"Little boss, I want two bowls today!"
The woman's loud voice is especially loud in the lively street.
"Okay!" A hearty voice sounded, and then two bowls of delicious Mapo Tofu Bibimbap were handed over to the caller.
The person took the meal for herself and left, and the people waiting behind her immediately lined up.
Chen Xing quickly collected the money, and deftly served meals to the customers.
Just as Chen Xing was busy, a particularly arrogant voice came from behind the crowd, "You all get out of the way, out of the way, let me in."
The guests in front of Chen Xing were divided into two rows, revealing the shouting people behind them.
Chen Xing looked at the man who was walking in an unusually aggressive manner, with a few helpers behind him, pursed his lips, and secretly became wary.
Lai Jiu observed for a long time, and found that this little brother's business is better than he imagined, and the raw materials of the dish he made are only tofu, and there are sporadic minced meat, presumably besides the cost, he can earn more. This made his eyes even hotter.
When Lai Jiu walked in front of Chen Xing and looked at the fair-skinned and delicate-faced brother in front of him, his eagerness to move became more and more prosperous. If he can marry him, he will not be able to treat himself like a cow or a horse in the future. The people are his, and the money is even more his.
Thinking of this, Lai Jiu stared at Chen Xing more and more fieryly, with a greasy smile on his face, "Do you know who I am?"
Chen Xing only felt that the man in front of him was looking at him with disgusting eyes, but he didn't think too much about it. Hearing his question, he subconsciously shook his head and said softly, "I don't know."
The smile on Lai Jiu's face got bigger and bigger. He stared at Chen Xing with a nasty smile, and said in a low voice, "It's okay if you don't know me. You just need to know me in the future. Let me tell you now, my name is Lai Jiu. All the businesses on the two streets are covered by me.”
Chen Xing nodded hesitantly. He didn't understand what he was saying to him. Could it be that he wanted him to pay protection money? Thinking of the hard-earned money these past few days, he didn't want to spend any of it.
Lai Jiu saw Chen Xing's docile behavior, and the calculation in his heart became louder, and the expression on his face became more and more complacent. Seeing that Chen Xing showed an expression that was determined to win, "Well, you give me ten taels of silver , I will cover you from now on."
Then he paused, looked at Chen Xing's face and continued: "Otherwise, you can marry me, as long as you marry me, you don't have to worry about any troubles in the future."
Chen Xing stared at him in disbelief. He never thought that a big man like himself would have a day when he would be robbed of a civilian man.
Looking at Chen Xing, Lai Jiu's heart became more and more itchy, and he leaned in front of Chen Xing, raising his hand to touch his face, but before he touched Chen Xing, he slapped his hand away.
Lai Jiu clutched her hand that hurt from being slapped, and then looked at Chen Xing, who was looking at her in disgust, suddenly an unknown anger rose in her heart, and she kicked the wheelbarrow, even the car and the bucket were kicked over. Yes, the rice and the mapo tofu in it spilled all over the floor, and the crowd watching the excitement even exclaimed.
Chen Xing stared angrily at the arrogant man in front of him, and clenched his fists.
Seeing his angry look, Lai Jiu laughed instead, and said loudly: "It's your honor to see you. If you don't give money, give it to someone else. Otherwise, if you show up once in the future, I will let you stand Destroy once."
After saying these words, Lai Jiu greeted and left with his subordinates.
"Chen Xing, are you okay?"
Just when Chen Xing stared angrily at Lai Jiu's back and wanted to rush up to beat him up, an old voice suddenly sounded in his ear, and when he turned around, it was Grandma Sun who was being supported by his grandson.
Grandma Sun looked at Chen Xing's appearance and knew that he was very angry, but she could only persuade him: "Little Xing, don't be impulsive! That's the son of Mr. Lai's family, and we common people can't fight."
Chen Xing didn't understand, but his tone was still very angry, "Could it be that there is no Wang Fa here?"
Grandma Sun looked at Chen Xing, with a bit of helplessness on her wrinkled face, and persuaded Chen Xing: "You don't know, then Mr. Lai has been here for a long time and has accumulated a lot of connections, just Even the newly appointed magistrate has nothing to do with him. Listen to my mother-in-law, you have no foundation here, don't be impulsive! Try to avoid it these days, he is a fool, he can do anything, don't suffer Already!"
Chen Xing looked at the worry in Granny Sun's eyes, gradually calmed down, and said aggrievedly: "Grandma, I know, I won't be impulsive."
Not far away, Qiu Jiuzheng was holding a chicken happily, thinking that he had finally found an excuse to buy chicken, and they would be able to eat that shredded chicken today, so he felt extremely happy. As a result, when he looked up, he saw Chen Xing's wheelbarrow fell to the ground, and the food spilled all over the floor.
