The strong fisherman in the courtyard

He wanted to get angry, but after looking at the opponent's lineup, he had to endure it. As for fighting? Don't be ridiculous, Yi Zhonghai was planning to find someone to take care of him in his old age, not to have someone to see him off to the grave now!

I could only wave my hand awkwardly, "Oh, it's okay, it's okay."

After saying that, he pulled Qin Huairu out of the yard. Qin Huairu followed Yi Zhonghai outside with a confused look on her face.

Li Ming watched the two of them walk out of the yard like defeated chickens and laughed out loud.

At the same time, the system prompt sound in my mind arrived as expected.

Before Li Ming could take a closer look, he felt patted on his shoulders by two hands. He turned around and saw his parents looking at him with great satisfaction.

"Good! Son, well done!" Comrade Li Weiguo wanted to laugh out loud two or three times.

Mother Li rolled her eyes at her silly husband and said, "Better than your father, he deserves praise!"

"That's fine, that's fine, let's go back to the house."

The family of four then returned to the house and continued to enjoy the warmth of winter.

Li Ming half-closed his eyes and opened the system interface, "Brother Tongzi, have I completed my task?"

[Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the task, fishing reward times*1, Jia Dongxu's death time information*1. ]

I silently opened the information about Brother Dongxu, and there were a few lines of words clearly written on it.

[Jia Dongxu will die in the autumn of 1960. Please pay attention to the frequency of wool pulling. ]

Li Ming felt sorry for Jia Dongxu. The information given by Brother Tongzi reminded him to take advantage of Jia Dongxu. Brother Tongzi really cared about him!

Then I started thinking in my heart, the original plot should have started around the end of 65, and Huaihua should have been around 6 years old at that time, so there should be no problem with the death date of "Green Hat Brother".

Now after Brother Tongzi's confirmation, Li Ming has a clearer idea in his mind. With more than a year left, he can make a good profit from Brother Dongxu!

"This time I must have fished for five times." Suddenly remembering that he needed to accumulate ten consecutive draws, Li Ming silently opened the system panel.

【Host】: Li Ming

[Skills Possessing]: Pistol mastery (minor success), Bajiquan (great success), fishing (great success), weak point attack (language-oriented), locust stone throwing technique (great success), Sichuan cuisine (minor success).

【Number of draws】:5.

[Physique Template]: Li Yuanba [Development Progress 50%]

[System Items]: 5 one-click mission completion cards, 1860 Colt m1 revolver, a box of 0.44-inch black powder bullets, a gun license, 5 small yellow croakers, a locust stone production line, a disguise mask, and a voice-changing button.

"Not bad, not bad. I have saved half of it. Hehe, if I hold on a little longer, I think it will be enough."

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. We will definitely be able to save enough money during this period before and after the Chinese New Year. By then, the courtyard will definitely be more lively than it is now."

Comrade Li Ming was immersed in the fantasy of ten consecutive draws and fell asleep happily on the bed.

After a while, Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu returned to the courtyard exhausted.

Yi Zhonghai's old face seemed to be full of vicissitudes of life, and it seemed that he had experienced a lot of fatigue during this trip.

Middle Court.

"Uncle, I don't know how to thank you!" Qin Huairu used common skills to deal with men and thanked Yi Zhonghai in a delicate voice.

Admittedly, this posture is useless to the men of the Li family, but it is still very effective for Yi Zhonghai. Of course, He Yuzhu should be more susceptible to this.

"Hurry back, it's too cold. Buy some deli meat and bring it back for the kids to eat."

"It's the time when the body is growing. It's not good to let the child starve for a long time."

Yi Zhonghai comforted Qin Huairu, who was becoming more and more delicate due to the cold.

Qin Huairu nodded, "Don't worry, uncle, I'll go back right away, you should go back early too."

The two of them then separated in the middle courtyard. If Li Ming saw them, he would definitely complain about them. Why were they acting out the Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai role?

Chapter 128: Great joke: Milk, I’m hungry!

"Old Yi, didn't you say you were going out to accompany Qin Huairu to get meat? Why are you back so late?" The aunt's tone was somewhat complaining. It was fortunate that she had finished her meal, otherwise she would have starved to death if she came back just now.

Yi Zhonghai smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Don't mention it, the meat belongs to the Li family. We both ran into a big wall at the Li family. In the end, I was about to spend money to buy it, but the little bastard from the Li family said it was gone!"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier that it was gone? You've wasted so much time until now!" Yi Zhonghai refilled his cigarette. "Then there was really no other way, so I took Huairu out to find a supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cooked food. Sigh, it's been like this every day!"

"What the hell is this!"

After hearing about the tortuous journey of Yi Zhonghai after he left the house, the aunt could not help but be stunned and calm down.

