sbdcsierra Chapter 1727 5 Yuan Smash on Big Pants (Thanks to Alliance Leader Kang Pangpang for the extra 55 cha
Chapter 1727 5 Yuan Smash on Big Pants (Thanks to Alliance Leader Kang Pangpang for the extra 55 cha
Chapter 1727 Five Hundred Thousand Yuan Smash the Big Pants (Thanks to Alliance Leader Kang Pangpang for the extra 55 chapters)
That evening, Zhao's family ate a mixed rice dish, fried fish, braised river fish in soy sauce, and fried fish sauce. The meal almost made the stomachs of everyone, young and old, burst.
After finishing their meal and cleaning up, men, women, and children gathered together to watch an episode of "The Legend of Huo Yuanjia," and then the diners went home.
The second day went by as usual; everyone ate, drank, chatted, and laughed together, and the day passed quickly.
They didn't know the Japanese were coming, and they had completely forgotten about the Japanese.
Because they've had something even more interesting going on these past two days: teasing Li Baoyu.
As the wedding day drew closer, Li Baoyu became increasingly abnormal, often lost in thought, accompanied by a dazed look and silly giggles.
According to Li Ruhai, Li Baoyu dreamt last night that he was getting married and was so happy that Li Ruhai woke up laughing.
The next day was Wednesday, the 12th of 1988, the day Old Liu's family held their wedding banquet.
Liu Yunfeng has been teaching in Yong'an for nearly 20 years, and his character and professional ethics are widely recognized throughout the forest area.
Although Liu Yunfeng isn't a forestry worker, almost every household in the four residential areas had someone come to celebrate his wedding. The forestry station even had a half-day shift today, with a shuttle bus heading directly to Yong'an at noon to take the workers to Liu's house for the wedding.
So, even though the dishes at Old Liu's banquet weren't particularly fancy, quite a few people came.
In anticipation of the banquet for Sanyou, Zhao Youcai got up at five o'clock in the morning, before dawn, to go and help at Lao Liu's house.
Li Baoyu got up even earlier than Zhao Youcai, getting up before four o'clock to get ready.
Li Ruhai, who was woken up by Li Baoyu, didn't say anything. Li Baoyu could stay in this house for another five nights. Once Li Baoyu moved out of the family, it wouldn't be easy for the two brothers to sleep on the same kang (heated brick bed) again.
Li Ruhai silently got up, wrapped himself in a blanket, and watched Li Baoyu fuss over himself. After Li Baoyu finished getting ready, Li Ruhai teased him with a smile, saying, "Brother, you got up so early, why don't you go help my sister-in-law at her house with our uncle?"
After Li Ruhai finished speaking, Li Baoyu blinked his eyes and then growled, "What utter nonsense! How could I go!"
"Hahaha..." Li Ruhai laughed loudly, "Does this even need to be thought about? That definitely won't work!"
After finishing dinner around six o'clock, Li Baoyu stood by the window waiting. Li Xiaoqiao yawned and looked at her older brother with disdain.
At 7:30, Zhao Jun arrived at the Li family's house in his jeep. He parked the jeep outside the Li family's courtyard, and Zhang Yuanmin and Xie Chen got out of the back seat.
Later, Zhao Jinhui, who would be having dinner at the Li family's house, would walk together to the Liu family's house for the wedding banquet. The empty back seat of the jeep was for transporting the Li family.
Urged on by Li Baoyu, Li Dayong, Jin Xiaomei, Li Xiaoqiao, and Zhao Jinhui followed him out of the house.
As soon as Li Baoyu came out, he saw Zhang Yuanmin and Xie Chen clasping their hands in greeting to him.
Li Baoyu grinned and responded with a laugh. Then he went to the passenger side, opened the car door, took out a pack of Shilin cigarettes from his pocket, and handed it to the matchmaker, Liu Tiezui.
At this moment, Li Ruhai raised his hand to cover his mouth and whispered to Zhang Yuanmin, "Brother Zhang, if we use me to act as matchmaker, wouldn't we save on the cost of cigarettes?"
Li Ruhai was just joking; he has given up hope of becoming a matchmaker.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuanmin laughed and said, "You guarantee it, that saves money."
"Right?" Li Ruhai smiled, and then Zhang Yuanmin said, "You've already saved us all the matchmakers, so doesn't that save us some money?"
