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Chapter 10 X

Shannan Road is not only famous for its grilled fish restaurants, but also for having the most luxurious nightclubs in the county.

But the latter is not known to everyone in the county, such as Xia Zang.

He simply thought that this was a grilled fish street in Yunshan County.

Yang Sheng walked beside him, a little relieved and a little frightened.

But when Xia Zang's eyes fixed on the "golden and magnificent" building, Yang Sheng blocked him reflexively, raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "Brother, where is the grilled fish shop? I forgot the exact location. "

"It's in front, it should be just around the corner." Xia Zang said, not paying attention to the awkward look on his face.

After finally leaving the radiation of the exterior lights of the building, Yang Sheng stepped under the normal street lights and heaved a sigh of relief.

A few years ago, he didn't know what this high-end and elegant building was for. It wasn't until the second year of junior high school that he came to Shannan Road to take a summer job.

The past is unbearable, and the most important thing is to act like a good boy next to my brother.

The floor tiles along the road were all replaced with marble. Yang Shengxin said that he hadn't been here for half a year, so why did he replace the original red and gray absorbent floor tiles.

The marble floor tiles are extremely slippery in rainy days and impervious to water.

In the afternoon, the material problem of geography and urban waterlogging was still vivid in his memory, and Yang Sheng subconsciously twisted his slightly sour wrist.

When the whole paper was written, he always felt that he should have written thousands of words, and geography was the lightest among them.

Sure enough, I should have chosen science at that time... at least I didn't have to write so many words.

After thinking about it wildly, the plastic tables and chairs placed outside the small shops on the street are also filled with people one after another.

Charcoal fire, teppanyaki, cold beer, coupled with the recent cool and not cold weather, the open air is really beautiful.

Yang Sheng sniffed, and the spicy and charcoal aroma in the air was particularly satisfying psychologically.

and physical hunger.

How far is it?

Xia Zang, who was two steps in front of him, stopped, so Yang Sheng saw the bright red sign in front of him: "Longmen Grilled Fish Shop".

But it's a bit far away, and you have to walk a few steps to get there. Why did you stop?

Yang Sheng looked at the small world covered by the red and blue plastic cloth by various lights.

Sitting around the round table facing the street is a middle-aged couple, the woman is holding a limp little girl in her arms.

It's stepfather, mother and sister.

Yang Sheng and Xia Zang are not near-sighted, so they can clearly recognize them at this distance.

Oh, yes, this grilled fish restaurant was liked and strongly recommended by my uncle, so it is reasonable for him to bring his wife and daughter to come again.

And my younger sister is almost five years old, and she can eat a little rice and hard vegetables.

"Let's change to another one, is that okay?" Xia Zang turned around, wondering if it was a problem with the lighting, Xia Zang looked a little whiter from this angle.

Draw a fragile line from the tip of the nose to the collarbone.

"Well, okay." Yang Sheng said, "I also know a family that does good roasts."

Go across the road and follow the marble tiles downhill.

Gradually, the street trees changed from dense to sparse, and the floor tiles changed from marble to red-gray water-absorbing bricks, but the pavement was a little crooked, and twisted into a spiral pattern along the width of the downhill bend.

The street lights have become brighter, away from those colorful signboards and landscape lights with their own light pollution.

Yang Sheng led Xia Zang through one turn after another with ease, and stopped in front of a small two-story building facing the river.

The signboard exudes a bright white light, and the strokes of the official script are neither salty nor weak: "a cloud".

If it wasn't for the pungent spicy smell, Xia Zang would have thought it was a teahouse or some other simple and elegant shop.

Yang Sheng introduced: "This is the place where I worked during the winter and summer vacations. It used to be barely like a grilled fish shop. Later, the boss had a cramp, and he insisted on following the classic landscape and elegant style, and changed it to the current appearance."

"But it's still a grilled fish shop."

Yang Sheng's tone was familiar, talking about the boss was more like teasing one of his friends.

Xia Zang remembered that this little hamster would use his vacation time to work, so his father said that Xia Zang would learn from him.

However, during Xia Zang's winter and summer vacations, he either went to the main city, or simply stayed near the school, which was not related to the word part-time job.

After all, he is more afraid of trouble and lazy.

In addition, there is no shortage of money to spend.

As Yang Sheng climbed two steps, he opened the cloth curtain and entered the shop.

