The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Li Ming took the stool leg and smashed it hard on Liu Haizhong's left cheek!

"Crack!"

He used too much force and the leg of the stool broke. Liu Haizhong was knocked unconscious by the stick. Li Ming looked at the weapon in his hand speechlessly.

"Damn it, this stool leg is not as useful as the stuff produced by the system!" Muttering to himself, Li Ming threw the remains of the stool leg into the space, and collected it together with the food bought by Liu Haizhong.

He didn't expect that Liu Haizhong was so brave that he dared to resist the robbers. In this respect, he was much stronger than Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu.

Li Ming squatted in front of Liu Haizhong and confirmed that several of the bastard's teeth were knocked out by the stick just now. Then he walked towards the courtyard with satisfaction. He got rid of his anger and got the food. He had completed today's goal perfectly.

As for Liu Haizhong, just lie on the ground for a while. He didn’t use much strength and he would probably wake up in about half an hour.

The steel rolling mill courtyard, the front yard, the Li family’s second bedroom.

After Li Ming got home, he changed his clothes and then opened the system interface to check the reward that had just been credited to his account.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for fishing successfully! ]

[Ding, reward: fishing lottery number*1, big black ten*40, candy ticket*2. ]

"Just give me the money, hehe. I'll save up the rewards from fishing. Maybe when the spring breeze comes, I can save up hundreds of thousands just from the money from fishing rewards." Li Ming lit a cigarette in the bedroom, held the cigarette in his mouth, and said happily as he looked at the rewards in front of him.

"System, open the interface!"

【Host】: Li Ming

[Skills Possessing]: Pistol mastery (top level), Bajiquan (top level), Fishing (top level), Weakness Strike (language-oriented), Art of Language, Street Parkour (great accomplishment), Locust Stone Throwing Technique (top level), Sichuan cuisine (top level), Shandong cuisine (top level), Antique Appraisal Skills (top level), Lock Picking (top level), Painting (basic).

【Number of draws】:3.

[Physique Template]: Li Yuanba [Development Progress 98%]

[System Items]: Colt m1860 revolver*1, a box of 0.44-inch black powder bullets, a gun license, a set of locust stone production line, a disguise mask, a voice-changing button, 2 boxes of Zhonghua cigarettes, 2 boxes of Maotai liquor, 1 kitchen knife, 2 Jerry's firecrackers, 3 watch tickets, 1 sewing ticket, 1 radio ticket, 2 bicycle tickets, 10 oil tickets, 5 canned food tickets, 4 sugar tickets, a set of house deeds for the second courtyard {Paoju Hutong), a set of house deeds for the third courtyard, and a set of house deeds for the first courtyard (Qianer Hutong).

"But I don't know when these two points of physical development will be fully developed. For someone like me who has a little bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, it's really not friendly."

Li Ming said helplessly, although he did not have obsessive-compulsive disorder, it would be uncomfortable for a normal person to always see incomplete percentages.

Shaking his head, Li Ming closed the system interface and continued to sleep. Tomorrow the two servants of the Jia family had to go to the hospital to pick up Geng from the hospital, and he was going to take a look!

The next day.

Although today is a rest day, the courtyard is very quiet. It is not as quiet as usual when you can hear the lively chirping sounds when you wake up in the morning.

After finishing his breakfast at home, Li Ming carried a recliner to the yard, ready to start his health-preserving career.

Without any surprise, as soon as he came out, he heard the aunties, uncles and grandpas in the courtyard whispering discussions.

No wonder it's so quiet, it turns out these people are not doing anything serious and are just gossiping quietly!

"Lao Liu was robbed when he went to buy food last night!"

"I know, I know. You didn't see his face. It was so swollen!"

"The food has also been taken away, hehe!"

"He said it himself, he resisted, and ended up getting beaten up! Ordinary people like us can just pay a small fortune to avoid disaster!"

"Hey, who knows what Liu Haizhong is thinking?"

"Hey, why don't I see Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu so early in the morning?"

"Don't you know? They went to the hospital to pick up the thief from the Jia family!"

Li Ming moved closer to his favorite topic and passed out cigarettes to the group of uncles and uncles, "Bang Geng can be discharged from the hospital so early?"

"Mingzi, haha, they don't want to be discharged from the hospital, but the hospital is spending a lot of money!"

"That's right. The murderer hasn't been caught yet. All the money spent was their own money! Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu may not be willing to spend it!"

"Hey, the same goes for the wide-brimmed hats..."

"Hush, it's enough for us to know about it, why tell others? People are wearing skins, we ordinary people can't afford to offend them!"

"Yes, yes, Lao Li is right!"

Li Ming knew the gossip he wanted to know and went straight back to his recliner to continue dozing off.

"Tsk, the person who dealt with Bang Geng is really resourceful!" Li Ming said happily in his heart.

. . . . . .

After about an hour, Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu led the way, and Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu came in from outside, supporting Banggeng on both sides.

He did enjoy the attention of the neighbors in the courtyard. Li Ming's attention was all on Banggeng. His little face was so pale, which was definitely because he couldn't replenish nutrition in time, just like the sallow face of the deceased Yan Jiecheng. But Banggeng estimated that if he couldn't replenish nutrition in time, there might be a pretty boy in their courtyard.

