As dinner was coming to an end, Li Jie calmly told a fact that Wen Qinghua had not revealed.
"Starting from tomorrow, I won't go to school."
"What?"
When Qiao Zuwang heard this, he immediately exploded.
Not going to school?
Didn’t the tuition savings go to waste?
Thirty or forty yuan a year. If you add in the money for buying groceries tonight, the total amount is forty or fifty yuan.
Forty or fifty yuan!
Nearly two months’ salary!
Qiao Zuwang's heart had begun to bleed.
The cooked duck just flew away?
Thinking of this, Qiao Zu's eyes burst out with anger and he slammed the table.
"Little bastard, what did you say?"
boom!
With a loud bang, all the bowls, chopsticks and plates on the table flew up.
The three little ones were even more frightened, and the youngest Simei had tears in her eyes.
Li Jie glanced at him sideways and ignored Qiao Zuwang's question, his tone remaining as calm as water.
"I have discussed it with the school, and I just need to go there during the exam."
"From now on, Qiqi, Sanli and Simei will all be taken care of by me."
After listening to what he said, the anger in Qiao Zuwang's heart suddenly calmed down a lot, but due to his father's majesty, he could not stand down.
In addition, Li Jie's look just now made him very embarrassed and annoyed.
That look was so calm that it didn't make any waves, and it didn't look like the look of a child at all.
Qiao Zuwang wanted to reprimand his boss to regain some dignity as a father, but every time the words came to his lips, he remembered that terrifyingly calm look just now.
Then, he suppressed his words unconsciously.
Qiao Zuwang just looked at Li Jie blankly for a long time before he looked away.
Suddenly, he felt that the boss was really different from before. When he thought of the boss, he thought of his wife who had just passed away.
Although Qiao Zuwang said that his wife's death had nothing to do with him, he still felt a little guilty in his heart.
'Forget it, the boss must blame me for not taking good care of Shufen.'
'That's why he did this to me.'
Qiao Zuwang found a step for himself.
If the time went on for a few more days, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so easy to talk to, because by then the self-blame in his heart would have flown to Java.
After all the trouble just now, the three little ones were so scared that they didn't even dare to move their chopsticks, but the alluring aroma always reached their noses.
They wanted to eat but didn't dare to eat. They could only stare at the food on the table and swallow secretly.
Li Jie tapped the table gently: "Two strong ones, three beauties, and fourth beauties, eat well and don't look at me."
"oh."
"Um."
Li Jie's tone was calm, but with a convincing power. The three little ones subconsciously obeyed the elder brother's words, picked up the chopsticks and continued to fight with the food on the table.
This time, Qiao Zuwang rarely exercised his father's authority.
He felt guilty.
After finishing the meal, Qiao Zuwang stretched out his hands and feet, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and walked out without looking back.
"You guys wash the dishes and chopsticks yourself. I have something to do when I go out. You guys should go to bed early tonight."
His wife had just passed away and his eldest son was disobedient. Tonight, Qiao Zuwang felt very hurt.
How to relieve worries?
Of course, I have to use mahjong to calm the pain in my heart.
After walking out of the house, Qiao Zuwang crept into a pitch-black courtyard and pushed open the wooden door in the moonlight, but there was a different world inside.
Under the dim light, three middle-aged men were sitting at the mahjong table, each occupying a corner, puffing away smoke and discussing something with a smile.
As soon as the door opened, the three of them were immediately startled. They all looked at the door. Two of them, thin and thin, had already half stood up and were about to run away.
There has been a lot of trouble these days, and the authorities are strictly controlling gambling, so they can't help but worry.
When they saw clearly that the person coming was Qiao Zuwang, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Old Qiao, you are so scary. I thought it was JC who came to the door. Why didn't you knock on the door?"
Qiao Zuwang said confidently: "Why are you knocking on Mo Zi's door? Your door is not closed at all?"
A thin man with a smell of oil on his body spoke up to smooth things over.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing, time is money, let's start fighting quickly."
Another poker friend, Lao Xu, said impatiently while playing mahjong: "It's a trivial matter, what's the fuss about? Start quickly. I have a hunch that I will be very lucky tonight."
Seeing that the other two people had come forward, Zhang Laosi, who had initially raised the issue, was too lazy to pursue the matter further. After all, this was a big deal in the first place.
"Okay, okay, okay, stop talking and let's get started."
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Hongbanqiao Police Station.
"Police uncle, I'm here to report!"
As soon as Li Jie entered the door, he explained his purpose to the policeman on duty.
"report?"
The policeman on duty glanced at Li Jie in surprise, thinking to himself, why would a child come to report this?
"Yes, I'm reporting someone gathering to gamble!"
The policeman on duty looked tense and said in a serious tone: "Who is gambling and where?"
"I'll take you there."
"good."
The older policeman agreed immediately, and soon the two flipping motorcycles drove out of the police station compound.
Under Li Jie's guidance, the arrest operation went smoothly.
In the darkness, Li Jie watched quietly as Qiao Zuwang and three other card players were taken away. None of the arrested people was a good person.
They deserved to be caught.
As for Qiao Zuwang, it would be good to let him go in and reflect for a few days.
How can there be such a husband in the world, how can there be such parents?
His wife had just passed away, and he had not finished his posthumous affairs, so he rushed over to play cards and was detained for a few days, which was a light thing for him.
At this time, Qiao Zuwang was still in a state of confusion.
They were old gangsters and knew that gambling was strictly enforced, so they specially found a very remote place, and on a hot day, they not only closed the windows and doors, but also covered all the light-transmitting places with things.
You hid so secretly and still got caught?
What exactly is going on?
Qiao Zu looked around and thought about it, and only thought of one possibility.
It must have been reported by an acquaintance!
But he had no idea who this acquaintance was.
Who is it?
Who is acting evil?
Qiao Zuwang thought bitterly, don't let me know who is harming me, otherwise I will never be done with you!
Being caught by JC is a big or small matter. If people in the factory find out, will you be laughed to death?
There were also the neighbors. I was so arrogant in front of them this afternoon, but I was caught in the evening.
If those gossipy women knew about this, he would probably not be able to hold his head up for a long time.