8. Usury
"Hey, your boyfriend is too girly. Qi Ji returned his wallet to Lu Li, and said everything in his heart.
Lu Li took his wallet back, looking a little anxious. The gaze stayed on the group photo.
Coldly: "Don't do your business." โ
The moment Qi Ji saw the photo, Lu Li's first thought was whether Qi Ji would betray him and tell the media, after all, there were too many people waiting to find him โกโก now.
And after a second, he felt that he was thinking too much. He had already reached a point where it didn't matter if he lost anything. The one who wants to protect is nothing more than that person, that person......
Look at that picture and those two faces again. Lu Li only felt that there was only sarcasm left.
So a smile on Lu Li's miserable face that was more ugly than crying made Qi Ji swallow all the words he wanted to complain.
"Hey, your boyfriend looks quite rich, why don't you go to him for help?" Qi Ji was simply curious, seeing the person next to him who seemed to be dying in the next second a few minutes ago, now his cold face was worse than a dead man.
He also felt distressed and uncomfortable.
Lu Li threw his wallet into his bag and said casually: "I can't find my dad anymore after his accident." It's been seven or eight months. โ
"......" Qi Ji didn't know what to take. "Sure enough, the little white face is unreliable. You see that Qin's mother dreams every day that Xiaoshui can marry a rich little white face, which is really a death. Qi Ji snorted, took the big vat where he drank water when he was working, and handed it to Lu Li.
Lu Li picked it up without looking at it and drank it.
I drank violently and coughed a few times.
Qi Ji looked at Lu Li sweating profusely, and reached out to rub his head: "I said, you rich people have a lot of strange diseases, in addition to seafood allergies and asthma, do you have any other diseases that will scare people to death? โ
Lu Li patted Qi Ji's hand away and returned the water tank to him: "It's all because of allergies, it's okay, go back and get busy." Uncle Guang will definitely not be busy alone. โ
Qi Ji pulled people back: "Are you allergic to cigarettes? โ
Lu Li shook his head: "It just smells uncomfortable, I'm ...... I told you that you don't understand, just send it once in a while, and it will be fine after a while. โ
Qi Ji saw that the person was relieved for a while, and his breathing was free, knowing that Lu Li's face was not good, it was not because of asthma, probably because he saw the photo, so he didn't stop him.
Just looking at Lu Li's appearance, there is too much tenderness.
Lu Li walked a few steps, and suddenly turned his head to Qi Ji and said, "Thank you just now." โ
He happened to see Qi Ji's eyes.
"Tsk, thank you for the first time. The sun is coming out of the north. Say thank you, see more, consider throwing a hug to make a promise, you see how reliable I am, I can always save you at a critical moment. โ
Qi Ji looked narcissistic, and his previous expression was long gone.
For the next week, Lu Li lived a very peaceful life.
That asthma scared Uncle Guang, every time Uncle Guang wanted to cook a big dish, he would tell Lu Li in advance, as long as Lu Li was in the back kitchen, he would go to the back of the kitchen to smoke, and a few times Lu Li accidentally bumped into him in the kitchen to spit out smoke rings, Uncle Guang would be like a child who did something wrong, and the smoke was very fast. Lu Li took the initiative to explain many times that it was really not a problem with the kitchen and cigarettes, but Uncle Guang was still like that.
"You kid really wanted to beat you up when he first came, but you don't look bad. Qi Ji said that your family used to be quite rich, and your father had to come over to do this because something happened, right? You are also my son's age, and I must be reluctant to do these jobs for my son, they are all raised by my father, so don't scare people to death anymore. Your old man Hong has a bad heart, and his face turned white that day. โ
Lu Li never thought that Uncle Guang would talk to him about this. Usually every night, Uncle Guang shouts at him to work, and he just listens to it and goes to work.
It was probably the first day of work when Uncle Guang said ugly things and disliked his various incompetences, Lu Li always had some pimples in his heart. But just like Qin's mother said, Uncle Guang speaks ugly, and he is really good.
That night, Xuanxuan did his homework and went to the mayor's house to play, Qi Ji had dinner and answered the phone and went to the next town with the toolbox on his back.
It rained in the evening, and at seven or eight o'clock there were only two tables of customers at the food stalls. Uncle Guang drank beer and stepped on a stool to watch the weather forecast on TV with a few villagers, saying that the rain would fall until noon tomorrow, and the wind would be very strong during the day, and everyone was discussing whether to go to sea tomorrow morning.
This was the most lonely night Lu Li had ever seen.
Old Man Hong asked him to put down the transparent plastic cover that had been held up at the door. There was a shelter outside the food stalls, but the rain still came in. The damp is damp and wet, and it is not cool.
"Boy, sit next to me, we haven't spoken properly. Old Man Hong looked at Lu Li with half-squinted eyes and pointed to the stool next to him.
Lu Li moved the stool and sat next to the old man.
