The affairs of the old Chu family, in Liushu Hutong, were like a stone smashed into the lake, causing an uproar and making the people of the entire Hutong feel related.

But this thing will always pass, the waves will gradually disappear, and this day should be lived and must be continued.

In this year of great calamity, the life of ordinary people is becoming more and more difficult, not so much to live, but to live a life, and to live through this difficult year, to pick up a life; If you can't stand it, you will roll it up...... Like a weed growing in the wilderness, it comes from humble and insignificant, and goes silently.

The Fang family was just a small member of the crowd.

Of course, the Fang family's life is relatively good now.

Supported by the finished drug business, buying food on the black market, life can still go on, and the Fang family is low-key and not in the limelight.

If you don't look for trouble, you won't find anything, and life will be calm.

this night.

After dinner, Fang Xue and Fang Ling washed dishes in the kitchen, and Fang Rui sorted out the medicine bags in the hall.

Knock knock!

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" Fang Rui asked vigilantly.

At the same time, he unhurriedly put the medicine bag into the medicine cabinet and put it away.

"Me! Brother Rui, I'm your Uncle Sledgehammer! A voice rang out outside the door.

"Wang Da Hammer's house?" Fang Rui's eyes narrowed.

Wang Dazhui's family is the one who struck iron, just ordinary neighbors, whether it was when Fang Baicao was in charge of the family, or now, they don't have too deep friendship with the Wang family.

'Borrowed food? Or something else? That's it, there is no need to guess, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. ’

Fang Rui opened the door: "Uncle Sledgehammer!" Come, come in and sit, have you eaten? ”

Fang Xue also heard the voice, came out of the kitchen, and poured a glass of water.

"I've eaten it." Wang Dazhui sat down and waved his hand.

This year is sluggish, food is precious, if you really want to come to the door while people are eating, it is simply disgusting, he just estimated that the Fang family had eaten before coming.

"Sister-in-law of the Fang family, I'm here because I have something to discuss." Wang Dazhui looked at Fang Xue.

"Lao Fang went to the army, my family's affairs are all in charge of Brother Rui, you just have something to tell him...... You men talk about things, and I'll wash the dishes. ”

After Fang Xue finished speaking, he didn't wait for Wang Dazhui to react, so he went to the kitchen, and when he left the hall, he also closed the door.

Fang Rui secretly nodded like.

These days, with his breakthrough in martial arts, he sells finished drugs to earn money, and buys grain from the black market to support his family...... and a series of other things, he has actually been in charge, and Fang Xue's move has also given him enough face.

Of course, this is not to say that Fang Rui cares about this bit of vanity, but he is afraid that if Fang Xue comes to talk about it, he will be tricked and mixed into some trouble.

"Uncle Sledgehammer, my mother is right, tell me if you have something!" Fang Rui said quietly.

"This ......"

Wang Dazhui looked at Fang Rui's slightly immature face, opened his mouth, and didn't know how to talk for a while.

Or Fang Rui took the initiative to speak and found a topic: "Uncle Sledgehammer, have you seen Xiao Chu recently?" ”

Speaking of which, since the death of Old Chutou, he has never seen Xiao Chu again.

"I haven't seen it."

Wang Dazhui shook his head and sighed: "Since the old Chu head went, Xiao Chu didn't know where to go......"

With this beginning, he also spoke fluently.

“…… It's a hard day! Now, many of my neighbors are running out of food at home, and they can't sustain two meals, and they only eat one meal a day, and they still have wheat bran......"

Wang Dazhui didn't say anything specific, but complained about his suffering.

'Is this to borrow grain?' ’

Fang Rui said something in his heart, and he didn't let Wang Da Hammer open his mouth to lose face, and took the initiative to say: "Uncle Big Hammer, my family's life is not easy, but since you are here, my family will borrow a catty of wheat bran......

It's not that it's stingy, it's this year, and being too generous will cause unnecessary trouble.

Besides, the two families don't have a deep friendship, why be generous?

"It's not...... Brother Rui, I'm not here to borrow food......"

Fang Rui guessed wrong, Wang Dazhui snorted for a while, and then said: "I know that your family is also difficult, so I thought, there is a way to make money......

"Uncle Sledgehammer, needless to say."

Fang Rui directly interrupted: "Although my family's life is difficult, I am half hungry, and I can barely get by, and I don't want to get involved in other things......"

really looked down on the other party, he didn't believe it: Wang Dazhui could have a way with a low threshold, fast money, and no risk!

- If there is really that kind of way, the others will rush up earlier, and it will be Wang Da Hammer's turn to come and introduce him?

So.

Fang Rui is sure: It's not a good thing.

Knowing this, what Wang Dazhui wants to say later, he listens, and he doesn't even want to hear it!

