Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Yi Zhonghai had a thick scarf around his neck, covering half of his face, and a hat on top, basically covering himself up completely. Of course, people who go to the black market these days will dress up to avoid being recognized by acquaintances.

He was very careful along the way, and from time to time he would stop and go into the alleys to avoid the red armbands patrolling the streets. The black market he was going to was the largest black market in West City, and it had the most complete range of goods, even guns and ammunition, which he had to find out after some effort.

It took Yi Zhonghai more than an hour to get to the outside of the black market, where he was stopped by two big men.

"Are you buying or selling?" asked one of the big men.

"Buy, I'm buying things." Yi Zhonghai replied quickly.

"Two cents." One of the big men looked him up and down and said.

Yi Zhonghai thought that this was one cent more expensive than the black market price over there, but now was not the time to save money, so he obediently took out two cents and handed it over.

"Go ahead, and don't cause any trouble. If someone comes to investigate, we will send someone to notify everyone, so just run away when the time comes." Someone warned, pointing to a small alley.

"Okay." Yi Zhonghai agreed and quickly slipped into the alley.

About half an hour later, Yi Zhonghai came out of the black market with someone else. Even in the black market, no one usually carries poison with them, so now was the time to go back with someone to get the poison.

Yi Zhonghai followed the man through many twists and turns, passing through several alleys from time to time. He also knew that the seller didn't want him to know the exact location of the lair, so he deliberately took him around in circles.

Finally, the two arrived at the door of a private courtyard.

The seller said in a hoarse voice: "Wait here for a while and prepare the money. I will go get the things."

The seller then took out his key, opened the door and walked in, but came out after about five minutes.

"I pay you and receive the goods. After the transaction is completed, I will definitely not acknowledge it if someone investigates the matter. If the product doesn't work, you can come to me. People in our line of work won't last long if they don't have credibility." The seller handed over an oil-paper bag.

Yi Zhonghai also took out a stack of money from his pocket and counted it, finding there were exactly twenty bills. It was obvious that Yi Zhonghai had invested a lot of money in order to kill Jia Zhang. Not only did he want Jia Zhang to die, but he also wanted her to die in pain.

Yi Zhonghai handed over the money, took the oil paper bag with his other hand, looked at it carefully, and put it in his pocket.

The seller counted the money carefully and nodded to indicate that it was okay. Seeing Yi Zhonghai still standing there, he asked, "Any other questions?"

"Can this medicine be placed anywhere? Will it affect its effect if placed in different things?" Yi Zhonghai asked.

"This medicine is basically colorless and tasteless. It can be put into any food or water that can be eaten. Where it is put has no effect on the final effect. Well, if there is nothing else, you can go back quickly."

After Yi Zhonghai understood the situation, he stopped talking and turned around, took a few quick steps, and soon stepped into the deep night. The poison was already in hand, and from now on, he just had to find a way to make that damn old woman Jia Zhang eat it.

The next morning, after Xu Damao got to work, he greeted Li Huaide and asked him to arrange a few cars to go with him to pick up the benefits that would be distributed to everyone before the New Year.

"Brother, I knew it was the right thing to entrust this to you, but I didn't expect it to be ready so soon." Li Huaide said happily.

"I have suggested this to many people. Just recently a batch of supplies has been delivered, so it's a good bargain for us. I have also prepared some more beef, mutton and bananas for the factory's leadership. Brother Li, you can take charge of the arrangements when the time comes." Xu Damao said.

"Okay, I'll call and arrange a car right away." After saying this, Li Huaide called Zhou Zhiguo from the fleet.

When Zhou Zhiguo heard that it was about picking up the year-end benefits, he was very enthusiastic and immediately said that he could send five trucks today, and that the vehicles would be waiting at the gate in ten minutes, and he guaranteed that the goods would be transported back today.

Xu Damao said, "Then I'll go there first. I won't go to the branch factory. I'll directly bring some people from the first workshop to load the goods."

"Okay, let Zhou Xuewen pick some strong young men for you, and pay attention to safety when loading and unloading things." Li Huaide said.

Xu Damao responded and left the office to go to Workshop 1. Workshop 1 was an old workshop that was established when the factory was first built, so it was closest to the door and it was most convenient to transfer some people from here.

Xu Damao went to the office of the first workshop and found the director Zhou Xuewen and said, "Director Zhou, I have a small matter today and I want your help."

"It's Director Xu, come and sit down, tell me what's going on." Zhou Xuewen said. He was almost retired, but he was not a fool who would blindly agree to something without knowing what it was.

"It's almost the end of the year, and the factory needs to provide benefits to the workers, so Director Li gave me the task. Yesterday I contacted a batch of supplies and planned to ship them back today. The truck is waiting at the door now, and I'm looking for you to ask for some manpower to move things!" Xu Damao briefly recounted the situation.

"That's it. I definitely fully support the good thing of giving benefits to everyone! How many people are needed?"

"There are five cars in total, so let's have 20 people. But we have to choose those who are young, strong and capable of working, so as not to cause any more accidents."

"Okay, come with me to the workshop. I'll choose directly from the apprentices."

Zhou Xuewen came to the workshop and said that he would select 20 people to move the year-end benefits. Everyone was very enthusiastic to participate. This work must not be done in vain. They could also get some grease on their hands after moving the pork!

Soon, Xu Damao led twenty young men out of the workshop.

"See the cars parked at the door? Take whichever one you like, and I'll take the car in front to lead the way."

Soon Xu Damao led the convoy towards the warehouse.

There was no conversation along the way. When the doors of several warehouses opened, everyone was shocked. Inside were neatly stacked bags of rice and flour, and on the shelves on the other side were slices of pork and other meat.

"What are you all just standing there looking at? Move quickly!" Xu Damao interrupted the shocked crowd.

"Oh, this is the first time I've seen so many things!"

"Everyone hurry up and move, it should be delivered to us in a few days."

“Today’s benefits are also very good!”

"Ever since Director Xu took over, the welfare benefits in our factory have never been bad!"

A group of young men were moving things while chatting. However, since the warehouses that were opened were filled with the benefits that the steel mill was going to distribute, the people Xu Long arranged to guard the warehouses just watched and did not record the quantity or anything like that.

The group of people worked for more than half an hour before five vehicles filled with supplies headed towards the steel mill.