The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Seeing that Wang Da and Wang Er still had to take Niu Zhuang for a walk for a while, Li Ming simply opened the system and called up the friendly value interface. The previous system upgrade had increased these two hatred values ​​and friendly values.

I have been using the hatred value all the time, but the friendship value is completely useless. I might as well use it now.

【Friendly value】

Wang Da (95)

Wang Er (96)

MCA (98)

Niu Zhuang (89)

As for the friendship value, there will basically be no problem as long as it is above 80. MCA’s friendship value is almost full, which is very normal.

The two brothers Wang Da and Wang Er are not bad. After all, they were gangsters before, and it is quite good for them to have such a high position now. The only one worth mentioning is Wang Er.

As expected of a fool, this fool is a little taller than his brother! It seems that this fool is not completely useless.

As for Niu Zhuang's words, Li Ming was a little surprised. However, considering that the friendship between men is simple to the extreme, and in this era, most people don't have any messy thoughts, Niu Zhuang's data is understandable.

In short, Li Ming's team is pretty good! They are all very reliable!

With the system already opened, Li Ming took a look at his personal interface again, ready to see how his physical fitness was developing.

【Host】: Li Ming

[Skills Possessing]: Pistol mastery (top level), Bajiquan (top level), Fishing (great success), Weak spot attack (language-oriented), Locust stone throwing technique (great success), Sichuan cuisine (great success), Shandong cuisine (great success), Antique identification skills (minor success), Lock picking (minor success).

【Number of draws】:3.

[Physique Template]: Li Yuanba [Development Progress 75%]

[System Items]: 5 one-click mission completion cards, 1860 Colt M1 revolver, 0.44 box of 2-inch black powder bullets, gun license, locust stone production line, disguise mask, voice-changing button. set of house deeds for the second courtyard, Jerry's firecrackers.

I can only say that the increase is not much, and it gets slower and slower towards the end.

There is no good way, just endure it.

. . . . . .

When the three people came back, Niu Zhuang was very excited, and the two brothers Wang Da and Wang Er were also very happy. Having one more person in their team would bring too many benefits. Of course, the most important thing was that it did not affect their own interests, which was very good.

"Have you figured it all out?"

Niu Zhuang nodded excitedly, "Don't worry, Brother Li, I've figured it out."

"Wang Da and Wang Er, take out this month's food for Niu Zhuang from these grains. This can be considered as an advance payment for his salary. They have two brothers and sisters in their family, and it's not easy for them. Just get through this month first, and the rest will be easy."

Wang Da and Wang Er also laughed after hearing this. When they came into contact with Niu Zhuang just now, they could be considered to have accepted this strong man!

Without mentioning anything else, just think about it, if something really happened and there was a strong man standing next to you, would you feel at ease?

That must be reassuring! This is a sense of security! Isn't the sense of security what they want when they do business on the black market?

Although Niu Zhuang's figure is a bit eye-catching, it's okay to not let him sell goods on the black market. There is no problem in letting him do something else.

"Okay, brother!"

The two brothers were happy and found a bag to pack Niu Zhuang's things.

Niu Zhuang looked at Li Ming with a touched expression, "Thank you, Brother Li!"

"Come on, we are all a family from now on, don't be polite, bring the food back, Lili will be much happier, right?"

Niu Zhuang touched his head and laughed, "Hehe, that's for sure."

"By the way, we are having dinner tonight, you can just bring Lili with you. I can't let the little one eat at home alone, I am worried about that."

"Well, okay, Brother Li, don't worry, Lili has been very smart since she was a child, she won't say anything nonsense."

Niu Zhuang felt that the emotions he felt today were an advance payment for the entire next year. There was nothing he could say about how well Li Ming treated him.

Li Ming subconsciously glanced at Niu Zhuang's friendliness value, wow, it's reached 90.

"Brother, it's all done."

Wang Da came over with the bag and shook it at Li Ming.

"Just give it to Lao Niu. I'll take Lao Niu home when we're done. You two brothers, bear with the fatigue and go get Ma Hua. We'll have a meal in this courtyard tonight!"

"okay!"

"Shall we leave now?"

"Let's go now!"

After making their decision, the four of them set out from Baishun Hutong and headed straight for their respective destinations.

You see, company dinners are still very necessary. No wonder they are so popular in later generations!

Of course, the pie in the sky has to be drawn, but the prerequisite is that there must be an opportunity to realize the pie. Li Ming does not intend to exploit to the end like those hateful capitalists in later generations.

Nowadays we have to be reliable in what we do and do things. If you only fool your own people, what the hell will that achieve?

The courtyard of the steel rolling mill.

Front yard, Li's house.

Li Ming had just arrived home, and Niu Zhuang went back next door with the food.

Look, if you take the food back to the courtyard next door, everything will be fine. Why don’t you try it in their courtyard?

If anyone dares to bring back a bag of grain openly, well, just wait, those shameless people in the yard will line up at your doorstep to borrow grain.

No one is afraid of you in this courtyard, you can't even live your life!

Even now, Li Ming was too lazy to bring food home openly, for fear of being spotted by some worthless person! It wasn't that he was afraid, nor that he didn't want to fish!

But there is an old saying: We are not afraid of thieves stealing, but we are afraid of thieves thinking about it!

If every household in this courtyard came to covet the Li family's food, then they would be hard to defend against!

