Chapter 26

Tang Qing walked into the store and saw a large group of people installing mirrors.

"Master Jiujin, do you think there is no problem installing the mirror like this?"

The old leader saw Tang Qing coming in and asked for her opinion.

Only then did Tang Qing remember that the big mirror in the store was cracked by her punch yesterday morning.In order to install the mirror for her, the old dragon head was sweating profusely, and even the clothes were soaked. She almost burst into tears with excitement, and hurriedly said:

"No problem, no problem, the installation is even better than the original one. Master Long, this mirror is so bright, isn't it cheap? How much? I'll give it to you."

Tang Qing went to open the cash drawer.

On the side of the tool table in the barber shop, Tang Qing asked Carpenter Wang to make a special small cabinet for storing hair shaving money, which is never locked at ordinary times.

"Master Jiujin, this mirror doesn't cost money."

The old leader closed the cash drawer Tang Qing opened again.

"No money? How is it possible? Master Long, you help me buy the mirror and install it for me. The wages are fine, but the money for the mirror must be given to you."

Tang Qing opened the cash drawer and took out a few big bills from it.

"Master Jiujin, I really don't need money. I got this mirror from the discarded items in our unit."

The old leader put the banknotes into the cash drawer.

The old dragon head was originally a leader of the water conservancy department in Yancheng, and he has retired for more than ten years.

"Dropped from the discarded items in your unit?"

Tang Qing didn't quite believe it.

"That's right, the staff club in our unit is no longer in operation, and some of the items in it have been disposed of at a lower price. This mirror was originally used to teach ballroom dancing, but a corner was broken during disassembly, and no one wanted it. Just dumped in the yard all the time."

"Can't you see which corner is broken?"

"I asked two friends from the glass shop to come over and cut it, and bound the corners."

"The wages of the glass shop masters must always be paid to them."

"Master Jiujin, you don't have to be so polite."

"Yeah, why do we ask for wages? It's just a matter of little effort."

Two sweaty young men said to Tang Qing while wiping their sweat.

"Thank you so much. From now on, you will come to my shop to shave your hair for free."

Tang Qing handed over the towel.

"That's daring."

"I heard that Master Jiujin is good at shaving hair, so we will come to you to shave our heads in the future."

Instead of taking the white towel handed over by Tang Qing, the two young men lifted up their clothes to wipe their sweat.

"You only know that Master Jiujin is good at shaving her head, and she is even better at helping her neighbors solve their difficulties!"

A shirtless man limped into the store, and he handed a few screws to the old leader while talking.

"Bao inquire, are you not riding a rickshaw today?"

Tang Qing asked the shirtless man.

"Master Jiujin, if you want to thank you today, you should thank Bao for asking. He brought this mirror here in a rickshaw. We were missing a few screws just now, so he went to Jiangbin Road in a rickshaw to buy it."

The old dragon head didn t wait for the shirtless man to answer Tang Qing, took the screw in his hand and said to Tang Qing.

"That's it, let's inquire, thank you!"

Tang Qing handed a glass of water to the shirtless man.

"Master Jiujin, are you still being polite to me? It is my honor to be able to serve you, Master Jiujin!"

The shirtless man took the water Tang Qing handed over, and gulped it down in one gulp.

The shirtless man rides a rickshaw for a living. Because he likes to inquire and spread gossip, everyone calls him Bao inquire.

Bao Tianting was just over fifty years old, he was an old bachelor, and he was a well-known errand on the street when he was young.A leg was broken because of a fight with a big brother for a woman.

"Bao inquire, it is my honor to get your help, come here, take it."

Tang Qing took out a 50 yuan note.

"Hey, hey, Master Jiujin, what do you mean by that? Look down on me and ask me?"

The expression on Bao Wenwen's face looked very angry, but his mung bean eyes were fixed on the 50 yuan note without blinking.

"It's because I think highly of you that I only give you this 50 yuan. I know you can spend hundreds of yuan in a morning. Am I mean? If you don't take it, you look down on me, right?"

