Ma Dali explained: "Ma Wei is not very old, he is in his thirties. But he was a teenager on the docks, and he was a well-known boss over there. ”

Chen Xingling asked curiously: "Are you familiar with him?" The kind that can speak? ”

"That's for sure." Ma Dali smiled honestly and whispered: "They are all from the same village, I don't see each other in front of me, and I don't see each other in the back, and the relationship is not very good, but we all know each other." They were too young in the room, so he had to call me 'uncle'. He is very well-behaved, although he is older than me, he will shout 'Uncle Li' when he meets him. I used to go to the docks a lot, and although I didn't follow him, he would always nod and say hello when he met him. ”

After hearing this, Chen Xingling secretly put his mind at ease.

"Rule-abiding people...... That's good, that's good! ”

I'm afraid that my mother-in-law is the kind of vicious gang that is unruly, messing around, and unscrupulous for money. People who abide by the rules are bound by the villagers and customs, and they will not mess around.

"He's a loan shark?" Gu Yi couldn't help but ask, "Didn't anyone arrest him?" ”

Ma Dali shook his head: "There are rules on the dock side, as long as it doesn't make a big fuss, it generally won't be managed, and it can't be managed." The horsetail is bold, and in addition to serious trading, he will also make some small gambling houses. However, he is quite righteous, and he is also very righteous. He has a good influence on several docks, and dozens of his younger brothers work with him. ”

Chen Xingling gave Gu Yi a look and signaled that he couldn't talk nonsense.

"Da Li, why don't you take us over to meet this ponytail—see if you can raise your noble hand and let my mother-in-law go first."

Ma Dali replied without hesitation: "I'll definitely have no problem taking you there." It's just that...... It's just that the interest of more than 200 is not so easy to erase, at most I can only beg for mercy, so that he can sell more face and ask for less. ”

Chen Xingling smiled bitterly: "It can be less." If you don't get less, you can't do it. ”

Gu Qi said softly: "Big gift, that can only trouble you." ”

Ma Dali said boldly: "Don't worry, your business is my business, and I will do my best." I must find a way to persuade him to let his aunt go first, so that she will not be worried and afraid, and let him give you more time to raise money. ”

Chen Xingling got up and said, "Okay, then let's go." ”

"Wait." Ma Dali hurriedly stopped them and whispered, "You can't go like this...... I don't know if the grocery store is still open? I'll have to buy a few boxes of cigarettes and then I'll have to go to one of my uncles for help. ”

Gu Qi nodded and said, "On the road just now, I saw a small grocery store still open. You sit down first, and I'll go buy a few boxes and come back at once. ”

Ma Dali reminded and shouted: "Buy plum blossoms!" At least three boxes! ”

Gu Qi replied, got on his bicycle and hurriedly set off.

Chen Xingling asked curiously: "Your clan uncle knows the horsetail, right?" It's a little late, I don't know if it will be inconvenient to go to the old man's house now? ”

"No, it won't." Ma Dali explained: "Uncle Hai is old, but he is actually only ten years older than me. He grew up with a horse's tail, and he came and went in the mud in the water, and his feelings were very iron. It's perfect to ask him for help to intercede. He opened a small noodle shop on the other side of the dock, where dock workers usually come in and out to eat noodles. When the ponytail guys weren't working, they would play pai gow in the noodle shop. ”

Chen Xingling understood and said, "So, let's go directly to the noodle restaurant first." ”

"Hmm." Ma Dali looked at Gu Yi and lowered his voice: "There are many fish and dragons on the dock, there are several groups of forces, and it is not good to offend that group." You're from the north, and you haven't been here for long, so most of you can't understand the atmosphere of the docks here. Wait a little while and see as much as we can, listen and talk as much as we can. ”

Gu Yi was even more uneasy when he heard this, and couldn't help asking: "Let's take the liberty of looking for the past like this—will something happen with it?" ”

"No, it won't." Ma Dali soothed: "You may be mistaken, they are not poor and extravagant people, just a group of men who gather together to work on the docks. ”

Gu Yi was still very suspicious, and looked at Chen Xingling worriedly.

"Sister-in-law......"

