Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 856: Don’t hesitate!
"Uncle Wu! Brother Aiguo! My dad said that after dinner tonight, a general meeting of the entire court will be held in the Intermediate Court!" Just as Wu Aiguo's family was sitting together for dinner, Liu Guangfu suddenly ran to the door of Wu Aiguo's house and shouted to everyone in the room.

When Wu Aiguo heard what Liu Guangfu said, he smiled and said to him, "Guangfu! Go back and tell your dad that we will be there after dinner."

At around seven o'clock in the evening, when the Wu Aiguo brothers arrived at the central courtyard, almost all of the original residents had already arrived.

Liu Haizhong was wearing black-framed glasses and a white shirt with a pen stuck in the pocket of his shirt. If Wu Aiguo didn't know Liu Haizhong's background, he would have been fooled by his cadre outfit.

When Liu Haizhong saw that most of the residents in the courtyard had arrived, he first picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea. Then he said in an official tone: "Hey! This! It was my request to hold this meeting of the whole courtyard today!"

"Our compound has always been a well-known advanced compound in this area. According to the current situation and the instructions of our superiors, I think our compound should actively respond to the ideological guidelines of our superiors."

Wu Aiguo, who was sitting in the crowd, saw Liu Haizhong speaking in an official tone, spouting off a lot of words but never getting to the point. He felt that the scene before his eyes was both funny and amusing, and muttered to himself in his heart: "Liu Haizhong has no fate of being an official, but he thinks about being an official all day long. No matter how happily he jumps now, he will fall miserably in the future."

Sha Zhu, who was sitting next to Wu Aiguo, looked at Liu Haizhong's smug look with disdain on his face, and said to Liu Haizhong teasingly, "Second Uncle! Oh, that's not right! You should call him Deputy Team Leader Liu now!"

"Deputy Team Leader Liu! You gathered everyone in the hospital together today and talked about a lot of things in the newspaper. I guess you worked hard on the newspaper during the day. It's really difficult for you, a person with primary school education, to memorize an entire newspaper article."

Liu Hai, who was talking loudly and enjoying his official duties, heard Sha Zhu's ridicule, which made him feel that his authority was greatly challenged. He threatened Sha Zhu in a rage, "Sha Zhu! We are holding a meeting of the whole hospital, and you are openly contradicting the leaders. Do you know what kind of nature you are doing?"

After Sha Zhu got married, his personality changed a lot, but his unruly nature was almost innate.

Facing Liu Haizhong's official threat, Sha Zhu replied with disdain: "Deputy Team Leader Liu! Let's not talk about the fact that I am no longer a worker at the steel mill. Even if I were a worker at the steel mill, what can you, Deputy Team Leader Liu, do to me?"

"Everyone has been busy all day and finally has a chance to rest, but you gathered everyone together to show off your authority as deputy team leader and listen to your nonsense. Do you know that your behavior is a disguised way of exploiting the rest time of us working people?"

"Brother Zhuzi! My father was just responding to the call and wanted to explain the spirit of the above to the residents in the courtyard. He took up everyone's rest time. It was indeed wrong of us. I would like to apologize to all the neighbors on behalf of my father." Liu Guangqi, who was standing by, saw that his father's face turned red because of being scolded by Sha Zhu, and finally he couldn't help but stand up to excuse Liu Haizhong.

Sha Zhu didn't have a bad impression of Liu Guangqi. When Liu Guangqi took the initiative to admit his mistake, Sha Zhu didn't confront Liu Guangqi like he did with Liu Haizhong. Instead, he kindly reminded Liu Guangqi, "Guangqi! As the old saying goes, the greater your ability, the greater the burden you can bear."

"It's not that I look down on your father, but with your father's ability, being a workshop leader is no problem, but being the deputy leader of the workers' picket team is not so easy. Don't let him cause trouble for your Liu family before he gets enough of his official addiction."

Wu Aiguo, who was sitting nearby, showed an expression of surprise when he heard Sha Zhu's kind reminder to Liu Guangqi. He could never have imagined that Sha Zhu, this reckless man, actually knew the truth about Liu Haizhong being appointed as the deputy captain of the workers' picket team.

Liu Guangqi is not stupid. When he learned that Liu Haizhong became the deputy captain of the workers' picket team, he already felt that something was wrong. He just couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while. Now after hearing Sha Zhu's reminder, Liu Guangqi immediately felt as if something had suddenly dawned on him.

After figuring out the reason, Liu Guangqi bowed to Sha Zhu and thanked him, "Brother Zhu! Thank you for your reminder. We, the Liu family, owe you a favor for this matter. If we have the chance in the future, we will definitely repay your kind reminder."

Liu Haizhong, who was embarrassed by Sha Zhu, was feeling very angry. He was very happy to see his boss stand up for him. However, he did not expect that Liu Guangqi did not do anything to Sha Zhu, but bowed to him to express his gratitude instead.

