The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 459: The crucial kerosene ticket, the deaf old lady cheated
boom!
With a loud noise, the door of the house was knocked open from the outside.

Before Liu Haishan could react, four or five uniformed security officers rushed in.

"You guys, I'm the factory director!"

Those boys didn't care who he was, they surrounded him with guns.

Facing the black muzzle of the gun, Liu Haishan was frightened. He hugged the bald head and squatted on the ground.

"Boss, no, comrade, what are you doing!"

A burly figure walked in from the door, blocking the sunlight, and Liu Haishan was shrouded in shadow.

"Representative Li!"

Liu Haishan saw a trace of panic in his eyes when he saw Li Aiguo.

He quickly calmed down, stood up, adjusted his collar, and said bossily: "Li Aiguo, what are you going to do! Although I am no longer the factory leader, you can't just arrest me."

Deputy Director Liu kept claiming that he was unjustly accused and had no idea about the arson.

However, Duan Chang Xing turned his attention to Li Aiguo: "Aiguo, are you sure there is something wrong with Deputy Director Liu?"

"Brother, what should we do? Will Haishan not be sentenced?" Zhang Yuehua said anxiously.

"Minister Niu, patriot, I think we should do something against them."

"Don't worry, my brother is Zhang Gang!" Zhang Yuehua said through gritted teeth.

Snapped!
The phone was slapped on the table and Zhang Gang said angrily: "Representative Li from the instant noodle factory is so cunning. He actually directly used the armed force of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot and slapped Liu Haishan with a big hat. I Even if you want to help, it’s difficult.”

"No, I didn't."

"Liu Haishan, you are suspected of setting fire to the financial office of the instant noodle factory and trying to undermine domestic economic development. Now our Qianmen Locomotive Depot Armed Forces Department needs to take you into custody."

He knew very well that these train drivers had extremely bad tempers. If they really made trouble, they might actually dare to shoot.

"Patriotic. In one morning, I received more than ten calls, all of them begging for mercy for Deputy Director Liu."

She trusts her husband.

Zhou Ke vowed before the interrogation that he would be able to pry their mouths open, but found nothing.

After seeing Li Aiguo nodding heavily, he straightened his body and looked resolute: "You can just go investigate. If anything happens, I will help you."

Zhang Gang's face was gloomy: "Don't worry, as long as they can't find any evidence, Liu Haishan will be sent back soon."

"Of course not casually."

He left the interrogation room, came to Minister Niu's office, and banged the table.

Seeing Li Aiguo pull out his pistol, Liu Haishan was so frightened that he didn't dare to move.

Minister Niu rejected Zhou Ke's suggestion without hesitation.

But as the leader of the General Administration, there are always various ways to exert pressure.

Good name!
Li Aiguo winked at Zhou Ke, and Zhou Ke took out a notice from his pocket.

"Because it is suspected, we need to investigate it carefully. Minister Niu, I will keep an eye on this matter on behalf of the General Administration. I hope you will not wrongly accuse a good person."

After saying that, Zhang Gang turned to look at Zhang Yuehua.

Zhang Gang felt relieved, picked up the phone again, and made several calls.

"What? Liu Haishan is suspected of undermining the overall economic situation. How is this possible? You must be mistaken."

Although those leaders have no way to directly intervene in the work of the Armed Forces Department of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

"Hello, I'm Zhang Gang. Are you Minister Niu of the Armed Forces Department of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot?"

"Nonsense! Zhou Ke, if you dare to mess around without any evidence, I will take off your uniform."

"No way! Brother, Haishan comes from a miserable background, how can he burn down the house?" Zhang Yuehua waved his hands repeatedly.

Zhou Ke couldn't help but feel a little depressed because he didn't get any clues.

"What are you doing? Do you know who my brother is? My brother's name is Zhang Gang!"

"There won't really be any problems with Haishan, right?"

Liu Haishan did not give up. After being pulled up from the ground by the security officers, Liu Haishan turned to look at Zhang Yuehua: "Yuehua, go find your brother quickly and ask him to save me. I really didn't burn the house down."

