Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Liu Guangtian looked at Liu Haizhong with a Versailles expression and replied, "He is not a high-ranking official. He is just a small team leader. I am the chief and Guangfu is the deputy."

Liu Haizhong said, "You two brothers are both officials now. Isn't it time for you to take care of your father?!"

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at each other and laughed at the same time. Liu Haizhong asked, "What are you laughing at?!"

Liu Guangtian said: "We are different. You are a worker and we are students. If you want to make progress, you should go to the factory to find a solution instead of asking us."

"That's right!" Liu Guangfu echoed, saying, "Dad, I advise you to go to the factory and think of a solution. There's really nothing good about being the manager of the hospital. Don't you realize that Yan Bugui is only looking after the gate of our hospital and doesn't care about other things?!"

Liu Haizhong thought about it carefully and found that Yan Bugui's current situation was exactly the same as what Liu Guangfu said. After hesitating for a few seconds, Liu Haizhong said, "I know! I know what's going on!"

"Then let's go!" After saying that, Liu Guangtian took Liu Guangfu out.

After Liu Guangtian and his brother left, the second aunt immediately closed the door and said, "Old Liu, it's so chaotic outside now. I think you should put your affairs as an official on hold for now."

Liu Haizhong said firmly: "If I can't become an official now, I will have no chance in the future." Thinking of this, Liu Haizhong planned to find Li Huaide tomorrow to see if he could get an official position.

The next morning, just after dawn, Liu Haizhong, who had not slept all night, got up from the bed. After looking at his wife who was still sleeping, Liu Haizhong walked to the corner, pulled out a brick, reached in, and took out a wooden box the size of a mouthwash cup. Liu Haizhong stared at the wooden box for a few seconds, and suddenly felt distressed. After hesitating for a while, Liu Haizhong put the wooden box back to its original place and restored the brick.

After breakfast, Liu Haizhong went to the steel mill as usual. The steel mill had stopped working, and the workers chatted and played cards together every day in the name of learning. Liu Haizhong stayed in the workshop for a while, and then left the workshop. Not long after, Liu Haizhong came to the door of Li Huaide's office. After hesitating for a few seconds, Liu Haizhong reached out and knocked on the door of Li Huaide's office.

Li Huaide heard a knock on the door and shouted, "Come in!"

After getting permission, Liu Haizhong walked into the office and said, "Director Li, I came here today to report some ideas to you!"

Li Huaide looked at Liu Haizhong and asked, "Who are you?!"

Liu Haizhong hurriedly introduced himself: "Director Li, my name is Liu Haizhong, a seventh-level blacksmith in the forging workshop."

Li Huaide's eyes lit up and he asked, "What do you want to report to me?!"

Liu Haizhong said, "Director Li, now all the workers in our steel rolling mill are actively responding to the call and studying hard. But there are still some who are unrepentant. Let's talk about Yi Zhonghai from Workshop 3. Not only does he have problems himself, but he also takes care of an old lady who pretends to be a martyr's relative, telling people that this is filial piety and that we should learn from him. Do you think there is something wrong with his thinking?!"

Li Huaide nodded heavily and said, "He does have some problems with his thinking. How about this! The factory's labor dispute team is still short of a deputy team leader. You will be in charge temporarily. When you can become a regular team leader depends on your performance!"

When Liu Haizhong heard that he was to be appointed as a deputy captain, he was delighted and quickly expressed his loyalty, saying, "Director Li, from now on I will be your soldier. I will definitely obey your command in the future. I will do whatever you ask me to do, and I will never have second thoughts! Just wait and see how I perform in the future!"

Li Huaide laughed and said, "Okay! I'll take note of what you said today! Go get to work!"

Liu Haizhong understood what Li Huaide meant, and after receiving the order, he quickly left Li Huaide's office.

A little after three o'clock in the afternoon, Yi Zhonghai returned home. Before he had time to drink a sip of water, Liu Haizhong led a group of people straight to the backyard. Yi Zhonghai ran out of the house immediately after hearing the noise. Not long after, he saw Liu Haizhong and his people rushing into the deaf old lady's house.

Yan Jiekuang, who was hiding in the crowd watching the fun, saw this scene and thought to himself: "This scene wasn't in the original play?! Could it be that things have changed because of my coming?!"

Not long after, the deaf old lady was brought out, and then the people brought by Liu Haizhong moved three boxes from the deaf old lady's house. Liu Haizhong opened the boxes in front of everyone in the courtyard. One box contained the deaf old lady's old clothes; another box contained some porcelain and ornaments; and the last box contained some books, jewelry boxes and a few photos.

Liu Haizhong picked up a photo and looked at it. Then he raised the photo above his head and said with a smile, "Everyone, take a look! The person in this photo is the son of the deaf old lady, and her son is the officer on the bald side."

After seeing the photo, the onlookers began to discuss among themselves: "I really didn't realize it! This deaf old lady is really not simple!"

"Yes! Fortunately, she was found to have problems a few years ago and her status as a five-guarantee household was revoked. Otherwise, no one would dare to touch her today."

"It's not that no one dares to touch her. She will be protected by Yi Zhonghai in the future. Besides, she is just an old woman living alone. Who would care about her?"...

Listening to the discussions of the crowd, Liu Haizhong saw Yi Zhonghai and his wife hiding in the crowd. How could Liu Haizhong let go of such a good opportunity? Liu Haizhong winked at his men beside him. The men beside him understood and walked into the crowd and pulled Yi Zhonghai and his wife out.

Yi Zhonghai was about to argue with Liu Haizhong, but Liu Haizhong didn't give him a chance and ordered his men to take Yi Zhonghai and his wife and the deaf old lady away. Then Liu Haizhong and his men raided Yi Zhonghai's house again.

When Jia Zhang saw this scene, she suddenly felt an indescribable joy in her heart.

The third aunt returned home, sighed deeply, and asked, "We are all from the same courtyard, why does Liu Haizhong have to be like this?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "He is killing the chicken to scare the monkey."

Yan Jiekuang smiled and said, "Dad, don't think that Liu Haizhong is having a good time now, he will be punished in the future. His hard days are still ahead!"

The third aunt asked: "Can Yi Zhonghai and his wife come back?!"

Yan Jiefang said: "I guess they won't be able to come back. Most likely they went to the farm with the deaf old lady."

Yan Bugui took out Yan Jiefang's diploma and said, "This morning, I went to your school and got your diploma back for you. I think Jie Kuang is right. You should find a job as soon as possible!"

Yan Jiefang took the diploma and said, "What kind of job are you looking for? No factories are hiring now. Let's wait for a while!"

Time passed quickly, and three days passed in a blink of an eye. As Xu Damao pushed his bicycle into the courtyard gate, Yan Bugui asked, "Damo, what's the situation with Yi Zhonghai now?!"

Xu Damao said, "What else could it be?! But Yi Zhonghai is pretty good. He took the blame for his wife. After the meeting in the morning, Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old lady and some other arrested people were sent directly to the farm. I didn't expect Liu Haizhong to be so ruthless! I won't say more. I'm going back first!"

Not long after Xu Damao left, He Yuzhu and his wife came back with their child. He Yuzhu called Yan Bugui, "Uncle!" Without saying anything more, he took his wife and child back home.