Chen Xingling made a booing gesture and whispered: "Ah Yi, you have to sing any drama on any stage." When we go to the dock, we have to abide by the rules of the dock. Don't be afraid, and don't talk nonsense. ”

Gu Yi has always trusted his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and when he heard her say this, even if he was hesitant and apprehensive in his heart, he nodded obediently.

After a while, Gu Qi came back from buying cigarettes.

Four people and two bicycles, quickly went to the dock.

The dock is wide, the cold wind and sea breeze blow indiscriminately, and the sound of jingling bells can be heard from time to time in the dark.

The noodle shop has long since closed, the door is closed, the windows are ajar, and the lights are faintly visible.

It was deserted outside, only the cold wind was howling, but the house was full of people, shouting one after another, deafening.

Ma Dali asked them to wait outside, ran to the window and went straight inside.

After a while, the door of the noodle shop opened a crack, and Ma Dali pulled a short and fat man in his thirties out.

The man had two cigarettes in his ears and one in his mouth, squinting his eyes and calmly swallowing the clouds.

"The weather is so bad tonight that he didn't come over with a ponytail. Your business, the great gift, has been told to me, and I have it in my heart. Okay, you all go back first. ”

Gu Qi and Gu Yi couldn't react.

Chen Xingling stepped forward quickly and took the initiative to smile: "Hello, hello!" I'm a good friend of Da Li. Uncle Hai, right? Hello hello hello! My mother-in-law will leave this matter to you! ”

Uncle Hai glanced at Chen Xingling and asked, "Local accent?" Where are you? ”

Ma Dali on the side hurriedly introduced: "She is my good classmate and my best friend." Uncle Hai, behind is her lover and brother-in-law. ”

"I'm from Huiqiao Fishing Village in the south of the city." Chen Xingling said with a smile: "My family are all traditional fishermen, and they have been fishing for a living in the waves for generations. ”

As soon as Uncle Hai heard that he was a local, his face softened slightly.

"Your mother-in-law's affairs have been said with great gifts. Don't worry about going back, the old woman will be able to go home tomorrow morning. Money, I'll give you a few more days at most. ”

Chen Xingling smiled bitterly: "Uncle Hai, a few hundred yuan is not a small amount of money. We are all ordinary workers, and if we can squeeze it out, we will definitely use the money to ransom people now...... It's not a matter of time. ”

Uncle Hai spat out his cigarette and snorted twice.

"Well! It's only natural to pay back debts, isn't it? If you can ask for a favor and make a friendship, you don't have to pay back the money, so how can the brothers live! I will vouch for you and let the old woman go back first, which is already a big face. Don't take an inch. If it weren't for the people who brought the gift, I wouldn't have bothered to meddle in such a thing. ”

Ma Dali smiled awkwardly, leaned forward and lowered his voice to whisper a few words.

Uncle Hai glanced at him and said, "The interest of more than two hundred is not saved in a day or two. It was said that it was usury, and since the old woman had borrowed it, she had to pay it back. If I just ask for money now, I might be able to help me intercede. It's been a few more days, what do you want to do? ”

Ma Dali lowered his voice and said a few more words.

Uncle Hai shook his head and shook his head: "Don't be a kid!" One mouth is a hundred! Everyone didn't have fifty in a month on the dock! You used to carry it every day, you should know what it's like to be pressed by a few cents and your waist is not straight! ”

Marthali stumbled.

Chen Xingling was not afraid, and walked straight forward.

"Uncle Hai, don't be angry. The gift is for my mother-in-law, but also for us husband and wife. He told us, you and Big Brother Ponytail are iron buddies. You are very righteous and righteous, and you braved the wind and cold in the middle of the night to bring us to you for help. Uncle Hai, we also know the truth of repaying debts, and it is by no means necessary to repay debts. My mother-in-law suddenly disappeared, and it was cold and rainy outside, and we were very worried. We went out separately, and all the money we could borrow was borrowed quickly, but my lover is a foreigner, and I don't know many locals, so I borrowed more than a dozen places and only made up a few hundred yuan...... It's really not easy. ”

Uncle Hai's eyes were half-narrowed, and he raised his thick eyebrows instead.

"Hundreds? How many hundred? ”