At about nine o'clock at night, "Dream of the Stars" should close.
Gan Qing washed the makeup on her face, pulled out the light-colored contact lenses, blinked her eyes twice, and inserted five fingers into her long hair to lift the waterfall-like wig, revealing a half-length wig. The hair, drooping down near the chin, made the wig cramped.
Then she took off her stiletto shoes and tucked them under the counter. She slipped barefoot out of a pair of plastic slippers, and took off her long skirt. She wore a basketball vest and a pair of five-point knee-length pants. . She stretched, feeling her body liberated again.
Liberated from the mysterious gypsy-style "astrologer", she became a very down-to-earth young woman.
The young woman picked up the teapot, poured the old tea into the flowerpot, took the pot of cold water, took two sips against the mouth of the pot, and called out to the "God's Will Crayfish" next door, "Uncle Meng, do you have anything to eat?"
Meng Tianyi, the owner of "Heavenly Crayfish", responded: "What do you want to eat? Serve the rice yourself, and uncle will cook something for you?"
"I want to eat grilled chicken hearts!"
"Hey, can the skewers be eaten as a meal?"
"I just want to eat roasted chicken hearts," Gan Qing turned off the light and locked the door, "I think it's been an afternoon. When the guests come, they say all the words and run away - give me two more pounds of Ma Xiao."
At this moment, her voice and intonation changed completely, neither erratic nor sense of distance, lazy.
"You're so greedy, if you don't eat serious meals, you know how to eat snacks." Meng Tianyi sighed, "Okay, wait!"
There will not be so many people on the street at this time. The hot evening wind wrapped the oily fumes from the big frying pan and rolled her face. Gan Qing took a sip and felt very comfortable, and the corners of her mouth were naturally exposed. A little smile.
Except when pretending to be a ghost, she always smiles, smiles at others when there are people, and makes fun of herself when no one is there.
On a sultry midsummer night, there was a sudden gust of wind, the thick skewers "Zizi" oozing oil, the stars gradually rising from the heavy sky, the crooked and crooked alleys... In her eyes, they all seemed to be very wonderful. The magnificent scenery of the world is worth stopping to appreciate.
The skewers and Ma Xiao were soon ready. Boss Meng was afraid that she would get angry, so he mixed a plate of cold dishes for her. Gan Qing found a table and sat down and sprinkled the chili noodles herself. She seemed a little clumsy, and her hands trembled. , the chili was pouring too much, and she didn't care, just tossed it casually, gnawing while breathing, gnawing with full attention, and the posture of lowering her mouth seemed to be eating three Michelin stars.
Meng Tianyi greeted the last group of guests, wiped his hands on his apron, and came over with two bottles of cold beer.
Gan Qing took it, touched him, drank directly from the bottle, drank half of the bottle in one go, and the hot sweat disappeared, she let out a sigh of relief in enjoyment: "Well, there is a reply. Gan, it's delicious."
Meng Tianyi saw that she was eating meat and drinking, and all the greedy worms were hooked out, so he involuntarily took a big gulp, but after drinking it carefully, it was still the smell of horse urine of inferior beer, and it did not turn into a nectar: " Rod, don't sell those broken necklaces tomorrow, just treat me as a live advertisement, you can sit here and drink, and I can sell 30% more beer."
"You have the final say," Gan Qing rolled her eyes and smiled at him, "It's your own business anyway."
The small store, Xingzhimeng, was actually opened by Meng Tianyi's relatives, and the shop was owned by their family. The boss got a marketing account of an astrologer on the Internet, and made some crazy things. He sold amulets, transfer beads, etc. on Taobao. Later, he found that the online business was better, so he concentrated on becoming an Internet celebrity, and the small store had no time. Manage, there is no one in the business, so I hired Gan Qing to watch the store.
Every one or two months, Gan Qing went to the small commodity wholesale market to buy goods according to the boss's instructions, weighed a bag of trinkets that cost tens of dollars a pound, and came back to pick out good-looking ones and put them on the counter. purchase.
