Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

"Brother, please help me look after my second uncle. Let's go to the factory and ask for leave first. We can talk later."

Ye Wenwu said something to Liu Hua next to him, then rode his bicycle towards the factory director's office.

Of course, the person riding the bicycle was naturally his cousin Zhang Xingbang, and Ye Wenwu was sitting behind the bike.

"Cousin, do you believe the house was set on fire by someone or was it a natural disaster?"

Cousin Zhang Xingbang was gritting his teeth in hatred, he never thought that his grandparents could be so vicious. Although there was no evidence that they did it, in Zhang Xingbang's heart, this incident must have some connection with his grandparents.

Otherwise, why would my grandparents call my father and second uncle to go over there for dinner on the day of the arson?

What's more, when his house was burned down, the words his grandfather said in front of the crowd were somewhat problematic.

After all, you asked my father and second uncle to coordinate and speak openly, but now you are being sarcastic in front of the crowd. Zhang Xingbang doesn't believe that there is no problem at all.

"Cousin, I don't believe that this matter has nothing to do with my grandparents. I even feel that my third uncle is involved in it."

Ye Wenwu didn't say anything. After all, there was no evidence to prove that it was his grandparents and his third uncle who did it. He patted his cousin Zhang Xingbang on the back.

"Okay, let's wait until we get back from our leave and see what happens. If it's really man-made, I have a way to make it surface."

Ye Wenwu also felt that the arsonist was really immoral. If any child from his uncle or second uncle's family had not gone out to eat but had stayed at home, wouldn't that have cost a life?

Ye Wenwu first arrived at the Propaganda Department office.

"Xu Ying, my uncle and second uncle had some problems in the village. I will go to the factory director to ask for leave later, so I want to tell you first."

Ye Wenwu packed up the shoulder bag next to him.

Xu Ying blinked her big eyes. She was a little curious when she heard that Ye Wenwu actually had relatives in the village. However, seeing that Ye Wenwu was obviously not interested, she didn't say anything.

"Okay, then go and ask for leave. Remember to be careful on the road and don't be too impulsive."

Recently, my grandfather has been asking me to investigate Ye Wenwu's affairs, and even sent his guards to investigate.

So Xu Ying also knew that everything Ye Wenwu had done in the past month was even more troublesome than Monkey King.

Wherever Ye Wenwu is, there will be fighting.

Ye Wenwu glanced at Xu Ying in surprise, not knowing what he meant, but he was not in the mood to flirt with Xu Ying today.

As for why he didn't ask Xu Ying for leave, the first reason was that Shui Yin was only the deputy section chief of the Propaganda Department in name. Even if he asked for leave from him, he would have to report it to the higher authorities and go up step by step.

Another point is that after all, you are asking for a long vacation, nearly 3 or 4 days, and this kind of thing can usually only be decided by the factory leaders.

What's more troublesome is that I submitted the plan myself. If the higher-ups agreed, Director Yang would not be able to find me and would definitely keep this in mind.

Because I felt that Director Yang and his team wanted to monopolize this matter. If Ye Wenwu went out for a few days without asking for leave and it was lost, then it would be Ye Wenwu's responsibility.

Therefore, this matter must also be reported to Director Yang.

As for cousin Zhang Xingbang, he sent Ye Wenwu to the office building here and rode to the workshop.

After all, I was in a hurry when I first came here, and I thought it was some unknown matter. Now I have to go back to deal with my cousin and tell my master Wang Dachui, but I also have to report to the workshop director Sun Santian.

As for Director Yang, Ye Wenwu has also told his cousin Zhang Xingbang about it, and he will tell him when the time comes.

The office of Director Yang of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

Ye Wenwu reported his affairs to Director Yang, and then looked at him with a nervous expression.

Although I don't have much to do in the factory every day, I can't tell anyone about this.

In addition, due to the recent plan, theoretically I have to wait for orders in the factory at any time.

Director Yang was also a little surprised when he heard that Ye Wenwu actually wanted to take a 3-4 day vacation at once.

After he heard Ye Wenwu's explanation, he finally understood why Ye Wenwu wanted to take a 3-4 day vacation.

His brows furrowed slightly.

"You know that the plan has just been submitted. If you ask for 3-4 days, and then the higher-ups tell us to start the project immediately, but the person responsible for your plan is not in the factory, how can I, as the factory director, explain to them?"

To be honest, he really hoped that Ye Wenwu would take a few more days off.

