Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

There is nothing much to say. The criminal was caught red-handed and the chicken feathers were all left on the spot without any time to deal with them.

"Catch them all and lock them up!" Zhao Hongqing ordered.

Liu Guangfu, Banggeng and seven or eight other culprits and accomplices, including the unlucky Xiaoqiang and Lai Fu, were arrested.

On the way back, Xiaoqiang figured out the situation and cried out: "Uncle Zhao, my brother and I didn't steal the chickens. We were called here by them..."

When in Zengzhuang, because there were too many people, Zhao Hongqing did not pay attention to the little ones like Xiaoqiang and Lai Fu.

So now Zhao Hongqing didn't recognize the two people at all, and ignored them even when they cried out for injustice.

Soon everyone was taken to a room in the security department where people were kept. Before the interrogation, Liu Guangfu discussed with Banggeng that they should insist that Xiaoqiang and Laifu were participants. This way, even if compensation was required, there would be two more people to share the burden.

But Zhao Hongqing's focus is not chickens, but pigs.

When Liu Guangfu and his companions learned that several hundred kilograms of pork were lost from the steel mill and suspected that they had stolen it, they were all terrified.

......

Jiaodaokou Supply and Marketing Cooperative, director’s office.

Director Qian personally brought a milky white teacup over and placed it in front of Zhang Xiuzhi: "Xiuzhi, have a sip of tea first. You really helped me a lot. Several outlets under our supply and marketing cooperative can't even sell frozen meat now. With these three pigs, if we sell them sparingly, they can last for a month.

"Don't worry, wait until they have settled the score, and I'll give you the money and the ticket together."

The fact that they are selling sparingly is enough to show that the current situation is very bad.

"It's okay, Director Qian. I've already been to Peking University. I'll just go to the street office later and I'll be fine. I'm not in a hurry!" Zhang Xiuzhi reached out to pick up the teacup, but found it was very hot, so she retracted her hand.

Director Qian smiled and said, "What director? Just call Wangcai what you want. Look at me, I'm so inconsiderate. I'm asking you to drink tea on such a hot day. Wait a minute, I'll go get some soda."

Without waiting for Zhang Xiuzhi to refuse, he went out himself and came back with two bottles of ice soda after several minutes. It was not easy to drink ice-cold soda at that time.

While Zhang Xiuzhi was drinking soda, Director Qian asked, "What are you doing at the street office? Are you looking for Director Zhang?"

"Yes!" Zhang Xiuzhi nodded and put down the soda bottle. "Director Zhang and the others didn't buy any fish yesterday. They were worried that it would have a bad impact and cause trouble for us. I'll go check it out later and call Wang Caida to ask him when he's coming back and bring some fish when he comes back."

Director Qian was immediately filled with emotion. He thought that the only person who could bring back the fish at this time was probably Zeng Wangcai.

He pointed to the phone on his desk and said, "You can call now. You have nothing to do anyway."

Zhang Xiuzhi thought so too, so she dialed the phone and asked someone to transfer the call. It took her several minutes to finally contact Zeng Wangcai.

"What's the matter? When will Wangcai come back?" Director Qian asked hurriedly.

"It will be there this afternoon!" Zhang Xiuzhi naturally knew what Director Qian meant, so she said without him asking, "He has another truckload of stuff to bring back, but it can't be given to your supply and marketing cooperative."

"Oh, last night's is enough, that's enough..." Director Qian was a little disappointed, but he was not greedy. "Then I'll go and see him this afternoon and thank him in person."

"Alright, I'll leave first. You guys won't be able to figure it out in a while."

"Okay, okay, I'll bring it to you this afternoon!"

It's not difficult to calculate the money, but it's a bit troublesome to take out a lot of tickets at once, so Director Qian said to bring them over in the afternoon.

This time, Zhang Xiuzhi bought a total of about 3,000 kilograms of fish, and about 12,000 kilograms of pumpkin and sweet potatoes. She brought back seven pigs, two of which were left in Zengzhuang, and the remaining five were left at Peking University and three at the supply and marketing cooperative.

