With Liu Donglai as a powerful figure to rely on, and Li Tang being sensible, the factory construction proceeded smoothly with the necessary procedures.
Li Xiangdong and Li Jin stayed in the provincial capital for a few days, and then helped Li Tang and others rent a few houses near the factory site to settle down before returning to Lijiapo.
Meanwhile, Wang Zhenbo and Liu Yuqing successfully obtained the loan.
The credit union was more efficient than ever before.
The head of the credit department quickly signed the document. After collecting a basket of freshwater prawns, the clerk privately told Wang Zhenbo that he would cut in line and give them priority in processing the loan, and the money would arrive in a few days.
The matter of building a branch factory for the food processing plant was finally settled, and before Li Xiangdong could even catch his breath, he received another call from Beijing.
"Dongzi! Come quick! The big courtyard house in Douzui Hutong that you asked Jianjun to inquire about last time, it's really for sale!"
On the other end of the phone was Zhou Hongsong's hurried voice.
Li Xiangdong was overjoyed when he heard the news!
The large courtyard house in Douzui Hutong that he had been asking Wu Jianjun to keep an eye on was part of the ancestral home of his master, Old Lady Jiang.
Most of the main buildings of that house were occupied by various work units, with only one separate courtyard allocated to individuals as residences.
Li Xiangdong thought that if the family wanted to sell the house, he would definitely buy it, as a way to leave something for his master.
I never expected this opportunity to come so quickly!
After Zhou Hongsong finished saying this news, he moved on to the second one.
"By the way, Dongzi, house sales registration is now allowed. Hurry up and come over. The old man and woman are going abroad the day after tomorrow. Come over immediately to complete the house transfer procedures!"
"Also, Xu Yunfeng and his group have brought ginseng to Yanjing. Shouldn't you come and meet him?"
The three things Zhou Hongsong mentioned are all important.
Li Xiangdong, without taking a break, told Li Jin and immediately went home to pack his luggage.
After taking some clothes, he thought for a moment, then reached under the suitcase and pulled out a small goldfish, stuffing it into the very bottom of his bag.
Li Xiangdong went straight to the train station and bought a ticket for the next train to Yanjing.
After waiting for about half an hour, the train arrived at the station. Li Xiangdong hugged his luggage bag tightly and boarded the train with the crowded flow of people.
After getting off the bus, Li Xiangdong headed straight for Tianshui Hutong, where he bumped into Zhou Hongsong, who was just leaving the alley.
"Dongzi—"
Zhou Hongsong exclaimed happily, "You came so fast!"
Li Xiangdong rubbed his head, which was throbbing from the bump, and grinned, "You were in such a hurry, I had to come right away!"
Zhou Hongsong grabbed Li Xiangdong's wrist. "Come on, you're here just in time, let's go quickly!"
Li Xiangdong was inexplicably pulled down by Zhou Hongsong. "Wait, brother, where are we going?"
Zhou Hongsong strode forward with his head down, explaining to Li Xiangdong as he went.
"A child just came to report that Xu Yunfeng and a few others have been beaten, and Jianjun and Uncle Yulong are not here. We have to hurry over to rescue them!"
"It's a good thing you came, otherwise I would have been in trouble by myself! According to the kid, there were more than a dozen big men beating up Xu Yunfeng and his group over there!"
"You know, Xu Yunfeng may be a bit cunning, but he's quite tactful. How come he got into trouble with those punks as soon as he arrived in Yanjing?"
Although Zhou Hongsong didn't have deep feelings for Xu Yunfeng, Xu Yunfeng was now on their side, and as a person who valued loyalty and righteousness, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
"Hey, bro, wait a minute—"
When the two arrived at the scene, panting heavily, only Da Niu was still fighting desperately. The other four had been beaten bloody and were curled up on the ground, groaning in pain.
Seven or eight youths, armed with wooden sticks and steel pipes, were beating Da Niu. A pretty young woman, her face as cold as frost, stood behind the encirclement, watching coldly.
This is a remote dead-end alley. Occasionally, pedestrians will pass by the alley entrance and peek in out of curiosity, only to be scared away.
Therefore, despite the fact that this group of people were fighting so fiercely, it didn't attract much attention.
"stop!"
"Go easy on him—"
Two voices rang out at the same time, and a young man who was whipping a bull on the head with a steel pipe stopped what he was doing.
Da Niu thought he was going to get his head smashed open today, but unexpectedly, at the critical moment, the Bodhisattva appeared and the saviors arrived!
His eyes were bloodshot and his lips were cracked. As he watched two familiar yet unfamiliar figures gradually approaching from the alleyway, he finally felt a sense of relief.
"Who are you two! Don't meddle in other people's business, go do what you're supposed to do!"
The young woman parted her cherry lips slightly and spoke coldly in a thick Beijing accent.
Li Xiangdong laughed and said in Mandarin, "Comrade, killing someone is just a matter of beheading them. What did these guys who got beaten up do wrong? They look pretty miserable now. How about we call it quits?"
The young woman glanced at him. "You know them?"
Zhou Hongsong glanced through the young man holding a wooden stick and a steel pipe at the five people lying on the ground and the blood all over the place, and was shocked.
"Damn it, you guys didn't kill someone, did you?! That's illegal!"
Li Xiangdong frowned and looked over. Sure enough, there was a pool of blood where Da Niu and Lei Zi had fallen.
He and Zhou Hongsong exchanged a glance, and at that moment they both thought in unison that today's incident was not just a simple fight. To have someone beaten like this, it seemed that this could not be resolved peacefully.
The young woman spat out a coquettish "Pah!" and said resentfully, "We'd rather kill them than get our hands dirty! We just want to teach them a lesson, to show them how to behave!"
Seeing how ruthless they were, Zhou Hongsong's face darkened. "What exactly happened? If you can't give me a clear explanation today, don't blame me for being impolite!"
The young man who had just grabbed a steel pipe, ready to smash the bull's head, chuckled coldly, "You're not going to hold back? Then come at me! Let's see if I'll take you seriously!"
Zhou Hongsong and Li Xiangdong were unarmed; how could they possibly defeat several of them?
He wiped the blood from his mouth, straightened his hat which was askew from the fight, and dragged a steel pipe in his hand, the pipe scraping against the stone floor with a screeching sound.
"Come on, guys, let's teach these two thugs a lesson—"
"Woo-wah—woo-wah—"
"Tap tap tap~"
First, the sound of sirens grew closer, and then the sound of footsteps approached.
"Stop! Drop your weapons! Put your hands behind your heads! Crouch down with your backs to the wall!"
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Xu Yunfeng and his group were taken to the hospital by the police due to their serious injuries. All eight people who did the beating were given a pair of silver bracelets each. The young woman who was watching the fight, as well as Li Xiangdong and Zhou Hongsong, were also taken away.
However, they had different identities: the young woman was a participant, while Zhou Hongsong and Li Xiangdong were the ones who called the police.
Looking at the row of people who had been so arrogant just moments before, now squatting obediently against the wall of the police station, the old station chief picked up a teacup that was more than half full of tea leaves and took a sip.
"Ugh—Pah!"
He spat out a tea stalk.
"Tell me, why did you fight?"
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