When I was a child, we were told to treat the world with tenderness.

When I grew up and experienced a lot, I realized that not all kindness will be treated gently.

The Han book says: "If it is too rigid, it will be broken, and if it is too soft, it will be wasted." ”

Too hard, brittle, too soft, and easy to bend.

This is true for people.

In fact, the best attitude towards life is to have a tiger in your heart and smell the roses!

Looking at these coolies who received their wages and were full of joy on their faces, Li An suddenly thought of Sanjiangshui.

Maybe he was born as a gangster before, but on the surface, he is a senior brother who looks like a gangster.

But in fact, whether it is to deal with the coolies under him with a normal heart, or to deal with those in the community with a tough attitude.

All of them show that this senior brother is quite good at life and work.

There is a good saying.

Half villain, half gentleman!

Therefore, in life, the bodhisattva must have a heart, and the vajra method is even more essential!

"Brother An."

After Xi Wei finished paying his salary, he saw that Li An seemed to be distracted, and shouted.

Ang Lee glanced at the coolies who were leaving:

"Oh, the wages are over."

Xi Wei handed over the written account book and said with a red face:

"Brother An, there are still five hundred and sixty-eight yuan left in the completion of the payment, you can take a look."

Li An took the account book and took a general look, then took the money on the table, counted one hundred and twenty yuan, and handed it to Xi Wei.

"Now, that's one hundred and twenty dollars. In the future, the affairs on the dock will be taken care of by your brothers, and the money earned will be divided into two percent for you. ”

"Thank you, Brother An." Xi Wei hurriedly took it.

originally thought that a few of them would be very satisfied if they could earn hundreds of dollars a month, but I didn't expect Ang Lee to be 20% as soon as he made a move.

is in his early 100s a day, and he can earn more than 3,000 yuan in a month.

Coupled with the more than 6,000 yuan in Brother Hao's hands, it seems that it won't take long for his brothers to save enough money to move out of the city and buy a big house outside.

"And take this money too, invite your fellow villagers who contributed today to dinner." Ang Lee handed over more than a dozen blue crabs.

"Got it." Shi Wei nodded.

"Put the ledger away, finish the work early after packing up, and I'll leave first."

Li An patted Xiwei's shoulder, turned around and walked outside the dock.

After finishing the work on the dock, he still has to go to the newspaper file to take a look.

"Hey, wait for me."

Seeing Li An turn to leave, Hou Shijie, who had been pretending to be transparent, trotted up and followed.

Li An's pace slowed down: "Brother Jie, it's all over, you don't leave yet." ”

"I said yes, you promised to talk to me." Hou Shijie was eager to try.

"You don't need to be in such a hurry, you've been busy all day, and you haven't eaten yet."

When Li An heard this, he replied with a smile.

He turned his head again, looked at Hou Shijie who came up, thought for a while, and said:

"Otherwise, let's go eat first, and then find a place after eating."

Hou Shijie glanced around at the dock:

"That's it, the dock is spacious, and the work has just ended, there are no two workers, and it's just right to talk. And before eating, it's good to move your muscles and bones. ”

"Okay then."

It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and Li An paused and stopped.

Anyway, after finishing work, he has to go to other martial arts halls to find a master to learn, since Hou Shijie can't wait, Li An naturally won't refuse.

On the spacious pier, the two stood opposite each other.

Ang Lee made a starting hand for Bajiquan.

On the other side, Hou Shijie was tied down, his legs were slightly bent, and he made a head fist.

"Xingyi, Hou Shijie!"

"Baji, Ang Lee!"

Night.

Yuen Long in the northwestern New Territories, an unnamed beach.

Police boats blaring sirens whizzed by, and large waves splashed on the calm sea.

After a while, the sea gradually calmed down.

"Whoa!"

There was a slight sound of breaking water, and in the sparse starlight, you could vaguely see human heads emerging one after another on the sea.

The men glanced around the sea warily, and then cautiously groped their way towards the shallows that came to shore.

"Whew! Call! ”

One by one, wet figures, climbed ashore with their hands and feet, and lay down on the edge of the sand-paved stall one after another, panting.

"It's finally here."

"This is Hong Kong?"

The muttering of suppressed voices sounded one after another.

