Chapter 181 Li Ye, Deep as Water
On January 1, 1983, there was a heavy snowfall throughout the north.
"Li Ye, Li Ye, hurry up, youngest, don't sleep any more, go out and have a snowball fight."
Wu Runfu from Xiangbei had never seen such heavy snow before, so he got up early in the morning with all his roommates in Room 209.
But Li Ye is from Dongshan, and the youngest son Sun Xianjin is from Heilongjiang Province. No matter how beautiful the snow outside is, how can it compare to the fragrance, softness and loveliness of the god of warm quilts?
The youngest, Sun Xianjin, pulled the quilt over his head and said seriously, "We northerners play hide-and-seek on snowy days.
You go ahead and find a snow cave to hide in. I'll come find you later. Don't let me find you."
"Hahahaha~, Lao Wu, hurry up, I know a few places near the lake where snow is most likely to accumulate, and the snow pits are thick and deep."
“Get out, get out!”
Wu Runfu rolled his eyes and said, "Youngest brother, you've been talking more and more like a crosstalk recently. I've never seen snow, but I'm not stupid."
"Other dormitories are taking collective action, but our dorm is really too disunited."
Li Ye, who has always been accused of being "disunited", curled up in the warm bed and said, "Old Wu, you got the wrong person. What's the point of playing snowballs with us?
You should go to the girls' dormitory building. Not only the girls from the south, but also the girls from the north like to make snowmen. Go over and help them."
“.”
There was a brief silence in dormitory 209 for a few seconds, and then suddenly there was chaos.
"Get up, get up, look in the mirror for four or five minutes. Why are you so vain?"
"You don't want to be beautiful? Then why did you steal the mirror? And you're using my hair oil. Use less of it, it's expensive."
In the end, Sun Xianjin was the first to get ahead of others, dressed neatly and rushed towards the No. 17 girls' dormitory building bravely like a soldier who heard the charge.
Bian Jingjing must like making snowmen!
Li Ye was the only one left in the completely quiet dormitory 209. He arched his body, changed into a comfortable position and continued to sleep in.
He had discussed this with Wen Leyu yesterday, and they should conserve their energy together during the day to prepare for the school's cultural evening tonight, so he was too lazy to go out and compete with Wu Runfu and others!
The gender ratio among college students is seriously unbalanced in this era. If Li Ye attracts most of the attention, will other boys survive?
Li Ye slept in a daze until noon. Suddenly, he heard someone coming in, and then he felt someone pushing him.
He opened his eyes and saw a dusty man.
His hair was disheveled, there was eye mucus in the corners of his eyes, and his lips were tightly pursed, from which a little blood was seeping out due to dryness.
Li Ye stared at the face in front of him, and it took him several seconds to recognize who it was.
"Zhiguo, why are you here?"
Li Ye turned over and sat up, looking at Zou Zhiguo in front of him in surprise.
Zou Zhiguo's grandfather was originally dragged by Li Ye's grandfather to join the team. The two families should be considered "old friends".
As a result, Zou Zhiguo's grandfather did not come back, and Zou Zhiguo's grandmother was so sad that the two families did not visit each other for many years.
Later, when Zou Zhiguo wanted to go out and try his luck, Li Zhongfa asked Li Ye to "take good care" of the child. Only then did Li Ye take him to Yangcheng and give him the opportunity to develop and study.
When Jin Peng went to Beijing, Li Ye followed the advice of Jin Peng and Hao Jian and brought the smarter and more capable Ma Qianshan to Beijing, leaving Zou Zhiguo in Yangcheng. One reason was to temper his temper, and the other was to serve as Li Ye's spy.
However, this "spy" seemed to have no awareness of the situation. It had been almost half a year, and there had not been a single telegram, phone call or letter, and he had not contacted Li Ye even once.
But today he suddenly appeared in front of Li Ye, and Li Ye was not sure whether he was shocked or complained to him because he had suffered some grievance.
"What's going on?"
"Is it convenient to talk here?" Zou Zhiguo looked around and looked very nervous.
Li Ye got up and said, "It's convenient, tell me!"
However, what Zou Zhiguo said next instantly blew away all the warmth in Li Ye's body, and his whole body felt cold as if he was in the ice and snow outside the window.
"Sanshui secretly misappropriated the money in the account. At that time, our accounts were not managed by a dedicated person. Sanshui was in charge of the clothing wholesale department in Yangcheng, and Hao Jian and Brother Peng were sometimes not in Yangcheng.
Sanshui did it very covertly, and the time for embezzlement was very short. He would balance the accounts before Hao Jian checked them, so Hao Jian could not see it.
It was only a few months ago that we invited Zhou Lijuan to check the accounts at the end of this year. Through a few minor account loopholes, we found out that he had embezzled public funds, but Sanshui had already made up the money in advance."
