Siheyuan: I am the seventh uncle of Banggen

"What delicious food can be found now? Besides, doesn't your seventh uncle's house have delicious food? Didn't he just come back from a business trip? What delicious food can you find outside? Why not go to Da Biao's house to look for it," said Cao Lianbiao.

"My seventh uncle is on a business trip again and will be back in five or six days. Uncle, don't you police officers care about the black market?" Bang Geng asked.

"Of course I do. Do you know where it is?" Cao Lianbiao asked with a smile.

"There is one to the west of the steel rolling mill. I heard that they sell a lot of things there, including chickens and ducks. I saw someone in our yard bought several chickens," said Bang Geng.

"There are chickens and ducks there? I heard that they are just doing a small business. Just a few farmers spontaneously selling some food and daily necessities?" Cao Lianbiao asked in surprise.

"What you are talking about was in the past. Now the scale is much bigger, and there are all kinds of food. My seventh uncle sometimes goes to buy things, but he won't buy bad things," Bang Geng said a few more words.

"Really?" Cao Lianbiao was tempted. Zhang Weihua was now transferred to the Municipal Bureau, and he became the deputy director of the Red Star Police Station, while Liang Fei became the director. It is said that a new official starts with three major changes. Cao Lianbiao thought that it would be better to burn down the black market. Not only would he be able to gain merit, but he could also get some supplies for his brothers in the station, which would make it easier to manage them in the future. At this time, Cao Lianbiao made a decision.

"Of course it's true. I won't tell you anymore. I'll go to the market over there and take a look." Banggeng said and skipped away.

Cao Lianbiao entered the recycling station and said to the staff member who had just received Banggeng, "Xiaohua, we have a mission tonight and cannot go to the child's grandmother's house."

"You have tasks every day. Today, we finally collected two old hens. Sister Ping and I each got one. I was thinking of going to my mother's house to stew some for you, but now you have to go on a mission again," Liu Hua said to Cao Lianbiao dissatisfiedly.

"It's great that we can still receive old hens now!" said Cao Lianbiao.

"It was the kid who was talking to you just now who sold it. Do you know him? His family is in a miserable state," said Liu Hua.

"Of course I know him. His family lives a good life. What's so miserable about it? Our family can't compare to his. Do you remember Zhang Dabiao? He was the deputy director of the Logistics Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, that friend of mine. He is the great uncle of this child. The child's grandmother is an officer of the Women's Federation of the steel rolling mill, his mother is a staff member of the neighborhood committee, and his father is a postman. There are three workers in his family. The key is that he lives in the same courtyard with Dabiao and has all kinds of delicious food. Didn't you see how fat his face is?" Cao Lianbiao said to his wife with a smile.

"Didn't his father fall into the water and drown? He said his father was dead, his mother had just given birth to a younger brother, and his grandmother was sick again. There was nothing he could do, so his grandmother asked him to sell the chickens to pay for his grandmother's medical treatment?" Liu Hua was confused. Was I being deceived by a child?

"His father fell into the water, but he recovered after two days in the hospital. Her grandmother is not sick either. She was cursing people on the street yesterday. The child's mother is pregnant, but has not given birth yet. I tell you, this child is very smart. It seems that he has no idea where he got these two chickens from?" Cao Lianbiao laughed.

"Then should we still give it to him?" Liu Hua asked.

"What else? If you go back, won't he get beaten? Besides, their family doesn't need this. Just take it back and eat it with your mother-in-law and the others. I have to go." After Cao Lianbiao said this to his wife, he got on his bike and rushed to the Hongxing Police Station.

The appearance of the two old hens, Banggeng, further strengthened Cao Lianbiao's confidence. These two chickens must have come from the black market. The recycling station where his wife worked had not received any hens for almost a year. Everyone knew that the price on the black market was twice as high as that at the recycling station. It seemed that the black market near the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill had to be cracked down on.

Cao Lianbiao came to the police station and found Liang Fei who was on duty. The two hit it off immediately. Cao Lianbiao then went to the steel mill and found Xing Baoguo. To crack down on the black market, the two units must act together because the current strength of the police station is far inferior to that of the steel mill security department, which has people and cars. The two agreed on the time of action and also discussed the equal division of the supplies.

Banggeng went out carefully and came back happily. As he was too tired, he went to sleep directly after dinner without even playing his favorite game of police catching thieves.

Yan Bugui's chicken was really lost. He looked for it once in the morning but couldn't find it. He looked for it again in the afternoon without giving up, but still couldn't find it. At night, he kept sighing.

"If you're not going to send them off, why did you tell the principal?" Yang Ruihua also felt sorry for the two old hens that were lost.