"Master Jiujin, you must not say that, I will accept it."

Bao Dianting took the 50 yuan note from Tang Qing, and before stuffing it into his pocket, he didn't forget to take a look at the backlight of the door to distinguish the authenticity from the false.

"Hey, go get on your rickshaw, don't take the ferry here."

After the old leader screwed the screws, his face showed a sullen expression, and he went to push Bao Dating away from Tang Qing.

"You old man, you are so quick-faced, you begged me just now, you kept saying good things about me, and you are going to kill me so soon?"

Pushed by the old leader, Bao Wenting stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

The old leader was a fighting hero in the army before he moved to the local area.Although he is more than seventy years old, he is full of energy and insists on participating in the voluntary patrol team of the neighborhood committee every day.

"Are you going?"

The old leader glared at him and got angry.

"I'm going, I'm going."

Bao inquired and immediately swung out of the barber shop.

"Oh, I'm really confused. Why did I tell him to pull the mirror? Master Jiujin wasted the 50 yuan for nothing. Hmph, let me ask you, don't come to the People's Barbershop in the future, I'll beat you every time you come!"

After finishing his work, the old leader sat on the long bench and sulked.

Tang Qing sent the two masters of the glass shop away and returned to the shop. Seeing the old dragon head like this, he persuaded:
"Master Long, do you know? I only feel at ease when I ask him to accept the money, otherwise I don't feel at ease."

The old leader didn't understand the meaning of Tang Qing's words, and asked:

"Master Jiujin, why do you feel at ease after spending so much money?"

Tang Qing said to the old leader with a smile while cleaning:

"Master Long, why do I have to ask Bao for money and ask him to accept it? I just thank you and the two masters in the glass shop, and you are not polite at all?"

"why?"

"Lord Long, after I formally entered the industry and became a barber, my grandfather warned me that shaving is a job in dealing with people, and you must distinguish between good and evil."

"Of course there is a distinction between good and evil."

"Master Long, the distinction between good and evil that my grandfather refers to is not just the steelyard in my heart, to distinguish between good and bad. It means that good people and evil people should be treated separately, and they should be treated separately, so you can't be sloppy!"

"Oh, what's more important?"

"My grandfather said, you can treat kind people as you like. You don't have to be serious when you come and go, because we are both kind people, and it is normal to help each other. Who is not in trouble? He is helping you now. , you first write it down, and when he encounters difficulties in the future, you can help him."

"That's true, how about treating the wicked?"

"My grandfather said that good and evil are actually differences in nature and exist in the bones. Good people are naturally good, and evil people are naturally evil. This will not change because of changes in age and environment. "

"Three-year-olds look older and seven-year-olds look old. People, whether they are good or evil, are indeed born with good bones."

"That's why my grandpa told me that you have to draw a clear line of demarcation for evil people in everything, at all times, and everywhere, and you can't get too entangled with them, and don't hurt yourself because of jealousy. A wicked person must have his purpose to please you. Then You settle it in time, and on the premise of not affecting the big things, it doesn't matter if you lose a little bit, and you must not give him a chance to blackmail you."

"Oh, my understanding of life as a veteran cadre is not as good as that of your grandfather, an old barber!"

"Master Long, my grandfather is just a summary of his life experience from decades of walking around the villages and alleys to shave his head. It is also for self-protection. It is like you, who went through life and death, selfless devotion, and is still so honorable, and everyone in the neighborhood does not say hello. of."

"Master Jiujin, you flattered me. However, after you said this, I understand why you must ask Bao for 50 yuan."

"Master Long, you should be able to go back to have lunch, right? You have been busy for me all morning, go back to have dinner, and then take a good nap."

"Well, I'm going back for lunch."

The old dragon got up, walked to the door, turned back and said to Tang Qing:

"Hey, Master Jiujin, I almost forgot that a man wearing glasses came to the shop to look for you this morning."

(End of this chapter)

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