Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 319 Interrogation by the Street Office

In the compound, after Cao Xiaojun left, everyone talked a lot about what happened today.

From afternoon to night, the snow never stopped, accompanied by whispers from the front yard, the middle yard, and the houses in the backyard, and there was no end to it.

But Xu Qing's family didn't get too entangled in this matter.

Xu Qing doesn't care whether Cao Xiaojun comes or not.

Even if Cao Xiaojun brought his gang of cronies here today, Xu Qing still didn't take it seriously.

This is a matter between Cao Xiaojun and Wu Xiuying, so it is inconvenient for Xu Qing to say more.

Although Wu Xiuying is the best friend and sister of daughter-in-law Jinghong.

But after all, she was the one who insisted on marrying Cao Xiaojun.

It is useless to persuade anyone!
Now that things are happening like this, it's entirely her own fault.

Wu Xiuying's intestines are regretful now, what might happen?
Things have already happened, just like the water that has been thrown out, it can no longer be recovered!

If you know today, why should you be in the beginning.

Xu Qing looked at Wu Xiuying who was in tears, but didn't say a word.

Hui Lihua and Luo Hongjuan stayed until evening, Xu Qing asked them to stay at home for dinner.

He was sent out of the compound at around eight o'clock in the evening.

As for Wu Xiuying, she continued to live temporarily at Xu Qing's home.

Life at home is easy, and food and clothing are still a big problem for others, but for Xu Qing, it is no longer a problem.

Ai Guo, Feng Ming, and Xiao Ya are all studying in university.

Right now there are only Xu Qing's family of three and his mother-in-law.

Of course, there is now another Wu Xiuying, but all in all, the family's daily expenses are relatively smaller than before.

And one more Wu Xiuying is nothing more than adding a pair of chopsticks.

Xu Qing was not as stingy as the third master in the front yard, and he felt distressed when Wu Xiuying had a few meals at home.

No one has any problems.

It's just Wu Xiuying's difficulty, Xu Qing can only help this.

And that's all.

After that, whether Wu Xiuying and Cao Xiaojun continued to divorce, or reconciled as before.

That's their business, Xu Qing can't control it, and really can't control it.

Xu Qing stood outside his house, said a few words to his mother-in-law, and then went to sleep in the silly pillar room in the middle courtyard.

Tomorrow he had to go to work, so Xu Qing shrank up and trotted into the middle courtyard, stepping on the snow falling from the night.

In the middle courtyard, Jia Zhang, Da Ma and Yi Zhonghai were standing at the door talking about Wu Xiuying in low voices, but after seeing Xu Qing, Yi Zhonghai and Da Ma lowered their voices.

After all, Wu Xiuying lived in Xu Qing's house, Yi Zhonghai and Da Ma couldn't let Xu Qing hear what they said.

And Xu Qing actually knew that people in the courtyard would discuss it, because this kind of nonsense is the easiest thing to attract people to gossip.

Xu Qing ignored it, said hello to the elder and the three of them, stomped the snow on his feet, and walked straight into the Silly Pillar House.

At this time, Shazhu was alone in the room, and turned on the stove to make the whole room warm.

After Xu Qing opened the door and went in, Shazhu brought out a plate of peanuts, scrambled two eggs, and took out two wine cups, ready to have another drink with Xu Qing.

He used to be alone at home and had no intention of drinking.

Especially when Yushui got married, Shazhu, who was an elder brother, felt even more empty in his heart.

These few days when Xu Qing lived with him, Sha Zhu seized the opportunity to have a drink every other day or two.

The wine was still the leftover white wine I drank when I got married. It was not of low quality.

Whoever let only the two of them depend on each other for life, Sha Zhu spent a lot of money in order to make his sister's marriage more prosperous.

However, as the rain left the compound for a long time, there was not much wine left in Shazhu's house.

But Shazhu is not someone who cares about those things, even though Xu Qingdo earns less money than a cadre every month, he can't compare with the third master, a teacher who has been teaching for many years.

But Shazhu's character is really not the kind of person who wants to be quick and easy in this regard.

If not, how could the Jia family in the middle court and Silly Zhu be saved?

This can be regarded as a similarity between Sha Zhu and Xu Qing.

The wine was set, and the appetizers were ready. Xu Qing looked at it and was instantly happy. He took out a cigarette and handed it to Shazhu. Silly Zhu was drinking and chatting.

The conversation couldn't avoid Cao Xiaojun's visit to the hospital today.

There is no way, it happened today, Sha Zhu drank with Xu Qing for a while, smoked a cigarette, stretched out his hand and scratched his head and said:
"Qingzi, Cao Xiaojun's grandson came to our compound today, but Wu Xiuying didn't go back with him. I don't think this matter will be so easy to turn over."

A gust of wind suddenly blew up in the courtyard outside, blowing the doors and windows and crackling.

Xu Qing glanced sideways out of the window, picked up peanuts with chopsticks, stuffed them into his mouth, chewed and said:
"But no, Cao Xiaojun is not a good person, and this matter will definitely not be let go."

Sha Zhu raised the wine bottle, poured the wine and said, "Qingzi, what are you going to do?"

