Siheyuan: Don't mess with me, I just want to be a free fish

Chapter 226 Surrender
"Me? What can I do?"

Li Zhankui looked at Li Weidong puzzled.

In fact, what he meant by asking this sentence was that he was not worthy of Li Weidong's paying such a high price for him.

His family was poor, and he couldn't even get some money for gifts.

Li Weidong has these two quotas, if he is willing to 'change', it will cost 800 yuan.

After all, as long as the farm can become a full-time worker, the lowest salary is 40 to [-] yuan per month, which is about [-] yuan a year.

Taking out the salary of the previous two years and changing the job quota for a lifetime is enough to make people steal their heads.

This is like in later generations, as long as you pay 30 yuan, you can change your income from droughts and floods without worrying about being fired. Who would not be tempted by a career with a monthly salary of more than 1 yuan?

Even in Li Zhankui's view, even if he worked hard, it was not worth the money.

"Brother Kui, everyone has their own value."

Li Weidong said with a little deep meaning.

Next, there are still almost three years to go, and he also needs to hurry up and build a team for himself, which can definitely play an important role at critical moments.

After all, with the continuous improvement of his status, he has some dirty work, and it is no longer suitable for him to do it himself.

It's like this time Gong Jiadong asked someone to shoot black guns. Until now, the other party still killed him and just shot according to the farm's regulations.

But the facts are well known to everyone.

The other party did this, although there is an element of loyalty, but it is also for self-protection.

No matter what, Li Weidong needs someone to help him with things that are inconvenient for him.

There is no doubt that Li Zhankui is the right candidate.

Right now he's just investing.

"let me consider it."

Li Zhankui was silent for a few seconds, but did not agree immediately.

Li Weidong didn't care about this either.

Li Zhankui's character, to put it mildly, is integrity.

But in fact, this person is stubborn and a bit stubborn in some ways.

Because of this, Li Weidong was more at ease, otherwise he would not dare to reuse him if he was replaced by a smooth and cunning person.

"Row."

Li Weidong nodded and didn't force it.

Anyway, he has already given the opportunity, if Li Zhankui can't seize it, then he won't insist on it.

At noon, Li Weidong and Zhou Xiaobai ate here.

The room was narrow and dark. Although there were electric lights, the wattage was also the lowest, and there was no stove.

Li Zhankui's younger brother has been huddling under the blanket, not because he is lazy, but because he doesn't have thick clothes, and he can't stand the cold outside.

As for Li Zhankui's mother, knowing that Li Weidong was here, she struggled to get up from the bed, and thanked him for everything she said.

In terms of age, the other party is just in his early forties, but his hair is all gray, as old as 60 years old.

And he was in poor health, and coughed again and again.

After just saying a few words, I felt uncomfortable, broke out in a cold sweat, and had to go back to lie down again.

Even when Li Weidong was sitting outside, he could hear the other party in the back room, covered under the quilt, suppressing his coughing, as if he was afraid that his benefactor would dislike him, so he lived cautiously.

Wild boar stewed with cabbage and pickled vegetables, but in order to entertain Zhou Xiaobai, Li Hongmei took out the white noodles kept at home for the Chinese New Year and made him a bowl of hand-rolled noodles.

Zhou Xiaobai also admired Li Hongmei for being so quick and proficient in housework and cooking at such a young age.

Although she lived in a good environment since she was a child, she never showed any dislike when she came to Li Zhankui's house from the beginning to the end, and even offered to help.

After eating, Li Weidong took Zhou Xiaobai away.

"Weidong, why doesn't he want to go to work on the farm?"

On the way, Zhou Xiaobai asked his own question.

In her opinion, Li Zhankui's family conditions are so poor, and his mother is still sick, so he should seize such a good opportunity, but until the two left, the other party still didn't seem to 'figure it out'.

Is it because of self-esteem?

"It's not that I don't want to, but I haven't thought about it yet." Li Weidong replied lightly.

"Think about it?"

Now, Zhou Xiaobai was even more puzzled. What else is there to think about?

"Yes, some people agree, but they just say it. When something happens, they are the first to back down. And some people agree, that is, they will really risk their lives." Li Weidong explained.

"Oh."

Zhou Xiaobai nodded half-understanding: "Then if he doesn't agree, will you continue to help his family?"

Obviously, Zhou Xiaobai felt sympathy for him after coming here.

Even several times, she couldn't help but want to take out the tickets and money in her pocket.

But Li Weidong seemed to see through her thoughts, and shook his head at her when she reached into her pocket.

"Not anymore."

Li Weidong said this resolutely.

