Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Chapter 237 Search

The office of the Revolutionary Committee of the Steel Rolling Mill was filled with a suffocating depression. Xu Damao stood hunched in front of Li Huaide's desk, with beads of sweat oozing from his forehead. A terrible thought flashed through his mind - "Silly Zhu..." Xu Damao narrowed his eyes.

"Director Li, it's Sha Zhu. I can guarantee it with my head!" Xu Damao patted his chest, spit flying, "Sha Zhu must be colluding with the Lou family! Lou Xiao'e even went to his house secretly a few days ago!"

Li Huaide looked at Xu Damao coldly: "Where is the evidence?"

"Evidence..." Xu Damao was speechless, then became excited again, "Lou Xiao'e once gave a longevity gold lock to Sha Zhu's son!"

The office door was suddenly pushed open, and Liu Haizhong walked in quickly: "Director Li, I just heard you guys talking about Sha Zhu at the door?"

Li Huaide looked up at him and asked, "What do you think, Team Leader Liu?"

Liu Haizhong touched his chin in a serious tone, "If you ask me, it's better to believe it. Since Team Leader Xu is so sure, why not let him take people to search?" A trace of calculation flashed in his eyes, "If they find it, it will be a great achievement; if they don't find it..." He glanced at Xu Damao meaningfully, "That means Team Leader Xu is shirking responsibility and making random accusations."

Li Huaide raised his lips slightly: "That makes sense. Damao, since you are so sure, go check it out."

Xu Damao's face changed - he heard the sinister intention in Liu Hai's voice. But now he was in a dilemma and could only bite the bullet and agree: "Yes! I'll do it right away!"

After Xu Damao left, Liu Haizhong approached Li Huaide and said, "Director Li, what do you think about this matter..."

Li Huaide sneered: "Keep an eye on it, don't make too much noise."

That evening, Xu Damao, wearing five or six red armbands, stormed into the courtyard. The third uncle, who was picking vegetables outside the house in the front yard, saw this and dropped the leeks in his hand: "This, this is..."

"Get out of the way!" Xu Damao pushed the third uncle away. "The Revolutionary Committee has ordered us to search He Yuzhu's house!"

Sha Zhu was cooking in the kitchen. Hearing the noise, he came out with a kitchen knife in hand: "Xu Damao, what are you crazy about?"

Xu Damao took a half step back and straightened his chest again: "Shazhu! Someone reported that you were hiding the Lou family's property. We need to search!"

The courtyard was in an uproar. Yu Li rushed out of the house holding Qiyi in her arms: "Xu Damao! You are slandering me!"

"Whether it's insulting or not, you'll know after searching!" Xu Damao waved his hand, "Search for me!"

"Let's see who dares to move?" Sha Zhu held his sword in his hand and glared, "Do you think that since I'm a cadre and haven't taken action for a long time, you've all forgotten how powerful I am?"

"Silly...Sha Zhu, you dare to go against the organization and hinder the revolution?" Xu Damao gritted his teeth and wanted to characterize Sha Zhu's behavior as counter-revolutionary.

Sha Zhu shouted, "I am hindering the revolution. If I don't let you into my house, then I am hindering the revolution. Is your revolution to kill me? My family has been poor peasants for three generations, and Yu Li's family is also from a working class background. We are both red and professional. What right do you have to say that I am against the organization? And what right do you have to search my house? Just because of your words. I also said that you have an unclear relationship with the Lou family. Everyone in the courtyard knows that you are the son-in-law of the Lou family."

"You..." Xu Damao was speechless for a moment and his face turned red.

At this time, Liu Haizhong walked out from behind the crowd with his hands behind his back, and said in a sarcastic tone: "Shazhu, watch your attitude. Team Leader Xu is here to search under the order of the Revolutionary Committee. Are you going to go against the organization?"

Sha Zhu sneered and said bluntly: "Liu Haizhong, I don't understand what you mean. Xu Damao wants to search my house without any official documents. Is this an organizational order?" He turned to look at the neighbors who were watching, "Everyone, please judge, is this reasonable?"

