The weather has been surprisingly hot these days.
People couldn't sit still at home, so they all gathered under the big willow tree at the entrance of the alley to enjoy the cool air.
People chatting, playing cards, walking their children, several groups of people gathered, making noises.
"Hey, I've seen Zhao Shanhe look like a dog these days. Where is this kid hanging out? He seems to be living a good life these days." A man in his forties had a big oily face. asked.
"He's a bastard. He only steals and robs. He says he's doing business, but who knows what he's doing behind the scenes!"
Someone in the crowd continued talking angrily.
Immediately afterwards, Fang Mei, who was eating melon seeds at the side, said, "Guess what I saw when I went to the toilet at midnight last night?"
"What did you see?"
"I saw Liu Ling dressed like a vixen in the middle of the night, waiting for Zhao Shanhe at the entrance of the alley. The two of them talked to each other for a long time. After that, I didn't see whether Zhao Shanhe and Liu Ling entered the house, but I looked at the two of them. I’m afraid I’m too hot to deal with this!”
Fang Mei said that there are noses and eyes, and everyone takes it as such.
Hou Guifen listened on the side and took a breath of cold air, thinking that Liu Ling really had two attacks. In just a few days, she had taken down that boy Zhao Shanhe.
"Sister-in-law Guifen, Liu Ling is your sister-in-law. Is the matter between her and Zhao Shanhe true?" someone asked her.
Hou Guifen was a top person, but this matter was about a fox peeing, which was very provocative. She didn't dare to respond, so she pretended not to know anything and shook her head.
Now that this matter has been mentioned through Fang Mei's mouth, it is an old rumor.
At noon, Su Wan came back from the market with a vegetable basket to buy vegetables. When she entered the alley, she saw a bunch of people looking at her and pointing behind her.
She was puzzled and listened quietly, but the more she listened, the angrier she became. Thinking of Zhao Shanhe's anxious look last night, she felt a little scared.
Although Liu Ling is not as tall as herself, she has a good figure and is a mature woman. I am afraid that Zhao Shanhe will really like her.
When she thought of this, Amelia Su's tears couldn't stop flowing down.
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Zhao Shanhe didn't know that Liu Ling's incident was spreading in Laomin Street.
In the morning, he sold all the goods and Haozi, making less than 2,000 yuan. In the afternoon, he freed up time to go to the department store, first to manage decoration, and then to train employees.
Last time we hired a total of 6 employees in the labor market, four men and two women.
Liu Peng.
Li Jun.
Wang Xiaotian.
Zhang Xiangxiu.
Wu Lili.
Among them, Liu Peng has the highest academic level, graduating from junior high school.
His family's financial situation was initially good, but later it fell into decline, so they could no longer afford to support him until he was in junior high school. He had no choice but to go out to work early.
Liu Peng is about the same age as Zhao Shanhe and Haozi, and with his outgoing personality and sweet mouth, among the six newly recruited employees, Zhao Shanhe and Haozi are the most proud of him.
"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Hao, would you like one?"
Liu Peng took out the box of Hongtashan. He was sweet-tongued and good at flattering people. Several other employees called Zhao Shanhe boss, Zhao Hao brother, partial to him, and both called them boss.
"Pengzi, I heard that your family has fallen into decline?" Zhao Shanhe asked.
Liu Peng sighed: "Don't mention it, I am careless. He has lost all the family property that my grandfather left behind after working hard all his life, which is tens of thousands of dollars."
These days, anyone with a family worth tens of thousands of dollars is a wealthy family. Liu Peng doesn't look like a poor person in his speech and behavior, but his life has been in decline in the past few years.
"It's okay. Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi. If you are willing to work hard with me, I will let you prosper. There is no problem in living a stable life. You are highly educated. When this shop opens in the future, you will have the ledger. In charge of management, you must clearly remember your daily expenses and income." Zhao Shanhe patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, I will definitely handle this account clearly for you."
"Okay, it's getting late today. Let's get off work first."
After closing the shop door, Zhao Shanhe hurried back home.
He came back early today, so he went to the vegetable market and bought three kilograms of pork belly. He marinated it and fried it for dinner at night.
"Just ride on the horse and you call me Zhao Shanhe!"
A tall and thick man suddenly rushed out from the entrance of the alley, blocking Zhao Shanhe's way.
This man's name was Zhou Zhen, a well-known gangster in Laomin Street. Zhao Shanhe had met him several times at the card table before and knew him.
Zhou Zhen is a man who is greedy for money and lustful, and is proficient in eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling.
He had teased all the beautiful wives in this alley. He had fallen in love with Su Wan before, but Su Wan couldn't tolerate him and directly accused him of being a gangster and made him reform in the fence for two months.
But not long after he came out of the fence, he committed the old habit again. He fell in love with Liu Ling, a widow in the alley, and kept stalking her, but Liu Ling didn't fall in love with him and refused to do anything. I had just heard about the incident between Liu Ling and Zhao Shanhe. I was so angry that I thought of asking Zhao Shanhe to protest.
"What, is something wrong?" Zhao Shanhe looked at him and asked.
"Your wife sued me and made me squat on the fence for two months. Let's not mention it for now, but listen to me, Liu Ling is my iron man, stay away from her. Point, I don’t care whether you are a gangster or a white gangster, if you dare to touch my woman, I will castrate you!”
When Zhao Shanhe heard this, he couldn't hold it back anymore. He laughed out loud and said, "Liu Ling and I have nothing to do with each other. Brother, how jealous are you!"
"It doesn't matter? If you have nothing to do with Liu Ling, then how can others say that you two were making love to each other at the entrance of the alley in the middle of the night yesterday. Was it Liu Ling who seduced you first, or was it you who seduced Liu Ling?" Zhou Zhen said through gritted teeth.
He felt unhappy when he thought that he was trying to please Liu Ling like a pug, even though he hadn't even had a bite of fat yet, but it made Zhao Shanhe's mouth full of oil.
"Liu Ling and I are innocent, don't look for trouble!" After saying that, Zhao Shanhe turned around and left, still blaming Liu Ling in his heart.
How many misunderstandings have been caused by this fabrication!
But I don’t know who is the liar who spread this matter so evilly.
If there is any trouble in this alley, it must be known to everyone. Zhao Shanhe doesn't even have to think about it. Su Wan must know about the scandal.
Carrying the meat through the door, Zhao Shanhe got into trouble. It was not unknown to him that Su Wan was jealous.
He used to work in a furniture factory, and there was a novice female colleague in the same workshop who often asked him about operating the cutting machine. He gave him a few warm words, and people in the factory started talking about it, which made Su Wan angry. I didn't let him touch it for half a month.
This time it's even more troublesome. The heroine of this scandal is still a widow, and it happened in the middle of the night, so it's hard to explain.
In the room, Su Wan had a gloomy face and her eyes were still red. It looked like she had just cried. She didn't say anything when Zhao Shanhe came back, but turned her face away.
Zhao Shanhe was very angry when he saw her looking like this, and he didn't say anything when he saw her. He must be jealous, or he was jealous because of his age.
