Chapter 35 Trap

From Guangming Road to the cemetery, you have to transfer two trains. While taking the second train, Lu Jiaxin smelled a domineering fragrance. Following the scent, I found out that it was an old man selling roast chicken.

I was already hungry, and my stomach growled just after smelling this smell. Lu Jiaxin asked: "Uncle, how much does your roast chicken cost?"

This roast chicken is much more delicious than the one Lu Hongjun bought last time.

"Eight dollars."

Lu Jiajie almost jumped up when he heard this: "The fat old hen in the wet market only costs about three or four yuan. How dare you ask for eight yuan for a chicken that looks like it weighs two pounds at most?"

The uncle was not annoyed. He fanned the stove with a fan and said: "This method of roasting chicken has been passed down from generation to generation in my family. There are eight steps in a single process, and you have to control the heat. Young man, it costs eight yuan each. Not expensive.”

Not to mention, in the past, when their roast chicken was the most expensive, it sold for five yuan a piece, but later they were not allowed to do business and had to close the stall. Now that he sees many people starting to do business, his family's life is almost unsustainable, so he picked up this craft.

Lu Jiaxin asked: "Uncle, can you have a taste? If it's delicious, I'll buy one."

The uncle said he couldn't taste it. He smiled and said, "Little girl, you can take a bite after buying it. If you don't think it tastes good, you don't have to pay."

When the roasted chicken is taken out of the iron pot and brought to your eyes, the aroma becomes even stronger. Lu Jiaxin didn't taste it. She was a bit mysophobic and wouldn't touch food without washing her hands.

After counting eight dollars and giving it to the uncle, Lu Jiaxin said: "Just because of the smell, it must be delicious. Uncle, do you sell it here every day? If I want to eat in the future, I can just come here."

The uncle said happily: "My home is nearby. If you want to buy it, just ask passersby Zhang's Roast Chicken. Everyone knows it."

I got on the bus with the roasted chicken. Even though the roasted chicken was wrapped in oil paper and rolled up in thick newspapers, the smell could not be concealed.

Passengers in the car gulped when they smelled the fragrance, including Lu Jie's family and Xue Mao. As soon as they got home, they went into the kitchen and got busy. One started boiling water and the other washed vegetables. With the joint efforts of the two people, a pot of green vegetable noodles was ready in no time.

Lu Jiajie looked at the roast chicken torn into pieces on the table and said, "Jiaxin, you divide it into three parts, and each of us will have one."

Lu Jiaxin smiled and agreed. She kept two chicken wings and chicken necks in her bowl, and divided the rest equally between the two of them.

Lu Jiajie couldn't wait to tear off a chicken leg, took a bite and exclaimed: "It's delicious, it's delicious, it's so delicious. Jiaxin, these eight dollars are well spent."

Lu Jiaxin also picked up the chicken wings and took a bite. The aroma instantly filled her mouth. This chicken is indeed delicious, the meat is plump and chewy, and the more you chew it, the more flavorful it becomes.

A roast chicken and a pot of vegetable noodles, the three of them ate every bit of it. Lu Jiajie touched his belly and said, "I originally wanted to stop you from buying it, but luckily I didn't, otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat such delicious roast chicken."

His monthly salary is only over eighty yuan, and one roast chicken takes away one-tenth of his salary. However, he thought of the three hundred yuan that Lu Jiaxin refused to accept yesterday, and persuaded Lu Jiaxin to accept the money.

Lu Jiaxin didn't like the same question being asked repeatedly, so she immediately chased him away: "Fifth brother, it's already half past one. Go to work quickly and don't be late."

After looking at his watch, Lu Jiajie hurried to the shoe factory. During his break at work, he boasted to the people in the workshop about the roast chicken he had eaten today.

Xue Mao waited for him to leave and closed the door before saying, "Sister, Brother Jiajie comes over here to sleep at night. Isn't it a good idea if he doesn't go home?"

Lu Jiaxin didn't want to talk about the Ma family, so she casually found an excuse: "The house is too crowded. If my fifth brother comes over here, my sister-in-law and the two children can sleep in more space."

The Ma family originally had three separate rooms, one for the two elderly people, one for Lu Jiajie and Ma Lili, and one for the two children. Since Yan Jixiang moved there, the two children have slept with their parents.

The room was very small, the bed was only 1.5 meters, so it could still be squeezed in during the winter. In the summer, it was difficult for four people to sleep together, so Lu Jiajie had to make a bed on the floor.

The conditions were more difficult and could be tolerated, but now the attitude of Ma's father and Ma's mother had changed, and Sister Ma was always in a bad mood every time she came, and no one would be willing to go back. Fortunately, the fifth sister-in-law has already given up on buying a house, and she will be successful in a few more days.

After resting, Lu Jiaxin was about to go back to her room, but she didn't expect someone to knock on the door at this time: "Sister Jiaxin, it's me, Su Heming!"

Xue Mao immediately went over to open the door.

As soon as he walked into the yard, Lu Jiaxin noticed the gold watch in his hand. With just one glance, she knew it was not the same one as the last time.

Su Heming said gratefully: "Sister Jiaxin, thank you, you saved my life. I asked someone to identify the watch, and it is indeed true."

Xue Mao had a question mark on his head: "How could it cost you your life if I gave you a real watch?"

Seeing that he didn't understand, Su Heming explained: "That gold watch was sold on the black market for 150,000 yuan. If you are wandering around wearing such a valuable thing, you might be killed one day by someone seeking money."

Xue Mao's eyes were straightened, and his mind was filled with 150,000. 150,000, 150,000, how much does it cost and can it fit in one house?

A glint flashed in Lu Jiaxin's eyes, there must be something wrong with the watch. And if she guessed correctly, the other party should be heading for Su Ya. Su Heming alone is not worth such a big deal.

"I gave you a gold watch worth 150,000 yuan just to make the thieves think about killing you. It shouldn't be that simple, right?"

Su Heming said: "I don't know exactly what happened, but there must be something wrong with this watch. My sister-in-law asked me to replace the watch with a fake one, and then stop all the business at hand, and wait until my dad and elder brother come back from Hong Kong City. "

Lu Jiaxin asked Lu Jiajie, but unfortunately he didn't know much about the Xie and Su families.

Xue Mao was surprised and doubtful: "Can your family still go to Gangcheng?"

Su Heming said that his father went to visit relatives: "My grandfather and uncle went to Gangcheng for business many years ago. They lost contact for some reasons and got in touch not long ago. My father missed my grandfather very much, so he took my eldest brother to visit him."

Lu Jiaxin understood as soon as he heard it. The Su family must have been very rich in the past, and it is possible that they were even big capitalists.

"Why didn't you go?"

Gangcheng? Things there are now popular. If you can go to Gangcheng, you don't know how envious people will be.

The smile on Su Heming's face disappeared: "I won't go. Back then, my grandfather left my grandmother, father and two younger aunts behind and took my eldest uncle's family to Gangcheng. My grandmother died before she was forty because she was too overworked, and my eldest aunt was bullied and died. Since they didn't want us at the beginning, why should they recognize us now!"

"What does your younger aunt think?" Lu Jiaxin asked. Mrs. Xie's attitude is the key. After all, the Xie family is now on the rise, and the eldest branch of the Su family has to look to her as a backer if they want to return to the mainland to do business.

Su Heming hesitated and said, "My aunt said she respected my father's decision, but she didn't say anything."

Not expressing her position actually means she doesn't want to admit it. It's just that the Chinese have advocated filial piety for thousands of years, and some things are inconvenient to say, so this is the only way to do it.