The life of a villain in a courtyard

"Huizhen!"

The voice came before the person arrived. Xu Huizhen knew who the person was without even turning her head. Sure enough, it was Chen Xueru.

"Hey, why are you here? Come and sit down. The seats are full. I'll take you to a private room."

"No, no, there's an empty seat. I'll drink here. I hope you won't object."

"How can that be? Everyone who comes is a guest. How can we not welcome guests when we open the door to the tavern? What would you like to eat today?"

Looking back, I saw that the tavern was already full of people, and everyone was drinking with red faces and looking very happy.

"Then let's follow the old rules. Bring me half a catty of white wine and two side dishes."

Chen Xueru can drink quite a bit, and usually likes to come here in the evening to have a couple of drinks, listen to the guests in the bar drinking and bragging, and sometimes join in the jokes to relax.

"Hey! Don't leave. It's so boring for me to drink alone. Come and have a couple of drinks with me."

Chen Xueru called Xu Huizhen and said that she came here just for her, so how could she let her go?

"Wait a minute, I'll go take care of the guests first, and I'll come back and drink with you later."

There were too many people in the pub, so Xu Huizhen had to take care of them first.

After about half an hour, Xu Huizhen finally finished her work and had time to drink with Chen Xueru.

"Hey, you're finally back. The food is getting cold."

Xu Huizhen glanced at the untouched food and wine on the table and looked at Chen Xueru with a half-smile.

"You're not here to drink today, are you? Tell me what you want to talk to me about."

"As expected of Xu Huizhen, I can't hide anything from you."

"Stop flattering."

"Who is your customer who wants food?"

She stated the purpose of her visit.

"Why are you asking this?"

Xu Huizhen poured herself a glass of wine. She had been busy all night and was a little hungry. Although the dishes on the table were a little cold, they still tasted good. They were all specialties of the tavern's chef.

"Eat, don't just stand there."

"Oh, ok Huizhen, just tell me. You know me well. If I don't know something, I have to find it out. Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep well."

"Don't ask about the affairs of the underworld."

Su Yun had just come and told her what happened this morning and they both had a unified story. Xu Huizhen knew the importance of the matter and would definitely not talk nonsense.

It's another gangster. It seems Xu Huizhen really knows someone of unknown origin, but who is he?

Chen Xueru came with a lot of questions in her mind, and left with even more questions in her mind. She was afraid that she would not be able to sleep well tonight.

That night, several people took advantage of the cover of darkness and came to the small courtyard where Grandpa Sun was. This place was remote, with only this small courtyard within a radius of several hundred meters. There were usually not many people nearby, so even if wine was brewed, no one would find it.

"Uncle Sun, are you there? Open the door, I'm Xiao Liu."

"I'm coming, I'm old and my legs and feet are not very flexible. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

Grandpa Sun came to the gate holding a lantern and let three people in. They were all helpers who came to make wine.

"Uncle Sun, what are you talking about? With your hands and feet, you can live at least another 20 years. Uncle Wang next door is several years younger than you, but his hands and feet are not as flexible as yours."

"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense and get to work."

Several people came to the courtyard. The grain mixed with the yeast had almost fermented and could be steamed.

Several young men took off their clothes, revealing their strong bodies. Each of them had a shovel in his hand and added grain into the pot one shovel at a time.

Grandpa Sun picked up a few of them, put them in his mouth, tasted them and nodded. High-quality sorghum rice is an excellent raw material for making wine.

"Get ready to make a fire!"

At the command, two men pushed a small cart full of wood.

At this moment, a furtive figure appeared at the door that was originally empty. The person was none other than Qiangzi.

A few days ago, Fan Jinyou leaked the news about grain to him and Pianerye.

Pianerye didn't think much about it, or even if he thought more, he couldn't do anything.

But Qiangzi is different. He is a very ambitious man. According to Lu Bu, a real man is born between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and live under someone else for a long time! Who would be willing to be Fan Jinyou's lackey when he can be the director?

