The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Yi Zhonghai was very satisfied with the results of this meeting. Hearing the praise from his neighbors, Yi Zhonghai smiled even more happily!

"Okay, then let's adjourn the meeting! Just wait for the manager of your hospital to contact each household for details."

Yi Zhonghai set the tone and adjourned the whole institute meeting. His goal had been achieved, and it would be great to adjourn the meeting early and go home!

The father and son of the Li family followed the crowd back to their home. When they got home, they told Li's mother about this matter, and the family began to discuss it. They said that the Li family was not afraid of trouble, after all, they had the confidence! But it was natural that they would not get much benefit by going against the neighbors in the entire front yard.

At least Li Ming was thinking of a way to turn this into a good thing for the Li family. I want the benefits and the reputation! Yan Fugui, the old Bidden, must be beaten, and Yi Zhonghai, the old immortal, must also be beaten!

Comrade Li Ming needs a win-win situation! Don't tell me that neighbors help each other in times of disaster. There's a famine, who knows who? Besides, there are many cases where helping each other too much has led to deep hatred. The Li family would never do such a thing.

"Sister, close the door and sit in front of it to guard it."

Li Ming watched his parents sitting at the table thinking of a solution, so he instructed his sister to close the door and guard it first to prevent anyone from eavesdropping!

"Old Li, at least this is not a good thing for our family!"

"On a normal day, the only family with the most wealth in the courtyard is ours, along with Yi Zhonghai in the middle courtyard, Liu Haizhong in the back courtyard, and Xu Fugui, the four of us."

"What Yi Zhonghai has proposed is at least not good for our family."

"Besides, our son has brought back a lot of food recently. Although he has been seen less often, we still have to be on guard."

Mother Li is not stupid. After listening to what Father Li said, she knew that this was not a good thing and was not good for the Li family. What's worse, someone might use this to find trouble!

Father Li lit a cigarette and smiled. "We don't have to be scared. There is a manager in charge of a courtyard. At least we only have Yan Fugui in the front courtyard. As long as we can find a way to keep him stable, we will be halfway to success."

Li Ming also spoke up at this time, "I will bring the food back at night next time. At least from today on, we can't get food during the day, and we can't be seen by others."

"And dad, mom, and sister, you can't praise me on weekdays, and you have to play the victim in a while! It would be best if you play the victim in front of the neighbors in the yard and plant a seed in their minds, that is, our family can't get food either."

When Mr. and Mrs. Li heard their good son speak in an orderly manner, a trace of relief flashed in their eyes. This is their capable eldest son!

"No problem, Mom will listen to you."

"Me too."

"Me too." Li Rui raised her hand quietly while sitting behind the door.

"As long as our family is united, this little thing is not a big deal. And if Yan Fugui wants to use this incident to cause trouble for our family and get some money from us."

Li Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, "Then he has to be careful, I really hold a grudge!"

Father and mother Li couldn't help but laugh when they saw the look on their well-behaved son's face. It was true that their son held a grudge. Even if a dog suddenly rushed up and barked twice and scared their son, he would chase the dog down the street with a brick in his hand.

The family has discussed a preliminary response plan, and as for the future, they can only deal with it as it comes. This is also the case when Comrade Li Ming is in China. If it were his daily life, if these people dared to cause trouble during the day, Li Ming would rely on his strength and space to eliminate them at night!

Chapter 42 Yan Fugui's Visit

Comrade Li Ming thought of a solution and stopped caring. After all, they were old things half buried in the ground. Why worry about them? They should really be grateful for this world!

The next day.

The Sangu office of the steel rolling mill.

The six big salted fish collectively lay flat, not going out to purchase or go fishing, mainly because there is nothing to purchase, and fishing does not always have goods! It is better to lie down in the office to save energy.

Having nothing to do, Li Ming told everyone about the meeting that Yi Zhonghai had held in their hospital last night. Everyone present was not as stupid as He Yuzhu. They could tell what that bastard Yi Zhonghai was thinking right away!

