Siheyuan, don't mess with me

"Fan the fire, fan the fire, the fire is not burning!"

"Turn it over quickly, it's all burnt. Can't you smell it?"

"Add more chili powder, it tastes better this way!"

"Don't listen to him. If you put too much, the meat won't taste good anymore!"

A few people who had nothing to do were pointing and talking to Liu Guangtian who was grilling skewers, making him sweat profusely and flustered. He didn't know who to listen to!

"I'm wondering if you guys have nothing to do. If anyone has a small table, go and bring one over. We'll drink first. What are you doing?" After Chen Zhiguo and He Yuzhu finished grilling the fish, they freed up their hands and looked at these idle people.

"I'll go back and move it. I have a small table at home," Liu Guangqi said. "Da Mao, come back with me. Bring a few small stools with you too!"

"Okay, let's go together. It's okay anyway!" Xu Damao didn't want to go alone, so he just wanted to call everyone along.

As a result, He Yuzhu said, "You are just lazy. We are following you for such a small thing!"

"Alright! Stop arguing. I'll go with you. You two can take a rest. By the way, are there enough bowls at home?" Jia Dongxu hadn't done anything so he had to step forward.

"Enough, it's all washed and in the kitchen!"

"Okay, let's go!"

As soon as a few people walked to the gate of the courtyard, they heard someone knocking on the door!

"Who is it?" Chen Zhiguo shouted!

"Zhiguo, open the door!" It was a woman's voice outside. Chen Zhiguo didn't recognize who it was! He waved his hand to signal Xu Damao to open the gate. "Hey, Director Wang, what brings you here?" Xu Damao exclaimed.

"What wind? A fragrant wind!" Standing at the door were Director Wang from the Subdistrict Office and a clerk from the Subdistrict Office.

"Director Wang, please come in!" Chen Zhiguo stepped forward quickly. When the people who were eating in the courtyard saw Director Wang from the Street Office coming, they all stood up!

"Director Wang, what are you doing here today?" Director Wang came over, and Chen Dayong, as the host, naturally had to step forward to receive him.

Director Wang looked unhappy and gloomy, "Comrade Chen Dayong, someone reported that you have meat of unknown origin here, and you are holding illegal gatherings! So, I came to investigate!" Director Wang was on vacation today, and the staff on duty at the subdistrict office came to report that someone came to report that a large amount of meat of unknown origin appeared in Chen Zhiguo's home, and many people gathered together, suspected of speculation!

Director Wang didn't want to come at all. She believed in Chen Zhiguo's character! Before the New Year, she asked Chen Zhiguo to help buy a batch of meat as a New Year's welfare, and Chen Zhiguo also donated dozens of kilograms of meat, so that Director Wang could visit the martyrs' families and lonely elderly people on the street! Director Wang didn't believe that such a person would openly resell meat in his own home. No matter how stupid he was, he couldn't do such a stupid thing!

But once you receive a report, you have to come and investigate, otherwise you won’t be able to explain yourself if you’re reported by someone!

"Director Wang, this is a misunderstanding! The meat is well documented!" Chen Zhiguo stood up. Fortunately, he was careful when taking the meat, otherwise he would not be able to explain it clearly today!

"Director Wang, please sit down first. I'll show you the evidence!" Chen Zhiguo hurried back to the room and took out his briefcase. In fact, the documents were in his space, but it was summer now and his pockets could not hold so many documents!

"Director Wang, look, this is the reward given to me by the Ministry of Industry and the steel rolling mill. Take a look at this item. The total amount of meat coupons is fifty kilograms!" Chen Zhiguo first took out the source of the meat coupons!

"Look at this. This is the receipt I entrusted the steel mill logistics department to buy meat. It includes ten kilograms of pork, ten kilograms of mutton, and twenty kilograms of chicken wings and chicken legs. The price and amount are all written on it!"

Director Wang took it and read it carefully, then handed it to the clerk next to him for verification, and then returned the document and receipt to Chen Zhiguo, "So what are you doing today? What's the name of it?"

"They came to celebrate the success of my two experiments. They wanted to learn from me, work hard at their jobs, and contribute to the construction of the motherland! I was also very touched, so we discussed it and organized this party. I went to buy meat, and they chipped in to buy loose wine and vegetables. The main purpose was to increase our cohesion, learn from each other, and make progress together!"

Director Wang nodded, and then said loudly, "Your positive thoughts are good. You should work hard for each other, help each other, and work hard together to build the country!"