"Liu Haishan, we are taking you away just to investigate the truth of the matter, so please cooperate and do not resist."

In the office of the locomotive section chief.

Destroying economic development Hearing this term, Liu Haishan was so shocked that he couldn't even close his mouth.

Finance Liu kept her mouth shut and remained silent. She didn't even raise her head as Zhou Ke was busy talking.

Zhang Gang?

Duan Chang Xing kept complaining, looking like an angry little daughter-in-law.

Li Aiguo knew that Duan Chang Xing was under great pressure. After taking Zhou Ke back to the locomotive depot, he interrogated Deputy Factory Director Liu and Finance Manager Liu.

Zhang Yuehua heard the commotion and rushed out from the back room. When he saw his man being arrested, he immediately made a fuss.

"Chief Duan, don't worry, we will find out the evidence that Deputy Director Liu set the fire as soon as possible." Zhou Ke said, patting his chest.

In addition to Duan Chang Xing, he also received many calls, and now many people are watching this case.

Li Aiguo thought for a moment and asked, "Has Finance Liu's family been notified?"

There is no love without reason in this world, and there is no hate without reason.

Finance Manager Liu was actually willing to help Deputy Director Liu set the fire. There must be some unknown relationship between the two.

Either it is a transaction of material benefits or a transaction of physical benefits.

Li Aiguo prefers the latter.

"After he was arrested, Director Huang notified Liu Finance's family. Her husband is an employee of Yili Bread. The factory is in Guangnei Prince Tomb, and it takes a while to get back and forth."

Before Zhou Ke finished speaking, the security officer came in to report that Finance Liu's husband was already here.

Liu Finance’s husband is named Zhou Zhuang.

He has gray hair and black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. He is a skinny little old man, in sharp contrast to the plump Liu Finance.

No need to ask, you know that the relationship between the two couples is not harmonious.

After entering the office, Zhou Zhuang cried and said that it was impossible for his wife to set the fire. It was the leader of the Armed Forces Department of the Locomotive Depot who made a mistake.

"Leader, my wife is unjustly accused! I kneel down to you. Please let my wife go as soon as possible."

Zhou Zhuang cried and made trouble, and even knelt down with Minister Niu on the spot.

Zhou Ke asked him whether Finance Finance Liu had an improper relationship with Deputy Factory Director Liu.

"You're talking nonsense! My wife will never do anything sorry to me!"

The little old man's eyes were red at that time, and he struggled to stand up to fight Zhou Ke.

There was chaos in the office.

Seeing this situation, Minister Niu could only let Zhou Ke and Li Aiguo leave first, and he himself did the ideological work for Zhou Zhuang.

After Li Aiguo left the office, he returned with the team members responsible for investigating the Zhou family's situation.

According to the investigation, Zhou Zhuang and Liu Finance have been married for more than ten years and have no children. Neighbors often heard the two quarreling at home.

According to an aunt who often listened to Qiang Gen, Finance Liu mainly disliked Zhou Zhuang for not being a man.

The team member also pinched his throat, raised his orchid fingers, and repeated the aunt's words exactly as they were.

"Five seconds! Zhou Zhuang, you're still a man. Even if I pick up a stick, I'm still better than you."

Li Aiguo: "."

Zhou Ke: "."

Li Aiguo felt that this woman was quite fierce.

He seemed to understand why Finance Manager Liu would help Deputy Factory Director Liu.

He coughed twice and said, "This kind of thing is just hearsay, don't spread it randomly."

"Yes!"

Now that the relationship between Finance Manager Liu and Deputy Factory Director Liu is clear, the most critical issue is to find evidence that they set the fire.

Everything you do must leave traces.

Li Aiguo asked Zhou Ke to mobilize all workers in the instant noodle factory to carefully inspect the instant noodle factory and look for anything suspicious.

The power of the masses is huge.

At noon, Zhou Ke walked in from outside carrying a tin bucket and a worker.

"Patriotic, Aunt Zhou found an oil drum behind the toilet."

The oil drum is an old-fashioned kerosene drum with the words "Texaco Company" printed on it. It seems to be from before liberation.

