"What can we do, Brother Luohan?" Erdan's mother asked.
Luohan took two puffs of his cigarette and said, "We supply wine to restaurants and hotels in the city. Generally, we pay once a month. I remember that the wine money for last month has not been collected yet. I should have some money. If it is not enough, we can borrow some from the hotel and use the wine to pay the bill later."
"Will this work?" Erdan's father asked.
"We have to try it. Let's go to sleep. I will go to the city tomorrow." Luohan finally decided.
The next morning, Luohan brought two men to the city at dawn. Shibalipo Winery has several restaurants and hotels in the city that supply wine. Luohan talked about the current difficulties. After all, he had some old face. He borrowed money and finally got together two hundred yuan .
"Brother Luohan, should we go directly to the money-grubbing person to give money?" Dazhuang asked.
Luohan shook his head and said, "No, if we go, we may not even see Qian Tan's face. We need an intermediary. Mr. Shi of Zhenxianglou is also a well-known person in the city. I want Mr. Shi to come forward, which is better than us."
Mr. Shi is a shrewd man with a good reputation. Zhenxianglou and Shibalipo have business dealings all year round. Luohan came to ask for help. Mr. Shi thought about it and agreed. He took two hundred dollars and went to the police station.
It really fulfilled the saying that money can control gods and ghosts.
Jiuer left the police station that afternoon. When she saw Luohan and his men, Jiuer felt as if she was in another world. This night was really hard to endure.
"Brother Luohan, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid..." Jiuer said with red eyes that she couldn't say anything. She really didn't know what would happen next.
"Go back. If you have something to say, go back and talk. In the future, it's better for us ordinary people not to deal with such places." Luohan looked at the sign of the police station and said.
Everyone nodded.
Back to Shibalipo Winery, that night, the guys in the winery gathered in the house again and talked about it.
"Da Zhuang and Er Zhuang, I say we should just leave. This leprosy is evil. Since he married that woman, things have never stopped. Now the old shopkeeper is gone. We should stay away from here. How can we not make a living?" said Da Leng.
"Yes, this is really evil." said Er Zhuang.
"Do you think the old shopkeeper can come back?" asked Er Gaizi.
"Come back, he must have been buried long ago. Where can we find a person buried in this green gauze tent?" said Er Dan's father.
It was late at night, and everyone made a decision.
...
The next day, the guys packed up their bags and prepared to leave. Jiuer came out of the yard and saw everyone. She gritted his teeth and said, "Can everyone not leave?"
Everyone looked at Jiuer.
"We can't break up this distillery. Brother Luohan, you have been here the longest. You still need to help with everything. I am a woman who relies on everyone. In the future, when our distillery makes money, everyone will have a share. I won't treat you unfairly."
Jiuer looked at everyone eagerly.
If this group of people dispersed, the distillery would really be finished. As a woman, she really couldn't survive in this remote place.
Some people were moved by Jiuer's sincere words.
"Or, let's stay."
"Stay."
After all, they are familiar with this place. Who knows if they can find a job in another place? Life is hard. No one wants to run around if they can survive.
Cleaning up the house and yard, burning everything used by Li Mafeng, repainting the house, and sprinkle sorghum wine all over Shibalipo, completely eliminating the nightmare of leprosy in people's hearts.
Just when everyone was discussing restarting the pot to make new wine, a group of people appeared on the hillside of Shibalipo, looking at the distillery below. The bald man in the lead raised a gun and said, "Li Mafeng has been running the distillery for so many years, and there is always some money left in his hands. Let's help the old men today."
The bandits laughed and rushed over with guns raised.
Just after two days of peace, Jiuer was kidnapped by bandits again. The fate was unfortunate, and it was Jiuer at this time.
At this time, Jiang Hao didn't know that Jiu'er had gone through so many things in just a few days. After killing Li Mafeng, Jiang Hao did not return to Gaomi County, but hid in the nearby Qixing Town to avoid the limelight.
"It's been five days, it's probably about time, let's go see Jiu'er." Jiang Hao thought.
Jiang Hao robbed dozens of dollars from Li Mafeng, and he had money. He changed his clothes and carried a saddlebag with food and sundries in the pocket. This time, he came here to investigate the situation in the name of buying wine.
When he walked into the distillery, Jiang Hao felt that the atmosphere was not good. The guys squatted under the wall with their heads down, and Brother Luohan sat on the millstone and smoked a pipe.
"First the old shopkeeper died, then Jiuer was arrested by the police. After being rescued and resting for just two days, Bald Sanpao came again. This is really... Alas!"
"Bad Sanpao wants 2,000 yuan. Where can we get 2,000 yuan?" "
Brother Luohan, why don't we just break up? I think this distillery can't continue."
Everyone talked about all kinds of things. Luohan smoked a cigarette, frowned and said nothing.
The boss's wife was arrested, and the bandits wanted a ransom of 2,000 yuan. This is a lot of money. Even when the shopkeeper was alive, he might not be able to get so much money.
Jiang Hao walked forward, and some people recognized that it was Yu Zhan'ao, the sedan chair leader who killed the robbers. They all stood up and greeted him: "Isn't this Brother Zhan'ao? How come you have time to come to the distillery?"
"I came to buy some wine. What's going on? What happened?" Jiang Hao asked.
Everyone was stunned. Erdan's father said, "The shopkeeper is gone, and the boss's wife was kidnapped by bandits again. Alas."
Ergaizi was quick-witted and told the details of what had happened during this period. Jiang Hao didn't expect so many things to happen in a few days. He knew that there was a plot in the original book that Jiuer was kidnapped by bandits, but the movie didn't explain the specific time. He didn't expect it to be these few days.
The bandit Bald Sanpao, Jiang Hao's eyes turned cold, damn, he dared to rob my woman.
"Do you know where the bandits live?" Jiang Hao asked.
Luohan looked at Jiang Hao and said, "The bandits said they collected money and handed it over to the beef shop in Dongtoupo. I don't know anything else."
The beef shop in Dongtoupo.
Jiang Hao turned and left. Everyone thought that Jiang Hao left because he had no business, but they didn't know that he returned to the green gauze tent, found the place where he had buried the gun, and dug out both guns.
The guns were covered with sorghum leaves, and there was no dirt on them. Jiang Hao checked the two guns inside and out, and felt that they were fine. He put the short gun in his waist, threw the long gun on his back, and strode towards Dongtoupo.
Jiang Hao lay on a dirt slope, looking down from a high place. Below was a dirt road, which was the only way to the beef shop in Dongtoupo. It was about three or four miles away from the beef shop. He had already observed the terrain. If Tu Sanpao's gang of bandits came, they would definitely pass by here.
The rest was to wait.
"Da da da... Da da da..."
The sound of horses running came from afar, and Jiang Hao was shocked. This place was remote and few people came here. He lay on the slope, pulled the bolt to load the bullet, and looked into the distance.