He bought some sweets, melon seeds, peanuts, and other snacks from the supply and marketing cooperative. He planned to eat them when he had nothing to do at night.
There were really no snacks to eat these days, so this was the only way to solve the problem of gluttony.
He went to the Chaoyang market to buy a cooked chicken, planning to stew it at home.
He went to the grain store and bought some food.
As for the food for the little shrew and Little Silver…
This was actually quite easy to resolve.
When shrews were in the wild, they would catch small animals such as earthworms, grasshoppers, and insects for food. However, since the little shrew had followed him, he naturally could not let it eat too badly. He could just feed it to the pork.
Anyway, the little guy liked to eat, and Lin Xiao was too lazy to go out and dig earthworms all day.
As for Little Silver, he was even easier to raise. He only needed to be fed once or twice a week. Fish, prawns, eggs, anything was fine; he wasn't picky.
Back home.
Lin Xiao looked at the blood on the ground in front of his house and shook his head."How uncultured. You made my door so dirty and didn't even clean it up for me.”
He put all the things he bought home, then carried a bucket to the tap in the yard to get water and clean the door.
Only then did he go back to make chicken soup.
That night, the courtyard was relatively quiet. There was almost no movement.
Everyone was shocked by what happened in the afternoon.
Now, almost no one dared to pass by Lin Xiao's house. They were all hiding!
Lin Xiao had a poisonous snake that could bite people to death in his house!
Who wasn't afraid!
When they saw Lin Xiao, it was as if they had seen a god. Lin Xiao dared to raise such a snake. Wasn't he afraid of being bitten?
Lunatic!
Many of them were thinking, how could there be such a venomous snake in the yard? They had to be afraid of death every day. They had to go to the street office to report this matter and ask Lin Xiao to get rid of this venomous snake!
Even if he survived, he would lose an arm.
Fortunately, it was a hand that was bitten, and he could still cut off his arm. If he had bitten the neck, could he have cut off his head?
At the thought that there was a poisonous snake in the courtyard, no one in the entire courtyard could sleep soundly at night. What if the snake sneaked in at night?
Especially Lin Xiao's neighbor, who was going crazy!
After dinner, Lin Xiao sat on the brick bed and took out money and tickets from his pocket to count his assets.
As he had bought a lot of big front doors, plus the money for the police and errands, as well as the money for food these days, he had spent a lot of money. He was left with about 560 yuan.
As for the tickets, there were still quite a few left.
These tickets were all saved up by Qin Huairu through frugality.
No, it should have been saved up by Silly Zhu!
Lin Xiao felt that he had to buy a few big items.
A bicycle, a watch, and a radio were three things that he had to buy.
He really didn't want to walk long distances on his two legs, so he had to have a bicycle!
The watch was used to check the time, and the radio…It was late at night, and there was really no entertainment. It was too early at night and he couldn't sleep. It was really boring. He could get a radio and listen to it.
"A bicycle and a tag should be enough for 180 yuan. A watch of an ordinary brand should be enough for 120 yuan. A good radio should be 200 yuan at most.”
"I have more than enough money, but it's a pity that it's not easy to get bicycle tickets, watch tickets, and radio tickets.”
"Yes, I can use the free tickets in my hands to exchange for it with those who need it. If it really doesn't work, I can only spend money to buy it.”
Lin Xiao kept thinking about it, but he encountered a new problem. Buying these three things would cost a lot of money. He couldn't explain the source of his money. He couldn't say that he stole it from the Jia family.
"Let's talk about it after I get paid in a few months. Just say that I saved up.”Lin Xiao felt terrible when he thought about how long it would be before he could ride a bicycle.
It was so difficult to buy a bicycle!
He slumped onto his pillow and began counting sheep.
He forgot if he counted to two thousand or three thousand before he fell asleep.
The next morning.
He had received the daily reward of the poisonous pet, but he didn't get the skill. There was nothing to say. Lin Xiao reheated the chicken soup from last night, then soaked the steamed bun in the chicken soup and ate it happily.
When he went out, he found that everyone in the courtyard had their heads down and dark circles under their eyes. It was obvious that they had not slept well last night.
Qin Huairu's family, He Yuzhu, and First Uncle did not return last night. They were waiting at the hospital and did not return in the morning.
So Lin Xiao didn't know if the meme was dead or not.
However, whether he was dead or not, this information was not important to him. There was no need to waste time to inquire about this matter.
He planned to go to Shichahai to look for Old Man Zhu and ask him about borrowing the camera.
