There was a huge trading market in the west of Hundred Flowers City. The main products for trading were all kinds of things brought back from the wild.
There were all kinds of edible wild vegetables, birds and beasts, all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, and even beautiful landscape stones.
As long as people in the city needed it, someone would bring it back from the wild.
Of course, these were all relatively common things.
There were very few treasures, but they were very expensive.
For example, some spirit birds and beasts, strange fruits that could enhance spiritual force or spiritual force, and top-notch herbs.
These things were in short supply and would not appear in the market.
Once they appeared, they would be bought quickly.
There were three people in charge of purchasing in the rice noodle shop. One was Xiu 'er, who had just returned to report the news. The other was Leopard, the gangster whom Shirō Makino and Ji Chae Yi had met at Sister Guo's rice noodle shop. The last one was Xiaozhi, whose arm had been cut off when the rice noodle shop was smashed for the first time … Well, he was very unlucky.
After recovering, he came back to work. He had only been happy for a few days, but then he encountered this bad luck again.
Xiaozhi's face was beaten into a pig's head, and Leopard's mouth was bleeding. The two were thrown in front of four garbage cans placed side by side.
The four garbage cans were written "dry garbage", "wet garbage", "recyclable garbage", and "harmful garbage".
The two were thrown next to the garbage cans with the words "harmful garbage" and watched by passersby. They didn't even have the strength to move.
The other party was very careful to make sure that the two couldn't move or run away, but there would be no sequelae.
In other words, even if the city guards got serious, the two would only be slightly injured according to the current standards.
Even if the beating was caught, there would not be a serious punishment.
Leopard looked at Xiaozhi and said with a sobbing tone, "We're in trouble."
Xiaozhi smiled bitterly and said nothing. He slowly closed his eyes to rest.
Pain was really not a big deal for them. Anyway, they were used to being beaten.
But they were really afraid of losing this hard-won happy life.
What they were most worried about was that the bosses would think that they were a group of troublemakers and kick them back to the north of the city.
The bosses … shouldn't be like that, right?
This time … it's really not our fault!
Xiaozhi felt sad, wronged, and depressed. He had an urge to cry.
This time, it was really not them who caused trouble. The rice noodle shop's business was so good. Not only did everyone eat well and dress well, but they also earned money. This group of hooligans from the past didn't need Brother Guang to pull their ears and remind them. They were all very obedient.
Those who had never lived in the slums in the northern part of the city and had never experienced poverty might never be able to imagine how happy it was to be able to live in the center of the city and have a stable job and income.
If anyone dared to break their blissful life, they would fight them to the death!
But as long as there was a sliver of hope, even if they were slapped twice, these short-tempered flowery youths wouldn't even frown.
It's alright to suffer a little grievance, but don't cause trouble for Brother Guang and Sister Guo. Don't cause trouble for the bosses!
This was the most important thing in their hearts!
Today, the two vendors were obviously looking for trouble on purpose. They said that they already knew that they came from Sister Guo's Rice Noodles and that the Purple Maple Vine was very important to them. If Sister Guo's Rice Noodles still wanted to continue doing business in the future, they should obediently let their boss come over and talk about the shares with them.
Talk my ass!
Did you guys eat something stupid or something?
You want shares with a few Purple Maple Vines in your hands?
Had he lost his mind?
You're even more shameless than when Master Ma ran amok in the northern part of the city!
Earth Leopard and Xiaozhi almost rushed up to give the two vendors two slaps.
But they still held back. They weren't afraid of fighting, but they were afraid that after fighting, there would be consequences that they couldn't bear. They didn't want to lose the happy life they had now.
But when the two vendors talked about Sister Guo with filthy words and obscene expressions, the two young people finally couldn't bear it anymore.
The two youngsters finally couldn't take it anymore. In Brother Guang's words, their current lives weren't given to them by those small bosses. Those small bosses' status was too high. Hooligans like them couldn't reach them!
It was given to them by Sister Guo!
Without Sister Guo, they would still be digging in the garbage in the northern part of the city!
Even so, Xiaozhi and Earth Leopard didn't make a move. They just angrily said that they wouldn't sell it. At most, they would buy it from someone else. If they talked like that again, they wouldn't be polite to them.
Unexpectedly, the two vendors talked nonsense, saying that if they couldn't buy it here, they wouldn't be able to buy it in the whole western part of the city.
Xiaozhi and Earth Leopard finally became a little anxious. Earth Leopard couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, you just want to make life difficult for us, right?"
Unexpectedly, the other side didn't even talk back and directly hit them!
It was as if they were waiting for him to say that!
A few ferocious fellows appeared out of nowhere. After beating them up, they threw them to the side of the trash can and dispersed.
Therefore, when Bai Muye and the others arrived, the city guards also arrived at the same time.
They met at the place where Xiaozhi and Earth Leopard were beaten.
Without greeting each other, Shirō Makino and the others went straight to Xiaozhi and Earth Leopard, while the city guards went directly to the vendors involved.
The two vendors in the stall looked at each other with a disdainful smile.
"Hey, city guards, why are you in the mood to wander around our big grocery market?" One of the vendors looked to be in his forties. He was burly, bearded, and had a fierce look in his eyes. He didn't look easy to get along with.
The other vendor was in his thirties. He was dark, short, and thin. He seemed to be less than 1.6 meters tall. He had a protruding mouth and monkey cheeks. His hair was very long and stuck together. No one knew how many days it had been since he washed it.
"Did you just have a conflict with someone?" A city guard looked at them seriously and asked.
The two looked at each other and then burst out laughing at the same time.
"What are you laughing at?" The city guard in standard equipment frowned slightly.
Although the western part of the city was not as poor as the northern part, the big market was not much less chaotic.
It had always been a place where crooks mixed with honest people.
The vendors who could establish a foothold here all had some ability.
Many of the vendors were not weak Spirit Warriors and had the ability to explore in the wild.
There were also some big vendors with very complicated relationships. Usually, no one dared to provoke them.
But this time, the two vendors had kicked an iron plate. They had taken the initiative to provoke Ji Chae Yi. No matter who was behind them, no one could protect them.
"What? Since when did the city guards have so much power? You can't even let me laugh? "The black skinny man with a protruding mouth and monkey cheeks said in a strange tone.
"I'm asking you a question. You'd better answer truthfully." Even if it wasn't for Ji Chae Yi, the city guards wouldn't be afraid of these two vendors.
Others didn't want to provoke them for fear of getting into trouble. What the city guards did every day was to clean up all kinds of trouble!
"Hey, don't worry," the burly bearded vendor said with a smile. "We didn't have a conflict with anyone."
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