Siheyuan: From Being Called Shazhu

The two and a half days of rest passed so quickly.

Especially when living with the cheerful He Yushui, things seem to go by even faster.

But it will be soon.

When the two days were up, He Yuzhu had to go back to work to take on new tasks.

This time's mission is simple, it's really quite simple.

Because people like He Yuzhu are only responsible for gathering numbers on the periphery and handling the aftermath.

It’s difficult, but it’s really difficult.

Especially when dealing with things afterwards, if you’re not careful, something big can happen.

Everyone is cautious, nervous, and careful in what they say and do.

Because He Yuzhu and their mission this time is to cooperate with other teams to crack down on illegal speculators.

While the group of team members carrying guns go into action, He Yuzhu and his team will need to act as a "human" cordon on the periphery.

This is actually simple. Basically, you can understand it by adding eyes and a mouth.

But as I said just now, the difficult part is dealing with it afterwards.

When the team members took their people away, He Yuzhu and his team officially started the action.

In some places, it is necessary to count and seal up supplies, and they have to check them one by one according to the various "rosters" left by the vendors.

All of these are fine; they just take some time.

But sometimes, He Yuzhu and others would encounter people who incited emotions and caused trouble from the outside.

This is difficult.

He Yuzhu and his colleagues need to cooperate with the remaining personnel to catch those who are causing trouble and inciting emotions.

We also have to explain to the people who don’t know the truth and calm them down.

We even have to distinguish among the masses who are truly fooled and who are hiding among the grass-roots leaders who are highly skilled and can always continue to incite emotions with a few casual words.

After the first wave of attacks is over.

The "roster", the "confessions" of the leaders, the review targets among the masses, etc. are all summarized like this.

He Yuzhu and his colleagues have a heavier workload.

I have to visit the area every day.

Confirm a series of information about the life, work, family, etc. of each person on the compiled list.

Let's just put it that way.

The first wave of attacks took only a week.

To verify this information, He Yuzhu and his team had been running around for more than a month, almost two months.

The three-month clean-up campaign led by the Clean-up Campaign Committee is almost coming to an end.

He Yuzhu and his team are still busy visiting.

With the scorching sun overhead, I wished I could go to the lower area naked. Now, it is almost autumn and the weather is nice and cool, so I have to put on a long coat morning and night.

He Yuzhu and his team worked hard and finally verified all the people on the list and handed over their information.

Time has come to September.

Because at the beginning of October, a major event happened, one so major that it attracted the attention of the whole world.

He Yuzhu and his team had no time to rest, so they turned around and followed the brigade that took over the police station and began to act. (Note 1)

Early September, ok.

Whether it is the evidence left over from archives or the evidence obtained after such a long period of time.

Every day, someone is caught.

But gradually, some people hid deeper and deeper.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to arrest people.

Basically in the second half of September, He Yuzhu and his colleagues' work turned into visiting and investigating.

But even so.

The results can only be said to be few and far between.

Finally, there are only two days left before the big event.

The higher-ups don’t care anymore.

The phrase "Everything is for the safety of major events."

He Yuzhu and other "reserve" personnel, as well as the regular personnel from the Public Security Committee and those from the police station were all dispatched.

Isn't the existing evidence unclear?

All suspicious targets will be listed as surveillance targets.

It is even required that each monitored object be surrounded by at least three visible and two hidden persons.

In other words, on the 1st, it would have been fine if the subject of surveillance had not left the house.

Once out of the house, the target of surveillance will always be followed by three people, and there are two more people standing by ready at any time.

In a blink of an eye, it was the 1st, and it was drizzling in the morning.

Maybe because they knew today was a big day, the drizzle gradually stopped in the afternoon.

He Yuzhu followed Master Sun and sat at the entrance of the alley.

This place is the monitoring location of their group.

There must be at least several hundred teams like this one, with one carrying a gun and one "reserve".

Then there are the police station and others sent over for support.

There are people at the end of almost every alley or lane within a radius of five kilometers.

"Zhu Zi, do you blame me?"

Master Sun's words made He Yuzhu, who was already in a daze, even more confused.

"Master, what do you mean?"

Master Sun looked at his watch and then sighed.

"At the welcoming ceremony when we first entered the city, you were not allowed to attend because of work. But this time, for such a big event, you were not allowed to attend because of work. Don't you feel regretful?"

He Yuzhu actually knew that Master Sun was using these two things to say something else, so he just smiled indifferently.

"Master, look at what you said. There is no regret or no regret. This is just for the sake of a stable life in the future."

Master Sun glared at He Yuzhu.

"You know that's not what I'm talking about."

