1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

At Wang Jiancheng's command, the rest of the people dispersed and took their positions.

Banggeng stood under the wall of the quadrangle, looking up at the high wall. He felt a little scared, as if there was a jumping little rabbit in his heart.

But under the expectant and urging gazes of the crowd, he gritted his teeth and walked towards the courtyard wall.

He grasped Fu Haibo's shoulders tightly with both hands, pushed the ground hard with his feet, and began to climb.

Perhaps because of yesterday's experience, his movements were a little more agile than yesterday. The little figure was crawling on the wall with difficulty.

Without much effort, he successfully entered the house he had lived in yesterday.

Ten minutes later, Banggeng showed his sweaty but excited head from the top of the wall, and then he couldn't wait to hand over a heavy package, and whispered: "Next, there are a lot of things this time."

When the person under the wall saw the package, his eyes suddenly showed greed like a hungry wolf seeing its prey, and he reached out to take it with joy.

Li Chao excitedly exclaimed: "Great job, good job!"

They thought that so many things could definitely be exchanged for more food. At this moment, it seemed as if the package contained not stolen goods, but their pass to wealth and glory.

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps as loud as thunder suddenly came from the street corner, and the footsteps instantly broke the silence in the alley like a surging tide.

Wang Jiancheng and Liu Hongguang had no time to react and were instantly shocked.

"Oh no! There's an ambush! Run!"

The two men's faces, which had originally turned red due to greed, turned pale as paper in an instant. Before they could make any effective reaction, they were quickly controlled by a group of plainclothes police officers who pounced on them like tigers descending from the mountains.

"Uh...let me go..."

They struggled desperately, and Wang Jiancheng tried to argue: "We are just playing here, what are you doing!"

But it was all in vain.

Immediately afterwards, Li Chao, Fu Haibo and Xiao Baoliang were also easily subdued by the public security personnel like an eagle catching chicks.

The moment they were caught, their eyes widened in horror and their bodies trembled like sieves.

Fu Haibo even cried out, "We were wrong, please forgive us!" His cries of despair and pleas for mercy were futile, but in the face of the majesty of the law, they seemed so pale and powerless.

Only Banggeng was left on the top of the wall, but because he was facing away, he was completely unaware of the tremendous changes that were happening below the wall.

He lay on the top of the wall, trying to slide down with his legs, muttering softly: "What's wrong with you guys? Help me."

The voice carried a hint of anxiety and doubt, and was particularly clear in this tense atmosphere.

However, there was dead silence at the foot of the wall and no one responded to him at all.

An ominous premonition arose in Banggeng's heart, and that premonition was like a cold current that instantly spread throughout his body.

Why didn’t anyone answer him? Did they abandon him and run away?

He looked back anxiously, and the scene in front of him frightened him so much that his face turned as pale as a ghost, his whole body trembled, and his teeth chattered uncontrollably.

He saw a group of people standing there majestically. They were holding his accomplices firmly under control and looking at him with their heads raised.

His heart was instantly filled with despair, and his mind went blank. He only knew that he was completely finished. He was caught stealing, and now he couldn't explain himself even if he had a hundred mouths.

Captain Chen stepped forward, looked at the people who were under control with dignity, and said loudly: "You guys are so brave. You dare to steal other people's property in broad daylight! You have all been caught. Come back to the police station with us!"

Afterwards, the public security personnel took Wang Jiancheng and others back to the police station.

At the Jia family, Banggeng slipped out of the house early in the morning as usual, but today, he was different from usual and was not seen returning for a long time.

Jia Zhang was in the room, her brows furrowed, the wrinkles on her face deepened with anxiety, and her heart was vaguely entangled in an ominous premonition.

Her already irritable mood became even more like a lit powder keg amidst Xiao Huaihua's unstoppable crying.

"Cry, cry, cry, you only know how to cry, you are a slut who makes me worry, you are just like your shameless mother!"

While cursing viciously, Jia Zhang tried frantically to coax the crying little Huaihua.

Her rough hands slapped the child casually, her eyes full of impatience and anger, as if all the unhappiness in the world was concentrated at this moment.

Then, she turned her spearhead to Xiaodang, who was like a quail, and said without a trace of tenderness: "Xiaodang, go outside and look for your brother. He didn't even come back for lunch. How come there is nothing reassuring at home?"

Xiaodang timidly opened his eyes and looked at his grandmother, his eyes full of fear and reluctance.

She was timid to begin with, and after Jia Zhang's scolding, she became even more timid.

Her lips trembled slightly, and she whispered, "Grandma, ..."

She didn't dare, and Xiaodang couldn't say the three words in the end.

However, under the pressure of her grandmother's unquestionable majesty, she could only obey and run out the door with her short legs.

Xiao Dangxian went to the backyard and looked around, then shouted inside, but did not find his brother.

"Brother, brother, where are you?"

Then, she ran to the opposite side, in front of the Yang family's door, where the two children of the Yang family were sitting around the table with Su Jiao. Their laughter and the aroma of food floated out of the window.

Xiaodang swallowed involuntarily. The tempting fragrance was like an invisible hand, gently pulling her empty stomach.

But at this moment, the mission of finding her brother forced her to suppress her hunger and desire and continue running towards the front yard.

She shuttled back and forth in the alley, searching several places in a row. Her little face turned red and beads of sweat oozed out of her forehead.

Her small figure seemed particularly lonely and helpless in the alley. Wherever she went, she looked around with anticipation, but left disappointed again and again.

Finally, she had no choice but to hang her head and walk home with tired steps.

As soon as he entered the door, he was stopped by the anxious Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang held Xiao Dang's shoulders tightly with both hands and asked loudly, "How is it, have you found your brother?"

Xiaodang was startled and stammered, with a hint of tears in his voice, as he told the whole story of how he had not found his brother.

"I, I didn't find my brother..."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she became as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Normally, even if Bangteng was playing, he would just move around nearby and had never disappeared for no reason before.

Today's unusual situation made her feel more and more uneasy like a surging tide.

She didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly picked up Xiao Huaihua and ran towards the steel mill.