She opens for business at ten o'clock every morning, puts on a wig and fake eyes, and puts on "work clothes" to start the day's performances. After dark at night, Meng Tianyi takes care of her meals. She was very satisfied with this job, because Uncle Meng was good at craftsmanship and even let him order food.
Meng Tianyi said, "I looked at your account book yesterday. Your business is good this month. You should ask your boss to give you a bonus."
"It's easy to sell in summer, but it won't work in winter." Gan Qing squeezed the tiny claws of the crayfish and bowed to Boss Meng, "You say bonuses, but I take it seriously, but I'm short of money. I heard that the rent is going to go up recently. It's been half a month in fear."
Meng Tianyi asked, "How much are you still renting?"
"Six hundred a month." Gan Qing's method of peeling crayfish is very knowledgeable. "Kaka" squeezes twice, pulls and pulls, and the whole shrimp is completely out of the shell. She pinches the trembling shrimp. , roll in the spicy soup on the plate, spicy and fragrant, two pounds of crayfish are beer, and the bottom will be seen in a while, it can be seen that he is a senior foodie.
Meng Tianyi: "A house?"
Gan Qing laughed "pochi": "It's so cheap, a bed."
"You're too good to do it," Meng Tianyi grinned, and then added, "Uncle, let me tell you something—I have a second aunt who is seventy-three years old and has been a widow for more than forty years. I have been with my eldest brother before. , Now that my brother is gone, my sister-in-law has remarried with her child, and the old lady has become a person."
Gan Qing paused: "Your condolences."
"It happened last year, life, old age, sickness and death, nothing." Meng Tianyi continued, "The big guy had discussed taking her out, but she didn't want to, saying that she had a home and would not go to someone else's home. Although the old lady is still tough, but After all, she is so old. Her family is a small two-bedroom, she lives in one house by herself, and the remaining one is empty now, so I just want to find someone I can trust to accompany her. The old lady can take care of her own life and don’t have to worry about housework. What do you do during the day? Just go home and be her companion at night. If you need to change the light bulb and climb the stairs, you can help support the handle. If you have a sudden illness at night, you can call her 120 and inform your relatives and friends. The rent is just what it means, just pay as you are now, and the price will not increase in the future."
As soon as Gan Qing heard that there was such a good thing, she said, "I'm sure it's fine, where does the old lady live?"
"Wongxian Hutong," Meng Tianyi said, "Yard No. 110."
Gan Qing first said "oh", and it took a few seconds before she remembered something. She lost her sense of restraint and snapped off the crayfish's tail: "Yes... that woolen alley?"
"You don't understand, it's not the same as before, especially in the past two years, housing prices have risen rapidly, many people have sold their houses at high prices, and there are not many old people left there," Boss Meng quickly lowered his voice Said, "Besides, even an old man doesn't know who you are... Why, can't you trust your Uncle Meng?"
"How can you?" Gan Qing came back to her senses, avoiding Boss Meng's gaze, and smiled, "It's just... It's not very convenient, I know you mean it well. Besides, I heard that there is now a school district room, and you can rent it again and again. The sleeping capital starts at 3,000, which is too much to take advantage of you."
"Hey, what is this?"
Gan Qing put the last crayfish in her mouth, neatly packed the tableware, and wiped the table: "If there is anything that the old lady can use for me, just tell me, I'll be there whenever I'm called. There's nothing wrong with it anyway, just move in. I just paid half a year's rent here, and they won't refund the money, so it's too bad to move now. I'll get off work if I have nothing to do!"
Boss Meng: "Pole..."
"I'm sorry." At this moment, a man's voice suddenly interjected, "Ma'am, are you from this store?"
Gan Qing and Meng Tianyi turned back together, and saw a policeman walking to the door of Xingzhimeng. He had a round head, a pair of smiling eyes, quite white, beaming, and wearing uniforms was not a deterrent. He belonged to the people from other places and wanted to ask when he saw them. The kind of policeman on the road.
