Good luck every time

Li Shiliu opened his mouth and retorted with some grievance.

"I... am not... that excessive!"

How long has Li Ruyi risen to prominence? How much money can he hide? Thirty or fifty taels would be a lot!

Having a playful mind is just having the desire but not the courage to do it.

Those people said they would take him out to broaden his horizons, but didn’t he go?

The inflated state that Li Shiliu had been trying hard to maintain during this period was instantly punctured by Li Ruyi.

His spirit and spirit were somewhat weak, as if overnight he had transformed from the head shopkeeper of Ruyifang into Li Shiliu of Sanjia Village.

However, it must be said that Li Ruyi still thinks Li Shiliu from Sanjia Village is more likable.

"You know better than me whether it's really that bad or not. I judge a person by his actions rather than his heart. I don't care what you think, but Brother Sixteen, I can still call you Brother Sixteen now."

"Don't let me down any further!"

Li Ruyi turned around and looked at Li Shiliu again. This look was extremely complicated and frightened Li Shiliu so much that his heart was trembling.

He became depressed in an instant, all the bluffing and vanity faded away, leaving only a sad and worried look on his face.

After listening to the noise for a while, Li Er poked his head out from the roof.

"Sixteenth brother! Are you going to bask in the sun?"

Li Shiliu looked at Li Er's gloating face and angrily took off the new pair of shoes on his feet and threw them at Li Er.

"Li Twenty, I'll make you laugh at me!"

Li Eryi grabbed the shoe.

"That one! Give me that one too! We can't wear one each."

Li Shiliu was so angry that he took off his other shoe and threw it at Li Er's face.

But Li Er was very skilled and grabbed the shoe with one hand.

Soon, Li Shiliu looked at the pair of smelly shoes placed in front of him, and his chest heaved with anger.

Li Er proudly put on his new shoes, jumped off the roof, and ran away.

Li Shiliu's socks were dirty from stepping on the ground, but after hesitating for a moment, he put on Li Er's shoes.

The moment he put them on, he suddenly felt that the feeling was very familiar.

He lowered his head and looked carefully, and realized that the shoes looked familiar, as if he had worn them before.

Li Shiliu cursed.

"What the hell! You're trying to trick me with my shoes!"

After saying that, he fell silent again.

Li Shiliu himself couldn't explain clearly when exactly he had changed.

It started when I arrived at the city with great ambition.

It all started when the servants teased him, always paying respect to his clothes before his people.

Or maybe it started when he was pulling a cart full of charcoal and walking on the street for several days but couldn't sell two pieces...

Li Shiliu raised his head and closed his eyes, feeling the sunlight falling on his body.

It was warm at first, but then the warm feeling slowly faded away.

Li Shiliu opened his eyes and saw Li Shiba standing in front of him, blocking out all the sunlight.

"Are you sick!"

Li Shiba scratched his face.

"No, Brother Sixteen, I just wanted to tell you that there were a few troublemakers at the door...but I didn't see where Ruyi went. Did you see Ruyi?"

Li Shiliu: ...

"Are you sick? There's trouble going on and you're still standing there staring at me!"

Li Shiliu really roared this time.

He rushed out quickly and ran straight to the door.

Outside the gate, a group of people pushed away the pedestrians around. An elderly man saw an empty space and sat down on the ground with a roll of mat in front of him.

"Oh my! What a wicked shop! The mosquito coils killed my son!"

While he was howling, someone came forward, shook off the mat in front of him, and a man appeared in front of everyone.

The man was skinny and bony, and looked seriously ill.

As soon as Li Shiliu came out, he saw this scene.

He walked over and saw the man lying on the ground, and he was so angry that he laughed.

"Master, let's be reasonable! It's obvious that your son is terminally ill!"

When the old man heard this, he immediately became angry. He turned around and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm at Li Shiliu.

Li Shiliu was startled and jumped to the side to avoid it.

But the next mouthful of saliva was spat on him.

Li Shiliu: ...

"How dare you curse my son! It's you, the black-hearted store owner, who has harmed my son like this!"

The people around were pointing and talking at the people in the field.

Li Shiliu immediately realized that he could not allow this matter to continue to spread.

