As soon as I got up and took a sip of water, there was already a knock on the door outside.

Obviously, Lao Li is probably waiting not far away.

Walking in and closing the door, Lao Li looked at the furnishings in Lu Dong's night room.

Seeing that his face was heavy and he no longer had his usual hearty smile, Lu Dongye suddenly felt a little sad, and took the initiative to speak: "Mr. Li, do you have anything to say to me?"

"Oh, hehe. ”

Lao Li smiled very reluctantly.

He was a little apologetic, but also a little imitative: "Principal Lu, did something happen? During the meal, I see that you seem to be a little tentative about my two elder brothers." ”

"Mr. Li, sit down. ”

Lu Dongye pointed to his bed and said with a smile: "I don't even have a bench here, let's sit down and talk slowly." ”

Lao Li was not polite, sighed and sat down.

Lu Dongye made two cups of tea and handed one to Lao Li: "Let's both drink two sips of tea first to make our heads sober and sober." ”

Lao Li smiled, took the tea silently, hugged and drank two sips, and looked a little uncomfortable.

Ever since Lao Li walked in the door, Lu Dongye had been observing his demeanor.

Lao Li usually has a cheerful personality and rarely drags his feet when he speaks, but now, he has obviously become a little bit of a move, and he is also a little restrained, and he seems to know that he is very worried.

"Mr. Li, you should have a deep relationship with Mr. Sun and Mr. Tian, right?"

Lu Dongye understands very well that people will only change their appearance when they encounter things they care about very much.

is either arrogant, or violent, or cautious and restrained like Lao Li.

It just shows the weight of Lao Sun and Lao Tian in Lao Li's heart, as well as Lao Li's attitude towards others.

Lao Li didn't hide it, and nodded lightly: "It's been a relationship for more than 30 years, we have almost played together since childhood." ”

Lu Dongye nodded, sorting out his inner thoughts.

He found that Lao Li became restrained rather than angry in the face of the things he cared about, which also shows that Lao Li is a quiet and kind person in his heart.

A truly kind person will never hurt others in any way...... Even if you are emotionally out of control.

Thinking of Du Liyuan's affirmation and trust in Lao Li at noon, Lu Dongye took a deep breath and decided to have a showdown: "Mr. Li, although I don't have much contact with you, you have really helped me a lot, and I am very grateful to you in my heart." ”

Lao Li took another sip of tea and smiled lightly: "Principal Lu, you are really polite." ”

Lu Dongye didn't go around with him, and said directly: "Boss Du said that you are a trustworthy person, and you will never do anything to betray others, I believe in Boss Du's vision, and I also believe in Mr. Li's personality." ”

Lao Li gradually lost the smile on his face, and he was silent for a while before he said, "Principal Lu, do you think Lao Sun and Lao Tian ...... Could it be that kind of person?"

Having said that, Lu Dongye didn't plan to hide it anymore, so he said: "Mr. Li, something happened, Boss Du was sold." ”

Immediately, he no longer had any reservations, and told everything about Chen Changyong as it was.

"I discussed it with Boss Du, calculate the time, and you are the only ones who are suspicious. ”

Lu Dongye looked at Lao Li's eyes and said with sincerity: "But whether it is me or Boss Du, I feel that it is absolutely impossible for you to be Mr. Li, and the two of us, the one who knows the least is Mr. Sun and Mr. Tian, I have to doubt the two of them." ”

After listening to Lu Dongye's long narration, Lao Li couldn't laugh at all.

He blinked, his mood looking a little low.

After a long time, he sighed heavily: "Alas, it turned out that something happened!!"

Lu Dongye shook his head helplessly: "During the meal, I repeatedly knocked on Mr. Sun and Mr. Tian, just to know how their family finances were. ”

Lao Li suddenly laughed, and he laughed a little bit.

Lu Dongye couldn't help but look at him.

"Principal Lu, actually, they're bragging. ”

Lao Li Qiang held back a smile, but he was a little emotional: "I just didn't demolish them, I really want to be like what they said, if the family income is hundreds of thousands every month, what kind of snake do you catch with me, facing the loess with your back to the sky, the intensity is not much lower than that of the farmers in the fields." ”

He became more and more emotional, and in the end, his tone was full of helplessness: "I'm getting older, and my body is about to be overwhelmed, and it's not for life." ”

Lu Dongye's nerves tensed up suddenly: "So, the two of them are not just looking for something to do......

Lao Li shook his head and waved his hand to interrupt: "Principal Lu, I didn't mean to help them speak, it's just that we have played since we were children and know each other too well, and neither of them can do this kind of thing." ”

Lu Dongye closed his mouth, wanting to listen carefully to what Lao Li would say.