Who knows, Wang Dazhui is very satisfied with Fang Rui's caution: "Brother Rui, don't be busy refusing, listen to it first...... There are some risks in this matter, but they are all on me, and as you know, my family has now inherited the government's order...... You don't have to do much, you just need to introduce some paths......"

Drums don't need to be hammered.

When Fang Rui heard this, he immediately understood: 'It turned out to be this way to die......

At the beginning, in order to exterminate the Taiping thieves outside the city, the county recruited soldiers on a large scale, and other families sent people, and the Wang family took over the task of striking iron instead of military service.

At that time, it was naturally a good thing, but the follow-up cost was also heavy.

The government provides raw materials, and the Wang family hands over a certain number of weapons every month, but because it is in place of military service, plus the officials are up and down, so the manual cost for the Wang family is extremely low, so that the Wang family can't hold on now.

Only then did the Wang family move their minds and set their sights on these weapons.

In this era, weapons and the like are extremely expensive.

Even though the craftsmanship of the Wang family is not good, they can only make 'standard weapons', which are not as good as the swords and swords of the people in the rivers and lakes, but the price is far beyond scissors and kitchen knives.

The specific operation is also very simple: save a little here through the process, save a little there, and report some more raw iron losses...... In a month, you can save one or two weapons, and the money you can sell them is enough for the Wang family to live a good life.

Looking for the upper family, it is naturally because: the Fang family's medical skills are heirlooms, and Fang Baicao is a martial artist, and he has a lot of contacts, so he can introduce the way to sell weapons.

What, why not go to the black market?

Because, of course, this kind of thing is extremely sensitive, and it is easy to be targeted when sold on the black market.

Moreover, do you really think that the government has no eyeliner on the black market?

That's naïve, isn't it?

It's profitable, but it's too risky! To put it bluntly, it is digging the corners of the official mansion. ’

'If something really happens, even if my identity as an eight-rank martial artist is exposed, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it. ’

Moreover, Fang Rui can't look down on this profit.

It's not that this plate is small, in fact, compared to it, it is not much different from the profit of selling finished drugs in January.

It's just that this is a gamble on life, so naturally Wang Da Hammer wants to take the big head, and what is left for him is just soup and water.

How can he look at such a high-risk, low-return thing?

"Uncle Sledgehammer, I didn't say this to you, and you have never been to the Fang family today." Fang Rui made his attitude clear and was unwilling to get involved in this matter.

He's not crazy!

An'an is steadily doing the business of finished drugs, living his own small life, happy and comfortable, why can't he think about it, to get involved in this dead business?

"Brother Rui'er......"

Wang Dazhui's tone suddenly became unkind.

Also, this kind of thing related to the lives of his wife and children, and his family has been exposed to the other party, who can rest assured?

If Fang Rui reports it, his whole family will die!

Fang Rui looked at the honest-looking Wang Da Hammer with a fierce look on his face, and his eyes narrowed: "Uncle Big Hammer, what do you want?" ”

Today, the other party said that if the sky is broken, he will not participate, if he wants to play yin...... Hehe!

'Many years of neighbors, I hope he will not be uninteresting. He said to himself.

Wang Dazhui looked at Fang Rui, who was fearless, calmed down a little, and secretly thought: "Lao Fang is a martial artist, and he may not have left any hole cards......

However, even if he has hole cards, what kind of excellent connections, it will have to be postponed to work, and now that he is here, he will not let the Fang family leave a fatal handle, and he will never leave easily!

After all, he is strong and iron-striking, and his strength is much greater than that of ordinary people, while the Fang family is an orphan and widow, even Fang Rui in front of him is a well-known sick man......

Think about it this way.

Wang Da Hammer suddenly became evil from the side of his guts: "Brother Rui, this matter is very important, the handle of the uncle's family is left with you, do you also give a handle to make the uncle rest assured?" That's the truth, right? ”

"Hehe, Uncle Sledgehammer, I'll give you a face, call you 'Uncle Sledgehammer', don't give face, what are you?!"

Fang Rui's momentum suddenly became flamboyant, like a fierce beast that showed its claws.

He has strength, but he doesn't want to be exposed, but he can't be exposed.

Do you want him to keep the handle? Holding on to his lifeline?

Just kidding!

Fang Rui is a traverser, and he is extremely disgusted with being threatened and shackled in his bones.

Not to mention anything else, if he is willing to be a dog, as long as he exposes his true strength, he can easily get more than ten taels of silver a month.

I didn't choose this path, I just didn't want to be constrained!

Now Wang Da Hammer is actually touching his scales.

If it weren't for the fact that he was still sane, Fang Rui would have wanted to ask: 'I killed you first, and then killed your entire family, is this considered a trick?!' ’

"Ah Rui, you ......" Wang Dazhui saw Fang Rui, who suddenly became arrogant, and he was also angry, and he was about to stand up as soon as he got up.

But Fang Rui stretched out a hand and pressed it on his shoulder.

Suddenly.