If the plan is approved by the higher-ups at that time, I will have a reason to kick Ye Wenwu aside and let my own people do this project.

The corner of Ye Wenwu's mouth twitched slightly. He knew that Director Yang would use this matter to get rid of him.

But he had to go back today because in his past life, his relationship with his family was zero. In this life, he finally had a little bit of good family relationship with him, so he had to maintain it.

"Director, at most you can just wait for me for a few days. But I have to take this day off today. Can you please help me? My cousin and I both need to go back. Otherwise, even if the plan comes out, I won't be in the mood because I'll always be thinking about things at home."

Ye Wenwu just wants to go back now. As for whether Oak will come down directly and start or not, it has nothing to do with him.

At worst, I'll just sit on the bench in the Propaganda Department's office for another 1-2 months.

When the time comes and they can’t do it anymore, they will still have to ask me to come down and help.

At that time, I will have the opportunity to negotiate terms with senior leaders such as Director Yang and Deputy Director Li.

Originally, Ye Wenwu was planning to take five or six days off, but Director Yang would definitely not allow such a long time.

So the time was shortened to 3~4 days.

In fact, in his mind, one or two days is almost enough.

But after all, I still have to take my cousin back, so I have to let the couple stay at home for a few days. Money can be scarce at any time, but every day less spent together is a day less.

Seeing Ye Wenwu's firm attitude, Director Yang shook his head helplessly.

"Okay, since you insist on taking 3-4 days off, I won't stop you. But you must come back to the factory after the time is up."

Hearing that Director Yang agreed, Ye Wenwu quickly apologized.

"Thank you, Director. Thank you, Director."

Ye Wenwu received the leave approval note from the factory director. There were two copies in total, one for him and one for his cousin Zhang Xingbang.

"My cousin has asked for leave, let's go to the security room."

Ye Wenwu waved the two leave requests in his hands and waved to his cousin Zhang Xingbang who was waiting for him at the door.

Cousin Zhang Xingbang did not expect that he could get 3~4 days off so quickly. After all, when he told his master just now, his master was a little worried. After all, it is generally difficult to get 3~4 days off, unless there is a funeral in the family, or it is a funeral of direct relatives.

Zhang Xinbang gave his cousin Ye Wenwu a thumbs up, and then the two of them hurried to the security room.

"Brother Hua, can you lend me your bicycle? I might need it for 3-4 days."

On the way, Ye Wenwu remembered that there were three of them, him, his cousin and his second uncle, and they couldn't ride one bicycle back.

So I thought about borrowing one from my eldest brother Liu Hua. After all, if I went to my third uncle Yan Bugui's house, I would have to wait until after get off work in the evening to borrow one, and it would be too late by then.

Besides, his elder brother Liu Hua is also his own man, so there is nothing wrong with talking about this.

Liu Hua had been chatting about family matters with his second uncle Zhang Lijun in the security room. When he saw Ye Wenwu, they came back and came to greet him.

"How's it going, Wenwu? Have you got your leave?"

After all, there are very few people in the entire factory who would take 3 to 4 days off because of something happening at home.

Everyone wants to work more overtime every day, so how can they ask for leave continuously? You know, if you ask for one day off, you will lose one day's food allowance.

Ye Wenwu took out two leave notes from his pocket and shook them.

"Brother Hua, you don't even notice who is doing this. How can such a small matter be so difficult for me?"

Ye Wenwu said proudly.

"Okay, stop showing off. Didn't you say you wanted to hurry back? My car is over there, and you have to promise me that there won't be a single part missing, or I'll hehehe."

Liu Hua pointed at the bicycle in the corner and stroked Ye Wenwu's head.

In his heart, Ye Wenwu is his younger brother, a brother-like existence, so he is not angry at Ye Wenwu's show-off.

"Brother Hua, you are awesome. You were able to predict this in advance. Just arrange the car for me here."

You should know that Liu Hua's car is usually parked in the security department and rarely in the guard room.

"Ask me, your brother just rode his bike over here. I guess he guessed that you wanted to borrow his bike."

My second uncle Zhang Lijun also said with a smile.

"Big brother is still the best. I have to admit defeat."

Ye Wenwu pretended to bow.

"Brother Hua, time waits for no one. I'm afraid they will rebuild the place where the house was burned. I have to rush back with them, so I won't talk to you."

