Siheyuan: Pioneer in anti-corruption, fighting against evil!

In the era before liberation, the society was in turmoil and the exchange of legal tender was like exchanging ghost money. In order to ensure the value and safety of funds, wealthy families generally tended to store gold bars as a treasure house.

Based on size, gold bars are roughly divided into two types - "small yellow croaker" and "large yellow croaker".

A "small yellow croaker" weighs about one liang (ancient measurement, equal to 31.25 grams), while a "large yellow croaker" weighs one and a half liang (approximately equivalent to 312.5 grams).

With only forty or so "big yellow croakers", she already had nearly 25 kilograms of pure gold coins. This wealth was enough to make her live a rich and comfortable life in **, and even more than enough.

But it doesn’t stop there.

Li Aiguo brushed her face lightly: "I never thought you were a small bourgeois?"

"Then, do you want to come with me to ** and play the role of my lover?" Lou Xiao'e responded with a sly grin.

"Don't even mention that I have a face like Bao Gong who confused black and white. Am I qualified to be your husband?" Li Aiguo asked back. Since he started his career as a driver, he has gone through many ups and downs. In addition, his skin has been stained dark brown due to the smoke in the train driver's apartment.

"I want to try it," Lou Xiao'e pursed her lips and said softly, even though she knew in her heart that everything might be just a fantasy.

Because people like Li Aiguo are very different from people like Xu Damao, they do not regard wealth as the ultimate goal to pursue.

Based on this, it can be inferred that Li Aiguo had no reason to confront Lou Zhenhua head-on, and even getting some extra money through extortion would be enough - this would at least be a means to demonstrate his own value or power.

Since we can't talk about these complicated things,

Li Aiguo looked up at the time on his wrist and said, "After **, don't do anything for me!"

Seeing Li Aiguo's expression become serious, Lou Xiao'e straightened her body, lifted the quilt, sat on the bed with her legs crossed and said, "Are you not going to do anything?"

"That's what I mean!" Li Aiguo took a deep puff of cigarette and said slowly, "Your brother has already set up a company in Hong Kong City. Don't interfere in management affairs now, don't use your own property for investment, and don't even think about getting involved in the stock market."

Li Aiguo took a long puff of his cigarette and spoke slowly, "You should keep this money well. At the same time, you should study hard in school to get an education. It would be best if you could be admitted to Gangcheng University and major in economics."

For Lou Xiao'e and even Lou Zhenhua, Hong Kong is an international metropolis full of infinite possibilities.

It is imagined that as long as the Lou family arrives in the port city, they will soar and quickly become prosperous.

however,

Li Aiguo knew that Hong Kong in that era was not as simple as he imagined. It was an era of black and white, where gangs and the police were connected, causing many turbulent situations.

Lou Zhenhua, who was eager to return home with his valuables, came to Hong Kong with great expectations, hoping to use his business talents to show off his abilities. However, he unexpectedly found that he had become a fat sheep to be slaughtered in the eyes of others - this was mentioned in the original book:

In the original work,

After Lou Zhenhua took all his belongings to Hong Kong, he was never heard from again. Later, Lou Xiao'e appeared and found that the only asset of the Lou family was the restaurant. This situation was not consistent with the economic strength of the Lou family.

The safest place in Hong Kong during this period was the university, where even the so-called "bosses" of Hong Kong would turn a blind eye to the struggles among their subordinates; however, they would never allow the university to be disrupted and out of control in order to protect their own face.

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The rain outside the window stopped at some point.

When the curtains slowly open, the fresh air is as refreshing and pleasant as fragrant tea.

After bidding farewell to Lou Xiao'e,

Li Aiguo took a step forward, crushed the remaining cigarette butts with his shoe soles, put on his coat, opened the door, and stepped into the night. At this time, He Yushui was still sitting quietly at the door of Aunt Liu's house.

The little boy came running over excitedly, "Brother Aiguo, Auntie is gone."

"I'm leaving." While answering, Li Aiguo comforted him softly, "We've seen each other a lot in the capital, and we'll have a chance to see each other again soon!"

He Yushui was a little puzzled and didn't understand why Li Aiguo felt so frustrated.

Li Aiguo stroked the girl's head with his hand and said, "Silly child, what do you know? Go home immediately and close the doors and windows tightly. There will be stronger wind and rain soon."

"Oh!" He Yushui's fear of thunder made him hurried back to the room.

At this time, the sky was still covered with clouds, and there was an uncomfortable and dull atmosphere.

There may be a bigger rainstorm coming soon.

Li Aiguo stayed in the courtyard for a while, then pushed open the door of Zhang's house.

Zhang Gangzhu, who lived in the kitchen, was busy at this time. Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, he hurriedly grabbed the pig intestines hanging next to the stove and ran over.

"Hey, Brother Li Aiguo, are you planning to have dinner here tonight? Our ingredients are very fresh, freshly shucked from the pig's stomach. How about a bite?"

He showed off the large piece of pig intestine in his hand.

Li Aiguo: "..."

After a moment of relative silence, he looked at Zhang Gangzhu and said, "Gangzhu, is your butcher knife ready? It's time!"

