Strange Life of a Cat

At night, although there is no moonlight and few stars to be seen, the military training places are all lit up, illuminating the surroundings of the playground clearly.

"Rest in place for five minutes!"

As soon as the instructor's words fell, a group of people who were still standing there in a military posture just now sat on the ground like soft mud.

"Snapped!"

The sound of slapping mosquitoes sounded.

"Oh, my god and Lord Buddha!" ​​A student in the dormitory with Jiao Wei looked at the blood on the palm of his hand and the mosquito corpse, and shouted, "Is it easy for me to breed such a little blood! It just won't let it go !"

"Don't be disrespectful to Buddha and his elders," another roommate of Jiao Wei said.

"The Buddha is merciful, just treat me as if I farted just now."

"...You let it go just now, don't think I didn't know it was so loud."

"Do you want to become a Buddha?" Jiao Wei asked another roommate with a smile.

"I don't want to, the Buddha is so tired, and I still have to save sentient beings. I just need to graduate smoothly, find a job, find a wife, have a child, and live this ordinary and long life."

The previous roommate was silent for a while, and said: "I still don't want to participate in such a high-end topic. Hey, isn't it said that taking vitamin B1 can prevent mosquito bites? Is it because of Mao Laozi? Is it a trick?"

"It varies from person to person."

"It's better to go back and sprinkle toilet water."

At the military training place at night, various anti-mosquito scents such as toilet water, balm, and mosquito bites are intertwined, but the mosquitoes that grow up in Chuhua University are always rushing forward without fear of death.

...

At 9:30 in the evening, the day's military training was over, Jiao Wei did not go back to the dormitory with his roommates, but walked towards the school gate. He would go to his small restaurant every night to have a look, and then help tidy up some things, and return after closing the shop. When returning to the dormitory, I also brought some supper for the people in the dormitory.

Today, when Jiao Wei came to his small restaurant, although there was still a little distance, he saw some people sitting inside.

Usually at this time, there is usually no one there, but what happened today?

When Jiao Wei quickly came to the door of the small restaurant, the people inside also left.

Among these people, the one in the lead had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, dyed yellow hair, and looked a little foolish.

Jiao Wei's heart skipped a beat, and he stopped paying attention to those people, and hurried into the shop, only to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that his parents were fine.

"What's wrong?" Jiao Wei asked, "Are those people here to find fault?"

Jiao Wei once heard people say that some store owners would hire someone to find fault if they saw other stores doing well, so they were in a hurry.

"It's okay, don't worry." Jiao Wei's father waved his hand.

No matter how Jiao Wei asked, his parents just didn't say anything, and the next day he found the fellow hired to help alone, and finally figured out the matter.

Yesterday evening, when the peak period passed, the number of people coming to the restaurant gradually decreased, and then a few people who seemed not to be messed with came in, saying that they were required to pay "sanitation fees".

But Jiao Wei’s family has already paid the sanitation fee, and there is still a payment slip. Obviously, in that case, “sanitation fee” has another meaning.

Whether it is "sanitary fee" or "management fee", etc., in a certain situation, it means "protection fee".

When he was in a small county, Jiao Wei's shop was a little more formal, but he had paid this kind of fee, but Jiao Wei didn't know it.

Therefore, after Jiao Wei figured out the cause of the incident, he was very angry. When he went to find his parents, he said that it was impossible and called the police.

Jiao Wei's father was relatively calm, and made a few jokes with a smile, and then told Jiao Wei about the stakes.

In fact, those who do business around here, whether they are small shops or those students who set up street stalls or night markets, have all encountered this kind of thing. He asked the surrounding shops to see how much they paid. Knowing that his shop had paid a little more, he was not too angry. After all, his family is new here, or outsiders, it doesn't matter if they have no background, after talking , then paid for a month.

When preparing to open a shop here, Jiao Wei's parents were actually prepared, but they didn't expect it to come so soon. The couple, who were once honest people, had a lot of experience in the first two years when they came out to do business. Now, since Jiao Wei has already pierced through this layer of paper, the couple will also share some of their experiences with Jiao Wei.

Originally, the couple thought that their children's future jobs would be like those high-level white-collar workers on TV, and they would not have to face those looking for faults and collecting protection fees, but no matter what position they were in, there were hidden rules. Ordinary people, just follow the rules.

After listening to his parents about those experiences, Jiao Wei felt very uncomfortable. He is not stupid, and he knows it is true, but he is a young man after all, and he still has a passion for it. , also fought, and quarreled with the teacher and turned the table over. Jiao Wei was not sure if he would go up to fight with those people if he saw those people again.

After lunch in the afternoon, Jiao Wei sat at the door of the small restaurant and helped peel potatoes. The store is full of people, so I'm not inside, and the outside is more ventilated. Although his parents tried not to let him do it, Jiao Wei was stubborn, and he was not afraid of being laughed at. What happened to helping the family peel potatoes? Who stipulated that college students cannot peel potatoes? Didn't do anything shady.

While it was being cut, the boss of the shop next door came over.