When Liu Haizhong saw this, he immediately became anxious and asked Liu Guangqi, "Guangqi! What are you doing? Why do you bow to that bastard Sha Zhu? Do you want to piss me off to death?"

When Liu Guangqi saw his father's furious look, he was speechless in his heart. Because there were so many people here, there were some things Liu Guangqi couldn't say to Liu Haizhong. He could only step back and said to Liu Haizhong: "Dad! If there is anything, let's go home and talk about it, okay?" "Second Uncle! After all, your Guangqi is a technical secondary school student. He looks at things from a different perspective and perspective. I advise you to listen to Guangqi more. It will be good for you." Wu Aiguo saw the scene in front of him, stood up from the chair, and persuaded Liu Haizhong who was on the verge of a rage.

Liu Haizhong was respectful from the bottom of his heart to those who held higher positions than him, especially Wu Aiguo, who held great power at a young age. Moreover, he was able to become the team leader with the help of Wu Aiguo's advice, so he more or less listened to Wu Aiguo's advice.

Liu Haizhong heard Wu Aiguo's reminder. Although he didn't understand what Wu Aiguo meant, he still replied respectfully: "Aiguo! Second Master, I will listen to you. This meeting will end here today. Let's all adjourn!"

Everyone in the hospital saw Liu Haizhong's face turned red after being scolded by Sha Zhu, and they thought that something good was going to happen. However, they did not expect that because of Wu Aiguo's words, the hospital meeting ended in a whimper before the good show even began.

Yi Zhonghai, who was sitting in the corner, looked at the scene in front of him. He instinctively glanced at Wu Aiguo, who was calm and collected, then picked up the stool and walked towards home.

In order to hold today's school-wide meeting, Liu Haizhong prepared for the entire afternoon. However, before the meeting had even started for long, he was speechless by Sha Zhu.

After returning home, Liu Haizhong immediately asked Liu Guangqi, "Guangqi! Explain to me clearly, why did you not speak up for me just now, and why did you bow to Sha Zhu? How can I, the second uncle, face people in the courtyard in the future if you do this?"

When Liu Guangqi heard Liu Haizhong's scolding and thought of Sha Zhu's reminder, he asked Liu Haizhong with a serious face, "Dad! You were originally just a team leader in the forging workshop. Why did the steel mill suddenly promote you to be the deputy leader of the workers' picket team?"

When Liu Haizhong heard Liu Guangqi asking about the reason for his promotion, he remembered the time he gave Li Huaide the yellow croaker and replied with a guilty look on his face: "Guangqi! Director Li of our factory saw that I managed the team members in an orderly manner in the workshop, so he promoted me to be the deputy captain of the workers' picket team."

Liu Guangqi naturally knew very well what kind of person his father was. Facing Liu Haizhong's explanation and seeing Liu Haizhong's wandering eyes, Liu Guangqi immediately realized that Liu Haizhong's promotion was definitely not as Liu Haizhong said, because of his work. He was appreciated by the leaders of the steel rolling mill and was promoted to deputy captain of the workers' picket team.

When Liu Guangqi heard Liu Haizhong's explanation and saw Liu Haizhong's evasive eyes, he immediately realized that his father must have given gifts to Director Li, and only then was he able to get the position of deputy captain of the workers' picket team.

With this thought in mind, Liu Guangqi asked Liu Haizhong seriously, "Dad! Did you give a gift to your Director Li?"

Liu Haizhong, who was trying to make excuses, was immediately surprised when he heard Liu Guangqi's words that he had given a gift to Li Huaide. He blurted out to Liu Guangqi, "Guangqi! How did you know that I gave a gift to Director Li?"

When Liu Guangqi heard Liu Haizhong's question and thought of Liu Haizhong's character, he answered speechlessly: "Dad! Do you know what the workers' picket team does? Do you know what your deputy captain is responsible for?"

When Liu Haizhong heard Liu Guangqi's soul-searching question, he immediately answered, "Guangqi! Of course I know. I was patrolling the various workshops in the factory, catching workers cheating during work."

When Liu Guangqi heard Liu Haizhong's answer, he was speechless and said to Liu Haizhong, "Dad! To tell you the truth, this deputy captain position seems to have great power, but it is a position that is easy to offend people."

"To put it bluntly, if there are benefits, they belong to the leader. If something goes wrong, you will be responsible for taking the blame. If things go wrong, it may even implicate our entire family and make us suffer along with you."

When Liu Haizhong heard what Liu Guangqi said, he knew that the position of deputy captain of the patrol team was a position to take the blame for the leader. He immediately became anxious and said to Liu Guangqi: "Guangqi! For this position of deputy captain, I gave Director Li a small yellow croaker."

"No! I have to go find Director Li and get the small yellow croaker back."

(End of this chapter)