Chapter Ninety-Nine: The House of Ruins

Hearing what Jiao Miao said, Gao Jie was stunned, and then looked at Xiao Pang Ziqing, who stopped drinking mutton soup because of his sudden uprightness, and secretly screamed ashamed, unconsciously, how did he become an angry young man who couldn't help it.

He smiled, sat down again, touched Pang Ziqing's unkempt hair, and said softly: "Ziqing, it's okay, you continue to drink, if it's not enough, my brother will buy it for you!"

Pang Ziqing blinked his eyes wide, and said crisply: "Thank you, big brother!" and then buried his head in the mutton soup for him.

Jiao Miao, who was opposite Gao Jie, was eating breakfast, and glanced at Gao Jie from time to time, his eyes were a little complicated. He ate the last bite of the bread, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said lightly: "This child has been hungry for too long, and he can't eat too much at one time!"

Gao Jie stared at the casual Jiao in surprise, I really don't understand why this guy suddenly stopped pretending to be cool and dumb now, but became a little talkative, what an elusive freak.

However, he was right, the boy had been hungry for too long, and he really couldn't eat all at once.

Waiting for the bowl of mutton soup to be killed, Gao Jie smiled and said, "Ziqing, don't eat it yet, and wait for noon brother to take you to eat it, okay?"

When Pang Ziqing heard this, he first glanced at the breakfast on the table reluctantly, then raised his eyes to look at Gao Jie, nodded and said, "Brother is a good person, I listen to you!"

Seeing this, Gao Jie knew that this poor child was reluctant, and couldn't help but feel sad for a while, and at the same time secretly admired that he could control his desire to continue eating because of his words, Pang Ziqing was born in a wealthy merchant family after all, even if the family is now ruined, but it is still not the same as the name Huazi on the street, and it can be seen from him that the Pang family's tutor.

Gao Jie picked up Pang Ziqing, beckoned the boss to pack the rest of the breakfast, and then went out to greet Ji Longfeng and Yu Hongzhi, who were full of smugness, and strode towards the east of the city. And Jiao Miao returned to his dumb state, carrying his heavy bookcase that he never abandoned, and followed them unhurriedly.

When you arrive in the east of the city, you will see a sea of dilapidated houses and streets, not only the roads are potholes, but even the houses seem to be muddy, worthy of being a slum. Gao Jie's family is also considered a commoner, but in comparison, it is much better than this place.

didn't have time to feel anything, Gao Jie followed Xiao Ziqing's instructions, walked through the dilapidated houses and alleys, and finally came to his home.

Pang Ziqing's home is basically located under the root of the city wall, the house is not only small, but also dilapidated to the extreme, the wall is basically made of dried mud, supported by a few rotten wood that has not yet rotted, and there are leaky gaps everywhere. Fortunately, the autumn is high and the temperature is not low, and if it is winter, you can imagine how cold it will be in the house.

Gao Jie put down Ziqing, and the child covered the two buns in his pocket with his hands, and ran in with a cigarette, thinking that he was worried that his grandmother would be hungry.

Gao Jie sighed in his heart, took a deep breath, and was about to step to follow, when he suddenly heard the sound of shouting behind him, he looked back, and saw that in the alley three zhang away, several men in green clothes seemed to catch up with a ragged person, knocked him to the ground, punched and kicked, and shouted loudly: "Dead gambler, if you don't pay back the money, you will dismantle your bones!"

The beaten man rolled on the ground with his head in his hands, and begged: "Please borrow me more, and I will pay it back when I turn it over!

One of the tall men in Tsing Yi kicked him fiercely and shouted angrily: "Just your decay, you will still turn over the book, and you will live in the next life! If you don't repay the money today, Lao Tzu will lead someone to burn down your rotten house and sell your son to pay off the debt!"

The scene in front of him is very familiar to Gao Jie, of course, it is what he has seen in movies and television in his previous life, and the end of gambling is basically like this. He had never had a good impression of gamblers, and he didn't want to care, so he turned around and prepared to enter the door.

Before he could take a step, Pang Ziqing suddenly rushed out of it, and while running towards the beaten man, he cried and shouted: "Don't beat my father!

