21. The Bad Men of the 1990s (1)

When Wei Mingyan went out again, there were people lying on the ground, howling in pain.

They all had one thing in common: no wounds on their faces, but they were so weak from the pain. Brother Long was the one who was beaten the worst. When he saw the man coming towards him, he suddenly widened his eyes in horror, "What are you doing? What are you doing!"

The pain made him timid. Even though he wanted to maintain his reputation as the boss, he couldn't hide the fear on his face.

He really couldn't understand how the gangster could become so good at fighting. Although they were brothers before, he had never seen the gangster's skills because the gangster had never gone out with them.

"Brother Long, I'm really sorry today. I drank too much and didn't see you fall down." Wei Mingyan smiled roguely, with no guilt on his face. He took out a dollar and stuffed it into Brother Long's weak hand.

"This is the medical fee. Bring your brothers to have a good meal."

"You, you..."

Seeing the man lying on the ground looking at him with resentment, Wei Mingyan smiled wider, squatted down, and whispered, "Be careful next time, don't come to our village again. The road in our village is uneven, unlike the road in the next village, which is flattened by cows."

"You threaten me!"

Brother Long was stunned at first, and then became even more angry, but seeing the man in front of him smiling, as if he still respected him as before, his heart was cold and he dared not speak again.

He had led people to steal the cows from the next village, and he had kept it a secret. No one knew except his brothers. It was impossible for a gangster to know.

If he was reported, he would be sentenced to three years at least.

He was scared. He usually went out to scare people and intimidate others with force. Now that all his brothers couldn't beat a gangster, what else could he talk about...

Brother Long had a plan in mind, and a smile appeared on his face, "We are all brothers, don't worry about it, don't worry about it."

"There is nothing fun in your village, I won't come next time."

"That's good." Wei Mingyan smiled and stood up. He saw several people outside the door looking in, and when they saw him looking over, they all shrank back in panic as if they saw a flood or a beast. He knew that it was a neighbor who heard the noise and came out to see, so he raised his feet and walked out.

The few people watching outside his house were so scared that they turned around and ran away, leaving only a lame old man on the left who couldn't run. He moved his feet back in panic, looking at Wei Mingyan with fear in his eyes.

Wei Mingyan grew up under their care. Although he was not very serious, he would greet them and call them uncle and aunt when they met. He was not so scared, but he could not stand the people lying on the ground.

What he saw was real. They were the gangsters in the town. If they dared to beat them, what else would the gangsters not dare to do?

"Uncle Chen, did you scare you?"

Seeing the pitiful appearance of the old man who was so scared that his calves were trembling, Wei Mingyan smiled and explained, "We were just practicing martial arts. If you are afraid, we will practice in the town next time."

"Practice, martial arts?"

Old Chen obviously did not believe him. How could you practice martial arts and fall down?

"Really, I just learned a new trick. But Uncle Chen, I remember you can do carpentry, right? When I was a kid, you made a wooden whistle for me to play with."

Not knowing why he brought this up, Old Chen replied tremblingly, "You still remember it."

In the past, the hooligans were always beaten by his father. The little kid was beaten with bruises all over his body. Their neighbors couldn't stand it and tried to persuade him but it was useless. They were almost beaten. Later, they could only watch the kid get beaten.

The little kid didn't have enough food to eat and was always beaten. Other children were afraid of his father and didn't play with him. At that time, Old Chen's grandson was about the same age as Wei Mingyan. Seeing that he was pitiful, he made a wooden whistle for him so that he wouldn't have to dig the soil to play.

To be honest, most people of this era were simple. After Wei Mingyan's father died, he was almost raised by hundreds of families. Unexpectedly, he raised a hooligans. Usually, everyone just sighed a few times and didn't dare to interrupt him.

Today, Old Chen was checking in the yard to see if his chickens had laid eggs. He heard Brother Long's voice from next door, and the knocking on the door became louder and louder. Then there was another fight. He was afraid of trouble, so he hurried to see it with his crutches.

Originally, he thought that if Wei Mingyan was beaten by Brother Long and his friends, he could help call the police, but he didn't expect that when he came, he saw others lying on the ground.

In the past, the gangsters had no idea of ​​Old Chen's kindness. They must have thought that he was here to watch the fun, but Wei Mingyan knew it clearly at this moment.

He knew the image of the gangsters in the village, so if he wanted to change this image, he had to start with the people around him.

