Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

The man nodded and said with a smile:

"Yeah, it's my fault, it's my fault, buddy, don't mind me, hehehe."

He looked around again and, finding no one paying attention, said:

"I don't have that many on me, why don't you come with me to get some?"

Wang An asked subconsciously:

"Why should I go with you to get it? I'll leave it here and wait for you. You can just go get it. I'm not going anywhere."

The man said somewhat awkwardly:
"What if I get them back, but you've already left? The checks are strict now, and we don't dare carry so many tickets and coupons with us. If we're caught, they'll all be confiscated."

Wang An sighed and asked:
Is it far from here?

The man hurriedly said:

"It's not far, only about a mile. The main problem is that lately, I don't know what's going on, but the higher-ups are specifically targeting us ticket scalpers. They're arresting us every day, so we're afraid to bring so many tickets out."

Wang An still didn't think much of it and said:
"Alright, lead the way."

Soon, Wang An was led into a small alley by the young man. When they arrived at the gate of a courtyard, the young man said:

"Hey bro, wait here for me a bit, I'm going to go find my buddy for some skewers."

Upon hearing this, Wang An immediately frowned.

The main problem is that before Wang An agreed to come with him, this kid said he would come back with him to get it, but now that they're here, he says he wants to order some on the spot.

This is utter nonsense!
If his friend doesn't have enough either, then Wang An will have to find someone else.

But since we're already here, it's really not worth leaving now. If this kid manages to collect enough, Wang An will be relieved of his worries.

But despite thinking this way, Wang An still said in a rather irritable tone:
"Your skills aren't good enough either. You only have a little over 1 coupons, and you still have to buy them on the spot. Oh my god."

After a pause, Wang An rolled his eyes at the kid and then said:

"How long will it take? Will you be able to string them all together?"

The young man readily agreed:

"Five minutes, no, three minutes, it'll be over in three minutes."

Wang An nodded helplessly and said:
"Hey, okay, hurry up, stop dawdling, I'm busy, damn it."

And so, the kid went into the courtyard to find his buddy, leaving Wang An alone waiting outside the gate.

What Wang An didn't know was that after entering the courtyard, the boy slipped out through the back door.

Immediately afterwards, the kid went into another courtyard diagonally opposite the back door.

Pushing open the door, a noisy commotion immediately erupted from inside. Along with the noise, thick smoke, like the smoke from a fire, squeezed out from the crack in the door, carrying a pungent tobacco smell.

Inside the room, amidst thick smoke, a group of people were playing cards, smashing old tiles, playing dominoes, or mahjong.

It was obvious that this was a casino hidden in a residential area.

The young man quickly walked over to a man with long, unkempt hair who looked to be under thirty. He leaned close to the man's ear and whispered something. As the young man listened, the man's eyes, already bloodshot from staying up late, turned even redder.

After the young man finished speaking, the slovenly man stood up, ran his hand through his greasy hair, and then shouted in a loud and casual manner:
"Brothers, grab your weapons and let's go out and pull off a heist."

After the slovenly man shouted, a group of people responded and stood up, totaling about fourteen or fifteen people.

Someone even asked the slovenly man:

"Hey bro, are you bringing a shotgun too?"

The slovenly man said:

"Just one person, with a feather duster, a pickaxe handle and a blue gun are enough."

A dozen seconds later, the group of people grabbed their weapons and stormed out.

As soon as he stepped outside, the slovenly man gave an order to the person next to him:
"Second brother, you take a few men and go to the west to block him, we'll go to the east."

Just as Wang An and the others were getting bored, he took out a cigarette and lit it. He turned his head casually and saw seven or eight people carrying pickaxe handles walking over from the east side of the alley.

I instinctively turned my head and saw seven or eight people walking towards me from the west, carrying pickaxe handles and such.

Wang An knew that he had been "stomped on" by someone, damn it!
Wang An was mainly surprised to see the ticket scalper who had led him there, standing right in the crowd.

"Stepping on the plate" is a slang term used in the Northeast's outlaw trails; in some places, it's also called "Please get on the slippery slope."

The so-called "surveying the plate" means that among a group of scoundrels, someone is specifically tasked with watching pedestrians on the street, mainly to observe who is carrying money.

Then they find an opportunity or a way to lure this person to a certain place, and finally a group of people come out and carry out acts of violence, vandalism, and robbery against this person.

If young and beautiful women are involved, then the "kidnapping of red tickets" will also occur. To put it bluntly, "kidnapping of red tickets" means not only robbing money, but also sexually assaulting them.

To be honest, given Wang An's cautious nature, he shouldn't have made such a basic mistake, because not only in those days, but even in later generations, the practice of "stepping on someone's plans" was still common and difficult to eradicate.

However, there's a saying: "High skill breeds daring!"
Since Wang An fully mastered martial arts, he has become less inclined to use his brain when doing things. With his current skills, he could easily take down seven or eight people with his bare hands.

Therefore, Wang An never imagined that he would be "tested" and never thought about taking precautions in this regard.

Wang An looked around and found that these people were not carrying guns, but only some pickaxe handles or cutting boards, which instantly made him feel much more relaxed.

He initially intended to pull out his gun and resolve the situation, but then he suddenly remembered that he was in Harbin, and using a gun would get him into serious trouble.

Wang An took a deep drag of his cigarette and looked around again.

In the alleys of big cities, every household has a very high courtyard wall, and there are broken pieces of glass stuck in the top of the wall. If you try to climb up, you will most likely get scratched by the broken glass.

So Wang Anyi bent down and picked up the bricks from the roadside. When he straightened up, he didn't hesitate at all and threw the bricks straight at the people on the east side of the alley.

After quickly throwing two bricks, Wang An didn't have time to check their effects. He then picked up two broken bricks and threw them towards the people to the west.

Immediately afterwards, Wang An, holding a brick in his left hand and a fist-sized rock in his right, swung his long legs and charged towards the people to the west, who were the ticket scalpers.

The main problem is that while bricks and stones are very effective at throwing, Wang An only had a few in front of him. If he threw them all, he would be out of weapons. (End of Chapter)