Lin Xiao was too lazy to go to the factory to ask for leave, so he asked the workers at the rolling mill for help.
Lin Xiao didn't let him run for nothing and gave him two yuan as a fee.
He couldn't owe anyone a favor. If he could solve the problem with money, it was better to use money to solve it. It was not easy to repay a favor.
The resident nodded and agreed.
Lin Xiao had risen so quickly that it left people speechless. Although the people in the courtyard were afraid of him and didn't want to get close to him, they really didn't want to offend Lin Xiao again. Besides, he could get two yuan for running errands for Lin Xiao, so why not?
After that.
Lin Xiao walked to Shichahai.
"Little Lin is here."
"Lin kid, come quickly. I have good news for you. Old Zhu said that your matter is settled.”
"Old Zhu, Lin Xiao is here!"
This group of masters really loved fishing. Did they not have anything else to do? Why was he fishing here every day?
Hmm…this group of masters really had nothing else to do.
They were not like Old Man Wu, who held a high position and had many things to do after retirement.
Once they retired, they would really be free. Other than taking care of their children at home, there was nothing else to do, so they might as well go fishing.
If they caught fish, they could save some money for the family.
Especially after Lin Xiao taught them how to fish, they would not go home empty-handed every day, so their families even urged them to go fishing.
Today, Uncle Zhu came early. Lin Xiao walked to Uncle Zhu and handed him a cigarette.
Old Zhu was fishing on the shore. He took Lin Xiao's cigarette and lit it with Lin Xiao's fire. He took a puff and blew out a ring of smoke before saying,"I went back last night and told my son about you. My son said that it's okay to lend you the camera, but there's a condition.”
"Uncle Zhu, what's the condition?" Lin Xiao quickly asked.”
" The cameras of the newspaper office are not loaned out," said Old Zhu." So, my son will get you a temporary work permit for the newspaper office. You'll be treated as a temporary reporter." My son is quite concerned about Deputy Factory Manager Li's matter. He wants to make this a typical case. So if you really take photos, you can't report this to your factory's security office. You have to give the photos to my son. My son will handle this matter.”
"According to him, this is current news that involves corruption. He wants to turn this into social news and discuss it in society. Hmm, what did he say? Oh right, headlines. I don't know what that means, but that's what he said.”
"Also, you have to pay for the film yourself. One film can take 24 photos, so it costs eight yuan.”
Lin Xiao was stunned when he heard that.
He didn't intend to report Deputy Factory Manager Li to the security office.
Because this involved the reputation of the factory, the factory would definitely handle it internally and suppress this matter.
His initial idea was to call the police and let the police station handle this matter. That way, the district would definitely know. Even if Deputy Factory Manager Li did not die, he would be skinned alive.
But Lin Xiao didn't expect that Old Zhu's son was even more ruthless than him. He actually wanted to publish this matter in the newspaper, and it was the headline!
Too ruthless!
Once the newspaper was out, no matter how capable Deputy Factory Manager Li was, he was dead!
Old Man Zhu's son's goal was definitely not to help him. He was trying to steal the news!
This guy was a little like those big V's on Weibo after the funeral. He even knew how to rely on hot news to attract popularity!
He had to meet her!
Lin Xiao smiled and said to Old Zhu,""If this matter can be published in the newspapers, that would be great. I have to thank you.”
Old Zhu looked at Lin Xiao and said,""Are you sure you want to do this? If you do that, you won't be able to survive in your factory.”
Now that the collective interest was the most important thing, Lin Xiao was no different from a traitor.
At that time, the leaders of the factory, big and small, would definitely not give him a good look.
Lin Xiao said," When Deputy Factory Manager Li wronged me, the factory didn't put in a good word for me. They can do whatever they want. Besides, there's indeed something wrong with this Deputy Factory Manager Li. I'm also upholding justice!”
Moreover…
He didn't plan to stay in the rolling mill for long!
When it was about time, he would submit the report on the habits of the silver ring snake to Old Man Wu. Then, he would go to the Institute of Biology to be a researcher!
Did he still care about what the rolling mill would do to him?
Uncle Zhu nodded and said," Since you've already decided, I won't say anything more. My son's name is Zhu Aiguo. You can go to Northern City's newspaper office to look for him tomorrow."”
Northern City News Agency was amazing. It was one of the top big brothers in the newspaper industry!
"Tomorrow?" Lin Xiao asked. Can't you do it today?"
Old Zhu shook his head and said," He seems to have gone out for an interview today. He's not at the newspaper office. You can only see him tomorrow."”
Lin Xiao nodded." Alright then, Uncle Zhu. Thank you."”
