Siheyuan, don't yell at me

"I will pay, I am willing to pay the protection fee!

I need protection!"

Tailor Wang nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice, and quickly agreed, taking out a stack of money from his pocket.

He Daqing took the money and counted it.

Twenty dark green Hong Kong dollars, the kind worth ten dollars each.

On the back of the coin is a young woman, who looks like a goddess, and on the front is an old woman, who looks like a queen.

After counting the money, He Daqing nodded with satisfaction and praised Tailor Wang a few words.

"No wonder your business is so big, you are really good at it!

Bring me paper and pen, I'll write you a receipt!

From today on, no one who is so blind will dare to cause trouble in your store.

Just come to me, I, Brother Ma, will help you settle the matter."

Tailor Wang was really convinced by He Daqing and just wanted He Daqing, the plague god, to be sent away, saying yes repeatedly.

He Daqing didn't stay long and greeted the bald man and his group.

"Let's go to the next house and collect protection money."

He Daqing led the bald man and his group of six to the door of the barber shop next to the tailor shop.

The barber shop owner took out five ten-dollar bills and handed them to He Daqing respectfully.

"Brother Xiao Ma, please count this month's protection fee."

He Daqing collected the protection fee and exchanged a few polite words with the barber.

"This is a good idea. I wish your business will prosper and grow bigger and stronger!

By the way, you should put your shop sign inside, not on the street.

Don't look so unconvinced, I'm not targeting you."

"Shitou" means boss, just like the leader of a gang is called "longtou", and "tou" means leader.

After He Daqing finished speaking, he said to the street outside:

"Dear neighbors, why is the business of Tailor Wang growing bigger and bigger on this street?

The entrance of their store is clean and the road is wide. This is how business is done.

Look at you, you have occupied all the roads.

Except for those who live here, most people would rather take a detour than go through our Goutou Lane.

Without people, you have a shitty business!

From today on, if anyone piles up debris on the street again, I will assume that he doesn't want it and will just move it away for you.

Bald guy, help the boss move the store sign in!

Dear bosses, please move the things you can move into the house first. If you can't move, don't worry, I will help you move.

If you are not convinced, come over and see whether my fist is stronger or your words are stronger."

After collecting the protection fee from the barber shop, He Daqing took the bald man to the next one.

The leading tailor Wang was completely subdued by He Daqing, and the other shop owners did not dare to resist at all.

This is the logic of the lower class people: if you defeat someone stronger than them, they will recognize you.

Moreover, in a place like Kowloon Walled City where all kinds of people mix, fists are much more effective than the law.

Didn't Brother Niu Shit, who just came to pick a fight, get beaten out by Brother Xiao Ma? What else is there to be dissatisfied about?

The progress of collecting protection fees was smoother than He Daqing had expected.

Before lunch time, He Daqing had already collected most of the protection fees from Goutou Lane.

Of the sixty stores, protection fees have been collected from forty of them, and two thousand Hong Kong dollars have been received.

Just as they arrived in front of a noodle shop, He Daqing said cheerfully:

"Oh, the person in charge is a woman, congratulations on your prosperity!"

The proprietress didn't dare look He Daqing in the eye. She touched the little girl's head at the edge of her trousers, took out a wrinkled fifty-yuan bill from her pocket and handed it to He Daqing.

“Boss, I, I only have this much!

Please give me a few days and be flexible! "

He Daqing doesn't care about gender, age or status. If someone breaks the rules here, how can he collect protection fees in the future?

His face immediately turned dark.

"Boss, if everyone is like you, will my wild dog brother be left with nothing?

Don't accuse me of bullying you orphans and widows. Two stores, one hundred yuan for protection money, not a penny less!"

As soon as He Daqing finished speaking, the bald man stepped forward and spoke.

"Brother Xiao Ma, these two mothers are so pitiful. The bastard in his family is addicted to drugs and has died. But all the high-interest loans he borrowed have fallen on these two mothers!

Now I'm relying on this noodle shop to pay off my debts. The debt collectors just left yesterday.

By the way, Curly Chen has always been very caring towards their family."

After hearing what the bald man said, He Daqing looked at the proprietress, who seemed to be quite pretty.

"First of all, Curly Chen is my cousin, I am Curly Chen's cousin!

Why didn't you tell me that you had this relationship?

Come to think of it, I have to call you sister-in-law, haha!

Let’s postpone the protection fee issue for two days, it’s no problem!

It's just right, time to eat, make some noodles for us brothers!"

Now that he had a reason, He Daqing took advantage of the situation.

He Daqing wasn't so bad-tempered as to make things difficult for an orphan or a widow.

Besides, now I can buy things from the system store with antique points, so resentment points and the like don’t matter. It’s not a big deal!

The woman thanked him quickly and started to get busy.

He Daqing pointed to the street outside and said to the bald man:

“It looks a lot more spacious now, doesn’t it?

There are just too many dirty spots, so we need to hire someone to clean the place.

Find an old man or woman and pay fifty dollars a month, that should be enough!"

When the bald guy heard this, he was amazed.

"Brother Xiao Ma, why are you looking for an outsider? My father is just an old man, he can do this job.

Sweeping the floor is not a heavy job, it just gives him some exercise.”

"Okay, do it as soon as possible, I only care about the results..."

The noodles were ready quickly and served.

It seemed to taste pretty good, and He Daqing found it very smooth and sizzling.

Soon, the noodle shop was full of diners.

Logically speaking, with such a good business, even if it is a small profit but quick turnover, it should not be so bad that it cannot even afford the protection fee.

It seems that it was the loan sharks who caused the harm.

Just as He Daqing was thinking about it, a group of ruffians came staggering into the store.

"Boss, business is booming!

I, Brother Crow, am here to collect the debt..."

He Daqing heard the voice and it sounded familiar. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a bald man wearing sunglasses.

Aren’t these guys just the thugs who were beaten up and stripped by me early in the morning?

The floral shirt he was wearing was taken off Brother Crow.

The arrival of Brother Crow scared many diners in the restaurant and they fled, not daring to eat noodles.

This is exactly the effect Brother Crow wanted, which is to force this mother and daughter to close their noodle shop and use their storefront to pay off their debts.

With the interest compounding, the store’s debt was not enough, so they sold the mother and daughter to a brothel and took all the money!

He Daqing slammed the table, stood up and cursed angrily.

"What the hell, Brother Crow, who told you to come to my territory to collect debts?

Why don’t you ask whose territory this is?

Oh, it turns out to be you, little chicken. Didn’t you get enough beating this morning? "