The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 203 Mahjong

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"Hmph, you'd better produce some solid evidence, otherwise..." Zhu Yun snorted coldly, her words seemingly concealing a very important trump card.

"Otherwise, what can I do???" Officer Zhu curled her lip in disdain. "I always rely on my intuition when solving cases, a woman's intuition..."

"You've watched too much 'My Own Swordsman'!" Zhu Yun sneered.

"But the thing is, every single case I've handled has been a wrongful conviction..." Officer Zhu said proudly.

"That was just pure luck..." Zhu Yun said dismissively, but she was also secretly surprised. This young policeman had a really sharp sense of things. Wasn't she just trying to cover up the crime this time?

"You're the lucky one, your whole family is just lucky..." Officer Zhu glared at Zhu Yun.

"Tsk tsk, this is the quality of the police..." Zhu Yun shook her head slightly and sighed.

"It's good, it's good, apprentice. Let's go eat quickly. Let them handle things here..." The old lecher waved to Zhu Yun and said.

"It's Master..." Zhu Yun raised an eyebrow triumphantly at Policewoman Zhu, swayed her body, and went to eat with the old lecher.

"You can't leave. If you dare to leave, you'll be considered a fugitive from justice... Stop right there, do you hear me...?" Officer Zhu tried to stop Zhu Yun.

"Still want to be an agent?" Yang Ming took a step forward and blocked Zhu Jinghua's way.

"You..." Officer Zhu was furious and could only watch helplessly as Zhu Yun swaggered away.

"That treasure, I can let you be my agent, and as for those ten sets, I can also not charge you a single penny..." Yang Ming said with a smile.

Policewoman Zhu's eyes lit up at first, then she became wary and asked, "Conditions..."

"I don't care what price you sell it for, but for every set sold, I will take 99% of the profit..." Yang Ming said.

"What??? Why don't you just rob it???" Officer Zhu's eyes widened in anger, her expression furious. She looked like she was sitting on a bomb, ready to explode at any moment.

"First of all, let me make one thing clear: that treasure is mine to begin with. It wouldn't be unreasonable for me to take 100% of it..." Yang Ming said with a smile.

"You really dare to say that! If you eat meat, you should at least give us some soup, right???" Officer Zhu said angrily.

"Didn't I give you some to drink??? If each set sells for 100 million, do the math yourself, how much is one percent??? That's a million! You only had 100,000 yuan to take out just now..." Yang Ming said, pursing his lips.

"Um..." Officer Zhu paused, "You're asking for too much. If I just agree, where will my pride be? You'll get the meat while I get the soup? Do you cook 99 pounds of meat with only one pound of water???"

"We never cook meat at home. When we eat meat, we either steam it or roast it, leaving no juice. I only made an exception today because you came, so I added a pound of water..." Yang Ming chuckled.

"Shameless..." Officer Zhu rolled her eyes. "I only want 10%. You need to understand, finding a market isn't easy. There are shipping costs, packaging costs, and advertising costs. If I only give you 10%, you're making a killing..."

"Is it that troublesome??? Then forget it. It's too much trouble for you and will disrupt your work. Actually, it's not that I'm short of money. I've thought about it carefully. Although that kind of treasure is unique, it's a big variable if it enters the market. It may affect social stability and unity. So... I won't sell it..." Yang Ming said emphatically.

"Nine percent, that's my bottom line..." Officer Zhu's forehead creased with annoyance.

"Hey, Tong Yu, let's hurry home and have dinner..." Yang Ming looked at Tong Yu, pretending not to hear Zhu Jinghua's concession.

"Eight percent..." Officer Zhu said through gritted teeth.

"The fish we're cooking today are all super big ones, you don't often see them even in the city's wet markets..." Yang Ming chatted and laughed with his cousin-in-law.

"Hehehe..." Tong Yu chuckled foolishly.

"You vampire, you're hoarding everything! Seven percent, that's the most I can have..." Officer Zhu's face was flushed, and her eyes were full of sparks as she looked at Yang Ming.

"Cousin, when you leave today, remember to take two of these with you to your father-in-law. As a son-in-law, you have to learn to please your father-in-law. Hmm, remember to take two of these with your aunt and uncle too..." Yang Ming patted Tong Yu on the shoulder and said earnestly.

