The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Li Ming thought for a while, then smiled, "By the way, does Liu Haizhong know where you live? Can he go to all the black markets in the city to find you every day? Or does Liu Haizhong have so many means that he can close down all the black markets in the city?"

"Think about it, if Liu Haizhong cannot determine your exact location every day, can his threat still stand?"

Li Ming stopped talking and asked them to think about it carefully. He knew what the two brothers were worried about, but sometimes solving problems does not necessarily require conventional thinking, right?

Moreover, based on his understanding of Liu Haizhong, the old man was planning to squeeze out the fat from his two sons, probably intending to use the low-priced grain to smooth over the relationship with the steel mill or the courtyard house, so as to satisfy his desire to become an official, which had become like an obsession.

But is Li Ming just a decoration? Impossible!

After Li Ming finished speaking, he looked at the Liu brothers and the Yan brothers with a smile. They were good at getting things done, but their thinking was not very mature and needed some practice.

Besides, if Li Ming really gets angry, he might as well just send Liu Haizhong away! Since the problem can't be solved, then it's not impossible to solve the person who raised the problem.

Blocking someone's financial path is like killing their parents. What Liu Haizhong did was not fair! Especially when Liu Haizhong probably knew that there were people behind the Liu brothers, but since he did such a thing, he must have lost his mind. But no matter what, he has to pay the price.

After listening to what Li Ming said, the two brothers' eyes became brighter and brighter, until smiles appeared on their faces again.

As for the Yan brothers who were not in the situation, they reacted earlier.

"Yeah, his damn bangs can't catch us two brothers, what's the point of being afraid of chicken feathers!" Liu Guangtian subconsciously slapped the stone table, and then like a network delay, after a few moments he felt the pain in his hand, and jumped up and down.

Liu Guangfu was also excited. "Yes, Brother Li is right! Can he overturn the city by himself?"

"Yes, yes, yes. At worst, we can just not go to the black market for the time being!"

"Besides, when the time comes, you two brothers can switch teams and we can take turns forming teams. That won't be a problem!" Yan Xing said with a smile.

Only after the four people had been communicating for a while did Li Ming interrupt them.

"You should learn a lesson from this. Next time, don't rush. Calm down and think first. Don't rush. Rushing won't solve any problem, right?"

The four of them nodded in unison, their movements were uniform and very orderly.

"Okay, let's see what to eat at noon. I want to eat for free!"

"We come, we come!"

"I'm going to buy a soda!"

"Then shall I buy some cooked food?"

The four people rushed to assign tasks to each of them, and then disappeared into the yard, leaving Li Ming alone basking in the sun by the table.

Although the matter has been resolved to some extent, preparations must still be made to deal with Liu Haizhong. It is impossible to spare him this time just because he is the biological father of the Liu brothers. There is no such thing.

Of course, the main reason is that he, as a father, is dispensable to the two brothers, but he still has to figure out how to deal with it. After all, this matter is not suitable to be handed over to others.

Speaking of which, bangs are really annoying!

. . . . . .

In the afternoon, Li Ming and the three Yan brothers came back from Paoju Hutong together. They did not plan to go to the black market to sell their goods tonight. The two brothers just wanted to take a break, so they simply went back to the courtyard together.

Li Ming chatted with the two brothers for a while before turning around and walking towards the front yard. He still had to clean up dinner, otherwise there was no telling when this meal would end.

He really cares about this family, haha!

Li Ming muttered to himself, then looked at his watch. It was almost time, so he went straight into the kitchen and started working.

It was not until the workers at the steel mill got off work that Li Ming put the prepared dinner on the table, waiting for the three people in his family who were working or hunting outside to come home for dinner.

"It feels so good to see dinner every time I get home!" Comrade Lao Li said this after returning home with his daughter from get off work at the steel mill.

"Dad, you are afraid of being too hungry." Li Rui said with a smile behind Li Weiguo.

Comrade Lao Li turned his head and glared at this "unfilial daughter", then ignored her and went to wash his hands and prepare for dinner.

Not long after they came back, Li's mother also came home from get off work at the Street Office. The first thing she said when she got home was about the three idiots they met at the Street Office today!

Chapter 451 Jia Geng Can't Rest

While the Li family was having dinner in a lively atmosphere, the scene at Yi Zhonghai's house in the Central Courtyard was a little different.

Of course, the main worry is still worrying.

Zhongyuan, Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Old Yi, this year is so difficult. Our family has already been taking care of the Jia family a little, and now there is another old lady. Our family will not have a good time!" Aunt Yi sighed.

The two men remained silent after finishing their meal, each expressing their own worries. In the final analysis, it was all about the food problem. Although their family no longer had to support the Jia family as much as usual, it was still a drag after all.

After finishing the work, I went to the street office today to help the deaf old lady, but I didn't get anything done. Instead, I offended the people in the street office. It's nonsense.

Although how much food can a deaf old lady eat in a coffin? But this old thing likes to eat! Who among the men, women, and children in the courtyard doesn't know that the deaf old lady in the backyard is a big glutton?

