The strong fisherman in the courtyard

Chapter 18 The Little Secret of the Four Salted Fish

"No, wait a moment." Xu Qiang quickly reached out and interrupted Zhou Tian's momentum of speaking.

Zhou Tian was slightly stunned and looked up, slightly puzzled.

"What do you four want to do?" Xu Qiang continued to ask.

Zhou Tian fell into deep thought, "It's actually not a big deal. At most, the four of us can just move to other places later."

"But we are stuck in the fact that we haven't won the four-on-two fight." Zhou Tian touched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"My goodness, it seems like you four brothers haven't changed anything yet, and you're planning to change a few more?" Xu Qiangsheng was hopeless.

"This physiological problem has to be solved, right?" Wu Gang added silently.

The scene fell silent. After a while, Zheng Ping and Wang Jun came back with lunch and wine.

"Chief, let's eat first, let's eat first, hehe." Wang Jun spoke quickly when he saw that the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Xu Qiang waved his hand, "So, you four brothers want to vent your anger?"

When the two people who had just returned heard this, they realized that their past had been exposed and they stopped worrying about it.

"At least, we have to know why we were beaten." Zheng Ping complained on the side.

Xu Qiang nodded, "Okay, I can help you four with this matter. If Zi hasn't broken the law, we can still punish him."

"What about you, Mingzi?"

When Li Ming saw Xu Qiang asking him, he did not hesitate. Although what these four brothers did was not a good thing, they could not allow themselves to be bullied. If he could handle it well this time, he would be able to stand firm in Sangu. What's more, the disasters in the next few years would be even more chaotic. It would be a good thing if he could gain a foothold as soon as possible.

"I'm fine. I think I'm the strongest among you guys." Li Ming grinned.

However, looking at the disbelieving expressions on the faces of the five people in front of him, he felt that he had to show off, so he immediately lowered his head and began to look for something suitable to perform.

"It's not that I don't believe it, Mingzi. Your brother Xu looks so thin. How much strength can you have? Just wait until tonight and be a walkabout for us brothers!" Xu Qiang patted Li Ming's shoulder generously.

The other four people around were also very touched to see the new colleague helping out. No matter how much help they could provide, at least he had the intention.

"No, I feel uncomfortable with the way you five look at me. I must find something to prove it." Li Ming raised his head and glanced at the expressions of the five people and refused.

Li Ming's eyes lit up, and he looked at the three enamel pots on Xu Qiang's desk. "Chief, you have too many enamel cups. Do you mind if I take one and show you around?"

Xu Qiang thought that Comrade Li Ming intended to squeeze the enamel cup until it was deformed to prove his strength, so he nodded immediately. After all, this thing was given out every Chinese New Year and was not a valuable thing.

Comrade Li Ming immediately took an enamel cup and placed it in his hand, then put both hands together with force. The enamel cup made a "creaking" sound that made people's teeth ache. The five people's eyes almost popped out as they watched Comrade Li Ming rub the enamel cup into an irregular ball.

"Snapped"

Li Ming put the ball in his hand on the table and said, "How is it? Is my strength still okay?"

“Fuck”*5

"What the hell did you grow up eating?"

"This is fucking true. Wasn't I dazzled by the beating I received yesterday?" Wang Jun looked incredulous.

"Stretch out your hand so I can see it!" Zheng Ping's face was filled with the words "I don't understand".

Li Ming stretched out his hand, and five grown men gathered around it and began to look at it.

"Fuck, there's not even a red mark!" Xu Qiang muttered, as if his spiritual heart had suffered a devastating blow.

After all, he usually thought he was the best fighter among the three groups, but he didn't expect that a young man under 20 years old would come here, with such great strength.

"Sigh~~~"

As several people took a breath, they once again contributed to global warming.

"Brother, you will be my brother from now on!" Wu Gang grabbed Li Ming's hand and began to shake it excitedly.

Seeing this, the people around silently took a few steps back.

Comrade Li Ming had a dark look on his face and freed his hand from Old Wu.

Zhou Tian took a pack of cigarettes and distributed them to everyone, "Then it's up to Mingzi tonight, but you better be careful when you do it, don't make those two people become like this ball."

Li Ming nodded, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I don't usually use much strength."

Everyone nodded vigorously when they heard this, and the scene looked very harmonious.

