Scholars in the courtyard

"I came back very early last night."

Yang Xiaotao took Ran Qiuye's hand and explained, but Ran Qiuye shook it off, "Don't move, you didn't notice that I was busy."

After saying that, his feet continued to step on.

"Wait a moment and listen to my explanation."

"Explanation, I don't care."

Although he said he didn't care, Yang Xiaotao was not blind, so how could he not see that these were all angry words.

"Then I have to say, this matter is also related to Li Nan."

"What does it have to do with him? I didn't go to his house to sleep."

Ran Qiuye lowered his head and said, but saw Yang Xiaotao sigh, "If this is the case, it would be okay."

Hearing that the tone of his words was wrong, Ran Qiuye stopped and looked at Yang Xiaotao, "Li Nan? What happened to him?"

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "He must have committed a crime this time, and we are collecting evidence."

He didn't say it in detail, but Ran Qiuye knew in his heart as soon as he heard it that it must be a big deal, otherwise he wouldn't have done anything to collect evidence.

"He can't."

Yang Xiaotao didn't speak, and the two of them suddenly became silent.

She knew the relationship between Yang Xiaotao and Li Nan.

When they got married, they went to pick her up together. Over the years, they walked out of the steel rolling mill together and got together during holidays. They had long regarded these brothers as relatives.

But now, one can imagine how Yang Xiaotao feels when he is asked to ‘kill relatives for justice’.

Ran Qiuye held Yang Xiaotao's hand and looked directly into his eyes, "No matter what decision you make, I will support you."

Yang Xiaotao held Rubi Yi in his backhand and spoke in a positive tone.

"I will definitely investigate and give him a fair result."

The night falls, the moon and stars are scarce.

Silly Zhu stood guard in front of the stove, looking at the big fish, big meat, big steamed buns, and rice grains whiter than ant eggs prepared in front of the table, and he felt a burst of contempt in his heart.

"You big dog, it's so damn good to eat and drink, I can't even open the pot. This is good, there's not even a steamed bun with 2-he noodles!"

"Xie Niang..."

"I want you to eat public food and drink oil and water, but I don't want you to get any benefits."

Silly Zhu was cursing, while working, thinking about getting some scraps to take home.

But he didn't dare to stop the movements of his hands.

Even very attentive.

When he came, he also saw that this was a serious compound. No matter what the people living here were doing now, they must have been beheading people in the past.

He still knows how much he weighs. He used to be a fool in the courtyard, but later he was punished and became a good person. His eyesight has also improved, and now he dares not be careless.

First, prepare the food, and earn the fifty yuan is the most important thing.

As for the food, as long as you feel comfortable serving the 'masters', why don't you worry about not having anything good to take back?

"master."

There was a cry from the door, and the fat man ran in from the door, with shock on his face.

"Master He, don't call me wrong."

Silly Zhu knocked on the edge of the pot and corrected the fat man's name.

This master is not called casually, and he doesn't want to teach this apprentice, at least not yet.

The fat man's face showed a little embarrassment after hearing this. He tried his best to take over the matter. For this reason, he even specially invited Silly Zhu to perform and earn the fifty yuan. What was it for?

Isn’t it just to learn Sha Zhu’s skills?

But now it seems that the other party is still guarding against him.

But he quickly realized that it took a long time, and he would always learn something, so he narrowed his eyes and chuckled, "Master He!"

"What's the matter?"

"I came here to ask when the food will be ready. News came from the front, saying that everyone is here and the food will be served soon. Over here."

Silly Zhu raised his head and glanced at the sky, "This family is really anxious. They go to the kang to drink before it gets dark."

"Put the cold dishes on the table first. The main dishes will be ready soon."

The fat man immediately ran out after hearing this, preparing to ask someone to serve food.

Military compound.

Since the morning, jeeps have been driving in from time to time, and then people get out one after another and walk into the Lin family's house.

There are both middle-aged people in their prime and old people with gray hair.

In the courtyard, people came and walked around from time to time, as if today was a big day.

