Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Lin Geng then told her directly that he was repairing his house and was short of a few bags of cement. This cement was in short supply and there was no place to buy it even if he had money. He could only get the goods from the cement factory if the factory reported a plan. Alternatively, the street office would allocate a certain amount of cement every year to be used for some public facilities in the streets or for people to repair their houses.

So the street office at that time had really great power. All aspects of life were inseparable from the street office. They were in charge of a very wide range of things. This was also the reason why Lin Gengjie wanted to make good friends with the street office, at least to make himself familiar to them.

After hearing Lin Geng say that he needed some cement and asking about the quantity, Director Wang gave Lin Geng a note without saying a word and asked him to find the relevant staff to buy it at a fair price.

After Lin Geng got the note, he said something to Director Wang with a smile, then ran happily to get the cement.

The person in charge of this matter at the street office heard that Lin Geng was the guy who delivered fish to them yesterday, and he was very enthusiastic towards Lin Geng. Lin Geng was also very considerate and stuffed him a bag of Daqianmen, which made the staff member very happy. He even pulled out the street office's tricycle, personally helped Lin Geng load the tricycle, and sent Lin Geng out of the street office.

Lin Geng rode a tricycle and brought several bags of cement back to the courtyard, which caused a group of residents in the courtyard to make a fuss. They all knew that cement was very difficult to get now and could not be bought even if one had money. The street office also generally found it difficult to approve it for ordinary people. After all, the quantity was too small. However, Lin Geng just went out for a stroll and easily got several bags of cement from the street office. This was really a big honor.

If this happened to them, they would probably have to use clay and lime as substitutes, and they wouldn't even dare to think about cement. This made the people in the yard look at Lin Geng with a new respect again.

Aunt Yan saw the craftsmen starting to clean up Lin Geng's house, so she walked around the central courtyard to see if there was anything she could help with. But she saw Aunt Liu had already set up a big pot at the door of Lin's house and was kneading dough to steam buns. There were also a few live fish in the pot, as well as some juicy cabbage and radishes.

Upon asking, I found out that Lin Geng had invited Aunt Liu to come and help him and provide lunch for the craftsmen. However, Aunt Liu did not tell her that Lin Geng had to pay her one dollar a day. She just told Aunt Yan that Lin Geng asked her for help and asked her to bring her two children, Da Niu and Xiao Niu, to his house for lunch at noon.

Aunt Yan was somewhat unhappy, thinking that this was a great bargain, but Lin Geng gave it to Aunt Liu. Otherwise, if she were to cook the meal, she could let the four children in the family have lunch at the Lin family, thus saving their family's lunch.

However, although she was a little unhappy in her heart, she did not show it. After all, this was Lin Geng's decision, and he could ask whoever he wanted for help. She really had no right to express dissatisfaction.

Moreover, Aunt Yan was not a fool. Although she was good at calculating, she was also very smart. She knew that when Lin Geng was in the most difficult time, Old Man Wang and Aunt Liu helped him. She was extremely poor, but she still squeezed out a few steamed buns to give to Lin Geng, for fear that Lin Geng would starve to death.

However, their Yan family chose to stand by and watch when Lin Geng was in the most difficult time. Now that they can be on good terms with Lin Geng, Lin Geng has already given her man a lot of face. She did not dare to express any dissatisfaction, but secretly made up her mind that she would have a better relationship with Lin Geng in the future. No matter what benefits there are in the future, Lin Geng will not bypass his family.

So even though Aunt Yan was a little disappointed, she didn't show it, and still came to help Lin Geng at noon. Lin Geng had been observing Yan Bugui and Aunt Yan these days. At least until now, the couple had behaved pretty well, and hadn't taken the initiative to calculate anything from him. If he gave it to her, she would take it, and if he didn't give it to her, she wouldn't ask for it either.

This made Lin even more satisfied with the couple. As long as they could continue like this, he didn't mind letting them take advantage of him a little. If they were of the same mind as him in the future, he might as well give them more benefits.

