The strong fisherman in the courtyard

"Haha, Yi Zhonghai, I'm not an honest man like my dad, nor am I a fool like He Yuzhu."

"You are threatening me with what you said, right? You are threatening me, right?"

Li Ming's face suddenly became extremely ferocious, but he still had a smile on his face. Li's mother, father and sister Li Rui had never seen Li Ming with such an expression, and they suddenly felt panicked.

"Brother!" Sister Li Rui came up and tried to hold Li Ming.

"Be good, Ruirui, don't be anxious. I will explain this matter to Yi Zhonghai today." Li Ming's expression suddenly became normal, and he touched his sister's head with a smile.

Then he put on a ferocious expression and looked at Yi Zhonghai, and Yi Zhonghai suddenly shuddered in his heart.

"Excuse me, were you threatening me just now? My uncle Yi Zhonghai, who gave you the courage to touch my Li Ming's tiger whiskers! And who gave you the illusion that my Li family is easy to bully?"

"Would you mind explaining it to me?"

Yi Zhonghai's throat suddenly became dry. He had never seen such a crazy behavior from Li Ming, even if he had lived his entire life. "This, this, Mingzi, you are just telling the truth!"

Yi Zhonghai laughed dryly.

"Oh, that's what happened."

"Then I want to know, do you still want me to clarify and take the blame?"

"If you don't want to, you can continue to be your uncle and we can live a peaceful life. If you want to, then I think you shouldn't find someone to take care of you in your old age. After all, it's not peaceful these days. You never know when someone might die while walking on the street at night."

"Are you right?"

Li Ming smiled and picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of water, then just stared at Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai swore that no one had ever threatened him, even if the two families had a bad relationship, no one dared to tear each other apart like this! He didn't know where Li Ming's confidence came from? But it was obvious that he was afraid.

Yi Zhonghai forced himself to smile, "Mingzi, just pretend that I have never been here today, and nothing happened to us."

"I apologize to you." After saying that, Yi Zhonghai bowed, and Li Ming accepted it very frankly.

Yi Zhonghai bowed to apologize today, at least his life was saved today, and Li Ming could bear this bow. If he dared to plot against the Li family again in the future, Li Ming would have to throw Yi Zhonghai into his own breeding space as pig feed even if he had to catch fewer fish!

Although Mr. and Mrs. Li were very satisfied with their eldest son's performance today, they were still a little worried about their son. However, all their anger was transferred to Yi Zhonghai. Even if Yi Zhonghai left the house and apologized today, the relationship between the two families would be broken!

"Okay, then I'll open the door for you." Li Ming walked past Yi Zhonghai with a smile and opened the door. The meaning was very clear: it was an order to leave.

Yi Zhonghai bowed to Li's father and mother again before turning around and leaving.

As Li Ming closed the door, the atmosphere in the Li family eased a little.

Chapter 57 Li Ming's "gift" to Yi Zhonghai

"Son, are you okay?" Mother Li looked at her precious son with great concern.

Li Ming shook his head. "What's the big deal? I'm just trying to scare him. We allow him to threaten us, but you won't let me scare him?"

Father Li lit a cigarette and said, "If it doesn't work next time, leave it to me."

"Why would I give it to you? You're trying to smooth things over!"

"The old man Yi Zhonghai came to our house today with the intention of letting our children take the blame."

"Our son did nothing wrong, absolutely nothing wrong." Li's mother retorted.

"No, I'm not. If Mingzi hadn't stopped me today, I would have beaten that bastard." Father Li looked proud.

On the contrary, her younger sister Li Rui, although she looked a little scared at that time, is now completely excited. Having such a powerful brother, her life in the future will definitely be good!

"I think my brother is right. He is much better than the idiot Zhu in the middle courtyard! He Yushui was bullied in our courtyard, but this idiot Zhu didn't care about his own sister at all. Instead, he always sided with the Jia family!"

"At least my brother will definitely stand by me in the future." Li Rui trotted behind Li Ming and began to massage her brother's back. "Brother, if someone bullies me in the future, you have to stand up for me!"

"That's right, hey, use a little strength on your shoulders." Li Ming reached out and patted his own shoulder.

