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Chapter 788 Chapter 787 Beat him up!

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When Tang Zhitong returned to the classroom, the drawing of lots had not yet ended.

The students who had not yet gone up to draw lots were all nervous, the students who drew lots and went to the steel plant were overjoyed, and the students who did not draw lots and went to the steel plant were dejected.

Lu Jian was older and didn't show his emotions too much on his face, but the hint of sadness already showed that he was about to be assigned to the telephone bureau.

"What's going on? Drawing lots to go to the steel plant?" Tang Zhitong came back late and looked at his classmates with mixed feelings and asked Lu Jian.

"Yeah." Lu Jian nodded, not in the mood to talk.

"Head of the dormitory, are you going to the telephone office? In my opinion, the telephone office is not bad. The steel plant is too tiring." Tang Zhitong whispered to comfort him. Teacher Zhou had expressed his concerns about going to the steel plant in the office, and there must be a reason for that.

"But the quota over there is higher, it can be half more." Lu Jian looked at the small piece of paper in his hand. There was nothing on it. At this moment, he wished there was a circle on it.

"Who else hasn't been caught? There's still one!" At this time, Luo Zhiping was on the podium. Seeing that no students were walking upstairs, he opened his bag and looked inside. There was still a paper ball. When he saw Tang Zhitong, he paused and said, "Teacher Tang, you haven't caught one yet?"

"Yes!" Tang Zhitong was thinking about how to comfort Lu Jian, but he didn't expect Luo Zhiping to call his name, so he replied subconsciously.

"Okay, then the last one belongs to Teacher Tang." Luo Zhiping had no intention of revealing the answer for Tang Zhitong. He raised the schoolbag in his hand and let him go to the podium by himself.

Tang Zhitong glanced at the pieces of paper in Lu Jian's hand, walked quickly forward, and took out the last piece of paper from Luo Zhiping's schoolbag, but he did not open it immediately.

In front of everyone, Luo Zhiping turned his schoolbag upside down, pinched the two sides of the bottom of the bag and shook it, intending to show that he did not cheat by putting more money in it.

Tang Zhitong walked back to his seat quickly, opened it and saw that it was a circle, so he quietly asked Lu Jian, "Head of the dormitory, can I go to the steel mill?"

“Yeah.” Lu Jian took a quick look and gave an affirmative reply. There were 23 paper balls in total, and only one-third of them were chosen not to go to the steel plant. The reason he didn’t get chosen must be because he didn’t wash his hands after coming out of the toilet this morning.

"Shall we switch?" Tang Zhitong looked at Lu Jian's expression and pushed the small piece of paper across the table towards Lu Jian.

Lu Jian was just feeling annoyed about his bad luck, and when he heard what Tang Zhitong said, he was shocked: "This is a steel mill, the quota can be increased by half."

"I have agreed with Teacher Zhou that I will not participate in this production labor." Tang Zhitong smiled and retracted his hand. He placed the piece of paper in front of Lu Jian. It was up to him to decide.

"Okay, now please raise your hands if you are selected. Everyone can stand as a witness and I will do the statistics." Luo Zhiping put down his schoolbag, prepared pen and paper, and knocked on the blackboard eraser on the podium to get everyone to be quiet.

Lu Jian looked at the two pieces of paper in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and finally raised his hand...

Tang Zhitong smiled, hiding his achievements and fame, and hoped that Lu Jian would not complain about the hardship and fatigue when the time came.

Lu Jian had Tang Zhitong's help and finally got what he wanted, but Liu Chengzhi was not so lucky.

Ever since Liu Chengzhi got involved in the gambling game at the introduction of Haozi, he had been doing well for a while. All the food for his family was won from the mahjong table, and he was very proud for a few days.

Although Liu Chengzhi had a good plan to stop when he earned enough money to buy food, the money came too easily, and his family’s food supply was solved this month, what about next month?

There was the pressure of food shortage at home, and the idea of ​​making money easily by pushing the wheel a few times, so he went to push the wheel two times almost every day.

But his luck seemed to have been exhausted before. After finishing his morning shift today, Liu Chengzhi went to the courtyard again, but lost everything. When he left the table, his pockets were cleaner than his face.

"Hey~ Don't go, the money for this round of shots hasn't been settled yet!" Liu Chengzhi wanted to leave, but the other three card players were not happy.

How could Liu Chengzhi have any money? He stood there hesitating and unable to speak.

"What's going on?" The boss of the gambling game heard the noise and walked over and pretended to be confused.

"This guy wants to leave after losing, and he hasn't even paid me back yet." The person to whom he was owed money stood up and accused.

"Well, it's not a big deal. Everyone has bad luck sometimes. Don't let this ruin our relationship. How much is it? I'll help this young man pay it." The boss waved his hand generously and helped Liu Chengzhi out of the predicament.

Liu Chengzhi had heard a lot about gambling, all negative things, but he had never seen such a humane gambling game. There was a little more gratitude in his eyes when he looked at the boss.

