Before the results of the investigation came out, Nan Yi received a notification from Wang Zhen.
After making a phone call to Tu Yu and postponing the time they had agreed on, Nan Yi boarded the train to Chengdu.
There is no direct train from Shanghai to Shancheng, so one needs to transfer in Chengdu. Moreover, there is no room for Nan Yi's bounce tactics to be implemented, as there are no flights from Xiangkeng to Shancheng or Chengdu.
Including the time wasted waiting and other things, it took about three days for Nan Yi to get off the train at Chengdu Railway Station. Fortunately, it was not summer, so his clothes did not go bad.
Walking out of the square in front of the station, Nan Yi's eyes swept across the rickshaws [three-wheeled motor vehicles] and human-powered tricycles, and finally stopped on a Ford taxi.
He walked to the passenger seat, bent over and looked at the driver's seat, "Lotus Pond, do you want to go on the 25th?"
"No, at least thirty." The driver glanced at Nan Yi and said.
"Twenty-seven."
The driver said impatiently: "Come on, come on, hurry up."
After agreeing on the price, Nan Yi got in the car and sat behind the driver's seat. The school beauty sat next to him, and the tiger cub sat in the passenger seat.
Taxis that like to pick up passengers at the train station rarely have any tricks. If you use the meter without negotiating the price first, Nan Yi has no idea what the final price will be.
In the car, Nan Yi studied the map of Chengdu. Before getting off the car, he asked a local in Chengdu about the taxi fare here. The price he quoted just now was 25 yuan, which was calculated based on the starting price of 12.6 yuan for Chengdu taxis, and he also left a certain margin.
Nan Yi was not fussy about this little money. He was just too lazy to go through the plot in online articles where someone gets ripped off and then gets slapped in the face for showing off by a big shot. Why bother? There is so much drama just for taking a taxi. He just needs to be more cautious.
The metered route means we can take detours if possible, and the fixed price means we can go as fast as possible. The driver didn't say much along the way, he just focused on driving, and soon the car squeaked to a stop in front of the gate of the Lotus Pond Market.
The tiger cub paid the fare, and the three got out of the taxi. The taxi sped away with a whoosh and thick smoke.
"Nansheng, there are five more dollars." said the tiger cub.
"Two at most. There were a lot of people on the road, so I took a shortcut."
"Nansheng, there are quite a few old men working," the school beauty reminded.
"Yeah, that's normal. I have a lot of cash in the wholesale market, so working here is very lucrative."
As he said that, Nan Yi took out the five or so dollars in change from his trouser pocket and then stuffed it back into the bag, hoping that the old Rongs wouldn't target a poor guy like him. It didn't matter if his money was stolen, but it would be a pity if his trousers were torn, as they were a branded product and cost more than thirty yuan a pair.
While on the train, the Chengdu man who told Nan Yi the taxi prices also gave Nan Yi another piece of advice - don't come to the Lotus Pond unless it is absolutely necessary.
After standing at the gate for a while, Nan Yi felt that this advice was quite practical.
Leaving aside Lao Rong, the traffic here is very bad. Tricycles carrying goods are running around in the crowd, causing jams from time to time, and there are constant scratches. Right now, a woman is holding a tricycle and arguing there.
The rickshaw driver was very arrogant and was shouting loudly. The woman was no less aggressive. The eighteenth generation had already greeted the nineteenth generation and was heading towards them. As they were cursing, the two sides began to push and shove each other. Then, the woman slapped the rickshaw driver. The rickshaw driver was stunned for a moment and was about to fight back, but the woman kicked him in the crotch.
"How pitiful, those pointed leather shoes." The tiger cub gloated.
The two factors of pointed leather shoes and the woman together meant that this fight was unlikely to have any follow-up. The rickshaw driver simply did not have the face or courage to continue the fight endlessly, and it was estimated that the woman would just pay a small amount of money and the matter would be settled.
"Let's go to the market and take a look."
Nan Yi walked into the market and visited various wholesale areas such as shoes, leather goods, clothing, general merchandise, home appliances, and handicrafts. He got a general understanding of the wholesale prices here, recorded a few pages in a notebook, and appeared at the door again without buying anything.
After walking west for nearly two kilometers, you will arrive at Jiuli Dike.
Luo Kun, the earliest chef of Longmenzhen, resigned from Longmenzhen last year and returned to Chengdu, where he opened his own Longmenzhen restaurant nearby.