"Okay, stop thinking about it, my dear, let's go to bed quickly. I've been freezing all night!"

"Hey, here it comes."

When the aunt heard Yi Zhonghai's voice, she shook her head, threw away the bad things in her head, and followed Yi Zhonghai to the bedroom.

Jia family.

Qin Huairu pushed the door open and entered. Jia Zhangshi started to curse without even raising her face. "I told you to go and ask for some meat, but why did you wait till now?! This family would have starved to death by the time you got here!"

"Mom, I talked to an old man at the door of the Li family about the meat. He didn't say anything. In the end, he said he would pay for it but I couldn't buy it!"

Qin Huairu looked at Jia Dongxu with a face full of grievance, hoping that her man could at least speak up for her at this time. After all, she and her daughter couldn't afford to offend the Li family. What could she, a daughter-in-law who came to live with the family, do?

Unexpectedly, Jia Dongxu remained indifferent, and just stared with his dog eyes at the bag of cooked food in Qin Huairu's hand, which contained some cooked meat.

After entering the house, the relatively warm air brought out the faint aroma of cooked food. Not only Jia Dongxu, but also Jia Zhangshi and the children in the family, all stared at the cooked food in Qin Huairu's hands.

"Granny, I'm hungry!"

When Jia Zhang heard her great grandson speak, she smiled and said, "Okay, let's eat now!"

Then he turned his old face to Qin Huairu and said, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up, didn't you hear that my eldest grandson is hungry?"

Seeing this, Qin Huairu had no choice but to pack up the cooked food and put it on the table with grievance. The Jia family, a family of foodies, started their second dinner.

I don’t know if Qin Huairu fed the unfinished dinner to the dog before he left, but they were all very hungry anyway.

. . . . . .

Time flies, and the year is slowly coming to an end in the old city. The time for collecting salaries has also arrived as most people look forward to it.

During this period, the courtyard was peaceful and quiet. Except for the occasional silly neighbors making trouble and having fun, life was relatively peaceful and stable.

It is worth mentioning that ever since Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai failed to beg for food last time, the relationship between the Li family and the other two families has deteriorated a little bit, and by the way, Auntie also occasionally has a few words with the Li family.

Apart from that, there is nothing worth mentioning. With the help of these "lovely" neighbors, Comrade Li Ming has successfully accumulated his accumulated lottery draw times to seven, and he will be able to celebrate with a ten-draw streak before the New Year.

"Today is the day to collect salaries, let's go there early!" Father Li got up early today and excitedly pulled out Li Ming, who was trapped in the quilt.

"It doesn't have to be so early! Besides, we have to line up according to the order of the workshops. It won't be of much use if we go too early!" Comrade Li Ming groaned as he slumped beside the stove to keep warm.

"What do you know? If it was your department or our workshop's turn, wouldn't it have been over long ago?"

"If you miss this, then you'll have to wait until the very end to collect the money!"

Father Li came out of the kitchen with breakfast and called to Li Ming, "Come and eat quickly. After you finish eating, we will go!"

"Okay, okay, you're right! Let's go there right after we finish eating." Li Ming smelled the fragrance of porridge in the air and his stomach growled, so he hurried to the dining table to join in the breakfast plan.

"What your father said is quite right this time. After all, your steel mill has a lot of people, and every time you get paid, you have to line up to get paid. It's not as convenient as our street office."

Mother Li smiled and gave each of the four members of the family an egg as a breakfast supplement. Apart from anything else, the two old hens that Li Ming brought home last time were a great help.

If we talk about which family in this courtyard can eat eggs every day, the Li family must be one of them. You know what, these two hens are very competitive. On weekdays, each chicken gets at least one egg, guaranteed!

Li Ming exhaled, peeled an egg and put it in his mouth. After swallowing it, he spoke, "You know what, this egg is better if it's laid by the chickens we raise at home."

"You want to eat eggs from outside? Now eggs on the black market are more than one dollar per pound. They are not as cost-effective as our own eggs!"

Father Li made an insult to his son, but when he saw his wife glaring at him, he didn't dare to say anything more and just ate his breakfast obediently.

. . . . . .

Steel rolling mill, Sangu office.

Li Ming arrived early today and thought there wouldn't be many people in the office. However, as soon as he pushed the door open, he saw a row of large chimneys emitting smoke.

"Wow, you guys came too early today." Li Ming said as he picked up a stool and sat next to the stove to warm himself by the fire.

Zhou Tian saw that Li Ming came the latest and shook his head, "You are not good enough, it's time to pay wages and benefits, why don't you be more diligent?"

"That's right, come earlier next time!"

"That will have to be next year. Besides, it's not too late for Mingzi to come." The leader had to say something fair.

