Xia Zhaoyi withdrew her gaze and looked at the cakes on the baking sheet.
The oil and water are fried to make a sizzling sound, and the individual minced meat wrapped in the dough is fried to create a rich aroma.
Xia Zhaoyi watched silently, with a calm expression, but Lao Tong and Zhi Changle saw that she was seriously distracted.
The boss handed over the prepared cakes one by one. Xia Zhaoyi took two cakes and said goodbye to Lao Tong and Zhi Changle.
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle watched her leave and turned to look in the direction where the man disappeared just now.
"Do you know Ah Li and that man?" Zhi Changle said as he walked, taking a bite of the cake with a curious look on his face, "Why does it seem like he became weird after seeing him?"
"That man doesn't seem to know Ah Li, but Ah Li knows him." Lao Tong analyzed seriously.
"But Ah Li didn't do anything. She didn't say anything and had no intention of looking for him."
"Does he look similar to the person Ah Li knows?" Lao Tong asked curiously.
As soon as he finished speaking, the group of beggars he had just seen suddenly came running from that direction, laughing and making a lot of noise.
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle stopped.
The man came after him with a red face and angrily: "Give it to me, give it back to me! You beasts!"
"Eat quickly, eat quickly, it's about to be divided!" a beggar shouted, throwing a piece of cake out, still holding a portion in his hand.
Another beggar took the cake directly from his hand, divided it into several portions, and everyone wolfed it into their mouths as they ran.
"I'll kill you! You stinking beggars!" The man grabbed a wooden barrel on the roadside and smashed everything he could.
The beggars were shouting and running towards the street. When passing Lao Tong and Zhi Changle, a beggar suddenly reached out to grab the cake in Zhi Changle's hand.
Zhi Changle, with quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed his wrist first and kicked him away. The beggar who was running could not keep his balance and fell to the ground with several companions around him.
"I have tolerated you for a long time!"
Zhi Changle cursed, threw the sesame seed cake in his hand towards the beggar's face, then stepped forward, grabbed the beggar's collar, and punched him with his fist.
"what are you doing!"
"You are looking for death!"
The beggars around him immediately surrounded him with fierce looks.
Lao Tong rushed forward, knocked one away with his shoulder, then picked up another and greeted him with his fist.
Passers-by gathered around, pointed at the beggars, cursed and laughed at them.
Lao Tong and Zhi Changle were six or seven feet tall, with big shoulders and round waists, and a lot of strength. Compared with the skinny beggars around them, they were three in size.
After the beggar who was shouting fiercely just now saw that Old Tong was also very skilled, the people on the outside had already ran away.
Lao Tong grabbed Zhi Changle and said, "Let's go, the patrol guard is coming next."
"Let's see how dare you do it in the future!" Zhi Changle pointed and cursed.
"Kill them!" a passerby shouted, pointing at the beggars on the ground.
Many people took action directly. When there were more people, they got excited and some people grabbed poles and ran over.
The beggars hurriedly got up and ran for their lives, shouting for mercy, and the whole street finally became lively.
"It seems we don't need to help." A man in the distance said in a low voice, looking at the lively and noisy scene here.
The woman next to him, dressed in men's clothing, looked at these beggars coldly and said nothing.
Because of the angle of the eaves, the woman's face was hidden in the darkness. Her skin was white but slightly rough, her facial features were delicate, she was lightly made up, and a scar was vaguely visible on the right side of her cheek, about three inches long.
The beggars were beaten away, and the crowd here gradually dispersed.
The man who had been robbed of the cake was still there and returned to the stall, looking like he wanted to buy more.
"Madam, shall we go?" said the man next to her.
After a long silence, the woman finally said: "You said those beggars are like this, what are they still doing alive?"
The man smiled: "It's better to die than live. Living like a dog, at least it's still alive."
"Their existence will only make life difficult for more people," the woman said. "If a beggar dies on the street, no one will care, right?"
"Madam, what you mean is..." The man looked at her.
"I don't want to see these beggars on the street tomorrow," the woman's voice became colder, "at least half as many."
"Half? Madam, there are too many beggars here. They just die on the street. The government here should take care of it, right?"
"Control?" The woman smiled, turned around and walked back, and said humorously, "If you really know how to take care of us, did you see what they found out about our people who died on the street that night?"
The man frowned, said nothing, and followed the woman quietly.
Mentioning the subordinate who died inexplicably that night, the woman's already bad mood became even worse. She stopped and said, "How's Lin Qingfeng doing over there?"
"What is Madam asking about? The batch of goods we want, or the murderer?"
"The murderer," the woman said, "has he been found?"
"It seems not yet..."
"What kind of person do I think she is, Lin Qingfeng," the woman sneered, "It's been a few days."
"My subordinates will urge you further."
"Go ahead," the woman said, walking forward, "the beggar's matter must be resolved tonight."
"Yes." The man lowered his head and replied.
"Also," the woman frowned, paused, and said dryly, "If you have an opportunity tomorrow, go to Tao's house and have a look. Bring more money."
"Yes," the man said, "but if they ask who I am, what will I say?"
"Who would bring so much money to them for no reason? What can you say? Can't they guess it?" The woman said funnyly, "If you want it or not, it's up to them. If you don't want it, just wait to starve to death."
As she said that, she turned back to look at the man in front of the stall over there: "If he can be so greedy for even a piece of cake, these people have long since become useless."
"Yes." The man nodded and agreed again.
The beggar was chased far away. When he saw the patrol guards from a distance, he went up and shouted for help.
When passers-by saw the officers and soldiers, they immediately dispersed. Some people dropped their carrying poles and threw them on the ground.
The leader of the team kicked away the beggar who rushed towards him, and cursed in disgust: "Get out! Don't come near me!"
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! You are healthy and prosperous." The beggar shouted again and again.
The captain glanced at him and walked away.
As soon as the beggar walked away, he said, "What the hell, you're like a dog and you think you're an official!"
He looked back at his companions and said, "Let's continue robbing. Our stomachs are not full yet!"
"That's it, let's go!" other beggars shouted.
A dozen beggars left in groups.
Two little beggars in the corner poked their heads out, looking disgusted.
"They beat me," the fat man said through gritted teeth with a bruised nose and swollen face. He looked at the boy beside him, "Tie Zhu, you usually have the most tricks up your sleeve. Do you have any good way to teach me a lesson?"
"First of all, we have no backing, and secondly, we have no ability. We are not very tall. How can we teach you a lesson?" Tie Zhu looked at those people and said coldly, "These beasts, if they continue to make trouble like this, we will also be affected. Maybe we will be affected."
You will be arrested by the government or driven out of the city."
"Ah?" Big Fatty looked at him in fear, "Then what should we do?"
"Can you have some ideas of your own instead of always asking me what to do?"
The fat man was stunned.
"I don't know what to do," Tie Zhu looked away and sat in the corner, "Maybe there is someone who can help us, but she seems to be in trouble now, and I can't find her..."
"who?"
Tie Zhu pursed his lips and took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his pocket.
He opened the paper and found a crumpled wanted portrait from a long time ago.
Big Fatty recognized it and said, "It's Ah Li again."
"This is Ah Li," Tie Zhu looked at the girl on the paper and said in a low voice, "I don't know where she is."
