Chapter 38: Spirited Young Man Gou Hu
I don't know how long I practiced until I heard the sound of a motorcycle outside, and it was coming straight here. Yan Xu knew who it was as soon as he heard it, so he put down the knife.

"Erhu is here." Yan Xu opened the door and saw a spirited young man wearing a studded leather jacket, ripped jeans, and mousse in his hair, pushing a motorcycle and walking in.

"Brother Xu, I just came back from the city. I brought some cooked food." The energetic young man is Gou Qiang's younger brother Gou Hu. He was chubby when he was a child, and he became more and more handsome when he grew up, but his temper remained the same. He liked to fight when he disagreed with something, and because of this, a group of people gathered around him to help Yan's father solve some unexpected troubles. Now he is also Yan Xu's helper. Some time ago, the hardware factory went to the town to open a branch. Without him to take the lead, it might not have been so smooth.

Just after parking the motorcycle, without even taking the things on the handlebars, Gou Hu ran over, picked up the knife where Yan Xu had placed it, gestured for a while, and said with some disappointment.

"It's not sharp, it's boring."

"What do you mean boring? So what if the blade is sharpened? Are you really going to chop people?" Yan Xu said unhappily.

Yan's father is not a gangster, so how could he really let Gou Hu be a thug? In fact, he just gathered a group of spirited young men to build up momentum and make the other side retreat, because these guys really dare to take action, and they never show any mercy, so they will not do anything to harm others.

But in the past two years, Gou Hu has become a little bit arrogant, and influenced by the Young and Dangerous movies, he actually formed a Tiger Team.

When Yan's father was alive, he was sneaky before, but now he is a bit blatant, which gives Gou Qiang and Yan Xu a headache.

"Brother Xu, how can that be? I have been busy with your instructions recently. I came back to report to you on my work." Gou Hu said hurriedly in a flattering manner.

Because Yan Xu gave him a share of the supermarket dividends, Gou Hu, who had money in his pocket, stood straight in front of his little brothers, so no one dared to say anything when they saw him.

"Forget it, you won't listen even if I tell you. Be careful and don't get yourself into trouble." Yan Xu shook his head. They were all of the same age and had the same personality. Even if their biological father was around, they wouldn't listen to what they said, let alone him. Therefore, he invited him into the house to eat.

Gou Hu had come here many times before to eat and drink for free. He skillfully pulled the table and moved the chairs and opened the cooked food he brought. As expected, there was no vegetarian food except a bag of spiced peanuts. There was also braised beef, pig's trotters, pig's head, and a whole roast chicken. This kid had spent a lot of money.

Gou Hu opened a bottle of beer and was about to open the second bottle, but when he saw Yan Xu waving his hand, he put it down, because he remembered that Brother Xu had not touched cigarettes or alcohol since Yan's father left.

The two chatted about family matters, especially about their school days.

The 1990s was a time of transition and fierce collision between the old and the new. While the economy was developing rapidly, some foreign ideas were also influencing that generation.

There are good and bad,

Gou Qiang was fine, he was several years older than them, and he had always been helping Yan's father, so he was not affected too much, after all, there was no supermarket at that time.

Yan Xu and Gou Hu are no match for him.
It was also from that time that Gou Hu embarked on the path of practicing martial arts to strengthen his body.

After learning martial arts for three years, Gou Hu beat up all the hooligans near the school.

However, if Yan's father had not stepped in, he would have been attacked long ago.

But there is no such thing as a thousand-day defense against thieves, and Gou Hu also gathered a group of people in anger. Now Gou Hu has some reputation in the surrounding area. Although he has not done anything big, he will not be looked down upon. So he has some face when he goes to the town.
Even though these guys are quite arrogant now, as a reborn person, Yan Xu knows that their carefree days will not last long, so he plans to help Gou Hu and prevent him from falling too deeply into trouble.

"I got some martial arts secrets a few days ago." As soon as Yan Xu opened his mouth, Gou Hu's eyes lit up.

"Is this true? I've bought quite a few from bookstalls, but either they were impossible to practice or they were too exaggerated." Obviously Gou Hu had been deceived many times, so he was a little hesitant after the excitement.

"This ancestor was a master craftsman in the Imperial Household Department of the Qing Dynasty. When the Qing Dynasty fell, he took away the martial arts secrets practiced by the palace guards." Yan Xu showed him the swordsmanship he had practiced.

"Brother Xu, you must have been cheated. You must have printed this yourself." Gou Hu took the stapled stack of white paper and shouted.

"Bullshit! It's already one or two hundred years old. I can't bear to read it all day. I went to the city specifically to photocopy it." Yan Xu said unhappily.

"Oh, Brother Xu is really thoughtful." After hearing that it was guaranteed, Gou Hu immediately started to look through the documents excitedly, not even caring about eating.

"Don't look at it, this is not for you to practice." Yan Xu reached out and took it, saying to Gou Hu.

"No, Brother Xu, why aren't you letting us practice?" Gou Hu was anxious.

"With your temper, if I ask you to practice swordsmanship, I'm afraid you won't even have to go to jail and will just eat peanuts." Yan Xu stuffed the swordsmanship under his butt, not giving him a chance to take it back, and then said.

"The boxing and kicking skills in there are not weak either, there is enough for you to practice, and you can bring your brothers to practice together when the time comes. I can even give you a subsidy."

"Brother Xu, have you changed your mind and are planning to join us?" Gou Qiang was stunned at first, then slammed the table and said.

"Okay, Brother Xu, as long as you are willing to come, you will be the boss and I will be the Double Flower Red Stick, and we brothers will go out into the world together to occupy territory!" Gou Hu took off his leather jacket and wore a black vest underneath, which could not hide the tiger tattoo on his back, which gave Yan Xu even more headaches.

"Are you crazy? Where do you think this is? Are you going to collect protection fees on the streets next?" Yan Xu rubbed his eyebrows and didn't know what to say to this guy. It was obvious that he had never been beaten. Even Hong Kong Island doesn't dare to be so arrogant now, okay?

"After you've trained yourself well, come and work as a security guard for me." Yan Xu said unhappily.

"What, security guard!" Gou Hu opened his mouth, but closed it after seeing the dozen new bills that Yan Xu took out.

"What you play now, apart from looking cool and being sought after by young people, actually doesn't have much meaning. Besides, gangsters also need to eat, get married, have kids, and buy houses and cars," Yan Xu said earnestly.

Gou Hu had no way to refute because he really had no source of income, and the same went for his brothers.

He is lucky, at least he has two brothers who give him money. Those little brothers have no choice but to rely on their parents for support except for doing odd jobs. Isn't it shameful?

(End of this chapter)