After returning that day, he was thinking that if he could find some clues and follow the clues to find the food, he could also get promoted to a director or something. But you see, Fan Jinyou was just a clerk in the street office before he became a director.

Later, he was sent to a tavern as an ordinary employee, but became the director because of his ability to flatter. Now he is able to call the shots in Zhengyangmen, and few people dare to disrespect him.

Those who looked down on him before now have to be submissive to him. He can do whatever he wants to whomever he wants and deal with whomever he doesn't like. This is the life a man should live.

He also wanted to live a life like this.

Take a few deep breaths and you can still smell the residual aroma of wine in the air.

"Where does the smell of alcohol come from? Is there a drunkard living here? That shouldn't be the case. Even if it's a drunkard, there shouldn't be such a strong smell of alcohol."

Thinking of the sorghum wine and sweet potato liquor that suddenly appeared at Xu Huizhen's place, Qiangzi suddenly had an idea. Could it be that they were making wine here?

Brewing wine requires grain. Fan Jinyou said that Xu Huizhen has grain here. Is this really Xu Huizhen’s brewing place?

"Hehe, Xu Huizhen, ah Xu Huizhen, not choosing me, Qiangzi, was the biggest mistake you made in your life! I'm lucky today."

He was also a suitor of Xu Huizhen back then, but unfortunately he ended up choosing Cai Quanwu, a man who was worthless even if he was beaten with three sticks.

Thinking of this, Qiangzi walked around the yard twice, trying to find a place to climb over and take a closer look, but the surrounding walls had been repaired and there was no place to move.

"I still don't believe it."

The wall was four or five meters high, and Qiangzi wanted to find a place to climb over but he couldn't find one.

After going around in circles for several times, I finally had to give up.

But he was reluctant to just leave like that, so he decided to wait outside. The people inside would not go without food or water, so they would have to come out sooner or later.

“What a delicious wine!”

Suddenly, an extremely strong aroma of wine filled the entire yard.

Qiangzi took a deep breath and felt like he was getting drunk just from breathing. What a good wine! It was exactly the same as the wine sold in the tavern.

Inside the house, jars of wine were filled and then carried out.

"Leave this jar of wine here, and move the rest to the storehouse."

Grandpa Sun left behind a five-jin jar of wine. This was his habit. Every time he made wine, he would leave a few kilograms and bury it. After a few years, it would become aged wine.

"Okay, okay, let's go back after we move. I, an old man, also need to rest."

After the three young men finished their work, they put on their clothes, said goodbye to Grandpa Sun, and then went home.

Qiangzi was waiting outside the door until he was drowsy, and his body was covered with several mosquito bites.

"Why don't you come out?"

Just when he was about to give up and go home to sleep, the door opened and three young men came out.

"Finally it came out. I was waiting so long."

After working all night, the men just wanted to go home and sleep. Moreover, it was past one in the morning, the time when people sleep the most. Even the dogs were asleep, so they were not so vigilant and did not notice that someone was following them.

"We're going back."

Two people lived nearby and arrived home quickly, but the remaining person lived farther away and had to walk a distance before arriving at a courtyard.

Qiangzi remembered where they lived and turned back home.

The next day, Qiangzi went to his superiors to report that the three people were engaging in illegal activities.

"Qiangzi, why didn't you tell me about this? Don't you take me seriously?"

Fan Jinyou was very dissatisfied with his behavior of skipping the level to report. Did he take himself, the director, seriously? If his superior knew about it, he would think he was incompetent.

"Director Fan, what are you saying? How could I, Qiangzi, not take you seriously?"

"Then what do you mean? Why didn't you tell me such a big thing?"

Qiangzi sat in Fan Jinyou's seat with a fearless look.

"Oh, it's so comfortable. No wonder you like sitting here."

"Qiangzi, is this where you sit?"

"Why can't I sit? Director Fan can sit in this seat, and I, Qiangzi, can sit in it too."

Director Liu has already agreed that as long as the story is true, he will be promoted to director. Then he will be on an equal footing with Fan Jinyou and won't have to be submissive anymore.