The Alley Residents 2: The Hard Road

Zhuang Tunan worked overtime during the New Year and injured his leg. He accompanied his parents back to the alley. Although Li Jia wanted to walk with him, his family always opposed it. Lin Dongzh...

Chapter 59 Green Hat

Wu Jianguo laughed and said, "Do I need to know that? You can tell with your eyes closed. Zhuang Tunan is much more ambitious than you. The girl he's pursuing is named Li Jia. Even if they break up, he won't forget her for two or three years. If you want to be with him, you won't be moved for three or five years!"

Zhang Min said with unwavering determination, "Then I'll wait for him for three to five years!"

Zhang Amei complained, "Just wait and see, you'll end up an old maid!"

Wu Jianguo was afraid that Zhang Amei would really be angry, so he said to Zhang Min, "Xiao Min, it's getting late. You have to get up early tomorrow morning, so go to bed early!"

"And what about you, Dad?"

"Let's wait for Xiaojun to come back before we go to sleep!"

"Okay, I'm going to bed now, Dad!"

"Um!"

Back at the hospital, Xiang Pengfei brought two meals into the ward, leaving one for Zhou Yuxiang and tossing the other to Zhou Chengzhi, saying, "Eat something, brother!"

Zhou Chengzhi didn't even glance at the meal before asking, "How is your aunt? Is she alright?"

Xiang Pengfei rolled his eyes at him and said, "Want me to run you over with my car?"

Zhou Chengzhi hurriedly said apologetically, "Tell your uncle that I will pay all of your aunt's medical expenses, and I will also give them an additional 50,000 yuan, is that alright?"

"Then I'll tell my uncle and have him come and thank you in person?"

Zhou Chengzhi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I want to live a few more days!"

"Hmph, let me tell you, Zhou Chengzhi, Yuxiang will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning, and I'll take her to get our marriage certificate in the afternoon. We'll get married in three days, and you can just wait to attend the wedding banquet. You can become an uncle in a couple of years!"

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say, alright? My good brother-in-law!"

"Since you're so sensible, I won't make things difficult for you. You can leave now! I'll stay with Yuxiang tonight, no need to trouble you!"

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

After Zhou Chengzhi finished speaking, he walked out of the ward. Just as he was about to leave the hospital, his mobile phone suddenly rang. He pulled the cord, pressed the answer button, and said, "Hello, who is this?"

"It's me! Wu Shanshan!"

"Oh, it's sister-in-law! What's up? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"You transferred the money to Liu Jian?"

"Yes! What I discussed with him was, of course, transferring the money to him!"

"Aren't you afraid I'll expose you if you transfer the money to him?"

"No, sister-in-law, you can't do this! We're talking business, don't you have any professional ethics?"

"Pah! What a load of rubbish! It's no use talking about principles; I only care about money!"

"You only care about money. Go ask your husband for it. Why are you coming to me?"

"Fine! I'll hang up and call the police, saying you're showing pornographic movies in the movie theater!"

"You, Wu Shanshan, don't force me!"

"Who forced me, you or me? The moment you gave Liu Jian money, he came to me about divorce, trying to break me up with my husband. If you won't let me have a good life, how can I let you have a good life? Fine, let's just break up!"

"Fine, I give up, Wu Shanshan. Tell me! How much do you want?"

"I won't ask for an exorbitant amount, 50,000, because the kindergarten made me owe more than 30,000, and I need to have some savings of my own!"

"You, Wu Shanshan, you have your own problems, so you're using me as an example, huh!"

"You can refuse, and then we'll fight to the death!"

"you,,!"

"So? Want to think it over? If you give me 50,000, I can give you a chance to sleep with me!"

Upon hearing Wu Shanshan's words, Zhou Chengzhi's anger vanished, replaced by interest as he asked, "Is this true?"

"Of course, I, Wu Shanshan, keep my word!"

"Aren't you afraid Liu Jian will be next to you? Will he want a divorce?"

"It's because he brought up divorce that I'm going to punish him!"

"Your punishment is quite unusual, it's actually making me a cuckold!"

