Siheyuan, my new life

Qu Xiuqin's departure did not arouse the suspicion of the neighbors in the courtyard. At that time, Qu Xiuqin stuffed all the cash into her underwear, sewed all the yellow croakers of all sizes into the quilt, and then folded it neatly, and tied it tightly with a rope to make it convenient for her to carry. After all, the gold weighed nearly 20 kilograms. If she held the quilt in her hand, people would soon notice something unusual.

The steamed buns had to be pressed into pancakes, otherwise more than 60 buns could not be carried. Then Qu Xiuqin put on some mixed pickled vegetables and took some personal belongings. At three o'clock in the afternoon, she walked out of the courtyard openly. Some nosy aunties asked her about it, and Qu Xiuqin just said "going to the security department of the steel rolling mill." Then no one asked about it anymore. Everyone saw Qu Xiuqin carrying a quilt and a cloth bag that was obviously filled with buns, and they thought she was going to give Yi Zhonghai a quilt and food. So Qu Xiuqin carried Yi Zhonghai's private gold, all the cash in the family, national food coupons, and various bills, and left the city quietly.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai was sitting in the interrogation room with a depressed look on his face. In front of him was a machine that was much larger than an ordinary radio. The voices of a man and a woman talking could be heard from it. At first, Yi Zhonghai just felt that the voices of the two people sounded familiar, but after a moment his face immediately became gloomy. He had already heard that the owners of the familiar voice in the machine were himself and Qin Huairu, and the content was exactly the conversation between the two in the detention room last night.

After Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu were brought back to the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill last night, Director Qin Ming did not arrange for anyone to interrogate the two immediately. Instead, he had them directly locked up in the detention room, under the pretext of letting the two reflect on their mistakes tonight and then interrogate them tomorrow.

Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu were locked up in two adjacent rooms at the innermost part of the detention room. There was no one else locked up in the entire detention room tonight. When the security guard on duty turned off the lights, closed the door and left, the detention room fell into darkness and was empty, with only Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu left.

In the darkness, Qin Huairu huddled against the bed. She had never experienced such a situation before. She was so frightened that she couldn't help but yelled, "Uncle, Zhonghai."

Yi Zhonghai in the next room was racking his brains over how to deal with the interrogation by the Security Department tomorrow. He had never thought that he would be arrested and taken to the Security Department.

In the past, relying on his status as the manager, he was the first to put forward the requirement of "matters in the courtyard should be resolved in the courtyard". He was able to call the shots in Courtyard No. 95, and together with Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, he completely controlled the courtyard. No one dared to openly resist the management of the three managers.

A few years had given Yi Zhonghai an illusion that he was the king of the No. 95 courtyard. He was lost in the constant calls of "Uncle" and had subconsciously ignored the functional departments such as the street office, the police station, and the security department.

After being taken directly to the Security Department today, Yi Zhonghai realized that he was just an ordinary worker and that the Security Department didn't care about him at all.

Tonight, Yi Zhonghai heard several new terms from Director Qin Ming of the Security Department. He never thought that he had violated the law just by encouraging and persuading Sha Zhu to take the leftovers from the canteen home, and that the other party caught hold of his words and kept pursuing him. Yi Zhonghai also knew that once the news that he said "the canteen throws away all the leftovers" got out, not to mention whether the canteen kitchen helpers would be able to let him have a full meal in the canteen again, even the leaders of the factory would have to deal with him.

Yi Zhonghai believed that with his intelligence and eloquence, he would have a good chance of coping with the interrogation of the Security Department. However, he did not believe that Qin Huairu, a country girl, could handle the people of the Security Department. What Yi Zhonghai was most worried about was that Qin Huairu would tell everything honestly when facing the interrogation of the Security Department, and if that happened, he would be in trouble.

Fortunately, Director Qin Ming did not interrogate himself and Qin Huairu overnight, and even more fortunately, the rooms where the two were detained were right next to each other. There were only himself and Qin Huairu in the entire detention room. He had to quickly teach Qin Huairu how to deal with the interrogation of the Security Department tomorrow.

So when Qin Huairu called him, Yi Zhonghai quickly answered.

When Yi Zhonghai asked Professor Qin Huairu how to respond when facing the interrogation of the Security Department tomorrow, Qin Ming's office in the Security Department was full of people. In addition to Xiong Qingshan, the other three deputy directors were also here.

Xiong Qingshan took a puff of his cigarette, looked at Guan Dajiang and said, "Old Guan, is the recorder installed? If it doesn't work, given Yi Zhonghai's personality, he will definitely teach Qin Huairu to fabricate his testimony, and we'll have to work harder tomorrow."

Guan Dajiang said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lao Xiong. After we placed it, we also conducted experiments there, and the recording effect was good."

Qin Ming asked curiously, "Lao Guan, where did you get this good stuff? I saw a tape recorder at a leader's place, but it was a trophy captured from the enemy."

Guan Dajiang smiled proudly and said, "This tape recorder is a pure domestic product. It was developed by my brother's teacher, Professor Chen. It is the first tape recorder in our country. I borrowed it from their school laboratory to test its actual effect for them. I promised to only borrow it for three days."

Qin Ming said seriously: "Since we are using the excuse of testing the actual effect for others, we can't just do nothing. Lao Guan, tomorrow you will record the details of the use of the recorder and the environment in which it is used, and give it to them when you return the recorder."

Xiong Qingshan glanced at his watch, yawned and said, "It's getting late. We should go home and sleep. We won't be able to rest here tomorrow when the hunters come back."

Qin Ming stood up and waved his hand: "Let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow. Let's go home and sleep."

So the group walked out of the office.

This afternoon, when he learned that a full-courtyard meeting would be held in Courtyard No. 95 tonight to prepare to deal with Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, Guan Dajiang came up with an idea. He could borrow a tape recorder, set it up in advance, and then detain Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu in two adjacent rooms respectively. He estimated that these two guys would most likely discuss how to deal with the interrogation of the Security Department tomorrow. As long as the audio was recorded, there would be no need to worry about these two guys quibbling.