Siheyuan: Starting from the Police

Just as Xu Guangfu and the other two were about to enter the house, Yan Bugui in the front yard was standing at the door with a fishing rod in one hand and a bucket in the other, ready to go out fishing.

Seeing Wang Xiuhua coming in, he immediately put down what he was holding, trotted over to her, and said with a flattering smile:

"Director Wang is here! What's going on? I'll go gather everyone together?"

"No, I just came to accompany Xiao Xu to look around the house. When Xiao Xu left, he left the key to the house on the street. No one has lived there for so many years, so I came to help clean up."

After hearing this, the third uncle Yan Bugui's face changed. He turned to look at Xu Guangfu, and after a pause, he tentatively said:

"Are you Xu Guangfu? Are you back?"

Xu Guangfu smiled and said, "Yes! Third uncle, I'm back! I haven't seen you for many years. Are you okay?"

Yan Bugui twitched his mouth awkwardly, revealing an awkward smile, and stammered:

"Very good! Haha...very good!"

Then he turned to look at Wang Xiuhua and said:

"Director Wang... you are so busy, why do you need to clean up? I will just shout in the yard and everyone will help!"

"You can go to my house and rest for a while. I'll go in and ask everyone to help clean up. There's no need to trouble you!"

After saying that, he led a few people inside.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Old woman, come out quickly, Director Wang is here!"

The third aunt opened the door and quickly welcomed them into the house. Yan Bugui asked them to pour water for Xu Guangfu and the other two, and said:

"Director Wang, please drink some water first. I'll go to the courtyard and call someone to help Xiao Xu clean up."

After saying that, he hurried out.

Yan Bugui ran to the middle courtyard and shouted, "Everyone, come out! Everyone at home, come out quickly!"

When everyone gathered together, the aunt asked:

"What's going on? Uncle, what happened?"

Yan Bugui said hurriedly, "Everyone still remembers Xu Guangfu from our hospital, right? He's the son of Director Cheng from the former Street Office!"

Most of the men in the yard had gone to work, and the remaining aunts spoke in unison:

"Remember! Didn't you join the army after graduating from high school?"

"That's right. It's been several years. Why are you bringing this up?"

Yan Bugui calmed himself down, adjusted his glasses and said:

"Xu Guangfu is back! Street Director Wang brought him back. I stopped him from going to his house. Everyone, hurry up and clear out the things piled up at his house and clean up his house. Also, if you have taken anything from someone, return it to their home!"

When everyone heard this, they were immediately shocked:

"How can we do that? There's no man at home, and the room is full of people!"

"That's right, Third Uncle! We can't move this!"

"Besides, his toilet is so dirty, and he still wants us to clean it up!"

"Besides, whoever took their things, just left some miscellaneous items in his house!"

The third uncle listened to the complaints and raised his voice, scolding:

"Be quiet! Director Wang is at my house right now. If you don't clean up, you'll have to wait until Director Wang opens the door and takes a look. Then you'll have to figure it out for yourself!"

At this time, Jia Zhang came to the crowd, shouting:

"That was agreed upon by the three of you. The lock was broken by Sha Zhu. What does it have to do with us?"

When Yan Bugui heard this, his face turned red with anger, and he pointed at Jia Zhang and cursed:

"Jia Zhang, do you still have any shame? It was your family that made a scene and occupied Xu Guangfu's house. Besides, your family has the most stuff in there. How dare you make such a fuss?"

"You don't care, right? Fine, I don't have much stuff at home anyway, I'll take it out right away, then go find Director Wang and let her take care of it!"

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave. Everyone suddenly panicked and hurried to pack up their things.

Everyone worked for more than an hour before they managed to clean out the things piled inside.

Only Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu were still moving things home.

At this time, Wang Xiuhua could no longer sit still and asked:

"Teacher Yan, it's been almost two hours! I heard no more sound outside, so it should be about time, right?"

Yan Bugui knew he couldn't delay any longer, so he said:

"It should be almost done! I'll go take a look. Director, please sit for a while!"

After saying that, Yan Bugui hurried out and came to the west wing of the front yard. He pushed the door open and saw that he had a mouthful of blood stuck in his chest. His eyes went dark and he almost fainted to the ground. Fortunately, he held onto the door frame and stood firm.

“It’s over! What a sin…” He said this and staggered back to his home.

Wang Xiuhua saw that Yan Bugui looked unhappy and asked:

"Teacher Yan, what's going on?"

Yan Bugui moved his mouth but didn't say a word. Wang Xiuhua saw this and walked around Yan Bugui and went out.

Xu Guangfu and Li Hao followed closely behind and came to the west wing. When they opened the door, a foul smell lingered. They looked around and found that the house seemed to have been raided by the Japanese. There was nothing there except the four walls.

Xu Guangfu looked at the house, then walked out with a dark face, and said to Wang Xiuhua:

"Auntie Wang, this...?"

Wang Xiuhua, with a gloomy face, came to the meeting table in the front yard and sat down, staring at the gate without saying a word. Xu Guangfu and Li Hao sat on the left and right next to him.

Li Hao looked at Xu Guangfu and asked softly:

"Brother, shall I go find someone?"

Xu Guangfu looked at Wang Xiuhua, who had a dark face, and shook his head: "Let Aunt Wang handle it!"

When Wang Xiuhua heard this, she turned to Xu Guangfu and smiled, but said nothing.

The three of them sat in the yard waiting quietly. Yan Bugui went out to pour water for them and stood by without saying a word.

Someone in the yard was about to go out, but when he walked to the front yard and looked around, he immediately turned back and hurried back home.

It's time to get off work, and as the passionate singing from the loudspeakers plays, people in the hospital come back one after another.

When everyone came in and saw this scene, they stopped and stood silently in the yard, whispering to each other from time to time and asking others what had happened.

At this time, a middle-aged man with gray hair and a buzz cut came in. Seeing everyone gathered in the front yard, he shouted:

"What are you all doing here? Get out of the way, and go back to eat!"

Everyone turned around and called out to the "uncle" while making way for him.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the crowd, then quickly walked up to Director Wang and asked softly:

"Director Wang, why are you here? What happened?"

Wang Xiuhua raised her eyes and glared, then spoke slowly:

"Yi Zhonghai, you are good! Wait nearby!"

Yi Zhonghai felt nervous when he heard this, and asked with some concern:

"Director Wang, this...?"

"Shut up! Stand aside! Wait until everyone is here!"

After saying this, he closed his eyes and rested, without saying anything more.