Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Near noon, the criticism meeting finally ended.

Xu Damao and Sha Zhu unexpectedly came to the office at the same time.

Sha Zhu came specially to see Lele, with a simple smile on his face and a small bag of candy in his hand; Xu Damao came to eat for free, with a sly smile on his face, as if he had already smelled the fragrance of the food.

They had just chatted for a few words when they suddenly heard the sound of firecrackers outside. The sound seemed to come from the direction of Yard 95. Everyone was stunned for a moment and thought: It's not even a festival, why are they suddenly setting off firecrackers?

Huang Qiuxia asked doubtfully: "Is today a special day?"

Everyone shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know.

Xu Damao guessed, "I haven't heard of any happy events in anyone's family recently. Could it be that someone's elderly passed away?"

Liu Guozheng suggested: "Why don't we go and take a look?"

When they arrived at the alley, they heard a noisy noise coming from the courtyard. It was indeed Courtyard 95. When they entered the courtyard, they saw people from the outer courtyard and the front courtyard rushing to the middle courtyard. Judging from the situation, the incident should be in the middle courtyard or the back courtyard.

The messy debris of firecracker shells and the lingering smell of sulfur in the air all indicated that firecrackers had just been set off here. This was right in front of Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Didn't we criticize Tan Guihua today? Why did Tan Guihua suddenly die?"

"Could it be that someone has murdered her?"

"Impossible. I was in the yard all morning and didn't see anyone else come in."

"So what's going on?"

"What else could it be? A heart attack."

"Don't you have medicine?"

"hehe,"

"Yi Zhonghai is really pitiful."

"Ugh..."

Everyone was talking and expressing their opinions.

Yan Bugui in the crowd was as pale as paper, and his body was trembling slightly, obviously frightened by this sudden change. He knew very well that this grudge was a big one, and he had to be on guard against Yi Zhonghai from now on.

Liu Haizhong's mouth corners slightly raised, and he seemed to be in a very good mood. Perhaps he was pleased with his decision - after all, Tan Guihua did not die at the criticism meeting, but died at home, which had nothing to do with him. Even if Yi Zhonghai hated her, he could not hate himself.

"Old Yi, I'm so sorry." Liu Haizhong walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder, trying to show some sympathy. However, he suddenly changed the subject, his face regained that cold expression, and said, "However, the criticism meeting this afternoon will still go on."

"Old Liu, you..." Before Yi Zhonghai could say anything, Yan Bugui couldn't help it. He didn't expect Liu Haizhong to be so unkind and still wanted to continue to criticize Yi Zhonghai.

"Liu Haizhong, are you still a human being? The person is dead, and the funeral has to be done, right? No matter what, the funeral has to be completed!" Sha Zhu pointed at Liu Haizhong's nose angrily and cursed loudly.

"Sha Zhu, who do you think you are? How dare you scold my father?" Seeing this, Liu Guangqi in the crowd immediately rushed out, staring at Sha Zhu viciously, as if he was going to attack him.

"What? Liu Guangqi, who do you think you are? How dare you show your teeth to me? Believe it or not, I, Master Zhu, will break your teeth out!" After saying that, Sha Zhu rolled up his sleeves and waited for Liu Guangqi to come up, but the guy shrank back into the crowd.

Liu Haizhong looked calm, as if Sha Zhu's insults had no effect on him. He said calmly, "The criticism meeting was decided by the superiors. I have no right to interfere. As for whether to continue to criticize Yi Zhonghai, I still have to ask Director Li for instructions. And, Sha Zhu, don't think I can't deal with you. If you dare to make a scene again, you will be finished if I don't deal with you."

"Come on, Liu Haizhong, come and deal with me. If you don't dare, you are my grandson."

Sha Zhu was really angry. The world is big, but death is the greatest. This is a simple truth. But he never expected that there would be such an inhuman and cold-blooded person like Liu Haizhong.

"You?" Liu Haizhong's face turned blue with anger at Sha Zhu's words. He knew that Sha Zhu was a reckless person who would not care about anything once he got angry. He would not dare to attack even the head of the security department, let alone the patrol captain. In order to avoid further escalation of the situation, Liu Haizhong chose to be tolerant for the time being.

However, when he looked through the crowd and saw Liu Guozheng, a sly light flashed in his eyes. He adjusted his mood and said, "Xiao Liu, tell me, does what I said make sense? Should the things that the leaders have told us to do be put first?"

Good guy, for a moment, everyone's eyes were all focused on Liu Guozheng. They all knew that Liu Guozheng was a capable person, and they all looked forward to hearing his opinions.

Liu Guozheng looked at Liu Haizhong meaningfully and said slowly: "I only know that the dead are the greatest."

Liu Haizhong left with a gloomy look on his face. He snorted coldly as he left, and it was obvious that he was dissatisfied with Liu Guozheng's words.

"Thank you." Yi Zhonghai's tone was unusually calm. He whispered to Liu Guozheng, a hint of gratitude flashing in his sad eyes.

Yi Zhonghai believed that if Liu Guozheng had not said "the dead are the greatest", Tan Guihua's body might have just remained lying at home until his own criticism was over.

"My condolences." Liu Guozheng simply nodded, then turned and left the scene.

The people in Courtyard 95 also showed different attitudes. Some people seemed to be unsympathetic and went home directly; of course, there were also some kind-hearted people who took the initiative to stay and help deal with Tan Guihua's funeral.

Sha Zhu, Xu Damao and others were running around greeting people.

No matter what other aspects of Sha Zhu are like, at least if anyone in the compound has a big or small problem, especially one involving life and death, they will help without hesitation.

Of course Xu Damao couldn't leave, otherwise how would others view him? How would the factory leaders view him if the news got out?

Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangqi left just now, only Liu Guangfu stayed; as for the Yan family, no one stayed to help, perhaps because they felt guilty and embarrassed.