Chapter 8: Blackmail
"Brother De, don't you know Jin Daxia?" Li Xuan touched the back of his head and asked curiously.
"What do I know him for? I'm not messing around on the road, so you still take his money? Brother De looked at Li Xuan with a look of hatred that iron could not become steel. Li Xuan and Jin Yong were talking on the side just now, but they didn't get together, but they saw Li Xuan talking to the middle-aged man for a long time from a distance, and they also collected a lot of money.
"You don't even know Kim Yong?"
Li Xuan is surprised, a few months ago, this guy was so obsessed with the TV series, but he didn't know the main owner when he saw it.
"I'll take care of you Jin Yong and Yin Yong, I'll tell you Xuan Zai, isn't it the ...... of the Black Society" Brother De was about to continue to persuade Li Xuan to change his ways, but he was suddenly stunned.
After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Brother De looked at Li Xuan with wide eyes: "You said, you said it was Jin Yong just now?" ”
"Yes," Li Xuan looked at him with an innocent expression.
"Jin Yong who wrote the Heaven and Dragon Slayer?"
"Yes......"
"Ah" Sister Fen at the cashier next to her suddenly screamed, pointed outside and asked Li Xuan, "Was it really Jin Yong just now?" ”
Li Xuan nodded helplessly, this has to be said a few times.
This time, Brother De was even more surprised, tremblingly stretched out his right hand and pointed at Li Xuan and asked, "What did you just do?" Why did Jin Yong give you money? ”
"What else can I do? I wrote a novel and was going to publish it in Ming Pao, so I sent me the manuscript fee. ”
"Ming Pao! Royalties! Brother De suddenly shouted twice, and then patted Li Xuan's shoulder vigorously: "I knew that you kid could make a difference, but I didn't expect it to be developed in less than half a year." Yes, yes! As he spoke, his tone was visibly choked.
"Brother De, Brother De, what's wrong with you?" Li Xuan patted Brother De's back, and began to cry as he spoke.
"It's okay, it's okay, I just remembered those brothers from before." Brother De wiped the corners of his eyes and said to Li Xuan with a smile: "You are now developed, you can't brush the dishes anymore, we can't bear you." ”
This Brother De really can't speak, so he has to continue to brush the dishes. However, Li Xuan really didn't want to brush the dishes with so much money, and he couldn't afford to copy two words a month. So Li Xuan hurriedly replied to Sister Fen next to him: "Sister Fen, it seems that my years of brushing dishes are coming to an end." But don't worry, until you find someone again, I'll do it to the end! ”
Li Xuan is not a person who leaves as soon as he has money, if he leaves now, the matter of brushing dishes will fall on the silent sister-in-law De, who is a little unbearable alone.
"Well, don't worry, sister will recruit ......people now," Sister Fen, who had just been brought a little tearful by Brother De's cry, said with a smile on her face.
Looking at these two "fellows" with red circles in their eyes, Li Xuan somehow wanted to cry a little.
"Hey, Ah Jian, oh, a net wonton, good ratt."
"I'll tell you Ah Jian, we've got a writer."
"Ah, who is it? Who else can there be, Xuan Tsai in our back kitchen, who has only been in Hong Kong for half a year, and it has developed. ”
"Don't know? Don't you know each other now, you buy a copy of Ming Pao Evening News the day after tomorrow and take a look, he wrote it, iron-blooded Tianjiao! ”
"Haha, thank you!"
Li Xuan, who was brushing the plates, smiled bitterly. This Brother De, who shouted from morning to evening, said that he was afraid that some people didn't know that there was a guy who brushed dishes in Liang Kee Tea Restaurant and wrote novels.
Late at night, Li Xuan looked at the pile of coins scattered on the bed, the money brought over by the crossing, today's manuscript fee, and his salary in the past few months. Taking a deep breath, Li Xuan left a thousand Hong Kong dollars and put it in his wallet, and put the rest of the money in an envelope and hid it under the bed. It seems that I have to take some time to look at the house, although I can't afford it now, but I can still rent one, in case Sister Fen recruits someone, he will be embarrassed to live here again.
