The strong fisherman in the courtyard

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【Friendly value】

Wang Da (100)

Wang Er (100)

MCA (100)

Niu Zhuang (100)

Liu Guangtian (100)

Liu Guangfu (100)

Yan Xing (95)

Yan Wang (92)

Well, not bad, another wave of increase, very good! Now the second black market business is almost done, at least in this situation, four people are enough.

"Brother, what are we having for lunch?" Liu Guangfu smiled happily for a while and leaned close to Li Ming and asked, handing him a cigarette.

Li Ming took it and ordered, "The five of us can eat a lot, let's start the hot pot, it will be delicious!"

"Hey, okay. We don't lack meat or anything like that. I'll go out and buy some wine." Liu Guangfu said this and ran out, his legs moving very fast.

The two brothers were very welcoming to the two newcomers. After all, they were really too busy sometimes. Although it was fun to make money, it was very tiring!

Even though these two men have jobs, they sell grain at night, so it doesn't interfere with their work. What's more, they are also doing purchasing, and they don't have to go to the steel mill every day. With the arrival of these two men, their lives will be a little easier.

. . . . . .

"It's so damn cold this year! It's so cold and it's not snowing yet?" Yan Wang complained while sitting by the iron stove, warming himself by the fire while wrapped in a big cotton-padded jacket.

Li Ming was also warming himself by the fire. Although he didn't feel very cold, if he could feel the cold given his physical condition, it would be even more terrible for others.

"It's rare to have snow this year, so let's wait and see."

"That's right. It's so difficult to get food now. If it snows heavily this year, it will definitely be better next year. But we are struggling on the black market. Others may not know about it, but how can we not know about it?" Yan Xing interrupted.

The two brothers have been busy in the black market for nearly half a year. Not only have they greatly improved their family's conditions, but their jobs at the steel mill have also become more stable.

At least none of the two brothers had run out of food once in a month. Apart from the two brothers and the four old people, the three newcomers who joined the company had not been able to complete the task of the steel rolling mill in this month. Although it was still 35 kilograms, the difficulty of this 35 kilograms was different from that of the 35 kilograms in the first half of the year.

Li Ming took a roasted peanut from the iron stove and began to stuff it into his mouth with great interest. The situation outside was grim and the Pigeon City was under a severe crackdown.

The combined profits from his two pigeon market stalls are not as much as what he made in the previous month. There are 30 days in a month, and these people have to crack down on the pigeon market during the 28 days when they are idle. Fortunately, Li Ming has saved up a lot of money, so he is not in a hurry for the time being.

Even the people under his command were no longer in a hurry. They had already made a lot of money and had enough food to eat!

Now, the monthly food intake for urban residents in the old city is only 65% of the amount written in the household registration book. If they get more, they will have nothing left.

Even things like meat and oil require people to queue up to buy them, and it all depends on luck.

Fortunately, the Li family has everything they need. At least now the lives of the two brothers, the Li family and the Yan family, are not so worried.

"Brother, what about our business?" Yan Wang handed Li Ming a cigarette and asked.

Li Ming went directly to the stove to light it and blew out a smoke ring. "No hurry. Pigeon City has been in a lot of trouble recently. Even the patrol density at night is much stronger than before. We don't have to worry about food and clothing, and we don't have to worry about expenses. There is no need to sacrifice ourselves."

Li Ming looked at the two brothers with a smile, "You two, just spend the New Year well and after the New Year, take some time to tidy up these three back houses. At least they need to see the sun, right?"

"Look at you two brothers. You were dark when you first came here. Wow, in the past six months, you two have become much whiter!"

The brothers Yan Xing and Yan Wang laughed after hearing this, they thought what he said was true, they were no longer little black eggs!

"Haha, okay, we'll listen to you."

"We'll find someone to clean up in the spring. It's really uncomfortable to live in this back house for a long time."

"now it's right."

Li Ming chatted with the two for a while before wandering back home.

Now many people in the courtyard are outside buying food, and they are as anxious as if their butts are on fire. What have they been doing before?