Director Wang's speech was greeted with applause from everyone. "Okay, I understand the situation now. I won't keep you any longer. I'm leaving now!"

"Director Wang, please stay and have a meal with us. Try the new dishes I made!" Chen Zhiguo said.

"No, no, it's not appropriate for me to stay!" Director Wang couldn't possibly stay for dinner at this time. If she stayed, it would give people a handle, and her investigation would have no credibility! Chen Zhiguo was of course aware of this, but he still had to be polite!

Chen Zhiguo took a few pieces of oil paper and wrapped two chicken legs and two chicken wings in them. "Director Wang, we baked them ourselves. There are many shortcomings. Please give me some advice!"

The two oil paper bags were handed to Director Wang and the clerk respectively. After seeing Director Wang take it, the clerk also took it. The fragrance that filled the whole yard made him greedy and he had already swallowed countless saliva quietly!

Chen Zhiguo saw Director Wang off. Director Wang stopped at the door of Yan Bugui's house and said, "Zhiguo, I haven't had time to congratulate you on your great achievements. I hope you will continue to work hard in the future! However, for things like today, you still need to pay attention to what you should pay attention to!" Director Wang turned his head and glanced at Yan Bugui's house.

"Director Wang, I will! I will pay attention!"

After seeing Director Wang off, it was obvious that everyone's mood was affected. The woman had a sad look on her face, while several young men were cursing and swearing at her!

"Okay, let's eat and drink. He just wants us to be unhappy. Aren't you just doing what he wants?" Chen Zhiguo shouted loudly, and the atmosphere in the whole yard became better! But it was still obviously not as lively as before, and the yard was much quieter!

"Damn it, if I find out who it is, I'll smash his pot!" Xu Damao cursed.

"Beat him up halfway and see if he dares to do it again next time!" He Yuzhu gulped down a bowl of draft beer and slammed it on the table.

"Come on! You are all married people, use your brain before doing anything, don't make mistakes!" Chen Zhiguo knocked on the table and reminded.

After this incident, the drinking contest between Xu Damao and He Yuzhu was no longer mentioned, but it did not stop them from drinking back and forth at the table. One of them would drink three bowls of wine if he was not convinced!

Chen Zhiguo ignored the two of them. Liu Guangtian grilled the skewers of meat and vegetables in the back. He, Liu Guangqi, and Jia Dongxu lowered their heads and began to eat.

"Do you know who reported it?"

"Who else could it be? There isn't much discord in our courtyard now!" Chen Zhiguo picked up the wine bowl and glanced outside the courtyard gate. After Director Wang left, Chen Zhiguo did not close the gate of the quadrangle, and kept it open. Liu Guangqi understood what he meant, and the others looked at each other and knew who it was!

Chen Zhiguo and Liu Guangqi drank a bowl of beer. It was comfortable to drink cold beer and eat grilled skewers in the hot summer. Chen Zhiguo looked at Liu Guangtian who was grilling skewers seriously with a palm-leaf fan, and really wanted to train him to open a barbecue stall, but it was just a thought. If he wanted to realize this dream, he would have to wait at least 20 years!

"Broad day, how many are there? Stop busying yourself! No, let them roast it for fun, you come over and have a drink!"

"Brother Zhiguo, there are still some vegetables, grill them for the sisters-in-law, there are no more!" The last grilled fish was ready, and Chen Zhiguo invited Liu Guangtian to the table to eat!

There were three large barrels of beer, and the men worked hard to finish them in the end. It was just that they drank a little late, so the women from several families packed up other things and left only the men's table, letting them drink slowly, and then went home first!

Chen Zhiguo drank draft beer just like he drank iced drinks. After drinking too much, he felt nothing except a bloated stomach. They were also a little tipsy, but since they had been sitting for a long time, they started to go to the toilet more frequently. Chen Zhiguo looked at their bloated stomachs and was worried that they would have a flood when they returned home tonight!

After seeing them off, it was already very late at night. Chen Zhiguo slammed the gate, staggered to take a shower, and went back to his room to sleep. Maybe because he drank too much, the sound of closing the door was a bit loud, and in the quiet night, the sound was very loud!

Chapter 309: Retribution? Revenge?

At Yan Bugui's home, Yan Bugui had not slept yet. He had been sitting in the living room in the dark, listening to the noises outside. He heard He Yuzhu cursing, Xu Damao spitting, Liu Guangqi telling his two younger brothers to go to bed early, and Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu running to the corner to urinate. He ignored all this and just sat there quietly!

