Looking at the man's lewd eyes, the girl took two steps back unnaturally. Hurriedly said: "Two big brothers, please help, I'll send it to you myself after I finish collecting the stall, and I won't trouble you to come again." I still have to do business, and I really can't go drinking with you. Two big brothers, why don't you eat a little at my place, and I will give it to you as soon as a guest pays. ”

"What so much nonsense, no money, right? If you don't pay the money, you will operate illegally, set up stalls everywhere, and affect the appearance of the city. Smash, smash it all here. Another man with a fierce face said viciously.

When the girl heard this, she immediately became anxious and almost cried.

"Lao Zheng, don't be so fierce, why don't you know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade at all, how can you be so fierce with such a delicate little girl. Xiaohong, you should think about what I said earlier. The man who spoke in front continued to speak lewdly.

Liu Weiming shook his head and stood up, walked over and said, "How much?"

Several people looked at Liu Weiming in surprise.

"Who are you, what's the matter with you here?" said the man with a fierce face.

"It doesn't matter who I am, you just need to tell me how much money this girl wants to pay you, you two standing here affect my appetite, it's as simple as that. Liu Weiming said lightly.

"Are you looking for trouble? The man with a fierce face impulsively wanted to rush over, but was stopped by another one.

"We're just here to collect money, as long as someone gives money, who doesn't give it, this brother promised to give money, it's a good thing. Two hundred, brother. The man with a lewd smile stopped the other and said to Liu Weiming.

"Why was it only a hundred yesterday and two hundred today?" said the girl hurriedly.

"The price of gas is rising every day, and gasoline is more expensive today than yesterday. The lewd man said with a smile.

"Well, two hundred. Liu Weiming said as he took out two sheets from his wallet and handed them to the lewd man, and then said, "Take the money and leave quickly, don't affect my meal." ”

"You kid has a kind, don't let me touch you in the future. The other man pointed to Liu Weiming as he walked.

Liu Weiming smiled and said, "You'd better pray more and pray that you won't meet me again in the future." ”

"Thank you so much, big brother, but I may have to wait for this money to be returned to you. The girl immediately said gratefully to Liu Weiming.

"I don't have any business now, so if you're okay, sit down with me and talk." Liu Weiming saw that there were no new guests coming in, so he said to the girl.

The girl looked at Liu Weiming, and then nodded.

Liu Weiming sat back at his table and asked while drinking, "Girl." ”

"Big brother, don't call me girl, my name is Cheng Xiaohong, just call me Xiaohong. Cheng Xiaohong was a little embarrassed to be called by Liu Weiming.

"I'll just call you Xiao Cheng. Liu Weiming thought about it and said, he was really embarrassed to let him call a girl he met for the first time Xiaohong. After staying in the agency for a long time, it is natural to habitually ask people to add a small word in front of their surname.

"My surname is Liu, if you don't dislike it, call me Brother Liu. Liu Weiming then introduced himself, and then said: "The money just now is the money for my meal, so you don't have to pay it back." ”

"Then what's the matter, Brother Liu, you can't afford so much money for dinner. Cheng Xiaohong said immediately.

"If not, it's as if I have saved it here, and I'll deduct it later." Liu Weiming thought for a while and said. Then he asked, "Why do these chengguan come to collect money? Do they come every day?"

"It is said that it is a management fee, and I pay 100 yuan a day. Cheng Xiaohong nodded.

"Did they show you anything? You don't need any vouchers to pay them?" Liu Weiming said with a frown.

"Vouchers? I only know that everyone who does business here has to pay it, and two months ago, there was a street stall selling them, and if they didn't pay the money early, they confiscated all the things, and smashed those who couldn't take them away. Cheng Xiaohong obviously didn't realize any of the problems involved.

Liu Weiming probably knew what was going on, shook his head, and took another sip of wine. Then he asked, "How much money do you make a month doing this business every day?"

"Huh?" Cheng Xiaohong looked at Liu Weiming suspiciously.

"It's okay, just tell me the truth, how much you can earn every month. Liu Weiming asked encouragingly.

"I make breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper every day from morning to night, and I can earn a little more than 1,000 a month, and if the business is good, I can earn 2,000. The girl nodded.

Liu Weiming thought about it, the intensity of work like this in the secret path is completely disproportionate to the income, but in Baishan, such an income can barely make a living.

