Chapter 117: Childhood Friends

  Chongzi's small grocery store was just a short distance from Zhao Tiezhu's old home. Zhao Tiezhu still vaguely remembered that when he was young, the owner of this small grocery store was Chongzi's father. Then, they would often coax Chongzi to bring them delicious food from her home, for which Chongzi had not been spared her father's beatings. Later, after Zhao Tiezhu's grandmother passed away, Zhao Tiezhu left this place and didn't expect that so many years later, Chongzi was still at the small grocery store, only this time she became the boss.

  "How's it going, little bug? I remember you're 23 or 24 now, have you found a husband yet? Haha" Zhao Tiezhu teased.

  "Go, don't you remember what you said when you were a kid? 'I won't marry anyone else'? I've been waiting for you all this time!" Bug tossed a flirtatious glance, and although her looks were ordinary, she had a unique charm. Zhao Tiezhu hastily called out, "Hey, no way! You're now someone with assets, but I'm just an unemployed vagrant who can't afford to support you. Little Su has always had feelings for you, how come after all these years of living together, you two haven't developed any emotions?"

  "With Xiao Su's small build, forget it, it's not even enough for me to sit on." the insect said disdainfully.

  "Who says I'm not good enough for you to sit with? Do you want to come and sit now?" A somewhat lewd voice came from outside the small shop, and a man wearing glasses walked in. "Zhao Tiezhu, Zhao Tiezhu, I thought you'd abandoned us brothers and sisters for the flashy world outside." The newcomer had buck teeth and was half a head shorter than Zhao Tiezhu. As soon as he saw Zhao Tiezhu, he rushed over, with tears and snot streaming down his face. Lucy, who was watching from the side, looked puzzled, "Could it be that this person was dumped by Brother Tiezhu?"

  "Don't mind him, that's just his nature." Zhao Tiezhu said to Lucy with embarrassment, Lucy had a knowing look on her face. Zhao Tiezhu didn't know how this foreign girl had thought of the two of them in that way, otherwise he would have had to correct her on the spot and tell her that his brother's sexual orientation was normal.

  "This is Little Su, we used to call him Buck-toothed Su when we were young. Little Su, this is my friend Lucy from America." Zhao Tiezhu introduced the two, and Little Su suddenly became spirited, his tears and snot disappearing instantly as if they had never existed before. He stretched out his hand, slightly bowed at the waist, and very gentlemanly took Lucy's small hand, saying "Nice to meet you, beautiful miss." After that, he directly wanted to kiss the back of Lucy's hand, but Zhao Tiezhu kicked him away. Little Su smiled and dodged, "You damn rascal, you value lust over friendship!"

  "Cut it out, no wonder you've been chasing after that girl for so many years and still can't catch up. With your character, if I were a girl, I wouldn't agree to be with you either, too insecure. Who's like me, so devoted?" Zhao Tiezhu said with a "you're too pathetic" expression.

  Lucy nodded beside him, "Yes, Tiezhu brother is very dedicated to Ziyue sister, Yanni sister, Ling'er little sister, and Linda teacher."

  "Lucy, you've also gone bad!" Zhao Tiezhu said discontentedly.

  "Zhao Tiezhu, after all these years, where have you been? Not even a phone call, we thought you were dead." Little Su finished joking around and sat down beside him, looking at Zhao Tiezhu with a serious face.

  "Don't look at me like that, people who don't know might think I've done something to you. Nothing's happened, just went abroad and now I'm back, living in the city center. But what about you, Little Su? You're looking quite stylish, doing pretty well for yourself, huh?"

  "It's okay, it's okay." Xiaosu smiled complacently, "I'm just a small boss after all, haha, do you want me to take care of you?"

  "Alright, alright, Master Zhao, take care of me and I'll be yours..." Zhao Tiezhu grabbed Xiao Sudi's hand with a firm grip, secretly using force, while shaking it.

  "Ouch, gently!" Little Su shouted.

  "How dare you still call yourself brother?" Zhao Tiezhu's expression was calm and collected.

  "Oh no, you're really Brother, you've always been Brother, Iron Brother. You're so magnanimous!" Little Su begged.

