The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Chapter 306 The Bird of Fright
"Old Lou, what is going on? Why are there so many people? It can't be...!"

At the Lou family, Lou's mother was sitting in front of the sofa worriedly, holding her husband's hand with both hands, looking at him with a worried look, holding a handkerchief in her hand, and her eyes were red.

It seemed that she was frightened by the noisy scene just now. So many people poured into her home, which reminded her of some things that had happened in the past.

"Yali, it's okay. You just came to me to understand the original situation. It has nothing to do with our family!"

The white hair on the top of Lou Bancheng's head grew a little more. He slowly took his hand out of his lover's palm, patted the back of her hand gently, and comforted her in a soothing tone.

Looking at the messy footprints on the floor of the house, Lou Bancheng's heart was beating a little panicked, maybe he was a little scared just now.

"Bancheng, don't lie to me. Our factory has been given to them. Why can't they let us go? I heard what Deputy Section Chief Li said last time. I, I am scared every day now!"

Lou's mother choked up as she spoke, and her words revealed some desolation for no reason. I'm afraid it wasn't just what Li Feng had said, but the ladies who drank tea and chatted at the cocktail parties in the past had basically disappeared, and they were also missing. The young men and ladies at home.

"Tell me, Ezi was really going to be sent to herd cattle and raise horses that day. Wouldn't that cost her life? Our Ezi, who has ever done such a job!"

Lou's mother held her handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. It seemed that a large group of people had just arrived, which reminded her of the scene in the previous turbulent years.

Lou Bancheng's face looked a little ugly when he heard his lover's words. Although the purpose of their coming to him just now was just to inquire about some old memories, they rushed home directly like this, which still gave him a great shock.

Not only did he not take him seriously, he didn't even show much basic respect. This made Lou Bancheng, who had been in a high position all his life, not feel shabby in his heart.

"Dad, Mom, what's going on? Why did you come to our house again? We have nothing to do with the factory anymore!"

Lou Xiao'e, who was upstairs, heard her mother's crying voice downstairs, and walked down the stairs until she heard her mother talk about herding cattle. She stopped immediately, held the handrail of the stairs with both hands, and asked her father in astonishment.

"Well, when the steel rolling mill was expanded, there was a lack of employee dormitories. The closest one was on Nanluogu Lane. I bought a courtyard there for them to live in. I didn't expect that after so many years, it would start to expand again. Old accounts!”

"The reason why they came today is about matters in the courtyard. You don't have to worry too much. The title deeds and house deeds of those courtyards have already been handed in. If they ask you about other things, you won't be able to explain clearly!"

Lou Bancheng lowered his head slightly and shook his head absentmindedly. Although when they asked just now, the focus was on Nanluogu Lane, how could he not see that some of them had observed his own home? , in his eyes, contempt for himself.

After the initial panic, Lou Bancheng answered fluently and said what he knew directly.

If he didn’t know, it was his father’s generation who had done it, and he said he didn’t know. He could only pretend that he couldn’t see the looks that looked down on him.

"Half the city, or us~!"

Lou's mother looked at her husband expectantly, but did not say the rest of the sentence, believing that her husband would understand what she meant.

"Yali, this is the place where I was born and raised, and it is also the place where our Lou family spreads its branches and leaves. If we leave our hometown, we may not be able to lose our leaves...!"

Lou Bancheng's face looked a little desolate, and his waist, which he had straightened just now, was bent down again by life.

Ordinary people can see that their families are well-fed and well-off, but they don’t know what it’s like to live in fear every day.

"Dad, Mom, we still have to believe them. They have been here for so many years, and they just came to our house today!"

"Yali, Ezi is right. You don't have to worry too much. Ezi, help your mother upstairs and have a rest."

After saying that, Lou Bancheng seemed to have made some kind of decision, picked up the coat on the hanger, and hurried out the door.

"Mom, let me help you up."

After saying that, Lou Xiao'e walked down the stairs and stepped forward to help her mother's arm, trying to help her up.

"Xiao'e, I can't persuade your father. What do you think he is still hesitating about in this situation? Leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, so that our family can live peacefully for the rest of our lives!"

Looking at her husband's retreating back, Lou's mother's eyes were red again. She covered her nose with her hand holding a handkerchief and complained to her daughter about her father.

"Mom, things haven't reached the point where we have to leave. Dad just said that they are also here to ask about the past situation. They are not holding on to our family. Dad has his own considerations."

"Think about it, he just doesn't want to part with that factory. You said our family has enough money now to have food and clothing. What's the use of having so much money?"

"Mom, the factory was also left by Grandpa and the others. Maybe in Dad's eyes, it not only represents money, but also the roots of our Lou family."

"What's more important, your roots or your life. Didn't you see the look in those people's eyes just now, as if they were about to eat people? They've been through it several times. Did you see the mark on the wall? It was from a gunshot."

Lou's mother did not elaborate on which gun it was, but Lou Xiao'e looked in the direction of her mother's finger, and then she realized what her mother was afraid of.

***
No. 317, Xinzhong Street.

"When, when, when!"

"Who?"

"I~!"

The people in the house heard the voice outside the door, as if they knew each other. After hearing only one word, they knew who the person outside the door was. They quickly opened the door and pulled the person in.

"master!"

After entering, the middle-aged man who opened the door, Lou Bancheng, bowed respectfully, just like a servant in the old society.

