After a while.
Peng Peng and the others came back with a bunch of fruits.
There were strawberries and apples.
After washing it, she brought it to the table.
"Have a taste."
Ye Tian smiled." I planted them myself. The village sent people to help me get the saplings, and the military also sent people to help me cultivate them.”
Everyone finally understood why Ye Tian could live so peacefully here.
After all the fuss, the country still attached great importance to the old man.
"Old Master, your days are too leisurely. It's simply a paradise.”
Eating some fruit, Chef Huang said sincerely to Ye Tian.
"It's alright."
Ye Tian nodded, casually saying,""I like peace and quiet. It's good to live here alone.”
"Then are we disturbing you?”
Sister Zifeng asked obediently.
"No, I didn't."
Ye Tian smiled and patted her head.""With you guys around, I feel that it's quite fresh. I'm very happy that little girl Zifeng is so obedient.”
Everyone laughed.
They could tell that Ye Tian really liked Sister Zifeng.
His attitude towards her was different from how he treated others.
"By the way, old man, you said that you lived in Tianjin for a while and hung out with Mr. Li Shoumin. Where did you guys go to play at that time?”
Peng Peng asked curiously.
"Yeah, wasn't the entertainment at that time listening to plays and music?”
Yixing asked curiously.
"More or less."
Ye Tian nodded." There weren't many televisions and phones back then, and everyone went to bed early.”
"Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed.
Nowadays, almost everyone used a smartphone, so they naturally slept very late.
"By the way, Old Master, Tianjin is the home of folk arts. Were there also crosstalk performers back then?”
Little Chef Huang asked Ye Tian.
"Yes, I do."
Ye Tian nodded.”
"I know Qiande Village."
"This is the People's Park in Tianjin, right?" Chef Huang laughed.”
"Yes."
Ye Tian nodded." In the late Qing Dynasty, Qiande Village was full of smelly pits and reeds. Later, a private garden was built, covering more than two hundred acres. In 1917, there was a flood, and a large number of victims fled to Tianjin. Qiande Village gradually formed a residential area. By 20 years, the streets had been repaired, and it became more and more prosperous. There were many street performers there.”
"Then it must be very lively."
Sister Zifeng said with a smile.
"Yes, I am."
Ye Tian nodded." That place is always lively, but it's also very chaotic.”
This was the truth.
"Uh, how messy is it?"
Peng Peng said.
Ye Tian smiled and explained,""Where there are people, there will be martial arts. Do you understand? That kind of place was full of good and bad people, and there were also a lot of gangsters.”
"Is that so?"
"What about Qiande Village?" Yi Xing asked in confusion.”
"Of course,"
Ye Tian nodded." At first, that place was the territory of Han Mulian and his son. They set up a trap and hired prostitutes to take the profits. It was truly a money-making place. Later on, a hooligan named Li Zhen appeared. He was the disciple of Bai Yunsheng, the leader of the Qing Gang. He was of the Wu generation and snatched the Qiande Manor by force.”
He paused.
He said," This person broke the rules and ran Qiande Village like an iron bucket. He was killed in a few years.”
"Ah?"
Everyone was stunned.
"Let me explain," said Chef Huang with a smile.”
As he spoke, he began to explain to everyone.
There was a tradition in Tianjin's hooligan community called 'selling taste', also known as' selling beats'.
Because the Treasure Opening Bureau was an illegal trade, it was not good to report to the officials if someone caused trouble.
Therefore, when hooligans came knocking on the door, Bao Ju would definitely beat them up, but he could not kill them. Therefore, a rule gradually formed.
As long as the hooligans survived the beatings and recovered from their injuries, they could receive one or two strings of money from the Treasure Bureau every day. It was called "hanging money", and in the underworld, it was called "taking hair".
The more they were beaten up, the more money they earned and the more famous they became. They gradually found a way to develop as a gangster with Tianjin's characteristics.
"To put it bluntly, you have to be ruthless to yourself and your enemies.”
Ye Tian calmly replied,"The gangsters of Tianjin were the best at being ruthless."”
This was the truth.
Back then, the gangsters of Tianjin became famous all over the country by selling their ruthlessness.
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