Chapter Ninety-Eight
Gu You'an looked worried, looked at Du Lan and hesitated: "Lady, why don't we go another day?" Your wounds aren't healed yet. β
Du Lan shook his head excitedly, "It's good morning, it doesn't hurt after applying Brother Xue's ointment last night, and the opportunity waits for no one, let's not miss the opportunity to find a good store." β
Gu You'an thought for a while, and felt that what Du Lan said was reasonable, so he nodded in agreement.
Du Lan and Gu You'an got into Steward Xu's carriage, Xue Yan and Chen Jingting followed closely, and the group went to Anshun Street in Luo'an City to meet Xu Hening.
Anshun Street is relatively lively in Luo'an City, there are shops on both sides of the street, and there are stalls neatly placed on the street, selling all kinds of things. The street was bustling with pedestrians, some of whom stopped in front of the stalls, playing with their things.
Duranrao was dazzled by the bustle in front of him.
"Brother Xu, it's so lively here." Gu You'an's voice sounded in his ears, Du Lan turned his head with a smile when he heard the words, and suddenly saw a large group of people gathered not far away, clapping their hands and applauding, followed by a burst of gongs.
"What's going on over there? Let's go over and see? Duran's curiosity was aroused by the sound of the gongs and drums, and as he spoke, his footsteps involuntarily walked towards the crowd, and the pedestrians in the street were also attracted to it.
"I guess it's a busker." After Xu Hening finished speaking with a smile, he chased after him to take a look.
Duran squeezed into the crowd one step earlier, and it was indeed a street performer performing on the street, and the scene that he had only seen on TV in his previous life was now seen with his own eyes, and he was suddenly very interested.
A man who looked to be in his forties was wielding a large knife, his clothes straddled across his waist, revealing a stout figure and dark skin, looking strong and powerful. He was followed by a delicate girl with two braids, who was juggling on a stool, on which a porcelain bowl was placed, and the girl strode to the end of the bench, pried the porcelain bowl up violently, and threw it into the air, and she turned around and caught the porcelain bowl with her toes.
The audience applauded.
The man smiled proudly, and began to say the clichΓ© in his mouth: "The father and daughter passed by the treasure land, and their bodies were exhausted, and they had to come to the street to perform......
Before the words fell, the girl picked up the plate and walked around the crowd, everyone was very interested, and there were many people who paid out of their pockets, only to hear the crunch of the tinkling on the plate, and the man was even more happy to smile when he saw this, and he kept smiling and thanking everyone.
The girl walked around the crowd, and she was reluctant to pay for it, so the girl continued to walk forward in embarrassment, and soon came to Du Lan and Gu You'an. Duran was stunned for a moment, she only cared about the excitement and forgot to give money.
At this time, Gu Youan took out a few copper plates and politely put them on the plate, the girl raised her head in surprise, and her eyes fell on Gu Youan's face tightly.
All of a sudden, Duran felt unhappy, she looked at the girl, and said coldly: "It's better to hit the idea on the others, this is already a famous flower." β
The girl quickly came back to her senses, an inexplicable embarrassment flashed on her face, and she quickly nodded and thanked her: "Thank you, son, thank you, madam." Mrs. Childe Bodhisattva heart, will be rich and noble in the future! β
After speaking, he picked up the plate and moved it to the others.
"Flower fist embroidered legs, there's nothing to look at, let's go see the shop." Duran dragged Gu Youan and wanted to leave.
Gu Youan stood still, with an imperceptible smile on his face, but his heart was full of joy. Duran was jealous, and finally gave him a chance to clearly feel Duran's thoughts about him, how he was willing to waste.
So he laughed and teased: "People are doing their best to perform, I think it's very good, you were still enjoying it just now, why are you not happy in a blink of an eye?" β
"I'm not happy, I'm just tired of watching, if you haven't seen enough, stay and continue!" As he spoke, he turned backwards.
Gu Youan just wanted to tease her once, where was she willing to really make her angry, so she hurriedly reached out and grabbed her to comfort: "I guess it may be that I am more polite to give money, so she looks at her differently, don't be jealous." β
Feeling Xue Yan and Chen Jingting's gaze as if watching a good show, Du Lan still stabilized his emotions and stopped and glared at him: "Who is jealous, I have said that I have seen enough, and besides, we are here to find a shop, don't forget to get down to business." β
The girl froze, as if listening to them, and Duran subconsciously looked over, and sure enough, the other guards rudely threw the copper plate into the plate.
Gu Youan put it in politely, with such a disparity in behavior, no wonder the girl would pay extra attention.
Chen Jingting laughed strangely behind him, and whispered to Xue Yan beside him that Du Lan was jealous, Du Lan turned his head and glared at him when he heard this, and Chen Jingting obediently closed his mouth.
"Let's go, let's go and see the shop first." After Xu Hening finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the crowd.
Duran and Gu Youan also walked out, Duran stopped and asked Gu Youan, "Does that girl have a crush on you?" If you want to, I can do it at any time......"
