The stall owner took Cao Weidong towards his home.
On the road.
The stall owner introduced himself.
"Little comrade, you can call me Lao Wang."
Lao Wang said with a smile:
"I served as a soldier in the early years and was assigned to a factory in the provincial capital after I was transferred to another job. Unfortunately, I couldn't adapt, so I offended my boss and was tricked several times. I resigned from my workplace in anger." p>
"Since then, I have been tinkering with old objects in the ghost market."
Cao Weidong had an expression of admiration on his face.
"Brother Wang, I didn't expect you to be a veteran. It's really amazing."
Lao Wang waved his hand, his face full of vicissitudes of life.
"Hey, these are all old almanacs."
"He is also a hero who protects his home and country."
Cao Weidong said with a smile.
In fact, Cao Weidong didn't believe even a single punctuation mark in Lao Wang's words.
That's what a ghost market is.
Both humans and ghosts are showing off, only fools are being slaughtered.
People who are too simple are not suitable for shopping in ghost markets.
Lao Wang chatted with Cao Weidong about the local customs in the provincial capital, and suddenly asked casually.
"By the way, I still don't know what your name is, little brother."
Cao Weidong said with an honest face.
"Oh, my name is Xu Aiguo...Brother Wang, how much older are you than me? Just call me Xiao Xu."
Lao Wang nodded and asked tentatively.
"Xiao Xu...you are not from the provincial capital, right?"
Cao Weidong smiled dumbly.
"Brother Wang, how can you be sure that I am not a local?"
Lao Wang explained.
"Although the provincial capital is big, those are the only people who often visit the ghost market. I have been setting up stalls in the ghost market for four or five years and I have seen them all."
"You are new, you are generous, and you don't look like a local."
"And I just talked about some local customs, but you don't know, so I guess you are a foreigner."
Cao Weidong did not refute, so he acquiesced.
A smile spread unconsciously on Lao Wang's face.
……
Under his leadership, Cao Weidong turned into a remote alley.
Cao Weidong looked around.
It's summer now, it's getting dark late, but you can still see the afterglow of the setting sun on the horizon.
Logically speaking, there should be many pedestrians on the road at this time.
But almost no one can be seen on this street.
Cao Weidong said casually.
"Brother Wang, this place is quite deserted."
Lao Wang seemed to be afraid that Cao Weidong would not follow him, so he quickly explained.
"Those of us who are in this business have some shady aspects, so we have to live in a more remote place...Xiao Xu, you should understand, right?"
"And we are very close to my home. We are just around the corner."
"I have a lot of good things at home. I believe you will definitely gain something this time."
Cao Weidong nodded.
"Yes, I understand."
He is almost certain that what Lao Wang is doing is the business of cheating.
You might even be a tomb robber sometimes, dig into other people's tombs with a shovel, and bring back some souvenirs.
Otherwise he wouldn't be able to get such good things.
In the current era, cheating is an act of speculation, and if you are caught, you will eat peanuts.
It is understandable that Lao Wang is so cautious.
But for some reason, the deeper Cao Weidong walked into the alley, the more he felt something bad.
Terrified.
It seems like something bad is about to happen.
After squinting his eyes and thinking for a while, he suddenly reacted and said secretly.
"Wrong!"
"Could this be a warning from the Lucky Tree to me?"
The more Cao Weidong thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
The ability of the Lucky Tree is to attract good luck.
Think about it the other way around.
If you really encounter bad luck, please give me a reminder. It seems to be a normal thing.
But if bad luck really happens, what will happen?
Cao Weidong's mind turned around and he guessed a rough idea.
The so-called money and silk move people's hearts!
It seems to be a very reasonable thing to take out one hundred and fifty yuan of food in one go, and it is coveted by Lao Wang.
Then contact the group of people who followed me inexplicably last night...
Think about it this way.
Lao Wang is very suspicious.
Cao Weidong figured this out, but didn't say anything more to Lao Wang.
At first, he felt that these were just his speculations.
I have no evidence either.
It’s not good to accuse Lao Wang casually.
Secondly, he was not sure whether his premonition was true.
What if the worries are unfounded?
However, you should be careful and prepared in advance, and then the initiative will be in your own hands.
If Lao Wang really wants to take advantage of others, then there is no need to be polite and just give Lao Wang a socialist iron fist.
Cao Weidong put his hands in his pockets and quietly entered the portable space.
He first prepared the titanium alloy baseball bat.
After thinking about it, I still felt that it was not safe, so I took out the pistol that I had previously seized from the house of Director Zhang of the steel rolling mill.
Ensure that you can take it out from your pocket at any time and catch the enemy by surprise.
With all the preparations, Cao Weidong felt completely at ease.
Next, he followed Lao Wang to the end of the alley.
There is a dilapidated two-door house here, with weeds in front of the door. It looks like no one has lived there for a long time.
