Hong Xiao's second bowl of wontons has been eaten, but the next bowl has not yet come up.

In this moment, of course, he would not mind admiring the old man's rather smooth movements at this time, and remembered some things and fell into a trance.

The old man has obviously been doing this business for many years, and he already has quite a lot of experience, he is an old man, but the movements give people a sense of beauty.

This kind of beauty may not be visible to others, but Hong Xiao can feel it completely.

Soon, the old man's wontons were cooked, and the woman was in charge of serving them after adjusting them, and as soon as she walked over like this, she happened to enter Hong Xiao's slightly stunned sight.

As soon as the woman raised her head, she saw Hong Xiao looking behind her, and her expression did not change in the slightest.

Every day, hundreds of men come to eat wontons at the stalls, and their eyes are more eager and unabashed.

Hong Xiao's slightly stunned gaze couldn't arouse her the slightest bit of shame, and she couldn't see anything anyway, so it wasn't worth offending customers, the life of a little person was like this, and after being forced to sharpen by this life for a long time, no matter how sharp the edges and corners were, they became smooth.

People like Hong Xiao who can eat are rare now, the amount of wontons cooked by the old man is originally very large, and one bowl is enough for ordinary people, but this is already Hong Xiao's third bowl, the kind old man is afraid that Hong Xiao will not eat enough, and he has obviously increased the amount in the second bowl, and this bowl is still the same!

"Little brother, your ravioli!"

The woman had a standard southern accent, and her voice was very soft, like glutinous rice, Hong Xiao finally came back to her senses, nodded slightly, and could smell the unique aroma of wontons between her noses.

The woman gently placed the wonton on the table, and then turned around and continued to clean up the stall.

At this time, several regular customers who often came saw that Hong Xiao's wontons were obviously more than their own, and they couldn't help but jokingly ask: "Uncle Liu, we also come often, why don't you put a few more for us, is this young man a handsome guy, so he is treated specially." ”

"yes, why don't we put a few more ravioli!"

Uncle Liu is the old man who cooks wontons!

"A bowl of wontons is enough for you, if you can eat as much as this little brother, I'll add a few more for you!" The old man said softly.

According to Hong Xiao's estimate, the old man should be very old, but he is very confident in his anger.

The old man answered everyone's questions very indifferently, they are all regular customers, and often take care of the business here, the old man is very grateful, and he is very serious about these people's jokes.

Originally, it was a trading without much profit, and the old man gave Hong Xiao more, maybe it wouldn't be profitable, but he still did it.

Regarding the jokes of the people around him, Hong Xiao just smiled and didn't say anything, everyone has no malicious intentions, sometimes a sentence can be happy for a long time, why not!

The wontons are very delicious, the amount is large, and the ingredients are complete, Hong Xiao is very good at eating, for this kind of special emotion, and it is really delicious, he naturally wants to eat a little more!

"It's delicious!"

It's not a boast, because this sentence is what he said to himself, maybe a bowl of wontons is inconspicuous, but a guy like Hong Xiao who regards food as very important, every delicacy should not be missed!

Hong Xiao ate the wontons very seriously, and this time the speed was surprisingly slow.

As time passed, the people slowly left, and almost every customer who left the wonton stall would greet the old man, and the stall that was still noisy before quieted down for a while, as if everyone knew it by heart.

For everyone's kind goodbye, the old man always smiled slightly and nodded, even if he didn't speak, but the goodwill had been expressed.

As for the woman who helps, she will give a smile to every customer who leaves, and the customer will respond.

Everything is so harmonious!

The moon was rising higher and higher, and it was already almost nine o'clock in the evening, and Hong Xiao had been sitting here for more than two hours.

And in this process, Hong Xiao ate four bowls of wontons, and every night was a lot of food!

Everyone was gone, and Hong Xiao was the only one left, and the old man and the woman who helped also began to clean up, skillfully tidying up the tables and chairs, and then loading them onto a tricycle that was not small, and was going to take these things away in a while.

It's not a legal stall here, but they, who do business, have paid the money, so they can set up a stall until nine o'clock every day, which is why everyone else leaves before nine o'clock, and it seems that only Hong Xiao doesn't know.

Although these small vendors have paid the so-called protection fee, some of the thugs here still often come to them for trouble, and it is even more common to eat white food, everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak, if they have not left after nine o'clock to continue their business, they will be found even worse, and they will directly take away the guy they rely on for survival, and don't want to get it back if they don't pay the fine!

These people are actually gangsters, but they act as law enforcers.

It's just that everyone dares to be angry about this, although the status of these gangsters is not high, but they are grouped together, which is not something that these ordinary people can deal with at all, and they are entangled, and in the end it is only the traders who suffer.

Soon, it was nine o'clock, and all the other merchants and vendors left, only the old man's family was still there, Hong Xiao's fifth bowl of wontons was about to be eaten, and the old man had already packed them all, as long as Hong Xiao left, he would follow and leave.

