The strong fisherman in the courtyard

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evening.

When it was time to get off work at the steel rolling mill, Li Ming staggered towards the courtyard. When he was about to reach the courtyard, he saw Bang Geng from the middle courtyard running towards him hurriedly with something in his arms.

"Ouch!" The stick hit Li Ming's leg and he fell to the ground, and the things in his arms spilled out.

Li Ming was happy, Peanuts! Could this little bastard have stolen them from He Yuzhu?

Before he could even open his mouth, he heard Bang Geng curse first, "Are you blind? How dare you bump into me!"

Li Ming looked up and saw Bang Geng staring at him angrily, "Are you scolding me?"

Bang Geng's neck stiffened, "What? No! Can't you curse just because you're blind?"

"That's good, it's really good. Even your father doesn't dare to yell at me, but you, a little bastard, bumped into me and dared to scold me. You are better than your father!" Li Ming said happily.

He then walked to Bang Geng and helped him up. Bang Geng thought Li Ming was convinced, so he stood up with a grunt.

"Be careful when you walk next time! If you bump into me again, I won't be so accommodating!" Bang Geng said stubbornly.

Li Ming smiled and nodded, then he kicked Jia Geng directly, and Jia Geng flew out!

What a joke! He could kick He Yuzhu away with one kick, let alone a straw!

"You are such a fucking idiot. Ask everyone in the courtyard, who dares to scold me, your grandfather? You, a fool, bumped into someone, and you, the fucking vicious dog, complained first and then bit me back!"

Li Ming walked up to Jia Geng cursing. Although he, Li Ming, was holding back his strength, the boy could not recover for a while and was now struggling to crawl off the ground.

"Pia!"

Li Ming slapped Jia Geng in the face again with his backhand, "Little thing, open your dog eyes and see, not everyone has to give face to your dead father!"

"Your grandmother Jia Zhangshi and your mother Qin Huairu's reputation is useless to me!"

Li Ming grabbed Jia Geng's head with one hand and lifted him up. "It's okay for you to go back and tell your mom and grandma about it. I'll wait for you!"

"Pia" Li Ming slapped Jia Geng's face with his left hand again, "If you bump into me again next time, I won't be so easy on you!"

Li Ming said, and threw the nine-year-old thief aside. "The ground is full of peanuts. Tsk tsk, what a pity! I wonder which unlucky family got robbed!"

Li Ming walked towards home after he finished speaking. As for whether the Jia family would come to cause trouble? It doesn't matter! Do you really think that everyone has to give in to the widow's family? You are dreaming!

When he watched TV dramas in the future, he wanted to beat the little guy Banggeng to death. After he traveled through time, this guy couldn't be honest, and he didn't have any chances to do anything for a while. But today it was a success, and he felt so happy!

Banggeng gave Li Ming a vicious look when he saw him leaving, but Li Ming couldn't see it, so it wouldn't matter even if he saw it.

He never intended for Bang Geng to live to the stage of getting married and having children as in the original plot.

Banggeng, who got up from the ground, now had a better brain and his IQ was back on top! There was nothing wrong with what Li Ming had just said to him. Not to mention calling his grandma and mom, even if He Yuzhu, the idiot, and Yi Zhonghai, the old man, were added, they were no match for Li Ming.

Banggeng climbed up and patted his clothes, then found a puddle and looked at his face. Li Ming didn't use much force when he slapped him, so there was no mark on his face.

Seeing that his face was fine, Bang Geng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Otherwise, he really didn't know how to explain after returning home. Although he is young now, he at least knows that you shouldn't mess with people you can't afford to offend.

The only thing he could do now was to endure it and wait for the future.

"Damn Li Ming, just wait for me!" Bang Geng stood beside the puddle, stomped his feet and cursed angrily.

However, the soil around the puddle had already turned into mud, and the silly boy stomped his feet and ended up getting splashed with mud all over himself.

Front yard, Li's house.

Li Ming started eating as soon as he got home. He just happened to see his mother bringing out a basket of freshly steamed buns made from double-grained flour from the kitchen.

Li Ming sniffed his nose and said, "It smells good. My mom's cooking smells better!"

Mother Li rolled her eyes at Li Ming and said, "Go wash your hands and come back for dinner!"

"Okay!" Li Ming and his sister turned around and went to wash their hands. They were very hungry at the moment, and they were diligent on their own without Ms. Wu Fang urging them.

"Do we have enough food at home?" Comrade Li Weiguo suddenly remembered and asked while eating.

Mother Li put a piece of cabbage and bacon in his bowl and said, "If we had waited for you to remember, our family would have starved to death!"

Li Ming also chimed in, "Don't worry, I go through the food in our house every week, there's enough to eat."

"That's right, I saw my brother taking food home several times." Li Rui added, shaking her head.