After searching for a while, Nan Yi and the other two saw the restaurant sign. It turned out to be quite large.
"Is Mr. Luo here?" Nan Yi shouted as he walked into the restaurant.
"Who is it?"
Luo Kun came out from the kitchen, and when he saw Nan Yi, he quickly stepped forward and greeted him, "Boss, why are you here?"
"I'm on my way to Shancheng and passing by here. In order to save some travel expenses, I came to your place for a meal." Nan Yi said with a smile: "Don't call me boss from now on. You are the boss now."
"In my heart, you will always be my boss. Without you, I wouldn't be who I am today."
"I'm thoughtful. Where's your wife?"
"I'm working now. I found a school to be an English teacher. It was so annoying to help out in the store. People came to see me curiously every day."
"Haha, who told you to find a foreign woman, and a pretty one at that. You are quite capable, you made money in London and found a wife."
"It's just so-so. Boss, please sit down. I'll pour you some tea." Luo Kun smiled embarrassedly and arranged a seat for Nan Yi.
After a busy period, Luo Kun sat down and talked to Nan Yi.
"It's almost time for dinner, you should go and do your work first, don't worry about me."
"It's okay. I seldom cook now. The store has hired a chef. I will only help out when they are too busy."
"Oh, how's business?"
"Lunch is not good, but business is good at night. It's no problem to make three or four hundred a day."
“Are there many IOUs?”
Luo Kun lowered his voice and said, "I carefully selected this place to open the store. People who come here on IOUs cannot come here. There are people who eat and drink for free occasionally, but not often, only once or twice a month. I can still handle it."
"That's fine. It's normal to eat for free when running a restaurant. Do you have any other business besides running a restaurant?"
"Yes, of course. You taught me that, boss. I can't just let the money sit there and do nothing. After lunch, I'll go to the front and take a look." Luo Kun pointed in a direction and said, "There's a room-changing station over there. I'll go there to trade houses."
House-exchanging station is just a euphemism. It means a gathering place for people who want to exchange houses. House-exchanging means exchanging one's own house for someone else's.
The reason why most people change houses is that they want to move to a house closer to their workplace. Some people do it for the convenience of their children's schooling, and some people want to get married and spend some money to exchange a small house for a big one. Of course, there are also people like "house bugs" in Beijing who do this purely to make a living.
In addition to changing houses, people in this era also change jobs and swap household registrations. Even more bizarre is swapping wives. Of course, that was just a coincidence. Two couples got divorced and then swapped their wives.
Changing houses is very common in larger cities. It is not a characteristic of any particular city but rather a characteristic of the times.
"Is it easy to deal with?"
"Not bad. I now have five shops, eight two-bedroom apartments, and five or six studios. I have made an appointment with someone today to go and look at the house tonight. I will pay a little extra to exchange the studio for a two-bedroom. Now more and more people from other places come to Lotus Pond to buy goods. I want to buy a building there and open a small hotel, but I haven't had the opportunity yet."
"You have a good vision. I just walked around the lotus pond and saw many people buying goods. If you open a cheap hotel and help the travelers store their goods, your business will definitely be good."
"Haha, it's all thanks to the boss. Not only did you help me make money, you also taught me how to make money."
"That's only if you're willing to listen. Ikeda has met a few elderly people who came back to look for work this year. They all came back last year or the year before. In the past year or two, they've squandered all the money they earned abroad. Alas, they've suffered for nothing."
"All gambled away?"
"If not gambling, what else could he do? He carried corpses in Tokyo for five years and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars, but lost it all in less than half a year. With hundreds of thousands of dollars, he could have bought a hill in his hometown, planted fruit trees, enclosed a large piece of land, and built a palace for himself. He would rather be a superior person than to have fun at the poker table.
I heard that he lost everything and still owed tens of thousands in gambling debts. This bastard almost used his wife to pay off his gambling debts. Fortunately, his wife ran away quickly. Marrying a man like this is really a debt you owe him in your previous life."
"Tokyo carrying a corpse? Boss, are you talking about Zhang Shuigen who went out with me?"
"Yes, he is from the same batch as you. Are you in contact with him?"
"When I was training before going abroad, I got along well with him. I corresponded with him in the United States. Later, when I went to London, the correspondence became less frequent, and we gradually lost contact. Zhang Shuigen was a simple and honest person. How could he become like this?"
