After dressing as the male protagonist's younger brother, I entered the marriage

In the old streets and alleys, plant ash is paved in the cracks of blue bricks and tiles, sewage flows through, and passers-by have black mud on the soles of their shoes.

He Feng got off the night shift, and with a sleepy face, he turned into the alley with a basket of meat buns.

The three children hiding in the alley ran out with rag shoes, shouting "Second Uncle He", like a flock of cheerful ducklings, ran up to him in a "slap-pat-pat-pat", and wanted to pounce on him. After thinking about it, he stopped and stood in front of him with his hands behind his back.

"Why don't you hug Uncle today?" He Feng patted each other's heads, took out meat buns from the basket and distributed them to them.

The face was washed clean, and the child in gray clothes held the steamed stuffed bun, took a big bite, gobbled it up, and then whispered after eating half full: "Auntie said, we are too dirty to pounce on uncle, we will give it to uncle." Trouble."

"Aniang also said that we don't want us to eat Uncle's buns, but we are too hungry, Uncle, are we bad kids?" said the little girl with two twitters, blinking her big eyes.

He Feng looked at the child's dark and bright eyes and felt distressed. He knelt down and said, "Why are you bad children, you are just hungry."

"When uncle is hungry, he also wants to eat meat buns."

"Ok!"

The three children nodded happily.

He Feng stood up and said with a smile, "Where's your mother?"

"Mother went to wash clothes by the river." The child said.

"This day, go to the river to wash clothes?" He Feng frowned. "Can the body take it?"

The mother of these three children was in her 20s, and her husband died of illness. It was not easy for one person to raise three children.The He family often helps out.

"Mother found another job. She got up early in the morning and went to the river to wash clothes for the old man outside to make money. When she came back, she embroidered shoe soles. At night, she made bamboo baskets. Mother said that she could earn more than 20 yuan a day!" said the little girl.

"I want to grow up quickly and help my mother with work!"

The three children put away the half-eaten buns one after another, put them in their arms, and ran home.

The only girl among the three children turned around suddenly, ran towards He Feng, hugged his calf, grinned, showing half-grown teeth, and said with a bright smile: "Thank you uncle, when spring comes, I will be with you." Brothers go to the river to touch duck eggs and give them to uncle!"

She ran inside the door, waved her hand, closed the door and bolted it.

The dilapidated wall was not as tall as He Feng's. He felt uncomfortable seeing the three children shivering from the cold.

"Hey, isn't this the second son He who made a lot of money? Why, do you feel sorry for Sanniang's child?"

A woman walked out of a fairly solid house next door, took a basin and splashed it on the ground with a splash, splashing dirty water everywhere.

He Feng raised the basket and said speechlessly, "Auntie, you look at people too, it's all on my clothes."

The woman rolled her eyes, held the basin in her right hand, leaned against the door and said "cut" with her mouth twisted.

"You are the shopkeeper of Liu's chess and card room. It costs several taels of silver a month, and the clothes are only worth a few dollars."

She squinted at the neighbor, and said with a sneer: "Shopkeeper He is so rich, so he just took the third lady to be a young lady, and she got three dry goods for nothing. There is some slop left in the house, and you can feed it as you like, as long as you don't starve to death."

He Feng heard her words were bitter and mean, and felt that his fist hardened. In the past, he couldn't bear to quarrel with her.

It's not what it used to be, now he is the acting shopkeeper of the chess and card room, sending and welcoming every day, rich business gentry, local ruffians, everyone has seen it; he has heard bad words and good words; , There is no need to be familiar with this kind of person.

Without squinting, he stepped into the house with a basket in his hand.

"Cut, bag goods!"

"Heh - um!"

The woman spit at his back.

"Damn girls, what are you doing!"

A middle-aged man staggered over and cursed.

When the woman saw him, she was so angry that she went up and scratched her ears and cursed at her throat.

"You only eat until you vomit and don't know what to eat! You know how to spend money to play mahjong every day! You spend all day in the chess and card room, and you don't even know I'm dead!"

"How many coppers do you earn a day!"

The woman pulled the man's ears and shouted at the He family: "God damn thing, what kind of mahjong in the chess and card room, you don't know how to do a good job, you just know how to run to the chess and card room! God, open your eyes, let the thunder strike you to death!" This money-sucking thing set fire to the chess and card room!"

"Burn it all, mix the ashes with animal dung and bury them in the soil to make fat!"

Rows of heads protrude from the outer wall of the alley, staring at the excitement.

"The more you talk, the more outrageous it becomes!" He Feng felt sleepy and had a headache, so he couldn't hold back and opened the door.

"Stop." Mother He stood at the door, still wearing white washed clothes, "Sit down."

"Mom, I'll find you a new house, and you can move there. This neighbor is getting worse and worse, cursing people through the wall all day." He Feng helped his mother to sit down.

"She's not good at being the head of the house, and she's angry." Mother He patted her youngest son's arm and said, "Don't take her words to heart, she's a man who doesn't want to make progress, and she used to spend New Year's Eve at the casino and never see her. Gambling is not prohibited in your chess and card room, I smell the smell of meat from time to time in her house during this time."

He Feng laughed along with his mother.

"But you can't let her scold you, we two brothers have made a lot of money. Look at you, it's fine if you don't buy a house, you can wear new clothes, and you can break two flowers for each child, so that people will think that we are not filial to you!" He Fengren Tall and big, squatting next to his mother like a child.

"Silly, don't expose your wealth. If people really know how much money you earn in a month, you don't know what's going on!" Mother He whispered, "And you, don't think that you are great because you earn more than before. This is your luck, people have to learn to be content and keep a low profile, understand?"

He Feng lowered his head and nodded.