Yi Zhonghai smoked several cigarettes in a row before speaking in a hoarse voice, "Let's make a good meal tomorrow. I'll ask Zhuzi to come to my house for dinner."

Aunt Yi's eyes lit up. Having been married to Yi Zhonghai for so many years, she knew Yi Zhonghai's plan in an instant.

If you were to find someone in the courtyard who has a good relationship with their family and the deaf old lady's family, and who might be able to take on the responsibility of serving this old thing together, the only one left is He Yuzhu.

If Yi Zhonghai could drag He Yuzhu down with him, their family would definitely have a much better life. As for He Yuzhu's family? Well, as long as the cook doesn't starve to death during a famine, it's a small matter!

"I understand. I'll make more tomorrow and buy a bottle of wine!"

That night, Li Ming did not go to bed early after dinner. Instead, he was thinking about Liu Haizhong's affairs in his bedroom. Liu Haizhong must be dealt with, but not too obviously. After all, he is the biological father of the Liu brothers. Although they may not care, if there is any estrangement left, then the two subordinates trained by Li Ming would be at a loss.

"I have to clean it up, but it's going to take some time. It's so frustrating!" Li Ming cursed at the end of the sentence, and then went to sleep indignantly.

. . . . . .

off day.

The common people living in the courtyard had been looking forward to this day for a long time. Now they are all at home, busy with their own affairs in the courtyard.

Although there are not many winter vegetables to prepare this year, most families are still diligently preparing some vegetables for the New Year. There is no way, no one is in charge of large-scale purchases this year, but every household has to eat vegetables in the winter. It would be fatal if they don’t eat some vegetables in such a long winter.

The Li family and the Wu family are now cleaning up the large vats used for pickling sauerkraut in previous years. The men from both families are busy scrubbing the vats by the sink, while the women in the family are gathering together to pickle the cabbages.

Although we can't openly take out so much cabbage and other things from home to clean up, it's still okay to clean up some and take some away. After all, every household has stocks, so there's nothing wrong with the two families having more stocks, right?

After cleaning the two large vats, Li Ming followed the Yan brothers and squatted in a sunny spot in the yard to smoke and pass the time.

As a result, a little kid suddenly rushed past him and almost hit Yan Wang.

"Is that thing that just ran over the middle courtyard a stick?"

"Yes, it's him. There is no child in our courtyard more naughty than him!" Li Ming vowed.

This little thing had also rushed past Li Ming before, but now it just rushed past Yan Wang instead.

"Why does it look to me like this unfortunate kid is hiding from someone?" Yan Xing asked puzzledly.

Li Ming looked outside the door curiously. He felt the same way, but he had to wait and see if anyone would chase him away. If this kid stole something again and was caught by someone, he wouldn't mind being a guide again.

Less than five minutes later, two people came in hurriedly from outside, a man and a woman. The man was thin, with a sinister look, and looked like he was very angry; the woman was just the opposite of the man, fat and looked like a replica of Liu Hai.

The two men arrived at the front yard, panting, and stopped. They glanced around, and when the man saw the three brothers, he took out a pack of economical cigarettes from his pocket, walked up to the three brothers, and walked around to them one by one.

"Little brothers, did you see a kid running really fast just now?"

The three of them nodded in unison and pointed towards the central courtyard.

The thin man smiled happily, "Thank you, brothers."

"That child is from the middle courtyard, the son of Qin Huairu's family. If you're looking for him, just go in and shout and you'll know."

"Oh, thank you so much!" The man clasped his hands together in gratitude, walked up to the fat woman and whispered a few words, and then the two of them walked towards the central courtyard.

"Brother, does this look like trouble to you?"

"It must be, otherwise why would Banggeng run so fast? How could he run for a good thing?" Li Mingming said with certainty.

"That's true, let's go and take a look!"

"Go, go, go, what are you still standing there for!"

Not only the three brothers, but also several families in the front yard followed curiously. Yan Fugui even sneaked towards the middle yard like a thief.

Middle Court.

The strange man and woman were already confronting the two widows of the Jia family. Li Ming stood outside and listened, and found that it was indeed Bang Geng who had done something evil outside.

When this bastard was passing by someone's house, he saw two salted fishes hanging in front of the door. Without saying a word, he picked them up and ran away. However, he was caught by a couple who were about to go out, so they chased him all the way to their courtyard.

These days, two salted fish are very valuable. Not to mention that someone might come to their doorstep, even if they blocked the door of the Jia family and demanded money, it would be no problem.

As for why the salted fish wasn’t on Banggeng, the dog couldn’t run fast with it, and he couldn’t bear to give it back, so he just threw it into a pit on the side of the road.

Do you think these two people wouldn’t be angry?

"Qin Huai, isn't that right? Not only did your son steal our fish, he also threw it into the toilet. If that bastard had returned the fish, my husband and I would never have chased him to your house. Now, there's nothing to say. Pay me compensation!" The fat woman pinched her waist and cursed.

