Siheyuan: Security Office of Wude

Zhu Xiuying came over with her hands on her waist and handed Liu Haizhong a towel.

"Old Liu is back, hurry up and wipe your sweat, it's broad daylight, go get some water for your dad"

The physical exertion of blacksmiths is very high, and the degree of hard work is second only to that of foundry workers in the steel rolling mill. Even though the weather is not hot now, Liu Haizhong is still covered in sweat when he gets home from work every day. He does not have the conditions to go to the bathhouse to take a bath every day, so he usually gets a towel to wet his body when he gets home, otherwise the sweat will dry and stick to his body, and he will become smelly in two days.

Liu Haizhong wiped the sweat off his neck, drank a cup of cold water, sat down on the chair with his arms and legs spread out, and exhaled a sigh of relief.

Seeing Zhu Xiuying holding her waist, Liu Haizhong asked, "What happened to you? Did you sprain your waist at home?"

Zhu Xiuying said with an unhappy look:

"It's all because of that beast Bang Geng. Old Liu, let me tell you, something big happened in the yard again today. It's all because of that Jia family."

Zhu Xiuying had been holding back her resentment for the entire afternoon. Now that Liu Haizhong was back, she told him everything that had happened today.

When Liu Haizhong heard this, he said unhappily:

"This idiot has been stealing things all the time. If Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu hadn't protected him, he would have been arrested and sent to a juvenile detention center for education. Now he dares to steal from his superiors. He deserves it!"

Liu Haizhong thinks he is also a leader. Since Bang Geng dared to steal from the Bai family, he would steal from the Liu family sooner or later. Now that Bang Geng has been arrested, he naturally supports him with both hands. Anyway, the relationship between the Jia family and him has never been good.

No matter how stupid or foolish Liu Haizhong is, he will not offend Bai Wanli for the sake of the Jia family.

Just at this moment, Liu Guangtian came in to fetch some water to wipe Liu Haizhong's body. Liu Haizhong's eyes lit up and he said:

"Guangtian, when you took that little bastard Banggeng to see Director Bai, what did Director Bai say?"

"Director Bai was very happy and even said thank you to us."

Liu Guangtian decisively concealed the matter of the cigarettes. He and Liu Guangfu had agreed that if Liu Haizhong knew about the cigarettes, they might both have to give their cigarettes to him. If they could leave one cigarette for each of them, it would be considered that Liu Haizhong had a change of heart.

Liu Haizhong had no idea that his son was playing tricks on him, and he was very happy to hear Liu Guangtian's answer.

"Very good, very good. Our family must have a good relationship with Director Bai, and the days of great wealth and honor will not be far away."

"Speaking of life, Old Liu, now that the Jia family has been driven away, the house that the Jia family originally lived in in the Central Courtyard is now vacant. Do you want to think of a way to apply for that house and let Guangqi and his wife live there after they get married?"

Liu Haizhong clapped his hands and said, "Good idea. This way Guangqi doesn't have to move too far, and living in the middle courtyard will allow him to spend more time with Director Bai. What do you think, Guangqi?"

In this family, only the eldest son Liu Guangqi would ask Liu Haizhong for his opinion. For others, Liu Haizhong would make the final decision on everything.

Liu Guangqi didn't care whether he lived close to his parents or not, but it would be a good thing to have more opportunities to interact with Director Bai Wanli in this courtyard.

"Dad, you just make the decision on this matter. I'll listen to you."

Liu Haizhong was arrogant, and Liu Guangqi's answer made him feel very comfortable

"Guangqi is smart and filial. Dad will definitely do this for you beautifully."

In fact, Liu Guangqi had a job and could have had a room for himself a long time ago, but he disliked the house. The size of the house was secondary. The most important thing was who he lived with.

Liu Guangqi wanted to advance and wanted to be assigned to a courtyard with more leaders, but the housing in the city was so tight, and the leadership courtyards were even rarer. When would it be Liu Guangqi's turn as a small clerk to be picky? So he kept delaying.

But because of the residence of the great leader Bai Wanli, the status of this courtyard suddenly rose. There were even residents of nearby courtyards who wanted to exchange houses with the residents here, so as to live in the same courtyard with the leader and seek opportunities for advancement. But of course no one wanted to exchange houses.

After Liu Haizhong finished wiping himself, Liu Guangtian went out with a basin of water and ran into Liu Guangfu coming back from outside.

"Brother, is the old man asking you to do some work again?"

