1999

In the summer of 2018, Ping Township was extremely hot. After the sun went down, the annoying hot wind was still blowing outside the house. In the small restaurant without air conditioning, even the flies could fly weakly.Hu Da, the Hunanese owner of Jiujiu BBQ restaurant, who is called Da Ge, looked up at the old TV hanging in the corner, thinking about finding a reason to turn it off later, so as to avoid the circuit board from being overheated and causing any problems, and to save money. Several electricity bills.

There was only one customer in the store, eating a bowl of noodles with a bottle of lukewarm beer, staring at the TV to watch the lively variety show inside, eating out was one of the few times he could watch TV on the big screen Opportunity, I ate a bowl of noodles for almost half an hour, and I was reluctant to leave when it bottomed out.Guessing that the boss would be unhappy, he wiped it in his trouser pocket, and grinned cheekily at Huda:

"Boss, let's have some pork tenderloin again."

"A string?" Hu Da squinted, stood up from the charcoal stove with his hips on his hips, and looked at the other party.He has a face in his 30s or [-]s, rough and fierce, and there is a scar on his chin that extends to his chin, so when he stands, he doesn't get angry and arrogant, and he can overwhelm people just by his aura without speaking.

The diner who was about to take advantage shivered and stretched out two fingers.

"Two... two strings...!"

Damn these workers!Huda sighed, and shoveled to the bottom of the charcoal stove with a shovel.

He is the boss, the chef, the cashier and the waiter. Jiujiu Barbecue is just a small unlicensed restaurant in Pingxiang Life Street. He is the only co-author in the whole store.Relying on the workers in the nearby Longhua factory area to patronize so unembarrassedly from time to time, it is barely open until today.

A fucking bowl of plain noodles, two skewers of tenderloin, and my electricity for an hour, Hu Da thought, only people in Pingxiang can do it.He didn't say anything, just picked up the remote control on the table and switched the channel to the central news station.

"Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was formally established in August 1980, and in 8, Huaqiangbei Commercial District was awarded the National Industrial and Commercial Bureau as the first batch of safe shopping streets in the country. Winning the honorary title of "China's No. 2000 Electronic Street" marks the industry's confirmation of Huaqiangbei Commercial Street's leading position in the national electronic business community..."

The chattering news special on the 38th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone just came out of the TV, making the faces of the two people present wrinkle at the same time.No one in Pingxiang likes to hear that stuff, it sounds like irony and torture.

The success of Shenzhen belongs to Shenzhen. Today, whether it is the prosperity inside or outside the customs, it seems that it has little to do with this magical land.

Pingxiang is a place that is both Shenzhen and not Shenzhen.It is located on the border between Dongguan and Huizhou, with cheap land rent and low commodity prices. Some small factories that are precarious in large industrial areas will choose to relocate here and continue to operate on their last days.Ping Township is a well-known but unknown gathering area of ​​small workshops and small processing factories. The take-off of the special zone cannot be touched by it. The outside world has been turned upside down for many years, but here it still looks like the last century, and can be found in the chaotic streets. A mess of unlisted hair salons, game rooms, fly taverns, and even red light districts.But for those anonymous migrant workers who cannot squeeze into large state-owned industrial parks, it is like an independent country hidden in the city. , providing a piece of land for the foreigners in this land, and temporarily calling it home.

Huda himself only found this place five years ago.It is said to be a living street, but in fact it is just a crooked alley made up of a row of private houses that have been remodeled to operate black Internet cafes, small supermarkets and snack bars.Every night, after the announcement of the end of work in the factory area on the other side of the river rang, groups of workers came out of the nearby large and small factories and gathered on the Life Street to enjoy the short-term indulgent night entertainment.Huda's Jiujiu Barbecue is located in a good location in the middle of the street. Its main business is barbecue supper, and it does everything on the sideline. There is no menu in the store, but as long as the customers ask for the key points, he can cook everything from tomato and eggs to fried beef. There used to be a young man from a thermal engine factory who brought a snake down from the mountain, and he also came to him. He charged a higher price to make a pot of Chaoshan snake porridge. The snake porridge is fragrant and glutinous, and it is rare. The worker, that incident made him famous, and the name of Jiujiu Barbecue became a hit, and it became a regular meeting place for many people in the evening.