"Mingzi, what are people saying in your courtyard? There are really a lot of these beasts!" Xu Qiang said with a smack of his lips after hearing what Li Ming said.

Wang Jun took a puff of his cigarette and said, "If I were to live in your courtyard, I'd be living in fear, Chao!"

"Haha, Lao Wang, just don't let yourself be sold out and count money for others." Zhou Tian added.

As they were chatting, these four old perverts started to digress again.

"Damn it, last time I went to Bada Hutong, she told me that next time she would not charge money but grain instead! What the hell."

Comrade Wu Gang was very dissatisfied and indignant.

Li Ming and Xu Qiang looked surprised, after all, they were not involved in this kind of thing.

"Are these half-open doors so up-to-date?"

"Who says it's not true? It's getting harder and harder to harvest crops. I went to collect crops a few days ago, and the villagers said that this year's autumn harvest is in arrears!"

"I guess the village is in turmoil right now." Zheng Ping picked up a kettle and added some hot water to the few people.

"That's true. In the past, the food in the village cafeteria was much better than what we had in the city."

The people from Sangu slacked off all day long until the bell rang for the end of get off work.

"See you tomorrow!"

"See you tomorrow, haha."

"Another day, what a day!"

"Together tonight?"

"No, no, I need food."

"Tsk, that's right."

After the three distinctive ways of greeting ended, Li Ming also went home together with Li's father.

"You reek of cigarettes, have you been hiding in the office all day again?" Father Li said with a look of disgust.

Li Ming chuckled, Sangu's situation was well known to everyone, his father was just jealous.

"Well, we have nothing to do. We can't collect the things even if we go down. Not only our department, but other departments are also idle."

Father Li had a look of longing on his face.

"Speaking of which, Dad, when does your job level assessment start?"

The expression on Father Li's face changed from yearning to confusion. It's not that he has given up his craft recently, but it's mainly because it is really troublesome to advance from level 5 to level 6.

"Probably next week." Father Li stroked his chin and thought about the date.

The father and son chatted as they rode their bikes, and soon they arrived at the courtyard.

Before they entered, the two saw Yan Fugui walking back and forth at the door like a monkey from afar.

"Hey, Dad, this old guy is probably waiting for us."

Father Li was delighted. "I can see that. I didn't expect Yan Fugui to be so impatient."

"We will put on a good show for him tonight. Your mother will come back during the day to hide the food in our old house in the cellar under the house. As for your new house, our daily food will be stored in the storage cabinet in the room where your sister lives."

"Okay, let's go."

. . . . . .

As soon as Yan Fugui looked up, he saw the father and son of the Li family coming back on bicycles, and his eyes were filled with envy and jealousy!

"Old Li is back!"

Father Li jumped down from the back seat and said, "Well, I'm back. I wonder what you can do for me, Third Uncle?"

There was no playing tricks on him, just went straight to the point.

Yan Fugui chuckled, "You also know about the meeting yesterday. I went to the homes of several other neighbors in our courtyard to ask last night."

"Your family is the only one left. We should settle the matter today."

"Okay, come with me home." After saying this, Father Li walked ahead and headed home.

Seeing this, Yan Fugui followed happily. He thought that this matter would be easy to handle today.

The Li family’s new house.

As soon as Yan Fugui entered the house, he started to spew compliments as if they were free, praising the Li family's new house as if it were something out of this world.

The father and son of the Li family just listened to Yan Fugui's good words with a smile, and had no intention of responding. Mother Li watched the show with a smile and followed Li Rui to the small bedroom.

The main thing is that you can hear what is said in the small living room from the small bedroom.

By the time Yan Fugui finished speaking, his lips were dry. He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip before he started talking about business.

"Old Li, you also know the current situation. Food is not easy to buy!" Yan Fugui sighed.

"Ok, I know."

"So the purpose of this meeting held by this old man last night is actually very simple. He just wants the neighbors in our courtyard to help each other more."

"Ok, I know."

"In our front yard, only your Li family is doing better these days, so I came here today to ask if you, Old Li, can come forward so that we can sort out the food issue?"