"Then why didn't your brother let him go to school at such a young age?" Liu Weiming asked what he wanted to ask the most.

As soon as she heard Liu Weiming's words, the girl's eyes immediately turned red, she lowered her head and didn't speak, Liu Weiming knew that there was another reason at a glance, so she lit a cigarette and slowly waited for Cheng Xiaohong's next words.

"My younger brother dropped out of school after graduating from primary school last year, because I was incapable, and I am sorry for him. Cheng Xiaohong cried and said, and then said: "I haven't gone to school myself, and a woman's family doesn't have much strength, so I can't make any money." My father died early, my mother was sick again, and I had to take medicine every day, so I could only come out and set up such a stall, although I could make some money, but it was only enough for my mother to buy medicine. When my mother's illness is completely cured, I can save money again for my brother's schooling. ”

After listening to this, Liu Weiming was speechless, and the sourness in Cheng Xiaohong's words Liu Weiming was very clear.

"Your craftsmanship is very good, even better than some of the chefs in the restaurants. Liu Weiming smiled and diverted the topic.

"No, no, I'm just a local method of stir-frying vegetables at home, how can I compare with the master chef in the restaurant. Cheng Xiaohong blushed when she heard this. Liu Weiming smiled, the girls in the mountains have their own unique simplicity and subtlety of the people in the mountains.

"Chick, it's time to pay the protection money. At this moment, a few more people walked in outside who looked like hooligans, and shouted at Cheng Xiaohong from afar.

Cheng Xiaohong's face changed again, she immediately stood up, and said to a few people tremblingly: "Brothers, didn't you just hand it over a few days ago?"

"Paying a few days earlier will ensure your safety a few days earlier, and paying it today will ensure your safety today. One of them said.

Cheng Xiaohong was about to speak, but was stopped by Liu Weiming. Liu Weiming stood up and smiled, and handed a cigarette to no one, of course, this cigarette is definitely not a cheap cigarette.

"How many people, I don't know how much this protection fee is?" asked Liu Weiming lightly.

"Hmm...... One hundred. One of them looked at Liu Weiming and said casually.

"Oh, a hundred. Otherwise, a few people, I'm in a hurry to go out today, and I didn't bring any money. This is my cousin, she has just started this business, and she really has no money. Otherwise, you come here at this time tomorrow, I'll wait for you here, give you a thousand, do you say?" Liu Weiming said with a smile.

As soon as Liu Weiming said this, several hooligans began to hesitate.

"Don't doubt it, even if I don't come, my cousin doesn't have to do business here every day? Moreover, you shouldn't doubt that I can't take out a thousand yuan, right? If I make an extra nine hundred yuan a day, you don't think you can do this business?" Liu Weiming continued to smile and said.

Several people looked at Liu Weiming, and one of them said loudly: "Okay, I believe you, seeing that you smoke such a good cigarette, you should be a rich man, and you shouldn't lie to us." We'll be here for you again tomorrow this time. However, if you don't get the money by then, don't blame me for being polite. ”

"yes, okay. Liu Weiming nodded.

Several people looked at Liu Weiming again, and then turned around and left.

"How can you promise them a thousand, these guys can do anything. As soon as the person left, Cheng Xiaohong was anxious.

Liu Weiming laughed when he heard this, and then said: "Someone will come to give this thousand yuan tomorrow, and you don't need to pay it or I need to pay it." Xiao Cheng, have these people been doing nonsense here all along?"

"I didn't know before, but it's been them in the last few months, and it seems that they have cut several people. Cheng Xiaohong nodded and said, and then said: "Brother Liu, thank you very much today, but I really can't come up with so much money to pay you back at once, or you can leave me a mobile phone number, and I will return it to you as soon as I have money." ”

"It's okay, I said it, the money stays here, I will come to you often to eat in the future, and I will deduct the bill directly when the time comes." I'm also full today, so I'll go first. Liu Weiming smiled and turned around to leave, just turned around and walked a few steps before turning back to Cheng Xiaohong and said, "At this time tomorrow, I have a large group of friends who will come over for dinner, you leave a big table, and then prepare more dishes." You don't have to feel like you owe me anything, the government owes you everything. ”

