Zhou Lili understood that Chen Yuan wanted her to act as a middleman.

This was not a difficult task, and she agreed readily.

"No problem! I'll talk to our manager later."

"Thank you very much. If it works, I will treat you to a meal."

The two of them went back to the house together, attracting everyone's attention.

When Chen Yuan returned to his seat, two plates of food had already been served.

Li Shanghai pointed at Hu Zi and said, "Hey, you're finally back. Hu Zi would be so hungry and thin if he stayed here!"

Hu Zi: Me again?

As soon as Chen Yuan went out, Li Shanghai started chatting with Hu Zi.

Chen Yuan laughed and said, "It's my problem! I'll punish myself with three pieces of meat!"

Chen Yuan's words made everyone laugh.

Even Zhou Lili, who came to deliver the food, couldn't help laughing out loud.

Everyone looked at her. She pretended to be calm, put down the dishes, and quickly ran back.

Chen Yuan and his friends were not affected and continued eating while talking and laughing.

You don’t know until you talk, and the more you talk, the more you get along.

Chen Yuan is a few months older than Li Shanghai, so he and Hu Zi call Chen Yuan "Brother Yuan".

Chen Yuan discovered that Li Shanghai had great business acumen, but he was born at the wrong time. At that time, there had not yet been comprehensive reform and opening up, and he had to wait for more than ten years.

"Brother Yuan, I have a bicycle, and it's convenient for me to go to your place to pick up the goods. If you trust me, I will help you sell it."

"I don't ask for much, just 10% is enough."

Li Shanghai thought this was a good opportunity, and the thing Chen Yuan was selling was in short supply.

If someone asked him to buy some wild game, he could directly give the order to Chen Yuan and take some of the profit.

Chen Yuan thought for a moment and agreed to Li Shanghai's proposal.

This way, he can save a lot of time.

Moreover, Li Shanghai has a wide network of contacts, so it would be easier to quote a price if there were orders.

The most important thing is that Chen Yuan will not rely solely on hunting. No one can predict what is in the mountains.

By then, he can get something new and sell it on the black market through Li Shanghai.

He lowered his voice, leaned close to Li Shanghai's ear, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "There is a dilapidated temple on the way from our village to the county. We deliver the goods there."

Li Shanghai knew the place. He just had to ride a few hundred meters from their village in the opposite direction of the county town to get there.

After a pause, Chen Yuan continued, "But the time we go into the mountains is not fixed."

In this day and age, communication is not convenient, unlike in later generations where we can send text messages anytime and anywhere.

Li Shanghai also thought this was a hassle. "How about this, if you have any goods, just let me know. Our two villages are close, so I can take them directly to the county."

"When the weather gets warmer, the fur and other things will be fine, but you can't keep this meat!"

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "I've already thought about this. If there's enough time, I'll sell the meat fresh. If not, I'll just make it into bacon or jerky."

"But once it gets warmer, we might get some other things too."

After hearing this, Li Shanghai immediately understood that Chen Yuan still had some good stuff in his hands!

Li Shanghai did not continue to ask. At this time, if there is a way to make money, it must be tightly grasped in the hands and not wanted to be known by others.

Both of them had their own interests at stake, and their relationship became closer.

They continued to eat when suddenly several people rushed into the restaurant.

Zhang Hao, the leader, shouted arrogantly, "Where is Chen Yuan?"

Chen Yuan frowned slightly. Who is this person? He looks a little familiar, but not much.

Zhou Lili was startled when she heard Zhang Hao's voice and hurried out from the kitchen.

"Zhang Hao, stop messing around!"

Chen Yuan suddenly understood, and memories flooded back to his mind.

It turned out that Zhang Hao was the guy who spoke rudely and hired people to cause trouble in the mountains that day.

Chen Yuan sneered and slowly stood up.

"looking for me?"

Zhang Hao stretched his neck and shouted arrogantly: "Your name is Chen Yuan, right?"

"Everyone in the county knows that Zhou Lili is mine!"

"Why do you keep harassing Lili? What's your intention?"

Zhou Lili gritted her teeth and yelled at Zhang Hao, "Zhang Hao, Brother Chen and I are innocent, don't talk nonsense!"

"Besides, I didn't promise you!"

Zhang Hao laughed angrily and ignored Zhou Lili. He turned around and pointed at Chen Yuan and cursed, "My people just saw you guys talking and laughing at the door. And you said you weren't here to harass Lili?"

Chen Yuan was speechless. If their normal communication and discussion of cooperation could be considered harassment, then if they sat down to have a meal together, would he still be accused of being a hooligan?

Li Shanghai was a little confused, but he believed in Chen Yuan's character, so he stood up and tried to ease the situation.

"Is there some misunderstanding here? Everyone, sit down and talk slowly."

Zhang Hao arrogantly stepped on the chair, shook his head and looked at Li Shanghai, and spat in his direction.

"Pooh!"

"Who do you think you are? You still want to help Chen Yuan?"

Li Shanghai also got angry and spit back without any hesitation.

Without waiting for Zhang Hao to continue, Chen Yuan said, "This person's heart is dirty. Everything he sees is dirty."

"I have my own family, and Comrade Zhou and I were just discussing some official matters."

How could Zhang Hao believe Chen Yuan? "Official business? Why don't you dare to speak it out?"

"No comment!"

Chen Yuan didn't want to have a conflict with Zhang Hao in the state-owned restaurant. He knew that Zhang Hao dared to be so arrogant in the county, and there must be connections behind him.

But he has no connections behind him and no connections that can be used.

Your wings are not strong enough, and it is not the time to break up with Zhang Hao.

When the two were at a stalemate, Zhou Lili cried and said to Zhang Hao, "Zhang Hao, why do you have to pester me?"

"I've had enough!"

After saying that, Zhou Lili covered her face and ran out of the Wuxiang State-owned Restaurant without looking back.

Today, Zhang Hao came to the state-owned hotel to cause trouble for Chen Yuan, but wasn't he also here to cause trouble for her?

If someone gossips about her behind her back and says that her work style is problematic, how can she have the face to stay in the state-owned hotel in the future?

Zhang Hao is just like that. He never thinks before doing anything, and never thinks about the consequences!

This is not the first time that Zhang Hao has embarrassed her!

Seeing Zhou Lili running away crying, Zhang Hao panicked instantly. He left a harsh word and hurriedly chased after her.

Li Shanghai knew Zhang Hao, and now he understood why Zhang Hao came to cause trouble for Chen Yuan.

He took the initiative to move closer to Chen Yuan and explained in a low voice, "Zhang Hao is the little bully in the county. He relies on his parents being senior employees and idles around all day, causing trouble everywhere."

Chen Yuan said "hmm", this was almost the same as what he had just guessed.

He is upright and has no fear of his own shadow.

"I understand, thank you!"

Li Shanghai waved his hand, "There's no need to say thank you between us."

After this little episode, it did not affect the mood of the three people while eating.

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