Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 126

In early winter, the wind is slightly cold, and the sky is clear and clear.

In the afternoon, on the main road in Lin'an County, a train of carriages from the High Speed ​​Rail Gang came.

Before the car stopped at the station, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy jumped out of the car with his luggage on his back.

In those days, there was no such thing as "you can only get off when you arrive at the station". As long as you want to, and you are not afraid of falling to your death, you can jump off the coach at any time, and you don't need to say hello to anyone.

Therefore, no one took Sun Yixie's move to get off the car early.

This time he went home, but he did not use the "reverse high-speed rail". From Wuchang to here, he took the coach of the high-speed rail gang all the way, and when crossing the river, he also took a big boat, so this part of the journey was quite smooth. .

When he arrived in Lin'an County, he had already stepped into the territory of Hangzhou Prefecture. Sun Yixie was already familiar with this area, so he didn't need to continue to take the coach.

He got off the car right now, not for any other reason, but he was a little hungry, and happened to smell the smell of food wafting in the wind, so he wanted to look for it.

The source of the aroma is not far away, it's just on the side of the street, within walking distance.

However, when Sun Yixie walked to the door of the restaurant, he couldn't help but stop, because he found that not only was there no signboard on the door of the restaurant, but the inside was also tattered; There are only two tables in the store, and there are already customers on one of the small tables near the corner. The smell of food should come from that table.

Ordinarily, when ordinary people see this kind of scene, they may not want to go in again, but Sun Yixie's thinking is rather strange, he feels... the more such a store is, the more he can try it, in case he finds out What niche food?

So, Sun Yixie strode in, sat down at the only empty table, put his luggage on the stool next to him, and then shouted: "Is there anyone? Eat!"

Unexpectedly, in the next second, one of the three people who were eating at the table in the corner stood up quickly, chewing the food, and ran to him and said, "Hey, here you go!" Nah."

Before the man approached, he met Sun Yixie's eyes, and both of them were stunned.

"Eh? It's you." Sun Yixie immediately realized that the visitor looked familiar.

As stated in the book here, this "man" is the cook Zhang Ergui whom Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai met in the Bugui Building in Luoyang City.

"Sun Shaoxia?" Zhang Ergui also recognized him very quickly, and immediately turned his head to the two people at the other table, "Boss Yuan, Mr. Xue, let's see who's coming."

In fact, even if he didn't shout, the two of them would have heard the conversation here, and Sun Yixie's voice is quite distinctive, so it's hard not to be recognized.

"Oh, it turns out to be Sun Shaoxia, a rare guest, a rare guest!" Xue Tui raised his hand enthusiastically as he walked over.

"Sun Shaoxia, do you still remember the old man?" Yuan Fangzhi was older, and his steps were not as fast as Xue Tui's, so he came two steps later and greeted Sun Ge.

"Master Yuan, Mr. Xue, and...Master Zhang." Sun Yixie also recalled the appearance of these three people again, and then remembered their names respectively.

To be honest, these three are really hard to recognize right now.

When Sun Yixie saw them last time, the three of them were all well-dressed and energetic, but now, all three of them were dressed in shabby and old clothes, their faces were as dirty as if they hadn't been washed, and their brows The mental state during the period is also sluggish, looking very stressed and tired.

"Ha, this is really destined, why are you here?" After glancing at them, Sun Yixie politely saluted the three of them and asked.

When the three heard the words, they looked at each other, and then all showed a bitter expression.

"Hey... don't mention it." Xue Tui still has to tell the story, "That night, the Bugui building was burned down by a fire, and the three of us escaped with great difficulty, but the next day we died. I heard that our boss and the people from Zhengyimen are all rebels, and they were taken over by Jin Yiwei.

"Fortunately, we are only in charge of cooking and keeping accounts in the Bugui building, and we don't know what the boss is doing on Jianghu Road, so Jin Yiwei didn't make things difficult for us.

"It's just...then we definitely can't stay in Luoyang City anymore. All the other shops in the city know that we used to be guys who didn't return to the building. They were afraid that we might have something to do with the Gate of Justice, so they didn't dare invite us...

"We were also helpless, so we left our hometown and thought of going to the south of the Yangtze River to make a living."

When he said this, Sun Yixie thought belatedly: In this way, the jobs of these three were ruined, and brother Huang and I seem to be somewhat responsible...

However, Brother Sun just thought about it in his heart, and he wouldn't say it out of his mouth.

"Oh... so that's the case." Sun Yixie paused for a few seconds, nodded, and then changed into a puzzled look, "Hiss... that's not right..." He looked up and looked around. Mr. Xue's talent, Master Yuan and Master Zhang's craftsmanship... No matter where you open a shop, there should be a lot of guests..."

"Isn't it?" Xue Tui continued, "I thought so too at first..." He shook his head bitterly, "I thought twice before leaving... I am from Shaoxing, and my hometown is not too far away from here. Far, Master Yuan and Master Zhang are also from the south, so they will feel more at ease here than in Luoyang; plus Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, I thought it would be easy to do business here, who knows..."