"He has a little money, and he doesn't know his own name. He just shows off. How can it be so easy to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars? He is just being held captive. It is impossible to lose all the money at once. The people who set up the game had to lay bait and let him win a little at the beginning. When they start to close the net, he will have a chance to withdraw, but he didn't. We can only say that he deserves it. His virtue does not match his wealth."
"What a pity! A few hundred thousand dollars can last a lifetime just to earn interest." Luo Kun sighed, "I have saved 200,000 dollars for a five-year term. When it matures, I can withdraw more than 300,000 dollars. I plan to save more depending on the situation. I will never touch this money. I will save it for my children's education in the future."
"Just keep saving. Right now the country is short of money, so the high interest rate is used to encourage people to save. If the situation changes in a few years, the deposit interest rate may not be so high."
"Then we'll talk about it after five years. The bank has to honor the interest rate we're talking about now." Luo Kun said, "Boss, please sit down first. Someone sent me some good stuff yesterday. I'll go make it for you."
"No hurry. I heard that every household in Wuchuan raises giant pandas. Where is yours? Take me to see it first."
"Haha, boss, stop joking. Not every household has a giant panda. Last time I took my wife to see the giant pandas, I took a few photos of her with the giant pandas. It cost several hundred yuan, fifty yuan per photo. But it was worth it. How many people have the opportunity to take photos riding on a giant panda?"
"It's worth it. Hearing you say that, I'm itching to go for a ride. If I have time when I come back from Shancheng, I'll go for a ride too."
After hearing what Luo Kun said, Nan Yi really felt the urge to go. This kind of project might be stopped at any time, and if you miss it, you might miss it forever.
Luo Kun went into the kitchen and came out half an hour later with a large tray in his hands.
"Boss, you came at the right time. Look, this is a Northeastern crayfish. This is a crayfish from Wuchuan. This is a porcini mushroom. It is rare and hard to find. Now it is sold for dozens of yuan per pound."
"This cricket, isn't it called Tu Gou Zi in Wuchuan?"
"Boss, you know, I was afraid you didn't know, so I called it Wuchuan Cricket on purpose."
The cricket that Luo Kun mentioned is scientifically called Mole Cricket. It is commonly found in rural areas everywhere. It feeds on newly sown seeds and plant roots. It is very destructive to crops, but tastes very good.
"I'm a farmer, how could I not recognize this kind of pest?" Nan Yi said, pinching one and putting it in his mouth, "Mm, delicious, fried just right, at this time the mole crickets haven't even emerged from the ground yet, where did you catch them?"
"I don't know either. Maybe someone went there on purpose to dig it up. There are many people in Chengdu who like to eat wild game. If the store doesn't have wild game, it won't attract big customers. So I got to know a group of people who deal in wild game. They send me stuff every day. I accept it no matter if it's good or bad. I'm just afraid they won't send me anything anymore."
"Yes, there is also braised pig's head. The color shows that it is aged, so the taste must be good. Luo Kun, we have enough dishes. Stop making more and sit down to eat together."
"I didn't make much. There's still some Ma Sihan and E Bashang in the kitchen. I'll go get them out. Boss, we have Wuliangye in the store. Do you want some?"
"Even if Wuliangye is not popular, there is always something to drink. Let's have something special. Just a little bit is fine. I can't drink much."
"Okay, let's get some Wenjun wine. People here love to drink this."
"Yes."
Soon, Luo Kun brought over the dishes and a bottle of wine, and did not forget to prepare food for the school beauty and the tiger cub.
"Boss, I respect you. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today."
As soon as the wine was poured, Luo Kun raised his glass and said.
"Cheers." Nan Yi drank the wine in the glass happily, and then said, "No need to thank me. You have worked hard to get to where you are today. If you want to thank someone, thank yourself for the efforts you have made. It's better to stay at home and enjoy the comfort, right?"
"I feel very comfortable. The first year was fine, but I missed home every day in the second year. If I hadn't met my wife, I wouldn't have stayed there for so many years. Boss, I'm sorry to disappoint you."
After Longmenzhen Restaurant became independent, Nan Yi had planned to let Luo Kun take over the position of head, but who knew that he actually resigned and went home, making Nan Yi's arrangement go to waste.
"Don't say that. Everyone has their own aspirations. Living in comfort is better than anything else. But you're using the Longmenzhen sign, which is really a problem. I have to ask you for the licensing fee."
