Siheyuan, my new life

The leading cadres present at the meeting immediately realized that if it were not for Xie Xuewu, the custodian who had just started work at the scrapped special steel parts warehouse, who reported the problem to the superior authorities immediately after discovering it, the Security Department and relevant departments would not have been able to follow the clues and crack the major enemy case. What awaited everyone was the accountability of their superiors afterwards. Even if they were not dismissed, they would at least be severely punished. For these leading cadres, being punished would almost cut off their prospects for further advancement.

Therefore, when Secretary Chang proposed a reward for Comrade Xie Xuewu, everyone present agreed. Some even felt that a reward of fifty yuan was too little and should be at least one or two hundred yuan.

The cadres attending the meeting did not see the figures of Jin Mancang, director of the Production Planning Department, and Yin Xiangdong, chief of the Warehousing Section of the Production Planning Department. They all knew that such a serious problem had occurred in the scrapped special steel parts warehouse directly under the Production Planning Department. As the main leaders of the competent departments, these two people would certainly not be able to escape the fate of being held accountable. If there were other problems, they would probably end up in jail.

Bao Shicong whispered the news he had heard to everyone, took a puff of cigarette and continued, "Now, all the middle and senior leaders of our steel rolling mill owe Xie Xuewu a big favor. Just imagine, if Xie Xuewu hadn't discovered the problem, if something really happened, wouldn't these leaders be held accountable by their superiors? As for the section chief asking for the employment registration form, it must be for Xie Xuewu to re-register. Don't forget that Xie Xuewu bought his job from Li Youfu. Now Li Youfu has been confirmed to be an enemy spy. If someone reports it to his superiors, Xie Xuewu's job will definitely be lost. Therefore, our section chief Yu took the initiative to help Xie Xuewu re-register, which can be regarded as eliminating the hidden danger for Xie Xuewu. It is also our section chief Yu who is generous. This can be regarded as repaying Xie Xuewu's favor."

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. After all, they all worked in the Personnel Department and certainly understood the interests involved better than anyone else.

A female clerk suddenly spoke up, "It seems that Jin Mancang, director of the Production Planning Department, and Yin Xiangdong, director of the Warehousing Section of the Production Planning Department, are in big trouble this time. The leadership responsibility alone is probably enough to make them drink a pot. I hope these two people don't have any private contact with Li Youfu. Otherwise, if they are involved in a major enemy case, it will not be easy to get out."

Everyone knows that once you come into contact with enemy spies, you must at least accept an investigation by the organization. Even if no problems are found in the end, there is probably no hope for the future.

The oldest middle-aged man shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know if there is anything wrong with Jin Mancang, but I have seen with my own eyes that Li Youfu went to Yin Xiangdong's house to deliver things many times."

After hearing this, everyone immediately reacted. Yes, Lao Jiao and Yin Xiangdong lived in the same courtyard, and both families lived in the backyard. Obviously, it was difficult for Li Youfu to hide his gift to Yin Xiangdong's house from Lao Jiao.

Bao Shicong's eyes lit up: "Old Jiao, your chance to make meritorious service and receive an award has come. Yin Xiangdong has been detained by the Security Department and is under investigation. I suggest you go to the Security Department now and report what you saw. Maybe you can dig up some major cases."

When everyone heard this, they all started to persuade them. Suddenly, the section chief's voice came from the door: "Why don't you hurry up and work? Instead, you get together and talk nonsense."

Everyone looked up and saw Section Chief Yu standing at the door of his office, staring at everyone with a sullen face.

Bao Shicong quickly approached Section Chief Yu, handed him a Daqianmen cigarette, and then said with a smile: "Section Chief, everyone is doing ideological education work for Lao Jiao. Lao Jiao saw with his own eyes that enemy agent Li Youfu went to Yin Xiangdong's house many times to deliver things. Lao Jiao lived in the same courtyard with Yin Xiangdong, and they both lived in the backyard."

After hearing this, Section Chief Yu immediately looked at Lao Jiao and asked anxiously, "Lao Jiao, can you really confirm that you didn't see it wrong?"

Old Jiao knew that this kind of thing was no joke, so he nodded solemnly and said, "Section Chief, in recent years, Li Youfu has been sending gifts to Yin Xiangdong's home during festivals, and from what I've observed, the value of the gifts is not cheap. Things like Quanjude roast duck and Beijing eight cakes are common, and many people in our courtyard have seen them."

Section Chief Yu reached out his hand and took Lao Jiao away, saying as he walked, "Come on, I'll go to the Security Department with you now. Anything involving enemy agents is no small matter. Think about why that person would often give gifts to Yin Xiangdong? There must be a connection between them."

After the section chief and Lao Jiao left, Bao Shicong said cheerfully, "Let's just wait for the section chief and Lao Jiao to treat us."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh softly after hearing this.

Xie Xuewu was dazed as he was enthusiastically escorted out of the office by Chief Fan of the Finance Department. If he hadn't been holding fifty yuan and two envelopes filled with various bills in his hands, he would have thought he was dreaming.

As soon as Xie Xuewu arrived at the Finance Department and gave his name, he was immediately and enthusiastically taken to the office of Section Chief Fan by a clerk.

After Section Chief Fan learned about Xie Xuewu's identity, he directly handed the regularization procedures to the clerk who had just brought Xie Xuewu in, and asked him to quickly go through the file processing. Then he picked up a Peony cigarette on the desk and handed it to Xie Xuewu. To be honest, the incident happened suddenly today, and Xie Xuewu had not prepared in advance at all. Normally, since he came to ask someone for help, he should at least offer a cigarette, but he only had the cheapest economic cigarettes at eight cents a box in his pocket, which he really couldn't afford. Now that he saw Section Chief Fan actually took the initiative to hand him a cigarette, he quickly took it with both hands, took out a match and lit the cigarette for the other party first.

Section Chief Fan took out five big black tickets and two envelopes from the drawer, and said with a smile: "Xiao Xie, the factory leaders rewarded you with fifty yuan and some bills, which are twenty catties of grain coupons, twenty feet of cloth coupons and five catties of meat coupons. In this envelope is a sewing ticket from Deputy Factory Director Liu Changhe, a radio ticket from Deputy Factory Director Xue Yongheng, a bicycle ticket from Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide, and a watch ticket from Chairman of the Labor Union Xue Yingwu. The factory leaders mean that you, Xiao Xie, are almost old enough to get married and have a family, and they have collected three-turn and one-ring tickets for you as a token of their appreciation. I can't compete with the factory leaders, so Section Chief Yu of the Personnel Section, Section Chief Han of the Propaganda Section, Section Chief Zhang of the Housing Management Section, and Section Chief Qiao of the Transportation Section and I have collected a hundred yuan for you, which is at least a token of our appreciation."