Siheyuan, my new life

There is an independent small courtyard on Yandaixie Street. In the main room, a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties is sitting at the eight-immortals table with a worried look on his face. He keeps smoking. The room is filled with smoke, like a fairyland.

A graceful woman nearby coughed twice because of the smoke. She waved her hands in front of her face a few times to disperse the smoke a little, and then spoke softly: "Guang'an, what happened? You have been sitting here smoking non-stop since you came back. If you have anything to say, tell me and we can discuss it together."

The middle-aged man was Zhao Guang'an, the former deputy director of Jiaodaokou Sub-district Office. Today, he not only lost face, but also lost his dignity. The deputy director was directly suspended from his post and sent home to reflect on himself. Under the supervision of a small clerk who was watching over him like a thief, he left the sub-district office where he had worked for nearly two years in a dejected manner, carrying his backpack.

Zhao Guangan did not go home directly, but rode his bicycle to the district government. He wanted to find Deputy District Mayor Liu Jianye. After all, he was suspended because of his actions, and hoped that Liu Jianye could help him with his work arrangements.

Fortunately, his work permit had not been taken away, otherwise he would not even be able to enter the district government. But when Zhao Guangan knocked on the door of Deputy District Chief Liu's office, he was surprised to see Liu Jianye sitting behind his desk with a livid face, smoking non-stop. When he saw Zhao Guangan, he cursed and told him to get out.

Zhao Guangan was kicked out of the office by Liu Jianye without even saying a word.

Zhao Guangan was unwilling to make this trip in vain, so he gritted his teeth and went to the office of District Chief Zhao Yunfei.

Although District Chief Zhao Yunfei's attitude was very cold, he still listened to his purpose.

Zhao Guangan couldn't understand why. He just made a phone call to Deputy District Mayor Liu Jianye, which didn't warrant his suspension and sending him home to reflect. Moreover, it was Deputy District Mayor Liu Jianye who was asking for too much and wanted to take away almost all the supplies of the Jiaodaokou Sub-district Office. What did this have to do with him?

District Chief Zhao Yunfei patiently listened to Zhao Guang'an's words, and just said in a flat tone: "Comrade Zhao Guang'an, you are suspended today and go home to reflect, not only because you called Deputy District Chief Liu Jianye and tipped off for your own selfish interests without the permission of the leadership, but also because you did not seriously understand the specific situation and only relied on your own guesses, which made the district committee and government very passive; it was the direct instructions of the main leaders of the city that people like you with serious ideological problems must not continue to stay in leadership positions, and you are usually sloppy and perfunctory at work, which has caused a very bad influence at the grassroots level. After discussion, the main leaders of the district committee and government decided to suspend you from your post and go home to reflect. As for your future work, it depends on whether you can truly realize your mistakes. Okay, go back and reflect on it."

Zhao Guangan rode his bicycle back home mechanically like a zombie, and then sat alone at the eight-immortals table, smoking non-stop.

He knew that his future was basically over. Who would dare to employ a person who was considered to have serious ideological problems by the city's main leaders? He estimated that what awaited him would be a completely ignored bench.

Zhao Guangan hated the greedy Liu Jianye very much, and was even more angry at the bitch Zhou Xiu. He had only done a trivial thing, but this damn woman made a fuss about it. If she had just criticized him for it, or even made a public self-criticism at work, he would not have ended up in his current situation.

He never expected that this woman would bring such a small matter to the attention of the city's main leaders. After thinking about it, Zhao Guangan realized that it should be the woman's son, Lin Yu, who served as deputy secretary and deputy director of the Municipal Bureau and secretary of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Only he could bring such a small matter to the attention of the city's main leaders. Although Zhou Xiu was a central-level cadre, at her level, she really could not contact the city's main leaders.

It was not until this moment that Zhao Guang'an felt extremely remorseful. He knew clearly that Zhou Xiu's son was in a high position of power, and was already a senior leader at the bureau level before he was thirty years old, with a bright future ahead of him. However, he foolishly thought that it was Zhou Xiu's arrival that blocked his future, so he deliberately pretended to obey in his daily work, and this time he only wanted to cause more trouble for the other party, which led to his current situation.

Now, when his wife Kuang Meiyun came home from get off work, her concerned words made Zhao Guangan feel unusually harsh. He asked hoarsely, "Where is Jianguo? Why didn't he come back with you?"

Normally, the son who was in elementary school would go directly to Anita Mui, who worked as a salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative, after school every day. The mother and daughter would wait until the supply and marketing cooperative closed and then go home together.

An unnatural look appeared on Kuang Meiyun's face, and she quickly said, "Jianguo and his uncle are in the back. Yonghui went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something this afternoon, and happened to run into Jianguo, so they came together."

Zhao Guangan couldn't help but frown after hearing this. He was really annoyed with this brother-in-law. He had been hanging out with street thugs since he hadn't even graduated from junior high school. He was either stealing or fighting all day long. He didn't know how many times he had to clean up his mess for him. Kuang Yonghui was often late and absent from classes, and his academic performance was terrible. He couldn't even get a junior high school diploma. He had to go to the school leaders and finally got him a junior high school diploma. Later, he couldn't stand his wife nagging him all day long, so he used her connections to arrange a job for him in the meat processing factory.

Today I heard that my brother-in-law went to the supply and marketing cooperative where his wife works in the afternoon, and I couldn't help but feel secretly annoyed. The end of the year is the busiest time for all factories and units. What does this guy want to do instead of working honestly in the meat processing factory?

Thinking of this, Zhao Guangan snorted: "Why did Yonghui come to your place instead of going to work?"

Kuang Meiyun glanced at her husband's gloomy face and said hesitantly, "Today, Yonghui had a small conflict with their workshop director. He doesn't want to work in the workshop anymore. The slaughterhouse is dirty and tiring. He wants to be arranged to work as a clerk in the office."

Zhao Guangan almost laughed out of anger after hearing this: "Kuang Meiyun, Kuang Yonghui is uneducated and doesn't understand the problem. You don't understand it either? Clerk is a cadre position, at least a high school graduate is required. He is just a junior high school student, and he can't pass the academic qualification test. How tight is the job market now? Not to mention a good unit like the meat processing factory?"