Chapter 11 011 [Eat a Big Meal to Improve Life]

In the evening, Shi Zhijian and Sha Qiang took a rickshaw back to Shek Kip Mei.

It was the off-duty time at this moment, and the whole road was full of chaos, rickshaws were running wildly, and the tram was full of people.

Some foreigners who had just fled to Hong Kong carried a load in ragged clothes, squatting dolls on the load, and all their belongings such as bedding and clothes on the other end. No, it provoked the Indian policemen, and some patrolmen blew their whistles fiercely, and cursed: "The foreigner who attacked you on the street, stand there looking for death!"

Not far away, there are many high-rise buildings and flashing neon signs. Fashionably dressed Hong Kong men and women are swaying on the street, eating abalone, drinking foreign wine, potbellied, and smelling like money, in stark contrast to those sallow and emaciated refugees.

This is Hong Kong in the colonial period——

There are countless ups and downs!

There are countless luxury and money fans!

When I arrived at Shaqiang's house, Shaqiang's grandma was sitting on the ponytail outside. The old man was old and had some dementia.

"Grandma, what are you doing sitting outside?" Sha Qiang went up to help the old lady back into the house.

The old lady looked at Sha Qiang, her cataract-stricken old eyes couldn't see clearly, "Who are you? Why don't I know you?"

"I'm your grandson Aqiang?"

"Aqiang? Why are you so fat and dark? My grandson is not so ugly!"

Silly Qiang was a little embarrassed, pointed to his head and explained to Shi Zhijian: "She has a problem here."

"Her eye disease seems to be getting worse, why don't you take her to the hospital?" Shi Zhijian looked into the old lady's eyes and asked.

"There's no money! Those ghost doctors say that they need an operation, and the minimum cost is six or seven hundred!"

In the previous life, cataract was only a minor operation, but in this era in Hong Kong, it is a fatal disease. If you have no money, you can only wait to be blind.

Shi Zhijian took out the wallet from his pocket, took out 1,000 Hong Kong dollars and handed it to Sha Qiang: "Take it and use it first!"

"Uh, I can't take these!" Sha Qiang refused.

Shi Zhijian handed it to him without saying a word, "Just accept me as a brother! You don't have to pay it back, you helped me a lot today!"

Although Silly Qiang's acting skills were terrible and he almost passed through, he really helped Shi Zhijian a lot.

Silly Qiang looked at the thousand dollars in his hand and was at a loss.

He didn't envy Shi Zhijian winning 300,000 yuan at the racecourse, it was Shi Zhijian's life in exchange for it! Now Shi Zhijian gave him a thousand, but it was for nothing!

Shaqiang was very grateful, but Shi Zhijian bent down and said to the old lady: "Grandma, it's getting dark, let's go inside!"

The old lady became more sober, "I won't go in, I have to turn on the lights when I enter the house, the electricity bill is very expensive!"

The well-known slums in Shek Kip Mei cost 13 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity, and the Kowloon Power Supply Department has to increase the price, saying that Hong Kong has insufficient electricity and consumes too much electricity.

The poor cannot afford such high electricity bills. In many cases, people would rather light kerosene lamps than turn on electric lights.

"Don't save that money! You're almost blind!" Shaqiang picked up the old lady and went into the house.

The old lady entered the house and said to Sha Qiang: "Oh, I remember, that was Jian just now, right? You are so handsome, much handsomer than you! By the way, you used to steal things from others all the time. Eat! Where's Ajian, why don't you invite him into the house?"

Silly Qiang turned his head, but Shi Zhijian had already left.

...

Shi Zhijian left Shaqiang's house, and bought a roasted goose leg, Bao'er's favorite, at a roadside food stall.

When I got home, Shi Yufeng and Bao'er were not at home. They might have gone to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, or to be precise, to pick up vegetable leaves.

Shi Zhijian knows that every time this time, the old lady who knows how to live will go to the nearby vegetable market to "squat" on time, haggle with those vegetable sellers, and buy some vegetables at the lowest price. I can pick up a lot of green vegetable leaves that others don't want.

This is how Shi Yufeng got her money, and this is also her unique secret to help her younger brother Shi Zhijian become a messenger in Shek Kip Mei.

Shi Zhijian put the roasted goose legs on a plate, covered them with a cover, put them on the dining table, then took off his suit and went outside to line up to take a bath.

Around seven o'clock, Shi Yufeng came back with Bao'er.

The door opened, and Jiang Meibao's voice came out: "Mom, it smells so good, I seem to smell the smell of roasted goose legs!"

"You greedy cat, your family is so poor, where do you get the money to buy roasted goose legs? Just bear with me, and I will buy you a whole roasted goose when I get my salary!"

"No, I really smelled it!" Bao'er sniffed her nose like a cat, and soon saw the roast goose legs covered on the dining table.

"Mom, it's true! There are so many delicious foods here!" Bao'er was almost overjoyed.

"How can it be?"

But when Shi Yufeng came in dragging her lame leg and saw clearly the roast goose legs on the dining table, she was also stunned.

"Choose, hell! This is..."

"Couldn't it be my little uncle who bought it?" Baoer asked curiously, pointing at the roasted goose leg and blinking her eyes.

"How is it possible, where did he get the money?" Shi Yufeng shook her head, "This guy, he probably borrowed usury again, right?"

"Please, don't make wild guesses!"

"Oh! I'm going to die!" Shi Yufeng was startled, and then saw Shi Zhijian coming in from the outside wiping his wet hair with a towel.

"Why are you outside?"

"Take a shower!"

Shi Zhijian felt that the old lady asked stupidly, "There is only one place to shower outside, and I queued for a long time, it's so miserable!"

Shi Yufeng was speechless.

