The strong fisherman in the courtyard

The sunlight shines through the leaves and onto the river surface. The breeze blows gently, and the water ripples as if every drop of water is jumping. Occasionally, you can see a few fish jumping out of the water, which excites the nerves of the anglers.

The wild flowers and weeds on both sides of the river bank also show their tenacity under the hot sunshine.

Comrade Li Ming didn't know or didn't want to know whether others caught any fish. Anyway, he already had a big grass carp weighing more than two kilograms in his bucket.

Old man Zhang on the left had his eyes bulging out. He looked at Li Ming's bucket and then at his own bucket. The old man wished he could secretly swap the two buckets.

Section Chief Xu Qiang on the right didn't catch any fish, not even the roe or the offspring, but he did catch a turtle, which made Section Chief Xu smile. He said, "You have to make up for your middle age. Turtles are good things!" Didn't he see that the salted fish next to him were so envious that they were crying!

"Mingzi, your fishing skills are pretty good!" Xu Qiang looked at the turtle in his bucket, then at the grass carp in Li Ming's bucket, and started chatting with Li Ming.

"Not bad, not bad, haha. But Chief Xu, your skills are pretty good too! A turtle this big must weigh more than a pound!"

Li Ming and Xu Qiang started to flatter each other commercially, stimulating their colleagues in the Air Force and the old man around them.

Zhou Tian and his companions were not deaf, so they could naturally hear the two men deliberately plotting loudly. They rolled their eyes wildly, but their hands did not stop moving at all.

I really can't stop! If I don't catch any fish, not only will I be looked down upon, but I will also have to give up a meal. It hurts just thinking about it!

The four of them didn't even bother to talk. They were just casting their rods and hanging baits one by one. Their movements were smooth and flowing, and extremely pleasing to the eye!

"Ahem, well, Xiao Ming, look at your fish?" Old man Zhang didn't pay attention to the funny guys over there, but kept staring at the grass carp. Although Xu Qiang also had a big turtle, he didn't want a turtle at his age. Isn't this big grass carp weighing more than two kilograms delicious?

Li Ming looked at the old man's troubled face and couldn't help laughing.

"puff"

'"Old Zhang, don't worry! If I can catch another one later, you can choose it then."

"But I can't change it now. I made a bet with my colleague. Whoever has less fish in the end will treat us. You don't want me to pay for a meal at Dong Lai Shun, do you? Or the kind that opens six mouths."

"Okay, okay, it costs a lot of money for six people to eat out. I'll wait for you. Anyway, I don't have to work, so I have plenty of time."

After saying this, Old Man Zhang swung his rod and continued fishing. Whether or not you can catch the fish is not important, but whether you look cool is very important!

The group of people fished until about four o'clock in the afternoon and did not even have lunch. Only Old Man Zhang stuffed his mouth with lunch.

The people in the third section of the purchasing department are so tired of fishing that their eyes are red.

Among the three groups, only Zhou Tian continued to catch nothing, while the others managed to catch a small fish. Wu Gang laughed so happily, if he was missing this small fish, he would be unlucky together with Zhou Tian tonight.

Fortunately, one was caught at the last minute, and it was showing off to Zhou Tian by winking at him.

"Xiao Li, look, you've caught two more, making a total of three. Let's change one!" Old man Zhang saw that it was getting late, so he quickly got up and walked to Li Ming, ready to change the fish. As for himself, today was another day of empty-handedness!

"Okay, you can choose!" Li Ming said to old man Zhang while packing up his fishing rod.

"okay."

Old man Zhang simply reached out and took out the grass carp that Li Ming had gotten at the beginning and threw it into his bucket.

"Xiao Li, your Grandpa Zhang is very satisfied with you today. What do you want to exchange for?" The old man started to get cocky as soon as he got the fish, and began to add seniority to himself.

Li Ming rolled his eyes. "I knew you were going to give yourself a high honor, Old Zhang. Hurry up and leave! If you're slow, you won't get another fish next time."

"I want whatever you give me. I'm not picky!" Li Ming picked up the bucket angrily and started to argue with Old Man Zhang.

"Hey, don't be angry. It's not good to be angry at such a young age." Old man Zhang smelled a threat and could only continue to make jokes with a smile. He was old anyway, so shameless!

But if he didn't catch any fish after a day of fishing, his granddaughter would laugh at him when he got home! He had already figured out how to show off his wealth when he got home!

"Well, now that you're working, how about I give you a bicycle ticket? It's a gift for you, kid."

"But let's make it clear. After I give you the bicycle ticket, you have to let me exchange it for fish in the future!"

