Chapter 5 The road is uneven

The sound of the door locking was heard.

Jiang Peng sighed, looking at the watch screen with several cracks, a deep sense of powerlessness arose.

I don't know when it started, the distance between him and his daughter is getting bigger and bigger.

Jiang Peng held the watch, sat on the sofa, and lit up the screen with his fingers.

The watch is the latest smart watch, and he remembers seeing Jiang Xiaohu searching for this watch on the Internet once and liked it very much.

After it went on the market, Jiang Peng bought one, planning to give it to Jiang Xiaohu and give her a surprise, on the screen of the watch, there was a photo of him and Jiang Xiaohu.

Looking at this group photo, Jiang Peng fell into memories.

The bits and pieces of the past slowly emerge, there is bitterness, laughter but more exhaustion, and the suffering of a single-parent family is only known by insiders.

Carefully putting the watch in his pocket, Jiang Peng got up, found some ointment and cooling oil and put them in front of Jiang Xiaohu's door.

Jiang Peng was on Li'an Street today, because his anger was out of control for a while, and he slapped Jiang Xiaohu,

Although Jiang Xiaohu is rebellious, he has been teaching him to distinguish between right and wrong since he was a child, he knows what he can do and what he can't do.

But Jiang Peng was too angry at that time, coupled with Jiang Xiaohu's confrontation.

On the spur of the moment, I made a mistake, and now that I look back, I feel both heartache and self-blame.

Knocking lightly on the door, Jiang Peng said softly: "Xiaohu, I put some medicine at the door, remember to use it when you are free." ”

No one answered, but Jiang Peng was also used to it, looked at the time, at eight o'clock in the evening, he originally wanted to take Jiang Xiaohu to dinner, but now it seems that he has no chance.

took out his mobile phone, Jiang Peng dialed the phone, ordered a few dishes in "Zhao Ji Private Sichuan Cuisine", and asked them to send them over.

Putting down the phone, Jiang Peng just wanted to rest for a while, when he heard a noise downstairs.

Jiang Peng hurriedly ran to the window, poked his head out to take a look, and saw four or five locals holding sticks standing in front of Uncle Le's grocery store downstairs, and there were still a lot of glass shards scattered on the ground, which were left after the wine bottle was broken.

Jiang Peng did not hesitate, immediately walked out of the door and walked downstairs.

There are a lot of people gathered around Uncle Le's grocery store, most of them are neighbors, and they are Jiang Peng's familiar faces.

There were still blood stains on the ground, and there were several people sitting on the ground, covering their arms, their faces were pale, and they seemed to be injured.

Those thugs were smashing Uncle Le's shop, and although the people around him were angry, they dared not speak out.

After all, someone has already been injured.

Uncle Le stood aside with tears in his eyes, one of his cheeks was high and swollen, obviously beaten.

Looking at the aggressive gangsters, Jiang Peng hurriedly shouted: "Stop!" (Thai)"

Several thugs heard the sound and temporarily stopped what they were doing.

Jiang Peng immediately stood in front of Uncle Le and asked, "Uncle Le, what's the matter." ”

Uncle Le shook his head with a wry smile, looked at the messy grocery stall, and said in a low voice, "It's okay, Xiao Jiang, this matter has nothing to do with you." ”

Seeing Uncle Le being beaten and the store being smashed, Jiang Peng's heart was already burning with anger, Uncle Le has always been honest and amiable, how could he provoke these bastards.

"Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, Uncle Le, you have been taking care of me and Xiaohu's father and daughter for so many years, I have long regarded you as a family, if you have anything to say, say it directly. ”

Uncle Le looked at Jiang Peng, his eyes were a little more moved, but he was still a little hesitant.

At this moment, a slightly chubby middle-aged woman with short hair in a white coat stood up in the crowd, her eyes full of anger.

"Xiao Jiang, you're here just in time, these bastards are from a demolition company. If you want to buy the land in our Chinatown at a very low price, and don't sign the overlord clause with them, you will make trouble here, they are looking at Uncle Le alone and want to be demolished!"

I understood how things were going.

Jiang Peng didn't want to talk nonsense, and shouted at a few gangsters: "Get out, otherwise I will call the police." (Thai)"

The man in the lead, with a meaty face, unkempt face, and small eyes full of fierce light, did not take Jiang Peng's words in his eyes at all, raised the stick in his hand and pointed at Jiang Peng and said, "Do you think it is useful to call the police? Don't come to death, bastard!"

Jiang Peng knows these gangsters well, this dead fat man is right, these people are playing a guerrilla war.

As long as it is stained, it is as disgusting as hob meat.

It is impossible for the police to live in Chinatown all the time, and as soon as they withdraw the police, these people will reappear.

To deal with this kind of person, we can only fight violence with violence.

In addition, Jiang Peng hated someone pointing at him the most, so he no longer hesitated, stepped forward, grabbed the leader's wrist, and twisted it hard.

Then he heard the screams of killing pigs, Jiang Peng snatched the stick in his hand, hit the leader on the buttocks with a stick, and drank: "Don't get out of here." ”

"Abolish him for me. ”

Hearing the angry voice of the leader, the remaining thugs picked up their sticks and beckoned to Jiang Peng.

Two fists are hard to beat with four feet, not to mention that there are still four people on the opposite side, Jiang Peng kicked the leader away, and hurriedly retreated, avoiding the attacks of others.

With one enemy and many enemies, the emphasis is on each one.

These gangsters look extremely fierce, but in fact they are a group of soft persimmons, Jiang Peng is in China, but he has practiced free fighting for many years.

Although these years are a little rusty, the basic skills are still there.

