Huang Rui and Li Hu brought gifts to Li Youdi's door three days after Fan Dali and Chen made trouble at Mo's house, and bought five acres of land, but they did not buy the house.

After wandering around the village, Youdi said that he was interested in an open space next to Han's house and wanted to build a house there. For this reason, the two of them regretted that there was no suitable open space next to Mo's house.

After buying the land and deciding to build a house, the two of them have been running around the county and village in the past few days to prepare for the construction of the house. However, the official business has not fallen behind. Starting yesterday, Song Nanzhi took Murong Qingyuan out to sell luncheon meat in the county.

After getting up, the two of them stood aside and watched people coming and going.

Today, after the two of them arrived in the county from Song Nanzhi, they kept an eye on their stall from a distance to prevent local gangsters from harassing them.

"Boss, should we also buy a piece of luncheon meat to try?" Li Hu watched another person buying luncheon meat and walking past, and asked about the smell of the luncheon meat.

"I'll buy it later." Huang Rui replied directly, listening to the constant shouting in his ears. Even if he hasn't eaten it yet, the shouting sound alone makes people want to try how it tastes.

After a while, I saw a few people buying luncheon meat from the stall not far away. I thought that they had closed the stall early yesterday and started doing business. They would not make a lot of it at once and sell it. I was worried for a while.

After everything was sold out and there was nothing left to buy, Huang Rui also walked out and walked towards the stall, intending to buy a piece and go back to try it.

Huang Rui took a step forward and looked back at Li Hu, "I'll go over and buy a piece first, and you just wait here." After saying that, he walked towards where Song Nanzhi and Murong Qingyuan were standing.

Li Hu wished he could go now. With so many people around, he would definitely not be able to buy anything if he went late.

"Auntie, what are you selling? It smells weird." Huang Rui, who walked up to Song Nanzhi, looked at the luncheon meat on the dustpan and asked. This was not because he meant to say nice things. He had never seen it before.

Song Nanzhi was greeting the guests. He looked up after hearing the shouts in his ears. He didn't remember who this person was for a moment, but he was stunned for a moment and immediately realized, "Brother, it's you!" After he recognized it, he realized

He hurriedly said: "Thank you someday. Do you like the land and houses in the village?"

Huang Rui replied: "Look, I'm making preparations these days. When the house is repaired in a few days, I will move to the village."

While the two were talking, three men crowded through the crowd. One of them came up and shouted, "Give me three pieces of lunch meat."

When Song Nanzhi heard that someone wanted to buy three yuan, he immediately turned around and responded happily: "Okay, I'll get it for you."

Murong Qingyuan looked at the three people walking towards them. They looked like local gangsters. It seemed that they were not really here to buy things. He frowned slightly and said: "One yuan is twenty coins, three yuan is sixty coins in total. Who can give me the money?"

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After Murong Qingyuan's words, the three of them suddenly laughed. One of them, a tall and thick man, laughed at the other two and said, "This kid actually asked me for money?" His words were full of ridicule.

The other two people also seemed to have heard some big joke. After laughing, one of them, a thin man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, said to the tall and thick man: "Brother Qiang, it seems that we usually come out less. Not only do we

If you don’t know Brother Qiang, you don’t even know our rules.” Then he said to the thinner people next to him: “Liu Wu, tell them our rules, lest anyone

We don’t know the rules and say we are bullying others.”

Liu Wu stood forward and said to Murong Qingyuan: "Kid, this is our strong brother, you want to do your business well." As he spoke, he reached out to touch the edge of the dustpan on his back.

"You still have to rely on our strong brother to protect you.

With the protection of our brother Qiang, we will absolutely guarantee that your business will run smoothly. However, brother Qiang has worked hard for you, and you must respect our brother Qiang. You can't let our brother Qiang protect you in vain. Do you think you are a brat?

"

After asking Murong Qingyuan, he turned to look at Song Nanzhi, "Auntie, do you think this is true?"

The last time he met a robber on the road, Song Nanzhi was severely frightened. But at that time, the two of them looked at the three men who were not yet in front of them, and their hearts were beating. "Brother, we just started doing this yesterday."

I'm doing a small business, and I haven't even earned the money yet, so let's see if you can show off."

Liu Wu looked at Brother Qiang and said with a funny look on his face: "Brother Qiang, this old woman is asking us to be so noble."

