Chapter 122 The Lion Opens His Mouth
Old Mrs. Li smiled and shook her head, took two steps forward and closed the yard door, blocking the neighbors' sight outside.
"Aunt Li, your brother and sister-in-law were wrong in everything else they said, but they were right in one thing. Since they have worked hard, how can they not want wages?" Xu Youyou said.
Old Mrs. Li wanted to refuse. In her opinion, she was more capable of taking care of the little ones.
Aunt Liu also advised: "If you don't think about others, you should also think about yourself. You have to save some money for your coffin."
Old Lady Li shook her head and said, "When a person dies, his thoughts disappear. He can't care about things during his lifetime, let alone after his death. Just let it go."
Xu Youyou admired Aunt Liu's extremely open-minded attitude, but the more the other party didn't want it, the more she had to give it.
"Aunt Li, I'm not a capitalist. If I don't even pay you, wouldn't that be exploiting my employees? Besides, you can spend your salary however you want. I won't stop you from spending it. Then you can save more cats and dogs. That would be great, right?"
Aunt Li's expression softened, and when she thought of those cute little ones, her attitude of rejection was not so firm anymore.
Xu Youyou came with a drafted labor contract. She was afraid that things would get more complicated, so she urged Old Lady Li to sign the contract on the spot.
"Aunt Li, I have hired a moving company. They will be here to help with the move in about two hours. If you need to pack anything, since we are all here, we can help you pack together." Xu Youyou said proactively.
Old Lady Li hurriedly said, "Miss Xu, I really don't know how to thank you. You have considered every aspect of this. But I can do the packing myself. Please sit down and rest for a while."
Although Mrs. Li's house was full of things, most of them were waste and she didn't plan to take them away. After she made a phone call, ten minutes later, a young man on an electric tricycle came to her door and packed up the waste and took it away.
Xu Youyou took a look and realized that so many pieces of waste were only sold for more than a hundred yuan.
The moving company's car didn't come, and Xu Youyou didn't need to help with packing. She was sitting leisurely in Old Lady Li's yard, and a big fat orange cat jumped directly into her arms.
Xu Youyou glanced around and obediently let Aunt Liu lead her to run around in the alley. Without the jealous girl's sight, Xu Youyou took the initiative to reach out and touch the fat orange cat's furry chin. Its fur was kept shiny and smooth by Aunt Li, and it felt very comfortable to touch.
"Miss Xu, Fu girl likes you very much." Old Mrs. Li said with a smile.
"Fu girl? Her chubby figure suits the name very well. She is a pretty girl." Xu Youyou said with a relaxed look.
Old Lady Li said, "Every time Fu girl runs into someone's arms, she brings good luck to that person. Last night she stayed in my arms and refused to leave. Today I have a good job with free food and lodging."
Xu Youyou raised her eyebrows when she heard that and was about to ask if it was really effective.
A system prompt suddenly popped up in front of her.
[The loot-picking mission has been started, please arrive at the target location as soon as possible. 】
Xu Youyou rubbed Fu Yatou's cat head vigorously: "You really are a lucky little girl!"
Fu Yatou looked at her with disgust, jumped out of her arms, trotted to another place and continued to sleep in.
Xu Youyou said something casually to Old Lady Li, stood up and walked outside. The bodyguards who were helping to sweep the floor immediately put down their tools and followed.
"Just two people will be enough, and the others can stay to help." Xu Youyou said.
Xu Youyou originally thought she had to drive there, but she didn't expect that she had arrived at the destination before she even walked out of the alley.
In the middle of the alley, the door of a house was open, and the sound of a fierce argument came from inside.
"Money, I want money! Old man, there must be money at home, where did you hide it?" a young voice questioned.
Another old voice said, "I'm really out of money. You've sucked all the money out of my coffin. I'm kneeling down to beg you, please stop sucking and turn back."
Xu Youyou felt that the voice sounded familiar, as if it was the old man who had given false testimony before. At this moment, he was begging desperately, and there was no trace of the fierceness that he had shown when giving false testimony at Old Lady Li's house.
The neighbors in this alley came over to watch the fun, pointing and talking in the yard.
"Old Liu is so miserable. He got a son in his old age, but he's a debt collector. He's only been released from that place for a few days, and he's already started smoking again?"
"I've heard from people that once you get addicted to this stuff, you'll never be able to quit. It's right for Old Man Liu not to give him money. He might as well save some money for his coffin."
"Old Liu is asking for trouble. He was a conscienceless person when he was young. He just gave false testimony at Sister Li's house. It was all because of that little thing called scavenging. He thought Sister Li was fighting with him for trash, so he turned right into wrong and hurt her. It's retribution for raising such a son!"
Xu Youyou pricked up her ears and listened carefully; the knocking and banging sounds in the room did not stop.
After a loud bang, a young man's voice came from inside: "Old man, you lied again! You said you have no money? What's this? You also hid a bag of silver dollars, waiting for you to spend it secretly!"
"You can't take this! This is the last of our family's assets. I beg you." Old man Liu pleaded.
But in response, his son kicked him away with all his strength: "Old man, you are nosy!"
The young man rushed out with a palm-sized cloth bag in his hand, looking aggressive.
Xu Youyou's heart skipped a beat after just one look.
The man had a sunken face, dull eyes, and was as thin as a skeleton.
Although the two sisters of the Ye family were also thin, they still looked like living people. The man in front of them did not have any of the energy and spirit that a living person should have, and instead looked more like a walking corpse.
Seeing a group of people gathered outside, Liu Xiaobao glared at them fiercely and said, "Get out of the way."
The crowd immediately made way for him, and everyone tried to avoid him as much as possible.
Liu Xiaobao didn't care about other people's opinions and wanted to run away with his things.
"What you have in your hand is a silver dollar? Do you want to sell it?"
Hearing the clear female voice, Liu Xiaobao looked back. He looked Xu Youyou up and down and said in a muffled voice, "Sell it."
"What kind of silver dollar is this? Let me take a look at the goods first." Xu Youyou said.
Liu Xiaobao opened the cloth bag, revealing a few Yuan Datou coins.
"There are seven in total. Do you want them all?" Liu Xiaobao asked.
Xu Youyou nodded and took a quick glance. She didn't see any difference between these Yuan Datou coins.
Liu Xiaobao opened his mouth and said, "Five thousand for one."
The neighbors who were watching suddenly exclaimed.
"How can a Yuan Datou be so expensive? Isn't it more than a thousand yuan per piece?" said a neighbor.
Liu Xiaobao immediately glared at the neighbor who was talking, and the neighbor was so scared that he shut his mouth.
"Okay, I take them all." Xu Youyou said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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