At noon, Lin Geng prepared plenty of steamed buns made of two-grain flour. Under Lin Geng's guidance, Aunt Liu stewed a pot of fish and fried a large pot of spicy and sour cabbage. She used a lot of oil and fried them until they were fragrant. Master Li and several of his colleagues were so happy that their mouths were drooling. They even praised Lin Geng for being a generous young boss and asked him to rest assured that they would do their best to do the job for him beautifully!

In the next few days, Lin Geng became a hands-off boss. Every day he either went fishing or took his bow to the river to find a place to practice archery. Yan Bugui would occasionally skip work early and run back to find Lin Geng to go fishing.

Lin Geng's fishing skills completely impressed Yan Bugui. He witnessed with his own eyes that Lin Geng was not just fishing. Every time he went there, he basically went to the river to catch fish. Every time he cast the hook, a big fish would bite. He almost never fished for small fish. Whenever he lifted the rod, he would catch a big fish weighing at least one or two kilograms. Yan Bugui was really impressed.

Of course, Yan Bugui also took advantage of Lin Geng a lot. Lin Geng caught a lot, so he would just throw one or two to Yan Bugui. They were all big fish weighing two or three pounds, which made Yan Bugui very happy.

Yan Bugui also witnessed Lin Geng's archery skills with his own eyes. Seeing Lin Geng practicing archery, he found that his shooting was very accurate. He would not say that every arrow would hit the center of the bull's eye, but it was almost there. This shocked Yan Bugui again.

The reason why Lin Geng demonstrated his archery skills to Yan Bugui was to prevent people from speculating that he got all kinds of wild game from his small world in the future. With Yan Bugui testifying for him and proving that his archery skills were very good, he would have a reasonable explanation for going out hunting in the future and bringing back prey such as wild boars.

Lin Geng also caught a few big fish these two days and gave them to the Red Star Police Station, asking the police comrades there to improve their lives.

These police officers are usually very busy and work very hard, and they also have to work night shifts, but their salaries are not high. They still have to support a family, so they have to live frugally. It is rare for them to have meat to improve their lives.

Chief Zhao of the police station felt a little ashamed when he received the fish from Lin Geng. Deputy Chief Li's face turned red when he saw Lin Geng. He covered his face and walked away, unwilling to meet Lin Geng.

Deputy Director Li is a very upright man who hates evil. He also came from the military, but retired due to injury. He went to the city of Sijiu to work as a public security officer and was promoted to the position of deputy director. He has a bad temper and a hot temper. This time, when he heard that Lin Geng, the orphan of a martyr, was almost bullied to death by the eldest and second uncles in the yard and some scoundrels, he was immediately furious.

He originally planned to kill Yi Zhonghai and his gang, send them to be used as targets, or at worst send them to the northwest to eat sand for ten or twenty years. However, due to various reasons, he had to make concessions in the end and agreed to let these beasts pay compensation and settle the dispute.

So when he met Lin Geng again, Deputy Director Li felt ashamed to see him. When he saw Lin Geng carrying a bunch of big fish to the police station and asking the police officers to improve their lives, Deputy Director Li felt very guilty towards Lin Geng.

As for Director Zhao, although he is relatively smooth-talking, for his own reasons, he advocates making a big deal out of a small matter. In the end, it would be best to suppress this matter and not make a big fuss, causing him, the director, to suffer the consequences. However, he is also a demobilized soldier and is very angry about this matter.

So although he cooperated with the subdistrict office and Director Yang of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and eventually persuaded Lin Geng to choose to claim compensation and settle, he did not choose to release Lin Geng immediately after obtaining Lin Geng's letter of understanding.

Director Zhao also felt very sorry for Lin Geng, the orphan of his fallen comrade, so he decided to detain these guys for another seven days after getting the letter of apology, to let them suffer a little before releasing them to vent Lin Geng's anger.