"Uh-huh, I can't do it."

Yan Fugui thought he agreed, and smacked his lips contentedly, "Okay, then I'll trouble you to take care of the food for the people in our front yard, Old Li."

"When did I agree?" Father Li looked at his son innocently.

Li Ming said with a smile, "Dad, what you just said is that we can't do it. Uncle San has poor hearing and misheard it!"

"Oh, that's okay. I'll say it again, I can't do it."

Yan Fugui was stunned and almost vomited up the tea leaves he had just swallowed.

"You, you..."

"Dad, please give me some face and let me, your son, take over." Li Ming took over the conversation from his father with a smile.

"Yan Fugui, I'm calling you this today. If you have any objections, just say it. If you don't, just listen."

Comrade Li Ming sat in front of Yan Fugui with a big and strong body. His physical fitness was comparable to that of Li Yuanba, which brought considerable pressure to the skinny Yi Zhonghai.

"How, how can you talk like that, kid?" Yan Fugui was stubborn! Bang bang stubborn!

Li Ming laughed, "Don't act like an old man and don't care about the matter. If you hadn't mocked my mom, I would have recognized you as my uncle. Now that you've mocked my mom, why should I be nice to you?"

"Besides, if I give it to you, can you afford it?"

"Don't talk about useless things. Our Li family will do our best to help our neighbors when they are in trouble. If you can't help, you should give up other thoughts as soon as possible. If you want to use moral blackmail on me, then consider how your body compares to the door I tore down in the first place."

Chapter 43: Yan Fugui is defeated

Yan Fugui's old mouth was no longer tough, and his expression became quite ugly.

As the saying goes, after hitting someone with a stick, you get a sweet date. Comrade Li Ming will have to dangle a carrot in front of the donkey's eyes next, so that he can suppress Yan Fugui. After all, he needs help from him.

Li Ming didn't back down after seeing this, and continued to raise his shoulder and said, "Uncle, don't think my words are harsh. You can't deny that you do have such thoughts in your heart, right?"

After saying this, Li Ming saw Yan Fugui's old face turn slightly red again. Yan Fugui did have this idea in mind and planned to make some money from the Li family or even Li Ming.

"I am not an unreasonable person. From now on, please don't try to scheme against our Li family. I can help you collect some food for your Yan family."

"But I told you in advance that although I can receive some food, it won't be much, so do you understand what I mean?"

This was the first time in all his years that Yan Fugui was suppressed by a junior, but he had no choice but to accept it as the situation was stronger than him. After all, in the front yard and even the entire courtyard, the Li family had the most connections.

If we were to say which family lived a better life during a disaster, it would definitely be He Yuzhu from the Central Courtyard. After all, a cook would not starve to death during a disaster.

"Okay, I understand. I will buy the grain from you at a price 10% higher than the market price."

Li Ming shook his head. "No need. I can give it to you at the market price. As long as you tell me in advance, I can get it."

"Besides, we are neighbors in the same courtyard. If food becomes hard to come by in the future, it would be unreasonable for me to use this to make a fortune."

Yan Fugui felt much better after hearing this, so he stood up and thanked Li Ming.

"Good boy, I appreciate your kindness. As for the food in our front yard, if anyone is in trouble, I will lead everyone to help and will not let others keep an eye on your family."

"Okay, Uncle San, if you need anything, just let me know."

Li Ming lifted the teacup on the table, took a sip, and gestured to see the guest off.

Yan Fugui, who prided himself on being a cultured person in Siheyuan, naturally understood what he meant, so he smiled and said goodbye.

Father Li then looked at his own child, his eyes full of satisfaction, and even a little bit of pride. Before he could say anything, Mother Li brought Li Rui out of the small bedroom.

"As expected of my son, he handled it well."

"Hey, you're too kind."

The two of them joked around, making the scene even more warm and lively. The younger sister, on the other hand, looked at her brother with admiration.

"Brother, you are this!" The sister gave Li Ming a thumbs up.

Father Li picked up the herbal tea on the table and took a sip. "But will Yan Fugui be honest?"