He could tell from the conversation that Ye Wenwu was a little anxious to go back. When he had just chatted with Ye Wenwu's second uncle Zhang Lijun, he realized that there were too many doubts about this matter.

However, he also believed very much that Ye Wenwu could handle this problem, so he did not look worried from beginning to end.

"Alright, alright, why don't you go back with your uncle and the others?"

"When you come back, tell me what happened so I can learn more."

However, Liu Hua's gossipy heart immediately emerged. After speculating for a long time, he finally figured out that it was related to Ye Wenwu's grandparents.

But what if there is indeed a way out?

Ye Wenwu rolled his eyes helplessly, feeling that the people around him always liked to gossip.

His cousin Zhang Xingbang is also a person who likes gossip, Xu Ying in the office is also a person who likes gossip, and now his eldest brother Liu Hua is also a person who likes gossip. He is really about to collapse.

"Cousin, you take my uncle to ride my bike, and I'll ride my brother's bike."

Since he was borrowing someone else's bike, and it was his brother Hua's bike, Ye Wenwu didn't dare to ruin it, so he let his cousin and second uncle ride his bike.

Two bicycles, three people, riding on the road. Uncle Zhang Lijun saw the fast speed and sighed:

"Wenwu, Xingbang, if you had come here by bicycle, I might have been able to stop you at home before you went to work, and you could have had a bowl of hot breakfast."

He does not mean that.

Ye Wenwu then realized that his second uncle Zhang Lijun probably hadn't had breakfast yet, so he ran over.

Besides, I had run such a long distance, so I wasn’t very hungry even after eating a few bowls of porridge.

"Alas, look at my brain, I actually forgot such an important thing about you, second uncle."

Ye Wenwu sighed, stepped on his bicycle a few more times, and passed Zhang Xingbang.

Cousin Zhang Xingbang was still puzzled, thinking that Ye Wenwu had something important to tell him.

I saw Ye Wenwu stopped at a place selling breakfast, gave the other party some money and coupons, and got three big meat buns.

"Second uncle, you didn't even tell me that you didn't have breakfast. Take this to fill your stomach first. As for lunch, we'll have it at eldest uncle's house later."

Second uncle Zhang Lijun took the bun in his hand with tears in his eyes. He just felt a little hungry and sighed. He didn't expect that his nephew was so observant.

This incident did not stop the bicycle.

My second uncle Zhang Lijun finished eating two buns and stopped when he felt he was about 60% full. He wrapped up the remaining bun and put it in his pocket.

Only then did he lick his upper and lower lips with a hint of aftertaste, as if he was eating buns in the air.

Because they had two bicycles, even though Zhangjiazhuang was far away, the two of them rode quickly to the village gate of Zhangjiazhuang under the scorching sun.

However, Ye Wenwu was surprised to find that there were usually children playing at the entrance of the village, which was the entrance of the houses, but now there was not even a child.

"If such a big thing happened, the village head and the director and secretary would definitely gather everyone together to find out whether it was man-made or a natural disaster."

Perhaps noting the confusion in his nephew Ye Wenwu's eyes, his second uncle Zhang Lijun quickly spoke from behind.

Ye Wenwu nodded. As for his great-grandfather, it would be useless even if he was caught. After all, to catch someone, there must be evidence.

"So are we going directly to the lobby of the village committee?"

Ye Wenwu was not sure where the people in the village were now, so he could only ask his second uncle who was more familiar to him.

"Such a big thing happened last night. Today, uncle and his men will gather everyone at the village committee for a village meeting, so we just need to ride over there."

Since his second uncle Zhang Lijun knew where it was, Ye Wenwu just had to focus on riding.

Sure enough, as the distance got closer, Ye Wenwu could hear shouting in the distance. When he rode not far away, he saw a dense crowd of people standing on the square.

Ye Wenwu didn't need to know these people to know that they should be people from the entire village.

After all, the total population of Zhangjiazhuang is only about a hundred households.

The purpose of Ye Wenwu's coming here was to discuss the matter with his great-grandfather. They would wait until they got to the bottom of the matter before making any decision. No one dared to tell the truth after asking one by one.

He also wanted his great-grandfather to warn the people in the village not to go to the place where the houses had just been burned down, so that the place would not be damaged too seriously.

Maybe because the house was on fire last night, everyone rushed over to put out the fire, but Ye Wenwu didn't care about the footprints on the ground.

After all, he is not a professional, and he can't find anything from these footprints.

He just wanted to see whether it was a man-made disaster or a natural disaster.