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

"Uncle, aunt, I'm really sorry that it took so long."

At the gate of Quanjude, Li Weidong received Zhou Xiaobai's family and was the first to apologize.

Originally, he had made an appointment with the old lady after her birthday last time, and the two families would get together on the weekend.

But I didn't expect that because of Mei Chuqing's incident, things were delayed. It took another full week before the two families met.

The location is Quanjude, where Li Shuqun made the final decision.

In his words, since it is a treat, he should eat well, and he should not be petty and be looked down upon by others.

This is obviously due to his pride.

The son strives for success, that is the son, he cannot be compared to me, he must save some face.

This is not an ordinary place where you can have a roast duck.

Although the price of pork has increased a bit this year, the price of pork on the market is only [-] cents per pound.

But Quanjude's roast duck costs ten yuan a piece, and after roasting it is only two pounds. In this way, it is equivalent to five yuan a pound.

Who in a normal family would be willing to eat roast duck?
Moreover, one roast duck is definitely not enough for a family meal. Even if you add some other dishes to satisfy your craving, at least two ducks are enough.

Because of Li Shuqun's good reputation, he specially bought a bottle of Maotai.

So this meal costs 40 yuan, which is equivalent to a month's salary of an ordinary worker.

It can be seen that ordinary people cannot afford Quanjude’s duck at all. The most they can do is stand at the door and smell it.

"It's okay. Xiaobai has already told us. You can just be busy beforehand. We are not outsiders. We can have a meal anytime."

The more Zhou Bingan looks at Li Weidong, the more satisfied he becomes.

It's not that he dislikes poverty and loves wealth. With his family's financial background, no matter what kind of partner Zhou Xiaobai finds, he won't be wronged, especially since he only has one daughter, Zhou Xiaobai, and won't they all be daughters in the future?
Moreover, these days it is very popular for rich people to marry into innocent ordinary families.

What is an ordinary family?
Lou Xiao'e's marriage to Xu Damao is a very typical representative.

At that time, Lou Bancheng was very prestigious. Although it later declined, the family's wealth was not weak. However, because the Lou family was a capitalist, they received a lot of cold looks.

No young man with potential and promise would marry a daughter from the Lou family.

Although the Zhou family is different. The Zhou family has completed its transformation over the years. In terms of family wealth, it may not be as strong as the Lou family. However, Zhou Xiaobai's uncle chose another path. Even Zhou Bing'an handed over his industry early and entered the industrial and commercial world to develop, which is almost the same. Already ashore.

But when it comes to their daughter's marriage, Zhou Bing'an and his wife have similar opinions, that is, just find an ordinary, innocent family and live in peace and harmony.

Li Weidong's initial impression in the Zhou family was that of a small bureaucrat who wanted to climb up and become an official.

This made Zhou Bingan a little unhappy.

Because based on his experience, he has seen many such people. In order to climb up, he will become unprincipled and have no bottom line, until he destroys himself.

Until later, Zhou Bingan was framed by his so-called friend Zhang Qinhua, and his family was almost destroyed. At the critical moment, Li Weidong took action and saved the Zhang family.

This is a life-saving favor.

Coupled with the fact that Zhou Xiaobai's heart had long been attached to Li Weidong, and the ability shown by Li Weidong, Zhou Bingan completely gave up his previous 'unreliable' ideas.

Ordinary innocent families may be peaceful and stable, but they have no ability to withstand wind and waves.

Instead of doing this, it is better to find a man who has the ability to protect his daughter.

There is no doubt that Li Weidong's previous actions have passed the test.

The key is that Li Weidong's family background is considered innocent. His father is just a small section chief. And Li Weidong has climbed so fast not by flattering others or betraying others, but by solving cases, getting first-class merit, and actually going to work. Climb up.

In this way, the foundation will be solid and there will be few future troubles, enough to protect Zhou Xiaobai.

So now Zhou Bing'an is optimistic about this marriage, and even hopes that the two can get married soon, and he is completely relieved.

"Uncle, aunt, please come inside."

Li Weidong didn't say anything else.

This week, he really didn't have much time to spare.

After capturing Mei Chuqing, he unexpectedly found the real batch of mysterious materials. Originally, according to Li Weidong's usual style, he would retire after his achievements and share the credit. Hello, me, everyone.