"Hehe, Longmenzhen is the hot spring in our Chengdu. Usually in the afternoon, if I don't go to the room change station, I will play Mahjong. I win or lose a few cents, drink a bellyful of tea, go to get my ears picked and soak my feet. In the evening, I come back and work for a few hours, then make a few dishes and have some wine. It's so comfortable."
"Yes, it's comfortable. I envy you just by listening to it. However, you won't be able to enjoy such a good life for a few more days. Your wife is pregnant, right?"
"She's pregnant. Look at her belly, there's more than one."
"Haha, you'll suffer if you have two sons." Nan Yi said, and suddenly said: "I want to ask you for help with something."
Luo Kun patted his chest and said, "Boss, tell me what I can do. I will do it without hesitation."
"Don't be so sure, it's not a big deal. You're looking for a new house, right? Keep an eye out for old houses in Chengdu. Good ones, but not the former residences of celebrities or those with historical allusions. I want to buy three or four. Chengdu's climate is good for health, and when I get older, I can come and live here from time to time."
"That's easy. I'll definitely let you keep an eye out for it, boss."
"Thank you for your hard work. Let me try the cicada. You don't have this in Wuchuan, right?" Nan Yi said as he picked up a cicada.
"Yes, but it's rare. You can only find it in very clean running water. This isn't from our local area, it's from the Northeast. A few customers like to eat it, so I asked my acquaintances in the Northeast to deliver it here regularly. I heard it's hard to get it there either, and the supply has always been unstable. These were just delivered yesterday."
"Oh, I'll leave you my phone number later. Two years ago, I invested in a deer farm in Changbai Mountain. There's a stream next to the farm with a lot of cicadas in it. I took over the stream to prevent people from catching them and to create a good breeding environment for the cicadas. Now they're a bit overrun, so it's time to sell them out in fixed quantities every year."
"The boss is really experienced. In two years, there will be fewer crickets, and the price will definitely go up." Luo Kun said with a thumbs up.
"How much can it increase? It's not that big of a deal. If you want to talk about value, this is the most valuable thing." Nan Yi pointed at the porcini with chopsticks, "There are still fresh ones in this month?"
"Yes, there is a rather peculiar place on Mount Siguniang. Other places have snow, but that place has no snow all year round. It seems that a geological team has been there to investigate. They said that there is magma reaction not too deep underground, and the geothermal heat is relatively sufficient, which has caused some small-scale climate differences. Fungi and fruits mature later."
“Are there a lot of porcini mushrooms there?”
"Not much, at most a thousand kilograms a year. There are many people picking them, and some don't follow the rules and just cut off the roots, so the amount is getting less every year."
"Go and try to see if you can contract that piece of land. If you can, and sell the porcini to me, I'll at least give you this much per kilo." Nan Yi made a six gesture with his left hand.
"sixty?"
"What sixty? It's six hundred, and that's the minimum. Porcini mushrooms are not precious, but they become precious when they grow in the right season. However, this can only be sold exclusively. If others can also provide porcini mushrooms in this month, they are not precious and cannot be sold at this price. The problem here is very complicated. Only about a thousand kilograms can be sold at this price. If you take out ten thousand kilograms, it will be worthless."
"Boss, you mean that one thousand kilograms can be exchanged for six hundred thousand, but two thousand kilograms can't be exchanged for one million and two hundred thousand?"
"What do you mean 1.2 million? You can't even get 600,000. Scarcity makes things valuable. One thousand kilograms is a threshold. If you exceed this number, you will be thrown into the fire pit and burned. The product of Siguniang Snow Mountain plus one thousand kilograms is equal to 600,000. There is no addition, no doubling. Do you understand?"
"I see. Six hundred thousand dollars a year is not a lot to spend."
Nan Yi said happily: "You kid, you don't even care about the 600,000 you picked up for free in a year. Don't you still have fruits? Those can also be sold for money."
“ Haha, it’s not that I look down on 600,000, it’s that I look down on the fact that it has no room for growth.” Luo Kun laughed awkwardly.
"Whether there is room for growth or not will depend on further investigation. You can pack some porcini mushrooms later and I will send them out for testing. If they contain special beneficial ingredients, the price will go up. Can we still go to Siguniang Mountain at the beginning of next year?"
“Of course we can go up the mountain in February.”
