Courtyard Houses: Starting with the principle of hard work paying off

Chapter 21 Zhao Weiguo

“Hongbing, don’t blame the old man. After all, it’s inevitable to have some emotions when something like this happens.”

"I originally wanted to speak up for you, but unfortunately I'm not a big shot in the management department, and my voice carries little weight."

"I don't know what's going on. The middle courtyard has Yi Zhonghai, the back courtyard has Xu Fugui and Liu Haizhong, but our front courtyard doesn't even have a single manager."

"Logically, with three courtyards—front, middle, and back—each should have a superintendent. That way, if anything happens..."

"..."

On the way back, Yan Bugui approached Li Hongbing and whispered these words in his ear.

Li Hongbing remained silent, offering no response.

Everyone says Liu Haizhong has a strong desire for officialdom, and looking at Yan Bugui now, he's just as eager to advance.

Listen carefully to what he says; Yan Bugui's intentions couldn't be clearer.

His words were not only directed at Li Hongbing, but also at the residents in the front yard.

Obvious.

Yan Bugui has been holding a grudge about losing the election last year.

The events of the last two days gave him renewed hope, so he started to consider it.

pity.

Li Hongbing completely ignored him, and the others pretended not to hear him either.

Not to mention that Li Hongbing would never act as a pawn for Yan Bugui, the residents of the front yard would not easily offend Yi Zhonghai and his group just because of a few words from Yan Bugui.

Not everyone is as brave as Li Hongbing.

A shrewd person like Yan Bugui would naturally know these things, but if he doesn't put in some effort beforehand, he won't have any advantage when the opportunity truly comes.

back home.

Neither Li Hongmei nor Li Hongbing mentioned what had just happened, as neither of them wanted it to affect their mood.

"Hongbing, come here! You've just recovered, have some canned food to help you recover!"

As soon as she closed the door, Li Hongmei took out a can of fruit from the cabinet, opened it, and handed it to Li Hongbing.

Li Hongbing was taken aback when he saw the canned food being handed to him, and looked directly at Li Hongmei.

In this era, canned food can be considered a luxury. It is often used as a nutritional supplement when someone is sick, and it is not something that can be eaten at other times.

In times of scarcity, fruits can indeed serve as a source of nutrition.

Although the food factory where Li Hongmei worked also produced canned food, Li Hongbing knew that given Li Hongmei's personality and character, it was impossible for her to smuggle things home from the factory.

So apart from the occasional benefits distributed by the factory, Li Hongmei usually buys everything herself.

Li Hongbing did not refuse Li Hongmei's kindness, nor did he feel bad about spending the money. After all, money is meant to be spent, and life should be lived well.

He now has a job and income, even if it's not high, it's enough to cover his expenses, and Manager Luan just promised him a reward of 100,000 yuan this morning.

The key is.

Li Hongbing has a system that rewarded him with one million yuan yesterday, but he hasn't had a chance to use it yet.

Not wanting to spoil the fun, Li Hongbing found a bowl, poured half of the food out of the can, and said to Li Hongmei, "Sister, let's eat together."

Eating alone is not his habit.

"This is specially for you to supplement your nutrition, so I won't eat it."

Li Hongmei felt incredibly warm-hearted by her younger brother's actions, but she smiled and shook her head in refusal.

"My body has recovered, and I'm getting enough nutrition."

Knowing that Li Hongmei would react this way, Li Hongbing could only persuade her, "Besides, I work in a place like Fengzeyuan, do you think I would lack oil and nutrition?"

Li Hongbing was not lying about this.

Despite being just an apprentice, Fengzeyuan's treatment was quite good.

It's not that the food is particularly good, but there's plenty of oil and fat in it, otherwise how would we have the strength to work?

Knowing all this, Li Hongmei still shook her head and said helplessly, "These canned goods were specially given to you by your brother Weiguo. If I eat them, he might think I'm a glutton!" "Brother Weiguo has been here?"

Li Hongbing knew that Li Hongmei was just making excuses, but he was still somewhat surprised to learn the truth.

The "Brother Weiguo" he mentioned was none other than Zhao Weiguo, Li Hongmei's boyfriend at the factory.

From the beginning of their relationship, the two had a very good and stable relationship. If it weren't for Li Hongbing, their younger brother, they probably would have been married by now.

However, Li Hongbing was thinking about something else entirely.

He had been wondering who was so chivalrous as to step in and beat up Yi Zhonghai and his apprentice Jia Dongxu, but now he had a better idea.

There was both the motive and the opportunity.

"He left after dropping me off. I was planning to cook more dinner, but he said he had something to do, so I didn't ask him to stay."

Li Hongmei didn't think much of it and said directly.

however.

Li Hongmei's answer further confirmed Li Hongbing's guess, and he quickly asked, "Sister, when did Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu come back tonight?"

"They... were much later than usual, they must have been attacked on their way home from get off work..."

Halfway through her sentence, Li Hongmei suddenly froze, looking at Li Hongbing with some surprise. She couldn't help but lower her voice and tentatively ask, "Hongbing, you don't mean to say that this matter is..."

Li Hongmei was an intelligent woman. At first, she didn't think in this direction, but as Li Hongbing raised several questions, she began to have doubts.

"Sister, not necessarily. Maybe we're overthinking it."

Li Hongbing felt it was very likely, but fearing that Li Hongmei would worry, he could only offer words of comfort.

Zhao Weiguo served in the army and went to the battlefield before being demobilized and working as a driver in a food factory.

They have not only technology, but also military force.

Although Li Hongmei and Zhao Weiguo haven't registered their marriage yet, they've already decided they're meant for each other; they're just waiting for the right time.

If Zhao Weiguo finds out what happened in the courtyard yesterday, beating Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu would be the least of his worries.

As for why the burlap sack was used, it was probably to prevent Li Hongmei and Li Hongbing from being implicated in the matter.

"Hongbing, do you think the old man and the others might actually go to the police station to report the case?"

In terms of understanding Zhao Weiguo, Li Hongmei knew far more than Li Hongbing, and although she was unwilling to admit it, she was pretty much right about him.

Thinking back to how she had previously kept telling Yi Zhonghai to go to the police station, she couldn't help but worry now.

Don't worry, sis!

Seeing this, Li Hongbing smiled and said, "As long as Yi Zhonghai doesn't lose his mind, he won't do this."

"why?"

Li Hongmei, preoccupied with concern, looked at Li Hongbing with confusion.

Upon hearing this, Li Hongbing explained, "If they had evidence, they would have gone to the police station to have the police arrest the perpetrator long ago, instead of holding some kind of general meeting in the courtyard and pinning the blame on me."

More importantly, Yi Zhonghai values ​​his reputation and doesn't want to escalate the matter.

Although Yi Zhonghai just announced at the conference that I was cleared of suspicion, he may not really think so.

They were only afraid that I would catch them red-handed in public, and because of the circumstances, they had no choice but to swallow this bitter pill.

If this continues, what happened with Jia Zhangshi yesterday will definitely be brought up again, and then he'll lose even more face..."

As Li Hongbing explained, he almost couldn't help but laugh.

If Zhao Weiguo, the future brother-in-law, really did this, then even if Li Hongbing wasn't the one who did it, he's still implicated.

In that case, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu's suspicions about him actually led them to the right conclusion.

Unfortunately.

Yi Zhonghai thought he was being clever and insisted on implementing his "self-governance" system in the courtyard. He deserved to be beaten up!

(End of this chapter)