Siheyuan: Qin Huairu is a lucky charm for her husband

Chapter 2309 Prioritizing Reason over Kindness

Hutong entrance

As soon as Lin Chen arrived, Uncle Niu bypassed Liu Erpang and hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands.

"Secretary Lin, it's been a long time! I heard that your family has gained another precious daughter, so I came here especially to offer my congratulations."

As the saying goes, one doesn't hit a smiling face, so Lin Chen waved his hand at Liu Haizhong.

"Old Liu, you go and entertain the others! I'll have a chat with Comrade Niu."

Liu Haizhong glanced disdainfully at Lao Niu before leaving with Jia Dongxu and Sun Shaoan. These two apprentices were now like Erpang's right-hand men. He kept them by his side whenever he had time to cheer him on…

Watching Liu Haizhong leave with his men, Master Niu happily took out a large red envelope and stuffed it into Lin Chen's pocket.

"Secretary Lin, this is a gift for the child. I'm only doing this on someone else's behalf, so please accept it. Master Pian has already realized his mistake. I hope you can be magnanimous and give him a chance to repent."

Lin Chen immediately pushed away the hand that was trying to give him a red envelope, even though it was dark and no one could see. But Lin Chen wouldn't simply accept the three hundred yuan as a "greeting gift"...

Tong Zhi and Da Zhuang told Pian Ye that they also spent the same amount back then.

The old swindler thought, "Let's start with three minutes! Give me three hundred yuan to try first, and if it works, I'll give you another three hundred yuan."

This guy not only looks like Yan Bugui, but he also has a similar personality.

"I'm already very happy that you came to congratulate Huai Ru and me, but as for the gift that Uncle Pian gave for the child, it's just too much. A few dollars is fine, but so much is just asking me to make a mistake! You can take it back first!"

After glancing around, Uncle Niu tried to slip the red envelope into Lin Chen's pocket again. After some polite exchanges, Uncle Niu didn't actually give the red envelope away.

How could Secretary Lin possibly give anyone grounds for criticism? I can't accept this gift from you! But I can have someone sell some things to Master Pian...

"Uncle Niu, please don't be so polite. My cousin was praising you for being so capable a few days ago. How about this, for your sake, I'll take some time these next few days to go to the hospital to have Uncle Pian checked out. So today won't be a wasted trip for you. What do you think?"

Lin Chen thought that the old movie had been involved in a lot of speculative business over the years, and that money couldn't cure his health.

You said you wanted to run away, and I didn't stop you. But why did you decide to tidy up the courtyard house before you left? Don't you know I'm the old man of this courtyard house?

When Lao Niu saw that Lin Chen was so righteous, he immediately performed the highest level of etiquette in Beijing: "clasping his hands in greeting"!

"Thank you, Secretary Lin. Next time your relative comes to Beijing, I'll give him a couple more little trinkets. I'll go back and tell Master Pian to host a banquet for you at Xu's Tavern."

Lin Chen thought to himself, "That's the right way to think! Don't try anything funny, or you might not even get the blame. Once someone is no longer of use, they'll be discarded."

"Brother Niu, you're too kind! I've already looked into the matter, and it was all Hou Yongjie's doing stirring things up. I'm the kind of person who sides with reason, not family, so this won't affect our relationship."

Master Niu was overjoyed, never expecting the other party to be so magnanimous and discerning.

Old Niu had prepared himself for humiliation on the way here, but he hadn't expected that the high-ranking official was indeed a high-ranking official. He had already seen through everything, which was truly excellent!

"Secretary Lin is truly magnanimous; I, Niu, have immense respect for him. If you come to Qianmen again in a few days, I will personally entertain you. I truly misunderstood Little Monkey's words this time. It was all a misunderstanding..."

After exchanging pleasantries, Mr. Niu quietly left Nanluoguxiang.

There are about a dozen young men waiting for him outside the alley entrance; otherwise, Lao Niu really wouldn't dare to go in.

If Lin Chen had just told Liu Guangfu that he was missing, Sun Shaoan and Jia Dongxu would have rushed up and started a fight.

After seeing off Master Niu, Lin Chen went directly to the East Courtyard to see Master Gun.

The old man's two thousand yuan had all been spent on expensive medicinal herbs, and now Lin Chen was going to take advantage of Ma Banjie's absence to get the medicine for him.

After being bedridden for half a month, Uncle Gun feels like he wants to die. Damn, the medical bills they've paid are huge. But they don't last long at all! Nine-layered tower, Heavenly Yangzi, Snow Lotus… my goodness, any one of these costs several hundred yuan! It's outrageous, truly outrageous!

Even if it's a door-to-door service, they can't be this rip-off! But in order to get out of bed as soon as possible, the old man gritted his teeth and accepted it!

Lin Chen arrived and, without saying a word, took out the medicinal herbs one by one from the brocade box and started preparing them on the spot.

"Eighth Brother, you must be extra careful after your recovery. Spending most of your months in the hospital lying in bed isn't a good solution. If you keep going like this, you'll eventually run out of money..."

Although Master Gun is rich, he doesn't dare to show it, so he can only sigh and groan when Lin Chen says this.

"Brother Lin is right, I really don't have any money on me right now! So I'm thinking of having my distant cousin take care of me, because I can't afford Ma Banjie right now!"

The reason Lin Chen mentioned it was mainly to urge this guy to hurry up and gather more people. He'd already prepared an excuse for him, so he needed to act quickly! Whether Sha Zhu and the others could hold a funeral depended on him!

"Well, it's better if you have relatives to take care of you. This isn't some kind of forced sale..."

Lin Chen wondered if the old man would be furious if he knew that the group of people who put the sack on him that day were Chen Junliang's gang.

Lin Chen is currently helping Master Gun prepare medicine in the East Wing.

Before Qiangzi's wife, Jia Zhangshi, could finish a steamed bun, she asked Lao Yi to help her find Brother Lin to treat her.

"Old Yi, could you go find Brother Lin and have him come over here? My wife really doesn't want to miss tomorrow's grand feast!"

Old Yi verbally agreed to help find the person, but inwardly he was smug. "You didn't say that last time I missed the banquet."

Everyone else was fine last night, except you. Who can you blame for being such a useless person?

"Okay, okay, I'll go look for him. If he went back to the apartment across the hall to get his child, then there's nothing we can do."

Old Yi left without giving Jia Zhangshi a chance to refute him, because he had no intention of helping to ask someone for help.

After helping Master Gun casually rub a few pills, Lin Chen didn't return to the courtyard house. He's now gone to the opposite side to enjoy himself.

His delicate wife was waiting for him; he had no time to go and act with his plus-size wife.

She was only good enough to keep the little monkey and the stick-wielding old man company because they had some use to her. Compared to them, Jia Zhangshi was no good!

As expected, Jia Zhangshi waited and waited, but the Lin brothers did not come to her door until Qiangzi brought the guests back.

Now the woman doesn't dare tell Qiangzi that Lao Yi just came by, so she can only ask Qiangzi to go find someone else.

"Qiangzi, how do you think my sister usually treats you?"

Qiangzi, who was about to go out to continue watching the movie, frowned.

"Not so great! I'm not even as important as Bang Geng in your heart."

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