"Handsome Xiao, long time no see. Are you okay?"
The three big men have a vicious look, and their words are even more sinister.
"It turns out I'm looking for Ah Xiao!"
"I wonder how Ah Xiao offended them?"
Everyone was thinking in their hearts, but they retreated far away.
We are all poor, and we are used to being bullied. We hide from evil people when we see them, but there is no such thing as standing by to help each other when something goes wrong.
That kind of loyalty only appears in tanci novels. The poor can't even find a full stomach, so how can they have the courage to help others?
The big man at the head looked the most vicious. Halfway through, he bent down and picked up a piece of sugar cane. He broke it with his knee and took a big bite from it.
Du Yongxiao didn't hide away and went straight to meet him: "What, Brother Tiger, are you in a good mood today to come here to eat sugar cane?"
The big man spat out the bagasse and smiled: "Yes, I'm in a great mood today! Four days have passed and there are three days left. It's time to pay back the 10,000 yuan you borrowed!"
There was a loud bang around----
"Ah, Xiao took out a loan shark?!"
"I'm going to die!"
Everyone looked horrified. In this era, borrowing money at usury meant digging one's own grave, which might kill the whole family.
Li Cuilian and Du Dapao looked even more shocked, especially Li Cuilian who took a step forward with a kitchen knife in hand, tightly holding the cracked wooden handle, and glared at Brother Tiger and others with her phoenix eyes.
"Ten thousand? It seems that the principal is only five thousand." Du Yongxiao frowned.
Brother Hu smiled, licked his ears and blew on his fingertips: "You are a smart man, I don't want to talk too much. In fact, our Lord Jin's lending is very fair----"
Du Yongxiao glanced at Brother Hu: "Fair? It's very fair. I borrowed 5,000 from Mr. Jin, and the interest is divided for two days. Every two days is equal to one gold. Even if it's seven days, it's not worth 10,000, at most." Eight thousand!”
Brother Hu smiled ferociously, opened his arms, revealing the colorful tiger tattoo on his chest, and approached Du Yongxiao: "Congratulations on your new job. Now I don't know who is Du Yongxiao at the end of Shek Kip. Du Yongxiao is now in plainclothes - how much does a plainclothes salary make, and how much does a patrolman have? How much? Even the Queen of England knows that she will give you a salary increase, an increase of one hundred a month! What about us, who will give us a salary increase?"
Du Yongxiao raised his eyebrows: "I just found out today that the accounts can be settled like this!"
"Of course it can be calculated like this!" Brother Hu took a bite of sugar cane and used his dirty hands to help Du Yongxiao tidy up his tie in front of everyone: "Look at how handsome you are now! Different status, interest and principal will be heavier. Forget it---charging a little more is a sign of respect for you!"
"Brother Tiger is sharp! Aren't you afraid that I might wear tiger skin and turn into Wu Song?" Du Yongxiao said in a cold tone, grabbing the other person's hand and preventing him from moving any more.
"Wu Song? We are not afraid of anything when it comes to lending money. Don't say you are Wu Song. Even if you are the King of Heaven, I will still accept it!" Brother Hu let go of his hand and revealed a sinister smile on his lips, "Besides, I heard that you offended Inspector Hua. Yan Xiong, if you squeeze out his godson, you may not be able to wear this tiger skin well!"
"What do you mean, I will receive 10,000 yuan regardless of whether I am employed or not?"
"Ten thousand, not much! There are so many people in your family, and you have a younger sister, right? I don't know if she's pretty or not. The stables on Portland Street really like young buds!"
"Fuck you!" Li Cuilian was furious when she heard this. Just as she was about to step forward, Du Yongxiao stopped her and stood in front of her---
The waist is straight and the posture is like an insurmountable mountain.
"Ah Xiao!"
"son!"
Li Cuilian and Du Dapao said in unison.