The sinister man's attention was always on the surroundings. After all, this was someone else's territory, and he was worried that something might happen.

Although Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang knew that it was their family's Bang Geng who did it, and that Bang Geng was indeed capable of doing such a thing, they had no evidence! No salted fish!

Chapter 452: A meal = He Yuzhu's money from selling herself

What's more, they didn't want Bang Geng to have such a reputation as a fish thief! Although Bang Geng's reputation is not very good now, as Bang Geng's biological mother, she has no good solution.

"What makes you say that it was my Bang Geng who stole the fish? Why didn't I see anything?" Before Qin Huairu could speak, Jia Zhang also put her hands on her hips and sprayed back.

"I said you deliberately chased our good grandson away and then came to our house to blackmail him!" Jia Zhang cursed loudly.

The couple opposite were stunned. They really didn't expect that this family was so weird? Could it be that two adults could wrongly accuse a child? They clearly saw that it was the little brat Banggeng who did it!

"You old hag are too unreasonable. Can we really accuse him? My husband and I saw this brat steal the fish with our own eyes. Then, since he couldn't outrun us, he just threw the fish into the toilet!"

"I don't care. You are wrongly accusing my grandson! If you insist that my grandson stole your fish, go to the toilet and get the fish back!"

The couple choked and said, "Damn, today we finally have an eye-opener!"

Li Ming and the other two almost laughed out loud. This Jia Zhang really is such a shameless person! She can even say such a thing. No one else can do that!

Although Qin Huairu did not intend to respond so strongly, seeing that her mother-in-law had spoken, she could only agree with her.

"My mother-in-law is right. To catch a thief, you have to seize the stolen goods. You just come here and say that our Banggeng stole your fish. Why don't you show us the evidence?"

The neighbors who were watching the show on the sidelines were also trying hard to hold back their laughter, but no one went up to help. After all, it had nothing to do with them, even though they were sure it was Bang Geng who did it.

But it is not worth offending the foul-mouthed Jia family for the sake of two people from the outer courtyard, not to mention that the other two men in the middle courtyard are on the side of the two widows of the Jia family!

Didn’t you see Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu standing in front of them with expressionless faces?

The fat woman was so angry that her blood boiled. Her eyes turned red and she was about to step forward, but was stopped by the thin man next to her, "Let's go. This is not our place."

The fat woman was stunned after hearing this, and then followed the thin man out. When passing through the Chuihua Gate, the sinister man turned his head to look at the two widows of the Jia family and grinned. Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu were so scared that they shuddered, but thinking that this was their territory, the two widows were not too afraid.

Li Ming was quite interested in this group of outsiders. He originally thought that the fat woman was the one doing the talking, but he didn't expect that the thin man next to her was the real person!

But he could see that, if nothing unexpected happened, this matter would not end at all! These days, two fish are really valuable. If you put them in the village below, I guess they would start fighting by now.

In other words, this is just Sijiu City now, but looking at the thin man's expression, he definitely had no intention of revealing this matter.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, everyone dispersed. Today was a day off, so it was better to take a break if possible.

After Yi Zhonghai and others left, they returned to the Jia family.

"Sister-in-law of the Jia family, Huairu, you should be careful when you go out recently, especially Banggeng, you should not go out recently." Yi Zhonghai said earnestly, "I don't think that man is someone you can easily mess with."

Jia Zhang said stubbornly, "Humph, this is the Fortress of Beijing!"

Qin Huairu took it to heart, nodded, and went to find Banggeng to give him some instructions before the matter was done.

It was good enough that Yi Zhonghai came to remind them. No matter what, he, as Jia Dongxu's former master, had done his best.

In the evening, at Yi Zhonghai’s house.

He Yuzhu was called home by Yi Zhonghai, saying that they wanted to have a good meal together. The two sides had not eaten together for a long time, so it was a good opportunity for them to get together.

It was not known whether it was intentional or unintentional, but He Yushui did not appear at the dinner at Yi Zhonghai's house. There were only Yi Zhonghai and his wife, He Yuzhu and the old deaf man.

Yi Zhonghai had already informed the old deaf man in advance, and now the old deaf man put all his attention on He Yuzhu. After all, she would have to cooperate with Yi Zhonghai to set a trap for He Yuzhu in a while.

He Yuzhu looked at the sumptuous meal on the table, especially when he saw the two plates of meat, the smile on his square face became even happier.

But combined with He Yuzhu's sloppy clothes and the hair oil that's so thick that it can be used for cooking, well, it just looks awkward no matter how you look at it.

However, Yi Zhonghai and his companions did not dislike He Yuzhu. Instead, they pulled He Yuzhu to sit down.

"Zhuzi, we haven't had a drink in a long time. Let's not stop until we are drunk today!" Yi Zhonghai pulled He Yuzhu to sit down and poured him a glass of Lianhua Bai. Then he picked up his wine cup and gestured to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu was delighted and quickly picked it up. Without even taking a few bites first, the two of them drank two taels right away!