"Uncle, if you insist that it is our responsibility, then we will report it to the police!"

When the old man heard about reporting to the police, he immediately said.

"What? Are you threatening me? Everyone knows that the gate of the government office faces south. If you don't have money, don't come in. Are you going to protect those officials and oppress us ordinary people? "

Li Shiliu: ...

"Sir, framing an official of the imperial court is a serious crime..."

"What? You want someone to chop off our heads!"

The old man stood up and spoke to the people around him.

"My fellow neighbors, you all heard it. My son used their things like this, and they threatened an old man like me! Woohoo! Woohoo! Woohoo!"

The people around watching the fun couldn't stand it anymore.

"Sir, no one said that!"

Hearing what this man said, the sturdy men who were driving away the passers-by rushed up instantly, pushed him to the ground, and punched him directly.

The people around had never expected such a sudden change to happen, and several of them screamed in fright.

The old man looked at those who were retreating and said with a dry howl.

"There is no justice! Neighbors just said fair words, but they were beaten by these black-hearted shopkeepers! Is there still law? Is there still justice?"

The people watching the excitement fell silent after hearing this.

The next moment, there was a loud bang, and the crowd seemed to explode, and everyone scattered in all directions.

Even those fools who couldn't tell the difference ran away with the panicked crowd.

However, more people understood the situation. Ruyifang had offended someone, and that person was out to mess with him.

Li Shiliu was so angry that he took two steps forward angrily, but soon he stopped again.

This is not the time to be impulsive. If he really did something, the consequences would be disastrous.

He couldn't cause trouble for Li Ruyi. It would be terrible if he was kidnapped by someone!

Seeing him take two steps back, the strong men gave up on the passerby who had just spoken and slowly surrounded him.

The man who was beaten got up and ran away using his hands and feet!

At this moment, everyone in the store realized that something was wrong and rushed out.

Li Shiliu quickly opened his arms and stopped everyone.

Li Shiba was a little angry and pointed at the opposite side and cursed.

"Have you lost your shame? Are you a beast who takes advantage of others' power?"

Hearing him swearing, one of the strong men shouted.

"You little bastard, you're scolding your father!"

Li Shiba's brain wasn't working well, and he didn't immediately understand what he meant.

"your dad!"

Li Shiba stretched out his arm from above Li Shiliu's arm and pointed at those people.

"Your father, your father!"

Li Shiliu's martial arts skills are mediocre and he can't suppress the big fool in his family at all!

Some stupid people are always a little stupid.

Hearing Li Shiba cursing at others, the others were not to be outdone and joined in cursing across from Li Shiliu.

"brute!"

"your dad……"

Li Shiliu pushed the man back with force, but was slapped on the head by Li Shiba. His hat flew off and his hair was scattered.

The person who was rushing forward behind him stepped on his heel, causing Li Shiliu to stagger.

He fell back.

But because of this, everyone stopped arguing and rushed to pull him away.

Li Shiba complained as he lifted the man up.

"Sixteenth brother, are you crazy?"

Li Shiliu was furious.

"Go back, everyone, go back!"

The sound of the quarrel was instantly drowned out by Li Shiliu's movements, and everyone was silent for a moment.

The next moment, Li Shiliu was grabbed by a group of people and taken back to the shop, followed by the sound of banging.

The shops were closed and locked.

At this moment, Li Shiliu suddenly understood what Li Ruyi said.

These people trusted him, and even if they were extremely angry, they still retreated because of his words.

Li Shiliu lowered his head and saw the dirty tips of his shoes.

Li Shiba was unhappy and asked him in a muffled voice.

"Why don't you just beat them up?"

Li Shiliu sighed and looked up at Li Shiba.

"You have forgotten the pain now that the wound has healed! You are really not tired of being beaten! Can't you see what these people are doing?"

"Even if you can beat them, so what? Their goal is to keep us from opening the door and making money!"

"If you fight with them, not only will they blame you for what you have done, but if they beat you up, who will be able to seek justice for you?"

Everyone fell silent.

Sun Deshan sighed and asked.

"What should we do? Isn't this going to never end? If we keep dragging it on like this, we will be worn down sooner or later!"

