The strong fisherman in the courtyard

"Lao Zhou's wife is also a regular employee of the flour mill. Her family is well off!"

"Tsk tsk, Old Zhou is so lucky!"

"Of course not. He's an old man, but he can still find a young woman who is a regular employee. He must be very lucky!"

Chapter 477: Tragedy caused by two salted fish

Time flows slowly, and it is the coldest month of winter. Life in the courtyard is still peaceful and harmonious, at least before today.

It was around five in the afternoon. It was already dark in the city. If it weren't for the sporadic street lights on the road, there wouldn't be many people walking on the road.

A courtyard house.

"Boss, our train ticket is at around 8 o'clock this evening?" The fat woman was holding a large package, which contained daily necessities for them after arriving in the Magic City.

The sinister man nodded. He was also holding a package in his hand. The fat woman in front of him had gained weight again, but it was not because she had gained weight. Instead, she had hidden some valuables and small coins close to her body.

"The guy outside is still here, but based on his usual habits, he'll probably leave soon." The fat woman whispered.

During this period, not only did Banggeng get to know their family situation, but they also got to know when Banggeng would come and when he would leave.

The couple has already bought the train tickets to Shanghai tonight, but there is one more thing before they leave. To be honest, the Korean stalks outside are one of the main reasons for their departure.

If they don't take revenge, their family will never be able to swallow this breath! Having said that, it is quite amazing that Banggeng can cause a lot of trouble to their family at the age of more than ten years old.

"I understand. You go to the train station first. I'll come find you after I deal with this guy!" said the sinister man with a gloomy smile.

The fat woman nodded solemnly, "Be careful, boss. I'll wait for you at the station! Remember our departure time, 8 o'clock sharp."

"Haha, don't worry, I won't forget it. How can we let a petty thief ruin our family's big event?"

The couple walked out of the house and deliberately passed by the place where Banggeng was hiding.

"Come on, come on, I'll take you to get the money. We can make a lot of money this time!"

"Okay, boss!"

The two men just deliberately passed by Bang Geng and then made up an excuse, just to let this half-grown kid with not much brains follow them, making it easier for the sinister man to take action.

Banggeng was startled when he heard this. Although he was young, he was not stupid! From a young age, this child knew how important money was, otherwise he wouldn't have a part-time job as a thief!

Bang Geng made up his mind, gritted his teeth, and followed the two people. He thought he was following them quietly. He followed the two people in twists and turns. Suddenly, there was only a man left in front of Bang Geng. As for the fat woman?

They took another route to the train station. There was only a disabled stick, but her man had no pressure in dealing with it.

Banggeng was stunned. He mainly couldn't understand why there was only one person left after walking for a while?

The sinister man just turned his head to look at Banggeng. They were in an unknown alley with only one street lamp. The moment Banggeng saw the man in front of him turn his head to look at him, his heart began to beat fast!

Before Bang Geng could react, the sinister man had already rushed in front of Bang Geng. He had been paying attention to the distance between the two of them. This kid was really good at running. In order to prevent Bang Geng from running away, he deliberately kept a distance between them, just for this moment!

The man pulled out a brick from his bag and hit Banggeng hard on the head.

With a "bang", Banggeng rolled his eyes and fell to the ground unconscious.

The sinister man had no intention of taking Bang Geng's life, so he held back and just knocked him out first to make things easier for the rest.

As for why the stick didn't dodge? What can a 10-year-old kid who can only bully others with a gun and do some petty theft do?

The sinister man threw the brick away and said, "What a waste! I made so many preparations!" to the unconscious Banggeng.

After cursing, he walked towards an uninhabited area, dragging the stick in one hand.

Not long after, a scream was heard in the night of the city of Beijing. A sinister man then walked out of the darkness, found the direction of the train station and ran towards it at an accelerated speed.

The next thing cannot be delayed, as he has to catch the 8 o'clock train to Shanghai. Anyway, he doesn't want to stay in the old city any longer.

As for what he did to Bang Geng just now? Well, isn't Bang Geng a thief? Can't he run? He broke Bang Geng's right leg and hit him hard with a brick several times!

I knocked Banggeng out of his coma, and then made him pass out again from the pain! I hope this petty thief will learn his lesson this time!

The sinister man let out a breath of anger and left feeling refreshed. Next was his new life in the Magic City, and he was looking forward to it.

As for whether the thief would be discovered? Of course, the dog cub's wailing was quite piercing, and I believe someone around heard it. If he was lucky, he would be rescued. If he was unlucky? That was unlucky, so what? What did it have to do with him?

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The courtyard of the steel rolling mill.

Middle courtyard, Jia's house.

As Banggeng didn't come back so late, the four members of the Jia family fell into silence and anxiety, including Banggeng's two sisters.

Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu are also in the Jia family now, to offer advice. After all, the Jia family has no one who can handle things, let alone men. There is not even one person who can handle things, so Qin Huairu went to call Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu over again.

Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu, with cigarette butts in their mouths, also fell into silence. They had just found out that Banggeng had not returned yet, and were currently frowning.

"Huai Ru, when does Bang Geng usually come back?" Yi Zhonghai thought for a long time but couldn't come up with any solution. He could only ask about the time Bang Geng usually comes home.

Qin Huairu stopped sobbing when she heard Yi Zhonghai's question. "Uncle Yi, Banggeng usually goes home around five o'clock, or at the latest six o'clock. But, but now it's already seven o'clock, and he hasn't come back yet!"

Yi Zhonghai's brows were locked even tighter. Although Banggeng had nothing to do with him, he was the son of the deceased Jia Dongxu after all, so he had to show up!

"Do you know where the geeks usually go?"

Qin Huairu shook her head, and Jia Zhang also shook her head. How would they know? They did ask, but Banggeng never told them.

Yi Zhonghai was even more helpless. How the hell did they do their jobs as a mother and a grandmother? What? Was the child adopted? Did they not know such a small thing?

Where the hell can I find someone?

Chapter 478 The disappearing stalk

Yi Zhonghai suddenly felt a headache and rubbed his temple with his hand. "How about waiting a little longer? It's only seven o'clock now?"

"If you are in a hurry, just go out and look for it first, and leave someone at home first." Yi Zhonghai had to make an unrealistic suggestion first. After all, a good cook cannot cook without rice, not to mention that he is not a good cook!

And it’s not a big deal if there’s no rice. There’s not even a stove. What can he do?

Qin Huairu staggered to her feet after hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, and turned to look at Jia Zhangshi, "Mom, please wait at home. I'll go out and look for her first."

Jia Zhang's face was gloomy. She nodded and sat at home without saying a word.

"Then Uncle Yi, I'll go out and look for him first." Qin Huairu said with a forced smile.

Yi Zhonghai also nodded and said, "Let Zhuzi go with you. I'll go to the Li family in the front yard. After all, Wu Fang is also an official of the street office. Tell her, and then I'll organize the neighbors in our courtyard to go out and look for it together."

Qin Huairu didn't have time to thank Yi Zhonghai, and walked out with all his might. He Yuzhu followed behind him, accompanying Qin Huairu out.

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and followed him out the door.

Front yard, Li's house.

There was another knock on the Li family's door. Li Ming stood up and subconsciously picked up the stool under his butt. Damn it, now whenever he heard someone knocking on his door at night, he would subconsciously rummage around for something.

Comrade Lao Li calmly opened the door and Yi Zhonghai walked in from outside.

"Secretary Wu, the dog from Huairu's house is missing and hasn't come back yet."

Comrade Wu Fang glanced at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Then why don't we just organize some people to look for him?"

"Okay, then I'll go and organize some neighbors in our yard, and then we'll go look outside together." Yi Zhonghai said and turned away. He had no plans to stay in the Li family for long, especially when he saw someone holding a chair in his hand.

The Li family members were stunned. They didn’t expect that Yi Zhonghai’s purpose of coming to their house this time was so simple!

After Yi Zhonghai left the Li family, Wu Fang finally spoke up, "Why are the children of the Jia family so troublesome?"

"The neighbors in the courtyard will go out to recruit people soon, so our family should show some respect to them!" said Li's mother with an unhappy look on her face.

After all, everyone in the courtyard knew what kind of situation this kid named Banggeng was, and her family couldn't muster the slightest bit of good feelings towards this kid.

Li Ming grinned and said, "I'll go later. We only need one person to show our appreciation. We don't need everyone to go out."

Comrade Lao Li was happy to save himself the trouble and nodded happily to express his agreement.

"Okay then, go see who's going next door? Then you can have someone to keep you company!"

"Don't worry, I'll go ask right away. Hey, I just don't know what happened to this guy! Tsk tsk!" Li Ming muttered gloatingly, turned around and walked out of the house towards the opposite door.

Not long after, the courtyard became lively again. Under the organization of Yi Zhonghai, the former first uncle, every family sent out at least one person to look for the missing thief.

The person following Li Ming was Wu Xuanxuan. When the Wu family saw that it was Li Ming who went out to deal with the construction work next door, they simply let Wu Xuanxuan go with him.

As long as they stay with Li Ming, they don't have to worry about the safety of their girl.

"Let's go, Sister Xuanxuan, let's take a walk to help digest the food after dinner." Li Ming shrugged his shoulders, lifted his long legs and walked out.

Seeing this, Wu Xuanxuan followed Li Ming, and the two of them walked out one after the other.

"Xiao Mingzi, where did that Banggen go?"