It seemed that he would have to take another day off tomorrow.
She had only been working for a few days, and she was already on leave.
After chatting with Old Man Zhu.
The matter of the camera had already been discussed.
Lin Xiao felt assured.
Deputy Factory Manager Li's death date was in these few days!
He was not in a hurry to go back. He had nothing to do when he went back anyway. He chatted with the old men at Shichahai, taught them to fish, and cultivated relationships with them.
These retired old men were all treasures. Not only did they have rich life experience and could give him advice, but they also had a strong network.
If there's anything, look for me. I'll take care of it!
They had to get along well.
……
At noon, Lin Xiao was a little hungry and had to go home for lunch. He said goodbye to the fishing masters and returned to the courtyard house.
As soon as they entered the courtyard house.
He heard many people chattering and discussing.
"There's news from the hospital. The stick didn't die. I heard that he was saved.”
"The doctor said that it was fortunate that the poison was not deep. He was only grazed by the poisonous snake's teeth and not directly bitten. Otherwise, he would not have been able to save her!”
"What's the use of saving him? His right arm is gone. Even if he survives, he'll become a cripple in the future. The factory won't want him!”
"Bang Geng is the only male in the Jia family. Their family will have a difficult time in the future.”
"Fortunately, Jia Zhang-shi went to jail and won't be back for a while. Otherwise, I don't know what kind of trouble it would be.”
"That snake is too fierce. We can't let Lin Xiao keep it in the yard!”
"Qin Huairu came back to pack the boy's clothes. I heard that the boy will be hospitalized for at least a month this time.”
"Wasn't her money stolen? How could she have the money to treat him now?”
"Qin Huairu doesn't have money, but Silly Zhu does. I heard that Silly Zhu was the one who paid for the boy's medical expenses.”
The meme didn't die?
Survived?
When Lin Xiao heard this news, he suddenly felt that this ingrate was really lucky!
He didn't die?
Therefore…
That arm of his was chopped off for nothing!
He wondered if Qin Huiru and the stick would go crazy after hearing this news.
When Lin Xiao returned home, he saw Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu, and Yi Zhonghai standing at the door. None of them were smiling. It was obvious that they were not here to help.
"Why are you blocking my door? Are you looking for trouble?”Lin Xiao didn't treat them well, so he asked coldly.
Since they were enemies, there was no need to put on a fake smile.
"The meme didn't die." Yi Zhonghai said.
"This is none of my business." Lin Xiao retorted.
Yi Zhonghai said," You raised the snake. The snake bit someone. Although the stick didn't die, he lost an arm. The rest of his life is over. You have to take responsibility!"”
Lin Xiao laughed and said,"So you mean to ask me to raise a stick?"”
"Aren't you going to take responsibility if something happens to your snake?”He Yuzhu interjected," It's already good enough that I didn't let you pay with your life!”
Qin Huairu looked haggard. She probably hadn't slept for the entire night. Furthermore, she had personally chopped off the stick's arm. How could she feel good? Hence, she didn't say anything. Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu were the ones speaking up for her.
Lin Xiao asked," Alright, what's your plan? Since you've already blocked my door, it means that you've already discussed it, right? Tell me about it."”
"If you compensate the Jia family with 6,000 yuan, we won't pursue the matter of the stick breaking an arm.”Yi Zhonghai said.
Six thousand yuan!
Lin Xiao smiled.
Why don't you guys go rob people instead?
Do you think I'm a fool?
In this day and age, a person with a salary of 30 yuan was considered a high-income person.
6,000 yuan was equivalent to 200 months of salary.
Twenty years of salary, and it was the kind that did not eat or drink!
Does it mean that I have to raise a stick for the rest of my life?
"I really want to hit you!" Lin Xiao stared at Yi Zhonghai and said coldly,""I already said yesterday that the meme was purely self-inflicted! I'll say it again. I locked the snake up. The stick broke into my house and stole my things. That's not all. He wasn't bitten by the snake. He cut his body by pressing the snake's teeth!”
"He's courting death. It's none of my business!”
He Yuzhu looked at the haggard Qin Huairu, and his heart softened instantly. He said furiously,""Lin Xiao, I'm telling you, if you don't pay up, I'm going to call the police and have them arrest you! A broken arm is enough to lock you up for several years!”
"He Yuzhu, I'm telling you, don't talk nonsense! We all know how the stick guy's arm was broken. I didn't cut it off for him. Don't blame me!”Lin Xiao snorted." Call the police? It was good to call the police! Even if you don't call the police, I have to call the police! It's not clear how much he stole from me. Since you want to make a fuss, let's call the police!”
