Chapter 13 Benefits of Identity Change

On the way, Xu Lin explained to Zhou Qing the situation of other martial arts schools and forces in the town.

Since Heishan Town is located on the edge of Shiwanda Mountain and adjacent to the Heishui River to the west, there are many warriors gathered here.

Strictly speaking, Black Mountain Town already has the size of a "mountain town", more than three times larger than an average town.

Therefore, the population is naturally larger than that of ordinary towns. The registered population of Heishan Town exceeds 10,000 households. Adding the nearby villages and floating population, there are 50,000 to 60,000 people in one town.

Among them, the Zhao family and the six major martial arts schools are the seven strongest forces in the town.

The Zhao family is much weaker than the six major martial arts schools in terms of military force alone. However, the Zhao family is a local leader in Heishan Town and also has connections in the county. Therefore, the martial arts forces headed by the six major martial arts schools will give the Zhao family face.

In particular, the Zhao family themselves are very self-conscious and have good relations with the martial arts masters from Zhuifeng Boxing Academy and Ma's Martial Arts School, so everyone has always been on the same page.

Never use force if things can be discussed.

"That's it." Zhou Qing nodded.

Then, Xu Lin talked about anecdotes about the neighborhood.

The two talked as they walked, and soon arrived at Xin'an Lane. Zhou Qing pointed to a wooden house in the yard in front.

"Senior Brother Xu, my home is in front of me, and that is my silkworm house."

"Okay, I'll take you to the door." Xu Lin returned the basket on his back to Zhou Qing.

"You brat! I think you're looking for death!" As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, an arrogant voice sounded in the courtyard.

Zhou Qing's face changed slightly and he ran towards the yard.

Xu Lin also followed.

At this time, three big men in black shorts were seen standing in the yard of Zhou's house, surrounding a young man with a shaved head.

One of the tall men grabbed the young man's collar.

The boy who was surrounded was Liang Chao from Uncle Liang's house next door.

"stop!"

Zhou Qing shouted.

"Huh?!" The three big men looked back.

The tall man at the head had fierce eyes, and there was a ferocious scar on his right cheek that was as winding and twisted as a centipede. When he saw that the person coming was Zhou Qing, he suddenly sneered.

However, when he saw Zhou Qing's black training uniform and the word "Wei" embroidered on his chest, his eyes suddenly changed.

"It turns out to be Ah Qing."

"Zhang Cheng, what are you doing in my yard?! Let Chaozi go quickly!" Zhou Qing said with a stern face.

Scarface is Zhang Dahai’s second brother Zhang Cheng.

Seeing Zhou Qing's tough attitude, Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes, but when he saw Xu Lin following him into the yard, he immediately put on a smile and let go of Liang Chao's collar.

Liang Chao ran over quickly, "Ah Qing, they wanted to break into your house, but I stopped them!"

"Thank you." Zhou Qing nodded.

Xu Lin understood the whole story and stepped forward. "The members of the Wild Wolf Gang are very courageous. How dare you offend our disciples from the Baiyun Martial Arts School?!"

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! Brother Xu misunderstood. My third brother was killed, and the body is in the alley between Changle Lane and Xin'an Lane. That's why I came here," Zhang Cheng explained quickly.

"A dead person should report to the official. What does it have to do with my Junior Brother Zhou? Get out of here!" Xu Lin's face darkened.

"Yes, yes, I'll leave now." Seeing Xu Lin's anger, Zhang Cheng, a tall man about 1.8 meters tall, nodded and bowed to apologize.

"stop!"

Zhang Cheng and his two younger brothers had just walked to the entrance of the courtyard when Xu Lin suddenly spoke.

"Brother Xu, what else can you teach me?" Zhang Cheng looked a little ugly, but he still managed a smile.

"If anything is lost at my junior brother Zhou's house in the future, I will tell my senior sister." Xu Lin said with a warning in his tone.

"I don't dare, I don't dare. No matter how brave the Wild Wolf Gang is, they don't dare to go to Brother Zhou's house to eat Chazi." Zhang Cheng said with an apologetic smile.

"Go away." Xu Lin waved his hand.

"Okay." Zhang Cheng walked away dejectedly.

"Senior Brother Xu, thank you very much." Zhou Qing cupped his fists at Xu Lin.

"You're welcome. You have to be tougher when dealing with such rogues. We are all brothers in the same discipline. Master Wei said that we need to be united outside. As long as we are reasonable, we can be a little arrogant."

A smile appeared on Xu Lin's tense face, and he even scratched his head shyly.

"Master is right!" Zhou Qing agreed, feeling that joining Baiyun Martial Arts School was a wise choice. Master Wei's temperament was so right.

"Okay, I've sent you there too. You can go back and report to Senior Sister." Xu Lin said with a smile.

"It seems that Senior Sister wisely guessed that you are in trouble."

