Occupational sacrifice

Chapter 9 Businessman

The patrol house is also in the south of the city, near the center of the city, not far from the academy, the whole journey is only three blocks away.

Zhang Buyi was walking, because one afternoon, he was not in a hurry, so he walked forward as if he was shopping.

It can be said that in the entire Jingle City, the south of the city is the place where you can see the changes of this era the most. Ancient and modern elements are mixed and alternated. You can see people wearing foreign clothes but with long hair everywhere.

It felt like walking into the legendary city of Beiping in the Republic of China, but the humanities of the era were a little earlier. Zhang Buyi enjoyed all this quite interestingly.

On the way, he even received an ancestor-level leaflet, which he accepted in his hand in surprise.

You know, even if the papermaking technology is very good now, even if it is poor paper, it is still relatively valuable.Using this to advertise costs a lot.

Zhang Buyi took a look, only to realize that it was not an ad for the bad streets of later generations, but a propaganda for the 'new law reform', or something that some people made up behind their backs.

Well, it can't be counted as black, only something with a gray edge.

Those who handed out the leaflets were not students. They seemed to be those who were doing coolies on the docks.

Radicals within the Reformation, or some other group?

Zhang Buyi took the flyer with great interest, and browsed through the promotion on it.Is this what the Westernization Movement did in the previous life, trying to extend the concept to the common people?
Zhang Buyi shook his head, not commenting on it.He was about to throw away the flyer, but the slightly pungent smell of ink from his nose made him pause.

He put the leaflet on the tip of his nose, took a serious sniff, and then frowned a little more.

He threw it away without any trace, and turned two streets, and came to the block where the police house is located. This is a main block, quite spacious, with a taste of later generations.

The headquarters of the patrol house looks like a rather grand courtyard. The gate is different from the traditional yamen in that it is constructed of masonry and cement, which is a bit like a courtyard in the Republic of China.

Compared with the surroundings, it looks a bit grand and foreign, like standing out from the crowd, with rotating guards at the door.

Zhang Buyi wandered around it for a long time, thinking a lot, but he couldn't find a reason to go in.

He hesitated to look at the report certificate in his hand, which he used to report tomorrow.But although he can use this voucher to report on the internship tomorrow, he can't go to visit today, right?
It's not the previous life!
This kind of place, in this era, is an important place for the government, how can ordinary people wander around at will.

After wandering around for a long time, Zhang Buyi didn't think of a good solution.

The predecessor circle is too small, and there are limited things that can be done.Even a small department under the patrol house, a policeman in a police department that walks around the streets, in this era, he can't investigate if he wants to.

Especially with his identity and circle, he is of a completely different class from the other party.

So Zhang Buyi pondered for a long time, but he couldn't think of any good solution.

Looking up at the sun in the sky, it was just noon, Zhang Buyi hesitated for a moment, strolled for a while among the shops on the opposite side of the patrol room.

It took a while to determine the target, found a shop that was the most friendly to the people, and walked in.

"Guest officer, who are you?" The waiter asked immediately.

Zhang Buyi replied indifferently: "One."

"Then this way please." The shop waiter wanted to guide Zhang Buyi to his seat.

But Zhang Buyi walked to a place in front of the window and asked, "Is there anyone here?"

"Hey, no one, guest officer, do what you want." The waiter in the shop skillfully wiped the stool for Zhang Buyi and motioned Zhang Buyi to sit down.

Seeing Zhang Buyi sitting down with a blank expression, Xiaoer asked: "Guest officer, what do you want to order? The signboard of our shop is..."

Zhang Buyi raised his hand to stop the other party from reporting the name of the dish, and said, "The mutton bone soup costs a penny, right?"

The waiter was stunned for a moment, then nodded in astonishment, Zhang Buyi continued: "Give me one, and don't want anything else."

"Uh... just a mutton bone soup?" the waiter asked in a daze.

"Why, no?" Zhang Buyi asked indifferently.

"Uh, that's not true, it's just..." The shop waiter held back for a while, before choking out, "Then do you need dinner?"

Zhang Buyi waved his hand and said, "No need, just a mutton bone soup."

The waiter went down in a daze, and Zhang Buyi sat down expressionlessly.

He also has no choice, the management of this street is better than that of his previous life, there is not a single vendor setting up a stall in the entire street, is it possible that they stand brightly at the door of the patrol room and watch over them?
And the teahouses and restaurants here are quite high-end. He walked around and saw several of them, all of which were high-end consumption, at least ten yuan to start.

Although there are more than 50 documents in his pocket, not to mention that if there is a meal here, the two brothers may have to drink northwest wind in the second half of the year.

Just asking him to spend so much cloth into sweat money, he can't do it.