"Let's see who can register who!"
The more Lin Xiao thought about it, the angrier he got.
I saw that you guys were pitiful, so I couldn't be bothered to call the police to deal with you.
You still want to call the police to arrest me?
Sure!
Then let's call the police!
Lin Xiao shouted at the top of his voice," Qu Wenhua, bend your legs quickly. Are you there? I have an errand for you!"”
"Uncle Lin, I'm here, I'm here!" A voice came from the courtyard in front of them.”
After a while, Qu Wenhua rushed over and looked at Lin Xiao,""Uncle Lin, should we call the police?"
Lin Xiao was stunned.
I haven't told you what kind of errand I'm doing.
How do you know I'm going to call the police?
Is my reputation that bad now?
Lin Xiao nodded and took out five yuan from his pocket. He handed it to Qu Wenhua and said,"Hurry up. I'm very busy and don't have time to waste on these things.”
Qu Wenhua took the money and was overjoyed. Heh, another five yuan. He had been running errands for Lin Xiao for the past few days and had already earned more than ten yuan. It was equivalent to half a month's salary for an adult!
"Uncle Lin, don't worry. I run very fast. I won't be delayed for long.”Qu Wenhua kept the money and ran away like a gust of wind.
Lin Xiao looked at Qin Huairu, then at Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu. He sneered and said,""Didn't you want to make a scene? Just wait and see. Wait for the patrol officers to deal with this matter!”
……
Fifteen minutes later.
The patrol officer rode his bicycle to the courtyard.
It was still the same Comrade Little Zhang from before.
It couldn't be helped. After all, this was his jurisdiction.
Comrade Little Zhang came to the courtyard house with mixed feelings. How many times had it been this month? Why was there always trouble in this courtyard?
He was led by Qu Wenhua to Lin Xiao's house. When he saw Lin Xiao, he was stunned.
F * ck, it's this guy again!
He pushed the cart over and asked Lin Xiao,""Did you call the police again?"
"Comrade, I called the police!" Lin Xiao nodded.”
Comrade Little Zhang was speechless.
How many times have you done this!
Why did he call the police every day?
Do you really think that the police station is run by your family?
"What happened? Why did you call the police?" he asked patiently.”
He thought it was the petty theft and fighting from before.
Lin Xiao told him everything, not leaving out a single detail.
Comrade Xiao Zhang was dumbfounded.
Picking locks, stealing snakes, being bitten by snakes, these were all trivial matters!
Someone in the courtyard had their arm chopped off?
This was a big case!
He Yuzhu said to Comrade Xiao Zhang,"Comrade, the boy's arm is broken, and the child is still young. What should we do in the future? The snake was raised by Lin Xiao, and we want him to compensate us with six thousand yuan.”
Lin Xiao returned to his room and took out the recommendation letter from the biology institute's investigator and Little Silver's investigation certificate, handing them to Comrade Little Zhang.
After reading the two recommendation letters and confirming that there were no problems, Comrade Xiao Zhang said,"I don't think it's Lin Xiao's fault. Comrade Lin Xiao, as an investigator of the Institute of Biology, has already erected a notice board at the door. It was Student Stick Stupid who ignored the notice, picked the lock first, and stole the snake later. Moreover, the snake did not take the initiative to bite him. It was Student Stick Stupid who cut the back of his hand with his snake teeth…"
Comrade Little Zhang felt that this child called Stick would not have a mental problem, right?
Otherwise, he wouldn't be so stupid!
This was completely his own fault. He could not blame anyone else.
After that, Comrade Xiao Zhang looked at Lin Xiao and said,"However, since this snake is raised by Comrade Lin Xiao, although Comrade Lin Xiao is not mainly responsible for it, he did not take good care of the poisonous snake. However, compensation of 6,000 yuan is too much.”
Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu, who had been silent all this while, broke down. She shouted,""Then why did you break his arm for nothing? It's all Lin Xiao's fault. He raised such a poisonous snake in the yard. Otherwise, my stick would not have been in trouble! It's already light of me to ask him to compensate us. He should have cut off one of his arms to compensate us.”
Comrade Xiao Zhang said," Lin Xiao's certificate of raising the silver ring snake is very complete, so he is legal. Our police station can't punish him. If you want to complain, you can go to the district to report it."”
Lin Xiao sneered.
Lin Xiao had expected that he would need to compensate for the loss of the family.
However, after hearing Qin Huairu's tantrum, he didn't want to pay any more money!
