Siheyuan: Classic Siheyuan

"It's not like he hasn't encountered Liu Si before, but he couldn't touch him or beat him. Besides, Liu Si is really famous for being cruel and not caring about his life." Liu Haizhu said.

"Let's go and talk to him." Chu Rongguang said.

As he said that, Chu Rongguang walked over to the place where the laborers were resting and waited. Yan Qiang was busy with something, so Chu Rongguang naturally would not go over to disturb him. He would wait until he finished his work before doing anything else.

"You...how dare you come?"

"Yeah, you little bastards, don't you know that Liu Si is looking for you?"

"Where is Yu Zhendong? Where did he run off to?"

When the laborers saw Liu Haizhu, they all began to denounce him.

Chu Rongguang just didn't believe it. They sent Yu Zhendong to the train that day. Could it be possible that so many laborers didn't see it?

That just wasn't said.

The reason why they didn't say it was probably because they couldn't make it in time, but no news had leaked out in so many days, which meant that they had been suffering from Liu Si for a long time and deliberately didn't tell Liu Si.

After all, it is not easy for these people to work hard to make a few dollars, and they may even have to work from dawn to dusk. But they have to hand over some of this hard-earned money to others every month. How can they feel comfortable about this?

But the other party's fists were powerful, and they had to give it to them. If they didn't give it to them, those people would deliberately make trouble while they were working. They couldn't beat them, and even if they went to find the police, they couldn't catch them.

The police are still busy catching enemy spies.

"My dear brothers, please be patient, please be patient, let's sit down and talk for a while." Chu Rongguang waved his hand.

"We have nothing to talk about with you. Get out of here now, or else Liu Si will come looking for us."

"Yes, if Liu Si brings people here, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"When Liu Si comes looking for you, you will be in trouble."

These people were very disdainful of Chu Rongguang's words.

Chu Rongguang raised his eyebrows, "Then let Liu Si come. How can I be afraid of him? There are many people who disappeared quietly in Sijiu City, especially those who were walking on the road."

"What a big tone you have! Do you know who Liu Si is?" A contemptuous voice came.

Chu Rongguang took a look and found that it was the Yan Qiang that Liu Haizhu had mentioned.

"I heard Haizhu and others talk about you. You are Brother Qiang, right? Can we have a chat?" Chu Rongguang said.

"I have nothing to talk to you about. You are just kids, so you should go back to school and stop fooling around here." Yan Qiang said helplessly.

"Let's leave quickly, otherwise Liu Si will come. He is a madman and he wants to cut Yu Zhendong into pieces." Yan Qiang said again.

"Then let him come. This is not the old society anymore. Under such a bright and clear sky, I don't believe that he can do anything to us. Let him come if he has the ability. I will wait for him here. If I can really do something to him, I will have eliminated a scourge for the people." Chu Rongguang said with a smile.

"You are so arrogant. Do you know that this area belongs to Liu Si? Who do you think you are?" Yan Qiang said unhappily.

"I am a human being, a common citizen. Isn't it said that the people are the masters of the country? What can he do to me? Let him try to touch me." Chu Rongguang said with disdain.

"Why do you have to do this just to save your life? As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. Young man, take them back. Children should study hard." Yan Qiang sighed.

"Yan Qiang, I respect you as a man, but you can't look down on us brothers like this. You are not much older than us, but you treat us like little kids. You look down on us like this? Don't you like us?" Zhao Kai looked at Yan Qiang's tone that looked down on them and retorted dissatisfiedly.

But Chu Rongguang could tell that Yan Qiang was trying to persuade them and test them.

Yan Qiang hadn't been working at the train station for so many years in vain. He didn't dare to fight with Liu Si and his gang. Being unable to defeat them was one reason, and another was that he didn't dare to see his brothers bleed.

After all, those who come here to do hard labor have parents, wives, children and elders at home. How can they fight with Liu Si and other worthless people?

What about parents, wife, children and the elderly?

Yan Qiang himself was the same, which was why he was so tolerant towards Liu Si. However, Liu Si still asked for a huge sum of money from them every month.

Recently, Liu Si might have gotten too cocky. He grabbed Shisan Shao and a few other little brats and beat them up, and he probably felt a sense of accomplishment. Now he's gotten too cocky. These past couple of days, he came to ask for more money next month, and each person must be given at least 15 yuan per month.

Originally, I had to pay 10 yuan every month, but now I have to pay 10 yuan all at once.

The brothers were already very dissatisfied with the 10 yuan, and now they want 15 yuan.

They come to the train station to work as laborers because their families are out of options and they don't have a job. Now they have to work hard every month and have to give half of their earnings to others. Of course, these laborers are unwilling to accept this and want to give it their all.

But having seen how powerful Liu Si was, it was not so easy to just give it all up.

"Aren't you guys just little kids? If your family members were strict, you should still be in school now," Yan Qiang said.