It was nothing more than the necessities of life, such a meal...he couldn't pass this test himself.

So he wandered around for a long time, and finally saw the menu of this restaurant, which had a menu that added soup for a penny.It may be thoughtful for those frugal headhunters.

So he came in and added a soup too, well, only one soup! ! !

It's better to be ashamed than to use Zhang Bucheng's hard-earned money to enjoy the reality.

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"Shopkeeper, there's a guest officer over there who ordered a soup, how can I serve it?" The waiter left his seat for a while before he recovered from his bewilderment, and then walked up to the manager for help.

"What kind of soup?" The manager who was immersed in the calculation was taken aback for a moment, and looked up at the other party in puzzlement.

The clerk in the shop hinted at the seat vaguely, and said, "Only the gentleman Wenwen Jingjing at the window ordered a lamb bone soup."

"Just one soup?" The shopkeeper said in astonishment: "There are no other dishes?"

The waiter nodded and said, "It's just a soup, it's not for entertaining us!"

The shopkeeper looked up, and saw a young man in green shirt sitting at the table by the window indifferently.The other party's clothes were a little whitish after washing, and looked a little gray, obviously very old, but fortunately there were no patches.

But the handsome face of the other party has raised the clothes to a few levels, and it looks quite neat.

The other party clearly ordered such a dish, but there was no anxiety or shame.

He obviously sat there casually, but there was an air of indifference, a bit of a book, calm and calm, and he looked like a scholar.

Seeing this scene, the shopkeeper pondered for a while, and said, "Now, you serve him a vegetarian dish and add another rice."

"But I asked, and he wanted a soup." The waiter said, not knowing what the shopkeeper was thinking.

"Go, don't charge him." The shopkeeper ordered so.

The waiter in the shop heard the words, and replied: "Okay, I'll go and tell the back chef."

"Wait, come back!" The waiter had only taken two steps when the shopkeeper suddenly remembered something and shouted.

"What else can I order?" The waiter turned around and asked suspiciously.

"Well, you'd better take the money, that one penny. If he asks about this dish, um...you can say that my birthday is today, sir, and I will reward the customer." The shopkeeper looked at Zhang Buyi at the window, and said .

"Er... the shopkeeper, didn't you have your birthday only half a month ago? What kind of birthday is this?" the waiter in the shop asked puzzled.

"Go as soon as I tell you, why are there so many?" the shopkeeper said with a straight face.

Hearing this, the waiter in the shop turned around and went into the kitchen. After ordering the dishes, he seemed to understand, came back to the counter, and whispered: "The shopkeeper, do you want to invite him because you see that he is down and out?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the waiter, but didn't reply.

"On weekdays, I have never seen you so generous, giving those beggars a chance!" The waiter continued to ask in confusion, "Why are you so kind today?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the waiter again, and said, "Your old man asked me to be an apprentice with me several times, but I didn't answer, do you know why?"

"Why?" The waiter asked in confusion.

"What you see is called charity, what I made is called good fortune. When you understand this, you can be my apprentice." The shopkeeper looked at the bewildered waiter, shook his head, and did not continue. Words, continue to start reckoning.

Hearing the sharp words, the waiter in the shop felt uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do.

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"Guest officer, your dishes." After a while, the waiter brought a dish and a soup, and placed them in front of Zhang Buyi.

Zhang Buyi looked at the things on the table, frowned slightly, and said: "I remember I only ordered a soup."

"There is no charge for these. Today is our shopkeeper's birthday, and we will reward the guests." The waiter said with a smile.

Zhang Buyi was obviously taken aback when he heard this.Looking towards the counter in the distance, the other party seemed to be looking at this side at this moment, seeing Zhang Buyi looking up, he nodded with a smile in response.

To be honest, he was a little surprised.I was ready to be ridiculed, but I didn't expect such a situation.

This 'birthday feast' was so interesting for the first time.

"If that's the case, then I wish your shopkeeper good luck like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan." Zhang Buyi replied accordingly.

"Thank you for your good words, please use it slowly!" The waiter smiled and turned to leave.

Zhang Buyi looked at the other party, then at the food in front of him, and in the end he didn't say anything, and didn't refute his kindness. He sat silently in front of the window, and started eating slowly, without taking out the bread in his pocket. up.

Just like that, even though Zhang Buyi finished eating, he didn't leave, but sat there, quietly looking across the street.

After waiting for a long time, until the lunch time passed, Zhang Buyi did not see the person he wanted to see come out.

In this day and age, do police catchers patrol or not?

Or, that woman A doesn't belong to the film police?
At some point, there was no one in the hall, the shopkeeper finished his work and walked towards Zhang Buyi at the window.

(End of this chapter)