Comrade Li Ming just heard the system prompt sound coming from his mind, but now that someone is giving him a massage, he feels that he can still hold on for a while to check the system prompt.

Zhongyuan, Yi Zhonghai's house.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai entered the door, an old lady asked him, "Are you back? How are you?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and sighed, "I was also confused. Now, I failed to accomplish what I wanted to do, and I also offended the Li family."

The old lady had an indifferent expression on her face, as if she already knew the result. After asking, she picked up the shoe soles and continued to sew.

Yi Zhonghai subconsciously wanted to take out a cigarette from his pocket to light up a cigarette to relieve his worries, but he never expected that he would take out a cute little yellow cigarette from his pocket.

"Ah!" Yi Zhonghai was startled, his hand trembled, and the cute little yellow thing fell to the ground. You know what, the sound was quite nice.

The lady looked up quickly, "What's wrong? Lao Yi!"

Yi Zhonghai pointed at the little cutie on the ground tremblingly, "You, you, look, what is that?"

The old lady looked down at the ground, and the sole of the shoe in her hand fell to the ground. She picked up the thing tremblingly and made an uncertain sound, "Bullet, bullet?"

"What did you do? Someone threw this thing in your pocket?"

Yi Zhonghai trembled as he picked up a cigarette, put it in his mouth and lit it, smiling bitterly, "It was probably the Li family who put it there."

"People put this thing in your pocket?"

"Oh, I'm so rude!" Yi Zhonghai slapped himself in the face.

"I threatened their family, saying that if the courtyard house fails to be rated as an excellent courtyard house this year because of this incident, it will be their family's fault."

"I guess it was Li Ming who threw it into my pocket. Old Li from their family doesn't have the guts to do that."

Yi Zhonghai's face began to twitch intermittently. He had lived for so many years, and this was the first time he was threatened by someone, and the result was still this way! It was a question whether he could sleep well in the next few days!

"What should we do? Lao Yi!" The old lady's face turned pale instantly. She had never experienced such a thing!

"It should be fine. I guess it was this kid Li Ming who warned me."

"Damn it, I should have known not to accept this apprentice, Chao!"

"Should we report him?" The middle-aged lady seemed to have grasped the key point.

Yi Zhonghai shook his head without even thinking, "He dared to throw this thing into my pocket, which proves that he is not afraid of being reported. Who knows what trump card this kid has."

"If I report him for this again, what if he insists that he didn't do it? When this is over, our family will definitely be the one to suffer."

"Well, let's just pretend that nothing happened today. Let's be careful when we see the Li family in the future."

"Oh, I really didn't expect that this kid from the Li family is so cruel. He dared to threaten me in front of his parents and told me to be careful when walking at night, and finally put this thing in my pocket!"

Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath, put the half-smoked cigarette in his mouth, inhaled it and slowly exhaled it, then he stood up tremblingly and said in a hoarse voice, "Go to sleep."

"From now on, if you can stay out of anything that involves the Li family, then just ignore it."

The aunt was not one to make decisions, and after hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, she could only calm down and go to sleep.

Front yard, Li's house.

Li Ming lay happily on the bed in the second bedroom and opened the system prompt interface.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for fishing successfully. 】

[Fishing reward draw times*1, successfully threaten Yi Zhonghai once, reward Big Black Ten*5, Bajiquan (minor success) proficiency. ]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for fishing successfully. 】

[Fishing reward lottery number*1, successfully threaten Yi Zhonghai once, reward big black ten*5, pistol mastery (minor success) proficiency. ]

"Tsk tsk, this guy Yi Zhonghai can actually fleece the sheep twice!"

Li Ming's eyes lit up slightly, and he stared at the system prompts without getting tired of it. This is such a productive place!

"It's decided. As long as Yi Zhonghai doesn't seek death in the future, we will slowly take care of him, hehe."

"System, draw the lottery, use it twice!"

After a series of operations, two cards were left on the light green screen, and Li Ming flipped them over one by one.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for winning a gift pack of grain seeds*1. The seeds have been automatically sown for the host, please harvest them in time.]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for drawing the weak point attack skill*1 (language). ]

"Brother Tongzi, is this attack on someone's weakness the same as hitting them in the face or exposing their weaknesses when scolding them?"

