Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

At this time, all the neighbors in the yard also gathered in the middle yard. Many of them were still gloating and came to watch Lin Geng's joke. After all, humans are animals with envy and jealousy in their instincts. There are also some narrow-minded people who can't bear to see others live better than themselves and wish that others would be unlucky.

There is still no resident in the courtyard who has bought a bicycle. The only one who has lived there is Xu Damao, who rides an old bicycle. This is because he often has to take a projector to the countryside to show movies. The bicycle was provided to him by the factory, but the ownership of the bicycle belongs to the steel rolling mill.

As for other families in the courtyard, no one has bought a bicycle so far. Even Yi Zhonghai, the former uncle, who is an eighth-level worker with the highest income and status in the courtyard, has not been able to buy a bicycle. How could Lin Geng be able to buy the first bicycle in this courtyard?

So it is impossible to say that the residents were not envious and jealous. Even if Lin Geng gave them candies, they would still be envious and jealous that Lin Geng bought a bicycle.

Of course, there were also people who were worried about Lin Geng and were sweating for him, such as Sha Zhu and Aunt Liu, and the children of Old Wang in the front yard. They were all worried about Lin Geng, fearing that the bicycle ticket Lin Geng used to buy the bike was not obtained in a legitimate way and that he would be caught and dealt with by the street office and the police.

At this moment, they were all staring at Liu Haizhong with hatred, wishing they could beat him up, but the police and street office leaders were all there, so they didn't dare to act rashly. They could only stare at Liu Haizhong with murderous eyes and grit their teeth.

Lin Geng looked at the people gathered in the yard, then smiled and said to Director Wang and the others, "There are too many people here. Although the source of my bicycle ticket is not a problem, it is not convenient to make it public. How about this, can I go to Brother Zhuzi's room and ask the leaders to sit down. I will explain the source of the bicycle ticket to you!"

Director Wang, Aunt Liu and two police comrades looked at each other and felt that what Lin Geng said made sense. After all, bicycles were considered a large commodity in this era and were hard to come by even if you had money. Bicycle tickets were often in the hands of some leaders, so it was indeed inconvenient to disclose their source.

So they all nodded, and Sha Zhu immediately stepped aside and invited Director Wang and the others to go to his house to talk.

Liu Haizhong was in a dilemma at the moment. He didn't know whether he should follow in. He stood in the yard awkwardly, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

After Lin Geng invited Director Wang and the others into Sha Zhu's room, he turned his head to look at the embarrassed Liu Haizhong, sneered and said, "Fatty Liu! Since you reported me, I will naturally let you die with a clear conscience! You should also come in and listen! Otherwise, if I don't tell you, you will feel wronged when the leaders deal with you later! Come on!"

After saying that, Lin Geng followed Director Wang and the others into the house.

Liu Haizhong felt even more uneasy at this time, because Lin Geng's performance was too calm, which was really abnormal. If Lin Geng's bicycle ticket was bought from the black market or the pigeon market, then Lin Geng should have panicked by now. However, Lin Geng had been very calm until now, without any sign of nervousness. So the source of his bicycle ticket was most likely not obtained through illegal means.

Even though Liu Haizhong was a fool, he also wanted to do these things, so his heart began to beat wildly. Although the weather had turned cold, a thin layer of cold sweat still appeared on his forehead.

Now he was regretting his rash behavior. Why didn't he think more about it before? What if Lin Geng's bicycle ticket was not bought illegally? What should he do?

But now it was too late for him to regret, and he could only bite the bullet and follow Lin Geng into Sha Zhu's house with trepidation.

Lin Geng asked Director Wang and the others to sit down. Director Wang took a look at Sha Zhu's room and showed a look of disgust on his face. Sha Zhu was a careless guy. Things in the room were scattered all over the place, and he looked cowardly.

Director Wang and Aunt Liu both frowned and whispered, "Zhuzi is already this old, it's time for him to find a wife to help him take care of the household! Look at what a mess this house is!"

Sha Zhu also followed in at this time. Anyway, he and Lin Geng had reconciled and became friends again, and they were still in his house, so he shamelessly followed in.