In front of his brother who had suffered with him for many years, Liu Guangtian did not hide anything and said with resentment on his face:

"It's not enough to just order me to work. The old man is planning to get the house in the middle courtyard that was originally owned by the Jia family for the eldest brother to use as his wedding house."

Liu Haizhong is so partial to Liu Guangqi, but only treats the second and third brothers with sticks. It is natural for the two brothers to be jealous of their eldest brother, but because Liu Haizhong is a stupid tyrant, they dare not show it at ordinary times, and only speak their minds in front of their brothers who are suffering the same pain.

When Liu Guangtian said this, Liu Guangfu was also filled with jealousy.

"This old man is too partial. From childhood to adulthood, the eldest son has always been the best. When it comes to work and marriage, the eldest son is the best. He doesn't care about our work at all! This old man is too cruel. Sooner or later, I will mess up his eldest son's wedding and make them the laughing stock of the whole courtyard. I wonder if he still has the face to pretend to be a leader!"

Although Liu Guangtian hated his own father and envied his elder brother, he was also deeply afraid of the violence in Liu Hai. He was very emotional but lowered his voice and said:

"Are you crazy?! If the old man knew that you wanted to ruin the boss's wedding, he would really kill you!"

Liu Guangtian was deeply afraid of Liu Haizhong. On the one hand, he was psychologically traumatized by years of torture and beatings. On the other hand, he and Liu Guangfu were now without jobs and could only rely on Liu Haizhong to make money. Without money, they had no confidence and no say.

Liu Guangtian, who is a little older, understands this principle better than Liu Guangfu.

Liu Guangfu glanced at the direction of his own window with hatred and said:

"Don't worry, brother. I will come up with a good idea and won't let this old man catch me!"

Chapter 104: Sha Zhu destroyed his own house

Liu Guangtian couldn't persuade Liu Guangfu with just a few words, and he was also worried that if he stayed outside for too long, he would be scolded by Liu Haizhong for his procrastination, so he didn't talk to Liu Guangfu for too long.

Or maybe Liu Guangtian also hoped to see Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangqi become a complete joke, but he was too timid to take revenge himself, so he did not stop Liu Guangfu's revenge.

Who knows?

Liu Guangtian went to the middle courtyard to pour out the dirty water, rinsed the basin with clean water and prepared to go home, when he heard someone in the courtyard shouting, "Director Wang, why are you here?"

Liu Guangtian looked back and saw Director Wang and several clerks coming to the Intermediate Court. They also brought two familiar people with them - Sha Zhu and He Yushui.

'Is the falsification of ingredients a result of the matter?'

Just as Liu Guangtian was thinking about this, he heard Director Wang say, "I'm here to hold a meeting and talk about some recent events in the courtyard. Is Liu Haizhong back?"

Liu Guangtian came back to his senses and said: "I'm back and I'm at home now. Director Wang, I'll go call him over."

Liu Guangtian trotted back to his home in the backyard carrying the basin. At this moment, Liu Haizhong had taken off his shirt and was lying on the bed fanning himself, waiting for dinner to finish. Liu Guangtian ran in.

"Dad, don't lie down anymore, get up quickly, Director Wang is here"

Liu Haizhong was obsessed with officials. He would get excited when he heard anything about officials. His fat body suddenly jumped up and asked while putting on his clothes: "Why did Director Wang come here suddenly?"

Liu Haizhong wanted to know why Director Wang came. His reason was the same as many officials. He was afraid that if he did something wrong, his leader would remove him from his position.

"Director Wang said that he wanted to hold a meeting to discuss some recent events in the courtyard. I think it is related to the Jia and He families. Director Wang also brought Sha Zhu and He Yushui with him. I think the composition issue has also been resolved. Dad, you should be careful."

Liu Haizhong put on his clothes, put on his shoes and ran quickly to the middle courtyard.

"Director Wang, why are you here? What do you want me to do? I'll do it right away!"

"Master Liu, a lot of things have happened in your yard recently. I need to hold a meeting to discuss it. Please inform the residents in the yard."

"Oh, okay, I'll do it right away!"

"Guangtian, go and inform everyone in the yard to come to the meeting!"

"Guangfu, go and bring a table over for Director Wang!"

"Master Liu, we don't need the table anymore. I'll just stand here and say a few words. It won't take too long so as not to delay everyone's meal."

"Hey, I'll just listen to Director Wang."

Director Wang felt somewhat dissatisfied as he looked at Liu Haizhong bowing and nodding in front of him.

"There have been so many things going on in the yard, what's the point of doing this kind of formalism? And Director Bai is here, are you asking me to stand so high up because you want me to fall to death?"

