Chapter 64: Your Bicycle Ticket Has Arrived

The two of them wandered outside for the whole day.

Zhao Gangzi felt increasingly astonished; compared to the beasts in the Siheyuan, this Lou Xiaoe was simply a perfect woman.

Her values went without saying, and she was beautiful, erudite, and a graduate of a prestigious university—a proper high-IQ student girl!

She even had a thorough grasp of the current economic situation in the mainland; if she weren't restricted by certain matters right now, she would absolutely be capable of great achievements!

Not to mention anything else, even if she were to head to Xianggang to develop now, she would still do just fine.

It was fortunate that Zhao Gangzi's timing for his rebirth was right; otherwise, for such a good woman to fall into the hands of a jerk like Xu Damao would simply be a waste of a heavenly treasure!

Lou Xiaoe also had a very good impression of Zhao Gangzi.

No matter what topic they discussed, he could talk freely with her; he didn't seem like an ordinary employee at the Rolling Mill who was just drifting through life.

In this day and age, being able to read was already considered cultured, and Zhao Gangzi's performance was even more unexpected.

Moreover, the situation of the Lou Family was currently dire; otherwise, Lou Bancheng wouldn't have been in such a rush to have Lou Xiaoe go on blind dates, as he just wanted to change his family's class background.

In the evening, just as Lou Xiaoe returned to her family's small western-style house, she brought this matter up to her father.

Lou Bancheng didn't pay much attention at first, but after hearing Lou Xiaoe's evaluation of him, he quickly took notice.

And this person seemed to be a worker at the Rolling Mill as well.

It was just unclear what his position was or how much his salary was; if it was too low, he would firmly refuse!

"I seem to have some impression of this Zhao Gangzi; Yang seems to have mentioned him to me. I'll send someone to investigate tomorrow to see if his background is truly clean and upright," Lou Bancheng said solemnly, sitting on the sofa and putting down the newspaper in his hand.

Lou's mother was also accompanying him on the side; she was clearly very happy that her daughter had found a man she liked. After all, she knew her own daughter—her standards were very high, and if her father hadn't been forcing her, she wouldn't have been going on blind dates everywhere.

"I think it's better to settle this matter sooner rather than later, so that such a good man isn't snatched away by someone else," Lou's mother said with a smile.

"Mom, what are you saying... I've only known him for a day, we're just friends..."

Lou Xiaoe blushed and lowered her head, and even her speech became coy.

Lou's mother, however, didn't mind and said to Lou Xiaoe earnestly: "My dear daughter, your father and I were together after knowing each other for only a day, and aren't we doing just fine now?"

"Don't let some other woman snatch him away and end up regretting it!"

Before Lou's mother could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a wave of Lou Bancheng's hand. He said coldly: "This matter hasn't even begun yet. I don't even know what kind of person this kid is; he might not even be as good as that Xu Damao from before..."

"You old thing, you're always pulling a long face. Our daughter finally has a suitor she likes, and you'll ruin it sooner or later!"

Lou's mother was clearly displeased.

At this moment, Lou Xiaoe also remembered what Zhao Gangzi had asked of her during the day.

When Lou Bancheng heard that this brat wanted a Bicycle Ticket the moment they met, his face immediately darkened. Although a ticket wasn't a big deal to him, it wasn't something he just gave away.

Otherwise, what would he, Lou Bancheng, be taken for?

However, since Lou Xiaoe had spoken up first, he still took out the Bicycle Ticket.

"Our tickets all come through proper channels, tell that kid to use it without worry!"

"That kid had better meet my requirements; otherwise, hmph, I'll make it so he can't survive in the Rolling Mill," Lou Bancheng said, taking a Bicycle Ticket out of a drawer and handing it to Lou Xiaoe.

Lou Xiaoe was full of joy and quickly replied: "Yes, yes, yes, you're right about everything. Don't worry, Zhao Gangzi will definitely meet our family's requirements!"

Zhao Gangzi was still fast asleep, completely unaware of what had happened, while over at the Lou Family, he had almost become a prospective son-in-law.

