Siheyuan: Security Chief, suppressing the whole courtyard

"We won! Haha! Our Propaganda Department won!"

"Brother Mengzi, you are really capable!"

"Mr. Li, you are awesome!"

He Yushui, Yu Haitang and other little girls said happily.

Winning this competition not only brings honor, but also gives us some prizes. We are all very happy.

The people in the forging workshop were filled with regret.

"Hey, just a little bit!"

"Yeah, I clearly feel that Li Meng is almost exhausted, just a little bit."

"Pity..."

......

After draining the river, Li Meng returned to where the factory leaders were sitting.

"Mr. Li, you're still as strong as ever!" Director Yang praised.

Li Huaide smiled and said, "Not only that, my brother is awesome, I saw it all just now."

Director Yang asked in confusion: "What did you see?"

Li Huaide whispered, "I was right beside him just now. Although he looked like he was trying hard, his face wasn't red and he wasn't out of breath. He was obviously trying to save face for the workers in the forging workshop. Otherwise, I think I could win by myself."

"Oh?" Director Yang was also stunned, thinking that Li Meng really knew how to behave.

The other leaders around him also admired him.

They believed what Li Huaide said. After all, Li Meng had many brilliant achievements in the past, so it was not impossible for him to defeat ten people alone.

Li Meng smiled and didn't explain. He changed the subject and said, "By the way, Director Yang, I want to discuss something with you."

"What are we discussing?" Director Yang waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. Engineer Li, if there's anything I can help you with, just tell me."

"It's like this. My wife is pregnant. I want her to stay at home and take care of the baby from tomorrow. The factory will give her a long vacation. She can come back to work after she has given birth and finished her confinement."

Director Yang nodded and said, "No problem. I thought it was a small matter."

In just a few words, this matter, which seemed impossible to many people, was settled.

After the tug-of-war competition, the basketball game followed. This time Li Meng did not play again as there was no need to steal the limelight from the workers.

Otherwise, it would just be him showing off, which would really spoil the fun.

The sun was setting, and Li Meng was in no hurry to leave.

After all, it takes a while for Sha Zhu and Nan Yi to cook.

"nice shot!"

"Eh? You from the security department broke the rules!"

"Damn it! If you can't play basketball, can you beat others? Go after him! Make him commit a foul!"

"Fuck you, you're really playing basketball! You, why do you carry a wrench with you when you play basketball?"

"I'm a fitter, so it makes sense for me to carry a wrench with me, right?"

"..."

No one expected that an accident would happen.

In the first basketball game, the two sides had a conflict over a trivial matter. Neither side gave in to the other, and they started fighting as soon as they disagreed.

Cui Dake slapped his thigh, thinking this was bad, and hurried over to break up the fight.

Li Meng was not idle either, he went up to persuade everyone to leave.

What was originally a good thing turned out to be unpleasant, and Factory Director Yang and other factory leaders became embarrassed.

After the troublemakers were reprimanded and each given fifty lashes, the game continued.

"Director Yang, Deputy Director Li, Mengzi..."

At this time, Xu Damao came over and greeted the leaders with a smile.

"Well, leaders, the basketball game will take quite some time. If we hold it one by one, it will take who knows how late it will be. I suggest that we hold the painting competition at the same time."

"Okay." Director Yang nodded, thinking that this would be better if he could finish it quickly so that he could go to Li Meng's place to have a drink of wedding wine.

"Got it."

Xu Damao smiled, turned around, and shouted to everyone, "The painting competition is starting now. Everyone can start painting. Whether you can paint or not, you can paint whatever you want! The most important thing is to participate."

After that, he handed a pen and paper to Li Meng: "Mengzi, do you want to draw for fun?"

Chapter 187 Jia Zhang: Am I still dreaming?

"Okay, let's draw it for fun."

Li Meng took the pen and paper, glanced at Li Huaide, and said, "Then I'll draw a brother."

As he spoke, he started drawing on the paper.

Li Meng's painting skills are very good, as he once received rewards related to his painting skills.

Soon, a lifelike portrait appeared on the paper.

Everyone came over to take a look and were all shocked.

"Wow, Mr. Li, I didn't expect you to have this talent. This painting is so lifelike."

“It’s almost the same as what was captured by the camera.”

"Engineer Li is really talented. He knows everything."

Seeing that the painting was not bad and even made him look more majestic, Li Huaide smiled and said, "Brother, it's really good. Give this painting to me as a souvenir."

"Oh Well."

Li Meng handed him the painting. Xu Damao took a look and was also shocked: "Mengzi, you must be the first place in our painting competition!"

"What kind of competition is this? I won't show my painting to other people for comparison."

Everybody is here for fun and excitement, and they just draw whatever they want.

Once Li Meng's work is released, isn't it a dimensionality reduction attack?

