Liu Cheng said that the carpenter had done it, and his classmate's father agreed. It only cost five yuan to cover his round trip expenses. He could find someone to help him, and he should be able to finish the demolition in two days.
But he had to go take a look first, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to handle it by then.
Li Manjun agreed and asked Liu Cheng to take him to Xiashui Village to check it out first and confirm the transaction date with Uncle Hu again.
But unexpectedly, when Liu Cheng took people to Xiashui Village, an accident happened. Uncle Hu, who had originally had a good conversation, hesitated and wanted to return the fifty yuan deposit.
Liu Cheng immediately felt something was wrong and asked: "Is the bed still there?"
Uncle Hu didn't answer at first, but Liu Cheng became anxious, so he said that the bed was still there, but he wouldn't sell it to them.
"It was agreed before, how could you change your mind?" Knowing that the bed was still there, Liu Cheng was not as impulsive as he was at first, and asked the reason in a good voice.
The carpenter also said: "Brother, you are not very kind if you change your mind after making a good deal. No matter what, you have to give people a reason."
Uncle Hu sighed and said, "Someone has bid higher than you."
As for the other things, he refused to say anything. Liu Cheng was very angry, but he didn't dare to stalemate the relationship all of a sudden, for fear that there would be no room for change.
I had no choice but to give the carpenter a dollar for the fare and let him go home first. Today's trip was in vain.
After sending the carpenter away, Liu Cheng inquired in Xiashui Village for a long time, then hurried back to the town to tell Li Manjun the news.
"Sister Manjun, that old man Hu is so unreliable. He always changes his mind when he says it. Who is he?"
Liu Cheng was very angry and anxious. It was a big deal worth five thousand yuan, and he was not willing to let it go so badly.
When Li Manjun heard the news, his heart shrank suddenly. He was really afraid of what might happen.
Just the last step was to find the carpenter and collect the money. She also thought about contacting Zhao Yong to help the truck, but the owner actually regretted it.
"Where's the deposit?" Li Manjun asked.
Liu Cheng didn't get the money back. He said he couldn't make the decision and had to wait for Li Manjun to tell him in person, so Uncle Hu couldn't get it back.
Hearing what Liu Cheng said, Li Manjun glanced at him appreciatively, "You did a good job on this matter. The deposit has been paid, and it was agreed verbally at the beginning. It will be on our side."
Liu Cheng scratched his head, but now he was not happy about being praised.
"The point is, can we still buy that bed?" Liu Yan was very worried. She didn't know whether the money Li Manjun had was a full thousand and seventeen, or whether it was extra.
Li Manjun told her not to worry and asked Liu Cheng to tell him what he had learned.
"I asked people in the village and they said that two outsiders visited the Hu family's old house yesterday. When I turned around, I heard the Hu family's wife telling people that their old bed was sold for two thousand yuan." Liu Cheng followed suit.
The appearance of a villager comes alive with a wave of his hand.
Li Manjun felt that the matter was difficult. This issue could not be solved by increasing the price. If they could increase the price, the other party could also increase the price.
This is obviously someone who knows the goods. Maybe the other party is not short of money at all, and they are not afraid of them raising the price.
"Liu Cheng, come with me to Hu's house tomorrow. Yanzi, stay in the town and don't go to the village. We can't collect much scrap now." Li Manjun arranged.
The two siblings nodded without objection.
Liu Cheng also asked: "Should we call two more people in case we meet that group of outsiders?"
Li Manjun was once again pleasantly surprised by Liu Cheng. Unexpectedly, he was quite thoughtful.
"Then let's call that classmate of yours." Li Manjun asked that person's name.
Liu Cheng replied: "His surname is Hao, and his name is Hao Jian."
When he returned home at night, Liu Lili immediately called the village chief Hao Jian's home and asked the village chief to ask Hao Jian to come over and answer the phone.
There are a total of two telephones in the village, one for the village committee and the other for the village chief's house. If villagers want to use it, they can go to the village chief's house to make a call.
Liu Chengshou waited by the phone for about five minutes, and the call from the other side finally came through.
"Hey, Hao Jian, you and your buddies will go out to do some errands tomorrow. Oh, your dad told you, yes, that's right, we're going to Xiashui Village. Do you have any buddies you know? I'll call two more people...
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The other party agreed, and Liu Cheng called Li Manjun's house to inform her that she had all the people available, and agreed to leave early tomorrow morning before resting.
Li Dawei, who was sitting in the living room reading the newspaper, had a vague feeling that something had happened to his daughter, but the other party didn't say anything, and he didn't ask. As the child grew up, he was not as dependent on his parents as he was when he was a child, so he was always a little embarrassed to speak.
The next day, Li Manjun got up early, and when he arrived at the department store, the door was only half open.
She bought some candies and biscuits. Isn't it strange that there were so many people there? She wouldn't just give up on the Qiangong Babu bed.
I took a ride with Liu Cheng outside Xiashui Village. After waiting for more than ten minutes, Hao Jian arrived with his two cousins.
Sure enough, as Liu Cheng said, Hao Jian seemed to be honest and didn't talk much. After introducing his two cousins, he followed Li Manjun to Hu's house without saying a word all the way.
He is of average height, but has a strong body. People who work at home and farm all year round have a lot of strength.
The other two cousins are tall and quite intimidating at first glance.
The five people entered the village and walked towards Hu's house. Halfway there, a group of people suddenly rushed out of the village.
At the head were two young men, carrying a woman with a big belly and running wildly.
"You guys get out of the way!"
Li Manjun and others hurriedly retreated to the side of the road. Several people ran past them. After three to five seconds, several people with armbands on their arms and doctors in white coats came after them.
While chasing, he shouted: "Pay attention to the situation of pregnant women. Don't run away. If you run away again, someone will die!"
Brother Hao Jian clicked his tongue and said, "We are arresting Chaosheng again. The people in the village here are stronger than ours and they can run very fast."
Li Manjun looked at the villagers who were chasing after them, but did not see the Hu family.
"Let's go." Li Manjun motioned to the others to stop watching the fun and get things done first.
Liu Cheng pulled Hao Jian, and Hao Jian called his two cousins away. The five of them avoided the villagers and walked around the field ridge. Suddenly, they heard an old cry for help.
"Help, help... Is there anyone?" The voice was weak, occasionally mixed with a few ouch sounds of pain.
Liu Cheng rushed to the ditch in two steps and saw an old man wearing a thin navy blue hat lying helplessly in the ditch, with tears in his muddy old eyes and shouting for help.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Liu Cheng asked, waving to Li Manjun and others as he jumped down the stream.
The old man seemed to have been knocked down from the field ridge and got stuck in a narrow ditch, unable to get up.
Li Manjun came to the ditch to take a look and hurriedly asked the three brothers Hao Jian to pull the person out.
When the old man saw someone, he finally felt relieved and said with tears in his eyes:
"These little bastards can run so fast without even looking at the roadside. I'm old and slow, and I can't stand firmly. I don't know what bastard thing knocked me down!"