As a result, he didn't go out to look for a house the next afternoon, so he found him first.
"Yo, Sister Fen is really getting more and more beautiful." Li Xuan, who was brushing the dishes, heard Ajie's voice again, and Li Xuan, who had been here for several months, already knew that this street was Ajie's territory, and Sister Fen and they had to pay protection money every month. However, Li Xuan frowned, there is still more than a week left until next month, what is this Ajie going to do?
"Ah, it's Brother Jie. Well, what do you want to eat? The old rules? Sister Fen was obviously surprised.
"Don't eat, don't eat, I just ate abalone for lunch, and now I can't fill anything in my stomach."
"That's?"
"Isn't this looking at the sign outside you saying that there is a lack of miscellaneous people, Lak, I have a brother Xiaoliu who just came over, and I have to find something for him!"
Applejack has a brother who is willing to scrub the dishes? What a miracle! Li Xuan quickly stood up and looked out through the small door.
Sister Fen is talking to Applejack and them in front of the cash register, but this time Li Xuan discovers that Applejack's five-person group has become a six-person group. However, looking at the sixth person standing behind him with a cower, Li Xuan felt that something was wrong.
Dressed in an old-fashioned coarse cloth green-skinned military uniform, with several patches on his body, especially without shoes on his feet, he looks less than 20 years old! Looking at the way that person shrunk and looked around, Li Xuan only remembered one word: Escapee! I just came over.
"This ......" Sister Fen hesitated a little.
"What, Sister Fen can't do it?" Applejack asked, dissatisfied.
Sister Fen dared to say no, and quickly replied, "Okay." ”
"That's it, by the way, Sister Fen, my brother doesn't have anything on him, you pay and pay half a month's salary first." In the end, he still has to collect protection money here, and Applejack doesn't dare to do it.
"Well, okay, half a month, half a month!" Sister Fen hurriedly opened the cash register and took out 600 Hong Kong dollars.
Applejack was not polite, and grabbed it all, but he didn't hand it to the little six, and put it directly into his pocket. Then Ajie turned to the little six and said, "That, that, what's it called, oops, no matter, do you hear it here!" ”
"Hear, hear." That Xiao Liu replied with a frightened face, but the vernacular is good, unlike Li Xuan who basically didn't say it when he first came, it seems that he came from the coast.
"Hey, that's right!" Ajie praised Xiaoliu, then turned back to Sister Fen and said, "By the way, Sister Fen, I heard that there was another Xuan boy after I left in the morning, and I recently made a fortune writing novels?" ”
Oops! Li Xuan felt a chill in his heart when he heard this sentence in the back kitchen, this guy is not good.
"Huh?" Sister Fen also felt wrong, and was stunned for a moment and didn't reply.
"Hehe" Ajie laughed strangely, turned his head and said to Xiao Liu, "Let's go, brother will take you to see where you work!" ”
Finished! Li Xuan was anxious, there was no back door to escape from this store!
Li Xuan was still in a hurry, but unfortunately the store was not big, and Applejack saw him immediately, especially when Li Xuan was still holding a rag in his hand.
"Yo, this brother is Xuan Zai. I heard that my brother has made a fortune! Applejack put her right arm on Li Xuan's neck, looking like a good friend.
Brother De, who was in the front kitchen, couldn't stand it anymore, and dared to yell: "Ajie, what do you want to do?" ”
There was a roadblock halfway, Ajie glanced at Brother De with a gloomy face and sneered: "What are you doing, I haven't been away for half a year, come back to see Brother De." I don't know how Xiaolian is? It's getting more and more watery. Uncle, I haven't seen this little niece in a long time, hehe......"
Li Xuan's face turned white when he saw Brother De. Xiaolian is the youngest daughter of Brother De, just 13 years old this year, a very cute child, and sometimes she has followed her brother to help in the restaurant.
"Hehe, it's okay, Brother De. Brother Jie is just to see me, you can go with your business. Li Xuan didn't want to cause trouble for Brother De, and this time Ajie was obviously coming at him.
