Liu Xu had talked about this, so Bailang naturally couldn't back down.
After receiving the mission, he and Zhou Dong continued to roam the streets for another day. Afterwards, Bai Lang found a tavern and treated Zhou Dong to a drink. He bid farewell to Zhou Dong who was slightly drunk. Bai Lang then returned home under the moonlight.
"elder brother."
As soon as I walked in, I didn't expect that the two little ones at home had not yet gone to bed, and each looked uneasy, as if they had made a mistake and didn't know what to say. Even Bai Yuankai, who had always been fearless, had red eyes as if he was about to cry.
"Hey, what's going on? Maotou, you kid are not going to cry, are you? Hahaha..." Bailang sat down and got a glass of water for himself. He did not choose to speak softly, but relaxed Joking as a pretext.
"Brother, I broke someone and I have to pay a lot of money!" Although Bai Yuankai held back his tears so that his elder brother would not look down upon him, his choked words still showed how regretful and complicated his mood was at this time.
For money, the whole family relies on the eldest brother alone to make ends meet. Bai Yuankai would rather get another beating just to quickly keep the family secret and put more burden on his eldest brother.
The sorrow of poverty and poverty is really not a joke. The Bai Yuankai siblings already have a deep understanding of this sentence at a young age.
"Brother, the families of the five students who were beaten together sent a letter to the school today and passed it on to our parents. Look." Bai Yan handed a letter to Bai Lang.
The content of the letter is very simple. It can be summed up in two words: lose money!
But looking at it, the other person looked like a lion with his mouth wide open. Mao Tou made it clear, and Old Master Wang Yanbin also said that the injured students were all skin injuries. Just like that, he dared to ask for one gold for decoction and medicine in the letter, which was a bit outrageous. Let's not talk about whether the Bai family can afford this huge compensation. Even if it can be easily paid, they will never be taken advantage of.
In addition, three days have passed since Bai Yuankai beat the person, and it took three days to send the compensation letter, which is very interesting. If what was expected was true, the other party deliberately created a blockage after fully ascertaining some information.
Bai Lang secretly laughed in his heart, knowing that the Bai family couldn't give it, he would not give it, but he still chose the lion to open his mouth. What does it mean to deliberately cause trouble or expand trouble? Are you planning to beat him up, a street wanderer that no one cares about? Or do you think you can ignore the existence of a knife shop if you have a few dollars?
never mind. Bailang didn't feel the need to think deeply about this matter. The path of the knife shop has nothing to do with Dazhangzhuang. As a swordsman, he didn't need to consider Dazhangzhuang's plan. If you think too much, you will be tied up and just deal with the situation in front of you.
"Okay, don't worry. This letter isn't really asking for money. You two don't have to worry, the eldest brother will naturally have a way to deal with them. And Mao Tou, remember what he said to you that night, don't think about it. Make yourself uncomfortable. Trust me, okay?"
"Yeah! Brother, I believe you!"
"Okay, you two go to bed first." Bai Lang watched his younger brother and sister return to the room with a smile on his face. At the same time, I also feel that my younger brothers and sisters have grown up a lot mentally and are no longer like children.
"Is it time to move to a bigger place? It's not appropriate to have two little ones crowded into one room."
Bailang was making plans. Now I have much more money than before. When the promotion task is completed and I become a waist knife, my stable income will be several times higher than it is now. You should be able to move to a more spacious place by then.
As for the letter in his hand, Bai Lang smiled, folded it and put it back in the envelope. He planned to keep this thing until he met the people of Dazhangzhuang in the future and ask them what they thought in person.
For the time being, let's wait and see what Dazhangzhuang can do with a street wanderer.
The next day, Bailang took the task he received from the Office of Affairs and went out early in the morning. He found the target of the task in Nancheng's Dingkou Alley. A man named Zeng Fei.
Zeng Fei is thirty-seven years old and a businessman. Her biological sister is Zeng Yi, the second wife of the City Lord's Mansion.
Previously, Zeng Fei alone controlled more than 60% of the entire timber and charcoal business in Yongchuan City. He was considered a wealthy businessman in Yongchuan City.
But later, for some unknown reason, the city lord's palace stopped supporting Zeng Fei, causing Zeng Fei's business to struggle. At the most difficult time, Zeng Fei wanted to save himself desperately, so he had no choice but to find Tang Zuo Dao's sword shop and borrow a huge sum of fifteen gold to make ends meet. And used many real estate deeds and properties in his name as collateral.
The money you can borrow is water money, and water money is like a water channel. Once it opens, it will flow with no end. It's good to be completely sure, as it can indeed save the day. But if there is a slight mistake, or if the estimate is even slightly different from the actual situation, then the water money will flood up until you are drowned.
Zeng Fei was the latter. He thought he could make a comeback, but in fact he could only watch as the water slowly covered his neck. Finally, he raised his head and only two nostrils were left to breathe. This is because he has a sister who is the second wife of the city lord. Otherwise, there would be an unknown corpse in the mass grave outside Yongchuan City with the head missing.
Now 99% of Zeng Fei's property has been sold off. Deal with debts, payment for goods, labor financing, etc. It is not easy to get a piece of the pie when such a big business falls apart. Even the knife shop has not been able to repay its capital, and only 70% of the principal has been collected, let alone the thick pile of interest owed. If Zeng Fei keeps making profits, he will not be able to make money in the next life, let alone Zeng Fei.
Now the big business owner only has a small dilapidated house to live in.
Of course, no matter how depressed he was, Zeng Fei still had no worries about food and drink, nor did he worry about his safety. Who told my sister to be the second wife of the City Lord's Mansion?
Knocking on the door, a lazy and hoarse voice came from inside.
"Who is it?"
"From the knife shop, collect the bill."
"...I don't have money to pay you back, so don't come back."
Bai Lang was stunned by the answer from the door. Usually, even the gangsters and scoundrels on the street who are as good as hobs are cautious and don't dare to offend in the slightest when they hear the name of the knife shop. Even wealthy people who wear gold and silver must face up to every contact with the sword shop. When did a knife shop come to collect debts and kick people out without even opening the door? The word "arrogant" is not enough to describe this.
No wonder it is regarded as a difficult promotion task and remains to this day. Bailang finally had a psychological expectation.
"You sent me here just because you have no money to pay back. I will help you find a way to pay back the money. You should know that only by paying back the money can you start over in this life, otherwise you will only be a bug for the rest of your life. , can you be willing to do that?"
"..."
There was silence in the door. After a moment, it opened with a click, and a slovenly man with hair as messy as a chicken coop and a beard that hadn't been trimmed for an unknown period of time. He was wearing a torn cotton jacket and exuding a sour smell. Appeared in front of Bai Lang.