"Little brother, we'll not lose the battle even if we lose the fight. Stand firm and you'll be able to make it back next time." The boss counted out the few dollars and placed them on the card table in front of Liu Chengzhi.

"Thank you. I can't play anymore because I have no money. I'll come and pay you back after I get my salary." Facing a group of strangers and two burly men standing outside the house, Liu Chengzhi knew what was good for him and said the words of repayment for the first time.

"I believe what you said. The quality of playing cards is like the character of a person. Among so many people who come here to play cards, you never shout or scream when you win, and you never slam the table or curse when you lose. I like your calmness in the face of praise or criticism." Seeing that Liu Chengzhi had no intention of continuing to play, the boss did not force him. He hooked his shoulder and walked out.

"Hey, hey." Few people praise themselves. Liu Chengzhi was naturally happy when he received the praise, and it swept away a lot of the bad luck of losing the game.

"I've seen a lot of storms and waves. People with good poker skills have good luck. Even if you're unlucky temporarily, you can make it back by playing a few more rounds. Come over if you want to play. You don't have to wait for your salary. I can still afford the 30 or 50 yuan." The boss kept persuading Liu Chengzhi, and when he left the door, he didn't forget to instruct the big man standing guard at the door: "Don't let this little brother go back empty-handed. Go get two steamed buns."

When Liu Chengzhi walked out of the courtyard, he looked back every few steps. Everyone here was talented and spoke nicely. If it weren't for his family's financial situation, he really wanted to continue playing here.

He had no idea that the boss who had just given him the steamed bun had actually already set up a trap and was thinking about how to get more profits from him next.

When the ignorant Liu Chengzhi walked to the entrance of the alley, he happened to meet Zhang Guifang fetching water. He heard a group of women surrounding her and saying things like "Eanzi has made it big, she's eating high-brain oil, and the neighbors are proud of her." A few children were running around in the crowd, playing a game of chase.

Liu Chengzhi was quite disdainful when he heard this. Although he moved here after the liberation, he had seen Tang Zhitong at that time. He was dull and taciturn, and was the target of bullying by the kids here. If it weren't for the third child of the Ma family who didn't despise him, took him out to play and stood up for him all day, he would have been bullied to death long ago.

This person worked as a temporary worker for a few days after graduating from junior high school and suddenly became a deliveryman. Liu Chengzhi didn't believe at all that Tang Zhitong got in by his own ability.

But it was this person who caused Liu Chengzhi to suffer a great loss. They had several quarrels, and he never won a single one. Later, he even sent his own son to a juvenile detention center.

Feeling unlucky for losing the game, coupled with old and new grudges, Liu Chengzhi muttered to himself, "I don't even know whose bed I crawled into or whose ditch I licked to get this!" The crow flies to the pig's butt and can only see the blackness of others but not its own.

The old and young members of the Liu family did not have a good reputation in this area. Liu Jiaming, relying on the support of his unreasonable grandmother, often bullied the children around him.

The children also knew what was good for them. One of them, who had been bullied by Liu Jiaming, heard Liu Chengzhi's words and shouted out, "Jiaming's dad said that Anzi was born because his mom got into someone else's bed!"

The child was small but had a loud voice. Everyone nearby looked over at once. Zhang Guifang was first shocked, then angry. Her face flushed red as she pointed at Liu Chengzhi and said, "You are talking nonsense!"

She has lived to an old age, respected her aunt, observed the code of conduct for a wife, and has never done anything against her conscience. How could she bear this?
"Aunt, I didn't say that, it was that bastard who said that!" Liu Chengzhi knew what was right and what was wrong, and he was also guilty. Facing the gazes of the crowd, he wanted to catch the child and teach him a lesson on behalf of his parents in the street, telling him not to imitate others casually: "What nonsense are you talking about, bastard? I'll tear your mouth apart!"

"I'm not talking nonsense, that's what you said!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the child shouted while trying to get into the crowd.

The mother of the child who had entered the crowd was also there. She first shielded her child behind her and slapped away Liu Chengzhi's outstretched paw: "It's not your turn to show off your power over my child. If you have the guts, go to the juvenile detention center and tear your child's mouth apart!"

When the people around heard this, they burst into laughter.

Perhaps the laughter gave the other children courage, and some of them stood up to testify for their friend: "We heard it, too, that's what he said!"

Hearing that other children testified on behalf of their own child, the child's mother naturally protected her child even more and turned to accuse Liu Chengzhi: "One child is talking nonsense, can a group of children also talk nonsense? You know whether you have said it or not!"

This was like stirring up a hornet's nest. Zhang Guifang was so exhausted that she almost fainted. Fortunately, she was helped by her neighbor and did not fall.

Some people in the crowd were busy comforting Zhang Guifang, some were accusing Liu Chengzhi of talking nonsense, and some were watching the fun silently with smiles on their faces.

