Siheyuan: The Cellar

When Liu Li got off work and went home, she saw a large group of people gathered in the middle courtyard. It looked like a general meeting of the whole courtyard was about to begin!

After searching the crowd for a while, Liu Li finally found her son at the edge of the crowd.

At this moment, Chen Guoliang was leaning against a pillar, eating melon seeds.

"Son, what's going on today?"

As she spoke, Liu Li extended her hand in front of Chen Guoliang.

Chen Guoliang immediately went to the meeting and took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and gave them to Liu Li.

Then he said, "Yi Buqun's house was robbed. I heard that all the savings in the house were stolen. I heard that Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he lay down."

"Ah! It was all stolen? How much money was there?"

"I heard it was over 50 million. But Gao Huilan didn't tell me exactly how much. Let's wait and see."

After listening to Chen Guoliang's suggestion, Liu Li couldn't help but nodded.

After so many days of adjustment, Liu Li's mood has almost returned to normal.

Although her expectations for many years were dashed, life still had to go on. After all, she still had a good and sensible son.

"Okay, everyone is almost here. Let's start the meeting!"

After Yan Bugui's reminder, Liu Haizhong realized that almost all the residents in the courtyard had arrived, about ten fewer than before.

"The reason we gathered everyone together today is mainly because a big event happened in our hospital.

That is Master Yi, a well-respected seventh-level fitter in our hospital, Yi Zhonghai. His house was robbed. So, under Master Yi's entrustment, Teacher Yan and I gathered everyone together. I just want to ask everyone if they have any clues.

Or, whoever took it, I hope he can put the money back himself. Since we are all neighbors living in the same courtyard, we will not report it to the police station.

However, if we find out who took it, he will definitely not be able to escape legal sanctions.”

After saying that, Liu Haizhong looked at Chen Guoliang provocatively.

The meaning is probably: So what? I will also use legal weapons.

But this look took on a different meaning in Chen Guoliang's eyes: Chen Guoliang, you'd better hand over the money obediently, otherwise you will suffer the consequences.

How could Chen Guoliang tolerate such provocation!

He had just extorted more than 10 million from others, so how could he be interested in the 50 million from Yi Zhonghai's family?

Thinking of this, Chen Guoliang was suddenly stunned.

Well, if I had known I had so much money, I wouldn’t have given it to those people cheaply.

But, on second thought, I realized something was wrong.

After all, he and Xu Damao witnessed the entire robbery at Yi Zhonghai's house.

In order not to disturb others, Xu Damao even wet his pants.

But judging from the expressions of those people when they came out of Yi Zhonghai's house, they didn't seem to want to find the money at all!

Is this an Oscar for everyone?

Forget it, don't think about it for now. Lao Deng from Liu Haizhong has come to provoke me. If I don't fight back, won't I be looked down upon?

"Master Liu, you are wrong! Although Yi Zhonghai was a family with no descendants, there is nothing wrong with that.

But now he is disabled! Everyone knows that only in feudal society would landlords respect such disabled people on the surface.

When you say Yi Zhonghai is respected, do you mean to say that Yi Zhonghai is working in the palace, or are you secretly saying that we are all landlords? "

Chen Guoliang spoke at full power as soon as he opened his mouth, using the word "extinct" and "incomplete" in every sentence, pouring salt into Yi Zhonghai's wound like crazy.

"Besides, everyone has just heard what the incomplete Yi Zhonghai said. What his family lost is not a small amount, more than 50 million!

Such a huge amount, you actually wanted to cover it with a blanket, Liu Haizhong, you have such great authority! Such a serious and bad case, you even want to solve it yourself.

I think we should ask Director Zhao of our Sub-district Office to give up his position to you, and you can be the director of the Sub-district Office."

"It's not impossible!"

When Liu Haizhong heard Chen Guoliang's last sentence, asking Zhao Kai to give up the position of street office director to him, he didn't think twice and answered subconsciously.

Everyone's faces were filled with question marks.

You really can't tell the difference between good and bad words!

As soon as Liu Haizhong finished speaking, he regretted it and wanted to slap himself twice.

Chen Guoliang's disruption caused everyone's thinking to be diverted.

They felt that Liu Haizhong was setting a trap for them by organizing such a whole-school meeting.

"Well, I'm still having a meeting at home. You guys keep going, I'll go back and check on the fire."

"I still have to change the baby's diaper. You guys go ahead and I'll be back soon."

"Me too, I'll go first."

"Nonsense, where is your child who needs a diaper changed?"

"Who said no? My son wet the bed. I went back to change the quilt."

Liu Haizhong listened to everyone's serious nonsense and fell into deep thought.

The one who just said that his son wets the bed, why don’t you think about how old your son is? He’s already twenty years old. Are you sure he can still wet the bed?

However, Liu Haizhong also knew that this conference could not be held, after all, people were already panicking.

He looked at Yi Zhonghai helplessly.

The general meaning is: Lao Yi, I have tried my best. You can handle the rest by yourself!

But the look in Liu Haizhong's eyes, in Yi Zhonghai's eyes, turned into: Yi Zhonghai, what do you think? I'm going to ruin it for you!

Then, after a cold snort, he turned around and went back to the house.

The whole hospital meeting is unreliable, so it seems I have to call the police.

"Huilan, we can't just let this matter go. I am now 50% sure that this was done by either Chen Guoliang or those few families.

We have to call the police, you are pregnant now. I can’t go to work now, I have to get this money back.”

Gao Huilan said calmly: "What about the evidence? What evidence do you have to prove that it was Chen Guoliang or those families who stole the money?"

Yi Zhonghai was speechless for a moment, and his spirits suddenly became depressed.

After all, this was all his savings, and now he only had less than 10 yuan left. But there were still 20 days before his salary was paid.

Gao Huilan was pregnant again, and her own injuries had not healed. The food would definitely not be the same as before.

But how can these 10 yuan last more than 20 days?

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help feeling melancholy.

"But we still have to report it to the police. What if we can get the money back?"

"Well, what you said makes sense. How about I go now and you cook at home?"

I don't know if it was because Yi Zhonghai's mindset had changed due to his disability, or because Gao Huilan was pregnant. Yi Zhonghai acted out of character. Even when no one was around, his tone when talking to Gao Huilan became calmer.

"Are you okay alone?" Gao Huilan asked.

"No problem, I'll be back soon."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai turned around and went out again.

After Gao Huilan was sure that Yi Zhonghai had gone far away, she locked the door and opened the secret compartment where Yi Zhonghai hid his money.

There were neatly stacked piles of "small tractors" inside.

After Gao Huilan took out all the money, she walked to the firewood pile with the money and hid the money in the secret compartment behind the firewood pile.

The setting of this secret compartment is much more clever than the place where Yi Zhonghai hid his money.

Not to mention if you don't look closely, even if you put your eyes close to it, you can't see any disharmony between this position and its surroundings.