"How did I know it would be lost? I had hoped that if I stayed at home one more day, I could collect two more eggs. But now, not only did I not receive the eggs, but the chicken was also lost." Yan Bugui hadn't eaten for the whole day.

"Go buy two more and deliver them to the principal tomorrow morning. Don't keep them at home." Yang Ruihua was also very annoyed when he heard Yan Bugui sighing constantly.

"I understand," Yan Bugui replied and lay down.

Chapter 276 Yan Bugui is arrested

On Sunday night, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and the Red Star Police Station organized two trucks and 40 personnel, led by Liang Fei and Cao Lianbiao. They set out from the police station at a.m. and divided into two groups to block both ends of the black market.

Then, following Liang Fei's order, the public security and security personnel arrested the vendors who were setting up stalls and the purchasing staff who came. The moment the arrest began, the entire black market was in chaos. Many vendors dropped their things and ran away, and the same did the people who were purchasing supplies, because human safety is the most important thing at all times.

But there are exceptions, and that is Yan Bugui, the third uncle in Yard 95. He was lucky today, and met someone selling chickens. He spent another seven yuan to buy two old hens. The transaction was completed. When Yan Bugui was walking back with the chickens, he heard someone shouting loudly "Do it", and then the whole market became chaotic.

Yan Bugui was the kind of person who would rather die than give up his money. As he hadn't eaten for a day and was old, the hen in his hand was frightened by the light of the flashlight and started to cackle. He ran a few steps before being tackled to the ground by two young men, and then hit twice on the back. He was taken aside and escorted to a car with the vendors over there and taken to the police station.

When it was daybreak, Yang Ruihua didn't care, because she had agreed with Yan Bugui the night before to ask him to deliver the old hen to the principal early in the morning. Yan Bugui was not at home, and she thought that her husband might have gone to the principal's house, and maybe she could still get some breakfast, so she made breakfast for three people and let the two children eat before going to school.

In the evening, Yan Jiekuang came back and asked his mother, "Mom, why didn't my dad go to work? He didn't ask for leave either. Director Ma from the school asked me when I got out of school."

"Your father doesn't go to work? No way, how could he not go to work?" Yang Ruihua panicked.

In fact, Yang Ruihua had heard during the day that the police station had taken action last night to arrest people in the black market, but she didn't think it was Yan Bugui. Now after hearing what her youngest son said, she immediately understood that Yan Bugui had been arrested. So she and Yan Jiekuang went to the Hongxing Police Station.

"Who are you looking for?" The person on duty at night was a young policeman. Because there had been an operation last night and a lot of gains had been made, every police officer in the police station had received a lot of gifts. Everyone was quite happy and they were quite polite to Yang Ruihua and his mother who came to ask questions.

"Comrade, I would like to ask, has Yan Bugui from Yard 95 been arrested by you?" Yang Ruihua asked.

"Yan Bugui? Let me check," the policeman looked for the name in a notebook on the side. "If there is such a person, I remember him now. He was holding two chickens and he was crying after being caught. What were you doing before? If you buy things in a place like this, the stolen goods will definitely be confiscated. Well, you just pay a five-dollar fine and take him back," the young policeman said to the two.

“The items have been confiscated, but I still have to pay a fine?” Yang Ruihua was also a little confused.

"Of course things that are not purchased from formal business premises will be confiscated. The fine is for everyone, not just you. He just went there to buy things. If he went there to sell things, I tell you, he would be imprisoned for at least three years," the two police officers explained.

"Comrade, my family is in a particularly difficult situation. Can you exempt me from the fine?" Yang Ruihua asked.

"I can't make the decision on this. I have to find the director and deputy director, but they are all off work." The police said they couldn't do it.

After listening to what the police said, Yang Ruihua thought for a moment and said to his youngest son, "Jie Kuang, let's go back first." Yang Ruihua pulled his son, and the two turned around and walked out of the police station.

"Mom, are we going home to get money?" Yan Jiekuang asked his mother.

"Let's go back and ask someone. Isn't Zhang Dabao in our hospital very familiar with their director and deputy director? Ask him to help say hello. Wouldn't it save five dollars?" Yang Ruihua was still reluctant to pay the five-dollar fine.

"Mom, Brother Dabiao left yesterday. I heard he was going to Shandong and it will take five or six days for him to come back. Can my dad wait?" Yan Jiekuang asked his mother.

"I forgot, Da Biao has left, what should I do? Oh, find Sha Zhu, Sha Zhu also knows them." Yang Ruihua thought of another solution.

The mother and son trotted all the way to Yard No. 95. Instead of entering their own house, they went straight to find He Yuzhu who was enjoying the cool in the backyard. "Zhu Zi, please save your uncle. He has been arrested," Yang Ruihua said.

