Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

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After Cai Quanwu left the small restaurant, Sha Zhu said to Li Wei.

"Brother Li, let's eat first. Let's have lunch at this little restaurant today, and don't go back tonight. I'll cook some good dishes, and we'll have a good drink tonight."

"Zhu Zi, you haven't told me about the interview and report yet. It's not about reporting on this little restaurant, is it?" Li Wei asked suspiciously.

“Yes,” Sha Zhu then explained the situation at the tavern, as well as the job creation and the upcoming arrival of district leaders.

Li Wei thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Zhu Zi, I can help get it published in the newspaper."

However, expanding influence is a bit difficult, especially today, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Think about how many higher-level leaders have visited the homes of military families and ordinary people to offer their condolences and support.

As you just mentioned, many attractions are free to enter, and there are tons of large-scale dance parties and park activities.

After hearing this, Sha Zhu thought about it and realized it made sense.

Li Wei continued, "Tomorrow, representatives of workers, students, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army delegation, and the Korean People's Delegation will be holding a Spring Festival celebration at Zhongshan Park in Beijing. Do you want to go? I'm going there tomorrow."

Sha Zhu shook his head. "This little restaurant is opening today. I guided the preparation of many of the dishes. Do you think I'd leave?"

"Alright, then I won't leave today. I see your yard is quite big, but there are only three main rooms. Is there a place for me to stay?" Li Wei asked.

"Yes, come sleep with me on this heated kang bed. It can fit four or five people, but it's fine for the two of us. Why didn't you go out to do an interview?"

"I have a mission for tomorrow. All my colleagues have gone out, and I'm all alone in the staff dormitory tonight. I'm quite bored, so I came to find you."

I have some news for you. You've driven two big restaurants in Wangfujing and Qianmen Street out of business, and two other restaurants are scrambling to find chefs.

"It went bankrupt? I did it? Don't accuse me wrongly. When have I ever done anything bad?" Sha Zhu said doubtfully.

"You forgot, didn't I already publish all those food recipes you asked me to publish in the newspaper, hiding them from everyone?"

Later I learned that there was a commotion in those big restaurants. The chefs were demanding a raise because prices had gone up, and they were unwilling to accept it.

It just so happens that the cooks are collecting those newspapers you sent out, and one of them is the cook who's been looking for me everywhere.

Later, for some reason, all the head chefs resigned. Naturally, the restaurant couldn't stay in business.

"Weren't those newspapers published by you? And you were the one who signed them. How come you asked me to shut them down?"

"Shouldn't you be the one who drove them out of business, Brother Li? Don't slander me." Sha Zhu said with a serious face.

Brother Li looked at Sha Zhu with resentment, "Fine, fine, I did it. Who told me to take the kickbacks?"

Sha Zhu and Li Wei had lunch at a small restaurant.

"Zhu Zi, you know what, this braised food is quite delicious. I'll come here often to try it when I'm on break," Li Wei commented with satisfaction after finishing his meal.

"Okay, Brother Li, you're welcome to come visit anytime." After lunch, the two took Li Wei to Director Wang's place while they continued to instruct their three apprentices in the kitchen.

As for how Li Wei would conduct the interview and report, and whether more guests would come in the future, Sha Zhu wasn't very interested.

Let nature take its course. Anyway, my second uncle Cai Quanwu has found a job for the time being, and I can occasionally come to the small restaurant to have a treat. It's another place to eat and listen to gossip.

In the afternoon, Director Wang, accompanied by reporter Li, hosted the inspection of higher-level leaders, who returned satisfied.

Director Wang looked through the ledgers and was quite pleased.

However, something unpleasant will soon happen.

That evening, after returning home, Sha Zhu cooked several delicious dishes to entertain reporter Li Wei.

The raindrops chattered on the dining table. "Brother, there were so many people outside today! Second Uncle took me to the Summer Palace, and we even went boating."

"Oh, you didn't go to Tiananmen Square or the Forbidden City?"

"No, my second uncle said there are too many people, and if we walk there, we won't be able to get back by night. Brother, can you take me tomorrow?"

"If I'm not busy tomorrow afternoon, I'll take you,"

"Zhu Zi, that's great! We have chicken, duck, and fish for dinner tonight. I'm so glad I came to find you, otherwise I wouldn't have had dinner in the dorm."

The four of them chatted and laughed at the dinner table. After dinner, they lit fireworks and firecrackers to play with and then went back to sleep.

Sha Zhu quietly got up from the heated kang and went to the toilet.

Back inside, he took out some sleeping incense, lit it, and used his mind to swirl it around the noses of the three people twice, putting them into a deep sleep.

Sha Zhu left the courtyard, found a corner in the alley, and slipped into his spatial dimension.

I dressed myself up and disguised myself as someone whose height, weight, and appearance didn't match my actual height, weight, or appearance.

Then I started wandering around the hutongs of Nanluoguxiang.

While staying at my master's house, I came here to search for enemy agents, and I wandered around two or three nearby alleys.

This time, we must dig out all the enemy spies in the Nanluoguxiang area who have radios in their homes.

While hiding from passing patrol officers, Sha Zhu mentally scanned the residents in the alley.

As a result, they found a household with a radio in Mianhua Hutong, and the owner was a single man in his forties.

It's very close to the police station, just across an alley.

If there's any major commotion at the police station, we can see it from the back window of this room.

Hey, serves you right for being unlucky. Silly Zhu, with a single thought, delivered another blow to the back of the head to the sleeping spy.

To be on the safe side, they lit a sleeping potion and held it near the spy's nose for a while.

Only then did he add the person, along with the radio codebook, into his spatial storage.

After carefully searching the room and finding nothing of value, they left.

On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Sha Zhu didn't sleep and continued to wander around the hutongs of Nanluoguxiang.

As a result, no more radio stations were found. As for the outside agents who didn't have radios, Sha Zhu had no way to deal with them for the time being.

They had no choice but to move to Beiluoguxiang, where Shazhu found another spy with a radio.

Using the same method, after storing the spies and the radio codebook in his spatial storage, Sha Zhu began to evade the night patrols.

I made my way back to my alley, Ju'er Alley.

We arrived at the easternmost end of Ju'er Hutong, where a gambling den was hidden inside the alley.

Moreover, this gambling den has an underground passage that leads directly to Jiaodaokou South Street, so that if there is any disturbance, the people inside can quickly escape through the passage.

The address of this gambling den was given to me by a street urchin from No. 95 Courtyard about six months ago when he led a group to ambush Sha Zhu in a small alley.

I passed by this place before the Lunar New Year while tracking a calf, and observed it using my mental scan.

I've confirmed there's a gambling den here, and today I'm going to throw the corpse from this space into that gambling den.

Sha Zhu first went to find some stones and bricks to block up the exit of the gambling den's secret passage.

Then we arrived at the entrance of the casino and scanned inside. It was bustling with noise, with no fewer than sixty or seventy people inside.

Suddenly, Sha Zhu scanned the Liu family, uncle and nephew, from courtyard number 136 and found them inside as well.

These two were just released by the road construction team before the Lunar New Year, supposedly for good behavior.

You deserve your bad luck. I wonder how you two incorrigible good-for-nothings will be punished this time you've been caught.