Behind the brown bar on the left, a young lady in a black and red uniform is writing something furiously.

In other places, it is convenient to place the square wooden tables and benches in an orderly manner. The center of the wooden table is hollowed out to accommodate iron plates and charcoal stoves.

There are about twenty tables in front of you, but only two or three tables are scattered.

Therefore, the waiters in black and red uniforms walked to and from the kitchen front hall leisurely, or simply found a corner to daze by themselves.

The young lady at the bar looked up, "Are you two?"

Yang Sheng nodded, "We want to go upstairs."

Then the young lady yelled at the waiter who was in a daze over there, "Both of you, upstairs!"

The dazed little brother was like a robot that had barely been charged, and led them to the staircase at the corner in a businesslike manner, stepping up the wooden steps step by step to the second-floor terrace.

Someone arrived one step ahead of them, took up the seat on the other side of the river, and was lazily smoking a cigarette on a plastic chair.

Apart from the necessary iron plate, there is only a can of beer on the table, and there is not even a side dish.

And the little brother waiter actually acquiesced in his behavior of only occupying a seat and not ordering food, and said to Yang Sheng and Xia Zang: "You sit down as you like, and I will go down to get the menu."

Hey guys, can't we have some dim sum?

Xia Zang refrained from complaining, but Yang Sheng raised his hand and said: "We want a grilled sea bass, medium spicy, plus a plate of seasonal stir-fried vegetables and a pot of rice. No drinks, no paper towels, just tea."

The waiter remained silent for a few seconds, then said slowly, "I remember."

With a very worrying gesture, he turned slowly and went downstairs.

"Did he really remember?" Xia Zang couldn't help wondering.

"Don't worry, Boss Lu never hires useless waiters." Yang Sheng laughed, but grabbed Xia Zang's arm, strode towards the side of the river, and stood on the opposite side of the beer can.

The wind was blowing slowly, and Yang Sheng said, "Can we make a table together, boss?"

"Can I refuse?" The boss took the beer can and asked jokingly.

"No." Yang Sheng simply gave a negative answer, and pulled Xia Zang to sit opposite Boss Lu, "The air by the river is good."

"But I smoke." The boss flicked ash into the beer can slowly.

"Then stop smoking." Yang Sheng didn't treat himself as an outsider at all.

Of course, this is because the boss was not an outsider first, bullied him for being young and ignorant, and tricked him into coming to this grilled fish shop as a cheap labor force.

The owner's surname is Lu, and his family name is Xiao. People in the Jianghu are called "Brother Xiao". It is said that there are people on all roads.

But Yang Sheng always called him the boss very honestly, but he firmly believed that there were people in all his ways.

If there were really no contacts, this grilled fish shop with a remote location, a strange decoration and a passable taste would have closed down in the bleak northwest wind long ago.

But now he is still lingering... oh no, he is alive and well.

Although there are no people at this point, the store officially opens after eight o'clock.

That's why the boss can relax on the upstairs terrace, not caring that his employees are fishing in troubled waters.

"Aren't you dedicated to learning and don't plan to cause trouble outside the window?" The boss threw the cigarette butt into the mouth of the can, "Why, skipped class?"

Yang Sheng didn't care about the old man, and replied with a good temper: "Today is Saturday, and there is no class in the evening."

"Oh, Saturday, I remembered. You don't have class tonight, and you don't have class tomorrow afternoon." The boss put the cans under the table and finally opened his noble squinting eyes. ah."

"Then for the sake of my hard work, will you give me a [-]% discount on today's grilled fish?" Yang Sheng took the opportunity to go downhill, he never waited until tomorrow to take advantage.

"I'll give you a broken bone." The boss smiled, and rejected him unkindly, his eyes shifted slightly, and fell on Xia Zang who was blowing quietly beside Yang Sheng, "Who is this?"

Only then did Yang Sheng realize that he had left Xia Zang in the cold, he hurriedly pulled the man's arm, and introduced to the boss: "This is my brother, Xia Zang."

"Oh, dear brother?" The boss raised his eyebrows, Yang Sheng was sure that he heard Xia Zang's name clearly, and asking back was really finding fault.

So Yang Sheng clasped Xia Zang's wrist in a calm manner, and replied with a smile: "Yes, dear brother."

And the boss didn't get to the bottom of it, just said: "It's good to have a caretaker."