Lao Wang smiled.
"Xiao Xu, my house is in front of you. Let's go in. Everything you want is inside."
Cao Weidong hesitated.
"Brother Wang, why doesn't this place look like someone lives in it?"
Lao Wang said with a smile.
"I usually live somewhere else, and this is the place I use to hide things. Come on, there are a lot of good things in there, just waiting for you to check them out yourself."
"Hmm."
Cao Weidong walked into the courtyard.
Perhaps because he was walking in a hurry, he stumbled over a protruding brick at the door and fell forward involuntarily.
Cao Weidong quickly took two steps forward to regain his balance.
But at this moment, he felt a burst of wind coming from above his head.
Then, something seemed to fly past my scalp.
Cao Weidong stood firm and turned around to look.
Standing behind the door were two friends who were babysitters at Lao Wang’s stall yesterday.
Each of them stood on one side, like the two generals of Hengha, looking at themselves fiercely.
Just now, one of the tall and thin men beat himself with a stick.
Just because I staggered, I just escaped.
Lucky Tree!
Cao Weidong came up with this idea unconsciously.
He was a little surprised by the efficacy of the Lucky Tree.
But now is not the time for him to think.
Because four or five young men came out of the yard and surrounded him.
These people had sneers on their faces and looked at Cao Weidong like a helpless trapped animal.
At this time, Lao Wang walked in with a smile.
Smoothly close the courtyard door and close the latch.
Lao Wang smiled proudly and said: "Xiao Xu, we can have a detailed chat here."
……
Cao Weidong looked around.
I was surrounded by seven or eight men, and it seemed I had no way out.
His face looked a little cold.
"Brother Wang, what do you mean?"
"What do you mean?"
Lao Wang suddenly burst into laughter.
After a while, Lao Wang stopped smiling.
He stopped pretending and said fiercely.
"Isn't it obvious?"
"Boy, we are just asking for money. I advise you to be honest and hand over all the food in your hands, and we will settle the matter."
"Otherwise..."
Lao Wang's tone was full of threats.
"You came in standing today and were thrown out sideways."
Cao Weidong frowned.
"This is a provincial capital, how dare you do this?"
"What are you afraid of? Anyway, we are in the business of losing our heads. We all have a lot of troubles. One more of you is not too much, and one of you less is not too much."
Cao Weidong still wanted to speak, but suddenly a man rushed out from behind.
He was waving a wooden stick in his hand.
He hit Cao Weidong on the back of the head.
This was an unexpected sneak attack.
But I didn't expect that Cao Weidong would react very quickly.
Just turn around and kick.
Directly kick the person who attacked you far away.
I vomited blood in my mouth and couldn't get up at that time.
Cao Weidong sighed.
"I gave you a chance..."
He has collected many treasures one after another, and his physical fitness has been raised to the limit of the human body.
In addition, Cao Weidong has received extremely rigorous special forces training, and these ruffians who only know how to fight for strength are no match for him.
Lao Wang was shocked and angry.
"We are just asking for money, we have never thought about killing you. If you resist, we will not be polite."
Cao Weidong sneered.
"I see that you are all hitting me on the back of the head. It doesn't look like you are being polite. Stop talking nonsense and use whatever moves you have."
Lao Wang said angrily.
"Okay, in this case we won't be polite."
As he spoke, he wanted to invite people to do something.
But suddenly, he felt like he had hit an iron plate.
To be precise, it was Cao Weidong who rushed up.
Cao Weidong didn't hold back at all against the culprit, and kicked him hard in the lower abdomen.
Lao Wang immediately flew out.
His face was as purple and black as soy sauce, he was covering his lower abdomen, pointing at Cao Weidong with difficulty, his body was trembling.
It turns out that Cao Weidong's unexpected counterattack just now kicked Lao Wang's lifeline, directly causing Lao Wang to lose his fighting ability.
When the gangsters who surrounded Cao Weidong saw this, their scalps went numb. They covered their crotches with both hands and did not dare to move forward.
Lao Wang was so angry that he vomited blood.
He finally recovered and cursed.
"What are you afraid of him doing? He's alone. Why don't you go up? And don't you have a gun? Take it out?"
At this time, the country has not launched a comprehensive gun ban.
Therefore, these people can obtain a lot of firearms through various channels.
After Lao Wang reminded them, these people finally reacted and touched their firearms one after another.
However, although their movements were fast, Cao Weidong's reaction was faster.
He took out the pistol he had prepared in advance, pointed the muzzle at everyone, and chuckled:
"Now you can bet whether your movements are faster or my gun is faster."
Now no one dared to act rashly.
It can be seen from the series of confrontations just now that this person is really evil.
What if he shoots?
You only have one life.
Don’t dare to gamble.
I don’t dare to gamble at all.
Lao Wang sighed and stopped resisting, lying on the ground resigned to his fate.