When Liu Haizhong heard that Sha Zhu didn't even call him Second Uncle anymore, he was so angry that he started breathing heavily.

Everyone in the courtyard was whispering, and the third uncle stepped out to smooth things over: "If you ask me, this matter should be handled according to the rules. If you really want to search, there must be a formal procedure, right?"

Xu Damao was furious and pointed at Qiyi and said, "Lou Xiaoe gave Qiyi a gold lock. That's the evidence!"

"Bullshit!" The deaf old lady suddenly came out of the house with a cane, stamping her feet in anger, "How did you see the golden lock on Qiyi? Forget Qiyi. I haven't seen gold for many years. Xu Damao, if you keep talking nonsense, be careful of being struck by lightning!"

The old lady was highly respected in the courtyard, and when she spoke, everyone nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Damao shouted in a timid tone: "Okay! You wait! I will go to the leader to get the documents!"

Sha Zhu said, "So you don't have any documents. You are trying to frame a proletarian revolutionary comrade. Everyone, stop him. Yan Jiecheng, go to the police station to call for help. By the way, have someone call the people from the street revolutionary committee as well."

Yan Jiecheng responded and turned to run out. Xu Damao panicked and grabbed Yan Jiecheng's arm: "No, no, no, it's all a misunderstanding!"

"Misunderstanding?" Sha Zhu sneered, stepped forward and grabbed Xu Damao's collar, "You brought people to my house and slandered me for hiding property, and now you say it's a misunderstanding?"

The neighbors in the courtyard also surrounded the red armbands brought by Xu Damao, and accused Xu Damao and his group of people:

"That's right, it's outrageous!"

"How dare you confiscate my house without any evidence?"

“You must give an explanation!”

Xu Damao's forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and his eyes rolled around: "I... I am also doing this for the revolutionary work..."

"Bullshit!" The third uncle was so angry that his beard stood up, "You are taking revenge for your personal gain!"

Just as the quarrel was getting out of hand, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the courtyard gate. Everyone turned around and saw that it was Director Wang of the Street Revolutionary Committee who came in with two staff members.

"What's going on?" Director Wang frowned and asked, "I heard you guys making a fuss from far away."

Xu Damao seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw. He quickly broke free from Shazhu's hand and ran to Director Wang: "Director Wang, I am Xu Damao from the Publicity Department of the Steel Rolling Mill. I suspect He Yuzhu is hiding contraband..."

"Where's the evidence?" Director Wang interrupted him sharply. "Where's the search procedure?"

Xu Damao hesitated and could not answer. Director Wang's face darkened: "How dare you confiscate my house without any evidence? This is a serious violation of discipline!"

At this time, the deaf old lady came forward with a cane and said, "Director Wang, you have to make a decision for us. Xu Damao dared to bully people in the factory just because he was a team leader!"

Director Wang nodded, turned around and said to the two staff members: "Take Xu Damao back to the street office and ask him to write a profound self-examination." He then said to Sha Zhu: "Director He, I'm sorry that this incident scared you today."

Sha Zhu said politely to Director Wang: "Thanks to your timely arrival, otherwise I would not have been frightened, but might have been tricked by Xu Damao."

"Don't worry. We will never let someone like you who always does good things suffer any injustice. Your chef service team has helped everyone a lot over the years and also solved many jobs. Our street office has kept this in mind. If the steel mill dares to mess around, our street office will stand up for you and Yu Li." Director Wang patted Sha Zhu's shoulder.

Xu Damao's face was ashen, and as he was watched by the two officers walking out, he turned back and glared at Sha Zhu unwillingly. The five red armbands who came with him lost their backbone and their arrogance, and walked away in disgrace.

After they left, the courtyard erupted in cheers. Yu Li hugged Qiyi and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, we've sent this plague god away."

Sha Zhu frowned and said, "This matter is not over yet. They will definitely not let it go."