"Smack"
Brother De slapped the kitchen counter hard and walked out dejectedly.
"Fight the streets, sooner or later, you will be killed!" Applejack snorted at Delgo's back. But the next moment, Ajie turned his head to Li Xuan and smiled: "Xuan Zai is still sensible, hahaha." ”
He smiled happily, Li Xuan only felt cautiously panicked, and also laughed dryly.
"Alright, okay, Xuanzai, look! My brother gave you such a good job, and now that you are rich, it is not righteous to compensate your brother. Applejack hugged Li Xuan violently and shook him vigorously.
Suck-, Li Xuan took a deep breath, finally came, and immediately said with a smile: "Compensation, compensation, this compensation." As he spoke, he took out his wallet, hey, let's break the bank and avoid disaster.
"Hey, that's right, that's the brother!" Applejack happily patted Li Xuan on the shoulder.
Looking at his wallet, Li Xuan hesitantly took out half of it and handed it to Applejack: "Give the brothers tea." ”
Ajie didn't answer, looked at the money in Li Xuan's hand and then at Li Xuan, and then snatched the wallet in Li Xuan's hand. took out the money inside, and grabbed the money in Li Xuan's hand again.
"A thousand? Just make a fortune with this little money? Applejack threw her empty wallet on the ground and patted Li Xuan on the face with a wad of Hong Kong dollars.
Li Xuan only felt a breath of air coming out of his head, he had never been so slapped and humiliated in the face! Tightened his fists tightly, but Li Xuan had to press down the fire, he was not afraid of slashing, but what about Sister Fen and Brother De? Letting go of his clenched fist, Li Xuan lowered his head.
"Boy, don't be the god of wealth in the future! Phew, I thought I had made a fortune, but I wasn't a soft egg! Brothers, let's go! Applejack walks out with the others.
Li Xuan sat on the low stool, yesterday, he thought he was very successful. But now, he suddenly realized that he was nothing.
"Xuan Zai, are you alright?" Brother De's guilty voice came.
Li Xuan tried hard to squeeze out a smiling face, turned his head and smiled at Brother De: "It's okay, Brother De." By the way, Applejack, are they gone? ”
"Let's go, Erwuzai. If Sister Fen hadn't taken him in at the beginning, he would have starved to death. ”
"Brother De, don't mention those things, I regret it now." Sister Fen's voice suddenly came from behind Brother De.
Li Xuan tilted his head and saw that Sister Fen was standing behind with the little sixth.
"Why is this guy still here, isn't it the two or five boys together?" Brother De said viciously, hating the house and the black hated Xiaoliu too.
Obviously feeling Brother De's malice, Xiao Liu shrunk his neck.
"Alright, he's not Applejack's." Sister Fen glared at Brother De and continued, "I just swam over there last night, and I walked here all night only to be targeted by Applejack, and my feet are worn out, poor boy. ”
Brother De scratched his head in embarrassment: "Another one who swam over without relatives?" ”
Li Xuan next to him rolled his eyes, he didn't swim over.
"I have relatives!" Unexpectedly, Xiao Liu, who had not spoken, actually spoke.
Now Brother De came to the top and asked, "Then where do your relatives live?" ”
"I don't know"
"Don't know?" At this time, even Li Xuan on the side was dumbfounded.
"And what's your relative's name?" Dege continued to ask.
"I don't know" Xiao Liu's head was buried and he added cowardly: "My eldest brother knows." ”
"What about your eldest brother?" This is what Li Xuan asked.
"I sank last night......"
The kitchen fell silent all of a sudden, and Li Xuan didn't know what to say. Yesterday's "Overseas Chinese Daily" published an investigation: Since October, nearly 30 floating corpses have been found in the area of Lau Fau Shan in Yuen Long, and four young floating corpses were found near Lung Kwu Tan two days ago.
(Note: I've been thinking about whether to add it in the last paragraph, but I've been thinking about it for a long time, so let's add it, that's how it was in that era, if you're bored, you can search for information, and you can know why Sister Fen and Brother De are crying.) )