The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 27, Zheng Shan’s embarrassment

It was almost twelve o'clock when we came out of Li Huaide's place, and it was soon time for workers to get off work and have dinner.

Li Weiguo hurried back to the west gate. It was time to prepare food for his master.

As soon as they returned to the west gate duty room, Xu Dong and Wang Zhenhai noticed the May 4th pistol at their waists.

"What's going on? You just went out and changed the gun for the gun?" Wang Zhenhai asked.

He and Xu Dong were on duty and were not in the Security Section, so they did not see the news on the Security Section bulletin board and did not know the situation of Li Weiguo and the others.

The bulletin boards and radio announcements in the factory are not that fast yet, and it is estimated that it will not be announced to the whole factory until the afternoon.

"Hehe. It's still Ma Wanchang's and Ma Rulong's business. If they have made a meritorious service, they will be transferred directly to the head of the picket unit." Li Weiguo said with a smile.

Wang Zhenhai obviously didn't believe what he said: "You can be transferred to another job after you have made a meritorious service? Can you become the chief of the picket unit?"

Li Weiguo chuckled, knowing that he couldn't hide this from Wang Zhenhai, an old man in the world: "Deputy Director Li also needs to help."

Just say it. Wang Zhenhai nodded and did not object: "Although I don't know how you hooked up with Li Huaide, he is not a simple person. You should pay attention to your own sense of propriety."

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Don't worry, Master, I understand. I'll go get you some food first."

As he spoke, he picked up Wang Zhenhai and Xu Dong's lunch boxes and went to get them food.

Each lunch box contains two corn tortillas, half cabbage, and half potatoes. The conditions in the factory are like this, so you don’t have to think about how much you want to eat.

Taking the lunch boxes, I found a deserted place, put a few slices of pork into the two lunch boxes, and put two peeled hard-boiled eggs in them.

Although there are good things, it is not easy to take out too much at one time. You can only take a little bit at a time to improve the master's life. Xu Dong did it incidentally.

After all, personal income is here, and there is no explanation for taking too much at one time.

After putting down the lunch box for Wang Zhenhai, the person to replace Li Wei's Donggang Guard arrived, and it was Han Dayou.

"Chief Li." Han Dayou saluted.

Li Weiguo nodded and let him do as he pleased.

Then he said to Wang Zhenhai: "Master, my job will no longer be here. I will come to you to practice martial arts when I have time."

Wang Zhenhai thought for a while and said, "Yeah. From now on, you can go to my place to practice every weekend. It's not suitable in a factory after all. There are so many people and so many eyes."

"Okay, Master, I will come to your place after the weekend. I usually practice at home by myself." Li Weiguo nodded.

Farewell to Wang Zhenhai, Li Weiguo left the factory directly in the name of business.

Siheyuan No. 23, Xiangyi Hutong.

A tough woman was blocking the door of a house and yelling.

A circle of neighbors gathered around, all watching the fun, and no one stepped forward to stop it.

"Zheng Shan, your family has money to eat white flour steamed buns, but what if you don't have money? How long has your family borrowed our money? When do you plan to pay it back?"

Zheng Shan's head was pounding at the moment. After suffering for so long, he just earned 170 yuan from Li Weiguo a few days ago. He gave 60 yuan to Yang Xiaojun, leaving 110 yuan for himself.

Some debts couldn't be postponed for a long time, so I used 100 to pay off part of them.

There is more than 120 foreign debts left that have not been repaid.

The remaining 10 yuan bought some white flour for the two children and made some white flour steamed buns to satisfy their cravings.

No, I smelled the smell of white flour steamed buns and came to my door.

The woman continued: "If it wasn't for the sake of the neighbors in the neighborhood, who would lend it to you? How long has Lao Zheng been gone. If you still don't pay back the money, we still have to live."

Facing this woman, Zheng Shan had no idea: "Sister Zhang, I saved some money some time ago to repay some of my neighbors. Please give me some time and I will repay you as soon as possible."

The woman: "As soon as possible? How soon is as soon as possible? Now that I'm eating white flour steamed buns, I still don't plan to pay back the money. How long are you going to delay?"

