novelhk Chapter 137: The Wealthy Gang
Chapter 137: The Wealthy Gang
Today was smooth sailing. After I finished cutting the big cans without being disturbed by bad guys, it was already noon. I wanted to go back as soon as possible. There was still a long way to go. I told everyone that we could have lunch in the warehouse before going back. But I only had some bread, drinks and beer.
Bian Hui said that she wanted to go to the market today to buy some vegetable seeds and saplings. She had said she would go a few days ago, but she was always in a hurry and never went.
Yes, I have been really unlucky recently. Every time I go out, I encounter all kinds of troubles. I haven't been to the big market for a long time. The market is located at the intersection of the four base hubs. In the past, we always stopped there when we passed by. However, the routes we took these few times were to bypass those forks in the road, so we never had the opportunity to go to the market again.
After careful consideration, since I had to keep a low profile and stay at home for the next few days, I might as well take this opportunity to go to the market and buy everything I needed at once. So I drove the car towards the wide road leading to the market.
While driving, I was still thinking carefully. I now have mineral water, paper towels, cakes and bread, convenience foods, pickles and mustard tubers in my space, so I almost have everything I need. But there are still many things I lack at home. For example, we don’t have any seasonings. If possible, I can use mustard tubers and pickles to exchange for some daily necessities.
My current weight is 198.4, which is still three kilograms away from the next node. It is not so easy to lose these three kilograms. It will probably take some time to exercise and diet. I don’t know what I will get next time.
Just now Song Jue said he was hungry and wanted to eat something, so I gave him some sausages. But when we got back to the market, he started clamoring for the roasted chicken legs sold in the market before he even got off the car.
In the past, there were indeed many stalls selling food in this market, but now that food is in short supply, I wonder if there is still anything for sale.
From a distance, I saw that the market was even bigger than before. Wow! It felt like the outer circle was several times bigger than before, and there were many wooden or iron shops. This was something I could not imagine. How could such a remote place develop?
Parking spaces are also more standardized than before. I was about to park in a space when suddenly a man wearing a floral shirt and with a whole arm full of floral tattoos came in front of my car and stopped it.
I was wondering how the scale has expanded and now parking has started to cost money!
I opened the car window and asked the guy with the tattoos how much it cost.
The man with tattoos said arrogantly: The parking fee is one hundred, two hundred after one hour, and the management fee for a day is five hundred.
I said, why don’t you go and rob?
He snorted coldly and warned me: Don't look for trouble, or you'll get beaten!
I calculated that a strong dragon could not defeat a local snake, so I got off the car and took a look at the situation first.
We gave him a hundred yuan and got off the car. But when we entered the market entrance, a man dressed the same as that man stopped us and asked for money too.
It’s still one hundred yuan per person.
I haven't bought anything yet but I've already spent 500 yuan.
I told Xiaobai to watch over the two kids while they went shopping and make sure nothing went wrong. Xiaobai is quite calm and doesn't like to provoke or cause trouble, so I feel more at ease with him.
I went straight to Dahuangya’s repair shop to ask him what was going on in the market.
I found out that Dahuangya’s auto repair shop had closed down. It’s only been a few days, how come Dahuangya’s auto repair shop had closed down?
Although his shop was closed, I was sharp-eyed and suddenly spotted Dahuangya among the people wearing the same clothes who were maintaining law and order in the market. He seemed to have noticed me as well. Dahuangya tried to dodge when he saw me, but I caught up with him in a few steps, grabbed his clothes by the back, and asked him what was going on.
He cried out "ouch, ouch" and begged for mercy, asking me why my hand was so strong after not seeing it for a few days. I quickly let go of his hand and forgot about my ability upgrade.
Dahuangya took me to a secluded place and told me quietly: This market has now been taken over by a gang.
I interrupted: "Gang? Then it is a non-governmental organization?"
Da Huangya let out a sigh and continued: The gang is called the Fugui Gang, their leader is very good at fighting, and he has powerful backers, and is well connected with both the black and white worlds, so he collects protection fees here, and no one dares to mess with him, even the police don't dare to intervene.
I sighed: It’s really dark now, all kinds of ghosts will appear.
Dahuangya quickly covered my mouth and warned me: Be careful with your words.
