Until he was dragged by a strong man, he came back to his senses and looked at Guan Wei crying, "Boss... don't sell me to the black market. I... I know I was wrong! I will never do it again!"
The screams of Chef Li and the apprentice for mercy came one after another, each one louder than the last, and were so noisy that it gave people a terrible headache.
Guan Wei's face turned sullen, and he became even more impatient. He shouted, "If you keep making noise, I'll pull out your tongue!"
The air was silent for a moment, and the four strong men dragged the master and disciple out of the restaurant. The noisy sounds gradually faded away.
Hua Shi and Xie Mingchi stood aside, watching quietly. After the farce was over, they left a verbal message to Guan Wei, asking him to come to Shoushan Village to collect fish around early July. After Guan Wei got the recipe, his troubled mood eased a little, and he agreed very readily.
Hua Shi didn't say anything more. After saying goodbye, he and Xie Mingchi left the restaurant. At this time, the sky was getting a little gray and dark...
"Is the best clinic in town still open right now?"
Hua Shi looked at the sparse crowds on the street, turned to look at Xie Mingchi and asked.
Xie Mingchi shook his head. "I don't know either. I'll find out when I go over and take a look. I've heard that Doctor Ji from Renyaotang has a good reputation."
As for whether the medical skills were superb, he didn't know. He had been to the town several times and had never been to the clinic. These words were all hearsay, and he needed to go and see it in person.
Hua Shi followed Xie Mingchi's steps and suddenly paused. Thinking of the black market Guan Wei had just mentioned, he asked curiously, "Is there a black market in this town?"
Xie Mingchi nodded. "Yes, do you know what the black market is?"
"I don't know. I heard the owner of the fish restaurant mention it just now, and I'm a little curious."
She just didn't know if this black market was what she thought... specializing in human trafficking, or trafficking in some other contraband. In her impression, this kind of black market was usually a shameful trading place hidden in the dark.
When talking about the black market, Xie Mingchi was in a low mood. He seemed to have a very bad impression of these two words and didn't seem to want to mention them.
After pondering for a long time, when Hua Shi turned her head to look at her for the third time, Xie Mingchi said, "The black market is usually where people without status are sold, or where slaves of wealthy families who have done something wrong are sold."
Xie Mingchi paused before continuing, "Some people, for money, will deliberately kidnap and sell children from ordinary families to the black market. No matter what, once they are sold there, their household registration will be deleted, and even if the government intervenes, it is likely that they will be unable to recover them."
and……
"There are also fighting rings on the black market. No matter if you're an adult or a child, if no one buys you, you'll most likely be pushed onto the ring and die there."
As Xie Mingchi spoke, his brows couldn't help but tighten a little.
Hua Shi asked: "...and no one cares?"
Xie Mingchi shook his head. "That ring match is a fight between a man and a tiger. If you get on the ring and escape from the tiger's mouth alive, you still have a chance of survival. If you are devoured by the tiger, there will be no trace left..." He paused, looked into Hua Shi's eyes, and lowered his voice to say, "That tiger is the pet raised by the city lord Fang Yishui."
Hua Shi's dull eyes widened slightly.
Raised by the city lord...
In other words, the existence of the black market was also tacitly approved by the city lord. If the highest-ranking leader of such a large town had tacitly approved it, who else could possibly intervene...
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