Siheyuan: Fighting against the beasts under the pressure of the system

Zhang Minghui felt a little sad listening to this.

The honest workers will never know how much money their respected Director Li has made over the years. They can only use their poor imagination to guess at two to three times their own income.

Just like the joke we saw in the book, the two peasants guessed what the emperor did and what he ate every day.

One farmer guessed that the emperor worked with a golden hoe every day, while another farmer guessed that the emperor ate steamed buns made of white sugar every day.

This was the biggest joke of the feudal era, and their poor imagination could only allow them to guess this.

Just like this moment.

If they were allowed to see the small treasury accumulated by Li Huaide, the workers would not believe that all this wealth was private and would only think that it was the factory's funds.

Millions of dollars of wealth was something the workers could not imagine. They would never have thought that Director Li, who was considered responsible by the workers, would make a fortune during his tenure.

They made huge fortunes that these workers could never earn in their entire lives.

Is it sad?

Maybe!

But there are some things that we really cannot let them know, because if they know, they will definitely be outraged and cause big trouble. This is one of the most corrupt officials since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The amount was so huge that it was known nationwide. Even the factory leaders were probably unaware that Li Huaide was so good at amassing wealth.

This black sheep must be punished. Zhang Minghui now feels at ease. He feels that he has done a great thing. Although the money was not handed over to the state.

But for the sake of the country, getting rid of a parasite hiding within is definitely a hard work and a great achievement.

Logically, I, Zhang Minghui, should be given a certificate of award.

It's a pity that I can't tell anyone about it. I can only be a hero behind the scenes.

Zhang Minghui listened in the bathroom for a long time. Listening to his fellow workers talking nonsense, he also stepped forward to join in the fun and expressed his own guess.

Everyone was arguing and people were leaving in waves, but the group of people chatting did not disperse and continued to have a lively conversation.

After getting the water, Zhang Minghui was walking back and approaching the office building when he suddenly saw three security officers in the distance, also walking towards the office building.

Zhang Minghui's expression froze, and he tightly grasped the thermos in his hand. Usually the security officers patrolled the workshop, so why did they come to the office building?

This is not common.

Could it be that the security staff discovered something?

Feeling guilty, Zhang Minghui immediately thought that he might have been exposed somewhere.

No way!

I cleaned it up neatly without leaving any traces. There's no way anyone would find out!

Zhang Minghui thought for a long time, still confused. He walked forward calmly, he didn't believe anyone could find out about him, he had no contact with Li Huaide.

If there was any contact, it was a few years ago when Li Huaide was asked to help Cheng Siyu transfer to another job. That was eight hundred years ago.

They bumped into each other when they reached the entrance of the office building. One of the security officers was named Ma Zhishen, whom Zhang Minghui knew. They had dealt with each other several times and were able to talk to each other.

Seeing a few people, Zhang Minghui greeted them with a smile.

"Why are you here? You don't usually come to the office building."

Hearing Zhang Minghui's question, the three of them smiled and stopped. They were all from the same factory, and after meeting for a long time, they all looked familiar.

Ma Zhishen, whom Zhang Minghui knew, smiled and started talking to Zhang Minghui.

"Minghui, there was some gossip in the factory just now, saying that Director Li's family lost money. It was said that it came from Xu Damao."

"We are here to take him back and investigate thoroughly to see if we can find any clues."

Zhang Minghui finally let go of his worries. This was truly the case of “If you don’t do anything wrong, you don’t have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door.” Although he knew he had done a very clean job, he still felt a little nervous.

Knowing that they were not investigating his business, Zhang Minghui smiled and handed each of them a cigarette, asking casually.

"Brothers, just now when I went to the water room to get water, the workers were talking like crazy, saying that Director Li had lost at least tens of thousands of yuan, all of which were stolen."

"Is this thing reliable?"

After taking the cigarettes, Ma Zhishen and the other two showed bitter smiles. After looking at each other for a few seconds, it was Ma Zhishen who spoke up and told Zhang Minghui.

"Minghui, let me tell you this! No one knows what's going on right now. Director Li has just escaped danger. Our section chief has gone to the hospital to visit him. We heard that Director Li has a crooked mouth and slanted eyes."

"The big guys can't hear what I say at all."

"But he kept repeating that everything was lost, everything was lost. So our section chief came back and asked us to investigate as soon as possible to find out what happened."

"He is so bold that he dares to steal the factory leader's money."

"When we were patrolling the workshop just now, someone happened to say that Comrade Xu Damao knew about the situation. We wanted to come over and investigate."

Zhang Minghui was about to light a cigarette for Ma Zhishen and the other two, wanting to chat for a while, but one of the security officers declined and spoke.

"Okay, Minghui, don't light the cigarette. We brothers still have a mission to complete. The section chief is pressing us to do this, so we have to hurry up."

Zhang Minghui didn't stop him and continued talking.

"Okay, let's go up there! Just before I got some water, Xu Damao was still in the house! He probably didn't go out to hang around."

Seeing several officers from the security department go upstairs, Zhang Minghui thought for a moment and came to the corner of the office building. He lit a cigarette and waited for Xu Damao to be taken away before going back.

Otherwise, the people in the building would see me going up with the security department. Maybe they would spread the news that I was the one who reported it to the security department.

It only takes seven or eight minutes.

Xu Damao walked in front with a worried look on his face, and kept explaining something to the security officers behind him. A group of onlookers came out of the office building.

After Xu Damao and the others had gone far away, the crowd slowly returned to the office building. Zhang Minghui then leisurely returned to the office.

After get off work in the evening

Zhang Minghui was cooking at home when he unexpectedly heard that Liu Haizhong, Yan Fugui and Qin Jingru came to his house.

Liu Haizhong shouted from a distance.

"Minghui, Minghui, please don't be busy for now. I have something to ask you to see if you understand the situation."

When the three approached, Zhang Minghui understood what was going on. Could it be that Xu Damao had not been released yet and would have to stay in the security department for a short day?

Qin Jingru walked up to Zhang Minghui and asked him anxiously.

"Minghui, I want to ask you something. What happened to our Damao? Why hasn't he come back yet so late? In the past, if he didn't come back, he would always ask someone to let me know."

"You haven't said a word today. Did something happen?"