He usually doesn't talk much, and he is also a sloppy person. He only moves cleanly and swiftly when chopping vegetables with a knife on the cutting board. Several versions were published, and the more they spread, the more true they became, so that the young man who is full of blood still has some unreasonable admiration for him. Be restrained and respectful, and never renege on debts.

Huda yawned, and put two fresh and hot skewers of meat in front of the only guest's noodle bowl.

Forget it, he thought, anyway, it will be time to get off work soon, and customers will come to the door one after another, and the TV will waste electricity every time it is turned off and on, so let him go.Then he switched the station back to the variety show channel, crushed out the unsmoked cigarettes in his mouth with the sole of his shoes, and started to move bottled beer into the freezer from the back door of the barbecue shop.

The rolling shutter door of the main store made a series of rattling noises, and Hu Da saw a white figure passing by like the wind, heading straight to the second floor of the barbecue shop.

"Wu Jiusheng!" He rushed into the back door, rushed all the way to the stairs, and yelled at the back of the figure who ran to the top with only half of his butt left, "You kid, if you dare not turn off the electric fan when you go out in the morning, I will fuck you!" No charge for electricity!"

After he finished yelling, the white figure had run away, but the floor was very thin, and the youth upstairs could hear the loud response from across the floor:

"Understood! Don't worry, I'll go out and play in a while! Don't use your electricity, uncle!"

Before Hu Da could reply, there was another bang and bang, and the young man who had changed into a T-shirt and slippers had jumped down from upstairs again.He held his phone and keys in his hand, and put a piece of meat floss bread in a plastic bag on his wrist. As usual, he rushed out as soon as he got home and put down his things.

Hu Da knew that Wu Jiusheng was a teenager addicted to the Internet. Almost every day at this time, he rushed to the Internet cafe to play computer games for several hours. The weather was hot and humid, and there were many people fighting for the cool and comfortable seats in the Internet cafe near the air conditioner, so he always seemed like a monkey every time. They skipped up and down and didn't eat dinner. They usually took bread or bowls of noodles and went to Internet cafes to make do with it.

He didn't understand young people's passion for spiritual entertainment, but he was relieved that Wu Jiusheng wasn't there every night when his business was busiest.

That young man was too noisy, if he was there, he would shake off as much dust as possible on the floor, and all the customers who ate in the store would be disgusted and leave.

Thinking of this, Hu Da couldn't help wondering why he agreed to rent the small room to Wu Jiusheng in the first place.

It was only two weeks ago that Wu Jiusheng found Jiujiu BBQ.

At that time, Huda just built a plastic shed outside the barbecue shop, moved some tables and chairs in the shop to the door, and moved the cooking pots and gas stove from the kitchen. Baskets just have space to stack.After tidying up in this way, there was a room big enough to sleep in next to his own bedroom on the second floor.Since the left and right could not be used for the time being, Hu Da took a piece of cardboard and wrote the word "rental" on it. He slept on the second floor. The bath and toilet were shared with him at the corner opposite the kitchen on the first floor, and he charged the rent. 400 yuan a month includes water fee, one deposit pays one, and the electricity fee is calculated separately by the meter.

He originally thought of renting it to apprentices who would do short-term jobs in nearby factories during the peak summer vacation, but he didn't expect Wu Jiusheng to be the first to come to him.