There are only a few families that can remain stable in the courtyard now, including one family in the outer courtyard, the Li family and the Wu family in the front courtyard, Yi Zhonghai in the middle courtyard, and Xu Damao in the back courtyard.

Even He Yuzhu, the cook of the steel rolling mill, had nothing to do and went out to steal food. But it is not easy for him to steal now. Even the job of preparing meals for the banquets that many people asked him to do in the original plot was taken care of by Ma Hua alone, haha!

Returning to the second bedroom, Li Ming boiled a pot of hot water and then opened the system interface. He had been looking for food recently, and the beasts in the courtyard had become much quieter, so Li Ming's ten consecutive draws had not been completed yet!

【Host】: Li Ming

[Skills Possessing]: Pistol mastery (top level), Bajiquan (top level), Fishing (great accomplishment), Weakness attack (language-oriented), Art of language, Wall climbing, Locust stone throwing technique (top level), Sichuan cuisine (great accomplishment), Shandong cuisine (great accomplishment), Antique identification skills (great accomplishment), Lock picking (top level).

【Number of draws】:8.

[Physique Template]: Li Yuanba [Development Progress 96%]

[System Items]: 5 one-click task completion cards, 1860 Colt m1 revolver, a box of 0.44-inch black powder bullets, a gun license, a set of locust stone production lines, a set of disguise masks, a voice-changing button, 2 pounds of Anxi Tieguanyin, 1 kitchen knife, 1 baseball bat, 2 Jerry's firecrackers, 1 watch ticket, 1 sewing ticket, 1 radio ticket, 2 malted milk tickets, a set of house deeds for the second courtyard {Paoju Hutong), a set of house deeds for the first courtyard (Qianer Hutong).

Chapter 401 Xu Damao's Difficulties

"Tsk tsk, there are only two more to go. Take your time. The New Year is coming soon, and the courtyard will definitely be bustling. Then we will have a chance!"

Li Ming sighed as he looked at the bright number 8 written on the lottery number.

【Friendly value】

Wang Da (100)

Wang Er (100)

MCA (100)

Niu Zhuang (100)

Liu Guangtian (100)

Liu Guangfu (100)

Yan Xing (100)

Yan Wang (100)

"It's this friendship value that has once again exceeded the limit. Haha, it's a pretty good harvest."

Li Ming said happily.

He will be 20 years old after the Chinese New Year this year. He has been in this world for 20 years and has made some achievements. He has saved tens of thousands of dollars, not to mention the small yellow croakers and antiques he got from selling grain to the "old and young"! When the spring breeze comes, it is estimated that Li Ming will be rich!

The next day.

The temperature remained the same, still cold, dry and cold. Li Ming felt that even his saliva would freeze.

He was currently in the small living room, drinking a cup of hot tea and killing time by the stove.

His father and the neighbor next door, Lao Wu, took their two daughters to the Jinshui River to ice-cold fish. His mother was on duty at the street office. Anyway, he was the only one who was idle.

"Dong dong dong."

"Is Mingzi here?"

Xu Damao's voice rang out outside, and Li Ming, who was enjoying his life, was stunned. "I'm here."

Xu Damao pushed the door open, bringing in a gust of cold wind.

"Sit by the stove and warm yourself up first." Li Ming moved a chair for Xu Damao and placed it next to the iron stove and patted him. "Brother Damao, why did you come to see me today?"

Xu Damao sat down on the chair and shuddered as he felt the temperature brought by the fire.

"Ha, there is something I want to discuss with you."

After saying this, Xu Damao threw a cigarette to Li Ming and then lit one for himself.

"What's wrong?"

"Huh~ Yan Jiecheng."

Li Ming was confused. "What the hell? What did you say? Yan Jiecheng? No, why did that bastard show up again?"

Li Ming couldn't help but be confused. He seemed to be quite quiet recently because of this damn thing!

Xu Damao had an angry look on his face. "Do you know that your sister-in-law has a younger sister?"

