Comfortable life in Siheyuan

Liu Qingshan took Captain Li and went directly to the Third Uncle.

When the two arrived at the courtyard, the third uncle had not returned yet. Liu Qingshan and Captain Li waited in the front yard for a while.

"Hey! Isn't this Xiao Li? Why are you in our courtyard? Is something wrong?" Yi Zhonghai was walking back from outside with a chessboard in his hand!

"Isn't this Master Yi? You also live in this courtyard? Just now, Chief Liu and I caught a thief at the base of the steel mill wall. But Chief Liu said that the things have been picked up by someone! We came here to retrieve the things and see what they are!"

"Qingshan, who stole the things? Do you know him?" Yi Zhonghai looked at Liu Qingshan and asked with a little curiosity.

"I don't know him. He should have just joined the factory not long ago. He looks quite young!" Liu Qingshan responded with a smile.

"He's a newcomer and only an apprentice. He hasn't even been promoted to a higher position!" Captain Li added.

"Are the newcomers so brave nowadays? Times have really changed!" Yi Zhonghai sighed.

"Master Yi, it's nothing compared to your time. You used to help catch enemy spies!" Captain Li joked with a smile.

In fact, there were workers who stole workpieces from the factory at that time, but apprentices were not so bold, and only experienced workers dared to do so.

Moreover, since Liu Qingshan installed a metal detector at the factory gate, many incidents of this kind have been prevented.

After they chatted for a while, the third uncle walked in from the door.

"Wow! It's so lively here! What are you talking about? Hey! This young man looks a little unfamiliar?" The third uncle said with a smile while pushing a bicycle!

"Old Yan, this is Captain Li from the security department of the steel rolling mill. He came here to ask you about something." Yi Zhonghai kindly reminded.

"You come to me to find out what's going on? What is there for you to find out? I've never worked in a steel mill!" The third uncle's eyes looked a little flustered, but he still spoke with confidence.

"Uncle, this is the situation. Did you pick up something outside the wall of the steel rolling mill today? It was a thief in the factory who stole something from the factory and threw it outside the wall!" Liu Qingshan didn't want to beat around the bush with him, so he just said it straight away.

"Hey! Are you talking about this? I thought it was something else! You scared me!" The third uncle said as he took out an iron lump from the snakeskin bag at the back of the car.

"It's just this stuff, I picked it up as waste, and I'm going to get together and sell it for money!" The third uncle was not afraid of being embarrassed, because the news of picking up waste had spread throughout the courtyard anyway.

"This is a piece of scrap steel. I have to take it back so I can deal with that guy!" Captain Li said seriously.

"Okay! Just take it! It's not worth much!" said the third uncle readily.

"Uncle, I have one more question, please don't mind."

"Just ask! We'll tell you whatever you want to say!" said the third uncle with a smile.

"Okay, I just want to ask, when you picked up the thing, was this the only one? There was nothing else!"

"That's it! All my things are in this bag! If you don't believe me, just look through it!" As he said that, the third uncle squatted down and started to look through it.

Yi Zhonghai also squatted down and looked carefully.

After a while, several people finished watching and Captain Li was ready to leave.

"Thank you for your cooperation! Sorry for bothering you!" Captain Li said with a smile.

"No, this is what we should share."

"It should be some scrap steel. He is just an apprentice. If he really stole the finished workpiece, he would have been discovered long ago." Yi Zhonghai said.

"Okay, I'll go back now. Please stay!"

"Walk slowly!"

"..."

After seeing Captain Li off, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Qingshan turned their attention to Yan Bugui.

"Old Yan, do you really pick up these things every day?" An old man kicked the bag with a look of disbelief.

"I'm just sitting here doing nothing!" The third uncle looked a little embarrassed. Although everyone knew about the rag picking, he still felt a little embarrassed to be asked in person.

"I remember that your family member Jie Cheng borrowed money from you to open a restaurant. You should still have some money on hand, right?" Yi Zhonghai continued to ask.

"Yes, there is some, but now my expenses are not enough to cover my income every month. I am really unsure! I have to save that money for emergencies!" The third uncle is also tired of the hard life, and he dare not spend money recklessly even if he has money.

"Uncle, Jie Cheng and the others haven't been back for a while!" Liu Qingshan suddenly asked.

"Alas! Let's not talk about these things! This is all my fault!"

The third uncle picked up the bag and slowly walked back home. His back looked really lonely.

"Qingshan, why did you go to the steel mill today?" Yi Zhonghai asked casually as he walked inside with Liu Qingshan.

"Bring the students over to help. It will only take a while."

"That's good! Our steel rolling mill is close to home. Look, you've been delayed for so long and it's just getting dark today!" Yi Zhonghai joked with a smile!

"That's true. I work at a school and it takes me a long time to get home every day!"

"..."

After returning home, Liu Qingshan reviewed today's events and started making arrangements for the rest of his work.

At the dinner table, Father Liu frowned and looked at Liu Qingshan, and asked softly, "Qingshan, did the Third Uncle really go outside the steel mill wall to pick up waste?"

"I saw it with my own eyes. Captain Li came over just now and took away the piece of scrap steel he picked up." Liu Qingshan sighed when he talked about this.

"Is Old Yan okay?" Father Liu asked immediately.

"He's fine. What can happen if he just picks up a piece of scrap steel?"

"Old Yan's children are really something. We haven't seen any of them come back this year!" Mother Liu curled her lips and said with disdain.

"Look, he was a good teacher, but instead of passing on his family tradition of poetry and literature, he passed on his stinginess! His children all learned from him, this is really a blessing!" Father Liu shook his head and didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.

"By the way, I heard a few days ago that Second Uncle's life was also a mess!" Liu's mother suddenly said.

"Isn't the second uncle doing well? He lives in a big yard now and his son is with him!" Feng Yu looked at Liu's mother in confusion.

"I heard that his Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangfu quarrel almost every day, and they quarrel in different ways. The second uncle didn't attend Xu Damao's housewarming party a while ago because he was so angry that he was hospitalized!" Liu's mother said in a low voice.

"Is it true? He has so many family affairs? Then Liu Guangfu is still living there?" Liu Qingshan was also surprised. He thought that the second uncle had kicked Liu Guangfu out a long time ago!

"You don't know! Liu Guangfu doesn't even live in the house that his company has allocated to him. He's just wasting time there! The two brothers can't say a few words to each other now. Once they talk, they start to quarrel! One time, I ran into Second Aunt at the vegetable market, and Second Aunt had a very grim look on her face!"

"Wow! Among the three uncles in our courtyard, only the first uncle has a better life in his later years. Those who have sons are worse off than those who don't!"