After sleeping at home for one night, Wu Aibing took Yang Dongxu to Dongzi the next day. Now Dongzi basically doesn't go to the billiards room. The most popular entertainment place in Yanjing is the billiards room, so this thing is not very profitable now. Dongzi just threw it to his subordinates and didn't pay attention.
Now Dongzi's office is located in the granary in the east of the city. This old granary has been empty for many years, so Dongzi rented it and repaired it and used it as a warehouse.
"This place is really small." Yang Dongxu was a little surprised when he looked at the huge warehouse, which was more than ten meters high and about the same size as a two-story building. He turned around and looked around.
"In the past, one-third of the food in Yanjing City was piled here. It's too small to fit in, right?" Dongzi said with a smile, and several people walked to the nearby hut together.
When he arrived at the room, Dongzi explained the matter without beating around the bush. It was similar to what Yang Dongxu had guessed. The other party was also a person with a background, and he had been eyeing Dongzi's business for a long time. He had paid attention to it since the billiard table appeared from the beginning. .
However, Dongzi's base is in the East City, and several billiard rooms are also here, while the other party is in the West City. Although the other party is eyeing Dongzi to make money, there is no king in the two families.
As for the words that Yang Dongxu had talked with Zhou Yiren before, a storm finally brewed during these days, or in other words, the undercurrent had been surging, and it was only now that it made some waves on the surface.
"What do you want to do?" Yang Dongxu asked after listening to Dongzi's narrative.
"If the soldiers hadn't stopped him last time, I would have killed that guy." Even though some time had passed, Dongzi still got angry when he thought about it.
Cutting off someone's wealth is like killing one's parents. It's really disrespectful for him to follow the route he came out and put his hand into his bowl to eat the meat without even saying hello. If he can't handle this matter well, how can he still be on the street? Face-to-face?
"I have an idea. I wonder if you will listen to it?" Yang Dongxu said after pondering.
"Say." Dongzi sat up straight.
Dongzi is obviously a smart man. He has gone from being a well-known gangster on the street to now being respectfully called Dongge by everyone when he goes out. He knows exactly why.
Therefore, after being in contact with him for such a long time, he never regarded Yang Dongxu as an eight-year-old child, but as an adult equal to himself.
"This matter will be like this for the time being. In the future, you will be less involved in things on the street, or simply stop participating. Those of your subordinates who can arrange work will be arranged to do serious work, and those who cannot be arranged will be given some money to pass the time."
"This..." Dongzi neither agreed nor objected but looked at Yang Dongxu and waited for the next step.
"Sooner or later something will happen to those who are gangsters. Who doesn't get wet shoes when walking along the river? If you are still gangstering like before, or if you have more money now and are gangsters even more, do you think someone will try to punish you in the future? Can you hide?" Yang Dongxu asked.
Yang Dongxu's words made Dongzi's expression change, although he didn't do anything to kill anyone or maim his opponent. You can use bricks to hit the opponent's head, or drill a few holes in the opponent's body to send him to the hospital.
However, he knew people, and he had his uncle, a high-ranking emperor's official, leaning against him, so nothing ever happened to him. But just because something doesn’t happen now doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future.
Let’s not talk about the severe crackdown in 1983. I don’t know how many people are jealous just because Dongzi makes money like this. And if you are so arrogant and don't know how to keep a low profile after making money, it will only be a matter of time before you are bullied.
Yang Dongxu even felt that the people who were robbing Dongzi's business this time in Xicheng had been merciful, or they felt that it was a bit unjust to steal Dongzi's business, so they didn't kill him.
If you meet someone with a thicker skin, it is definitely possible to just take the handle and send Dongzi in. A person as rich as him who is so arrogant will be regarded as a shiny fat pig in future generations. As long as he is stared at, he will be directly slaughtered and eaten.
"Probably not, over there in Xicheng..." Dongzi was obviously a little reluctant to suddenly give up the chassis he had worked hard on the street.
"I can't control what happens to them. Anyway, I hope you can listen to me. I just don't understand. Why do you insist on keeping those chassis on the street? Even if you collect protection fees, how much can you make in a month? You’re tall? It’s easy to get into trouble, and the risk is very high. If you’re not careful, you’ll get into trouble.”
"You have no one under you, so you don't have the confidence to do things in Four-Nine City, right?" Dongzi's words were obviously not to make excuses for himself. The second thing was to support the gang of boys and make money. The main thing was to be in the limelight, and at the same time, there was no business without them. Not easy to do.
"You still didn't understand what I said. I'm not asking you to drive everyone away, but I'm asking you to hang out less on the streets and get into trouble. Fortunately, people are more careful this time and know what's wrong. Otherwise, just because you are on the streets. Those things on the surface.
If someone in Xicheng has a bad heart and directly puts you into trouble, you won't be able to get over even if your uncle helps you carry him. We are people doing serious business, so we try not to touch those messy things as much as possible. "
Thinking about the year after tomorrow, it will be 1983, and Yang Dongxu kept rubbing his forehead. Dongzi is very easy to use and handles some things as cleanly as Wu Aibing. Yang Dongxu doesn't want to lose this helper.
But time waits for no one. If Dongzi doesn't pull away and tuck his tail in advance, Yang Dongxu is ready to pull away. His stall is already quite large, and he doesn't want to affect his future because of Dongzi alone. develop.