"Me?" Xu Qing said with a smile: "Cao Xiaojun is looking for Wu Xiuying, what does it have to do with me, if Xiuying doesn't go back, Jinghong and I didn't stop her."

"But Wu Xiuying lives in your house. I think Cao Xiaojun's grandson might pick on you."

Xu Qing nodded when he heard this, because what Shazhu said made sense.

Sure enough, the next afternoon, Xu Qing, Shazhu, Qin Huairu, Yi Zhonghai, and Liu Haizhong returned to the compound from the factory together, and saw the director of the street bringing people to the courtyard, standing in front of the courtyard. The courtyard chatted with the third master Yan Bugui.

And what was said was about Cao Xiaojun and Wu Xiuying.

Xu Qing didn't know how the sub-district office knew about this, and he even became concerned about it.

Suddenly a little puzzled.

And this is the result of Cao Xiaojun asking her mother to communicate with Xu Qing's street office.

Seeing that Xu Qing had come back from get off work, the director of the subdistrict office stopped chatting with Yan Bugui. He turned to look at Xu Qing and said:
"Comrade Xu Qing, I heard that your family lives with a person who is not from our area. Is this true?"

Xu Qing nodded, "Yes, besides my mother-in-law, Wu Xiuying, my wife's colleague, lives in my house."

"Well, that's right. Her mother-in-law called our street office today and said that your compound does not allow her daughter-in-law to leave. I'll come over to find out about the situation."

Xu Qing understood what was going on and felt that Cao Xiaojun had lost the power of his father, so he relied on his mother's power and went to the street office.

While Xu Qing was about to speak, Sha Zhu grinned first and said:
"Director, what you said is wrong. No one in our compound is giving trouble to Wu Xiuying. Yesterday, her man, Cao Xiaojun, came to the compound with people to look for her, but she didn't want to go back."

Yan Bugui echoed: "Si Zhu is right. This is the situation. Director Wang, Xu Qing is a cadre of our hospital. He has such a high ideological consciousness. How could he stop Wu Xiuying? This is a complete misunderstanding."

The director of the street office, looking at Xu Qing, also felt that there must be some misunderstanding about this matter.

Xu Qing has always had a good reputation in the hospital over the years, and I haven't heard of any bad practices at the Red Star No. [-] Steel Rolling Mill.

I have more faith in Xu Qing’s character than anything else. Just the incident of Xu Qing rescuing people a few years ago can explain everything!
Just thinking of Cao Xiaojun's mother, she swore that it was Xu Qing who mobilized the people in the courtyard to prevent her son Cao Xiaojun from taking her daughter-in-law home.

The director of the sub-district office thought for a moment and said, "Xu Qing, that Comrade Wu Xiuying will still be staying at your house today, then wait for her to come back later, and we will ask her face to face about this."

Xu Qing hummed, stood in the front yard and didn't go back to the backyard.

While waiting for Jinghong and Wu Xiuying to come back from get off work, Yan Bugui said to the director of the street office:
"Director Wang, you didn't see it yesterday, but that Cao Xiaojun came to our courtyard with a group of dubious people, just like the bandit soldiers before liberation, all of them were vicious and full of foul language."

Yan Bugui took the opportunity to complain and told the director of the sub-district office all the grievances he suffered yesterday for comment.

However, since Cao Xiaojun was not around, Yan Bugui had no choice but to let the director do the judging. Otherwise, he would have to let the director help him vent his anger.

The director of the sub-district office frowned, dubious about Yan Bugui's words.

Yan Bugui immediately said: "Director Wang, what I said is true, when my boss comes back, if you don't believe me, ask him.

By the way, Cao Xiaojun beat his wife yesterday in Xu Qing's house, and all of us saw it. "

The director of the street office immediately looked at Xu Qing and said, "Then Cao Xiaojun really beat his wife?"

"Ah."

Xu Qing nodded again.

At this time, Ma Jinghong and Wu Xiuying walked in from outside the compound.

Silly Zhu winked at Xu Qing, then immediately grinned at the director of the street office:

"Director, the real owner is back. Ask Wu Xiuying personally and you will know what's going on."

Wu Xiuying had never met the director of the subdistrict office at Xu Qing's compound, and for a moment thought that the people in the subdistrict office were found by Cao Xiaojun, so she immediately put her hand on Ma Jinghong's arm and said:

"Go back and tell Cao Xiaojun that I'm divorced from him, and it won't be easy for him to come to you!"

Wu Xiuying said this before the director of the sub-district office asked.

In an instant, everyone in the street office knew what was going on without asking.

However, since he came to the compound, the director of the street office still asked in detail.

Wu Xiuying cried and complained, and finally reached out and rolled up the sleeves of the padded jacket, so that everyone in the street office could see her bruises from Cao Xiaojun's beating.

The director of the sub-district office looked serious, "Wu Xiuying, you are not from our district. We can't take care of your family affairs, but you were beaten by your lover. Why don't you go to your sub-district to do it?"

Wu Xiuying wiped her tears and said: "That bastard Cao Xiaojun, his mother works in the street office, and she used to be the director of the street office in that area. It's useless for me to look for it."