"I really don't know, but Banggeng's behavior is likely to have offended someone. Who knows, maybe he got beaten up again!" Li Ming stroked his chin and smiled, "Think about it, a kid who likes to steal and do things, if he gets caught, how can he not get beaten up?"

"That's true, but the Jia family really doesn't know how to teach their children! I saw Banggeng's sister quietly coming out of Shazhu's house a few days ago."

Li Ming was stunned. Wow, are the Jia family's genes so awesome? Don't let it get to the point where the newly born Sophora japonica will also be able to do this.

He shook his head helplessly, "The Jia family doesn't have any good family education. We just need to be careful not to let them get interested in our own family. As for Sha Zhu? Hehe, they might think that it's a sign of Qin Huairu's child being close to him!"

"Yeah, so why call him Shazhu? I think I understand now. That person is just stupid!" Wu Xuanxuan said very affirmatively.

In her mind, He Yuzhu was no different from a fool. She had just seen He Yuzhu accompanying Qin Huairu out to look for the child! If you didn't know, you would think Jia Geng was He Yuzhu's son!

"I just don't know when we can find that kid? But it doesn't matter, we can just walk for ten minutes and then go back!" Li Ming said happily.

He had no intention of going to great lengths to find a thief, and he estimated that among the neighbors in the courtyard, few were serious about looking for someone.

Just now he saw two neighbors squatting not far from the courtyard smoking and chatting! Given the popularity of the Jia family in the courtyard, I guess only He Yuzhu would be willing to rush to help!

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Li family.

The four members of the Li family and the three members of the Wu family were sitting in the Li family's small living room chatting. Li Ming also did what he said. Within ten minutes, he came back from outside with Wu Xuanxuan.

Well, they were not the first to come back! The first one was Xu Damao. After Xu Damao went out, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pack of cigarettes and then returned to the courtyard. That was when they happened to meet.

"Has Banggeng's child been found yet?" Comrade Lao Li asked curiously after seeing his son coming back.

"Well, how would I know? I just took Sister Xuanxuan out for a stroll. As for Banggen? Whoever wants to find him can find him." Li Ming said with a grin.

Wu Xuanxuan also nodded and said, "We are not the first ones to come back. Xu Damao in the backyard went out to buy a pack of cigarettes and came back."

"That's right. If we want to know what's going on, we have to ask He Yuzhu or Yi Zhonghai."

Wu Qiangguo grinned, "Then Yi Zhonghai didn't go out."

"Beautiful! As expected of him!" Li Ming praised.

Seeing that he can no longer rely on the Jia family, old man Yi Zhonghai really tries to save money wherever possible!

"Then let's wait for Qin Huairu and the others to come back. It doesn't matter if we go to bed a little late tonight. We don't have to go to work tomorrow anyway." Comrade Li Weiguo happily got up and took out tea leaves from the closet, and made a cup of tea water for each of them.

The little girl Li Rui returned to her small bedroom, took out a lot of snacks and spread them on the table, so that everyone would not go empty-mouthed.

Chapter 479: Midnight Snack for Both Families

Li Ming ate some melon seeds for a while, then took a sip of tea. "If Qin Huairu saw this, she would be so mad that she would die!"

"Haha, even Shazhu will be mad to death!"

"Who cares? How can we get in their way in our own home?"

"That's right! I'm a little hungry. Brother, do you have anything to eat?" Little foodie Li Rui was no longer satisfied with the snacks. She raised her head and looked at Li Ming pitifully.

Li Ming stroked his forehead with his hand and shook his head helplessly, "Wait!"

The adults were delighted to see this. This pair of siblings was also interesting! After a while, Li Ming came back from outside, carrying some cooked food and throwing it on the table, which added a little variety to this midnight snack.

"Then eat a little more. Ruirui asked me to do that and I'm hungry too." Comrade Li Weiguo saw the food on the table and smelled the aroma of meat in the air, his appetite aroused.

"Then eat something!" Wu Qiangguo was also hungry. "Wife, go to our house and get some food and two bottles of wine. Anyway, we don't have to go to work tomorrow, so we might as well have a meal and have a good sleep at night."

The two women felt more or less helpless after hearing this. If the situation of their two families was known to the Jia family of the Central Courtyard, they would probably come and kill them!

But Ms. Liu Lanfang didn't care about it. She nodded and went home.

When she returned to Li's house again, she was holding two bottles of white wine and a basin of steamed buns made from two kinds of dough. Wu Xuanxuan followed her mother and came over with two plates of food.

"Not bad, it's really good. Only by having a midnight snack can I have a good sleep!" Li Ming said happily.

After a while, the atmosphere in the Li family became lively. As for the Jia family, who were separated by a courtyard wall, it could only be said that people’s joys and sorrows were incommunicable.