The shop next door mainly sells pasta and is run by a young couple. During this time, the two have gotten to know each other a lot, and the owner of the shop next door also knows Jiao Wei.

"I heard that someone came to your store last night?" said the boss.

There was something to do at the noodle shop next door yesterday, and it was only open for half a day in the morning. The boss of Jiao Wei's shop still listened to the people around him.

"En." Jiao Wei responded, not really wanting to bring up this topic, and the strength in peeling the potatoes was much stronger.

The boss smiled, "Don't be unconvinced, in fact, everyone is the same, our family is the same. At that time, I just graduated and didn't understand the rules here. I wanted to call the police, but my wife stopped me. With an attitude of calming things down, I handed over some first. Then I found someone, and I didn’t meet them again.”

Seeing that Jiao Wei didn't say a word, but the movement of peeling potatoes was much slower, knowing that he was listening, the boss pointed to a hot pot restaurant opposite: "When his family first opened, the business was very popular. Later, for a while, every day A dozen gangsters went to the store to eat, and at first they paid the bill, then they gradually began to find fault, and finally let them know how much they would charge. The boss was not soft, even though he asked those people to go there the next day , but found someone at night, but the next day, none of those punks came, nor did they show up in his shop again.

There is also the donburi seller, when encountering such a thing, he directly called a group of people to prepare for a big fight, but was dispersed by the police. But those gangsters never looked for him again. Hooligans also bully the weak and fear the strong. If they know that you are a tough guy, they won't come here. If you can't tell them how to be polite, then they will be ruthless. This is the way this society is now. As a human being, you have to be more ruthless. At that time, there were also some gangsters who were shirtless and had tattoos on purpose, and there were various steel pipe knives in the car, etc. In the end, it didn't end like that.

There was a period of severe crackdown before, those people disappeared for a long time, and now they gradually reappeared, but in the past, they were mostly small gangsters, but now these people appear so quickly, it is probably not easy to deal with. If you know the police or defense team in charge of this area, you can go and walk around. It is necessary to spend some money in this area, after all, everyone wants to do business well.

There are also some shops around that have not been targeted. Even if the owners of those shops are not locals, they have stayed here for many years. I don’t know if they have some connections. As for people like yours, you can go to Tanfeng first, ask the nearby shops more, find out who is in charge of this, and then go to pay homage to the top of the mountain. If someone takes care of you, you will be fine. Just try to find another way. Everything is difficult at the beginning, just get over it, if there is really no way out, just hand it in, be on time, otherwise you will be the ones who suffer. We came here to ask for money, not anger, but the situation is stronger than others, and you don't know when the next crackdown will be, so..."

The boss didn't finish the rest of the sentence, his wife called him, and hurried back after answering.

Jiao Wei was still sitting there, peeling potatoes absently.

"Sounds so hot."

Jiao Wei was startled by the sudden voice next to him, and walked behind him, seeing Su Qu standing there eating a bowl of rice.

"Senior Su, why don't you sit and eat in the shop?" Jiao Wei said.

Because of Jiao's father, Su Qu and Yi Xin knew Jiao Wei, and sometimes they would come to visit his family's shop after dinner time and when they were out of school.

"It's okay. There are a lot of people over there. I didn't expect to hear what I said just now when I came out to breathe. The boss didn't say anything. I really didn't know that there was such a thing. I didn't hear about it when my classmates set up street stalls before. I don’t know if it’s because they didn’t meet or they don’t want to talk about it.” Su Qu said inarticulately while shoveling rice into his mouth, “But I don’t think well-established clubs need to rely on this method to survive. Little people, I really don't need to give them face, if the time comes to find someone to fight, count me in."

Su Qu's big man is really oppressive, but Jiao Wei will not really use that extreme method, he can't afford to bet, his parents are here, and they are still old, Jiao Wei doesn't want them to do anything Unexpectedly, even if you win the battle, what protection can you have?

"Then Senior Su, do you know... someone in this area?" Jiao Wei didn't know how to describe it.

Su Qu understands what he means, but he hasn't been here for a long time. He usually lives in the laboratory, dormitory, and cafeteria. This is the first time he's heard of such a thing.

"I know my boss." Su Qu said helplessly.

Jiao Wei shook his head, "Don't bother Uncle Mingsheng, he has already helped us a lot, and he has two children at home."

"Hmm..." Su Qu wiped his mouth, then his eyes lit up, "Do you know that Wei Leng?"

"I know, but I'm not familiar with it. I came here before the store opened, and then I hurriedly ordered a takeaway and left. Can he?"

"I heard something from my senior brother, you can try it."

"However, if you want to find Wei Leng, you must go to Uncle Ming Sheng, this..."

"I'm just telling you what I know. As for whether you believe it or not, it's up to you."

"Um."

Su Qu threw the empty disposable lunch box into the trash, and said, "If you really want to ask Wei Leng for help, you don't have to go through my boss' line."

"you mean?"

"My boss's cat!"

Jiao Wei: "..."