Li Guolou returned to Team C, summoned several of their petty officials, and invited them to have a meal together. Several officials from other departments also came over with stern expressions. Li Guolou was one of the rich people in the Criminal Department, and he was very
He is generous, and people of higher rank than him also like to make friends with him. Before he reaches the entrance of the criminal department, there are already more than thirty people in the queue.
Li Guolou asked Ai Hai to take his friends to go with him. He wanted to find his girlfriend Yelia who was waiting for him in the teahouse outside. Li Guolou was teased by his friends, who were not willing to let Li Guolou go alone. More than thirty people came
At the Laode Teahouse, a random group of people greeted Yelia, admired the foreign girls, and made comments before leaving together.
Jelia asked: "Mike, didn't you say you would invite a table of people to dinner this morning? I think there will be four tables of people."
Li Guolou sighed: "They are all colleagues and fair-weather friends who can't keep face. Some people just know their last names and don't even know their full names.
Once we have found the road, there is nothing we can do about raising a bunch of moths."
Jelia said: "Then is your brother like you?"
Li Guolou said: "The Qing Dynasty is full of officials and businessmen. One of the most important factors in the official evaluation is family unity. If an official's family is involved in housework, it is considered unfilial, and he will not be promoted in the future. Therefore, officials must settle relatives in their hometowns, no matter what.
Why did his relatives look down on him and try to seize his property? Officials pretended to be generous and kept a bunch of white-eyed wolf relatives. There were so many such things that some were compiled into books. It was said that people who have prospered will not remember the past evil, as if
Officials are good people, in fact, it is because the state system restricts these officials. My brother carries the banner of Li Hongzhang and gives 15% of the profits to Li Hongzhang’s eldest son Li Jingyi every year. He is still a relative. "
Jelia asked: "What about the shares?"
Li Guolou said: "Similarly, 15% of the shares are indispensable, and some businesses account for half. Only in this way will no one come to make trouble and engage in monopoly business. It will be much harder for me to take root in the north. People just say a few words.
If you say nice things, you don't take me seriously."
Jelia said: "Mike, why don't you go back to the south? Everyone in the family is an official in the south."
Li Guolou looked up at the red wall of the Criminal Department next to him and said, "Yelia, I like it here. Only in the ice and snow can we see our noble character."
"Giggle!" Yelia laughed so hard that she stopped in her tracks. She had never seen such a shameless person.
The two of them were walking arm in arm on the street, and several children who were singing nursery rhymes clapped their hands and started singing, "Fake foreigners pick up girls, smash their faces without losing their hair, sell green onions and magnets to tease boring ones, slap bricks to death and lose their waists."
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"Mike, are they talking about you?" Jelia asked knowingly.
Li Guolou raised his hat to greet the child singing the nursery rhyme and said, "It's a song specially made for me by my friend."
Jelia laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back, squatting on the ground and panting.
Li Guolou said seriously: "Dear Yelia, you are really my friend. They like me now. These children used to throw firecrackers at me, but now they stop throwing them. They are considered buddies."
Yelia finally stood up, waved his hand and said, "Mike is not allowed to tell bad jokes. Wouldn't it make me look embarrassed on the street?"
Li Guolou replied: "Dear Yelia, you are my pride. In another thirty years, I will still want you to hook me when I walk. I will also like it when I am old."
"You little naughty boy, you're here to cheat me out of my money." Yelia lost his temper, but he leaned his head on Li Guolou's shoulder and showed it to passers-by.
Li Guolou said: "Fool, this is for you to become a rich woman as soon as possible and realize your first dream. The school is still a bit far away, so there is no problem in opening a Yelia Relief Society."
Jelia sighed and said, "I still need to save your gang of gluttonous friends."
Li Guolou smiled and said: "Dear Yelia, when you open the Yelia Charity Hall, you will know that it is easy to cheat money. If you shed a few tears in front of the rich, a large check will fly over. You
I haven’t seen pastors in Christian churches, their wives and children live in bungalows, why not that? So I still believe in Catholicism, at least their wealth will be returned to the church after their death.”
"Don't slander the church of God!" Jeremiah shouted angrily.
"It's so hard to be an honest person!" Li Guolou sighed.
Li Guolou and Yelia were leisurely passing the time walking towards Donglaijiang Alley. It was common for them to have passers-by stop and watch. Yelia was waiting for Li Guolou in the winter, so the two of them walked on the street together just to show off her.
She is wearing new clothes. Yelia wears a new dress to show her taste in front of the world. Who has the ability to support a handsome young man from the Qing Dynasty? She has the style of a noble. If Xia Yelia is
There will also be a fan in hand.
Li Guolou and Yelia felt good and were immersed in love. There was a shadow quietly following them behind them. The two of them were still talking and laughing without realizing it.
"Dear Jelia, do you think I should have a stick?"
"You are a fool. Only people of a certain age are eligible to use it. Don't imitate those rubes and wait until you are over thirty-five before you can use it."
