Chapter 604: One thing after another, prepare for a rainy day
Chapter 604: Prepare for one thing after another
"I don't know who did this for me. If I knew who it was, I would really thank him in person."
"She actually took action before I did anything else. Was it Jia Zhang?" Li Kailang guessed, stroking his chin.
But judging from Jia Zhang’s expression during the meeting, it didn’t look like that, but it’s possible.
Jia Zhang has decades of acting skills and can pretend to be clueless as long as nothing is pointed out.
This acting is Oscar-worthy.
The incident of the deaf old lady being splashed with water just ended like that.
Even if we know that it was Li Kailang who did it, it is useless to rely on empty words without any evidence.
The most important thing is that Li Kailang does what he says. If someone really wants to report him, he would dare to find a few older men and women to teach her a lesson.
The old lady is already very old, still has bound feet, and needs a cane to walk. How could she possibly beat other old men and women?
Afterwards, Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu investigated for a few days and expressed their attitude, pretending that the incident had never happened.
Jia family.
When Jia Dongxu returned home, he was puzzled about the sudden meeting today. Why would someone splash water on the old lady's doorstep for no apparent reason?
"Huai Ru, what's going on with this old lady? Why do you say that Li Kailang did it?"
Qin Huairu immediately told the whole story, including how Jia Zhang was looking for trouble.
Hearing Qin Huairu's unreserved words, Jia Zhang lowered her head in shame and dared not look at Jia Dongxu.
Jia Dongxu just glanced at Jia Zhang indifferently and ignored her. His mother was a troublemaker.
In addition to the matter of Jia Zhang, there is naturally the test results of Banggeng.
"You only got 85 points, so low. You usually study hard, but you fail when it comes to exams. And you still dare to brag about getting full marks. With your level, getting 90 is already pretty good."
"All you do is play around all day long. If you put your playfulness into studying, how can you not pass the exam worse than that little girl in the back room!"
When Jia Dongxu spoke, Banggeng didn't dare to talk back. He lowered his head and accepted the scolding, but his eyes were full of dissatisfaction.
"If you did so poorly on such a simple question, what can I say if someone else takes it up next time?"
Jia Dongxu kept teasing Bang Geng until he was about to cry. Jia Zhang watched from the side, wanting to say something but not daring to speak out to stop him.
He could only look at Qin Huairu, but Qin Huairu just looked at him quietly, while Xiaodang hid behind her in fear.
She was afraid that Jia Dongxu would be unhappy and blame her in return.
"Next time, if you don't get a good grade next time, you won't be able to eat. Do you hear me?!"
"I work so hard every day without a break, but you have so much fun all the time."
At this time, Qin Huairu stood up and said, "Dongxu, calm down, calm down. Banggeng is still young and it's the time for him to play around. He will definitely study hard in the future."
"Besides, maybe Bai Chi just happened to get 100 points. Maybe she won't get it next time. It's too early to say she's amazing now."
"Great! Why don't you agree to it? I will make sure you come back with good grades next time."
Bang Geng said, "Dad, don't worry, I will definitely get good grades next time."
"Oh, good boy, Bang Geng is the best. He can definitely do what he says." Qin Huairu said with a smile and pushed him quietly.
Banggeng immediately understood and ran out, and Jia Zhang followed him immediately, "Banggeng, wait for grandma."
Bang Geng looked at the useless Jia Zhang with disgust and quickened his pace again.
"Great! Remember to come back after playing." Qin Huairu reminded him.
"Just spoil him. Sooner or later you will spoil him." Jia Dongxu said helplessly.
Qin Huairu said softly, "Banggeng is still young. Give him some time and he will figure it out. Besides, it's better for me to spoil him than for mom to spoil him. It's not easy for him to learn well. Just take it step by step."
Jia Dongxu nodded and sighed, saying that he could only take things one step at a time.
Qin Huairu changed the subject and said, "By the way, I heard that the grain dealers from the black market are coming back tonight, how about going to take a look?"
"Forget it. Maybe it's just a rumor. It's been like this these past few days. There are always people spreading rumors. I went there several times but the grain merchant was not there."
When talking about this, Jia Dongxu scratched his head and touched his face in pain.
These days there have been rumors that the grain merchants are coming back, but every time we went there, we never saw them.
The next day someone spread the news and everyone went again. This went on for several days and everyone got used to it.
These are all deliberately spread by the grain side. They are carrying out revenge against everyone.
If you don't teach someone a lesson about making a false report to the police, you'll do it again in the future.
"I know that. Today is not Saturday, and I don't have to go to work tomorrow. Why don't you go check it out? There really isn't much food left at home."
"Oh~ Okay, okay, I'll go again in the evening." Jia Dongxu had a headache again.
At the steel mill, you have to be careful and alert.
When I got home, I had to go to the black market late at night and I couldn’t sleep well for several days.