Before Xue Tui finished his sentence, he heard a commotion outside the shop.

Immediately afterwards, three or five guys who looked like local hooligans filed in from the door, and stood in the store bluffing.

"Hey! Guys, it's not a bad day today." As soon as a fat man at the head of the group came in, he saw Brother Sun sitting there, and immediately yelled loudly, "Are there any guests? How can you give us today?" Has the money come out?"

Sun Yixie heard the words, turned his head to look at the group of people, then looked at Xue Tui and asked: "Mr. Xue, this is..."

Xue Tui leaned down to Sun Yixie's ear with a sullen face, and said softly: "This is a bully in Lin'an County named Zeng Erbao. Bullying and dominating the market... In fact, when our store first opened, there were a lot of customers and the tables in the room were full. Unexpectedly, within a few days, Zeng Erbao brought his gang of cronies here to make trouble. We have a bad stomach here to blackmail our money... If we don't give it, they smashed the signboard of our shop, smashed the tables and chairs, and beat people... I went to report to the police, but Zeng Dabao, the head arrester, told me We typed it out, but in the end we had no choice but to give money... But if we did, they would come here every now and then, and once they came, other customers would not dare to come to the door, and in the end this shop became like this..."

Xue Tui is a scholar, and he is still a bit high-spirited in his bones, so he can still say this in a nonsensical way.

In fact, Xue Tui couldn't even say a lot of crap like Zeng Erbao did.

In the past few months, apart from being beaten and scolded in the store, the residences of Yuan Fangzhi and Zhang Ergui, as well as Xue Tui's house, were all stoned by gangsters.

Sometimes those gangsters would run outside Xue Tui’s house at night to make a scene, but Xue Tui’s family had a child besides his wife, and the child would cry all night after being so frightened. Stop, can't sleep, and those gangsters are laughing outside the house.

Xue Tui also ran to the gate of the yamen many times, and sometimes he went there when Zeng Dabao was not around, but none of the other yamen servants dared to offend Chief Zeng, and no one dared to file a case for him.

Some people may ask, why didn't he go to Laogu to complain?

Ladies and gentlemen, this matter is not that simple. The gate of the yamen is not like what you see in TV dramas. You can knock on it if you want...

As long as the drum of injustice is sounded, the master must be promoted.

Therefore, there are usually yamen guards watching the drums of injustice. If you want to play the drums, the yamen guards watching the drums must first ask you what is going on. , He won’t let you knock at all—for example, things like “Zhang San owes me two green onions next door and refuses to pay back”, if he lets you knock, he will have to be boarded with you when he goes to court.

As a "child prodigy" who once regarded becoming an official as his ambition, Xue Tui knew very well about the law of Daqian, so he knew that if a small case like his was harassed by local hooligans, if he was forced to complain, it would definitely be a crime. Those who need to eat a board... With his body, if he eats a board, he will be disabled even if he doesn't die, and his family will only suffer worse in the future.

However, Xue Tui couldn't move anywhere else.

Because when he left Luoyang, all his belongings there were sold at a low price, and the little money he got in exchange was basically invested in this store except for travel expenses. If this store disappears, Master Yuan and Zhang The master may still be able to find a part-time job in other places, but he, Xue Tuike, is going to sleep on the streets with his family.

Fortunately...he met Sun Yixie today.

"Hey! Shopkeeper Xue, what are you talking about furtively?" The next second, Zeng Erbao strode forward, stepped on the end of the bench where Sun Yixie was sitting, and interrupted. Xue Tui whispered, "What?" Zeng Erbao said, still tilting his head, turned his face, and looked closely at Sun Yixie, "Is this your friend?"

"Yes." Before Xue Tui could reply, Sun Yixie responded first, "Mr. Xue, Master Yuan, Master Zhang...are all my friends. Dare I ask you what you can teach me?"

The moment he said "friend", Xue Tui, Yuan Fangzhi, and Zhang Ergui felt relieved, because they all understood that Sun Yixie said those two words, which meant that he was going to take care of the matter at hand. .

"Drink~ I really dare to admit it." Hearing this, Zeng Erbao raised his head with a smile, and exchanged glances with his younger brothers; his younger brothers also laughed very cooperatively, and they didn't know why It looks very awkward.

"That's good..." Zeng Erbao put his face in front of Sun Yixie after communicating with his younger brothers, squeezed his sloppy face and said, "Your friend owes me a lot of money, you can do it for him." Pay it back."

"Heh..." Sun Yixie laughed at that moment.

This smile seemed a little inexplicable to those gangsters, but in the eyes of Xue Tui and the others, it made one's scalp tingle.

At this moment, Xue Tuina said in his heart: Zeng, you are going to be in trouble...

(End of this chapter)