Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

But Yi Zhonghai never expected that the factory would give him such a severe punishment. Not only was he given a serious warning, but he also had his salary deducted for three months. He also had to clean toilets for three months. After he returned to work, he was demoted from a grade eight worker to a grade five worker. The transcendent status of an grade eight worker that he had relied on in the past was now pulled down from the altar. He was now a complete joke of the steel mill.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai felt hopeless and for a split second he had the idea of ​​quitting his job and leaving. He wanted to throw away the lunch box in his hand and turn around and leave, never going back to the steel mill where he had worked for nearly twenty years, to avoid staying here and bringing shame upon himself.

Liu Haizhong felt the same as Yi Zhonghai. He was also completely desperate at this moment. He felt that the sky seemed to be completely dark and he could no longer see a ray of light. His obsession in this life was completely shattered at this moment. It was impossible for him to be an official anymore. He could only be an ordinary worker in this life. Moreover, he was demoted from a seventh-grade worker to a fifth-grade worker and was given a serious warning, which became a huge stain on his life.

That’s not all, he was punished by the factory to clean toilets for two months. He used to be a seventh-level blacksmith and the second uncle of the courtyard house. He wanted to be a leader, but now he was punished to clean toilets. How could Liu Haizhong accept this?

At this moment, Liu Haizhong was not in a relaxed mood any more than Yi Zhonghai. He just wanted to take off his belt, find a tree to hang himself.

Both of them were old guys who wanted to save face, but now their face was torn to pieces. At this moment, they almost felt that life had lost its meaning. It would be better to die. If they had known that they would have to endure such humiliation, they would not have compensated Lin Geng before. It would have been better for them to be sent to the shooting range by the police.

As for Jia Dongxu, his mood was not any better than Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong. He was also heartbroken. He was fired and asked to stay in the factory for a year for observation, cleaning toilets for three months. He was treated as a temporary worker within a year and had his salary deducted for three months. After a year, if he was converted to a regular employee again, he could only get an apprentice's salary.

This means that all the years he worked in the factory before were wasted, and he has to start all over again, and even have to start as a temporary worker. In other words, within three years, he will not be able to restore the salary level of a second-level worker, and can only get the salary of a temporary worker or an apprentice.

This was like a bolt from the blue to him, and made the Jia family's already tight life even worse.

You know, he is going to have his third child soon. Although his mother is locked up and can't come out for the time being, his family still has to support five people. How can they support the family relying on the wages of temporary workers and apprentices?

He likes to drink a little wine, smoke some good cigarettes, and play some cards with his bad friends. What can he do with this salary? He is fined three months' salary. How can he live like this?

Jia Dongxu felt completely numb and was really at a loss for a moment. He began to worry about how to live in the next few years.

In short, when the broadcast sounded, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Jia Dongxu were all stunned as if struck by lightning. It took them a long time to recover. It was not until the broadcast repeated five times and stopped that they finally sobered up a little.

"That's not right, Master. Why is Sha Zhu not there? Why did only the three of us get punished, but the factory didn't punish Sha Zhu?" Jia Dongxu suddenly shouted.

Just now when he was listening to the radio, he felt that something was not right, as if something was missing. Now that the radio stopped, he suddenly remembered that even if they were to be punished, Sha Zhu should be included. Why didn't he hear about the punishment decision for Sha Zhu?

So Jia Dongxu immediately shouted to Yi Zhonghai, who was still sitting on the ground with a deathly pale face.

Yi Zhonghai's eyes did not start to move until this moment, as if he had come back to life. He slowly raised his head and looked at Jia Dongxu. He shook his head stiffly and said, "I don't know. Why didn't they decide to punish Sha Zhu?"

"This is unfair! We committed the same crime together, why did the factory only punish the three of us and not Sha Zhu? I don't accept it! If they are going to punish us, they should punish us all together, why did they let that bastard Sha Zhu off?

I'm going to sue them!" When Jia Dongxu thought about how the factory only punished the three of them but spared Sha Zhu, he remembered how Sha Zhu had ridden on him and beat him up a few days ago. He was still in pain all over, and the bruises and redness on his face hadn't completely disappeared. He felt even more unbalanced and started to yell.

Yi Zhonghai also looked unhappy. In his opinion, Jia Dongxu was right. Why did the factory only punish the three of them but let Sha Zhu go? This was really unfair!

As the saying goes, people are not worried about poverty but about injustice. Since they all committed the crime together, if they are to be punished, they should be punished together to be fair. They only punished the three of them but let Sha Zhu go. What does the factory mean by that? Not to mention Jia Dongxu's dissatisfaction, even he felt dissatisfied.

No, absolutely not. This matter must be discussed with the factory leaders. Either no one should be punished, or everyone should be punished together. When Yi Zhonghai thought about how Sha Zhu dared to kick him, his former uncle, a few days ago, he became furious. If he were to die, he would take Sha Zhu with him.

So he immediately got up from the ground, holding his waist and angrily said to Jia Dongxu: "Yes! Dongxu, you are right, why do you only punish the three of us, but let Sha Zhu go? This is unfair, we must ask Director Yang for clarification! If the factory leaders don't give us a reasonable explanation, then this matter is not over! Even if I report it to the Ministry of Industry, I can't admit this loss!

Let's go find Liu Haizhong! We must ask the factory leaders to give us an explanation! I don't believe that there is no place for reason in this world!"

Jia Dongxu was so jealous that he was unrecognizable because Sha Zhu was not punished, so he immediately took Yi Zhonghai's hand and started walking towards the cafeteria, wanting to find Liu Haizhong there.

But when they angrily broke into the second cafeteria, they immediately became the focus of everyone's attention. However, most people's eyes were full of ridicule, mockery, gloating and other emotions, which made Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu feel like they were falling into an ice cave.

Facing the collective gaze of so many people, they felt uncomfortable and wanted to turn around and leave immediately. However, in order to find Liu Haizhong, they resisted the urge to cover their faces and run away. They looked around the cafeteria but did not see Liu Haizhong, but saw Sha Zhu standing at the cafeteria food window.

Sha Zhu also saw Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu at this time. Seeing them standing in the cafeteria looking around as if looking for someone, he smiled evilly, knocked on the dish basin, and called out to Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu: "Yo! Uncle... Oh no, you are not an uncle now! I almost forgot! I should call you Master Yi! Haha! And Brother Jia!"

What's going on? You two came to the cafeteria but didn't get food. What are you looking for?"

When Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu heard Sha Zhu calling them, they turned around and saw Sha Zhu's smug smirk. They were almost angry to death, so Yi Zhonghai ignored Sha Zhu and limped away. Jia Dongxu glared at Sha Zhu fiercely, pointed at him and shouted, "Don't be so proud! You can't get away! We'll see!"

After calling out, Jia Dongxu hurriedly caught up with him, supported the limping Yi Zhonghai, and the two of them ran out of the second canteen as if they were escaping.