A bit of doubt appeared on Qiu Jiu's face. He thought for a while, leaned over to the pancake vendor, and asked directly, "What's wrong there?"
The peddler looked in the direction he pointed, and said with a little sympathy in his tone: "What else could be going on, isn't it that Lai Jiu has taken a fancy to that little brother, and if that little brother doesn't follow, Lai Jiu will give him Get off your horse a little bit. Speaking of which, that little brother is considered pitiful, but Lai Jiu actually took a fancy to him."
There was a dark light in Qiu Jiu's eyes, and it disappeared soon. He looked at the peddler and continued: "Is there no one who does this kind of thing in broad daylight?"
The peddler smiled disdainfully, "It looks like you're not from here, and you don't even know."
Qiu Jiu was not angry when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Yes! I have only been here for a few days with the young master, and I don't know the situation here. The eldest brother knows everything at a glance. I wonder if you can give I'll tell you."
The peddler was flattered by Qiu Jiu and found it very useful. He told him Lai Jiu's name and what he liked to do on weekdays.
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Chen Xing suffered this unreasonable disaster today, even his unicycle was kicked over, so he couldn't continue to sell it, so he had to go back earlier. Fortunately, when Lai Jiu appeared, he had already sold almost all of them, and there was only half a bucket of Mapo Tofu left in the bucket, so the loss was not too serious.
Chen Xing returned to Gu's mansion with his own things, first washed the dirty wheelbarrow and bucket to dry, and then went to take a shower.
When Chen Xing came out of the bathroom and was about to go back to his room to rest first, he saw a person standing in the side hall where there was usually no one there.
Chen Xing raised his eyes to look at the man, and saw Gu Lang standing in front of the table in a crescent-colored cloth dress, his long hair was casually fixed with a simple hairpin, his pale skin added a little touch to his handsome face Feeling fragile, the sleeves are loosely rolled up to the forearm, revealing some thin but smooth lines, the bony hand is holding a black pen, and is sketching something on the paper spread on the table.
Standing there looking at him, Chen Xing felt that even according to their modern aesthetics, Gu Lang was extremely good-looking, not to mention that in this era where people generally don't know how to dress up, such a naturally handsome man can be regarded as Extremely rare.
Just when Chen Xing was watching Gu Lang fascinated, Gu Lang finished the painting, put down the pen slowly, raised his head to look at Chen Xing who was in a daze, curled his lips, and said softly: "What are you looking at? So obsessed?"
When Gu Lang's voice sounded, Chen Xing came back to his senses, and when his eyes met Gu Lang's concerned eyes, his face suddenly became hot for some reason, and he looked away in a panic, "No, I didn't think about anything .”
Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's attempt to cover up, and didn't continue to ask, but gently picked up the painting on the table, as if admiring his own painting, and then asked casually, "Why did you come back today?" It's so early, did something happen?"
Chen Xing suddenly thought of what happened just now, and his originally radiant face suddenly dimmed, but soon he adjusted his state again, raised his head and smiled at Gu Lang: "It's nothing, it's just today It sold out faster, so I came back earlier."
Gu Lang looked up at him, there seemed to be something extremely secret hidden in those deep black eyes, Chen Xing even wondered if he said something wrong.
Fortunately, Gu Lang only looked at him for a while, then smiled at him, and said softly: "I just think that if you encounter any trouble, you can tell me, maybe I can help you a little bit."
Chen Xing looked at Gu Lang's bewitching smile and was taken aback for a moment, but soon he came back to his senses, shook his head at him, and said heartily: "Don't worry, if there is anything I can't solve , I will definitely discuss it with you."
Gu Lang stared at the smile on Chen Xing's face for a while, then quickly looked away, and responded softly, "En."
"By the way, I made some money recently. When I came back just now, I saw someone buying chicken, so I bought one. We will have stewed chicken tonight." Speaking of this, Chen Xing seemed to have thought of something, with a frown on his face. There was a bit of embarrassment on the face, "But the chicken is relatively small, and everyone may not be able to share much."
"No problem." Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing firmly, with some unknown things flickering in his eyes, "I have to thank you, after all, because of you, we can eat meat."
Being looked at by Gu Lang like this, Chen Xing felt more and more uncomfortable. He touched his cheeks that were starting to get hot again, and said with a smile: "I usually eat and use yours. This is nothing. Yes. Now, I'm going to soak the chicken stew first, and I'm going to the kitchen first."
After Gu Lang nodded, Chen Xing turned around and ran away.
Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's figure running away, and sneered, "Stupid, you won't complain if you're bullied."
Then, Gu Lang looked down at the picture of a bird playing in his hand, and said indifferently: "The dirty things should be cleaned up together."