The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Thinking about the useless apprentice he had accepted, he sighed again. Although Jia Dongxu's skills were not up to standard, it was intentional on Yi Zhonghai's part to make it easier to control him in the future, but it did not prevent Yi Zhonghai from being jealous.

The aunt looked at Yi Zhonghai and saw that he didn't mention this matter. Today, she also learned about the deeds of Li's eldest son from the neighbors who came back. Bringing it up now would be like rubbing salt into Yi Zhonghai's heart.

"Old Yi, Qin Huairu came to our house again today to borrow food. What do you think?"

Yi Zhonghai frowned. Although he wanted to help the Jia family, he could see that it was difficult to get food in the old city these days. Otherwise, the steel rolling mill would not have been without meat to improve its food for more than two months. He sighed again.

"Okay, you can bring two kilograms of coarse flour to the Jia family tomorrow. But we don't have much food now. You can go out and have a look on weekdays to see if you can get some food."

"If it really doesn't work, I'll take some time to go to the pigeon market and collect some. Even though it's not cost-effective, it's better than having no food to eat."

After hearing this, the aunt nodded but didn't say anything. After all, they didn't have much food left.

Liu Haizhongjia.

Compared with the peaceful life in the front and back yards, the back yard feels like "a place of suffering".

It's nothing special, it's just the traditional drama of Siheyuan - Liu Haizhong beats the Japanese invaders, oh, beats his son.

There was chaos in the backyard, but everyone was still awake, so no one came out to take care of things. Instead, everyone stood at their doorsteps to watch the fun.

As for the reason for being beaten, it was simple. It was nothing more than that Liu Haizhong was jealous when he saw Li Ming being received by the leader today and getting rewarded by the leader.

When he got home to eat, the child accidentally knocked over the small wine glass he was drinking from with his bangs, and got a beating for it.

It is worth mentioning that the eldest son did the breaking and the one who was beaten was the second son.

Chapter 29: Box lunch, pork

Jia family.

Jia Zhang was squatting on the kang, her body as fat as a pig, muttering something in a low voice. Qin Huairu went forward and knew that it was Jia Zhang who was cursing again.

At this time, Jia Dongxu was still a few years away from being hired as an apprentice, but after being accepted as an apprentice by Yi Zhonghai, he lost his ambition and slacked off at his workstation every day. When he was short of money, he would go to Yi Zhonghai for some. The Jia family's life was pretty good.

At least life is a little smoother than that of the third uncle in the front yard.

"Mom, stop scolding. Are you annoying?" Jia Dongxu had just finished his meal and went into bed. Hearing Jia Zhang's scolding, he became annoyed and stuck his head out to say something.

God have mercy on him. Jia Dongxu, this mama's boy, actually talked back to Jia Zhang today, which made Qin Huairu look at him curiously.

Jia Zhang turned around and continued to mutter towards the corner, ignoring Jia Dongxu.

Seeing the situation at home, Qin Huairu took the clothes to be washed in the basin and went out, going to the sink in the middle courtyard to wash clothes for the several people in the family.

The next day, Li Ming got out of bed and looked at the clock. It was past nine o'clock, just in time for work. Others in the family had already gone to work or school.

"Master, how many days will it take for my house to be completed?"

Master Liu, who was directing the work, saw the young boss coming and hurried forward.

"It will take another two days to finish. Don't worry, it won't delay anything."

"Okay, then I'll trouble you and the other masters." After saying this, Li Ming handed a pack of cigarettes he bought yesterday to Master Liu, chatted for a few words, and went to work.

Master Liu was very satisfied with the job he had taken on for the family of Officer Wu from the Street Office. Although he didn't provide lunch, he was very happy with his boss's good temper and sometimes even gave him a few packs of cigarettes, so he did the job of cleaning the house very efficiently.

Anyway, he is better than the old man with glasses a few days ago, who came up and asked all kinds of questions with a shameless face, and after asking, he didn't even offer me a cigarette.

Office of Section 3, Purchasing Department of Steel Rolling Mill.

When Li Ming came in, he was surprised to see that everyone was in the office.

"Why did you come so early today?"

"Haha, Xiao Li, they came early because they all came for the meat dishes served in our cafeteria today. Thanks to you, each of them got two meat tickets. I, Brother Xu, also got three tickets."

"These kids are all waiting to get their meals and rush to the cafeteria."

Xu Qiang came up and spread a circle of cigarettes, then started to criticize the four lazy people in the purchasing department.

