Siheyuan: Start with a Truck Driver

Liu Xingming retreated. Yi Zhonghai breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was not here today to make trouble with Liu Xingming, nor to pursue past matters.

He just needs to find the Zhang family's old lady and help Si Zhu clear his grievances.

Yi Zhonghai nodded towards Liu Xingming: "Don't worry, we just want to ask the old lady of the Zhang family a few words."

"Old lady from the Zhang family?" Liu Xingming finally realized what he was doing, smiled at Yi Zhonghai, and said something weird: "Then I wish you all the best this time."

Yi Zhonghai was a little confused and thought Liu Xingming was trying to scare him, so he took Silly Zhu to the backyard without saying anything.

Lao Zhang is the section chief of the material department of the lumber factory. He is considered a wealthy family in the lumber factory compound. The family occupies three rooms to themselves. However, he has three sons. The eldest son just got married two days ago, so he is separated by two rooms. Come out of the house.

Lao Zhang's family doesn't have a job, so he does some sewing and housework on weekdays, so he is at home this time.

Hearing the knock on the door, Lao Zhang answered, walked over and opened the door.

When she saw a group of people standing outside, she was startled: "What happened?"

Liu Xingming, the manager of the lumber factory, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old Zhang family, don't be afraid. Yi Zhonghai and Shazhu in the courtyard are just here to ask you some questions. Don't worry, we are standing here, they don't dare to How are you?"

Hearing this, Shazhu realized that the residents of the lumber factory had also followed him.

He curled his lips disdainfully, walked forward and looked at the old Zhang family member and said, "Mrs. Zhang, didn't we meet each other yesterday morning when we were buying meat?"

Seeing that Silly Zhu was about to find a witness, Xu Damao felt a little unwilling. He rolled his eyes and hurriedly went up to look at the old Zhang family and said: "Auntie, maybe something happened to your child. I'm from the courtyard house." Xu Damao, a piece of meat was lost in my house today, and Sha Zhu was stewing meat at home, so I suspected that Sha Zhu had stolen it. Sha Zhu had no evidence to say that he did not do it, but he met you when he proposed to buy the meat. So he came to see you as a witness this time.”

Silly Zhu's reaction was a beat slow, and he wanted to stop Xu Damao, but it was already too late.

The old Zhang family member was about to answer when he heard Xu Damao's words, his eyes rolled around, and he suddenly understood.

She said happily: "So that's what happened. Don't worry, in front of so many people, I will definitely answer truthfully."

Silly Zhu was a little anxious: "Old lady from the Zhang family, let me tell you, we had a quarrel that morning!"

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but pinch his brows, why is this guy Si Zhu not opening any pot?

Can the old Zhang family tell the truth this time?

really.

After the old Zhang family rolled his eyes at Silly Zhu, he snorted coldly and said: "Silly Zhu, what are you talking about? The best thing about me is that I never lie. I did go to buy meat yesterday morning, but the meat It was sold out a long time ago, so I didn’t buy it. But I didn’t see you, so I don’t know what you said.”

As soon as these words came out, Shazhu's expression suddenly changed.

He rushed up and pointed at Lao Zhang's nose and said: "Damn old lady, what are you talking about? I was the one who bought the meat first yesterday morning. You are unwilling to give in and want me to give you some evenly. I don't agree, so the two of us There was a quarrel, but now you act like you don’t know, are you so heartless?”

Silly Zhu's excitement aroused Liu Xingming's dissatisfaction. He waved his hand, and two residents of the lumber factory rushed forward and pulled Silly Zhu back.

"Silly Zhu, let me warn you, this is our lumber factory compound, not a courtyard. You used to make mischief in the quadrangle because someone wiped your butt. You can be lawless, but your behavior will not be tolerated in our lumber factory compound. It won’t work. In our lumber mill compound, all residents are equal!”

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding residents burst into laughter. Both the residents of the courtyard house and the residents of the lumber factory looked at Yi Zhonghai with strange eyes.

This old guy, even at this time, still can't forget to tease me. Yi Zhonghai was filled with hatred, but he had no choice but to curse Silly Zhu in his heart for being ignorant, and at the same time lowered his head.

Silly Zhu did not expect that these people would react so quickly. Facing the two strong men, he could only take two steps back.

