Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"Old Yi, it seems our house has been robbed."

"What's as if?"

After hearing what Tan Guihua said, Yi Zhonghai was stunned. If you want to attract thieves, then so be it. Why do you say "as if"? This is not very rigorous. Besides, it is already past nine o'clock and everyone who should go to work has left. If you say you want to attract thieves at this time, you can't even take the opportunity to hold a meeting to satisfy yourself.

"A cabbage and two radishes were lost in the kitchen."

"Go call the police."

"what?"

Tan Guihua was shocked. This thing was worthless. Besides, Yi Zhonghai never advocated calling the police before. No matter what was lost, it had to be dealt with in the compound. What was the situation now? Did he need to call the police for something worth a few cents?

"What? If you lose something, you should call the police. Guihua, even though cabbage and radishes are worthless, the main thing is that we cannot condone this kind of theft. If we don't call the police this time, what about next time? What about the next time?"

Yi Zhonghai's words were so righteous that Tan Guihua was stunned.

"Okay, I'll call the police now."

Having said that, Tan Guihua was about to go out.

"and many more."

"Old Yi, what else?"

"Well, I'll go out for a walk first, and then you can call the police after ten minutes."

"why?"

"Well, when I'm not home, you call the police. If it's someone from outside, it's okay. If it's someone I know, I can still say something. Otherwise, I won't be able to get along with this neighbor in the future."

"Oh, yes, yes, you are really thoughtful, Old Yi."

Ten minutes after Yi Zhonghai left the door, Tan Guihua rushed to call the police.

"Sister-in-law, what's going on?"

"Yeah, what happened?"

"Sister-in-law Yi, can you tell me what happened? Why did you call the police?"

"Old Yi, what do you mean by this? Doesn't Yi Zhonghai often talk about the compound? Why did you go to the police without saying anything?"

"That's right. It turns out that what Yi Zhonghai said before was all bullshit. Now that the incident happened to him, her family called the police first."

"No wonder the family is extinct. Their family is capable of doing this."

After listening to the discussions of these old ladies in the courtyard, Tan Guihua's face turned pale. She was angry, and her heart was beating obviously violently. Tan Guihua hurriedly took two pills and she finally stabilized.

"Comrade Zhang, Comrade Li, the kitchen is this way."

Tan Guihua pointed to the kitchen for Zhang Qiang and Li Zheng. She was not going to explain anything to those people in the compound. Over the past three years, the couple had stayed at home when they had nothing to do. Except for buying groceries, they basically did not communicate with the people in the compound, unless they met them in person, then they would say some meaningless and common words.

Tan Guihua also knew that Yi Zhonghai had offended too many people, both openly and secretly, when he was the steward. They were hoping that some changes would happen in Yi Zhonghai's family so that they could watch the fun.

Zhang Qiang and Li Zheng carefully searched the kitchen of Yi Zhonghai's house. There was no need to guess which shoe prints had the most in the kitchen. They must have been from Tan Guihua. The other one was very obvious. If it was not from Yi Zhonghai, it must have been from the thief. The two of them took rubbings of the shoe prints.

After comparison, most of the shoe prints belonged to Tan Guihua. The only shoe print that had appeared before was obviously not from Yi Zhonghai. This means that the new shoe print was left by the thief.

The question now is how to identify this shoe print.

Zhang Qiang and Li Zheng are more inclined to believe that the crime was committed by someone from our hospital.

We first compared the footprints of these family members, and the result was obvious: none of them matched.

The problem is that many people have gone to work. Some come back at noon and some don’t. This makes it a bit difficult. Fortunately, most of the people in this courtyard are employees of the steel rolling mill.

After discussing it, the two decided to go directly to the steel mill.

When we arrived at the steel rolling mill, we first contacted Chief Li of the Security Department. Under Chief Li's coordination, we called all the people in Yard 95 into the auditorium for comparison one by one.

"Silly Zhu, what do you think you are doing? Everyone here is from our hospital."

Ever since Yan Jiecheng was called to the auditorium, his right eyelid has been twitching and he has a bad feeling in his heart.

"I know as much as you do."

Sha Zhu said unhappily, especially when he saw Qin Huairu and Cui Dake standing together and flirting with each other, Sha Zhu's heart was filled with anger.

"quiet."

Chief Li of the Security Department glared at the two of them. Sha Zhu and Yan Jiecheng didn't dare to talk underground anymore. They just waited quietly like everyone else.

"it's him."

Before Yan Jiecheng could react, he was controlled on the spot.

"Comrade, what do you mean?"

Yan Jiecheng was confused. Wasn't it just comparing shoe prints? Everyone was wearing the same rubber shoes issued by the factory, except for the shoe size, everything else was the same. Just by comparing a few times, he was arrested. Isn't this too casual?

What he didn't know was that with these same shoes, the point of force of the footsteps and the standing habits could all be seen in the footprints.

"The others can go."

Now that the suspect had been found, Section Chief Li let the others go back.

"Yan Jiecheng, tell me."

It is not a big deal to interrogate someone on the spot after catching him. Besides, there are so many such incidents happening every day across the country.

But since someone called the police, there was nothing they could do; everything had to follow the procedure.

"Comrade, please don't frame me. I'm a good person."

"Good guy? Yan Jiecheng, right? Last year there was a guy named Hao Ren, and I'm sure you know what happened to him."

"No, Comrade Zhang, I really am a good person."

As a person from No. 95 Courtyard, Yan Jiecheng naturally knew who Hao Ren was that Zhang Qiang mentioned. That was all last year. Besides, the matter between Jia Dongxu and Hao Ren had nothing to do with him at all.

"Yan Jiecheng, our principle is to be lenient to those who confess and severe to those who resist. We are also giving you a chance. If you confess yourself, it can be regarded as a meritorious performance."

Although Zhang Qiang’s words were not standard procedure, everyone in the police station was familiar with them.

Once you catch the suspect, let him confess first. You never know, you might get unexpected results. This is relative. If you meet those experienced people, this trick won't work.

Yan Jiecheng lowered his head and said, "Comrade Zhang, I didn't do anything. What do I have to confess?"

"Keep your head up."

Zhang Qiang shouted angrily, which scared Yan Jiecheng.

The reason why Yan Jiecheng didn't dare to look up was that Zhang Qiang, Li Zheng and Section Chief Li were sitting side by side, staring at him with expressionless faces. Seeing the looks of the three people, Yan Jiecheng felt uneasy.

When I looked up, I felt like I was looking into the eyes of Zhang Qiang and the other two.

The aura and sharp eyes of the three people were very oppressive. Yan Jiecheng could only lower his head and not look at them. Only then did he feel a little better.