Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Yu Li, who came back from her mother's home, was full of helplessness. As for Yu Haitang, her family not only did not dissuade her, but even expressed support, saying that there were indeed problems with the office and that eating lavishly every day was a typical hedonism.

Yu Li got angry on the spot. For the first time, she felt that her family was unreasonable and ungrateful.

The gifts given by the office during festivals were all delicious meat and fish, as well as grain and oil. The couple received two portions. Every time they received the gifts, they sent them to her parents’ home the next day. They had never tasted them themselves.

Yu Li has helped the family a lot in the past few years since she and Li Dabao got married. She chose to drop out of school and get married in order to reduce the burden on her family. It is with Li Dabao's help that the family has no worries about food and drink over the years.

Now, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this storm is not a good thing. Many people are in no hurry to hide, but they still blindly support Yu Haitang and even want Yu Li to give the office's small jeep to Yu Haitang.

I really don't know what her family is thinking. Not to mention that the little jeep is not hers, Yu Li. Even if it is, why would she give it to Yu Haitang? She has helped her brothers and sisters enough over the years. It is only Li Dabao who has no parents and no brothers, otherwise the family would have been full of conflicts a long time ago.

Yu Li came back with a gloomy face. On the way back, she had made up her mind that she should cut off contact with this group of people from her natal family. She would not have any contact with them in the future. It was not worth their continued help, so it was better not to have such relatives.

After returning to the office, Yu Li told Li Dabao about her idea. Li Dabao agreed with it wholeheartedly. He had wanted to have a good talk with Yu Li when she came back, but he didn't expect Yu Li to bring it up first. This was better as it saved the couple from getting angry.

After returning to the village in the evening, they had another big drink to celebrate for Liu Guohao and Li Dabao. In Erlang's words, you two should have resigned long ago. What's the point of working in that crappy factory? It's not as comfortable as working in your own factory. It's a wonderful thing for brothers to get together from time to time to have a drink and play cards, and it doesn't interfere with taking care of the children.

After hearing what Erlang said, Liu Guohao and Li Dabao were excited. When they were excited, they were easily drunk. Liu Guohao was fine, because his body was strengthened, so drinking two or three kilograms of liquor was not a problem. Li Dabao was the same. He was drunk and fell under the table. When he returned home, Yu Li scolded him again.

The next day, when Liu Guozheng went to the office again, he was not alone. Li Dabao followed him. Yu Li stayed in the village. This was a decision made in view of the increasingly serious situation. As an accountant of the office, she only needed to do the accounts at the beginning and end of the month.

When the two arrived at the office, there were already a lot of people gathered at the door. These were all nearby residents. Thanks to the fact that no tickets were required for purchasing various commodities in the office, their lives were much better than those of people in other city areas, and their lives improved every few days.

They have gotten used to their current life. If they want to eat meat, they can just come to the office to buy it without worrying about not having meat coupons.

But all this beauty suddenly changed.

Starting from yesterday, the office also requires tickets to purchase. So many people came to inquire about the situation, to see if it is a short-term behavior, or if it will be like this in the future, and purchases will also require tickets like the supply and marketing cooperatives.

Huang Qiuxia explained that Zheng Jiandong maintained order, but these people did not believe what Huang Qiuxia said.

Seeing Liu Guozheng coming, they surrounded him directly. Li Dabao was so scared that he reached out to touch his waist, but found nothing. Then he remembered that he had resigned yesterday and handed in his box gun.

"Comrade Liu Guozheng, please tell us, will the office always need bills in the future?"

"Yes, yes, yes, what's going on? Why did it change suddenly?"

"Yeah, everyone is used to it. They haven't saved any money. Look at what happened."

"Liu Guozheng, give us an explanation."

"That's right, otherwise we won't agree."

"We smashed the office, do you believe it?"

"..."

Wow, each one of them is more rude than the other. Liu Guozheng has such a good ear. He pointed at the few people who were leading the discussion in the crowd, and the people around them immediately dispersed. People who often come to the office to buy things are not stupid. They come here just to find out the situation, not to cause trouble.

Before those who were leading the discussion could react, they were slapped in the face by the big mouth.

Jiang Ping's grip was so strong that the faces of several people swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and this was the result of showing mercy.

"Jiang Ping, make them kneel on the side of the road until 7pm. If they kneel one second later, I'll break their legs."

Several people covered their faces and tried to beg for mercy, but they could only whimper and were unable to speak. Half of their faces were so swollen that they could not speak. Submitting to Jiang Ping's force, they knelt obediently on the side of the road.

The others also fell silent. The brave boy lowered his head and left silently on the spot.

"I understand how you feel. Regarding the issue of buying with tickets, some of you should have known what happened yesterday. We were also concerned about the safety of the office. We had no choice but to do this. We can't afford to offend the steel mill patrol team. Many people saw how powerful the captain and deputy captain were. So I ask for your forgiveness, neighbors."

After saying that, Liu Guozheng bowed to the crowd and went into the backyard.

As expected, when people heard that tickets were required to purchase the tickets, almost no one showed up because they didn't have tickets.

The office became idle, leaving Huang Qiuxia alone at the front to watch, while Liu Guozheng, Li Dabao and Zheng Jiandong started playing cards in the backyard.

In the afternoon, Liu Guozheng heard that Liu Haizhong's house had been smashed.

Wu Airong and her daughter-in-law had their faces scratched, but fortunately those people did not attack the children, so Liu Guangqi's children were spared.