He forced a smile at the old Zhang family and said: "Auntie, this matter is too critical. Without you as a witness, Xu Damao will definitely send me to the fence, so you just have to do it." Tell the truth of the matter."

The old Zhang family snorted coldly at Silly Zhu and said, "Silly Zhu, do you mean to say that I told lies just now?"

A unique anger after being insulted appeared on her face, and she jumped on her feet and turned to look at the surrounding residents.

"You guys have been my neighbors for decades, so you should all know my temperament. My Lao Zhang is the leader of the supply and marketing cooperative, and my sons are both formal workers. I have never told a lie in my life. You are now It’s just insulting me!”

The onlookers nodded their heads.

"Yes, the old Zhang family has always been honest in the compound."

"That's right, there's no need for her to lie."

"I think this silly Zhu is messing around."

Xu Damao took the opportunity to glare at Silly Zhu and said: "Silly Zhu, now that I have said that I have never seen you, you stole my meat, just admit it quickly!"

Silly Zhu's head was buzzing at the moment, and he couldn't understand that the old Zhang family would deliberately frame him. Hearing Xu Damao's strange words, he suddenly trembled with anger.

"You grandson, are you looking for a beating?" Xu Damao rolled up his sleeves and wanted to show Silly Zhu how powerful he was.

At this time, Liu Haizhong rushed up and stopped Shazhu, "Sinzhu, what else do you want to do!"

He had been waiting nearby for a long time, and now that he saw that Silly Zhu was finally going to be crucified, he naturally couldn't miss this opportunity.

Silly Zhu dared to punch Xu Damao because he was certain that Xu Damao was no match for him, but he was a little scared when faced with Liu Haizhong.

After all, this old blacksmith has been wielding a big hammer all his life, and he has some strength. The two have fought before, and they are evenly matched. There is nothing that anyone can do against the other.

Silly Zhu could only retract his fist. At the same time, he also knew that in the final analysis, this matter still lies with the old Zhang family.

Silly Zhu took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, walked over and looked at the old Zhang family and said: "Aunt Zhang family, no matter what festivals we had in the past, this matter is very important to me. I hope you can think it through. , you have to live up to your own conscience."

"What, you mean I have no conscience?!" The old Zhang family spat at Silly Zhu and said coldly: "Silly Zhu, don't you understand the things you did? Now you are saying that I have no conscience, how embarrassed are you!"

"What's the matter? What did I do?"

Silly Zhu still looked confused.

Seeing Silly Zhu like this, the old Zhang family rolled his eyes in anger.

If it were someone else who asked her to testify, the old Zhang family member would have told the truth, but Si Zhu couldn't.

The reason was simple. When she was buying meat yesterday, Silly Zhu didn't give in to her at all.

The old Zhang family sold meat to hold a wedding banquet for their son.

Her son, named Zhang Xian, also works in the lumber factory, but he is just a small worker in the workshop, while her daughter-in-law Liu Li is the director of the propaganda department of the lumber factory and is considered a cadre.

It stands to reason that Zhang Xian would not marry someone whose conditions are far better than his own. The key is that the conditions of his partner's family are not good. She is the only one in the family with a formal job, and there are two older brothers and a younger brother in the family. , my elder brother and younger brothers have never been able to get married because of their poor conditions and lack of jobs.

Zhang Xian's father was the leader of the lumber factory and had the power to recruit temporary workers. He agreed to recruit her older brother and younger brother into the factory as temporary workers. Although he is only a temporary worker, he can get fifteen yuan per month. If he can complete the task beyond the standard, he can also receive a production bonus of five yuan.

This amount of money is already a lot for his elder brother and younger brothers.

In addition, Zhang Xian is an honest person, so Liu Li decided to marry Zhang Xian.

The fact that a worker could marry a cadre made the Zhang family feel particularly proud, so Zhang Xian's father decided to hold a lively wedding for the two of them.

In these days, if you want to hold a decent wedding, the most important thing is to get meat. As long as there is meat, the guests will be satisfied.

It turned out that it was not difficult to get meat according to Lao Zhang's position. He had contacted a leader at the food station a week in advance.

The leader promised to get him some meat for free.

Of course, this kind of meat does not come from the pigeon market, but is slaughtered privately by the commune members in the countryside.

In these days, meat is considered a controlled substance. Every year, the food station will distribute a batch of piglets to the communes in the countryside, and then distribute a certain amount of feed every month.

These piglets are registered and the food station sends people to inspect them every month.

