sinovels Chapter 1744 Li Baoyu Chasing the Train (Bonus Chapter 215 by Alliance Leader Wanglouxi)
Chapter 1744 Li Baoyu Chasing the Train (Bonus Chapter 215 by Alliance Leader Wanglouxi)
Chapter 1744 Li Baoyu Chasing the Train (Bonus Chapter 215 by Alliance Leader Wanglouxi)
It was a bit foggy in the morning; looking out the window, you could see the fog stretching far into the distance.
The ground outside the Li family's house was also filled with white mist.
Jin Xiaomei lifted the lid of the pot and picked up some white steamed buns from the steamer rack.
Just then, Li Dayong, who had set the table, came over with bowls, chopsticks, and a small dish of sauce, and asked Jin Xiaomei, "Hasn't this kid come back yet?"
Since Li Baoyu separated from the family and lived independently, only one boy remained in their household.
Jin Xiaomei knew that Li Dayong was asking about Li Ruhai. She subconsciously glanced out the window and then laughed, "Wearing new clothes, you have to show them off a bit, right?"
“Those clothes aren’t for today,” Li Dayong laughed. “What if you catch a cold from showing off?”
"If he has a cold, just grab him by the legs and throw him out," Jin Xiaomei joked, and the couple laughed heartily.
Recently, when Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei were chatting at home, they often exclaimed how happy they were with their life now.
With their eldest son married and settled down, one of their burdens was lightened. Their eldest daughter-in-law was filial, sensible, and good at managing a household, which relieved them of worries about Li Baoyu.
Besides, their youngest son is also becoming more and more successful. The waistband of his cotton-padded trousers, which he had worn for many years, has improved, something that Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei never dared to dream of before.
As for their youngest daughter, although she is somewhat multifaceted and easily swayed, she is also very clever and adorable.
With a happy and fulfilling family life, good food and drink every day, and a stable income, Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei felt even more grateful to Zhao Jun and the Zhao family.
“Then let’s not wait for him.” Li Dayong put down his chopsticks and said, “Call your daughter to get up and eat. After you finish eating and tidy up, you should go to your older brother’s house.”
"What's the rush?" Jin Xiaomei asked. Li Dayong replied, "Weren't we discussing Xiaojun's department store business today?"
Yesterday, after Zhao Jun sent Zhao Chun's family back to Yongsheng, Li Baoyu noticed that his brother wasn't there, so he told everyone about Zhao Jun buying a house in the city and going to compete with a department store.
After Li Baoyu finished speaking, the people in the room began to discuss among themselves.
On the Zhao Group side, Zhao Weipeng, who knew about Zhao Jun's plan, gave it his full support, but within the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce, there were many different opinions.
Upon returning from Yongsheng, Zhao Jun, facing numerous questions, decided to convene another shareholders' meeting today to answer the doubts of all shareholders regarding the opening of the department store.
Hearing Li Dayong's words, Jin Xiaomei laughed and joked with him, saying, "You're not a shareholder, why are you worrying about this?"
"How can I not be a shareholder?" Li Dayong retorted, "Our family invested money, so am I not a shareholder?"
"I am!" Jin Xiaomei proudly declared her identity as a shareholder, then turned to Li Dayong and said, "You're not a shareholder. Did you attend our first shareholders' meeting?"
"I..." Li Dayong was speechless, then Jin Xiaomei said, "You didn't attend the second shareholders' meeting either."
Li Dayong remained silent, while Jin Xiaomei laughed and said, "Alright, you just focus on your work. My son and I can handle the meetings."
"Okay, then you go, I won't go." Li Dayong wasn't really arguing with Jin Xiaomei, but then he remembered something and quickly said, "But before you go to the meeting, keep an eye on our big brother. Whatever our big brother says, you have to support him."
Hearing Li Dayong say that, Jin Xiaomei pouted and muttered under her breath as she turned to ladle out soup, "I support it my ass!"
……
Today, we're discussing important matters, and all the major shareholders are very enthusiastic. The Zhang Yuanmin family and the Zhao Weipeng family arrived at 7:30 this morning.
Li Baoyu, who lived next door, accompanied his wife through the main gate. As soon as they entered the house, Wang Meilan said to him, "Baoyu, go and fetch Xiaoyun."
"Yes!" Li Baoyu replied and turned to walk out.