Due to some irresistible reasons, the severe famine that occurred for two consecutive years from '59 to this year has caused the peasants to actually receive nearly eight months less grain than in previous years.

No one wants to leave their homeland.

After all the hard work of crossing the sea, they just want to stutter more.

There are three ways for people and snakes to cross the sea, walking, boating, and waterway.

The waterway is also known as the Governor, to borrow a chess term, which means that there is no turning back.

If it succeeds, it will go ashore in Yuen Long, and if it is unsuccessful, it will sink to the bottom of the sea.

"Hurry up, the police boat will be back again."

Li Jianjun did not lie down and rest like everyone else, because he knew very well that as long as he lay down, he would not want to get up.

He just hunched over and gasped for a few breaths, and when his strength had recovered slightly, he began to whisper to the two companions beside him.

"Brother Jun, let me rest for a while, I've been swimming for a few hours, and I really don't have the strength."

The slightly chubby young man raised his hand weakly.

Li Jianjun looked at him and said in a stern tone: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up." ”

When the two heard this, they had to get up helplessly.

"Let's go."

Li Jianjun snorted lightly, motioned for the two to follow, and took the lead in groping forward.

"Brother Jun, we are here in Hong Kong now, but we are unfamiliar with the place and penniless, where are we going?"

One of the companions asked in a whisper.

"yes." The other chimed in.

Li Jianjun thought for a while and responded: "I have a cousin who works as a cook in Yau Ma Tei, and when it is dawn, we will go to his place to have a look." ”

Seeing someone leave, those who were originally lying on the ground to rest for a while also dragged their tired bodies to get up.

Away from the beach, the surroundings are desolate.

In the sparse starlight and waist-deep weeds, a group of more than a dozen people could only grope their way aimlessly.

At this moment, Li Jianjun, who was walking in front, suddenly paused, pulled the two people behind him to squat down, and hid in the weeds.

"Brother Jun, what's wrong?"

"Shh

The sound of stumbling footsteps suddenly rang out.

More than 20 figures with guys in their hands surrounded them.

The seven or eight people who walked behind were taken aback, looking at this group of people with unkind eyes, and couldn't help but move their steps to gather together.

Seeing the group getting closer and closer, they dared to try to rush out.

But they were already exhausted, and as soon as they stepped forward, they were knocked to the ground by this group of people who were outnumbered.

"Eight human snakes, good harvest."

A middle-aged man in a short shirt with a greasy face said, "Tie them up and take them away." ”

They are snake fighters entrenched in the vicinity, because most of the human snakes go ashore in Yuen Long by water, so as long as they squat and guard the shallows not far away, they can wait for the rabbits.

Several fierce rotten boys stepped forward with ropes.

After a while, the eight people who were tied up were led away like piglets.

"Brother Jun."

Watching this group of people go away, the two of them wanted to speak and stopped.

"Let's go, let's go ahead and have a look."

Although he didn't know the purpose of this group of people, Li Jianjun didn't think too much about it before he spoke.

The three of them were militiamen before they crossed the sea, especially Li Jianjun, who was once a soldier although he retired from the army after the fourth disarmament the year before last.

Now that these fellow villagers have been taken away, it is impossible to remain indifferent.

More than 20 people led the human snake in front, scolding from time to time.

The three people behind cautiously followed.

"Be careful."

Li Jianjun reminded softly and closed the trap under his feet.

The three of them buried their heads, dodging the trap under their feet, and hung far behind the group.

It took about ten minutes or so.

The three of them were lying on their stomachs in the grass.

"When those people fall asleep in the early hours of the morning, we'll go and see."

Li Jianjun looked like an old and spicy hunter, staring at the few dilapidated bungalows not far away.

There were also two tall wooden shelves at the door, on which something seemed to be hung, but it was not clear to see.

The house was dimly lit, and screams and screams of women rang out from time to time.

During this period, the group of rotten boys who grabbed people had already left laughing.

Until the middle of the moon.

"Let's go, let's see."

Seeing that the bungalow not far away was silent, Li Jianjun took out an object wrapped in oil paper from his arms, opened the oil paper bag, and inside was a short knife.

Originally, I just thought that I was unfamiliar with life and self-defense, but I didn't expect it to come in handy.

He got up and led the two of them to the bungalow.

