In the middle of summer in June in the Northeast, the sun is scorching.

Big L City, Xinshui Road Farmers' Market.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, inside the door of a small restaurant built of tin sheds, Yang Dongyuan looked at the busy small vendors in the market, sitting on a plastic bench in the bar with a five-yuan pack of Huanghongmei cigarettes in their mouths, waiting for the last table of diners to leave.

Yang Dong is twenty-three years old this year, with long eyebrows and starry eyes, with a height of 1.80 meters and fair skin, the young man looks extraordinarily energetic, if it weren't for the oil-stained apron in front of him, others would never be able to associate him with the fly restaurant behind him.

After a cigarette, the diners in the restaurant finished drinking and were about to leave, seeing that the guests were leaving, Yang Dong pressed out the cigarette butts in his hand and got up with a smile: "Eat well, Brother Yu!"

"Ah, the dish is good. The middle-aged man named Brother Yu smiled and took out his wallet: "How much?"

Yang Dong glanced at the bill on the counter and smiled heartily: "Eighty-seven, just give eighty!"

Brother Yu took out a hundred yuan and slapped it on the counter: "Don't look for it, you can buy a pack of cigarettes and smoke the rest of the money." ”

"Brother Yu, I know that your unit has a free canteen, but you still come to me every once in a while to eat, which is enough to take care of me. As Yang Dong spoke, he took out twenty yuan from the cash box under the counter and handed it over: "If you always settle the bill like this, I will really not be able to do your business in the future." ”

", you kid. Brother Yu was amused by Yang Dong's words: "I grew up watching you grow up, take care of your business, shouldn't you?"

Yang Dongguan smiled: "Taking care of business, there is no reason to send money." ”

"Hehe, clean calves. Seeing that Yang Dong insisted repeatedly, Brother Yu took the twenty yuan a little speechlessly, and then changed his words: "Xiaodong, you are only in your early twenties, and you really plan to live in this small broken restaurant all the time?"

"Let's do it first. When Yang Dong heard Brother Yu's words, he grinned: "Guarding this small restaurant, at least you can ensure that you don't die of hunger." ”

"Look at your little bit of talent, how old are you, and you're starting to keep your eyes on your stomach. Brother Yu took out Yuxi and handed it to Yang Dong: "Hey, I asked yesterday, the canteen of our unit is being contracted to the outside world, and the price is quite appropriate, the one-year contract fee plus the rent is only more than 200,000 yuan in total, if you have the mind, I will help you research it?"

"Brother Yu, don't worry about me, with my cooking skills with these two knives, it's okay to support such a small shop, if I contract the canteen of your unit, I will definitely have to smash it." Yang Dong pursed his lips and refused in a gentle tone.

Brother Yu is the deputy director of a workshop in the shipyard, and the workshop he manages has nearly 1,000 employees.

When Brother Yu heard this, he didn't force it, and changed the conversation with a smile: "Is your brother still gambling now?"

"Quit it. Yang Dong responded: "Now that the family's house has been sold, he has no money on him, and when he goes out to gamble, the group of lenders don't lend him money, and if he has no money, he naturally won't gamble!"

"It's good to quit, gambling is not the right way after all. Brother Yu stretched out his hand and patted Yang Dong on the shoulder: "Xiaodong, it is good to spend a hundred days, no one is young, it is not a bad thing to break through while you are young, the matter of contracting the canteen, you should think about it, if you change your mind, call me at any time." ”

"Well, I'll send you!" Yang Dong took off his apron with his hand.

“......”

Yang Dong and Brother Yu walked to the door, continued to chat a few words, and then watched Brother Yu get into a Nissan car.

Inside the Nissan car.

After Brother Yu started the car, the colleague next to him grinned: "Old Yu, what do you have to do with this guy who opened a restaurant, since his small shop opened, you brought us over for dinner in three days, hey, he shouldn't be your illegitimate child, right?"