She didn't know that, for this reason, she would rather spend more time taking a shower in the factory after get off work than come back to squeeze a bathroom.

"Meibao, this roast goose leg is specially bought by my uncle for you to eat! How about it, will my uncle kiss you?" Shi Zhijian squatted and asked Bao'er

"My dear! Meibao also loves little uncle!" Bao'er giggled, and smacked Shi Zhijian's face directly, looking cute and cute.

Shi Yufeng's sharp eyes caught another glimpse of Shi Zhijian's new suit hanging on the hanger, "Where did you get this suit?"

"I bought it!"

"You bought it?" Shi Yufeng limped over to take off her clothes, looked left and right, and pulled the fabric with her hands, "Isn't it cheap?"

"About a hundred yuan." Shi Zhijian lied.

"Whoosh!" Shi Yufeng gasped, "It costs hundreds of dollars just for this rag?! Where did you get so much money?" His eyes widened.

Shi Zhijian hurriedly changed his words: "Ahem, I remembered wrongly, it seems to be only a few dozen dollars!"

"You think I'm stupid!"

"Yeah, little uncle, are you an idiot for being a mother? She is very smart, and can even do my math problems! By the way, little uncle, where did you get so much money? You didn't sell Meibao, did you?" ?” Bao’er had a sudden thought.

Shi Zhijian almost laughed, and reached out to pinch Bao'er's cheeks: "Even if the little uncle sells himself, he won't sell Meibao! You eat this roast goose leg first!"

"Well, it looks delicious!" Bao'er was relieved and sucked her saliva, she was almost dying of hunger.

Shi Yufeng's brows stood erect, she grabbed Shi Zhijian's collar, and said viciously, "Don't change the subject, where did the money come from?"

Seeing that the elder sister Shi Yufeng wanted to "extort a confession through torture", Shi Zhijian said with a smile: "Today I went to Da Daxiong and asked for the money owed back! Elder sister, don't worry about me anymore!"

"Cut, you're teasing me again! Da Daoxiong's money is really important? Seriously, did you go to the dock with Sha Qiang to work as a coolie?" Shi Yufeng let go of her younger brother, not believing that Shi Zhijian could get back the debt.

"If you work too hard, don't do it. I will find a way to pay back Jin Yabing's money! Jian, you are the only male in our Shi family, so don't let anything happen to you!"

Although Shi Yufeng was pungent, she loved her younger brother very much, and would rather endure hardships by herself than Shi Zhijian to be hurt in the slightest.

Seeing that Shi Yufeng was so nervous about himself, Shi Zhijian felt warm for no reason, "Old sister, you believe me, what I said is true! I got back the money owed by Lou Daxiong. Honestly, don't lie!"

For the time being, Shi Zhijian doesn't plan to tell about his horse winnings.

Firstly, Shi Yufeng hated men gambling the most. Back then, Bao'er's father was hacked to death in the street because of bad gambling.

Secondly, the money was stored in the bank for other purposes. If Shi Yufeng knew about it, he would definitely confiscate it all, and then arrange to buy him a house and marry a wife.

"You really want to come back?" Shi Yufeng looked disbelieving.

Shi Zhijian directly took out two thousand yuan and handed it to Shi Yufeng, "Hey, this is the collected money, you take it!"

"Eh? So much?!" Shi Yufeng looked at the money in his hand, dumbfounded.

"Not much, he owes five hundred, and the other is three years' interest!" Shi Zhijian laughed.

"There's so much interest? So Da Daxiong has changed?" Shi Yufeng looked surprised, and Da Daxiong was not a good person in the impression.

"People change! Especially Da Dao Xiong said that he will make up for the shortcomings, and he will send money over tomorrow!"

"Giving money back? He's crazy!" Shi Yufeng felt that his brains were not enough, five hundred and two thousand, this loud hero either didn't know how to settle accounts, or he was just too smart!

But everything in front of her eyes was real, and the two thousand yuan was really in her hands.

With her palms down and her arms lowered, Shi Yufeng took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.

Shi Zhijian was a little thankful that he didn't tell about his horse betting win of 300,000 yuan. Just the two thousand dollars stimulated the old lady to the point of failure. If he really told him, wouldn't he be insane? !

"Ajian, I've made it clear, you might as well take the money and return it to Jin Yabing first, so that he won't come to make trouble again!"

Shi Zhijian put a towel around his neck, walked towards his room, and said, "I will take care of Jin Yabing's matter! You need to use this little money first! Trust me, your younger brother will make more money in the future , when the time comes, not only will you live in a big house, but Bao'er will also be allowed to go to a good school!"

Shi Yufeng didn't hear clearly at first, but when Shi Zhijian entered the room, she realized it, rolled her eyes and said, "This poor boy is blowing water again!"

But Bao'er gnawed on the roast goose leg and said vaguely: "Mom, is what my little uncle said true? Can I go to a good school in the future? I don't want to go to this school anymore. People here always laugh at me, and the teachers also Always press me to pay tuition!"

Shi Yufeng dragged her lame leg and was about to go into the kitchen and take a knife to cut open the roast goose leg—a good thing should not be eaten all at once, but should be eaten slowly. This younger brother still likes to spend a lot.

"Meibao is obedient, my little uncle is just joking! I will pay your tuition tomorrow!" Shi Yufeng was afraid that her daughter's expectations would increase and her disappointment would increase. It is not so easy for the poor in Hong Kong to turn over.

At this time, Shi Zhijian started to take out his coat and put on his clothes again. Shi Yufeng turned around and asked him, "What are you doing?"

Shi Zhijian grabbed Shi Yufeng's shoulders and said affectionately: "Beautiful girl, Meibao has roast goose legs to eat, of course you and I are going to have a big meal!"