But it was also unexpected to Zhou Xiaobai, after all, in her eyes, Li Weidong was very sympathetic.

"why?"

"There is a saying that great kindness turns into hatred. If you blindly help others, you may not get gratitude in the end."

Li Weidong is not stupid, he has already done this, if Li Zhankui still stubbornly disagrees, why is he still rushing?

Do you really think that his food is blown by the wind?

In the afternoon, Li Weidong took Zhou Xiaobai and Li Weibin to the dam.

Li Weiguo, that is, the kid from Li Weidong's second uncle's family, took out his treasure, the ice sledge.

A thick layer of ice has formed in the reservoir at this time, at least [-] to [-] centimeters. Let alone people on it, even if you drive a tank up, it will be fine.

At this time, the reservoir becomes a paradise for all the children in the village.

Although Li Weiguo is the youngest, he is only seven or eight years old, but he is also very wild.

At this moment, many village children had gathered on the ice, even those from other villages.

Li Xueru was the first to sit on the ice sledge based on her strength, and then Li Weibin and Li Weiguo pulled it and played happily.

Zhou Xiaobai watched this scene with eyes full of envy.

However, Li Weiguo's ice sledge was made according to the size of a child, and Zhou Xiaobai couldn't sit in it at all.

Seeing this, Li Weidong rented a larger ice sledge from a half-grown boy with a huge sum of ten cents, and asked Zhou Xiaobai to sit on it. He pulled the other side and joined the ocean of joy.

Zhou Xiaobai was raised according to the standards of a lady. She can draw, play the piano, and dance, but this is the first time she has played on the ice sledge, so it is extraordinarily novel.

Just when Li Weidong was playing happily with Zhou Xiaobai, three young men suddenly stopped them.

"Li Weidong?"

The visitor had a cigarette in his mouth, tilted his head, and looked at Li Weidong.

That expression deserved as much beating as he wanted.

"Chen Jiahe?"

Li Weidong saw that the other party was a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, a name popped out of his mind.

The other party was from Chengou, next to his village, and was Li Weidong's former classmate.

Although they are classmates, the relationship between the two is not very good.

The original owner's previous personality was a bit dull, but also a bit honest, which belonged to the unremarkable kind.

And Chen Jiahe is the kind of bad boy who likes to fight and bully his honest classmates.

The original owner was bullied several times by him.

Speaking of it, it can be regarded as a grudge.

"It seems that you still remember me. I heard that you went to work in the city? After your mother died, didn't your father want you?"

Although Chen Jiahe was talking to Li Weidong, his eyes kept on Zhou Xiaobai.

"Does it have anything to do with you?"

Li Weidong moved his steps to block Zhou Xiaobai.

"I didn't expect you to be like a boring gourd when you went to school. When you went to the city, you could actually deceive such a handsome girl and not introduce it to your brother?"

Chen Jiahe even tidied up his clothes, but his eyes were malicious.

"That's right, Li Weidong, we are all classmates, let's play together."

"Girl, why don't we pull you?"

The remaining two youths also molested.

Zhou Xiaobai was a little scared seeing this scene, got up from the ice sledge, and hid behind Li Weidong.

"Step aside."

Li Weidong said coldly.

If he was still the same Li Weidong from before, he might have retreated.

However, it was just a few stunned young men, if it wasn't for fear of scaring Zhou Xiaobai behind him, he would have already made a move.

Even if he didn't draw a gun, with his current physical fitness and the few tricks Li Zhankui taught him, it would be easy to deal with the three of them.

"Get out of the way? You want us to get out of the way?"

Chen Jiahe laughed, and even blew a puff of smoke at Li Weidong.

"Stand back."

Li Weidong turned his head and said something to Zhou Xiaobai.

"be careful."

Zhou Xiaobai's small face was pale, and she didn't know whether it was cold or scared, but at this moment, after hearing Li Weidong's words, she was unusually well-behaved, and she just gave a word of advice, and then retreated a certain distance.

But just when Li Weidong was about to make a move, a figure quickly stood in front of him.

"I come!"

"Li Zhankui, this matter has nothing to do with you."

The person who appeared suddenly was Li Zhankui.

And Chen Jiahe obviously knew him too, a look of fear flashed across his face, and he took two steps back.

The other two youths also looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.

"Have you thought about it?"

Li Weidong did not expect that Li Zhankui would appear by such a coincidence.

However, he still loosened his fist and asked seriously.

He believed that Li Zhankui must understand what he meant.

"Well, after thinking about it, how to deal with it?"

There was no expression on Li Zhankui's face.

"Anyway, it's also a classmate, so they just talk a little bit cheaply, and punish them with small punishments, one person with one arm."