"What about the Women's Federation?"

"I looked for it a long time ago, and said to help me mediate, but it's been almost a year, and there is no result at all. At first Cao Xiaojun beat me, and the Women's Federation called a policeman. Cao Xiaojun, that bastard, restrained himself a little, but he still refused. Divorce me."

It was cold and windy in the front yard, and the director of the street office was silent. They were not a law enforcement agency for things like divorce, so they could only mediate from it, turning major issues into minor ones.

Besides, divorce is not a glorious thing these days.

As the old saying goes, it is better to demolish a temple than break a marriage.

No one wants to see things get out of hand.

And this was actually the main reason why Xu Qing and Ma Jinghong didn't want to get involved in the affairs of Wu Xiuying and Cao Xiaojun.

Everyone in the courtyard was silent, Shazhu saw the bruise on Wu Xiuying's arm, and hated Cao Xiaojun with gritted teeth.

"Damn, that grandson of Cao Xiaojun really deserves a beating!"

Sha Zhu's heart of fighting against injustice was instantly aroused, and he opened his mouth to scold.

Xu Qing didn't stop him, anyway, Cao Xiaojun didn't come to the courtyard today, so Sha Zhu just scolded him a few times.

The director of the street office turned pale and said to Shazhu: "Comrade He Yuzhu, pay attention to your words and deeds, and you must not cause trouble with me."

Silly Zhu tilted his head and looked at the director of the sub-district office, "Director, it's not enough for me to complain in our hospital."

The director of the sub-district office said nothing. He came here today mainly to learn about Wu Xiuying's situation, not to talk to Sha Zhu specifically.

So after understanding the situation, she knew that Wu Xiuying and Cao Xiaojun were divorced, and she didn't want to go back, so she took her away.

As soon as the director of the street office left, Ma Jinghong led Wu Xiuying and Xu Qing back to the backyard, and asked in a low voice:
"Brother Qing, how did our street office know about Xiuying?"

Xu Qing showed bitterness, glanced at Wu Xiuying who was walking ahead alone, looking lonely, and whispered:
"Cao Xiaojun's mother doesn't work in the sub-district office over there. She contacted our sub-district office and said that we unite with everyone in the courtyard to prevent Wu Xiuying from going home with her son yesterday."

Ma Jinghong scolded in a low voice: "Cao Xiaojun is such a bastard!"

Xu Qing laughed at it, Cao Xiaojun is naturally a bastard, otherwise how could he do such a thing.

However, after Cao Xiaojun's troubles yesterday and today, Wu Xiuying may no longer live in her compound with peace of mind.

As expected, when Xu Qing and Ma Jinghong returned home, Wu Xiuying packed her things and cried:
"Sister Jinghong, brother Xu Qing, I have caused trouble for you these few days, I'm leaving now, that bastard Cao Xiaojun from the province, come here to make trouble with you because of me."

Ma Jinghong didn't care to look at her son, she hurriedly said:

"Xiuying, what are you talking about? What's wrong with living in my house? If Cao Xiaojun dares to come again, see how Brother Qing will deal with him!"

Wu Xiuying raised her head and looked at Xu Qing with red eyes from crying, then turned her head and lay on Ma Jinghong's body, crying loudly.

Cry sad, desperate.

However, Wu Xiuying left anyway, taking advantage of the darkness, while Xu Qing and Jing Hong were changing Xiao Hongzhi's diapers, she secretly took things and left the compound in the dark, alone, with the only money she had, Hired a car to the train station, bought a train ticket casually, and went to other places.

She didn't want to hurt Jinghong and Xu Qing, and she didn't want to go to Hui Lihua and Luo Hongjuan's home.

Since Cao Xiaojun's family refused to let her go, they refused to let her divorce Cao Xiaojun.

Then she will leave this sad place of Forty-Nine City and start a new life again.

When Xu Qing and Jing Hong discovered that Wu Xiuying was missing, they quickly asked everyone in the compound to help find her.

As soon as everyone in the courtyard heard about it, they helped find Wu Xiuying.

Although Wu Xiuying was not from the compound, everyone in the compound still went out to look for her.

They have to give Xu Qing face!

On the one hand, Xu Qing is a cadre, and it is too late for them to curry favor, so how can they refute Xu Qing and Jing Hong's reputation.

On the other hand, whether Xu Qing was in the courtyard or the factory, he helped them a lot.

Xu Damao took Qin Jingru out of the compound on a bicycle, holding a flashlight, and went to Hui Lihua's house that Xu Qing had told him about.

Xu Qing and Jinghong drove towards Luo Hongjuan's house by bicycle.

Yan Bugui drove Sha Zhu to Zhao Ailing's house according to the address Xu Qing said.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong didn't have bicycles, so they took their wives, one facing east and the other facing west, looking around the compound.

After Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng handed over their daughter to the third mother, they walked towards the west and south of the compound together.

It's just that Wu Xiuying left without saying a word. It was a freezing night, and Sijiu City was so big. How could they find it with only the people in the compound?
(End of this chapter)