Of course Li Ming knew about it, he had seen him in the courtyard before, and nodded.

"That bastard Yan Jiecheng has set his sights on your sister-in-law's younger sister, Yu Haitang."

"But the problem is, who doesn't know what kind of person Yan Jiecheng is? But this bastard is like a dog-skin plaster. He knows it's not good, but he still goes to cause trouble for Haitang every few days. There's no way to stop him!"

Li Ming was so shocked that he couldn't stop talking. What was Yan Jiecheng doing? Yu Li was not good enough, so he targeted her sister?

Good guy, he is really a good guy! He said why Yan Jiecheng has been so honest recently? It turns out that Zhenzhen is going after Xu Damao!

Li Ming pondered for a long time, and after finishing his cigarette, he threw the cigarette butt into the stove, "Brother Damao, what are you going to do?"

"I can't tell whether Yan Jiecheng is targeting me and your sister-in-law, but now he has set his sights on Haitang, so we can't just ignore this matter."

"The question is what should we do? Should we let him stay in bed for two months? This is actually very easy to do." Li Ming spread his hands helplessly.

To be honest, Yan Jiecheng's action was indeed a bit thoughtless. The Yan Jiecheng in the original plot didn't seem to be so disgusting. Tsk tsk, I can only say that people's hearts are fickle!

"I've thought about it, but I can't. What if he gets better? I can't just marry Haitang off while Yan Jiecheng is taking a break, right?"

"Speaking of which, how old is the girl now? How old is he? Chao!"

Li Ming thought about it. If he remembered correctly, in the original plot, Yu Haitang and Xu Damao had been dating. At that time, Yu Haitang said that she was 24 years old, so she should have been born in 1942.

Now it is the end of 1959, or even 1960, and the girl is at most 18 years old. It is true that Yan Jiecheng is much older than Yu Haitang.

But if you are simply older, there would be no problem. But Yan Jiecheng has a bad reputation, almost a completely black reputation. The girl is in her prime and has a bright future, why would he fall for such a scumbag?

"My goodness, this Yan Jiecheng is really good at having fun! Brother Damao, don't worry about age. This bastard definitely doesn't have any good intentions."

Xu Damao nodded with a gloomy face. He was not stupid, so he naturally knew it.

"Will it work if I tell Yan Fugui?"

"That won't work. He's Yan Laoxi's son, he will definitely side with him. Besides, Yan Jiecheng can forget about getting married normally now. If he can get married by trickery, Yan Laoxi will be so happy!"

"what is it now?"

Li Ming took out a cigarette from the cigarette box, but without smoking it, he threw it into the stove.

There's no other way, this is the only thing I can do.

Xu Damao was shocked. He understood, but he didn't expect Li Ming to be so decisive! He had heard about Li Ming going to the countryside to save people before, but he thought it was just someone bragging. Now seeing what Li Ming did, he was afraid that Li Ming was even more ruthless!

He, Xu Damao, had also been to Wangba Village to show films. Of course, that was before the accident. Now the steel mill no longer shows films there.

"Is this easy to fix?"

Li Ming shrugged his shoulders and said, "Brother Damao, if you want to achieve your goal in one fell swoop, this is the only way. However, I can't think of any specific method, so you have to figure it out."

After listening to this, Xu Damao smoked a cigarette silently. No matter whether Li Ming had a solution or not, it couldn't come out of Li Ming's mouth. It was already good that others could provide him with an idea now.

Besides, after all, this is Xu Damao's family affair and has nothing to do with Li Ming.

"Okay, I'll go back and think about it. If I need your help..."

"Brother Damao, don't worry. We are all on the same front against Shazhu. I will definitely help you if you can."

"Okay, then I'll go back and study it." Xu Damao said and left, with a heavy heart.

You know what, anyone would be worried if this happened to them. The way this thing was played is really disgusting.

【Hate Value】

Yi Zhonghai (30)

Auntie (10)

He Yuzhu (45)

He Yushui (10)

Jia Zhang (30)

Jia Dongxu (40)