The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Carrying the bucket, Li Ming walked slowly towards the courtyard of the steel rolling mill.

It has been more than two months since Xu Damao last attempted to spread rumors. Recently, there is a distinct unusual smell in the air of the courtyard, which is the favorite of the civets who like to eat melons.

He Yuzhu has been smiling less recently, so Qian Lili and Yi Zhonghai are naturally not very happy either. After all, they are also the ones who are involved.

Although He Yuzhu grabbed many people by the collar and asked many times, he just had no idea where the rumor came from, and it was so detailed and convincing. Tsk tsk, it drove He Yuzhu crazy!

It would be fine if it happened for a day or two, but this thing has been circulating for almost two months. It would be rare for He Yuzhu not to be anxious!

Xu Damao and Li Ming were also eagerly waiting for things to develop. After all, the courtyard had been quiet for too long. Of course, the most important thing was that the two did not want to see He Yuzhu continue to be so happy.

Li Ming felt that even if He Yuzhu had a grudge against him, that fool had the right to know, right? He couldn't spend all the money and still be kept in the dark, right?

As a five-good youth, Li Ming naturally couldn't stand this kind of thing! Especially since Yi Zhonghai was the vested interest, this was even worse!

Steel rolling mill courtyard, front yard, Li’s family.

After collecting the catch, Li Ming lay on the chair and looked at his panel.

【Host】: Li Ming

[Skills Possessing]: Pistol mastery (top level), Bajiquan (top level), Fishing (top level), Weakness attack (language-oriented), Art of language, Street parkour (great accomplishment), Locust stone throwing technique (top level), Sichuan cuisine (top level), Shandong cuisine (top level), Antique identification skills (top level), Lock picking (top level), Painting (minor accomplishment), Calligraphy (great accomplishment).

【Number of draws】:4.

[Physique Template]: Li Yuanba [Development Progress 100%]

[System Items]: Colt m1860 revolver*1, a box of 0.44-inch black powder bullets, a gun license, a locust stone production line, a disguise mask, a voice-changing button, 2 boxes of Zhonghua cigarettes, 2 boxes of Maotai liquor, 1 kitchen knife, 1 iron rod, 2 Jerry's firecrackers, 2 watch tickets, 1 sewing ticket, 1 radio ticket, 2 bicycle tickets, 10 oil tickets, 5 canned food tickets, 6 sugar tickets, 2 malted milk tickets, set of house deeds for the second courtyard {Paoju Hutong), set of house deeds for the third courtyard, set of house deeds for the first courtyard (Qianer Hutong).

Look, in the past two months, Li Ming has only gotten two chances to draw, and the tenth consecutive draw is still a long way off!

Of course, the development progress of this physical template has been completely completed, and Li Ming has gained a lot in the past two months.

When this physique was truly developed to its limit, Li Ming finally realized how domineering Li Yuanba was. Even if all the people in their courtyard came together to attack him, they would be no match for him!

Even if all the people in Nanluoguxiang come together, those who should shout “Ba Ba” will still have to shout “Ba Ba”!

A few days ago, Li Ming felt itchy and rushed to the outskirts of Sijiu City in the middle of the night. Wow, he pulled out a big locust tree very easily!

He didn't know how Lin Daiyu uprooted the weeping willow tree, but he knew that he now had the ability to do so, hey!

"then!"

A bottle of soda flew in front of Li Ming and was caught by him steadily. Xu Damao stood in front of Li Ming with a smile on his face, also with a bottle in his hand.

"Going fishing?"

Li Ming nodded.

"How was the harvest?"

Li Ming happily stretched out four fingers, "Four, seven or eight kilograms, take one when you leave, and let sister-in-law stew it for you!"

"okay!"

Chapter 538 Yi Zhonghai's Dilemma

"I've noticed that Shazhu smiles less recently. Brother Damao, this depends on you!" Li Ming handed Xu Damao a cigarette and said with a smile.

