The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 156: Each One Complains

Lu Zixuan found Song Xiangzhe, and the two of them lay down not far away and soon heard the child's screams and howls.

Other people in the yard heard the child crying and rushed in to stop him. A few minutes later, the father, with a dark face, grabbed the child, got on his bicycle, and sped away in the direction of the slum.

"Don't we need to follow? If we get caught, we can fix it."

Song Xiangzhe asked with some concern.

Lu Zixuan smiled and shook his head and said softly:

“No need. Today’s soldiers, especially those with senior officers, care most about their reputation.

Whether it is robbing money, beating poor people, or smashing windows.

Especially when I hinted that they were protecting each other among officials, it touched his sore spot. If he didn't skin that bad guy alive, it would be considered a light punishment.

Let's go, now that I've vented my anger on you, it's time to help me with something.

When you ran away from your hometown, did you see anyone secretly harvesting crops? "

After listening to Lu Zixuan's explanation, Song Xiangzhe nodded in agreement. When he heard Lu Zixuan asking about the village, he answered everything in detail:

“Yes, almost every household has someone who goes out in the middle of the night to steal food from the fields.

Not only that, they would light a fire and cook in the middle of the night, but my mother was too stubborn to cook and just relied on the bland soup in the big pot.

This made everyone wary, and that’s why our family suffered this misfortune.”

Lu Zixuan nodded to show that he understood and immediately went to the broken courtyard.

I took out a pen and paper and made some changes to the plan to buy more grain from the commune.

He also asked Song Xiangzhe to pass the message to Xiaojing and his brother immediately.

Song Xiangzhe was not familiar with the terrain and did not return until dark.

He also excitedly reported the child's fate.

His father asked him to kneel down and admit his mistake to the family, and offered to pay 20 yuan as compensation.

Lu Zixuan disagreed and asked Song Xiangzhe to remember Liu Lan's home address so that he could teach Liu Lan to read when he had time.

He has no plans to let Song Xiangzhe join the group for the time being. He just wants to use him for a while to see his character. He is quite satisfied with him at the moment.

When Lu Zixuan returned to the courtyard, he found Aunt Zhou directing several people to move to the backyard.

After asking in detail, I realized that Yi Zhonghai's house was allocated by the steel rolling mill and was not private property.

The logistics department of the steel rolling mill has taken back the house and allocated it to a new level 7 worker.

At the same time, Aunt Zhou was notified that she had to move out within two days.

After obtaining the deaf woman's consent, Aunt Zhou temporarily moved into the deaf woman's house.

While eating, Chen Ping asked about the doubts in her heart.

"Son, Jia Zhang secretly came to the grain station to find me today and said that she had grain to sell, and the quantity was not small.

Was she also involved in Yi Zhonghai's purchase of grain at a high price? Should she ask someone to report it?"

Lu Zixuan shook his head affirmatively.

"No, she went back to her hometown two days ago and someone asked her to contact you. You don't have to pay attention to her.

Just do your job well and try not to make any mistakes.

The hidden danger of Lao Tong has not been completely eliminated yet, and we can't let others catch us in the act."

Chen Ping agreed and asked uncertainly:

"I know that someone from the Public Security Bureau came to see me yesterday.

Asked me if I had seen any strangers come to our house in the past two years.

They also ask you if you have any acquaintances or friends who are older.

I said you only know Lao Tong and Lao Xiao whom I have never met, so it should be okay, right?

Do you think they are doing this for my dad's sake or for Lao Tong's sake?"

Lu Zixuan didn't expect that Lao Xiao was still not giving up. After thinking for a while, he decided to give Lao Xiao a reason to concentrate on dealing with Lao Tong.

So he answered Chen Ping:

"It's not Grandpa's business. No matter who asks you in the future, just answer like this. Don't worry about the rest. I'll take care of it..."

Lu Zixuan lay down on the bed and went over the plan in his mind again before he could sleep peacefully.

The next day, he wrote a quarter of the lower half of the appraisal record in Lao Tong's handwriting at home, deliberately breaking it off at a critical place.

He disguised himself as a sneaky person and rushed towards Lao Tong's other secret residence.

I deliberately stayed there for an hour and stuffed what I had written into a pillow.

He then arranged the scene to look like it had been rummaged through, and left in a frustrated manner.

Sure enough, the next day after Lu Zixuan made several attempts, he confirmed that Lao Xiao's people had completely left.

Lu Zixuan was 90% sure that this frame-up would basically eliminate Lao Xiao's suspicion of him.

Without surveillance, Lu Zixuan was able to do his work more easily. After arranging everything, it was time for the New Year.

Everyone sat around the table, and after eating and drinking their fill, Chen Ping was the first to express her feelings.

"This year has been extremely difficult, especially in the second half of the year, when we had to eradicate the four pests and produce steel.

Just when we had finally recovered, food shortages came again and rations were reduced. It was becoming too difficult.

Have you seen the cornmeal I bought a few days ago?

Although it looks a lot thinner than before, I can smell the scent of elm bark.

I will never forget that bitter taste in my life, and I don’t know who was behind this and added this stuff in it…”

Cheng Xiaoman immediately continued to complain.

“It’s better for those of you who are working, but it’s more difficult for us who are at home.

When I first arrived in Sijiu City, I did nothing but wander around with the rat-catching team.

Three people work in a group, with two people holding the net in front to catch mosquitoes and flies.

The man behind was holding a bag in one hand and hitting the roadside with a stick in the other, for fear of missing any mouse.

The subdistrict office stipulates that any team that catches fewer rats will have to work overtime at night, squatting at the wall and guarding against rats.

Those in the Sparrow Team were more comfortable, especially those who knew how to shoot with slingshots and were quite accurate, they were having a great time.

It’s hard for us women who don’t know how to do anything. Alas…”

He Yushui was not to be outdone.

“You guys are much better, our school, in addition to what you mentioned, also has to take turns to go to the countryside.

People say that there is plenty of food in the countryside and that they are always full. That’s all lies. People themselves can’t even get enough to eat, so how can they care about us?

All we drink every day is cornmeal porridge and sweet potato porridge. We used to have two steamed buns, but now each person only has one, whether they want to eat it or not.

I heard from the locals that the big pot meals were only eaten for less than a month..."

After the three of them finished complaining, they all looked at He Yuzhu, waiting for his dissatisfied words, but He Yuzhu just chuckled.

“I don’t complain as much as you do. I work in the cafeteria, so I must leave my food before I go to get food.

But I saw that there were two old masters who really had principles. They waited until all the workers had eaten before they started eating, saying that it was a rule of diligence.

As a result, one of them almost fainted from hunger in the kitchen, and the other was so angry that he shouted that he wanted to change his career. Haha..."

After He Yuzhu laughed, the topic changed.

"Xuanxuan, today is New Year's Day, why didn't you invite Song Xiangzhe to your house for dinner?

It's fine for normal times, but is it appropriate not to call him today? After all, he has been busy with you for such a long time."