Alienated Martial Arts

The sun sets slowly.

It will disappear deep into the mountains.

The sky gradually darkened.

Rifts of smoke rose, and the air was filled with the aroma of various foods.

After Wei Tao finished his hard training for the day, he went to finish the daily affairs of the martial arts studio, arranged the supplies he needed to buy tomorrow morning, and then left the gate before night fell.

A quarter of an hour later, he turned out of the long street, passed through a series of narrow paths, and finally came to the entrance of Yaoshi Lane.

Suddenly, a faint noise came from not far away.

The sound was mainly that of women crying, mixed with men's impatient yelling and cursing.

Wei Tao turned around following the sound.

I recognized that it was the house where a young couple who had recently moved there lived.

Just as she passed by the door of the house, the woman's crying suddenly became louder by an order of magnitude and turned into a hoarse wail.

Then there was a crisp sound, and a hoarse man's voice said fiercely, "It is only natural to pay back the debt. If you can't pay back, you can only let your woman go with us. Don't worry about us making her a slave." , or send it to a brothel to sell it as a joke, it has nothing to do with you."

Poor and humble couples suffer from everything.

But repaying debts is indeed a matter of course.

Wei Tao had seen similar things a lot and had no interest in taking care of them, so he walked quickly towards his home.

The woman cried, "When we first borrowed the money, we agreed that we would borrow ten and pay back twelve at a 20% interest rate. But now you are saying that you will be out and back in nine. This is clearly a money grab."

Bang!

The courtyard door of this house was broken open.

A woman with disheveled hair flew out and fell heavily on the gravel road in the middle of the alley.

Wei Tao stopped and turned around to look.

He happened to look at the man who just walked out of the door.

The man's face was fleshy, his figure was tall and strong, his shoulders and arms were all bulging muscles, and he gave off a fierce and cruel feeling at first glance.

Wei Tao frowned slightly, recognizing the other party's identity.

Although I don’t know the specific name, I do know that this person is nicknamed Black Crow. He was originally a small leader of the Wuyi Gang, and he used to hang around Yaoshi Lane.

A neighbor's home was once blackmailed by Black Crow, and he later had to settle the matter through a drug gang.

Even so, a sum of money was lost, which was equivalent to half a month of going into the mountains to collect herbs, all in vain.

Then the Wuyi Gang was destroyed, and the Black Crow disappeared for a while. Unexpectedly, it reappeared now, and started a high-interest loan business.

Behind the black crow, there were several men in black.

The clothes around their waists were bulging, and they didn't know what kind of weapons they were carrying.

Black Crow was about to step forward and grab the woman's hair, when he suddenly saw Wei Tao standing silently a few steps away, and couldn't help but be slightly startled.

His eyes were fierce and warning at first, but then showed a bit of surprise and uncertainty.

After staring at the red moire lines on the shoulders and cuffs of Wei Tao's training uniform for a few times, Black Crow moved his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just cupped his fists and saluted, then turned around and left.

The few men behind him walked away quickly, not even daring to raise their heads.

As a former member of the Wuyi Gang, Black Crow quickly recognized the identity of the young man in front of him after seeing the black-on-red-striped training uniform.

If they were just registered disciples of the Red Line Martial Arts Hall, they would not be afraid, but the red stripes on the black background represented direct disciples of the inner courtyard, so it became a completely different situation.

Even in the entire outer city, the Red Line Martial Arts School can be regarded as a moderately upward force.

Although it is not as good as those large gangs closely related to the inner city, it is definitely not something that people like him can provoke.

Wei Tao dispersed his energy and blood, and watched the people leave with a blank expression, without saying a word from the beginning to the end.

If a fight really breaks out, it’s better if the other party doesn’t use sharp weapons. But if several people swarm in with knives, it’s hard to say who will leave alive in the end.

The woman behind him was still sobbing, and her cries could be heard far away in the darkening night.

The other houses were all closed, and no one dared to come out and take a look.

This is the current situation on the edge of the outer city.

The residents are like being immersed in a cold mud pond. They don't know when they will sink to the bottom of the pond and turn into an even colder corpse.

When I got home, there was food on the table.

The soup is boiled wild vegetables.

The dish is cold wild vegetables.

The staple food is still wild vegetable dumplings.

This is what my family often eats during the autumn season.

It is important to save a little during this period, so that you can save enough money and food to survive the harsh winter when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow.

Wei Rongxing opened the lid of the pot and placed a large bowl of stew in front of Wei Tao.