The income from fish and pumpkin and sweet potatoes was about 2,300 yuan, and the five pigs weighed 2,152 kilograms, with a harvest of more than 1,900 yuan.

The two items add up to more than four thousand, not including reward tickets and so on.

In short, Zeng Wangcai achieved his goal. With the huge sum of 4,000 yuan, plus the tickets and the stored food, he could live a comfortable life for one or two years no matter how difficult the life was.

Of course, the premise is that you don’t squander money on the black market.

Zhang Xiuzhi's bag was bulging with a pile of money and bills. This was the bill paid by Zheng Yishan from Peking University.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhang Xiuzhi went to the street office to find Director Zhang.

Zhang Xiuzhi said Zeng Wangcai would be back in the afternoon, but she didn't say anything and asked Director Zhang to buy some live fish and go through the procedures at the purchasing station.

Director Zhang naturally agreed. Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Director Zhang asked someone to invite Section Chief Chen from the Personnel Department of the steel rolling mill. He insisted on inviting Zhang Xiuzhi to lunch together, and Zhang Xiuzhi had no choice but to agree.

So at around twelve o'clock, Zhang Xiuzhi, carrying a large bag of money, was invited to have dinner at the state-owned restaurant at the entrance of Nanluoguxiang.

The three of them ate and chatted until about three in the afternoon, when the sun was at its highest, and then something happened.

Knowing that Zeng Wangcai was coming back, Yan Bugui, who did not go fishing, passed by the hotel and happened to see Zhang Xiuzhi from the window.

"Hey, I finally found you!" Yan Bugui came in from outside, shouting as he walked, "Hurry up, something happened in your family."

"What's the matter, Uncle?" Zhang Xiuzhi was confused.

"The head of your factory's security department is here and has arrested your Xiaoqiang and Laifu." Yan Bugui said anxiously, "They said that a few half-grown kids were stealing things at the steel mill. They stole chickens and maybe pork, several hundred kilograms of pork. By the way, in addition to your two kids, the third kid from the second uncle's family in the backyard was also there, as was Banggeng from Qin Huairu's family in the middle yard."

Zhang Xiuzhi suddenly became famous, and stole pork again?

Yesterday you said I stole, today you said Xiaoqiang and Laifu stole. It never ends, right?

After finding out that Hu Guangyong was among the visitors, Zhang Xiuzhi became even more angry. She knew that Xiaoqiang and Lai Fu would never steal things because there was no need at all.

Zhang Xiuzhi said hello to Director Zhang and went out to go home. Director Zhang and Section Chief Chen quickly paid the bill and followed them.

The courtyard was in an uproar. Zhao Hongqing had been bringing people here for quite some time, but Liu Haizhong and Qin Huairu had already returned from the factory.

"Chief Zhao, there must be a misunderstanding. How could they steal? Our children would not do such a thing. If you don't believe me, ask the neighbors!" Liu Haizhong pulled Zhao Hongqing and kept explaining. Afterwards, he couldn't help but slap Liu Guangfu a few times.

Judging from the swelling on Liu Guangfu’s face, he had been beaten before.

Qin Huairu was crying. She didn't dare to say that her son didn't steal because he was caught in the act and no one in the courtyard would speak for him because they had all been stolen by Bang Geng.

"There is definitely no misunderstanding here!" Zhao Hongqing emphasized that there were chicken feathers and uneaten chickens on the scene, and then focused on the pork issue. "The problem now is that you all know about the pork being lost in the factory. This is a big deal and must be investigated thoroughly."

"Yes, yes, let's investigate!" Hu Guangyong echoed.

At this moment, Zhang Xiuzhi came back with a bag on her back, followed by Yan Bugui, who was running and panting.

Lai Fu saw his savior coming and burst into tears: "Sister-in-law, please save us, we didn't steal the chicken, we really didn't steal the chicken..."

Zhao Hongqing glanced at Lai Fu, then at Zhang Xiuzhi who looked murderous, and suddenly felt overwhelmed: "She is your sister-in-law? Your brother is Zeng Wangcai? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"We called you, but you ignored us."

"..."