Chapter 364: Gossip in the Snow
When spring goes and winter comes again, God is selfless and fair.
He did not stop his footsteps because of a man named Lin Tianchu in the world. Unconsciously, the three spring and autumn passed again.
It was not winter yet, but there was a sudden blizzard in Northeast Harbin. The blizzard cut off the power supply of the whole Harbin. For a while, although it was still day, the vibrant city quieted down.
The wind is roaring. In the Xieji snack shop in Hulan District, a kind of nearby residents are gathering together and drinking soju. So far, there has been a power outage for three hours, and the blizzard has been more than four hours. The roaring wind and snow outside makes them unable to leave, so they have to stay in the restaurant.
Uncle Xie, the owner of the restaurant, is a good man. He doesn't say anything because this group of guys who just don't sit here, but enthusiastically adds tea to them.
The snow didn't seem to be too bad. The restaurant was very lively. Uncle Xie, the boss, was also busy with work. Only a pale employee leaned in a corner after finishing his work and quietly watched the guests talking.
"Thank you!"
Suddenly, a man shouted, and Uncle Xie immediately looked over. He knew the strong man, who was a migrant worker from a nearby construction site, from northern Shaanxi. His name was Zhang Hu. Because he was strong and spoke loudly, everyone who knew him called him Zhang Hu.
Zhang Hu, a big old man, is twisted and twisted now. He looks a little embarrassed that it doesn't match his heroic image. After a while of meeting, he said, "Thank you, I owe you the money... I'll pay you back in two days, okay?"
"Om, it's okay." Uncle Xie smiled bitterly and came out to live. Why didn't he know the difficulties of Zhang Hu and others?
"Thank you! But don't say what I said. If I save two more years, I will go back to my hometown to open a small shop and live an easy life. Thank you, how much can you earn in this store a month? Zhang Hu is obviously a person who lacks roots, and his twisted face just now is now gone.
On the contrary, he is concerned about Lao Xie's income for a month, because Lao Xie's now may be the future of his boss Zhang! How can Zhang Hu, a pair of people who have a longing for life, not care?
Uncle Xie smiled and did not answer. This is also a shrewd businessman. Generally speaking, who will tell others how much I earn this month? Even if there is, the world is not so harmonious that anyone can believe it.
"Thank you, how much do you charge this month?" Suddenly, a voice sounded.
When everyone looked over, they saw a thin, middle-aged man with glasses, more than thirty or forty, talking. The man was also an old acquaintance, but no one knew his name. From his spoken language, he was a southerner, and in addition, he only knew his surname, and he opened a shoe store on the street, and He is even better at mending shoes. Because of the limited information he knows, people here call him Zhou Shoemaker.
"How much is it?" Uncle Xie was stunned.
"Of course it's the protection fee!"
Zhou's shoemaker's face is angry, and everyone is surprised. This week's shoemaker usually gives people a very kind feeling. Why is he so excited today? Is it really the reason for that bottle of soju?
Hearing this question, Uncle Xie smiled bitterly and raised three fingers. Zhou shoemaker looked at it and said with envy, "Three hundred? So little?"
"Go, it would be fine if it was 300." Uncle Xie is also a little angry.
"It's not three hundred, is it... three thousand?" Zhou Shoemaker looked frightened: "Lao Xie, how much do you have left in a month after you pay these three thousand yuan!"
"How many more can there be? Just starve to death." Uncle Xie said, "Actually, I don't want to do it anymore. It's just... It's just that if I don't do this store, my employees will lose their jobs, so... I will admit it!"
"Wait, wait... What are you talking about?" Zhang Hu didn't understand what Uncle Xie was talking about with Zhou Shoemaker. He couldn't help asking, "What kind of protection fee?"
Uncle Xie and Shoemaker Zhou sighed at the same time, and finally Uncle Xie said, "It's not just the Flying Tiger Gang. The Flying Tiger Gang is the largest gang in our city. Every month, a boy named Lai Xiong is sent to collect money!"
"Can't you give it? What do they dare to do? Do they still dare to kill people? Zhang Hu looked angry and patted the table and cursed. When Uncle Xie saw Zhang Hu's movements, he was heartbroken at his table on the spot.
