Chapter 18 I have a brother in Binzhou
In the front yard, a stove was set up with thick smoke billowing out, and the table next to it was filled with cut side dishes and condiments.

Li Yang changed into a black vest. The muscles on his back moved slowly as he cut vegetables. A healthy luster flowed in the swirling smoke.

She looks like a decent woman.

"Fuck!"

The ribs were put into the pan, and the sound of frying could be heard. Soon, the aroma of meat filled the entire courtyard.

"Don't come over now, be careful that the oil will splash on you." Li Yang noticed Zhao Meiyan coming over and asked her to stop.

"Your brothers asked me to urge you to send out red envelopes." Zhao Meiyan said.

"Just post it. Click on the four dots in the upper right corner to get fan benefits. There's a TV appearance on it." Li Yang said. The ribs were fried. Soy sauce, cold water, soy sauce, star anise, and tangerine peel were added.
The ingredients are put into the pot one by one, and the movements are dazzling.

"How much?" Zhao Meiyan asked curiously.

"One thousand dollars is divided into one hundred parts, the participation condition is set at one cent, and the payment password is 890309," Li Yang replied. After testing the saltiness with a spoon, he casually threw in two small peppers.

"So much money?" Zhao Meiyan was surprised. She knew that Li Yang always gave out red envelopes in the live broadcast room, but she didn't expect him to give out so much.

One thousand US dollars, converted into 1.4 million Korean won, is not enough for each of them to get that much money for a commercial performance.

Just thinking about it, I was suddenly startled.

"broken."

“???” Li Yang looked over with confusion.

"Well, I filled it in as 5000 US dollars." Zhao Meiyan said with a hint of apology.

"It's been sent out?" Li Yang was stunned.

"Yes, it has been sent out." Zhao Meiyan nodded doubtfully.

Li Yang closed the pot lid, took the phone and looked at it.

Next to her, Zhao Meiyan subconsciously glanced at the chest through the gap on the side of the black vest.

"Compensate!"

When Li Yang saw that it was true, he raised his eyebrows slightly and spoke.

"Ah, I'll pay you back when I get my bank card back." Zhao Meiyan came back to her senses and looked away like lightning.
"Actually, you don't have to accompany me." Li Yang said.

"Really?" Zhao Meiyan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"All of that is my wife's money, so you can be my wife." Li Yang said with a smile.

"What did you put in the ribs? They smell so good." Zhao Meiyan moved closer to the pot, sniffed twice, and looked like she was about to drool.

"Okay, if you don't reject me, it will be considered as your consent. I will ask my future father-in-law for the betrothal gift tomorrow."

Changing the subject obviously doesn't work with Li Yang.

"I'd better pay you back."

Zhao Meiyan looked pitiful and said, "But I really didn't bring my card with me."

"The ribs will have to stew for another hour."

Li Yang threw a can of beer over and said, "Drink some."

After saying that, he placed his phone on the small table, pulled out a small stool and sat down.

Zhao Meiyan sat next to him.

As night fell and a bonfire lit up the courtyard, the two men clinked their glasses.

"I didn't expect you could cook. There are probably very few men who can cook nowadays, right?" Zhao Meiyan asked curiously, "It smells pretty good."

"The word 'poor' breaks all laws!"

Li Yang smiled and said, "As long as you are poor enough, you can learn all kinds of life skills, not to mention cooking."

As he spoke, his fingers accidentally touched the lighter, but were intercepted in mid-air by a slender hand.

Li Yang looked at it in slight surprise.

"I'm angry today and I won't show it to them." Zhao Meiyan said proudly.

"Okay, it's not my fault anyway." Li Yang took a look at the extremely corrupt comments and couldn't help but laugh as he pushed the phone in front of Zhao Meiyan.

"Everyone is responsible for his own actions!" Zhao Meiyan said with a sense of justice. The moon was bright in the sky, the stars were shining, and the salty and wet sea breeze blew into the courtyard.

"It's so beautiful!"

After Zhao Meiyan took a sip of wine, her eyes were a little blurry, and she said, "There was a time when I felt that life was hopeless, and I really wanted to find a yard like this, sit quietly by the campfire, appreciate the night sky, and do something I like to do."

"This yard costs 900,000 won a day." Li Yang interrupted.

"You are the only one who can talk." Zhao Meiyan's emotions were interrupted, and she couldn't help but give Li Yang a blank look.

"Life should be positive. Escape will not solve any problems. Only by continuous efforts can we see the hope of success."

Li Yang smiled and said, "The reason why I wanted to be a live streamer was because I liked a live streamer very much at the time. He brought me a lot of joy and accompanied me through the lowest point in my life for a month. I saw hope in life in him."

"once?"

Zhao Meiyan seemed to have caught the key words and said, "Aren't you going to watch it now?"

"He was sealed forever."

Li Yang took a sip of beer and sighed, "The reason is vulgar."

"What did he do?" Zhao Meiyan was a little curious.

"Swearing, disrespecting women, washing hair with urine, and eating raw garlic." Li Yang said with a smile.

"Is this true?" Zhao Meiyan asked doubtfully, "You don't look like someone who would like this kind of person."

"This kind of person?"

Li Yang laughed in silence, then shook his head and said, "I want to be like him in my life."

Then he said, "You know, it's hard for a man to admire another man, but for him, I admire him from the bottom of my heart."

"Is there a story here that I don't know?" Zhao Meiyan said suspiciously.

"You are smarter than you look." Li Yang smiled and took the initiative to touch the beer in Zhao Meiyan's hand and took another big sip.

"I'll take it as a compliment." Zhao Meiyan blinked her bright eyes, waiting for the story curiously.

"His family is very poor. He is in his thirties but has only a small mud house. All the family property can be seen at a glance."

Li Yang organized his words a little and said, "My father is ill in bed, and my wife has a congenital heart attack. But our family is so poor that a mouse would come out crying after walking around in it."

"Is this the reason why he did those things?" Zhao Meiyan asked.

"That was probably the most desperate moment in his life. It was dark everywhere, and he only saw a ray of hope on the Internet. He fought for it with all his might."

Li Yang sighed, "Do you know how it feels for an adult to have his teeth pulled out with pliers? The reason is just for a reward of less than 10,000 won."

"Really?" Zhao Meiyan opened her mouth in surprise, and then covered it with her hands.

She felt her scalp tingling just thinking about pulling out her own teeth.

"For him at that time, every penny was life-saving money, so he seized every opportunity and worked hard to climb up, because that was the hope for his family's survival."

Li Yang said: "Fortunately, he became famous and made a lot of money. The whole family is living a good life now."

"What then?"

Zhao Meiyan asked: "Later, why was he banned forever?"

"do not know."

Li Yang shook his head and sneered, "Some people say that it's because after he became popular, the negative information he shared was too vulgar. Others say that he was targeted by his peers because he was too popular, and was banned. Anyway, there are many different opinions, and no one can be sure of the reason."

"What's his name?"

Zhao Meiyan asked curiously: "Can we find him on this side of the peninsula? I want to read his story."

"I can't even find it on my end, let alone on the Internet. I won't mention his name."

Li Yang patted his butt, stood up to get the ribs, and left only one sentence.

"But back then we were all used to calling him my brother in Binzhou!"

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(End of this chapter)