A few strangers quickly disappeared into the lively streets and alleys of Xin'an. Except for Qiao Wen, no one paid attention to them. Unknowingly, the neighbors in the neighborhood were always immersed in the joy of the New Year.
The sound of gongs and drums stopped, and Chen Jianan, dripping with sweat, got out of the lion, threw the lion and a stack of red packets to Hao Zai, quickly ran through the crowd to Qiao Wen, and raised the remaining stack in his hand The red envelope, with a happy smile, said: "The harvest is good, right?"
He was also wearing a bright yellow lion dance costume, with a cardigan on top and furry bloomers on his lower body, as if he had just transformed from a lion into a human.
Qiao Wen gave him a thumbs up: "Very good."
In fact, asking for profit is just for auspiciousness, and there is only fifty cents in it, and a stack of red envelopes adds up to only a dozen yuan, but the happiness it brings is far beyond the measure of money.
In the past, when Chen Jianan got the red seed, he would take it back home and buy delicious food together, but now that he has enough money, there is no need to search for it like this. After showing it to Qiao Wen, he waved They recruited children who were playing with firecrackers on the road, and sent them all out.
Seeing that his head was covered with sweat, Qiao Wen said, "Go upstairs and wipe it off, lest you catch a cold."
Chen Jianan said nonchalantly: "It's so easy to catch a cold." The words were said the same way, but he still followed people up the stairs like a follower.
He casually wiped his sweat with cold water at Qiao Wen's house, took off his fluffy trousers, leaving only a pair of underpants, and lay on the sofa with his back on his back and let out a long sigh of relief.
Going to the lion dance early in the morning, even if he has a solid body, he is too tired to move.
Seeing his laziness, Qiao Wen poured him a glass of water, put it on the coffee table, and sat at his feet again, asking casually, "Brother Nan, do you know that the city will come soon?" person?"
Chen Jianan picked up the water glass, half-lyed down and drank half of the glass. Hearing the words, he didn't understand, so he said, "What, who?"
Qiao Wen said, "It's just that someone with a special status came to the Walled City, such as Yiqing Road, or a stowaway?"
"I haven't heard of it." Chen Jianan shook his head, "Who's wrong that he didn't run to the city at home? Why are you asking?"
Qiao Wen said: "When you were doing the lion dance just now, I saw a few unfamiliar faces, who looked a bit like gangsters."
Chen Jianan said disapprovingly: "It is estimated that they are visiting relatives and friends. There are everyone in the city, including Chaoshan people and Fuqing people in the eastern district. Hexing Society can't control it."
Qiao Wen nodded: "Anyway, you should be careful and don't mess with people you don't know."
Chen Jianan said: "Understood."
Qiao Wen thought for a while, and then said: "By the way, I saw a piece of leather in the newspaper. If you are free in the next two days, come and have a look with me."
Chen Jianan snorted: "Do you want to buy it?"
Qiao Wen said: "Hong Kong City is developing so fast now, new buildings are built every day, and when the stock market heats up, real estate and houses will definitely skyrocket. We are making money now, and we should be in the middle of it." Buy tens of acres of land."
Chen Jianan didn't take it too seriously, he waved his hands and said: "Okay, you can figure it out, just ask me to do whatever you need, I will listen to you."
Qiao Wen laughed: "Brother Nan, I think you should take care of yourself, don't ask someone to sell it and count the money."
Chen Jianan snorted: "Someone has to dare to buy it."
"That's right, you can't tear down the house if you buy it back."
Chen Jianan reacted quickly the first time, sitting up and pinching his face: "Little Qiao, you've really learned badly, you've learned to beat around the bush and swear at people."
The two laughed and laughed again.
Qiao Wen did see a piece of land from a newspaper advertisement. The advertisement only stated the approximate location and did not know the identity of the seller. After getting the phone call, I made an appointment to meet at a station in Clear Water Bay.
The other party is in his fifties, and he is sitting in a classic Ford car. The car is not new, but in this day and age, it is very important to own such a car as a family. Wealth is expensive.
After exchanging pleasantries, I found out that the person's surname is Wang, and the seller is the young master of his family, and he is the housekeeper of the transaction house with full authority.