"Who caught the third uncle?" He Yuzhu was a little confused after hearing what Yang Ruihua said.

"He was caught by the police station. He went to the black market to buy some things. Unexpectedly, the police station took action last night and arrested Lao Yan. He has been detained for a day now. Zhuzi, don't you know the director? Please help plead for him and let them release Lao Yan," said Yang Ruihua.

"Wasn't the Third Uncle buying things? It's not like he committed a serious crime. Should he be sentenced for going to buy things?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"He won't be sentenced, but he will be fined. It's a strange day for our family. Not only will our things be confiscated, but we will also have to pay a fine of five dollars. Zhuzi, go talk to the director. Didn't he come to the table when you got married?" Yang Ruihua said.

"Auntie, is it necessary to go to the director for just five dollars? Besides, Director Zhang has been transferred to the branch office, and Director Liang is the one in charge of the institute now. I know him, but I'm not familiar with him. He can come to my wedding not for my face, but for Da Biao's face. Why would he make friends with a cook like me?" He Yuzhu said.

"Zhuzi, please help me." Yang Ruihua seemed not to hear what He Yuzhu said and kept muttering.

"It's not that I don't want to help, it's that I can't help. I don't have that much face. If Da Biao were here, it would only take one phone call to get it done. I have no face, so it's useless to go there, and they won't give me face. Besides, we don't know where they live. Even if we know where they live, can we go to their house empty-handed? Things are so expensive now, and the things we bring might cost more than five dollars. It's really not necessary." He Yuzhu tactfully rejected Yang Ruihua.

"Zhuzi, can you help me with this little favor?" Yang Ruihua became a little angry when he saw that He Yuzhu was unwilling to go.

"It's okay if you want me to go. You go buy gifts. I can't go home empty-handed." He Yuzhu's face also darkened.

"If it costs money, why would I come to you? Zhuzi, you're a cadre now and you look down on your uncle. What's the difference between you and those villains? Don't you have any feelings for us?" Yang Ruihua became unhappy when he heard that He Yuzhu wanted to buy gifts himself.

"Auntie, whether I become a cadre or not has nothing to do with you, and I don't look down on you. If I look down on you, I won't say a word to you. To be honest, we are just ordinary neighbors. There is no affection or righteousness. Now I tell you, I can't help you," said He Yuzhu with a stern face.

Chapter 277 Zhang Cuihua Educates Her Son

"Yang Ruihua, what you mean is that you want to get it for free? You ask someone to do the job for you without even buying anything. What are you thinking? Does Zhuzi owe you something, or does he owe it to the Yan family?" Zhang Cuihua spoke.

"No..." Yang Ruihua's thoughts were exposed by Zhang Cuihua and he wanted to explain.

"It's nothing. Who doesn't understand? You are the only smart one, and everyone else is a fool? You are reluctant to give even five dollars to Old Yan, so what do you want to keep the money for? You locked Old Yan up, and then you ran away with others with Old Yan's money? You don't look good, but you think you are pretty. Are you still a human being? You look like an honest person, but I didn't expect you to be this kind of person?" Zhang Cuihua started scolding directly.

"Zhang Cuihua, I won't argue with you." Yang Ruihua fled in panic after being scolded.

"Why can't you be nice to someone like Zhuzi? Want to get it for free? Fuck her, what a piece of shit!" Zhang Cuihua looked at Yang Ruihua's back and cursed loudly again.

After Yang Ruihua walked away, a few people talked about Yan Bugui’s trip to the black market, and then went home.

Jia Dongxu did not go back to the central courtyard directly, but went to the living room in his backyard, "Mom, why doesn't Zhuzi go and ask the third uncle? It won't take any effort to ask. If they are willing to release it, then let it go. If they don't want to, then forget it."

"You know shit. Let me ask you, Yang Ruihua, did you ask the police and see if they released Yan Bugui?" Zhang Cuihua looked at Jia Dongxu and asked.

"No, that's why they are looking for pillars," Jia Dongxu said without any hesitation.

"He went to find Zhuzi, just to ask others to release Yan Bugui for Zhuzi's sake. Let me ask you, does Zhuzi have face in front of Director Liang?" Zhang Cuihua asked her son again.

"Director Liang is not familiar with us. If it was Uncle Seventh, it would be okay, but Zhuzi probably wouldn't have that much face," Jia Dongxu said after thinking for a while.

"If Director Liang Fei releases Yan Bugui, who will the favor be remembered on? Zhuzi will lose face, so it will definitely be remembered on Dabiao; if someone has something to ask Dabiao, what do you want your seventh uncle to do? If Liang Fei does not release Yan Bugui, will Dabiao be happy when he finds out? Will he feel happy when his second brother-in-law goes to ask for a five-dollar favor and is not given? Zhuzi helped Yan Laokou's family, what can the Yan family give him in return? He could have taken the person back if he had paid the five dollars, but he insisted on asking for help from someone else and owed him a favor. What else can they do except say thank you?" Zhang Cuihua asked Jia Dongxu many questions in a row.