"Thank you, brother-in-law..." Tong Yu winced as Yang Ming slapped him, but he didn't dare to dodge and could only endure it.

"Six percent, any less... any less and I won't make any profit..." Officer Zhu looked at Yang Ming as if he were her enemy.

"Ahem, well, cousin, how do you feel about the air quality here? If we bring your father-in-law here for recuperation, will it help his condition?" Yang Ming asked, his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding mountains and forests with an air of commanding authority.

"Yes, yes, yes..." Tong Yu echoed repeatedly.

"Five percent, and you're a capitalist...you eat people alive without spitting out the bones..." Officer Zhu looked at Yang Ming, her attitude now escalating to that of a class enemy.

"It's good that it helps. Not only is the environment good here, but the food is also quite good. Although it's not as abundant as in the city, it's not lacking in nutrition at all. Do you see Aunt Liu? Aunt Liu is a woman in her thirties, but she takes care of herself like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl..." Yang Ming sighed and said with a hint of pride.

"Four percent..." In Officer Zhu's mind, Yang Ming had already been elevated to the level of an irreconcilable enemy.

"Um..." Yang Ming wanted to interrupt...

"I'm not going to fight you anymore, I'll do as you say..." Officer Zhu lost her patience and simply gave in.

"That's right. You know, you're getting a 1% profit for free. It's a little less, but my treasure isn't some common stuff that you can find anywhere. And it's definitely not some junk that you can't sell..." Yang Ming said with a smile.

"You win..." Officer Zhu knew Yang Ming was telling the truth, "But I need to see the goods first..."

"No problem, but it's lunchtime now. For the sake of our successful cooperation, let's go eat first..." Yang Ming said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, I've been hungry for ages..." Tong Yu quickly responded enthusiastically.

"You little rascal, you'll never work under me again..." Officer Zhu said fiercely, her teeth clenched with hatred for Tong Yu, who was Yang Ming's straight man.

"No..." Tong Yu cried, but secretly she was overjoyed: finally she didn't have to suffer from this female demon anymore...

"Hmph, I know you're being sarcastic, but I'm being sarcastic too. You'll never escape my grasp for the rest of your life. In my hands, you'll forever be a lowly police officer serving the people..." Officer Zhu sneered.

"..." Tong Yu, who had been feeling smug, immediately turned pale.

"Hehe, you should be proud, because it was you who laid the foundation for our public security system..." Officer Zhu vented all the frustration and anger she had suffered at Yang Ming's hands on Tong Yu.

"Yang Ming, I'm hungry, let's go eat together..." Officer Zhu said softly, but stepped forward and hugged Yang Ming's arm, making the two look like a couple.

Beneath her smiling exterior, Officer Zhu was already seething with hatred: "You bullied me? I'll make sure your family is in turmoil! Hmph, your wife is probably watching us right now..." Thinking about the possibility of Yang Ming being punished by his wife by kneeling on a washboard, or even worse, being hit on the motherboard, Officer Zhu's smile became even brighter.

"Okay..." Yang Ming laughed, letting Officer Zhu hold his arm as the two slowly left together.

"Brother-in-law is really brave..." Tong Yu stared in disbelief at the two who seemed intimate as they left hand in hand. His admiration for Yang Ming surged like a surging river.

"She's really brave. This silly girl has suffered a great loss..." The old conman, who had been watching the two of them haggling like they were in a market, was incredibly experienced. He understood Zhu Jinghua's idea in an instant. However, he knew about Yang Mingye's glorious feat of having two women at night, and naturally knew that Zhu Jinghua had suffered a great loss by using this method of revenge.

Of course, what he admired most was Wei Qingqing. This woman's heart was truly magnanimous. But what he admired even more was the absolute trust and affection between Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing. What kind of trust, what kind of affection, could allow Yang Ming to hold a naked, stunningly beautiful woman without doing anything inappropriate?

Yes, even an old swindler like me, whose jaw is practically buried in the ground, would admit that Liu Sao's appearance was indeed stunning.