Then he started to dig deeper.

"I want to ask you, when the children in your class opposite yours in your compound all started to go to school safely, you followed us around and took risks. Did you ever regret it?"

Master Sun realized that he had spoken too loudly, so he took a breath and continued asking questions.

"Also, you could have followed your father to work as a cook in the factory and lived a stable life. Even the neighbors don't understand why you gave up the high salary of a factory cook to continue doing this job of running around, and they have started to call you "Silly Zhu". And now even for such a big thing, you can only work quietly behind the scenes, don't you regret it?"

After listening to Master Sun's series of questions, He Yuzhu fell silent.

to be frank.

He Yuzhu felt envious when he saw Xu Damao, who was two years younger than him and came back from the housing census in June, going to school in August.

He also felt envious when he saw his eldest son Liu Guangqi, who was 5 years younger than him and had already gone to school and studied by himself with a book in his hand.

He Yuzhu also felt envious when he saw Yan Jiecheng, who was five years younger than him, was able to go to school just two months after moving here.

I even felt envy for Jia Dongxu, who is now 19 years old and followed Lao Jia to the factory to learn technology.

After all, we are all ordinary people.

Who wants to live on the edge of a knife when there is a peaceful life to live?

Especially He Yuzhu, who is already middle-aged and has a history of committing crimes.

Doesn't he want to sit quietly in the classroom, study from junior high school to university step by step without any worries, and then be assigned to be a cadre?

Or, even if you don't want to be a cook, you can follow He Daqing into the factory and work as a cook and live a stable life, isn't that good?

But, anyone can do it.

Only He Yuzhu can't do it.

Because He Yuzhu knew too much.

Or it can be said that it is precisely because He Yuzhu knows a lot, but only partially understands it, that He Yuzhu is now afraid of the future.

He was afraid that as the plot unfolded, He Daqing would run away, leaving only him and his sister.

By then, He Yuzhu will have a hard time. He will be treated as a fool and become a "gangster".

I am even more afraid that according to the "original story" that appears in some novels, He Yuzhu finally dies tragically under the bridge, and only Xu Damao comes to collect the body.

He is also afraid of three years of natural disasters.

I am even more afraid of those ten years.

This is also the reason why He Yuzhu chose to curry favor with Master Sun as soon as he came in.

Because He Yuzhu knew that no matter when, it would be safest to have connections with the army.

He Yuzhu, who was originally standing there in "unable to control his grief", was stunned.

Yes, he has got a big shot now, so there is no need for any messy "story" anymore.

If you work hard, even if Master Sun is transferred in the future, you can just become his "big brother".

Well, I almost got tricked by Master Sun.

"Master, there is no point in talking about that."

He Yuzhu smiled brightly.

"Going to school, graduating, and finding a job are the same as me going to work directly now, right? As for being called 'idiot' by the neighbors?"

He Yuzhu smiled disdainfully.

"They have their own mouths, so they can say whatever they want. Anyway, I just don't like being a cook, so what!"

As he said this, He Yuzhu snorted in a proud manner.

"Then all the skills you've learned over the years have been wasted, right?"

Master Sun didn't expect He Yuzhu to come up with this idea, and subconsciously followed what He Yuzhu said and continued.

But He Yuzhu had already found a reason.

"Master, you don't know me yet. Cooking is just a hobby. If I can cook a few meals every now and then, I feel great. But if I have to treat cooking as a career to support the family like my father, and spend all day in the kitchen, I can't accept it."

He Yuzhu's words were not final, so he left some room for doubt.

After all, Master Sun had asked He Yuzhu to cook for him several times in the past few months.

If I say he's dead, Master Sun won't be happy about it, or he may not ask He Yuzhu to cook for him anymore.

Then how did He Yuzhu "progress"?

Moreover, He Yuzhu can not only "improve" under Master Sun.

In the future, if any leader also likes to eat, just like the old leader of Director Yang in the play, he will come to He Yuzhu to help cook.

Aren’t these all the conditions for He Yuzhu’s “progress”?

"You, you."

Master Sun was confused by He Yuzhu's set of "heresies" and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

"Okay, since you said so, let's do it well in the future."

As he spoke, Master Sun patted He Yuzhu on the shoulder.

"In the future, we will get better and better. We don't have to do everything just to survive like in the past."

Accompanied by the shouts of “…It’s done!!!” and cheers from the crowd, as well as fighter jets flying overhead.

He Yuzhu nodded affirmatively.

(Note 1: The term "Public Security" was first used in 39. However, the change from "police" to "public security" was not until after October 49, 10, so "police" is used here.)