Chapter 12: The Qingyun Gang
Zhao Qianqian walked to the table and sat down: "Grandpa, if you don't eat it, it's gone, do you know what kind of life our family is?" ”
The old man snorted twice, he didn't care, he didn't have an appetite for looking at the unformed egg cake now.
Seeing that he didn't care, Zhao Qianqian was not discouraged: "Ten days ago, we were all beggars, and these foods are already delicious in the world for us!" ”
In the end, Zhao Qianqian said that the old man would have breakfast, and attached a condition to sell him a pot of wine.
It's not impossible to give him a small sip of pleasure and a big drunkenness.
Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan haven't run out in the past few days, and they don't know yet, and a few thugs on the street are asking about them everywhere.
Ling Feng accompanied his father to buy vegetables, and Ye Qianfan took care of the old man and two children at home.
At the entrance of the vegetable market, a thug stopped Ling Feng: "Yo, it's a good mix, and the person wearing it looks like a dog." ”
Ling Feng heard that it was the thugs on the street who came to him to collect protection money, and his body trembled a little.
Ling Feng pulled Daddy to turn around and walk in the other direction, and a few more thugs came to block their way.
Out of the gangsters came a twenty-six or seventeen-year-old black-faced man, tall and thin, with pointed monkey cheeks, dripping
The two rolling eyes are shrewd and cunning.
The man's voice shrieked and asked, "Why do you want to run away when you see Brother Feng?" Have you paid this month's money? ”
Daddy stopped in front of Ling Feng: "This son is mistaken, right?" We don't know you. ”
The man who called himself Brother Feng crossed his hands and twisted his head: "You ask him, dare to say that he doesn't know me, and he wants to mix in Qingyun City, so he hurriedly handed over the money." ”
Ling Feng pulled his father behind him: "Brother Feng, you let him go, I don't know him." ”
Dad looked at Ling Feng in a daze: "Do you really know him?" ”
Ling Feng put his hand behind him, and his father waved his hand to signal him not to speak: "You let him go, and I will give you money." ”
Turn around and push Daddy out.
Brother Feng said impatiently: "You two don't act, don't think about leaving anyone if you don't pay the money, don't play tricks on Lao Tzu, hurry up and don't grind." ”
A few thugs got closer, and they didn't pay attention to Zhou Wei's people at all.
"How much?" Behind him, Zhao Qianqian asked.
Brother Feng turned around and saw a little woman as beautiful as a fairy, her eyes staring at her secretly, and her saliva was flowing all over the ground.
He smiled flatteringly: "Ouch, little beauty, are you talking to me?" This boy owes me a tael of silver. ”
"When did you owe, and what did you owe?" Zhao Qianqian's tone was cold.
Brother Feng raised his voice: "He is a member of my Qingqing Gang, according to the rules, he and Ye Qianfan need to pay me one or two pieces of silver every month." ”
Zhao Qianqian's voice was a little colder: "What rules?" Who decides? How did they join the Qingyun Gang? What is the evidence? ”
"This kid and Ye Qianfan are brothers, and the people of the Qingyun Gang have to hand over five hundred copper coins every month."
Brother Feng paused and said, "As for our helper, don't ask, why does the little beauty want to join?" ”
Who is the mysterious person behind the Qingyun Gang, it's not that Brother Feng doesn't want to say, he has never met in person, his task is to collect protection money every month, and he can't ask anything else.
The Qingyun Gang has been in Qingyun City for seven or eight years, and most of the people who join the gang are homeless children living on the streets, and most of them are not volunteers.
These children are starving on the streets, and the people of the Qingyun Gang will give these children one or two steamed buns.
Even if you receive the favor of the Qingyun Gang, you will become a member of the Qingyun Gang, and you can't quit if you join the gang.
Each person who entered the state handed over 500 copper coins per month, and the purpose of paying the money was to get the protection of the Qingyun Gang.