Siheyuan.

Xu Damao lay on his bed, unable to sleep all night.

He had seen it clearly during the day; Zhao Gangzi definitely had something going on with Lou Xiaoe. This pair of adulterers had actually done something to wrong him!

No!

Since his good fortune had been ruined, then none of you should expect to have it easy!

………………

Come the next morning.

A piece of major news spread through the Siheyuan!

Shazhu was in the newspaper and had become a famous celebrity throughout Sijiucheng.

A man appeared naked on the streets of Sijiucheng.

While fleeing, he was even leaking feces as he ran. This matter caused quite a stir, and it wasn't long before he was arrested by the police.

To put it mildly, this was hooliganism; to put it severely, it was a serious corruption of social morals. Early in the morning, Yi Zhonghai was called away by people from the Street Office.

After all, in name, Shazhu was still Yi Zhonghai's godson.

If he didn't go, Shazhu would have to keep sitting in the police station.

This matter even alarmed the leaders of the Rolling Mill, as Shazhu had a criminal record; he had been punished once before for short-changing the workers, and this time the incident was known to the whole city.

It had completely lost all face for the entire Rolling Mill.

"Gangzi, I heard you were at the scene that day? Tell us, what exactly happened?"

In the Workshop, Director Wang of the Workshop asked curiously.

Zhao Gangzi recalled it slightly, and upon thinking of that unbearable scene again, he couldn't help but shiver all over. He endured the urge to retch and said: "He Yuzhu committed an offense in the courtyard and fled directly. We all thought he had gone to find his biological father."

"Who knew he would appear on the street the next day? And you don't know, the state Shazhu was in at the time, I think he must have been..."

Zhao Gangzi recounted the legendary experience of that day here. Many people stopped their work and gathered together to discuss it, especially since Zhao Gangzi told it in such detail, it was almost as if they were at the scene.

Soon, everyone's eyes went wide.

Liu Huaiyi: "Damn, you mean to say, Shazhu, that idiot, was... that?!"

"Pretty much. You don't know, the kid's butt was covered in blood at the time, his hemorrhoids had even burst!"

Zhao Gangzi's expression was strange, and the others' faces were also very colorful. If this matter were true, it would be absolutely outrageous.

Soon, information regarding Shazhu spread out.

It had already become fodder for many people's after-meal conversations.

By that afternoon.

Shazhu had just returned from the Public Security Bureau in tears, wiping his eyes with one hand while clutching his buttocks with the other; who could have imagined that a grown man like him would encounter such a thing.

"Sigh, Zhuzi, you've suffered!"

Yi Zhonghai patted Shazhu on the shoulder, keeping his mouth shut about the matter of him being plotted against earlier.

Shazhu was now notorious, having become a rat that everyone wanted to beat, and because the impact of this incident was so great, he wasn't even allowed to do the dishwashing work at the factory anymore.

Factory Director Yang Feng gave explicit instructions for Shazhu to go work in the Rolling Mill toilets, which meant he had risen to the same level as Yi Zhonghai, truly becoming the "poop-scooping boy" in everyone's mouths.

The wages of the father-son duo Yi Zhonghai and Shazhu were about the same; Shazhu was slightly better off, as he at least had a permanent position, earning fifteen or sixteen yuan a month, which was five or six yuan more than old Yi.

At this moment, Bang Geng was in the courtyard playing with mud and urine, and just happened to see Yi Zhonghai bringing Shazhu back, immediately recalling the scene from last time when he was fed peanuts by Shazhu.

"Uncle Sha is back again! Dad said that if I see him, I must take revenge,"

A glimmer of wisdom radiated from Bang Geng's wretched little eyes.

He didn't even care about the mud staining his hands.

He trotted straight over, intending to find Shazhu, but when the two were still a few meters apart, Bang Geng suddenly stepped on a lump of mud and his foot slipped.

He crashed straight into Shazhu's buttocks.

"Ugh!"

Shazhu's gaze went blank.