Chapter 149: Caught in the act
Chapter 149: Caught in the act
So Ye Xin didn't ask any more questions, but just said: "Son, you can handle this by yourself, Mom believes in you."
"Yeah!" Li Jiayi nodded heavily.
"By the way, son, where are your older sister?" Ye Xin asked.
"Like me, I'm going to take the technical secondary school entrance exam."
His eldest sister was only one grade higher than him and there was no way for her to skip a grade. If she went to college, she would also graduate in six or seven years.
As for my second sister, there is no need to mention her. She is one grade lower than me and is destined to only go to a technical secondary school.
For the next week, Li Jiayi basically spent his time breaking and collecting ice at Xizhimen, and when he had time, he would also go to the Pigeon Market to sell some pork.
Not only that, he also got two big wild boars for the woolen mill.
You know, the mountain is blocked by heavy snow at this time!
Even hunters wouldn't go up the mountain. There was no other way, Li Jiayi could only make up a story, which said that after going through a lot of hardships, the hunters killed two wild boars.
There was no way, he also wanted to maintain his relationship with the woolen mill.
The main reason was that he knew the current situation of the woolen mill. Because of the cold winter, the woolen mill had not seen meat for a long time.
The main reason is that the meat processing plant has no meat! Where does the pork for the meat processing plant come from? It is all collected from surrounding rural areas.
The heavy snow has not only blocked the mountains, but also the roads. Although some places are accessible, most places are inaccessible.
Today, it was time to exchange tickets with the group of teenagers in the military compound.
Li Jiayi left home early in the morning and went to break ice. He continued to break ice until noon. After eating in the space, he hurried to Beihai Park.
With the sled, Li Jiayi went very fast and arrived at Beihai Park before one o'clock.
It was the same place as last time. Li Jia put away the small sled and replaced it with a big sled.
Then I sat on the sled and waited. After about half an hour, people started to arrive one after another.
Although this is the second time, the promise I made to the boy in the tweed coat remains unchanged.
Because these people were brought here by them in the first place, it would be the same even if they came a hundred times.
He still has this bit of integrity, so he doesn't need them to bring it over directly.
Anyone who comes to him to exchange will be counted as one of the three.
I was busy until around three in the afternoon before I sent them away.
Just as he was about to pack up the sled and leave, he noticed someone was staring at him.
Ever since he started drinking spiritual spring water and practicing martial arts, Li Jiayi's five senses have become very strong.
Sometimes he can even sense when others are hostile towards him, not to mention being stared at.
In that case, he didn't plan to put it away and just drove the sled out.
"You little bastard, stand still." A tall old man said, blocking the way.
I guess they stopped him because they saw he wanted to leave!
But this old man is a bit of a jerk. It's not normal to curse at someone when meeting them for the first time.
In this case, Li Jiayi was not so polite and asked directly: "Old man, what do you want to do?"
"Old man, are you talking about me?" the old man asked, pointing at his nose.
"Is there anyone else here besides you?"
Then the tall old man pointed at Li Jiayi and said, "Fuck you! I've lived for most of my life, and no one has dared to call me old man."
"Old man, what's the matter? I just called you old man, what can you do?"
Li Jiayi stood on the sled and pointed at the tall old man.
The old man was tall, not only tall, but also very strong. However, Li Jiayi was not shorter than him when he stood on the sled.
"I..." As the old man said this, he reached towards his waist, but felt nothing.
"Okay, I won't argue with you, little bastard, but it's not right for you to lie!"
"Old man, I don't like what you said. I lied, but who did I lie to?"
"You still say you didn't cheat, but you used that crappy food to exchange for cigarette and alcohol coupons, and even for food coupons. If this isn't cheating, then what is it? I saw it with my own eyes."
"Old man, this is a lie? Then tell me how I lied to them?"
"If it's not equal, it's a lie!"
"Not equal? What does that mean?" Li Jiayi asked with a frown.
"Two small bags of snacks for a bottle of exclusive Moutai wine ticket, is this fair?"
"Old man, this is not equal. Then tell me, how much is the Moutai wine ticket worth?"
Li Jiayi had made up his mind. No matter how much the old man said the wine ticket was worth, he would say that the spicy strips were worth that much.
Anyway, no one else is selling it, and he’s the only one who has it, so whatever he says it’s worth is the price.
But the old man was stunned when he heard what he said. It was obvious that he didn't know how much the Moutai wine ticket was worth.
Originally, the wine ticket is just a voucher for buying wine, and it has no value in itself. For those who need it, someone may buy it for ten or eight yuan. But for those who don’t need it, it is worthless. Try selling the ticket to someone who doesn’t drink or give gifts.
