Chapter 142

"This little brother, it seems you are not deep in the ways of the world!"

Master Duo narrowed his eyes and exhaled a ring of smoke, his cold eyes sweeping toward Li Ye.

Li Ye wasn't afraid of such things; how much vision could someone who shows off with a pack of old Zhonghua cigarettes have?

Jin Peng smiled, spat the cigarette in his mouth onto the ground, and crushed it with his toe.

"So it was you who wanted to buy out our goods!"

Jin Peng said calmly, "My people told me today that you wanted to buy on credit? That's not easy to handle; we don't have a rule for buying on credit."

Master Duo said toughly, "Rules are made by people. When you enter a village, follow its customs; isn't it the rule to follow the rules wherever you go? Besides, what you did today doesn't look like the rules of a state-run unit either!"

Jin Peng said amusingly, "Alright brother, let's not talk nonsense here. If you don't have money, forget it. Or... why don't you go back and ask, find someone who can make the decisions to come and talk?"

Master Duo was stunned, then said coldly, "What? You look down on me?"

Jin Peng shook his head and said, "That's not it. I just see that the two people behind you are almost unable to hold their temper; it seems they have something to say."

Li Ye, who was watching from the side, was very surprised. He had long noticed that the two people behind Master Duo were not right, but he didn't expect Jin Peng to see it too.

Looking at their faces, those two people were standard Southerners. Not only were their eyes shrewd, but their bearing was also different from the others.

The group of young people around Master Duo had a heavy air of hooliganism, but those two were clearly businessmen.

Jin Peng had been in Jingcheng for so many days and had managed to find out some news. More than a year ago, clothing department stores from the south had already entered Jingcheng. Eighty percent of the goods on Xiushuijie were from Southerners, so these two were more like the bosses behind the scenes.

"Pfft~"

Master Duo smiled, turned his head, and said to the two people, "Boss Hou, they don't believe me! Do you have something to say?"

Boss Hou smiled and said, "They are just joking. Master Duo has a big family and a big business; isn't a business of one hundred thousand or eighty thousand just a drizzle?"

Master Duo turned his head back, his arrogance rising as he looked at Jin Peng.

Did you hear that? One hundred thousand or eighty thousand, a drizzle.

But Jin Peng smiled awkwardly and said, "One hundred thousand or eighty thousand? You are joking. If it's not two or three million, don't talk to us about buying out the stock."

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough~"

Master Duo was choked by the smoke and coughed violently for a long while, then his eyes rolled up to the sky.

Boss Hou couldn't help but laugh, "I go to Pengcheng often, too. I've never heard of any Seventh Clothing Factory. How many employees do you have? A business of two or three million a month? You're joking!"

Jin Peng said very seriously, "We don't have many employees, maybe ten thousand or so! If you are interested, bring the money to talk. If you don't have that much money, it doesn't matter; wholesale starts at two hundred items, price negotiable."

Now everyone around Master Duo rolled their eyes, and then they burst into laughter.

A big factory of ten thousand people, coming to Xiushuijie to open a storefront? And retail with discounts? They were really bragging so hard they blew a leg off the cow, revealing the truth.

But no matter what, Jin Peng had made his attitude clear: no money, no talk.

"Fine, then let's wait and see!"

Master Duo took his people and left, laughing and joking as if he hadn't taken it seriously at all.

But Ma Qianshan said, "Brother, I'm not going back tonight; I'll stay in the shop. Tomorrow, you transfer that Tan Min over for two days; we have to take precautions."

Jin Peng nodded and said, "I'll have him come over tonight. You keep watch here, and we'll bring you a meal back."

So Jin Peng led the way, taking Li Ye and Wang Jianqiang to a nearby alley to eat.

There was a family-run restaurant there, and Jin Peng and Ma Qianshan had eaten there these past few days.

"Boss, is there any food left?"

"Not much left. You take a look and see if you like anything; if you don't, how about going to another place?"

"At this hour, why be picky? Just bring four or five dishes, and pack one portion to go."

The boss immediately beamed with joy: "Alright, please wait a moment."

It was already almost nine in the evening. If there hadn't been another table of guests in the restaurant, even the family-run restaurant would have closed. He didn't expect a few more people who didn't ask about the price to come.

Hmm, today I'll definitely earn a few more yuan.

"Eh, you all eat slowly. If it's not enough, just call out~"

Soon, the boss brought the dishes over with a smile; the service attitude was okay.

However, as soon as the boss turned his head, he spoke coldly to the other table of guests: "I'm telling you, Gangzi, if you've had enough to drink, go home quickly! Don't keep pestering me here."

The other table also had three people, and one of them stiffened his neck and said, "No, Old Cui, do I owe you money for the drinks? Why are you driving me out?"

The boss said sarcastically, "You have money to drink today, but do you have it tomorrow? Will you have it the day after?"

"Gangzi, I watched you grow up. Don't be angry if what I say isn't pleasant to hear. You fought with that kid from the Duo family last month, and the day before yesterday you 'fired a shot' at Heng San again... don't you know that businessmen value harmony to make money?"