"Huh???" Tong Yu turned to look at the old swindler with considerable surprise. "My brother-in-law should be the one who suffered, right??? Uh... that's true, in these kinds of things, it's definitely the woman who suffers... But in modern society, in the 21st century, who cares about that??? There are plenty of couples holding hands on the street..."

"Hmph..." The old swindler glanced at Tong Yu, "What do you know, kid??? You're just a little brat... Huh???" The old swindler stared at Tong Yu, first startled, then moved like a ghost, darting to Tong Yu's side and grabbing him. His rough hands groped over Tong Yu's body, becoming more and more surprised with each touch.

"Brother-in-law, come save me..." Tong Yu was terrified, thinking he had run into an old swindler. He tried to struggle, but the old swindler's technique was extremely skillful. The places where his hands were restrained were all his blind spots. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't exert any force.

Joint blind spots are actually easy to explain. For example, on the inside of a person's legs, at the knee joint, if you extend your leg and block the other person's heel, your knee will bend and hit the inside of the other person's knee joint. The other person will almost certainly fall to the side. This area on the inside of the legs at the knee joint is a joint blind spot.

"Good health, good health... Kid, from now on you're mine..." The old swindler was so excited he was almost incoherent.

"Grandpa, I'm a fine young man with a bright and promising future. Besides, I have a beautiful wife and parents to take care of. Please let me go..." Tong Yu pleaded tearfully.

"No, no, if I let you go, wouldn't this wonderful body be wasted???" The old swindler looked Tong Yu up and down as if she were a priceless treasure. The smile on his face was so lewd. What made it even more misleading was that Tong Yu was lying sideways in the old swindler's arms...

"Grandpa, if you insist on forcing me, I'd rather die than agree to it. No, no, no, even if you don't force me, I still won't agree to it..." Tong Yu forcefully expressed his determination to resist the old swindler. Realizing his grammatical error, he quickly corrected himself and filled in the gaps.

"Damn it, I took you as my disciple, it's a blessing you've accumulated over several lifetimes, and you actually..." The old swindler was furious, "Do you know how many people have cried and begged to be my disciple??? You little bastard, you actually refused to submit even to the death??? If it weren't for the fact that you have good potential for martial arts, I would have beaten you to death right now..."

"Huh??? What did you say??? You want to take me as your apprentice? I thought you were after my looks..." Tong Yu was stunned for a moment, and then blurted out some words without thinking.

"Looks???" The old swindler was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that he was still holding Tong Yu. Thinking about what Tong Yu had just thought, he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body. His arm trembled instinctively, and he threw Tong Yu to the ground. Then he lay down to the side and vomited violently.

Tong Yu seized the opportunity to get up and disappeared in a flash...

To be honest, Tong Yu is really resilient to falls. First, he was thrown by Officer Zhu, and then he was thrown by this old swindler. Neither of these two people are careful; they definitely wouldn't treat him like a precious glass bottle or porcelain doll. Both falls were quite hard, but judging from his speed of escape, he should be alright.

Liujia Village, Yang Zhengfang's home.

The lunch wasn't very lavish, just eight dishes and two bowls of soup, all rustic farm-style dishes: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, scrambled eggs with chives, and stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar... But it was still pretty good, considering it was the dead of winter. In previous years, having any leafy greens was considered quite a luxury, because Aunt Zheng hadn't eaten for two or three days, and we didn't dare to prepare anything greasy for her.

The dinner table is indeed a good place to build relationships. Zhu Yuan, who kept serving dishes, quickly got closer to Zheng Yunqian and Zheng Cuihua. The old couple had a very good impression of this enthusiastic cousin.

After dinner, Zhu Yuan suggested playing mahjong to help digest the food...

"You guys play, I don't know how to play mahjong..." There are five people in the family, so if they play mahjong, there will be one more person. Yang Zhengfang was sensible and resisted the urge to play, so he sat down to the side. Fortunately, he had never actually touched a mahjong tile since Zheng Yun came, so he wasn't afraid of being exposed.

"How much should we bet?" After cleaning the table, Zhang Shufang took out the mahjong tiles.

"Two dollars, let me win some money from you..." Zhu Yuan said.

