daily struggle in ancient times

The noise outside gradually died down. It should be that the troublemakers left. After a while, Wei Yun heard someone remove something in front of the door. He tried to push it, and the door swung open.

The clean and tidy shop is now in a mess, the pastries are scattered all over the floor, the tables, chairs and stools are lying on the ground, and some broken porcelain pieces can be seen on the ground from time to time. Aunt Xing was standing at the door directing people to clean it up when she heard the door open. The voice turned around quickly.

"Why did the lord come out so soon?" The smile on his face was forced, "Go back and rest for a while, it's messy here, you are pregnant, so don't come in."

Gou Fulang on the side was very annoyed, just now seeing that something was wrong, a few people blocked a few tables at the door, for fear that Wei Yun would come out in a hurry and do something.As soon as the people left, he didn't think much about it, and removed the table without hesitation. If he knew it, he would pile it up for a while, and then remove it after finishing it outside.

"It's okay." Wei Yun knew that they were doing it for his own good, but now that everyone has left, there is nothing to avoid.

While slowly picking up the fallen ornaments on the table, he asked, "Do you know who came here just now?"

Hu Jianxian wiped his brother's face and said, "It's a bunch of bums in the city who specialize in collecting protection money."

Only then did Wei Yun realize that Hu Siqi's mouth was broken and his face was swollen, Lao Gao was shocked: "They still beat people?"

He hurried over to look at the wound on the child's face. The wound looked terrible, but it was actually a skin wound. The blood at the corner of the mouth was caused by his lips hitting the teeth, but he still asked worriedly: "Ear Are you sorry, can you hear me?"

Hu Siqi grinned foolishly, with a big heart, "I can hear it, don't worry Brother Wei, I'm solid, I can't break it, hehe."

Wei Yun patted his head and took out two taels of silver from his bosom. Fortunately, he was afraid of accidents, so he carried spare silver with him, "Ah Xing, take Siqi to Huichuntang to see if there is anything wrong Son is good."

Hu Siqi quickly waved his hands, "No need, it's nothing, it's just a slap in the face."

Hu Jianxian also said that there is no need to go, but was refuted by Wei Yun with a stern face: "It's better to go and have a look. They are all strong laborers. It doesn't matter how serious it is. Let the doctor take a look and feel safe, right? Otherwise, if there is a What, it's too late to regret."

Hu Siqi stopped talking, and secretly looked at his brother.

Hu Jianxian's lips trembled, and he responded with red eyes. After all, he was also worried about his brother, but Wei Yun had really helped the two brothers a lot, and he really didn't want to trouble him.

Wei Yun patted him on the shoulder, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Don't think there is anything wrong with you, I hired you to work, I'm treating you now, it's to make you feel grateful to me, so I can work hard for you in the future I'm working!"

Gou Fulang let out a chuckle, "That's right, our shopkeeper is a guard, hurry up and have a look at Langzhong, there must be a lot of things waiting for you when you come back."

Wei Yun nodded quickly, and the atmosphere in the room was not so tense anymore.

Amo Xing took the money in his hand with a smile, took the child by the hand and said: "Then we will go, the Lord must be careful where you step."

Seeing Wei Yun's serious answer, he took the child out and told Gou Fulang to close the door before going out.

The business of Zuo Zuo couldn't be done, so he just closed the door and cleaned up slowly. Even if the group of people came back, they wouldn't dare to smash the door openly, so it would be safer.

The damage to the things in the house is not too serious, the tables and chairs are fine, and they can be used after repairing.The dishes are also okay, it is not the time to eat, and the dishes displayed outside are limited, the biggest loss is the cakes displayed on the counter.

These pastries were made by Amo Xing and Fulang Gou with their hard work, and there was mung bean cake that Wei Yun just made in it.These pastries were scattered all over the place, and they were trampled all over the place. Everyone who saw them felt distressed.

"These days! Such a good thing has been squandered by them, they should starve to death!" Gou Fulang scolded while tidying up, and he was freed from the days of starving every day without eating the last meal. , the last thing to see someone wasting food.

Wei Yun pursed his lips, feeling very unhappy. He had only been in this business for half a month, and it was a big blow to him to encounter this kind of thing.

But he has encountered quite a few blows since he was a child. If he gave up so suddenly, he would not be Wei Yun.

He was at the back and didn't know the situation ahead, so he could only ask about the specific situation while cleaning.

In fact, the people in the store were also quite confused. This morning, everyone opened the door for business as usual.In the past two days, the business has gradually stabilized, and everyone took a breath, knowing that the guests would not come in so early.

A few people gathered together in twos and threes to talk while working, and when guests came one after another, they greeted them in an orderly manner.

Unexpectedly, just after a moment of Si time, a few men with messy clothes and sloppy clothes came into the store.These few people were strangers, and they looked hostile to the visitors, Gou Fulang felt that something was wrong, so he quickly blocked the door going to the back, and stood in front of the door by himself.

After these people entered the door and asked a few words casually, they picked up the pastries and ate them, threw them away after a few mouthfuls, and started smashing things without saying a word, just like crazy.

The big guys naturally wanted to stop them, but the other party couldn't stop them at all. Hu Siqi angrily bit one of the hands, and that slap was also left because of this.

Fortunately, these few just smashed things, but they didn't hurt anyone, and they also restrained their strength, so the big guy didn't get hurt more seriously.