Jia Dongxu did not answer, but thought for a long time, then whispered to his mother, "The Yan family owes Zhuzi a favor, so you can go to them if you have any problems?"

"What's the use of favors from the Yan family? They are a bunch of useless and short-sighted people. They are reluctant to spend even five dollars on their family. What's the use of favors from such a family? How can they help you? Dongxu, you have to use your brain. Remember, for things that can be done with money, try not to owe favors to others, because sometimes favors are hard to repay, let alone from neighbors, even relatives are not allowed," said Zhang Cuihua, nodding her son's head.

"My dad's brain is a mess. Grandma, you told me this a long time ago. Have you forgotten? Even if you tell me, my dad can't remember it," Bang Geng suddenly said.

"Get out of here! You're everywhere!" Jia Dongxu scolded his son and walked out.

Banggeng also returned to his own little house and lay on the bed, laughing.

Yan Bugui had to pay five yuan before he got it back. After leaving the police station, Yan Bugui did not say a word. He had a gloomy face all the way. When he arrived at the door of his house, he lay down, not on the bed but directly on the ground at the door of his house, and fainted.

So in the front yard of No. 95, there was another commotion in the middle of the night. Liu Guangtian, the eldest brother of the Niu family, and Yang Ruihua from the front yard took Yan Bugui to the hospital. After a checkup that cost another three yuan, it was found that Yan Bugui had no major problems. The reason why Yan Bugui fell down was that he had not eaten for two days, was malnourished, and was angry, so he fell ill. The doctor gave Yan Bugui two bottles of glucose, and he woke up not long after.

The first thing Yan Bugui did after waking up was to ask to be discharged from the hospital. When he counted the bill, he found that he had spent more than one yuan. When Yan Bugui heard that the examination cost another three yuan, he was so heartbroken that he almost collapsed again.

"Dad, don't lie down. If you do, you will have to spend money." Yang Ruihua was also scared.

After hearing what his wife said, Yan Bugui persisted and persisted without falling down. When he returned home, Yan Bugui said to his wife, "No matter what, I will not go to give gifts. It seems that I am not destined to be an official." After that, he ate a bowl of porridge and fell asleep.

Zhang Dabao arrived at Yishui County on Sunday night. He opened the map and saw that he was still fifteen or sixteen kilometers away from Yan Jingkai's hometown. His hometown was in the mountainous area and the road was not easy to travel on. After thinking about it, he decided to stay in a guesthouse in the county for one night.

The next morning, Zhang Dabao got up early, ate something at a state-owned restaurant, and drove towards Yanjia Village.

It is still summer now, and the fields are full of people working in the cool weather. September is almost the harvest season, but seeing the growth of the crops in the fields, it is hard to describe. It seems that this year's autumn harvest is not optimistic.

Yanjia Village is located in the Yimeng Mountain area, an old revolutionary base area, all mountainous. Now it has encountered a disaster year, and life will definitely not be good. Zhang Dabao took some food from the space in a small forest and put it in the motorcycle compartment.

Because Yan Jingkai has two younger brothers, they always bring some gifts when they come for the first time. In this day and age, nothing is more pleasing than food.

At nine o'clock in the morning, after asking three people, we finally arrived at Yanjia Village. The village was on the hillside on the right side of the road, and cars definitely couldn't drive up. Zhang Dabao got off to take a look and found that even a horse-drawn carriage could hardly get into the village. There was a relatively deep rut in the middle of the road leading into the village. This was the mark left by a wheelbarrow, which should be the main means of transportation for the entry and exit of supplies.

Zhang Dabao stood at the entrance of the village for more than ten minutes but didn't meet anyone, so he had to lock the carriage and the doors and walk into the village.

After walking more than 200 meters along the road leading into the village, Zhang Dabao finally saw people, three children to be exact.

"Children, do you know Yan Jingda's home?" Zhang Dabao asked the three children.

The three children were curious about Zhang Dabao, but they all shook their heads. It was obvious that they didn't know who Yan Jingda was.

"You don't know Yan Jingda, so what about Yan Jingkuan?" Zhang Dabao asked the three children again.

But they still shook their heads and still didn't know.

"Is this Yanjia Village?" Zhang Dabao asked again.

"Of course it's Yanjia Village. We all have the surname Yan. There are only two families who don't have the surname Yan, and their surname is Lu," said the three children.

Zhang Dabao slapped his head. This was in the village. How could the children know the scientific names of adults?