When Li Ming heard the old man being so arrogant, he didn't dare to stop for a moment.

"I say, Old Zhang, don't try to trick me. A fish is not worth the bicycle ticket! Besides, what does my going to work have to do with you?"

"Are you still thinking about introducing your granddaughter to me?"

Li Ming looked at Old Man Zhang suspiciously. The old man wanted to introduce his granddaughter to him when they met for the first time, which scared Comrade Li Ming!

At that time, he suspected that the old man was not very smart, but later he felt that the old man was not stupid. It must be that his granddaughter was ugly, and maybe even fat! Especially for the children of the rich and powerful, they would not have to worry about food and drink. After all, next year would be a disaster year.

"Get lost, I want to introduce my granddaughter to you and you are not happy about it. Go ask her, she is so beautiful! There are so many people who want to pursue her but can't catch up with her."

After saying that, he took out a stack of bills from his pocket, picked out a bicycle ticket and threw it to Comrade Li Ming.

Comrade Li Ming's eyes widened. My god! This old man is really rich! This stack of bills is really a lot.

Old Zhang looked at Li Ming's wide eyes and waved the bills in front of Li Ming, "Hey, I, an old man, have a lot of bills!"

"Tsk, I don't want it." Comrade Li Ming took the bicycle ticket given by the old man and prepared to run away, thinking that he should quit while he was ahead!

Since the old man is so rich, it would be nice to help him to help his own poor! I just happened to be planning to buy a bicycle recently, because the one in the warehouse is really hard to ride.

Chapter 23 Blind Date Again

Six salted fish gathered together and started to discuss where to eat. You said the fish you caught should not be given to the steel mill? You should give it to the chicken feathers! There is no meat smell these days. If you catch fish, you should eat it yourself, right?

Besides, how much can you get from the steel mill? These people are not short of money, and it is not easy to buy fish now.

"Let's go to Old Xu's house. He has someone to cook for us." Wang Jun muttered while smoking.

The main reason is that the other few are bachelors, and Li Ming has a large family. Besides, there is no one to get along with in the courtyard. Bringing Chun Chun back to the courtyard will only cause trouble for himself.

"Okay, let's go to the Xu family!" Wu Gang made the decision directly. No one paid any attention to Section Chief Xu Qiang. The main reason was that he had children at home, and these fish could help the children gain nutrition.

Section Chief Xu also knew that everyone meant well, and his wife and children at home had not eaten meat for almost a month.

"Then I'll get some wine!" Xu Qiang carried the bucket and led everyone home.

"I have a mouth." Comrade Li Ming held the cigarette happily. Isn't this another free meal?

"I have a mouth too, but that turtle has to be stewed today. You can't hide it, Section Chief." Zhou Tian yelled on the side.

"That's right, we brothers all need to replenish our bodies."

"You guys just need to make up for it. I'm not weak. I'll just try it when the time comes. I won't compete with you guys for it." Li Ming looked at them with disgust.

......

Today, after Li Ming finished his meal at Xu's house, it was not too late, so he wandered back to the courtyard.

"Brother! You're back!" Li Rui saw her brother coming back and hurried to greet him.

"Why did you come back so late today?" Mother Li was worried about her eldest son.

"have you eaten?"

"I've eaten, Mom. The steel mill has a task today and all purchasing members are required to go shopping. So we're going fishing together."

Father Li burst out laughing, "Your steel mill is asking for purchases, but you three are going fishing?"

"Yeah, I fished all day."

"Where are the fish?" Father Li asked.

"Burp! I ate it." Li Ming smacked his lips. It turns out that this turtle meat is quite delicious.

"I now understand that the steel mill is saying that your Sangu Purchasing Department is hopeless, haha." Father Li laughed.

"We didn't catch many fish, so we didn't take them to the steel mill."

"Most of them were caught by me, your son." Comrade Li Ming walked to the chair and sat down.

Mother Li looked at Father Li, and Father Li looked at Li Ming. Comrade Li Ming looked at the side with a face full of question marks.

"What are you two looking at?"

"Well, nothing, I just have something I want to discuss with you." Father Li lit a cigarette.

Comrade Li Ming looked at the situation and thought something was wrong at home. "Tell me, is it that we don't have enough food stored or what?"

"Neither, it's just that he's been asking me and your mom about you lately."

"Why are you asking about me? I haven't done anything wrong."

"Instead of wasting time on this, they might as well worry about whether they have enough food to eat." Li Ming took the teacup handed over by Li Rui and said after taking a sip of water.

