"It's time to eat."
The three maids returned to the kitchen and began to eat their own dinner.
The meals Zhang Xiaochun prepared tonight were seafood bibimbap, meat and bone soup, and two stir-fried vegetables.
Before Lin Fei and Wu Yin moved in, they had never had such a sumptuous dinner in this manor for more than a year.
Now, they basically eat similar meals every day, but it makes them extremely happy.
"Zhang Xiaochun, your craftsmanship is so good!" Zhang Xiaoyu praised Zhang Xiaochun after swallowing the food in his mouth.
"When you save enough money in the future, you can open a restaurant." Zhang Xiaohua said with a smile.
"Open a restaurant! I feel like I can't manage the restaurant. If you are willing to help me, I can consider it." Zhang Xiaochun thought about it seriously and said to his two friends.
Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaoyu smiled, thinking that Zhang Xiaochun was joking, and then the three of them chatted and ate a sumptuous dinner.
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"Boom..."
A bright silver-white lightning flashed from the pitch-black clouds, instantly illuminating a dark city.
Immediately afterwards there was a deafening thunder, which scared many people and subconsciously covered their ears.
"call……"
"Wow, wow, wow..."
The strong wind suddenly blew, and the rain fell from the sky, quickly connecting together and turning into lines of rain.
As the strong wind blew, these raindrops were blown around randomly.
There was a sign of rain, so everyone in Tap Rock City put all the things they should pack into their houses before it rained.
However, some people were more unlucky. Although they had expected heavy rain to come, they were all delayed by the heavy rain at hand, so that their clothes were all wet by the heavy rain.
A dock managed by the Iron Palm Gang.
The rain falling from the sky fell on the pier, making a crackling sound.
In the hazy heavy rain, many lights were erected on the dock. The bright lights dispersed the darkness. If you look closely, you can see many workers on the dock working in the rain.
"Hurry up, hurry up, there is the last cargo left, hurry up and finish moving, then everyone can go to the shed to take shelter from the rain." A dock supervisor wearing a raincoat and holding a whip looked anxiously at the people who were busy in the rain.
said the worker.
Because they have to unload this batch of goods within the specified time and then deliver it to the owner, otherwise, they will lose money.
It is precisely because of this that when it rained heavily in the past, the workers could take shelter in the sheds.
But this time, in order to meet the deadline and not lose money, the supervisors urged the workers to work in the heavy rain.
"Supervisor Wang, it's raining too hard. How about we wait for the rain to lighten up and then unload the cargo from the last ship."
A middle-aged man whose whole body was soaked by the rain came to the supervisor who was holding a whip and wearing a raincoat. He raised his hand to wipe the rain from his face and said.
"No." The supervisor shook his head very resolutely and said, "If we don't unload the last shipment of goods quickly now and deliver it to others on time, we will have to lose a lot of money."
"But it's raining so hard now that everyone is soaked. When the wind blows, some people will inevitably get sick."
When the middle-aged man saw that the supervisor refused to allow the workers present to take shelter from the rain, he frowned and continued to fight for it.
"Isn't it just getting sick? What a big deal! After everyone has finished moving all the cargo on the ship, if anyone gets sick due to this heavy rain, our Iron Palm will cover the medical expenses."
The supervisor looked unhappy when he saw that the middle-aged man was still talking about stopping work.
"This is not a matter of medical expenses. Everyone is soaked by the rain and is waiting for a cold. Although there are medical expenses, for us coolies, we will definitely not be able to work while we are sick..." A middle-aged man
said.
"I said, why do you have so many things to do? There are many people outside who want to work at our dock, so I'll ask you if you can do it! If not, get out of here..."
The supervisor was made a little angry by the middle-aged man's repeated words, and then he cursed harshly.
"You..." The middle-aged man was scolded by the supervisor. Although he was angry, there was nothing he could do.
He is just a laborer who sells himself as a coolie, and the whole family has to rely on his salary to survive. If he loses his job at the dock, it will be a huge blow to his family.