When Gao Jie heard this, he patted his head, and then realized that the gambler who was beaten was Pang Weifeng!

Seeing Pang Ziqing pounce on Pang Weifeng's body, those people in Tsing Yi stopped their hands, and the tall man led by him spat at Pang Weifeng on the ground, and scolded: "You guy is poor and good at gambling, and you can't afford to pay back the money in this life, since your son is here, let's sell it, and save you from suffering!" After speaking, as soon as he finished speaking, he made a look, and several of his subordinates started to catch Pang Ziqing.

Pang Weifeng, who was holding his head and dodging his fists and feet, suddenly woke up at this time, hugged his son tightly, and kicked his feet like crazy, while shouting: "Don't touch my son, sell me if you want to sell it, don't touch my son!!"

Several people in Tsing Yi were tossed by him, and they really couldn't win Pang Ziqing for a while.

Gao Jie had already walked over with Ji Longfeng and the others at this time, and he smiled and said, "Big brothers, let them go!"

The tall man in green clothes raised his eyes to look at Gao Jie, and saw that it was a teenage boy, dressed ordinarily, and was about to be scolded, but he caught a glimpse of two people behind him, and suddenly the swear words on his lips were choked back.

I saw a big shoulder, round waist, powerful force, holding a very exaggerated big stick in his hand, and another big head, with strange facial features, as if impermanence, and a shiny short spear behind him. Of course, in the end, there was a poor scholar with a big box on his back, who was directly ignored by him.

After all, this man in Tsing Yi is a small leader, and he can be regarded as having some ways in the market, understanding that these people are afraid that they will not be easy to provoke, he immediately put away the fierce momentum, hugged his fists and smiled: "This son, we are not evil, it is really because this surnamed Pang owes us the money of the gambling house and does not pay it back, we are all people who take money to do things, let him go, we should beg for food!"

Gao Jie was still smiling, clasped his fists and saluted back: "I understand what this big brother said, so let's do it, how much money he owes, I'll help him pay it back first!"

When the tall man in Tsing Yi heard this, his originally reluctant smile became more and more sincere, and he hurriedly said: "Great, this surnamed Pang has met a noble person today! If Gongzi can help him pay off his debts, then we don't need to be so troublesome!"

Ji Longfeng was not as amiable as Gao Jie, and shouted: "Ask how much money you owe, what are you doing with so much nonsense?!"

The big man in Tsing Yi was embarrassed for a while, but he didn't dare to turn his face, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "It's me who is too talkative, this surnamed Pang owes us a total of three taels of money with interest!"

Gao Jie nodded, took out a small ingot of about five taels of silver from his arms, handed it to the man in green clothes and said: "Here are five taels, there should be more after paying off the debt, and the rest should be your hard work!"

The big man in Tsing Yi was overjoyed, grabbed the silver, nodded at Gao Jie and said, "The son is bold and benevolent, and the little ones are grateful!" After speaking, he turned his head and shouted to his subordinates: "Thank you for the son!"

Those subordinates hurriedly clasped their fists and bowed their waists, and shouted: "Thank you, son!"

Gao Jie smiled and waved his hand, then leaned over and picked up Pang Ziqing, turned around and walked towards his home.

When Gao Jie leaned over to hug Xiao Ziqing, Pang Weifeng was still in chaos. Seeing that his son was suffering because of his gambling debts, a bodhisattva who was in distress suddenly appeared to come to the rescue, could he not be surprised? Seeing Gao Jie come to hug his son, he did not resist at all, because he understood that the handsome young man in front of him was the life-saving benefactor of his family.

Just as Gao Jie turned around to leave, the big man in green clothes suddenly said, "Son, please stay!"

Gao Jie stopped, turned around, and didn't make a sound, just frowned slightly, looking a little displeased.

The big man in Tsing Yi hurriedly smiled and said: "Childe! At first glance, you are Lu Bu among the people and the red rabbit among the horses, you must be a rich and noble person! The villain is called Hu Laosan, if the son has Yaxing one day and wants to play a few games, you might as well go to Fuluzhuang in the south of the city, and the villain will definitely do his best to greet you!"

