Chapter 243: Gypsy Entertainer
Zhang Heng approached the place where the quarrel was taking place, where a gypsy entertainer was standing between a Jewish family and a few fierce men.
"You guys are too much, the man in this family fell off the scaffolding, he can't work for the past two months, and he can't pay the rent for half a month, do you have to kick people out?" The gypsy entertainer was dissatisfied.
Zhang Heng also noticed the male owner of the family at this time, with a wooden plank on his legs, and their furniture and luggage were also dragged out and thrown on the road, and the family was sad.
A tattered wooden bed, a mess of pots and spoons, and a sofa with a missing leg were picked up from nowhere, and the dirty carved pony in the girl's hand was probably her only toy.
"Pay on time, that's the rule here." The hunchbacked man at the head said, "We are all reasonable people, you can ask their family, I have given him a week's grace time before, how can there be a reason to give another week, I tell you that the house here is very tight, they don't rent some people rent, there is no reason to lose money in vain." ”
"But they've lived here ......"
The hunchbacked man waved his hand impatiently, "I don't care how long they live here, and I don't run an almshouse, so I don't have money, so I go to sleep on the street." ”
"You're too ruthless, but there's a kid here."
"I just don't think this child is too young to go to the factory or mine to work, so I don't like them, even if I desperately borrow money to make up for this month's rent, what can I do, next month's rent is still not found, and the money owed to people can't be repaid, and then the creditor will block the door again, and I will get into trouble if I rent to a new tenant."
The hunchbacked man said coldly, "There is already a Welsh family who has taken a fancy to this room, there are two adult men in the family, the husband and the eldest son have the strength of a arm, although the younger son is thin, but he can just get into the chimney and sweep the chimney for others to make money, the hostess sells flowers during the day and receives guests at night, or it won't be long before people can save enough money to buy this house completely, if you choose it?" ”
The gypsy entertainer was also a little stunned at this time.
The hunchbacked man looked at him again, "What, is it new, too, how can it be too busy if you are not a newcomer, you look at their neighbors around you, has anyone spoken to them, and give you a piece of advice, if you want to survive here, it is better to be nosy." ”
"No, since I saw it, I can't ignore it." He opened his wallet and took out eight shillings from it, "Here you go, it's two months' rent, I'll help them out," she said and pointed to the man, "After two months, he can work, and naturally he can continue to pay rent for you." ”
This time it was the hunchbacked man's turn to be stunned, he seemed to be in hesitation, stood in place for a while, his little eyes flashed, and after a while, he still took the money, and said to the lame man, "Count your luck and let's go." ”
When the group left, the Jewish family also thanked the gypsy seller gratefully, they had met in a complete way, they had never met before, and there was no friendship, it was hard to imagine that the other party would come up with such a large sum of money for them.
However, the gypsy entertainer thought about it, took out a half-pound gold coin from his purse, put it in the little girl's hand, and winked at her, "Don't worry, your father's leg will be fine, and life will be fine." ”
"This ......" the hostess was completely stunned, she could not have imagined that a wandering gypsy entertainer could be a huge sum of half a pound when he made a sale.
But by the time she could say more, the kind gypsy entertainer had already turned away with the organ on his back, and the figure of the latter soon disappeared into the streets.
Zhang Heng on the side witnessed everything that happened, and after a little thought, he still followed the gypsy artist.
He saw the figure with the organ on his back walking briskly through the flow of people, appearing and disappearing, sometimes stopping in front of the salmon stall and chatting with the boss, and the last time Zhang Heng saw each other, the gypsy vendor was crouching in front of a drunken man, watching him wave his arms and curse the unscrupulous factory owner and greedy woman.
Then Zhang Heng lost the trace of the gypsy artist.
Zhang Heng stood in front of a crossroads, raised his eyebrows, and had to say that the terrible area and layout of the Eastern District were indeed very suitable for getting out.
But seeing that the person was lost, Zhang Heng was not very angry, anyway, he just wanted to remind the other party, it was just right that the person was gone, and he didn't even need to remind him.
Zhang Heng was about to turn around and leave, but he saw the gypsy artist not far behind him.
The latter was walking in his direction, no, more precisely, it was walking towards him, because the artist's eyes had been staring at Zhang Heng, and he hadn't put it on someone else's.
"You're stalking me?"
"Strictly speaking, I'm here to remind you that you're being targeted." Zhang Hengdao.
"Why should I trust you?" The gypsy merchant shrugged his shoulders, "This place is full of thieves and liars, and all sorts of scheming guys. ”
Zhang Heng didn't explain anything, just made a gesture of please.
However, the gypsy artist did not leave immediately, but rolled his eyes and said, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”
"That's what I suggest...... Don't get caught. Zhang Heng said, "You showed your wealth when you solved the difficulties of that family before, and they targeted you at that time." ”
"Ha, that guy who collects rent is not a good person at first glance."
"Actually, the person who came may not be him, he is obviously very familiar with this area, and he knows a lot of people, and there may be someone else who is following you."
"It's a real trouble, in fact I only brought one pound with me with me on this trip, and the rest is my dinner and carriage fare." While the gypsy entertainer was talking, a group of strangers suddenly emerged from the alley at the other end of the street, and one of them pointed at him and said, "Don't run, thief!" Get back the wallet you stole from me. ”
The gypsy artist was angry when he heard this, this group of people had a good ability to reverse black and white, obviously they were here to rob his wallet, but they bit back, and it was clear that they were also telling others not to interfere, seeing that the group of people surrounded him again, he said to Zhang Heng, "Your suggestion seems to have come a little late, do you have any other ideas?" ”
"Yes." Zhang Hengdao, took off his coat, and handed it to the gypsy artist, "Help me hold it." ”
The latter frowned, but still took the coat that Zhang Heng had bought for ten pence from the old clothes point.
"Just knock everyone down, there are no police here anyway." Zhang Heng moved his wrist and said lightly.
Derpy said
Thank you for the reward of He Zeng's sick children's boots~ This chapter says that the function seems to be closed.,The news I got is that it won't be opened until the sixth.,In addition, you can guess who the new debutant is.。