Qiao Wen sat on Chen Jianan's motorcycle, followed Uncle Wang's car, and turned to a small hill near Qingshui Bay.
"It's here!" The car stopped on the side of the rough road, Uncle Wang came down, and led the two of them to point to the deserted area facing the sea, "A piece of land is twenty acres in total. They are all the property of my young master."
After that, he took out the deed and showed it to the two of them.
Qiao Wen nodded, looked around for a few weeks, and said, "It's much more remote than I expected." Lowering the evaluation of the product first is the first step in bargaining.
Uncle Wang did not comment on this evaluation, but only smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, my young master originally had a very rich family background. If it hadn't been for the family's recent decline, he would not have thought of selling a piece of cake. looks remote, but it takes 20 minutes to drive to the rich area of Qingshui Bay, with the sea in front and mountains and forests in the back. . Within a week after I published it in the newspaper, several buyers were interested.”
Qiao Wen listened calmly, yes, the housekeeper must be a familiar hand, and he has a good way of raising prices.
Chen Jianan is an impatient person, and he is very annoyed by listening to people's long-winded speeches, so he judged him: "You just talk about the price."
Uncle Wang laughed and said, "Little brother is a straightforward person, and the price is 1.2 million for a piece."
"1.2 million?" Chen Jianan opened his eyes wide and pointed at the barren land in front of him. How dare you speak!"
Wang Boyun smiled lightly: "It's my young master, I'm a housekeeper, so I can't let him suffer, right? Someone will come to see you later, you go back and think about it, if you want to Buy it, give me a call as soon as possible, otherwise I’m afraid it will be sold in two days.”
Chen Jianan said impatiently: "It's so expensive, why should I buy it? I don't think you're going to grab it for your young master. Xiao Qiao, let's go."
Qiao Wen patted his hair, and said politely to Uncle Wang: "Let's go back and think about it, and contact you if we are interested."
Uncle Wang nodded: "No problem."
Just as he was talking, a driver in the car next to him poked his head out, waved his hand and said to Uncle Wang, "Abba, are you done talking?"
Uncle Wang replied, "All right."
Qiao Wen glanced at the light driver and asked casually, "Your son?"
Uncle Wang nodded: "It's the dog." Then he smiled and waved his hand, "I'm leaving, think about contacting me."
Qiao Wen stood on the spot and watched the black Ford car leave, but he thought in his heart that his son, who was the housekeeper and driver, was actually wearing a Patek Philippe watch.
Chen Jianan handed him the helmet and said, "Little Qiao, do you really want to buy a broken helmet? It's 1.2 million."
Qiao Wen said with a smile: "It's not a broken building, you can get to the rich area of Qingshui Bay in 20 minutes, if you build a row of sea view villas in the building, which is the next rich area, you can definitely make money Big bucks."
"You still want to build a villa? Our money is enough to buy a house."
"If you have a pawn, you won't be afraid of running out of money to build a house."
Chen Jianan didn't understand, and Qiao Wen didn't explain much. Originally, he just wanted to use the money in his hand to hoard some small leather, and when the stock market crashed and real estate property skyrocketed, he would resell it. But after seeing this piece of meat, he immediately changed his mind.
Uncle Wang said, “That’s right, it’s indeed a piece of geomantic treasure. Now it’s a bird’s shit, but after the house is built, it’s a precious piece of land that’s quiet in the middle of the city’s bustling city, surrounded by mountains and the sea.” part.
In the city of Hong Kong, there is still a piece of money that hasn't been in the big chaebol circle for a long time, it's just a leak. He definitely wouldn't miss it, but he didn't want to spend 1.2 million, after all, it was his and Chen Jianan's entire net worth at present.
He patted Chen Jianan on the shoulder: "Brother Nan, take me to a public phone, I want to make a call."
Chen Jianan: "To whom?"
"A reporter, I have something to do with him."
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The reporter he found was the last time he sold him Li Xingchen's itinerary. This paparazzi not only photographs celebrities, but also follows the rich and famous. He knows all kinds of gossip in the city like the back of his hand.