"You're wrong. I was talking about next year in the Gregorian calendar, which is early January." Nan Yi waved his hand and said.
"We can go up the mountain in early January. The place I mentioned is not dangerous. As long as we are careful, nothing will happen. Boss, do you want to send someone to investigate?"
Nan Yi looked at Luo Kun's face and said with a half-smile: "Well, the cost of an inspection trip is about 20,000 yuan. We each pay half. If the inspection results are not ideal, the money will be wasted. Do you want to take a chance?"
"Of course I will take a chance. Boss, since you are optimistic about it, there is no reason for me not to. It's just ten thousand dollars, so let it go down the drain." Luo Kun said without stumbling.
"Okay, let's try it together."
"Um."
Nan Yi picked up a crayfish, peeled it and put it in his mouth to savor it carefully.
Crayfish and crayfish look similar and can be said to be twin brothers, but crayfish tastes more delicious, has a sweet taste, and does not have the earthy smell of crayfish. The cooking methods of crayfish are completely the same as those of crayfish.
However, it is a waste of food to cook crayfish with thirteen spices or garlic flavor. Only inferior ingredients with peculiar smell need to be cooked with heavy ingredients. Crayfish are delicious just by steaming them.
A bite of cicada, a bite of mole cricket, and then a bite of spicy goose garlic, with a glass of Wenjun wine, it's delicious. The braised pig's head tastes very good too. It has been smoked on the stove for a long time, and the taste is indescribable. I wouldn't exchange it for a piece of land. The City God might consider it.
"Pig heads are good. Please save two for me. I will take them back when I come back."
"Okay, boss, when you come back I'll make you some pig head mountain, which tastes really good."
"How do we get to Zhutou Mountain?" Nan Yi asked curiously.
"Wash the whole pig's head and steam it in a steamer until all the oil is gone. Remove from the heat, pour the prepared soup over it, and eat it directly with a spoon. It tastes delicious."
"Haha, my mouth is watering when you say that. This is a must. When we come back, there will be customers following us. Please help me prepare a few more delicious dishes. Don't skimp on them for me. Just make it for 300 yuan."
"Don't talk about the money. I will definitely make it right for the boss and will never let the customers find fault with it."
"Okay, let's go one by one."
The ear cleaning masters in Chengdu and the pedicure masters in Yangzhou are all famous for their skills.
After eating and drinking, Nan Yi left Luo Kun's restaurant and went to Kuanzhai Alley. Beside bamboo chairs sat ear cleaning masters with their legs crossed, with wooden boxes beside them and tobacco in their mouths, waiting for customers to come leisurely and leisurely.
Nan Yi took a quick look and picked out a master who was about fifty years old. He walked over and sat down on a high bamboo chair. The ear cleaning master took a few deep puffs and finished the tobacco in his hand. He walked behind Nan Yi and opened the wooden box. More than a dozen tools including ear pick, goose feather stick, pliers, vibrator, ponytail, ear scraper, ear pick, cotton swab, alcohol, headlamp, etc. were revealed.
As soon as the goose feather stick entered Nan Yi's ear, he shivered all over. It was the first time for this body to enjoy the ear cleaning service of a craftsman. Before, only Hagiwara Sayuri had served him, and the others didn't. Nan Yi was afraid that his eardrum would be punctured.
"You're so sensitive, comrade. Is this your first time cleaning your ears?"
"I guess so. Master, your craftsmanship is really good. You have been doing this for a long time, right?"
"I started when I was 15, and it's been 36 years now. I did it secretly before, but now I can do it openly."
"No wonder the craftsmanship is so good, the master must make a lot of money every day, right?"
"If you can't make money, you can only make a living."
The master obviously didn't want to talk about money, so Nan Yi changed the subject, "Master, I want to ask which bathhouse is cleaner, preferably with a single... basin [enamel bathtub, a single space separated by wooden boards]."
"In addition to the public bathrooms, there are also public baths in the basin. If you want something cleaner, you can only go to the workplace bathhouse, the Railway Bureau. Not many people go there, and the water is cleaner than outside. Today is the day to change the water, so if you go early, you can get the first bath. It's only 20 cents, which is pretty good."
"Thank you, Master."
After having his ears cleaned and paying the fee, Nan Yi followed the directions given by the ear cleaner and went to the First Ring Road. The Railway Bureau's bathhouse was just across the bureau compound, a red single-story building inside Chengdu Railway Middle School. Behind it was the Forestry Department Hospital, and it was easy to find.