Wu Jiusheng works in the electronic component factory on the other side of the river. He is a contract worker on the assembly line. He has a guaranteed salary and the factory provides accommodation. Originally, he did not need to rent a house alone.But he said that the dormitory provided by the factory is not good. Eight people live together in a big room with bunk beds, farts and talking in sleep can be heard, there is no privacy at all, and there are bedbugs in the bathroom.Wu Jiusheng is the youngest in their dormitory. He is young and noisy. When he is free from work, he likes to sit on the bed with his mobile phone and earphones plugged in to listen to music.He listens to everything, from popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan to electronic music that is not well understood nowadays. He also likes to hum. When he gets excited, he sings along with the tune in the earphones. He doesn't know which lyrics are out of tune. Terrible, it annoyed the roommates in the dormitory very much, every time he scolded him and said, "Stop singing, it's terrible!", Wu Jiusheng was unhappy, didn't like to talk to them, and continued to sing by himself.

He did some calculations, living in the dormitory of the factory building like that, and he has to deduct 260 accommodation fees every month. It is said that the price will increase soon, and it will rise to 280 a month, so it is better to simply come out to live. .Although the room that Huda rented out was only big enough for a bed, had a creaking floor and no air-conditioning, and charged 400 yuan a month, it was still his own room, and besides, it was close to an Internet cafe. He was able to grab a good seat when he went back to the dormitory for a meal after work, which was not a loss at all.

Wu Jiusheng only glanced at it briefly, and went to the factory to check out the next day. He checked in with a black nylon travel bag, a washbasin and some toiletries.

After he moved in, some of his fellow workers in the same dormitory visited him a few times. They ate a bowl of fried noodles and drank a bottle of beer in Huda’s store, and then went to visit his store on the second floor. Room.The room is not well furnished, just a set of bedding, worn clothes in an open cardboard box next to the small window, and a small table as high as a low stool next to it, people have to sit on the ground to eat with it, It's just that Wu Jiusheng neither eats nor reads here. There are a few fruits and a few packs of cigarettes scattered on it, and nothing else.

Even though it was just such a room, it still attracted the envious eyes of several people.They couldn't figure it out for Wu Jiusheng, how dare he spend an extra one hundred yuan a month for accommodation to move out of the factory.If you take into account the electricity bill that is calculated separately every month, it is nearly 200 yuan, two hundred a month, and more than 2000 a year, which is worth their one-year full attendance bonus.Although they are envious, they can't be that extravagant.

Hu Da knew that the workers working in the Pingxiang Electronics Factory were not short of money. Generally, the basic salary was [-] plus accommodation. During overtime hours, it is not a problem to earn eight thousand or nine thousand a month, which is more than many fresh graduates and white-collar workers in the city.It's just that they earn hard money in this line of work. They sit on the assembly line for more than ten hours every day without moving their nests. They are reluctant to chat and play with their mobile phones. piece count.Some people have problems with their lumbar and cervical spine after working for a few years. They can’t keep up with the intensity of work. They usually work hard for the last one or two months before leaving. They get overtime pay and go back to their hometown to build a house and marry a wife. .Some young people who have just started work do not know how to take care of their bodies. They even go to the toilet less to save money. When I came back from the illness, I paid more for the medical expenses, and I was so sad that I died.In short, there is no guarantee, no fixed number, a career that earns a coolie money for youth.

The aborigines in the customs collectively referred to these wage earners who went south to the factory area to beg for a living as factory brothers and factory sisters.The life of factory boys is not easy. Most of them want to save money for their own daughter-in-law.It's hard to imagine Wu Jiusheng's lavish greed for enjoyment at the age when he is full of energy and best to make money.They all felt that Wu Jiusheng was courageous and willing, but at the same time they also felt that he was not thinking about the future, not like a responsible man who wanted to start a family, but like those girls who chattered and played around.

Not only they think so, but Huda also thinks so.He has observed Wu Jiusheng for two weeks, and he feels that the young man is lively and enthusiastic, and he is not a bad person, but he is too good at spending money, the money is not worth the money, and he likes online shopping. Know what's useful.

He once received a gift from Wu Jiusheng, which was a dumpling wrapper he bought for free shipping when he bought a small desk lamp for his room.In fact, it is two pieces of plastic, which together form a mold, put a piece of dough on it, and pinch it to form a standard dumpling shape.