"Mother, I have something to tell you..." He Feng sat on the stool, hesitated for a while, then sighed suddenly, "Forget it, let's eat first."

There is no mother who knows the son. Mother He looked at He Feng sitting on the stool, as if there were nails growing under his buttocks, writhing uncomfortably, and said disgustedly: "Such an adult, who has something to talk about, and who doesn't know, thinks I gave birth to a child." Twins."

"Hey, how can I have such ugly twins." He Feng rubbed his head and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard people calling in the yard.

It turned out that San Niang, who went to wash clothes by the river, came back.

"Sanniang is here, have you eaten yet?" Mother He asked with a smile.

Sanniang was not tall, her hair was wrapped in a rag, and her patched clothes barely kept her warm.She clasped her hands together, with red and purple chilblains on the fingertips and palms.

"Auntie, younger brother He." Sanniang smiled awkwardly, her weather-beaten face was full of exhaustion.

"I'm here to say, Brother He, after you've finished your work, don't give our children meat buns. Those meat buns are too expensive, I...I can't afford it!"

San Niang sighed, causing He Mu and He Feng to feel a sense of sadness in his heart.

It's all suffering, who doesn't want to live well.

He Feng's lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something.

Sanniang smiled, turned and walked out.

She was clearly in her 20s, but her spine was bent by life, and a few disobedient strands of hair struggled out of the scarf and fell on her thin spine.

Seeing that the hair was already pale, He Feng couldn't help shouting, "Wait!"

Sanniang stopped in her tracks, "Second Brother He, what do you do?"

He Feng clenched his fists tightly and said, "I have something to tell you, maybe it will make your life better than now... At least you don't have to go to the river to wash your clothes in winter."

A gleam of light flashed in Sanniang's eyes, and she fell like a meteor, "I, can I do it?"

He's mother said: "Listen first, Feng'er, tell Sanniang what kind of work it is."

He Feng scratched his head.

"Yesterday, my boss came to us for a meeting and asked me and my brother if we would like to leave Yong'an County and open a shop in a county further away. For the first three months, two liang of silver per month will be used as settling expenses."

"That's really a good thing, Second Brother He, do you want to find me a job in the chess and card room?" San Niang raised a surge of expectation in her heart, "I can endure hardship and work, and I can do boiling water and cleaning!"

Everyone in Yong'an County now knows that the Liuchuan chess and card room is booming, and the monthly wages of the workers are also high!

He Feng shook his head, "It's not the chess and card room. There are many men in the chess and card room, and the logistics and kitchen staff are all elderly aunts and aunts."

Seeing the disappointment on Sanniang's face, he hurriedly said, "It's a cafe, the cafe is hiring!"

"Cafe?" Mother He and Sanniang said in unison.

"Is that the one posted on the carriage that I saw on the street every day these two days? Liu's Cafe?"

"Correct!"

He Feng excitedly said: "Our boss said that we want to open chess and card room cafes all over the country, as many as we can open! As long as you have the ability and ideas, you will be the next shopkeeper, manager!"

"Sanniang, you have quick hands and feet, and you can learn to read and count while working. After you become proficient, you can become a shopkeeper yourself, earn money and send your children to school. Isn't there hope for this family!"

The future he described was so beautiful that Sanniang seemed to see her three children going to school in new clothes with school bags on their backs.

The cold wind blew, and the itchy and painful feeling spread from the back of her hand to her heart. She calmed down in the wind with enthusiasm, and hesitated: "My shopkeeper, would you like me to learn?"

"Don't worry about it." He Feng smiled, "Our boss's monthly money is paid out according to the commission, and there are assessments, one of which is the person who has been trained. You see, although I am the shopkeeper, there is a code in front of it, I have to train three team leaders to get rid of this word!"

He Feng continued: "I'm just afraid that you don't want to hurry. It's going to be winter soon, and there are two months to celebrate the New Year. I'm afraid you won't want to leave home and settle down in another place."

"I am willing, as long as I can make money, I am willing!" Sanniang said.

"I can go right away!"

"Don't panic, you have to go to the interview first and sign the agreement. Our boss can't give money for nothing, can't we?" He Feng said, "But I think Sanniang, you will be able to pass!"

Sanniang clenched her hands tightly, tears streaming down her face, she was so excited that she could not speak coherently, "Thank you, Second Brother He, thank you!"

"Thank me for what you are doing. If you want to thank me, thank our boss. After you have passed the interview, I am begging Sister Liu Ming. It is the chief executive of our Liu Group who transferred you to my place. We will take care of each other."

"The He family, when will the interview you mentioned start?"

"Yes, where to interview and how many people to recruit? Can I do this?"

He Feng stared wide-eyed, and found that the yard and the gate of his house were crowded with people, men, women and children.

"Ah this..."

Mother He was startled, "Feng'er, if so many people know about it, will your boss blame you?"

"No, no." He Feng waved his hands quickly.

He simply stood on the stone in the courtyard and said loudly: "After the Winter Solstice Meeting, the Liu Group will recruit people at the front door of Liu's house. Those who stay in the local area will be recruited from other places! As long as you want to make money, go ahead and try!"

"Only one, good character!"

"Don't worry about that, I, Li Xin, am honest and reliable!" The man with the longest head stretched out by the wall laughed.

Next door, the woman who was cursing just now was washing vegetables more and more slowly, until she heard a burst of laughter, and then raised her hand in embarrassment.

"Hey, the head of the house, the chess and card room is recruiting. Do you want to go? You can earn a lot of money a month as an ordinary guy!" She said to the man lying on the bed in the house.

"What are you going to do? Don't go. Is the meal ready?"

"Just know how to eat!" The woman dropped the vegetables, feeling aggrieved in her heart, and continued to wash the vegetables, but her eyes were cast aside.

"coffee shop……"