When the dishes were ready, Boss Lu found an excuse and went downstairs.

The seat opposite was vacant, but Yang Sheng and Xia Zang still sat on the same side.

It cannot be said that it is not familiar, nor can it be said that it is not good.

After all, Yang Shengang also said that he was his brother.

But there is still a layer in between, and it can't be removed or broken for a while.

Because of the father, because of the stepmother, because of the younger sister.

Because he is not Yang Sheng's real brother after all.

"How did you meet Boss Lu?"

The fish is wrapped in tin foil, and the charcoal fire under it is squeaking and hot oil is sizzling, but you can't move your chopsticks for the time being, and you have to wait for ten to twenty minutes.

Xia Zang put a chopsticks of vegetable leaves on his belly, and asked Yang Sheng casually.

"The second year of junior high school." Yang Sheng thought for a while and said, "I was going to school and passed by the milk tea stand he opened before."

Yang Sheng's junior high school is indeed located near Shannan Road.

Xia Zang nodded, then licked the vegetable leaf again, "That's quite a fate."

"Yeah." Yang Sheng's expression darkened, and then he smiled, "Later, he saved some money, bought this small building at a low price, and turned it into a grilled fish shop. It happened that I had nothing to do during the summer vacation, so I came here for a while. Help with half-time work."

"Later, I got used to looking for work for myself during the winter and summer vacations, and the boss paid a lot of money, so I worked here for a long time. I also told him that after the college entrance examination, I will give him the last summer job."

"I may not come back in the future."

The last sentence, Yang Sheng murmured as if talking to himself.

Xia Zang heard it clearly, but he didn't seem to have it, so he just picked up a chopstick of green vegetables and went there.

"Eat something, don't be swept away by me alone."

The lights on the riverside were not as dazzling as in the urban area. They could see the sporadic fishing lights on the riverside on the terrace of the small building without shelter.

Looking up again, it is the white light of several watchtowers dotted with the mountains in front of you.

Like twinkling stars, no, further up, there is not only a fat moon in the blue sky.

"It's a good place to see the stars." Yang Sheng said.

Well, no excessive light pollution.

The aroma of grilled fish came out, Xia Zang smelled it, and the iron plate was steaming hot.

There were footsteps behind him, soft and pleasant.

The teenagers turned their heads, and the middle-aged boss came upstairs with a jug of wine.

"Yangmei wine is suitable for children." The boss put the blue flagon beside the table, took the scissors prepared in advance, and helped the teenagers cut the tin foil on the grilled fish neatly.

The whole fish is exposed under the cover of red pepper rings, white garlic and green onions, and there is a rich soup and pepper bubbling underneath.

The fish meat was burnt yellow, and the soup was soaked in along the cracks. Just looking at it made people move their index fingers.

Anyway, Xia Zang was greedy, and Yang Sheng was still arguing with the boss: "Is that wine for us?"

The boss put down the scissors and deliberately teased him by saying, "Half price."

"Ouch." Yang Sheng immediately frowned, "Minors are not allowed to drink alcohol."

The boss didn't fall for his tricks, and picked up the wine jug, "Okay, then I'll take it back."

"Shut it up." Yang Sheng waved his hand, his expression indifferent.

"Tsk." The boss put the jug back on the table, raised his hand and knocked on Yang Sheng's forehead, "It's free, is the head office okay?"

"Okay, okay." Yang Sheng rubbed his forehead, nodded his head, "Boss is grand."

"Just call at the stairs if you need anything. There are a lot of guests at the moment, so I won't greet you two." The boss waved his hand and said.

"I'm sorry to bother you." Xia Zang nodded.

The boss smiled a little, turned around and walked slowly towards the stairs.

Xia Zang watched him go downstairs before turning around.

Yang Sheng opened the jug, a wide-mouthed bottle, and poured out rose-red wine and one or two bayberries the size of fish balls.

"The alcohol content is not high. When I used to work here, I often drank it secretly as a drink, and then the boss found out and threatened to deduct wages." Yang Sheng handed the first glass he poured to Xia Zang, "But in the end it didn't The deduction is done, the money he gave was not much, and if it is deducted again, it will be gone."

"You can have a mouthful of red bayberry first, this stuff is soaked in wine, the taste is very unique."

"Can I have some grilled fish first?" Xia Zang said with a sigh, he was really hungry.

Yang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's okay, brother, you can do whatever you want."

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