Brother Qiang also said with a funny face: "I'm sorry, I'm sure I'm sorry, but we still have to be reasonable. We can't protect you in vain, don't you think?"

The corner of Murong Qingyuan's mouth curled up slightly, "Protect us? So you are an official of the Yamen?"

I didn't expect that Murong Qingyuan would come out of the Yamen. The person who was called Brother Qiang was choked by Murong Qingyuan and couldn't speak for a while. However, Liu Wu beside him shouted: "I think you little brat is impatient to live."

Already."

"Why not?" Murong Qingyuan looked contemptuous.

"This territory is protected by our brother Qiang, and even the government officials have nothing to do with it!" Liu Wu said with no fear as he usually had some contacts with the officials.

Murong Qingyuan looked at the person in front of him who went out without any brains, but then he thought, someone like him had no brains in the first place, so naturally he couldn't bring it out, "You are responsible for things that even official servants don't care about. Are you more powerful than official servants?"

?More powerful than the Yamen?" Then the topic changed, and his voice could not help but increase in intensity, "It doesn't matter whether you are better than them or not, but when it comes to paying for things, even the emperor will pay for them when he comes."

The person who was called Brother Qiang stretched out his hand to pull Liu Wu back and stood forward, "Boy, I see you are very slippery. I will let you take a good look at what I want today.

"Who dares to ask me for money?" After saying that, he reached out to get the luncheon meat wrapped in cabbage in the dustpan..z.br

Huang Rui saw the big man standing up, and he also stood beside Murong Qingyuan, his body just blocking Brother Qiang's hand reaching for the dustpan, "Brother, I think what this little brother said is right, my mother-in-law and grandson are four

People do it here

It’s not easy to do small business, and the price is not expensive. People around you are also being shouted at by the two bosses to buy. If you don’t want to buy, you can just taste a piece and leave. I’m afraid it’s a bit annoying to make a fuss like this without paying.

Inappropriate."

Some people in the crowd looked down upon Brother Qiang's behavior, but after looking at his size, they finally did not dare to stand up and speak for Song Nanzhi and Murong Qingyuan like Huang Rui did. Not only did they not stand up to speak for Song Nazhi's mother-in-law and grandson.

, and the people surrounding him quickly turned around and walked away, for fear that if they walked slowly, they would be hit by someone.

Some of them were afraid of being implicated and walked away immediately. Others wanted to watch the excitement. After retreating a little further, they started to watch the excitement. However, there were also people who noticed the origins of the three people and reminded them in a low voice. Next to Song Nanzhi, a man in brown clothes

The woman in her dress and with her hair pulled up whispered to Song Nanzhi: "Auntie, the three of them are gangsters in the county. They usually like to wander around.

I wandered around looking for some small businessmen to collect protection fees. If there was something they liked, they would just pick it up and leave without ever giving me any money." After explaining the situation of the three of them, he glanced at them again.

The three of them said, "I think you, old and young, are no match for the three of them, so why not give up your money to avoid disaster, lest you hurt yourself and have to pay more for medical expenses."

Song Nanzhi was so frightened by the three people that he softened up. After listening to the whispers of the people next to him, he mustered up some strength and thought about what the people beside him said. Not only did he not say that he couldn't beat an old woman, he couldn't scold the three of them as gangsters, and there were also people around him.

There were three children. They pulled Murong Qingyuan's clothes with trembling hands and whispered: "Qingyuan, forget it, I'll just give it to you. You take Lin Song and Mo Li back first."

"No!" I don't know whether Murong Qingyuan refused to give it or was unwilling to take Mo Li and Li Linsong home.

"Qingyuan, listen, I'm almost sold out. You take them two back quickly. Wanwan and Eucalyptus are probably awake too. They are still young, and your father's legs are not good. You go back and help grandma take care of them."

"Song Nanzhi now just wants to let the three children go back first. They are fine, and she can feel relieved.

"I can't tell that you, an old woman, can understand the general situation. Don't worry, Brother Qiang, I won't ask for more protection money from you. It's only one or two silver dollars a month. As long as you pay it on time, I guarantee that your stall will run smoothly.

If anyone dares to cause trouble for you again, I will beat him to death." Brother Qiang, who had a fierce look on his face, said, with a fierce expression on his face as he spoke, as if to say, as long as you don't give me this protection money, I will beat you to death.

