The strong fisherman in the courtyard

In recent months, Comrade Li Ming has not been idle at all. He goes to the pigeon market every now and then to sell the excess meat, noodles, rice and other things in the space. He can sell them in batches. If he exchanges small coins for big black tens, he can build two stacks of them.

He also earned the title of "Lime God of War" in the pigeon markets of this city. However, as autumn approaches, there is even less food on the market, so the pigeon markets are closed and severely cracked down! So Comrade Li Ming can rest for a while.

"Okay, let's go fishing today and bring back some food. Perfect!"

Comrade Li Ming packed up his things, had his breakfast, carried his fishing rod and bucket, and headed straight for the Jinshui River.

"Drive slowly on the road! Mingzi." Seeing her son full of energy, Li's mother still gave him a few words of advice.

"Well, don't worry, Mom!" Comrade Li Ming stood at the gate, waved his hand, and left the courtyard.

Mother Li smiled and shook her head, "This child is just too sensible!"

"Well, isn't it good that our son is sensible? He can bring back food every month. Apart from anything else, I think our family has the most food in our yard."

Mr. and Mrs. Li can now wash and brush their teeth in the new house without having to queue up to fetch water in the yard every day. It is very convenient.

"That's true. But it's easy for others to talk. I've been jealous of Yan Fugui next door recently. I have to find a chance to give this old man Yan a lesson."

After washing up, Mr. Li sat on a chair in the room, lit a cigarette, and chatted with Mother Li.

"Well, that's exactly what happened. Last time I brought back a small bag of flour, Yan Fugui was so jealous that he even made some sarcastic remarks about me."

"What? When did this bastard do this?" Father Li stood up from his chair with a start. How could he tolerate someone bullying his wife?

Although everyone is short of food now, you, Yan Fugui, are incapable of getting food. Instead of looking for your own reasons, you make fun of others. Is this okay?

"Why are you so anxious? Mingzi just came back at that time and confronted Yan Fugui directly. Don't worry, we didn't suffer any loss."

Father Li then touched his head and smiled innocently, "Oh, it's okay then, hehe."

"But Yan Fugui is really blind. Many people asked him to get some food, but he didn't have the ability to do it. He even dared to do evil. I think this old guy is crazy."

"Most of our food recently was collected by Mingzi. Let him know today and ask him to be careful when bringing it back next time. It would be best if no one else saw it."

"It's okay for us to live in the front yard. We just have to be on guard against Yan Fugui. But it will be troublesome if we live in the back yard. The last time Xu Fugui brought back two kilograms of rice, he threw it over the wall in the middle of the night." Father Li laughed on the side.

Mother Li looked at Father Li who was like a child and couldn't help but shook her head, "Stop laughing, go touch the eggs, so that no one will miss you."

"okay."

By the Jinshui River.

"Hey, Xiao Li is here today!" Old man Zhang, who had arrived at the Jinshui River to fish at some point, greeted Li Ming in a familiar manner when he saw him.

Li Ming chuckled and ran to Old Man Zhang's bucket to take a look. "You can't do this, Old Zhang! You came so early for nothing. Really."

After mocking Old Man Zhang's fishing skills, Comrade Li Ming sat down on the small stool next to Old Man Zhang and began to prepare for fishing.

"You kid! You always use my stool! Can't you bring one of your own?" Old man Zhang blew his beard and glared.

Li Ming was indifferent, "Do you know what it means to be a poor student?"

"Poor, poor student? And you have so many stationery?" Old man Zhang looked at the various fishing baits, fishing lines, bathtubs and stools around him without much confidence.

"What are you talking about me?" Old man Zhang looked incredulous. This was simply a slap in his face! And it was a new insulting word!

Seeing that the old man was very angry, Li Ming quickly waved his hands and denied it three times, "No, no, it's not me, don't talk nonsense."

Old man Zhang then snorted and turned around to continue fishing.

"But if you take it personally, I can't do anything about it."

A word that sounded like a mockery floated out and entered Old Man Zhang's head again.

Li Ming saw that Old Man Zhang's hand holding the fishing rod was trembling, and he burst out laughing.

"Haha, don't worry about it, old man Zhang. Fishing depends mainly on luck. Just come a few more times and it will be fine."

Hearing the step handed over by Li Ming, Old Man Zhang nodded proudly.

After a while, Comrade Li Ming came up with a crab and threw it into the bucket without even looking back.

"Why are there only crabs today?" Li Ming grumbled in dissatisfaction. Although it tasted good, there was not as much fish as there.

"Boy, it's normal to have crabs in the Jinshui River at this time. These crabs are delicious."

Li Ming didn't even raise his head. "I know it tastes good, but this is a bit too much."

"How about you give it to me and I'll introduce my granddaughter to you?" Old man Zhang picked up his hobby of being a matchmaker again.