"Hey, Old Xu, you can't say that. Didn't you come early today?"

"That's right, it's all thanks to me, stop talking nonsense."

"Ren Mingzi is treating us guys to dinner tonight, why don't you say you can take advantage of it tonight?"

Li Ming could only smile and say nothing as he listened to the quarrel between these office clowns. He was also hoping to have some meat dishes today.

"I got six from Director Li. It's one of the rewards given to me. I can also make some improvements at home tonight."

"Wow, I think Director Li from the Logistics Department is quite generous." Zhou Tian looked surprised.

"Nonsense, he's in charge of logistics, how can he not be generous?" Brother Zheng Ping complained with a sour lemon expression on his face.

A few old men talked nonsense for the whole morning, and finally it was time for lunch.

"Let's go, let's go quickly, we have to use up all the tickets today, don't even think about using them next time, there will be no next time after this one."

Xu Qiang grabbed the receipts on the table and rushed out with three lunch boxes.

"Yes, yes. It's no good if you go too late. If you go too late, you'll only have the roots left, and you won't even be able to eat anything."

The group of people obviously didn't talk enough in the morning, and rushed towards the cafeteria mumbling.

When the six people arrived at the cafeteria, there was no one there. They came too early!

The lunch bell at the steel mill hadn't even rung yet, but the six of them had already lined up.

When the lunch bell rang at the steel rolling mill, Ma Hua opened the window and as soon as he lifted the baffle, he saw five tall and strong men and a handsome young man standing at the window waiting.

"Good boy, you guys came early!"

Apparently MCA is also a member of Unit 3 of the Personnel and Procurement Division and also said hello.

"Hurry up, I can't wait, haha, I haven't eaten pork for almost two months, it smells so delicious now!" Wang Jun urged while standing in the front.

After the group of six had finished their meal, the lunch bell finally rang.

"Tsk, Mingzi, those six lunch boxes of yours stacked together are really damn conspicuous!" Zhou Tian's eyes were almost turning into the shape of lemons.

"Stop talking nonsense, eat quickly and take the leftovers away!" The leader of the three groups urged quickly. Not to mention that Li Ming's six lunch boxes were conspicuous, the six people in their three groups had a total of 17 lunch boxes, which would be even more conspicuous when there were more people!

Several people obviously understood what he meant. They were all benefiting from this. At this moment, the total number of lunch boxes in a group was almost as large as half of the workshop. If they didn't finish their meals quickly and slip away, people would be jealous.

After the six people had eaten their fill, the cafeteria began to be crowded with people. In fact, this pig weighed more than 200 pounds, which was not enough for everyone in the entire steel rolling mill to eat. It was nothing more than for everyone to get a little bit of the fat. But at this time, being able to get a little bit of the fat was already great.

A group of six people walked towards the office against the crowd.

"Burp~ I've finally had some meat today. I haven't tasted pork in a long time." Wu Gang burped and said while smacking his lips.

"So the mutton you ate at Donglaishun before was for nothing?"

"Don't talk about Donglaishun. I heard a few days ago that the price of mutton at Donglaishun has doubled. Even if you want to eat mutton there, you have to make a reservation!" Xu Qiang complained with a pout.

A few days ago, Section Chief Xu planned to take his wife and children to improve their meals, mainly because his daughter was growing up, so he thought of going to Donglai for a meal. Unexpectedly, he couldn't even get in!

"My goodness, it's getting harder and harder to find something to eat nowadays." Life is not easy, Wang Jun sighed.

"Okay, stop being so ungrateful. Mingzi will take us fishing this afternoon, and after that, we'll let you four have a good time tonight."

"Well, that's true. With this fishing skill, Mingzi will never go hungry wherever he goes!"

After they returned to the office and rested for a while, they prepared to set off for Jinshui River.

"Wait for me at the entrance of the steel mill. I'll take this lunch box to my father."

Li Ming raised the lunch box in his hand, indicating that he had to deliver something.

"Don't worry, we'll be waiting outside the steel mill. Without you, we probably won't get any fish tonight."

Zhou Tian laughed at the side.

Chapter 30 The Forgotten Lottery

Li Ming then carried his lunch box and walked towards the welding workshop.

Welding workshop in steel rolling mill.

The workshop director, Director Liu, walked up to Li's father and said, "Mr. Li, stop what you are doing. Your son is here to see you."

