Chapter 1431 Is this how you all play?
Li Ye, Jin Peng and others were ultimately unable to pay their respects to Old Sophora japonica tree because they saw a lively event on the way to the old sophora tree.
A group of kids around seventeen or eighteen years old and a group of young men in their twenties were fighting on the street, threatening each other with words like "I'm going to kill you" and "You're looking for death".
Since the crackdown in the early 1980s, there have been fewer fights on the streets, and the use of controlled weapons has become less and less common. At most, people just play with small iron bars, so when such a situation occurs, many people will gather around to watch the fun.
When Li Ye and Li Dayong saw those cursing children, it was as if they saw their past selves, because they were obviously high school students on winter vacation.
"Brother Peng, do you think we can still fight?"
"It's hard to say. Students nowadays are all fools. If it were you and Dayong back then, you would have been fighting until your heads were bloodied."
"What do you mean by our time? You were the one with a bad temper, right? Everyone on this street knows you. How dare you say that to me?"
Li Ye was unhappy. He and Li Dayong used to fight often, but he always followed the principle of "I won't attack others unless they attack me". He was not the same as Jin Peng, a street urchin who would start a fight with just "what are you looking at".
However, Jin Peng continued, "Xiao Ye, don't you understand now? Those students went to the game hall during their vacation and were cheated out of their money by these young people, so they called people over to make endless noises. If this happened to you and Dayong, would you have been able to endure it until now?"
"Game hall? Where is the game hall?"
Li Ye glanced around but didn't see the game hall.
Jin Peng pointed to an alley and said, "Look, it's in that alley. That's the business of your cheap cousin."
Jin Peng pointed at the quarreling youths and said, "Those guys are hanging out with your cousin, and one of them is his cellmate."
Li Ye immediately remembered what his cousin Zhao Meiwen had told him, that his cheap cousin Cui Aiguo had opened a game hall and business seemed to be pretty good.
Game arcades in the 1990s did have a good business, but they also had a lot of troubles. Because this thing was just a vacuum cleaner for the unemployed, it naturally attracted those scoundrels and gangsters to play there.
These people don't have much money, so they naturally bully another major group in the game hall - students.
It is the nature of students to like playing games. Nowadays, to play games, you either have to have a Famicom at home or go to an arcade.
But studying hard is a rope that parents have tied around their children's necks, so how can they have fun at home? So students like to gang up on arcade games, and then they often get into conflicts with people in society.
"That's not my cousin."
Li Ye said this with disdain, and then suddenly asked, "Brother Peng, how do you know these people?"
Jin Peng sneered and said, "I've been coming back frequently for work at the metal smelting plant. A relative of your sister-in-law is addicted to this game hall and insisted that I take him to Su'e.
I came over to take a look and found that guy could make hundreds of dollars a day. I can't afford to support such a man, so I'll stay as far away from him as possible."
"How many hundred bucks a day?"
Li Ye felt something was wrong.
He thought Cui Aiguo's arcade was the kind that offered coin-operated games like racing, King of Fighters, and Thunder Fighter.
These days a game only costs a few cents. Even if you play for twenty hours a day, it won’t cost you more than a hundred dollars!
There is only one possibility, that is, this game hall not only has coin-operated game machines, but also another more exciting "game".
At this moment, Li Ye saw Cui Aiguo.
Compared to the last time he and Tong Mingyue went to the capital, Cui Aiguo was obviously much fatter, and his eyes were more "spirited" than before.
But when he saw Li Ye, he turned his head away coldly, as if he didn't know Li Ye.
Li Ye understood Cui Aiguo's mentality.
In a few decades, many wealthy people will encounter relatives like Cui Aiguo. After asking for help but to no avail, they will become stubborn like this: "You are rich, so what? We can't afford to have a relative like you."
【Only ghosts would want a relative like you.】
Li Ye's face suddenly turned gloomy.
Li Ye didn't care about Cui Aiguo's life or death, but this matter involved his brother-in-law Zhao Yuanchao, so Li Ye couldn't ignore it.
These days, people working in government offices are very courageous and think that small things are no big deal.
But county Brahmins like Zhao Yuanchao are more likely to "relax their vigilance".
Zhao Yuanchao may not have a direct connection with this game hall, but that doesn't stop Cui Aiguo from using the title of deputy director of public security to bully others. If something happens one day, how will Zhao Yuanchao be able to explain himself?
"I have to go to my aunt's place, you guys go pay your respects to Old Huai first!"
Li Ye separated from Jin Peng and others and went to the home appliance store near the county department store.
My aunt Li Mingxiang's home appliance business is getting bigger and bigger. Last year, she just built a five-story home appliance building, which was so arrogantly built opposite the department store.
Today is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. My aunt is finishing her last shift and was quite surprised to see Li Ye coming over.
Li Mingxiang smiled and said, "What's the matter, General Manager? Are you coming to my aunt's place to give her some guidance on the work?"
Li Ye shook his head and said, "No, I just saw two groups of people arguing on the street. After hearing what Jin Peng said, I realized it was related to Cui Aiguo."
Li Ye explained in detail the interests involved in the game hall, hoping that his aunt could have a good talk with his uncle and tell him not to indulge Cui Aiguo anymore.
Of course, Li Ye believed that Zhao Yuanchao’s connivance was most likely due to Li Mingxiang’s consideration, otherwise who did he know Cui Aiguo to be?
Sure enough, Li Mingxiang was surprised and said, "What? You said there was money being gambled in there? Aren't they those kind of electronic game machines?"
Li Ye sneered and said, "Maybe a few cents worth of game coins can no longer satisfy his appetite."
Li Mingxiang said with some hesitation: "But what if Aiguo is arrested again?"
Li Ye said: "He is only playing with a few hundred yuan now. Once he becomes more cunning, it will be too late to catch him."
"I'll call your uncle right now."
When Li Mingxiang heard that her husband's future might be affected, she no longer cared about sisterly love and immediately started calling Zhao Yuanchao.
After dialing the phone, Li Mingxiang anxiously told Zhao Yuanchao to eliminate the hidden danger as soon as possible.
The couple talked in whispers on the phone for a long time before Li Mingxiang hung up.
Then she said mysteriously, "Your uncle told me not to worry about it. From my experience, I think he's just playing the long game! Maybe he'll close the net after a while."
Li Ye: "."
[Is this how you all play? ]
(End of this chapter)
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