The guards standing nearby were speechless. How much Old Zhang must have suspected that his granddaughter would not be able to get married for him to have been so persistent in promoting Li Ming for three years!

"I say, Old Man Zhang, tell me the truth, is your granddaughter ugly? Is she very fat?"

Li Ming, who had been introduced to the granddaughter of Old Zhang for three years, couldn't help but retort today.

When Old Zhang heard this, he immediately quit and threw the fishing rod to the ground, "Bah, you are just a jerk, you don't know how to appreciate a good person!"

"Old man, I'm worried that you won't be able to find a wife, so I'm introducing my precious granddaughter to you because of our friendship!"

"Your granddaughter is not ugly or fat, and you are staring at a commoner like me and introducing a firecracker to me!"

Li Ming rubbed his nose, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and gave one to the old man, the guard and the secretary each in a familiar manner.

Before, neither the guards nor the secretary were wanted, but later, when Old Zhang said so, the four of them started smoking together.

"You are a retired old man who comes out with bodyguards every day. You must be from a wealthy family. I am just a commoner. If your granddaughter is really pretty, can I get her?"

Comrade Li Ming took a puff and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Humph, Xiao Li, go to the car and get the photo of my precious granddaughter to open the eyes of this stupid boy!"

Secretary Li, who was smoking and watching the fun nearby, laughed and said "ah", then ran out.

Chapter 38 We time travelers are very vindictive!

Li Ming looked at Secretary Li who was running away with a helpless look on his face. That speed was not much slower than a rabbit.

"Don't be ungrateful, kid. Many people of your age in the surrounding compounds are attracted to my granddaughter." Old Zhang exhaled a puff of smoke at Li Ming.

Li Ming waved his hand with a look of disdain, "That's even better, you can just pick them directly, just like buying vegetables at the market, just choose carefully."

Old man Zhang stopped being stubborn and said, "If I could pick the best ones, would I still come to you?"

"Hey, so I've become a spare tire, haha."

"You are a very thoughtful old man."

Li Ming sat on the side and chatted with old man Zhang. Occasionally he would catch a fish. It was quite lively.

Soon, Secretary Li came running over with a photo. Old Man Zhang stood up and snatched it from the secretary and handed it to Li Ming, "Take a good look at it. My granddaughter is really pretty!"

"Cut~~~"

"Since you are so diligent in introducing your granddaughter, I will take a look reluctantly. Hey, I am kind-hearted!"

Comrade Li Ming took the photo in his hand, without even looking at it, he first gave Old Man Zhang a look. When he saw that Old Man Zhang's beard was trembling with anger, he looked down with a chuckle.

"Tsk tsk, those two curved eyebrows that seem to be frowning but not frowning, and those two eyes that seem to be happy but not happy and full of affection!"

"Wow, it's a full-body photo. You're a rich man, old man." Li Ming praised casually and looked down again.

When Old Man Zhang heard Li Ming praising his granddaughter like that, his eyebrows almost popped out with joy, and he said to Secretary Li, "Look, I told you, this kid will definitely be moved when he sees the photo."

"You deserve the phrase 'slender waist like a willow and graceful like a flower reflecting in the water'. Your granddaughter is much prettier than you, haha."

Li Ming was not stingy with his praise and started praising him nonstop.

"I didn't expect you to have some skills!" Old man Zhang was so happy to be praised that he threw the fishing rod aside, squatted beside Li Ming and started to play the fish.

"By the way, how do you feel, kid? If it's appropriate, why don't you meet him?" The old man was like a matchmaker at this moment, and began to chase and intercept Comrade Li Ming.

"Tsk, she is beautiful, but I can't afford her. Haha, old man Zhang, I am just a nobody. How can I be worthy of marrying a rich and powerful person like you? No way!"

Although Comrade Li Ming has the arrogance of a time traveler, he thinks that he will not be able to enjoy the comfort for a few years before he reaches the point where he believes everything he hears. He asks himself if he wants to be implicated.

Either you are such a high-ranking official that you can get through this disaster smoothly, or else you will be in trouble. Why would Comrade Li Ming bother?

What's more, the children of these high-ranking officials all have very bad tempers, so he is not willing to serve them.

Old man Zhang's smile froze. He never expected that he would be rejected just because of his wealthy family. He almost couldn't breathe!

Secretary Li and Guard Wang beside him were also stunned. They didn't expect that this guy could hold back when seeing such a beautiful girl with such a good family background?

"Old Zhang, you think too highly of me. I just want to live a peaceful and stable life. Your granddaughter is definitely not someone that an ordinary person like me can afford to marry, hehe."

"It's best for us two to just be good fishing friends."