After Qiao Wen reported the license plate number and Uncle Wang's name, a reporter named Zhang Jiaming immediately said: "The person you are looking for should be Mr. Guan, and it was indeed Mr. Rich young man, it's a pity that parents left early, and the family property was handed over to the dude, so it has long been ruined, and my love has been relying on selling property to live."
Qiao Wen said: "Please help me to check it carefully, and give me a detailed document tomorrow."
"Okay, no problem, I can find out how many people he has slept with."
It doesn't have to be.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Jianan stretched out his handsome face curiously, and asked, "Do you still need to check the details of the seller?"
Qiao Wen said: "Of course, it's only when you know the details that you can bargain, right?"
"That's true, you still think it through." After a pause, he whispered weakly, "Actually, if you really want to buy a piece of leather, I can also cut the price down."
Qiao Wen glanced at him: "Take a knife on your waist? Are you really used to being a gangster/society? This is not a city. Even if someone sells it to you out of power, report it to the police station later. , the transaction has to be voided.”
Chen Jianan rubbed his nose, smiled guiltyly and said, "I'm just talking casually, I believe you must have a way."
Qiao Wen laughed: "Let's go, Mrs. Long's offal should be open, let's go eat offal."
When Chen Jianan heard the words, he immediately smiled, and sat down in the car handsomely: "The sky is big and the chest is big, and the offal is the best."
"Look at how promising you are." It's not like a reserve member of a big villain.
It's not a big deal, but when we first arrived, Longsao Niuza was already open for business. People who ate too many leftovers from the past ran out one after another to hold a new Laisee, and the small stall was crowded with diners inside and out.
Seeing that there were no vacancies, Chen Jianan scanned the crowds of gluttons, and was thinking about which table to drive away, but he saw an acquaintance, immediately smiled, and ran over with Qiao Wen: "Brother, new happy!"
"Yo, Anan, I haven't seen you for a long time, so I have to call you Brother Nan now?" Zhao Ah and a pony took up a small table, and when they saw Chen Jianan, they immediately smiled and said narrowly.
Chen Jianan clicked his tongue: "Brother, don't make fun of me, you are my boss, before and in the future."
Aunt Zhao nodded in satisfaction: "You still have a little conscience, Brother Xi didn't love you in vain before." He took out two red red packets and handed them to Qiao Wen, "Here you brothers Both."
Chen Jianan happily took it over: "Thank you, brother! My brother and I will set up a table with you." He handed the red envelope to Qiao Wen, ran to the stall, took out two plastic stools, and pulled Qiao Wen squeezed into a small table.
Aunt Zhao patted him on the shoulder affectionately: "I have so many younger brothers, but you are the only one who is promising. But I have heard about your work outside, so please take it easy. Nothing matters."
Chen Jianan smiled and said, "Thank you brother for reminding me, I will do it."
Aunt Zhao is over thirty, ten years older than him, looking at him is like looking at a younger brother, now seeing his handsome face full of red, suddenly remembering something like that , curled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "A'nan, are you actually twenty years old today?"
Chen Jianan said: "The middle school is twenty."
Aunt Zhao asked with a smirk, "Why haven't you seen any boy beside you?"
Chen Jianan subconsciously glanced at Qiao Wen, and said with a bit of guilt: "I haven't met sleep-sleeping yet, haven't I?"
Zhao Ah sneered slightly: "Could it be that you still want to find a fairy?" He glanced at Qiao Wen and said jokingly, "But you stay with your brother all day long, a pretty boy , it’s not surprising that you have high vision.”
"Brother, why are you teasing my brother?" Chen Jianan snorted, took it up and sent it to the cow's offal, quietly looked at the people beside him, and thought that Xiao Qiao was indeed good-looking, but In the past, I didn't have any bad intentions because of his good looks. Seeing that he was good-looking was not the reason why I liked him, and I wasn't a superficial man who only looked at his appearance. Thinking about it, I couldn't help but smile.
Qiao Wen naturally didn't notice his subtle movements, but smiled and shook his head disapproving of the joke.
A few people were eating and chatting amidst the hustle and bustle. Just halfway through eating, they suddenly heard a rather arrogant voice: "How many of you are coming together?"