But Boss Meng stood up subconsciously, blocked Gan Qing with his chubby body, and asked with a smile, "This is my nephew's shop, he's not here now, what's the matter with you...? You have a license, you have to see it, I will get it for you."
The policeman's gaze skipped over him and fell on Gan Qing.
Boss Meng said hurriedly: "Oh, this is the cashier hired by our family. The girl from other places, I just came to Yanning for a few months, and I don't know everything well. Just ask me if you have anything."
Gan Qing didn't say a word, and stood quietly in the corner as a display. The light bulbs covered in oil on the roadside stalls emitted dim light and fell on her. Only half of her face could be seen, which made her complexion look like an ancient one. White porcelain, low eyebrows.
"Don't be nervous," the policeman smiled mildly and handed out his documents with both hands, "I just transferred to our area. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me at any time."
Meng Tianyi didn't dare to answer, he smiled and glanced quickly at the certificate, oh, this policeman is Yu Yan.
"That's right, this evening, there was an attempted extortion incident near here, and the victim was deceived here," Yu Yan said to Gan Qing happily, "The victim himself said that the sister in the store I saw it and pulled him, but unfortunately he didn't listen to the persuasion, is that the case? I don't mean anything else, I just want to find out something from you."
Gan Qing pursed her lips and smiled, but still didn't make a sound, her eyes turned to the side, as if she cringed a little when she saw a stranger.
But Yu Yan inexplicably felt a little sense of disobedience, and he couldn't tell.
"Thanks to the enthusiastic people who reported the case in time, we were able to arrive in time," Yu Yan said. "I want to take the liberty to ask, did you call the police?"
Boss Meng hurriedly said, "How is that possible..."
Gan Qing: "Yeah."
The two spoke almost in unison, and the fast-talking Boss Meng was choked into a stick.
Gan Qing glanced at him quickly and explained in a low voice, "No one uses the public phone anymore, and they will find out when they check."
"Oh," Boss Meng looked at her embarrassedly, and then at the police, "I... This... There are too many guests in the afternoon, so I didn't pay attention to the outside."
"It's not the first time for those people to do this kind of thing. They usually trick people into the blind alley at the back and run away after corrupting the money. I've met them before, and I probably know where they are doing it." Gan Qing gently Said, "I took a detour when I ran into it. I didn't tell anyone for fear of causing trouble. The kid just left my store today, so I just said a word. We don't dare to get involved with them."
Yu Yan was stunned for a moment, the girl seemed to know what he was going to ask, and in a few words he cleared himself up.
Sure enough, Gan Qing began to ask three questions—
"Have they been around here all the time?"
"do not know."
"When you run over the wall from the back alley, where do you usually run to?"
"not sure."
"What about the last victim? Do you remember any features?"
"No impression."
Yu Yan: "..."
Gan Qing's eyes swept around. Although it was very late, the people eating supper at the nearby stalls had not yet cleared away. A uniformed policeman approached this station, attracting attention from all directions. She seemed a little annoyed and whispered, "I really don't know anything. If I knew that a phone call could attract you, I wouldn't mind my own business."
Boss Meng said, "Yes, comrade police, our petty businessmen can run away from the temple, but the monks can't run away from the temple. These hooligans run away after doing bad things, and they can't catch them. If they know about this, they will often come to trouble us in the future. Can you bear it? You can let us go too."
"The hooligans that Boss Meng is afraid of, aren't ordinary hooligans?" At this moment, the door of the car parked at the intersection not far away rang, and Yu Lanchuan got out of the car calmly.
Because the shirt was torn, he simply ripped off a row of buttons, pulled half of the hem out of the waistband of his trousers, and hung down halfway loosely. During the movement, the line from the chest to the lower abdomen was looming. In order to match this wild look, he also He took off his glasses, messed up his hair, put one hand in his pocket, and walked over with a grim face.
The upright people's policeman Yu Yan was very ashamed, because he felt that his companion was like a nightclub leader.
… the kind that sells itself without laughing.