Before he finished speaking, he was cut off by Gu Youan in a cold voice: "Don't talk nonsense!" β
"You didn't see the way the girl looked at you, and her eyes didn't move." Duran said as he recalled the girl's appearance.
Gu Youan has never seen Du Lan so unreasonable, looking at her puffing appearance, but she is jealous of herself, his heart is like smeared with honey, and he suddenly hooked his lips and laughed, "I know, the lady is jealous." β
"If you don't put gold on your face, I'll eat your jealousy?" Duran has a hard mouth.
"Hehe, I'll be wrong." Looking at Duran's serious quibbling appearance, Gu Youan couldn't help laughing.
Suddenly, there was a commotion behind him, and Duran also noticed it, and hurriedly turned around and looked back, and at some point, a few more middle-aged men appeared in the crowd, surrounding the men and girls who were performing arts. Seeing that the situation was not good, Du Lan and Gu Youan glanced at each other, then stopped and watched in place, even the previous onlookers saw that the situation was not good, and they all acted as birds and beasts, hiding far away.
"What's going on?" Gu Youan subconsciously asked.
When Duran heard this, he also looked ahead, the few middle-aged men had begun to push the man who was performing arts, scolding and scolding in their mouths, and they also started to smash the guy who was selling art, the stool was kicked to the ground, and the man was about to fight back, but the strong man next to him kicked him, and the man dodged again and again, and the big man on the side started punching and kicking the man one after another, and for a while the man was outnumbered, and he was quickly kicked to the ground, and he rolled several times in a row to avoid the attack of the crowd.
Seeing this, the attacking strong men laughed one by one, and one of them cursed loudly: "Dare to grab a job in Lao Tzu's territory, damn it, and refuse to pay protection money, see if Lao Tzu doesn't beat you to death!" Acquaintances hurry up and hand over all the money they have collected! β
The girl who collected the money hurriedly ran forward, helped her father up, and then shouted at the group: "Why should we hand over our hard-earned money to you?" Is there any royal law in Luo'an City? β
When the leading strong man looked at this girl, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a frivolous smile appeared on his face, and he laughed a few times: "Hehe, it turns out that there is such a handsome chick, it's okay if you don't want to pay money, treat you as a few of our masters, let's stop here, how about it?" β
"Whew! You dare to move the old lady to try it with one finger! The girl took up the big knife on the ground, held it tightly in her hand, and looked around the crowd warily.
The group laughed again.
"Haha! It seems that this chick is not only handsome, but also spicy enough, I like spicy people, brothers, don't rob me, look at how I subdued this little girl under my crotch, haha! β
As soon as a few obscene words came out, the big men followed suit, "Big brother is mighty!" Big Brother is mighty! β
Duran watched from a distance, although she didn't know that this girl and her father were good and bad people, but she could see that the father and daughter were being targeted by the ruffians and hooligans, and the other party was overwhelming, the father and daughter seemed to be at a disadvantage, she frowned slightly, if she was in a good mood, maybe she would help.
After the big men finished coabling, the leading eldest brother wanted the girl to make a move, the leader's movements were fast, and before he could see clearly, he had flashed in front of the girl, and laughed contemptuously a few times, "Hehe, the sword is not long-eyed, little girl, you should put down your weapons as soon as possible, obediently obey the eldest brother and me, and avoid the pain of eating a meal of flesh and skin!" β
As soon as the words fell, the girl's father rushed forward first, raised his leg and kicked at the man who called himself the eldest brother, "You son of a bitch, dare to molest my daughter, I will fight with you!" β
In the end, it was Lian Jiazi, the leading brother took it lightly, was kicked by him, and fell to the ground all of a sudden. At this time, the leader was furious, and he got up angrily and took a sip, "Phew! Look for death! Brothers, give it to me, and I must kill him today. As for that girl, let's take care of it and keep it for my eldest brother! β
With an order, several strong men under his command immediately began to attack the father and daughter, and the scene suddenly became chaotic, plus the onlookers-by, the vision was blocked for a while, and Duran could barely see the scene inside.
Soon, the girl's scream was heard, "Daddy! Father! Hurry up and let my dad go, or I'll be done with you! β
"Dare to talk back to Lao Tzu, brothers, cut off her father's hand for me!"
"Don't!" The girl screamed again, "I'll give you money, I'll give you all the money, we're new to the city, we don't know the rules, you have a lot of them, please bypass us." β
The so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and naturally understands that eggs can't touch stones, and this girl is no exception.
"Spare you? Okay, didn't Lao Tzu say it before? Use you to resist the protection fee, and now it seems that you agreed. Hurry up, go to Lao Tzu, otherwise, my brother will have to kill your father! β
Protection money? To put it bluntly, it is only a matter of dozens of dollars on this street, but this big man opened his mouth and directly asked other girls to replace him, which is obviously bullying the weak and bullying outsiders. But no one dared to stand up to help speak, and the girl's father was also being pressed to the ground by several strong men, and the girl had no choice but to slowly step forward.