Upon seeing the small amount of money he received, the fair-skinned man furrowed his brow. He first collected the small change from the copper gong into his pocket before walking to the center of the field and raising his hand to address those around him: "Everyone, watch closely. There are even more impressive tricks coming up. I hope you can reward us generously after watching this."
"Okay, hurry up!"
"Show us something amazing!"
"...".
Hearing what he said, there was a commotion among those around him. Seeing their reaction, the fair-skinned man picked up a stick about as thick as a finger and lightly leaned it against the waist of a girl who had been doing a handstand on top of a bench with her teeth for almost five minutes now.
She was clearly struggling but persevering through it all; her arms and legs were trembling while her face turned red - she looked like she might not be able to hold on much longer.
However, despite this situation, that fair-skinned man ignored her condition and only focused on making her performance even more spectacular.
"Giant windmill!" The fair-skinned man shouted loudly as he tapped gently at the little girl's waist with his wooden stick. Immediately afterwards, she pressed both hands onto either side of bench while releasing it from between her teeth; then flipped over in mid-air before landing back onto it again.
This move was quite difficult since that bench wasn't even half-a-foot wide nor just over one meter long - standing still on top would have been hard enough let alone flipping over!
But that little girl managed to do just that! Her flexibility was incredible as she tumbled head-over-heels like an actual windmill!
As expected everyone cheered loudly upon seeing this scene; each person shouting out their approval one by one.
Seeing this situation unfold before him once again prompted that fair-skinned man to pick up his copper gong and prepare to collect more money.
However, what no one expected was that just as he turned around, the little girl lost her balance due to the cold weather and exhaustion. Her hands went limp causing her body to fall off the bench and onto the muddy ground with a loud "thud".
"Oh!"
"Hahaha - it's over-"
"Yeah, go back and practice for another two years!"
"Let's go, let's go; there's nothing interesting here anymore."
This situation immediately caused those spectators nearby to boo loudly before leaving in groups of three or four while wearing disdainful expressions on their faces.
In this way, the second money-grabbing plan of the albinos failed, and their performance today was also a failure. Seeing this situation, the albino couldn't help but be angry. He turned around and raised the tree branch in his hand to hit the girl. Speaking words we couldn't understand, he beat her up. The girl looked terrified as she crawled out of the mud with tears in her eyes and begged for mercy while trying to dodge backwards with both hands holding onto her shoulders. However, she was beaten more than ten times before he stopped, leaving both legs limping.
"Take it!" After beating up the girl, the albino pointed at a stool on the ground and asked her to move it over before walking away angrily towards the street.
The girl shrank her shoulders while wiping away tears as she followed behind him carrying a stool. During this process, some people followed them from behind pointing fingers and whispering about something.
I was curious about these two people so I unconsciously followed them wanting to see what they were going to do next.
Soon enough they arrived at a steamed bun shop where Albino took out some money that he had just grabbed from someone else's pocket along with several coins from his own pocket after searching for quite some time until finally managing to gather one yuan which he used to buy four buns.
After buying buns Albino carefully wrapped them in white cloth eating one himself then stuffing another into little girls mouth while putting remaining two into his pockets before taking little girl by hand heading towards street corner.
I continued following behind them listening closely to their conversation only hearing Albino scolding little girl saying that she shouldn't have fallen down during critical moment otherwise they could have eaten better today but now because of that mistake they will go hungry again all day long."
As soon as they reached street corner few people blocked their path asking "Hey hey old man how should we address you?"
These people had sharp features and looked like troublemakers.
I am Lü Tao, and this is my daughter Long Ling. What can I do for you?" The albino man respectfully greeted the group of people with a bow, realizing that the situation was not good. He intentionally or unintentionally blocked Lü Long Ling behind him.
"Oh, Brother Lü, hello there! Let me introduce myself. My name is Qi San and I run this street. You can call me Third Master. These guys are my brothers who hang out with me," said Qi San with a smile on his face as he looked at Lü Long Ling strangely.
"I wonder what advice Third Master has to offer," asked Lü Tao.
"Well, are you short of money now? Do you want to earn more?" Qi San looked at Lü Tao and asked.
"Of course we do, but how can we make money by performing martial arts? We work hard every day just to earn a little bit," replied Lü Tao.
"Don't worry about it. Who says you cannot make money? Come here, let me show you a clear path." As he spoke, Qi San put his arm around Lü Tao's shoulder and continued: "Lü brother, I have to say that you are too stubborn sometimes. It's freezing cold outside and yet you still force your daughter to perform martial arts in public which will only harm her health in the long run. We feel sorry for her when we see her like this."
He then suggested: "Let me help your daughter find someone who will take care of her well and pay handsomely for it too! Trust me; I'm reliable when it comes to these things."
"What did you say?! I won't sell my daughter! Get lost!" Upon hearing Qi San's words, Lü Tao immediately pushed him away before turning around to pick up his daughter in his arms before walking away quickly.
"Damn it! An outsider comes to our territory and dares to be so arrogant! Let's teach him a lesson, guys!" Qi San was furious at Lü Tao's reaction. He quickly chased after them with his gang.
At this point, I frowned upon seeing the situation and followed them closely.
To my surprise, as soon as I took a few steps forward, someone grabbed me from behind and lifted me up in the air before laughing out loud: "Hahaha! Little Master, I finally caught you! You have nowhere else to run now.