After Li Ermazi and his group of horse bandits had eaten and drank enough, they should have left here with the money given by Sun Lichang and returned to their horse bandits' camp.
After all, it was already dark at this time. If he didn't leave, it would be very dangerous to wait until it was completely dark and then try to ride a horse in this desert.
But this group of horse bandits seemed to have already gotten used to it, and they all got up after they had had enough wine and food.
Sun Lichang thought they were leaving, so he stood up and held his hands in farewell.
At this moment, everyone in the caravan wanted these guys to get out of here, otherwise everyone would stare at them in fear, unable to eat or drink well, and not even dare to go upstairs to rest.
Who knew that Li Ermazi waved his hand to Sun Lichang and had no intention of leaving. Instead, he turned to Lu Hu and said, "Hurry up and get the money I asked you to prepare last time. I have to rush back to the camp." "
Shao Xi and others were stunned when they heard Li Ermazi's words. How could the Land Rover father and son still owe money to the horse bandits when they opened an inn here? Could it be that he had no money to purchase goods and borrowed money from the horse bandits?
This is a new thing. I have never heard of anyone borrowing money from horse bandits.
But if Lu Rover didn't owe the horse bandit any money, why did Li Ermazi suddenly ask Lu Rover for it?
As soon as Li Ermazi finished speaking, Lu Hu hurriedly stepped forward, nodded and bowed, and replied: "Second Master, we, father and son, opened this inn here. Life was difficult originally, and there has been no business in the past two months. , where is the money for the second master?
"I hope that the second master will raise his hand and let my father and son go. The money you asked for last time, please allow the second master some more time. When my father and my son have saved enough money, they will give it to me with both hands."
Unexpectedly, Li Ermazi stared at him after hearing this, and said cursingly: "You are so fucking ignorant, you have been here for so long, and every time I ask you to get money, you are always nagging and delaying.
"I don't have much patience. Get the money quickly. Then talk nonsense to me and burn down your inn. Break your legs. Take your son back and sell him as a slave."
Shao Xi and others finally understood. It turned out that it was not Land Rover that owed money to these horse bandits, but the father and son who opened a shop here. This group of horse bandits would come here from time to time to extort money and demand money.
This made Shao Xi couldn't help but secretly curse them. It's okay for you group of horse bandits to intercept the passing caravans and extort money. After all, the profits of these caravans are still considerable. Even if they lose some along the way, at least they won't. Lose money easily.
But the father and son opened such a small inn in a desert oasis with no village in front of them and no store in the back. The business was not very good at first, and life was already difficult. You still have to come over from time to time to make a fortune. This How do you want people to live?
But even though they couldn't see it, they couldn't intervene. Originally, what the caravan wanted was to be safe.
Previously, Sun Lichang spent such a large sum of money to finally buy peace for his caravan. If he interfered at this time, he would only cause unnecessary trouble for the caravan.
Therefore, Shao Xi and others could only sit aside and watch helplessly as the horse bandits blackmailed the Lu Rover father and son.
Faced with Li Ermazi's difficulties, Lu Hu could only keep begging in a low voice.
"Second head of the family, it's not that my father and son are unwilling to take out the money, it's because they really have no money. There has been no business and no money has been recorded in their accounts recently.
"It's hard to get these customers here today. We have to sell some money to buy some goods for the rest of the day. If all this money is given to the second master, my father and son will not be able to survive in the following days.
"I would like to ask the Second Master to be considerate and show your kindness and grant me and my son some time. Once you have money, you will definitely use it to honor the First Master and the Second Master."
When Li Ermazi saw Lu Hu saying he had no money, he immediately became angry and kicked Lu Hu to the ground.
He cursed in his mouth: "You don't know how to flatter me. Are you shameless? I don't care if you have business recently. If you don't have money, don't open a store here."
"You have a guest here today. Now give me the money you received, otherwise I will set the shop on fire immediately."
At this time, Lu Yunxiang saw Li Ermazi beating his father, and he rushed in front of Li Ermazi and blocked Lu Hu behind him.
He said to Li Ermazi with an unconvinced look on his face: "Don't bully others too much! We, father and son, opened a shop here to make money based on our ability. Firstly, I didn't take your money, and secondly, I didn't eat your food. You guys come here every two days." We don’t owe you anything if you want money, you are just a bunch of robbers who rob homes and bully others.”
When Li Ermazi saw this little kid Lu Yunxiang rushing up to scold him, he smiled instead of getting angry.
"You little brat, you have a bad temper. I'm a fucking robber to begin with. How about you? If you two open a shop here, you have to get money from me. If you don't get the money, you'll get out. If you don't get out, I'll kill people and burn down the shop. .
"If you have the ability, kill me. Who within a hundred miles of this desert doesn't know about our Yesha Gang? The name of our leader, Shahu, guarantees your safety here.
"Now I ask you to pay some respect and talk nonsense, little bastard, I think you are asking for a beating."