But that day, after he reported the situation to Zhen Jingting, the chief had no intention of letting him go. He directly named him and asked him to continue to be responsible for the following matters, that is, interrogating Mei Chuqing and digging out things under the courtyard.

Mei Chuqing's interrogation was very simple. The other party revealed another team hidden in the city and a deputy leader from Shang Hai.

She was able to come to the capital as the instructor of Shanghai Headquarters. The letter of introduction and the work certificate were all obtained by the deputy leader, who was also from the other party.

As for the arrest, Li Weidong didn't have to worry about it at all. He handed over Mei Chuqing's confession, and he didn't need to worry about the rest.

Over in the courtyard, the staff of the Red Star Third Repertory Theater also interrogated everyone, which made people panic.

Especially according to the news Li Weidong received, this drama troupe may be cancelled.

After the courtyard was vacated, excavations started immediately, and the original entrance was cleverly hidden under the pond in the backyard.

But later the pond was filled in and houses were built.

This was also the reason why Mei Chuqing didn't take immediate action after reporting for duty.

Because it would be impossible for her to dig a passage on her own.

So she could only settle down first and then look for opportunities and people to quietly dig in. This was destined to be a long period.

But now, I don't have so many worries. I just demolish the house built on it and then send more manpower to dig.

Just one day later, the originally filled pond was completely cleared and the entrance was found.

Afterwards, it was 'secret' to move the materials out.

Let’s not talk about the weapons. Although they have been used for many years, they are well preserved. They are all covered with butter and wrapped tightly. They can be used with a little wiping.

When the weapons were carried out, even Li Weidong and Zhen Jingting were a little frightened.

Although guns are not allowed nowadays, it is still a bit scary for a weapon that can arm 1000 people to be hidden here like this.

In addition to weapons, food can only be fed to pigs because it has been stored for too long.

On the other hand, those five tons of gold will not deteriorate even if they are stored for another hundred or eighty years.

And five tons is just an imaginary number. There are both large and small yellow croakers, as well as many gold jewelry.Li Weidong was not greedy, he just pretended to touch it a few times. Everyone could testify for him that he had not pretended to take away any piece of his body. He even had his body searched after he came out with the account book. To show innocence.

As the person fully responsible for this matter, even if Li Weidong didn't do it, no one would have any objections, but he did it anyway.

Just like when he found Gui Shaoning's first secret room, if Li Weidong hadn't gone back to call someone and opened the secret room in front of everyone, even if he really didn't take anything, he wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, a little wind and rain are enough to sprout.

Therefore, the more this kind of thing happens, the more cautious you must be, and you must not leave the slightest excuse to others.

After Li Weidong got the list, he studied it with Zhen Jingting. Both of them knew that there would be a big arrest later.

The list was written down in a code. In this way, even if someone accidentally obtained it, they would not be able to understand it at all. Unless there is a corresponding code book, it can be decrypted.

Mei Chuqing naturally had the code book in her hands, and after Li Weidong's interrogation, she "honestly" explained clearly.

As the list was decrypted, Li Weidong even saw a few familiar names on it.

Zhen Jingting was mainly responsible for the subsequent arrests, and then Li Weidong was responsible for the interrogation.

This work took several days of busy work before it was over, which was the main reason why Li Weidong never took time out.

After finishing his work there, he went home, then went to the farm to find Zhou Xiaobai, and finally decided to meet between the two families today.

Mei Chuqing was arrested, her people were wiped out, and many hidden people were dug out. This battle even alarmed the higher-ups, and Li Weidong received several praises.

He has decided to take the lion's share of the credit, but this time there are a lot of things involved, so he probably has to wait a while.

However, Li Weidong is not too impatient. Anyway, no one will cause trouble this time when rewards are given based on merit.

During this period, Li Weidong heard Zhen Jingting mention that Director Gu, who was causing trouble inside, was recorded in detail by the guards because of what he said that he shouldn't have said, and he finally retired sadly.

In addition, there is someone who supports Li Weidong and scares the monkeys. Who dares to take credit for his achievements?

To say who has the greatest 'grievance', it must be Xiang Tianming. Although he was involved previously and captured one of Xu Mobai's group from the drug store, he was the murderer who kidnapped and threatened the prison logistics officer. But what happened next, he But he is not qualified to intervene.

If you really want to talk about it, he is just the leader of the prison interrogation intelligence team, and he only needs to take care of his own territory.

