That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1139 This world is a "robbery"

The nephew seemed to be quite reasonable, asking for compensation according to the price of the broken glass. However, Li Zhongfa said indifferently: "Old Feng, I can't help you with this matter. You should let the child turn himself in!"

"Brother Li, I will take the child to surrender now. I hope you can show mercy to him because he is a first-time offender."

Old Feng agreed to Li Zhongfa's suggestion with a bitter face. In his opinion, the fact that he could enter Li Zhongfa's door today by relying on his old face proved that Li Zhongfa still remembered the kindness they had shown him.
Even if the principles cannot be violated, when it comes to penalty, it is not impossible to maneuver between the upper and lower limits.

But Lao Feng's eldest nephew didn't understand all this. When he heard that he was asked to surrender himself, he suddenly collapsed.

"Uncle, look, I've told you not to beg them. Now your brother Li is no longer the brother you used to eat steamed bread with. He is now a wealthy family. Why would he still remember your old friendship?
We poor people have our own way of living. When Li Zhongfa was poor, he went out to join the army. Didn't he steal other people's things? How did the landlord die?

Besides, we didn’t steal anything this time, so even if we are arrested, we won’t be in jail for more than a few days. Do we still have the backbone of a poor person to beg for mercy like this?”

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After hearing his nephew's shocking words, Old Feng felt very disappointed.

What do you mean I didn’t steal anything and I can only stay there for a few days at most?
The county has mobilized so many people, causing several bigwigs in the county to have a bad New Year. So many people went through all this trouble just to lock you up for a few days?

[My dear nephew, please watch less Hong Kong and Taiwan gangster movies! You are torturing yourself to death! ]

The 1980s, 1990s and 2000s were the periods when the underworld habits in the mainland were the most serious. Many children were influenced by underworld movies from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and even thought that after serving a few days in jail, they would have a status in the underworld and could kill people everywhere.

Looking at the many famous heroes of this period who were still worshipped by some people decades later, you can imagine how different the worldview of these children at that moment was from that of later generations.

But Lao Feng was a man who lived through a special era, and his understanding of this society was much deeper than that of his nephew, so he could only say goodbye while trying to make amends.
Even if I can salvage a little bit of it, that would be great!

"Brother Li, the child is young and ignorant. He just listened to the nonsense of those bad kids. I will take him to surrender now. Please be magnanimous and don't take it to heart."

But as soon as Old Feng finished speaking, his nephew turned around and said stubbornly, "Where did I talk nonsense? Their instant noodles cost more than one yuan a pack, plus a plastic bowl it costs three or four yuan, isn't he also robbing people?

In the final analysis, we are all robbing, but we are robbing small amounts of money, while they are robbing large amounts of money."

Li Ye was surprised.

Because what Old Feng's nephew said made him feel a sense of déjà vu.

Just a few years later, a gangster committed a major crime in Hong Kong Island and kidnapped the son of the tax farmer Lao Li. When the money and the people were settled, the gangster said something similar.

"Hello Mr. Li, we all rob, just in different ways."

This sentence later influenced many people in society, and was even regarded as Li Ye's life creed for a period of time.

Being born as a human being, living in this world, it seems like we have to compete with others every moment.

When in tadpole form, he had to rush past hundreds of millions of other tadpoles before he could open his eyes and see the world.

When you are a primary school student, you must study hard and strive to be the first, so that you can occupy a more advantageous position in the social division.

When you grow up and enter the society, you have to compete with colleagues for promotion opportunities, with rivals for pretty girls, and even have to compete with others for the subway to go to work. You cannot escape the "competition" at every moment.

The essence of this society seems to be a big word "grab". Everyone is following some special rules to fight for more benefits for themselves.

But later on, Li Ye gradually gained a deeper understanding of the word "grab".

In other words, the only targets you can rob are people of your own kind.

If you have the guts, why don't you try to take over your boss' job? If you get promoted, can you still sit in his boss's chair?

On the other hand, your boss can legally and legally rob you by simply making a policy. If you are not convinced, then become your own boss.

Business tycoons like Lao Li can rob ordinary people and use capital, law, vision, intelligence and other abilities to compete with their peers in business.

But if you go out of the circle to grab people of another level, then the rule of "grabbing" will be broken.

People in the underworld are brave and aggressive. Whoever has the stronger fist and is more fearless will use the territory to become the boss. But if you really rob someone you shouldn't rob, what does having a strong fist mean?

The gangster robbed Lao Li, but ended up losing his life, didn’t he?

Lao Li and his peers have been pursuing profit in business all their lives without any problems. But once your "interests" infringe on the "interests" of a higher level, do you still have the nerve to say that you "don't have any business common sense"?

Since you talk to others about business and profit first, then they will also talk to you about profit first.

In fact, countries at a higher level also believe in "profit first", and they also rob.

[You can’t get what you can’t get on the battlefield, you can’t get at the negotiation table either.]

Is this a robbery?
[Do I need to reason with you about things that can be obtained on the battlefield? I open my mouth, and you should just give it to me obediently? ]

Is this a robbery?
Therefore, some rules and common sense no longer work when crossing boundaries.