Taking retreat as advance, Jiang Peng dodged the attacks of the gangsters, and he could put down a person by counterattacking casually.

He also doesn't want to make things bigger, and the places where he hits are not critical, basically in the buttocks, stomach, back and other positions.

In just a few minutes, four thugs were brought down.

Looking at the leader who was rubbing his buttocks and showing fear on his face, Jiang Peng said coldly: "Don't you get out yet?"

Several thugs gritted their teeth and helped each other out.

"You wait boy, it's not over. After leaving a cruel word, the leader disappeared into Chinatown with a few thugs.

Warm applause rang out, Jiang Peng threw away his stick, came to Uncle Le's side, and asked with concern, "Uncle Le, are you okay?" ”

Uncle Le waved his hand, looked at Jiang Peng, sighed, and said, "Hey, actually, I don't want to make trouble." Although I am getting older, I am used to living in this house, and I don't have the heart to move anymore. ”

"Where's Zhou Chen, didn't you look for him?" Jiang Peng asked.

"Zhou Chen, this kid is busy with work and has a long way to go, so I don't want to disturb him. ”

Jiang Peng sighed, Uncle Le is good everywhere, he just loves his son too much, even if this kind of thing happens, he doesn't want his son to know and trouble him.

Without thinking about it anymore, Jiang Peng said to Mrs. Chen, who was wearing a white coat, "Mrs. Chen, thank you very much." ”

Mrs. Chen snorted, looked at the direction the gangsters left, and said viciously: "These bastards, it's not the first time I've come to Chinatown recently, this morning Li Bo on the south gate was injured by them because of the demolition and came to our clinic to see a doctor, Xiao Jiang, you are out of everyone's bad breath." ”

Jiang Peng smiled, shook his head, and then asked: "Everyone is a neighbor, and it is right to help each other, we haven't lived well all these years, why did someone suddenly come to forcibly demolish it." ”

Mrs. Chen shook her head and said, "I heard from my husband that someone has taken a fancy to this part of our Chinatown and wants to buy it and demolish it into an entertainment area, but I don't know much about the rest." ”

Jiang Peng's heart moved slightly, these gangsters must have backers behind them, looking at their appearance, they will never give up, Jiang Peng silently wrote down this time, ready to find an opportunity to inquire.

Everyone worked together to help Uncle Le clean up the mess, there are many people and great strength, although there are losses, but fortunately, they are within the controllable range.

"Uncle Le, these bastards will come to you for trouble in the future, you call me directly, and I will deal with them. After tidying up the shop, the neighbors also dispersed, and Jiang Peng sat on the stool and chatted with Uncle Le.

"Thank you so much for today, little ginger. ”

Jiang Peng waved his hand.

"Uncle Le, you didn't get hurt, I saw those gangsters do it with you. ”

Uncle Le smiled, took out a bottle of safflower oil from the cabinet, and wiped it on his face.

"Although your Uncle Le is old, his bones are still quite tough, and this little injury is nothing. ”

Uncle Le looked at Jiang Peng and continued.

"It's you, seeing the way you and Xiaohu came back today, did you quarrel again?"

Jiang Peng shook his head with a wry smile and said.

"It's getting harder and harder to manage this kid, and I don't know what to do now. ”

Uncle Le was about to say something, but there was a whistle not far away.

Jiang Peng got up and looked at it, lowered his head and said, "Uncle Le, the meal I ordered is here." ”

After saying that, he greeted him.

A middle-aged man with a stubble on his face wearing an oil-stained apron approached quickly on an electric car, and soon stopped in front of Jiang Peng.

"Brother Jiang, the dishes you ordered are all good. Rough laughter came, and Jiang Peng hurriedly took over the two bags of packaged dishes.

"Brother Zhao, why bother you to run in person. ”

Brother Zhao put down the stand, took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, took a deep breath, and said.

"I'm busy, the mother-in-law at home is too noisy. ”

Brother Zhao said and handed the cigarette case to Jiang Peng.

"One?"

Jiang Peng looked at the cigarette case, smiled, and said, "Brother Zhao, I have already quit, have you forgotten?"

Brother Zhao patted his head and laughed.

"If you don't say it, I'll forget. ”

Jiang Peng transferred the money to Brother Zhao and exchanged a few words.

"Hurry up and eat it while it's hot, it will taste bad when it's cold. ”

After listening to Brother Zhao's words, Jiang Peng didn't say much, said goodbye to the two, and went upstairs with the dishes.

When he got home, Jiang Peng quickly put the dishes on the plate.

Three dishes, spicy chicken, boiled fish, and stir-fried vegetables.

Looking at the dishes that were still steaming, Jiang Peng took out the cake that had been prepared long ago from the refrigerator and came to Jiang Xiaohu's door.

Seeing the medicine and wine disappearing from the ground, Jiang Peng smiled, knocked on the door, and shouted, "Xiaohu, it's time to eat, I ordered your favorite boiled fish." ”

"I'm not hungry. Jiang Xiaohu's voice came from the room.

Jiang Peng shook his head, and then said, "Then I'll go out for a while, and you can stay at home by yourself." ”

Jiang Peng knew that Jiang Xiaohu must be hungry, but he didn't want to come out to eat for the sake of face.

There is no way, who called himself to beat her by mistake today, originally wanted to take the opportunity of Xiaohu's birthday to repair the father-daughter relationship, but now Jiang Peng can only admit that he is unlucky.

After leaving the house and going downstairs, Jiang Peng explained to Uncle Le and drove out.

As soon as he drove out of Chinatown, Jiang Peng's mobile phone suddenly rang.