Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 93 Blackmail? Stop it

Li Weidong rode his bicycle to the tavern on Qianmen Street, found Niu Ye, chatted with him for a few minutes, and then left the tavern with Niu Ye.

After walking around with Uncle Niu, they came to a courtyard. Uncle Niu knocked on the door, and soon the door was opened. A middle-aged man welcomed Li Weidong and Uncle Niu in. The two sides introduced themselves to each other, and the middle-aged man took Uncle Niu and Li Weidong to see the courtyard.

This yard is a three-entry courtyard. The general situation is similar to that of a courtyard house. The house looks okay, but it may have been uninhabited for a long time. There is a layer of dust in the room, and most of the furniture is unusable.

Li Weidong didn't care and would go to other trust stores later. Li Weidong and his friends took a look around and Li Weidong was very satisfied.

Then the transaction began. Uncle Niu had agreed on the price in advance, and he had just told Li Weidong in the tavern. The total price was 4000 yuan, which was 200 yuan more expensive than the two-story courtyard. It was very cheap. Even if each house was counted as 200 yuan, the house alone would be worth more than 4000 yuan. I don't know how Uncle Niu negotiated it.

Li Weidong then pulled 4000 yuan from his briefcase and handed it to the middle-aged man. After the middle-aged man counted and confirmed the amount, the three of them went to a resident's home. They said they were a staff member from the neighborhood office. They had agreed that he would take them to the neighborhood office that evening to handle the paperwork. The man was the middle-aged man's nephew-in-law.

After arriving, Li Weidong and Niu Ye were waiting outside while the middle-aged man went in.

After a while, a young man about twenty-four or twenty-five and the middle-aged man who went in came out.

The young man greeted Niu Ye Li Weidong with a smile and walked ahead.

Li Weidong noticed that there was something wrong with the young man's eyes when he looked at him. There was a kind of contempt and greed in his eyes, as if he was looking at a lamb to be slaughtered.

Li Weidong smiled slightly and followed.

After a while, they arrived at the Jiaodaokou Sub-district Office. Li Weidong was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Was it still near the Siheyuan?
Several people entered the street office together. The young man was very quick and finished the process in a short while, then handed the house deed to Li Weidong.

Li Weidong was about to take it when the young man took the deed back.

The young man raised his head and said proudly, "Brother, this is not the way to do things."

Li Weidong also smiled and said, "Comrade, can you tell me more?"

The young man said to Li Weidong, "Brother, helping you with this means taking responsibility. You guys are not allowed to buy and sell houses. I'm taking a huge risk. Do you want to show some appreciation?"

"Oh, how much do you want?" Li Weidong said with a smile.

"It's not much, brother. I'll help you with this. You just need to give me 2000. Otherwise, you'll have to go in and think about it carefully." The young man said arrogantly.

Just as Niu Ye was about to say something, he was stopped by Li Weidong.

"Comrade, aren't you afraid of implicating him?" Li Weidong pointed at the middle-aged man who was selling the house.

"Are you afraid of implicating him? I went to their house to borrow money a few years ago, and they treated me so badly. Has he ever thought about today?" The young man said with a smile.

"You..." The middle-aged man was so angry that he was speechless.

"Comrade, let me interrupt you. How can you be so sure that I will give you money? Is it because you have my house deed? Haven't you even looked at it carefully? This is a gift, not a sale. Do you have evidence to prove that we are buying and selling a house?"

I'll leave this title deed with you for now. I'll ask your Director Wang for it tomorrow.

Of course, you can also report us and say we are buying and selling houses. I will wait for you to arrest us. By the way, my name is Li Weidong, don’t arrest the wrong person. Li Weidong said nonchalantly, and finally told the other party his name. After Li Weidong finished speaking, he patted Niu Ye and the middle-aged man who was selling the house and said:
"Master Niu, let's go."

After saying that, Li Weidong took the lead and walked out of the street office. Uncle Niu and the middle-aged man who was selling the house also followed Li Weidong.

Only the young man from the neighborhood office was left standing there, his face changing constantly. He had just been promoted to the neighborhood office and was in charge of this matter. He had just heard that his wife's uncle was selling his house, so he thought of using this matter to make some money and avenge the humiliation he had suffered a few years ago. He didn't even think about the evidence.

Just as Li Weidong said, this was a gift, and he had no evidence of the transaction. It would be useless even if he reported it. In addition, according to Li Weidong, he knew Director Wang and they should have a good relationship, otherwise he would not have asked Director Wang to send it to him. Thinking of this, the young man hurriedly chased after him.

Li Weidong was chatting with Niu Ye and the others.

"Uncle Niu, how did you find such a funny guy? He's quite interesting, but he's a little naive." Li Weidong said casually.

The middle-aged man asked anxiously, "Is this okay? If he reports us, will there be any problems?"

Niu Ye quickly comforted him: "Old Liu, don't worry! It's right to listen to my brother Weidong."

"Yes, don't worry. If he really reports it and someone comes to you to ask you, just say it was a gift. It's okay. Everyone knows about this kind of thing. As long as there is no direct evidence, no one can say anything." Li Weidong also comforted.

The middle-aged man finally calmed down. Although he was still a little worried, it was not as strong as before. When he was about to explain to Li Weidong Niu Ye the grudge between him and the young man from the street office, the young man from the street office caught up with him.

"Gentlemen, please wait a moment." The young man from the street office caught up with them and said to Li Weidong and the other two with a flattering look on his face.

Li Weidong and the others stopped and wanted to see what this person wanted to say.
"Pay attention, I was ignorant just now. I apologize to you all here, please don't mind. This is your house deed, please keep it." The young man nodded and bowed, slapped his face twice with his hands, and then handed the house deed to Li Weidong.

Li Weidong took the deed, looked at it, and then said to the young man from the street office:

"Look at you, why are you doing this? Didn't you just give it to me? You have to make another trip. Okay, let's end this matter here. Of course, if you are not willing to give up, we can also have some fun." Li Weidong said with a smile and patted him on the shoulder.

The young man from the street office didn't dare to say anything.

Li Weidong didn't pay much attention to him. He took the house deed and left with Niu Ye and the others.

The young man from the neighborhood office stood there, watching Li Weidong and his companions leave. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and went home with mixed feelings. The next day at work, after hearing about Li Weidong from his colleagues, he broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't help but feel lucky that he had chased after them the night before.

Li Weidong and Niu Ye walked for a while, then said goodbye to the middle-aged man who was selling the house and returned to the tavern.

At the tavern, Li Weidong and Niu Ye talked about the middle-aged man who was selling the house. Li Weidong asked Niu Ye why this man sold the house so cheaply.
Uncle Niu said that this man had a lot of old stuff and wanted to sell it. He knew we collected old stuff, so he sold the house to us at a small loss. He hoped that after we established a good relationship with him, he would sell his old stuff to us as well.

As soon as Niu Ye said this, Li Weidong understood. Old items were worthless these days, and no one wanted them. He just wanted to earn a favor and sell them to them. Li Weidong didn't say anything. As long as it was real, he would definitely take it. It didn't matter who it belonged to, right?
Niu Ye chatted with Li Weidong in the tavern for a while and then went back. Li Weidong and Xu Huizhen cleaned up the tavern and went to the backyard.

Two hours later, Li Weidong came out of the tavern alone and went to the silk shop again.

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Early the next morning, Li Weidong came out of the silk shop and rode towards the research institute.

(End of this chapter)