  A few people were making a ruckus, but Lucy was curious and didn't interrupt much. She had never seen Zhao Tiezhu have such good friends before. According to Zhao's words, they were childhood friends. Chinese friendship is different from American friendship, it seems that you need to make the other person cry tears of pain before you can be considered good brothers. Lucy watched as Zhao Tiezhu grasped Xiao Su's hand, and at the same time looked at Xiao Su's eyes shining with tears, nodding silently to herself. Now when I return to America, I can use this Chinese way to greet my friends.

  Not long after, two more people walked into the bug's small shop together.

  "Whoa, Zhao Tiezhu, I heard you're still alive! My sworn brother and I dropped everything and rushed over. How's that, enough for brothers?" A tall and extremely thin young man exclaimed, throwing his arm around Zhao Tiezhu's neck.

  "Biscuit, after all these years, you still can't change your preference for men." Zhao Tiezhu teased, looking at another handsome young man, "Oath, I heard you're going to be a father soon?"

  "Yes." The young man known as Oath nodded, "At first I didn't think about becoming a father either, but it was an accident and there's nothing that can be done now."

  "Haha, you little rascal, when can I drink at your wedding?"

  "Next month, then you must come, I'll let my kid recognize you as his godfather." Chen Shiyuan said, shouting to Wugzi, "Wugzi, go stir-fry a couple of dishes, we must get drunk with Zhuizi tonight!"

  "Alright." The insect nodded and directly pulled down the iron door of the small shop, turned around and walked out from the other end of the small shop. This small shop was just in front of the insect's home, connected to each other, it was very simple to go back home.

  A few people gathered around, chatting about their childhood, while also glancing at Lucy and occasionally winking at Zhao Tiezhu. The implication was, "You rascal, we're still domestic, but you've already imported one, hurry up and take her down, bring glory to our countrymen."

  Zhao Tiezhu also gave a sly look, "It's too early, courting a girl is like cooking hot pot, it takes time, add ingredients slowly, and only at the end can you enjoy it."

  Lucy looked puzzled again and whispered, "Are Chinese men fond of throwing flirtatious glances at each other?"

  Several people chatted until night, and the bugs had already cooked dinner. There were 5 people in total, and they opened 6 boxes of beer. Several people indulged in a frenzy of eating and drinking, occasionally reminiscing about their childhood.

  "Do you still remember that internet cafe owner? That woman, she later hooked up with a notorious thug named Bang Zhu's brother, and when the owner found out, it was a huge scandal. Bang Zhu gathered over 10 thugs to smash the internet cafe, but the owner wasn't someone to be trifled with, he brought in over 20 gangsters and broke Bang Zhu's leg. I heard he still can't take care of himself now." Biscuit said mysteriously to Zhao Tiezhu.

  Zhao Tiezhu thought of that **female boss**, who can really be said to be Zhao Tiezhu and others' sex enlightenment teacher, Zhao Tiezhu was the first to see the legendary woman's killer on that woman's body, and also under the education of that female boss, for the first time knew what love action movie is called, most of the kids at that time took this female boss as a dream lover.

  "What about the landlady?" Zhao Tiezhu asked.

  "I don't know, it's said that the internet cafe owner gave it to his brother and it never appeared again." The cookie said with a hint of melancholy, at that time for this boss's wife, he got up in the middle of the night to masturbate, she was absolutely his ultimate fantasy object.

  "Haha, you must be missing her a lot, right?" Little Su said with a smile, "Back then when you slept on the upper bunk, the bed would always shake at midnight, and I often heard you calling out the name of that old lady boss."

  Binggan's face turned red, "You haven't done less either, come on, let's go."

  They messed around until midnight, except for Lucy who didn't drink because she had to drive. The other four people, including Chongzi, finished off 6 cases of beer and also drank two bottles of white wine. Those few people were vomiting all over the place, while vomiting they were also despising the people next to them: "If you can't handle your liquor then don't drink it, look now, you're vomiting aren't you? Ugh~~~~"

  Zhao Tiezhu was escorted away by Lucy, while Xiao Su and Binggan returned to their nearby home. Chen Shiyuan was the most drunk and spent the night at Zhangzi's place.

  At the moment of parting, Wugzi pulled Zhao Tiezhu and said, "Tomorrow night is the high school classmate gathering, are you going?"

  "Go." Zhao Tiezhu said with a smile.

  "Alright, I'll call you again tomorrow night."

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