Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

It was only the 54th year, and the grading of workers in the old city had not even begun. Yi Zhonghai was not yet the eighth-level worker who was said to be able to build an aircraft carrier with his bare hands as shown in the TV series. However, he was now a senior worker in the factory and his skills were among the best.

The more advanced the technology, the fewer people can do it. No matter what type of job they are, they are all senior workers, and they must give each other face in normal times. This leads to Yi Zhonghai being very influential in the factory, even in the technical department.

Unless Xiao Li is truly skilled in technology and has an irreplaceable position, or has a strong background, then Yi Zhonghai will not be able to deal with him no matter what he does.

Although Xiao Li is a time traveler, Chen Zhaodi really doesn’t know whether he is really that awesome. She can only wait and see what happens in the future.

She continued to say to Hu Meihua: "Little Brother Li is really amazing. This morning he quietly went to the subdistrict office and the police station to report the incident. He brought Officer Wang and two police officers back and started another scene in the Intermediate Court. He also asked Officer Wang what the manager did and whether he could replace the subdistrict office and the police station."

Hu Meihua stood up in surprise: "What did you say? Did Xiao Li really ask that?"

She didn't care about anything else, she just wanted to know how Secretary Wang answered.

In the past two years, she has really had enough of those three old gang members who use trivial matters as their authority and want to interfere in everything. They always sit high and mighty in meetings, criticize anyone who does something not to their liking, and force people to do things according to their wishes.

Otherwise, how could their family supply vegetables and coal to so many families in the compound for free?

Chen Zhaodi nodded affirmatively: "If they really asked that, then Secretary Wang explained anxiously that the manager was actually just a messenger and had no power at all."

Hu Meihua was stunned for a moment before she burst into laughter. She slapped her thigh and said, "You deserve it, you deserve it, you bullied others. Now you've hit a snag on Xiao Li. No, you've hit your head. Let's see who will care about you in this courtyard from now on!"

Suddenly remembering his own family affairs, he asked again: "Was your father there at the time? Did he say anything?"

Chen Zhaodi said obediently: "Dad was here too, and he asked, and Secretary Wang said that our family doesn't have to carry things for others for free."

Hu Meihua finally felt relieved this time: "If it weren't for these three old guys, why would your father have worked so hard for nothing? What happened later? How did Officer Wang punish those three old guys?"

Chen Zhaodi shook her head. "It's too late in the morning. After the police asked the Jia family to apologize and compensate Brother Li, it was almost time to go to work. Secretary Wang is coming to hold a meeting for us in the evening and said that he wants to resolve this matter."

Hu Meihua was excited. She regretted that she didn't get to see the three old men make a fool of themselves. Unexpectedly, Secretary Wang was so thoughtful and specially arranged it to be held in the evening so that everyone could see the three old men make a fool of themselves.

My mind was too excited, and I felt tired. I yawned, waved my hand, and walked to the bedroom, saying as I walked, "Okay, I'm going to sleep for a while. I can't hold on any longer. You clean the house. I brought back some dirty clothes, so you wash them and hang them up."

Chen Zhaodi nodded helplessly and agreed. She held the clothes and started to wash them with hot water. She was thinking while washing.

This couple is really good at hiding.

As far as she knew, in the entire compound, except for the deaf old lady, the He family, the Xu family and her own family, everyone else rented their houses.

Look at who these people are: in the TV series, the deaf old lady repeatedly helps Sha Zhu wipe his butt, which shows that she has a wide network of contacts; she lives a comfortable life and keeps herself clean and tidy all day long, which shows that she at least had a wealthy family in the past; she is obviously a lonely old woman in the compound, but is feared by everyone, which shows that she is smart enough.

The He family was able to spend money to buy three main rooms in the central courtyard and one northern room in the east wing before liberation, and was able to keep them. Could they be simple people?

In the Xu family, Xu Fugui would show movies before liberation, and Aunt Xu worked as a helper in the Lou family. She was trusted by Mrs. Lou, who even trusted her so much that she later married her daughter to Xu Damao.

Compared with these three families, what is my family like? Chen Datou used to be a poor man, Hu Meihua was a housewife, the elders on both sides are gone, and neither of them has any brothers or sisters, and they are still three generations of poor people.

With such conditions, how could he buy a main house and two side rooms in the backyard at the end of 48? To say that there was no trickery involved is really unbelievable.

Unfortunately, during this period of time, she almost turned the house upside down, but still didn't find anything unusual.

But Chen Zhaodi was not in a hurry. After all, she was still young and her space was slowly being filled. As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, you will not be worried. As long as she persisted, she would always find the secret hidden by the couple. By then, she would be older and would have more choices. She would be able to live freely like that fellow villager.

She was rubbing the clothes while thinking about all sorts of things. After she finished, she looked at the large basin of clothes and felt sorry that she didn't have time to go out to exchange things today. The customer had originally asked her to send some cucumbers today, saying that they were his specialties. Now that she didn't send any, she didn't know if the customer would be angry.

But never mind. It's a seller's market now, and the seller is the boss, especially in the winter. Anyone who sees such juicy cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, etc. will rush to grab them. If the customer is unhappy, just go find the next customer. There will always be a customer willing to take them.

I also thought that it would be the year 55 soon, when public-private partnership would officially begin and the state would start to supply most materials based on tickets. I had to earn more money and save more materials so that I would not have nothing to use in the future.

It's impossible to expect Hu Meihua to buy something for me, but can't I make some plans for myself?

Fortunately, the couple needs me now, so Chen Datou rarely hits me now. Otherwise, her temper would explode and she would secretly cause more damage to the family and cheat Guangzong more times.

Whenever she thought about the past two months, when Guangzong was always ambushed outside and beaten black and blue, she wanted to laugh before she even saw who did it. Wasn't it Yan Jiecheng from the Yan family who did it?

The Yan family suffered such a great loss, but the adults couldn't do anything and they didn't even allow the children to make a fuss.

It just so happened that she didn't go out during that time, so Guangzong suffered. He was beaten badly every time and cried out in pain, but when he went to the hospital for a checkup, it was only flesh wounds. Even if he wanted to report to the police, it would be useless and he would be despised.

After all, everyone knows what is going on.

As a result, Chen Datou was forced to pick up Chen Guangzong every morning and evening. As a result, Chen Guangzong was laughed at by his classmates as a girl, and they stopped playing with him and didn't let him copy homework.

Isn't this a good deal for me?

Say a few nice words to him at home, then take a look at his book and praise this kid for being so good at learning such difficult things.

While he is confused, let him teach you from the beginning while he consolidates his knowledge. Then, naturally, you can catch up with his progress slowly. Then, you can explain the questions to him and do his homework for him, so that he never has to worry about not being able to hand in his homework again.

After all this, Chen Guangzong's attitude towards her has become much better recently, and he is willing to call her "sister".

There is another advantage to doing this. If she shows that she can read in the future, there will be someone to prove it.

Of course, in the meantime, she can also learn traditional Chinese characters. Although students in the New World are born to know traditional Chinese characters, writing out traditional Chinese characters individually is another matter.