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

Liu Liu was worried that Xu Dafa's voice was too loud and would cause trouble. She looked around and found that the deaf old woman's door was closed, so she felt relieved.

"You're crazy. If she hears you, she'll ask the psychopath Zhuzhu to beat you up."

When talking about the psychopath Zhuzhu, Xu Dafa felt a little embarrassed and his face turned slightly dark.

Xiaoyue wrinkled her nose, raised her eyelids and looked at Xu Zhiyong again. This guy was actually sleeping soundly on the bed.

Xiaoyue curled her lips and ignored him, and began to look for wine and sort out mountain products. Every time Xu Zhiyong went to show a movie, he would always bring back a lot of things, and she was used to it.

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When the bell rang for the end of get off work, Wang Jian habitually rode his tricycle to the school to pick up Xiaoxue, and then strolled all the way back home.

When Wang Jian pushed open the door of the courtyard, he found Li Erzhu waiting for him.

"Wang Jian, you have to tell me, did the Security Department hunt a wild boar yesterday?" Li Erzhu went straight to the point.

"Yeah, how did you know?" Wang Jian asked curiously.

"Why don't they send the wild boar to the cafeteria?" Li Erzhu was a little dissatisfied.

"Why should they hand over their own achievements to the canteen?" Wang Jian was puzzled.

Li Erzhu thought, of course he couldn't tell the truth - he was going to give the wild boar to Lv Fangfei. The security department's sharing of the wild boar would indeed cause discussion, but the factory leaders didn't say anything, and he could do nothing about it. Li Erzhu wanted to force Wang Jian to give meat to Lv Fangfei, but he was powerless. After all, Wang Jian was not Xu Zhiyong, and he couldn't beat him.

Li Erzhu returned to the central courtyard in anger, and not long after, Yan Bugui also followed him into the courtyard.

"Wang Jian, did your security department really distribute meat? Oh, it would be great if we could bring back the wild boar."

Wang Jian laughed and thought to himself that Yan Bugui was dreaming. Not to mention that he couldn't bring it back, even if he did, he wouldn't be able to deal with it.

"Uncle Yan, that wild boar was hunted during training outside, so of course it belongs to the factory."

Yan Bugui stopped Wang Jian and said, "Next time you go hunting wild boars, can you leave some for me?"

"You really treat wild boars as cabbages, and you can hunt them whenever you want. This time it's just a matter of luck. If you want to eat meat, you should buy it yourself. Didn't several families in our yard buy pork a few days ago?"

Yan Bugui looked at Wang Jian helplessly. His family had lost more than 200 yuan not long ago. This money could not be repaid in the short term. Where could they get the money to buy meat?

As for buying meat, Yan Bugui even remembered how much each family bought, but what could he do? His family owed so much money that they couldn't even afford half a pound of meat before they paid it back.

Li Erzhu returned to the central courtyard and saw Lu Fangfei washing clothes.

To be precise, it was Lu Fangfei who let Li Erzhu see her washing clothes.

"Erzhu, you're back. Give me your lunch box and I'll hold it for you."

Li Erzhu naturally handed the lunch box in his hand to Lu Fangfei.

"Sister, don't blame me for being mean. There's nothing good in the factory today. We only have what's left over from lunch."

Lu Fangfei knew clearly that there had been no good entertainment at the factory in the past two days, and she did not expect to bring anything good.

"Erzhu, my family is happy as long as we have food to eat, how can we be picky? Auntie is still waiting for you to cook for the elderly, hurry over! My Xiaogang likes the braised pork you make the most."

Li Erzhu smiled innocently, "Sister, when it comes to workmanship, I can't compare to Uncle Yan. When it comes to cooking skills, no one in Gangcheng can compare to me. Just wait, you will know when you try it after it's done."

Lv Fangfei didn't give Li Erzhu a chance to refute, and quickly said, "After you finish, I'll go over and get some myself."

Li Erzhu felt Lv Fangfei's attentiveness and thoughtfulness, and was even more grateful in his heart, "Okay, sister, you just wash the clothes, and I'll go over to cook for the old lady. Whether Xiaogang likes it or not, the old lady will definitely like it."

Lu Fangfei rolled her eyes at Li Erzhu. Who doesn't like braised pork? Even boiled meat has its own favorites. So, without wasting any more time, she hurriedly urged Li Erzhu to go to Yi Zhonghai's house to cook, and then she took the lunch box back to the house.

When Zhao Mei saw Lu Fangfei coming in, she asked impatiently, "Did Erzhu bring anything delicious today?"

"Nothing great, just some leftovers."

Xiao Gang looked up and saw that they were all vegetarian dishes, without even a bit of meat. "Mom, you promised to buy me meat last night, why didn't you keep your promise? I want to eat meat!"

"Mom, I want to eat meat too." Brother Xiaosong and sister Xiaobai also echoed.

Zhao Mei looked at the children encouragingly, and felt somewhat satisfied when she heard them shouting for meat.

"Fang Fei, did you hear that? The children haven't eaten meat for a long time. You should find a way to get some for them as soon as possible."

Lu Fangfei sighed secretly in her heart. Among the five adults and children in this family, no one understood her hard work.