Li Weidong felt that he had to change his past style, and he couldn't break people's legs easily.

Behind him, Zhou Xiaobai, who was originally relieved, widened his eyes when he heard his words. The expression was as cute as it could be, and it could be used as an emoji.

However, Li Zhankui was not surprised at all.

"Come on, let's go home first."

Li Weidong saw signs that people were already surrounding him, so he took Zhou Xiaobai's hand, greeted Li Weibin three times, turned and left.

Fighting is very common nowadays, even if an arm or a leg is broken, it is not as serious as in later generations.

What's more, it was the other party who looked for it first, and Li Weidong could testify as a public security officer, so even if the other party finally went to the police or the village, it was useless.

From the moment Li Weidong grabbed his little hand, Zhou Xiaobai was in a daze, and was dragged away in a daze.

As for Li Weibin, the three little guys obviously haven't played enough, but they don't dare to go against Li Weidong's intentions, so they can only look back three times.

Li Weidong left the ice, and before he had gone far, he heard screams from behind him.

It was too easy for Li Zhankui to deal with a few gangsters.

"Will something happen?"

After walking for a while, Zhou Xiaobai finally came to her senses. She tried to shake her hand a few times, but after being firmly grasped, she gave up and let Li Weidong lead her.

"It's just a fight, what can happen?"

Li Weidong shook his head, not caring about it at all. What he cared more about was that Li Zhankui had finally figured it out and was willing to stand up.

"Ah."

Hearing what Li Weidong said, Zhou Xiaobai felt relieved.

Although she is a little silly and sweet at times, she is not really stupid.

At the same time, I also vaguely understood what Li Weidong said before: Some people agree, but they just say it, and when something happens, they are the first to shrink back.And some people promised that they would really risk their lives.

There is no doubt that Li Zhankui belongs to the latter.

Li Weidong and Zhou Xiaobai returned to the second uncle's house, and Li Xueru immediately told about the matter on the dam, which saved Li Weidong a lot of talking.

After Li Shuquan heard this, he just nodded his head, expressing that he understood, and he also didn't take it to heart.

Lijiazhuang is next to Chen Gou, and the conflicts have not happened once or twice in these years, and even the most serious one, several guns were facing each other, and there was almost an exchange of fire.

Like now, just breaking a few arms is nothing.

What's more, the other party came to Lijiazhuang to find trouble. Even if there was no Li Zhankui, many people from Lijiazhuang would stand up if Li Weidong yelled at that time.

In a village, if the family is united, no one dares to bully you.

Between the two villages, only when the whole village is united can they not be afraid of being bullied by the neighbors.

So when it comes to village-to-village disputes, it's perfectly normal for everyone in the village to participate.

Not long after, Li Zhankui also came to the door.

His whole body looked the same as before, not even a piece of skin was wiped off.

"One of them broke his right hand, and the one named He accidentally knocked out a few teeth."

After returning, Li Zhankui said to Li Weidong.

After deciding to agree to Li Weidong, he knew exactly where he should stand.

"Today I have to go back to the city. Tomorrow you will take the certificate and go to the farm to find me. Do you know how to get there?"

Li Weidong pulled a stool for Li Zhankui and motioned him to sit down.

"I can find it."

Li Zhankui didn't know the location of the prison, but that didn't mean he couldn't find it.

"Okay, that's it."

Li Weidong nodded.

"Well, I'll go talk to her first."

Li Zhankui didn't sit down either. He came here mainly to tell Li Weidong that things on the dam had been done.

But now, with Li Weidong's promise, he wanted to tell that woman immediately.

Li Weidong could even imagine that after he left, something must have happened to Li Zhankui's family, which made him make up his mind so quickly, and went to the dam to look for him, only to meet that incident.

But these are all Li Zhankui's family affairs, and he doesn't want to interfere.

Everyone is only responsible for their own choices.

Not long after Li Zhankui left, Li Weidong saw that it was getting late, and there was still some way to go back to the city, so he bid farewell to his second uncle, and left with Zhou Xiaobai, carrying the two reluctant little guys.

At the same time, he also told his second uncle about going to the city during the Chinese New Year, and Li Shuquan agreed without hesitation.

Obviously, he had made this plan before.

But Li Weidong was able to speak out, and asked on behalf of Zhang Xiuzhen, Li Shuquan was quite satisfied.

Because of the addition of Zhou Xiaobai, Li Weidong's return to the countryside was only half completed this time.

There was another matter that was temporarily suppressed by him.

　Although it's Valentine's Day without a lover, it's a bit late, but I still want to say happy to everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)