Siheyuan: Security Office of Wude

Old Yang is in enough trouble now, he really doesn't have the energy to help the "Elderly Care Group" anymore

Lao Yang agreed, and Secretary Zhao called Bai Wanli to discuss the matter. Bai Wanli also had no objection, so the matter was settled.

"Puff puff!"

In the afternoon, the workers in the steel mill were working hard, and the voice of the announcer's test sound was heard again.

"Attention all comrades, a penalty announcement is now being played"

"After investigation, it was found that Yi Zhonghai, a seventh-level fitter in the third fitter workshop, had betrayed the masses and had serious ideological problems. The factory leaders held a meeting and decided to downgrade Yi Zhonghai's fitter level to sixth-level. The whole factory was notified of the criticism. We hope that all comrades will take this as a warning, actively study the country's ideology, and not betray the masses."

"After investigation, the third fitter..."

The penalty announcement was broadcast three times in succession to ensure that everyone in the steel mill could hear it clearly.

Liu Haizhong in the forging workshop was so happy that he almost threw the hammer away

"Hahaha, Lao Yi, ah Lao Yi, you also have come to this day?!"

If Liu Haizhong was just upset with Sha Zhu who didn't know how to respect his "leader", then he must have a deep grudge against his lifelong enemy Yi Zhonghai.

For so many years, whether in the yard or in the factory, Liu Haizhong has always been suppressed by Yi Zhonghai. Now he heard that Lao Yi was in trouble and was criticized by the whole factory. Liu Haizhong was really happy.

In fact, apart from having a son, there is one thing that Lao Liu always surpasses Yi Zhonghai in his life, and that is teaching apprentices. No matter if they come to Lao Liu's house to show their filial piety during festivals or if they become a small factory manager and open a back door for Lao Liu, they all respect him very much. It's just that Liu Haizhong himself has never realized this.

"Silly Zhu is fired, and Old Yi is demoted. I'll see how you, Yi Zhonghai, still have the nerve to act like a boss over me when I pass the seventh-level blacksmith exam next month!"

"Haha, today is such a good day!"

Chapter 33 Yan Bugui got a bargain

Yi Zhonghai, who was waiting for news outside Secretary Zhao's office, also heard the factory broadcast and became furious.

He originally wanted to take the eighth-level worker assessment this year. As long as he passed the test successfully, he would become one of the few eighth-level fitters in the steel rolling mill, and his status in the factory would be improved. Even the factory director would be polite to him.

Because most families in No. 95 Siheyuan have people working in the steel mill, his improved status in the steel mill will also help improve his status in the Siheyuan, which will be more conducive to promoting his perverse theory of respecting the elderly, which is actually nonsense, and paving the way for his pension business.

As a result, he was demoted to a lower rank before he even passed the eighth-level worker exam.

The steel mill does not have a system of skipping grades for assessment. This means that even if Yi Zhonghai passes the assessment this year, he can only return to level seven. In addition to the impact of the criticism, even if his grade returns to level seven, his status will never be the same as before.

Recently, because of the presence of Bai Wanli, a real Buddha, Yi Zhonghai's previous status is no longer enough. In addition, he was scolded in public by Bai Wanli. Yi Zhonghai has already felt that many residents in the courtyard look at him differently.

Yi Zhonghai was already worried about his declining status. Now these people were beginning to disrespect him. When he got old and weak, wouldn't they want to take advantage of him and even eat up his entire family?

Now that he had been severely punished in the factory, Yi Zhonghai, who wanted to save face, could not accept it. He stood up and rushed to Secretary Zhao's office.

But before he could enter, he was stopped by Secretary Zhao's secretary.

"Master Yi, what are you doing?"

"I want to see Secretary Zhao!"

"Secretary Zhao is busy with official business and has no time to see you now. Please go back."

The secretary said in a businesslike manner, without a trace of politeness. After all, he was an official in front of the prime minister, the kind of person that even the factory director dared not offend.

"I don't accept it! I must see Secretary Zhao! I have worked for the steel mill for so many years, why do you demote me for no reason? I will report it to the union!"

When the secretary heard Yi Zhonghai say he was going to report it, his face turned cold.