"Are there any benefits this year? Any meat or something?" Wang Jun couldn't help but ask when he saw that all the people in the stock were there.

Xu Qiang's face fell, "Don't mention it, I asked, and even the section chief said he didn't know what was sent today! How do you want me to know?"

"I guess the section chiefs and their superiors still have what they need. We'd be lucky to have some!"

"That's true. It's good enough to have something this year. I'm just afraid he won't give me anything! After all, our purchasing department knows the situation clearly this year! Don't think about any good things!"

Zheng Ping picked up the shared cigarettes in his pocket and gave one to Li Ming, asking him to join the chimney plan as well.

"I'll be content if I can just have some peanuts, but I don't expect any meat or anything like that. I haven't seen any oil in our steel mill since the month before last!"

Wu Gang took over the conversation and added a sentence.

Chapter 129: Customs

Li Ming also understood that no one had any hope for the benefits of the steel rolling mill this year, so being able to receive normal wages was considered good enough.

It’s also fortunate that their family didn’t rely on these little things to celebrate the New Year, otherwise they would have been miserable this year. As for whether the Jia family is miserable or not, that is not Li Ming’s business.

After a while, Section Chief Xu Qiang was called out.

"Hey, it may be our turn soon!" Zhou Tian squinted his eyes and explained to Li Ming.

After all, this was Li Ming's first year working in the steel rolling mill, and he was not very familiar with the intricacies of the salary. Zhou Tian continued to talk about it, and the idle people around him did not interrupt him. After all, they had to educate their own family members.

"Basically, we just call our section chief or a workshop director, and when they come back, we can gather at the finance department in less than ten minutes."

"Otherwise, the entire steel mill would be crowded with people rushing over to collect their wages. Not to mention whether they would queue up or not, the crowds would be so crowded that it would cause trouble!"

Wu Gang nodded in agreement, "That's right. Even though we usually receive our salary through our section chief, and then it is transferred to the section chief, and then the section chief arranges such a set of procedures, when it comes to the New Year's salary, basically the person has to be there to receive it."

"We guys don't know how other workshops or departments get their salaries on a regular basis. I heard that the process is similar to the New Year's salary process, but there are not many people in our purchasing department, so it's convenient to do it this way." Wang Jun also explained to Li Ming.

Several people talked at once and Li Ming explained everything clearly. Look, this is the old-timer in the department, who only talks about the truth. If he encounters something unreliable, he will be in trouble.

Just like the master of "Cuckold Brother" Yi Zhonghai, Yi Zhonghai was a level 7 worker, although now it has been reduced to level 6. It is possible that Jia Dongxu is really stupid, but the problem is that even if you have such an awesome master, it is impossible for him to let his apprentice not even get a level 3 worker for several years in a row.

If there is nothing fishy going on here, Li Ming won't believe it anyway! Even if Jia Dongxu is really a rookie, Li Ming won't believe it! There is no way, for Yi Zhonghai, Li Ming can have the greatest malice to speculate!

. . . . . .

"Come on, come on, let's go get the money and things!" Before Xu Qiang even entered the office, he could already hear Section Chief Xu's loud voice from inside the office.

The salted fish were startled, "Let's go, hurry up!"

"If we go late we'll have to queue again, let's hurry up."

Seeing this, Li Ming quickly put on his coat and followed the others to the Finance Department.

When we arrived at the Finance Department, we saw that everyone from the Logistics Department had already lined up there, and the group from the Purchasing Department who came later had to wait a little longer.

"Our purchasing department is not doing well this year! They called us so late. I remember we were ranked among the top last year." Zhou Tian muttered loudly.

A person from the purchasing department nearby couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this, "Brother, our purchasing department didn't get much this year. It's already great to be able to queue up for pay in the morning."

"Hehe, that's true."

"Your purchasing department should queue up behind our logistics department this year."

"It's okay. It's faster than the workshop anyway, right? There are not many people in our department. It will be our turn after a while. Just wait."

Seeing this, Li Ming lined up obediently in the queue. In front of him was the section chief Xu Qiang, and behind him was someone he didn't recognize. They should be from other purchasing departments.

He silently gave a cigarette to Section Chief Xu, lit one for himself, and started smoking.

"Wait a moment, we are pretty fast."

When Xu Qiang saw his men lining up to receive their salaries for the first time, he patted Li Ming on the shoulder.

Li Ming shrugged. "I'm fine. I've experienced this before when I was buying winter vegetables. The line was much longer then."

"This is the first time I've seen this kind of scene in our steel mill. I'm still a little uncomfortable with it."

"If you had gone to the workshop, you would have gotten used to it. The waiting time in the workshop is even longer!" Xu Qiang raised his head and glanced ahead. It would probably take a while for them to get their turn.