on his head elegantly, and said, "Go home!"
Lei Jing asked: "Where is your car?"
"There." Zheng Haiping pointed in a 360-degree direction. The others did not dare to say anything, but sighed secretly.
Lei Jing whispered, "Luckily I located the car as well."
Cheng Ji and Zheng Haiping had only met once and he didn't look at them closely at the time, but now that they were almost walking side by side, he realized that they were something special.
Good looks are secondary. He has a calm temperament that is not quite in line with his age.
When those bodyguards were following Qi Beisong, they laughed when they should laugh, scolded when they should scold, and swore when they should swear. But in front of Zheng Haiping, they all pretended to be serious and spoke in low voices. Even Lei Jing seemed to be inferior to them. They were really inferior.
Last time, Cheng Ji treated him very rudely, so when he saw him this time, he apologized. The Second Ancestor didn't mind at all and said, "It's not me who was scolded anyway."
After returning to Huang Village, the Second Ancestor was hungry. The others wanted to take him to another big restaurant, but he refused and insisted on eating Lao Geng brand braised beef. Cheng Ji had no choice but to treat them to noodles again.
There were originally only four small tables in the shop, but more than a dozen grown men squeezed in all of a sudden, and it felt like there was no room to even stand.
Cheng Ji smiled bitterly: "If you keep going on like this, my father will really be bankrupted by you guys."
His godfather, who had been married to the emperor for the third time, shouted righteously in front of the kitchen stove: "Eat as much as you want! I didn't expect that you, my son, had such a great background and so many brothers. Dad has a new respect for you! One more brother means one more way. Remember to stick up for your brothers. I'll make you lose all your hair!!"
When bowls of hot noodles were served on the table and the beef was cut into several large plates, these people sat or stood, eating while holding a victory meeting.
Zheng Haiping didn't like coriander, but Lao Geng added it without hesitation. Lei Jing hunched his shoulders and helped him pick out the coriander bit by bit like a little wife, and it was a waste of his 1.8-meter-tall body.
Cheng Ji stood by and watched, and finally understood the difference between the boss and the ancestor:
Your boss pays you a salary, but you still maintain your dignity in front of him, and he respects you;
Your ancestors didn't give you a penny, but you still had to kneel down and serve them, for fear that something might happen to them.
Zheng Haiping didn't mind the chili oil, and added a large spoonful of it to the noodle soup himself, but he still ate politely and said slowly: "I think Cheng Cheng is doing well here."
He has already said it is good, who dares to say it is not good
When Cheng Ji heard this, he thought there was a chance, so he quickly stepped forward and said, "Then Brother Hai, you can't tell anyone when you go back!"
Zheng Haiping smiled faintly: "Who is the 'other person' now? Isn't it Beisong? He has been a little obsessed with something recently."
"Brother Hai, promise me that you will never bring him here again!" Cheng Ji took advantage of the victory and pursued.
"I agree." Zheng Haiping nodded.
After hearing this, the others hurriedly buried their heads in eating noodles and pretended they didn't hear it, because everyone knew that Zheng Haiping had some special abilities, and as long as he left this door, he would never be able to find himself again.
So his agreement was the same as not agreeing. Next time he came, it would be Qi Beisong who would bring him instead of him.
The author has something to say: Of course the son was born by Brother Hai.