"One tael of silver, why don't you go and grab it?" Murong Qingyuan said angrily after hearing that he wanted one tael of silver.

"It seems you are not going to give it to me?" Brother Qiang looked at Murong Qingyuan and clasped his hands

Ten held together.

He looked at the person in front of him with a cold look, impatiently wanting to hit him, "Of course I will give you what you should give, and of course I won't give you what you shouldn't give."

Brother Qiang didn't expect to run into a wall in front of a kid. He raised his hand and was about to hit him. "How dare a little brat dare to challenge me!"

But he didn't expect that his hand couldn't fall down. Huang Rui also stretched out his hand when Brother Qiang reached out, and grabbed Brother Qiang's hand firmly in his hand in mid-air, "Look at you.

You don’t look like someone who can’t afford meat even though your body is so fleshy, why are you so shameless going out and asking for food?”

Li Hu also walked up, "You don't know this. Generally, people who can't afford meat can only taste meat in ten and a half months. Even if they do, no one dares to eat it. This is

If we let go of eating, we will destroy the whole family." He glanced at Brother Qiang, who was tall and thick, and continued: "Only when he comes out to beg for food can he eat a lot of meat.

." After saying that, he felt very sorry for the two people beside him and said: "Tsk, tsk, we need to eat the same, why don't you grow a lot of meat?" Then he asked and answered himself: "It seems that you two

You're usually bullied by him, and he eats all the delicious food by himself, otherwise you wouldn't look like a monkey. Look at this pair of sharp mouths and monkey cheeks, it looks like you were reincarnated by a starving ghost!"

Before Li Hu finished speaking, the people around him who were watching the excitement couldn't help but laugh. However, after being looked at by Brother Qiang with a fierce look, they lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything again.

Being humiliated like this, the three gangsters also became angry, "You are looking for death!" After finishing the drink, Brother Qiang shouted to the other two people: "Why are you still watching? Hurry up!"

The two of them were ridiculed by Li Hu just now, and there was a slight gap in their hearts. However, due to Brother Qiang's usual harassment, the two of them obediently came forward to help. Li Hu looked them up and down.

After a moment, he picked out one that was slightly stronger, and prepared to leave the weaker one to Murong Qingyuan. He turned to look at Murong Qingyuan, "Boy, I'll leave this weakling for you, can you beat it?"

Murong Qingyuan had a stern look on his face. He didn't want to pay attention to Li Hu, but because he was here to help, he reluctantly replied: "I'll beat him even if I can't."

Li Hu:…….Okay, you are awesome!

Li Linsong was very scared at first, but when he saw Murong Qingyuan, he was not afraid at all. He also remembered that when he met the robbers on the road before, when they teamed up to hit people with stones, he became bolder and warned him

He asked Mo Li, "You go and see grandma off with me, and I'll help brother Qingyuan."

After saying that, he looked around and saw a half-cut brick not far away. He ran over and grabbed the brick in his hand. Then he ran to Murong Qingyuan and said, "Brother Qingyuan, you take this first, and I'll do it again."

Go find one."

Murong Qingyuan raised the corners of his mouth, "Very good," he said, "Let's find a big one. If we fight one against the other, we will definitely win." After encouraging Li Linsong, he warned, "Don't be soft for a while, Lu.

The law stipulates that even if you beat to death someone who wants to bully you, you will not be severely punished. Besides, such evil people deserve to be beaten to death. By beating them to death, we can still be regarded as removing a harm for the common people. They are also heroes, and it is not illegal.

.”

"Well said!" Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted.

Brother Qiang, whose hand was held by Huang Rui, looked at the crowd again, but his fierce eyes were instantly ineffective when Murong Qingyuan said again, "Dear uncles and aunties here, the four of us, my mother-in-law and my grandson, have been here in this county since we got up yesterday.

To do some small business, these three came up and asked us for something to eat.

That's it. After all, we sell food to them, just like everyone else, but they are different. Not only do they not want to give us money when buying things, but they also want us to give them one or two pieces of money. We only earn dozens a day.

It’s over a hundred cents, and this one tael is almost as much as our monthly income.”

After a pause, he continued: "They are not asking us for money again, they are making our family have no way of living. In order to survive, the brothers and sisters at home do not dare to rest at home, so they want to come out and shout more
To be continued...