Back to the past: Spring and Autumn Siheyuan

Chapter 363
The two of them were talking about Lao Zeng's affairs, and within a few minutes they walked to the door of the roast duck restaurant. Mazi was just about to take a few steps to lift the curtain, when a person came out from inside.

When the person who came out saw the two people at the door, he was taken aback for a moment, and then stretched out his right hand.

"Oh, Director Li, why do you have time to come to our store today?"

"Hi, Manager Chen, excuse me. I heard from Xiaokun that someone asked you about me in the morning, so I wanted to come over to see what's going on."

"Ah? Didn't that person go to your place?"

"It's because I didn't see anyone passing by, so I came here to take a look."

"Hey, look at me, why did I stop the distinguished guests outside, Director Li, please come in quickly."

"Manager Chen, I think you are going to go out? Didn't bother you?"

"No, I'm going to your store to buy a pack of cigarettes."

"Manager Chen, I have a bag of big front doors that haven't been opened yet. If you don't mind, you can smoke it first."

"Uh..." Manager Chen was stunned for a moment when he looked at Mazi who was handing over the cigarette. He turned his head to look at Li Heng and asked hesitantly, "Director Li, who is this?"

"Oh, Manager Chen, this is my brother. His name is Wang Mingli. He drives in our convoy. He is his own man. Anyway, you are going to buy cigarettes. You can take this pack of cigarettes first."

"Then I won't be polite, Brother Wang, this is seventy-five cents, you keep it."

"Row"

"Come here, Director Li, smoke a cigarette, you sit down first, I will go to the back and call the waiter who greeted the guest in the morning. I don't know the details, but I just heard her say something."

"Okay, I'm sorry to trouble you, Manager Chen."

"Don't be polite to me. Xiao Zhang, pour a glass of water for Director Li and Brother Wang."

This is not too late, the restaurant is actually no different from getting off work. Although the door is open, even if there are guests, they will not be accepted, and they will not reopen until [-] pm.

In the lobby, there was only one Xiao Zhang whom Manager Chen called just now, and soon she came over with two glasses of water. She didn't know if she was not talkative or dripping, put the glasses on the table, turned her head and ran to Lie down on a table in the corner to rest.

Manager Chen went to the back to call for someone, and brought a girl who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old within a few minutes.

"Director Li, that's the customer she greeted in the morning. Her name is Liu Hong. She just came to our store this month. I don't know you. He heard that the person asked about the director of the department store, so I asked him to go to the store to inquire. do not know."

"Liu Hong, this is Director Li of the department store. Remember, we are all from the business system."

"Hello, Comrade Liu Hong, please sit down." Li Heng noticed that the little girl seemed very nervous, stood there with her head slightly lowered, and kept rubbing the corners of her clothes with both hands, and said with a smile.

"Hello Director Li."

"I'm really sorry to disturb your rest."

"No." Liu Hong quickly waved her hand.

"Comrade Liu Hong, is the person who asked you about me this morning a man or a woman?"

"It's a man who looks about 40 or [-] years old."

"You've noticed how tall he is."

"Well...about the same height as this comrade, and about the same fat and thin." Liu Hong raised her finger and pointed at the pockmark standing behind Li Heng.

"Can you hear where his accent is from?"

"I think it's the accent from Beihe, but it's not from our Forty-Nine City anyway."

"Can you recognize Beihe's accent?"

"Yes, Aunt Li who lives in the same courtyard as my family is from Beihe. I think that person's accent is similar to Aunt Li's this morning."

"Then do you still remember what he looked like?"

"What does it look like?" At this point, the little girl Liu Hong rolled her eyes upwards, showing a thoughtful look.

"Well...Director Li, I can't say exactly what that person looks like, it's just a feeling, just a feeling..."

"Do you want to say that the person's appearance is in your mind, but you can't tell? It's just very ordinary."

"Yes, yes, very ordinary. He came in with a cotton hat on, and when he sat down and took it off, his hair was about the same length as yours. I can't say anything else. Yes Director Li, I took a closer look at him when he was eating, he is left-handed and has six fingers on his left hand."

"you sure?"

"I'm sure, I'm also left-handed, and I usually eat with my left hand, because there are not many people who eat with their left hands, so every time I see left-handers, I will take a second look.

When I saw his left hand at that time, I thought I was seeing it wrong, so I took a few more glances. "

Speaking of this, Liu Hong raised her left hand, pointed to the side of her little finger and said, "His extra finger grows here."

"Thank you, Comrade Liu Hong."

"You're welcome, Director Li."

"Manager Chen, I'm sorry to bother you. I'll go over first. If you're free, come and drink tea with me."

"Oh, Director Li, we are all a family, so don't be so polite, I'll definitely go there when it's all right."

"I just came to your place. I will make a roast duck in the afternoon. I will slice the meat. I will take the duck rack home to cook the soup. I will bring two more pancakes. My brother will come and pick them up at six o'clock."

"no problem."

"Mazi, what do you want?"

"Ah? That's enough bro."

"What is enough, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

"Then...then let's have pot-packed pork and slippery tenderloin."

Good guy, it's all hard dishes, and Manager Chen grinned when he heard it.

"Okay, Manager Chen, that's all. Calculate how much it is, and I'll give you the money first."

"Okay, eight yuan for roast duck, um...Director Li, how many scallions and sauces do you want?"

"five servings"

"Five servings of scallion sauce cost one yuan, how much do you think the cake would cost?"

"One catty of cake."

"Cakes cost eighty cents a catty. A piece of meat wrapped in a pot and a slippery tenderloin were ninety-five cents. The total is eleven seventy-five cents, and half a catty of food stamps."

"Success" Li Heng reached out and took out the money and food stamps from his pocket, counted them and handed them to Manager Chen.

"Just so, when Brother Wang comes, remember to bring your lunch box."

"Got it, Manager Chen."

……

"Brother, what are you going to do next? There are a lot of people in Sijiu City, and it's hard to find someone with six fingers on his left hand."

After coming out of the roast duck restaurant and walking back to work, Mazi asked softly.

"Just leave it to Lao Zeng. Let him deal with the trouble he caused me."

"I'll tell Ma San when I get back later, and ask him to say hello to the brothers below and help them find it."

"Well, it's still the old rule, just let them pay attention. This person should not be a good person, so don't trap anyone."

"I understand, Ma San's brothers are all skating."

"Huh..." Li Heng exhaled lightly, and now he has some eyebrows, and the next step is to wait.

(End of this chapter)