In fact, today is the birthday of the old man of the Lin family, and many Lin family members who are away from home will rush back during their vacation.

Not only that, the old man's brothers will also get together on this day. Everyone will talk about the current situation, recall the glory of the past, and then enhance their relationship, so that the younger generations can get to know each other and help each other in the future.

inside the house.

A group of gray-haired old men sat together and chatted with each other about battle-related matters.

Fierce sounds could be heard from time to time, and then the shouts suddenly stopped, followed by long, continuous sighs.

Except for the old man's table, the remaining two tables and one table were occupied by middle-aged people in their prime, and the rest were left to the younger generations.

At this time, Lin Shen was sitting at the table.

However, when everyone at the table was polite to him, it was with a hint of alienation.

Everyone knows each other, and they all grew up in the same circle, so they understand each other very well.

Lin Shen has been restless since he was a child. In order to exchange money, he used food stamps from his family at a very young age.

It is said that when I grew up, I still had bad relations with some people, and even fought with the people next door over a woman. I didn't win the fight, which was simply embarrassing and losing my status.

Feeling the demeanor of the people around him, Lin Shen was calm and composed and didn't care at all.

Others look down on him, but he looks down on these people even more.

Don't think that you can be a worker and you can be rich. In this day and age, you still need money.

Although for families like them, money is not omnipotent and cannot solve all problems.

But money can solve 999 problems. This is the importance of money.

As for making money, Lin Shen has had this talent since he was a child, better than his own father.

He looked down on these people at the same table.

People from all circles in the room were chatting, and Lin Shen also talked to the people around him.

Of course, not everyone looked down on him. After all, Qin Hui still had three friends.

"Brother, I've been doing well lately."

Lin Quan on the side suddenly whispered, holding a cigarette in his hand and handing it over. Lin Shen took it with a smile, "Of course, everything went very smoothly."

"I told you, it was all a false alarm."

"Really? Why did I hear from my uncle that you were almost sick from being scared?"

"Nonsense, it must be him."

The two were talking quietly at the table. The people on the side heard the two talking incomprehensible words and didn't want to say more.

And only the two of them understood the meaning of these words.

"Serve the food~~"

A long shout suddenly came from the door, and then the fat man was seen walking into the room with a tray.

"Mapo tofu."

As the fat man's voice fell, three plates of Mapo tofu appeared on the tray. They were large in size, bright red, and smelled fragrant from a distance.

As the plates were placed on the table, everyone nodded when they saw them.

At least the color and fragrance were there, as for the taste later, we still have to taste it.

People came to serve the dishes, and the fat man shouted, "Fish-flavored pork shreds, Kung Pao chicken, twice-cooked pork."

As the dishes were served, the wine table began to clink glasses.

After three glasses of wine, even reserved people opened their hearts and said intimate words to familiar people.

The house was full of people.

In the kitchen, the lights were turned off.

Sha Zhu closed the three lunch boxes, which were full of various kinds of food and oil.

If the big steamed buns were not too big and difficult to carry, he would have wanted to pack two to take back.

Fortunately, he was full here, so it was not a loss.

Just when Sha Zhu packed up and was about to leave, he suddenly felt his stomach rumbling.

He groaned and quickly put the lunch box aside, and then went out to find the toilet.

But he had just arrived and didn't know where the toilet was.

After searching for a while, he couldn't hold it in any longer, so he ran to a yard where groceries were placed, tore off two slogans from the wall, and ran to the back and squatted down.

In the house.

Everyone was drinking and chatting. Lin Shen and Lin Quan drank a few glasses and looked drunk.

"Brother, let's go out and smoke a cigarette."

Lin Quan took out a cigarette from his pocket, Lin Shen nodded, and the two walked out with their arms around each other's shoulders.

Seeing this scene, the young man at the table didn't react much, but the middle-aged man at the table next to him, a middle-aged man with a long face and a thick neck, looked ugly.

"Brother, drink, drink."