"How can I not show it to you?" Xu Damao said with a smile, "You don't have to participate in the competition, the first place will still go to someone else, but Mengzi, your painting should be a feast for everyone's eyes, right?"

Li Huaide agreed, "Yes, we have to show it to everyone. Damao, you take it."

"Got it."

Soon, the employees handed in their works one after another.

Most of them are just scribbles, but a small number of people draw really well.

But it still can't compare with Li Meng's.

"Wow, Brother Mengzi, you draw really well." He Yushui said in amazement: "This drawing is exactly the same as Deputy Director Li's."

Yu Haitang also opened her mouth in surprise: "Engineer Li, have you studied painting? You look so professional."

"Let me see. Let me see."

Zhang Xiaolong from the Security Department also came over and said, "Fuck, Chief Li, your drawing is amazing. Can you draw one for me too?"

"I want one too, Brother Mengzi. Please draw one for me. I also want to keep a souvenir." He Yushui said with a smile.

Yu Haitang also joined in the fun and said, "Can you draw one for me too?"

Li Meng happened to be free and had nothing to do, so he agreed to all the requests.

Pick up a pen and paper and start painting.

During the painting process, many employees came over to join in the fun and asked Li Meng to paint a picture for them.

Li Meng agreed to all of them. He would rather leave a group behind than leave one person behind.

This painting has no end.

In the blink of an eye, all the competitions were over, but he hadn't even finished his painting yet.

Seeing this, Xu Damao cleared his throat and said, "Well, comrades, it's getting late. Engineer Li has been busy all day and it's time for him to go home and rest. Can we have Engineer Li come to the steel mill another day and let him draw for us?"

"Okay! Mr. Li, go home and have a rest."

"That's right, don't exhaust yourself at work."

"..."

Everyone was still very enthusiastic and concerned about Li Meng's health.

Thanks to Xu Damao's interruption, Li Meng managed to escape the disaster.

Otherwise, with so many people around, he wouldn’t be able to finish the painting even if he painted until dawn.

"Brother, let's go to your wedding."

"Let's go, let's go." Li Meng and a group of leaders walked towards No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

......

Yu Haitang looked at the lifelike self in the painting and exclaimed, "Yushui, Mr. Li painted me so beautifully. How come his hands are so skillful?"

"That's because Haitang, you are beautiful." He Yushui smiled and said, "Look at this one of mine, it's not bad either." He Yushui held the painting like a treasure, feeling very happy.

"Of course." Yu Haitang said, "Master Li's painting skills are really enviable. I want to learn painting from him."

"Haha, Haitang, you do think that Brother Mengzi has to go to work and school every day. He is so busy that he has no time to take on an apprentice."

"That's right, I just said that. Let's go and drink at Chunmei's wedding."

"Let's go."

The two of them also walked towards the courtyard. They were both comrades from the Propaganda Department. There was a happy event in their colleague's family and a banquet was held. Yu Haitang would definitely go.

......

At No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, there are five tables in the front, middle and back yards.

The aroma of the food filled the courtyard, making many people salivate.

There was a pack of Peony cigarettes and two bottles of white wine on each table.

The residents gathered together, chatting while waiting for the meal to start.

"That's Li Meng too. It's already so late and he hasn't come back yet." Yan Bugui smacked his lips and said, "If he doesn't come back soon, the food will be cold. What a pity."

"What does it have to do with you?" Jia Zhang sneered, "Can you eat at the table even if it's cold or hot? Li Meng said that one person from each family will eat. Your family must be your aunt Yu Li who will eat, right?"

"I don't want to talk to you!" Yan Bugui snorted coldly.

It was because Jia Zhang poked his lung.

The old Yan family is indeed run by Yu Li, the most mischievous little ancestor.

Yan Bugui could only stare blankly, unable to do anything about it.

"Mom, who in our family is going to eat?" Qin Huairu asked.

Jia Zhang hugged her shoulders and said, "You definitely can't let the child eat it. The child has a small stomach and can't eat much. It's not cost-effective. What about you... You are young and healthy, and you don't need so much nutrition. Let me eat it."

"Why don't I need it?" Qin Huairu said unhappily, "I still do hard labor every day, so I should take good care of myself."

"How old am I? I'm almost dead, and you're fighting for food with a dying mother-in-law. Qin Huairu, do you still have any filial piety?"

"Okay, eat what you want. Let's stop arguing and stop making fun of the neighbors." Qin Huairu sighed and stopped arguing with her.

She could guess the consequence of continuing to argue, which would be that Jia Zhang would sit on the ground and cry, and in the end, she would have to eat.

"Hey, Aunt Zhang, what are you talking about? What are you talking about? You're going to die." Yu Li said with a smile, "Could it be that Uncle Jia has appeared in your dream again and wants to take you away?"

Suddenly, an old voice sounded behind me.

"Wife, I'll take you away..."

"what!"