Wang Dazhui felt that he was suppressed by a huge force, and no matter how he struggled, he couldn't move or get up.

This kind of change made his face change in an instant, and his eyes were full of horror: "Ah Rui, you, your strength ......"

In his impression, Fang Rui has always been a sick man, how could he have such great strength?

'The only possibility, only ...... A martial artist?! Thinking of this, Wang Dazhui's pupils shrank suddenly.

He knows very well the power of a martial artist.

is like the tiger master: If you are not a martial artist, how dare you only bring two followers at a time and collect money everywhere?

Even if you have the name of the Tiger Gang, aren't you afraid: this group of low-level people is forced to be in a hurry, dogs jump over the wall in a hurry, and rabbits bite people?

Only the strength of the ear!

Wang Dazhui panicked.

The current situation is: he can't beat Fang Rui, he can't threaten the Fang family, and he has a handle in Fang Rui's hands, he can't resist even if he is kneaded and pinched.

While despairing in my heart, I regret it even more.

Wang Dazhui not only regretted threatening Fang Rui before, but also regretted that he didn't make friends with the Fang family on weekdays.

Since the spread of the 'infectious disease' in the Fang family, the neighbors have been estranged intentionally or unintentionally, and only the Sanniangzi family is the same as before.

If he had a pair of discerning eyes and wisely chose to befriend the Fang family, maybe he would be promoted by Fang Rui, and he would not have to embark on this road of no return.

But it's too late, and since you've embarked on this road of no return, there's no turning back!

"Uncle Sledgehammer, have you calmed down now?"

Fang Rui's eyes flashed, and he suddenly reined in the momentum of his whole body, sat down, squinted his eyes, and looked harmless to humans and animals, but Wang Dazhui didn't dare to despise it at all: "You can also see it, you can't beat me, my fist is bigger than yours, if you want to be bad for your family, you don't have to be so troublesome at all......"

"I'm still the same sentence, I didn't say anything about it before, and you never came to the Fang family today."

Call!

Hearing this, Wang Dazhui tightened his desperate mind and instantly relaxed.

It seems that Brother Rui still talks about neighbors, and he doesn't plan to put my family to death, doesn't care about the past, and doesn't even plan to report my family. ’

At this moment, he was very relieved.

As Fang Rui said, the other party has a power over him, if it is really unfavorable to the Wang family, there is no need to be so troublesome, let alone deceive him.

Reading this signal, Wang Dazhui hurriedly promised: "Brother Rui, don't worry, I know what's wrong...... Today, I haven't been to Fang's house at all. ”

With that, he got up and left.

"Wait!"

Fang Rui stopped him: "I won't report your family, but if something happens to your family, don't bite ...... indiscriminately."

"Don't dare! I swear, if it is ......," Wang Dazhui swears.

Fang Rui knew: Wang Dazhui might not dare at this time, and he didn't have that idea, but when the time came, he might not change his mind.

Human nature is evil, some people, when they drown, will think about pulling people into the water and taking the innocent away.

"Don't talk nonsense, listen to me."

Since he tore his face, Fang Rui didn't save face for this Wang Sledgehammer, and immediately stopped him: "Uncle Sledgehammer, you listen to my analysis and analysis." If...... I mean, if you had an incident, the government would probably not have killed your whole family based on the principle of waste utilization...... However, I have the ability! ”

"Don't believe it, just like you did before, didn't you know my strength?"

"Let's put it this way,"

Fang Rui's eyes narrowed: "From beginning to end, you don't know anything about my abilities!" ”

Wang Da Hammer's eyelids jumped fiercely, and in an instant, his brain made up some hidden tissue...... Conspiracy......

Suddenly trembling with fear.

A small person like him is the weakest, if he is not forced to that role, he really can't get by, how dare he resell weapons?

At this time, the same is true.

Wang Da Hammer made up too much brain, and he frightened himself.

He is convinced: If he does something he shouldn't do, Fang Rui is really capable of making his whole family die.

Under such a threat, Wang Dazhui once again assured: "Sharp ...... No, Master Rui, don't worry, I will do things by myself, and I will never implicate others......"

Looking at the back of this man leaving.

Fang Rui's eyes flashed: "It's a pity...... It's not good to kill this person! ”

He can deal with the likes of Three Eyes, Two Dogs, and even Zhang Leopard, but neighbors like Wang Dazhui are not very good......

After all, rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest!

Of course, it's not impossible to really get rid of this person, but you have to take unnecessary risks.

"Now, that's a good choice."

After Fang Cai's words, even if he kept Wang Da Hammer, the other party was not a threat, and whether something happened or not, it would not implicate him.

As for whether it's too cheap Wang Sledgehammer?

"Huh! This royal family may not be without retribution, but I didn't take action personally......"

The Fang family sneered: "I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet?" I watched him rise up a tall building, and I saw his building collapse! ”

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