When Father Li heard the voices, he put down the work at hand, turned around and followed Director Liu out of the workshop.

"Dad, I'm giving you the things. Remember to take them back. I'm having a party with my colleagues today."

"Haha, okay, I get it. Be careful and come back early." As soon as Father Li took a look at the stacked lunch boxes, he knew that this was the meal his eldest son had bought with the meat coupons for lunch today.

"Okay, don't worry."

. . . . . .

The entrance of the steel rolling mill.

"Let's go. I'm done here."

"Okay, let's go. I'm going to catch another turtle today. Wow, the one I caught last time tasted really good!"

Section Chief Xu said with a nostalgic look on his face that the turtle really gave him a surprise last time, and its fighting power increased sharply at night.

The six of them chatted and laughed all the way to the Jinshui River, and found the spot where they had fished last time and sat down one by one.

"Your fishing friend didn't come today!" Wang Jun looked around and found no one else.

Li Ming waved his hand indifferently, "That old man doesn't come fishing every day, let's just have fun on our own."

"That's right, but there are more people fishing in the Jinshui River!" Zheng Ping sighed as he looked at the people on the other side of the river.

"I don't know if I can get any good stuff today. I feel like there are more people than fish."

When Section Chief Xu saw so many people, he felt a little nervous, fearing that there would not be enough fish in the river to go around.

Comrade Li Ming sat leisurely on the shore, put on the bait, threw the hook into the river, and began to wait for the fish to take the bait.

By the way, he also put his mind on the system, and suddenly remembered that he had not used the lottery draw rewarded after the last passive fishing. He planned to try it today! Since he had just been promoted to a regular employee, maybe he would have some good luck.

"System, lottery!"

As soon as Li Ming finished speaking, he saw thirty-six cards appear on the light green screen in front of him, which made Li Ming's mouth twitch.

"System, you are not a stitched monster, right? Why does your lottery interface look so familiar to me?"

[Host, please decide on the lottery card as soon as possible. 】

Well, the system has the final right of interpretation, so I can only flip the sign randomly.

Li Ming flipped over a card at random, and the card turned into green light and disappeared, followed by a line of subtitles.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for winning a Colt M1860 revolver, which comes with a box of bullets. ]

[ps, please use it with caution, this system is intended to provide a safer living environment for the host. ]

Li Ming was shocked when he saw the prize for this lucky draw. My god! Which man doesn't like this? Which cadre can stand the test of this?

As for the system prompt? It doesn't matter. If he really encounters a situation that threatens his safety, Li Ming is not lacking in brains. As for using a gun casually, it is impossible. After all, as a five-good youth in the future, I still love peace in my bones.

But this gun is indeed a beautiful gift. The most difficult three years are coming to an end, and you never know what strange things will appear. It is never too much to have something to protect yourself, not to mention that many people have this thing at home.

If Comrade Li Ming had not been fishing with his colleagues, he would have taken out the gun and played with it. Although he was not a military firearms enthusiast, he was quite familiar with this famous revolver.

This gun is divided into two models according to the caliber: Army (0.44 inches) and Navy (0.36 inches). The one in Li Ming's hand looks like the 0.44-inch Army model from the size. It was the standard firearm of the US military during the American Civil War, with about 1860 units equipped. It performed very well on the battlefield. At that time, owning an M6 revolver was something many soldiers dreamed of. Its feeding method is: revolver chamber, capacity of 213 rounds, muzzle velocity meters per second.

[Ding, this is the host's first lottery draw, so I'm providing a personal panel for the host to get familiar with.]

[Ding, considering that the host has never used firearms before, I will reward the host with a basic pistol skill*1. ]

"The system is very powerful!" Comrade Li Ming is becoming more and more satisfied with his own system.

"Open the panel."

【Host】: Li Ming

[Skills Possessing]: Pistol Mastery (Basic), Fishing (Minor Achievement).

[Number of draws]: 0

[Physique Template]: Li Yuanba [Development Progress 10%]

[System Items]: Colt M1860 revolver*1, a box of 0.44-inch black powder bullets.

"Ha, my obsessive-compulsive disorder has been cured. It looks much more comfortable now." Comrade Li Ming muttered to himself as he looked at his personal panel. After all, these are the essential things for time travel. Without them, one always feels like something is missing.

"But my fishing skills are actually recognized by the system, which is really great."

Suddenly, the fishing line in his hand became tight. Li Ming subconsciously tightened it and then began to relax it, starting to play the fish continuously.