Xu Damao nodded proudly, "Of course. You purchasers don't often go to work at our steel mill now. But I can tell you that the news about Qian Lili and He Yuzhu is very popular in our steel mill now."

Xu Damao lit up a cigarette and took a long puff. Now, don’t even think about whether Qian Lili can still think about him, Xu Damao. She herself is in a state of confusion at home. Although there is no evidence for these rumors, Qian Lili has no evidence to prove her innocence!

This is so embarrassing! Even Yi Zhonghai, the former matchmaker, had no smile on his face. If he wanted to live in retirement, he must first solve this problem, otherwise he would never dream of it.

"If you ask who is happy in the Intermediate Court recently, it must be Qin Huairu. Who knows how much this woman wants to see something bad happen to the He family now."

"Several times I saw Qin Huairu with a group of old ladies chattering about Sha Zhu and his wife at the steel rolling mill." Xu Damao glanced in the direction of the middle school and smiled. When it comes to holding grudges, it has to be women!

Last time, He Yuzhui gave me a hard time, and now he's taking advantage of my misfortune faster than a landslide!

"Keep spreading the news, let's make the Central Court lively and save them from worrying about others all day long." Li Ming was swaying leisurely on the recliner, waiting to see the show. After all, no one knows how things will develop, right? The entertainment is greatly increased!

"By the way, let's not talk about others. What's going on between you and the girl next door?" Xu Damao looked at Li Ming mischievously, and that sly expression returned to his face.

Li Ming disappointed him. He didn't show any shyness at all. He spread his hands and said, "We'll get married next fall. Next year, I'll clean up the old house and renovate it. We can get married then."

"Brother Damao, remember to come and help when the time comes!"

Xu Damao grinned happily, "Okay, okay, don't talk about me, your sister-in-law will also come to help when the time comes, just wait for you to get married."

"Damn it, I don't know what you're thinking. You're so hesitant about getting married."

"I'm not old enough to get married, you can't blame me, right?" Li Ming pouted and complained.

"Don't worry, your brother Damao will take care of you and will never embarrass you!" Xu Damao patted his chest. As long as you don't ask him to drink with you, he can still handle the rest of the welcoming and seeing off matters very well.

"No problem. I'll leave it to you." Li Ming looked at his watch lazily. Tsk, it's time to cook.

"Come on, I have to go back and cook. Brother Damao, come with me and pick out a fish. I'll let sister-in-law stew it for you!"

Xu Damao happily followed Li Ming into the house, then found a straw rope, passed it through the fish's gills, and carried it to the backyard.

"Hey, Damao, where did you get this fish?"

"Hey, Mingzi gave it to me. We can't catch one this big!"

"Not bad, not bad, this fish looks fresh!"

"Of course not. I caught it today and have been keeping it in the water ever since!"

Although it was not the fish caught by Xu Damao, he still had a great time. Eating meat is a big deal these days, let alone catching a big fish.

Xu Damao has a good relationship with the Li family in the front yard, they know it! The two families often give me something and I give you something, they can only envy!

Backyard, Xu Damao's house.

"Yu Li, let's stew a fish today!" Xu Damao came in from the door with a fish in his hand, and said happily as he looked at Yu Li who was about to go into the kitchen.

"Huh? Where did it come from? Did Mingzi give it to you?" Yu Li asked. The Li family was the only family in Siheyuan that had such a good relationship that they could give each other such things.

Xu Damao nodded as a matter of course, "Of course, among those stingy people in our courtyard, who can compare with Mingzi?"

Yu Li laughed out loud when she heard what Xu Damao said, even though he was right. "Okay, okay, I'll stew fish tonight, Damao, you..."

Before Yu Li finished her words, Xu Damao sat directly on the bench where Yu Li had sat before and started to get busy. It was just making matchboxes, but Xu Damao was very skilled at it now!