Buy a ticket at the door first, just as the ear cleaner said, it’s 20 cents and 2 cents.
Take the ticket and walk to a small room separated from the bathhouse. There is a ticket collector sitting inside. There is a wooden box on the table and you just need to put your ticket in it.
There is a curtain hanging on the door of the bathhouse. In order to keep warm, the curtain is very thick and heavy, and it takes some effort to open it.
When you walk in, you will see several long wooden chairs with backrests. They are longer than usual, at least six or seven meters long. People who take a bath can put their clothes on them without worrying about losing them.
Nan Yi followed suit and was not worried about losing valuables at all. The school beauty was outside and all the valuables were with her.
There is a big stove in the middle of the bathhouse. The fire is burning very brightly. The heat can cover the entire room, making people not feel cold at all. Like most civilian buildings at that time, the bathhouse reveals the rough industrialization of this era.
There was cement all around, with only tiles on the ground, which were broken in several places and full of potholes; the hot and cold water pipes were installed directly on the wall, and there was no shower head. Large streams of water fell on the head and shoulders, hitting people painfully.
The hot and cold water are adjusted by a small valve each. If the hot and cold water are not adjusted properly, a stream of water will burn people and make them scream. Nan Yi turns on the cold water first, and then slowly adjusts the hot water. He stops when it is slightly cool and dares not turn it to the most appropriate level.
Who knows if the person who operates the boiler is an expert? It is difficult to achieve "constant temperature" in a bathhouse.
The wattage of the lamp was not high, at most fifteen, and the cement wall did not reflect the light at all. In the steaming white mist, the bathhouse looked extremely dim. A large group of naked bodies with unclear faces stood in it. In a trance, I thought I was in a gas chamber.
Looking down at an angle of 127 degrees, Nan Yi swept his eyes around and became full of confidence.
She happily rinsed herself under the water, then shamelessly borrowed a piece of soap from someone and rubbed it back and forth on her belly. After washing the soap off, she returned it to the owner, then picked up the soap foam on her belly and smeared it on other parts of her body.
After rinsing, he went to his own pond and squatted there to soak for more than an hour, his body becoming extremely hot.
He rushed to the faucet, poured cold water on his head, then walked to the ventilation window, felt the cool air blowing in from outside, and shuddered instantly.
After my body felt relaxed, I asked a fat master to rub my back.
Don't ask why the master is fat. He has been working in the bathhouse for too long and the humidity is too heavy, so he can't lose weight at all. If you meet a thin bathhouse master in the bathhouse, he must not have been doing it for long and his skills are not good, so quickly replace him with a fat one.
After scrubbing my body, I took a shower again, wrapped myself in a towel, and then took the hot towel thrown by the staff and wiped myself from head to toe. I lazily fell back on the chair closed my eyes slightly, and took a few deep breaths. The feeling of comfort and ease was simply indescribable.
Nan Yi smacked his lips, feeling that it was still not good enough. He decided to have a glass of iced drink, drink it, lie down and press the muscles. There was simply no cure.
"No, whoever wants to open a sauna should invest in it. We don't seek to make money, but just to have a place to enjoy ourselves. We can then train ear cleaners, pedicure masters, shoulder and back massage masters, and other people."
Nan Yi had just enjoyed a moment of peace and quiet when someone next door started setting up a dragon gate formation.
"Lao Wang, do you know that there are family bathrooms outside now?" One person leaned close to another person's ear and said in a pretended mysterious tone.
It can only be said that it was pretending, the voice should not be too loud, Nan Yi could hear it clearly.
"Family bathroom, you mean there are women providing services, right?"
"What else?"
"This is outrageous. When Chiang Kai-shek was concurrently the chairman of Wuchuan, didn't he launch a purge campaign? He ordered the Chengdu Police Department to conduct a thorough investigation and prohibit men's and women's bathhouses from operating together. Why are they doing it again now?"
"Who knows? Should I try it? It doesn't seem expensive."
Nan Yi smiled knowingly after hearing this, lifted the towel covering his head, wiped it again, put on his clothes and left the bathhouse.
After walking out of Tiezhong, I saw a teahouse after a few steps. I went in and ordered a bowl of tea and some dried fruits. Then, I imitated the people next to me, leaned back on the chair, dragged my shoes, put my feet on the chair, cracked melon seeds, and listened to the people next to me chatting.