"You can ask me to compensate you, but let's make things clear.”Lin Xiao took out the key and opened the door. He pointed at the glass box in the room and said,
"This is a tempered glass box. Even bullets can't penetrate it. I locked the silver ring snake inside tightly. How could the snake escape by itself? Therefore, even if I raise it in the courtyard, it's safe!”
"The stick picked the lock and came in to steal. He was the one who caught the snake. Who can he blame?”
"I've said it before. Could it be that I put a bag of rat poison at home to kill a rat? The thief came in and ate it like candy.”
"You guys are simply being unreasonable!”
Qin Huairu refused to give up." It's all your fault. If you didn't raise snakes, how could this happen? How could my stalker have broken his arm? Lin Xiao, you'll die a horrible death."”
"Shut up, I haven't finished speaking!”Lin Xiao rebuked Qin Huiru, then said to Comrade Xiao Zhang,""Comrade, although the stick is injured, we can't let go of his lock-picking and stealing case so easily, right?”
"The stick stole my silver ring snake. I don't know what damage it caused to the silver ring snake. Maybe the silver ring snake has internal injuries and will die in a few days?”
"So I asked him to compensate me!”
Qin Huiru was so angry that her face turned pale.
"How much do you plan to pay?" asked Comrade Zhang.”
"It's not much, just 50,000 yuan!" Lin smiled.”
Fifty thousand dollars!
Upon hearing this number, Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu, and Yi Zhonghai were dumbfounded.
Even Comrade Little Zhang was stunned!
Are you here to be funny?
What snake was worth 50,000 dollars?
This is robbery!
Lin Xiao walked to the tempered glass box and knocked on it, asking,""If you want to buy this glass box of mine, you have to pay 3,000 yuan. Comrade Little Zhang, you know that animals in the Institute of Biology are very expensive. Think about it, I already used a 3,000 yuan tempered glass box to raise a snake. This silver ring snake must be even more expensive!”
Comrade Xiao Zhang couldn't help but nod his head. It seemed to be true.
"So, 50,000 yuan is really not much!" Lin Xiao continued.”
Qin Huairu and the other two were dumbfounded.
Their purpose today was to make Lin Xiao pay.
Who would have thought that Lin Xiao would actually ask them to pay up?
50,000 yuan!
Moreover, what he said made sense, and no one could refute it!
"50,000 yuan. That's so much. You might as well rob them. Who knows if what you said is true?”He Yuzhu snorted coldly.
Lin Xiao clenched his fists and said," This is a great thief. I can't count how many times he has broken the lock. He is a repeat offender and his nature is extremely bad. I don't think we should let him off so easily just because he is injured."”
"Comrade Little Zhang, you previously asked me to compensate the Jia family with 200 yuan. I'll pay for this money. After all, although it was a mistake, I'm kind enough to treat it as buying buns to feed the dogs!”
"However, I have a request."
"This 200 yuan, I'll only give it to him when he recovers and goes to the juvenile detention center!”
"I won't pay you if you don't go to the juvenile detention center!”
Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu shuddered.
Because of the incident with the stick, she was already haggard, sad, and frail. Now that she heard that Lin Xiao wanted to send the stick to the juvenile detention center, she was so angry that she couldn't breathe. She spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
"Qin Huairu."
"Huai Ru."
He Yuzhu and Yi Zhonghai panicked when they saw Qin Huairu vomiting blood and fainting.
Comrade Little Zhang said," What are you waiting for? Hurry up and send him to the hospital!"”
"Lin Xiao, if anything happens to Qin Huiru, I won't forgive you!”He Yuzhu carried Qin Huiru and ran out, shouting as he ran.
Lin Xiao shook his head." Qin Huairu fainted on her own. It's none of my business!"”
Comrade Little Zhang said," Since they've all left, I'll go back to the station first. I think this matter will still cause a ruckus. It's best for you to settle it privately."”
Lin Xiao nodded and sent Comrade Zhang off.
He was in the right.
What was there to be afraid of!
Sigh, another one was sent in.
I sent Qin Huairu in as well.
Unfortunately, he was not sent to prison, but to the hospital.
That was fine too.
Let's see if you dare to offend me again in the future!
Lin Xiao sighed.
Although the stick had broken his arm, he felt quite good and felt that he had vented his anger.
But after this incident, there would be a lot of trouble in the courtyard in the future!
Especially after that Jia Zhang-shi was released from prison, who knew what kind of commotion she would cause!
How annoying!
"I have to think of a way to change my residence. This courtyard is in a mess. It's really not a place for people to live.”
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