HCB Chapter 120 The Lion Opens Its Mouth
Chapter 120 The Lion Opens Its Mouth
Old Mrs. Li smiled and shook her head, took two steps and closed the yard door, blocking the neighbors' gazes outside.
"Aunt Li, your elder brother and sister-in-law were wrong in everything else they said, but they were right in one thing. Since they have put in the labor, how can they not want wages?" Xu Youyou said.
Old Mrs. Li wanted to refuse. In her opinion, she was able to take care of the little ones.
Aunt Liu also advised: "If you don't think about others, you should also think about yourself. You must save enough money for your coffin."
Old Lady Li shook her head: "When a person dies, their thoughts disappear. They can't care about things during their lifetime, so how can they care about things after death? Just let it go."
Aunt Liu's extremely open-minded attitude made Xu Youyou admire her, but the more the other party didn't want it, the more she had to give it to him.
"Aunt Li, I'm not a capitalist. If I don't even pay you, wouldn't that be exploiting my employees? Besides, you can spend your salary however you want. I won't stop you. Then you can rescue more cats and dogs. That would be great, right?"
Aunt Li's expression softened, and when she thought of those cute little ones, her attitude of rejection was not so firm anymore.
Xu Youyou came with a drafted labor contract. She was afraid that things would get complicated anytime soon, so she urged Old Lady Li to sign the contract on the spot.
"Aunt Li, I've hired a moving company, and they'll be here to help with the move in about two hours. If you need anything to pack, since we're all here, we can help you pack together." Xu Youyou said proactively.
Old Lady Li hurriedly said, "Miss Xu, I really don't know how to thank you. You've considered every aspect of this, but I can handle the packing myself. Please sit down and rest for a while."
Although Mrs. Li's house was full of things, most of them were waste, and she didn't plan to take them away. After making a phone call, ten minutes later, a young man on an electric tricycle came to her door and packed up the waste and took it away.
Xu Youyou took a look and saw that so many scraps were only sold for more than a hundred yuan.
The moving company's car didn't come, and Xu Youyou didn't need to help pack up. She was sitting leisurely in Old Lady Li's yard at this time, and a big fat orange cat jumped directly into her arms.
Xu Youyou glanced around and obediently let Aunt Liu lead her to run around in the alley. Without the jealous girl's sight, Xu Youyou took the initiative to reach out and touch the furry chin of the fat orange cat. Its fur was kept shiny and smooth by Aunt Li, and it felt very comfortable to touch.
"Miss Xu, Fu girl likes you very much." Old Mrs. Li said with a smile.
"Fu girl? Her chubby figure suits the name very well. She is a pretty girl." Xu Youyou said with a relaxed look.
Old Lady Li said, "Every time Fu girl runs into someone's arms, she brings good luck to them. Last night she stayed in my arms and wouldn't leave. Today I have a good job with free food and lodging."
Xu Youyou raised her eyebrows when she heard that and was about to ask if it was really that effective.
A system prompt suddenly popped up in front of her.
[The loot-picking mission has been opened. Please arrive at the target location as soon as possible.]
Xu Youyou rubbed Fu Yatou's cat head vigorously: "You really are a lucky little girl!"
Fu Yatou looked at her with disgust, jumped out of her arms, ran to another place and continued to sleep in.
Xu Youyou said something casually to Old Lady Li, stood up and walked outside. The bodyguards who were helping to sweep the floor immediately put down their tools and followed.
"Just two people will be enough, and the others can stay to help." Xu Youyou said.
Xu Youyou originally thought she had to drive there, but she didn't expect that she had already reached her destination before she even walked out of the alley.
In the middle of the alley, the door of a house was open, and the sound of a fierce argument came from inside.
"Money, I want money! Old man, there must be money at home, where did you hide it?" a young voice questioned.
Another old voice said, "I'm really out of money. You've sucked all the money out of my coffin. I'm kneeling down and begging you, please stop sucking and turn back."
Xu Youyou felt that the voice sounded familiar, as if it was the old man who had jumped out to give false testimony before. At this moment, he was begging desperately, and there was no trace of the fierceness that he had shown when giving false testimony at Old Lady Li's house.
The neighbors in this alley came over to watch the fun and pointed at the yard.
"Old Liu is so miserable. He got a son in his old age, but he's a debt collector. He's only been released from that place for a few days, and he's already started smoking again."
"I've heard that once you get addicted to this stuff, you'll never be able to quit. Old Liu was right not to give him money. It would be better for him to save some money for his own coffin."
"Old Liu is asking for trouble. He was a heartless person when he was young. He even gave false testimony at Sister Li's house just now. It was all because of that little scavenging incident. He thought Sister Li was fighting with him for trash, so he turned black into white and harmed her. Raising a son like this is really karma!"
Xu Youyou pricked up her ears and listened carefully, but the knocking sounds in the house did not stop.
After a loud bang, a young man's voice came from inside: "Old man, you lied again! You said you have no money? What's this? You also hid a bag of silver dollars, waiting for yourself to spend secretly!"
"You can't take this! This is the last of our family's assets. I beg you." Old man Liu pleaded.
But in response, his son kicked him away with all his might: "Old man, you are meddling too much!"
The young man rushed out aggressively with a palm-sized cloth bag in his hand.
Xu Youyou's heart skipped a beat after just one look.
The man had a sunken face, dull eyes, and was so thin that he looked like a skeleton.
Although the two sisters of the Ye family were also thin, they still had the air of living people. The person in front of them did not have any of the energy and spirit that a living person should have, and looked more like a walking corpse.
Seeing a group of people gathered outside, Liu Xiaobao glared at them fiercely and said, "Get out of the way."
The crowd immediately parted ways, and everyone tried to avoid him as much as possible.
Liu Xiaobao didn't care about other people's opinions and wanted to run away with his things.
"What do you have in your hand? Are you selling it?"
Hearing the clear female voice, Liu Xiaobao looked back. He looked Xu Youyou up and down and said in a muffled voice, "Sell it."
"What kind of silver dollar is this? Let me take a look at the goods first." Xu Youyou said.
Liu Xiaobao opened the cloth bag, revealing a few Yuan Datou coins.
"There are seven in total. Do you want them all?" Liu Xiaobao asked.
Xu Youyou nodded and took a quick glance. She didn't see any difference between these Yuan Datou coins.
Liu Xiaobao opened his mouth wide: "Five thousand for one."
The onlookers suddenly exclaimed.
"How can a Yuan Datou be so expensive? Isn't it more than a thousand yuan per piece?" said a neighbor.
Liu Xiaobao immediately glared at the neighbor who was talking, and the neighbor was so scared that he shut his mouth.
"Okay, I want them all." Xu Youyou said with a smile.