I've always thought of Wenzhou Zhuang as a businessman who walks away and cheats on the spot, and I never even associated him with gangsters. Even in Manchuria that year, my three grandfathers and I sold him telescopes, razors, and fox skins, and he happily took over the plate. Doing some small business, pitting small people, bright on the outside and lustful on the inside, this is my first impression of him.
The third grandfather never thought so from the beginning, he said to me, come out of the mixed life, without two brushes, you just want to stand.
After he recovered from his injury, he continued to wear a red vest to carry and do freight. The concept adhered to by the third grandfather is fast, he added two iron plates to the back seat of the bicycle and converted it into a donkey for carrying goods. No matter how many goods there are, as long as there is a single one, it will soar all the way. The third grandfather told his subordinates, "I just want to do a blitzkrieg of the poor, two legs can't run, change the donkey; the tire is pierced, and the iron wheel circle is soaring." It's just going to be fast. "Some people say that the red vest of the Three Grandfathers rubs against the ground in a circle and rubbing against the mars, that is the Donkey Gang of the Three Grandfathers."
His red vest, known as the fastest donkey in the market, the three grandfathers' way of doing things, also won the trust of Uncle Alexei in Moscow, the old man who lost his things, and his friends. The goods they imported from Chita were all freight arranged by the three grandfathers, and the business was not large, and they were enough to live in Chita.
In the evening, the third grandfather told me, "Grandson, you know Wenzhou Zhuang, he is really very dressed, on the train to Manchuria." ”
"Third Grandfather, how did your old man see it?"
"When I go to Manchuria, I am a businessman who wants to make a living, a person who has a straight suit, is not alarmed, and can be called a brother when he meets, I thought he must be a mixed-up."
"Third Grandpa, did you invite him to drink?"
"This scene has strengthened my thinking even more. Originally he carried a pot of wine to toast, I just never gave him a chance, according to the reason in the northeast mixed drinking he should be very bad, but carrying a pot of wine to get away with it must be strange. I quietly poured his jug of wine into his glass, and after a while he was drunk. ”
I only now recall that the third grandfather had been drinking his own wine, and it turned out that he had left a hand.
"Until Manchuria, I raised the price of the goods five times, and he was still collecting things and selling, who do you think will buy it?" If the business is so good and tidy, it will be full of hair. The third grandfather said, "When you get to Chita, this guy reveals his original form." Wherever he has those kind intentions, it is nothing more than money. ”
The third grandfather then said, "I think again, this old hairy Man Alexei is also a little strange, you say to do business, how can the whole old diamonds, the goods never bargain, as if they came in vain?" "When he said this, I recalled it, and it was really a bit strange.
I asked, "Third Grandpa, we should earn so much money, but we don't have to rob it anyway." ”
I remembered one thing, afraid of forgetting, and quickly said to the third grandfather, "Recently, the group of people who collected our protection fees have disappeared, and I have also heard that those merchants have said that Wenzhou Zhuang has given the third grandfather face, and he has long ambition." ”
When the third grandfather heard this, he said, "Something has happened, the Wenzhou Zhuang family eats everything, and he has shabu-shabu." ”
I shook my head in confusion, and Grandpa Three continued, "In a few days, all the merchants will start paying Wenzhou Zhuang." ”
In December, the Wind in The Russian Chita was really cold and howling. Thinking of the cold winter waxing moon in the northeast hometown, I don't know if the local Chita people also have such a saying as the cold winter waxing moon. The snow is like goose feathers, and someone asked me, why not like chicken feathers? I also had such a question, until I saw the snow in Chita, I knew that the snowflakes falling from the sky were like cotton wool, exactly the same as the soft hairs under the hard hairs under the goose's belly, and the goose feathers referred to here.
There was hardly any work these days, and Grandpa Three and I were ready to pick up the red pines and fir trees from the Far East, which were all over Russia. I heard that the locals must have a logging license to cut it, for example, you have a certificate of one hundred cubic meters, but I estimate that you can cut fifty cubic meters. This thing is not allowed to be cut by the way, but there are also some locals who steal the whole thing, and the big Ivan brother who gave us the whole wood is stealing the whole tree.
The most difficult thing to do was how to transport these red pines and fir to Manchuria, and the third grandfather thought of a perfect way to turn the wood into plates and export it directly back to China. When the idea was finished, it was decided. In the afternoon, the two went to the suburbs to find a wood processing site.
The owner of the processing point is a small boss from Fujian, a southerner, called Zhou Shaoxing. He was not very old, short and fat, and when he spoke, he smelled of Wuyishan Dahongpao, thick and warm.
"Third brother, to tell you straight, I don't care where your wood comes from, to me to process, directly charge the cost price." I have long heard of the red vests of Chita Market, so let's know it. "After saying that, I have to give the third grandfather a whole bit of the big red robe to drink, where can we drink tea, all these years have been drinking cold and white, not the whole foreign affairs." Boss Zhou personally started, there were few people at the wood processing site, the workers all returned to China, and he and a few compatriots who were reluctant to return home guarded the stall.
Boss Zhou said, "Third brother, you have to wait a few days for the wooden planks to be finished, and at night, I will give you a tooth sacrifice." ”
I also don't understand what is called the tooth sacrifice, but the third grandfather told me that if you come here, you will be safe, and there are many friends and many roads.
In the evening, Boss Zhou prepared the dishes and wine, and the cabin was warm. After three rounds of wine, Boss Zhou said, "Third brother, I will open you a foreign meat, here is far from the city, the Russian girl is old and beautiful, open and fun." The third grandfather said, "Boss Zhou, I can't fix it, my kidneys are all slagged, you are willing to tidy yourself up." Haha laughed. Boss Zhou said, "Third brother, I have been looking up to you for a long time, I want to join a gang, such as your red vest, I want to exchange the timber factory, and I am bullied all the time." ”
"What do you mean, bullied by whom?" I don't value bullying the most. ”
"The Russians are still easy to do, give some money and make a big deal directly, I am afraid that we Chinese do our own people."
"I'm thinking about it too, and I'll tell you, I can't look at the nest fight."
"Yes, have you ever heard of Wenzhou Zhuang?"
The third grandfather glanced at Boss Zhou and didn't say a word.