Comrade Li Weiguo smiled and said, "That's great. Look at my son!"

"Eat yours!" Mother Li rolled her eyes at Comrade Lao Li.

"By the way, Mom, are there any winter vegetables this year?" Li Ming asked after taking a sip of water.

Mother Li shook her head. "No, there wasn't any last year, and there isn't any this year either. I thought there would be one this year, and it's the same this year as it was last year."

"Old Li, when you have nothing to do, go out for a walk and buy as much cabbage as you can. Otherwise, it will be hard to survive this winter without vegetables."

Lao Li patted his chest and made a promise, "Don't worry, I'll start starting tomorrow!"

"Don't tell anyone, just make sure everyone in the courtyard knows about it."

Li Ming also smiled and nodded, "I will pay attention to it, and I will make more of this dish in the future."

Ms. Wu Fang is extremely satisfied. Other children of this age are still eating and drinking at home, but her own son is already a section chief. Not only is he still able to get food for his family in such a difficult year, he is far ahead of his peers!

After meal.

"Do you think we should build a stove in the back and lead the chimney to the back of the house?" Father Li said worriedly as he thought about the sumptuous meal at home.

Due to his distrust of the neighbors in the courtyard and the fact that he could not compare with his eldest son in getting food, he felt that he needed to prove his status in the family through other means.

Chapter 435: The first step of the process of eating grass near the nest

"No need. If it happens, more people will know about it. Just be more careful when cooking next time." Mother Li made the decision and Father Li agreed.

Middle courtyard, Jia's house.

Today, Banggeng was very silent during dinner. In the past, he would always make a fuss about asking for meat, but today he was very silent and just lay down on the bed after dinner.

This action made Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi look at each other in surprise.

"My dear grandson, are you okay?" Jia Zhang asked worriedly.

Banggeng shook his head, "Grandma, I'm fine. I'm tired from playing today and want to go to bed early."

Hearing this, Jia Zhang finally felt relieved. "Shazhu will go to the black market to buy food tonight. Let your mother make you something delicious tomorrow."

"it is good."

Qin Huairu frowned as she listened. It was only 5 yuan. What good things could He Yuzhu buy? He even made some delicious food for Banggeng. It was true that Jia Zhang was greedy!

But she didn't refute it. Banggeng and the other two children are still growing up, so it's reasonable for them to eat some good supplements. She is just worrying about where to get some good food tomorrow.

Front yard, Li's house.

Li Ming, who was lying on the bed in the second bedroom, was quite surprised that the Jia family did not come to cause trouble at night. After all, he thought that Banggeng would definitely complain when he got home if he got hurt outside at his age.

He even thought about using the stem of the stick as a hook to fish! Unexpectedly, this little bastard is quite patient. He is worthy of being the big ungrateful wolf in the original plot. He is so patient at such a young age. This kid must not be allowed to stay for long!

Li Ming grumbled in his mind for a while, but there was no system notification of successful fishing today. There was nothing he could do, and now there was nothing else to do, so he could only go to sleep.

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Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye it was the day off.

As usual, Li Ming moved his lounge chair to the front yard to enjoy the sun. The difference from before was that this year, when he was basking in the sun, there was always a pretty figure by his side.

"Sister Xuanxuan, you're here to bask in the sun too!" Li Ming asked with a smile as he looked at Wu Xuanxuan who came out carrying a stool.

Wu Xuanxuan ignored him and put the stool next to Li Ming. Then she sat down and looked at Li Ming intently.

After watching for a few minutes, Li Ming couldn't bear it anymore. He raised his hands above his head and got off the recliner with an embarrassed expression, "My waist hurts, so it's not suitable for me to bask in the sun on a recliner."

"Sister Xuanxuan is kind and nice. Can you lend me your stool? Can we exchange?"

Wu Xuanxuan rolled her eyes at him coquettishly, "Well, you said you were not used to using a recliner."

The little girl happily lay down on Li Ming's lounge chair and began to enjoy herself. She had never felt that basking in the sun on a lounge chair was so comfortable before, perhaps it was because she had never tried to snatch someone else's lounge chair before!

Li Ming pursed his lips and was about to complain when he heard a "puchi" sound of someone trying to hold back laughter.

He and Wu Xuanxuan turned their heads and saw Wu Qiangguo standing like a pillar under the eaves a few steps away from them, laughing happily.

The little girl was thin-skinned and turned her head away with a red face, no longer looking at her father.

Li Ming walked over nonchalantly, "What's up? Uncle Wu, are you free? Are you here to watch us young people basking in the sun?"

Wu Qiangguo handed Li Ming a cigarette and said, "Get lost! I'm afraid you will bully my daughter."

Li Ming pursed his lips, "You think too highly of me. Look who was bullying whom just now?"

He struck a match and lit Wu Qiangguo's first, then his own.

