Siheyuan: 55 years, starting from a buyer

Xu Damao was depressed: "Yes, now I have a feud with them all. Am I still qualified to compete for a leadership position?" He still had some illusions and looked forward to Mr. Chen's encouragement.

But Mr. Chen didn't want to encourage him anymore, so he changed the subject and said, "Remember last time you said you had an idea, how is it going?"

When talking about this, Xu Damao's eyes flickered with anticipation: "A while ago, I went to see my father-in-law, who is one of the shareholders of the steel mill.

I hope he can help me make compromises and even recommend someone higher up.”

"What's the result?"

Xu Damao replied confidently: "We are still waiting for news. I think there is a chance." Then he said: "The factory director should also give some face to the shareholders. After all, they are half the boss."

"You're right." Mr. Chen did not pour cold water on him, leaving Xu Damao with the last glimmer of hope to digest alone.

"Come on, let's have a toast! Brother, I'm going to be the leader this time! Seeing Liu Haizhong being so arrogant in the yard, I must not be like that cook.

You are doing so badly!" Xu Damao was drunk and his speech was incoherent.

"Brother Damao, you can do it!" Mr. Chen could only reluctantly cheer him up.

In Chen Sheng's mind, Xu Damao could only get promoted if the Lou family collapsed or a miracle happened, such as Li Huaide offending their family for money; after all, this was far from being as serious as the situation in 1966.

Xu Damao's words revealed his strong dissatisfaction with the cook, as if he was superior to the cook, and he almost forgot that he was drunk.

If Director Yang doesn’t work, then try Director Li.

You are familiar with Director Li. As long as you have a chance, you must tell me, brother. I, Xu Damao, have so much money that it is hard to count!" Xu Damao's words faded away, and he finally got drunk.

"Sister-in-law, Brother Mao has drunk too much." Looking at the drunk Xu Damao, Chen Sheng couldn't laugh. He just sighed and called Lou Xiao'e in the inner room.

Lou Xiao'e came out with an unhappy look on her face, but still helped Chen Shengji to get her drunk husband into the inner room.

Mr. Chen was supporting her from the side, but because of the excessive force and the thinness of Lou Xiao'e's clothes, the edge of her clothes was faintly visible.

After arranging Xu Damao to lie down, Mr. Chen quickly left and returned home, sneaking into his private space to take a shower to cool himself down. He didn't want to get involved in this trouble.

Thinking of the trouble that Xu Damao's misbehavior might bring, it would be better to avoid him - we must not touch the possible consequences he might cause, and we must not bring bad luck to him.

After drinking heavily with Xu Damao last night, Chen Sheng was drowsy and unable to get up early.

He was drowsy, but his thoughts were interrupted by the noisy sounds outside the window.

Mr. Chen vaguely heard the deaf old lady yelling outside the door through the wall: "Who is this evil person who is throwing dirty water at the door of an old lady? Are you trying to kill me?"

The deaf old lady was cursing at the intersection of 853 Street?

Mr. Chen immediately realized what was happening and woke up instantly. He looked to the window and saw the blind old lady standing in front of the door with a cane in her hand, angrily venting her dissatisfaction.

It was obvious that someone had poured icy cold water on her door, apparently as a result of deliberate multiple attempts last night, and the accumulated water had now turned to solid ice.

On such a cold and frosty morning, such a bad behavior made Chen Sheng wonder: Who did this poor old woman offend? Such a revenge method was too vicious.

After observing everything, Chen was afraid of catching a cold and decided to hide back in his warm bed.

The angry voice of the deaf old lady still rang in my ears: "Are you trying to put an old woman like me to death?"

Although the noise did not bother Mr. Chen too much, other people in the yard could not stand such noise.

Soon, the news reached Officer Wu.

After receiving the news, Officer Wu quickly rushed to the scene and frowned when he saw the cold floor.

The elderly resident was clearly in serious trouble, with someone intent on harming or even killing her.

At such an old age, if he falls, the consequences could be serious.

Although Wu, as a street office staff, was responsible for public welfare, he had to be careful while comforting the old lady: "Grandma, please come in. It's cold outside. Don't get sick."

However, this did not seem to stop the deaf old lady from questioning: "It was you, Officer Wu, who saw all this! You want to destroy me! Who on earth is so cruel and crazy?!"

She seemed not to hear the persuasion and continued to sit at the door, angrily waving her cane and hitting the icy ground. The wrinkles on her face carved by the years were now tangled with anger.

"You unreasonable old lady, I think you must have offended someone. You are shouting here so early in the morning. Can't you just quiet down?" Liu Haizhong suddenly spoke from nowhere, revealing his team leader's posture.

"You bastard, you are definitely going to kill me!" The old woman stood up and pretended to hit her bangs with her cane, threateningly.