"It's hard for you these days, right?" Old Man Hong squinted his eyes and took out a plate of sugar-coated peanuts from the drawer under the lottery machine and gave it to Lu Li. "Come and try it, I have it privately. โ
Lu Li frowned when he saw it and said, "Old man, you can't eat such sweet ......"
Old Man Hong hurriedly gave him a look and said, "You also care about me like Xuan Xuan, I'm very optimistic about you, a young man!" The old man grabbed a handful of peanuts and stuffed them to Lu Li: "Eat, eat, look at your thinness, Xuan Xuan is heavier than you." โ
Lu Li doesn't like sweets very much, but when he saw the old man's squinted eyes and wrinkled wrinkles, he still said thank you and sent them to his mouth one by one.
Old Man Hong saw several wounds on Lu Li's hands: "You haven't done this before." When I first arrived, I thought you wouldn't last more than three days, but it seems that I underestimated you. โ
"Ah, it's okay on hand. Lu Li's hands were burned in several places, all of which were made when serving dishes and helping clumsily in the kitchen, it hurt and itched at first, and it was very uncomfortable at night, and the food stalls were busy, and Lu Li didn't have time to take care of his hands.
Lu Li looked at his hands and arms with a few more scars for a while, and wanted to say that he was fine, so he ate all the peanuts on his hands, and saw the concerned gaze of Old Man Hong sweetly in his mouth. The eyes embedded in the drooping and wrinkled eyelids looked serious and distressed, Lu Li ate peanuts, listened to the rain outside, and smelled the damp smell in the air, his heart was warm.
In the afternoon, Qin's mother sent him changed clothes, saying that she helped him change them with the hairdresser's wife, especially the two pants, which fit a lot, and the two women played with Lu Li as a model, and praised him for looking good and clean in whatever he wore. Unlike Qi Ji, who worked hard to wash his clothes, he was torn or rubbed with engine oil everywhere in a few clicks.
Lu Li has been here for three weeks, and although he is still preoccupied, he likes the people here very much.
Red Sea Town has its special charm, like a simple and gentle girl, without bright clothes, but it is hard not to like her if you have seen her.
Old Man Hong saw that Lu Li obediently finished eating a handful of peanuts and was about to continue to stuff them into his hand, Lu Li heard the sound of a car stopping at the door, thinking that he was going to the kitchen to find Qi Ji.
Outside, there was the sound of the van door opening, and the sound of messy footsteps. Lu left to open the plastic curtain.
The whole person froze there-
"The eldest young master is hiding here? This shop is yours? It's too cold!" A rough voice sounded, Lu Li frowned, and his hand unconsciously clenched into a fist.
Uncle Guang thought it was a guest, so he pinched his cigarette and walked to the door, and saw four or five men wearing vests and showing tattoos, holding iron rods in their hands, and hitting the palms of their hands to make a "pop-" sound. The goal is to land away.
"Young Master Lu, you borrowed more than 100,000 yuan from our Brother Situ half a year ago, and you are not going to pay it back if you still have a tail of more than 100,000 yuan, are you going to pay it back? Let me see, the eldest young master in brocade clothes and jade food, Lao Tzu has fallen, and the small ones are also - tsk, it is really not a climate. Back then, your father still suppressed our Brother Situ, and he didn't know that Lu Jingyun's eight lambs had an accident, and his small family was not pitiful, so he wanted to ask our Brother Situ to borrow money to fight a lawsuit? The big tall man at the head, the dragon with teeth and claws tattooed on his arm, he spit the cigarette in his mouth on the ground, and the person had already walked in front of Lu Li and provoked Lu Li's face with a long stick. Look left and right: "A good face, Brother Situ said, you really don't have any money, think about it-"
"Okay, I'll go with you. Lu Li knew what they were going to say, so he interrupted early. He knew the man who spoke, his younger brother called him Brother Long, and Long Jiu had been asking him for money every month for the past few months. Lu Li turned around and saw Uncle Guang and the two tables of villagers, at first he saw the people who were stirring up trouble outside, and they all came to help him, but when they heard Lu Jingyun's name, everyone stopped in place.
Old Man Hong stood up, looked at the door and looked at Lu Li's incredible face, the face that was kind a minute ago was full of disappointment and sadness.
I don't know who asked: "Are you the son of the surnamed Lu?"
A red-haired little brother beside Long Jiu stepped forward and pointed at Lu Li with a shy, "It's him." used to be a rich boy, but now he can't even take out more than 100,000 yuan. Hide in such a place where birds don't. โ
"And that aunt over there, put your phone down, or we'll smash your shop, believe it or not!" the red-haired stick was clearly pointing at the landing, but suddenly pointed at the commissary next to the food stall.
Lu Li's heart was cold, it was Qin's mother who was calling the police.
I heard the man yell.
Qin's mother hid behind the counter.
Long San gave him a look, and the red-haired stick snapped and smashed into the commissary.
With a bang, the glass of the counter was smashed, and the telephone and a lollipop tube on the counter all fell down. Qin's mother screamed out.