"Yi Zhonghai, why were you demoted? Do you really have no idea?"

"You are not grateful for everything the country has given you, but instead you are colluding with wicked criminals like He Yuzhu. Shouldn't you be punished?"

"You are not convinced. Do you want me to go with you to the workshop and ask all the workers to see whether all the workers think that the punishment of the steel mill is wrong, or whether it is just your ideological problem?"

The secretary's tone was very cold and his attitude was very tough.

Although Secretary Zhao handled this matter reasonably and legally, it would not look good if a secretary really quarreled with the workers in person. The secretary's job is to help the leader avoid these troubles and say things that the leader himself is not willing to say.

After all, how could a department-level official argue with a worker like a shrew?

Yi Zhonghai also understood that his punishment must have something to do with Bai Wanli, so he clenched his fists silently.

"Bai Wanli! You little bastard!"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai remained silent, the secretary lowered his voice and warned:

"If you want to report it, the secretary won't stop you. After all, the organization encourages reporting, but don't think about what you have done."

"Reporting is fine, but if it is malicious slander of the leader, the punishment will not be as simple as a demotion."

"I advise you to learn your lesson"

The secretary's words were very rude, but he didn't care. After all, there were only him and Yi Zhonghai here. Even if he was accused of threatening the workers, who heard it? Who saw it?

There were those kinds of ultra-micro recording devices in this era, but only secret agents would use them, so the secretary was not panicked at all.

Although Yi Zhonghai was furious, he was not even qualified to have blood splattered five steps in anger.

The security patrol officers are all armed. If you really want to die, there are many ways to do it. Don't waste the country's bullets.

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No. 95 Courtyard

The door god Yan Bugui is already guarding the door

He is a teacher at Hongxing Primary School. He can go home directly after class in the afternoon, so he leaves work much earlier than the workers at the steel mill. His purpose is to wait at the door to see what vegetables each family has bought, hoping to get some benefits.

In fact, what Yan Bugui hopes to get most is the benefits of Bai Wanli

After all, the director earns more than 100 yuan a month (I don't know how much subsidy Yan Laokou gets), and he can feed himself and his whole family. Under these conditions, he can still eat meat until he is full and still not spend all his salary.

But Bai Wanli always went home directly from the side door outside the cross-courtyard, and never went through the front door, leaving Yan Bugui, the door god, no room to play.

Yan Bugui was leaning against the door, eating sunflower seeds at a rate of one per minute, when he saw a bicycle in the distance.

Yan Bugui wanted to save money to buy a second-hand bicycle, but it was not easy to find a good second-hand bicycle. Therefore, Xu Damao was the only one in the courtyard who had a bicycle. Moreover, the bicycle did not belong to him, but to the publicity department of the steel mill. It was used by the projectionist to ride to the countryside to show movies. However, Xu Damao could also use it on weekdays.

Yan Bugui's eyes lit up. Xu Damao's family was not bad. When he went to the countryside to show movies, he could often bring back some mountain products, eggs, etc. Moreover, he was not like Sha Zhu. He would give the lunch boxes he brought back to the Jia family and the old deaf man. As long as Xu Damao was happy and said a few nice words to him, he would be happy to share some things. Yan Bugui benefited from this many times.

Seeing Xu Damao coming back with a lot of things hanging on the hood of his car, Yan Bugui immediately knew this was an opportunity.

When Xu Damao stopped at the door and was about to lift the bicycle over the threshold, Yan Bugui hurried forward to help.

"Hey, Damao, come here, let me give you a hand"

Yan Bugui helped to carry the bicycle while looking at the things Xu Damao brought back.

Four or five oil-paper packages were tied with straw ropes, and a piece of red paper was pasted on the outside, on which was written "Jiuchunzhai"

Yan Bugui knew that Jiuchunzhai was an old shop, famous for its wine-flavored stews. The taste of the pig head and pig stomach were both excellent, but the price was relatively high.

Nowadays, ordinary people can eat some peanuts and vermicelli with wine, which is considered good. The really poor even eat sodou (spicy fried pebbles) with wine.

This Jiuchunzhai is really not affordable for ordinary people. Yan Bugui, an old man, naturally cannot afford it. But now that there is such a good deal in front of him, Yan Bugui has to try it anyway.