"Brother Yan, what you said is true, but given their situation, it's unrealistic to say whether they should go to school or not. Just look at their current situation, it's not easy for them to live a good life."

“But then again, it’s not just us who have a hard time, it’s you too,” Chu Rongguang said.

"How are our lives? They're much better than yours, aren't they? Now Liu Si is looking for you everywhere. If someone informs you later and Liu Si brings his men to look for you, you four will be in trouble." Yan Qiang snorted.

"I don't think so. You all must have a hard time at home, and you don't have any skills or connections. You just do some hard work to earn some money. It doesn't matter, as long as it's for your family, it doesn't matter if you work a little harder."

"We are all men, and it is our job to support our families, right?"

“But if this money is not spent on your own children, your wife, and your parents, but is given to irrelevant people for no reason, can you be willing to accept it?” Chu Rongguang said.

Chu Rongguang's words could be said to have completely hit their pain points.

"We are not fools. Who can accept such a thing?" one of them said dissatisfiedly.

"That's right, of course we are not happy about it."

"What can we do if we are not happy? We can't just fight, right?"

“Those people don’t care about their lives.”

"We still have parents and children."

"So, if you can go back to study hard, then go back and study hard. Why are you fooling around?"

"..."

Chu Rongguang also saw through their attitudes. They were not on the same page with Liu Si. However, Liu Si was now very powerful and they had no choice.

Chu Rongguang cleared his throat and said, "Since you all don't want to be exploited, and we are being chased by Liu Si, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Maybe we can cooperate?"

Yan Qiang was silent and said nothing.

"How can you kids help?"

"Do you know that Liu Si has more than fifty men under his command, almost sixty? How can we defeat them?"

"Who dares to offend Liu Si in this area?"

Yan Qiang didn't even need to say anything, these people were already very disdainful of Chu Rongguang and his group, and they almost looked down on Chu Rongguang for this little thing.

Chu Rongguang said, "If we didn't feel confident, we wouldn't come to you. If we come to you, we must be confident."

"What can you be sure of?" Yan Qiang sighed again.

"Just because I have this thing, what can he do no matter how many people he has?" Chu Rongguang took out his gun directly.

"hiss!"

Yan Qiang and his laborers both took a deep breath.

It would not be strange to see this thing in the old city before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Now there are many hunters in the countryside who have such a thing, but this gun looks different. It is completely the serious kind.

"You have quite a few people here, about twenty or so, plus we have about ten people, thirty people in total, plus this thing of mine, do you think we can fight with Liu Si?" Chu Rongguang stared at Yan Qiang and said.

Yan Qiang hesitated when he heard this. His wife had just given birth to a big fat boy and he had only been married for a short time. If this...

"Brother Qiang, why don't we just fight them? If we pay them 15 yuan a month, isn't that the same as paying rent to the landlord when we farmed the land?"

"That's right. It's not the same age anymore. Why should we pay rent to them?"

"Why do they bully us like this?"

"If we give them 15 yuan a month, how can we support our family?"

"My youngest son will go to school next year."

"And my wife is expecting a baby next year. How are we going to live in the future?"

"..."

Everyone was talking at once.

Yan Qiang sighed and said, "If you don't stand in my position, you don't know how difficult it is for me. All of us brothers, including me, have families to support. If our brothers lose their limbs in this life because of such a small thing, what do you think we will do in the future?"

"How do you want me to explain this to their family?"

No wonder Yan Qiang is respected by these people, Yan Qiang really cares about them.

"No risk, no gain. From now on, if Liu Si is gone, we can step up cooperation. The moving goods and luggage here will be yours, and no one will ask you for protection money. Even if you are really disabled or lame, or even pass away, the rest of us brothers will take care of you."

"If that brother is really injured, just pool together a maximum of 5 yuan per person per month and give it to his family. Otherwise, if I ask you for 10 yuan today, 15 yuan tomorrow, and 20 yuan the day after tomorrow, are you their long-term employees?" Chu Rongguang said unhappily.

Chu Rongguang's words really touched their hearts. They spoke directly to the heart of their hearts.

This is also what they think in their hearts. Do they really have to work as long-term laborers for Liu Si and his gang in the future?

"Why don't you give us some time to think about this matter and discuss it first?" Yan Qiang still didn't dare to make a decision so quickly.

Chu Rongguang also realized that although Yan Qiang was a very respected person, he was too indecisive.

Just as Chu Rongguang was about to continue to persuade him, a dissatisfied roar suddenly came, "Brother Qiang, it's already this time, why are you still thinking about this and that?"

Yan Qiang looked at the man who was speaking, and sighed helplessly, "Old Feng, we have so many brothers. If that person really gets into trouble, how can I explain this to his family?"

The man named Lao Feng said dissatisfiedly: "Anyway, I can't stand it anymore. I just want to say one thing, brother, if you don't fight them, I will fight them even if I am alone. Damn it, they are asking for 15 now."