Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

Seeing Xu Ying rolling her eyes at him with disdain in her eyes, Zhao Shujie felt a surge of anger in his heart.

With a "bang", Zhao Shujie slammed the table heavily.

"Xu Ying, what's your attitude? Are you still an officer of the Propaganda Department? This is your attitude when facing questions from your superiors."

Ye Wenwu couldn't bear to watch it anymore. He couldn't push Xu Ying in front of him to protect him. He wasn't so thick-skinned as to hide behind a woman.

"Chief Zhao, you don't have to make such a fuss. We just said something with reason and evidence, and you said we were disrespecting the leadership. I'm afraid if one of us scolds you, you'll say we're going to kill you, the leader."

Zhao Shujie glared at Ye Wenwu fiercely.

"What qualifications do you have to speak? I asked you a question, but you interrupted me. Do you think I am your leader?"

Zhao Shujie was originally targeting Ye Wenwu, and he also knew that Ye Wenwu had just started working. This kind of person is most afraid of his leader.

"Whether I, Ye Wenwu, have a leader or not is not something I say out loud, but something I keep in my heart. How can you, Section Chief, teach us a lesson and not allow us to defend ourselves with facts? I tell you, Section Chief, you are only concerned about the officials setting fires but not the people lighting lamps. We are now in a new era and a new society, an era where the people are the masters of the country. Your bureaucracy will not work."

"And there's no need for you to preach to me. The things you arranged for us were problematic in the first place. Why do you put all the blame on us? Your leaders are just like that. They just throw everything down without caring whether we can accomplish it or not."

Zhao Shujie was also a scholar, so of course he understood the logic behind this, but he did not expect Ye Wenwu to be able to come up with such profound truths. He was obviously just a high school student, and even he, an undergraduate graduate, was speechless. He was probably so angry that he sat down on his office chair.

"Okay, okay, since you feel bad about me as the section chief, go ahead and report me if you have the guts."

"Section Chief, don't talk about whether to report or not. We have the right to report. Of course, if you did something wrong first, we will definitely report it, and we will report it to the government immediately."

Hearing Ye Wenwu's threat, Zhao Shujie gritted his teeth, especially when he just said the word "government", his tone was particularly heavy.

After all, if you report to the factory director or deputy director, most of the time the matter will be resolved into a small one.

But if the report is made to the government, it will be different and the nature will change, after all, they are two administrative organizations.

"Okay, since you all said so, I, as the section chief, don't dare to punish you. So do you have the ability or courage to go with me to the factory director to argue with him?"

Xu Ying and Ye Wenwu looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

"Let's go, who's afraid of who? We haven't done anything wrong, why shouldn't we go? Only those with something to hide would not go."

Zhao Shujie's expression improved a lot when he heard Xu Ying agreed.

Zhao Shujie was taking Ye Wenwu and Xu Ying to the factory director's office, and naturally they passed by other department offices, where everyone was pointing and talking.

Hearing everyone's discussion, Ye Wenwu found a sentence that was quite interesting, and quickly turned around and asked with a smile:

"Miss Xu, you are actually the most beautiful girl in our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill."

"Humph, I was just kidding. I'm naturally beautiful, and this factory belle feels a little sorry for me. I was the school belle at that time."

"Oh, she's the school beauty, this is not a joke."

Zhao Shujie, who was walking in front with a gloomy face, heard that the two of them were still in the mood to talk about love in the back, so he immediately turned around and scolded them.

"What are you talking about? Are you affecting other people's department work?"

Xu Ying rolled her eyes, and neither of them was in the mood to continue communicating.

The office was very close, and Ye Wenwu felt somewhat familiar on the way. Wasn't he going to Deputy Director Li's office?

I thought Zhao Shujie would go to Director Yang's office, but if it was Deputy Director Li's office, then it would be different.

"Deputy Factory Director, please come and take care of these two people. I can't do that anymore. As the section chief, they are talking nonsense to me. Now I can't even punish the people under me."

Zhao Shujie pushed open the door of Deputy Director Li's office and rushed in without even knocking.

When Deputy Factory Director Li saw Zhao Shushu suddenly appear in front of him and shouting, his brows frowned unnaturally.

"Chief Zhao, is there anything that cannot be said calmly? Let's calm down first, sit down and talk slowly."

Deputy Director Li stood up, walked out, helped Zhao Shujie to a chair nearby, and sat on a chair nearby himself. Only then did he look at Ye Wenwu and Xu Ying.

"Why, how did you two comrades offend your Section Chief Zhao? I usually see Section Chief Zhao as a calm and composed person. It is rare for him to be so angry with you guys."

However, Deputy Director Li was very confused at this time. Although the matter between Xu Ying and Ye Wenwu had spread throughout the factory, the top management just laughed it off and did not take it seriously.

"Deputy Director, this is not the joke that has been made in our Red Star Steel Mill these past few days. The two of them failed to complete their mission and are still making excuses."

Zhao Shujie kept calling him "deputy director", which almost made Ye Wenwu laugh. Ye Wenwu was 100% sure that Zhao Shushu and Deputy Director Li were not in cahoots with each other, and it was definitely not Deputy Director Li who arranged to suppress him, otherwise Deputy Director Li was just trying to make things difficult for him.

Deputy Director Li took a deep look at Zhao Shujie, then turned around and asked Ye Wenwu and the others:

“Is this true?”

"Uncle Li, don't believe him. He asked us to change the time of the Propaganda Department's screening and asked two of us to ride bicycles to every commune. I said it would take seven or eight days, but he said it could be done in three days. I don't believe it. I asked the people who had done it before, and they all took seven days. It only took us three days. Isn't this bullying? If it doesn't work, I'll go home and tell my grandfather."

Xu Ying said angrily, pretending to be very aggrieved.

Ye Wenwu also looked at Xu Ying in surprise. This sentence was not taught by him, and he had never thought of taking advantage of Xu Ying's family background.

"Comrade Xu Ying, and Comrade Ye Wenwu, right? Let's sit down and talk slowly. The factory will definitely give you a solution. Don't think of using other solutions."

Deputy Director Li looked at Xu Ying deeply, and even glanced at Ye Wenwu next to him.

He knew Xu Ying's character. She would never tell her family about something, and would keep it to herself even if something happened. But today she actually thought of telling her grandfather, and her grandfather was her father-in-law's leader. If Xu Ying's grandfather knew about it, it would not mean that his future would be bleak. After all, he couldn't handle such a small matter and let his granddaughter suffer. That would be unacceptable.