As he spoke, Li Ermazi raised his hand to hit Lu Yunxiang, but Lu Hu pulled Lu Yunxiang behind him, and the slap hit Lu Hu firmly in the face.
Lu Hu quickly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to Li Ermazi and begged for mercy: "Don't blame me, the second master. Please forgive me, the second master. The child is young and ignorant, and his words have offended the second master. Please don't take it to heart. I beg the second master." If you give us some time, we will definitely give it to the second boss if we have the money."
Without saying anything, Li Ermazi raised his leg and kicked Lu Hu again.
"Stop talking useless nonsense to me. Give me today's income first. I will give it to you for three days. If I come here after three days and can't get the money, don't blame me for being cruel."
Lu Hu was kicked to the ground by Li Ermazi. Just as Lu Yunxiang was about to step forward to argue again, Lu Hu stopped him, pushed him into the kitchen and told him not to come out. Then he stumbled to Sun Lichang. in front of.
"This shopkeeper is really sorry. Your distinguished guests have just arrived at the shop and it's not time to check out yet. Logically speaking, I shouldn't ask guests for money to stay in the hotel.
"But you, the shopkeeper, have also seen that I really have no choice. Shopkeeper, do you think you can pay the money for the shop and the food and wine to me first, so that I can use it to honor the uncles of the Yesha Gang?"
Sun Lichang, Shao Xi and others were sitting at the same table. Seeing everything happening in front of them, they actually felt very unhappy and deeply angry.
But there was nothing they could do at this time. Such noisy matters were not their business. It was good that they could keep themselves safe now. There was really nothing they could do about the matter of Lu Rover and his son.
At this time, Lu Rover asked him for money to stay in the hotel. It is said to be against the rules. Checking out in advance before leaving the hotel is not the way to do business.
But the situation in front of him was so special, and Sun Lichang felt very sympathetic to Lu Rover, so he took out a piece of silver and handed it to Lu Rover without saying much.
To be honest, they didn't even need the money for food and accommodation, but Sun Lichang still decided to give more. Maybe this could help Lu Rover and his son tide over the difficulties.
Lu Hu was stunned for a moment when he saw the valuable money handed over by Sun Lichang. He was about to say something but was stopped by Sun Lichang's eyes.
He knew that Lu Lu wanted to say that he had given too much, but at this time, in front of Li Ermazi and others, if he said this, he would inevitably receive another punch.
Lu Hu took the silver coin and glanced at Sun Lichang with grateful eyes. He nodded slightly and sighed helplessly. He turned around and came to Li Ermazi and handed over the silver coin with both hands.
Li Ermazi unceremoniously grabbed the silver coin in his hand, weighed it in his hand, and turned to look at Sun Lichang.
He said with a sarcastic tone: "Shopkeeper Sun is really generous. He gave so much right away. He is indeed a big business person!"
Sun Lichang forced a smile and cupped his hands towards Li Ermazi. In fact, he was not sure how to scold his mother at this moment!
But no one expected that Li Ermazi didn't stop there.
Instead, he turned to Lu Rover and said: "You only gave me half of this money now. I will come and get the other half in three days. If you can't give me another five taels in three days, I will still be rude to you."
This sentence made Lu Hu stunned. Just when he was about to say something else, Li Ermazi didn't give him a chance at all, turned around and walked out with the group of horse bandits.
I saw horses neighing and dust rising outside the inn. After a group of horse bandits had drunk and eaten, they took the silver and walked away. Only Lu Rover was left standing there blankly, looking at the dust that had not yet dissipated outside the door. His face looked like he was about to cry but had no tears.
Shao Xi saw this situation in his eyes. Although he was indignant, he couldn't say anything.
When people live in this world, they still have to rely on themselves for many things. Others can only help for a while but not for the rest of their lives.
In fact, Shao Xi could give Lu Rover another piece of silver to help him solve the dilemma in three days, but is the matter over?
No, never!
This time Lu Rover took out ten taels, and next time Li Ermazi would ask him for twenty taels. This was a bottomless pit that could never be filled.
So it doesn't matter whether we help or not this time. In the end, it's up to the Land Rover father and son to get through this predicament. But how should they get over the predicament?
"You are so useless! You have lived so long and you are still so timid and fearful. When facing this group of bandits, you are always submissive and humble.
"Do you think they won't bully us this way? You are my father, but why can't you set an example for me? Now even my son looks down on you!"
It was Lu Yunxiang who spoke. At this time, he had walked out of the kitchen and was standing at the door of the kitchen, shaking all over. He was even so angry that he couldn't speak at all.
Lu Lu turned to look at his son. Hearing his son's complaints against him, he could only sigh with grievance. He walked to the door dejectedly and closed the broken wooden door that was about to collapse after being kicked by Li Ermazi.
"Hmph! Do you think everything will be fine in three days? How could I have a father like you?"
With that said, Lu Yunxiang swung the door curtain and turned around and returned to the kitchen.
Shao Xi looked at the father and son in front of him. He couldn't tell what the expression was on his face at this time. How could he get into such trouble?