"You'd better hurry home and discuss it with your dad; hurry up and take over his shift and enter the factory."

"Uncle Cui, do you think I want to set up a stall? My dad isn't even fifty yet; how can I take over his shift?"

Gangzi was probably poked in a sore spot by Boss Cui and even felt aggrieved.

Boss Cui twisted his mouth and walked to the back kitchen.

"If you have the ability, you can retire at forty and let your child take over your shift. You two... hmph..."

Jin Peng smiled and looked at Li Ye. Li Ye nodded, so Jin Peng took a bottle of wine and another plate of dishes over.

There were only two plates on the table of those three guys, and the two bottles of white liquor were almost bottoming out.

Jin Peng's personality was very suitable for wandering the world; in a short while, he was chatting with those three people.

"You ask what 'firing a shot' is? Do you understand what smuggled goods are? That Heng San actually took foreigners' old clothes to snatch our business. He even thinks the shit foreigners pull is fragrant... if I don't 'fire a shot' at him, who do I fire at?"

"Master Duo? Even he, Duo Xing, has the nerve to call himself 'Master'... Eh, who are you?"

That Gangzi was half-dizzy from drinking and only remembered to ask who Jin Peng was after chatting for a long time.

As a result, as soon as Jin Peng spoke, he exploded like a firecracker that had been lit.

"So it was you guys making trouble today? You sell the factory's goods at a 20% discount? Are you not letting us people live? You have units and wages, but we don't..."

Jin Peng returned with a gray face, smiled sheepishly at Li Ye, and buried his head in his food.

Li Ye also smiled and ate, not taking it to heart.

Wang Jianqiang, on the other hand, was somewhat angry listening to them keep cursing, but seeing that both older brothers didn't move, he suppressed his anger in his heart.

After eating, they went out, and the boss also drove that Gangzi out.

The two groups walked toward the alley entrance one after another, but when they were still a few dozen meters away, Li Ye suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Walk back."

Jin Peng was stunned, looked toward the alley entrance ahead, and his expression also froze.

There was a street lamp outside the alley, shining on the ground, reflecting a patch of moving shadows.

They were human shadows.

Jin Peng and Li Ye immediately turned around to walk back, but at the other end of the alley, more than a dozen people had already appeared, quickly forcing their way over.

"It's really strange; this area is the embassy district."

Li Ye really didn't expect that the environment in '82 had reached this point, and someone actually dared to run wild here.

But just as he finished saying this sentence, he saw that Gangzi's expression change, and he ran toward Boss Cui's restaurant as fast as he could.

"Uncle Cui, open the door quickly, open the door quickly."

Gangzi pounded on the restaurant's gate with a thud, but Boss Cui inside seemed not to hear.

"Xiao Ye, I'll send you up the wall."

Jin Peng reacted extremely quickly, and he and Wang Jianqiang squatted down, their four hands joined together for Li Ye to step on.

Li Ye used the force to leap and grabbed the three-meter-high wall top, hung his body upside down to pull Jin Peng up, and finally pulled Wang Jianqiang onto the wall top as well.

They didn't dare to bet that these people weren't coming for them.

One person fighting ten can only happen in certain specific situations, such as one person blocking a narrow doorway.

If you are surrounded by twenty-something people, then forget it! Do you really think a whirlwind kick can sweep away a large area?

Are you filming a god-tier drama?

The people at the alley entrance had also rushed in, and seeing the means Li Ye and the others used to get on the wall, they were also somewhat surprised.

"Don't look at what you shouldn't look at, close your eyes, don't look for trouble."

More than a dozen people rushed past Li Ye's feet, and in the blink of an eye, they had knocked Gangzi and his group to the ground.

"Hurry, go."

Jin Peng jumped down first, caught Li Ye and Wang Jianqiang, and quickly left toward the alley entrance.

Looking at the things in the hands of this group of people, one knew that today's matter wouldn't be small, and Gangzi's group...

But Li Ye and the three hadn't even left the alley yet! Behind them, a shrill voice was shouting.

"Brother, help report to the police station, this great kindness... I, Huang Gang, will definitely repay it..."

Li Ye and Jin Peng's footsteps hesitated at the same time and slowed down.

Wang Jianqiang stood still directly.

With the three of them hesitating, that group of people split off seven or eight people and forced their way toward them.

Then, the three of them saw the situation of Gangzi and the other two from the gap in the crowd.

Two people were motionless, and Gangzi was protecting his head with both hands, constantly shielding his two brothers, and it looked like he couldn't hold out for much longer.

Li Ye felt a toothache, and the veins on his forehead were thumping.

It's not that Li Ye's psychological quality is poor; anyone who sees this situation would jump too.

Wang Jianqiang's blood rushed to his head, and he said loudly, "Stop hitting, if you hit anymore... someone will die."

"Grass, outsiders meddling in other people's business!"

Jin Peng moved his neck and asked Li Ye, "Are we going?"

Li Ye looked at Wang Jianqiang and took two steps back.