When the negotiation failed, the middle-aged man immediately turned around and left, coming to his co-workers.
"How is everything going? Did the supervisor agree to let us take shelter from the rain first?" A worker asked immediately when he saw the middle-aged man coming back.
Other workers felt a little cold because their bodies were soaked by the rain and the wind blew, and they couldn't help but shiver a few times.
However, their eyes all fell on the middle-aged man, waiting for the other party's answer.
"Hey... let's unload the last shipment of goods as soon as possible!" The middle-aged man sighed to his co-workers, and then said.
Hearing what the middle-aged man said, the workers knew that the negotiations had failed.
So they gritted their teeth and walked quickly towards the cargo ship that was docked somewhere.
In this situation, since the supervisor did not agree, they could only do as the middle-aged man said, finish the last work as soon as possible, and then go to take shelter from the rain.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey..."
In the pouring rain, the workers who were soaked by the rain congratulated each other in unison, pulling the ropes in their hands to pull the large cargo ship docked in the distance to the shore.
Liu De stood at the door of the Iron Palm Gang's meeting hall, looking at the pouring rain outside the meeting hall, as well as the workers who were working hard in the heavy rain on the river bank farther away.
Since Tie Dashi's death, Liu De has taken over the entire affairs of the Iron Palm Gang.
I have been a deputy gang leader for many years, and I thought that at most I would be a deputy gang leader in this life, but I never expected that I would encounter something like this.
This may be the so-called blessing in disguise!
"Tap tap tap..."
Just when Liu De was deep in thought, there was a figure wearing a raincoat in the distance, running quickly in the rain, towards the Iron Palm Gang's meeting hall.
"Deputy gang leader, uh... gang leader." The visitor walked into the doctor's hall and called Liu De. Then he saw an unhappy expression on Liu De's face and quickly changed his words.
"How is it? Is that family still alive?" Liu De asked.
"Qi Gang Leader, according to my observation, everyone in the manor is still fine, and there are no casualties." Xiaodi Hui reported.
"There are no casualties. It seems that the people from the Poison Fang Organization haven't come to the door yet!" Liu De murmured to himself after listening to his younger brother's report.
"Gang Leader, I noticed something strange."
"What's up?"
"Just this morning, the maid from the manor ran outside and found a decorator to repair the pavement at their house."
Yes, today when Zhang Xiaohua came out of the manor to look for the road builder.
Liu De arranged for the Iron Palm Gang boy who was responsible for surveillance outside the manor to quietly follow Zhang Xiaohua and observe behind her, so he knew everything about Zhang Xiaohua's visit to the road builder.
"Looking for a road repairman to repair the road at home?" Liu De frowned after listening to his younger brother's story.
Because he once stood at the gate of the manor where Lin Fei and Wu Yin lived and looked inside.
At that time, he was still thinking that this manor was not small in size, and it felt quite new inside.
Yes, it's brand new. Except for the villa in the manor, which has been built for some years, the roads in the manor should have been renovated in recent years, so when I first saw the situation in the manor, it felt quite brand new.
Since the road has been renovated and is not dilapidated, why would the maid in the manor suddenly find someone to come to the manor to repair the road? What is the reason?
"Have you ever observed the damage to the road in that manor from a close distance?" Liu De thought for a moment and couldn't figure out the reason, then asked his younger brother.
This younger brother is also a smart person. After he followed Zhang Xiaohua and learned that the road in the manor needed to be repaired, he thought that Liu De might ask about the damage to the road in the manor.
So he approached the manor, pretending to be a strange passerby, and walked back and forth at the door of the manor several times. Taking advantage of the short period of time he passed by, he quietly looked inside to inquire about the situation.
Therefore, when Liu De asked himself this question at this time, this young man could answer it immediately.
"To report to the gang leader, I have observed the damage to the roads in that manor...the damage to the roads is not very serious, but there are many potholes," Xiaodi Hui reported.