"Slaughtering Knife"

Hearing this, Zhang Gangzhu was stunned for a few seconds, then he understood and tears suddenly welled up in his eyes.

He waved away the pig intestines and threw them on the table.

Regardless of the dust on his sticky intestines, he quickly found the knife used to slaughter pigs hidden under the bed in the inner room.

The dark clouds in the sky moved suddenly, and then a dazzling bolt of lightning struck down from the sky.

The light reflected on the edge of the blade shines like a cold light.

Zhang Gangzhu hung the sword around his waist. The blood vessels on his neck seemed to expand several times. His eyes were full of ferocity, like an angry King Kong.

"Brother Li Aiguo, where is Lou Zhenhua now?"

The seventh day of the sixth lunar month in the year of Wu Chen is a day of conflicting evil spirits, but it is also accompanied by the auspicious sign of heaven's grace at noon and at Ji Wei time.

Things that are suitable to do on this day include: teaching cattle and sheep, pruning and cutting trees, repairing tombs, doing business, digging graves, moving furniture, etc.

In the study room of the villa.

Lou Zhenhua put down a worn-out almanac and breathed a sigh of relief.

In this era, it was forbidden to circulate the almanac alone among the people.

The only thing is that Lou Zhenhua bought this almanac from a high monk in Ganquan Temple outside Kyoto at a huge price.

Those monks who are good at fortune-telling, astronomy and geography have begun to switch to other professions.

When he thought of this situation, Lou Zhenhua felt very lost, as if even the gods in the world were no longer a force he could contend with.

'Over the years, the almanac in Ganquan Temple has never been wrong, so this trip to Hong Kong City will be smooth sailing.'

Lou Zhenhua took out an ink pen, drew an ink circle on the almanac, and kept comforting himself.

At this moment, the door of the study was slowly opened.

The one who came in was Tan Liya.

Today she changed her clothing style, and the emerald green cheongsam that originally only showed off the beauty of her figure has been replaced with clothes made of heavier fabrics.

He wore black trousers and his flat leather shoes had been changed into black round-toed cloth shoes.

The earrings and headdresses disappeared.

The overall look is simple and plain, like that of an ordinary peasant woman.

Seeing Tan Liya so worried, Lou Zhenhua's frown gradually relaxed and he asked, "What's going on? Xiao'e hasn't come back yet?"

"He hasn't come back yet..."

Tan Liya shook her head slightly and kicked the ground several times, cursing angrily: "I really don't know where that damn girl ran off to make trouble."

"What does housekeeper Zhou have to say?"

"He never saw the butterfly. It probably escaped through the kitchen window."

After Tan Liya said this, Lou Zhenhua's face instantly turned ashen.

He put down the scripture in his hand, straightened up and said, "Let's go. There's no need to wait. We must make a decision immediately."

"You're not going to wait for the butterfly either?" Tan Liya seemed a little panicked.

"How would I know if she is secretly trying to sabotage us?" Lou Zhenhua snorted contemptuously, left the study room after saying these cold words.

"That stupid little girl couldn't possibly do that..."

Tan Liya sighed and hurriedly followed Lou Zhenhua away.

She knew very well that Lou Zhenhua's personality was like that of a ** - he never trusted anyone.

Right now,

The rain gradually subsided, and a fresh and cool breeze blew in the sky. If you walk on the street at this moment, you will definitely feel the beauty of life.

However, in the backyard of Lou Zhenhua's residence,

The whole environment was full of bustle and noise. Four Gowers brand trucks were parked in the open space outside the small villa. They were all equipped with canopies and the rear parts of the trucks were covered with red cloth to hide the license plate numbers.

“Be careful and put the things gently into the car. If they are damaged, I will take your life.”

The butler was directing his men to load some goods onto the truck.

When he saw Lou Zhenhua coming out, he hurried over to report: "Master, the truck has been loaded and we can leave immediately. But ** hasn't come back yet, should we wait for her for a while?"

"No need to wait. Let's go now." Lou Zhenhua looked at the two trucks disguised as traps and said coldly: "Since ** hasn't come back, let her mother take one of the trucks. When we leave, you can send someone to look for her."

Zhang Ma was sitting in the car, helping Lou Zhenhua to carefully tidy up the cushions and position. She seemed to have vaguely heard her name, and looked up at Lou Zhenhua with a doting smile. Then she lowered her head and continued to work, smoothing out the tiny wrinkles with her rough hands so as not to disturb his rest.

Zhang Ma originally had no name.

When she was seven or eight years old, she was sent to the Lou family to be a slave and was called a cheap girl. At that time, Lou Zhenhua's grandfather was still in power.

Originally, she only wanted to spend the rest of her life in the Lou family's home and did not expect to be involved in marriage. However, she encountered a tragic fate shortly after the marriage.

The youngest son and husband died suddenly due to illness, and Lou Zhenhua's mother was breastfeeding insufficiently at that time. The grief-stricken Zhang Ma therefore took on the important responsibility of raising little Zhenhua.

From this moment on, Aunt Zhang became the nanny and caregiver who had a close relationship with Xiao Zhenhua.