Black Lotus is reborn. Hush! Just lie down and be quiet.

Old man Yang, in a panic, hurriedly left the Housing Authority, fearing that he would be implicated if he stayed any longer. After returning home, he gradually calmed down, and cold sweats broke out on his back.

"Fortunately, the store is fine!"

Old man Yang was thankful again, because if something had happened to Director Huang a day later, he would have lost his two shops.

At this time, Old Man Yang had not yet realized that Director Huang's accident was related to him. He was racking his brains to think of other people who could help. Unfortunately, most of his connections were made during the time of the Revolutionary Committee.

After the Revolutionary Committee was abolished, his connections were basically dispersed, and the few that remained in contact with him, like him, went back to their old unpromising jobs and could not help him at all.

Old man Yang sighed deeply and wiped his face vigorously. His head ached as if it was piercing his heart. Accidents happened one after another at home these days. He was beaten and had food poisoning. He suffered great physical and mental damage. He didn't get a good rest and couldn't take it anymore.

He planned to take a nap first and think of a solution after he had enough sleep.

Old man Yang washed his face, lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep, but not long after, he was awakened by a nightmare.

He dreamed that his eldest son was covered in blood, with his bloody hands stretched out, waving at him, and shouting, but he couldn't hear what he was shouting. Old man Yang was leaning on the bed, gasping for breath. The clothes on his back were soaked with sweat and stuck to his skin. He felt cold and damp and very uncomfortable.

Old man Yang was panic-stricken and couldn't fall asleep. He had to ask someone to save his son and couldn't delay any longer.

After washing his face, Old Man Yang, holding his briefcase, was ready to go out to ask for help. When he opened the door, he saw two serious-looking men in majestic uniforms. The badges on the front of their hats were shining in the sun, which made him feel dizzy and his legs a little weak.

"Yang Guozhu, come with us!"

The man showed his ID.

"Excuse me, what have I done wrong? I am just an ordinary worker. Why are you taking me there?"

Old man Yang quickly calmed down and pretended to be innocent and made excuses.

"Please cooperate with our work!"

The two men's expressions became more serious, and the majesty they exuded was so overwhelming that Old Man Yang dared not say a word and just followed them obediently.

Uncle Li and Uncle Liu were sitting at the entrance of the convenience store, chatting animatedly with a few middle-aged ladies. From afar they saw Old Man Yang walking in front of the two men with his head drooped like a prisoner. They all shut up and looked at Old Man Yang.

Old man Yang had a gloomy face and didn't look at them, but quickened his pace and walked out of the alley.

"What did Yang Guozhu do wrong? What were those two people doing just now?" Uncle Li muttered to himself curiously.

"It's definitely not the police. The police don't wear this kind of clothes!" Uncle Liu said firmly.

"What are you talking about? I don't know what the police wear."

Uncle Li rolled his eyes in annoyance. This Liu Shimei has no ability at all. He can only talk nonsense and has been saying it all his life.

Uncle Liu snorted angrily. He was too lazy to argue with this rude old man. He was a civilized man.

"Anyway, he is a government official. Yang Guozhu must have done something wrong. He deserves it. This old man should have been arrested long ago!"

Sister Xu from the convenience store was gloating over her misfortune. She even took out a mirror from the counter to admire her new hairstyle. She said the imported chemicals and machines were really special. Her hair looked so beautiful after the perm.

When Xia Qingqing came back, Grandpa Li and the others were still having a heated discussion, and more people were participating, all guessing what Old Man Yang had done wrong.

"Qingqing, let me tell you something!"

Sister Xu waved at her from a distance.

"What's the matter, Sister Xu?"

Xia Qingqing went over with an empty bag and took a piece of fruit leather to eat.

"Xiao Xia, have you sold all your stuff?"

Uncle Liu was attentive and noticed that her bag was empty.

"Business is good today, and we sold out early."

Xia Qingqing smiled very happily. The uncles and aunts were also happy for her. They felt that she was independent and self-reliant, earned money with her own hands, and did not go astray. She was really a good child.

"You have a talent for business. Sister, work hard, and once you save enough capital, you can open a store. You won't have to set up a stall in the wind and rain anymore." Sister Xu said with a smile.

Xia Qingqing nodded obediently and said shyly: "I can make clothes and plan to open a clothing store."

"A clothing store is great. When you open one, I'll come to you to make clothes for you!" Sister Xu was very supportive. The labor cost for making clothes is quite high nowadays. As long as you have good skills, you won't have to worry about not making money.

"I'll do it too!" Uncle Li was also very supportive.

"I'll go and take a look then."

Uncle Liu hesitated for a few seconds. He didn't want to make new clothes. The clothes he made two years ago were still about 80% new. But he could go to the store to take a look and add some popularity, which was also a kind of support.

"Are your eyeballs made of gold? Go and see if you can leave gold dust. When was this shirt on you made? It's been thirty years, right? It's worn out. Liu Shimei, why are you being so stingy? Are you going to use it in the coffin? Forget it. The underworld uses ghost money, and the banknotes in the world of the living cannot be used. If you take it there, it will just be burned as waste paper!"

Uncle Li couldn't help but sneered and ridiculed Uncle Liu, who was so angry that he jumped up and yelled, "My money is none of your business. I'm thrifty and live a simple life. I'm not like you, Li Shiren. After a few good days, you forget your roots and start to enjoy yourself. Humph!"

"It's none of your business if I spend my own money. You eat pickled vegetables and rice every day, but I can't get used to it. I just want to eat meat. I'll make you so greedy!"

"I'm not greedy. Vegetables and tofu will keep you safe and live to be ninety-nine. You eat meat every day, be careful that phlegm will block your trachea and make it difficult to breathe!"

"If you live to be ninety-nine, I'll live to be one hundred and nineteen, and I'll still eat your tofu!"

"Li Shiren, you are so capable. Living to 119 is nothing. Why don't you live to 999?"

The two old men quarreled until their faces turned red and their necks became thick. The more they quarreled, the more outrageous it became. However, they had one advantage: no matter how fiercely they quarreled, they would never use violence. So no one even bothered to persuade them to stop, because they would naturally stop when they got tired of quarreling.

Sister Xu pulled Xia Qingqing aside and said, "Yang Guozhu was just taken away by two men in uniform. I guess he did something wrong."

Xia Qingqing appropriately expressed shock, followed by confusion, and whispered, "What could he have done wrong? Could it be the same thing he did before?"

After saying this, she covered her mouth, looking annoyed.

"What happened in the past?" Sister Xu's eyes lit up, she keenly caught the big gossip, and quickly asked.

Xia Qingqing hesitated and refused to say anything.

"Don't worry, once it goes into my mouth, no one else will know. My mouth is the most tightly guarded in the whole alley." Sister Xu patted her chest and promised, swearing an oath.

Xia Qingqing secretly laughed. Sister Xu was the biggest loudspeaker in the alley. Once something entered her mouth, it would spread everywhere in less than half a day.

"Then I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else."

Xia Qingqing reminded him again and again, and Sister Xu gave him assurances again. She felt itchy in her heart, and she had a hunch that it must be big news, the kind that had never been exposed before.

"Do you know the old lady who used to sweep the toilet in the alley next door?" Xia Qingqing asked mysteriously.