Before he could get closer, he faintly heard the sound of crying coming from the two dark bungalows on the left and right, and it was obvious that the captors were locked inside.

As they continued to get closer, when they passed the wooden frame, the pupils of the three people shrank, and then they saw that there were two people hanging on the wooden frame.

To be precise, two men who had been stripped of their shirts and had long since died.

From the scars on their bodies, as well as their chapped skin and lips, it is not difficult to see how the two died.

Seeing this scene, Li Jianjun was silent for a while.

He suddenly changed his mind after he planned to save people and leave.

He did not choose to put the hanging man down immediately, but held the handle of the knife backwards, the blade forward, his eyes as sharp as a falcon, and touched the bungalow with the kerosene lamp in the middle.

Through the crack in the door, Li Jianjun glanced inside the room.

The first thing that catches my eye is a woman tied to a bench on her stomach, motionless, scarred on her exposed skin

In the corner of the cracked wall were two women who were tied hand and foot, crying in low voices.

There were also three rotten boys sitting around the table drinking.

One of them slammed the table:

"What to cry about, crying again will kill you."

Another person took over with a laugh:

"It's all money, what a waste to kill, and you're not afraid that Master Crane will skin you."

The women trembled with fright, causing the three of them to laugh.

At this moment, there was a snapping sound outside the door.

"Blackfang, go take a look." The silent man said.

"Where should it be the wild cat, what's so nice."

Blackfang muttered, but staggered to his feet and opened the door.

He went out to take a look, and was just about to go back to the house when a hand reached out of the darkness and covered his mouth.

Black Fang Peng was suddenly awakened by the drink, and before he could say anything, the whole person was dragged into the darkness.

"Poof!"

Then there was the sound of a slight blade cutting through the skin.

"Blackfang."

The two rotten boys, who were still drinking, heard the noise and couldn't help but shout.

Seeing that no one responded, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

They picked up the things they had put at their feet and walked out the door vigilantly.

Through the light in the room, I saw a familiar figure reflected in the half-light and half-darkness at a glance.

The two breathed a sigh of relief and let their guard down.

"What the hell are you doing? I don't agree to shout at you, I don't know if people are scary and scared to death! ”

As one of them spoke, he stepped forward and patted Black Fang Peng on the head.

Unexpectedly, with his gentle pat, Hei Yapeng's whole body was crooked, and he fell straight down like this.

also revealed Li Jianjun's face full of anger.

His expression changed:

"You."

Before he could speak, Li Jianjun stretched out his right hand, and a snowy blade slashed directly towards his neck from top to bottom.

"Master He, someone is coming."

Another man shouted into the room, and just as he was about to step forward with his knife, two figures pounced out of the darkness and threw him to the ground.

Li Jianjun stepped forward, and with the sound of two blades piercing his body, the man suddenly lost his voice.

The three of them stepped into the house.

Li Jianjun just glanced inside the room, then looked at the room on the right, he kicked the door open, and then retreated, and there was a woman's exclamation from inside.

He glanced through the wide open door before he entered the room.

The woman who screamed in surprise was tied to the bed with her hands and feet.

A naked, droopy man of nearly sixty rolled out of bed, got up from the ground, and reached for a short dog on a stool to the side.

Li Jianjun was expressionless, holding a blood-dripping short knife, and rushed directly in the direction of the man.

"Who are you?"

Seeing Li Jianjun rushing over, the man threw himself in front of the stool and grabbed the gun first.

He turned the muzzle of the gun and was about to shoot, but found that the trigger seemed to be welded to death, and he couldn't pull it no matter how hard he tried, so he realized that he forgot to pull the safety in a hurry.

didn't give him a chance to pull the insurance, and the bright knife light reflected into his pupils.

With a pop, the knife plunged into the man's neck, leaving only the handle outside.

His whole body was like a leaky bellows, and his throat grunted. Soon, his body fell to the ground, and blood rushed to the ground, and a puddle of blood flowed on the ground.

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Originally, this chapter was written yesterday, and then it was deleted.

After thinking about it, since the snake fighter was mentioned, let's write about it.

Of course, I just wrote it briefly, for fear of shielding, and by the way, I brought a character out.

The film Snake Fighter was recalled as soon as it was released, but the humanity reflected in it is still worth watching.

(End of chapter)