In front of a tofu stall on the bank of the Luo River.

Two men, one tall and one short, swaggered to the tofu stall, and did not see them paying, so they took two bowls of bean curd and poured them into their mouths, and drank three bowls in a row.

The tofu Shih Tzu retracted his hand in a panic, not daring to look at the two, obviously being harassed and scared by these two people.

The old man at the tofu stall seemed to be a little afraid to see these two men, and when he saw them coming, he hurriedly stood up and hid behind the tree, and before he could hide it, the two men had already walked behind him, and the big man grabbed the collar behind the old man's neck like a chicken.

"Old General Song, where do you want to go?" The short and fat man walked slowly beside him and asked mockingly.

The old man looked back at him with a smile on his face: "Master Pei Helm, what kind of wind blew you here?" I'm wondering why I haven't seen you here these days. ”

"Less nonsense, what about this month's rent?"

The old man was lifted, his feet were in the air, and his face was sad: "Master Pei, business is not very good this month, and your hands are a little tight, do you think you can give me a few days?" ”

"Who are you getting? With your daughter-in-law's cash cow, are you still worried about having no business in this tofu stall? It's overcrowded every day, these boys, who don't come to eat more than ten or twenty bowls every day, and dare to tell me that the business is not good, is it because the fist you received last time was not enough, and you want to take a few more beats? With the old bones of your General Song Yanwei, I'm afraid that if you take a few more punches, you will go directly to the coffin, silly leopard, give him a bitter taste. ”

When the big man named Silly Leopard heard this, he slapped the old man a few times, and the old man's face was like opening a sauce shop, red and purple, and it was very good-looking.

The old man only felt that the world was spinning, his eyes were full of gold stars, and he struggled hard, and his face was flushed, but the stupid leopard's arms were thicker than his thighs, so he had to beg for mercy: "Master Pei, don't fight, I'll give, can't I give it?" ”

The short and fat man laughed: "Cheap bones, I have to be honest if I do it, hurry up, if you really don't have it, your son is not here anyway, you can mortgage your daughter-in-law to us, you don't have to pay rent anymore in this life, you can set up a stall wherever you want." ”

He pointed to the tofu Shih Tzu in front of the stall.

The old man hurriedly shook his head: "Either or not, without her, my tofu stall will not be able to operate, Master Pei Helm, you let me down, and I will go get the money." ”

The short and fat man glanced at the big man, and the big man called Silly Leopard put the old man down.

As soon as the old man's feet touched the ground, he walked towards the tofu stall, walked to the stall, stretched out a hand to the tofu Shih, and said in a vicious voice, "Give me two taels of silver." ”

The tofu Shih Tzu's face was embarrassed, and he reminded in a low voice: "Father-in-law, didn't I give you the group fee a few days ago?" Now I'm running out of money, and if I give it all to you, I won't have the money to buy beans tomorrow. ”

When the old man heard this, he immediately became angry, and he lowered his voice and shouted: "You are very happy to see me being beaten by them now, right?" I know you're not well-intentioned, I tell you, don't think that you can get any benefit when I die, the stall is mine, the money is also mine, I can spend it as much as I want, force me to be anxious, beware I mortgage you and the stall to them together, give me as much as I sold today! Tomorrow's business will be solved tomorrow! ”

The tofu Shih Tzu was obviously very afraid of the old man, and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he hurriedly handed over the small bamboo basket containing nearly a hundred copper plates to the old man.

The old man grabbed it, walked to the short and fat man, and handed over the basket with a flattering face: "Master Pei, you have also seen it, it has just opened today, and if you take these harvests first, it will be regarded as my filial piety to you, do you see if this stall can be graced for a few more days?" ”

The stocky man lifted his foot and kicked the old man in the face.

The old man fell to the ground with a sigh, covered his face and rolled on the ground, screaming in his mouth, Tofu Shih Tzu saw this, hurriedly ran over, helped the old man up, and stood aside with a cower, not daring to look at the short and fat man.

The short and fat man stepped forward with a smile, stretched out his hand and gently pinched her fair and ruddy face, leaving a black finger mark on her fair and pink face, which was eye-catching, and he sneered: "Beauty, you might as well follow the master, why bother to show up here, be angry with this old man, in Luoyang, I don't know how many women want to be my Pei Qian's woman, I may not be able to see it, as long as you follow me, no one in this Luoyang City dares to charge your stall rent, you can set up a stall wherever you want, It's better than you being angry with this old man here, if he dares to chirp, I will directly throw him into the river to feed Wang Ba. ”

The dozen or so scholar-looking sons and brothers sitting on the table of the tofu stall clenched their fists with righteous indignation, and even the young male poet couldn't help but stand up for the tofu Shih Tzu, and scolded in a low voice, "Beast!" ”

It's just that none of them dared to stand up.

The short and fat man swept the boys in front of the stall very contemptuously, sneered, and asked the stupid leopard next to him to pour the copper coins in the basket into the money bag, humming a happy song in his mouth, and swaggering.

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The door of the blacksmith's shop.

Hundreds of onlookers rushed to the door of the blacksmith's shop, and many passers-by stopped to watch from afar.

Many people even climbed the roadside trees and sat on the trees to watch.

After setting up a wooden shed in the temple, Feilong and his fellow villagers, who were about to go back, saw a bunch of people gathered at the door, and they also gathered around, and asked the people around them while watching.

"What's going on? It's so lively. ”

"The blacksmith shop has hired someone."

"Really! The Weichi blacksmith shop is the largest blacksmith shop in Luoyang City, I have never heard of them openly recruiting, what are the conditions? ”

The person who was asked turned his head and glanced at the fat dragon with an excited face, affected by Zhen Ming's suffering, at this time, the fat dragon took a bath and changed his clothes every day, although the clothes on his body were tattered, but they were clean and tidy, and he didn't look like a beggar, especially his physique that grew fat when he drank water, and he had a fat belly and intestines, and he was full of momentum.

"There are no conditions, as long as someone can lift the stone lion at the door of the blacksmith shop with one hand, I think you can try it with your size."

"Just kidding, a hand? I can't do it. The fat dragon shook his head.

"Who said no, you can't even do it with your size, not to mention that kid is short and thin, I want to see how that person is ugly."

The fat dragon became interested, and stood on tiptoe to look around: "Where is the person you are talking about?" Why haven't you seen anyone? ”

"I entered the blacksmith shop, and I heard that I needed to prepare some props, so I waited for almost half an hour."

In the midst of the chaotic discussion of the crowd, Zhen Mingku, carrying a dozen freshly built, round-wheeled things and a stack of thick hemp rope in his hands, came out of the blacksmith shop.

The fat dragon's expression froze, and he shouted loudly: "Brother Zhen! ”