Living with a beauty

Iron Man Zhang didn't notice the confusion on my face at all, he just walked over and sat down in his seat again, reaching out and handing this "love letter" to me.

I had hoped that even if Iron Man Zhang didn’t give the old man a big gold brick, I wouldn’t be disgusted with a few red Grandpa Mao, but the envelope handed over by Iron Man Zhang in front of me was surprisingly miniature, and it might be impossible to hold Grandpa Mao in it. , it is not bad to be able to hold a few one-dollar bills.

This made me pray that the envelope contained a check with any amount I could fill, and took this thing from Iron Man Zhang.

After receiving the envelope, I glanced at Brother Zhang, and saw him smiling weirdly at me, beckoning me to open it and have a look.

I looked down at the envelope in my hand and thought for a while, before opening it slowly.

The envelope didn't contain anything related to money, but only a note with Iron Man Zhang's handwriting on it.

I don't know how to describe my mood at the moment, but I only know that the first time I saw this note, I was sure that the words on it must be written by Iron Man Zhang.

The only ones who can surpass my little Zhang's cursive script are people from my Zhang family.

With more than ten years of experience in practicing cursive calligraphy, I can barely see what Iron Man Zhang wrote on this note.

After a while, I looked up at Brother Zhang in confusion, and stammered involuntarily.

: "What... what does this mean?" Brother Zhang smiled when he saw me asking this question, took a big sip from the wine glass on the side, and then looked at me again and said in a deep tone

: "Xiao Zhang, let me tell you, in fact, I can't remember how old I have been hanging around, from the beginning with my boss, until I became the boss after he died, until now, I have experienced many things, some things made me very helpless, and some things made me feel powerless, so I have long felt a little tired from this road." I didn't expect Iron Man Zhang to say to me all of a sudden So much, for a while, my mind didn't turn around, I just waited to stare at him and digest what he just said.

Seeing that I didn't make a statement, Brother Zhang continued to say, "You know, I'm going to get married soon, and I won't hide it from you. I promised your sister-in-law that she won't continue after she gets married so that she will marry me." Yes, for so many years, many brothers around me have been following me, who is good for me and who is bad for me. Just think about it little by little."

After speaking, Iron Man Zhang pointed to the note in my hand and said: "The two stores written on it were originally intended for Xiaojun. I thought about it when I wanted you to help him out. If you betray me, I will give you the shop that is going to be distributed to him.

At that time, Xiaojun always had some complaints about you, so that night I specially pretended to go out to invite you to dinner alone, and I told him on purpose, but I didn't expect him to actually go to inform and ask people to block us. "

Brother Zhang said that he didn't know what he thought of suddenly, he sighed with a disappointed expression, and continued.

: "I originally wanted to give you four families, but I was afraid that others would gossip, so I gave the other two to Dabin. This can be regarded as my thank you for what happened last time." After finishing speaking, Iron Man Zhang fell silent, looking at I don't speak anymore.

Seeing that Brother Zhang had finally finished speaking, I quickly shrugged my shoulders with an innocent face, thinking I'll wipe it, after talking for a long time, what are you talking about?I don't understand at all.

Thinking of this, I froze for a moment, and asked Iron Man Zhang, "What do you mean by the store? You don't want to be the boss anymore? What is the purpose of giving me this note?"

Seeing that I was still so confused, Brother Zhang frowned and pointed to the note in my hand and said, "The money collected from the two stores written on it will be yours in the future."

When I heard Iron Man Zhang say this, I suddenly understood a little bit, and I couldn't help but looked at him in surprise and asked

: "The money collected? You mean the protection fee? You want me to go to these two stores to collect protection fees in the future?"

Iron Man Zhang nodded immediately when he heard what I said, and said again: "Actually, you don't need to worry about other things. When you go, just say that Zhang Zezhi asked you to come. The boss will understand." I don't know when the time comes. Whether the boss will understand, but at this moment, I really do understand.

Zhang, the iron man of feelings, has been thinking about washing his hands in the golden basin early in the morning, and giving up the position of the leader, but he also knows that he can't just pat his ass and say he will go back to hermit, so he plans to first distribute the stores under his banner to others. Let his cronies take care of it for him first, and he himself can get married and have a child by the way, and if he is interested in it, he can take a civil servant exam or something.

At this moment, on the piece of paper in my hand, the name of the store is the store that Iron Man Zhang wants to distribute to me. Of course, these two stores should belong to the little boy, but I didn't expect the little boy to betray himself, so he simply opened up. Brother just pushed the boat along the way, returned my favor, and gave me these two stores.

Thinking of this, I looked at the note in my hand, and suddenly felt like I had turned into a little gang leader.

If what Brother Zhang said is correct, wouldn't the two stores be under my control in the future?

But how can I, a good citizen like Xiao Zhang, engage in such activities as collecting protection fees?

Besides, even if I want to accept it, I can't cover it?

At this moment, I could only look at Iron Man Zhang again, and stammered, saying:

: "This..This is not very good.."