There was a pile of debris stacked by someone's house there, and Li Ye searched for two sticks and threw one to Jin Peng.

Of course Li Ye understood the principle of "if it doesn't concern you, hang it high," but would Wang Jianqiang leave at this moment?

Perhaps Li Ye could pull Wang Jianqiang away, but would he regret it later?

A dignified transmigrator, not as good as a native who giggles foolishly all day? Ignoring the extinction of life?

No sooner said than done, the two fellow apprentices had just taken their sticks when Wang Jianqiang engaged with those seven or eight people.

"Clang, clang," he knocked down two, and Wang Jianqiang also took a hit on his body.

But that was the only hit he took.

Two wooden sticks thrust over, as sharp as bayonets, one poke after another without any effort.

In less than ten seconds, seven or eight people had fallen on this side of the alley entrance, leaving the group at the restaurant entrance stunned.

Then, as if a hornet's nest had been poked, they rushed over with a "wa-ya-ya."

At this moment, Li Ye finally realized the benefits of his grandfather; Li Zhongfa insisted on him practicing bayonet fighting since he was a child, which could be of great use at critical moments.

Two fists are no match for four hands, but a wooden spear can strike like a dragon.

Poking, thrusting, picking—professional beating amateur is really effortless.

By the time not many people were left standing, both sides calmed down.

A person wearing a sailor shirt walked over and said, "Brothers, what's the meaning of this?"

Jin Peng said expressionlessly, "Leave a line in everything, so we can meet again in the future. Give us a way to live."

The sailor shirt laughed in anger: "A grudge of tens of thousands of yuan? And you want to leave a line?"

Jin Peng narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you Heng San?"

The sailor shirt was stunned and also narrowed his eyes to size up Jin Peng, as well as the young man behind him.

He had seen it from the back just now; these three people were not to be trifled with, especially the thin and tall one who looked like he had knocked over a dozen people with a single wooden stick—it was too evil.

Heng San roughly guessed it; this was a bayonet fighting method from the military.

And after the fight, that young man was protected behind the other two.

What did this represent?

Looking back at Huang Gang and the others on the ground, Heng San also felt some lingering fear. After the impulse of hot blood rushing to the head, there is usually deep regret.

"I'll give the brothers some face today, go!"

Twenty-something people took a long time to help each other out of the alley.

And just as they left the alley, they saw another group of people waiting outside.

Heng San suppressed his anger and said, "Master Duo, who are you squatting for?"

Master Duo waved his hand, peered into the alley, and asked in a low voice, "Did you run into a hard nut to crack?"

Heng San saw something and sneered, "Hard or not, why don't you go in and try?"

"Hmph~"

Master Duo snorted and took his people away without looking back.

If you mix on the street, your eyes must be bright, otherwise you will be like Heng San, losing face and losing substance.

Li Ye drove the car and rushed to the nearby hospital like a flash, almost shaking all the sour water in Jin Peng's stomach out.

Only then did Jin Peng know that in terms of driving skills, he was not as good as Li Ye!

The four of them carried the two into the emergency room and were then scolded by the doctors and nurses, scolded very unpleasantly.

Doctors and nurses hate these kinds of injured people from fights the most; not only is it a whole lot of trouble, but they often have no money.

Huang Gang had no money; the restaurant boss was right, in two days he really wouldn't be able to afford to drink.

However, doctors in this era scold as they scold, but they don't insist on paying a deposit or pressing fingerprints; even if there is no money, they save the person first.

"I'll make a phone call and ask someone to send money."

Huang Gang borrowed the hospital's phone and made a call for a long time. Li Ye heard that the person on the other end was also very impatient because Huang Gang asked them to go to Beiertiao Alley to call people, and it might be quite far to run in the middle of the night.

Li Ye patted Huang Gang on the shoulder and said, "You, go get a check-up."

Huang Gang shook his head and said, "I'm fine, not a single thing wrong."

Li Ye also shook his head: "No, you have something wrong."

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Huang Gang was only stunned for a few seconds, then his eyes rolled back and he fell to the ground.

An hour later, a woman around forty-something and an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl rushed to the hospital riding a broken bicycle.

First, there was a misunderstanding, and then a whole lot of apologies.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, just now I... I'll kneel to you!"

This mother and daughter were Huang Gang's mother and sister. Seeing Huang Gang's miserable state, they cried and shouted on the spot that they wanted to find Li Ye and the others to fight for their lives.

By the time Huang Gang woke up and explained the situation, the two were embarrassed to death.

Li Ye hurriedly supported the woman, pursed his lips at Wang Jianqiang, and said, "If you want to thank someone, thank my brother!"

The mother and daughter looked at Wang Jianqiang gratefully.

And Wang Jianqiang, who was very brave at the time, was now twisting and giggling foolishly.

"No need to thank, no need to thank... hehe"

Foolish people are sometimes quite cute.

Thanks to book friend "Hey yz3zzz" for the 500-coin tip, thanks to the book friend for the tip, thanks to the two big bosses.

(End of chapter)