But before they left, these people said that they would pay them a protection fee of two taels of silver a month to ensure that no one would come to make trouble. If they didn't pay, they would come to the door every day, making them unable to do business.

"Two taels?" Wei Yun frowned, and there was an unknown fire burning in his heart.

These few people are talking about two taels, but judging from their market conditions this month, their net profit does not exceed ten taels of silver. If these two taels are given out, it means that they spend seven or eight days in a month. Someone else did it!

Wei Yun couldn't accept it no matter what.

He basically didn't wander around the street selling vegetables before, he sold them to regular customers, and he couldn't sell them for a few dollars a month at that time, and these local snakes didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he didn't know the origin of these people Not sure, so I had to cast my eyes on Hu Siqi who just spoke.

"You know them? Do you know what's going on?"

Hu Siqi nodded, "I've seen it a few times, but I'm young, and they basically ignore me. But I've seen them go to the shop to collect money. I heard from a familiar shop that these people are second-rate people in the city. , I don’t have any legitimate jobs, so I just live on this protection money.”

"I heard that their eldest brother's surname is Liu, and everyone calls him Third Brother Liu. He is a very righteous person. The shop pays them protection fees. Whether they are beggars or hooligans, generally no one will come to make trouble. And even if someone comes to make trouble, they will be responsible for driving them away."

Gou Fulang rolled his eyes, "Are they still chivalrous men with feelings? Pooh! Grandma, those who come to make trouble may be done by their own people, not to mention cheating people's money, and charging protection money and pretending Chivalry wants a good name, what a bunch of scumbags who have become bitches and want to build a memorial archway!"

Wei Yun was very angry at first, but he couldn't help but feel a little funny when he heard such scolding, and quickly echoed: "That's right, Brother Six is ​​right."

Hu Jianxian also frowned slightly, but he didn't know what he thought of again, and his face was a little hesitant.

Seeing Wei Yun's encouraging gaze, Hu Jianxian didn't hide anything, and told the last thing he knew.

"I first saw that they went to the Hong's noodle restaurant to collect protection fees. The Hong's gave only a few hundred copper coins, but I also took a look at that from a distance. I couldn't see it clearly, and I couldn't estimate the exact amount, but Absolutely no consistent money."

Hong's noodle shop is also on this street, not far from their shop.

Gou Fulang couldn't help raising his voice: "What are you talking about? There are no such people who dare to ask us for two taels, two taels of money? They are bullying us newcomers, aren't they?"

Wei Yun shook his head, "I heard what Xian said, they all accept them around here, and the big guys will know as soon as they say it, they won't be so biased, otherwise the big guys can't think that this person is just. Rather than saying that they are bullying us, I It feels even more that they were instructed by others to find fault on purpose."

According to what Hu Jianxian said, this group of people has been doing this for a long time, and they can still have a reputation for righteousness among these people. They will definitely not smash things as soon as they come up, but prefer to persuade them in a friendly manner.

But the shop is being treated like this today, probably because someone asked for it.

"But we've only been open for half a month, who is full and has nothing to do and stares at us every day?"

Yes, Wei Yun also wants to know.His shop has only been open for half a month, what worries and grievances are worthy of the other party's coming to smash the place like this?

In this room, Wei Yun is still racking his brains to figure out who is going to make things difficult for him. In the other room, a few people who walked from Wei Yun's shop are gathering in a small courtyard not far away. The small round stone table is not full of water.

There were also a few large bowls and a wine jar on the table. The tables were crowded together, and the air was filled with the strong aroma of wine.

A square-faced man with gauze on his hand stuffed down the wine in the bowl, and complained: "Brother, why did you suddenly let the brothers do this today? That Weixiangzhai is full of little brothers and sisters." You can't even hit a child, and let a little kid bite you hard."

The baby-faced boy next to him was overjoyed, and taunted: "Gou Dali is really awesome today. He was bitten by a child and even slapped him. It made people bleed. How majestic!"

The square-faced man glared at him angrily, and retorted: "I didn't realize it, so I just hit him casually. Who knew that kid's skin is so tender."

The round-faced boy continued to yell at him with a smile: "Children have tender skin, you think everyone else is like you, rough skin, thick flesh, a few teeth marks after one bite, and pain in the cheeks of those who bite without bleeding. "

The square-faced man made an angry gesture to hit him, but was stopped by a man with a fleshy face and a scar on his face: "If you want to fight, go home and fight. Dali and you too. I told you not to fight today. Man, you just moved your hand and hit a child, you are not ashamed!"

Seeing him being criticized, the round-faced boy was very happy, and quite proud, but unfortunately, after a while, the man's target became him: "You too, and you are talking about him, do you think it is the one who beats a child? He, are you okay? Why did I let you watch them, and the result is different from not watching them? "

Seeing them deflated, the others roared with laughter, and some people laughed and asked: "Brother, isn't it just a newly opened shop, why is it worth our knocking on the door? And is two liang of silver too high? We only accept three hundred Wen."

The boss with a swollen face and a scar running across half of his face from yesterday picked up his wine glass, swallowed it down, and said slowly: "Who made them offend, old customers and new customers, we naturally favor old customers, right?"

"Old customer? Who is it?" The square-faced man was at a loss.

The round-faced boy hates iron but not steel, this elm head, except for this newly opened store, the whole street is full of their regular customers, and those who want to trouble Wei Xiangzhai are those few!

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see you tomorrow, good night, chirp