When Liu Chengzhi saw this scene, although he was secretly happy, he still had some brains and kept defending himself: "I really didn't say that. It was these little bastards who framed me."

"I'm telling you, you're still talking about licking the hook!" The child who first delivered the message poked his little head out from behind his mother, then shrank back after he finished speaking.

Liu Chengzhi didn't even want the steamed bun anymore. He reached out his hand like a madman to grab the kid from the crowd. He hated the kid so much for his lack of control over his mouth that he wanted to grab him and tear his mouth apart.

For a moment, the sounds of children clapping while watching the fun, neighbors trying to stop the fight, and the child's mother yelling and cursing at Liu Chengzhi all mixed together, making the scene very lively.

When Tang Zhitong came back, he saw this noisy scene.

After learning that the cause of the incident was Liu Chengzhi's fabrication of his mother and seeing his mother in tears, Tang Zhitong stepped forward to support his mother. He wanted to skin Liu Chengzhi alive. If it weren't for the suppression of the God of Harmony, he would have taken out his weapon and given him a peanut. For the sake of being neighbors for many years, he did it for free!

Seeing Tang Zhitong looking at him with anger in his eyes, Liu Chengzhi didn't care about fighting with the child's mother and kept explaining, "Anzi, I really didn't say that. It was these bastards who slandered me."

"If one child lies, I believe him, but if a group of children lie, I don't believe them!"

"Whoever got his job by lying down and spreading his legs, knows it in his heart!"

"Neighbors are just trying to save face for certain people by not pointing it out, but you really have the nerve to come out and talk nonsense!"

"Who the hell didn't hold his crotch tight and farted and made you burst out? When you open your mouth, you smell like dog shit from your mother's womb!"

Tang Zhitong didn't believe what Liu Chengzhi said at all. He cursed him but still felt unsatisfied. He said to Ma San's mother, "Auntie Ma, please help my mother. I have to sew up this son of a bitch's mouth today!"

"Eanzi, don't fight!" Zhang Guifang grabbed her son tightly, not letting him go over to cause trouble. After all, her son was a cadre. Even if he was right, it would not look good if he beat people up if the news got out.

If it was someone else pulling him, Tang Zhitong would have to struggle, but it was different when it was his own mother pulling him, he had no choice but to obey.

The commotion at this time attracted more neighbors, and some people began to persuade Liu Chengzhi to go home first and to persuade Tang Zhitong to stop.

"Ean, we are all neighbors. A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. Let's not hurt the harmony." The speaker was Old Wu, who worked part-time as a gatekeeper in Liu Chengzhi's yard. Because Lu Dexian took sides in handling the matter of Liu Jiaming stealing a chicken a while ago, the police station removed him from his job and chose Old Wu to take over.

Old Wu became a security guard. Although he still worked part-time as a gatekeeper, he spoke a lot more firmly than usual. However, he was not sure about facing Tang Zhitong.

There were also people nearby who echoed the advice, saying things like "We may not see you when we look down, but we will see you when we look up."

Tang Zhitong was held by his mother and did not dare to break free. He glanced at the neighbors around him and took in their expressions. Some were trying to persuade him sincerely, while many were just watching the fun.

Tang Zhitong has never been against eating melons, but if his family becomes the melon, it will be another matter. What's more, Liu Chengzhi is using his mother as a scapegoat, so he is bound to get a beating!
Tang Zhitong pointed at Liu Chengzhi with the hand that was not being held by his mother and fired at him:

"Uncle Wu, please don't use Lao Lu's tricks on me. I won't buy into the saying that a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor!"

"Thank you all for your kindness, but please stop trying to persuade me. This matter cannot be resolved peacefully!"

"My family and the Liu family are barely acquaintances across the courtyard. We are not relatives or friends, and we have no relationship at all. He spread rumors about my mother behind her back. How can I, as a son, let him off like this?"

"If this happened to you, would you just let it go just because a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor?"

"Besides, I have never drunk a drop of water from his family, never eaten a bite of food from his family, never accepted any benefits from his family, and fourthly, I am not his uncle, and I have never slept with any of his women. Why should I indulge him again and again?"

At this point, some people in the crowd laughed. Everyone knew that Tang Zhitong was slandering Lu Dexian with a veiled intention.

Hearing the laughter, Liu Chengzhi's face suddenly turned ugly.

Tang Zhitong was not going to let it go and continued to express his attitude:

"There are many people in the neighborhood who have suffered from the Liu family before, right? If you ask me, these people are just bad habits! Do they really think that everyone in the world is their dad and that everyone should give in to them?"

"Don't talk about peace being the most precious thing, or seeing each other when you lower your head but you will meet each other when you raise your head. If you seek peace through struggle, peace will survive; if you seek peace through compromise, peace will die! People like this need to be beaten so that they will remember the lesson and it will be engraved in their bones. Only then can we solve the problem!"

(End of this chapter)