Lin Hai's voice came from the side, and the middle-aged man turned around and looked at Lin Hai holding the wine glass, then he picked it up and clinked it.

"Brother, Xiao Shen is a good kid, don't be too demanding of him."

The middle-aged man was Lin Shen's father, Lin Hai's eldest brother, Lin Yuan.

"Why am I so demanding of him? I'm doing this for his own good."

Lin Yuan drank the wine and couldn't hold back his voice, but he was surrounded by his family and knew what his eldest brother was like.

He just wanted his son to be successful.

"Look at him, what kind of person he is. Fighting with others for some bullshit love, what kind of a jerk is this?"

"He has made me lose face in my life."

Lin Yuan drank the wine in one gulp, and his words were full of disappointment.

At this time, Lin Shen, who had just left the house, clenched his fists tightly.

Since he was a child, his father had high hopes for him.

But he was stubborn, and he did the opposite of what his father asked him to do.

No matter how many times he was beaten, he never changed.

Even when he was beaten, he would think that the other party must be unable to do anything to him.

Over time, he developed the appearance in front of him.

"Brother, brother, calm down."

Lin Quan saw Lin Shen clench his fists and hurried forward to hug him.

The elders are all here today. If you do something wrong, you will be in big trouble.

And if he really does something out of line, he will be transferred out of the city in a minute.

If he leaves, how can they carry on with their business?

"Let go, I'm fine."

Lin Shen said coldly, looking back at the house, his eyes full of ridicule.

Self-righteous people, but they don't know that their subordinates have long betrayed their loyalty.

Sad.

With a sneer, the two walked aside.

He just wanted to stay away from here now.

Arriving at the next yard, Lin Quan took out a cigarette and lit it for Lin Shen.

The two took a few puffs and exhaled the smoke, and Lin Quan had time to ask about the situation.

"Brother, is that news true?"

"Isn't the machinery factory investigating us?"

Lin Shen nodded, "Don't worry, our business is all private, we can't even see the real thing, just go through the account and the money will be in hand, what are you afraid of?"

"Even if they investigate, what can they find out?"

Lin Quan nodded, then sighed, "We didn't do it either, we were almost scared to death by the guys in the supervision team."

Lin Shen felt a little sorry after hearing this, "This Wang Zhuo is also a talent."

"I told Brother Hu about this, and he said it was a pity. If such a talent had known about it earlier and cooperated with us, we could have earned more."

"Did Brother Hu really say that?"

"Nonsense, I heard it with my own ears."

"Oh, that's a pity. The leaders of the machinery factory are not easy to deal with."

Lin Quan sighed, "You don't know if you are not in the machinery factory. The leaders of our factory are not easy to deal with."

After Lin Quan finished speaking, Lin Shen sneered, "Don't tell me, I really know."

"Know what?"

"Mr. Yang of your factory, Yang Xiaotao, was talking to me at the time. I'm exchanging food coupons."

"What? There's this?"

"Nonsense, what do you think I've been doing these years? I remember all these things in my mind."

"It should be in 1958, when Xiao Li and I just started, this guy exchanged food coupons, meat coupons, wine coupons, and finally cigarette coupons."

"This guy has a rich family background, and we also relied on him to slowly get by."

Lin Shen smiled proudly, and Lin Quan's eyes lit up when he heard it, "Then brother, do you think we are..."

"What is it, it's so smelly here, let's go quickly and go back to eat."

After saying that, Lin Shen turned around and left. He was just talking about this matter.

It's true, but if you tell it to others without any evidence, who would believe it.

"Brother, wait for me"

The two walked away quickly, and then a figure stood up with his pants pulled up.

"Yang Xiaotao, haha, you have a day too!"

Sha Zhu looked proud, and after listening to most of it, he remembered the last thing clearly.

Satire in his heart, he raised his foot to leave.

Ouch~~

His feet were numb from squatting for so long, and he fell to the ground without warning.

The next moment, Sha Zhu lay on the ground with an ugly look on his face.