Courtyard Houses: Starting with the principle of hard work paying off

Chapter 49 Self-Righteous
The next day.

Li Hongbing still got up early as usual. After washing up, he practiced Baduanjin (Eight Pieces of Brocade) in a corner of the yard.

This is something Li Hongbing does every day when he gets up.

first.

The Eight-Section Brocade exercise has the effect of strengthening the body and is beneficial to Li Hongbing's health.

Secondly...

The Eight-Section Brocade skill in the system panel is already at level 2, and it's very close to needing the experience points to advance to level 3.

Li Hongbing naturally wanted to complete the upgrade as soon as possible so he could get the new rewards.

The higher the skill level, the richer the rewards. Previously, he had only unlocked level 1 and level 2 rewards. Li Hongbing was eager to see what good things the system would reward him when the Eight Pieces of Brocade skill was upgraded to level 3.

"Hongbing, is the Eight-Section Brocade you've been practicing actually effective?"

While Li Hongbing was exercising, Yan Bugui did not disturb him. As soon as he finished, Yan Bugui took the initiative to approach him and start a conversation.

Only one day has passed.

Li Hongbing could clearly sense that Yan Bugui's attitude towards him had become much warmer than before.

It is clear.

It's related to what happened yesterday.

Yan Bugui is a man who won't act without a reason. After learning yesterday that Li Hongbing had received so many benefits from the Lou family, he couldn't help but want to further strengthen the relationship between the two families.

What if Li Hongbing suddenly becomes kind-hearted and I can get something out of him?

With the Lou family's connections, Li Hongbing is destined for great success.

As neighbors living across the hall, if you establish a good relationship beforehand, you might be able to benefit from it.

“Uncle Yan, you are a scholar, so you should have heard of the Eight Pieces of Brocade. This is a method of curing diseases and maintaining health passed down from our ancestors. Long-term practice will definitely not do any harm.”

Baduanjin is not widely promoted or popularized now, and not many people know about it, but it is not unknown either.

"That's that's..."

Yan Bugui nodded with a smile.

Actually, he didn't know before, but after Li Hongbing told him, Yan Bugui went to the school to inquire and began to understand.

Yan Bugui, who considers himself a cultured person, naturally couldn't tell the truth, lest he bury his identity as a primary school teacher. Even if he didn't understand, he had to pretend to know.

After chatting with Yan Bugui for a few minutes, Li Hongbing went home after Li Hongmei finished preparing the meal.

Yan Bugui is a scheming man with his own little schemes. Although he hasn't done anything heinous, Li Hongbing doesn't have much affection for him.

They were just neighbors in the same courtyard, living across the hall from each other, and they saw each other all the time. There was no grudge between the two families, and Li Hongbing had no reason to make trouble for them.

After having breakfast at home, Li Hongbing quickly set off for work at Fengzeyuan.

Actually, if Li Hongbing had lived in the apprentice dormitory in Fengzeyuan, he could have saved one breakfast a day. But if he went like this, by the time he got there, there would be practically nothing left.

However, Li Hongbing didn't care. After all, it wasn't as comfortable as living at home, and he wasn't short of food these days.

Running forward.

The experience points for running skills are slowly increasing.

The growth rate is not fast, and more experience points are needed to reach the next level, so it is obviously not as fast as before.

Everything takes time and cannot be accomplished overnight; Li Hongbing had already prepared for this.

Upon arriving at Fengzeyuan, Li Hongbing went directly to the apprentice dormitory in the backyard, fetched a basin of water, washed his face and body, and changed his clothes.

"Brother Hongbing, was the person you saved that day really Lou Bancheng's daughter?"

Wu Jun, who had almost become his little follower, immediately came over.

Everyone already knew about Li Hongbing's rescue of people outside, but it wasn't until Lou Zhenhua came to their door yesterday that they realized the person Li Hongbing had rescued wasn't an ordinary person.

After having dinner in the private room yesterday, Li Hongbing left with Lou Bancheng and the others, so even if Wu Jun wanted to verify it in person, he didn't have the chance.

"Don't you already know?" Li Hongbing did not deny it.

There are no secrets that stay hidden forever. The rescue that day wasn't some shameful secret.

They probably started spreading this story yesterday when Li Hongbing was still in the private room.

"hey-hey!"

Wu Jun smiled somewhat embarrassedly, then couldn't help but ask, "I heard that Director Lou gave you a bunch of nice things yesterday and also gave you five million as a reward. Is that true?"

"What do you say?"

Upon hearing this, Li Hongbing couldn't help but glance at Wu Jun.

Knowing that this matter couldn't be kept secret, Li Hongbing never intended to hide it, but he didn't expect him to find out so quickly.

"I heard that, too."

Wu Jun scratched his head, and seeing that Li Hongbing did not deny it, he asked in surprise, "Is that really true?"

"How could this be fake? Old Zhang was also in the private room at the time and saw it all with his own eyes."

Before Li Hongbing could respond, Sun Hai appeared with several men and said sourly to Li Hongbing's face, "Li Hongbing, you're really lucky. I don't know what good fortune you accumulated in your past life to be able to stumble upon such a good thing!"

According to Sun Hai, Li Hongbing's rescue of people from the river that day turned into a great stroke of luck, a chance to get something for nothing.

Li Hongbing could detect a strong sour taste in Sun Hai's words, clearly a mixture of envy, jealousy, and resentment.

Last time, Sun Hai instigated Li Hongbing to go to the Eight Great Hutongs to "have fun" and even tried to steal his 100,000 yuan bonus, but Guo Youzhong caught him and taught him a lesson.

Although Sun Hai was wary of Guo Youzhong and did not cause trouble for Li Hongbing afterward, it did not mean that he had forgotten about the incident.

"Sun Hai, what you said is really interesting."

There was no real falling out between the two, and Li Hongbing saw no need to antagonize the other party over a few words. He simply smiled and said, "I just happened to be there that day and happened to save someone. As for who that person was, it didn't really matter to me."

however.

Sun Hai, who already harbored resentment towards Li Hongbing, immediately broke down upon hearing Li Hongbing's statement, which sounded like a boast.

Anyone can say nice things.

"But Li Hongbing, don't get too cocky."

"You think you've made a fortune just because you accepted Lou Bancheng's things and money?"

"In my opinion, you are short-sighted and have narrowed your path."

Who is Lou Bancheng?

"His favor is worth many times more than what you have now."

"However, since you accepted their thank-you gift yesterday, that favor is no longer valid. From now on..."

"..."

There's no shortage of shrewd people in the kitchen.

Sun Hai, who thought himself shrewd, believed he had seen through everything and that Li Hongbing was picking up a sesame seed but losing a watermelon, and was just laughing at him.

I don't know.

Li Hongbing, however, saw much further ahead than him.

However, Li Hongbing was too lazy to explain or argue with the other party, and let Sun Hai's punch land on cotton, which was very uncomfortable.

He had originally intended to use this opportunity to criticize Li Hongbing in order to find some balance in his mind, but he didn't expect Li Hongbing to react this way, which made him even more unhappy.

"Heh~, you're young now and don't understand these things. You'll regret it later."

Feeling embarrassed, Sun Hai left behind this jealous remark and slipped away.

The two men's understanding and knowledge were on completely different levels, and Li Hongbing couldn't be bothered to argue with him.

(End of this chapter)