"Where's your father? I didn't see him today! Your mother is on duty at the street office and I have no one to ask." Wu Qiangguo looked like he had something to ask an old friend.

"My dad has nothing to do recently, so he went out to wander around the city." Li Ming paused here, looked around to see that there were no people around, and then lowered his voice and continued, "My mom said that there are still no winter vegetables this year, so we have to buy them in advance, and buy whatever we can."

Wu Qiangguo nodded, "Your father did tell me this, and I was thinking of keeping him company today. We don't have much vegetables at home, so I was thinking of going out for a walk."

"You came at an unfortunate time. Hehe, next time just tell my old man in advance. Now I don't even know where he is riding his bike around the city."

"Okay, we'll have to make an appointment later, haha!" Wu Qiangguo laughed, "What are you and your sister going to eat at noon? Come eat with us, we can just get together!"

"Okay, I'll go get the vegetables. Don't be polite to me. We still have some at home, so we don't need any. I'll get you some first to keep you going." Li Ming said with a smile.

If you want to take someone else's cabbage, why don't you make arrangements in advance? He is ready to take the neighbor's girl home, so he is willing to give up this little vegetable.

Wu Qiangguo just opened his mouth and closed it again, nodded, "Okay, I'll leave it to you, kid. I'll go back and pack it up, you take Xuanxuan with you."

"Got it!"

Li Ming waited until Wu Qiangguo returned home before he stood up and walked back to his previous seat.

"Sister Xuanxuan, Ruirui and I will have lunch at your place at noon."

Wu Xuanxuan turned her blushing face and said, "Okay."

"Then come with me to the old house to get some food. Uncle Wu just said that there are not many vegetables at home. We still have a lot here. I'll take them to you first for emergency use."

Only then did Wu Xuanxuan get up from the recliner and followed Li Ming towards their old house.

"Have you also renovated and cleaned up this side?" Wu Xuanxuan asked in surprise as she looked at the decoration and furniture that were obviously different from the old house.

Li Ming nodded calmly, "Yes, the place where we live now was allocated to me by the steel mill. It will be my wedding house from now on. The old house here has also been renovated once, so it will be convenient for people to live here in the future."

"oh oh."

"The cabbage, potatoes and other things are in the second bedroom. Sister Xuanxuan, come with me to get them." Li Ming turned on the light in the second bedroom. Only then did Wu Xuanxuan see some food and vegetables piled on the ground. She couldn't help but cover her mouth in surprise.

"Xiao, Xiao Mingzi, your family has stored so much food?"

"Of course, there are four people in the family, so you don't have much saved!" Li Ming shrugged and started to pack up, "Sister Xuanxuan, go to the corner and get me a sack. We can't move to your house openly."

"I understand, I understand. It's the Yan family across the street. I, your sister Xuanxuan, still have some brains." The little girl said proudly and handed the sack over.

Only when the bag was full did Li Ming clap his hands and say, "All done!"

Wu Xuanxuan frowned slightly, "That's a bit too much, Xiao Mingzi."

"Look at what we have here. Stop talking nonsense and hurry up. If we need something in the future, I can go to your house to get it!" Li Ming said with a smile, staring at Wu Xuanxuan.

Chapter 436 Another Salted Fish Getting Married

Wu Xuanxuan was a very honest girl. She didn't think much about it and helped Li Ming carry the sack of vegetables out of the door.

Li Ming was delighted to see the girl's reaction. When he needed a wife in the future, he could just go to the girl next door to get one. Isn't that perfect?

"Why are you grinning like an idiot? Do you really expect me to carry it all by myself?" Wu Xuanxuan rolled her eyes at Li Mingjiao who was grinning like an idiot behind her.

"Come here, Sister Xuanxuan, this won't do. You picked up a sack of good things on the road and you can only watch!" Li Ming retorted, picked up the sack easily and walked towards the Wu family.

Wu family.

Wu Qiangguo looked at the dishes that Li Ming had poured out and said helplessly, "Girl, have you emptied all the food in Mingzi's house?"

"No!" Wu Xuanxuan retorted immediately, "Didn't you see that there are so many piles of things in their old house? I didn't intend to ask him to take so much at first, Xiao Mingzi just forced it on him!"

Li Ming shrugged his shoulders and sat on a seat beside him, smoking calmly. There wasn't much to begin with. If it was someone else, it would be good enough if he could give you a cabbage!

"Uncle Wu, we still have this dish at home. My dad can go out and bring some back when he's okay. You can't be without food here, right? Just keep it." Facing Wu Xuanxuan's eyes that seemed to want to cut him to pieces, Li Ming had to give in and explain for Wu Xuanxuan.

"Okay, there's no need to rush to buy it this time. Just go out with your dad to buy groceries next time!" Wu Qiangguo smiled at the two children in front of him, then turned around and went to the kitchen to start working.