Except for Yanqi, the rest are all first-time here, each holding a small bowl with all kinds of hot dishes, and eating with relish while walking.

Huo Yanqi was a little depressed, looking at the flavor halls on both sides with nostalgia, and sighed and said: "It's all changed! It's not the same as it was six years ago! Some are expensive, some are closed, and the whole street doesn't have the same feeling as before!"

Yu'er was surprised and said: "Today's businessmen make the most money, how can there be those shopkeepers in the past!

Huo Yanqi nodded, feeling that Yu'er's words made sense. Ziyu said on the side: "Actually, it's not true, they don't really want to be profiteers, desperate to make money, maybe it's not them who have changed, but this environment, which is driven by everyone's tastes and habits!"

All the women turned their heads to look at Ziyu, since she came back, she just followed everyone all day long, looking like she was afraid of provoking anyone, and she didn't dare to open her mouth to speak in front of everyone for a long time!

Hearing her say this now, everyone showed a strange expression, as if they didn't expect her to say such a point.

"Sister Ziyu, why do you say that the environment has affected them, not that they have changed the environment?" Yu'er is two months older than Ziyu, so she calls her sister.

Ziyu glanced at Ye Xiaoxuan carefully, and saw that the boss was looking at her with a faint smile, with a shallow smile on his face, but there was an encouraging look in his eyes, so he was bold and said to everyone: "I guess, because there is no boss who is willing to kill himself and take the initiative to do business!"

Seeing that everyone was listening intently, Ziyu said to Huo Yanqi: "Sister, I heard you say that there are many changes in the whole street, but there is one main one, you have never criticized!"

Huo Yanqi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked her: "What is it?" I think most of them have changed, nothing has changed!"

Ziyu shook her head, looked at Huo Yanqi and said, "Maybe you haven't said it yet, maybe it really hasn't changed, that's why you ignored it! Sister Yanqi, think about it, what is the most important thing for this flavor street?"

When she asked, everyone was a little stunned, and then guessed, Ziqian didn't let everyone guess for too long, and directly gave the answer: "Taste! Neither my sister nor I have heard Sister Yanqi complain about the taste here!"

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized, and even Huo Yanqi's face showed a look of surprise and approval, and she kept nodding.

Indeed, to say that the only place on Fifth Avenue has not become is the taste here, after so many years, all kinds of snacks or meals still retain the original taste, which is also the only place where Huo Yanqi feels gratified!

Although the price of things has risen a lot, and the amount is much less, Ye Xiaoxuan is not bad for money now, so he took the girls to go shopping, and they all ate with a round belly.

Wiping his mouth with a tissue, the little shadow yawned and said to Ye Xiaoxuan, "Brother, let's go back?"

Ye Xiaoxuan asked everyone's opinions, and seeing that everyone was a little tired, he nodded and said, "Let's go, go home!"

Walking back along the way we came, it was also late at night, and the Fifth Avenue was still full of people, and no one walked under the canopies on both sides, only people came.

Lao Jiu, who had broken his eyebrows and opened the road in front, suddenly stopped, turned his head and glanced at Ye Xiaoxuan. Following his gaze, Ye Xiaoxuan also saw a few people not far away.

It was a group of young men, dressed in shiny ornaments, with dyed hair dyed like a rooster in a dye vat, and an unruly look that looked like a bunch of ruffians.

You can't tell their age just by looking at the dress, but when you see the faces, you can see that these are a group of children, and the oldest is estimated to be no more than sixteen years old!

There were six of them. The first one is quite strong, and he is wearing a silver nose ring on his nose, Ye Xiaoxuan can't figure out why this kid doesn't let a good person do it, but is willing to be a cow? Could it be that he claims to be the reincarnation of the Bull Demon King?

In fact, such people exist in every city, typical ruffians and hooligans, just looking at the dress is to make people afraid that they don't know that they are out to mix.

It is said that such a person will not pay attention to Ye Xiaoxuan at all, but since Lao Jiu made a hint, Ye Xiaoxuan deliberately observed it, and sure enough, he found Ni Duan.

The gang swaggered through the crowd, passing by every storefront, and a kid with a black satchel on his back would run in, and then in less than two minutes, he would run out with a stack of money in his hand and stuff it into his satchel!

Lao Jiu, who broke his eyebrows, whispered to Ye Xiaoxuan: "It should be a protection fee, I watched them all enter the three houses, and they all took the money!"

Ye Xiaoxuan frowned, nodded and did not speak. Are the businessmen in the provincial capital so kind? Even children dare not offend? Looking at these bosses, who are five big and three thick, these children who have not even grown a beard can protect them?

To be honest, it was the first time Ye Xiaoxuan had seen a protection fee. Although he is also a gangster, he has never received protection money from others, and of course he has not been collected by others!

Although Qi Tian is the largest private force in the world, he has never charged protection fees to any unit or individual, and he would rather let others join or merge in exchange for greater benefits. Bad boys do the same.