"Why, you can't answer it?" Li Jiayi asked.
"I don't care how much it's worth, but you have to give me back the wine ticket that my son gave you in exchange."
"Hey, old man, you are getting something for nothing here! You can let me give it back to you, or ask your son to return the spicy strips to me."
"I say you are such a dishonest old man. You didn't stop them when they were changing just now. You only jumped out after your son left with the spicy noodles. Do you know what this is called?"
The old man probably knew that he was in the wrong, so he said, "Forget about the other tickets. I don't want the cigarette tickets, food tickets, or candy tickets. Just give me the wine tickets."
The old man was helpless too! He liked drinking and could not live without it.
After finishing the wine at home, I prepared to take the wine ticket to the service center to buy some wine.
But when he opened the box of tickets, he was dumbfounded. There were only some food tickets and miscellaneous tickets inside, no cigarette tickets, wine tickets, non-staple food tickets or sugar tickets left.
Thinking that his son had just hurried out, he quickly followed him all the way to the park.
What he discovered next shattered his three views: a bunch of kids from the military compound were trading with one kid.
These children include those from their compound and those from other compounds.
However, there were too many children at the time, and he was afraid that he would scare the children if he came out, which might lead to another accident, so he did not come out. He planned to find the child who exchanged things to argue with him.
I didn't expect this guy to be so sharp-tongued! I didn't know how to respond to what he said.
"Impossible. I exchanged something for this ticket. If you want me to give it to you for free, it's impossible."
Li Jiayi was like this. If he had spoken nicely to the old man when he first came out, he would have given him the money. It was just a few tickets.
He didn't care at all, but this old man came out and called him a little bastard, which was an insult!
He won't be polite to people who curse at others at every turn.
Of course, the most important thing is that he now has the support of others, and with Ah Sheng and the others around, he is not afraid of this old man.
The worst that can happen is he can just run away. There’s no way this old man can catch up with him.
"So what do you want? Can I buy it with my own money?"
Li Jiayi looked at the old man in surprise. He didn't expect that this old guy would actually spend money to buy it. He didn't look like an unreasonable person! Then why did he swear?
"Old man, if you had this attitude earlier, wouldn't it be better? You too, you've been hiding nearby for a long time. It seems that you already knew that your son had taken the ticket. In that case, why didn't you stop him?"
"How did you know I was hiding for so long?"
"Don't worry about how I knew that. Now I'm asking you why you didn't stop me."
"I just want to see what that little bastard does with the ticket!"
"Uh!"
Hearing the old man calling his son a little bastard, Li Jiayi knew that he might have wronged the old man.
It is very likely that these words are his catchphrases and he does not really mean to curse anyone.
"Old man, who among those people is your son? Judging from your age, the oldest of them is more than old enough to be your grandson."
"I can't get married late! My son is the one wearing a tweed coat."
"Uh, it's him!"
Among so many young men in the military compound, only one wore a tweed coat, and he was one of the first three people I met.
The other two were led by him. It can be said that it was he who led so many people to exchange spicy strips.
"Old man, it's time to educate your son."
The old man felt it was a bit funny when a ten-year-old child told him that his fourteen or fifteen-year-old son needed an education.
But when thinking about what this kid did, the old man felt it was very normal, because it was not something a ten-year-old child would do at all.
If this guy had been there during the war, it would have been a lot easier!
This guy is definitely a good businessman! I wonder if he can buy back the enemy's weapons and ammunition.
"I know. I'll break that little bastard's legs when I get back. He's causing trouble for me every day."
After saying that, the old man looked at Li Jiayi and said, "You are not a decent guy. Although others may not find out as quickly as I do, they will find out sooner or later."
"If you know, then you know. I don't steal or rob, so what does it matter if you know."
He knows a lot. Didn’t he know about the two local compounds before? He should still be doing what he is supposed to do.
At worst, we can just move to another place.
That's true, he was exchanging things, he wasn't cheating, at most he would give his children a good beating later and not let them touch the bills again.
"Okay, I don't have time to talk to you about this. Just tell me how much the wine ticket is and I'll buy it for you."
"Hey old man, I'm exchanging tickets, not buying or selling them. How would I know how much each ticket costs? Besides, they're just a few tickets. Why would you care? You can always borrow a few from others."
The old man stared with his big eyes like copper bells and said, "I think you have exchanged all the tickets in our hospital. Who can I borrow tickets from?"
"Huh!" Li Jiayi touched his nose, it seemed to be true.
"Okay, but forget about the money. I don't do illegal things like speculation. I can give you the ticket, but you have to do me a favor."
"What help do you need? Let me make it clear first, I won't do anything that violates discipline." The old man said, twisting his neck.
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(End of this chapter)