Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

Chapter 288 Did you offend someone surnamed Hu?

"Brothers, you said you couldn't find any problems during the investigation, so why are you all keeping an eye on me?"

This is definitely my fault. I should have noticed it on day one. You see, I was a bit impolite.

"You guys work so hard doing this inspection, could you go buy some cigarettes or something?"

Li Xiulian mustered her courage and stepped out from the corner. Inside the yellow envelope were several ten-yuan bills tightly wrapped up.

He stepped forward and handed it to someone.

"Hey! What are you doing! We won't touch a single needle or thread from the people! This is bribery! This is the beginning of a new wave of capitalism! Just for this reason alone, I can shut you down, believe it or not!"

The man threw the envelope back at Li Xiulian, startling her so much that she took a step back and almost fell to the ground.

"Look, I told you these newly opened stores all have problems. They all claim to be capitalists' tails. Investigate! Investigate them! Investigate them every day, and sooner or later they'll be brought back into the ranks of the people."

These familiar words, these familiar feelings.

Upon hearing this, many onlookers shuddered and instinctively took a few steps back, hiding behind others.

Wu Guifen, who had been watching for a long time at the door, finally couldn't hold back any longer.

Squeezing through the crowd, I arrived at the breakfast shop in no time.

"Mom! What brings you here?"

When Li Xiuhe saw her mother, she hurried over.

"Why can't I come? My daughter has been bullied like this. If I don't come, do they think our family is easy to bully?!"

Wu Guifen arrived with an unprecedented air of authority.

These past few days, she'd sensed something was off about the two sisters.

I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong, and I was thinking of taking my two children to help, but the two sisters always tried their best to stop me.

If she hadn't overheard the neighbors' comments, she wouldn't have known that her daughter was being bullied like this.

"Mom, these are all government departments. They're just doing routine inspections. They've just been coming a little too often. It's okay, Mom. Let's not cause any trouble."

Li Xiulian didn't want to make things difficult for her mother anymore.

Having had an affair and then getting divorced had already exhausted her parents.

This was because the shop incident made the parents angry.

She felt like she was being unfilial.

"Just because it's a routine inspection, they won't let people do business? They'll just label them as capitalists?"

I think you former Red Guards have no shame. I'm going to educate you the way I educated them back then!

Anyone who lived through the Red Guard era knows that once you're labeled as a capitalist...

Don't say you're just an ordinary citizen; even leaders and scientists can be taken away directly.

But Wu Guifen was an exception; the soft feared the hard, and the hard feared the reckless!

She and several old comrades-in-arms once stood at the door with guns to protect their families.

This completely deterred the Red Guards from daring to provoke them!

"Auntie, you don't need to scare me like this. If all else fails, just call the police and let them settle this. We received a report and are coming to investigate."

"It's because your family has problems that people keep reporting you. This is official business; if you obstruct us, I have the right to arrest you!"

If Lu Weiguo were here...

I would definitely give this young man a thumbs up.

Judging from Wu Guifen's posture, he would have to dodge her. Her hand was already on her lower back. She might really dare to shoot this group of people.

The merits she, as a mother-in-law, has accumulated are almost longer than these young people's lives.

Do you really have the guts to say that?

"You little bastard!! Come here! Arrest me! Now! If you don't dare, I'll..."

Wu Guifen was about to pull out her pistol.

A pair of large hands covered her hands.

"Mom, don't get agitated. It's nothing, I can handle it. Getting angry will only harm your health."

Lu Weiguo's voice was like a gentle breeze.

Everyone fell silent after hearing that.

A sense of calm settled on Li Xiulian's face, and Li Xiuhe also breathed a sigh of relief.

I don't know why.

Seeing Lu Weiguo makes me feel very at ease.

"Wife, sister, don't panic. Take Mom away, let me ask what happened."

Wu Guifen turned her head away in anger and snorted.

Fortunately, the two sisters knew their mother's temper, and after Lu Weiguo reminded them, they immediately pulled their mother towards the front door.

"Dude, what's going on? I get the gist of it that you guys came to check because of a report. You've worked hard, guys. Have a smoke. What's going on? Tell me."

Lu Weiguo used his back to block the onlookers and pulled the young man aside.

He said he was taking a cigarette, but actually he had five ten-yuan bills tucked under the cigarette.

The young man realized that someone who understood had finally arrived!

Who the hell would dare accept a red envelope in front of so many people!

A pack of moderately priced Daqianmen cigarettes was distributed to everyone in the room.

He secretly slipped fifty yuan into his pocket, then lit a cigarette and said, "That old woman is so unreliable. She's always so unreliable. We men are the ones who know how to get things done."

Brother, I see you're a normal person, so I'll be frank with you. Your shop has offended someone. You said you come over every morning before dawn...

We're exhausted too, but we have no choice but to follow orders. If you're so kind, try contacting someone higher up...

"Brothers, you've worked hard. Consider this a reward for your efforts. I'll buy each of you a pack of cigarettes later." Lu Weiguo pulled out a wad of loose bills, without even counting the amount.

He stuffed it directly into the man's pocket.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

"I'm buying these cigarettes, not for you, but for the brothers!"

That's how things should be done. Whether or not you can get things done is one thing, but before even discussing the matter, you must first slip in a red envelope (bribe).

If you can't even be willing to invest this much, it will be difficult to accomplish anything significant, at least for the next few decades.

"Then I'll accept it, brothers, let's go."

The young man in the suit, his pockets bulging, turned to leave.

"Hey young man, by the way, what's the guy's last name again?"

Lu Weiguo brushed past him without making a sound.

"Stop talking nonsense! You lot, get out of here and stop spouting nonsense!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Weiguo frowned: "Surname Hu? When did I offend someone with the surname Hu?"

Soon, the three-party joint inspection team left in large numbers.

They also helped disperse the onlookers.

Lu Weiguo got up, closed the shop door, and began to clean the shop with a broom and shovel.

He picked up a newspaper from the ground and wrote down the four characters "Closed for Rectification".

I made some paste and stuck it on the door.