The person who can really protect himself the most is himself. What can really bring harm to people is the group of people who collect protection money! Whether it is Qi Yunheng or Ye Xiaoxuan, they will not have such a narrow gaze and such an unpopular means!

This is a provincial city, but the quality of the bastards is even worse than that of Xianhu! Whether it is a bad boy or Qi Tian, or even the batshirt with the worst reputation back then, they have never done anything to forcibly collect protection money!

And this also made Huo Yanqi understand the real reason for the deterioration of Fifth Avenue, it is very likely that it is precisely because of this that the business volume here has shrunk and the service attitude has become worse and worse!

"Whoa!" A broken sound came from the dough shop next to him, and the Bull Demon King walked out of the store by the collar of the young man who was playing with Huo Yanqi just now, kicked him in the stomach hard, kicked him to the ground, and scolded in his mouth: "What do you want to do when you return the key, you are embarrassed, right?"

The young man got up from the ground in a daze, took out a box of cigarettes from the ground, took out one and handed it to the Bull Demon King, and said with a smiling face: "Fifth brother, you can take the key, I will definitely give you a lot of money on the first day of the first month of next month, and I will never break my promise! Just let me do it for a few days, okay?"

The Bull Demon King slapped the cigarette off, pointed at the young man's nose and scolded: "Tang Laosan, you don't know the rules of the way, you can't take it out today, and it won't be this price from tomorrow!

Tang Laosan grabbed the Bull Demon King's arm, stuffed the key in his hand into his hand, and said with a crying voice: "Fifth brother, give him a way out! My old Tang Ji has not made any offerings to the drum master, can't he even get it back for the turnover of these ten days?"

"Bah!" The Bull Demon King turned his hand and smashed the key on Tang Laosan's body, pointed at him and scolded: "Are you also afraid of the drum master? Then hurry up and make up the money, otherwise... You know the consequences!Don't follow me, or you won't open the door from tonight!" said and walked away with a group of younger brothers, no longer paying attention to the depressed Tang Laosan behind him!

When passing by Ye Xiaoxuan's side, the fifth brother's eyes narrowed, and his eyes fell on Huo Yanqi and Jia Ran and others, almost drooling onto his chest, and he just wanted to tease a few words, but he saw the unkind eyes of Lao Jiu with broken eyebrows next to him, and also felt that although Ye Xiaoxuan did not have any expression, he had a momentum that made people fall into an ice cave, knowing that these few were probably not easy to mess with, and he also had important things to do, so he snorted coldly and scolded: "Look at the egg!" swaggered away.

Lao Jiu, who had broken eyebrows, turned around and pursed his lips, looked at the backs of the gang and muttered, "Are you eggs?" Ye Xiaoxuan glared at him and shook his head.

Just arrived in the provincial capital, there is really no need to make enemies with these small ruffians, although everyone despises their behavior, but the bad boy is not a righteous teacher to maintain world peace, not getting used to it does not mean reaching out to manage, there is enough trouble, no more trouble, no more trouble!

But seeing Tang Laosan standing at the door of the store in despair, everyone felt pitiful when they looked at it, Xiao Yu'er walked up to him and asked, "Who is this key?"

Tang Laosan didn't seem to have recovered from his trance, and said casually: "Where else can it be, on the door of my store?"

Xiao Yu'er was stunned for a moment, and then scolded: "Are you stupid? Give your store door key to that kind of ruffian! People give it back to you, you still don't want it, are you drunk?"

Tang Lao glared at her angrily: "What do you know! He also gave me this key, and he will give me a new lock, so that if I can't open it, the business will never be done again!"

Everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't imagine that the gangsters in the provincial capital were really shameless, and they actually came up with such a trick, this is not a pure scoundrel!

Through the gossip of several girls, Ye Xiaoxuan finally understood the means of those gangsters to control these businesses.

The boss of the Bull Demon King's gang is the drum master of the provincial city. This man owns an investment company called Shun Yi Xing, which has investments in many shops on Fifth Street.

As a shareholder, the drum master owns the store keys of many shops, but once it comes to the day of commission collection, there is a store that can't pay the money, the drum master will return the key to the store, and then before dawn, regardless of whether there is anyone inside, hang a lock prepared by himself, if you want to open the lock, at least make up the price twice as high as the original number, otherwise, the store will be ready to be surnamed Gu!

Gu Ye relied on this method to control Fifth Avenue and some surrounding commercial areas, which can be regarded as a force in the top five in the provincial capital, and the entire Fifth Avenue was actually invested in 80% of the shops he invested!

The little shadow glared at the soulless Tang Laosan with disdain, snorted and said: "How good the previous Tang Ji dough noodle business was, and it could make a lot of money, why did Lao Tang retire and change Xiao Tang, and even ask others to borrow it for a mere 150,000 yuan? It's really a shame for Lao Tang Ji!"

"Shadow!" Jia Ran called softly, shaking his head at the little shadow. She has never been embarrassed by others.

Tang Laosan's face was red, his eyes were slightly red, and he gritted his teeth and stared at Xiao Yingzi, looking like he wanted to eat people!