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Heipi is the boss of a poor family living in the area of Changzhou's Ma Street, which is the street where Tang Tong runs a pancake stall.
Hei Pi is not only the leader of the protection fee collector in the area of Ma Street, but also a loan shark. A year ago, when Chen Yuxian's husband was seriously ill, in order to treat her husband's illness, Chen Yuxian borrowed a loan at high interest from Hei Pi. By now, the interest has compounded to ten taels of silver. It was this loan at high interest that made Chen Yuxian breathless.
There was nothing to do today, so Black Pete brought three of his younger brothers out and planned to ask Chen Yuxian for the loan shark money.
In fact, the money could not be asked for. Hei Pi knew this very well. The Xing Chen family was extremely poor and they had no money to pay him back. He had his eyes on Chen Yuxian's daughter Yuan'er. This little girl was cute with her makeup on and could definitely be sold for a good price.
Ten taels of silver was a huge sum of money for Chen Yuxian, but it was nothing to Heipi. The reason why he personally took action was because someone had taken a fancy to Xiao Yuaner and offered him a high price.
The person who fell in love with Xiao Yuan'er didn't do so out of any abnormal psychology, but because he could see the value of Xiao Yuan'er when she grew up. This value allowed him to receive unimaginable profits with just a small investment.
This kind of profit is enough to make a good person at the time have evil thoughts, so when Yuan'er's mother refused to sell her daughter, the man found Hei Pi and asked him to take little Yuan'er away.
When Hei Pi passed by Tang Tong's pancake stall, he heard one of his subordinates say that the man selling pancakes was the neighbor of the young widow of the Xing family. He then looked a little unhappy because he found that the man selling pancakes looked even more ferocious than him.
Sometimes, when a person is unhappy with another person, there is no need for a reason, not to mention that there is a sufficient reason now. So Hei Pi plans to ask the man selling sesame cakes for a large sum of protection money before looking for the young widow of the Xing family.
Collecting protection fees on the streets was a very legitimate job in that era, because the government would not care about such things, so joining the underworld was a good way out in that era, and those who did well were often called heroes of the underworld.
Heipi can be considered a good man, at least he thinks he is a good man, so people don't call him Heipi, but Heiye. Whenever he hears someone call him "Heiye" respectfully, Heipi feels a sense of happiness.
Hei Pi disliked Tang Tong, and how could Tang Tong like Hei Pi? He just glanced at Hei Pi and the others and then went about packing up his stall. From his expression, not only Hei Pi was unhappy, but even Hei Pi's subordinates were unhappy.
"Hey, kid, who told you to set up a stall here?" One of Hei Pi's men kicked a stove to the ground.
Hey, what a world this is, there are gangs everywhere. Tang Tong glanced at the man who kicked over the stove and thought with a sigh in his heart that he had been a gangster for ten years in another time and space. It was not that he, Tang Tong, was incompetent, but that Tang Tong had no intention of becoming a big boss. After traveling through time, the Jade Book of True Qi he practiced in his previous life was not lost, but was attached to this new body along with his soul. So, how could Tang Tong care about these four gangsters?
In Tang Tong's eyes, Heipi was just a small-time thug. He immediately put down the small oil bowl he was cleaning and said to the man who kicked over the stove, "I'm setting up a stall here. Why should I care about you? Be obedient and help me pick up the stove. I won't argue with you."
"Hey, kid, you're still so arrogant." Heipi blinked and said with a fierce look in his eyes.
Tang Tong shook his head slightly, too lazy to say anything to them. As a gangster, fists are everything. Tang Tong had understood this a long time ago. He took a slight wrong step and lightly raised his toes, sending the man who kicked over the stove flying more than ten feet away.
There were about ten people watching the fun around, and they also suffered. Three of them were knocked down by the gangster's body and rolled over. Everyone screamed and ran away. Only a few brave ones wanted to continue watching the fun.
When Heipi saw Tang Tong taking action, his eyes couldn't help but shrink and he showed a look of surprise. He was also a person who had learned some martial arts, otherwise he would not have become the boss of Ma Street. When Tang Tong took action, he knew in his heart that he had met a real hero.
Heipi was not a fool, so he immediately thought about it and said with a fist: "My friend, you are very skilled. I wonder which sect you are from? Please tell me your name to avoid misunderstanding."