Similarly, after get off work, Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangqi were dragged into the woods without paying attention. They were beaten up and the father and son were so badly beaten that stars appeared in their heads. Neither of them could see who was beating them.

Even though the leaves in the grove have almost all fallen, no one has noticed. Or if someone has noticed, they pretend not to see it and don't even watch the fun. It's all because Liu Haizhong, the captain of the on-site patrol team, has been too rampant these days.

After being beaten, the father and son were very angry and went to call the police. But when they arrived at the police station, they found out they knew nothing and made everyone at the police station laugh.

It is not clear how many people beat them.

I couldn't see what he looked like.

The comrades from the police station asked them to go back first and said they would investigate.

The two had no choice but to go home first.

When they arrived at the door of their home, they rubbed their eyes in disbelief and looked around. Seeing the familiar faces around them, they dared to believe that they had not come to the wrong place. This was their home.

"Who, who is it, come out if you have the guts."

Liu Haizhong roared angrily and looked around. His neighbors ignored him and just stood by and watched him make a fool of himself with smiles on their faces.

At this time, Wu Airong and her daughter-in-law came back with their children. When they saw the old man of the house, they told him what had happened. Again, they did not see the man's appearance clearly.

It's not that they don't want to see, but people have made sufficient preparations in advance. Everyone is wrapped up tightly, and only two eyes can be seen. It's impossible to recognize people just by looking at their eyes.

After hearing what Wu Airong said, Liu Haizhong gave up the idea of ​​calling the police.

Wu Airong did not dare to complain in front of Liu Haizhong, but Liu Guangqi's wife dared to do so. She started to curse Liu Guangqi in front of him, using the same method as before. Her words were almost like saying that Liu Haizhong had offended someone outside and brought trouble to the family.

Liu Guangqi touched his chin, thought for a while and said, "Dad, this is probably related to the office."

Liu Haizhong said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me when we were at the police station?"

"We don't have any evidence."

"What's the point of saying this now?"

"Dad, we have the power now. Since it is very likely that the office did it, let's take revenge and let Liu Guozheng know that we are not easy to bully."

"How can we do this without any evidence? Yesterday afternoon, Director Li said not to act too radically and not to act impulsively without absolute certainty."

"Dad, we can't touch their office, but can't we disgust them?"

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Why don't we do this..."

The father and son started discussing the matter in the house.

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

On the other side, Yu Haitang also encountered a problem. When she was riding her bike home, she passed by the entrance of an alley and just turned a corner, an old lady appeared. Yu Haitang braked her bike, but what she didn't expect was the old lady's next move.

In front of Yu Haitang, the old lady slowly lay down in front of the bicycle, shouting: Help come quickly, someone has been hit to death.

While Yu Haitang was still in a daze, a group of old women appeared from both sides. They greeted Yu Haitang's family without saying a word, and then dragged her to the hospital. Of course, the old lady lying on the ground was also there.

Yu Haitang, who was in the limelight at the time, naturally did not want to suffer this loss, so she made all kinds of excuses, but neither the doctor nor the comrades from the police station who arrived later believed what she said.

There were no cameras these days, so it was impossible to adjust the surveillance.

In the end, Yu Haitang had no choice but to admit it. There was nothing she could do to deny it. The group of women came up to beat her. If the comrades from the police station had not stopped her, she probably would not have been able to escape the beating.

Since she had no money, the police officer went home with her to get some. Afterwards, Yu Haitang wondered if she had offended someone or was being retaliated against?

After thinking about it, I thought of the office.

For many things, I am afraid of just imagining things. The more I think about it, the more I feel that I am right. It must be the office. Not only did they cause trouble for the office yesterday, but when they returned to the factory, they found a reason to suspend Liu Guohao. It seems that the office is responsible for today's incident.

Yu Haitang, who was so angry, rode his bike to the office.

When she arrived at the office, she saw a group of people gathered there. She was delighted, thinking that someone must be causing trouble for the office. She would definitely have to help out and take the opportunity to suppress the office.

I finally squeezed into the crowd. There was no one from the office among them. I saw people kneeling on the side of the road, not daring to move. No matter how the people around them tried to persuade them, it was useless. They just endured the discomfort in their knees and the numb left face, and knelt there in pain.

Yu Haitang asked the person next to him what was going on.

Someone who knew about the situation told about it. After listening to other people's accounts, Yu Haitang broke out in a cold sweat.

At the beginning, with Jiang Ping watching, those kneeling were relatively obedient. But after Jiang Ping left, the brave ones stood up and left without caring about anything, while those who were a little less courageous continued to kneel there.

Sometimes, being timid is not a bad thing.

The two brave ones were sent to the hospital within half an hour, their legs broken.

How did the news get out? It was because someone called the police. The police officers who responded to the call were Zhang Qiang and Li Zheng from the Hongxing Police Station. The man whose leg was broken suspected that the office had hired someone to do it, so of course they came to the office to inquire about the situation.

Liu Guozheng didn't need to say anything, as the people watching the fun nearby said directly that the people from the office didn't even leave the house.

Zhang Qiang and Li Zheng had no other options as they had a large number of witnesses. In fact, in Zhang Qiang and Li Zheng's minds, this matter had already been classified as an unsolved case, just like when Yi Zhonghai had his leg broken, there was no trace to be found.

Before the two men left, they asked those who were kneeling to get up and leave. As a result, those people said with difficulty that they liked to kneel and no one forced them.

Yu Haitang wanted to find Yu Li or Li Dabao to ask some questions, but in the end, she couldn't even get in the door and had to go back in disappointment.