Zheng Shan had no choice but to go back to the house. After rummaging for a long time, he found out twelve yuan, handed it to the woman and said: "Sister Zhang, the pound of white flour at home was given by my comrades. How can I buy white flour to eat at home?" Now I only have twelve yuan. Give me the remaining thirty yuan and I will find a way to pay you back."

The woman snatched the money, ordered some, didn't intend to leave, and continued: "Think of a way? You have no work now, what can you think of, relying on temporary jobs every day, earning a few melons and two dates, How can you pay back the money if you can’t even feed yourself?”

Even if he gave all the savings at home to the woman, he still couldn't send her away, and Zheng Shan was so anxious that he got angry.

I had no choice but to close the door and hide inside the house out of sight.

However, the woman outside the door had no intention of letting him go, and kept yelling and cursing into the room, demanding repayment of the money.

"Fuck." Zheng Shan leaned against the door, grabbing his hair anxiously and helplessly, without any solution.

Zheng Shan's daughter-in-law looked haggard, and she could only sigh in the face of the shouts and curses outside the door, and she cried silently while holding her son and daughter in her arms.

The two children were only three or four years old and didn't understand things. When they saw their mother crying, they started crying too.

The house was filled with gloom and gloom.

In the room, Mrs. Zheng Shan wiped her tears and said, "Oh Shanzi, it's your father and I who have dragged you down. It's us who have dragged you down. My parents are sorry for you." As she spoke, she couldn't help crying.

Afraid of my mother's wild thoughts, Zheng Shan quickly comforted me: "Mom, I don't blame you and dad, don't think too much, it's my fault. I will find a way, don't worry."

In the final analysis, it is still the fault of those few white flour steamed buns. Now that the rations have been reduced, those with poor family conditions are exchanging fine grains for coarse grains, hoping that the coarse grains can last longer.

If my family still eats white-flour steamed buns in this situation, isn't this going to be resented by others?

"Zheng Shan, come out here. Do you think hiding in there is the end? Come out quickly!" Seeing Zheng Shan hiding back in the house, the woman ignored her and continued to yell and curse.

While everyone was watching the show, a man wearing a white police uniform and a gun on his waist walked into the yard.

The person who came was none other than Li Weiguo. He was tall and wearing a police uniform. As soon as he entered the yard, he attracted all the attention.

When the woman saw the police coming, she immediately became excited: "Hey, comrades from the police are here. Come and see. Some people have eaten white flour steamed buns and insist on not paying back the money they owe. There is no reason for this. Come and see." look."

The trivial matters in the courtyard were too annoying. Li Weiguo had seen too much and didn't want to care about it. He asked the person next to him, "Does Zheng Shan live here?"

When the woman saw that the police were looking for Zheng Shan, she thought he had committed something. She immediately shouted: "Zheng Shan, you are done. Your incident has been revealed. The police comrades have come to the courtyard to arrest you."

This woman's shouting voice was really harsh and unpleasant. Li Weiguo immediately shouted in a deep voice: "Shut up!"

Then he asked: "Who is the master in charge?"

Hearing that the call was for the steward, a little old man quickly emerged from the crowd: "I am, hello comrade, what can I do for you?"

A group of people gathered around Zheng Shan's house to watch a play. Even the manager in charge ignored him and allowed the woman to yell and curse. When Li Weiguo saw the situation, his brain was congested and his menstruation jumped.

He immediately pointed at the steward and scolded him: "As a steward, you don't know how to regulate neighborhood disputes, maintain order, and allow residents' conflicts to expand. What do you want to do? Do you not want to do it anymore?"

Then he pointed at the woman and shouted loudly: "And you, destroy the harmony of the neighborhood and spread rumors and cause trouble. What do you want to do?"

As soon as the big hat came down, the two of them were frightened on the spot.

The two of them were so frightened that they waved their hands and denied: "No, no, no, it's not like that, it's not like that."

After shocking the two of them, Li Weiguo stopped talking nonsense to them and asked again: "Where is Zheng Shan's family?"

The steward pointed tremblingly: "This is the east wing."

He nodded and said to the steward: "Let everyone disperse quickly. What does it look like with a bunch of people stuck together?" After that, he ignored him and went straight to Zheng Shan's house.