The spring breeze was several degrees overnight, and the next morning, Tian Zicheng was shy, urging Cheng Liping to get up early and go to the sofa to lie down, pretending to spend the night on the sofa. Cheng Liping went with a smile, but as soon as he pushed the door open and came out, he saw the cigarette butts flashing in the living room. Needless to say, it's Liu Weiguo. Cheng Liping sat down on the sofa and said, "Brother Liu, why is it so early?" ”

Liu Weiguo said: "I can't sleep." ”

Cheng Liping picked up the cigarette case from the table, and sure enough, it was still a magpie brand cigarette made in Licheng. Lighting one, both of them sat there spitting clouds and mist, but fortunately the windows were open and the snow had stopped, otherwise my parents would have choked when they got up. After smoking a cigarette, Cheng Liping said, "Brother Liu, are you thinking about it?" ”

Liu Weiguo didn't reply, his eyes flashed in the dark night.

Cheng Liping sighed and said, "Actually, no one wants to go on like this, but I have no choice. I want to save Hongbin's life, I want to create some blessings for my father and fellow villagers, and I want to live innocently in this world, seek freedom, and seek the truth. Brother Liu, there are many things to pursue, and the road is naturally very difficult. ”

Liu Weiguo smiled and said, "I understand." What I think about is that he is in a high position, known as the master of the blue sky, but he has accumulated countless fortunes behind his back, and has used all means to seek political capital, what kind of fate should he end up with. ”

Cheng Liping also smiled: "Wait and see what happens for the time being, at least he hasn't done evil openly, but has done something practical that is beneficial to the people of Licheng." As for making political capital, that is a matter of their officialdom, and even if it is very big, it may not be able to cover the sky with one hand. ”

Liu Weiguo said: "So, do you know what he has done? ”

Cheng Liping was silent for a moment and said, "Of course, Li Cheng is not big, what has been done, it is impossible to hide it from everyone." ”

Liu Weiguo laughed secretly: "You mean the murder of the previous mayor Sun Xing, right?" ”

Cheng Liping smiled: "You also found out?" ”

Liu Weiguo said lightly: "I didn't check, it's just an intuition." ”

Cheng Liping gave a thumbs up and did not continue to talk about this matter. Sure enough, at about six o'clock, my father got up to go to the toilet, smelled the thick smell of smoke in the living room, coughed twice, and then glared at Cheng Liping, and said to the two: "Two stinky boys, get up so early." It's not a good thing to have such a big addiction to smoking, so smoke less and pay more attention to your body in the future. ”

Liu Weiguo pressed the cigarette butt on the ashtray and extinguished it, but Cheng Liping spread his hands, as if to say that Brother Liu smoked it, and I was empty-handed, and I didn't have a single cigarette. Dad glanced at the cigarette butts in the ashtray, glanced at Cheng Liping, and walked straight away.

Breakfast was naturally eaten outside. Winter mornings are colder, so wearing a hat and a mask will not arouse suspicion from others. Tian Zicheng wrapped himself in a scarf, and also followed Cheng Liping to eat some fried buns and bean porridge. Both of these foods are specialties of Li Cheng, and they are really not easy to eat in other places.

While I was eating breakfast, an acquaintance slipped over. The man was dressed in a leather jacket, with shiny leather shoes underfoot, and a very incongruous locomotive hat on his head. The so-called locomotive is the local dialect of Licheng, referring to the former Lei Feng hat. This kind of hat is very thick, and the inside is pure cotton, although it is very warm, but now that I wear it, it is obviously a little outdated.

The man was followed by a few thugs who were smuggling with cigarettes in their mouths and their hair dyed in various colors. In other big cities, there are very few such non-mainstreams. But in such a small place as Licheng, they still feel good about themselves, and they are all proud. The locomotive walked outside the breakfast shop, tilted his head to look at the guests, and said with a smile: "Lao Guo, how about making a fortune?" The business is so good, it can't be enough to give the two cigarette money, so I have to make two more trips to be satisfied? ”

Old man Guo walked out with a smile and said, "Yo, turkey." You see, at my age, it's not easy to work hard to earn money for retirement. Well, you sit, you want to eat something, my old man is in for a treat. ”

A young man with hair like a chicken nest squeezed up, sat on the chair next to Cheng Liping, and pouted: "If you have a treat, please invite this rotten bun?" Our chicken brother will eat this thing, why can't we have a few fritters? ”

Old man Guo laughed, took out a few crumpled banknotes from his pocket, and said, "Okay, okay, I invite you to eat fritters." This has just opened, and you haven't received any money yet, so don't be too little. ”

The boy in the chicken nest reached out and took it, and unfolded it to see that it was a five-piece and a three-piece one. "Damn, eight dollars, what about you send Hanako?"