After finishing a bowl of tea, the rhythmic shouting of “Dandan noodles, Dandan noodles” could be heard from the street outside.
The shouting was getting closer and closer. Nan Yi looked in the direction of the sound and saw a peddler putting a carrying pole with a burning stove on it at the door, went into the teahouse, ordered a bowl of tea, and then shouted a few more times at the top of his voice.
It’s no wonder that many tea drinkers ordered a bowl of tea. Nan Yi was no exception and ordered one as well.
In a few minutes, the peddler brought a bowl of noodles to Nan Yi and poured a little red oil on the noodles right under his nose, making the noodles shiny red.
"For guests from out of town, if you don't have enough noodles, you can get more for free."
"Thanks."
Nan Yi handed over a two-cent bill, took the change and put it in his pocket, picked up the chopsticks, mixed the noodles and started eating.
For Chengdu people, Dandan noodles are just a makeshift meal, but the taste is definitely not bad. In addition, this kind of authentic "Dandan noodles" sold on a pole may not be seen in the future, which also adds to the flavor.
While eating Dandan noodles, Nan Yi was still thinking about having a bowl of tofu noodles before picking up Wang Zhen tomorrow.
After sitting in the teahouse until almost dinner time, Nan Yi took a taxi to take a look at Tianya Rock. Although it was a place of red-light district in the past, one had to wait until the lights came on to feel its true flavor.
Standing under the East Street city wall, Nan Yi seemed to be able to hear the music playing from the phonograph.
After being so literary for a while, Nan Yi found a place to make a phone call.
"Brother Jiangnan, it's me. Yes, I'm in Rongcheng, here at Tianya Stone...Haha, don't come, just send a car to pick me up...Okay, I'll wait."
After hanging up the phone, Nan Yi waited there for more than half an hour, and then a jeep stopped next to him.
A man got down from the passenger seat and said to Nan Yi, "Comrade Nan Yi?"
"I am." Nan Yi nodded.
"Hello, please get in the car. Comrade Deng asked me to pick you up."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
After Nan Yi and the other two got in the car, it drove out.
After driving for more than twenty minutes, the car stopped at the gate of a small courtyard.
The man who had just come down from the passenger seat again, leading Nan Yi to the courtyard alone, while the school beauty and the tiger cub were led in another direction by another man.
Entering the courtyard, Nan Yi saw a middle-aged man sitting in a wheelchair under the dim light of the rain shelter platform of the building in the yard.
"Nan Yi."
"Brother Jiangnan."
"You came at the right time. I was just about to start dinner."
"Haha, I sat in the teahouse outside for a while, and I calculated the time to come here."
"Haha, little rascal, push me."
Nan Yi walked to the wheelchair and pushed Deng Jiangnan into the house, all the way to the dining table.
"The bathroom is on the right, go wash your hands and we'll start eating."
"good."
Nan Yi went to the bathroom to wash up, then walked back to the dining table and sat down opposite Deng Jiangnan.
"Nan Yi, the food is a little light, don't be disgusted."
"No, I usually eat light food and rarely eat heavy-flavored dishes."
"That's good, let's eat. I don't have too many rules here, just do as you please and don't worry about me." Deng Jiangnan picked up the chopsticks and said.
Upon hearing this, Nan Yi picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
"Come to Rongcheng on a business trip?"
"No, I was passing by and went to the Shancheng Machine Tool Factory in Shancheng. I cooperated with Huazhong Trade and planned to let the Shancheng Machine Tool Factory go to India to earn foreign exchange."
"Earning foreign exchange is good. You can come to me if you encounter difficulties. I have some reputation in the mountain city." Deng Jiangnan said without comment while eating the food.
"I will definitely look for Brother Jiangnan, but this time it's a win-win situation, so there shouldn't be too much trouble."
"Well." Deng Jiangnan nodded and said, "Even if you didn't come this time, I would have planned to look for you. I'm short of money for a business deal, and I wanted to borrow some from your grandmother."
"How much, and how long will it take?"
"How about 100 million Hong Kong dollars, eight months, and 15 points?"
"I don't need so much. When I run out of money, just give me 4 million RMB, brother Jiangnan."
"Okay, that's nice. Cash?"
"No, I will give you a company account when the time comes, and you can have someone deposit the money into it. The loan agreement will also be signed in the name of this company."
"Haha, okay."