"Hao Jian wondered why he embezzled public funds, and later found out that Sanshui had a connection with Boss Zhang who was involved in parallel trading."
"Hao Jian was afraid of being involved in smuggling, so he asked me to go back to my hometown in Dongshan to investigate. I found several relatives from Sanshui in my hometown, and they were indeed doing parallel import business."
"At first, we smuggled electronic products such as digital watches to Dongshan. Recently, we have expanded our business and started smuggling motorcycles."
Zou Zhiguo narrated sentence by sentence, and Li Ye put on his clothes one by one. When Zou Zhiguo finished speaking, Li Ye also put on his coat. However, at this time, Li Ye calmed down instead.
"Have you informed Jin Peng about this?"
"Yes, I called Yangcheng yesterday, and Hao Jian said that Jin Peng arrived in Yangcheng three days ago."
"Oh, you're hiding this from me!"
Li Ye laughed coldly, and Zou Zhiguo subconsciously took two steps back.
At that moment just now, he felt that the Li Ye whom he had known since childhood seemed to have become the Li Zhongfa mentioned by his grandmother.
Zou Zhiguo's grandmother told him that Li Zhongfa's hands were stained with countless blood, so although he looked nothing on the surface, he was actually a ruthless killer in secret.
Zou Zhiguo had never seen Li Zhongfa's ferocity, but at this moment, he clearly felt the creepy edge from Li Ye.
"Let's go to the post office."
Li Ye led Zou Zhiguo down from the dormitory building and headed straight for the post office, but halfway there, he turned a corner and took Zou Zhiguo to Zhao's Restaurant first.
"Xiao Ye, I'm not hungry. Let's go to the post office first! People in Yangcheng may be worried sick right now."
"No hurry, eat first, and then I'll ask you something."
Li Ye looked at Zou Zhiguo and it was obvious that he had not eaten or slept well in the past few days. He was probably traveling day and night after being sent out from Yangcheng by Hao Jian.
Li Ye now needs to think about a lot of things, such as why Hao Jian did not send him a telegram or call him immediately, but only called him yesterday and asked Zou Zhiguo to come to the capital to report the news?
Was he afraid that the telephone and telegram were not confidential or secure enough, or that he could not confirm Sanshui's "crime"? After the final verification, he used Zou Zhiguo, Li Ye's "own man", to express his "public-only" attitude?
Or maybe it was after Jin Peng arrived in Yangcheng that a confrontation occurred between the two, and Hao Jian asked Zou Zhiguo to be the "bad guy"?
Zou Zhiguo was indeed hungry, so Li Ye ordered four dishes and a soup for him, which was enough to fill his stomach.
Li Ye sorted out his thoughts and asked, "You have been in Yangcheng for half a year. How is the relationship between Sanshui and Hao Jian during this period?"
Zou Zhiguo burped and said, "It was fine at the beginning, but since two months ago, Sanshui has not been well managed and often quarrels with Hao Jian over the Yangcheng Wholesale Department.
Later, Hao Jian had a stern talk with Sanshui, and Sanshui often did not do his work for several days, driving around with his lover, and leaving the affairs of the Yangcheng Wholesale Department to Ergou.
"Does Sanshui have a car?"
Li Ye interrupted Zou Zhiguo's narration. Pengcheng Seventh Factory had been in Beijing for so long, and they were still waiting in line to buy a car! Sanshui already had a car?
"Sanshui said it was the car of the smuggler Mr. Zhang," Zou Zhiguo explained, "the two of them were good brothers, so he let Sanshui drive."
Li Ye asked: "When did Sanshui get on the car?"
Zou Zhiguo said without thinking: "About two months ago, Hao Jian talked to Sanshui once."
"Two months? Haha~"
Li Ye found it interesting and chuckled softly, but his smile was a little cold.
Hao Jian is such a smart man. He discovered something was wrong with Sanshui two months ago. Why would he wait until today to take action?
"Let's not go to the post office for now. Let's invite you to watch a party today."
"Gala?"
Zou Zhiguo was stunned for a moment, then said: "I won't watch the party, find me a place to sleep, and call me when we leave together."
"Leave? How do you know I'm leaving?"
Li Ye was a little surprised. He felt that Zou Zhiguo, who was described as a "wooden man" by Jin Peng and Ma Qianshan, was not as stupid as he appeared.
Zou Zhiguo said: "When I was in the village before, if the villagers had a fight and broke their heads, they would find someone of higher seniority to mediate and make peace.
I think Xiao Ye, you should go and mediate so that everyone can be harmonious like before!"
"You're wrong about that. I don't want to be friendly."