Banggeng's right hand was swollen into a round lump. Well, it was just a lump, like a lead ball growing on his arm. And Li Ming could see that the boy's right arm was a circle and a half more swollen than the left, which was good!

Li Mingmi narrowed her eyes and watched a group of people escorting the thief from the Siheyuan through the corridor back to the central courtyard. She just didn't know whether the future famous "King of Thieves" of their Siheyuan would die here.

Afternoon, Paoju Hutong.

Li Ming brought the two brothers the news about Liu Haizhong. He wanted to see how the two brothers would react.

Unexpectedly, the brothers' reactions were a bit unexpected. Li Ming originally thought that the brothers were showing signs of anxiety, impatience, anger, etc.

After all, he is their biological father.

But the two brothers were surprisingly very happy, which somewhat made Li Ming unable to react. However, after taking a closer look at the brothers' situation, he thought that perhaps it was because of their previous lives that Liu Haizhong had brought a lot of negative influence to them. If he thought so, he could understand it.

At present, it seems that as long as the two brothers don’t target Liu Haizhong personally, they will be quite happy if Liu Haizhong gets injured.

Chapter 458 Old Shanghai Watch

Of course, Li Ming also breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that he didn't have to consider separating the two brothers from his business for the time being.

"Okay, you two brothers, stop having fun." Li Ming rolled his eyes helplessly.

The two brothers finally endured it, and Liu Guangtian scratched his head in embarrassment, "Brother Li, hehe, it's mainly because we two brothers can't help it."

"That's right, when Liu Haizhong beat us up before, he was also aiming for our faces. I didn't expect this old guy to be intercepted when he went to the black market to buy something, haha!"

Going to the black market to buy things these days is indeed quite risky, but it rarely happens around them. The misfortune that Liu Haizhong suffered this time was indeed beyond the expectations of the two brothers.

Li Ming chatted with the two brothers for a while and then left Paoju Hutong and walked towards the department store.

He already had enough watch tickets, and it had been a long time since he bought himself a watch. This time he could spend some more and buy one for his father first.

As for my mom and sister’s watches, I’ll just have to wait and see next year.

department store.

After many twists and turns, Li Ming finally arrived at the Shanghai watch counter. His father worked in a large state-owned factory such as a steel rolling mill, so it would be best if he chose a domestic watch, such as a Shanghai brand.

And as far as he knew, although the price of Shanghai brand watches was not cheap, they were much more cost-effective than those foreign products, so they were very suitable.

"Give me a Shanghai A581." Li Ming came to the counter and threw a watch ticket directly onto the counter. If you don't have this thing, hey, many of these salesmen may not even let you take a look.

When the male teller with a mustache and triangular eyes saw Li Ming take out the watch ticket, he took out the watch he wanted from the counter and put it on the counter with great reluctance.

"Be careful."

Li Ming ignored this idiot who looked down on others. He was chatting with a female salesperson just now. Li Ming yelling at him was ruining his good fortune, but now Comrade Li Ming was broad-minded and would not argue with such a person.

Seeing Li Ming pick up the watch and look at it carefully for a while, he couldn't help but admire in his heart that there are so many good things these days!

According to him, the mechanical watch movements that are mass-produced at Shanghai Watch Factory mainly include the following models: A581, 641), SS5, ZSH and SBIH.

In fact, there are many ways to classify the periods of Shanghai mechanical watches. The most common one is to use "Old Shanghai" and "New Shanghai".

其中“老上海”由于年代的原因和外观变化多样加之工艺效果优良目前已成为国产表藏品中的佼佼者。“老上海”表正式投产是在1958年3月，首次上市是在1958年7月。试销单位为上海第三百货店，当时每只表的零售价是60元人民币，首批试销100只。

The watch on his hand is a581, "Old Shanghai", all steel, and looks very elegant.

He also remembered that a newspaper had reported extensively on this watch. The original model of the "Old Shanghai" watch was the 581 series, with two versions, a-581 and a581. The first batch of trial products were semi-steel (the case was copper chrome-plated, and the back cover was steel). Later, full-steel products were added. In order to distinguish them from the early semi-steel products, the words "semi-steel" or "full steel" were added to the back cover.

The 581 series movement is designed with 17 jewels, with a power reserve of 36 hours (according to existing physical tests, the actual power reserve is about 28 hours), and the timekeeping accuracy is adjusted to less than +/-60 seconds per day when leaving the factory. However, some of the products can actually control the daily error within +/-10 seconds (when seasonally adjusted). Moreover, the craftsmanship of the 581 movement is quite outstanding, and even exceeds the level of some imported Class watches in terms of sensory perception, which is unmatched by the later unified movement (hereinafter referred to as "unified movement"). This is also one of the reasons why the collection value of "Old Shanghai" is far higher than that of unified movement.

If this watch is really collected, then after the millennium, its value will be extremely high!

"how much is it?"

"65!"