Hearing Sun Deshan's words, Li Shiliu frowned.

"This matter is not something you and I can interfere with. Uncle Sun, I'll have to trouble you to look after them and don't let them out. I'll go find Ruyi to discuss countermeasures."

After saying that, he was about to walk towards the backyard. Li Ruyi had just been talking to him. This man had sharp ears, so it was impossible for him not to hear what was happening here.

Sure enough, he had only taken two steps out when he saw Li Ruyi coming from the backyard.

Li Ruyi was quite calm.

"I heard it all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Er also came in.

A large group of people were sitting in one place, and outside there were sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling.

Sun Deshan sighed.

"Ruyi...what should we do? If they let the fuss continue, how can we still do business?"

Li Ruyi thought for a moment and asked.

"Didn't you say hello to the local security guard earlier?"

Li Shiliu nodded.

"Everything that should be given has been given, according to the rules here!"

Li Ruyi thought for a moment and said.

"Sixteenth Brother, go and prepare another generous gift. We will go out from another door later and look for someone to check the situation."

Li Shiliu nodded. This was finally a solution. He quickly got up and prepared.

Li Er looked at Li Ruyi and said.

"I will go with you in a moment."

Li Ruyi shook her head.

"No, Brother Twenty, you have to stay here. If those people come in and start destroying things, it will be tough if we don't have good skills."

Li Er thought about it and agreed, so he didn't say anything else.

After Li Shiliu prepared the gifts, Li Ruyi went to the local security guard's house with Li Shiliu.

The local security guards in the provincial capital all work for the government, but they do not hold official status.

But as the old saying goes, a county magistrate is not as good as the current manager, and he has many ways to make money.

However, Li Ruyi and Li Shiliu came with generous gifts this time, but they didn't even get through the door.

Li Ruyi quietly slipped a silver note to the person who opened the door. However, the person who was usually the greediest for money threw the note out without even looking at how much money it was worth.

Li Shiliu was worried.

"Ruyi, what do they mean by this?"

Li Shiliu was not stupid. He knew what this meant, but he just couldn't believe it.

Li Ruyi did not show any impatience and spoke to him.

"It's easier to get things done with money!"

Li Shiliu added without hesitation.

“But they didn’t take the money…”

Li Ruyi said "hmm".

"If you don't take the money, it means things won't go well. Let's go back first!"

Li Shiliu wanted to ask if there was any way to go back?

But when he thought of the previous conversation with Li Ruyi, he held back his questions, gritted his teeth and followed Li Ruyi back.

Sun Deshan was also worried when he learned that the two had been out for so long and had gained nothing.

"What should we do?"

Li Ruyi knows these people best.

"Don't worry, you have to find the knife first."

Sun Deshan didn't understand.

"Which knife?"

Li Ruyi found all the account books that Han Mingkai kept.

"Everyone come check it out."

Sun Deshan was the closest, and he stretched out his hand to catch the account book that Li Ruyi handed over.

"What to check?"

"Check for people who used to come to our shop frequently to buy things but haven't shown up recently."

This is not difficult to find out. Everyone knows that Li Ruyi wants this information, so when people are shopping and checking out, they will deliberately inquire about this person's information.

Han Mingkai wrote down everything he could find out in his account book.

It is very convenient nowadays.

The shop wasn't open for very long, and there were quite a lot of people coming and going.

However, Li Ruyi still found two people there.

With the clue, Li Ruyi wanted to go out and inquire again.

But this time Li Er pulled her back.

"Don't go, I'll go take a look!"

Li Ruyi still trusted Li Er, so she let him make his own decision.

Li Ershi went there and didn't come back until it was completely dark.

He had dodged curfew all the way and was extremely thirsty, so he drank a teapot of water as soon as he got back.

Everyone waited for him until he finished drinking and called out a name.

Li Ruyi is very familiar with this name.

After all, in the early days, the dried meat in the village would be sold there.

In this way, it seems that all the problems have been explained.

Li Er asked Li Ruyi.

"What can we do now that we know who it is?"

They did not have the confidence that the other party had. If Li Er took his men to block the door of the store, Li Ruyi would probably have to go to the government office early the next morning and pay to redeem him.