Siheyuan works as a nanny for Shazhu

Chapter 181: Riot at the Steel Mill

When Li Guilan heard Li Xiaoyan say that she would bring the child to see her, she was very happy. She took Li Xiaoyan's hand and said, "Okay, Xiaoyan, you are a good person. Zhuzi is so lucky to marry you. He used to be worried about Yi Zhonghai, but now it's all right. I'll let you know when I find a place. Come and play when you are free. I have never had children in my life, so I really treat Yushui as my own child."

Li Xiaoyan also agreed. She knew that if it weren't for Yi Zhonghai, He Yuzhu and He Yushui would both be willing to accept Li Guilan, and Jiang Feng would not object. But now it's good, it can be said that after all the hardships, she has finally gotten her reward. In the future, she can live alone without worrying about this and that. She doesn't know how comfortable it will be.

The two of them sat there chatting and watching the children, He Xiao was playing on the side, Minmin had lunch and went back to sleep. Seeing that it was almost time, Li Guilan got up, said something to Li Xiaoyan, and walked towards the Yi family. When she arrived at the door, she knocked. Yi Zhonghai did not rest at noon, so he looked up when he heard the knock on the door.

Li Guilan walked in, holding some documents required by the street office, such as household registration book, grain and oil book, coal book and the like. These had to be separated after the divorce. The household registration could be divided later, after finding a place, but she had to take it with her now.

The two of them left the courtyard. Some people were resting at noon, so no one saw them. They went to the bank first. After work, Yi Zhonghai went to withdraw money. Li Guilan opened an account at that time, and took some money from her to make up the whole amount and deposited it in the bank.

They went to the street office and saw the same older sister from last time. After looking at the divorce agreement, she just gave a few words of verbal persuasion and issued a divorce certificate for the two of them. After that, she told them that some supply books had to be separated, and told them where to do it and where to handle the household registration transfer. The two of them took the documents and went to handle it.

By the time everything was done, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. After finishing the work at the street office, the two parted ways. Yi Zhonghai went directly to the courtyard, while Li Guilan had to find someone to ask if there were any houses for rent nearby.

Yi Zhonghai, who was walking on the road, didn't know that people were looking for him everywhere in the factory. He had asked for leave in the afternoon to come back for some work, but he never expected that Jia Zhang would use a big move in the afternoon, which made the factory leaders very angry.

After lunch, the Jia family went out and rented a cart. Jia Zhang took Qin Huairu, Banggeng and Xiaodang to the hospital. They used the excuse of taking care of the funeral to pull out Jia Dongxu's body. Qin Huairu even took a quilt to pad the body. The two of them finally dragged Jia Dongxu onto the cart and were already exhausted and out of breath.

After resting for a while, Jia Zhang took the lead in pulling the cart, Qin Huairu followed behind, and helped push the cart when the road was difficult to walk on. Banggeng and Xiaodang followed behind. In such a cold day, Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu both had sweat on their foreheads. They finally arrived at the steel rolling mill. Seeing that the factory gate was not open yet, Jia Zhang found a place to sit down.

When it was time to go to work, Jia Zhang also saw some workers coming to work, pulling a cart towards the factory gate. Qin Huairu and others followed behind. When they stopped the cart at the gate, Jia Zhang lifted the quilt on the cart, sat on the ground, opened her mouth and started howling.

"Dongxu, you should get up and take a look. This is how the steel mill treats you. You have worked hard for more than ten years, but they just give you a few dollars and send you away.

Dongxu, this is where you worked so hard. Your factory leaders treat you and your widowed mother like this. How are we going to survive in the future?

Everyone come and take a look at the black-hearted leaders in the factory who didn’t even care that my son had no money to bury him.”

Hearing someone shouting, there were not many people working at noon, most of them were eating and resting in the factory. There were also a few workers who lived nearby or wanted to save some money, and they all gathered around to listen to Jia Zhang's mourning. Regardless of whether they knew her or not, they all stood there and started talking.

The person on duty at the security department saw that something was wrong and someone had come to the factory to cause trouble, so he immediately called the factory office and notified the team leader. Team leader Li Weiguo went to the factory gate to take a look and gave an order, "Come on, several people, follow me and send those who were watching the fun to go to work first, and don't let anyone gather there."

Five or six young men in green military uniforms and military belts rushed out of the factory and said to the people around them, "It's time to go to work. If you're late, your salary will be deducted. Hurry up and get in."

A few people stopped them and shouted, and when the people heard that their wages were going to be deducted, they dispersed in a flash, leaving only a few passers-by standing aside and watching. The comrades from the security department were relieved to see that everyone had left. It was good that they didn't watch. If a mass incident broke out, it would be the responsibility of the security department.

Li Weiguo walked up to Jia Zhang, who was still howling. Li Weiguo stepped forward and shouted, "Stop yelling. The leader will be here soon. If you have something to say, just say it. If you dare to make trouble again, we will arrest you."

