The girl was about ten years old, but due to long-term malnutrition, she appeared very thin, with a large head and a small body, giving her a comical appearance reminiscent of the character Big Head Son.
Seeing Yang Cheng's gaze, the girl carefully opened the basket and said, "My mother works on a plantation, so she often finds scraps of fresh vegetables and wheat. These vegetable pancakes are made with clean ingredients, and you can buy one for just one Tower Coin."
The vegetable pancakes had a fresh, clean aroma. Although they didn't seem to have much oil, they were still more appetizing than the compressed biscuits and canned food that Yang Cheng had been eating these past few days. Most importantly, they were indeed very clean.
"Give me one."
Yang Cheng gave the little girl a Tower Coin.
"Thank you, sir!"
The little girl was overjoyed to find business so readily available.
Her vegetable pancakes didn't actually sell well.
Because vegetables are a luxury that only people on the second floor and above can afford, the poor on the first floor prefer to buy some coarse black bread and some protein blocks made of some unknown substance. One tower coin can buy a lot of these, enough to replenish energy for a day.
Although the little girl was already sold very cheaply, she was still a luxury for the poor in District 9.
So she only makes a few each day, barely enough to sell them all.
Yang Cheng took a bite of the vegetable pancake. The taste was alright, mainly due to the fresh aroma of vegetables.
"What's your name? Do you live next door?" Yang Cheng asked casually.
The little girl quickly replied, "My name is Xiaoduo. My house is right next door. Sir, if you want to eat vegetable pancakes, I can make them for you anytime."
"The wages on the plantation should be quite generous, so why are you selling vegetable pancakes at such a young age?"
Xiao Duo lowered her head and said, "My father used to be a worker at the plantation, but he was beaten by the plantation leader and his leg was broken because he accidentally crushed a precious tomato. He can no longer work."
Because my mother had to pay compensation for the trampled tomatoes, half of her monthly salary was deducted, leaving her with only a little over one hundred Tower Coins to support our family of three.
Yang breathed a sigh of relief, bought two more vegetable pancakes from Xiao Duo, and walked downstairs.
The first floor of the tower is very large; even with Yang Cheng's stamina, he couldn't possibly explore it all in a day.
So Yang Cheng only visited three districts to familiarize himself with the environment before returning to Black Soil Street in District 9.
The name Black Soil Street comes from the plantation overhead. Before the plantation was hung in the sky, this place was still a patch of black soil, and people could get some pure water thanks to the plantation.
After the plantation was hoisted into the sky, residents had no choice but to collect water from the sewers.
At that moment, in the slums of Black Soil Street, several members of the Violent Bear Gang were holding Yang Cheng's photo and asking around.
The members of the Bear Gang are all strong white men. Although they have no enhancements, their powerful physiques and firearms are enough to dominate their area, making them quite well-known in the underground forces of the first level.
"Old Zhao, do you know this person?"
Old Zhao's expression remained unchanged as he decisively shook his head: "I don't know him. It's been a long time since any outsiders have come to this remote corner of Black Soil Street."
He knew exactly what kind of people the Bear Gang were.
Even if he told Yang Cheng, he wouldn't get a single Tower Coin. Yang Cheng was a big customer who contributed eighty Tower Coins to him.
Moreover, although he is a shady broker, he still has professional ethics.
As soon as the members of the Bear Club turned their heads, they saw Xiao Duo carrying a basket looking at Yang Cheng's photo.
A burly man with a shaved head approached, revealing a sinister smile: "Little girl, do you recognize this person?"
"No...I don't know him!"
Xiao Duo shook her head in a panic, but she was still too young, and some things were written all over her face without her even being asked.
The burly man grinned maliciously, slapped the basket out of Xiao Duo's hand, lifted her into the air, and said coldly, "Tell me! Where is this person?!"
Xiao Duo looked at the dirty vegetable pancakes scattered on the ground with a pained expression.
The burly man from the Violent Bear Gang had just raised his hand when he was sent flying as if he had been hit by a heavy truck, his flesh and limbs flying everywhere in an instant.
Yang Cheng picked up Xiao Duo and tossed her to Lao Zhao.
"Cover her eyes."
Old Zhao stared at Yang Cheng in shock, instinctively covering Xiao Duo's eyes in his arms.
The remaining three members of the Violent Bear Gang were stunned. The next moment, Yang Cheng suddenly appeared in front of one of the Violent Bear Gang's burly men, grabbed his head, and slammed him hard into the person next to him!
Both heads exploded instantly, like watermelons.
Another burly man from the Bear Gang let out a scream, like a little girl being molested.
But the next moment, Yang Cheng grabbed his nearly two-meter-tall body by the neck and lifted him up!
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