Chen Zhiguo closed the gate of the courtyard, and after a while, the door of the room was also closed. It seemed that the boy was drunk today, and the sound of the door closing was so loud! Yan Bugui breathed a sigh of relief, and his restless heart gradually calmed down. Then he went into the room in the dark and lay down to sleep!

However, at around 3 or 4 o'clock in the middle of the night, there was a sudden bang of glass breaking. The loud noise startled Yan Bugui, who was already half asleep. He turned on the light and saw that all the glass on his door and windows was broken! It was not just one or two pieces of glass that were broken, but the glass on the door and two windows was all broken!

Yan Bugui held down Li Ruihua who wanted to shout, "Don't shout! Don't shout!", and called Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang who ran out in fear, and cleaned up the broken glass in the three rooms! He poured himself a glass of water and sat in the living room, silent! Yan Bugui knew very well that if the report failed, there would definitely be retaliation, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly!

What surprised him even more was that the glass of his own doors and windows were broken at the same moment, and Yan Bugui had been rummaging on the ground for a long time but couldn't find what had broken the glass. Such a terrifying thing happened, and Yan Bugui was terrified!

Anyone can break one or two pieces of glass, but now all the glass in the house is broken. How did they do that? They used sticks to smash the glass of the doors and windows at home. If they want to break them at the same time, at least three people would have to do it at the same time! Even so, the sound of the broken glass could be synchronized, and there is always a certain order of chronology!

And if you want to break the glass, you either smash it or knock it! Now you can't find the stone to break the glass, and you can't see the shadow of the person who broke the glass. Yan Bugui believes that he got up immediately after hearing the sound of broken glass. He didn't see anyone, nor did he hear the sound of running footsteps. Except for the loud noise when the glass was broken, it was unusually quiet outside, just like a normal night, silent! Such a weird thing, Yan Bugui really can't figure it out. It's certain that he was retaliated, but who used such a horrible method, this is terrifying!

Yan Bugui sat down in the living room, feeling extremely regretful. If he had known earlier, he would not have been so impulsive! However, since all the glass in the house was broken, does it mean that the anger has been vented and will never come again? Yan Bugui's mind calmed down a little. Although it would cost a lot of money to scratch the glass again, he felt very painful, but he could only grit his teeth and bear it silently if he could spend money to avoid disaster!

Fortunately, it was summer, so the broken glass didn't have much of an impact! The evening breeze was blowing, and it was cool to sleep. Yan Bugui couldn't hold on any longer, so he went back to his room and fell asleep, until he was woken up by Li Ruihua, "Old Yan, get up quickly, you're going to be late for work!"

Yan Bugui got up in a panic. Li Ruihua was busy cleaning up the broken glass in the house early in the morning and didn't notice that Yan Bugui hadn't gotten up yet until the second child accidentally said, "Where's my dad? Why can't I see him?"

Only then did Li Ruihua remember that Yan Bugui was still sleeping soundly in bed!

Although the students were on vacation, the teachers in the school were still at work. Yan Bugui was in charge of cleaning and should have arrived early, but now it was too late to eat. Yan Bugui hurriedly grabbed a steamed bun and pushed his bicycle out the door!

Yan Bugui was a little anxious because he was going to be late, so he pedaled his bike very fast. Today, he showed off his riding skills, riding with one hand, and stuffing a steamed bread into his mouth with his left hand! These are things he has never done before. In the past, he loved and cared for his bike, so he rode slowly and didn't even want to use much strength to step on the chain!

Just when he observed that the street ahead was clear and he could ride safely, a white shadow suddenly flashed in front of him. Then, Yan Bugui's body was thrown out and fell heavily to the ground without any reaction. After rolling several times in a row, Yan Bugui fell to the ground!

A traffic accident occurred, and the enthusiastic people nearby rushed forward to help. This is not the later times, where some people just watched the fun but did not help! Several people came forward to help Yan Bugui sit up, "Comrade, comrade, how are you?"

Yan Bugui felt dizzy and looked a little miserable. His forehead hit the ground and there was an obvious bump. His entire left arm was scratched by the rough sand and gravel on the ground due to friction with the ground!

Enthusiastic people helped him to pick up his fallen bicycle and picked up his dropped glasses. Yan Bugui sat on the ground, unable to remember how he could have fallen down when he was riding the bicycle just fine.