"You don't need to ask, I'm not a gangster. If you don't accept it, come and fight me, or kill me right away." Tang Tong is not an arrogant person, but people like Heipi really don't bother him.
Tang Tong didn't give him any face at all. The black man was extremely annoyed, but he also knew that he was no match for Tang Tong. After rolling his eyes, he said, "Hmph, if that's the case, then well, the mountains and rivers remain unchanged, and we'll meet again in the future."
The black man waved his hand and left with his three men, thinking in his heart how to take revenge on Tang Tong. He was always respectfully called "Hei Ye" by others, but he had never suffered such humiliation in recent years. He wanted to take revenge, but Tang Tong didn't take his little thoughts seriously and continued to pack up his pancake stall.
Tang Tong saw Heipi and his four companions enter the alley where he lived, but he didn't care. No matter how smart he was, he would never have thought that Heipi and his companions were here to rob Yuan'er. After packing up his stall, he pushed the wooden cart back home.
After turning a few alleys and approaching his residence, Tang Tong saw a lot of people gathered in front of Yuan'er's house. He immediately knew that something had happened. If it was someone else's family, Tang Tong might not have meddled in other people's business, but Yuan'er was so cute and lovable, and Chen Yuxian made Tang Tong respect her, so he naturally showed more concern for her.
Tang Tong dropped the wooden wheelbarrow, pushed through the crowd and took a look. He was immediately filled with anger. He saw Yuan'er's grandmother sitting on the ground crying. Tang Tong didn't care whether she was crying or not. What made Tang Tong angry was that Chen Yuxian fell to the ground and didn't move. None of the onlookers came forward to help. They just stood there pointing and watching the fun.
Tang Tong had long known about the callousness of human nature, which had been the same from ancient times to the present. After being annoyed, Tang Tong sadly discovered that Confucius's family education had only produced a group of calloused people who were cowardly and indifferent. No wonder later generations would say that after Yashan, there was no more China.
Tang Tong ignored everyone's surprised looks, squatted down and checked Chen Yuxian's condition. He found that she had been stimulated and had passed out due to her weakness. He immediately put his hand on Chen Yuxian's chest and sent her a stream of true energy to protect her heart pulse, and then provided treatment.
When the onlookers saw Tang Tong putting his hand on Chen Yuxian's chest, they were immediately in an uproar. In this era, physical contact between men and women was not allowed. A woman would be criticized if she spoke a few more words to a man who was not her husband, let alone such an action of touching the chest.
When Yuan'er's grandmother saw Tang Tong's actions, she forgot to cry for a moment. She pointed at Tang Tong with her finger, her lips trembling and unable to speak, looking like she was about to faint from anger at any time.
Tang Tong was a person who traveled from the future, so why would he care about the principle of no physical contact between men and women? However, seeing the expressions of the crowd, as if they were about to throw him into a pig cage, he became even more angry. At this time, Yuan'er's grandmother suddenly cried even louder, cursing Tang Tong as a beast.
Tang Tong looked at the old woman with disgust. It wasn't that he didn't respect the elderly and loved the young, but the old woman's behavior really disgusted him. He immediately pulled out a ten-liang silver note from his pocket, waved it in front of the old woman and said, "I'll buy your daughter-in-law. Please sign a receipt."
When everyone saw the ten taels of silver in Tang Tong's hand, they all exclaimed in surprise, and even the old woman was stunned.
Ten taels of silver could definitely buy a good woman in that era. However, due to the constant natural disasters and man-made disasters in recent years, there were people fleeing famine everywhere. Ten taels of silver for a woman was a high price. When Tang Tong offered ten taels of silver to buy an ugly woman, everyone was naturally shocked.
The reason why Tang Tong did this was because he knew that Chen Yuxian had been touched by him in public. In this era, starving to death is a small matter, but losing one's integrity is a big matter. After being touched by him, Tang Tong, in public, Chen Yuxian, who was saved, faced the cold words of the crowd and she had no face to live anymore. But if he bought her, then she would be his own slave, and others would have nothing to say about how he treated her. Without other people's gossip, Chen Yuxian would not commit suicide easily.
The old woman finally stretched out her hand tremblingly, and everyone's eyes followed her hand.
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