Qiao Wen turned his head subconsciously, and saw four men standing by a table, the first man kicked the table legs, and said to the diners who were eating beef offal: "Noodles are fresh, new Come here? Do you understand the rules? There are so many people waiting to eat, and the five of you occupy two tables. Hurry up and squeeze a table to make room."
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These people, Qiao Wen, are not too unfamiliar, but Chaoshanzi, who has been in the limelight in the Walled City recently, only sneaked here two days ago to settle down. There are not many of them, but they are all vicious and vicious, who specialize in robbery and kidnapping. However, because there are not many people, they have not yet formed a climate, so they are quite honest in the walled city. After all, they are Hexing Society disk.
He was so arrogant at the moment, probably because he was embarrassed to see a few diners eating beef offal.
Just now Qiao Wen and Chen Jianan ran over, and because there were so many people, he didn't pay much attention. Only now did he realize that the man whom a few Chaoshan boys said was unfamiliar was the man who met him on the first day of junior high school. A few.
Aunt Zhao spat in a low voice: "Yesterday, a gold shop in Central was robbed. I heard that it was the Chaoshan boy who was responsible for the robbery. He even killed two security guards. It's a god who robbed the money and killed him." Lightning strike."
Chen Jianan frowned and glanced at the few people, and said: "Anyway, don't act wild on our heads, we don't care about the rest." While talking, he also noticed a few strangers sitting there, He casually asked, "Brother, I don't think you've seen any of these people before. They're new here? What are you doing?"
Zhao Ah shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't seen it either."
Qiao Wen said: "Don't worry about it, hurry up and eat it, it will make the seats available for people and let Aunt Long earn a few more dollars."
That is to say, Chen Jianan and Zhao Ayu did not care about him any more, but he himself continued to observe quietly.
I saw the arrogant and domineering Chaoshanzai boss kicking the foot of the table, a man sitting next to him slowly raised his head from the offal bowl, and looked at him coldly.
It is a expressionless face, very cold and stern, and the eyes are as sharp as a falcon.
Qiao Wen felt a little familiar, as if he had seen this look somewhere, by the way, it was the Vietnamese killer Zhao Shanhai invited to kill Lin Zhaoming back then.
Could it be that my lover was also a soldier who came down from the Vietnam War
But they don't look very similar, at least three of them have standard Chinese looks, and the rest have Southeast Asian looks.
Seeing the other party's attitude, Chao Shanzi stretched out his hand and pushed his head provocatively, and said, "What? Are you willing to give up your seat?"
The man frowned, and suddenly touched his waist with his right hand, but beside him, a man in his teens held him down calmly, then raised his head and smiled, "I'm new here and I don't know the rules. , we will give up our seats."
Some people say that it speaks substandard Cantonese, not a foreigner's accent, but a non-Cantonese Chinese accent, obviously a Chinese, or a Chinese.
Qiao Wen still had the impression that Chen Canaan's lion dance was the one who rubbed shoulders with someone, and got a red envelope from him, and even asked him to touch the lion's head.
Looking at the situation now, he should be the boss of the gang.
After he finished speaking, he patted his companion with a frosty expression, and the two squeezed to the next table with bowls in hand.
They ate quickly, paid their bills and left within two minutes.
Qiao Wen has been silently estimating his lover. He saw that after they walked away a few steps, a fierce-looking man appeared just now, and suddenly turned around, pointing his fingers at the man who was eating offal. The back of Chaoshan Boy's head made a gesture of "shooting" from the air.
Although it was just a light movement, Qiao Wen, who had a panoramic view of this, shivered silently.
He was about to look away silently, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of them (the Chinese boss) on the waist, one looming on the key chain, which is a blue sky/white sun badge.
He was startled, and vaguely guessed the identity of his lover.
The next morning, as soon as Qiao Wen got up and went out, he heard an explosive news.
Several Teochew boys were killed yesterday, and all of them were killed in the rental house. It is said that the hands were moved in the middle of the night, there was no movement, and no one was left alive. The landlord felt that something was wrong. When he opened the door to see, several people fell on the floor with miserable faces, and a large area of blood in the house had dried up. .