Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"Brother Hao, what's wrong?"

As he spoke, Jia Dongxu tightened the bag on his back, as the money in it was all his.

"Xiao Jia, I'm afraid we can't get away."

Hao Ren took out the cowhide-wrapped dagger from his arms. The cold light danced on his fingertips, and then he began to rotate it flexibly in his hand.

"How could that be? We can leave any time now."

Jia Dongxu's mind was entirely on money. Even when he heard footsteps outside the house, he didn't think too much about it. The only thing he didn't understand was that Hou Si hadn't come in yet.

"It's too late. Didn't you see that Hou Si didn't even come in?"

"Brother Hao, do you mean that Fourth Brother sold us out?"

"Isn't it obvious? How long has it been since Hou Si shouted just now?"

"Brother Hao, I don't understand why. Fourth Brother doesn't seem like the kind of person who would betray his friends."

"Xiao Jia, if you can escape this time, you must remember that if you don't work for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. Don't trust others casually in the future, especially your drinking buddies."

"Brother Hao, what about you?"

"Me? Haha, you should be more careful about me."

"Brother Hao, stop joking. I'm very good at judging people. You're not that kind of person. If you were, you wouldn't have given me all the money."

"Maybe I did it on purpose?"

"Brother Hao, let's think about how to escape now."

"Xiao Jia, it's rare that you trust me so much. Don't worry, I won't let you down."

"Yeah, Brother Hao, I believe you."

Hao Ren and Jia Dongxu were discussing ways to escape inside the house, while the encirclement outside had already been completed.

"Xiao Fang, go get Jia Dongxu's mother and ask her to persuade Jia Dongxu."

"Yes, director."

"Chief Li, please send someone from the security department back to the factory to pick up Jia Dongxu's wife Qin Huairu. Jia Dongxu doesn't care about his mother, so how can he not care about his own wife?"

"Ok."

"Old Wu, shout out."

"Yes, director."

Old Wu walked out and stopped at a broken wall not far from the cabin.

"Jia Dongxu, you have been surrounded. Put down your weapons, come out and surrender, and try to get leniency."

"Jia Dongxu, think about your family and your children."

"I heard that your wife has been pregnant for several months. Do you want your child to not be able to see his father as soon as he is born?"

Listening to the sounds coming from outside the house, Jia Dongxu kept walking around in the house, and these words touched his heart.

Jia Dongxu asked tentatively: "Brother Hao, how about we surrender?"

"Xiao Jia, you participated in stealing the collective assets of the state-owned factory, right?"

"It was your idea to rob the Hope Village office, right?"

"On the most important day, I stole nearly 2,500 yuan from your master. This amount can be considered huge, right?"

"Come on, figure it out for yourself. If you surrender, can you still survive?"

Hao Ren's words were like a ruthless hammer, hammering hard at Jia Dongxu's collapsing mind.

"I..."

"How could this be?"

"Brother Hao, shouldn't it be like this?"

"I just want to make more money, is that wrong?"

"I want my children and wife to live a good life. Is that wrong?"

"I will pay back my master's money when I have money."

"I...I...I am subjectively good, right?"

Jia Dongxu's voice was hoarse. He walked back and forth as he spoke, his fists clenched, veins bulging on his neck, and he was almost on the verge of collapse.

"Xiao Jia, I can understand what you said, but can the police outside understand it?"

"Your starting point was meaningless, and the result is that you committed a crime."

"Stop walking around now. Sit down and rest for a while. Save your energy. I'll find a way to get you away."

Since realizing that he was surrounded, Hao Ren has been sitting on the chair. The dagger in his hand has disappeared, and his face is calm, without any sign of nervousness.

"Brother Hao, send me away? What about you?"

"Me? Xiao Jia, I'm alone and have no ties. Now I've killed Ma Liu who cheated me. I don't know what to do next."

"Brother Hao, let's walk the future together as brothers."

"Xiao Jia, I know you are a man of honor. As long as you can escape, I will die with my eyes closed."

"Brother Hao..."

"Xiao Jia, sit down, take a good rest, and conserve your energy."

"Brother Hao, won't they rush in?"

"They won't rush in if they don't understand our situation."

Jia Dongxu sat down next to Hao Ren. Hao Ren had his eyes closed, and no one knew what he was thinking.

...............

"What? How dare you make up stories about my son? I'll tickle you to death."

When Jia Zhang heard what Xiao Fang said, she immediately became angry and reached out to grab Xiao Fang's face.

"Stop it, what do you want to do? Attack the police?"

Xiao Fang has been working for a long time. What kind of people has he not seen? He took out his gun and pointed it at Jia Zhang's forehead.

"Comrade, I was wrong, I was wrong."

There is no one who is not afraid of having the Equality Device pointed at his head, especially those who survived the old society who know deeply the power of the Equality Device.

"Come with me quickly. You'd better be able to persuade Jia Dongxu, otherwise you will end up sending your son to hell."

"Come on, I'll go with you. I'm going to persuade Dongxu. Our Dongxu listens to me the most."

Seeing that Xiao Fang was not joking, Jia Zhang now believed that Jia Dongxu had indeed committed a crime. She immediately became anxious. How could this be tolerated? They had only lived a good life for more than a month. Was this going to end like this?

No, I must persuade Dongxu well. As long as Dongxu is around, we will live a good life in the future.

"Wang family, please help me take care of Xiaodang."

There's nothing I can do as there's a two or three year old baby at home who has no one to take care of him.

"Okay, Jia Zhang, go quickly."

When Xiao Fang came to the courtyard again and said he wanted to look for Jia Dongxu's mother, the old ladies in the courtyard gathered around him. They were very willing to see the liveliness of the Jia family.

"What did Jia Dongxu do wrong again?"

"What could it be? Isn't it just that I stole Yi Zhonghai's money this morning?"

"There must be something else. Didn't you hear that the public security comrades asked Jia Zhang to persuade Jia Dongxu?"

"Could that kid Jia Dongxu have kidnapped someone?"

"Should we go take a look?"

"Do you know where it is?"

"I don't know. We can follow the public security comrades."

"They are riding bicycles. Can we catch up with them?"

"Forget it, let's just wait at home. We'll know what's going on when Jia Zhang comes back."

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