Li Ye narrowed his eyes, and a sneer flashed across his eyes.
. . . . . .
The New Year's Gala of Kyoto University is quite interesting. The school supports various art clubs, including those that perform various musical instruments, singing and dancing, and each of them can put on several programs of high quality.
As the screenwriter and director of the short play "Sea Cucumber Fried Noodles", Li Ye was waiting backstage with Sun Xianjin and others.
"Brother, how about we practice some words together?"
"No need. You performed very well yesterday. You should have confidence in yourself."
"Oh but what if I make a mistake?"
"Wouldn't it be more comedic if it was a mistake?"
"Oh, brother, do you think my hairstyle is okay?"
"Sure, he's so handsome, he will definitely charm Bian Jingjing."
“.”
Sun Xianjin, who had already performed at yesterday's class party, was still a little nervous and kept seeking encouragement and comfort from Li Ye.
Li Ye had something on his mind, so he just responded in a perfunctory manner.
The head teacher Mu Yuning suddenly came over and said to Li Ye, "We have too few programs in our department. Can you go up and perform yesterday's program again later?"
Now Mu Yuning probably understood Li Ye's temper, so she tried to use a negotiating tone when discussing things with him, because she knew that Li Ye was too stubborn and would not be persuaded by any persuasion.
However, Li Ye said readily this time: "Okay, but I have something to do later and I need your help, teacher."
Mu Yuning immediately asked cautiously: "What do you need my help with?"
Li Ye said: "I want to take two days off."
"Two days off? Okay, I agree."
Mu Yuning looked at the calm and natural Li Ye and didn't feel anything was wrong, so he agreed without thinking.
"Next, the 1982 Economics Department will perform a comedy skit called "Sea Cucumber Fried Noodles," performed by Sun Xianjin and Zhen Rongrong."
When Sun Xianjin, who was originally a little nervous, heard the announcer calling out his name, his face suddenly turned rosy.
Bian Jingjing is watching from below! She must be allowed to see her own “interesting” merits.
As soon as Song Xiaobao, played by Sun Xianjin, came on stage, he immediately caused a burst of laughter.
The crooked woolen hat, the weird little cotton monkey, and the hopping walking posture.
This posture was taught by Li Ye.
Originally, Li Ye wanted Sun Xianjin to learn those effeminate movements, but Sun Xianjin, a real man, was unwilling to do so. Li Ye had no choice but to make some changes, referring to the movements of Stephen Chow and Andy Lau when they walked proudly together, and the sense of comedy was instantly brought out.
Then they went into the store to eat noodles and had a conversation, which again aroused applause from the crowd.
"Is there any tea?"
"have."
“Is it free?”
"free."
"Two pots of Longjing!"
“.”
"Sea cucumber fried noodles. Where's the sea cucumber? Did you take it out of the pot? Did you eat it?
Playing? Give me a perfect explanation. "
"My name is Sea Cucumber, and I fried the noodles."
“.”
"I exchanged fried noodles for the soup noodles, what's the money?"
"You didn't pay for the fried noodles?"
"I didn't eat the fried noodles, why should I pay for it?"
“Hahahahahaha~”
The skit had a strong sense of joy and the laughter and applause in the school auditorium only halfway through the skit had already proved the success of the show.
Think about it! In the 1980s, the most popular program at the TV gala was crosstalk, because it was down-to-earth and could bring joy to people.
When the exciting parts came on, everyone in the auditorium was laughing so hard that they could no longer stop.
"I asked my eldest sister to come out and do the math for you. She's from the Department of Economics at Peking University. If she can't even figure out where the money for two bowls of noodles went, then her education was in vain."
Then, Zhen Rongrong came out carrying a two-meter-long abacus.
A girl is carrying a big abacus, and she is from the Economics Department and can’t even calculate the cost of two bowls of noodles. Just tell me whether it’s Coke or not!
Mu Yuning in the backstage also breathed a sigh of relief. Although Sun Xianjin, Zhen Rongrong and others were still a little nervous, they spoke their lines fluently and performed their movements accurately. The teachers in the audience applauded no less than ten times. The popularity of this program overshadowed all the previous programs.
There are only two majors in the Economics Department, and with a small number of people and weak resources, it is really not easy to stand out.
Mu Yuning couldn't help but look back at Li Ye. The success of this program actually all came from the credit of this screenwriter and director.
But when Mu Yuning turned around, he found that there was no smile on Li Ye's face, just like the water of Weiming Lake at night, deep and bottomless.
"Li Ye, are you worried about something?"
"No."
"Then can you still perform on stage?"
"Yes, it's a piece of cake!"
Li Ye smiled, grabbed a long spear, and shook out two standard gun flowers.
Full of murderous intent.
(End of this chapter)
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