"Uncle Chen, my family wants to make a bench. Can you help me make one?"

Make a bench!

Old Chen was relieved immediately. He thought the gangsters were grabbing him for something, but it turned out to be a bench.

Benches are simple things. He can just go out and pick up some wood and make one in a short time.

"Okay, I'll give you one."

"Hey! Thank you, Uncle Chen." Wei Mingyan thanked him and stuffed a dollar into Old Chen's hand.

Old Chen got anxious when he saw it, "Why are you paying for it, kid? It's just a bench, right?"

If it was a table, he would have complained if he didn't pay for it, after all, it took a lot of time, but that kind of small bench is not worth the money.

He was honest and simple, and wanted to return it at that time, but Wei Mingyan stuffed it into his hand. This handsome man with a ruffian's spirit still smiled heartlessly, "Take it, Uncle Chen, you have taken care of me all these years. Don't you have to pay for buying a bench at the market?"

"It doesn't cost more than one dollar to buy it at the market!"

The two of them pushed each other back and forth, and finally Wei Mingyan said, "You watched me grow up, and always asked Aunt Chen to send me food and drinks. I have long regarded you as an elder in my heart. If you don't accept this money, I will go to someone else to buy it, and it will cost one dollar. If it really doesn't work, you can just think of it as a tribute from me, a junior."

Old Chen was moved and bitter by what he said, so he had to take the money, "Don't worry, Uncle Chen will definitely pack it for you."

"Hey, then I'll go in and wash my face first. I haven't washed my face yet after waking up."

Seeing Wei Mingyan scratching his head a little embarrassedly, the fear in Old Chen's heart disappeared unconsciously.

After all, he raised the child, how could he hurt him?

Wei Mingyan went back to the house, and Old Chen walked back with his cane, sighing. Several neighbors who had been hiding far away saw Wei Mingyan leaving, and then they dared to surround him.

"Old Chen, what did the bastard say to you? Why did I see him holding you and not letting you go?"

"Yes, did he scare you?"

They asked in a flurry, and Old Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, "This kid asked me to make a bench for him."

"Bench?"

Several people looked at each other, and were a little confused for a while.

"Yes, look, he gave me a dollar, and I refused to take it, but he insisted on giving it to me, saying that he had been raised by me, and he had already regarded me as an elder in his heart. Hey, this kid is grateful. After so long, he still remembers the whistle I gave him when he was a child."

A bastard is grateful?

Thinking of the bastard who always wandered around the village to steal eggs, several neighbors looked at Old Chen with a strange look on their faces.

This guy must have been scared silly.

Seeing that they didn't believe him, Old Chen picked up his crutches and hit them on the ground, humming in defense, "If you don't remember the favor, why have those little hooligans in the town been making trouble in the neighboring village for so long and never come to our place?"

That's true...

Indeed, no other little hooligans have come to their village.

Seeing that the neighbors were all thoughtful, Old Chen stroked his long beard and concluded, "If the hooligans were not close to those people, how could they let our village go? They usually call us uncle and aunt, am I right?"

"It seems so..."

"That's true. I heard that chickens are always lost in the neighboring village, but never in our village."

If Wei Mingyan heard what was said outside, he would definitely laugh secretly.

Yes, the hooligans didn't steal chickens. He developed sustainably and stole eggs.

As for not letting Brother Long and his men come to the village, first, Brother Long looked down on the poor people in the village, and second, if he offended someone too much, he would be alone, and the other people he knew were just drinking buddies with no sincerity. If he was really driven out of the village, he would suffer.

But now, these are not a problem.

Wei Mingyan opened the back door, looked around, and whispered after making sure that there was no one, "Lanlan, you go back first, I will go to your house to propose marriage immediately, and I will never let you suffer!"

The resentment in Yi Zhilan's heart after drinking and being drunk disappeared without a trace after seeing the scars on the man's face from being beaten to protect him. She looked at her lover, opened her mouth, wanted to say something, and closed it again.

Forget it, Mingyan just treats her well, it's okay to suffer a little, and when she can work, she will be better in the future.

"Lanlan, don't worry, I will definitely let you live a good life and buy you a lot of gold necklaces!"

In the village, the most enviable thing is all kinds of gold jewelry.

Yi Zhilan stood outside the door, nodded with red eyes, and turned to leave.

Although, she didn't believe it.

How could he have the money to buy gold jewelry...