I was disdainful: What's so bad about it? I was so angry.
Da Huangya sighed and said to me: There must be someone like this to protect this place, otherwise in today's world, he would worry about being robbed or killed every day when he set up his stall. This society would have been in chaos long ago. Since this gang has been protecting this place, at least the merchants doing business here are more stable and safer. Although they have to pay stall fees every day, it is worth it.
I asked again: Why did you close your repair shop?
He replied that there was nothing he could do, as there was not much work to do, so he had to close the shop. His colleagues had to find work on their own, and most of them had joined the gang.
I don't want to argue any more. It seems that this is the general trend. When natural disasters strike and society is in turmoil, such bandits or forces will surely emerge in endlessly, and we ordinary people can't do anything about it.
I had to ask Dahuangya: What is the name of this bandit and this gang leader?
Dahuangya answered me that his surname was Zhou and his name was Zhou Qifei.
I asked again: What’s the story?
Da Huangya replied: It seems he used to be a boss. It is said that after the earthquake, he suddenly became enlightened and his martial arts skills were very high. He could easily kill anyone...
Hearing what Dahuangya said, I suddenly felt a huge shock all over my body. Changes after an earthquake? Wouldn't he also... The more I thought about it, the scarier it became. Let's go quickly and not cause any trouble. I quickly interrupted Dahuangya's endless chatter and told him that I had to go back and talk to him another day.
We were just passing by and would go home after buying things. We shouldn't interfere with each other. Thinking of this, I hurried to find Xiaobai Bianhui and the others. We had to leave quickly and not let anything go wrong in this crowded place.
I saw Xiaobai and Bian Hui through the crowd. When Bian Hui saw me, she came to me happily and told me that she bought a bunch of seeds and a few small fruit tree saplings. They were not too expensive, costing only a few hundred yuan.
Xiaobai showed me the roasted wild rabbit and pheasant he had bought, saying that he was craving for them and wanted to drink some wine with me and Linlin and try the game in the evening.
I noticed that Song Jue was missing, and hurriedly asked them where Song Jue was.
Xiaobai said that the child was following him just now, why is he gone now?
Just when I felt something was going to happen, there was a sudden chaos in front of me. A crowd of people gathered around me. We heard Song Jue shouting from afar: "Let me go! I've said many times that I don't know that person. I picked up this watch!"
I heard what? A watch? It's over! Song Jue must have been wearing the watch of those two guys yesterday to show off and was discovered by their accomplices!
At this time, Xiaobai and Bian Hui seemed to have reacted and looked at me anxiously. Bian Hui asked me with a pale face: What should we do, Brother Huo?
I quickly asked Xiaobai to take Bian Hui back to the car and told them that I had a way to escape!
Bian Hui refused to leave, so I winked at Xiao Bai, and he pulled Bian Hui towards the parking lot.
At this time, I was holding Xiaotian in my arms. Xiaotian and I told him to go invisible and bite and pull the people who were pulling Song Jue to create chaos.
Xiaotian was very smart. He immediately hid himself under my cover and then passed through the crowd to carry out my plan.
After a while, he heard the people who were pulling Song Jue screaming: Ouch, who bit me there! He squatted down in pain and tried to find the source of the culprit who bit his ankle and made it bleed. Xiaotian nimbly dodged the man's hand and bit another person.
I hid in the crowd watching the excitement, and saw that the two people who held Song Jue were busy with Xiaotian. I immediately shouted at Song Jue: Run away, you stupid boy!
When Song Jue heard my voice, he immediately broke free from the restraints while the two men were being bitten and had no time to pay attention to him, and ran towards me. I quickly winked and shook my head to tell him to hide behind a nearby wooden house.
The boy was smart enough to sneak behind the shop.
I blew a whistle gently to let Xiaotian come back to me, and then I immediately sent Xiaotian to my supermarket lounge and pretended to accidentally come to the shop where Song Jue was hiding. I touched Song Jue with one hand and instantly sent him into the supermarket lounge.
They both have second-level abilities so they can enter the lounge of my space supermarket.
So I calmly left the market and got on the bus amid the chaos of the crowd.
He quickly drove out of the market and headed straight for his home at the base halfway up the mountain.