Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

After dinner, Li Dabao asked, "Brother Zheng, what should I bring tomorrow?"

"Well...candy, cigarettes, and alcohol are a must. In addition to these three, you can also bring some meat and flour, but don't bring too much. After all, it's the first time to meet the parents, and it's easy to form a culture of comparison."

Although Liu Guozheng had never been to Lou Xiao'e's house, he still knew some basic things.

"Brother Zheng, I'll go buy the cigarettes outside, what about the wine and candy?"

Li Dabao rubbed his hands with a pleading look.

"Okay, I'll get you two jars of wine, one yellow wine and one white wine. As for the candies, I'll get you half a pound of fruit candies, milk candies, and soft candies. What do you think?"

Sugar and wine are just trifles to Liu Guozheng, but so are all the other things in this world.

"Thank you, Brother Zheng."

Li Dabao felt relieved, knowing that it would definitely be a face-saving thing to take these things over.

"Forget it. In order to increase your chances of success, I'll get you another can of lard. This stuff is definitely popular."

Liu Guozheng thought about it and decided not to let Li Dabao bring flour. If he brought too much, it would not be appropriate, and if he brought too little, it would be a bit embarrassing. When discussing the wedding, in addition to sugar, cigarettes, alcohol, and cakes, 50 kilograms of flour would be enough.

This level is one of the best in the entire city.

"Dabao, if you need anything tomorrow, call back and ask Xu Fang to deliver it early in the morning."

"I understand, brother Zheng."

Li Dabao happily went to make a phone call.

The next day

Li Dabao got up early again. Today he was going to meet his future father-in-law and mother-in-law. He felt nervous and excited.

Director Zhang arrived at eight o'clock. He first led the decoration workers to the backyard of No. 95 Courtyard. Li Dabao explained how to decorate it and drew a sketch. Then he rode a tricycle and went to Yu Li's house under the leadership of Director Zhang.

The task of decorating the backyard was handed over to Liu Guozheng, and at noon, Liu Guozheng was asked to deliver a meal.

This was exactly what Liu Guozheng wanted, to show up in the courtyard at noon.

Sijiuchengbeicheng

Somewhere in a courtyard

Jia Dongxu reunited with Hou Si, Ma Liu and five others.

The people carrying bags were Jia Dongxu and a young man named Guzi, who was Ma Liu's confidant.

"Xiao Jia, I never thought that you have quite a lot of wealth."

When Hou Si saw the shoulder bag Jia Dongxu was carrying, his eyes lit up.

"Fourth brother, I'm borrowing this from someone."

"Xiao Jia is able to borrow money, which shows his ability. Don't forget your fourth brother when you become rich."

"Fourth brother, what you said means that even if I forget myself, I cannot forget Fourth Brother."

"Haha, you, Xiao Jia, are still good at talking."

Hou Si smiled and patted Jia Dongxu on the shoulder.

"Fourth brother, didn't you think of taking advantage of this opportunity to get some?"

"Xiao Jia, what's the point of thinking? I can't borrow money. Besides, if the amount is large this time, my commission will not be reduced."

"That's true. If you have the ability, you can make money anytime."

Jia Dongxu was very impressed with Hou Si's hand speed. He sometimes tried to practice it himself, but the results were not ideal, so he gave up.

"Fourth brother, who is Sixth Master looking for today?"

"Master Biao is a tyrannical and cruel person. It is said that his hands are stained with a lot of blood. Xiao Jia, you must be careful later. Don't bump into Master Biao. If that happens, even Master Liu won't be able to protect you."

"Fourth brother, I know this."

Jia Dongxu’s idea was very simple. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get rich. The big guys would eat the meat, and he would be satisfied with just drinking some soup.

"Sixth Master, why hasn't this person arrived yet? It's almost twelve o'clock."

Gu Zi, who was carrying a backpack, was a little anxious. His right eyelid kept twitching, which was not a good sign.

"Guzi, don't worry. Although Master Biao is a bit overbearing, his credibility is still fine."

Ma Liu was not panicked at all and sat quietly in the middle.

"hope so."

Gu Zi didn't say anything else, but just put his right hand into his arms.

"Fourth brother, what time is it?"

Jia Dongxu held the bag in his arms, feeling a little nervous.

Hou Si took out his pocket watch, looked at it and said, "Twelve o'clock."

"Liu Guozheng hasn't arrived yet, and neither has the person that Sixth Master is looking for. Nothing will happen, right?"

Speaking of this, Jia Dongxu became even more nervous.

"Xiao Jia, keep your heart in your stomach. If you don't trust others, don't you trust Liu Ye?"

To be honest, Hou Si was also a little worried. He was worried that Liu Guozheng would not come today and he would not be able to earn any money.

"Guzi, Hou Si, let's go."

Seeing that it was past twelve o'clock and no one was around, Ma Liu was ready to leave. Something might happen to this thing.

"Ma Liu, you're leaving right after I got here. That's really disrespectful of me."

The voice died down, and then there was the sound of noisy footsteps, and there were quite a few people.

A fat man came in. He had a big mole at the corner of his mouth with two black hairs growing on the mole. He also had two mustaches that curved upwards and were obviously carefully trimmed.

Ma Liu exclaimed: "Ma Da Shanren?"

"Not bad, not bad, it's rare that you, Ma Liu, still recognize me."

"Everyone knows the famous Ma Dashan. With you, Master Ma, in charge today, the game is secure."

"Hahaha, Ma Liu, I love to hear what you say."

"Master Ma, where is Brother Biao?"

"Biaozi is a man who insists on following rules, so I told him my rules."

"He deserves it. Master Ma, here is the money I brought, five thousand yuan. You eat the meat, can you let me have some soup?"

"You are the best, Ma Liu. OK, I am happy today, so you will definitely have a share of this soup."

"Thank you, Master Ma."

Ma Liu nodded and bowed, and asked Gu Zi to hand the money to Ma Dashan.

"I said, the one holding the bag, come here."

Ma Liu handed over the money, but that idiot Jia Dongxu was still standing there in a daze, holding the bag.

Jia Dongxu asked carefully: "You...you called me?"

"What's in the bag?"

"I collected some money and wanted to drink some soup with you big guys."

"Oh, you are really a talent. Didn't you see that Ma Liu handed over all the money? You are still indifferent. Do you have other ideas?"

Ma Dashan's face turned cold and he looked at Jia Dongxu fiercely.

"Don't dare."

"If you don't dare, just bring the bag over honestly."

"this..."

Jia Dongxu hesitated. If he wanted to be safe with this thing, he should keep it by his side.

"What the hell."

The young man next to Ma Dashan came up and slapped Jia Dongxu in the face, then snatched the bag away.

"You...why are you still hitting people?"

Jia Dongxu covered his face, feeling very aggrieved, but he didn't dare to go forward as the dozen or so people surrounded him.

"Boy, you can go now, and don't drink the soup."

While Jia Dongxu was distracted, 2,500 yuan was gone.

It’s better to throw it directly into the river and hear the sound.

However, Jia Dongxu did hear the sound today, a slap in the face, and it was his own.