The people of Qingyun Bang begged for food, or were caught stealing, or were beaten by the Qingyun Gang, so there were also a small number of children who invited themselves to join.
Zhao Qianqian's face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "He has paid a few years of silver, and thousands of steamed buns are enough, and now he will withdraw from the gang, and he will have nothing to do with the Qingyun Gang from now on." ”
Brother Feng reminded: "The little lady who dares to love doesn't understand, she can't quit the gang, and she doesn't report to the official, understand?" ”
Zhao Qianqian heard that these people may be in collusion with the local government, or the local government can't hold them.
Zhao Qianqian nodded: "I understand, you have taken care of Ling Feng and Qianfan for many years, in order to express your gratitude, please go to Qian Mantang for dinner, and please appreciate your face!" ”
Seeing the beauty's sincere invitation, Brother Feng was already dizzy, how could he not give the beauty face.
A group of people came to Qian Mantang, and the shopkeeper saw that it was Zhao Qianqian who hurriedly greeted him: "Miss Zhao, is this a dinner treat?" ”
Hurry up and invite everyone to take a seat.
Zhao Qianqian whispered to the money shopkeeper: "Eight people, you can match it according to the standard of forty wen per person, and you can match your inexhaustible inventory." ”
The money shopkeeper personally arranged it.
Zhao Qianqian didn't let his father follow, but first asked him to take the vegetables home and cook them at noon, she could handle things well, although her father was not at ease, he couldn't resist her.
Qian Mantang's cooking speed was very fast, and in less than a quarter of an hour, when the food came up, a few thugs gobbled it up, and the food was swept away in a few clicks.
Except for Brother Feng, who can enter this kind of mid-range restaurant once or twice a year, the others have never been here at all.
Several people were still satisfied, and the plates were all picked up and licked clean.
Zhao Qianqian walked over and smiled: "Did you eat well?" Do you want to add more? ”
These words simply asked Brother Feng's heart.
"I don't know if I can add a copy of the running pheasant here, I heard that there is a new dish here recently, what is it called the running pheasant, but it is a must!"
When Brother Feng spoke, he felt that he was enjoying the delicious taste of running pheasant.
Within a few days of the money-filled pheasant coming out, he became famous in Qingyun City.
Most of the diners who come here these days are coming for the pheasant, and the price of the dishes such as Jinfeng Upstairs is about the same, and ordinary people can't afford to eat it.
He is reluctant to pay for such an expensive dish out of his own pocket, and it is another matter if others pay for it.
Zhao Qian's lips were lightly hooked, and the money shopkeeper understood: "Wait a minute, I'll be here soon." ”
There were only six muscles when a running pheasant came up, but Brother Feng didn't grab it, so he glared at the six people fiercely.
Brother Feng sneered and said, "Little beauty, can you have another copy, you see that there are many people here, and one piece is not enough for one person." ”
Zhao Qianqian raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Money shopkeeper, plus a running pheasant." ”
He turned to Brother Feng and said, "Brother Feng, can you please help prove that Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan are members of the Qingyun Gang, and I can take it back and ask my family for silver if I have evidence." ”
"This little thing, I will cover them in the future, don't worry." Brother Feng said that he was going to pull Zhao Qianqian's hand.
Zhao Qianqian avoided the obstacle without breaking the barrier, and took out a piece of paper from his pocket: "Then please press your handprints on this piece of paper, so that they don't dare to deny it." ”
Soon Xiao Er brought the second running pheasant, but he didn't put it on the table, but waited for Zhao Qianqian's instructions.
Smelling the fragrant running pheasant, Brother Feng didn't even look at what was written on it, he first pressed his handprint and urged others to hurry up, don't delay him to eat.
Zhao Qianqian put away the so-called proof and motioned for Xiao Er to serve the food.
At this time, others didn't dare to put on the chopsticks, so they could only watch Brother Feng enjoy it alone.
Zhao Qianqian called the money shopkeeper to settle the accounts, and asked the money shopkeeper to take the recipe price list.