"Two yuan??? No way, that's too big. If you lose, your husband will beat you to death..." Zhang Shufang said, slamming the mahjong tiles onto the table. "Anyway, it's just a game, let's play for five mao..."

It's said that the old men and women in the village who are "gamblers" usually only bet this much; they're not professional gamblers who wager thousands or tens of thousands at a time...

"Okay... five cents it is. If you stretch it out, it's still more than ten cents..." Zhu Yuan nodded and said.

"Hehe, we're not really good at it either..." Zheng Yunqian said somewhat awkwardly.

"What's so difficult about this??? Do you know how to play the shuttlecock??? It's the same as that, you just match the shuttlecocks, one by one, one by one, it's very simple..." Zhang Shufang gave them a simple explanation.

Zheng Yunqian and Zheng Cuihua didn't really want to play mahjong. After all, they had never played it before, and with their days filled with gloom and despair, who would be in the mood for this? However, since everyone was happy today and wanted to have some fun, they didn't want to spoil the mood. Even though they didn't know much about it, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and play.

So the four of them sat around the table and began to build a Great Wall.

"East Wind..." Zhang Shufang took the lead in the first round.

"Gang..." Yang Zhengfang was sitting in front of and behind Zheng Yun. He saw that Zheng Yun had three East Winds in his hand, but he hadn't even arranged his hand yet. Meanwhile, Zhu Yuan, the player to his left, had already started drawing cards, but he hadn't made a move. So he couldn't help but call out for him.

"Oh dear..." Zhu Yuan glared at her 'cousin' with a hint of reproach, "Look at you, he's already picked up a card..." She reluctantly put the card she had picked up back down.

"They have leverage, so we can't let them touch it??? This is a small bet, worth one dollar and fifty cents..." Yang Zhengfang said.

"Hehe, I don't know how to play mahjong, why don't you play..." Zheng Yunqian smiled apologetically at Zhu Yuan first, then turned to Yang Zhengfang and said.

"No need, I'll just go for the touch and the leverage. As for the rest, we're evenly matched..." Yang Zhengfang quickly shook his head.

"Then, shall we play one round? If we win, we'll split the winnings in half?" Zheng Yunqian said.

"Okay..." Yang Zhengfang nodded without hesitation. "You're lucky, you got a leveraged hand on your first try. I'll take advantage of your success today and make a little money..."

Zheng Cuihua was sitting to the left of Zheng Yunqian. After Zheng Yunqian drew and discarded his cards, it was Zheng Cuihua's turn to draw. The card that Zheng Cuihua drew was the same card that Zhu Yuan had just drawn.

Zheng Cuihua didn't know how to play mahjong. She held the tiles in her hand, looked at them, and realized they didn't match her hand. Just as she was about to throw them away, Yang Zhengfang quickly stopped her, saying, "Don't throw them away! This is Hui'er. If you throw them away, she won't be able to win..."

"Hui'er???" Zhang Cuihua looked at the cards in her hand in surprise, then withdrew her hand apologetically. She smiled apologetically at Zhu Yuan, placed Hui'er in her deck, and then discarded a random card... She knew what Hui'er was for.

"No wonder you have such a big grudge..." Zhang Shufang chuckled, picked up a card, placed it on the face of the deck, and threw away a useless card.

"Brother, look at both players' cards??? Isn't this cheating???" Zhu Yuan slowly picked up a card, rubbed it with his thumb, and then threw it away.

"You're so petty! Just because someone doesn't know how doesn't mean I can't teach them???" Yang Zhengfang was a little embarrassed, after all, he wasn't just an observer, but had a stake in the matter...

"Hehe..." Zheng Yunqian chuckled awkwardly and began to draw cards.

The couple felt quite embarrassed in front of Zhu Yuan. Zheng Yunqian had kidnapped someone else's daughter, Hui'er, but his own wife ended up benefiting from it. No matter how you looked at it, he felt a little ashamed.

The first round of the Great Wall Battle was very intense, with all four sides fighting fiercely and almost getting bloodshot. Zheng Yunqian and Zheng Cuihua, who were playing for the first time, even had their blood pressure rise a bit.

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