"Don't mention that they really dare to kill people." In the corner, a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer said in a strong northeast voice, "Let me tell you, there is a Liang carpenter in our village, his leap girl, but it's a flower in ten miles and eight townships!"
"However, one day, the boy Lai Xiong drank too much and took a few people to harm the girl! At that time, the carpenter Liang also called the police, and the police also locked the boy in. But in less than a week, the boy actually wandered on the street again and gained a lot of weight. After that, he knew that the boy was from the Flying Tiger Gang, and the director of our police station received a lot of money from the Flying Tiger Gang every year, so he was fine. Of."
"Is there such a reason? Is there a king's law? And then?"
Hearing these unjust things, everyone's heart was angry, and even the pale waiter who had not even spoken and only stood in a corner looking at everyone talking also changed his face.
"Then..." The farmer's man's face was not different: "After Liang Carpenter's leap girl knew about this matter, she couldn't see it for a moment and died. Liang Carpenter was so angry that he picked up a knife and planned to find this boy to play with his life. At that time, he must have been thinking that he would change his life for a big deal. Unfortunately, there were many people around Lai Xiong. Liang Carpenter Nian Nian Ji also became old. In the end, he did not kill the boy, but was broken by a leg. Finally... In the end, he was crazy. When he saw people, he said that his leap girl cooked at home and waited for him to go back, saying that his leap daughter was beautiful!"
"That's it?" Zhang Hu couldn't accept it and asked.
"What else can I do? By the way, do you work for Boss Ma?" Uncle Xie suddenly asked Zhang Hu, and Zhang Hu and his companions nodded one after another.
"That's no wonder. No wonder you don't have money to give every time you come to eat and drink." Uncle Xie muttered. When Zhang Hu heard this, his face turned red: "Old Xie, don't talk to me!"
"I'm not to blame you, but you outsiders don't know that Boss Ma is the cousin of Ma Feihu, the owner of the Flying Tiger Gang. It is said that he works under him. If you haven't worked for seven years, you can't get paid!"
"How can it be so unreasonable?" Zhang Hu was aggrieved and roared.
"They are so unreasonable. Who says they have power!" Uncle Xie sighed and nostalgic in his eyes: "If it's still the era of the Fourth Master, how nice it would be!"
The fourth master?
Everyone's faces were puzzled, and only the farmer man looked at the same memory as him.
Uncle Xie smiled bitterly: "You are not locals. I have never heard that the fourth master is normal. At that time, the fourth master was the king of the three eastern provinces. Although he was also a hooligan, he never bullied the people. My store... It was opened in his era for more than 20 years. At that time Who dares to ask me for the protection fee? As long as I poke up, the fourth master will naturally uphold justice for us!"
"And not to mention the underworld, even the police had to be obedient when the fourth master was there. How could the public security be called good at that time!" Uncle Xie's face is in memory.
"So awesome?" Zhang Hu and other outsiders really don't know that such an awesome person has existed!
"What is this? We have a lot of awesome people in Northeast China." Just now, the old farmer said, "The fourth master is one, and the other is even more amazing!"
"Who?"
"Hulan Hero!" The old man looked worshipful: "Legend has it that Hulan hero killed a total of fifty-two corrupt lawsuits and their families overnight. Each deceased was sealed by the throat with a knife. At that time, the hero left four characters of Hulan hero with his knife on the wall!"
"And a retired director at that time said, not to mention catching Hulan, even if anyone can provide the information of his murderer, he will personally offer a reward of 100,000 yuan."
"What about the last one?" Zhang Hu and others asked.
"Two days later, the director was killed at home. There was a dagger next to the body, and a sentence was engraved on the wall of his house: Director Yang, you disappointed me so much. Let's leave this knife as a souvenir. From then on, the Hulan hero disappeared, and after investigation, Director Yang was not a good person. He had a lot of embezzlement and bribery in his life!"
"Awor man, really a great man, such a person is a real hero!" Zhang Hu looked excited.
"Yes, if the fourth master is still there, the Hulan hero will come out and kill another round. Will the world... be better?" Everyone at the scene was sighing, but this hope seemed to be too small.