In broad daylight, under the clear sky, it's probably only Li Tongyun who would need someone to pick up an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl just for a five or six-minute walk from home.
Li Baoyu strode quickly, arriving at Li Dazhi's house in just over three minutes. Li Dazhi and his wife hadn't gone to work yet, and seeing Li Baoyu arrive to pick them up, they let Li Tongyun go with her brother.
As the two brothers walked towards the Zhao family compound, they heard people gossiping with Wei Tie's wife in front of Wei Tie's house.
"Tiezi's wife, have you heard?" Wu Dongxia asked softly, and Wei Tie's wife replied, "I have, Aunt Qi, isn't it about Zhang Laibao eating his mother's sore throat the year before last?"
That's how messages are passed on; they sound one way when you hear them from someone else, but another way when you pass them on yourself. The person passing on the message will add their own opinions and thoughts.
And so, it spread and spread until it became widely known.
Wu Dongxia stared in shock at Wei Tie's wife, while Li Baoyu and Li Tongyun, who were not far away, were stunned.
Wu Dongxia had extensive experience in spreading gossip, and she knew that someone had confused the two sets of gossip.
Zhang Laibao wanted to drink milk when he was eight years old, and two years ago he was caught peeping at women using the toilet, which was then spread as he wanted to eat porridge two years ago.
The same thing might be barely acceptable for an eight-year-old, but if it's an eighteen-year-old... well...
At this moment, Wu Dongxia blinked twice and asked Wei Tie's wife, "Tiezi's wife, didn't you know about Zhang Laibao prying open the women's restroom?"
"I know," Wei Tie's wife nodded, but then immediately added, "Aunt Qi, what's the big deal about that?"
Wu Dongxia, Li Baoyu, and Li Tongyun: "..."
Peeping into women's restrooms to watch women use the toilet is nothing compared to this?
But thinking about it, this is nothing compared to Zhang Laibao eating his mother's thorns when he was eighteen...
At this moment, Wu Dongxia smacked her lips, feeling somewhat disappointed. With Zhang Laibao's story being spread like this, would her inside information still have any market?
"Sigh!" Wu Dongxia sighed and left Wei Tie's courtyard in disappointment.
As soon as she came out, she saw Li Baoyu and Li Tongyun.
“Baoyu, Xiaoyun.” Wu Dongxia’s eyes lit up when she saw the two, but remembering that they were Li Ruhai’s older brother and sister, Wu Dongxia knew there was no need to gossip with them.
To Wu Dongxia's surprise, before she could say anything to Li Baoyu and Li Tongyun, Li Baoyu asked her, "Aunt Qi, what did you just say? Zhang Laibao broke into the women's restroom?"
"Mmm," Wu Dongxia responded subconsciously, then looked at Li Baoyu and said, "Don't you know, Baoyu? Didn't Ruhai tell you?"
Li Baoyu shook his head, but then he realized what was going on and asked, "This was passed down by Li Ruhai?"
"Ah!" Wu Dongxia nodded, then remembered something and hurriedly said, "By the way, Baoyu, this morning Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa, those two brothers, were beaten by Ruhai."
"Huh?" Li Baoyu and Li Tongyun were startled upon hearing this. The siblings stepped forward together and asked, "What kind of fight is it?"
"Oh dear!" Wu Dongxia said, "Ru Hai's face is all bruised, his nose is bleeding, and his mouth is all ulcerated."
Upon hearing Wu Dongxia's words, Li Tongyun roared, "Outrageous! He dares to hit my brother? Does he think the Li family has no one to rely on?"
"This is outrageous!" Li Baoyu said angrily, "Beating a dog... no, beating a younger brother should be done with consideration for the older brother! They're beating each other so badly, how can I let them get away with this!"
After Li Baoyu finished speaking, he looked at Li Tongyun. The two siblings looked at each other, nodded in unison, and then turned and headed towards Zhang Laibao's house.
Looking in the direction Li Baoyu and Li Tongyun had left, Wu Dongxia muttered to herself, "Serves you right, you damn Zhang Laibao, I'll teach you to be inhuman!"
After muttering to herself, Wu Dongxia quickly went to catch up with Li Baoyu and Li Tongyun.
……
At the same time, Zhang Laifa hurried out of his house. After walking out of the yard, Zhang Laifa looked back at his house and then let out a long sigh of relief.