Wu Shanshan was somewhat annoyed and said, "Are you going to give me money, or fight to the death?"

"Of course it's you, this good piece of meat!"

"Sure! I'll decide the time. I'll call you again. You give me the money then, and I'll sleep with you. See you there!"

"OK!"

Zhou Chengzhi hung up the phone, humming a little tune, and walked home triumphantly.

A loud alarm clock woke Zhang Min up. She got up, dressed, knocked on Wu Xiaojun's door a few times, and said, "Xiaojun, get up! Come to the post office with me!"

To Zhang Min's surprise, Wu Xiaojun responded immediately when he was called, "Okay, sis, I'll be right there!"

I'll be waiting for you outside!

"Um!"

Zhang Min didn't disturb Zhuang Tunan, but went directly to the newsstand. She saw someone curled up in the corner of the newsstand, sleeping.

Zhang Min suspected that the man was either drunk or homeless. It must be too cold for him to sleep there, and if something happened to him, the newsstand would be ruined. So she carefully walked over and nudged the man with her toe.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhang Min touched that person, he immediately reacted, stood up, and smiled, saying, "Sister Min, you're here!"

Upon hearing the voice, Zhang Min knew it was Zhuang Zhenbei and quickly said, "Oh! Zhenbei, you're here so early! In this cold weather, aren't you afraid of getting cold!"

Zhuang Zhenbei still smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm wearing thick clothes, and I'm young and can withstand the cold."

"Sigh, you should go to Tu Nan's house to warm up, it's too cold here!"

"fine!"

Just then, Wu Xiaojun, who had come out of the alley, asked, "Sister, sister, has Wu Xiaojun arrived?"

Zhang Min turned her head and said, "He arrived a long time ago, and he's probably been freezing here for half a day!"

Zhuang Zhenbei hurriedly said, "No, no, I came here at noon. I pedaled my tricycle for almost two hours and just got here. I was just about to rest for a while when you arrived, so it hasn't been long!"

Wu Xiaojun said, "If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have let you come. Actually, I know the post office staff in your area; I could have just said hello!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Min was furious and quickly said, "You little brat, are you kidding me? You want to be a policeman? With your character, I think you should just stay at home!"

Wu Xiaojun hurriedly said with a pained expression, "Sis, please listen to me! I'm worried it won't be safe for you to go alone, so I wanted him to accompany you for a while. I'm only doing this for your own good!"

"My silly brother! You mustn't do that again. What you're doing is too cruel and makes Zhuang Zhenbei suffer unnecessary pain. How can you bear it?"

Seeing that the siblings were about to start arguing, Zhuang Zhenbei quickly said, "Sister, don't be mean to Xiaojun. I don't blame him. You're helping my uncle's family, so I should do my part and have an obligation to protect you. You can't blame him, really, you can't blame him!"

Zhang Min smiled at Zhuang Zhenbei and said, "Thank you, Zhenbei, for being so understanding! Thank you!"

"No, if anyone should thank someone, it should be me thanking you, not me!"

"Let's go! Let's start your journey to earning your first pot of gold!"

So the two young men shouted at the top of their lungs, "Let's go, let's make money!"

Zhuang Zhenbei and Wu Xiaojun each rode a tricycle, with Zhang Min sitting on the tricycle Wu Xiaojun was pedaling, as they headed towards the post office.

Acquaintances are acquaintances. After Wu Xiaojun's persistent pleading, Old Liu gave her another 10% discount, making the newspapers and magazines even cheaper than what Huang Ling bought. This made Zhang Min very happy. If she told Aunt Huang this news, she would definitely recover faster.

After checking and packing the newspapers, Zhang Min also settled the accounts for yesterday's newspapers and magazines before the three of them rode their tricycle back home.

Just as the three men were riding their tricycle to the second intersection, five young men suddenly blocked their way. One of them was a blond-haired guy with dyed hair. He pointed at the three men with a steel pipe and said, "Hey, I planted this tree and I opened this road. If you want to pass, leave your toll!"