Yu Li looked at Xu Damao with great satisfaction. It would be nice to continue living like this, but maybe it would be better if they had a child?

Yu Li shook her head. But it was not bad now. Others with children might not live as comfortably as they did!

Central courtyard, He Yuzhu's home.

He Yuzhu was still smiling as he ate with Qian Lili. Although there were a lot of rumors outside, He Yuzhu never said anything out of trust in Yi Zhonghai and his wife.

"Lili, eat some of this meat, eat more. You are too thin." He Yuzhu smiled and picked up a piece of fat meat with chopsticks and put it into Qian Lili's bowl.

Qian Lili nodded with a smile, "Zhu Zi, you eat too! Don't let me eat alone!"

"Haha, eat, I eat too!"

The couple seemed to be quite harmonious, but each of them had a thorn in his heart that could burst out at any time.

Zhongyuan, Yi Zhonghai's house.

Unlike He Yuzhu and the other person who were calm, Aunt Yi was now extremely anxious, with bubbles appearing on her mouth.

"My dear, Zhuzi and his wife are fine now, but we can't let this thing be passed down. If we wait too long, something will happen."

Yi Zhonghai nodded silently, looking at the table of food in front of him without any appetite at all.

If this was really just a rumor, it wouldn't be a big deal, but most of the rumors out there now are facts, except there is no evidence. This makes Yi Zhonghai feel like a tiger trying to eat the sky, not knowing where to start.

Yi Zhonghai's eyes were filled with anger. If he knew who was the loser who spread the rumor, he would tear that person to pieces! This matter concerned Yi Zhonghai's retirement plan, and he couldn't let anyone destroy it!

"Hi!"

Yi Zhonghai lit a cigarette and took a puff. "I understand. Don't worry. But I really don't have any good ideas right now. Let me think about it."

Aunt Yi looked at Yi Zhonghai's impatient and helpless expression and nodded. Yi Zhonghai must be more anxious than her. All they could do now was to wait.

Chapter 539 Jia Family's Movements

Middle courtyard, Jia's house.

What Xu Damao and Li Ming said was right. Apart from the two of them, the Jia family was the happiest person in the courtyard about this matter.

At least now Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi both have smiles on their faces. It is not just talk that people feel happy when happy events happen. Moreover, for their current Jia family, there is more than one happy event.

"Huai Ru, what happened to the man you found to help our family?" Jia Zhang and Qin Huai Ru sat opposite each other at the table. Jia Zhang had a comfortable smile on her face.

Qin Huairu held a cigarette in his hand and said, "It's no problem. You can come to the courtyard in a while, and we can live together then."

"Or is it the maintenance worker at the scrap recycling station?" There was a hint of reluctance on Jia Zhang's face. After all, it would not sound good to say it out loud, but given the current situation of their Jia family, to be honest, it would be nice to have one.

"Well, let me give him a child in the future. He will teach us how to repair the sticks, which will be a way out." Qin Huairu sighed and whispered.

"Give birth to a baby?" Jia Zhang's voice rose eight octaves!

Qin Huairu first looked towards the bedroom, where the children who were sleeping were not making any noise. "I will get an IUD inserted when the time comes. Don't worry, Mom. I won't give birth to him."

"If she really gave birth to a child for him, would she still be able to help our family with peace of mind?"

The fat on Jia Zhang's face finally stopped shaking, with a hint of embarrassment on her face, "Then how long can we keep it secret?"

"He is already over 40 years old. He can't blame me if he can't do it, right? When the time comes, I can go to the hospital in advance to find someone and make a fake one." Qin Huairu said this very fluently. She had already thought of a way to deal with it. If she was not prepared, would she dare to find a man to come to her house to help her?

"Recycling station, recycling station, well, it's a pretty good place." Jia Zhang chewed the word "recycling station" in her mouth and let out a breath slowly.

Anyway, it doesn't sound as grand as a steel mill, but it's pretty good. At least the salary is good. Qin Huairu also said that he earns much more than Dongxu.