Old man Guo showed a pleading look on his face: "Turkey, uncle's house was washed away by the flood last month, so I found a place to sell steamed buns, and the rent is still owed, you can do it, can I send it to you when I make money?" ”

The turkey was holding a toothpick as if he hadn't heard anything. A few other young people came up to the guests and shouted, "Go, go, don't eat, don't have long eyes, right?" ”

A few guests dared not speak out, dropped a few bills and left. The young man at the head of the chicken nest took the banknote from the table and said with a smile: "It's only twenty-six yuan, old man Guo, hurry up, it's much worse." ”

Finally, someone next to him couldn't help it and said, "You are blackmail, so I'm not afraid that the police will arrest you and put you in jail." ”

The turkey turned around, saw that it was a young man who looked like a college student, and slapped his head. "Arrest me and put me in jail, arrest your mother." The rest of the young men also gathered around, looking at the student with a defiant gaze. "Silly in school, aren't you? If anyone dares to catch our chicken brother, will we still mess around here? ”

The college student didn't dare to say anything, and he didn't dare to buy steamed buns and bean porridge, so he squeezed out of a few thugs and ran away. Ji Wo Tou walked back triumphantly, sat down next to Cheng Liping again, and saw Cheng Liping and Liu Weiguo still having breakfast there, with a big star-like beauty beside him, Ji Wo Tou smiled directly: "Yo, there are still two uncles to invite." Brother Ji, good luck today, come and take a look. ”

The turkey had already seen it, but for some reason, he always felt that the man who was eating with his head down was a little familiar. But if you think about it carefully, it shouldn't be whoever is who, don't the people on the road say that he has run away, and it is said that he has appeared in Hong Kong.

"Okay, okay, don't eat it, a few rotten buns, what's delicious." The turkey walked over with a big grin, glanced at Cheng Liping, and saw that Cheng Liping still didn't look up, so he immediately looked at Tian Zicheng again. "Beauty, school is on vacation, right, come back for the New Year?"

Tian Zicheng lowered his head and drank bean porridge, not paying attention to the turkey at all. The turkey was happy and said, "Don't be shy, beauty." Eat quickly, after eating, Brother Chicken will take you to the Internet café to play. What, will you play chicken, brother will take you, I played all night yesterday, and I killed all sides, and no one is my brother's opponent at all. ”

Another early riser came to buy steamed buns from Old Man Guo, but he saw that there were a few gangsters making trouble here, and no one dared to come. But they wanted to see the excitement, so they still gathered around and didn't leave. Cheng Liping finished eating the buns, drank the bean porridge in the bowl, took out two red banknotes from his wallet, and put them on the table.

Old man Guo was embarrassed and said, "It's too big, I can't find it." ”

The head of the chicken nest snatched the banknote and said, "What are you looking for, if you delay the affairs of the brothers, you should invite you to tea." ”

Cheng Liping smiled and said, "I dare to invite, do you dare to drink?" ”

The head of the chicken nest snorted sideways and shouted, "Fuck, why don't you dare?" ”

Cheng Liping stood up, half a head taller than the head of the chicken nest. If this kid didn't have such a strange hairstyle, I'm afraid he would have just reached Cheng Liping's neck. Cheng Liping slapped him, but before the kid could react, his face turned around with his body, and the whole person was directly blinded. Two red bills also fell to the ground, and as two drops of nosebleeds dripped down, the banknotes became more vividly red.

A few young people were in a hurry, and they smashed Cheng Liping with a chair. Cheng Liping blocked the person in front, flew up in the air, and kicked on the man's chest. The man fell to the ground and actually slid two meters away in the snow before clutching his chest and screaming. Cheng Liping raised his head and looked at the turkey expressionlessly. The turkey stared, his face twisted rapidly, as if he had seen a ghost, his previous arrogance was gone, his legs trembled a few times, and he actually knelt on the ground with a pop.

Cheng ...... Brother Cheng ...... "The turkey almost screams out of his throat.

Cheng Liping sneered: "It's not cowardly, I'm here to collect protection money at my doorstep." ”

The turkey trembled, "I'm sorry...... Brother Cheng, I didn't know this was your territory......"

Cheng Liping kicked the turkey and gnawed on the mud, and said with a straight face: "You came here to make trouble last year, and you told me that you didn't know?" The turkey crawled up with half of his face covered, coughed, and spat blood on the ground with two teeth. Tian Zicheng couldn't bear it, and just wanted to remind Cheng Liping not to do it again, but he didn't expect the turkey to crawl back on the spot, kneel in front of Cheng Liping again, and said, "Brother Cheng, I was wrong...... I don't dare anymore. ”

Cheng Liping raised his hand and wanted to slap him again, but after hesitating for two seconds, he still took his hand back.

"Alright, get up."

A few boys stood in a row as if they had been pardoned, looking as well-behaved and docile as the eggs of the recruits. Cheng Liping turned his head to look at Old Man Guo and said, "Uncle Guo, these boys will be your shopkeepers in the future." Serve buns and porridge to the guests, leave it all to them, and when you pay the rent, you will drive them out. ”

Old man Guo snorted and couldn't say a word. Cheng Liping dared to assign them to himself, but where did he dare to use them. Besides, with them here to help, who would dare to come here to eat with the guests outside.

Cheng Liping glanced at the turkey and said, "Go, call a friend to come over, and give me your hair first." ”

Half of the turkey's face was swollen, his teeth were missing, his speech was leaking, and he called a friend indistinctly. That friend is also a bad brain, and actually brought a pair of scissors. Cheng Liping Nunu's mouth, the kid clicked and cut several non-mainstream hairs into four pieces.