Huda hadn't turned his head when he first got the thing.He knows how to make dumplings, but if you really pinch them with your hands, you only need to pinch one in a second. If you use that mold, you will be clumsy and clumsy.He tossed and tossed with that little thing for half an hour by himself before suddenly feeling overwhelmed and cursing "tripping paralysis", remembering that he was a southerner doing business in the south, so he didn't eat dumplings, what would he want? An artifact for making dumplings.

The impression Wu Jiusheng left in his mind was the same as that dumpling maker, which was neither awkward nor embarrassing, but also funny, but since he had already accepted it, he casually threw it beside the chopping board without saying that he had to throw it away. go out.

That night, the barbecue restaurant's business was still as usual, especially when it was extremely hot, and the sales of cold beer were even better than usual.Hu Da stood guarding the charcoal stove and fanned the wind, watching the fire in a daze, while listening to the workers behind them talking about their daily topics, most of them were discussing when Foxconn will open for recruitment again this year, or where to find acquaintances from the same town to recommend to Bao Long industrial area to go to work.For them, Ping Township is just a springboard, a temporary place to make a living. In the end, capable young people will rush to leave. Hu Da has been doing business here for several years, watching the wave after wave Many people came and went, but I was settled down like the silt in the river, and it seemed to be integrated with my small shop, and I didn't even think about going elsewhere.

No matter how much Wu Jiusheng bluffs, there will always be times when he will change places like them. After Hu Da has made such a calculation, he no longer cares about his minor problems.

That day Wu Jiusheng played outside very late, and returned to the store more than half an hour later than the usual fixed time.When he came back, Huda was struggling to pull down his shutter door with a pole tied with an iron hook.Wu Jiusheng grinned at him, stooped and slipped in through the half-drawn gap beside him, without offering a hand, which made Huda sigh while shaking his head.

When he closed the front door and went back to the store, he saw Wu Jiusheng occupying a table that hadn't been cleaned, and dumping a pile of things in his arms onto the table.There are some metal parts inside, clanging together, and there is actually a big one. Huda squinted his eyes and took a closer look, it turned out to be a dusty chassis.

There was a thin layer of sweat on Wu Jiusheng's forehead, and he was a little out of breath because he was trotting all the way back with a heavy load. He wiped his face and left a row of black and gray handprints on his cheeks, but his tone was still tinged with excitement. Da said:

"I talked to the owner of the Internet cafe for a long time before he gave it to me. Some machines have been used for a long time, and the circuit boards have burned out, but other parts are still working. I can set up a complete mainframe. I was lucky today, and I also picked up a washed graphics card, and when I add a monitor, I can build a computer by myself!"

He gathered what Huda saw as a pile of junk on the table and looked very happy.Hu Da opened his eyes wide, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

"No! Who will allow you to work on computers in my shop!" He blurted out without thinking.

The young man worked in an electronic component factory and was already familiar with the parts. He said that if he wanted to repair a computer with those broken pieces, he might be able to repair it.

Not to mention that the privately connected wires in the store can't stand him running the mainframe, just thinking of the movement that the young man can make in the room after he has a computer, Huda's temples can't help but start to ache.

He was alone with angry eyes, and Wu Jiusheng, who was so happy for himself, didn't seem to care at all. He laughed "hehe" twice, and patted Hu Da on the shoulder.

"Uncle, don't be so rude, it's not like I don't pay the electricity bill."

Everyone else is called Brother Hu Dada, only Wu Jiusheng calls him Uncle, but Wu Jiusheng is really young, he doesn't know if he is 20 years old by looking at him. How contradictory it feels.

"Wu Jiusheng! If I say no, I can't do it!" Hu Da slapped the table seriously. He knew that Wu Jiusheng's workers called him "Asheng", but that was too intimate. He was Wu Jiusheng's landlord , must retain a little dignity, so he was never called by his full name.

