Night falls.
After a tiring day, Huang Yan left the fish market dragging his tired body.
Just as he walked through an alley and was about to reach his home, he saw several figures in front of his door. Suddenly his expression changed and he stopped.
One of the strong figures waved to Huang Yan.
Seeing this, Huang Yan didn't dare to run away, and walked forward with his head drooped like a local dog.
"Hu...Brother Hu, why are you here?"
Huang Yan cautiously walked to a few people and said with some stuttering.
The reason why he was so scared was because the people in front of him were debt collectors from Jude Gambling House. The leader was named Zhang Hu. He was a small leader of Jude Gambling House and had studied in a martial arts school for several months. His martial arts skills are no match for even a dozen people.
"Snapped!"
Huang Yan's response was a slap on the face.
"Fuck, if you pay back the money on time, we will come to your crappy place."
As soon as he finished speaking, a boy next to Zhang Hu raised his foot and kicked Huang Yan in the stomach.
Bang!
Huang Yan was immediately kicked to the ground and fell like a dog.
"Spare your life, Brother Hu, please spare your life. I know I was wrong. I will definitely find a way to pay back the money I owe you."
Huang Yan endured the pain and knelt on the ground, begging for mercy.
"Think of a way, think of a way. You've even sold the boat at home, what else can you sell?" One of them sneered: "Do you have a son? Do you have a woman at home? You only have a broken house in a shanty town. What's the value?" A few copper plates.
You have no children, so if you want to sell, you can only sell yourself.
If you sell you as a slave to a wealthy family in the inner city, you can get back fifteen taels of silver. "
"Fifteen taels?" Huang Yan said immediately: "I obviously borrowed only fifteen taels of silver, why is it only fifteen taels?"
"Fuck you, the interest is free!" As he said, one of Zhang Hu's boys kicked Huang Yan to the ground again, and said coldly: "Do you know what nine outs and thirteen returns are?" , that is, I will lend you nine taels of silver and pay back thirteen taels a month. If I lend you ten taels, you will have to pay back fourteen taels a month. The deadline has expired a few days ago. Do you know what compound interest is?
If we don't come to you, will you have to avoid us for the rest of your life? Do you think our trip is in vain? We have fifteen taels of silver, please get the money out quickly. "
"What, one month's interest." Huang Yan said with a shocked look on his face: "Brother Hu, wasn't it one year when I said nine out and thirteen out? Why is it one month now?"
"Fuck you, you mean we remembered it wrong."
Brother Zhang Hu cursed angrily, immediately stepped forward, grabbed Huang Yan's hair, and slammed it directly into the earth wall beside him.
boom!
Huang Yan's head hit the earth wall hard, and stars shot out of his eyes.
"Tell me again, is it a year or a month."
Brother Zhang Hu said coldly.
"Brother Hu, I know I was wrong. One month is one month." Huang Yan immediately begged for mercy: "Brother Hu, let them stop fighting and give me some more time. I have paid my wages today. I will first Pay back some of the money."
With that said, Huang Yan took out four big coins from his arms.
A large amount of money is 500 Wen, and a large amount of money is 2,000 Wen.
"Okay, don't beat people to death."
Seeing Huang Yan take out the money, Zhang Hu also ordered his younger brother to stop.
Their purpose is to ask for money.
If someone is accidentally beaten to death, the loss will be their own.
"But it's only two thousand coins, which is not even enough to pay back the interest."
Zhang Hu said calmly.
One tael of silver can be exchanged for a thousand pence.
Two thousand penny is equivalent to two taels of silver, which is indeed not enough to pay interest.
"Brother Hu, please give me a few days of grace. I will definitely find a way to pay you back."
Huang Yan cried and begged for mercy, his face covered with tears.
Zhang Hu's younger brother beat him a few times, but he didn't hold back at all. The tears were caused by pain.
"Okay, then I will give you another three days of grace." Zhang Hu said: "After three days, if you still don't pay back the money, then I will sell you to a wealthy family in the inner city as a slave to pay off the debt."
"I...I know, thank you Brother Hu." Huang Yan said, "I will definitely find a way to raise the money."
"It's good to know. There are still thirteen taels of silver left to pay. I will come back to you in three days."
Zhang Hu stepped forward and patted Huang Yan's face, then left with his three younger brothers.
"Thirteen taels of silver, where can I get thirteen taels of silver in three days?"
Seeing Zhang Hu and others leaving, Huang Yan collapsed on the ground, as if his spine had been severed.
If the awning boat was still there, he could barely make enough money by selling the shabby house where he lived, but he sold the awning boat some time ago, leaving only a shabby house.
If he cannot pay back the money in three days, he will really be sold to a wealthy family as a slave.
Moreover, he had borrowed all the money his neighbors could borrow before, but now even if he goes to borrow money, he can't borrow any money.
If you can't get money through normal channels, you'll have to steal it.
Huang Yan took a deep breath.
After dinner, he planned to buy some cigarettes from some of the eccentric people he met at the gambling house. This would ensure that they would be foolproof and would not wake people up in their sleep. At least during the day, he would not dare to do such a sneaky thing.
Once discovered, the neighbors could drown him with just a drop of spit.
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The night is getting darker.
"Click..."
Zhou Shan, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes and heard slight footsteps outside the house.
Immediately afterwards, he saw the window paper being gently opened by a finger, and then a bamboo pipe was stretched in, blowing out a stream of smoke.
"Miscellaneous smoke?!"
Zhou Shan's expression changed and he immediately held his breath.
He immediately held a rusty hatchet lying beside the bed in his hand.
"only one person!"
At the same time, Zhou Shan immediately released his mental power and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that there was only one person outside the house.
Although he had practiced the Turtle Breathing Technique and had reached the first level, the training time was too short. Only the 'Physique' attribute had improved a little, and the other attributes had not changed.
Unless he has perfected the Turtle Breathing Kung Fu, he can beat five or six adult men who have not practiced martial arts with his bare hands. However, if there is only one person, Zhou Shan can still deal with it. By sensing the intensity of life fluctuations, he can confirm the situation outside the house. The thief is just an ordinary person without force, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
Huang Yan outside the house was dressed in black and had a black hood on his head. Only his eyes and nose were exposed. Therefore, even if Zhou Shan sent out a mental search, he did not recognize that the person outside was Huang Yan for the time being.
Holding a rusty hatchet in his hand, Zhou Shan quietly got up from the bed and walked to the side of the door of the room.
After releasing the smoke, the people outside the house began to turn the door bolts, and then pushed open the door. A black shadow crept in. Zhou Shan, who was standing on one side, raised the hatchet in his hand and moved toward the person in front of him. The black shadow struck down without hesitation.
