Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 18, Five Dollars and Fifty Cents
In the afternoon, Zhao Mancang was still in the breeding room taking care of the diarrheal oxen.

It was very difficult to feed it medicine, so Zhao Mancang could only borrow a syringe from Yang Qingshan at the health center.

The ox was injected with antidiarrheal medicine through a syringe, and two hours later it was fed with thick cornmeal soup.

In order to cure the ox, Wu Huamin was willing to let Zhao Mancang feed the ox with the food as he pleased.

Many people may not be able to eat cornmeal soup every day.

Especially in rural areas, many people eat sweet potatoes, and they have to count them before eating, and cannot eat them freely.

In the afternoon, Xiao Shutie ran to the breeding room and said someone was looking for him.

Zhao Mancang was confused, but when he heard Xiao Shutie say that it was a little girl named Mei Chunyan, he was suddenly shocked.

When he arrived at the gate of the steel factory, Mei Chunyan saw him and said anxiously:

"Brother Zhao, something bad has happened to your house."

Her words immediately aroused the curiosity of Han Xiaochuan, Xiao Shutie, Fan Tong and other security staff who were watching the fun at the door.

If I remember correctly, Zhao Mancang seemed to have moved to Courtyard No. 18 of Huguo Temple. That is a quadrangle courtyard. Where did the thieves come from?

"Don't be anxious, tell me slowly, how did my house get robbed?" Zhao Mancang's heart sank, but he remained calm on the surface.

Upon hearing this, Mei Chunyan took a deep breath and briefly explained the matter.

An hour ago, the neighbor's child ran to her and told her that the door of the east wing of the central courtyard was open and it was a mess inside, obviously there had been a burglary.

When she finished speaking, Li Baoguo, who had appeared behind everyone at some point, said angrily with a gloomy face:

"This is too much! Who dares to steal in broad daylight? Xiao Han, Xiao Fan, come with me. I want to see who has the audacity to do this."

The home of a steel plant employee was robbed, and this matter was originally under the jurisdiction of the Security Department.

At noon, Li Baoguo was still thinking about how to deepen his relationship with Zhao Mancang and make him his son-in-law.

As a result, someone brought it to my door at this moment. It really proved the saying that when you are sleepy, someone will bring you a pillow!

Han Xiaochuan and Fan Tong were stunned, then they quickly reacted and followed Li Baoguo out.

Looking at the backs of Li Baoguo and the others, Zhao Mancang felt both amused and angry. It was just a theft, so why did they have to make such a fuss?

Besides, the things at home are not very valuable, so it doesn’t matter whether they are lost or not.

When something like this happens, the most anxious party should be the Shichahai Sub-district Office.

I guess Guan Shicong, the director of the street office, has already been to the scene?

"Brother Mancang, why are you still standing there? Come with us."

Fan Tong turned around and urged Zhao Mancang.

Not only Fan Tong, but Mei Chunyan also looked at him.

Zhao Mancang had no choice but to tell Xiao Shutie and ask him to talk to Director Wu Huamin about this matter and ask for a temporary leave.

"Don't worry, Mancang. I will definitely tell Director Wu."

Xiao Shutie's words immediately made Zhao Mancang roll his eyes, but he also knew that the other party did not mean it.

Half an hour later, everyone returned to Courtyard No. 18 of Huguo Temple. At this time, many neighbors had gathered in the courtyard.

Guan Shicong, the director of the subdistrict office, and Liu Juan, the subdistrict office aunt, were all present. "Mancang, it's great that you're here. Can you check if anything is missing from your house?"

As Zhao Mancang and others appeared in the yard, Guan Shicong didn't say a word. Instead, Liu Juan greeted Zhao Mancang anxiously, and the worry in her eyes was unfaithful.

As soon as he walked into the room and took a quick glance, Zhao Mancang knew that although it looked messy, nothing was actually missing.

If there was any money or tickets left in the house, they would definitely be swept away, but a few pieces of clothing, as well as items like quilts, kitchen knives, tables, etc., were either difficult to sell or difficult to take away, so they were just thrown aside.

Even so, Zhao Mancang was still possessed by the movie star, and his face changed drastically after entering the room.

Rushing towards the table that had been pushed to the ground, he found that there was a concave groove on the table, which was empty.

There was no need for Zhao Mancang to say anything, Liu Juan, Li Baoguo and others had already imagined many scenes: There should be a lot of money in this groove, right?
"Mancang, how much money did you lose?"

Li Baoguo looked extremely serious, having already rehearsed the speech in his mind several times.

"Five dollars and fifty cents, a two-dollar bill, three one-dollar bills, a twenty-cent bill, and three ten-cent bills—all gone."

Zhao Mancang's words immediately caused an uproar at the scene.

Five dollars and fifty cents may not seem like a lot, but in this era, it is enough to cover the living expenses of a family of five for half a month.

Because a pound of flour only costs 1.8 cents, and cornmeal is only 1.6 cents a pound.

Despite the current unified purchase and marketing policy, flour, cornmeal, dried sweet potatoes, etc. are purchased at a fixed ratio of six to three to one.

However, many residents will replace most of the flour and other fine grains with coarse grains, otherwise, there will not be enough food to feed so many mouths at home.

Therefore, five yuan and fifty cents is indeed enough for a family of five to cover their living expenses for half a month.

"Investigate, we will definitely investigate thoroughly!"

Li Baoguo said viciously immediately, and his eyes swept over the neighbors around him. Many of them avoided the view and lowered their heads guiltily.

"Comrade Zhao Mancang moved here from Yongheng Hutong less than a week ago. He was already miserable enough before his divorce. On the day before his divorce, he had no money at all and had to borrow ten yuan from me."

"Now look what's happening. Even this little bit of food money has been stolen. You really don't leave anyone a way out."

Hearing Li Baoguo's angry words, the neighbors in Courtyard No. 18 were all surprised.

Even Guan Shicong looked at Zhao Mancang in surprise: Is this guy so miserable?
Aunt Liu Juan was both angry and distressed. She originally wanted to blame Zhao Mancang for being so stupid as to leave the money at home. Wouldn't it be better to carry it with him?
But seeing Zhao Mancang's "dispirited" look, he couldn't bring himself to say any words of blame.

She could only be angry at the thief, it was simply too much!
Li Baoguo was the captain of the security department of the steel plant. No one would doubt what he said. Besides, Zhao Mancang had always been very sincere to Huang Xiuling and had handed over all his salary to her.

It is normal that I didn’t get a penny after the divorce because the Huang family is so good at spending money.

At Li Baoguo's command, Fan Tong and Han Xiaochuan began to act.

Guan Shicong also quickly expressed his opinion, saying that he would definitely ask the Street Office to cooperate with the Security Department to investigate the matter thoroughly. The act of stealing was too bad!
While Li Baoguo and his colleagues were busy investigating the suspect, Zhao Mancang was cleaning up his own house.

The five dollars and fifty cents he just mentioned as lost was actually an excuse for him to lie, because he could guess that the person who came to his house to make trouble was definitely a neighbor of No. 18 Courtyard.

In order to discipline these neighbors, he had no choice but to resort to this last resort.

Otherwise, similar incidents will continue to occur.

As for who "stole" his money, I believe it will come to light soon.

(End of this chapter)