At the same time, after the commune has raised the piglets into fat pigs, they cannot be slaughtered and sold at will, but can only be sold to food stations.

Even if a pig is sick and dies, it cannot be disposed of arbitrarily until the inspector at the food station verifies the identity of the pig.

but.

There are loopholes in all rules, and some smart members quickly thought of ways to deal with them.

After the pigs are fattened, they will select one or two particularly fat ones, slaughter them secretly, and then lie to the comrades at the food station that the pigs were snatched away by wild wolves that came down from the mountains.

In this way, you can swallow a big fat pig without anyone noticing.

Of course, if this kind of thing is done for a long time, the leaders of the food station will also notice it.

Therefore, they will send informants to inspect various communes. Once they discover false reports, the relevant responsible persons will be dealt with seriously.

In this case, in order to avoid being dealt with, the commune leaders would try their best to build a good relationship with the food station leaders.

That's where all that pork comes from.

Not only does this kind of pork cost no coupons, but the price is only half of the price of ordinary pork.

Of course Lao Zhang was very satisfied, so he ordered twenty kilograms of pork in one go.

Who would have thought that the wedding banquet was about to be held and the pork had not been delivered yet. Lao Zhang felt something was wrong and went to the food station himself.

Only then did he realize that the leader he knew had been reported for his petty actions and was now squatting behind the fence.

Lao Zhang did not feel sad about what happened to his old friend, but the banquet was about to be held, and if there was no meat, the Zhang family might become a laughing stock.

The Zhang family can be considered a respectable family, so Lao Zhang naturally couldn't tolerate this kind of thing happening, so he began to think of ways to get meat.

It's just that there is an urgent shortage of meat in the capital right now, and no one can get it for a while.

There is no other way, so Lao Zhang can only let Lao Zhang's family try their luck at the vegetable market.

It was a coincidence that the old Zhang family was really lucky. There was indeed pork for sale in the market that morning.

I could already get it, but I was snatched away by Silly Zhu.

After pleading to no avail, the old Zhang family could only return empty-handed.

It doesn't matter that she lost a little face, the Zhang family's wedding banquet didn't have any meat, although the chef they invited was very good at cooking and the food was delicious.

The guests who came to attend the wedding banquet did not look happy at all.

The reason is simple. Most of them come to the wedding banquet to eat meat.

They are just ordinary guests. So what if they are angry? After all, they are all relatives and they will definitely not fall out because of this matter.

But Liu Li’s family and relatives came to attend the wedding banquet that day.

They knew Zhang Xian's family situation in advance. How could such a family not be able to grill meat?

So in their opinion, this is because Zhang Xian's family looks down on the Liu family.

The gang of nuns and six women started muttering at Liu Li at the wedding. Although Liu Li was not the kind of person with soft ears, she couldn't stand such tinkering.

That night I got angry with Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian also felt angry and felt that Lao Zhang and Lao Zhang's family did not pay attention to his wedding, so he had a quarrel with Lao Zhang's family the next day, and then moved Liu Li to the dormitory of the lumber factory. .

The originally harmonious family was torn apart because of this incident. In the eyes of the old Zhang family, all the responsibility lies with Si Zhu.

If Silly Zhu had given her that piece of meat, the wedding banquet would have been a success, and Zhang Xian and Liu Li would not have been angry with her.

Therefore, in this case, how could the old Zhang family speak for Silly Zhu!

Silly Zhu was not stupid, he was even quite smart. Now he gradually figured it out.

He said coldly: "Old woman, you dare to frame me falsely. Do you believe it or not? I rushed to your house in the middle of the night tonight and set your house on fire!"

When the old Zhang family heard this, instead of being afraid, they shouted loudly.

"Oops, everyone has heard it. I didn't cooperate with Shazhu to give false evidence, but Shazhu actually dared to threaten me!"

The faces of the residents who were watching suddenly darkened.

They all live in the same compound, and now that Silly Zhu threatens Lao Zhang's family, it is tantamount to framing them.

Besides, hit other people’s houses. This is too damaging!

Liu Xingming, who is from the lumber factory compound, walked out, frowned and said, "Yi Zhonghai, you brought Silly Zhu into our compound just to threaten the residents of our compound?"

"Oh, Silly Zhu is just too anxious and talks without hesitation. You must not be as knowledgeable as him."

(End of this chapter)