"What happened to this guy? How did he fall like this?" asked a bystander.

"Yeah! At his age, the fall must have been pretty severe!"

"What else could it be? He thinks he's great because he has a bicycle. He's so proud! He's eating while riding. He's riding too fast!" A bystander pointed at the half-baked steamed bread in Yan Bugui's mouth and said sarcastically,

"Oh! Oh!" Another gloating person appeared

"You deserve to fall!"

"That's right, you're so grown up, but you're not stable at all!"

"He deserves it. I saw him riding his bike with one handlebar, and he was riding so fast. How could he not fall?"

At this time, Yan Bugui finally recovered from his state of shock. The pain in his body was one thing, but more importantly, the pointing and talking by the onlookers made him feel very ashamed and embarrassed! The most urgent thing was to leave this place quickly and not let more people see his embarrassed appearance!

Yan Bugui stood up with difficulty. His left arm and left leg had landed on the ground first, so there were bloody wounds all over his arm, and the skin was rubbed in many places! Although his pants covered it, Yan Bugui felt that his thighs and hips should have the same wounds!

His glasses were picked up by a kind-hearted person, but one of the lenses was broken. Yan Bugui moved to his bicycle and hurriedly left the scene without checking the damage. Even though his legs hurt when he walked, he still forced himself to push the bicycle to school!

As if it weren't raining, Yan Bugui was late despite his best efforts. The most annoying thing was that the principal and the dean of studies were standing at the school gate. Yan Bugui had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk in!

"Old Yan, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Yan Bugui's embarrassed look, the principal asked with concern.

"Principal, I was riding a bike on the road and a child crossed the road. I couldn't dodge in time and fell down!" Yan Bugui could only make up an excuse for himself!

"Did you run into any children?" the principal asked anxiously.

"No, no! I fell down by myself!" Yan Buguiqiang laughed.

"How are you now? Do you want to go to the hospital?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll go to the infirmary later and just apply some mercurochrome!" Going to the hospital costs money, but going to the school infirmary is free, Yan Bugui is very clear about this!

"Okay then, go and treat the wound quickly to prevent it from getting inflamed. Don't do much hygiene these two days and take good care of the wound!"

"Thank you, Principal. I'll go to the infirmary right away!" Yan Bugui limped and pushed his bicycle to the infirmary.

Seeing Yan Bugui walking away, the dean smiled and said, "Principal, I was right, wasn't I?"

"Oh!" The old principal shook his head and walked into the campus with his hands behind his back!

It turned out that when Yan Bugui had the accident, the dean of studies saw it clearly. When he arrived at the school, he happened to meet the old principal at the school gate and told him about the incident. The dean of studies even said with a smile that Yan Bugui would definitely make up a plausible reason to explain his fall!

The result was the scene just now!

After Yan Bugui had applied mercurochrome all over his body and treated his wounds, he was in the mood to check his bicycle. When he was at the scene, Yan Bugui insisted on checking the road surface despite his dizziness. The flat road was very clean, with neither potholes nor stones. This left Yan Bugui puzzled. After calming down, Yan Bugui recalled the scene that happened at night. A chill surged in his heart, and he shivered. Under the scorching sun, Yan Bugui felt cold all over!

It cost fifty cents to repair the bike. Two spokes of the front wheel were broken and five or six were deformed. Yan Bugui was heartbroken. He had taken great care of his beloved bike since he bought it. He cleaned it every day and avoided potholes and stones on the road. If he had no other choice, he would get off and carry the bike over. He had never let his beloved bike suffer such a great harm. Yan Bugui felt even more sad to see the damage to the bike than if he were injured himself!

After returning to her home, Third Aunt Li Ruihua saw Yan Bugui in such a miserable state and naturally asked him all kinds of questions. She stopped only after being scolded by Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui gritted his teeth and reluctantly forced himself to sit down. Looking at the newly installed glass, he felt worried. It shouldn't be smashed again, right?

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Expectations, and more expectations, still have a long way to go before they can become reality!

In the early morning, Yan Bugui was sleepy and hungry. The pain in his arms and thighs had not yet subsided. He had something on his mind. Although he was lying in bed, he did not dare to let himself fall asleep!

Just when he was dozing off, there was a loud bang, waking Yan Bugui up!

"That damn guy did such a wicked thing! Will he let us pass?" Li Ruihua, who had regained consciousness, stood in the yard and cursed loudly, waking everyone in the quiet courtyard from their sleep!