Bai Gu yawned, walked out with his sore and swollen head, and met two pairs of eyes.
A pair of energetic, angry eyes.
A pair of eyes that showed unwillingness and grievance, but had to endure it.
Bai Gu closed his eyes, turned around and wanted to escape from here.
He didn't want to face the owner of these two pairs of eyes.
Old Liu Tou.
Brother Peng.
Old Liu Tou broke off a small piece of rice and date cake, threw it into his mouth, and said in a lukewarm tone, "Why, are you willing to give it up?"
Bai Gu secretly thought that was bad, but he quickly put on a good look on his face, ran over, pinched Lao Liu's shoulders and slapped his back, and kept muttering, "Grandpa Liu, look at this intensity. How about it? Should it be lighter or more focused?"
Lao Liutou didn't care about his move at all. He grabbed Bai Gu's hand with his backhand, turned it over slightly, and the latter sat on the chair. Old Liu pointed to the bowl on the table, "Drink, sober up."
There was a dark, unknown liquid in the bowl.
Are you sure this isn't a bowl of ink?
Bai Gu picked it up doubtfully, smelled it, and almost pushed it over on the spot.
Good guy, there is a smell in sourness. Sourness is the sourness of rancid food, and stink is the fishy stench of fish internal organs.
This must have been fished out of a smelly ditch!
But after taking a look at Old Liu Tou, who had a dull expression, Bai Gu still gritted his teeth and drank the bowl of unknown liquid in one breath.
It's best to listen to Old Liu Tou now, at least he'll be scolded less later.
It's just... this bowl of stuff... vomit... the staying power is a bit... vomit... a bit big... vomit...
Bai Gu couldn't bear it anymore and opened his mouth, but he only let out a wine burp.
The overnight kind.
Brother Peng silently covered his nose with his hand.
The taste is a bit strong.
Old Liu Tou waved his hand in front of him to sweep away all the stench, and continued to eat the rice and date cake.
Brother Peng was confused.
Because Old Liu Tou swept all the stench to him.
Oh no, I...
Brother Peng looked helpless and innocent, but in front of Old Liu Tou, he did not dare to have other thoughts or say a word, so he had to hold his nose silently.
Bear with it.
Bai Gu burped the wine, and his whole body suddenly felt much more relaxed. His head no longer hurt, and it didn't feel bloated anymore. He felt much more comfortable.
Just... I seem a little hungry...
My stomach started to protest.
Just as Bai Gu was about to reach out for the cakes on the table, he heard Old Liu Tou speak, so he had to retract his hand silently.
"You guys are really good at it. You guys are so drunk and come home late." Old Liu Tou sneered.
Bai Gu silently lowered his head and began to act like an ostrich.
Brother Peng just lowered his eyelids and looked like he was listening carefully.
Old Liu Tou took one look at the two of them and was so angry that he gave Brother Peng a chestnut and cursed angrily: "You two! If I see you going drinking and coming back late again, I will whip you both with a cane!" Then he scolded Brother Peng: "And you, A Peng, can you not lead Xiaobai into trouble! You even took him to drink. Why don't you drink and die outside? Don't come back!"
Brother Peng looked innocent, but he didn't dare to say a word.
Bai Gu spoke weakly, "Grandpa Liu, I invited Brother Peng and the others to drink. Don't blame Brother Peng."
Old Liu's eyes widened, "You still have the nerve to say that! If you don't learn well at a young age, how can you drink like a disciple? And you drink like that! Why don't you just sleep on the road and get drunk to death!"
"How do I know my drinking capacity is so bad..."
"How dare you say that! Is this a matter of a good drinker? Drinking will ruin things! Do you think that everything will be fine if you have a good drinker? Or do you think it is an honor to be able to drink? Ah!" Old Liu Tou said with a look on his face I hate that iron cannot be turned into steel.
Bai Gu stopped talking.
Lao Liutou was full of anger. He reached out to pour a glass of water and was about to drink it. However, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He threw the glass on the table and said, "Get out of here, both of you!"
Bai Gu and Brother Peng were relieved and quickly ran out of the house.
Old Liu Tou broke off a piece of rice and date cake, threw it into his mouth and chewed hard, "These two little bastards are really annoying!"
After walking out, Bai Gu scratched his head and said apologetically: "Brother Peng, I'm sorry for causing you to be scolded."
"It's okay. I should have stopped you from drinking so much. Ah Guang and the others are really ungrateful!" Brother Peng sighed helplessly, and then took out a few more banknotes from his arms. And some broken silver, "I'll give these back to you."
Bai Guoli immediately hid back, put his hands behind his back, and shook his head quickly, "I won't take it. These are originally for you, Brother Peng. There is no reason to take back the water that was thrown out."
"But this... is too much."