In these days of industrial backwardness, kerosene barrels like this can be used as family heirlooms and will never be thrown away casually.

Then this oil drum is probably left behind by the arsonist.

"Aunt Zhou, the oil drum you found was very helpful in detecting the arson case. According to regulations, we have to reward you." Li Aiguo took out five yuan from his pocket and handed it to Aunt Zhou.

"This, how does this happen? This is what I should do." Aunt Zhou looked at the five dollars as if she saw a bomb, and took two steps back.

Li Aiguo couldn't help but put the banknotes into her hand.

"Rules are rules, you take them."

Aunt Zhou also knew that Li Aiguo was just looking for an excuse to help their family.

Five yuan. Even if you win the Advanced Worker of the Year, you won't get this high reward.

"Representative Li, thank you." Aunt Zhou bowed deeply to Li Aiguo.

Representative Li is a good person.

After sending Aunt Zhou away, Li Aiguo discussed with Zhou Ke for a while and decided to start with kerosene to solve the case.

"According to the material supply system, each household is supplied with 1 catty of kerosene per month by voucher. To burn down the office in an instant, at least more than catties of kerosene are needed. The appearance of Texaco kerosene barrels also confirmed our guess. "

Zhou Ke raised his hand and said: "I am now going to various oil companies to investigate whether anyone has purchased large amounts of kerosene recently."

In order to conduct a quick investigation, Zhou Ke dispatched more than 20 people from the Locomotive Depot Security Section and the Armed Forces Department to visit large and small kerosene trading houses in the capital.

They spent a whole day trying but didn't get any useful clues.

The case was in a stalemate. Li Aiguo was tired after running for two days in a row and decided to go home and have a good night's rest.

evening.

The fire clouds in the sky are burning beautifully.

Li Aiguo got on his bicycle and went to the vegetable market and bought a chicken, two fish, some vegetables and some miscellaneous things. He spent a total of three yuan and returned to the courtyard.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they were stopped by Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng.

"Brother Patriot, I heard that our locomotive depot is going to build an instant noodle factory. Is there any chance for our Jiecheng factory?"

"The work in the instant noodle factory is easier, and the wages will be good in the future. However, the instant noodle factory is a collective factory, and the workers are not formal railway employees."

"Then forget it."

Yan Bugui's expression suddenly changed and he quickly refused on Yan Jiecheng's behalf.

Yan Jiecheng finally became a full-time worker and became a regular railway worker. He kept his iron job. How could he work as a temporary worker again?

This is what most people think these days.

Li Aiguo cannot blame Yan Bugui for being short-sighted.

After all, in later generations there are still graduate students from prestigious universities applying for jobs as cleaners.

For Chinese people, establishment is the end.

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Aiguo returned home. I found that Wang Tingting was also at home, sitting at the desk with Chen Xueru to discuss something.

Seeing Li Aiguo coming back, Chen Xueru stood up quickly and said shyly: "I thought you wouldn't come back today."

Li Aiguo: "."

These words were so familiar that they reminded Li Aiguo of his brother who was given a green diamond membership in QQ Music in his previous life.

He felt a cold wind blowing on his head and couldn't help but touch the top of his head.

What?
Wang Tingting is also in the room, so it's okay.

After all, in these days, men are just men, women are just men, and there are no 97 genders.

Wang Tingting stood up and explained sheepishly: "Brother Patriot, I am discussing with Xueru how to count the kerosene stamps issued in the neighborhood!"

Kerosene tickets? Li Aiguo was preparing to boil water for a bath, and then returned to the main room.

"Xue Ru, what's going on with the kerosene stamps? Doesn't the sub-district office issue them on a monthly basis?"

Chen Xueru said: "Brother Patriot, you really don't know anything when you are not a family member! Two months ago, the supply of kerosene became even tighter. In order to avoid waste, the neighborhood now stipulates that only households without electric light bulbs can receive kerosene stamps."

She also added quietly, "Our family hasn't received tickets for two months, and you don't know."

The little pout on her fair and pink face looked particularly cute. Li Aiguo walked over and hugged her gently.

