Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 898: Almost an accident!

In the blink of an eye, it was the 15th. At around eight o'clock in the morning, Liang Dejiang and his wife asked for leave from their unit and arrived at the gate of the street office early in the morning to check the final destination of their little daughter who had gone to the queue to join the team.

"Dejiang! Look, our Xiaoqin has been assigned to Qinjia Village in Changping. This way, it will be much more convenient for us to visit our daughter in the future." Li Xiaoyin saw the list posted on the bulletin board and finally found her daughter's name. When she saw the name of the village where her daughter was going to work in the countryside, her heart was finally at ease and she shouted happily to Liang Dejiang.

In fact, Liang Dejiang had already seen his daughter's name, but in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Liang Dejiang did not shout it out. What Liang Dejiang did not expect was that when his wife saw the name of the village where his daughter was going to work, she actually shouted it out on the spot. This was definitely a way to attract hatred.

When Liang Dejiang heard what his wife said, he glared at Li Xiaoyin in dissatisfaction and scolded her, "Li Xiaoyin! Our daughter is going to the countryside to help with rural construction, not to enjoy life. Look at what you look like now, what do you look like?"

Li Xiaoyin, who was in high spirits, suddenly frowned when she heard Liang Dejiang's reprimand. She wanted to refute Liang Dejiang's reprimand, but she found herself receiving hateful and jealous looks from all around her. Only then did she realize how inappropriate her behavior was.

"Let the people from the street office come out and give us all an explanation. Why can their daughters be arranged in the vicinity of Kyoto City, while our daughters are arranged to go to the Northwest? Is there something fishy here?" A middle-aged woman saw that only one person on the list was arranged to go to the vicinity of Kyoto City, while the others were arranged to go to the Northwest. She immediately questioned the list with dissatisfaction.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Let the people from the street office come out and give us an explanation, otherwise we will go to the district to file a complaint." When another woman saw someone raising questions, she immediately spoke out to support the middle-aged woman.

Liang Dejiang saw that the people around him began to question the fairness of the list because of what Li Xiaoyin had just said, and he immediately felt overwhelmed.

Although their daughter's illness completely complies with the regulations for caring for educated youth in the countryside, they did use connections to arrange for their daughter to go to Qinjia Village. If this group of people really make a fuss and the higher-ups arrange people to investigate, some unexpected events may occur.

When Li Xiaoyin saw the people around her questioning her daughter's assignment and threatening to ask the street office to give them an explanation, she immediately realized that she had gotten into trouble and quickly defended herself, "What are you making a fuss about? My daughter has been weak and sick since she was young, and she has to take medicine frequently. The Youth League Office also arranged a place nearby based on her actual situation. What right do you have to accuse us of using connections?"

Li Xiaoyin's words were like adding fuel to the fire for the people present. Some people who had originally remained silent also spoke up and demanded that the people from the street office come out and give them an explanation.

When the director of the subdistrict office heard that the people outside were making a fuss about Liang Qin's assignment, he immediately took the transfer documents from the Youth Office and walked quickly to the gate of the subdistrict office. Looking at the excited people in front of him, he said loudly: "Comrades! Comrades! Please listen to me."

In this era, the director of the subdistrict office still has great prestige. When the people present heard the words of the director of the subdistrict office, they all quieted down. The middle-aged woman who first questioned the list asked first: "Director Zhou! All our children were assigned to the Northwest to work in the countryside. Why were the daughters of these two people arranged to live in Qinjia Village on the outskirts of Kyoto? Do they have any connections that you are taking special care of them?" After hearing the middle-aged woman's question, Director Zhou took out a medical record from his file bag and said to the people present: "Comrades! I can assure everyone here that the Youth Educated Office did not give special care to Miss Liang Qin. As for why Miss Liang Qin was assigned to Qinjia Village, this is Miss Liang Qin's medical record over the years. If you don't believe it, you can come and have a look."

The people present saw Director Zhou take out a stack of medical records, but out of trust in him, no one stepped forward to ask him to open the records.

Director Zhou saw that no one came to check the medical records, so he immediately introduced them to everyone: "Comrades! We send educated youth to the countryside to help rural construction, not to increase the burden on the countryside. Comrade Liang Qin has been weak and sick since she was a child because of anemia. Even though she has met the conditions for being assigned a job, she is unable to work."

Liang Dejiang, who was standing by, saw that the anger of the people present had finally subsided because of Director Zhou's words, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he glared at Li Xiaoyin fiercely and quickly apologized to Director Zhou: "Director Zhou! I'm sorry! I've caused you trouble."

After hearing Liang Dejiang's apology and thinking about Liang Qin's assignment, Director Zhou said to Liang Dejiang with a guilty look on his face: "Comrade Liang Dejiang! According to the regulations, your Liang Qin didn't need to go to the countryside. It was because of our comrades' negligence that Liang Qin's name was reported. So the ones who should really apologize are us, the Street Office."

Liang Dejiang heard what Director Zhou said, but he naturally didn't take it seriously. He replied modestly, "Director Zhou! It is our duty to support the country's policies."

After exchanging pleasantries with Director Zhou for a while, Liang Dejiang said goodbye to Director Zhou and rode his bicycle to leave the street office with Li Xiaoyin.

Li Xiaoyin thought about what Director Zhou had just said and asked with a dissatisfied look on her face, "Dejiang, is what Director Zhou just said true? Was our Xiaoqin's going to the countryside really caused by the negligence of the staff of the Street Office?"

Liang Dejiang, who was already furious, heard Li Xiaoyin's question and replied in a very dissatisfied tone: "Li Xiaoyin! Do you really think what Director Zhou said is true? Director Zhou said that to other people. If Director Zhou hadn't come to the rescue just now, you would have harmed Xiaoqin, and you might have also implicated Aiguo and Director Chen."

When Li Xiaoyin heard Liang Dejiang's scolding, she thought of what she had done in front of the street office and replied with a guilty look on her face: "Dejiang! I was just too happy, so I shouted. How could I have thought that those people would be jealous of our Xiaoqin and start a scene on the spot."

When Liang Dejiang heard what Li Xiaoyin said, he immediately squeezed the brakes on his bicycle, turned his head and looked at Li Xiaoyin who was sitting behind him, and asked unhappily, "What did I tell you before I left this morning? And what did you do? How dare you push the blame onto someone else?"

(End of this chapter)