"Thank you for your hard work." Qin Huairu kissed Jia Dongxu on the forehead.
night.
Even if it was just a rumor, everyone had to go to the black market again to wait for the grain merchants.
"Ah~" Everyone was freezing in the cold wind, feeling drowsy.
"Hey, I don't know if he will come back today?"
"It's not up to us to decide whether people come or not. It's all that bastard's fault for making a false police report."
"It's really abominable. If he hadn't been caught, I would have beaten him up."
Everyone was waiting when suddenly a noisy sound was heard.
"Here we come, people are here."
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and upon closer inspection saw that it was indeed the grain merchant.
"People are coming, people are coming."
Jia Dongxu immediately ran over to help push the cart, determined to be the first to buy food.
"You're pretty good. If you're the first one, I'll give you a discount."
"Thank you, brother!"
Seeing this, others immediately came to help.
Soon, several grain merchants arrived at the stall.
"Everyone line up, come one by one."
Jia Dongxu is undoubtedly the first one.
"You did a good job, I'll give you 20 kilograms, 45 yuan."
"Thank you, brother!" Jia Dongxu thanked loudly and looked at everyone proudly.
Then he took out 30 yuan from his pocket.
I searched left and right but couldn't come up with a penny.
"Brother, this is all I have. I didn't bring enough money. Look," Jia Dongxu smiled awkwardly.
"Tsk tsk tsk, there's nothing you can do if you don't bring enough money. Remember to bring enough money next time." The grain merchant only charged 25 yuan and gave out 10 kilograms of grain.
"I must bring enough money next time!" Jia Dongxu gritted his teeth in hatred.
"Next!"
"It's my turn now, my friend, please make way!"
Before Jia Dongxu could react, he was pushed away.
"Boss, I have enough money. I wonder if he can sell me the grain he didn't buy. I'll pay more." He looked at the grain merchant expectantly.
The grain merchant looked at Jia Dongxu, then looked at him, and nodded: "Okay."
"Thank you, boss!" He also thanked loudly, took the 20 kilograms of food, looked at Jia Dongxu provocatively, and then raised the food again.
"Friend, remember to bring more money next time you go out, hahaha~" He left happily carrying the food.
"Boss, can I buy 20 kilograms too?"
"No, each person can only hold 10 jin at most."
"Then why can that person?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I won't sell it to you if you keep talking nonsense."
The third person immediately shut up and bought 10 kilograms of food. The next day.
Coming out of Xinhua Bookstore.
"It's time to go to Lou's house."
Lou Zhenhua looked for him a few days ago and asked him to go over there, so now that he had some free time he decided to go and take a look.
"It's not good to go empty-handed, so I can take some small carvings with me. With the strength of the Lou family, we won't be short of anything."
As the saying goes, the gift may be small but the sentiment is great.
After informing the security guard at the door, the Lou family's housekeeper came to take him in.
"Li Kailang!" As soon as Lou Xiao'e saw Li Kailang, she waved to welcome him.
"Xiao Lou, Director Lou."
Lou Zhenhua nodded, and Lou Xiao'e warmly welcomed Li Kailang.
"I told you to come, but you didn't come. My dad told you to come, and you came. Don't you take my words to heart?"
"No, no, I'm just afraid of disturbing you. Besides, it's not easy to get into your villa."
Hearing Li Kailang's reply, Lou Xiao'e puffed her lips in dissatisfaction.
Li Kailang quickly changed the subject: "By the way, this is a little thing I carved by myself. Do you like it?"
Several small wooden pets, plus a 1.5-meter-tall dragon cane.
Lou Zhenhua has the habit of carrying a cane, but this dragon cane is too long, so he can only keep it at home for display.
"So cute! I like them all." Lou Xiao'e couldn't let go of the wooden pets, and the same was true for Lou Zhenhua holding the dragon cane.
"As long as you like it." Li Kailang responded with a smile. These little gadgets were made in his spare time.
The most valuable one is the dragon crutch, which is carved from a whole piece of red sandalwood.
Now its most valuable aspect is its appearance, and in the future its valuable aspect will be its materials.
"Thank you for your hard work. It must have taken a lot of time to carve these." Lou Zhenhua thanked him.
"Fortunately, these are all works done in my spare time, so they are nothing."
Lou Zhenhua held up the dragon staff and invited, "Come in and sit down quickly."
Inside the room, Lou Tan was directing the servants to do their work.
Seeing Li Kailang coming, Lou Tan smiled and said, "Little Li is here."
"Auntie." Li Kailang responded politely.
"Don't stand there, come in and sit down."
Lou Tan waved her hand and dismissed all the servants.
Li Kailang looked at these servants. Some of them he had seen several times, some he had never seen before. Most importantly, there was no sign of Xu's mother among them.
A group of people were chatting about everything in the living room.