Yelia taught Li Guolou how to become a superior person. At this moment, the figure suddenly shuttled in front of Li Guolou and knelt down in front of Li Guolou with a plop, blocking the way.
"Chief Li, please save me and my sister!" A petty eleven or twelve-year-old child faced Li Guolou with a bitter face.
Li Guolou took a closer look and said: "Oh - the wonderful hand is empty. What are you doing here? If you want money, tell me. I didn't get beaten last time."
The child wanted to laugh but didn't dare. He forced himself to cry and said: "Mr. Li, I know you are the head catcher. You are rich and powerful. My sister and I suffered a lot in the beggar gang. My elder brother touched my sister's body."
Idea, my sister is only ten years old. All I can do is beg you, please take us in, I am willing to sell myself as a slave."
This kind of beggar is a person without household registration. If you want to sell yourself into a slave, you have to buy an official title for this kind of person. No one is willing to take in such a child. Don't look down on them. In fact, they know everything. The eldest brother who takes them is to control them.
Children like this were taken to brothels to prostitute women very early on. Some children were good at eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling. Some children escaped from almshouses and charity halls and would rather live on the streets than be controlled.
These kind of kids are not good enough to be looked down upon by husbands and brothels, so they have no choice but to steal. Stealing can also lead to addiction, so it's very difficult to get this kind of kids to follow the right path.
Li Guolou stared at the mischievous child and said: "Stand up and speak. There is gold under the man's knees. Don't kneel down to others casually. What's your name?"
Li Guolou was struggling in his heart, knowing that such children could not be trusted, but hearing that a ten-year-old girl was being bullied made him feel sad.
The thief child kowtowed to Yelia again. After kowtowing, he stood up and said pitifully: "My name is Xiao Shitou. Chief Li accepted me. Only people like you can accept me and my sister. Only people from the Beggar Clan can accept me."
You will let me and my sister go, otherwise my elder brother will be a beggar and will cripple me, and I will have to crawl and beg for food." After saying that, he kowtowed to Li Guolou again, kowtowing on both sides, and he looked like a master of kowtow.
Yelia pinched Li Guolou's arm, and Li Guolou said: "Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao are here. Yelia, didn't you say Charity Hall? The first person is here. Little Stone, get up and bring your sister.
If you want to follow me, I will give you a chance. If you don't obey, get out. Don't come back again. If you steal anything again, get out. If you agree, I will take you in. If you don't agree, I will give you a tael of silver. Don't do this again.
understand?"
Xiao Shitou said anxiously: "Sir Li, I understand. I will discuss it with my sister."
The temptation of one tael of silver was too great, so Xiao Shitou jumped to a sycamore tree on the street and talked to a little girl.
"Mike, you are the devil, you will tempt Adam and Eve." Jelia saw through Li Guolou's trick.
"Yelia, you are dressed like a snake demon today!" Li Guolou refused to admit defeat and said: "Yelia, don't be fooled by the appearance of children. They are not good people and have more dirty thoughts than adults.
"Many, it is too difficult to make this kind of child a good person. He will run away at the slightest temptation. You must have a cold heart, otherwise you will feel like a failure as a person if you open a relief society."
"why?"
"I'll tell you later. I opened a charity hall in my family and then closed it down. I felt that being a human being was boring and I was hurting myself. Only those very fierce nuns could restrain them and not have feelings for them." Li Guolou revealed the truth.
, the deception that goes deep into the bone marrow is difficult to change. Habitually lying without changing your face will also throw dirty water on your head. Where there is oppression, there will be resistance, and you will be the bad guy in the end.
"Can't you have love?" Jelia made a strong voice of dissatisfaction.
Li Guolou said: "You can have love, but they will be lawless. If you put energetic children in cages, they will be unbearable. It's like raising a cat. If you feed it and clothe it, in the end it will be the same.
Will run away."
"Why?" Jelia still didn't believe it and wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Li Guolou said: "Yelia, this is a psychological problem. They have been hurt since childhood, and their thinking is different from ours. You and I can't figure out things that don't make sense. There is no logic to explain, and it is difficult to cultivate mature people."
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Xiao Shitou came over with a little girl with pretty eyes and said: "Mr. Li, my sister said you are a good person and wants to follow you. We will all be obedient. Her name is Shi Yatou. She can't speak well, but her hands
Soon, if she steals anything, I will return it."
Li Guolou said: "Little Shitou, if your eldest brother is following behind, tell me and I will break his legs first."
Xiao Shitou whispered: "My elder brother Tiezhong Beggar is at the corner. He thinks I am begging from you. What on earth did you say, Chief Li?"
"That one?"
"Yes!" Xiao Shitou said decisively.
"Do not lie to me!"
"That's right!" Xiao Shitou and Shi Yatou said in unison.
"Yelia, help me get my hat and clothes." Li Guolou took off his coat and jumped out like a small stone just now, but when he heard a scream of "Ah!", a tall man was killed by Li Guolou.