Director Wang was helpless. The positions of Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui had been removed, leaving only Liu Haizhong. There were no other suitable candidates.

In fact, if Bai Wanli were to manage it, he would definitely be able to keep the yard in good order. But Director Wang was really embarrassed to ask a powerful cadre at the department level to be a manager without a salary and worry about the trivial matters in the yard every day.

After a while, a crowd of people crowded into the yard.

Bai Wanli and Zhu Qingan also arrived. Given his status, even if he didn't say anything, others didn't dare to squeeze him and took the initiative to make way for him.

Xu Damao also brought Lou Xiaoe out. Hearing that Sha Zhu was back, he was definitely going to come out to see Sha Zhu's joke.

"Master Liu, are all the people here?"

Liu Haizhong looked around and said, "Director Wang, everyone is here, you can speak now."

Director Wang nodded and stood on the steps of the yard.

"Dear residents, everyone knows that a lot of things have happened in this courtyard recently. Today's meeting is to discuss this issue. First of all, we will discuss the issue of the He family's falsified background. You two come here."

Director Wang shouted, and several clerks brought Sha Zhu and He Yushui to Director Wang.

"After reviewing all the information, it has been confirmed that the He family's falsification of the composition of the family is true."

"When registering and classifying people's class status, He Daqing bribed the registration officials at the time and changed his class status to poor peasant, deceiving the organization. Now He Daqing has been arrested by the Baocheng police."

"He Daqing's case still needs to be examined by the Baocheng Public Security Bureau. I will first announce the results of the Street Office's handling of the He brothers and sisters."

"After investigation, it was found that He Yushui was unaware of He Daqing's falsification of her background, and she was very young when she registered and indeed had no criminal capacity, so she was only criticized and educated, and no additional punishment was imposed."

He Yushui, who had been keeping his head down, finally raised his head, bowed to Director Wang, and said in a crying voice: "Thank you, Director Wang, I am willing to receive education, thank you, Director, thank you, organization"

The people in the yard didn't react much.

Although Yushui is Shazhu's sister, her temper is not as bad as Shazhu's, so He Yushui's popularity is still good. In addition, the relationship between the siblings has taken a sharp turn for the worse in the past two years. Everyone can see how skinny He Yushui is, and they all feel a little sympathy for her. Even Xu Damao did not take advantage of He Yushui's misfortune.

After all, his main target of hatred is still Shazhu

"The next is He Yuzhu. Upon investigation, it was found that He Yuzhu was also unaware of He Daqing's fraud. However, he attempted to use his status as a poor peasant to slander and defame Comrade Bai Wanli. After discussion by the Subdistrict Office, it was decided to confiscate his house in the middle courtyard of the quadrangle and compensate Comrade Bai Wanli."

Bai Wanli, who was watching the show, was stunned. He didn't expect that Director Wang would just give him a house that was big enough to cause a bloody storm in the courtyard.

I don’t know whether Director Wang wants to establish a good relationship with him, or wants to take the opportunity to drive away the troublemaker Sha Zhu, or maybe both?

Sha Zhu just found out that the neighborhood office was planning to confiscate his house, and his eyes suddenly widened bigger than a cow's.

"No! Director Wang, you confiscated my house, where am I going to live?!"

Director Wang said calmly: "Your He family used fake materials to deceive the organization and have received a lot of care over the years. It is only right that you be punished."

"Besides, you and He Daqing will both be tried by law. According to policy, the houses of criminals will be nationalized even if they are private property. Do you still want to fight against the law?"

In fact, under the background of private-to-public property transfer, in addition to shops and factories, many private houses were also nationalized. If they were ordinary people's houses, they could still get compensation after the 1980s. But what about the houses of landlords or criminals?

Do you feel that the last blow from the dictatorship was not light enough?

If Sha Zhu could have lived an honest life, with the help of the deaf man and Lao Yang, no one would have come to investigate him.

But who asked Sha Zhu to cause such a disaster and get into so much trouble?

"I took my family's house! And I have to go to jail!?"

"He Yuzhu! Do you think it's a small matter for you to slander Comrade Bai Wanli? Comrade Bai Wanli is a hero who shed blood for the country. How can you slander and defame his heroic achievements?!"

Sha Zhu's face turned red and he was speechless, but Xu Damao seized the opportunity and shouted, "Right! Without heroes defending our country, there would be no country like ours today. I, Xu Damao, will fight to the end against criminals like Sha Zhu who slander heroes!"

As expected of a member of the Propaganda Department, Xu Damao is quite eloquent.