Golden Color Xiangjiang: A Young Man's Dream in a Siheyuan

“Therefore, right here, on behalf of the factory leadership, I will definitely make a fair and just decision for everyone.

I decided to severely punish Sha Zhu and the canteen director. I decided to deduct two months' salary from Sha Zhu and order him to write a 3,000-word self-criticism, which will be read publicly at the factory-wide meeting next month.

The canteen director will be directly fined three months’ salary, and his position will be adjusted to acting canteen director. A three-month probation period will be set up and he will be supervised by everyone.

If his assessment results are qualified after three months, he will be reinstated; otherwise, if he fails the assessment, I will remove him from the position of canteen director and have him directly look after the warehouse.

As for those workers who participated in the fight, although it was understandable that you did fight, you did fight after all, and the place where the fight took place was in the cafeteria. It caused such a big commotion.

If there is no punishment, it will be difficult to convince the people. If everyone follows your example, our steel mill will be in chaos.

So I've decided that starting from tomorrow, all of you who are doing this will have to work an extra hour overtime every day for a week. I think you have no objection to this."

"No." The group answered in unison.

"Okay, as long as you don't have any objections. After all the fuss today, I guess you haven't eaten yet.

I will immediately arrange for several other canteens to work overtime and try to prepare your meals in the shortest time possible to ensure that you can have hot meals later.

At the same time, your workload for today will all be reduced by one third. After all, we have wasted too much time today, and now we have to work on an empty stomach, which certainly cannot be the same as usual."

At this time, warm applause broke out again.

Then Li Huaide said a few polite words and left the cafeteria.

Others also returned to their own workshops, waiting for the other canteens to open for lunch.

Seeing that the excitement was over, Zhou Jin said hello to Zhang Li and others, then turned and left the steel mill.

Too many bad things have happened in Siheyuan recently, which has had a great impact on the reputation of Siheyuan. Although Zhou Jin is the driving force behind these things, other people don’t know it.

Zhou Jin felt that he needed to explain everything to Lou Bancheng. After all, he and Lou Xiao'e had not yet officially obtained their marriage certificate, and he did not want to lose the wife he had already got because of these things. That would really be a loss.

Fortunately, Lou Xiao'e often praised Zhou Jin in front of Lou Bancheng, and they were indeed very satisfied with Zhou Jin.

So when Zhou Jin came to the Lou family, after a detailed explanation, Lou Bancheng and his wife expressed their understanding and support.

At the same time, they felt deeply relieved because Zhou Jin's move was not only to eliminate the potential unknown risks in the courtyard, but also to ensure that Lou Xiao'e would not be bullied by others after marriage and could live a better life.

Then, Zhou Jin and Lou Xiao'e went out to buy groceries together, preparing to take Zhou Xin home in the afternoon. The family sat together and shared a warm dinner time.

At the same time, Guo Tao brought people to the detention center and met Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai at this moment was completely different from when Guo Tao first met him.

At that time, Yi Zhonghai had just had a good meal and drink for several days. Although his injuries had not yet healed fully, he looked full of energy.

However, just over a week had passed and he had become emaciated, with an untidy beard and messy hair. He looked listless and had no energy at all.

It is not known whether Yi Zhonghai has accepted his fate now. Anyway, when Guo Tao met him in the interrogation room, Yi Zhonghai did not raise his head to look at Guo Tao. Of course, Guo Tao would not care about a dying man, as long as he could get what he wanted from him.

"Yi Zhonghai, I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon. I should be the second person to visit you after you were sentenced to death. Are you a little touched?" Guo Tao looked at Yi Zhonghai with a smile on his face, but his eyes were cold.

When Yi Zhonghai heard Guo Tao's words, he slowly raised his head, glanced at Guo Tao, then lowered his head again without saying anything.

His face was pale, his lips were cracked, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very haggard.

"Director Guo, I'm about to be executed. You're still here making sarcastic remarks at this time. Isn't that beneath your dignity?"

"I'm sorry, I don't take your identity that seriously, but I'm not here to mock you, I came here to ask you something."

"Okay, if you have anything else to say, just ask. I don't have much time to chat with you here."

"Our Public Security Bureau received a letter of complaint early this morning, which clearly stated the true identity of the deaf old lady and what she had done.

But so much time has passed, and a lot of information and people are no longer around. I want to ask you, how much do you know about the deaf old lady, especially about her identity."

Yi Zhonghai finally raised his head at this time. He looked at Guo Tao, with a very complicated expression on his face that was difficult to understand.

Then he spoke slowly.