", don't be, I'm only seven years older than this kid, and even if I had that idea when I was young, I don't have that function. Lao Yu joked, and then explained: "This child is not easy, our two families were originally a family home, my brother and I were classmates, when they were young, their parents died in the line of duty, it was his brother who brought up the child, in recent years, his brother lost his job because of gambling, and the little family wealth left by his parents was also defeated, if it weren't for this incident, this child would not even be able to afford to go to college, so he dropped out of school halfway and came out to beg for a living." ”

"No, I remember that college students in difficulty, can't they apply for financial aid?"

"All of them took it to pay off his brother's debts. ”

"It's miserable!"

"It's a pity that this kid was sent to a university back then, and he ended up in this field today!"

Brother Yu also sighed with emotion, then started the car and left slowly.

......

At two o'clock, the sun was scorching and poisoning the earth, the sultry air seemed to be frozen, and there was not even a trace of wind, and the lonely streets with pedestrians rose with a heat wave, causing people to become more and more anxious.

After Yang Dong sent Brother Yu away, he simply cleaned up the hygiene in the store, then locked the door of the store, carried the prepared food, stepped on the bicycle with a bald pedal, and swayed to ride outside the market.

Yang Dong's residence, located in an urban village in the Gjingzi District, is five or six kilometers away from the market, and by the time he arrived at the entrance of the alley, the cheap short sleeves on his body had already been wet with sweat, as if they were washed.

"Bang!

Yang Dong rode to the gate of the courtyard, and before he could stop steadily, he heard the sound of smashing in the courtyard, and after being stunned for less than a second, he threw the bicycle, took three steps and made two steps, and ran into the courtyard along the open gate.

The courtyard rented by Yang Dong and his brother Yang Peng belongs to an illegal building that has been built, and the entrance is a small empty field, and the front is the house in front of it.

At this time, in this small courtyard of less than ten square meters, there were four or five people standing, in the middle of the crowd, Yang Peng knelt on the ground with a bloody face, and was pressed by two people, one of his hands was pressed on the steps, in front of Yang Peng, a young man with a shaved head and about twenty years old held a steel knife and gestured to Yang Peng's palm: "Unload a finger and give you one more week to raise money, it's not bullying you, right?"

"I don't have any money. Yang Peng's eyelids raised slightly, and he glanced at the young man: "Do you think there is anything valuable on my body, so let's dismantle the top account together." ”

"Fuck your mother, I'm serving this bowl of rice, you feel like you're playing with me, can you dodge it? Come, stretch your hand straight, don't tremble! Today I must tell you with practical actions, what I rely on to make a name for myself in society!" After listening to Yang Peng's answer, the young man raised his steel knife and was about to cut down.

"Brush!"

The moment the young man raised his hand, Yang Dong stepped forward, grabbed the wrist of the young man holding the knife with one hand, and slammed the half of the brick he was holding in the other hand.

"Bang!"

The young man who asked for the account was caught off guard, and after a miserable scream, he was knocked over by Yang Dong's bricks, and the steel knife in his hand flew out of his hand, falling to the ground with a crisp sound.

After Yang Dong smashed down the knife-wielding young man with a brick, he raised his hand without hesitation, and looked at the people around Yang Peng again, and instantly put him down.

Seeing Yang Dong suddenly put down the two of them, the rest of the people also reacted quickly, rushed to Yang Dong and pounced, and saw the two young men rushing up, Yang Dong gritted his teeth and opened directly.

A young man rushed to Yang Dong's body, raised the pickaxe in his hand high, and smashed it on Yang Dong's forehead, Yang Dong slightly turned to the left side, and after dodging this blow, the brick in his hand flew again, directly hitting the back of this person's neck.

"Bang!"

Seeing this, Yang Dong grabbed the young man's collar with one hand, and smashed a brick on the young man's mouth, directly knocking the person down.

After another person rushed up, he walked around behind Yang Dong and hugged his arms, Yang Dong struggled twice, found that he couldn't break free, raised his leg and kicked hard at the person in front of him, and then took a few steps back with the momentum, and directly put the young man behind him against the wall, the young man's back hurt, and his arm subconsciously let go, Yang Dong turned around, pressed the person's head, and slammed into the wall.

"Boom!"

After a muffled sound, the young man fell to the ground.

"Bang!"