Seeing that the time passed little by little, the old man's face became more and more anxious, and he could only try to remain calm, now it is a minute to walk every night, which is a big risk!

But all this, Hong Xiao, who was eating, didn't know about it, so the speed was still very slow.

Suddenly, the old man's face changed, and he looked at a van driving in the distance, and a pale suddenly appeared on his smiling face.

"This little brother, those people are here, you should leave quickly, otherwise it will be troublesome in a while!"

The old man couldn't care about Hong Xiao at this time, and said anxiously that he was about to leave with the woman next to him in a cart, but Hong Xiao hadn't reacted yet, what was going on!

But he was pushing a tricycle, and it was very heavy, where was the opponent of the van, and before he could push out a few steps, the van had already come to her and Hong Xiao, and a beautiful tail flick stopped, so fast that it even left a few deep tire marks on the asphalt road.

Hong Xiao frowned slightly, these people came and came, but the car drove too fast, and it blocked a lot of dust, seeing that there were only a few left in a bowl of wontons, but the dust visible to the naked eye fell in, so naturally they couldn't eat it.

Seeing his beloved wonton sacrificed like this, Hong Xiao was in a very bad mood, and by the way, he didn't have a good impression of the people in the car!

"Whoa...... Boom! ”

A few gangsters dressed in ruffians pushed the car door and got out of the car, slamming the door on, and the dull sound of the door closing made the old man's heart plummet.

It's already nine o'clock, and it's already past ten o'clock, but I didn't expect to be so unlucky today that he really asked him to meet these people.

However, the old man did not resent Hong Xiao, after all, Hong Xiao was not a regular customer and did not know the so-called rules here.

"A few little brothers, I didn't deliberately delay the time, I had already closed the stall, but I packed up a lot of things today, so I delayed the time and left immediately!"

The old man whispered to the little thug in front of him, and a flattering smile appeared on his face.

"Hmph, what are you talking about? Wouldn't there be nothing left for you to close the stall a little earlier? It's really a greedy peddler, letting you sell until nine o'clock is already very face-saving for you, it's you who don't have a face to say, don't think that you'll be fine if you pay the protection fee. ”

Standing at the front was a middle-aged man dressed in black, the man was slightly blessed, and his tone was awe-inspiring, full of accusations and superiority from the superiors against the common people.

But in fact, he is just a gangster, where did he get such a big power.

Maybe it's just that these vendors don't have the strength to resist them, so they have developed their current temper.

The old man's heart sank again and again, he didn't expect it to be this guy who came today, this man's name is Liu Bao'er, he is the leader of these gangsters, and he is also the most difficult to talk to, he was caught, it will definitely not be a good thing!

There's no way, people are gangsters, they all have some connections and forces, even if it's just a dozen people who want to get something for nothing, they just know that everyone gets together, and it's not something that they, the common people, can provoke.

It's not easy for everyone to earn food and eat, where will it be easy to offend them, so they are usually served with good food and drink, they never give money to eat here, and they don't even eat and take, no one dares to squeak!

And this Liu Baoer has been coming to this area more and more times since the old man found a woman to be his helper a year ago, and he came here to be seen by him, all of them were his subordinates before, and now he is all in person, especially in the past two months, he has come to check no less than ten times.

At first, it was okay, Liu Baoer smiled every day, and he was very face-saving when the old man said anything, but later, this guy's attitude became worse and worse, and his methods became more and more unconcealed, his target was not the old man, nor money, but the helper that the old man found, a beautiful woman.

This woman's name is Xiaocui, she is a distant relative of the old man, her family is rural, she is thirty years old, she was married once, but her husband died in an accident.

She didn't want to stay in the countryside anymore, so she came to Mingzhu City to join the old man.

And the old man is also warm-hearted, although he is also very poor, but he still helps Xiaocui and asks her to help herself, and she pays a fixed salary every month.

However, since Xiaocui has been there, the old man's business here has obviously improved a lot, and it can be regarded as the old man's kindness.

However, in addition to good business, Xiaocui naturally has troubles, and the biggest trouble is this Liu Baoer.

In the past week, he has troubled the old man twice, and the two times have caused the old man a lot of money.

Although the old man's business is okay, but if he is harmed once, it is a few days' income, looking at Liu Baoer's appearance, as long as he does not compromise, there is no way.

But the old man has his own principles, even if he gives money, he will not let Liu Baoer do anything to Xiaocui, this is his bottom line.

This is the sadness and reality of society, a group of ordinary and kind people are about to be wantonly oppressed by a group of gangsters.

"Boss Liu, I'm really embarrassed today, I really closed the stall before nine o'clock, you also know that it takes a lot of time to clean up these things, and it's a little slower to clean up, so you can let me go this time!" The old man begged for mercy.

"Spare you? How many times have I let you go? But you don't cherish the opportunity! Brothers, pack up your things and push the cart away! The corners of Liu Bao'er's mouth lifted, and her gaze at the old man was deep and playful.

He has been thinking about this good opportunity for a long time, so naturally he will not let it go easily.