Siheyuan: Tathagata's Palm suppresses the entire courtyard!

Hearing Jia Dongxu's answer, Xu Mingjie nodded with satisfaction, clapped his hands and left.

After watching Xu Mingjie walk away, Jia Dongxu finally couldn't hold it in anymore and started crying.

The beating Xu Mingjie gave him just now was so painful. Even the big devil Sha Zhu in the courtyard didn't beat him as painfully as Xu Mingjie.

After crying for a while, Jia Dongxu finally calmed down and walked back to his post in the workshop with a sad face.

Seeing Jia Dongxu coming back, Yi Zhonghai frowned immediately, and there was some concern in his tone:

"Dongxu, what's wrong with your clothes? There are footprints all over them. Did someone beat you?"

After hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, Jia Dongxu finally realized that he had just been kicked to the ground by Xu Mingjie. Not only was his body covered in mud, but there were also Xu Mingjie's footprints all over it.

Seeing that Jia Dongxu did not answer, Yi Zhonghai continued to ask:

"Who is that brat? Don't worry, I won't just sit there and watch. Just tell me who it is!"

Jia Dongxu was also feeling very aggrieved. Just as he was about to start talking to Yi Zhonghai, he saw Xu Mingjie passing by them.

When passing by, he glared at Jia Dongxu fiercely, as if warning him.

Seeing Xu Mingjie's eyes, Jia Dongxu was afraid. He could only shrug and shake his head and said:

"I fell down myself..."

Of course Yi Zhonghai also noticed Xu Mingjie's eyes. He looked at Xu Mingjie and then at Jia Dongxu. He immediately understood that the footprints on Jia Dongxu's body were left by Xu Mingjie.

Regarding the meat stealing incident yesterday, Yi Zhonghai was cheated out of eight dollars by Xu Mingjie, and he was worried that he had no place to vent his anger.

Now that Xu Mingjie had taught his apprentice a lesson again, Yi Zhonghai felt that this was a good opportunity and hurriedly asked Jia Dongxu:

"Tell me the truth, did Xu Mingjie bully you?"

Jia Dongxu was a little scared. He looked at Xu Mingjie's figure not far away, and he looked back at himself from time to time. He was so scared that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Facing Yi Zhonghai's question, Jia Dongxu could only shake his head:

"No, it's not Xu Mingjie, uncle. I really fell down by myself."

Seeing Jia Dongxu's attitude of refusing to admit it, Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to give up.

After all, Jia Dongxu was his apprentice, the one he was planning to train to take care of him in his old age. How could he feel at ease when he saw him acting so cowardly?

When thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai complained in his heart:

What a coward! He doesn't even dare to fight back when being bullied!

Not only can he not beat Xu Mingjie, but he is also not as capable as Xu Mingjie. He has worked in the steel factory for several years and is still just an apprentice now, while Xu Mingjie has already become a second-level fitter.

It’s so irritating that people are so different from each other!

Despite this, Yi Zhonghai never thought of asking Xu Mingjie to take care of him in his old age. After all, this guy was too difficult to control. If he handed the rest of his life to Xu Mingjie, he really didn't know how he would be abused!

Yi Zhonghai looked at Jia Dongxu again and sighed helplessly.

At noon, the cafeteria welcomed the first person to eat, and upon closer inspection, this person was Xu Mingjie.

The so-called lack of enthusiasm for eating means there is something wrong with one's thinking. Xu Mingjie is such a person. He can't even do his work, but eating is his first priority!

He walked in with a smile on his face and saw Sha Zhu and Liu Lan standing there serving food.

Xu Mingjie had just offended Sha Zhu yesterday, so of course he couldn't let him come to get food, so he hurried to Liu Lan:

"Give me some of these beans!"

Before Liu Lan could speak, Sha Zhu came over and said as he walked:

"Give me the spoon, I'll serve him food!"

Sha Zhu was still brooding over what happened yesterday, and he was furious when he saw Xu Mingjie. Now that he had the chance, he would never let Xu Mingjie eat much of the food!

Anyway, he was the one serving the food, so it wouldn't be a big deal to shake the spoon a few times for Xu Mingjie. There was no way he would let Xu Mingjie eat his fill!

Xu Mingjie's reaction was obviously much faster than Sha Zhu's. Before Sha Zhu could come over, Xu Mingjie grabbed the spoon into his own hands.

In no time, he scooped two full spoonfuls of beans into his lunch box.

"Hey! You don't have to come and beat the vegetables. I've already made the dishes!"

Xu Mingjie looked at Sha Zhu with a smile on his face.

This guy still dared to plot against him? He really thought he was as easy to bully as Xu Damao!

Xu Mingjie quickly handed them the money, carried a plate full of dishes and steamed buns, and walked to the dining area humming a little tune.

Looking at Xu Mingjie's back as he left, Sha Zhu was also furious. He pouted:

"If you eat so much, you'll die of it sooner or later!"

Sha Zhu watched silently and sighed in his heart. He originally wanted to let Xu Mingjie starve, but now, his lunch box is fuller than usual!

Xu Mingjie also sat down at this time and began to enjoy today's lunch:

"The food at this steel mill is too bland. In the past, we could at least see one or two eggs, but now we can't even see eggs!"

"Every day I just eat beans and potatoes. There is not a single drop of oil in my diet. How can my body bear it?"

The welfare of the steel mill for its employees is not bad, but the price of meat has increased compared to before. If the entire cafeteria is to accommodate all employees with meat, the steel mill will have to bleed.

At this time, it was already very good for Xu Mingjie to be able to eat this kind of food. After all, it was a famine and the grain harvest was so bleak that it was unbearable to look at.

Xu Mingjie quickly finished all the food in his lunch box, and then went to brag with his fellow workers.

Life at the steel factory was easy and leisurely. After finishing the work at hand, it was almost time to get off work, so Xu Mingjie walked out slowly.

He also went to the market to buy a bag of pig's trotters. Today he wanted to have some meat. Every day he only ate fried vegetables from the steel factory, and when he went home he could only eat potatoes and cabbage. This life was too dull.

Just as Xu Mingjie walked into the courtyard, someone came up to him.

The person who came was none other than Yan Pigui, the third uncle in the compound. This guy was well-known for his love of taking advantage of small opportunities, and he usually liked to hang around the door when he had nothing to do.

If he saw a neighbor buying something good and bringing it home, Yan Pigui would definitely not let go if he could make some money.

Let’s put it this way, if it rains that day, Yan Pigui will have to take a bowl home.

Now, when Yan Pigui saw the bag of pig's trotters in Xu Mingjie's hand, his eyes suddenly lit up:

"Hey, Xu Mingjie, are you back from work at the steel mill?"

"What day is it today? Why do you want to buy so many pig's trotters to take home?"

Xu Mingjie looked at Yan Pigui and narrowed his eyes:

"Uncle, today is not a special day. It's just that my food has been so bad recently that I feel much weaker than before. That's why I wanted to buy some pig's trotters to take home to nourish myself."