In the east room of the Zhang family, Zhang Zhanhe was glaring angrily at Zhang Laibao, while his wife, Zhao Hui, sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) wiping away tears.
"Sister-in-law, what's going on?" Zhao Hui cried to Xu Meihua, "Everyone in the village has heard about this, how can I live with myself now?"
"Oh dear, sister-in-law," Xu Meihua said helplessly, "That's all in the past. So what do you suggest we do?"
At this point, Xu Meihua pointed at Zhang Laibao and said, "Why don't you have his second uncle give him another beating?"
"Sigh!" Zhang Zhanhe sighed heavily. Four years have passed since this incident. Back then, he beat Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa to a pulp. What's the point of beating them now?
"No, sister-in-law?" But Zhang Zhanhe felt a tightness in his chest. He looked at Xu Meihua and asked, "I'm just wondering, only a few of us know about this. If it wasn't Laibao or Laifa who told us, then who else could it be?"
"Then...then..." Xu Meihua couldn't explain it clearly. At this moment, Xu Meihua suddenly remembered that she had secretly told Xu Guohua about this matter back then.
That's because when Xu Guohua returned home from cutting down scions on the mountain, he heard that Zhang Zhanshan was beating Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa to death, so he, as the eldest uncle, came over to ask about it.
Xu Meihua didn't hide anything from her own younger brother and told Xu Guohua about it.
However, Xu Meihua believed that her brother would never tell anyone about this.
Seeing that Xu Meihua remained silent, Zhang Zhanhe's anger flared up again, and he immediately pressed, "Could it be that I told his second aunt?"
"No, no!" Xu Meihua said, getting up and slapping Zhang Laibao hard across the face. Then, while winking at Zhang Laibao, she loudly questioned, "You little brat, did you say that?"
"No, Mom!" Zhang Laibao covered his face and said, "Am I crazy? Would I tell anyone about this?"
Xu Meihua thought it was Zhang Laibao who said it, but it really wasn't.
"Then how did the news get out?" Xu Meihua pressed, but Zhang Zhanhe interrupted, asking Zhang Laibao, "Could it be that they came here to spread rumors?"
"I don't know," Zhang Laibao said. "Lai Fa went to work. Maybe we should ask him when he gets back."
"What are you asking for? What good will it do you? If it turns out he's the one who said it, will I have any face?"
"Zhanhe, calm down," Xu Meihua advised Zhang Zhanhe, "It's already like this, what are we going to do?"
After saying this, Xu Meihua pointed at Zhang Laibao again and said to Zhang Zhanhe, "Why don't you just kill him? Just pretend I didn't support him. What a piece of shit."
Xu Meihua's words, though seemingly a rebuke to Zhang Laibao, were actually a way of suppressing Zhang Zhanhe's anger.
Would a second uncle really kill his nephew? Besides, even if Zhang Zhanhe could be that ruthless, the GA wouldn't allow it.
Zhang Zhanhe had no choice but to sit back down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) in a huff. At this moment, Zhao Hui said to Xu Meihua, "Sister-in-law, if you ask me, we should stop having any contact with each other from now on."
Upon hearing Zhao Hui's words, Zhang Zhanhe abruptly turned to look at his wife.
"Sister-in-law, what are you saying?" Xu Meihua had just opened her mouth when Zhao Hui said, "Sister-in-law, let's not talk about anything else. Ever since my eldest brother left, Zhanhe has done a lot of work for your family, hasn't he?"
I'll gather firewood for you, and every few days I'll come and chop some for you. What good food do I cook at home? My husband and I barely have enough to eat ourselves, and I still have to bring some to you guys.”
At this point, Zhao Hui suddenly raised her hand and pinched Zhang Zhanhe's chin, turning his face towards Xu Meihua and Zhang Laibao, saying, "Look at the beating you gave us. I didn't think your family was anything special, we're just close relatives, and I thought I'd help if I could. But look at this, how did Zhanhe get beaten up in your family's affairs?"
"Sister-in-law, look..." Xu Meihua wanted to say something, but Zhao Hui waved her hand and said, "Forget it, sister-in-law, let's not have any contact with each other anymore."
“His second aunt?” Xu Meihua said hurriedly, “That won’t do. Zhanshan and Zhanhe are brothers, Zhanshan…”
Before Xu Meihua could finish speaking, a loud shout came from outside: "Zhang Laibao! Get out here right now!"