Li Ming wanted to find a hole to hide in, for fear that others would see his miserable appearance. In this era when everyone has a problem with food and clothing, there is no way there will be leftovers in the canteen. If you want to beg for food, you must either be a good person or have cooking skills. All day today, Li Ming's mind was completely focused on the wild boar. At noon, he was so angry with Sun Jianguo that he even forgot to help him pour water and tea.

The little dishes he gave to Zhao Hui earlier were what he had saved from lunch.

Li Ming felt that it was too embarrassing to be here, so he had to say to Aunt Liu: "Aunt, I am a young man and I eat fast. Since you don't need me to help you cook, I'd better go back."

If Yi Jianguo was at home, he would definitely take Li Ming with him, cook some dishes for him, wash his clothes for him, and keep in touch with him.

But Aunt Liu didn't have the conditions, she just wanted to quickly take care of the hard of hearing old lady.

After Li Ming left, Zhao Hui immediately followed him: "Li Ming, didn't you say you wanted to make braised pork? How come it's ready now?"

Li Ming sighed, "Uncle Yi is still in detention, and your aunt is in a bad mood. She only bought half a pound of meat for the old lady. This little bit of meat is not enough for the old lady to eat. I'm afraid you will be disappointed today."

Zhao Hui was confused. When she smelled the aroma of meat at Aunt Liu's door, her mouth almost watered. She thought there would be a lot of meat and wanted to make two meat dishes.

"Li Ming, what should we do? You said you would send braised pork to our family. I told Liu Zhiqiang about this to make my son happy. If you do this now, aren't you making me lie to my son?"

Li Ming was helpless. No one expected Aunt Liu to buy so little meat. They were as close as sisters, so he couldn't steal the old woman's food.

"Sister Zhao, how about waiting a little longer? Uncle Yi will be out soon. When he comes back, I can borrow some money from him to buy some braised pork for Liu Zhiqiang. What do you think?"

However, Zhao Hui was not very satisfied. Everyone in the family, young and old, was waiting for meat to eat, but she didn't know how to explain to Yi Jianguo that he couldn't come.

Zhao Hui wanted to ask Li Ming for money, but when she thought about his empty wallet, she gave up the idea. Otherwise, if he didn't get the money, he would feel pathetic.

"Li Ming, I don't mind. But Liu Zhiqiang's three children... Hey, please help me explain to them so that they don't blame you. Our children all treat you as a relative and often play with you. You are really something, how can I say good things about you?"

These words made Li Ming feel very guilty.

"Sister Zhao, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it. I will make it up to you after I get my salary."

Seeing Li Ming's sincere apology, Zhao Hui let him go and returned home with an empty bowl. Soon, the sound of a child crying and the mother-in-law cursing could be heard.

Li Ming stood in the yard and heard all this, feeling even more sorry for Zhao Hui.

Xueer put down her schoolbag, took two pieces of candy from home, and ran excitedly to Li Guofu's house.

After a while, she ran back.

"Brother, Aunt Li asked us to be more careful. She said that people in the courtyard have started to talk about you behind your back. She asked you to be more careful."

Wang Lei nodded, "I understand. You should study hard."

Xueer said with a smile: "I'm not playful, Teacher Ma even praised me."

"Really? Xue'er is the best. I'll make you something delicious."

Xueer nodded, and Wang Lei let her continue playing while he started his dinner.

In the backyard, Li Xiaojuan looked at the time and saw that it was almost time for the steel mill to get off work, so she gently woke up Sun Jianguo who was still sleeping.

"Hurry up and get up! Everyone at the steel mill has gone off work."

Sun Jianguo asked dazedly, "Did you go check the situation in the front yard and tell him?"

Li Xiaojuan rolled her eyes. "How can I, a girl, talk to him casually? I just wanted to go to the front yard to take a look, and I found Li Ming and Zhao Hui in the middle yard, one crying and the other apologizing. It was inconvenient for me to go over."

Sun Jianguo's eyes lit up when he heard this. Zhao Hui must be making things difficult for Li Ming again. He certainly didn't want to miss out on this excitement and was ready to embarrass Li Ming.

"Why didn't you call me earlier?"

Li Xiaojuan grabbed him and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Li Ming bullied a female comrade, so I went to help him."

Li Xiaojuan pushed him angrily, "Why did you go and provoke Li Ming? Are you afraid that he will beat you up? You still have to drink with Wang Lei tonight, how are you going to get through it if you get beaten up?"

Sun Jianguo sighed helplessly: "Forget it, let him go for now. Where's the wine you found?"

Li Saner was busy in his kitchen when suddenly the door was pushed open and a middle-aged man carrying a bottle of wine and a few bags of local specialties appeared at the door.

"Brother, I'm Zhao Dali from the backyard. I heard that you've been quite popular recently, so I came here to have a drink and make friends."

Although Zhao Dali was smiling happily and the gift in his hand seemed very cordial, Li Saner was still puzzled: Why would this man, who was notorious in both the courtyard and the steel mill, come to him?

Although it is said that "a smile makes you look ten years younger", Li Saner also knows how to give face, but he is still a little cautious. After all, Zhao Dali's name is often associated with bad things, such as hooking up with women, ** blackmail and so on.

"Zhao Dali, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Zhao Dali walked into Li Saner's room without any hesitation and said with a smile: "What's the matter? I just want to find a like-minded person to drink and chat. I heard that you are new here and you are quite good at fighting. I really look at you with new eyes."