Zhang Heng approached the place where the quarrel was taking place, where a gypsy busker was standing between a Jewish family and several fierce and strong men.
"Are you going too far? The man in this family fell off the scaffolding. He has been unable to work for the past two months. Even if the rent is half a month late, do we have to kick him out?" Gypsy busker said dissatisfied.
At this time, Zhang Heng also noticed that the male owner of the family still had a wooden board clamped between his legs. In addition, their furniture and luggage were also dragged out and thrown on the road. The whole family looked sad.
It is said that it is furniture and luggage, but it seems that there is nothing wrong with using rubbish to describe it. A tattered wooden bed, messy pots and pans, and a sofa with one leg missing. I don’t know where these things were picked up. Yes, the dirty wooden pony in the girl's hand is probably her only toy.
"Pay on time, that's the rule here." The hunchbacked man in the lead said, "We are all reasonable people. You can ask the family. I have already given him a week's grace time before. How can I give him another week?" For a week, let me tell you that the houses here are in short supply. If they don’t rent them, others rent them, so there’s no reason to lose money in vain.”
"But they already live here..."
The hunchbacked man waved his hands impatiently, "I don't care how long they have lived here. I don't run a workhouse. If I don't have money, I will sleep on the street."
"You are too cruel. There is a child here."
"I just don't like these children because they are too young to work in factories or mines. Even if I try my best to borrow money to make up for this month's rent, what will happen? I still haven't paid for next month's rent. I'm in trouble, and I can't pay back the money I owe. When the time comes, the creditors will block the door again, and I'll get into trouble if I rent to a new tenant."
The hunchbacked man said coldly, "There is already a family from Wales who has taken a fancy to this house. There are two adult men in the house. The husband and the eldest son are both very strong. Although the younger son is thin, he can fit into the chimney. , I make money by sweeping chimneys, and the hostess sells flowers during the day and receives guests at night. It won’t be long before I save enough money to buy this house outright. What would you choose if you were me?”
The gypsy busker was also a little stunned at this time.
The hunchbacked man looked at him again, "Why, are you new here? Yes, how can you mind your own business if you are not new here? Look at their neighbors around you. Is anyone talking to them? I'll give you a piece of advice. I want to To survive here, it’s better to mind your own business.”
"No, since I saw it, I can't ignore it." said the gypsy busker. He opened his wallet and took out eight shillings. "Here, here is two months' rent. I will help them pay it." After that, she pointed at the male owner and said, "He will be able to work in two months, and he will naturally be able to continue paying rent to you."
This time it was the hunchbacked man's turn to be stunned. He seemed to be in hesitation. He stood there for a while, his little eyes flickering. After a while, he took the money and said to the lame man, "You're lucky, let's go." .”
When the group of them left, the Jewish family also thanked the Gypsy busker gratefully. They met by chance. They had never met before and had no friendship. It was hard to imagine that the other party would spend so much money for them. Money comes.
However, the gypsy busker thought for a while, took out a half-pound gold coin from his wallet, put it into the little girl's hand, and winked at her, "Don't worry, your father's leg will get better." , life will get better."
"This..." The hostess was completely shocked. She could never imagine that a wandering gypsy busker could make a huge sum of half a pound.
But when she wanted to say something else, the kind-hearted gypsy busker had already turned away with the organ on his back, and the latter quickly disappeared into the street.
Zhang Heng, who was standing by, witnessed everything that happened. After some thought, he followed the gypsy busker.
He saw the figure carrying the organ walking briskly through the crowd, disappearing and appearing, sometimes stopping in front of the salmon stall to chat with the boss. The last time Zhang Heng saw him, The gypsy busker was squatting in front of a drunkard, watching him waving his arms and cursing unscrupulous factory owners and greedy women.
Then Zhang Heng lost sight of the gypsy busker.
Zhang Heng stood in front of an intersection and raised his eyebrows. He had to say that the extremely bad area and layout of the East District was indeed very suitable for escape.
However, Zhang Heng wasn't too angry when he saw that the person was missing. Anyway, he just wanted to remind the other person that it would be just fine if the person was gone, so he didn't even need to remind him.
Zhang Heng was about to turn around and leave, but he saw the gypsy busker not far behind him.
The latter was walking in his direction, no, more precisely, he was walking towards him, because the busker kept his eyes on Zhang Heng and not on anyone else.
"Are you following me?"
"Strictly speaking, I am here to remind you that you are being targeted." Zhang Heng said.
"Why should I believe you?" The gypsy busker shrugged, "This place is full of thieves, liars, and all kinds of people with ulterior motives."
Zhang Heng didn't explain anything, he just made a please gesture.
However, the gypsy busker did not leave immediately. Instead, he rolled his eyes and said, "Do you have any suggestions?"
"My advice is... don't get caught." Zhang Heng said, "You showed your wealth when you solved the family's difficulties. That's when they set their sights on you."
"Ha, that guy who collects rent doesn't look like a good person at first glance."
"Actually, it may not be him who came. He is obviously very familiar with this area and knows many people. There may be someone else following you."
"It's really troublesome. In fact, I only brought one pound with me when I went out this time. The rest was my dinner and carriage fare." As the gypsy busker was talking, he saw a group of strangers suddenly coming from the alley at the other end of the street. When he came out, one of them pointed at him and said, "Don't run away, little thief! Return the wallet you stole from me quickly."
The gypsy busker was very angry when he heard this. This group of people was quite good at confusing right and wrong. They clearly came to snatch his wallet, but they bit him back. It was clear that they were also telling others not to interfere. Seeing that the group of people surrounded him again. Coming up, he said to Zhang Heng, "Your suggestion seems to have come a little late. Do you have any other ideas?"
"Yes." Zhang Heng said, taking off his coat and handing it to the Gypsy artist, "Hold it for me."
The latter frowned, but still took the coat that Zhang Heng bought from the second-hand clothing store for ten pennies.
"Just knock down everyone who comes. There are no police here anyway." Zhang Heng moved his wrist and said calmly.
Xiao Dai Zhao said
Thanks to He Zengyingyu Children’s Boots for the reward~ This chapter says that the function seems to be turned off. The news I got is that it will not be turned on until the 6th. In addition, everyone can guess who the new person is.