Iron Man Zhang seemed to have guessed my scruples a long time ago, and said, "Don't worry, the store is still covered by my brother, and you can just collect the money when it's due." Just give me the money. When I think of asking me to go to another store to collect money, I feel like I am extorting others. Maybe one day the store owner can't stand it anymore, and he will die with me. What should I do?

At this moment, I am a little embarrassed, looking at the note in my hand and not knowing what to do.

In fact, I should have thought that the big gift that Iron Man Zhang was going to give me must be something weird and weird. What good things can he give me as a boss?It would be nice if I didn't give me a machete or a medical insurance card from the hospital.

But to be honest, Brother Zhang’s big gift is actually quite big. There are two shops. There are not many shops in this small place around. It shows that he really regards me as his friend.

I don't know why I suddenly felt a little moved, but after hesitating for a while, I put the note back into the envelope, and then handed the envelope to Iron Man Zhang.

Brother Zhang was taken aback when he saw my actions, and instead of reaching out to pick up the envelope, he looked at me and asked

:"What's wrong?"

I thought about it, put the envelope on the table, raised my wine glass and said to Brother Zhang

: "Actually, this gift of yours really surprised me, but you also know that I am not in this circle, so it would make me feel weird to accept it, since you are now planning to change For this kind of life, why don't you just stop collecting protection fees from these two stores, after all, it's not easy for them to do business."

I don't know why I suddenly said that to Iron Man Zhang as if I had transformed into a charity ambassador, but I didn't expect that Iron Man Zhang was stunned for more than ten seconds after hearing my words, and then he laughed.

After laughing for a while, Brother Zhang suddenly stopped and looked at me with a serious expression: "Xiao Zhang, you really are still young. Didn't I just say that some things make me feel helpless? Maybe you think I'm a low-level bastard, I don't do anything except fight and blackmail all day long, but it's really not like this, just like the matter of collecting protection money, it's not that I force people to collect money, it's Those store owners came to me and asked me to protect their store, and they were willing to give me money, because if I didn't collect it, someone else would collect it, and they charged even more, so you know? A lot of times I I feel that I am actually a security guard, who has been paid to protect these stores."

After listening to Brother Zhang's long story, I was a little dazed and thought to myself, how did he collect the protection fee? He said that it was as if he was defending justice for the heavens?

But before I recovered, I saw Brother Zhang clinked a glass with me, and said

: "You know, in fact, I guessed that you might not like this gift, so I prepared another gift for you in advance."

As soon as I heard Brother Zhang say that, I immediately came to look at him energetically and asked

: "Another gift? What gift?"

Brother Zhang smiled when he saw me looking curious for knowledge. After drinking the wine in the glass, he lowered his head and seemed to be groping for something in his trouser pocket.

After a while, he raised his head and stretched out his palm towards me.

I looked at Iron Man's callused palm and saw a small photo on it.

When I saw the photo, I froze for a moment, reached out and took it.

In the photo, a child with short hair is smiling brightly.

This smile seemed familiar, but it made me forget who it was for a while.

After a while, I suddenly realized, looking at Iron Man opened his mouth and asked

"This...is this Liu Xue?" Iron Man Zhang nodded to me, and said with a smile, "How about it, it doesn't look like the one you look at now, right?" , except for the chest, the rest of the place is completely different.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with the sentence about the Eighteen Changes of the Female University. If it weren’t for the familiar smile, I almost thought it was Brother Zhang when he was a child. I was a little guilty just now when I thought about this picture of Brother Zhang who gave me his photo so well. , Is it possible that you have a love for me.

At this time, I looked up at Iron Man Zhang, and I saw him looking at me and saying

: "I just took this picture of her when she was a child. She lived with us for a while and was picked up by her parents. I recognized her as my younger sister when I was a child. I didn't expect to meet her again after so many years." , since you don't want that big gift, then this photo will be given to you."

I listened to what Iron Man Zhang said, looked at him and nodded, indicating that I want the photo, and then pushed the envelope on the table towards him.

Iron Man Zhang glanced at the envelope on the table, raised his wine glass and said:

: "Okay, Xiao Zhang, come and drink."

I lowered my head and carefully stuffed this photo of Liu Xue into my wallet, then looked up at Iron Man Zhang and said

: "Well, drink."

Later, Brother Zhang kept clamoring for a few more bottles of beer, but I kept stopping him. After all, he was driving, and I had to go to work tomorrow, so I couldn’t drink too much with him, but I could see that he was chatting with me today. He was very happy, as if no one had listened to him for a long time.

After drinking and eating, I said that it was not far from where I lived, so I just took a stroll and walked back.

And Brother Zhang was about to drive back. In fact, when I saw Brother Zhang driving away, I really wanted to tell him, "Slow down on the road, don't hit the saplings again."

But before I could say it, Brother Zhang had already stepped on the accelerator and disappeared.

At that moment, I was inexplicably worried that I would never see him again.

When I got home, I lay on the bed and looked at the photos of Liu Xue when he was a child, and suddenly realized that there was no news from Liu Xue all day today.

At this time, I couldn't help but took out my mobile phone and wanted to send her a text message, but when I saw her name in the address book, I froze for a while