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

In the blink of an eye, it was almost time for everyone to get off work, and Zhou Jin was already waiting in the guard room of the street office.

The security guard was also a veteran, and he got along very well with Zhou Jin. From their conversation, Zhou Jin felt that this old man was no ordinary man, and had a bit of a sweeping monk vibe.

After a while, the bell for the end of get off work rang. Zhou Jin said goodbye to the security guard and then went to wait at the door of Director Wang's office.

Director Wang had also packed up and saw Zhou Jin as soon as he left the office.

Zhou Jin is so sensible that Director Wang likes her even more.

"Xiao Zhou, come on, I'll go back to the courtyard with you to deal with your affairs."

: "Okay, Aunt Wang, let's go."

Director Wang went to the next office and called two staff members, then took Zhou Jin with him and walked towards the courtyard.

Back at the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong kept making mistakes at work today because they were worried. The number of scraps in one day was almost as much as that in the previous month. Fortunately, both of them were senior workers in the factory, and the workshop director only came up to them to ask about the situation and did not scold them too much.

Of course, Jia Dongxu was not so lucky. After all, he had always been sneaky and the workshop director had long been fed up with it. It just so happened that Yi Zhonghai made a mistake today, so he took this opportunity to teach Jia Dongxu a lesson.

So Jia Dongxu was scolded by the workshop director from morning to night today, and Yi Zhonghai couldn't come out to protect Jia Dongxu. In the end, the workshop director directly deducted half a day's salary from Jia Dongxu.

This was a life-threatening situation for Jia Dongxu. His monthly salary was not high to begin with, and he was still a first-level fitter for so many years, earning only 27.5 yuan a month.

Moreover, in order to gain advantage, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Jia family were reluctant to give up the little land in the countryside and did not transfer their household registration to the city. Now, among the family of five, only Jia Dongxu has a food ration.

In addition to buying expensive grain, Jia Dongxu's salary also requires him to give Jia Zhangshi a three-dollar monthly pension. If Yi Zhonghai had not given him some corn flour every month, the Jia family would have gone bankrupt long ago.

What's more, Jia Dongxu loves gambling. Even though only half a day's salary was deducted, it was enough to make Jia Dongxu feel distressed for a long time.

At this time, the bell for the end of get off work at the steel rolling mill rang, and Yi Zhonghai hurriedly took Jia Dongxu back to the courtyard. He had a premonition that something big would happen soon, and he had to go back early to prepare.

The master and the apprentice met Liu Haizhong at the gate of the steel rolling mill, and the three of them discussed the details while walking towards the courtyard.

When the three returned to the courtyard, they looked up and saw Yan Bugui guarding the gate, stretching his head and staring in the direction of the steel rolling mill. When he saw Yi Zhonghai and the other two, he immediately went to greet them and followed them into the courtyard.

As soon as they walked into the middle courtyard, Director Wang's voice came from behind.

"Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, quickly notify everyone in the court to come to the Intermediate Court for a meeting. There are very important matters to be dealt with today."

Yi Zhonghai and his friends never expected that the person who came was not a police officer from the police station, but Director Wang from the Street Office, which made Liu Haizhong even more scared.

If the police came, he would just return the benefits he had received to the Jia family and pay some compensation to Zhou Jin. However, if Director Wang found out, he might remove his position as the manager.

But now that Director Wang had spoken, the three uncles had no choice but to return to their respective courtyards and go door to door to notify everyone of the meeting.

Director Wang and Zhou Jin waited in the Central Courtyard for about ten minutes. Basically, everyone in the courtyard and those who came back from get off work had arrived at the Central Courtyard.

"Yi Zhonghai, take a look, are all the people here?"

Yi Zhonghai immediately looked at the crowd and began counting.

"Director Wang, except Xu Damao who went to the countryside and is not in the courtyard, everyone else is here."

"Okay, you stand here and don't move. Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, and the three from the Jia family, come to the front."

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui stood weakly on the beach of Yi Zhonghai like lost dogs. Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu also walked out of the crowd, but Jia Zhangshi was still hiding in the crowd.

Director Wang saw that Jia Zhang was not coming out and was hiding in the crowd. He could no longer suppress his anger.

"Okay, okay, okay, since Jia Zhang is not coming out, there is no need to hold this meeting. Xiao Jin, go to the police station and report the incident. Let the police come and handle it."

This idiot Jia Zhang thought that if she didn't stand up, Director Wang would let her go. However, he just ignored her and told her to go find the police. If the police really came, she would definitely go to jail.

Frightened, Jia Zhang rushed out of the crowd and stood beside Yi Zhonghai.

"Director Wang, don't call the police. I'm here."

Director Wang also knew about Jia Zhang's bad reputation, but she was too busy with work, and no one from Siheyuan came to find him. So the government would not investigate unless the people reported it.

"Hmph, I'll deal with you later." Director Wang stared at Jia Zhang viciously.

"Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, and the Jia family, I guess you should know why I came to the courtyard and why I asked you to stand up.

Wow, I really didn't expect that you would dare to do such a thing over the years. The three managers of an advanced courtyard house actually joined forces with the Jia family to occupy other people's property. You are really awesome.