"There are a lot of potholes. Last time... the road surface I saw before was obviously very new. Why are there suddenly so many potholes? Could it be that...?!!!"
Liu De thought for a moment, and suddenly, an expression of surprise appeared on his face. However, he quickly calmed down the expression of surprise on his face and murmured to himself.
"Did that scary woman also kill the people from the Venomous Fang organization who came to her door?
Those are people from the Poison Fang Organization! It shouldn't be the case... But if that wasn't the case, how could those smooth, brand-new roads turn into potholes?"
The younger brother stood quietly beside Liu De, watching Liu De whisper something in his mouth.
After a while, Liu De stopped the deduction, because he couldn't get the result, so there was no need to waste his brain cells to continue to deduce what happened.
"Take it..." Liu De took out three silver coins from his pocket and handed them to the younger brother in front of him.
"Thank you, gang leader, for the reward." The younger brother happily took the silver coin handed over by Liu De, with a happy expression on his face. Then he rubbed the silver coin in his hand and carefully put it into his pocket.
"You continue to monitor the manor tomorrow. If there is any new situation, come back and report to me immediately." Liu De ordered his younger brother.
"It's the gang leader." The younger brother who had just received the reward said seriously.
"Okay, it's none of your business, go down!" Liu De waved his hand.
The younger brother nodded, turned around and was about to walk into the rain and leave the pier, but when he just turned around, he heard Liu De calling him.
"Please give me a message to Lao Wang...ask him to speed up the transportation of the last cargo." Liu De ordered.
"Yes." The younger brother nodded, then walked quickly into the rain, and ran towards the supervisor who was holding a whip and wearing a raincoat in the distance, shouting at the workers who were carrying the goods.
"Look further, if even the people from the Poison Fang Organization can't do anything to that scary woman, then... how scary that woman must be!
What’s even more frightening is that if someone from the Venomous Fang organization stumbles into trouble, they will definitely continue to take revenge on that woman, and by then, I might be implicated again.”
Liu De looked at the back of his departing brother with a worried look on his face. However, he should be fine for the next period of time and his life is not in danger. This can be regarded as a blessing among misfortunes!
"Lao Wang." The younger brother came to the dock and shouted to the supervisor who was scolding the workers.
"What's the matter?" Lao Wang looked back and asked the younger brother who was coming.
"The gang leader asked me to come over and give you a message."
"Ah? Gang leader, what orders does he have?"
"The gang leader asked you to urge the workers to speed up the transportation of the last cargo."
"Oh, okay, no problem."
The supervisor, Lao Wang, nodded, then swung the whip in his hand.
"Snapped."
The cowhide whip made a loud crack in the rain, causing all the workers who were carrying goods in the distance to look at the supervisor waving the whip.
"Everyone, please go faster. The gang leader has spoken. Your current speed is too slow. Hurry up. Go faster." After seeing the eyes of the workers falling on him, the supervisor shouted loudly.
.
"Supervisor Wang, we are already fast enough! If we go any faster, there is really nothing we can do."
The middle-aged man who had negotiated to take a break and take shelter from the rain heard the supervisor's urging to speed up and immediately replied.
Hearing the middle-aged man's response, the unhappy expression on the supervisor's face showed again, and he cursed at the middle-aged man who responded.
"Shut up, you guy, and don't talk casually in the future.
This is the gang leader's order. Now I ask you to speed up. You must speed up for me, otherwise, you will stop doing this job and go home."
"..." The workers were very angry after hearing the supervisor's curse, but they had to lower their heads under the eaves, and they silently accelerated the speed of carrying the goods.
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, you are dragging your feet, have you not had dinner?
Everyone is so slow, what's the use of you? If you want to make money, please help me with your hands and feet. If you continue like this, you won't have to come here to work tomorrow."
The supervisor's cursing voice sounded over and over again on the dock. The workers working in the rain numbly unloaded box after box of goods from the cargo ship, and then transported them to the warehouse on the dock.
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This chapter has been completed!