Courtyard House: Become Stronger Through Blind Dates

Li Dashan overheard the conversation outside and gratefully said to County Chief Wang, "County Chief Wang, thank you for upholding justice for our family!"

Wang Shouyi gently patted Li Dashan on the shoulder: "Take good care of yourself. I know everything! Don't worry, no one who needs to be dealt with will escape!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the inner room. His expression immediately turned cold. He walked up to Li Manfu and slapped him twice.

"Slap! Slap!"

The sound was crisp and loud. Li Manfu looked at County Chief Wang in surprise, unable to understand why he would hit him.

The villagers watching from outside the courtyard were also stunned, never expecting that County Chief Wang would take action personally.

Wang Shouyi pointed at his nose and cursed, "You son of a bitch, you beat someone up so badly he's covered in bruises, both his legs are broken, and you still dare to say it's just solitary confinement?"

With a wad of cloth stuffed in his mouth, Li Manfu could only shake his head desperately, trying to explain by sobbing.

Wang Shouyi gestured to the person next to him, and a militiaman stepped forward and pulled the gag out of his mouth.

Li Manfu immediately gasped for breath, then explained rapidly, "County Magistrate Wang, his leg was broken by his elder brother, and the confinement was the elders' decision. I'm truly innocent!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several militiamen led three old men in.

"Li Manfu, you're talking nonsense! You were the one who asked us to take Li Dashan's family to the ancestral hall to face the wall, and you still dare to turn the tables on us!" An old man pointed at Li Manfu and said angrily.

Another old man chimed in, "That's right, the injuries on Li Dashan were inflicted by your son, it has nothing to do with us!"

The last old man also said, "That's right, we were all instructed by Li Manfu."

Upon hearing the words "Officer Xu," Wang Shouyi asked, "Which Officer Xu?"

No one answered...

Li Dashan's wife whispered, "Isn't he the one who came to our house before and said he wanted to pay for a recommendation letter? I heard he's in charge of education in the commune?"

Li Manfu's face turned pale instantly; Officer Xu hadn't asked him to do that.

He wanted to use this letter of introduction to get to know the other party, since the other party's father-in-law was Deputy Secretary Xu of the commune.

"Secretary Wang, this matter has nothing to do with Officer Xu, I..."

"Shut up!"

Wang Shouyi interrupted Li Manfu, turning to a militiaman behind him and asking, "Where's Li Decai, the one who beat people? Have they been caught?"

"Reporting to the county magistrate, someone has already been sent!"

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Before he finished speaking, a militiaman rushed in from outside the courtyard.

The man walked up to County Chief Wang and whispered in his ear, "County Chief Wang, when we arrested Li Decai, we found a batch of things in his cellar."

"What is it?"

The militiaman swallowed hard and said excitedly, "Lots of grain, a radio, some leftover meat dishes, and two unopened cases of Xifeng liquor."

"What! Come on, take me to see this!"

As soon as Wang Shouyi stepped out of the courtyard, he thought for a moment and said to the villagers, "Come on, everyone, come with me to see what your Secretary Li has been doing behind your backs."

At this moment, at Li Manfu's house, Li Decai was being held down on the ground by two militiamen, one of whom had a gun pressed against the back of his head, so frightened that he dared not move.

As soon as Wang Shouyi arrived, he immediately sent people down to bring up everything from the cellar.

A short while later, a militiaman came up carrying three plates of meat.

"Holy crap, that's roast chicken, and pig's head meat. What's that last one?"

"It looks like a roasted rabbit~"

"Damn it, we're practically eating tree bark, and they're eating so well!"

"Exactly! They eat so well! And his wife still tries to steal wild vegetables from us every day. She's a real scumbag!"

"......."

Next up was a brand new radio and two cases of Xifeng liquor.

"Damn it, Li Manfu even has a radio!"

"Damn, no wonder we only received so little food last year; he must have embezzled it all!"

"Look, isn't that grain being carried up?"

"Holy crap, this is real food!"

"You son of a bitch, Li Manfu, may your whole family die a horrible death!"

"Kill Li Manfu, that heartless bastard! It's already a year of famine, and he still withheld so much grain!"

"Kill him..."

The villagers erupted in rage as they watched the militiamen carry bags of grain up from the cellar, swinging their fists and attacking Li Manfu and his men.

Several militiamen quickly stepped aside, and after the crowd had been fighting for a while, they stepped forward to separate the villagers.

Wang Shouyi, his face dark, walked up to Li Manfu, who was huddled on the ground, and loudly demanded, "Li Manfu, tell me now what all this is!"

Li Manfu slowly sat up, his face full of grievance, and said, "County Chief Wang, would you believe me if I said someone put this in my yard last night?"

Wang Shouyi pointed at the villagers and said, "Ask them if they believe it or not?"

I don't believe it!

"County Chief Wang, we don't believe it!"

Li Decai lay on the ground shouting, "It really was someone who delivered these to my doorstep last night! If I'm lying, may my whole family die!"

Li Manfu's wife also said aggrievedly, "It's true, I heard a noise when I got up to use the bathroom at night, and when I opened the door, I saw these things piled up in the yard..."

"Slap!" An older woman standing nearby slapped Li Manfu's wife across the face. "If you're going to make up a lie, at least be believable! Why doesn't anyone deliver these things to our house at night?"

"Exactly~"

"It must be him who withheld our grain. I was wondering why the neighboring village, whose fields are about the same size as ours, always gets more than us. Turns out it's all because of that bastard Li Manfu withholding our grain."

"......."

Li Manfu and his family were so aggrieved by the accusations from everyone that they were almost in tears. At that moment, the person who started the whole thing suddenly sneezed a few times.

He rubbed his nose and muttered, "It must be my two kids missing me!"

Wang Shouyi wasted no more time and waved to the militiamen beside him: "Gag those three, don't let them shout! Also, take control of all the village officials, and search their homes again to see if there are any accomplices."

"yes!"

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Around noon, Li Jinghua listened to Wang Shouyi's report in a temporary office he had borrowed in the town.

Wang Shouyi recounted the whole story from beginning to end. When he mentioned that nearly a thousand catties of grain were found in Li Manfu's cellar, Li Jinghua was so angry that he smashed the teacup he was holding on the conference table.

"Damn it! Deal with them all severely! All the cadres in Xiaoli Village are dismissed! And several key leaders of the commune are suspended from their duties pending investigation, especially that Xu cadre!"

Wang Shouyi nodded in agreement, then turned and went outside to make the arrangements.

Li Jinghua walked out of the conference room and went to the next room to find He Yuzhu.

"Comrade He, I heard that your spouse is a reporter for the Beijing Daily. In this matter... could you please ask your spouse to be lenient with their writing?"