Even Chen Xia, because of Li Weidong, took many members of the special operations team to participate in the arrest operation and gained a lot of credit.

Therefore, Xiang Tianming's resentment is mainly directed at Chen Xia.

It was obvious that he was the one who hugged the thigh first, but he was surpassed time and time again by the latecomer Chen Xia. Originally, he was already satisfied after becoming the leader of the interrogation intelligence team, but as time went by, he was replaced by Chen Xia, a flatterer. After a comparison, my heart became more and more unbalanced, and I even regretted my original choice.

If I had known this, it would be better to let that guy Chang Qingbo continue to be the team leader, abandon him, and fulfill myself.

Especially after the new captain took office, he obviously did not attach much importance to the interrogation intelligence team. Without the trust and support of the captain, one can imagine his future life.

Too bad it's too late to say anything.

Sorry for the first time.

In the box, the meeting between the two families was unusually harmonious. Li Shuqun was talking to Zhou Bingan, and Li Weidong was accompanying him.

Zhang Xiuzhen and Zhou Xiaobai's mother sandwiched their daughter in the middle.

The former is as satisfied as he wants with Zhou Xiaobai. Although he comes from a good background, Zhou Xiaobai does not have the airs of a young lady, nor does he have a slow and willful character.

Zhou Xiaobai's mother Su Peiyun is also satisfied with Li Weidong, the future son-in-law, so this family dinner will be as harmonious as possible.

During this period, they talked about the marriage between Li Weidong and Zhou Xiaobai. Since Li Weidong will not be old until next year, the two families discussed it and decided to get engaged first at the end of the year.

Although engagement is not very popular nowadays, in most cases, two young people meet and talk for two months through the introduction of a matchmaker, and then get married directly if they are suitable.

If Li Weidong did not have his current status and was not a cadre, there would be no problem even if he got married directly.

A lot of people in rural areas get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and it is not so strict to get a certificate.

But some things cannot help but be looked at under a magnifying glass.

Especially Zhou Bingan, the more satisfied he is with Li Weidong, the less excuses he will leave for people to attack Li Weidong.

During the whole process, Zhou Xiaobai's face was slightly red, and he lowered his head and dared not speak. No matter Zhang Xiuzhen asked or Su Peiyun talked to her, he would just keep nodding.

In short: the daughter has no opinion, everything is decided by the elders.

After finishing the meal, Li Shuqun went to pay the bill with a flushed face. He was not ashamed, but mainly because he was happy after drinking today, and he and Zhou Bing'an felt like they were like old friends at first sight.

He even had a vague feeling of turning over in his heart.

Even if your current level, Li Weidong, is higher than mine, what's the use?

Shouldn't it be important for me to personally handle a major life event like marriage?

Can you do it on your own?
To put it bluntly, he, Li Shuqun, is the real head of the family.

Didn't you watch Zhou Bingan call him one of the big brothers in the book group during the dinner?
He, Li Weidong, is also the role of serving tea and water.

After being satisfied, Li Shuqun and Zhou Bingan made an appointment to have tea together when they had time, then sent each other off and staggered home with Zhang Xiuzhen.

Li Weidong and Zhou Xiaobai, a newly minted couple, were strongly urged by their two families to take advantage of their free weekends to go shopping and watch movies by themselves.

"Let's go, take you somewhere."

Li Weidong doesn't go shopping.

The main reason is that there is nothing to visit nowadays. The most famous one is the department store. For others, it is good to go and broaden their horizons, but neither Li Weidong nor Zhou Xiaobai are interested in the things there.

Seeing that it was still early, Li Weidong took Zhou Xiaobai to find a place to go.

On the street, Zhou Xiaobai was held by Li Weidong's hand. He felt goosebumps all over his body, his heart was beating hard, and his face turned red again.

Although she had made out with Li Weidong more than once or twice, not to mention holding hands, she also did more.

But that was in the office, in the room, just the two of them.

But now, it was in public, with people coming and going. With Zhou Xiaobai's thin skin, he couldn't stand it.

So she didn't hear clearly what Li Weidong said at all. She could only be like a wooden man, like a quail, being held by Li Weidong's hand and following step by step.

It wasn't until he stopped in an alley with no one around that Zhou Xiaobai came back to his senses in a daze and cast a puzzled look at Li Weidong.

Why did you bring me here?