Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

"You put me down, I won't go. I'm already so old and I'm not in good health. Why do you want me to go to the meeting?"

Just as everyone was daydreaming, the sound of a deaf old lady screaming was heard from the backyard.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and wow! Wow! They saw a deaf old lady sitting on a chair, carried by four people, walking slowly towards the central courtyard, just like Empress Dowager Cixi, so awesome.

"Deaf old lady, you are not feeling well, are you? I see that you have a lot of energy, and your voice is louder than that of most young people. Do you want me to take you to the hospital for a checkup?"

After hearing what Director Wang said, the deaf old lady was speechless. They were all thousand-year-old foxes, so she didn't dare to play any more Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and chose to shut up.

As the last great god returned to his seat, Director Wang first looked around at everyone before giving a serious sermon.

"I came to your courtyard today for only one purpose, and that is for Comrade Sun Dajiang."

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.

"I knew that Sun Dajiang must have done something wrong, and it was not a small thing. He must not implicate us neighbors."

"What should we do? We don't want to live in the same courtyard with this kind of person. Now that he's in trouble, what does it have to do with us?"

"You guys, stop it! How can you not tell good from bad? If something happened to an old man, how could Director Wang call him comrade? Don't make trouble there."

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Several people in the Sun family could hear what these people were talking about. Sun Zhengguo didn't expect that not all the people in this yard were bad people, and there were actually a few families speaking up for them.

Especially Sha Zhu, his analysis was quite reasonable, but there were also a few people who kept silent about it, such as Yi Zhonghai, Xu Damao and others.

Sun Zhengguo memorized all these faces in his heart, and when the time was right, he would repay the favors and take revenge.

"Okay, everyone, stop arguing. Some comrades believe everything they hear and have no idea what's going on. What I want to say today is that Comrade Sun Dajiang is a good comrade. For the sake of the motherland's construction, he gave up his small family and worked for everyone..."

Director Wang spoke incessantly on the stage for several minutes, and everyone in the audience fell silent.

It turns out that these were all rumors. Sun Dajiang was not a corrupt official. He went to build the motherland. But what about the people in the compound?

Not only are they not proud of it, they are actually dragging their feet and spreading these rumors to disgust people.

Director Wang, who was speaking with a dry mouth, took a sip of tea and continued.

"I hope those who spread the rumors will come forward tonight and not take any chances, because we have been investigating for an entire afternoon. If they come forward, we can then reduce their punishment appropriately."

After Director Wang finished speaking, he winked at Director Li standing beside him.

Director Li understood immediately, stepped forward and added.

"I hope everyone will seize this opportunity. We will only arrest the main culprit, and the rest can be dealt with leniently. I hope everyone will not persist in their mistakes."

After Director Li finished speaking, everyone in the audience looked at each other, and the old ladies who spread the rumors were trembling with fear.

Seeing that there was still no movement below, Director Wang was not in a hurry because he already had a clue. If no one confessed by then, he would have to arrest people according to the list.

"Okay, don't say I didn't give you a chance. In the last three minutes, if no one comes forward, we will arrest people based on the clues."

Director Wang had lost his patience and looked at his watch.

This was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and those who spread the rumors could no longer sit still.

Aunt Li in the backyard stood up first and spoke tremblingly.

"Director Wang, I went to spread the rumor this morning, but I didn't know anything about it. I just heard it from others."

"Mother, you have such a bad mouth, I have told you so many times, why don't you change your ways? You are in trouble today!"

When Uncle Li saw his daughter-in-law was the first to stand up, he was so angry that his toothache came back. If it wasn't the wrong occasion, he really wanted to slap her twice.

As Aunt Li took the lead in admitting their mistakes, the other two could no longer sit still all night and all stood up and admitted that they had spread rumors.

However, everyone's testimony was consistent, they were all unaware of the incident and just heard it from others.

Director Wang did not speak, but looked at his watch silently. When three minutes were up, he stood up and spoke lightly.

"Arrest them!"

Several police officers and armed personnel, based on the clues gathered in advance, captured three middle-aged women from the crowd and took them to the front desk, including Jia Zhang.

"Take him aside and conduct a surprise investigation right now. Who is the leader?"

Following Director Wang's order, the six aunts were taken aside and began to be interrogated.

When the people below saw this situation, they didn't dare to say a word, for fear of attracting Director Wang's attention and getting arrested again. They all sat there quietly, waiting for the final result.

In the end, no one had to wait too long, as the result came surprisingly quickly, because all the accusations were directed at one person, the infamous Jia Zhang.

Several people confessed to spreading the rumors, but they all pointed out Jia Zhang as the original rumor spreader.

Jia Zhang also wanted to deny it at first, but the testimonies of the other five people all pointed at her, and no matter how she argued, it was of no avail.

When Director Wang saw this result, he was not surprised at all, but said fiercely.

"Jia Zhang, you are really amazing. With your own strength, you have caused unrest in this compound. First, you stole meat and went to jail for three years. Then you almost forced your wife to death and were sent to labor camp for three months. Now you are secretly framing others. Is there anything else you dare not do?"

"Director Wang, I am innocent! I just said it casually. I didn't ask them to spread rumors. What does it have to do with me?"

"Puch!"

Director Wang was amused and continued.

"You just said that? Then why did you spread the rumor yourself? The rumor that he was going to be shot seemed to come from you, right? Do you think we are three-year-old children who are being led around by the nose by you?"

Indeed, after this was said, Jia Zhang was speechless. Those aunties only spread the news that Sun Dajiang was a corrupt official and did not say anything about him being shot.

She was the only one who was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, and she even spread the rumor that Sun Dajiang should be shot.

Now that the main culprit has been caught, Director Wang, Director Li and several other staff members discussed the matter for a few minutes.

Director Wang made the announcement loudly only after everyone had finished discussing it.

"After our discussion, several people who voluntarily surrendered themselves will go to the subdistrict office to undergo a one-month labor reform starting tomorrow."

As soon as Director Wang finished speaking, the crowd became restless again.

"This is too serious! Just for spreading a few rumors, he has to go through labor camp for a month."

"Hey! These ladies are lucky. They turned themselves in voluntarily. I don't know what to do with the rest of them?"

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"Be quiet!"

After hearing Director Wang's call, everyone quieted down and prepared to see what would happen to the remaining few people.

"As for the three Jia and Zhang families, they will be handed over to the police station for trial and finally transferred to the People's Court. We will wait for their results, ...?"

Director Wang paused deliberately and then spoke loudly.

"If you slander a meritorious official, you will definitely be sentenced!"

After Director Wang finished speaking, he looked around and the people below all lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at him.

"Take them back to the police station."

Then Director Li waved his hand and gave the order directly.

"Ah~! I am innocent!"

Jia Zhang's howl was unable to stop the two police officers from taking action. They handcuffed her and dragged her away.

Jia Zhang and others were taken away, and Director Wang handed the stage over to Secretary Liu.

Secretary Liu came to the stage again and gave everyone a brief explanation of the harm of spreading rumors, and finally announced the adjournment of the meeting.