Bai Gu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Peng. Didn't I say before that I sold the snake scales? Now I have money and sense. You can treat this money as repaying the protection fees of previous years." You take the flowers first, and then ask me to get them after you finish them. Don't be polite. After all, you took care of me so much before, and I don't know how to repay you. Now I should spend some money."
The Qianmo Division is responsible for the security of the suburban areas of Yunshui City. Although the government allocates a fund every year, all the people in the Qianmo Division are carefully selected and righteous people. They are tall and strong, and each has an astonishing appetite. In addition, the suburban area is large, so more people need to be dispatched. Qian Mosi provides food and accommodation, and a certain monthly allowance. The monthly food expenses alone cost a lot. Including other expenses, the funds allocated by the government are completely insufficient.
Therefore, the deputy director of the Qianmo Division came up with a way to ask the areas under his jurisdiction to pay a management fee every month to alleviate the tight expenditure problem of the Qianmo Division.
The euphemistic name is protecting the people with the power of the people, but in fact it is a bad idea.
First of all, the suburbs of Yunshui City are far less prosperous and wealthy than the city. They are more poor alleys like Lingding Lane. The better ones are just rundown small mountain villages. How can there be any money? So the management fee paid is almost nothing.
Secondly, the total management fees for the entire suburban area are actually not much. They say they want to alleviate the tight expenditure problem of Qianmo Company, but in fact they are just a drop in the bucket.
Moreover, the management of Qianmosi continued to implement this decision even though they knew it was useless, which invisibly aggravated the conflict between the people in the suburbs and the government.
Originally, the people in the suburbs, especially those in poor alleys like Lingding Lane, lived at the bottom and were so poor that they had to fight and beg for food every day just to make ends meet. Now the government has to forcefully dig out the small amount of food from their teeth, or even more than half a month's food money. Who is willing to do this? This is cutting out flesh to fill holes!
However, due to the prestige of the government and the brutality of the surrounding thugs, the people in the suburbs still chose to pay the management fees.
Just cut out the flesh, it is much better than being injured and wiped out by the villains.
However, it is not that the people have no reason to complain, but it is not easy to show their anger in public, so they privately call the management fee protection fee, which is a kind of venting without confidence.
Because Bai Gu really didn't have the money to pay the management fee, he had no choice but to shamelessly keep paying it. Brother Peng, because of Mrs. Bai's kindness, has been helping Bai Gu advance management fees in the past few years.
Both of them knew about this, but they didn't make it clear.
Seeing that Brother Peng wanted to say something more, Bai Gu quickly took a few steps back and said, "Brother Peng, just take it if I ask you to. Don't be polite. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying that, he ran away quickly.
Brother Peng looked at Bai Gu's hurried back, then looked at the broken banknotes in his hand, smiled helplessly, and had to put them away silently.
Go back and teach those guys a lesson, damn, you’re going to get me scolded!
Especially this guy A Guang!
He was the one who encouraged Xiaobai to drink the most!
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Bai Gu walked around aimlessly.
As we walked, we came to the opposite side of Cheung Chau Pharmacy.
Bai Gu squatted on the side of the road, holding his chin with his hands, looking at the Changzhou Pharmacy opposite with a frown on his face, wanting to go in but not daring to go in.
If you want to go in, you must want to see how Bai Xiaoxiao is doing.
Has Mr. Wu started treating Xiaoxiao? Is Xiaoxiao feeling better now? Can you tell when you will wake up?
These Bai Gu are anxious to know.
It's easy to not want to go in. He smells of alcohol now and is afraid of inhaling Bai Xiaoxiao.
Bai Gu became more and more annoyed as he squatted down, so he stood up.
Then his head felt dizzy.
Get up violently.
Bai Gu finally went to the wonton shop next door and ordered three bowls of wontons.
Since morning till now, I have eaten nothing except Lao Liutou's strange bowl of hangover soup, and now I am almost starving to death.
The old beggar brought him here to eat last time, and it tasted pretty good.
Bai Gu had nothing to do, so he held his chin and watched the owner of the wonton shop cooking wontons.
Only then did Bai Gu realize that the owner of the wonton shop seemed...a little short. Not as tall as him, and a bit hunchbacked. Her face is also small and wrinkled, and her smile looks like a dying chrysanthemum.
There is an indescribable wretchedness.
It's different from the old beggar. Although the old beggar is a little wretched, at least he is clearly wretched and candid.
This wonton shop owner... is a bit mean-spirited and sinister, and he doesn't look like a good person.
No wonder the old guy had a bad attitude toward the wonton shop owner.
Bai Gu shook his head, not thinking about all these things.
The wontons are here, let’s eat the wontons first.
Filling your stomach is the most important thing.
The sky is big and the earth is big, and eating is the biggest thing.