"The identity of the deaf old lady has always been a mystery. I was very curious and asked her several times, but I didn't get an answer.

I was one of the first people to live in this courtyard. I remember that after the peaceful liberation of Beijing, the government arranged for me to live in Courtyard No. 95. He Daqing, Xu Fugui, Lao Jia and Liu Haizhong also moved in with me at that time.

Yan Bugui and his group were the second group to move in.

When we moved into the courtyard, the deaf old lady was already living there. It seemed that she had lived here for a long time and she was very familiar with the situation inside the courtyard.

Later, due to various conflicts of interest, I started to get closer and closer to her, but to put it bluntly, we were just taking advantage of each other.

She is an old widow, and she is worried about her retirement. I don't have any children, and I am also worried about my retirement.

By chance, I chatted with her for a long time, and we shared our troubles with each other, and then she gave me a suggestion.

My wife and I will take care of her in her old age and her daily life, and then she will use her connections to make me the boss in charge.

Then they use their own means to control the entire courtyard and find a suitable elderly person from it.

My wife and I thought this was a good idea at the time. Besides, this deaf old lady was obviously not a simple person. Judging from her conversation and knowledge, she was at least a lady from a wealthy family.

Just like that, I reached a cooperation with her and the cooperation was very pleasant. Within a few years, we had completely controlled the entire courtyard.

There, no one dared to disobey what we said, but it was a pity that Zhou Jin came back later.

From then on, we started to have bad luck, everything went wrong, and all kinds of bad luck came one after another.

Until now I still don’t know where I lost to Zhou Jin, but it’s no use thinking about it now.

I have been living with the deaf old lady for more than ten years, and I don't know much about her, but I do know one thing: Director Yang of the steel mill and Deputy Director Tang of the street office have a close relationship with her.

Basically every year during the holidays, they either visit in person or ask someone to send gifts.

Moreover, she has connections in the district government, and it seems that her level is not low. It was that person who helped me to restore my position as an uncle last time.

But I don’t know who this person is. The deaf old lady didn’t take me to see him. Maybe the relationship between her and I hasn’t reached that level yet.”

Guo Tao listened to Yi Zhonghai's story quietly, and a hint of surprise surged in his heart. He originally thought that he would need to use some means to get Yi Zhonghai to speak, but he did not expect that the other party would be so cooperative and tell everything without reservation.

Guo Tao believes that this situation can be understood from two aspects.

First, maybe it is true as the ancients said, "When a man is about to die, his words are good", but Guo Tao feels that this possibility is very slim.

After all, Yi Zhonghai had just said that he still didn't understand why he failed, which meant that he didn't realize how insane the things he had done before were.

It can even be said that Yi Zhonghai had already lost his kind nature, even at the moment of his death.

Secondly, Yi Zhonghai harbored resentment towards the deaf old lady. He blamed her for not saving him, abandoning him mercilessly, and even refusing to see him for the last time.

Since he is going to be shot tomorrow, and the deaf old lady is in trouble now, why not take this opportunity to find someone to take the blame?

Since he was going to die anyway, he might as well take someone with him to be buried with him. Guo Tao thought this possibility was the most reasonable.

In any case, it is undoubtedly a blessing that Yi Zhonghai was able to speak and reveal many things about the deaf old lady's past.

Anyway, neither of them is a good person, so let them fight each other.

Afterwards, Guo Tao took his people away from the detention center. He was in a good mood. Although there was no substantial evidence, it was able to prove that there were indeed serious problems with the identity of the deaf old lady.

Later, someone will be arranged to find Director Yang and Deputy Director Tang to take statements. Guo Tao does not expect to get any useful information from these two people.

After all, Yi Zhonghai had just said that the relationship between them was very close. Now that the deaf old lady was in trouble, they naturally chose to protect themselves.

Especially Director Yang. It was he who agreed to promote Yi Zhonghai to the seventh-level fitter at the request of the deaf old lady.

It can be said that he was the one most affected in the case of Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady. If he did not handle this matter well, he probably would not be able to stay in Beijing anymore.

So he would never tell the truth to the police. Guo Tao knew this, and the police under his command also knew it. It was just a formality.

In fact, just based on the letter of complaint that Zhou Jin sent to the Public Security Bureau, the deaf old lady's former maid as a witness, and the gold and flag found in the deaf old lady's home, it was enough to convict the deaf old lady.

Now these are just the normal procedures for the Public Security Bureau to investigate cases. All people and things related to the case must be investigated.

Avoid missing certain clues that may affect the final trial results.