The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

Chapter 161 Troublemaker

Wu Meifeng could tell Xiaoping looked unhappy as soon as she entered the room, but she didn't care at all and continued talking to herself.

"Sister-in-law, don't you trust me?"

Xiaoping is actually a simple-minded person. She endured for a long time but couldn't help asking directly.

Wu Meifeng looked up at her and smiled.

"It's not that we don't trust each other, it's that we avoid suspicion and protect each other!"

Wu Meifeng's words sounded so high-sounding and serious that Xiaoping was speechless for a moment.

After walking around the store, Wu Meifeng went to Darong's house to pick up her children, leaving Xiaoping alone to tidy up the store and prepare to close it.

"what happened to you?"

When Xiao Gao came over, Xiao Ping had basically finished cleaning up the store. After he helped Xiao Ping hang up the iron gate, the two of them walked towards Darong's house together.

After Xiaoping told Xiaogao everything about Wu Meifeng's behavior and words when she came to the store today, she finally wiped away a few tears in grievance.

"Hey, why are you so angry? Don't you remember how much goods you sold and how much money you paid?"

At that time, there were no unified retail regulations for the prices of goods in private stores, so many stores would have a slight difference in selling prices. To put it bluntly, it depends on whether the store owner wants to make more or less profit. As long as the premium does not exceed the limit, it is not considered a violation.

Xiao Gao's words were very clear, but Xiao Ping was somewhat hesitant.

Although I am usually alone in the store, after all, three families have invested in it. If I really do what Xiao Gao says, wouldn't that be taking advantage of my two sisters-in-law?

In fact, most of the time, people's thoughts are just a matter of a thought. Originally, Xiaoping just wanted to run a good store.

Wu Meifeng's actions directly led to Xiaoping's disgust, and Xiaogao's overly active mind also laid the seeds for their future interactions.

"Xiao Gao is back? Is it easy to get the goods over there?" Darong asked expectantly after seeing Xiao Gao and Xiao Ping coming back.

"We've almost reached an agreement, but they just don't agree to withhold the payment for the time being. After all, we've just started our cooperation, and it's normal since we're so far apart."

Xiao Gao is actually a person who is more suitable for doing business. Since the store opened, he has been the one who negotiates the purchasing matters.

In more than a month, he learned about the supply channels in the south from Yutian’s local distributors, and he went to the south alone to look for sources of goods.

Because the goods from the source were indeed cheaper than those purchased from Yutian's distributors, the three companies decided to invest an additional 3 yuan each, and the 1 yuan that Darong had originally gathered was invested in this small store.

Because of Zhong Yunxing's illness at the beginning of the year, a lot of projects were delayed this year. By the end of the year, the amount of money received was a quarter less than in previous years.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to pay back Dad's money this year. After I use this money to pay off my expenses and the loan for the forklift, I won't have much left."

Zhong Yunxing looked at Darong somewhat awkwardly and said.

"Dad said at the time that it was his own private money, so there was no rush to pay it back. We agreed to pay off our cousin this year, so we must pay this part back first..."

Before Darong could finish her words, the phone at home rang. Darong stood up to answer the phone, then hung up in a hurry.

"The fourth generation is fighting with someone. I'm going to go over and take a look."

Darong said this and rushed out the door.

"where?"

"The front of the house."

After Zhong Yunxing shouted something from behind, he quickly put on his clothes, entrusted Ruyi to Jin Er's wife, and chased Darong from behind to the front of Sibei'er's house.

When Zhong Yunxing arrived, he saw a group of people gathered from a distance, and could clearly hear the voices of the fourth brother and the third brother arguing with others. He was about to join the crowd to see what was going on, but saw Xiao Ling coming out from the doorway carrying a kitchen knife.

"What are you doing? Go back." Zhong Yunxing shouted at Xiao Ling, then went up and snatched the kitchen knife from Xiao Ling's hand.

"How can you be like this? Instead of trying to stop a fight, you pass a knife to someone?" Zhong Yunxing couldn't help it and yelled at Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling was stopped in the house by Zhong Yunxing, but she still followed him through the door and cursed and added fuel to the fire. Zhong Yunxing had never seen such a provocative woman, so he grabbed Xiao Ling's arm and dragged her into the inner room.

"Just stay here and don't go out and cause trouble again."

In fact, Zhong Yunxing's mind is now full of worries about Da Rong, but he dare not let this troublemaker go out again. Sibei'er's shop has a cooking compartment with a complete set of cooking knives. He is afraid that Xiao Ling will hand something to Sibei'er again.

By the time Darong's father and mother arrived, the fourth brother and the third brother along with their people had been taken to the police station. The old couple came to nothing, without seeing their two sons, and were very worried.

"Don't go. I'll go over and see what's going on. It's not convenient for you to follow me."

After Darong's father arranged Darong's mother to stay at the fourth-generation house, he rode his motorcycle to the police station.

Darong had just squeezed in to stop the fight and was hit on the chin, which was obviously swollen now.

Darong's mother looked at Darong's appearance and was worried about the situation of her two sons who didn't see it. She was very annoyed at the moment, but Xiao Ling, who didn't know how to live or die, kept yelling and swearing.

"...If they get angry, I'll chop them all up with a knife..."

As soon as Xiao Ling said this, Darong's mother overturned all the teacups and toys on the table.

"Xiao Ling, I'm telling you, don't call us if you cause trouble again. You have a brother, right? Call your brother and chop up whoever you want. If Sibei'er and Huazi are fine, it's fine. But if there's trouble, I won't forgive you. If you can't live with this, you'd better divorce my son as soon as possible."

As soon as Darong's mother arrived, she could clearly hear people talking in groups of three or four. The cause of the incident was that Xiao Ling was competing with the merchant next door. When she started arguing with others, Sibei'er was not even in the store.

After she lost the argument, she called Sibei and Lao San and told them that she had been beaten. How could Sibei, a man who did things without caring about anything, let his wife be beaten? As soon as he came back, he started fighting without saying a word.

The third brother knew Sibei'er's temper. He didn't even bother to pick up a shoe he lost while running. When he arrived, he saw two people fighting with Sibei'er. He rushed up without thinking.

Xiao Ling had never seen Darong's mother lose her temper so much. After being scolded, she finally stood aside and stopped talking.