Chapter 45 The team is in chaos When Li Long didn't come back that night, Li Jianguo wasn't particularly worried. The events of the past few days had made Li Jianguo realize that his brother had become much more calm and composed. Since he didn't come back, it was probably because of something that delayed him. So although he didn't sleep well that night and went out to check twice when the dog was barking, he wasn't too worried. When he woke up the next morning, he explained to Liang Yuemei: "Xiaolong must have run into something in the mountains. He will be back tomorrow. I have to go to the team to get the work points for the carriage." "Then go quickly and explain it to the captain," Liang Yuemei said, "so that it will be easier for you to borrow the carriage next time." Judging from the current situation, the Li family members are actually aware that Li Long will need to borrow carriages many times in the future. When Li Jianguo came back again, his face looked a little strange. Liang Yuemei asked him what was wrong. "The captain said that Gu Ermao was arrested yesterday. The captain went to pick him up yesterday afternoon and fined him twenty yuan." "He was arrested? Why?" Liang Yuemei was a little surprised. "What did he do?" Although Gu Ermao is a bit frivolous, he is not very courageous. He should not do anything that is against the law, right? "They said he was engaged in speculation and profiteering - they arrested him yesterday morning at the Lei black market."
"The black market, that little dragon..." Liang Yuemei immediately became worried. "Xiaolong is fine. This Gu Ermao followed Xiaolong to the black market. He saw Xiaolong buying things at the black market and driving away in a carriage. He wanted to follow him, but... he was caught." "Why does he want to be with Xiaolong?" Liang Yuemei's face suddenly darkened. Gu Ermao used to have a lot of contact with Li Long. Liang Yuemei had told Li Long about it, but Li Long didn't listen at all at that time. Now Li Long has obviously changed for the better and no longer hangs out with such second-rate people. Why is Gu Ermao still following Li Long? What good intentions could he have? "He confessed everything. He said he wanted to follow our Xiaolong into the mountains to see the way. Li Long always brought back a lot of things. They went into the mountains twice and didn't get anything. So he wanted to follow and see if he could remember the way. Who knows..." At this point, Li Jianguo gritted his teeth: "Fuck, this bad guy even told the joint defense team that Li Long had sold things on the black market, and said he wanted to report him and make meritorious contributions..." "What does this bastard want to do?" Liang Yuemei was completely annoyed this time. Nowadays, the saying of loyalty and trust still exists in the countryside. If you insist on talking about this kind of thing without the other party's permission, then you will make an enemy. Not to mention a mortal enemy, at least you will definitely not be able to communicate with each other in the future. "The captain said that they didn't pay any attention to him. They didn't catch him red-handed, and they also wanted evidence." Li Jianguo said slowly, "The captain said that Xiaolong should be more careful when he goes out. We still have to be careful around the New Year. The policy may change in the future, but for now we have to listen to the higher-ups." "Hmph." Liang Yuemei was still angry. "When Xiaolong comes back, we'll have a good talk with him," Li Jianguo said. "We have fish and meat at home, which is much better than in previous years. Let's not bother with it this year." "Let's talk about it when we get back." Liang Yuemei sighed, "What about the Gu family..." "Don't worry about it, this matter is not over yet." Li Jianguo sneered, "After the Gu family did something like this, I don't think Boss Gu will have the face to see me in the future!" The Gu family was now in a state of gloom. Twenty yuan was not a small sum, and his family could only come up with fourteen yuan in total, with the remaining six yuan being paid by the team leader Xu Chengjun. Although Gu Ermao's face looked fine, there was pain all over his body. The main reason was that he said at the beginning that he was not here to buy or sell anything. But could the joint defense team believe him? The point was that when the leader came to see him, he still cried out for injustice, but the leader ignored him. After the leader left, the two joint defense team members were so angry that they gave him a good beating. "What did you do?" Gu Ermao's father, Boss Gu, pointed at him angrily, "You don't have to admit it, but why did you get close to the Li family's waiter? Did he provoke you?" "How could I have been arrested if it wasn't for him?" Gu Ermao didn't feel that he was wrong at all. He tilted his neck and retorted, "If he had told me the way, or taken me to the mountains, wouldn't this have happened? I can't let him live a good life if I don't live a good life!" "I don't know whether he is doing well or not, but you will have a hard time in the future." Boss Gu almost laughed at his stupid son. "If the team knows about this, don't even think about going out. Just wait and see how they poke you in the back!" "How would the team know?" Gu Ermao was a little worried when he heard that the news would spread among the team, but he still had some luck, "The captain and you went there, how could they know if you didn't tell them?" "Captain, you won't tell me?" For the first time, Boss Gu felt that his son was hopeless. "Then the captain doesn't need to tell so many people. Just tell Li Jianguo alone... You, come with me to the Li family at noon to apologize!"
"I won't go! I won't go even if you kill me!" Gu Ermao couldn't afford to lose face, so he turned around and went back to his room. "Oh!" Boss Gu slapped his thigh. His wife went out and gossiped about other people. It won't be long before she knows about this ugly incident in her family! Sure enough, after a while, Gu Ermao's mother, Sister Liu, ran in in a panic, and when she saw Gu Lao Da, she asked: "Where's Ermao?" "In the inner room." Boss Gu said unhappily, "I asked him to go with me to the Li family to apologize, but he refused to go." "It's too late!" Sister Liu also slapped her thigh hard. "Now the news has spread in the team. It is said that Ermao was arrested and betrayed Li's Xiaoer. No one did anything and just fined Ermao. Now the team is saying that Li's Xiaolong has connections. Our Ermao is nothing..." As she spoke, she went into the inner room and said to Gu Ermao in a hurry: "Ermao, why don't you go hide at your uncle's place for two days, or else I don't know what these people in the team will say about you!" Gu Ermao heard what his mother said just now, and he was a little panicked. He originally thought that after breaking up Wu Shufen and Li Long, he could take advantage of the situation. Now Wu Shufen can still talk to him for a few words and there is some progress. If she knows about his affairs, wouldn’t it be ruined? But now he was kind of reluctant to leave the team and go to his uncle's house. "His father, you'd better think of a solution quickly!" Seeing that her son didn't move, Mrs. Liu came out to urge Boss Gu. What could Boss Gu do? As the incident involving Gu Ermao was spreading, Captain Xu Chengjun received another call. He was almost mad with anger. Tao Dayong of the Tao family was caught selling fish on the black market! He almost fainted! None of them are worry-free! Xu Chengjun actually knew that the two incidents were closely related to Li Long. They saw that Li Long was doing well, making money, taking things, and not getting into trouble, so they wanted to learn from him. Unfortunately, they were not as lucky as him, and both of them were arrested. Damn it! I have to lose face again! Thank you for your monthly recommendation votes and follow-up support. The current data is not bad. I hope it can be maintained. (End of this chapter)