Then he poured him a small bowl of soju.

"Brother Tao has been working hard all day, so he should eat more meat to replenish his body."

"I had a full meal at the martial arts studio at noon, and my father also ate."

Wei Tao wanted to push the meat soup basin back, but Wei Rongxing firmly stopped him.

"It's okay for me to eat wild vegetables. I don't have to work at night."

As he spoke, he picked up the wooden bowl at hand and swallowed the boiled wild vegetable soup in a few mouthfuls.

"Today I met the black crow from the Wuyi Gang." Wei Tao had no choice but to pick up a chopstick and eat the stew, and said casually while taking a sip of his wine.

"Oh, he joined the Youth Cooperation Association, and now this small area is considered their sphere of influence." Wei Rongxing said.

After a pause, he added, "This man came to the house in the afternoon and took away eight grand in protection money."

"Collected eight grand in protection money from our family?"

Wei Tao narrowed his eyes, his face flickering in the light of the oil lamp.

"Yeah, when the Wuyi Gang was here, it was always six bucks a month. Now it's changed to the Youth League, and it's gone up by two bucks."

Wei Rongxing picked up a wild vegetable dumpling, broke it in half skillfully, put some pickles in it and ate it.

"There is no other way. Just pay for peace. But these are trivial matters that you don't need to worry about. You can just concentrate on practicing in the martial arts hall."

Wei Tao nodded, drank the soju in the bowl in one gulp, and pushed the remaining half of the stew back to the middle of the table, "I'm full, father, please eat this meat."

"I'm not hungry, I just need some wild vegetables..." Wei Rongxing was about to refuse, but Wei Tao had already stood up and left the door, so he had to put the bowl of stew in front of him.

After the meal, Wei Tao slowly performed a few sets of boxing in the cramped yard, wiped his body with a wet towel, and returned to his small stone house to lie down and sleep.

Perhaps because there has been a lot of rain and fog recently, the room was very damp and gave off a faint musty smell.

Wei Tao opened the window, and the moonlight slanted into the corner of the wall, coating the green moss with a faint bright color.

"I have to find a way to get some money, at least I can't live in this kind of living conditions anymore."

"There is also the Qinghe Association. If you go to the martial arts hall tomorrow, you can ask Senior Brother Peng to find out where they come from."

Looking up at the crescent moon hanging in the night sky,

Countless thoughts flashed through Wei Tao's mind.

Until he fell asleep unconsciously.

…………………………

"Qinghehui?"

After Peng Yue finished practicing a set of boxing, he picked up a towel and wiped his sweat.

He frowned and thought for a moment, then finally shook his head.

"I've never heard of this gang."

Wei Tao poured herbal tea for the two of them, and he couldn't help but pause when he heard the movement of his hands, "Have you not even heard of Senior Brother Peng?"

"For this kind of low-level gang with no name, it is normal that I have never heard of it, but it is abnormal if I have heard of it."

Peng Yue laughed and said nonchalantly, "Seventh Junior Brother, just go directly to their meeting leader. There is not much to consider."

Wei Tao was slightly surprised and said, "I haven't investigated how many people there are and what level of strength the leader has..."

"Uh, seventh junior brother, you misunderstood what I meant.

We are making a living in Cangyuan City,

I always think about how I can fight and kill,

In all things, harmony should be valued and talents should be convinced with virtue. "

"Taking peace as the most important thing and persuading others with virtue?" Wei Tao took a deep breath with a confused expression.

Peng Yue picked up the huge tea cup and drank it all in one gulp, then put the tea leaves into his mouth and chewed them, saying casually.

“To value peace is to make them deeply aware of the importance of maintaining peaceful and good relations with us.

As for persuading people with virtue, as disciples of the Red Line Sect, we are naturally talking about strong and abundant martial virtue. "

"Of course, I'm not asking you to go directly to their lair. We are martial arts practitioners, not bandits who like to fight and kill.

What I mean is that you go and talk to their meeting leader, which can be regarded as a different kind of visit to the dock.

As long as the people in the Youth League are not a bunch of idiots, they will naturally know what to do later. "

"Actually, according to the usual situation, the Qinghe Association should have gone to pay homage to Seventh Junior Brother at your dock.

It may be that they have just taken up the position and are not familiar with the business, or it may be that they do not know the identity of their junior brother.

That's why I made such a mistake,

At this time, the junior brother went to give them some advice.

So as not to meet you again in the future,

It makes everyone look bad. "