Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

Not to mention how angry Yi Zhonghai was, the only one who did not hear Lin Baoyan's explanation in person that night. Lin Baoyan fell asleep in doubt and anxiety.

She hoped that the thief would not mention the smoke to reduce the crime, but also hoped that the police could find out the details of the smoke during the interrogation, so that she could be prepared if she encountered such a situation in the future.

However, if the drug-induced smoke incident is really discovered, her identity will probably no longer be hidden.

But Wang Gongan did not mention the smoke today.

What is the situation?

Unable to figure out the reason, Lin Baoyan simply stopped caring about anything and let things take their course.

On New Year's Eve, Lin Baoyan spent the day alone. He Yushui invited her to celebrate the New Year with him, but Lin Baoyan declined.

The He family finally had a new daughter-in-law come home to spend the New Year reunion, and now it's ridiculous for her neighbor to get involved.

What's more, there are chickens, ducks and fish in her space. She can eat whatever she wants. Why should she go to the He family to join in the fun?

The deaf old lady next door was also spending the New Year alone. An old lady came over and brought her a few plates of food, but she didn't know what the dishes were. Anyway, Lin Baoyan didn't smell any meat.

Now the deaf old lady has no prestige in the compound, and Yi Zhonghai is not so concerned about her anymore.

However, Lin Baoyan didn't believe that the deaf old lady could endure such a depressing life.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the two rooms in the west wing of the central courtyard had new owners without any prior notice.

When the new owner came, Lin Baoyan and He Yushui were chatting with He Sanmei at He's house. It was morning and there were not many people in the yard. They saw the third aunt following a young man in a navy blue cotton coat into the central courtyard.

"Comrade Public Security, this is the Intermediate Court. According to your notification, these are the two houses you will be allocated." Yang Ruihua gave instructions to the young man enthusiastically.

"Thank you, Auntie."

Hearing the voice, He Sanmei walked out of the room first and greeted enthusiastically: "Auntie, who is this police comrade looking for? Everyone has gone to work."

"Hey, he's not here to look for anyone. This public security comrade is a neighbor assigned to our yard!"

"Ah, it's our neighbor. Hello, comrade. My name is He Sanmei, and I'm the daughter-in-law of the main house of the He family. This is my sister He Yushui, and this is Lin Baoyan from the backyard. Comrade, welcome to live in our yard. With you in our yard, we will sleep more peacefully in the future, right, Baoyan?"

Lin Baoyan suppressed all her speculations and said with a smile, "Yes, a thief broke into our yard before and broke into my house. If it weren't for the second uncle scaring the thief away in time, my house would have been robbed. Now that we have the police, the thief doesn't dare to come, and we are much more relieved."

The young man put down the package in his hand and saluted the three aunts and He Sanmei respectively. Lin Baoyan was so shocked that she immediately stood up straight and also saluted with a not very standard salute.

The young man stood up straight and said in a loud voice: "Hello everyone, I am Zhou Kangzhan, a new police officer in the police station. Serving the people is our duty."

Having never dealt with such a righteous person at such a close distance, the third aunt was a little uncomfortable. She laughed twice and said, "Public Security Zhou"

The young man looked at the third aunt and said, "Third aunt, you don't have to be so polite. Just call me Xiao Zhou."

The third aunt opened her mouth and said to the young man, but she couldn't call him Xiao Zhou. She could only say vaguely, "I have something else to do. I'll go back first. If there's anything you don't know or need, just let me know. We're neighbors in the same courtyard."

"Thank you, Auntie. If I need anything, I will definitely ask you for help."

He Yushui kept looking at Zhou Kangzhan, the light in her eyes almost blinded Lin Baoyan's eyes. When He Sanmei motioned her to come in, she didn't even react. Instead, she said enthusiastically, "Brother Zhou, you just moved in, so I guess you don't have any cleaning tools in the house. I'll get you my broom and dustpan."

Without waiting for anyone to refuse, he quickly ran back into the house, picked up the broom, dustpan, rag and basin, ran over excitedly and said, "It's almost noon. I'll help you clean. The two of us can clean faster and it won't delay your lunch." After that, he pushed the door open and went in, leaving no time for people to refuse.

Jia Zhang, who was hiding behind the window next door and peeking, had a distorted face and cursed Qin Huairu in a low voice: "Why don't you just be lazy? Didn't you see He Yushui went to help the neighbor? Why didn't you go to help? This Zhou brought so many packages, and he's a public security officer. You helped him, so how can he not give you something?"

Qin Huairu felt aggrieved. Normally, she was watched closely by Jia Zhangshi and was not allowed to say a word to anyone. Last year, she caused a scene because she brought a package for Wu Zhi, and she was severely punished afterwards.

In this situation, how could she dare to take the initiative to do anything? As a result, she did not take the initiative, but Jia Zhang did.

"Mom, there are only two rooms. The rain has already passed. It would not be appropriate for me to go there again."

"You idiot, what's wrong with you going? It doesn't matter whether you do the job or not. If you go, you are helping and you can get a reward. Why don't you go now?"

Qin Huairu was both embarrassed and annoyed, but she had to go out to help.

When she went out, she found that Lin Baoyan had also gone to Zhou's house to help.

As soon as she entered the room, the three people in the room stopped what they were doing and looked at her.

Qin Huairu was rarely embarrassed: "Hello, Public Security Zhou, I live next door, and I was thinking about helping my neighbor, but I didn't expect there would be so many people. How about, Baoyan, you are still young, you take a rest, I will do it."

As he said this, he was about to step forward and take the broom from Lin Baoyan's hand.

Lin Baoyan hid her hands behind her back and said, "No need, Sister Jia, sweeping the floor doesn't take much effort. I do it alone at home."

Zhou Kangzhan, who was cleaning the windows, was a step late and also refused, saying, "Thank you, sister-in-law. I don't need your help here."

Seeing that Qin Huairu was still not leaving, He Yushui continued to sweep the dust with a bamboo pole and said, "Sister Jia, we really don't need your help. We are almost done. It's very dusty here. Don't dirty your new clothes."

Qin Huairu had no choice but to leave with a smile.

Soon, there were faint sounds of shouting and cursing coming from next door.

He Yushui said: "Brother Zhou, this is the sister-in-law of the Jia family next door. There are four people in their family, Aunt Jia Zhang Xiaohua, Jia Dongxu, sister-in-law Qin Huairu, and a three-year-old son Jia Geng, nicknamed Bang Geng. Aunt Jia is unreasonable and always likes..."

"Cough cough~"

Lin Baoyan quickly interrupted He Yushui.

What a joke! You say bad things about your neighbors when you meet them for the first time. If someone knows that you like them and are afraid that they will suffer, then people who don’t know will think that there is something wrong with you.

"Oh, I wasn't paying attention when I was sweeping the floor. The dust is so thick. I should have sprinkled some water first. That way, the dust wouldn't fly up and make the tables and benches all covered with dust."

Zhou Kangzhan glanced at Lin Baoyan and did not say that there was no flying dust in the room. Instead, he said, "You are not choked, are you? This place is not very big. Go out and take a rest. I will sprinkle some water first and I will sweep it later."

He Yushui leaned against the bamboo pole, walked to Lin Baoyan with concern and said, "Are you still coughing? I said, I don't need your help, I can finish this hygiene in a moment."

Lin Baoyan was speechless. Where is your usual smart brain?