"Please express my gratitude to Senior Sister on my behalf. Thank you very much, Senior Brother Xu. The house is very chaotic today, so I won't invite Senior Brother Xu to sit in. I will invite Senior Brother Xu to the Baiwei Building next time when I make some money."

Zhou Qing cupped his fists and said, he didn't expect Baiyun Martial Arts School to be so humane, and Wei Hongyu was also particular about people.

If Xu Lin hadn't followed, although Zhang Cheng would be wary of the Baiyun Martial Arts School skin he had on him, he wouldn't have left in such a dejected manner.

He left absolutely no evidence of Zhang Dahai's death.

Zhang Cheng came to cause trouble, probably because he just took a fancy to his silkworm house and wanted to find an excuse.

The three brothers of the Zhang family are all the same.

"Easy to say, easy to say. When you break through the Skin Refining Realm, I will definitely let you treat me." Xu Lin bowed his hands and left the Zhou family courtyard.

"Ah Qing, what about me? I haven't been to Baiweilou yet!" Liang Chao on the side pointed at himself.

"Of course you are invited too! Thank you very much Chaozi today." Zhou Qing said with a smile. If Liang Chao was not there today, if the silkworm house was damaged, it would be a big problem.

"Hehe, I knew you were loyal. I didn't expect you to go out early in the morning to become a disciple. If I had known that the people at Baiyun Martial Arts School were so loyal, I would have gone to Baiyun Martial Arts School." Liang Chao looked envious.

"Isn't Zhui Feng Martial Arts School better? You also know the martial arts masters there." Zhou Qing said with a smile.

"No, our martial arts school has a very good relationship with the Zhao family. Zhang Jian has become the Zhao family's steward again, otherwise Zhang Cheng would not dare to be so arrogant to me." Liang Chao sighed.

"Is that so?" Zhou Qing nodded.

"Ah Qing, don't you know, that old fart Zhang is dead, and I heard that he died in a terrible manner. He really deserves it! He has finally been punished for his many evil deeds!" Liang Chao changed the topic and looked happy.

Zhang Dahai's death is definitely good news in Xin'an Lane.

"That's true, God has eyes." Zhou Qing agreed.

"Chaozi, thank you for today. You haven't had breakfast yet? I'll treat you to some meat buns."

Zhou Qing changed the topic.

"You just signed up for the martial arts gym. Do you still have money?" Liang Chao's eyes lit up and he swallowed.

"I still have more than ten coins." Zhou Qing took out a small handful of copper coins from his arms.

"Then I won't be polite to you. I want to eat four or six!" Liang Chao said with a smile.

"No problem! I'll let you eat until you're full." Zhou Qing opened the silkworm room and put the baskets in place.

Now even if the door is unlocked, no one dares to come to his house to act wild.

Of course, after saying that, Zhou Qing still locked the door.

Zhou Qing took Liang Chao to Sun Erlang's steamed bun stall, and the two of them killed twelve meat buns in one go.

Liang Chao finished off seven big meat buns by himself, plus three large bowls of tea. His stomach was so bloated that he couldn't stand up on the stool.

For people like them who were born in poverty, it would be good if they had enough to eat, but there would be no fat or water in their stomachs.

Although his family is a fisherman and eats a lot of fish, the fish is really hard to swallow without seasonings and the fishy smell can make people sick to death.

Twelve big meat buns, eighteen cents.

After paying the money, Zhou Qing only had seven copper coins left.

He took the remaining money and went to Dafeng Rice Shop.

"Hey, are you here to buy rice?"

The clerk who was working at the door saw Zhou Qing wearing black training clothes and hurriedly came over to greet him.

"I'm buying two liters of rice. The price hasn't gone up, right?" Zhou Qing took out six copper coins and put them on the counter.

"Brother is joking, you can't just increase the price." The shopkeeper collected the money and winked at the waiter.

Seeing this, the waiter picked up the cloth bag and rice shovel and shoveled rice for Zhou Qing. He went down with two big shovels and gave him half a shovel more.

"Brother, your rice." The boy offered it with both hands.

Zhou Qing took the rice bag and shook it, feeling that it was two and a half liters.

"Brother, walk slowly." The waiter smiled and sent Zhou Qing out of the rice shop.

evening.

Zhou Qing weighed the twenty cents in his hand and walked out of Dafeng Pharmacy.

"This Zhao family is really..."

In the next three days, he would concentrate on reeling silk and not go out, so in the afternoon he went to Black Wind Mountain and caught some poisonous insects to sell. He planned to save a few pennies and buy two meat buns to improve his food when he got tired.

Unexpectedly, a centipede could be sold for less than a penny before, but today it was sold for a high price of two pennies.

The same black spider was sold for five cents each.

The only difference between him and yesterday was that he had changed into a training uniform from Baiyun Martial Arts School.

"It's really different." Zhou Qing sighed secretly. No wonder so many people went to the martial arts hall with their heads sharpened.

"Let's have meat porridge tomorrow morning."

Holding the twenty coins in his hand, Zhou Qing walked to the butcher shop.