Du Yongxiao didn't seem to hear anything. He buried his head in his hands and wiped the wrinkled clothes of Brother Hu. Then he slowly raised his head with a sharp look in his eyes: "I will pay back the money! But if you dare to touch my family..."
"What's wrong——"
Before Brother Hu finished speaking, Du Yongxiao snatched the knife from his mother's hand----
The knife falls from the hand!
boom!
The sugar cane in Brother Tiger’s hand,
Cut in two!
"Then it depends on whether your neck is as hard as sugar cane?!"
Brother Hu narrowed his eyes and took a serious look at Du Yongxiao for the first time.
Du Yongxiao's fierce eyes and gloomy tone just now really shocked him.
The other two debt collectors were also stunned for a moment and looked at Brother Hu together.
The surrounding neighbors stared wide-eyed and felt it was difficult to even breathe.
Li Cuilian and Du Dapao were even more nervous and their palms became sweaty.
Brother Hu looked at Du Yongxiao who was holding a kitchen knife and his eyes were as cold as death. He threw away the sugar cane in his hand and clapped his hands: "Okay! We just want money! Three days, right? I promise you! In three days, ten thousand yuan, not a penny." Can not be less!"
Du Yongxiao swung his kitchen knife and slashed at the sugar cane tied on the ground: "It's a deal!"
Brother Hu shrank his eyes and glanced at the kitchen knife. The kitchen knife was still trembling after being chopped on the sugar cane. Without further words, he turned around and left with the others.
Everyone around looked at Du Yongxiao in silence.
A moment----
"Axiao borrowed a loan at a high interest rate. Do you have to pay back the full ten thousand?"
"He also offended Inspector Hua Yan Xiong? He's going to die!"
The chatter in the crowd became louder and louder.
Before Li Cuilian could speak-----
"Sorry, Sister Lian, I suddenly remembered that we are still cooking at home!"
"Me too, I haven't confiscated my clothes yet! The observatory said it's going to rain tonight!"
The group of people who had been trying so hard to fawn over the Du family just now dispersed as if they were seeing a plague, and they didn't forget to take their gifts with them before leaving.
"Uh, what's going on?" Ah Shuibo was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned back to Li Cuilian and said, "I remembered, Ali's mother told her that major marriage matters must be discussed with her - I forgot to discuss it with her !”
"What do you mean, Uncle Shui? Just now you said that you won't marry anyone except our filial piety!" Li Cuilian lost her temper and pointed at the other person's nose with her hands on her hips.
"No, marriage is a big deal! Besides, don't you have to ask your Axiao to see if he agrees with this kind of thing?"
"No need to ask, I agree!" After Du Yongxiao said this, he took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one in his mouth, and shook out the match.
"Ah, you agree?" Ah Shuibo was surprised, fearing that Du Yongxiao would say that he agreed to marry Ali.
He only has a daughter, and he wants to marry into a good family. Not to mention Li Mazi at the bakery, and the 50-year-old boss Zhang at the laundry are both interested in his daughter, and the betrothal gift is sufficient.
"Don't be afraid, I mean I agree that you should go back and ask Ali about her mother first!" Du Yongxiao looked at the panicked A Shuibo and scratched his chin with the hand holding a cigarette: "As for my marriage to Ali , Let’s talk about it later!”
Ah Shuibo breathed a sigh of relief: "That's right! Ah Xiao, you should read the book and understand the truth! Ali, hurry up, let's go back first!"
A Shuibo was afraid of being stopped by the Du family, so he grabbed his daughter's arm and was about to run away. After thinking about it, he quickly turned around and picked up the sugar cane on the ground, and then rubbed oil on the soles of his feet.
Ali was stunned by Du Yongxiao's handsome appearance in white clothes just now. She glanced at Du Yongxiao, bit her lip, and finally followed her father with a flick of her braid.
What's the use of being handsome?
A man with no future,
I can only stay in Shek Kip Mei for the rest of my life!