"Hahaha..." Li Ruhai and Zhang Yuanmin laughed heartily, but then the smile on Li Ruhai's face suddenly disappeared. He looked in the direction of the outhouse and said, "Why are you here?"
At this moment, everyone saw Keiya Ishii, Mayumi Mori, Tomotaro Murata, Chen Yifeng, and Zhang Laibao walking towards them.
Upon seeing Keiya Ishii, Li Ruhai frowned, took a step back, and prepared to go inside to retrieve the money to return to the Japanese soldier.
At this moment, Chen Yifeng smiled at Li Ruhai and said, "Groom, we've made it in time! Can we have a celebratory meal?"
"Can't eat it! Get lost!" Li Baoyu glared and said, "Today is my big day, don't you dare come looking for me to mess with you!"
Li Baoyu reacted so strongly because his father-in-law's father, uncle, and third uncle—three brothers—had been captured by the Japanese devils to work on the railway, and none of them returned.
Over the years, Liu Yunfeng has said more than once that the Japanese devils are beasts. If Li Baoyu dares to bring a Japanese devil to a wedding banquet, Liu Yunfeng will get furious.
"Damn it! They're so ungrateful!" Zhang Yuanmin muttered under his breath, then went over and shoved Li Baoyu in the back, saying, "Baoyu, don't pay them any attention. Today is your special day, you should get in the car and leave, just leave this to your older brother."
Li Baoyu looked at Zhang Yuanmin and saw Zhang Yuanmin nod heavily. Li Baoyu took a deep breath, pulled open the door, and got into the car.
As Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei got into the car, Li Xiaoqiao sat in Jin Xiaomei's lap, but Li Ruhai did not get in.
"Mom, you guys go ahead." Li Ruhai said this to Jin Xiaomei while peeking out of the car, then slammed the door shut.
Seeing Zhang Yuanmin there, Zhao Jun felt reassured. Fearing he might delay Li Baoyu's good time, he immediately started his car and drove to the Liu family.
At this moment, in front of the Li family compound, Zhang Yuanmin, Xie Chen, and Zhao Jinhui remained, facing off against Chen Yifeng and Ishii's group of five. Li Ruhai went inside to get the money.
Although Jin Xiaomei had given away all the profits from her earlier work as a middleman and loan shark, Zhao Weipeng rewarded Li Ruhai with two hundred yuan for helping him investigate Yangjia Village, catch the Zheng family father and son, and recover the swindled money.
In addition, Zhao Jun would occasionally reward him with two items, so Li Ruhai still had money in his hands.
When Li Ruhai came out of his house, he also brought with him a semi-automatic rifle and a barrel-mounted gun.
Upon seeing Li Ruhai pull out a gun, Chen Yifeng, who was negotiating with Zhang Yuanmin, changed his expression and said, "Young man, what are you doing?"
"Here you go!" Li Ruhai ignored Chen Yifeng, came over and handed the money in his hand to Ishii Keiya, saying, "Two hundred, take it quickly."
Ishii Keiya had come all this way, and he certainly wasn't here for the two hundred yuan. Before he showed himself, he had heard Zhang Laibao identify Zhang Yuanmin. Now, looking at the short man in front of him, Ishii Keiya waved to Li Ruhai and then said to Zhang Yuanmin, "Mr. Zhang, I've come today to sit down and talk with you."
“Okay.” Zhang Yuanmin smiled and said, “What do you want to talk about? Just say it.”
At this moment, Zhang Yuanmin had only one thought: don't let these few stinky fish ruin today's delicious soup.
“Then let’s not talk here.” Suddenly, Zhang Laibao interjected, “Let’s go to my house, no one’s home.”
"Ha!" Zhang Yuanmin sneered, accepting all comers, and said, "Then let's go."
After saying that, Zhang Yuanmin patted Li Ruhai twice and said, "Go on, Ruhai, take the gun to the house. It's alright, Brother Zhang is here."
Finally having a chance to show off in front of Li Ruhai, Zhang Yuanmin was determined to seize the opportunity.
When Li Ruhai returned to the hospital, Zhang Yuanmin said to Xie Chen and Zhao Jinhui, "Xiao Chen and Jinhui, you two go over there after Ruhai comes out. See if there's anything you can help with."
Xie Chen and Zhao Jinhui responded in unison, watching Zhang Yuanmin and the five men leave.