"I'll think about it." Dongzi knew that Yang Dongxu was doing it for his own good, but if you don't hang out on the street and make people afraid of you, then who will give you face when doing things in the future.
He is not Yang Dongxu. I don’t know that he is already a fat pig now and will be slaughtered as long as someone targets him. I don’t know that in a few years, as long as you have money in your hands and connections behind you, you will be just hanging around on the streets. Just a little guy.
Yang Dongxu did not try to persuade him anymore, and went directly to Dong'anfu Hutong from the warehouse. After two months of construction, the courtyard has been basically completed. It is now being painted and waiting to dry. It will be ready for habitation in another half month.
Yang Dongxu felt as if he was walking into history when he walked into the courtyard. The reconstruction of the entire courtyard was based on the previous foundations being excavated and the original structure of the courtyard restored.
Except for the foundation and load-bearing walls, which are made of cement and steel structures, all other materials are old materials. For example, the beams are made of high-quality wood. Recently, many LC areas have been renovated, and these wood are removed from other courtyard houses.
The ground in the yard is not cemented, but bluestone slabs that cost extra money to lay. The windows are also old-fashioned, but they are made of glass instead of window paper.
The pond has been cleaned. Old Man Xuan told him that stagnant ponds tend to smell bad, but there is a spring under the pond. Therefore, as long as the water in the pond is pumped out from time to time, new water will gush out of the spring to ensure that the pond is clear.
When Yang Dongxu arrived, Wang Qiangguo was leading workers to clean up debris and build up flower beds, preparing to plant some jasmine and qilixiang to repel mosquitoes in summer. In addition, lotus flowers were planted in the pond, which basically ensured that the yard There are no mosquitoes, so you can enjoy the cool air comfortably.
Yang Dongxu didn't like the scent of the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, which also attracted insects, so he planted a locust tree in the yard and then built a grape trellis. The locust tree branches are lush and leafy, so you can take a nap under them in the summer, not to mention the grape trellis. Covering half the yard with wires makes it look very comfortable.
As for planting other flowers and plants besides mosquito repellent, Yang Dongxu didn't care about it, Old Man Xuan would worry about it. It's better to leave it to him than to an amateur like myself.
Another early morning, Yang Dongxu started his bathing career, but this time Old Man Xuan did not let him soak the medicine directly, but asked him to box with him.
"Didn't you say that you are not good at practicing martial arts since you were young?" Yang Dongxu looked at Old Man Xuan in surprise.
"It's true that you can't grow taller even with hard kung fu. Stiff muscles will limit the growth of bones, but it's okay to box. You haven't made any medicine for more than a month. Boxing first will evacuate the muscles and bones all over the body, so that the effect of the medicine will be better. ." Old man Xuan said and made a starting move, asking Yang Dongxu to practice with him.
The martial arts that he had thought about for a long time was actually so easy to acquire and practice. Yang Dongxu was speechless. If I had known better, I would have gone home earlier, or just run away for a few days without taking a shower.
The boxing technique is very simple, it does not require any brute force when swinging, and the speed is not very fast. It is like Tai Chi, but it is not Tai Chi, but Xingyiquan, and it is the snake shape in Xingyiquan alone.
Practicing martial arts without practicing kung fu will lead to nothing. Old man Xuan obviously understands this truth very well. So Yang Dongxu not only had to learn the martial arts that he had been dreaming about today, but Old Man Xuan also taught him the art of breathing and breathing.
"The snake shape in Xingyiquan is a horizontal fist, which activates the yang energy in the kidneys. The kidneys govern the bones, and even the snake shape allows you to stretch your muscles..." Old Man Xuan asked Yang Dongxu to learn from him while boxing, and told Yang Dongxu how to vomit. Na mobilizes the breath.
Yang Dongxu couldn't have any internal strength at this time, so all he mobilized was his own breathing rhythm. After several times, Yang Dongxu memorized the movements. Old Man Xuan stopped and let Yang Dongxu do it by himself. He corrected his movements beside him and asked him to pay attention to the rhythm of breathing.
This practice lasted for an hour. Although the movements were very simple, just like digging in the ground, Yang Dongxu did a lot of work when he returned home this time. But even with the rhythm of breathing and breathing, Yang Dongxu's whole body seemed to be fished out of the water.
Especially the big joints of the shoulders, hips, and knees, there is an indescribable soreness, as if the neck is stiff. Old Man Xuan carried him into the medicine bucket. The medicine entered his body through his pores, and several large joints felt like they were being pricked by needles.
"How can I practice martial arts in the future if I can't bear this little pain?" Seeing Yang Dongxu grinning in the medicine bucket, Old Man Xuan reached out and slapped him on the back of the head, "Who are you planning to trick when you come back early this time?"
"I have no enemies, who can I cheat?" Yang Dongxu said through gritted teeth.
He felt that Old Man Xuan was not planning to use Xingyiquan to assist him in practicing Qigong and make up for the missed medicine because he had not brewed medicine for more than a month, but that he wanted to use this method to torture him and make him I don’t have the energy to plot against others.
It’s the third update today. Friends who sleep late can wait a moment and continue asking for recommendation votes and favorites. There are many typos, and they are being corrected.