In fact, working at a purchasing station these days is quite good and the money earned is quite good. It’s just a matter of whether it sounds good or not.

These recycling stations are mainly for the purpose of recycling and reusing various waste materials to support the country's industrial and agricultural production. For example, in the old city, a waste company was established as early as 1958, with waste collection stations and purchasing points. This large-scale waste recycling team, with staff spread all over the suburbs and streets, is responsible for collecting a variety of waste materials in the city, including broken copper and iron, rags, waste glass, etc.

In addition, the city of Shanghai was also very strict in its garbage collection and disposal in the 1950s and 1960s. Garbage was sorted and recycled with a strict organization, orderly procedures, and orderly allocation.

The categories of recycled items are extremely detailed: chicken and duck feathers, waste batteries, toothpaste tubes, meat bones, turtle shells, orange peels, broken glass, torn cotton wool, cloth scraps, eye drop bottles, various material bottles, various "worn shoes", long and short braids, crumpled and stained garbage paper, light bulbs and fluorescent tubes, while various books and newspapers, and scrap copper and iron are of VIP grade.

And even though the recycling stations are usually not big and have to deal with these waste products all day long, there is still room for improvement, and the atmosphere is more relaxed than that of large state-owned factories such as steel mills.

Like management: This usually includes the station manager or person in charge, whose main responsibility is to supervise and manage the operation of the entire recycling station and ensure that all work proceeds smoothly.

Grassroots staff: These staff are directly involved in the collection, sorting, storage and treatment of waste. They need to have sufficient knowledge and skills to properly handle various wastes and ensure the efficiency and safety of their work.

Then there are the maintenance personnel: their main duties are to maintain the normal operation of the recycling station's facilities and equipment, and to perform repairs and maintenance in a timely manner to ensure the continuity and safety of work.

The person Qin Huairu found to help her family is a maintenance worker. It's a technical job with good benefits. Banggeng can also learn something from him. If he can be employed in this scrap recycling station when he grows up, that would be quite good.

Next come the cleaning staff: their job is mainly to keep the recycling station clean and hygienic, and to prevent waste accumulation and environmental pollution.

"Then wait a while. We can stay here."

"Don't worry, Mom. He will pay to clean up our house when the time comes."

The wrinkles on Jia Zhang's old face were about to open with a smile, and she nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's a good thing, a good thing!"

......

"I'll go to the backyard to find the old lady and see if she has any solution." Yi Zhonghai stood up and said after finishing his meal. After all, the old lady has some connections. What if she can find a solution, right?

Aunt Yi didn't think about whether she would cause trouble to the old lady. They were all in the same boat. Now that something happened, they naturally had to communicate with each other.

"Okay, I'll wait at home."

Yi Zhonghai nodded, raised his legs and walked towards the backyard.

Backyard, the deaf old lady's house.

Yi Zhonghai entered the house, found the deaf old lady and went straight to the point. After all, he had no idea what to do with the situation now, so he hoped that this old woman could be of some use.

The deaf old lady's smiling face fell directly after she heard what Yi Zhonghai said. It felt like the loose skin on her face was about to fall to her neck, which looked eerie.

"I was wondering why my eldest grandson and his wife have been coming to the backyard less often recently. I wonder if something happened to the two children!" The deaf old lady kept twisting her cane with her chicken claw-like hands, and a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in her cloudy old eyes from time to time.

"Zhonghai, do you have any ideas?"

Yi Zhonghai smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Old lady, if I had a solution, I wouldn't have come to you and would have solved it earlier."

"But the problem is that this rumor is getting more and more outrageous. I don't even know where to start! And we don't even know which bastard spread it."

"Zhu Zi has been criticized by several people in the steel mill for this matter!"

The deaf old lady listened to what Yi Zhonghai said silently and nodded. She had no clue and there was indeed no good way to start.