Among them, Lou Zhenhua intentionally or unintentionally brought the topic to academic studies, as if he wanted to use Li Kailang to talk about the fact that Lou Xiaoe could not get into university.
But Li Kailang naturally wouldn't talk about such a serious matter and changed the subject.
Lou Tan also tried to pull them intentionally or unintentionally, but she was obviously no match for the two of them, so she could only respond with a smile.
I do not know how long it has been.
"Hey, look, you were so busy chatting that you forgot it was already noon. Xiao Li, don't leave at noon, stay for lunch."
Li Kailang had the same idea, so he agreed immediately and took the opportunity to see what the food at the Lou family was like.
This caught Lou Tanshi and Lou Zhenhua off guard. Should they have declined a few words?
"Okay, it's a good opportunity for Xiao Li to see our chef's cooking skills. We can talk after we finish eating."
Li Kailang looked at Lou Zhenhua, and there seemed to be something else in his eyes that he was not saying.
"Okay, then I want to see how Director Lou's chef earns. Today is a good opportunity to open my eyes and taste some flavors."
After a meal.
Lou Zhenhua invited Li Kailang to his study for a chat.
After talking with Li Kailang, Lou Zhenhua has been thinking about the future situation of the Lou family these days.
After careful consideration, Lou Zhenhua couldn't make up his mind to leave Sijiu City and start over somewhere else. He planned to listen to Li Kailang's opinion again.
Even if it is useless, it can still provide me with an idea.
"Xiao Li, there are only two of us here. I want to hear your thoughts."
"Don't worry, once we get out of this door, we'll just pretend we've never met or said anything to each other."
"What do you think will happen to my Lou family in the future?"
Although Li Kailang is young, Lou Zhenhua feels a different feeling from him that he does not have from other young people.
Hearing this, Li Kailang couldn't help but look at Lou Zhenhua seriously. He didn't expect that this visit would be more complicated than usual.
"What will happen? I think you can guess it, Director Lou. History has proven that a person with money but no power will be torn apart and swallowed up sooner or later."
“I just don’t know whether Director Lou wants to be an ordinary person or maintain his status quo.”
"Your current status? Don't even think about it." Lou Zhenhua smiled contemptuously: "Do you have any other ideas?"
After the redemption was completed 5 years later, he, like other capitalists, had no shares in the company, and it was impossible for him to maintain the status quo.
But Director Lou is unwilling to just be an ordinary person. The reason he can live a good life now is because of his status as a shareholder.
Li Kailang shook his head: "I don't have any solution at all."
These words also let Li Kailang know that Lou Zhenhua was reluctant to give up his own status and could not stand the difference in status, and it was not because of something bigger and more serious.
Yes, no one could have thought of this until the time came.
"Tell me, what should I do?"
Since it is a matter of status, it is much easier to deal with.
"It all depends on what Director Lou thinks. If you want stability, you should spend your money early and become an ordinary person. You should adapt to the new environment in the next few years."
"If you are unwilling to give up, just change places and start over. With Director Lou's current wealth, he can make a comeback somewhere else."
"Where do you think I should go?"
"Hong Kong Island is close to us, so it's not like we're leaving our homeland. Even though it's ruled by a foreign government, the lease will expire in a few decades, and we'll still be one family then."
"I guess, with Director Lou's ability, Xiao'e should be more than one child."
"You're right, I do have more than one child, Xiao'e." Lou Zhenhua nodded.
Given his family financial situation, how could he allow himself to have only one child, a girl who could not inherit?
Lou Zhenhua married more than once. Tan was Lou Xiao'e's biological mother, and he had a boy.
It just so happened that his child was working hard in Hong Kong Island, so this was also Lou Zhenhua's retreat. If things really didn't work out, he would go to his son.
Lou Zhenhua dotes on Lou Xiao'e so much. On the one hand, she is a girl, and on the other hand, Lou Xiao'e is the only one by his side.
After a conversation, Lou Zhenhua gradually sorted out his thoughts.
It is still early now, and there are still 5 years, which is enough time for him to slowly consider and plan.
Now you can take it slow and make plans for both scenarios.
Maybe in a few years the atmosphere will change, and he will be able to make a comeback in his territory.
For a moment, Lou Zhenhua's mind was filled with a lot of thoughts.
"Xiao Li, thank you. Your words gave me a lot of ideas."
"No, no, it's just my humble opinion." Li Kailang said modestly. It's not an important matter and it doesn't count.
After some polite exchanges, Li Kailang left the Lou family.
Before leaving, Lou Zhenhua gave a lot of valuable things as a token of his gratitude.
"Be careful on the road!"
Watching Li Kailang's figure gradually walking away, Lou Zhenhua looked at Lou Xiao'e with joy.
Why not take advantage of your good mood and tell Xiao'e that she can't get into university, so that she doesn't waste her time studying.
"I'm so worried!" Lou Zhenhua wanted to say it but didn't dare to.
(End of this chapter)