Siheyuan: I can change size at will

As night fell, the lights in the Hongxing Courtyard gradually lit up, and residents came out of their rooms one after another and gathered in the front yard.

They were standing or sitting, gathered in groups of three or five, discussing the sudden whole-house meeting tonight.

"Oh, it's another meeting. It's so annoying." A middle-aged man was the first to complain. His brows were furrowed, and he was obviously very dissatisfied with the frequent meetings of the whole institute.

"Yeah, yeah." A middle-aged woman next to him also agreed, "Every meeting is just a bunch of nonsense. It's just the same old stuff over and over again. It's of no practical use."

"We just held a meeting for the entire hospital a few days ago because of the paralysis of a deaf old lady. What is it about this time?" another resident asked curiously, his face full of confusion.

"Who knows? Every meeting is always confusing anyway." Some people shrugged, expressing their helplessness and dissatisfaction with the conference.

Just as everyone was talking, Yan Bugui also came to Liu Haizhong.

He had a warm smile on his face and looked very friendly: "Old Liu, you just recovered from your illness and you are going to hold a hospital-wide meeting. Isn't it too tiring?

Why don't you go back and rest? I'll open the meeting for you. Just tell me why we're holding the meeting tonight."

Yan Bugui's words made Liu Haizhong feel furious.

He knew that Yan Bugui was actually testing him by saying this, wanting to know the real purpose of tonight's whole-school meeting.

But how could Liu Haizhong easily reveal his plan?

He suppressed his anger and smiled, but his eyes were firm: "Yan Bugui, thank you for your concern. But this meeting of the whole institute is very important, I must attend in person. As for the purpose of the meeting, you will know it later."

When Yan Bugui heard this, he couldn't help feeling confused.

He could see that Liu Haizhong's condition tonight was different from usual, and he seemed to have some important plans.

"Well, since you insist on participating, I won't say much."

Yan Bugui said with a smile, but there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

Liu Haizhong looked at Yan Bugui's back and sneered in his heart.

Tonight's whole-school meeting is aimed at Yan Bugui.

Liu Haizhong stood in front of the crowd and took a look around. Seeing that almost everyone was present, he cleared his throat and said solemnly, "Good evening, neighbors. Now that everyone is here, let's officially start the meeting."

His voice echoed in the night, causing a hush.

Then he continued, "The reason why we have called everyone to this meeting today is because a very serious incident has occurred in our courtyard. There are thieves."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar all around. People gasped, whispered to each other, and talked a lot.

"Jia Zhang and Bang Geng both went in? Who else is the thief?" someone asked in confusion.

"Yeah, I wonder what else is lost?" someone else asked.

"At least my things aren't lost," someone consoled himself.

When Yan Bugui heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately thought of the bag of flour he had picked up a few days ago.

He was frightened for a moment, but then calmed down. He thought that there was no mark on the white flour, and as long as he didn't admit it, Liu Haizhong wouldn't be able to do anything to him even if he came to his house.

At this time, Sha Zhu interrupted curiously: "Second Uncle, what was stolen from our yard?"

His question made everyone curious, and they all looked at Liu Haizhong, waiting for his answer.

Liu Haizhong said seriously: "I lost something, two kilograms of flour were stolen, I suspect it was done by a thief in the yard.

I hope everyone can cooperate with me to find this thief."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a buzz of discussion in the yard.

"Two kilograms of flour. Your family has suffered heavy losses."

"This thief deserves to die for stealing this kind of white flour."

Nowadays, everyone values ​​anything edible.

Especially white flour, a refined grain.

Something that can only be eaten during Chinese New Year.

It seems that Liu Haizhong wanted to buy some flour to celebrate after he came out of the mental hospital, but it was stolen.

Some people speculated that it was done by outsiders, while others suspected that it was done by the residents in the yard.

Yan Bugui sat in the crowd, feeling uneasy.

He was worried that his actions would be exposed, but he didn't want to admit it.

The third aunt was shocked. She immediately thought of the bag of flour that Yan Bugui brought back tonight, and immediately looked at Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui kept winking at her, signaling her to shut up and stop talking nonsense, and reassured her that it was no big deal.

Seeing this, the three aunts finally quieted down and stopped talking.

At this time, Liu Haizhong said solemnly: "I hope that the thief can consciously stand up and admit his mistake and hand over the stolen flour. If he does so, considering that we have been neighbors for many years, I can let him go and let him go.

We can resolve this matter in the courtyard without alerting the police station to handle the matter according to the law."

Yan Bugui put on a serious and calm look, without showing any trace of panic or nervousness at all.

I have to say that he is indeed a sophisticated veteran.

It is simply a fantasy and impossible to ask him to come forward and admit his mistake.

After all, as an elementary school teacher and also the manager of the courtyard, he absolutely cannot lose face here under any circumstances.

Otherwise, how could he continue to serve as the manager of this courtyard in the future?

People around started talking about it.

"Who stole the flour? Admit it now!"

"Second Master is so magnanimous that he has made it clear that he will not report it to the police."

"Yes, yes. I'm in a hurry to get home and cook. You should admit your mistake as soon as possible."

Yan Bugui suddenly interrupted and said, "Old Liu, have you ever thought that it might be someone from outside who came in and stole things?

The people in our yard are all clean and honest!"

Liu Haizhong shook his head and replied, "Absolutely impossible! It's only been three minutes since we found out Baimian was missing. If it was done by an outsider, how could they run so fast?

So it must be the people in our courtyard who are causing trouble!

It’s been so long and no one has come forward to admit their mistakes, so there’s nothing we can do but search every household to see what’s going on.”

"I'm afraid this is not appropriate!" Yan Bugui quickly expressed his objection.

Just as the two were arguing, Cao Zhengshuang came over with Secretary Wang.

I only heard Officer Wang say loudly: "I agree with the house search!"