Wu Jiusheng could see Hu Da's persistence, and he didn't argue with him. He just rolled his eyes, smiled and packed up those things, ready to carry them upstairs.

It's strange to say that everyone is afraid of Huda, but he is not. He is careless and the youngest in his workshop, and he is used to taking advantage of it and playing tricks. Whenever there is any conflict with Hu Da, as long as he doesn't try to be tough and procrastinates, there will always be a time to pass.

He could tell that Huda was just superficially fierce, not at all the same as the rumored one.

Hu Da knew that Wu Jiusheng, the little bastard, was already planning to repeat the same tricks and rely on him to the end, so he was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and as soon as the apron was taken off, he chased him upstairs.However, Wu Jiusheng had been prepared for a long time. Hu Da had just put half of his head on the floor when he took a deep breath, stopped, and turned his back.

Wu Jiusheng stood at the door of his room, took off all his clothes, and stripped himself naked.

His hippie smiling voice swirled from behind Huda: "Uncle, have you boiled hot water? I'm going to take a shower. I have to go to work tomorrow morning and I need to go to bed early."

Hu Da was so angry with him, but he was also embarrassed to chase a bare-bottomed boy up and down, so he could only yell "You fucking go!", thinking that this brat is really him. The nemesis in life.

In fact, Hu Da wasn't afraid that Wu Jiusheng didn't wear clothes. Wu Jiusheng had an unattractive white chicken body. With his clothes off, except for his white skin, he had nothing but flesh on his body. He had long hands and feet like a monkey.But on the first day when he just arrived, after Huda closed the store, he took off his clothes and ran over to Huda's nose without saying hello, which really shocked Huda.

According to Wu Jiusheng himself, his own room is on the second floor, but the bathroom where he takes a shower is on the first floor, and he finds it too troublesome to walk upstairs after taking a shower, fully armed and dressed.Anyway, he sleeps naked all the time when it’s hot, and he doesn’t bother to put on a suit and take it off again when he enters the house. It’s an extra process and he’s sweating all over, so it’s better to just take it off and run up and down to save trouble. Anyway, when the store door is closed, no one can see it. .

Hu Da also accepted his fallacies.He always remembers the first time he was caught in the eyes by a young man's naked body.The impetuosity in his body that had been depressed for many years seemed to come back overnight. It was a furry boy who couldn't arouse his interest at all, but he was forced to remember that figure firmly because of fright.

Huda always remembered the two white and soft buttocks under the lean spine of the other party. They moved with the young man's running movements, and finally disappeared into the red wooden door opposite the kitchen. After a while, they disappeared again. With undried water drops, she bumped up the stairs in a frenzy, two legs alternately stepped on the stairs, revealing a green shadow.

Hu Da stared dazedly, and stood by the door of the store, he didn't recover for a long time.

This meeting was the same, he heard the rustle of the young man's flip-flops on the floor, and knew that the naked young man was slowly moving towards him.Halfway up the stairs, Hu Da was still blocked by the stairs. He was a big man, and he didn’t move for a long time. The young man didn’t push him. Squeezing down, when the two of them staggered, the young man's soft breath hit the back of Huda's neck. Huda was facing the wall directly. There was a little bit of red coming out of the eyes.

He felt the protruding knuckles on the young man's body rubbing against him, and when he was about to retract his belly and make some room to the side, he heard the young man's whisper with a chuckle, warm and flattering:

"Uncle, don't be angry. I brought a thermistor back from the factory today. Isn't the air conditioner in your room broken? I've checked it. It's a problem with the temperature sensing circuit. Let me fix it for you. , you won’t be charged for maintenance.”

The young man rubbed his waist with a pair of small hands.Hu Da couldn't bear it anymore and yelled at him, the young man immediately ran away with a smile, leaving only his short hair sticking to the back of his neck.

Hu Da was stunned, sighed for a while, grabbed his hair vigorously, and sat down on the stairs discouraged.