This thing is like a toad lying on the bottom of your feet. It doesn't bite you, but it's annoying!

So Comrade Li Ming has to be very careful when living in this beastly courtyard!

"Brother, you're back!"

As soon as Li Ming pushed the door open and entered the house, he saw his sister sitting in the small living room reading a book.

Chapter 231 Party

"Well, I just got back, and I was wondering if you were back yet."

Li Ming said while looking at his sister with a smile.

After all, his sister was back, so he could just say goodbye and leave. If Li Rui hadn't come back, he would have to wait a while.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

"Well, I have something to do tonight. I'm going out for dinner and won't be back at night. Just remember to tell our parents."

"Ok."

Li Rui never asked about her brother's schedule. She just did what her brother said.

After all, this job was arranged by her brother. Those classmates who dropped out of school early, even those whose family members had formal workers, have not found suitable jobs yet.

Some are even preparing to go to the countryside. Compared with them, Li Rui has completely escaped the disaster.

Now, sometimes some of her classmates who dropped out of school would come to see her, but she would not show up. After all, her family had told her not to tell anyone about such things.

Besides, what if that group of people were planning to ask his brother for help? That would be even more troublesome. The little girl is not stupid! It can be said that this is the peak of her intelligence.

"Okay then. I'll do it first."

When Li Ming got home, he just reported to his family, drank a glass of water, and left the courtyard. He came to the courtyard where Niu Zhuang lived, leaned against a big tree, lit a cigarette, and waited slowly.

Niu Zhuang still had to take Niu Lili with him, so it was definitely not as convenient for him to go out. It was not until Li Ming finished smoking the cigarette that Niu Zhuang took Niu Lili out of the courtyard.

"Brother Li."

"Brother Mingzi!"

Li Ming was delighted. Hey, this was the first time he heard the girl call him that. He walked over happily and patted the girl on the head. "Just call her that from now on. Let's go! I, your brother, will take you guys out for a meal!"

Niu Zhuang also happily followed the two of them towards Baishun Hutong.

"Brother Mingzi, where are we going?"

"There are three older brothers having dinner tonight at Baishun Hutong. Lili will have many older brothers in the future."

"Really? What are we having for dinner?"

Li Ming raised a bag in his hand. It was the mutton he had brought from home. He took it out after returning home. "Shabu-shabu mutton! I still have a lot of mutton here. Let's finish it today."

Li Ming and Niu Lili were walking in front, and Niu Zhuang behind them was like a two-man iron tower bodyguard. At least when the three of them were walking on the road, within a three-meter radius of Li Ming and the other two, no one else could breathe except them!

"I think taking your brother out is really effective! It cleans up the street tigers!"

Li Ming was so happy when he saw the immediate effect brought by Niu Zhuang.

Niu Lili looked helpless, "My brother looks like this, and there's nothing we can do to change him."

"No need to change it, don't f*cking change it, it's fine as it is! Hehe, I just like this feeling! Safe, this damn sense of security is simply explosive!"

Li Ming yelled so loudly that Niu Zhuang and Niu Lili, brother and sister, almost couldn't react.

To be honest, this was the first time that the brother and sister had seen someone with this kind of temper. Today they really broadened their horizons.

The group of three hurried towards Baishun Hutong in a lively manner, talking and laughing along the way. It was so lively!

. . . . . .

In Baishun Hutong, Wang Da and Wang Er are temporarily living in a small courtyard.

"Brother Mingzi, is this courtyard also yours?"

Niu Lili asked while blinking her big eyes, and He Yuzhu and Niu Zhuang laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at?" the little girl said unhappy.

"You and your brother are exactly alike. You two siblings always ask the same questions when you meet!"

Li Ming explained cheerfully. Niu Lili's face fell and she glared at her brother fiercely. Niu Zhuang looked innocent and took out the key to the yard to open the door.

As for why Niu Zhuang had the key, his sister was not curious about it. When they were at home, Niu Zhuang told his sister at a very fast speed how good Li Ming was to them. Now Niu Lili knew it very well!

"Brother Li, what shall we do first?"

Niu Zhuang came into the house, put down his things and asked.

"Well... let's clean those two brass pots first. I'll cut the vegetables and meat."

Looking at Niu Zhuang's physique, Li Ming assigned him a job of washing pots. Then, at Niu Lili's strong request, he took the girl to the kitchen and started working.

Not until they had prepared the vegetables and meat for tonight's meal did Wang Da, Wang Er and Ma Hua return.

"master."

"Brother Li."

"That's great. Ma Hua, you can just take care of the rest. I'll go and take some time off."

When Li Ming saw his little apprentice coming, he decisively threw the remaining fish to Ma Hua, then went back to the main room and started fishing.

Just after six o'clock in the evening, six people set up two brass hot pots and started to eat lively.

"Welcome Niu Zhuang, the new member of our team!"

Li Ming raised a bottle of soda and shouted.

"welcome!"

"Haha, welcome!"

"From now on, our bodyguards will be in place!"

"That's right!"

Niu Zhuang doesn't mind being a bodyguard at all. To be honest, for a man of his size, selling food on the black market makes no difference to having his name written on his face.

Instead, he was responsible for bodyguarding, transporting food and other logistics, and he could do this job quite efficiently!

After the welcome, this group of people started to build in earnest, and their noisy voices could be heard throughout the yard.