Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 26 Taking advantage of the situation
Soon, Li Guoqiang thought of a possibility.

After all, everyone who has watched the TV series knows that Banggeng is a habitual criminal with the reputation of being the Siheyuan Thief, and he and Li Guofu had a slight conflict with Banggeng yesterday. In addition, Banggeng looked guilty early this morning, which made it easy for him to think that Banggeng planned to retaliate against their family.

So, he immediately wanted to refuse Xiaodang.

However, just as the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered the truth that a thief can only steal for a thousand days, but you cannot guard against thieves for a thousand days.

How to do it?

"Hey! Brother Qiangzi, just accompany me for a while! At most, when we come back, I will buy you a string of candied haws!"

Seeing that Li Guoqiang remained silent, Xiaodang felt anxious and acted coquettishly towards Li Guoqiang, promising him a string of sour and sweet candied haws.

You know, these days candied haws is a delicacy that people love very much.

But the price is a little expensive at one cent a string, so most of the time I can only look at it and drool silently.

The reason why she was willing to spend so much money was because Banggeng promised her that as long as she could find an excuse to ask Li Guoqiang out, she would get a reward of 50 cents.

With these fifty cents, she can buy five strings at a time.

Thinking of the strings of translucent red candied haws, and the wonderful taste of crunchy, sour and sweetness when taking a bite, the saliva in her mouth began to secrete like crazy, and soon it accumulated into a large mouthful, making her throat surge quietly.

Li Guoqiang couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xiaodang's greedy look, and then he instantly came up with an idea.

"I can accompany you to the pharmacy, and you don't have to treat me to candied haws. I just need you to promise to do me a favor."

"What's going on?"

When Xiaodang heard that he didn't have to spend money to treat Li Guoqiang to candied haws, he was instantly delighted and asked hurriedly.

"I haven't figured out what it is yet. I'll tell you when I do!"

Li Guoqiang shook his head, then smiled softly and answered.

"Okay, but you can't deliberately make me do something excessive!"

Xiaodang hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed to Li Guoqiang's request.

However, she did not forget to impose a restriction on Li Guoqiang, leaving herself a way out.

"Don't worry! I won't make things difficult for you. Wait for me for a while. I'll go into the house and put on my hat!"

Li Guoqiang was not surprised to see that Xiaodang still knew to leave a way out for herself at this time. After all, her mother could easily deal with a sinister villain like Xu Damao, and Xiaodang would naturally not be a simple character after what he saw and heard in his daily life.

Immediately, he replied with a smile, then turned and walked into his room.

Since he had guessed that Banggeng was likely to come and steal things, he naturally had to hide him under his pillow and carry those things that could not be explained with him.

Soon, he stuffed all the Swiss diamond watch, myopic glasses, big yellow croaker, old jade ring, and the small cloth bag of tickets into the inner pocket of his cotton-padded jacket, leaving only the 37 yuan and the flashlight under his pillow, intending to use them as bait to catch big fish.

As long as Bang Geng dared to steal things, he would not believe that Bang Geng would be willing to give up so much money. In this way, he would have evidence to prove that Bang Geng stole things.

Not long after, he put on his hat, walked out of the house, and then left the courtyard with Xiaodang, ready to use the opponent's trick.

When Xiaodang saw that Li Guoqiang really came out with her, the smile on her face never stopped. She was even in the mood to jump to the front and then turn around to let Li Guoqiang chase her.

Li Guoqiang looked at the two pigtails swinging left and right behind Xiaodang's head and the youthful and romantic smile on her face. He seemed to see the female classmate in his junior high school in his previous life who had two ponytails and also liked to jump in front of him.

At that time, he had no idea how precious that feeling was, and he would often chase after her and pull her ponytail hard, making her grimace in pain, and then chase him all the way from the corridor to the men's restroom with a mad look on her face.

Later, he was admitted to the key high school in the county, and his female classmate went to a technical secondary school, and they gradually lost contact since then.

It was not until he graduated from college and entered society, and saw too much hypocrisy, that he suddenly realized how precious it was to have someone jumping around freely in front of him.

It’s a pity that all this can’t be undone.

Moreover, the person in front of him now was not the figure who was completely defenseless against him, but a little green tea with ulterior motives.

Soon, he came back to his senses from his simple and beautiful memories, and called out loudly to Xiaodang.

"Xiao Dang, I suddenly feel a little dizzy. It may be because I didn't have a good breakfast today. Could you please go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy some fruit candies for me to eat?"

After saying that, he put his hand to his forehead and took out the remaining three cents from his pocket and handed it over.

When Xiao Dang heard this, he did not doubt that Li Guoqiang was pretending. He immediately nodded nervously and agreed: "Okay, then you wait here for me, I will be back soon!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she took a dime from Li Guoqiang's hand, then turned around and ran quickly towards a supply and marketing point outside the alley entrance, fearing that if she ran too slowly, Li Guoqiang would faint from hunger.

Although she was not worried that Li Guoqiang's family would put the blame on her, it was she who called Li Guoqiang out after all. If anything really happened to Li Guoqiang, she would also need to take some responsibility.

At this moment, the joy and anticipation on her face had all disappeared, replaced by a look of regret.

If she had known it would be like this, she should not have agreed to help Banggeng call Li Guoqiang out for that fifty cents.

When Li Guoqiang saw Xiaodang leave, he didn't waste any time and immediately turned around and ran towards the courtyard.

After a while, when he hurried back to the gate of the courtyard, as soon as he stepped into the gate, he saw Banggeng hurriedly running out of his yard with a panic look on his face.

So he immediately hid behind the door frame to avoid Banggeng noticing that he suddenly ran back.

Then, he cautiously looked towards the south yard and found that Banggeng was gone.

Therefore, without much hesitation, he quickly ran back to the room where he lived, then walked directly to the bed and picked up the pillow.

The next moment, when he saw the 37 yuan hidden under the pillow, without a single cent missing, he was stunned for a moment.

Could it be that Banggeng didn't visit his room just now?
Thinking of this possibility, he immediately turned around and ran to the next room.

(End of this chapter)