When Gao Jie heard this, he almost laughed out loud, secretly thinking that this Hu Laosan was still a little interesting, and he actually started an advertisement for their gambling bank, in order to attract business, he didn't choose what to say, and even what "Lu Bu among the people, the red rabbit among the horses" was piled up on himself, this guy wants to be put in the future generations, but he is a salesman! He wanted to refuse, but suddenly a thought came to his heart, hesitated for a moment, and then smiled: "Brother Hu, okay! I will definitely go to your Fuluzhuang to find you if I have the chance!"

Hu Laosan was overjoyed when he heard it, you must know that although he is mainly a debt collector in the gambling house, if he can pull gamblers, there will be additional commissions, and now he sees that under his rash invitation, this inconspicuous young high-roller actually agreed to go to the gambling house to play, can you not be happy? !

Hu Laosan was originally a farmer on the outskirts of Puzhou, he liked to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child, although martial arts were very common, but he was very righteous and trustworthy. Because of some martial arts, he became the small leader of Fuluzhuang's guards two years ago, because he was born poor, where do he know any distinguished customers, so the gamblers he can usually bring are basically poor ghosts like Pang Weifeng, and the commission is naturally pitiful, and he has to go to collect debts from time to time, which is very troublesome. In addition, he was originally from a poor family, and when he was collecting debts, he often couldn't bear to die in the face of those poor people, and the wages of the brothers sometimes had to be upside down to help those people put on some mats, so the brothers lived a really superficial life, and they were so poor!

However, his brothers who have followed him since childhood are not bad people in their hearts, even if they are mixed like this, they always take the word of righteousness first, and follow Hu Laosan with all their hearts.

Just punched and kicked Pang Weifeng, it seemed to be fierce and vicious, but in fact, none of them were heavy-handed, Gao Jie and the others could see that robbing Pang Ziqing was just for show, otherwise with Pang Weifu's weak body and bones, how could they resist it?

Seeing that Gao Jie agreed, Hu Laosan didn't dare to bother anymore, and hurriedly said goodbye, and took his brothers back to the gambling house happily. Along the way, Hu Laosan was also grateful to Pang Weifeng, and it was because of him that he brought Gao Jie, a little nobleman, to himself. His mind like this is not only Pang Weifeng, but even Gao Jie and others would never have imagined.

Indeed, Gao Jie really became Hu Laosan's nobleman in the future, and these are the later words.

Gao Jie lowered his head and entered the small and broken door of the Pang family, and in the dim light, he saw that the room was too small, only a wooden bed, and the three of them were usually crammed into this broken bed.

There was an old lady with white hair lying on the bed, with a yellow face and thin muscles, sickly, probably hearing the movement outside, she held two buns in her hands, she didn't eat a bite, and her wrinkled face was full of anxiety and sorrow.

Pang Ziqing broke free from the ground, ran over and hugged his grandmother, and said happily: "Mother-in-law, this is the kind brother I said!"

The old woman's cloudy eyes showed a look of gratitude, and she struggled to get up, Gao Jie hurriedly waved her hand and said: "Old lady, don't move, Ziqing is a sensible and good boy, I just do it casually, don't be polite!"

The old woman nodded and said, "The old man has been sick in bed for a long time, and he is unable to take care of Qing'er, but today I am fortunate to have the grace of the father!

Gao Jie was about to be polite, but he heard a sigh beside him, and turned his head to see that it was Jiao Miao who followed in with a big bookcase.

Because the Pang family was too small, Ji Longfeng and Yu Hongzhi stayed outside, the roof was low, and Gao Jie and Jiao Miao both lowered their heads slightly, feeling very hard.

Jiao Miao's face was complicated, and after sighing, he said softly: "The old and the young, the only one who can work is a gambler and a drunkard, a completely useless person, how will they survive in the future?!"

"Useless?!Haha, I'm a useless person!" A strong smell of alcohol came from behind him, and I saw Pang Weifeng staggering into the door, muttering, while coming to the bed, leaning against the wall, sitting on the ground, closing his eyes and panting.