After Liu Weiming finished saying this, he left directly, and Liu Weiming, who was walking on the road, was actually in a very heavy mood. Today's meal actually reflects many, many social problems. From Cheng Xiaohong alone, you can see how difficult the lives of the people of Baishan are. Take Cheng Xiaohong as an example, if there were no chengguan and these hooligans, she would have earned far more than 1,000 yuan a month, and the extra money could have allowed her younger brother to go to school. On the other hand, the school itself should be appropriately free of charge for students in difficulty, and if the school had such a policy, Cheng Xiaohong's younger brother would not have dropped out of school. Of course, compared to the problem of students going to school, the matter of a few hooligans and the chengguan is a trivial matter, such a big Black Tiger Gang Liu Weiming has wiped him out, can't he clean up these little hooligans?

Liu Weiming was smoking a cigarette while walking, and as soon as he got home and turned on the computer, he saw an email, which was sent by Zhang Yuyan. Among them, it is to blame Liu Weiming for not calling and emailing her, and the other is to say something about her over there, and of course, she also sent some photos of herself. Liu Weiming looked at it carefully, but still didn't reply. Any conversation with Zhang Yuyan made him very difficult, and Liu Weiming didn't dare to reply casually before thinking about how to answer.

Liu Weiming called Zhang Yunjia before going to bed and asked about the children's situation. Then let Jin Qian answer the phone, Jin Qian's body has fully recovered, of course, the current body can definitely not be compared with the previous body, however, normal life will not have any impact. Jin Qian told Liu Weiming that she would go back to Linyang after a while, although the entire group was handed over to Zhong Li to take care of, but she was still the legal representative. Liu Weiming agreed with Jin Qian's idea, after all, it is not a good thing for people to stay at home all day long and have nothing to do.

After work the next day, when it was close to the end of work, Liu Weiming made a phone call to Yao Hong, "Secretary-General, help me inform Chi Mintian, director of the Public Security Bureau, the deputy mayor in charge of urban construction, the deputy mayor in charge of education, the director of the Education Bureau, and the director of the Urban Management Bureau. Liu Weiming said directly.

Yao Hong was stunned, he didn't understand what the situation was at all, Liu Weiming personally invited guests to dinner, and he invited such a messy person, all of a sudden the deputy mayor, and all of a sudden even the director of the urban management bureau came, this level span is too big, right? You know, this urban management bureau is a second-level organization of the urban construction bureau, and at most it can only be regarded as a deputy department level. Yao Hong thought quickly in his mind, but in the end, he still didn't understand what Liu Weiming's purpose was. Of course, Yao Hong didn't ask, just complied.

When he was about to get off work, Liu Weiming asked Tang Weilong, who is still still a secretary, to inform the canteen not to cook for him, and in addition, Liu Weiming also asked Tang Weilong to go home by himself after work, saying that he had an activity in the evening. After getting off work, Liu Weiming still sat in the office for more than ten minutes, and felt that it was almost time before he slowly went downstairs. Seeing Liu Weiming coming downstairs, several people consciously stood up straight and greeted Liu Weiming.

"It's all here, then let's go. By the way, let you drivers all go back, the place to eat is not far away, let's walk. Liu Weiming looked at everyone and said lightly, and then took the lead and walked out.

Hearing Liu Weiming say this, several people looked at each other. Usually, these bigwigs, including the director of the lowest-level urban management bureau, must take a car when they go out, and today, the secretary of the municipal party committee suddenly said that we are not far away, so that everyone has an unbelievable feeling. Of course, Chi Mintian, who knew and was most familiar with Liu Weiming, did not express too much surprise, and followed Liu Weiming's footsteps closely.

"Secretary Liu. Chi Mintian caught up with Liu Weiming and handed Liu Weiming a cigarette.

"What's the matter, you want to bribe me to find out some inside information about the purpose of today's meal?" Liu Weiming said as he took the cigarette.

"No, no, how could I have such a thought. Chi Mintian said embarrassedly, and then said, "I'm here to thank Secretary Liu." ”

Ji Mintian said in a low voice.

Liu Weiming smiled, and then said, "Thank me, why didn't I arrest you? Don't talk about that nonsense, I will talk about the meal when I invite you to dinner today." Chi Mintian, let me ask you a few questions, the Black Tiger Gang has been eradicated, so what is the current security environment in Baishan? Will there be other Red Tiger Gangs?"