"Ahem." Wang Tingting coughed twice at an inappropriate time.

Chen Xueru's face turned red with embarrassment, and she could hardly lift her little head. She punched Li Aiguo's shoulder twice with her fist.

"You did it on purpose."

She felt that she was bullied by the rough man again.

"No, we have something serious to do." Li Aiguo took her arm and sat down, then asked Wang Tingting to sit down and told her about the fire at the convenience factory in the locomotive depot, from beginning to end.

"Now we need to find out who bought a lot of kerosene in a short period of time."

Hearing this, the two lesbians also became serious.

Wang Tingting analyzed: "Kerosene tickets are valid for the current month and will become invalid upon expiration. All you need to do is find out who has sold the kerosene tickets within this month."

Chen Xueru added: "Now the number of kerosene stamps distributed in each block is valid, and this is easy to check."

Li Aiguo turned his attention to Wang Tingting. She was a secretary of the district committee and should have some information.

Wang Tingting nodded and said, "Brother Patriot, I will go check it out for you when I go to work tomorrow."

Chen Xueru also said that she would check the kerosene stamps at Daqianmen Street.

Li Aiguo did not sit back and enjoy his success.

It just so happens that I haven't been to Director Wang's house for a while recently.

After dinner, he took five packs of instant noodles and some fruits and took Chen Xueru to Director Wang's house.

Nowadays, instant noodles are hard currency, and Director Wang was very happy when he saw them.

"Patriotism is too precious."

"Auntie, you are my biological aunt. When we get something good, of course we will honor you as soon as possible."

"You have a sweet mouth, Xueru. Tell me honestly, were you deceived by Patriot?"

Chen Xueru was so embarrassed that she turned red from her neck to her ears, lowered her head and was speechless.

Director Wang stood up and took out two black objects from the room, wrapped them in newspapers and stuffed them into Li Aiguo's hands.

"Patriot, your uncle brought this back from the south. I have no use for a woman. You can take it back."

Scanning the newspaper, Li Aiguo took it indifferently and said with a smile: "Auntie, when the wine is ready, I will mail a bottle to Uncle Wang."

"You little monkey, are you looking for a beating?" Director Wang pretended to be angry.

Li Aiguo laughed.

After chatting for a while, Li Aiguo told them about the kerosene issue, which brought them closer to each other.

Putting the tea cup to his mouth, Director Wang frowned as he held the tea cup: "This person is too bold. He dares to burn down the house. Don't worry, I will go to the office tomorrow and find out the distribution status of kerosene stamps in our neighborhood." ”

"Thank you very much."

After we finished talking, it was getting late.

Li Aiguo said goodbye to Director Wang and took Chen Xueru home.

Back home, under the dim light, Chen Xueru pointed at the canvas bag curiously.

"Brother Aiguo, what did Director Wang give you? Why does it look like a stick?"

"They are indeed sticks." Li Aiguo took out two sticks with spikes and placed them in Chen Xueru's little hand.

"what is this?"

Playing with the black stick, Chen Xueru's face turned red when she saw Li Aiguo looking at her narrowly, and her cute little face was filled with confusion.

"Tiger whip!"

"ah!"

Chen Xueru let go of her hand and almost dropped the tiger whip to the ground. She remembered that the tiger whip was very useful, so she quickly grabbed it.

But I feel that this thing is too useless and I want to throw it away.

Her face turned red again, and for a moment she didn't know what to do.

That cute little look looks particularly cute under the dim light.

Li Aiguo smiled secretly and held her shoulder with one hand.

Meeting the rough man's fiery gaze, Miss Chen stood up and hesitated.

bend over
Early the next morning.

As soon as Li Aiguo got up, he went to the sub-district office and got the list of blocks in South Tongluo Lane from Director Wang.

A total of more than 30 households in the Nantongluo Lane district received kerosene coupons.

It would be too difficult to visit each house.

Li Aiguo walked to the door of the compound, straightened his collar, and took out a whistle from his pocket.

A sharp whistle broke the tranquility of the neighborhood.

After a while, seven or eight young people ran out of the yard.