Old man Zhang seemed to be in a state of unconsciousness after being hit so hard, and he muttered to himself, "This shouldn't be! I see that you usually get your eyes glued to pretty girls!"

Li Ming was amused. "You old man, you still care about my appreciation of beauty! I'm not paralyzed when I see a pretty girl. I'm just appreciating her purely!"

"Besides, how can I, a man of few pockets, delay such a beautiful lady? Right?"

"Old man Zhang, it would be better for you to just pick someone who is of equal status!"

After hearing this, Old Zhang came back to his senses and smiled, "You are quite something! Haha, I don't care, but I have to go back and tell my granddaughter to open her eyes. It would be nice if she could be friends with you."

Seeing that the old man was still interested, Li Ming didn't continue to pay attention to him. He took out a cigarette and continued to sit by the river and fish.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Ming glanced at the time on his watch and said, "Old man, I'm running away!"

After saying this, he didn't even wait for the old man to change the fish, but just picked up the bucket and ran away.

Old man Zhang just opened his mouth and didn't say a word, Li Ming had already run away. He couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, "Secretary Li, what do you think of this young man?"

Secretary Li pondered for a moment, "He is quite a character. At least he knows how to live a reasonable life! If a child of his age were to encounter the opportunity you have given him, he would be eager to fight for it."

"He avoids me like the plague. Pah! He is cursing himself." Old man Zhang started to pack up his fishing gear while cursing and was about to leave. He planned to go home and tell his precious granddaughter about this young man. If his granddaughter liked him, he would find a chance to let her come and see him.

At this point in his life, his family members were all considered powerful and influential. The most important thing was that there was only this one precious girl in the third generation of his family. He was afraid that she would melt if he held her in his mouth, and afraid that she would fall if he held her in his hands. So he wanted her to find a good family to marry into, and live a good life, which would be the best.

. . . . . .

Li Ming found an empty alley on the road, went into the space and took out two kilograms of Fuqiang flour. Then he walked home leisurely with the bucket in one hand and the flour bag in the other.

As for the granddaughter the old man mentioned, well, I really don’t want to touch her!

The courtyard of the steel rolling mill.

Li Ming, carrying buckets of water and flour, ran into Yan Fugui directly. Previously, because this old man had mocked his mother, Li Ming retorted against him. Since then, their Li family has had less dealings with the Yan family. Now that he met this old man again, Li Ming naturally did not have a good face.

However, Yan Fugui seemed not to notice Li Ming's gloomy face and his unwillingness to pay attention to him, and instead moved closer.

"Oh, Mingzi has caught another fish!"

Seeing that the old man was coming up to him to cause trouble, Li Ming naturally had no intention of letting him off easily.

"Well, if you like, you can go fishing. If you really can't catch anything, you pay and I'll sell the fish. We can switch."

Yan Fugui's face froze, and he smiled awkwardly, "I don't have such good skills, but Mingzi, how much do you want to sell it for?"

Li Ming immediately shook his head and said, "What a lie! I'd rather throw it away than sell it to you, you bastard."

"No, I won't sell it to you. If you want to eat it, just go get it yourself. How can a cultured person like us be stumped by such a small matter?"

After saying this, Li Ming walked home without looking back.

Yan Fugui naturally knew that Li Ming was holding a grudge. He didn't know why he got so angry last time and insulted Li's mother, so he still holds a grudge against her. As for your suggestion that Yan Fugui take advantage of his age to slap Li Ming? Forget it. Yan Fugui, who claims to be a cultured person, would not do such a thing. The most important thing is that he saw Li Ming dismantling the door. If he really wants to make trouble for this kid, he can even dismantle himself!

Chapter 39: Shijia Hutong

"This guy does have some connections. If it really doesn't work, I can only pay him more money to help get some food."

"Oh, why didn't I control my mouth back then!" Yan Fugui said and slapped himself lightly.

I hate people who have both brains and strength the most. It would be great if they could all be like the idiot Zhuzi in the Central Courtyard!

Yan Fugui suppressed the thoughts in his mind and turned back into the house.

Li family.

"Yan Fugui was chatting with you just now?" Father Li asked when he saw Li Ming enter the room.

Li Ming put the bucket and food in his hand on the ground, "Well, this old guy is still thinking about exchanging money for my fish, what have he been doing before!"

"You didn't think twice before you offended my mother, but now you come here to burn incense! Ugh!"

Father and mother Li were amused listening to Li Ming's complaints. They thought their son was good in every way except that he held a grudge!

"I guess this old guy has no way to get food. I've hurt him for so long. Maybe he will have to come to our house to borrow food or ask me to buy food for him in the future."

"If I don't make this old man bleed profusely by then, I will have lived in vain for more than ten years." Comrade Li Ming grumbled and said this harshly before going to the sink to wash his hands.