Chapter 8 Robbery!
It was a weekend and the compound was very busy.
The couple were arguing, the adults were yelling at the children to do their homework, the children were laughing and playing among themselves, the whole place was in chaos.
But at the same time, it is also full of a vibrant atmosphere of life.
This is what it's like when a group of people live together.
Although there are a lot of noise and disputes on a daily basis, if someone really has an emergency or difficulty, it is these neighbors who can help.
Walking out of the slum, there is a long alley.
The uncles and grandpas were sitting under the shade of the trees playing chess.
A child in open-crotch pants was crawling around on the door sills and steps, while his grandmother sat beside him, fanning him with a palm-leaf fan to drive away mosquitoes.
Tang Xueli went out to buy some ingredients and seasonings for making braised dishes.
There is a small alley that can take a shortcut to the supply and marketing cooperative, which can save more than ten minutes of travel.
This road is very dark at night and you may run into drunks and robbers, so it is not very safe.
There is generally no problem during the day.
But Tang Xueli was particularly unlucky today. She was blocked by two men as soon as she entered the alley.
"Take out all the valuables." The bald strong man walked up to Tang Xueli while picking his teeth.
"No." Tang Xueli walked around him and continued walking forward.
"If you don't hand it over voluntarily, we'll have to search you ourselves!" The bald strong man chased after her and blocked Tang Xueli's way, looking her up and down with lustful eyes.
Tang Xueli said expressionlessly: "Get out of the way!"
"Get out of the way?" The bald strong man laughed as if he had heard a funny joke, and moved closer to stare at Tang Xueli's face.
Tang Xueli had just returned from the Great Northern Wilderness. She was dark and strong, and her clothes were shabby. She was not really pretty.
But if you look closely at her facial features, you can tell that she is a beauty with big, bright eyes.
"Little sister, don't be so sullen. Smile for your brother. You will look good when you smile."
The bald burly man felt like teasing her and raised his hand to touch Tang Xueli's face.
Tang Xueli moved faster than him. She grabbed his wrist, twisted it 180 degrees, and pushed it forward. In the blink of an eye, the bald man flew five or six meters away.
"Fuck! That's so wild!" The bald strong man rubbed his wrist with an obscene smile on his face.
"Dadao, let's go together!" The bald man called out to the scarred man next to him, "Today we are not only going to rob this girl of her money, but we are also going to kill her right here!"
In her previous life, Tang Xueli lost both legs. In order to protect herself to a certain extent, she learned some grappling techniques and boxing from a master.
If you can't train your legs, train your arms.
Research and improve various tricks to compensate for the obstacles caused by wheelchairs.
She knows the joints, acupoints and weaknesses of vital parts of the human body very well, so it is very easy for her to deal with ordinary people.
Tang Xueli quickly took care of the two thugs with one move of "grabbing the wrist and pressing the arm" and then the "backhand blocking the throat".
He untied one of them's belts and tied their hands tightly together.
She pushed the bald man to the ground and said leisurely, "Who do you want to deal with?"
The bald strong man stiffened his neck, looking unconvinced.
Tang Xueli was too lazy to pay attention to them and turned away.
After walking a few steps, I heard two people whispering behind me.
Scarred man: "How are we going to explain ourselves when we get back? We made big promises before, but in the end we couldn't even handle such a small matter. It's so embarrassing."
Bald strong man: "Who knew a little girl could be so powerful."
Scarred Man: "How about we collect some money and say it was stolen?"
Bald strong man: "Where do we get the money?"
Tang Xueli turned back, squatted down, lowered her eyes, and asked in a flat tone: "Who?"
"Who?" The bald man pretended to be stupid.
Tang Xueli patted his bald head with an extremely sharp look.
She waited for three seconds, but when she got no answer, she immediately lost her patience.
He stretched out his hands and grabbed the bald man's neck, using all his strength. The man's face instantly turned red and he couldn't make a sound.
Seeing this, the scarred man next to him hurriedly said, "It's Bai Lianxin!"
Tang Xueli didn't let go.
The scarred man then confessed: "Bai Lianxin said that you stole her things and you refused to admit it, so we robbed you to teach you a lesson."
Tang Xueli sneered, let go of her hand and stood up.
"Cough, cough, cough..." The bald strong man breathed in air again and coughed so hard that he was dizzy.
"Boss, please accept us as your brothers!" The scarred man was deeply impressed by Tang Xueli's skills, "We will all follow you from now on!"
Tang Xueli glanced at him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"I don't accept younger brothers." She untied them and warned them, "Don't do anything like looting or smashing. If I see you next time, I'll send you to jail."
The scarred man nodded hurriedly: "Got it, Boss——"
Tang Xueli glanced at him and said, "Don't follow me."
The scarred man stopped and watched Tang Xueli leave.
When Tang Xueli turned to another road at the end of the alley, she saw a man squatting in the corner. He looked like a night soil collector.
He wore a small army green hat and wrapped his mouth and nose with an old towel, leaving only a pair of beautiful willow-leaf eyes exposed.
Although he shrank down, you could still tell he was very tall.
He is a little thin, but judging by his bones and the visible muscles, he is definitely not weak.
Their eyes met, and the man slowly stood up and straightened his crooked clothes.
It was indeed very tall, estimated to be about 1.8 meters tall.
"You're good at fighting!" A young and clear voice spoke.
Tang Xueli didn't expect this person to talk to her. Could he be someone Bai Lianxin had invited?
The man said, "I wanted to save you just now, but I didn't expect that you wouldn't need my help."
Tang Xueli raised her eyebrows and said in a neutral tone: "Do you feel sorry?"
"Not really." The man smiled, "It just shows that I'm not a bad person."
"Oh..." Tang Xueli glanced at him and felt that he had a special temperament that was hard to describe.
But it doesn’t matter, it’s just a chance encounter.
**
Before leaving, Tang Xueli took sugar coupons, seasoning coupons, and all the meat coupons from home.
She checked what was in the kitchen and had a clear idea of what was there. She also bought the spices she would need, such as star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, and peppercorns, from the supply and marketing cooperative.
I also bought white sugar, rock sugar, white pepper, rice wine, etc., which were not enough at home.
Then I went to the Chinese medicine store and picked out some Chinese herbs for making braised dishes.
There are countless recipes for making brine, and Tang Xueli has a secret recipe that she often uses.
The proportions of various raw materials have long been familiar to me.
She often made braised dishes with this flavor in her previous life, and everyone who had eaten it said it was delicious.
Finally she went to the sales point set up by the meat processing factory in the city.
This sales point is on a small road and is not very conspicuous, so many people don’t know about it.
Most people buy their meat at the wet market.
However, there is occasionally pork from diseased animals in the vegetable market, which is not as good as the meat from the meat processing plant.
The meat processing plant is very strict in quarantine, so it is more secure.
Tang Xueli bought pig's trotters, pig's heads, pig's ears, and some pork belly, totaling 15 kilograms.
The price of each part is different, and the average is 62 cents per pound.
The total cost of buying meat was nine dollars and twenty cents.
The total amount of meat coupons she took from home was only five kilograms, and the remaining ten kilograms were bought at a high price from scalpers on the black market.
There is nothing we can do about it.
In the era of material shortages, each person had a monthly quota for the supply of grain, oil, meat and daily necessities.
There are many things that cannot be bought even if you have money.
People with a decent living can only eat meat a few times a year.
Food cannot be stored well in the summer, so Tang Xueli planned to sell less on the first day of the stall to get a feel for the situation.
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