"Hehe, since there's no problem, let's eat! Otherwise it will get cold soon!" Section Chief Xu began to invite everyone to eat.

Six people were eating and drinking in the office, it was very lively. After they finished eating, Xu Qiang continued to speak.

"Tell me, Mingzi and I helped you today, shouldn't you show some appreciation?" Xu Qiang glanced at the four fake people.

"Well, I knew you would be thinking about the four of us." Wu Gang had an expression on his face that I had guessed long ago.

"Then tell me, Chief! What do you intend to do?" Zheng Ping went straight to the point.

Xu Qiang took a puff of his cigarette and then said, "If Mingzi hadn't shown off his skills, I would have planned to rip you off, but the price must be changed now."

"Two meals from Dong Lai Shun, how about a deal?"

Li Ming could only say that he was worthy of being the incompetent section chief of Section 3. When he came across an opportunity to improve his food, he grabbed it firmly.

"Row!"

"no problem."

"make a deal!"

Li Ming and Xu Qiang immediately started laughing, "Section Chief, I am still very satisfied with your intention this time."

Xu Qiang nodded vigorously and said, "I really hope that this kind of thing can happen once a week in the future." As he said this, he looked at the four salted fish who were eating quietly.

The four of them didn't dare to say anything. They were planning to slaughter them like fat pigs!

By the time they were done with the meal, the four of them were in a much better mood. It was obvious that these four guys just wanted to vent their anger!

When the bell rang at the steel mill, the people in the three groups got up and prepared to leave work.

"Ahem, let's meet at my place later. After that, let's go to Donglaishun for a meal, and then we'll get down to business!"

Xu Qiang gave orders to everyone, and those who didn't know would have thought that the three groups were going out for collective purchasing.

"Okay, I'll go back first and then go over." Li Ming is not like these four street urchins. He has to go back first to report to his family.

"Okay, Mingzi, you go first. I'll go back and tell my wife." Section Chief Xu is also a family man.

The four salted fish looked at each other and said, "Why don't we just meet at Donglaishun? Let's go to Donglaishun first."

"Okay, then you guys go first. Mingzi and I will come over after we finish!" Xu Qiang didn't bother with such things and agreed directly.

Chapter 19 Dong Lai Shun

The few of them went their separate ways, and Li Ming pushed his bicycle to the entrance of the steel mill to wait for his father to go home together.

......

"Old Li, look, isn't that Mingzi? She's here to pick you up again." Yi Zhonghai said enviously.

Father Li looked up and saw his eldest son waving at him from across the street. He quickly said goodbye to several co-workers around him, and then happily sat on his son's bicycle while being envied by his co-workers.

It's impossible not to be envious. His wife works in the street office, his son is a formal cadre in the steel rolling mill, and he has a daughter at home who will also start as a cadre after graduation.

People always say that the difference between people is sometimes even bigger than the difference between dogs and people.

"By the way, Dad, I'm not going to eat at home today. I'm going out to eat with my colleagues." Li Ming said to his father while riding his bike.

"Go ahead. You're already at work anyway. As long as you're not fooling around, it's fine. Just have a meal with your colleagues."

"Besides, I don't plan on eating when I go back today. Ask your mother to save some for me. I have to go out and buy some food."

Comrade Li Weiguo was quite emotional. Now there is enough food, but if there is a disaster, these things at home will not be enough!

The most important thing is that when the time comes, I won’t be able to spend all the money. It’s all thanks to my son’s reminder that no matter how early or late, the more money I can put home, the better.

The father and son chatted as they hurried on their way, and soon they arrived at the courtyard. In any case, it was much faster than the other bus routes taking Bus No. 11.

When I arrived at the courtyard, the first person I ran into was the door god Yan Fugui, who was arranging flower pots.

While the old man didn't notice them, the father and son quickly walked a few steps and returned home.

"Mom, Dad and I are back!" Li Ming yelled at Li's mother who was supervising the work in the yard.

Only then did Li's mother realize that her eldest son had returned. She quickly gave a few instructions to the masters around her and then turned back to go home.

"Mom, how's the yard being cleaned up?" Li Ming raised a teacup and took a sip of water.

"You haven't even finished packing half of the things. Don't be anxious. Are you in such a hurry to move out?" Mother Li looked at her son jokingly.

