Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

When he opened the door, he saw two or three police officers with more than a dozen People's Liberation Army soldiers outside, all looking at him.

Otherwise, how could it be said that Yan Bugui was a small businessman before he became a teacher? The expression on his face changed so quickly.

"Oh, comrades from the public security and the People's Liberation Army, you are still working hard to protect the safety of our people in the middle of the night. It's really amazing.

Come in quickly."

The leading police officer entered the yard and turned to ask him.

"Where are the uncles in your yard? Go and tell them to get up and cooperate with us. There was an enemy spy sabotaging in the city just now. He disappeared when he was chased here. Even if we have to dig three feet deep, we must find him today."

After hearing the order from the public security comrades, Yan Bugui immediately went to the Intermediate Court to find Yi Zhonghai, then went to the backyard to inform Liu Haizhong, and asked them to notify the neighbors door to door that a public security team was coming to search for enemy spies.

In fact, everyone in the yard had woken up a long time ago. Even if one person in the family was awake, the others would be woken up. After all, who would dare to sleep with the crackling noise outside?

Zhao Shanhe was the same. He had amazing five senses. When he heard the gunshots in Shichahai, Chaoyangmennei Street, and Dongshishi Street, he wanted to go over to take a look. But when the earth-shaking explosions came from the direction of the steel mill, Chen Xueru was also awakened, so he didn't dare to go out. Is this enemy spy crazy? Dare to set off an explosion in the city?

It would be strange if the public security and military personnel didn't pursue them relentlessly.

After that, the police "smashed" the door. Yan Bugui went to call for help. He hugged Chen Xueru and comforted her.

"Are you relieved now? The police are here, which means our yard is safe.

I'll go get Hou Kui up, and you put on your clothes, because we're going to search every house in a while."

After the family of three had put on their clothes, they were called out of the house by Yan Bugui. Everyone in the yard, except the deaf old lady, had already gathered in the front yard.

The police officer leading the team didn't waste any words.

"Dear residents, we are sorry to disturb your rest so late at night. A very dangerous enemy spy has fled to Nanluoguxiang, so our police station came here to search.

I hope everyone will cooperate.”

After saying that, he turned to Yan Bugui and asked.

"Who are the masters in your yard?"

Yan Bugui hurriedly pushed Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong out. He thought that he just needed to stand behind and cheer, and let Old Yi and Liu Haizhong do the hard work.

It was impossible for Lao Yi to not step forward as he was a middle-aged man, and Liu Haizhong was eager to show his face in front of everyone. Unfortunately, the police did not let Yan Bugui go. More than a dozen soldiers formed three teams and began to search house by house under the leadership of three middle-aged men.

It was called a search, but in fact it was just to see if there was anyone hiding in the house. At that time, there were no decoration methods such as built-in wardrobes in the houses, so you could see almost everything by just walking around the house.

When they arrived at the door of the deaf old lady's house in the backyard, the leading police officer asked Yi Zhonghai.

"What does this family do? Why didn't they open the door?"

Yi Zhonghai hurriedly explained to the police.

"This is the oldest lady in our yard. Her hearing is not very good due to her age. She may be sleeping too deeply and didn't hear me. I'll go and wake her up."

Old Yi went forward and knocked on the door. After a long while, the light of the kerosene lamp came on in the room. Then the door was opened from the inside. The old lady stood at the door with a cane and looked at Yi Zhonghai with cloudy eyes and asked.

"Zhong Hai, why are you knocking on my door in the middle of the night instead of sleeping properly?"

"Ma'am, the police are here. They said there are enemy spies in our area. We are here to check every house to see if they are hiding in anyone's home."

"What? You said you'd treat me to noodles when the sun rises? That stuff isn't cheap right now. It's not easy for you to make some money, so you'd better save it."

The questions and answers between the old lady and Lao Yi left the police speechless. The old lady had a head full of white hair and a physique that could be blown down by a strong wind. Lao Yi told the police that the old lady's hearing was not working well, so they did not go up to ask her any questions.

The soldiers were allowed to go into the house and take a look around. Seeing that the furnishings inside the house were simple and one could see the entire interior at a glance, they were ordered to withdraw and move to the next yard.

Before leaving, he said a few words to Lao Yi.

"Comrade Yi Zhonghai, please tell the residents in your courtyard to be careful about whether there are strangers coming in and out of the area recently, and report any such strangers in a timely manner.

The enemy spies have guns in their hands, so don’t engage in heroism.”

Yi Zhonghai nodded repeatedly in agreement. After the police and PLA soldiers left the yard, he and Yan Bugui locked the gate. Turning around, he saw that everyone had not left and was discussing the possible whereabouts of the enemy spies, so he said.

"Everyone, go back and have a rest. Since the police have searched, it means the enemy spies are not here. After all, the city of Beijing is the capital. No matter how arrogant the enemy spies are, how powerful can they be? They will be eliminated sooner or later.

Let's go, don't let the police think something happened here again."

Although the common people in the city love to watch the excitement, it depends on what the matter is. Who would dare to get involved too much in such an enemy spy affair?

Seeing that Lao Yi was the first to enter the Chuihua Gate, they also followed him and went home.

Yi Zhonghai returned home and tossed and turned on the kang, unable to sleep. He always felt that something was wrong with the old lady tonight, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Since he couldn't think of anything, he decided to go over and take a look. Lao Yi let the lady go to sleep first and got up and went to the backyard.

The residents in the yard all had their lights on and it looked like they hadn't gone to bed yet. This was normal. Who could still sleep after experiencing this?

The kerosene lamp in the old lady's room was also on. Yi Zhonghai was originally planning to knock on the door, but it opened as soon as he pushed it. When he entered the room, he could see the old lady sitting on the kang in a single layer of clothes.

"Old lady, aren't you taking a break?"

"You're not talking nonsense. Can you come in if you take a break?"

Yi Zhonghai observed the old lady carefully, but the dim light made it difficult for him to see clearly.

"Old lady, what happened tonight has nothing to do with us, right?"

"What does it matter? I don't want to care about anything now, and I don't want to know anything. I just want to live a good life. You should also put your messy thoughts back. Now it's the GCD's world. It's not easy for us to survive. You might as well think about how to pass the 8th level worker exam instead of wasting time.

Day by day, I really don’t know what you are thinking about.”

Yi Zhonghai laughed dryly twice, and seeing that the old lady was no different from before, he put away his doubts.

"Then you should go to bed early, old lady. I will go back to sleep too."

"Go back. Don't forget what you promised. Ask your wife to bring me a bowl of noodles in the morning."

Yi Zhonghai cursed himself inwardly, thinking that he was just looking for trouble. Noodles are made of white flour, and a bowl costs a lot of money.

After daybreak (it was around 9:5 a.m. in early September in the city of Sijiu), the residents who had not slept much in the yard began to cook. Zhao Shanhe pulled out his arm that was pressed under his head by Chen Xueru, walked out of the inner room and entered the small world.