The Great Era of Siheyuan

In the evening, Xu Damao came back from the factory dinner humming a little tune with a rosy face. It is said that people feel refreshed when they are happy. Today, he was promoted to the seventh-level projectionist, and his salary was lower than Sha Zhu's, so he was very happy.

Although his salary was lower than his before, his basic salary and grade are now higher, which are two different concepts.

He was still immersed in the lively atmosphere of the dinner and the conversations with his co-workers. When he took out his key and opened the door, he was overwhelmed by a strange feeling. The house seemed a little weirder than usual.

Xu Damao walked into the room, glanced around, and suddenly felt as if the sky had fallen. When he got closer, he found that the drawer of the cabinet had been opened, and the money that had been neatly stacked inside had disappeared.

"Where's my money? Which bastard came to my house to steal things?"

His eyes widened in disbelief, he rushed to the drawer and searched through it again and again, hoping that he had seen it wrong. But the cruel reality was before him: his house had indeed been robbed.

Suddenly remembering that there was money in the secret compartment under his bed, Xu Damao rushed to the bed and quickly pulled away the floor tiles.

When he opened it, he found it was empty again. The more than 2,000 yuan he had earned from Li Wenqiang and his savings over the years, including the five gold bars he had extorted from the deaf old lady, were all gone.

Xu Damao only felt a buzzing sound in his head, his mind went blank, and then anger instantly surged into his heart.

He began to try to recall whether there were any suspicious people around recently, and whether he had offended anyone. He also regretted why he was so careless and didn't hide the money more secretly. Now all the money in the house is gone.

Xu Damao was running around in the room in a panic. He made a preliminary estimate and found that his loss was more than 6,000 yuan, including his savings of more than 3,000 yuan, more than 2,000 yuan from Li Wenqiang's drinks, more than 500 yuan of pocket money in the drawer, and five gold bars worth more than 1,000 yuan.

"Don't let me know who you are, or I'll kill you!"

At this moment, Xu Damao was like an enraged lion, but he didn't know where to vent his anger. He could only curse the hateful thief continuously.

"No, I can't just let it go!"

Xu Damao rushed out angrily and shouted loudly.

"Oh no! There's a thief in our yard. Everyone, check your house to see if anything is missing!"

With Xu Damao's roar, the people in the yard began to boil.

"Where? Where is the thief?"

When Liu Haizhong, who was closest to the room, heard this, he immediately ran out of the house and asked anxiously.

He was also promoted today, to level 7 fitter, the same level as Yi Zhonghai. He was so happy that he drank several glasses of wine after get off work. Now his face was red and he smelled of alcohol.

"Uncle, it's bad! There's a thief in our yard!"

0Xu Damao said anxiously.

"Which one, Xu Damao, don't be anxious, tell me what's missing from your house?"

Liu Haizhong rushed over and said nervously. While he was speaking, all the neighbors who were nearby in the backyard quickly gathered over.

Today was supposed to be a relaxing and enjoyable day. After completing the work-level assessment and the dinner, everyone went home to rest. When they heard that a thief had entered the yard, everyone first hurriedly checked whether their belongings were still there.

"It's okay, nothing is missing from our house!"

"My family too!"

"Could it be a mistake?"

……

After everyone found out that there was no problem, they all stood by and watched the fun with a bystander mentality.

"All my family's money is gone! It was all stolen by that damn thief who gave birth to a son without an asshole!"

Hearing that everyone else's house was fine but his was robbed, Xu Damao became even more sad.

"What? All your money is gone? That shouldn't be the case. There haven't been any outsiders in our courtyard recently! No, there was a little girl from the countryside, but that shouldn't be the case either. She's Qin Huairu's sister. Xu Damao, how much money did your family lose?"

Yan Bugui, who came over after hearing the noise, asked carefully.

"At least over 6,000 yuan, and five gold bars! Uncle Two, there's a thief in our yard! No, the thief must be someone from our yard, otherwise he wouldn't have known I wasn't home and specifically robbed me. No, I'm going to call the police!"

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he was about to leave. Losing so much money at once was simply a threat to his life!

Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangtian, who were watching the fun from behind, were all stunned when they heard that so much money was missing. They had never seen so much money before; it was only a few hundred yuan at most. Could it be that Xu Damao was trying to blackmail them?

"Hey, wait a minute, Xu Damao, please explain clearly. How did you get all that money, more than 6,000 yuan? Did you engage in speculation or corruption?"

Liu Haizhong grabbed his hand and asked seriously.

"Uncle, it's already this hour and you're still asking me this! This is all my hard-earned money over the years!"

Xu Damao said angrily and was about to leave!

He hadn't taken two steps when he was stopped by Yan Bugui.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Explain yourself first before you leave! You entered the steel mill as an apprentice in 52 and became a regular employee in 55. Your salary is 35.5 yuan. You have only worked for more than eight years. Where did you get so much money? Explain yourself clearly whether you have embezzled or not."

Yan Bugui said this "righteously".

The only recent changes in the courtyard were that his son bought a bicycle, and Liu Guangtian bought a new set of clothes and roast duck. The country girl that Qin Huairu brought over was not a big deal. After all this, anyone with a discerning eye would know who did it.

Yan Bugui had already seen someone's eyes on him, so he didn't dare to ask Xu Damao to call the police. If they really found something, it would be over. And most importantly, one of their two bicycles had no steel stamp and the other was assembled. They would have no way to explain themselves when the time came.

"Yes, that's right, Xu Damao, first tell me how your family got so much money? As an apprentice for three years, without food or drink, you can only make two or three hundred yuan a year at most. Even if you become a regular employee, you can only make more than four hundred yuan. Where did you get more than six thousand yuan?"

Yan Bugui asked with a "righteous" tone, shocked by the amount of money Xu Damao had lost. His little bastard had invested so much money, no wonder he had enough money to buy a bicycle. What was even more infuriating was that he had stolen so much money and didn't even give part of it to his family.

Yan Bugui stared at Yan Jiecheng intently and made up his mind that he would make him pay when he got back and make him spit out at least half of it.

After being stopped by Yan Bugui, Liu Haizhong also came back to his senses. No wonder his son had money to buy new clothes and even bought roast duck to show off in front of him. After all this time, it turned out that he had stolen from Xu Damao's house.

Although he was very angry, out of the mentality of protecting his child, he was still prepared to agree with the third uncle and stop him together.