In the end, the eight people who checked out ate a total of three times.
Zhao Qianqian changed his face and said coldly: "You have eaten my gang meal, and you will be the people of my Zhao family gang in the future, and each person will pay forty-six taels of silver per month, which is evidenced by written evidence." ”
As he spoke, he took out the piece of paper from his pocket that everyone had just pressed their handprints.
One of them fell from their chairs without sitting still.
Not to mention forty-six taels a month, they can't afford to save forty-six taels in their lives.
Brother Feng was dumbfounded: "What you just said is to prove that Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan are the people of the Qingyun Gang. ”
Zhao Qian said in a deep voice: "Brother Feng, when you speak, you have to talk about evidence, what evidence do you have to prove that Ling Feng and Ye Qianfan are members of the Qingyun Gang?" If not, it's nothing, and I can sue the official. ”
"Evidence? Report to the officer? ”
Brother Feng seemed to hear a big joke, and he leaned forward and leaned back with laughter.
Zhao Qianqian said coldly: "Today is the first day you join the gang to pay half of the silver, otherwise you don't want to leave." ”
Zhao Qianqian asked Ling Feng to go back first, not wanting him to see him fighting.
"Let's not do anything here, if we break something, we will have to pay for it." Zhao Qianqian said and walked out.
Brother Feng has been rampant and domineering in Qingyun City for a few years, how could he be intimidated by a little girl?
Outside the Qian Mantang, eight people surrounded Zhao Qianqian: "Hand over that piece of paper, otherwise don't blame the master for not being gentle." ”
Zhao Qianqian did not show weakness: "If you have the ability, you will take it, and if you don't have the ability, you will pay the money." ”
When a few people heard a big joke, they didn't take Zhao Qianqian in their eyes at all, and Brother Feng directly reached out to grab it.
In the blink of an eye, Brother Feng was trampled on the ground by Zhao Qianqian, and Brother Feng himself didn't understand why he was trampled under his feet.
Everyone was dumbfounded, and they rushed up, all of them were stacked together like a pile of grains by Zhao Qianqian.
Brother Feng was so pressed that he shouted: "Stinky girl, let go of Lao Tzu quickly, otherwise you will look good." ”
Zhao Qianqian ignored him, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Neighbors, these people owe me money and don't pay it back, do you think it should be beaten?" ”
The people around looked over to see that it was Brother Feng and his group who were rampant and domineering on weekdays.
"It's time to fight, it's time to fight!" The crowd shouted.
On weekdays, Brother Feng and his group have no less neighbors on Yurou Street, and everyone has long been dissatisfied with these people, but they don't dare to provoke them.
In the teahouse opposite Qian Mantang, two men in brocade clothes heard the noise and looked at the people on the street.
"Let's go, let's see the excitement." Fan Chen said to Shen Junchen.
Shen Junchen didn't answer, got up and walked towards the crowd.
Fan Chen has long been accustomed to Shen Junchen's love and ignored it.
The two of them squeezed into the crowd and saw a crowd stacked in front of a girl, but they didn't bother to pay attention.
These people are rampant and domineering on weekdays, and they are also obvious to all, but they didn't make any trouble, and the patrol people are not easy to come forward.
Fan Chen opened his mouth and said: "This is not a little girl who eats forbidden fruits outside the city, how can she provoke these gangsters, I am afraid that she will not have peace in the future." ”
"Who are these?" Shen Junchen asked.
"It seems to be called the Qingyun Gang, the person behind it has a background, no one knows what the name is, it seems that both black and white buy his account."
Fan Chen paused and asked, "Didn't you just pass by when you came to Qingyun City this time?" ”
Shen Junchen was silent.
"Get out of the way, fucking get out of the way of Lao Tzu, who doesn't dare to be disrespectful to Brother Feng, stand up for Lao Tzu."
There was no one at the back of the crowd, only the sound of a rugged man.