In the early morning of the next day, Ivanqiu got up early. Because the road to the town was not easy to walk, he had to climb mountains and cross bridges. Although it was only fifteen kilometers away, it would be dark every time he came back. Objective factors and many reasons.

Every time I go out on the street, I have to stop and go to get news before arriving or returning home.

It was just last night that my mother sent me to buy chicken. I was not happy, but thinking that there were still many, many favorite foods on the street, I finally agreed to go because I couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food. If I had just come back from working outside, I would probably go there.

I won't agree so easily.

When he just stepped out of the door, he saw several women in the village discussing with each other what they needed to buy on the street today.

Obviously, today is the best day to go to the market. The local custom calls the market day "street day."

I don’t know when and who made the rule that it must be done every three days. Of course, this is in line with the slow pace of life in the countryside. Since the reform and opening up have just begun, many things sold on the street are produced and sold locally. Even in Yi

Wanqiu's favorite noodles are also made by hand, and the chickens and ducks are all selected and sold by farmers themselves.

Ivan Qiu did not walk together, but walked slowly and leisurely by himself, whistling all the way. When he was tired, he found a cool place to rest. There were several suitable resting places on the way to the market, mostly on the hills.

Go up, because there is wind and there are big trees to enjoy the shade.

About halfway through the journey, Ivan Qiu deliberately slowed down because he often heard that people walking alone would be kidnapped halfway. In fact, the so-called kidnappings were caused by lazy and delinquent young people, and their parents did not care about them.

Those who have no money to smoke or have lost gambling will wait here for the lone walkers going to the market.

So before going out this morning, I had already seen the men and women in the village walking together with each other. Ivan Qiu did not follow them in a hurry. Instead, as usual, he washed his face, brushed his teeth, had a meal and other basic things, and then went out to the streets. After all, the fifteen kilometers away is not a hassle.

Just for fun, if you get hungry halfway and don’t have anything to eat, and everyone else will bring a pot of polenta, Ivanqiu will just go to the market empty-handed without bothering to eat.

His whistle also stopped, and when he reached the corner, just as he was about to reach the next corner, two young guys jumped out from behind the stone, one was tall and strong, wearing a shirt with bare shoulders.

He was dressed in gray cloth and had dark exposed skin. The other one was short and had a crew cut with a full face. He was holding a thick short wooden stick in his hand and stood in front of Ivan Qiu with an expressionless face.

The short man with a flat head and a sinister face pointed at Ivan Qiu and said, "Boy, bring me the money."

Ivan Qiu calmly looked directly into the eyes of the short man with a flat head and said coldly: "How much do you want?"

"Not much, twenty." Not much, twenty. At that time, it only cost fifty cents after a hard day's work as a bricklayer.

"Twenty dollars back, you're going to kill me, and I only have about ten dollars for my whole body." Ivan Qiu lowered his head, thinking that his other hand had already put something into his pocket, and soon he took out two dollars.

He glanced at the tall man and then at the short man with a fleshy face and said in a low voice: "Look, I don't have much money. Can two yuan do it?"

A good man does not suffer the immediate consequences. He will tolerate and avoid the consequences if he can. This is what his grandfather often taught him. Apparently, Ivan Qiu also planned to do the same in dealing with this matter. After all, we are two people, even with bare hands.

You can't beat him either. Besides, I'm not here to fight today.

The short guy with a flat head and a sinewy face yelled: "No."

Ivan Qiu said with a bitter face: "Brother, I really have no money."

The tall man looked at Ivan Qiu with disdain, "Humph... You are very well-dressed. These leather shoes are worth ten yuan at least, right?"

Ivan Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "How many years has it been?"

The tall man sneered: "Hey, how many years have passed? I haven't seen leather shoes for so many years."

"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't pay, don't even think about passing through here today." The short man with a sinister face pointed at Ivan Qiu's nose and yelled.

These two brothers are well-known gamblers in nearby villages. The tall one is Huang Caixue, and the short one is called Huang Caidao. There was originally a mother in the family, but she died of illness a few years ago due to her frailty, and the two brothers became

The village bully, because he liked food and was too lazy to cook, sold everything he could sell to Li Tiegang, who came to the village to collect rags on weekdays.

When you have some money, you go gambling, and if you don't have anything to eat, you go to other people's fields to pick vegetables and corn to eat. Every year in the spring, they will go to the fields like the people around them.

Farmers who grow corn and other crops, but do not manage them regularly, and when harvested due to pests, there will always be much less than others, and some of the corn they get will be sold, and then they will gamble, and when they have no money, they will

They were robbing people on the roadside to make ends meet.

The head of the village once talked to them, but it didn't take long for them to return to their old business. The elders in the family also tried hard to persuade them, but it didn't take long for them to start working again. After many attempts to dissuade them, they still refused to do so.

After repenting, no one mentioned this matter, and the two brothers were allowed to toss around as much as they wanted. Anyway, they were just scaring people, and they didn't do anything particularly outrageous.

However, those who had been robbed had all been beaten by the two brothers. It was possible that they were beaten and injured because they did not meet their demands or resisted.

Iwanqiu didn't want to be beaten, and he didn't want to spend more money, but if he really tried hard, he would be 100% at a loss.

He thought about what Huang Caidao, the arrogant-faced dwarf, had just said, "If you don't give me money, I won't let you go, so why don't I just go back?"

Just as he was about to step back, Huang Caidao immediately followed him and said disdainfully: "What? You want to escape?"

Huang Caixue also followed, and the two of them formed horns and forced Iwanqiu under the stone.

"Tch, do you want to do it yourself? Or should I help you?" Huang Caidao sneered.

Ivan Qiu raised his hands and kept pleading: "Don't be impulsive...Don't be impulsive, I will give it, I will give it."

As he spoke, he put his other hand into his pocket, took out five dollars, and said in a stuttering tone: "That's...that's all."

"Damn you're not honest." After Huang Caixue said this, he hit Ivan Qiu on the head with a stick.

Ivan Qiu instinctively blocked the stick with his hand.

"Damn it, who asked you to block it?" Huang Caixue took advantage of his height and kicked Iwanqiu in the stomach.

Ivan Qiu was instantly kicked under the stone by that kick. He fell backwards and fell to the ground. Ivan Qiu covered his stomach with his hands and struggled to get up again, but was kicked hard in the head again.
Chapter completed!