Before Yang Dong could turn around, a person behind him tried his best and smashed a pickaxe on Yang Dong's back, Yang Dong turned around and was smashed on the side of his face again with a pickaxe, and then his eyes turned black and he staggered to the ground.

"Xiaodong!"

Yang Peng saw Yang Dong fall to the ground, and just struggled to get up, he was kicked and lay down.

After Yang Dong fell to the ground, the young man who was holding the knife at the beginning shook and stood up straight: "Fuck your mother, can't he fight, hold it down, give him an arm to break, if something happens, it's mine!"

"Hulala!"

When the young man who led the team fell, a group of companions who had already been angry got up from the ground, hugged him, and pressed Yang Dong to the ground in an instant.

"Squeak!"

Just when the yard was in a mess, the tires of a taxi rubbed the ground and were rudely stuck at the gate of the yard, and then a young man with a height of more than 1.9 meters and a body like a calf pushed the car door, carried a baseball bat, and rushed into the yard quickly.

"Hulala!"

Seeing the sturdy young man rushing in from outside the door, everyone in the courtyard retreated, because this young man's physique was really a little scary.

The young man glanced at the chaotic scene in the courtyard, and immediately raised his eyebrows, and dragged Yang Dong up: "Dongzi, it's okay!"

"Luohan, why are you here?" Yang Dong saw the person coming, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Luohan's real name was Luo Junqing, when he was six years old, his own uncle didn't know what to think, abandoned his wife and children and went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk, and since then he has escaped into the empty door, because of this incident, Luo Junqing's hair boys, they also gave him a nickname, called the second monk, in the later period, because he was a soldier for four years, he was burly and strong, and slowly spread the name of Luohan.

"I passed by the alley and saw your bicycle lying at the door, so I came over to take a look!" Luohan's voice fell, the baseball bat in his hand was raised, and he pointed to the group of people collecting debts in front of him, and moved his shoulders and neck: "Come, whoever is not convinced, I will practice with you!"

The people on the opposite side glanced at each other, and when they saw Luohan's wrist thicker than a baseball bat, they collectively chose to be silent, and used the four people on their side to face the strong Luohan like a bear, and Yang Dong, who was not light or heavy, these people were a little stunned from the bottom of their hearts.

The young man with the knife saw a few of his friends cowardly, and secretly gritted his teeth: "Do you know who I am, I am Dadonggou Li Chao!"

"Little B cub, what about you and me pretending to be a suburban black society?! I'll count three, you won't leave, I'll send you Hongling Road, do you believe it?" Luo Han roared angrily.

At the same time, several neighbors who were renting in the next yard happened to pass by the gate of Yang Dong's yard, saw the chaotic scene inside, and collectively stopped and asked: "Dongzi, what's going on, do you need help?"

"Brother Liu, I'm fine!" After Yang Dong gave a grateful smile to his neighbor, he looked at Li Chao with a cold face: "Get out!"

"Okay, you wait, this matter must not be over!" Li Chao saw Luohan's five big and three thick physiques, as well as a few neighbors who were eyeing him, hesitated for less than three seconds, turned around and left, and a few companions he brought saw this, and followed behind him with their crotches in their crotches.

When everyone got out of the yard, Li Chao glanced at Luohan's taxi with a gloomy face, and after writing down the license plate, he strode towards the entrance of the alley.

"Brother Chao, what is the Hongling Road that the fool said just now?" Behind Li Chao, a young man spoke with a little curiosity.

"Crematorium. Li Chao responded with a cold face.

", he's trying to refine you. The young man was stunned.

"This is the first money released in my hands, no matter what, I must take back this account, otherwise I will have no face to mix in society, Xiaobo, help me check, what is the relationship between those two fools who did it just now and Yang Peng. Li Chao puffed out his cheeks, turned his head and explained to the people around him.

"Hey!"

......

Inside the hospital.

After Yang Peng got up from the ground, he staggered his head under the faucet, let the tap water wash the wound on his head, and saw the flow of blood mixed with blood on the ground, Yang Dong's body trembled slightly because of emotion: "Are you gambling again?!"