How could Lu Li stand still, opening the stick that Long Jiu was pointing at him with one hand, grabbing the red hair and punching him in the face.
Lu Li wasn't sure if he could beat the four people in front of him alone, Brother Long, they had all practiced after all. Lu Li punched Hongmao to the ground with three punches, and ate a stick hard in his back, someone pulled him up from Hongmao's body, his hands were bound by two people, and Brother Long's stick had already hit him with a head and face: "Raised by a son of a bitch, I dare to beat someone if I owe money, I won't beat you to death!"
Long Jiu scolded and scolded, Lu Li kicked the man who was pulling him to the side and wanted to break free, the man was in pain, but the strength in his hand became bigger and bigger, and he also punched Lu Li's waist fiercely.
Seeing that the stick was about to hit Lu Li's head, Lu Li thought that he couldn't escape.
Suddenly, there was a "snap".
There was a muffled noise around him, and the man who had just eaten him was hit by a stool in the back. The man fell to the ground with a muffled sound, and it was at this moment that Lu Li pulled the person on the other side over and blocked him in front of him, and Long Jiu's stick stopped abruptly.
Lu Li took the opportunity to hold the person in front of him hostage. He heard Uncle Guang standing beside him with a stool and shouting, "Bastard, you dare to smash the grocery store!
Uncle Guang was about to rush up and was stopped by the villagers behind him.
Lu Li also shouted: "Long Jiu, your boss is asking you to collect money, not to cause trouble for him, is it! I don't have any money, I'll go with you, don't move the people in the town!"
Lu Li twisted Long Jiu's little brother's arm in pain, walked forward little by little, and the two who were beaten to the ground relieved themselves to come up to take revenge, but when they saw the battle between Lu Li and Uncle Guang, they kept glancing at Long Jiu's expression.
"Hmph, my brother is injured, whose medical expenses are counted?" Long Jiu frowned. "You, pay 2,000 yuan, otherwise, we will come and smash this grocery store every day! The proprietress is old, but her appearance is still good. Long Jiu pointed at Uncle Guang with a long stick, looking provocative.
When Uncle Guang heard this, he gritted his teeth and wanted to go up and fight with him.
Lu Li's stomach was full of anger, and he also wanted to beat Long Jiu all over the ground now, but Lu Li knew that he couldn't even bother the people in the town anymore.
"Uncle Guang, you go and see Mother Qin. I'll take them away. Lu Li called Uncle Guang.
It's just that Uncle Guang has already blushed with anger and resentment towards Lu Li: "Your dad is not a thing, you are really a broom star!"
Lu Li's chest seemed to be hit by something. In the same way, some people have said to him, saying that he is a broom star. It's just that now that it came out of Uncle Guang's mouth, the villagers behind him also whispered in their anger, and Lu Li's nose was a little sour.
A few minutes ago, he naively felt that this was a paradise, a place where he could stay...... After all, it's just wishful thinking. So far, it was indeed he who recruited Long Jiu.
He couldn't stay in Red Sea Town any longer.
Lu Li gritted his teeth, his back hurt hotly, and his heart was uncomfortable.
He pressed people towards Brother Long, took a breath and forced himself to calm down: "Brother Long, it's just a matter of a few thousand yuan, I'll go back with you, you want to sell and dissect me, and more than one million will still be earned, isn't it?"
Lu Li tried to be as humble as possible. He just wanted to get Long Jiu and them away now.
At this time, there were lights on the empty road at the entrance of the town from far and near.
It was Qi Ji who had returned, riding a rusty motorcycle, wearing a helmet, and his body was drenched in rain.
"Yo--isn't this Long Jiu?" Qi Ji was just helping at the entrance of a small village next door, and after fixing the rain, it was raining outside the car, and he was pulled down by the villagers to eat, it was Qin's mother's phone, and he heard Qin's mother's shouting as soon as he picked it up.
And he hurried back. Good thing it's close.
Long Jiuyi turned his head and saw that it was an old acquaintance. There was some surprise on his face: "Qi Ji, why are you here, brother?"
Qi Ji saw Lu Li's appearance, thought of having dealt with Long Jiu before, and when he thought of their profession, he probably knew it in his heart.
"Didn't you Brother Situ always think that I was far away, and it was always slow to modify your car, so I lived here. Brother Long, what's going on?" Qi Ji secretly clenched his fists, forcing himself to calm down, he saw that Lu Li's eyes were red, his face was broken, and his face was wolf.
"Since it's an acquaintance, it's easy to do. How can you take in such a lost dog? He owes us Brother Situ a million, let's find a meal and ask for interest, you see that beating my brother like this is quite a bit of a crossover! What do you say?"
Qi Ji just laughed when he heard this: "Why didn't I know about this? At that time, when I saw that he was pitiful, I asked him to look at the store, it seems that I didn't have the right idea." โ
Qi Ji looked regretful and glanced at Lu Li with disgust.