But when Li Ruhai came out, he was unwilling to go with Xie Chen and Zhao Jinhui, saying only, "Brother Chen, Brother Hui, you two go first, I'll take the money to that little devil."
After saying that, Li Ruhai jogged off to catch up with Zhang Yuanmin.
Today, Zhang Laifa went to work, and Xu Meihua went to Lao Liu's house to help out. Just as Zhang Laibao said, there was no one else at his house.
Zhang Yuanmin had just sat down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) when Li Ruhai caught up with him. Zhang Yuanmin pulled Li Ruhai to his side and asked the Japanese soldier, "How did you know me?"
Zhao Jun learned from Chu Anmin that the Japanese were coming, so he called Hebei Huichuntang, but Manager Huang said they didn't have any Japanese customers there. So everyone was puzzled as to how these people knew about Zhang Yuanmin.
Although Zhang Yuanmin said in front of everyone that he must have become famous, he actually had some doubts in his heart.
After Kei Ishii finished talking about the black bear monster specimen, Yuanmin Zhang's eyes lit up and he asked, "You really wrote it down for me?"
“Really.” Kei Ishii nodded and said, “It was reported in the news and newspapers that day.”
"Where's the newspaper?" Zhang Yuanmin asked. Ishii Kei was also taken aback, then looked at Mori Mayumi.
Mayumi Mori took out that day's edition of the "Xinwanbao" newspaper from her briefcase and handed it to Zhang Yuanmin.
When Zhang Yuanmin looked at it, the front page was a report about the Black Bear Monster and the Pig God, with photos on it, but no introductory plaques.
Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai read the report word by word, only to find that it did not mention Zhao Jun or Zhang Yuanmin.
The two brothers were somewhat disappointed, but as they put away the newspaper, Zhang Yuanmin and Li Ruhai exchanged a glance and confirmed Zhao Jun's deduction: the Japanese devils were after the golden bear bile.
Zhang Yuanmin casually tossed the newspaper onto the kang table, looked at Ishii Keiya, and laughed, "You've come here to interview me?"
Kei Ishii was taken aback, then smiled wryly and said, "Mr. Zhang, I'm here for the bear's gallbladder."
"You're not going to get any bear bile," Zhang Yuanmin said. Ishii Kei then asked, "Has it been sold?"
“Sold, sold before the New Year.” Zhang Yuanmin was telling the truth, but Chen Yifeng laughed and said, “Buddy, I’m a local from Daohua County. My older brother is a big shot in Shanhe, Shulan, and Dunhua. We’ve never heard of any pharmacies or supply and marketing cooperatives in these places buying golden bear bile.”
Chen Yifeng spoke with great confidence, never expecting that someone in the remote mountains would be so clever as to sell bear bile all the way to Hebei. The Zhao family's business dealings in Hebei hadn't spread outside the Yong'an forest area, so Zhang Laibao was unaware of it.
Zhang Yuanmin glanced at Chen Yifeng and sneered, "So, do we need to ask you what we're selling before we even know?"
Zhang Yuanmin's words were blunt, but Ishii Keiya was overjoyed. He had only heard about it before, but wasn't sure if the Black Bear Monster had really produced a golden bear gall.
The fact that Zhang Yuanmin spoke naturally without changing his expression when Chen Yifeng deliberately mentioned golden bear bile proves that golden bear bile truly exists.
“No, buddy, you can’t talk like that.” At this moment, Chen Yifeng said to Zhang Yuanmin with a smile, “Mr. Ishii said that the price of golden bear bile is high, and he’s afraid that you won’t be able to sell it at a good price and will lose money.”
“Hehe…” Zhang Yuanmin glanced at Ishii Keiya and thought to himself that the fact that he had come to the remote mountain valleys to look for the golden bear gallbladders time and time again meant that he was determined to get it.
If you tell them that you and your brothers sold bear bile to Hebei, they might even chase you all the way to Hebei.
But that day, Zhao Jun said that good things shouldn't fall into the hands of the Japanese. Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanmin said to Ishii Keiya, "Golden bear bile will never be sold to you, don't even think about it."
To Zhang Yuanmin's surprise, Ishii Kei was even happier when he said this, and immediately raised his hand to Zhang Yuanmin and said, "You killed that black bear, so the bear gall should be yours! 500,000 for your golden bear gall."
(End of this chapter)