Hearing the complaints from Director Wang and Aunt Liu, his expression froze, and he felt a little embarrassed. He touched his nose and laughed dryly, "Well, Director Wang, Aunt Liu, I was too messy before, and did a lot of bad things. No one liked me! So it has been delayed until now, and I still haven't been able to get married!

Now after this warning from brother Lin Geng, I finally understand that I was too stupid in the past and was fooled by others. No wonder I can’t get married!

From now on, Brother Xiaolin will keep an eye on me and give me a beating from time to time. I will not make mistakes in the future and I should be able to get married! Hehe!

I'll pour you some tea right away!"

After saying this, he busied himself getting the teacup and began pouring tea for Director Wang and the others. He rummaged through the drawers and found a packet of high-foam tea, put it in the teacup, poured the boiled water he had boiled in the morning over it, and brought it to them.

Director Wang and Aunt Liu both nodded in satisfaction and said, "Zhu Zi, it's good that you can understand it. You were really a mess in the past! You only did stupid things! After suffering a loss this time, you can understand it, which is a good thing for you. In the future, you should listen to Xiao Lin more. Although Xiao Lin is much younger than you, he is smarter than you. It's right to listen to him more! He will never cheat you!"

Sha Zhu nodded repeatedly, his attitude was extremely good: "Yes, yes, okay! I will remember Director Wang and Aunt Liu. I will listen to Brother Xiao Lin more in the future. He is smarter than me and will definitely not cheat me! You can rest assured in the future!

If I do something stupid again, I'm going to tell you right now that Brother Xiaolin will beat me up. I won't say a word. As long as you don't beat me to death, I won't go to you to complain! Hehe!"

After hearing this, Director Wang and Aunt Liu both laughed and looked relieved.

Liu Haizhong stood in the room, looking very embarrassed. Sha Zhu poured a teacup of water for everyone, but bypassed Liu Haizhong and did not pour tea for him or give him a seat. He just let Liu Haizhong stand at the door. Even Lin Geng sat down, but Liu Haizhong was the only one standing in front of everyone, looking embarrassed, as if he was the prisoner being interrogated.

Until this time, Lin Geng offered cigarettes to all the male comrades present, and then he said: "Since Liu Haizhong reported me, then I will tell you where this bicycle ticket came from!

Here's the thing... Director Wang, you can arrange for someone to go to Secretary Chen to ask about this matter right now! See if it's true! If, as Liu Haizhong said, I bought this bicycle ticket from the black market or the pigeon market, I am willing to accept any punishment from the street office and the police station!"

When Lin Geng explained the origin of the bicycle ticket, Liu Haizhong sweated even more. He stood there in silence, his legs shaking.

Only then did he realize that if it weren't for the factory director Yang who did so much work for Yi Zhonghai and him behind the scenes in order to suppress the matter, Lin might not have asked them for money at all, but would have given them a letter of apology. The final result would have been that at the very least they would have been sent to the Northwest to eat sand, or sent to the deep mountains and forests of the Northeast to live with blind bears!

In more serious cases, some of them might even be taken directly to target shooting and have to pay for the peanuts themselves.

In order to make Lin Geng forgive them, Director Yang actually spent a lot of money and gave Lin Geng a bicycle ticket. Only then did Lin Geng buy this Phoenix 28-bar bicycle.

After hearing what Lin Geng said, Director Wang and other street office staff and the two comrades from the police station all turned their eyes to Liu Haizhong. They were too lazy to even verify what Lin Geng said and just looked at Liu Haizhong.

Director Wang snorted coldly and said to Liu Haizhong, "Liu Haizhong, now you should know why you were released so easily this time? It is because the leaders of the steel mill love you, or even protect you, that Xiaolin was able to be magnanimous to you and forgive you by asking you to pay some money!

And you didn't even appreciate it, and you went to us to report Lin Geng for profiteering! Did a dog eat your conscience?

Well, now that the matter has been clarified and Xiaolin's bicycle ticket came from a legitimate source, it's time to talk about how to punish you, right?"