Li Weiguo came from the army, and his loud roar finally suppressed Jia Zhang's voice. Jia Zhang was naturally a little afraid when she saw people in military uniforms, but she turned her head to look at Jia Dongxu on the cart and winked at Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu lay on Jia Dongxu and started crying. Fortunately, the weather was cold, so there was no smell.

The sky was dark and the sun and moon were dim when they cried. Banggeng and Xiaodang started crying too when they saw their mother crying so sadly. Li Weiguo was at a loss as to what to do. They were crying for their dead husbands. You couldn't arrest all these pregnant women and children.

They could only stand at the factory gate and ignore them as long as they didn't shout or curse. The factory immediately notified Secretary Li after receiving the call. Secretary Li was anxious because Director Yang had not come to work yet. If he was blocked at the factory gate by these people, it would be a big mess. So he hurried to find Deputy Director Zhang, since he had gone with him to do this yesterday.

Fortunately, Deputy Director Zhang did not go home at noon and was resting in the office. When Secretary Li told him about the matter, Deputy Director Zhang woke up from his sleepiness, got up, washed his face, and hurried out with Secretary Li.

When the two arrived at the factory gate, they saw several comrades from the security department standing there. A cart was parked beside the gate, and a woman whose face could not be seen was crying loudly with two children.

He also saw Jia Zhang, who looked embarrassed, sitting on the ground, with her gray hair scattered and tears streaming down her face. Li Weiguo saw Director Zhang coming and hurried forward to explain the situation. Deputy Director Zhang asked, "You guys fought, why are you sitting on the ground?"

Li Weiguo quickly waved his hands and said, "Director, don't dare to do anything. There are old people and young children. The woman is still pregnant. She was sitting on the ground crying. I told her that the leader would be here soon and that they were not allowed to make noise, but several people ended up like this."

Hearing that no action was taken, Deputy Director Zhang nodded and walked out with Secretary Li. Secretary Li pulled Li Weiguo aside and said a few words. Li Weiguo pulled someone over and gave him some instructions. The two stood on both sides and followed to protect the director.

Deputy Director Zhang walked up to Jia Zhang and asked, "Jia Zhang, I told you this morning that you can ask for anything you want. What do you want to do with this?"

Jia Zhang looked at the person who came and recognized him as the one who came to her house this morning. She said, "Why are you bringing this up? You can't make the decision, so I'll find someone who can make the decision. If no one makes the decision, I'll let the workers in the factory see how you black-hearted people treat the factory workers."

Deputy Director Zhang was also in a headache. If he had known, he would not have taken on this mess. He suppressed his anger and said, "What do you want? You can raise any demands. If you keep making trouble like this, when will you be able to deal with this matter?"

Jia Zhang blinked her small eyes and said, "Didn't I tell you this morning that the pension is not enough. My family has no food to eat and no money to arrange for my son's funeral. You guys in the factory have to find a way to solve this problem."

"Didn't I tell you about these things? I asked you to come to the factory to discuss this afternoon. What are you doing? Pulling Jia Dongxu to block the door, what are you planning to do?"

"Dongxu can't be buried in peace, and we, an orphan and a widow, can't survive. We can only ask the factory leaders for help to find a solution."

After hearing Jia Zhang's words, Deputy Director Zhang had no choice but to say, "We have to wait for the leadership to hold a meeting before we can decide how to deal with it. We need to go into the factory to discuss things later. Who of you will go in?"

Jia Zhang looked up and said, "I'll go and talk to you later."

Deputy Director Zhang looked at the men and his eyes twitched. He said to Li Weiguo, "Come here with a few of you to help push them to a more secluded place on the side. Bring them two stools and give them some water to drink."

Then he turned around and said, "You guys follow him. I'll ask him to notify you later. I'll report to the leader and see how to deal with this matter."

After saying that, Deputy Director Zhang hurried back to the factory, followed by Secretary Li. Director Yang had just arrived, but Secretary Li had already given instructions that the people from the security department should lead the car in as soon as they saw it, and they did not stop at the factory gate. Jia Zhang also saw the car, but she did not know whose car it was. After being questioned by Deputy Director Zhang, she let Director Yang go in first.

Deputy Factory Director Zhang said as he walked over, "Go to the workshop and call the workshop director. Also, ask if there are any people who are familiar with the Jia family. Call them all over. I will go find the factory director and discuss what to do first."

Secretary Li hurried to a workshop after hearing this. Deputy Director Zhang then walked towards the factory office building and soon arrived at Director Yang's office. Director Yang was sitting inside drinking tea. When he saw Deputy Director Zhang coming in, he pushed the tea that had arrived earlier and said, "Drink some water first and talk slowly. What's going on at the door?"

Deputy Director Zhang first picked up the cigarette on the table and lit it, then picked up the water cup, blew on it, took a sip, and then said, "What's going on? It's the one we went to this morning. They said they were not satisfied with the compensation conditions, so they directly dragged the workers to the factory gate."

Director Yang frowned and said, "The pension is too little. We are all compensated according to the standard. If you say it is too little, I will admit it if you are making trouble. We are all compensated according to the normal standard."

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