Li Ming directly reached into his pocket, took out 65 yuan and threw it on the counter, "Wrap it up, and issue the receipt!"

The bearded man with triangular eyes put away his contempt when he saw that Li Ming, at such a young age, could come up with so much money to buy such a luxury item. He quickly helped Li Ming pack it up and waited for a few minutes before handing the item to Li Ming along with the bill and the watch.

Li Ming sneered in his heart. No matter what era, most people always look down on others! If you don't dress well, others will look down on you. But when you take out a luxury car or a famous watch, those who look down on you will surround you like vultures or hyenas smelling fishy smell. They are really good-natured!

. . . . . .

In the evening, in the courtyard of the steel rolling mill.

Front yard, Li's house.

The family finished their meal and were just about to chat when Li Ming took out the watch he bought today from his pocket and pushed it in front of his father.

Comrade Li Weiguo had a puzzled look on his face. He pointed at himself and asked a question.

"It's for you. Try it. I happen to have a watch ticket and some extra money, so I'll buy it." Li Ming said with a smile.

"Haha, good, my eldest son is still the best!" Li Weiguo smiled on his old face and began to open the box happily, until he put the Shanghai watch on his wrist and admired it.

"Not bad, not bad. If I remember correctly, it should be a new model in the past two years." Lao Li was very satisfied.

Li Ming nodded. "It's new, all steel, don't worry!"

"I was thinking of buying one for my mom and sister, but I don't have the money, and our courtyard is different."

Li Ming still explained that although his mother and sister would not feel disappointed, after all, they knew that Li Ming was preparing for them.

Besides, compared with Li Weiguo, they really have no demand for watches.

Mother Li smiled and shook her head. "I'm not in a hurry. Give it to our Ruirui first next time."

Li Rui looked at her brother with a shameless face and laughed. Li Ming had no choice but to cover the silly face of his "perverted" sister and nodded, "No problem."

Then the three of them saw Comrade Li Weiguo rush out of the house at lightning speed and run straight to the opposite side!

You don’t have to think about what he is going to do. He must be going to show off his son!

"It's a good thing you didn't buy three pieces in one go today." Li's mother said helplessly.

As an old resident of the courtyard house, I know the character of my neighbors in the courtyard very well. Just this watch can attract a lot of jealous people!

Chapter 459 Barbecue

It has been quite a while since Comrade Li Weiguo showed off in the courtyard by showing off the watch his son bought for him. The city has officially entered the cold winter, and it is only a few days away from this year's Laba Festival.

Nothing major has happened in the Siheyuan recently. The only unusual thing is the joke about the Jia family in the central courtyard.

The child was not very old, but he was gloomy all day long, with an expression as if he had eaten shit. He went to school with a gloomy face every day, and when he came back from school, he went straight into the Jia family and never showed up again.

But it is understandable. According to Li Ming's observation, Banggeng's right hand is almost disabled. One time, he passed by the central courtyard and the Jia family was having dinner. Banggeng could not even hold chopsticks and could only use a spoon, and the spoon had to be held in his left hand.

Besides, it is not a glorious thing that his hand is disabled. Now the news has spread all over the streets that this guy was the "third hand" and he didn't know which hero took care of him.

Whenever Jia Geng appears, words like "thief" and "petty thief" always appear around him, but there's nothing we can do about it, because there's nothing wrong with what others say!

Li Ming wandered around the courtyard for a while, and suddenly he didn't want to cook lunch today, so he just patted his butt and strolled towards Qianer Hutong.

It just so happened that I hadn't seen Wang Da, Wang Er and the Niu brothers and sisters for a while, so I went over to have lunch and kill some time afterward.

Qianer Hutong.

"Hey, Brother Li, you came at the right time. We harvested a piece of wild black pork yesterday. I was planning to ask Lao Niu to call you over, but you came today, so we can do it!" Wang Da grinned when he saw Li Ming coming over.

Li Ming was also happy. It was better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. He had rarely eaten black pork these days, so he thought it should taste pretty good.

"That's great, I'll go buy some wine later! By the way, you missed Ma Hua again?"

The four people were stunned, then shook their heads and laughed. They didn’t know if Ma Hua was poisonous, but whenever there was any good thing to eat and drink, the unlucky kid would never be able to catch up!

But if there is any hard and tiring work, the unlucky child will be the first one to encounter it!

"Okay, let's not think about this unlucky guy anymore!" Li Ming also laughed, "I'll go pack the pork, you guys go out and buy some cigarettes and alcohol, and some of Lili's favorite food."

After saying that, Li Ming took out a handful of change, estimated to be about twenty or thirty yuan, and stuffed it into Niu Lili's hand. Then he picked up the fan of pork, estimated to be about thirty or forty kilograms, and walked towards the kitchen.

Now the kitchen knife he had drawn in the system lottery came in handy. Apart from anything else, just in terms of sharpness, it was definitely much better than the current kitchen knife.

Accompanied by the sound of "dong dong dong" coming from the kitchen, the four of them left Wang Er behind and helped Li Ming in the yard. The other three teamed up and walked out to buy some food and drinks for a good meal!