Li Ming waved his hands repeatedly, "That's not the case. I was just thinking of going over to take a look after I finish packing."

"By the way, I'm not eating at home tonight. My colleagues are having a party and someone is treating me."

Then I reported it to my mother.

"Go ahead, there's nothing wrong with getting together more often."

In this regard, Li's mother is quite open-minded, just like Li's father.

Seeing that he had obtained the permission of his own empress dowager, Li Ming rode his bike out of the courtyard and prepared to go to Donglaishun to have a good meal of mutton. Since he came across the time, he had not been to Donglaishun very often. This time, someone finally invited him, so he had to go for a meal, after all, he still had to work in the evening.

"By the way, wife, I won't be eating at home today. You two can just leave some food in the pot for me after you finish eating. I have to take this opportunity to see if I can stock up on some more food or something."

"Okay, then you can ride my bike over there."

Father Li picked up the car keys from home and left the courtyard.

"Mom, where is my brother?" Li Rui also came back at this time, and asked when she saw that her brother was not at home.

"Your brother is out having dinner with his colleagues. Your father doesn't need to wait. He's out buying things."

"Okay, then I'll go do my homework. Call me when dinner is ready." After saying that, he ran straight to his room and started doing his homework without waiting for Li's mother to answer.

In front of Donglaishun.

Li Ming rode his bike all the way and rushed to Donglaishun in a hurry.

Zhou Tian was waiting at the door for someone. When he saw Li Ming coming, he hurried over to greet him.

"Mingzi, you're quite fast!" he said as he handed over a cigarette.

Li Ming took the cigarette and put it behind his ear, then parked the car.

"Someone is treating us to a meal, so we should hurry up and come."

"Well, you're just stabbing me in the heart!" Zhou Tian pouted and complained.

"Okay, go in quickly, I still have to wait for Old Xu."

"They're at the table farthest to the left."

"Okay, Brother Tian'er, thank you for your hard work, haha."

After entering Donglaishun and walking to the left to the end, Li Ming saw three large chimneys emitting smoke. No wonder they were in the corner. If they were in other places, he would probably get beaten!

"Mingzi is here! Come and sit down." When Wu Gang saw Li Ming, he quickly stood up and pulled him to sit down.

Three chimneys became four chimneys.

After waiting for a while, Xu Qiang came in with Zhou Tian.

"Order, order!" Xu Qiang called the waiter over and asked him to take the order. The eyelids of the four guests who were ordering were twitching.

The mutton from Donglaishun has two major characteristics.

The first is the selection of ingredients: Donglaishun Hot Pot Lamb uses lamb from sheep castrated one to one and a half years old in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia. The lamb meat is tender and has no smell because the local water is sweet and the grass is tender, and the grass is rich in minerals. The parts of the lamb they use are the "upper brain", "cucumber strips", "crotch", "big three forks", "small three forks" and other parts of the lamb, and the yield rate only accounts for 40% of the net meat of a lamb.

So the guests' eyelids twitched when they ordered it. It was so expensive! They ordered three servings of the most outstanding meats, such as "Shang Nao", "Cucumber Strips", "Mo Dang", "Da San Cha" and "Xiao San Cha"!

The second is the crispy sugar garlic: the most distinctive condiment of Donglaishun mutton hotpot is the sugar garlic. The sugar garlic they use is a fine variety of large six-clove garlic from Daqing River in Bazhou City, Hebei Province, which is processed and refined by the company's distribution center for three months. This kind of sugar garlic has no peculiar smell, is sweet and sour, has a crisp taste, and is appetizing and relieves greasiness.

Tsk, there’s a charge for pickled garlic too!

The four old men who had something to ask for help saw that today's meal was destined to cost a lot of money, and they didn't have time to feel bad. As soon as the meat came up, the six of them began to scramble to eat it. The more they could eat, the less they would feel bad.

After the meal was over, the six chimneys each lit a cigarette and started chatting.

"Old Xu, you've let us down hard today. You must work hard tonight!" Wang Jun gave a warning in advance.

"Hiccup! Don't worry, even if the four of you can't do it, with the two of us, it will definitely be no problem."

"Besides, Mingzi can knead the enamel pot into a ball. Maybe he can pick the two of them by himself!"