"Let me say so, they are not lying, but the cowhide is a little bigger. ”

Lao Li quietly said: "Lao Tian's son is indeed very competitive, and he did get a patent, but the income is not so high, thirty or fifty thousand a month, and his wife's illness did not cost so much money, in general, Lao Tian's family still has surplus food, not nervous, but not too much money." ”

Lu Dongye just looked at him like this and didn't interject.

Lao Li continued: "Lao Sun, it's about the same, his daughter can spend money, but his wife can also make money, open a clothing store, there must be fifty or sixty thousand a month, his youngest son is in school, much better than his sister, he won't spend money indiscriminately, in general, he is not under much pressure, maybe a little better than Lao Tian." ”

Lu Dongye still didn't speak.

"I know that Principal Lu may suspect that they betrayed me, Boss Du, and then Principal Lu, for money, or for something else. ”

When Lao Li said this, his tone was unusually affirmative: "But I can tell you for sure that they can't do such despicable things." ”

Lu Dongye raised his eyebrows.

"I know, I can't convince you, so I'll tell you a few things. ”

Lao Li fell into deep thought, his eyes flashed with distant memories: "More than 20 years ago, we didn't have much culture, and our children were all young, but we had to find a way to make milk powder money for our children."

Therefore, we began to study snake catching, originally just wanted to do it temporarily, but we didn't expect to do it for most of our lives.

At that time, we fished for snakes on a large scale, offended the interests of certain people, were forced in various ways, and we were hiding in various ways, during which there were many opportunities in front of us, and those people paid for us, so that we deliberately played an internal bargain, and let us betray each other.

Principal Lu may not understand, what to do in the days when you can't earn a penny for two or three months, or even half a year, and your wife and children are hungry and screaming?

But we still withstood it, carried it down, and did not give up snake fishing because of a penny, but strengthened our determination to do it.

Those people bribed us to give us a lot of money, so much that we might not be able to earn it in a year at that time, but the problem is, it is rootless water!

At that time, we all only held one belief, not for the sake of arguing for the sake of nothingness, but for the necessity of mastering a craft of survival!

Long-term craftsmanship! The kind that can guarantee a lifetime!

So, none of us looked at the little money in front of us.

Later, when those people saw that money didn't work for us, they began to force us to give up in other ways.

The law and order back then was no worse than now, and at that time we suffered a lot of flesh and skin, and what was even more hateful was ......

My daughter was blocked by their people after school, and she was so scared that she cried, but fortunately they didn't dare to commit a crime, and when I let my daughter go home, my wife begged me to think about my daughter, go out and work steadfastly, and don't do it in the future.

Why is Lao Tian's wife frail and sickly? She was blocked by those people all day long, and she was scared out of mental illness.

Lao Sun actually has a disabled foot, and was later released by the gang and bit off a toe alive.

During that time, it can be said that we were the darkest days, in order to live, we had to temporarily give up snake fishing, but we were thinking about it in our hearts!

Working during the day, we would still get together at night to exchange snake fishing skills with each other, and occasionally catch a few when the gang was not paying attention, so we would practice our hands.

In this way, the three of us gritted our teeth and persevered, never betrayed each other, let alone others.

Later, the law and order became better and better, and the underworld forces were finally arrested, and we grew bigger little by little.

There is no culture, self-made, there are so many snake fishers, so what do we rely on?

Integrity, nothing else.

In fact, among us, I am the worst snake fishing technique, so I am usually responsible for the most is to contact the people we work with, in addition to the big customer of Boss Du, there are many other customers, but everyone is more familiar with me.

Lao Tian and Lao Sun are the kind of people who are not very good at talking, and they may not be so conspicuous in the eyes of their partners.

But the character of the two of them, I dare to vouch for my head!"

Lu Dongye couldn't help but be a little touched.

Lao Li's tone began to become emotional and hoarse: "Principal Lu, we have lived for most of our lives, and to say something unpleasant, we have experienced a lot of temptations in most of our lives! ”

His voice was a little agitated.

But he still tried his best to understand it with emotion: "You say, when we are old, who wants to face the loess with their backs to the sky like this every day? Who doesn't want to drink tea and play chess every day?"

Lao Li smiled, with that kind of hot gaze, and silently told Lu Dongye that he had no regrets in his heart: "Sticking to the bottom line makes us very bitter, but our hearts are down-to-earth, and we have adhered to the principles for most of our lives...... How long can we still work? Although we are not rich now, we still have a little spare money, and there is no need to worry about our own self-insurance. ”