They ran to Li Aiguo and lined up neatly.

Zhang Gangzhu ordered: "Look to the right! Count."

"1, 2, 3, .9!"

Zhang Gangzhu saluted Li Aiguo: "Report to the captain, the voluntary patrol team has a total of twenty-one members, nine in fact. Please give instructions."

The members of the voluntary patrol team are all part-time, and some members have formal jobs during the day. It is quite a lot to be able to recruit nine people in a short period of time.

"Take a break!"

Under the excited eyes of the team members, Li Aiguo handed the list to Zhang Gangzhu.

"Recently, it was discovered that someone was secretly selling kerosene in our neighborhood, and the kerosene is likely to be related to a case. You should immediately follow the list and investigate door-to-door."

When they heard that the case was going to be investigated, the patrol members became energetic, especially Da Junzi and Shan Pao.

The two of them were picked up by Li Aiguo because they were selling winter vegetables, and they followed Li Aiguo from then on.

At Li Aiguo's suggestion, he once helped old ladies deliver food, and later joined the voluntary patrol team because of his better performance.

Patrolling the neighborhood with a stick in hand, protecting the lives and property of neighbors is much more fulfilling than wandering around on the streets.

Now that I heard about the case, I was naturally even more excited.

If they can really solve the case, their parents far away in the border areas will definitely be proud of them.

This kind of 'left-behind children' most want to be praised by their parents.

After assigning the task, Li Aiguo returned home, writing while waiting for news.

The South Tongluo Lane neighborhood quickly became lively.

This shows the benefits of patrols.

If the subdistrict office officers are dispatched or the public security comrades are asked to come forward, those residents may not be so cooperative.

After all, there is no evidence and no one can do anything to them if they follow formal procedures.

These young people are different.

They used to be little gangsters who often smashed the windows of other people's houses at night.

Although they have corrected their evil ways, who knows if they will do it again tonight.

Moreover, these voluntary patrol members are very familiar with the conditions of each household.

Whoever likes to sell tickets has no access to them.

Soon more than half of the entire neighborhood was searched.

Two hours later, Li Aiguo suddenly heard a noise coming from outside.

"Deaf old lady, the number of tickets at your house is wrong. It's only the beginning of the month and you've already run out of kerosene?"

"Little bastard, you dare to interfere with my old lady's affairs."

"Hey, old lady, you can't say that, we're investigating a case right now!"

"I can't tell you, Yi Zhonghai, come quickly, someone is bullying my old lady."

The deaf old lady's rough noise could not be heard.

Li Aiguo frowned, put down his book and walked out.

At this time, many people had gathered around the door of the deaf old lady's house.

Shan Pao and Zhang Gangzhu were confronting the deaf old lady.

The deaf old lady turned red with anger, picked up her cane and was about to beat the mountain cannon.

Shan Pao grabbed the crutch and she wanted to take it back, but she was not as strong as Shan Pao.

The deaf old lady sat down on the ground and shouted at the top of her lungs: "Everyone, come and take a look, these little bastards are bullying people."

Seeing Li Aiguo coming over, Zhang Gangzhu reported the situation.

"Brother Patriot, we just checked all the houses in the neighborhood that had kerosene stamps, and found nothing unusual.

Only the old deaf lady's house had something wrong. The kerosene lamp in her house had not been used for two years, but she could not get a kerosene ticket. "

The deaf old lady is a five-guarantee household and does not have to pay for electricity.

In the beginning, I did use kerosene lamps for a while.

Later, electricity was connected to every household in the courtyard.

The light bulb in the deaf old lady's house stays on all day long.

The third uncle once advised the deaf old lady to be diligent and thrifty, but the deaf old lady scolded her back.

"When my old lady was sewing straw sandals for the soldiers, think about what you were doing?"

The residents in the compound had problems with the deaf old lady, but there was nothing they could do about it.

No one wants to offend an old woman who likes to smash other people's windows.

Yi Zhonghai and Auntia got the news and hurried over.

"Li Aiguo, what are you trying to do? Don't you know how to respect the old and love the young? Look what you've done to the old lady!"

(End of this chapter)