"Da Mao, your section chief gave you a promotion? Have you eaten the snacks from Jiuchunzhai? Uncle San has a bottle of good wine, how about we drink it?"

The bottle of wine in Yan Laokou's house is made of white wine mixed with water, and the alcohol content is lower than that of vinegar. Everyone in the yard knows it.

Xu Damao also knew what kind of person Yan Bugui was, but he was really happy today. The corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than AK.

"Okay, Uncle San, come to my house for a drink later."

Chapter 34 The Yan Family Wants to Curry Favor over Bai Wanli

Yan Bugui also knew that Jiuchunzhai had such good food that it was unlikely that someone would treat him to a meal for no reason, but he had this problem. If it looked cheap, he would try to get a piece of the pie no matter if he had any relationship with it or not. If he didn't pick up the money when he went out, it would be considered as losing money.

Yan Bugui did not expect Xu Damao to actually agree today. He was pleasantly surprised at first, and then a little confused. Looking at Xu Damao's face full of smiles that could not be concealed, he asked:

"Da Mao, your section chief really promoted you to a cadre?"

Yan Bugui hadn't even had a drink yet, but he had already made up his mind.

"If Xu Damao really becomes a cadre, we must establish a good relationship with him and see if we can ask him to help find a formal job for Jie Cheng."

Yan Jiecheng, the eldest son of the Yan family, is now working as a temporary worker in a machine repair factory, earning only 18 yuan a month.

Although the work is similar to that of an apprentice, the apprentice has a workstation and can be converted to a regular employee after one year, and the salary will be 20 to 30 yuan.

But temporary workers don’t have workstations and can’t be converted to regular employees. If something happens in the factory or if they commit a crime, they can be fired at any time.

Yan Bugui wanted to find a formal job for Yan Jiecheng, but now a job position in a state-owned factory can easily cost 600 to 700 yuan, and a job position in a large factory like a steel rolling mill with 10,000 employees can even cost 900 yuan.

Yan Bugui was reluctant to spend the money, so he tried every way to get a free job.

Xu Damao didn't expect Yan Bugui to have planned so far ahead, and said with a smile on his face:

"It's not like I'm a cadre anymore, but I'm happier today than if I were a cadre!"

"That bastard Shazhu was fired from the steel mill! That old loser Yi Zhonghai was demoted one level and criticized by the whole factory! Do you think I am happy or not?!"

Yan Bugui was shocked and said:

"Shazhu was really fired?! Didn't the old lady go to Director Yang to plead for mercy? Didn't she save Director Yang before, but Director Yang didn't help? And what about Lao Yi? Why was he punished?"

"Tsk! She even saved Director Yang. That old woman just made it up. Anyway, we didn't see it, so who knows if what she said is true or not? If she really did a great favor to Director Yang, how could Director Yang not care? Maybe this old woman is just a liar!"

"As for Yi Zhonghai, humph! He is not in his right mind. Sha Zhu, that bastard, was shaking the spoons in the cafeteria, making it difficult for the workers to eat. All the workers in the factory hated him, but he insisted on begging for mercy for such a fool. Isn't this standing against the workers? As a result, the factory criticized him for having ideological problems and demoted him to a lower grade."

"Hahahaha, I'll see how an old man with a problem in his thinking can boss me around in the future!"

Xu Damao's face was filled with ecstasy. He had been bullied by Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai for so many years. Now these two guys were in bad luck at once. One was completely ruined in the steel mill, and the other lost all his face. He was so happy that he had to have a few drinks to celebrate.

"Uncle, I'm going home first. Come to my house for a drink later."

"Hey..."

Yan Bugui nodded blankly, and it took two minutes for him to come to his senses: "Oh, this is really a big deal! Jie Cheng's mother, Jie Cheng's mother!"

Yan Bugui walked home while calling the three aunts

The third aunt held a bowl full of corn flour and said, "Old Yan, what do you want me to do? I'm busy cooking."

"Then you don't have to cook for me. I'll go to Xu Damao's house for a drink later."

"What happened to Xu Damao? I don't usually see him getting close to you, the Third Uncle. Why would he suddenly invite you to drink?"