Rebirth 1983: Starting from taking back the family property.

Chapter 601 An old colleague got into trouble
Lu Hongjun practiced Tai Chi in the park, and then played chess with some old men. After he fell on the bus, Lu Shan and Damai didn't dare to let him pick up the kids, so Chaoyang Park became his playground.

He looked at the time and it was past five o'clock. It was time to go back for dinner. He packed up his things, said hello to his old friend, and went back slowly.

An old man said with envy: "Alas, I used to think that having too many children was a good thing, but now I think just having one is actually fine, there won't be so many things to worry about."

Just because his wife went to another province to take care of the younger son's child, the eldest son complained that they were partial to the younger one, and the second son blamed him for always siding with the eldest son in everything and treating him like he was picked up.

Someone who didn't get along with Lu Hongjun said, "What's there to envy? His daughter went to Hong Kong City and didn't care about him. He will have to rely on his stepchildren in the future. Just wait and see!"

He didn't envy Lu Hongjun at all, not at all.

The old man who just spoke smiled and said, "Then you don't know. The house he lives in now was bought by his daughter; and the car also belongs to his daughter. If she needs it, she can just make a phone call and it will come. As for being bullied by his second wife's children, his eldest nephew lives only 300 to 400 meters away from him, and he comes to see him every day."

The old man who was at odds with Lu Hongjun snorted coldly: "If his daughter is really filial, she should be taken to Gangcheng instead of letting her stay here."

This is a bit of nitpicking. The old man said, "Hong Kong is good, but you don't know anyone there. There's no one to talk to. It's much better here. You can practice Tai Chi or chess with us when you have nothing to do. You can go and see your grandchildren and great-grandchildren when you're bored."

Everyone said it was good to have a son, and he used to think sons were good too, but now his three sons were fighting with each other every day, and his daughter married far away and was living a hard life, and she still wanted them to support her. Now he thought it would be better to have only one child, because having a promising child was better than anything else.

When Lu Hongjun, who was envied, returned home and saw a young woman with red eyes standing in the yard, he thought she was a relative of Tang Sufen. He said unhappily, "I've told you so many times not to bring anyone home."

He hated Tang Sufen's country relatives coming over. Last time they came, all the dried shrimps, scallops and other seafood that Jiajie sent him were taken away. Fortunately, Jiaxin's tonics were locked up by him, otherwise they would not be kept. Later, the snuff bottle and pen washer were stolen. He felt that the people in the Tang family were not clean.

Tang Sufen said unhappily, "Looking for you."

Lu Hongjun looked at the woman and thought about it carefully, but he had no impression of her at all. He asked, "I don't know you, what do you want to see me for?"

The young woman cried and said, "I am Kang Jinzhou's daughter-in-law. My old Kang, my old Kang has been harmed by someone. I beg you, General Manager, to save him."

Lu Hongjun's face changed slightly. Kang Jinzhou was his colleague, the financial director of the department store. Now he said he was harmed by someone and suddenly came to ask for help. He asked in his heart, "What happened to Lao Kang?"

Tang Sufen was thoughtful after hearing this. Her husband was a colleague of Lao Lu, so he should be quite old. But this woman was only in her early thirties, pretty and slim, and probably a second marriage. Because people of this age group had little interaction with Lao Lu.

After listening to the young woman's crying, Lu Hongjun realized that someone had reported Kang Jinzhou, saying that he had embezzled public funds from the department store.

The woman cried and said, "General Manager, my old Kang has lived a clean life, but he was slandered like this before he retired. General Manager, you must clear my old Kang's name."

Lu Hongjun corrected her and said, "Don't call me general manager. I have been retired for more than five years. Just call me Lao Lu."

The young woman responded immediately: "Comrade Lu, please save my old Kang." Lu Hongjun didn't know what happened to Kang Jinzhou, so he asked her to come in and tell him in detail. Unexpectedly, Tang Sufen also came in. She wanted to hear what happened and whether it had anything to do with Lu Hongjun.

Seeing her come in, Lu Hongjun scolded her with a sullen face: "Is the food ready? If not, hurry up and make it."

Tang Sufen knew that he would not say anything if she stayed, so she really turned around and left. But after waiting for a while, she tiptoed back and eavesdropped by sticking to the door frame.

The woman cried for more than half an hour, and Lu Hongjun asked her to go back first. Even if he wanted to help, he had to find out the situation clearly and not listen to one-sided words. Besides, he might not be able to help with this matter.

After sending the woman away, Lu Hongjun went to Lu Jiaguang's place. He made two phone calls in succession and was a little surprised to hear the other party's words: "What? He bought a courtyard house in Sijiu City, and that courtyard house cost more than 50,000. Oh, I see, thank you!"

Before the salary reform, Kang Jinzhou, the chief accountant, had a salary of just over 100 yuan, and with benefits it was only about 200 yuan. Even if he could get some defective products, he had to support his mother and brothers in the countryside, as well as his wife and children, so he couldn't save any money. In the second year of the salary reform, his wife died of illness, and he married his current wife who has two children. In his situation, saving 10,000 yuan was considered a great achievement, and 50,000 yuan was simply impossible. This matter was reported when it was known to others. Since the income and expenditure were seriously disproportionate, someone began to investigate.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Hongjun looked unhappy.

Wang Xiaojie saw that his face was not right and asked, "Uncle San, what's wrong?"

Lu Hongjun did not hide it and said, "I asked someone and it turned out that he was not wrongly accused. With his salary, he could not afford a house worth more than 50,000 yuan."

Wang Xiaojie was shocked, and worried that he was too old and soft-hearted, she quickly said, "Uncle San, we must not get involved in this kind of thing, or we will be unable to explain ourselves if we do."

Lu Hongjun hummed and said, "I'm not senile yet. I'm going back now. You can go and get busy!"

Wang Xiaojie always felt so heavy looking at his back, but she knew that she wouldn't get anything out of him if she went up to ask, so she went into the Second Hospital to collect the clothes. There was an auntie to cook for her and she didn't need to worry about it.

Now everyone in the company is so envious of Wang Xiaojie, she lives in a big house and has an aunt to do the laundry, cooking and cleaning. The house was given by her sister-in-law and the aunt was hired by her brother-in-law, which makes many of her female colleagues envious.

When they got home, Tang Sufen asked, "Old Lu, what did that woman's man do wrong?"

Lu Hongjun was not willing to tell her this: "No matter what mistakes I made, I have been retired for so many years, and people have forgotten me, let alone after five years. There are not many people I know in the department store now, so it's useless to look for me."

"You really don't care?"

Lu Hongjun glanced at him and said, "I can't even take care of my own affairs, let alone other people's affairs."

Tang Sufen didn't believe what he said, and just saw that he was impatient and didn't ask any further questions.

(End of this chapter)