Chapter 18: A False Alarm

Just as the brothers were about to go crazy, a dramatic scene appeared in front of their eyes. I saw that the ruffian who kicked the basket just now came forward and "snapped" and slapped the hooligan who could speak Chinese a few times, and simply said some of the Chinese in his mouth, "Call you reckless, call you reckless, can I mean that?" How can my grandson, a dignified man, do such a thing lacking in virtue, today we are in a hurry, and we don't bring more money, I am asking you to ask them to pack and sell us the kumquat in the basket for a penny and a pound, so that the brothers can taste it. Why can't you fool understand what I mean......"

When Li Biao and his brothers heard this, their originally tightly locked brows were relaxed, and their vigilance was relaxed for the most part. These people are just some gangsters, they are not actually here to collect any protection money today, but to take advantage of the large number of people to force a purchase.

The two brothers glanced at each other again, exchanged glances with each other, and nodded knowingly. Just these rookies were originally nothing in the eyes of their brothers. But also thinking that they are nothing more than some gentlemen, and now that they know that they still have to pay for buying things, there is no need to meet them in general. After all, it's a foreign place, although those birds and things are very annoying, and they can be solved in minutes to deal with them. But it is also necessary to know that there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the world, and it is better to have more than one thing.

Moreover, the kumquat of the brothers was originally picked by others, and they were ready to sell it cheaply. Now that these gentlemen who swallow raw rice and fight snakes to eat, why don't they be happy to be a favor, and it is not a loss to give it to the brothers for nothing.

At this time, Li Biao subconsciously touched the bulging bag, thinking that as long as they didn't fight the idea here, it didn't matter if they could eat the basket, so he said to his brother happily, "Brother, since this big brother appreciates his face, we might as well give them all the remaining kumquat for nothing, and thank them for doing their best to let our brothers borrow land to make gold; Second, we have been out for a long time, and the family in the house is still waiting for our money to go back to buy rice for the pot. ”

"Don't! We don't eat white food, we also pay for things, you look down on people. The gentleman who was the leader looked at him with the hot eyes of the people on the street, and before Li Biao's words fell, he blushed and grabbed white with a thick neck. He just wants to slap his swollen face to make him fat.

He took out a few copper plates from his pocket, looked at the kumquat in the basket of the brothers, and felt that it was not enough, so he turned to the hooligan who had been beaten just now and said, "Pay for it, pay for it, we are people with status, can we ask for it for nothing?" What's the difference between this and robbing. ”

The beaten scoundrel was honest in front of him, and he touched his red cheeks with his hand as he pulled the money out of his pocket. But after digging for a long time and rummaging through all the pockets, I only took out two or three copper plates. The gentleman snatched it from his hand, joined it with his own, and counted it there seriously.

Li Biao was beside him, and he couldn't help but glance at it, and estimated that it would be ten copper plates to die. I thought in my heart, this group of ruffians is ridiculous, they are obviously not rich masters, but they want to pretend to be some big-tailed wolves in front of everyone. For their small money, if it is calculated at a normal price, it is not enough to buy a pound of kumquats, and they say that they are not robbing, but as he himself said, "What is the difference between this and robbing".

Sure enough, the gentleman counted it, looked at the brothers' baskets again, and opened his mouth to scold at his brothers, "Poor ghost, why are there only a few." ”

He raised his foot while scolding and was about to kick the rascal who had been beaten just now, Li Di saw it and quickly stopped, he also knew the amount of money in the ruffian, and said with a smile, "Big brother, don't worry, if you pay according to the price of the eldest brother, the money in your hand will definitely be enough to buy the kumquat in our basket." ”

"Is that enough?" The gentleman gave Li Di a white look.

"I'll weigh it." In order to end this period of right and wrong quickly, Li Di's mental arithmetic is naturally useless. He estimated in his heart that the copper plate in the hand of the gentleman was about ten, in order not to refute his face, in fact, the number had already been set in his heart. So he just pretended to put all the kumquat together and weighed it, and said in his mouth, "Nine catties and one tael, according to the meaning of the eldest brother, it is exactly nine cents and one cent." ”

After listening to Li Di's offer, the joy in his heart naturally appeared on his face. He said "That's enough" in his mouth. While counting his bits and pieces of copper.

Li Biao saw that he had counted out exactly ten, and the gentleman also deliberately stepped forward to take a look at Li Di's name. Only then did he hand over the ten copper plates to Li Biao's hand, and said in his mouth, "Give you ten wen, and the remaining nine millimeters will be found, which can be regarded as a reward for you by the eldest brother." ”

After the gentleman at the head finished speaking, he asked his subordinates to take the ten catties of kumquat from the brothers and walk away.

The two brothers looked at their backs, which was really angry and funny. But their faces are pretending to be bullied. The brothers sighed and packed up, and then they felt so hungry. So I found another remote restaurant, and the brothers had a beautiful meal.

After that, Li Di touched the nonsense on his face and said, "Third brother, let's go find a barber shop to get our hair cut first." ”

"Okay." Li Biao casually agreed, there is money in this pocket, and he will be full of talking.

The two brothers casually found a barber shop in the east of Zhuji Lane and got in, it just so happened that the business in this shop was not very good, the barber was giving an old man a haircut, and when he saw the brothers entering the shop, he greeted them warmly, "The two guest officers have a haircut, you are looking for the right person, I am an ancestral craft, don't look at you coming in unkempt now, I will definitely let you go out refreshing and refreshing." Please wait, I'll be fine for a while. ”

The barber's mouth was talking, and his hands were not idle. After three strokes and five to two, the old man was sent away, and he turned over the cushion that the old man had just sat on, and dusted it with a feather duster, and then said politely, "Guest officer, please take a seat!" ”

Li Di seized the opportunity to speak, and said politely, "Master, please get a flat head, the same as my brother." ”

"Okay, you can see." The barber readily agreed, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, and said, "You are too polite, guest officer, I will give you a haircut." ”

The barber is still a little unaccustomed to this errand of waiting for the respect of customers. Li Di didn't be polite anymore, sat down first, looked back at Li Biao and said, "Do you want to pay attention?" ”

Li Biao touched his flat head, and when he came out, he just asked his grandfather to take care of it, but his brother was afraid that his grandfather would be tired, so he never let his grandfather take care of it. He said, "Sort it out, I don't want it." ”

"The guest is from out of town, right?" After Li Di was seated, the barber asked again.

"Hmm!" Li Di was noncommittal. When he was out of the house, he didn't want others to find out about his details, so he agreed indiscriminately.

"The guest officer has suffered a big loss today, those ruffians, you can also be afraid of him? They are just a bunch of unscrupulous thugs, who spend their days loitering around looking for honest people...... "The barber doesn't care about this, he's playing tricks."

Li Biao looked at the barber in surprise and did not speak.

The barber seemed to understand the brothers' intentions, but he had no ill intentions, and continued to talk about the brothers' experiences that day; said that someone told him, those ruffians in the town were embarrassed by foreign merchants, and said that the leader was called Liang San Young Master, in fact, it was nothing great, he always relied on his ancestors to be the governor for a few years, leaving some looted people's fat and people's ointment, he used the money to entertain fox friends and dog friends in the town all day long to eat and drink, now it is the Republic of China, how can you be afraid of him......

It's over, which of the brothers is more accountable? They let the barber talk freely, and they didn't inquire in detail, but after the reluctance to finish the haircut, Li Biao paid the wages and the brothers rushed all the way to the Daya Bay Salt Farm.