[Ding, that's right! After wearing this skill, the host will be more likely to defeat the opponent and complete a better fishing. ]

"Oh, damn, now I know why you gave me Li Yuanba's physical fitness. You are afraid that I will be beaten up when I argue with others, and you are worried that I can't beat others, right?"

Li Ming stroked his chin and spoke to the system directly.

【...】

"Okay, open the panel and let me take a look first. This skill is good. I like it, hehe."

Comrade Li Ming has already thought about the happy times he will have against Yi Zhonghai in the future.

【Host】: Li Ming

[Skills Possessing]: Pistol Mastery (Minor Success), Bajiquan (Minor Success), Fishing (Minor Success), Weak Point Strike (Language-oriented).

[Number of draws]: 0

[Physique Template]: Li Yuanba [Development Progress 25%]

[System Items]: Colt m1860 revolver*1, a box of 0.44-inch black powder bullets, a gun license, and 5 small yellow croakers.

"go to bed!"

Chapter 58 Gathering Wool

Time passed slowly until the locust trees in the yard began to shed their petals.

Li Ming stretched and walked out of the house, then started sweeping the yard with a broom.

"It's a nice day off today! I haven't gone fishing for a long time, so why not go catch some fish today!"

The courtyard has been extremely peaceful in recent months. The Jia family didn't dare to cause trouble, Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to cause trouble, and the third uncle in the front yard was also honest. The overall atmosphere of the courtyard is extremely stable and peaceful, suitable for retirement.

It's just that Li Ming's "fishing" system has never been used much, and he has only pushed the progress of physical development to 30%. Now Li Ming looks thin when he is dressed, and has muscles when he is undressed. One night, he even tried the big stone mill in the courtyard. It was more than 400 pounds, and he lifted it with both hands quite easily.

"Brother, I'm going to find my classmates to do homework." Sister Li Rui's voice came from behind, greeting Li Ming.

Li Ming nodded and secretly gave the little girl five yuan. "Go ahead, and be careful on the road."

After Li Ming had swept the fallen leaves in front of his house, Li's father and mother came out of the house and said, "Son, I'll take your mother to her shift."

"I won't be back at noon after I finish this. I plan to continue shopping."

"Okay, go ahead. I won't be home at noon. I'll go fishing later. I've already given Ruirui lunch money, so you don't have to worry about it."

Li Ming put the broom under the eaves, lit a cigarette for himself, and began to enjoy the sunshine and air in the early morning.

Father Li smiled and said, "Look at our son. He looks like he is in his 30s or 40s."

Mother Li raised her hand and slapped Comrade Weiguo. "How could you say that? You have such a sensible son. That's the merit you accumulated in your previous life."

"Yes, yes, you are right."

"I took your mother to work!"

Li Ming waved his hand as a farewell to the two people.

After a while, Li Ming finally carried his fishing rod and bucket and walked towards the Jinshui River. He was determined to have a good fishing day today. Comrade Li Ming had not been there since the bad incident with Old Zhang last time.

They arrived at the Jinshui River humming little songs along the way. There were more and more people with vegetables on the road, but it had nothing to do with Comrade Li Ming. He, Li Ming, had only saved enough food for his family of four for the next year or so.

If it weren't for the fact that he traveled through time and space and the system took good care of him, even if his family was well off, they would have to start reducing their food rations.

After finding a familiar spot, Li Ming cleared a clean stone, sat down and started his fishing time for the day. Old Zhang who loved fishing didn't come, so it was perfect that he had such a big place all to himself today.

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Not long after, two big fat fish appeared in the bucket, and a greeting voice came from behind.

"Xiao Li?" Old man Zhang sounded very surprised.

Li Ming didn't ignore the old man on purpose. It was his granddaughter who was lame, not Old Zhang. The old man had probably contributed many years of his youth to this country. He wouldn't do such a thing as venting his anger on her.

He tilted his head and glanced at him, "Wow, you have more stuff!"

"Why are you carrying this barbecue grill today?"

As soon as Old Man Zhang smiled, he knew that Li Ming could start a conversation with him.

"Well, of course, I'm thinking of having a barbecue outside today."