The Jia family has lived in Zhou Jin's house for five years, but the street office didn't hear any news about it. If Xiao Jin hadn't come to me for help, I would have been kept in the dark by you. You manage it very well and are very united.

The owner of the house came back to claim the house, but you started to curse him and even drove him away. Don't forget that Xiao Zhou is a martyr's relative and you are also a veteran who has made great contributions. What do you want to do? Do you want to eat peanuts?"

Director Wang's harsh words directly frightened Liu Haizhong, a power-hungry man. He forgot all the rhetoric they had discussed before and now only wanted to quickly extricate himself from this matter.

So Liu Haizhong hurriedly said: "Director Wang, this was done by the Jia family and Lao Yi, and it has nothing to do with me. It was Lao Yi who said that if this matter was exposed, it would affect our Siheyuan's selection of advanced Siheyuan.

I didn’t report it to the Street Office because I was considering the internal unity of the Siheyuan. I didn’t intend to occupy Zhou Jin’s house.”

"Liu Haizhong, you are quite talkative. You are the manager of this courtyard, and this backyard is under your jurisdiction. The Jia family has occupied Zhou Jin's house for five years, right under your nose. Now you tell me that it has nothing to do with you. Are you kidding me?"

And you, Yan Bugui, you are the uncle and also a teacher. Although you are in charge of the front yard and the backyard is not under your jurisdiction, when you saw such a thing, didn’t you report it to the street office? This matter has not happened in just one or two days, but for five years. You are also responsible.

Yi Zhonghai, your problem is the most serious. You are just a manager appointed by the street office. What qualifications do you have to let people live in other people's private houses? Is it just because Jia Dongxu is your apprentice?

Don't forget, as managers, your job is limited to conveying national policies, assisting the street office in managing the courtyards, mediating neighborhood conflicts, and preventing enemy spies.

And your Jia family, you are the culprits of the whole thing. You have the biggest problem. You actually dared to join forces with the manager to occupy the house of the martyr's family. You are really courting your lives.

If Zhou Jin hadn't thought that you were neighbors and didn't want to make things too awkward, he would have asked me to handle this matter. If it had really gone to the police station, you would all have to go to labor camp."

After Director Wang finished speaking, he looked at them coldly.

After Director Wang finished speaking, everyone knew what had happened, and then these people began to discuss in low voices.

"No way, it turns out that person yesterday was Zhou Jin."

"Didn't the uncle say that these rooms were sold to the Jia family before Zhou Jin left? It turns out that he just took them away privately because there was no one at Zhou Jin's house."

"I can't believe these three gentlemen dared to do such a thing."

"I think the three masters must have received benefits from the Jia family, otherwise they would not have done such a thing."

"I think this year's advanced courtyard house title will definitely be lost, and the reward will also be lost. It's all because of the Jia family and the three masters."

Listening to the discussions of the crowd, the three uncles' faces turned pale and red.

Only Jia Zhang acted indifferent, after all, it seemed like she had never had such a thing before.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai also felt very powerless. He did not expect Director Wang to criticize him so harshly. He felt that his position as a big shot might be in danger.

But there is no way to think too much now. I can only deal with this matter first and plan the rest later.

So Yi Zhonghai quickly walked up to Director Wang, bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and said sincerely:

"Director Wang, we really didn't handle this matter properly. We didn't think about this issue at a deeper level.

At that time, we just considered that the Jia family was in a difficult situation. Several people in the family were crowded in one house, and Qin Huairu was a pregnant woman, so life was indeed inconvenient.

Just at this time I heard someone say that Zhou Jin was going to another place to live with relatives, and a few days later Zhou Jin left the courtyard.

We thought it would be a waste to leave the house empty, so the three of us decided to let the Jia family move in. But we definitely didn’t intend to occupy it by force, we just wanted to rent it.”

The other two uncles quickly agreed when they heard this: "Yes, we just saw that the Jia family was having a hard time, so we wanted to help them if we could. We definitely didn't intend to occupy Zhou Jin's house."

"Yes, we are really just staying here temporarily. We want Huairu to have a better environment to give birth to the baby." When Jia Dongxu heard that things seemed to be easing up, he hurried out to explain.

Director Wang did not answer after listening to Yi Zhonghai's explanation. She certainly would not believe such nonsense. If he was really staying there, things would not have turned out like that yesterday.

Seeing that Director Wang didn't say anything, Yi Zhonghai quickly changed direction and looked at Zhou Jin and continued.

"Xiao Zhou, no matter how you look at it, we were wrong in this matter. We moved into your house without consulting you, but we have our reasons, and I believe you can understand.

To express our apologies, we agreed yesterday that we would give you the rent for the past five years and another 350 yuan in compensation, a total of yuan.

We three uncles and the Jia family did something wrong in this matter. We are here to apologize to you. You see, we are all neighbors and have lived in the same yard for so many years. There is no need to hold on to a mistake.

Besides, you will be living in this courtyard in the future. If the relationship with neighbors becomes too strained, it will also affect your life, right?

As a young man, you should be more generous and stop arguing with the Jia family, which has orphans and a widowed mother, okay?"

At this time, when Jia Zhang heard the word "money", she was about to open her mouth to curse as if it was a conditioned reflex, but Yi Zhonghai glared at her and then she stopped.