If you, a businessman, talk to the gangster Zhang about contracts and laws, will he listen?
If you, a businessman, tell the country that “business is business”, will it be confused?
So now Li Ye could understand the shocking words of Old Feng's nephew.

The young man followed a group of brothers to roam the village at a young age. After a few years, he accumulated enough confidence, but he didn't know how big the world outside was, and how heavy the mountains above his head were.
Maybe when he is in his thirties and looks back at his past self, he will realize how foolish he was as a young boy.

After Lao Feng left, Li Zhongfa suddenly said to Li Ye: "Call Xiaoruo and Xiaoying back immediately. We will return to the capital tonight. If we are any later, the threshold will be broken by others." "Yes, I will call them back right away."

Li Ye agreed to Li Zhongfa and started calling Fu Yiru.

The father and the mother now knew that Lao Feng was not the first lobbyist to come to their door. The county town was so small, and everyone knew who was connected to it. The gang led by Lao Feng's nephew had been rampant for so long and had not been brought to justice. Maybe they could have been connected to this network through someone else.

"Hey, Xiaoruo, how was your conversation? Come back quickly! Grandpa is calling you."

"Brother, we are talking to Sang Xiaoling! Can you give us another hour?"

Fu Yiruo and Li Ying went to Sang Xiaoling's house for an "inspection". As Sang Xiaoling was a capable subordinate of Li Ying, she would definitely want to take her along for this opportunity to become bigger and stronger.
But Fu Yiru did not agree easily. After all, luxury goods are not ordinary clothes, and the requirements in all aspects are much higher. So she came to Qingshui County to see if Sang Xiaoling suits her taste.

Now it seems that the three of them are getting along quite well.

But Li Ye said, "Don't wait for an hour. Invite Sang Xiaoling to Beijing after the New Year, and then you can have a good talk."

"That's fine, we'll go back now."

After Li Ye finished the call, she saw that her grandfather also paged her driver, and then waited for the other party to call her back.

Grandma wasn't home tonight either. Grandpa's driver took her out.

Li Ye didn't ask where his grandmother had gone, but he could guess roughly.

Tong Mingyue.

Since my eldest aunt changed her surname to Tong Mingyue, she has almost cut off all ties with the Li family. Only during the Chinese New Year would my grandmother visit her.

After all, she is the child of her former comrade-in-arms, and she was raised with great difficulty. Even though she is extremely hateful, there is still some soft spot in Wu Juying's heart.

"Dingling bell~"

Li Zhongfa's phone rang.

"Hey, hurry up your aunt and ask her to come back as soon as possible. Tell her it's urgent."

"Hey, I'll go right away."

But after a while, the driver called back and said awkwardly, "Old Director, I went in to urge them, but the mother and daughter were holding onto Aunt's legs and wouldn't let go, crying loudly."

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Li Zhongfa hesitated for a moment and said, "Then you stay at the door! I'll go there myself later."

Li Ye thought about it and said tentatively: "Grandpa, it may be difficult to refuse if you go, why don't I go!"

Tong Mingyue has called Li Zhongfa "Dad" for more than 40 years, so it is difficult to clear up the dispute between the two of them. On the contrary, Li Ye and Tong Mingyue have always been at odds, so Li Ye can be cruel and refuse her outright.

But Li Zhongfa shook his head and said, "Aiguo was released last month, and then divorced. He must be feeling aggrieved now. If he saw you, he would feel even more aggrieved."

Li Ye was surprised and asked, "What? Cui Aiguo was released and divorced? When did it happen? And why did he feel more aggrieved when he saw me?"

Li Zhongfa sighed and said, "It all happened last month. They were looking forward to it, but they didn't expect it to end up like this. Now look at you, do you think he feels wronged?"

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"Are you more aggrieved when you see me?"

Li Ye couldn't help but shook his head and laughed at himself.

The saying that those who compare themselves to others will die has become a boomerang-like cycle for Cui Aiguo and Li Ye.

At the beginning, Li Ye was not a good student and often "exchanged martial arts" with others. He was in stark contrast to Cui Aiguo, who studied hard and made progress every day.

During every Chinese New Year or other festival, Tong Mingyue would bring Cui Aiguo over to compare with Li Ye, which would make Li Kaijian so embarrassed that his face would turn red and he would lose his temper.

Who made Cui Aiguo good at studying? Who made Li Ye useless?

And the contrast became even stronger after Lu Jingyao broke off the engagement with Li Ye.

But life is a cycle and no one can escape from the fate. Now Cui Aiguo has lost his future and has been divorced by Xia Yue, while Li Ye has become the "most promising young man". This contrast stings his heart. How can he not feel wronged?

But Li Ye thought, what does this grievance have to do with him?
Why not blame Xia Yue?

At the beginning, Cui Aiguo and Xia Yue were captured and brought back from the capital by Li Zhongfa for the sake of justice. Cui Aiguo took all the blame because Xia Yue was pregnant, and he also used all the connections in his family to keep Xia Yue out of the matter.

But now Xia Yue did not file for divorce until Cui Aiguo was released from prison. It must be said that she was extremely calculating.

Things change all the time. How did this person become like this?

(End of this chapter)