Upon hearing this sound, the four people in the room all got up and looked out the window.
Seeing Li Baoyu burst into the courtyard, Zhang Zhanhe was somewhat bewildered.
Zhang Zhanhe was still reeling from the shock of the day, and his mind was a bit foggy. He thought to himself, "What does it have to do with you, Li Baoyu, that my nephew saw my wife going to the toilet?"
At this moment, Xu Meihua's expression changed drastically. She grabbed Zhang Laibao's sleeve and asked, "You were watching Jin Xiaomei go to the toilet?"
"No, no!" Zhang Laibao kept shaking his head, but then he heard a loud bang from the outer room as Li Baoyu kicked the door open and entered.
"Zhang Laibao!" Li Baoyu first glanced at the west room, then looked into the east room. Seeing someone in the east room, he barged in.
"What are you doing, Li Baoyu?" Xu Meihua mustered up her courage to block Li Baoyu, but was slapped away by Li Baoyu.
Seeing this, Zhang Zhanhe instinctively stood up, but Zhao Hui held him back tightly. Just now, Zhao Hui had seen Li Tongyun through the window.
Despite having four people on her side, Zhao Hui, who had been beaten by Li Tongyun before, knew that even if she and Xu Meihua were tied together, they wouldn't be a match for Li Tongyun.
As for Li Baoyu dealing with Zhang Zhanhe and Zhang Laibao, that was a piece of cake.
"Damn it..." Li Baoyu grabbed Zhang Laibao by the collar, lifted him up, and swung his arm to slap him twice across the face.
With two sharp "slaps," Zhang Laibao's cheeks instantly swelled up.
"Li Baoyu!" Xu Meihua rushed towards Li Baoyu, grabbing his arm and refusing to let go, trying to save Zhang Laibao.
But then, a buffalo leather shoe kicked Xu Meihua hard in the stomach, sending her flying off the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
Li Tongyun, who kicked out, glanced at Zhang Zhanhe and Zhao Hui, then walked over and punched Zhang Laibao in the right eye.
Zhang Laibao's right eye swelled up instantly, with only a slit between the thick, swollen upper and lower eyelids.
Li Tongyun didn't throw a second punch, but instead shouted, "Where's Zhang Laifa!"
"He's gone to work." As Zhang Laibao said this, the short whistle of the little train reached their ears.
Li Baoyu and Li Tongyun both knew that this was the train whistle that urged the employees to hurry up and board the train after it arrived at the station.
Li Baoyu threw Zhang Laibao to the ground, turned around and walked out. Li Tongyun glared at Xu Meihua, who was struggling to get up, and followed Li Baoyu out.
Li Tongyun had clearly come out with Li Baoyu, but once they left the Zhang family courtyard, she could only see Li Baoyu's back.
On the commuter train, Zhang Laifa, sitting in the corner, was restless.
“That has nothing to do with me. I didn’t say it. It must have been my brother who said it.” Zhang Laifa was comforting himself when he suddenly heard a long whistle, the signal that the little train was about to start.
Upon hearing the long whistle, a worker went to close the doors. But just then, a furious roar rang out: "Zhang Laifa, get out of the car!"
"Huh?" Zhang Laifa suddenly jumped up from his seat, and Li Dayong, Lin Xiangshun and the others all turned to look at Zhang Laifa.
They all recognized it; it was Li Baoyu's voice.
Just then, the little train started moving, and the locomotive slowly pulled the carriages away from the platform. Li Baoyu strode onto the platform and ran after the train.
This kid is both fierce and unruly. When he couldn't hit Zhang Laifa, he got stubborn and started to fight back.
Li Baoyu ran more than 300 meters in one breath. He ran alongside the train for the first 200 meters, and it wasn't until the last 100 meters that he started to distance himself from the train.
Li Baoyu waved his arm and shouted at the back of the train, "Zhang Laifa, you'll be back soon!"
After shouting, Li Baoyu stood there angrily, hands on his hips. Just then, a voice came from not far away: "Ruhai, isn't that Brother Baoyu?"
"Huh?" Li Baoyu was taken aback, and then that familiar voice rang out: "Hurry up and go, I'm not that reckless!"
Brothers, I'm going to buy coal for the winter tomorrow, so I won't be able to update during the day. I'll update two chapters tonight, with an extra chapter if necessary.
(End of this chapter)