1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Brother, although Niu Er has calmed down a lot now, the people under him are not easy to deal with."

When they arrived at the door of the billiard hall, Liu Dayou couldn't help but remind him.

"Don't worry, we all know each other, it's easy to talk." Chen Tiezhu laughed, showing his little white teeth.

Liu Dayou also laughed, he worried for nothing. It should be said that Brother Tiezhu has a wide range of friends.

"Why does this guy smoke so much? Is Niu Er here? I want to talk to him about something."

As soon as he entered the billiard hall, Chen Tiezhu was choked by the smoke.

"Who are you? Why are you pretending to be so arrogant? Second brother..., what are you going to do?"

The bald guy who came over with a billiard cue was going to teach the blind man a lesson, but when he saw that it was Chen Tiezhu, he swallowed the rest of the words and looked at him with a vigilant look.

"You..., you are Xiaolong, right? I haven't seen you these few days, and you have grown spirits." Chen Tiezhu said seriously.

"You..., just say you're looking for my second brother." Dalong was so angry, but he chose to hold it in for now.

It's true that they haven't seen each other for a while, but he couldn't figure out the relationship between Chen Tiezhu and the police. Last time he went to the police station, Chen Tiezhu and the police were talking and laughing.

This time he even changed to a jeep, not his 28-bar, which obviously means he's rich.

But even so, Liu Dayou was scared. The friendship he understood and the actual friendship seemed to be different.

"Xiaolong, is Niu Er here? Talk to him about something. I plan to rent this billiard hall the day after tomorrow to hold a small event." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Dalong, there's no reason to stop him." At this time, Niu Er also came out with a small teapot.

"Don't be angry with Xiaolong, he's afraid that I'm here to make trouble. Let's play two more billiards later, and he'll be all gone." Chen Tiezhu said happily.

When he heard him mention billiards again, Dalong's face turned black.

This is the eternal pain in his heart, and he was cheated by Chen Tiezhu.

"Hahaha, don't tease Dalong. Brother, tell me what's the matter. Do you have another club?" Niu Er asked with a smile.

"There is indeed a club. I will go to the mountain to dig it when I have time." Chen Tiezhu said.

"But this time I came here to borrow your billiard hall the day after tomorrow. Old Liu, is it better to use it during the day or at night?"

"Uh..., this..., this, I think both are fine." Liu Dayou said hurriedly.

"Niu Er, look, do you have fewer customers during the day or at night? I plan to organize an art auction, and then I will also make your place shine." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Brother, although my billiard hall is not in your eyes, it doesn't seem to have reached the point where you need to rely on renting to make a living, right?" Niu Er asked with a fake smile.

"Tsk tsk, Old Liu, there's nothing we can do. Contact Xiao Zhou from Juhexuan in the city, we have to change places." Chen Tiezhu said pretentiously, and was about to leave.

"Brother, please stay. What are you going to do? Will people from Juhexuan come?" Niu Er shouted hurriedly.

"Didn't I tell you, it's a work of art. I picked up a tree from the mountain. It's nothing special. It's just a jujube tree struck by lightning. Is it a work of art?" Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"Yes, it definitely counts." Niu Er said seriously.

This made his younger brothers a little confused. A jujube tree struck by lightning, what kind of work of art is it?

"It's really not good enough. It's not old enough." Chen Tiezhu shook his head.

"If this jujube tree is three or five hundred years old, it can be a bit classy. Mine is only a few dozen or a hundred years old. I haven't counted it carefully. Sorry to bother you."

After saying that, Chen Tiezhu clasped his fists and turned around to really walk out.

"Brother, brother, it's classy, ​​classy. Tell me the time, don't worry about anything else, I'll clear the place and set it up." Niu Er hurriedly caught up and hugged Chen Tiezhu's arm.

His brothers were dumbfounded just now, and now seeing this scene, they all found that their brains were not enough.

"Don't you feel wronged?"

Chen Tiezhu turned around and asked with a frown.

"Don't feel wronged"

Niu Er nodded firmly.

"When the time comes, I will do the work of serving tea and water and serving the bureau. Isn't it embarrassing?" Chen Tiezhu asked again.

"It's not embarrassing, this is flattering me." Niu Er nodded again.

"Okay, let's do it at six o'clock the day after tomorrow. It's quieter at night. I'll see how many people there are. I'll make an order and you buy the food. I'll prepare one or two tables." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

"All right, just write the order. I'll find everything I can."Niu Er said with great joy.

Chen Tiezhu patted his shoulder, "I was thinking that it would be no problem to hand it over to you. If you are interested, you can also play with it."

"Well..., the reserve price I have found out is this number. Of course, the starting price cannot be so high at once. We have to improvise when the time comes."

As he said this, he also stretched out his right hand with five fingers spread out.

Seeing this familiar action, Niu Er felt very painful.

"What are you doing? You want to sell a broken tree for 500?"

Dalong stood up, thinking that he couldn't let his second brother be deceived by this thing again.

"Dalong, how can you buy it for 500? Brother said 5,000. But everyone from Juhexuan is here, this..., it's not easy to bid." Niu Er said with a wry smile.

"Hehe, don't worry, I have my own means. Lao Liu, do you have any photos on you? Leave a copy for Niu Er, let him estimate it, and he will have a number in his mind when the time comes." Chen Tiezhu said with a smile.

Liu Dayou quickly took out a set of photos, and Niu Er also took them with great care.

"Okay, that's it for now. I have to go home to cook for our Yingzi..., um..., your respected Comrade Han. I have to thank you all."

After Chen Tiezhu finished speaking, he solemnly clasped his fists to the people in the billiard hall.

The people in the billiard hall were already confused about the fact that a broken tree struck by lightning could be sold for more than 5,000 yuan.

Now that they heard that this guy was mixed up with Comrade Han, it would be no problem for him to swallow an egg with his open mouth.

"Don't worry, when Yingzi and I do things, none of you can be left behind, you all have to go to the wedding banquet." Chen Tiezhu said another sentence, and then walked out leisurely.

Liu Dayou was dumbfounded. What kind of magic trick was this?

How could Niu Er be controlled like this with just a few words?

It can be seen that Niu Er seems to be somewhat concerned about the lightning-struck wood, but even if he is concerned about it, he can't be so fawning, right?