"I don't have time to deal with your business, old woman. Guangtian, Guangfu and I will help you pour water at the door to melt the ice." After saying that, Liu Haizhong turned around and slapped the two Liu men from behind, reminding them: "Did you hear me?!"

"I heard it clearly, team leader!" Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian responded as tall and straight as soldiers, extremely respectful.

The deaf old lady was furious and shrieked, "You kid, you can be an official like this? The leader of the steel mill has a bad eye. I have to go and complain about your stupid behavior right now!" Liu Hai was speechless and left with a gloomy face.

He was deeply worried, afraid that he would really anger the deaf old lady. If she complained, he would probably encounter unnecessary trouble.

Seeing Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu still standing there, he became more and more angry and kicked each of them: "Why are you still standing there? Go home immediately!"

Mr. Chen from the next room was the only one who could control his laughter when he heard the scolding from Liu Haizhong.

Thinking of the old woman's grim face at this moment, he also noticed that Secretary Wu was also trying hard to hold back his smile.

So Director Wu made a suggestion: "How about this, Director Wu suggests that Guangtian and Guangfu sprinkle some sand at the door of the old lady's house to prevent her from falling when she walks."

Next, Director Wu asked the deaf old lady, “Old lady, did you notice any unusual sounds or activities last night? Apparently, the adversary may have come and gone several times.”

The deaf lady calmly replied: "No, everything was quiet last night." Director Wu asked the onlookers for confirmation, but everyone just shook their heads and said they didn't know.

Even though someone might have seen something, it would not be appropriate to speak it out in front of so many people.

Chen Sheng thought, if he hadn't been drunk and careless last night, he might have known who the culprit was.

Privately, he regretted drinking with Xu Damao and causing him to mess up things.

After observing for a while and finding no clues, and seeing that everyone was in a hurry to go to work, Director Wu told the deaf old lady, "We don't have any clues for now, and we're not sure who did it.

Let’s have a meeting tonight after get off work to discuss this matter. This matter must not be let off lightly.

This is a vicious crime.”

Hearing this, the old lady could only nod and agree.

People slowly dispersed because of boredom, fearing they would miss work time.

Mr. Chen was afraid that the situation would escalate further, so he decided to return to the hospital early.

As expected, Yan Fugui quickly notified a meeting of the entire institute in the evening.

"I understand. Thank you, Uncle Yan." Mr. Chen replied.

When he returned to the backyard, he found that sand had been laid in front of the deaf old lady's house, which puzzled him: since there would be topics to be discussed at the party, who would come to visit at this time?

When he opened the door, he saw Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu. "Uncle Yi, what do you want to talk to me about?" Chen Sheng asked in confusion.

"Chenzi, I want to ask you if you heard any special sounds last night." Yi Zhonghai is concerned about the deaf old lady. If the old lady had any accident, he and Sha Zhu would have an unshirkable responsibility, so they are particularly active in investigating this.

"I was drinking with Xu Damao last night. We both got drunk very early, so we slept until dawn. If it were an ordinary person, he might have noticed it." Mr. Chen said sincerely.

After hearing this explanation, Yi Zhonghai asked again: "It almost caused a disastrous result. Can you guess who did it?"

After hearing this, Chen Sheng realized that Yi Zhonghai's question might be a trap. He rolled his eyes and replied, "Hey, uncle, this is not a guessing game, right? It involves a crime. If we really guess who caused the old man to fall and get hurt, it will be troublesome. I'm not stupid, why am I guessing here?"

"Maybe you have pissed off someone recently. Otherwise, why would someone deliberately pour water on the door of a deaf old lady in such a cold weather?"

Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai's face darkened, and he only responded with one sentence: "Forget it, I'll go ask someone else."

The two then turned and walked away.

Sha Zhu was still mumbling on the road: "Mr. Chen is not a good guy. He is always involved with Xu Damao. This must be their doing!"

But in the face of Sha Zhu's complaints, Yi Zhonghai did not respond, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.

After hearing what Sha Zhu said at home, Mr. Chen had an idea. He felt that Sha Zhu was too bold. They were saying bad things about him from a distance. It seemed that it was time to find a suitable opportunity to "educate" him for daring to wrongly accuse a good person!

In his spare time, he watched Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu asking questions around the yard, as clueless as flies.

They visited almost every household in the compound and knocked on every door, but found nothing.

At this time, not only the two of them were confused, but even Mr. Chen was puzzled. Who could be so vicious?

To be honest, if the deaf old lady had not been so careful that day, a slip in the morning might have really led to an unfortunate incident, causing her to become injured or disabled at the very least, or even lose her life at the worst.

He couldn't help but blame Xu Damao in his heart for insisting on dragging him to drink last night, which made him lose the possibility of finding clues.

Soon after, a large-scale meeting in the compound will begin.

Someone nearby asked Yi Zhonghai: "How is the investigation going?"

"Nothing was found. I have asked around and no one heard any unusual noises," Yi Zhonghai responded.