"Okay, Lao Li, stop beating around the bush with your son, just say it directly."

"Mingzi, this is what happened. People around us are asking about you. They all want to introduce you to someone."

The more Mother Li looked at her son, the more satisfied she became. Look at He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, no one is willing to arrange a marriage for them. Maybe it's because her son deserves to be the best!

"Ahem, cough."

"I almost choked. I'm not even 20 yet. I'm not even old enough to get married. Don't think about me anymore."

Father Li looked unhappy and said, "That won't work. Although you can't get married now, you can get engaged first!"

"Besides, more and more people have been looking for me and your mother recently. You are almost becoming a hot commodity in this area."

"At worst, we can just occupy one first."

Father Li was talking on the side.

"I won't take it. If you want to take it, you can take it yourself."

"Besides, the girls they introduce may not even be adults yet, so why mess around with them?"

"If you two really have nothing to do, why don't you go out for a walk and buy some food?"

Mother Li was unhappy when she heard this. "Mingzi, let's not talk about whether we are engaged or not. Why don't we meet each other first?"

"If you really meet someone suitable, wouldn't it be a good time to get married when you reach the right age?"

Li Ming shook his head fiercely. "No, I won't do it no matter what! I'm only 18, I'm not in a hurry."

Comrade Li Ming saw that these two people were really going to pester him, so he quickly put down his teacup and ran to his room.

"Look, I told you, our son really hasn't thought about this."

When Li's mother saw her son running away, she started to fire at Comrade Li Weiguo. After all, he was the one who first told her about this when he came back tonight.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell them tomorrow and kick them all out." Father Li looked unhappy. After all, he had a good son and people around him were rushing to give him a daughter-in-law. But he wanted to be proud for once, but his son was not happy.

"You have to do this. You can't turn it down. You have to ask them for photos. Photos, do you understand?" Mother Li looked at Father Li speechlessly. She always felt that her man was a little stupid.

"You want a photo?"

Mother Li nodded in affirmation. "That's right. Think about it. Let's get the photos first, and then let our son look at them and choose, right?"

"If there really is a very pretty one, do you think our son would still insist on not going on a blind date? At least he should go and meet her."

Father Li looked suspicious, "How do you know so much?"

"Nonsense, matchmakers are all posted under the street office, what do you think? Nowadays, matchmakers even bring photos with them."

Father Li suddenly realized that if there was no photo, he naturally didn't know whether it looked good or not. With the photo it would be different. It would be convenient for his son to choose, and he wouldn't have to make an appointment every time, which saved money and trouble.

"That's right, it has to be the child's mother." Father Li excitedly hit his left hand with his right hand.

Chapter 24 Buying a Car

When Li Ming returned to his room, he suddenly remembered that he still had a bicycle ticket, so he turned around and walked back.

"By the way, Dad, I got a bicycle ticket today. You can take a day off tomorrow afternoon so we can go buy the bicycle together."

Li Ming put a bicycle ticket on the table.

Mr. and Mrs. Li looked at the bicycle ticket on the table. For a moment, they had not yet reacted to the fact that they were about to introduce a girl to their son.

"Brother, where did you get this bicycle ticket?" Sister Li Rui saw the bicycle ticket on the table, grabbed it and started to study it.

The Li family currently has only two bicycles. The first one was bought with a ticket given to Li's mother as a reward for her work in the street office a few years ago. The second one was allocated to Comrade Li Ming by his department, but it is very difficult to ride.

"Son, where did you get this?" Mother Li looked at her son with curiosity. She felt that her son was becoming more and more powerful recently.

Seeing this, Li Ming had no choice but to tell his family again about today's fishing experience.

"So, this bicycle ticket was given to me by a retired senior cadre I met while fishing. It was used to congratulate me on my official job. Many people have seen it, including my colleagues in the department, so you can rest assured."

Father Li lit another cigarette for himself. "Tsk tsk, my son is getting better and better. I feel like he's almost catching up with me."

After hearing this, Li's mother rolled her eyes at him and said, "Yes, it seems that our family can add another big car. If we get married, we will have a complete set of three turns and one ring."

Li's mother talked about marriage every other sentence, which made Li Ming smack his teeth.

"Okay, I'll take a day off tomorrow afternoon and go with you to the department store to buy this bicycle. It looks like it's permanent." Father Li took the bicycle from Li Rui and took a look at it.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you at the door tomorrow afternoon." Li Ming left his bicycle ticket and went back to his room to rest. There were no mobile phones or wireless networks in those days, so the only thing he could do was to go to bed early and get up early, except for making small things.