"Lao Wu, please go and call Qing Jiang. You don't need to call me master. We have been a family for so many years!"

After a moment of emotion, Lou Bancheng patted his arm and whispered.

"Yes, sir!"

The middle-aged man seemed not to have heard what Lou Bancheng said behind him. He still maintained his stubbornness and walked to a small building not far from home and knocked on the door.The person who opened the door looked like an underground worker. After taking over, the two quickly returned to No. 317. Of course, the fifth child did not go in, but smoked a cigarette at the door and acted as an observation post.

"Qing Jiang, how's your inquiring going? Is there any news?"

In appearance, Qing Jiang was somewhat similar to Lou Bancheng, slightly younger. He nodded in response to Lou Bancheng's inquiry.

"Brother, I really found out something. Xu Lingjun, there is this person, and it is true that he was sent down to the other side of the capital for reform, but the latest situation in the commune is that his reform has been completed and he has been released! "

"Let go?"

Lou Bancheng, who was sitting in front of the sofa, was stunned. How long had it been since Li Feng went to his house and he had already been released?

"Yes, before the Chinese New Year, the commune had already sent notice documents for early release from reeducation through labor. Now they don't know where Xu Lingjun has gone, or whether he has returned to the capital!"

Lao Wu nodded, with a rather ugly look on his face. A few days ago, when his brother found him, he asked him to look for this person. Now he has found him, or not.

"Did you go to the place where he was renovated and ask?"

"Brother, the situation there is different from here. There are so many people in our city that many strangers can't tell. On the grassland, it's different. They are all acquaintances who know everything about us. If strangers go by, they will end up in the commune at most."

"Besides, the person we are looking for is also a "Youpai". I'm afraid that our family will be involved by then. Who would be willing to starve and freeze there in this icy and snowy grassland? I'm afraid he would have gone back long ago. In the capital, I will ask someone to come back as soon as possible to find out the news!"

Lao Wu expressed his thoughts, a powerful analysis, and quite reasonable. After all, who is willing to continue to live in the place where he is imprisoned after being released.

Lou Bancheng, who had been frowning just now, relaxed his eyebrows a little after hearing his explanation, and nodded slightly, without blaming his younger brother for making his own decisions.

"Is there any news from the capital now?"

"They haven't replied to me yet. I'm afraid it will take some time to find it."

"Brother, I have found out about Xu Jingyou clearly. It's true that he went to Amerikan, but he abandoned his wife and children. I feel that we, we can't hope for it. It's such a long distance. We don’t even know whether Xu Jingyou is alive or dead!"

Seeing Lou Bancheng's silence, Qingjiang continued to express his inner thoughts. He felt that his brother's hope was not placed on outsiders, but on his own family. After all, Xiangjiang was still in the south, Ameriken, but it had to be crossed far away. It's an ocean.

From the simple conversation here, it can be seen that Lou Bancheng, an old fox, still chose to hide some things from his family. I am afraid that Lou’s mother did not see his true thoughts at all.

"No, we still need to find people. This is related to the lives and fortunes of our family. I have also asked people to inquire in the south. It is also very chaotic there now. They are all wolves that eat people without spitting out bones. Instead of this, we might as well Find a place where you can hold the handle and figure it out slowly."

Facing his brother's thoughts, Lou Bancheng closed his eyes and thought for a moment. One is a place where he is unfamiliar and the environment is complex. The other is a place where he may have acquaintances but the social environment is relatively stable. The distance is sometimes. It's not necessarily a bad thing.

After all, after all, Xu Lingjun is also Xu Jingyou’s eldest son. People are nostalgic for the past, the emperor loves the eldest son, and the people love the youngest son. This principle is also common among the people. The traditional concept of the older generation of entrepreneurs is that family still has to be The eldest son stood up.

"Lao Wu, let's work on both sides. I'll find someone to go to American here and explore the way first. It would be better if we can find Xu Jingyou. If we can't find it, we don't have to be left behind in the south. If the south doesn't welcome us, we can go back. go there!"

Under the current situation, one more path means one more retreat. Lou Bancheng was on pins and needles. Since he had already made so many preparations, he was not afraid of being more prepared.

"Brother, what's going on? I feel like you're getting more and more anxious now. People from the "Youpai" transformation will be put back. Can we wait?"

Looking at his elder brother who stood up from the sofa and wandered back and forth, Lao Wu looked a little solemn. The road to Xiangjiang here had not yet been paved, and he was eyeing Amrican again. He felt that his current thoughts were becoming more and more unpredictable. .

"What does it mean to be reformed? What is left of the Xu family now is his son. We are different. Our family has a big business and will be targeted sooner or later!"

"Today, they came here again. Although the questions they asked were not related to us, the hatred and disgust in their eyes made my hair stand on end. We can not leave for the time being, but we cannot be unprepared when the crisis is approaching and we need to leave. .”

Lou Bancheng, who was wandering back and forth, seemed to have convinced himself that the Lou family had too much money to spend, so they sent a few more people to inquire, which meant spending a little more money. On this issue, Lou Bancheng was still very generous. of.

"You continue to look for people here to inquire. I will look for other people on Amrican's side. You still have to be careful about this matter. Family members should not say too much. Women can be loose-spoken here."

After saying that, Lou Bancheng walked to the window and saw that no one was outside. Lao Wu was still guarding the door, opened the door and walked out.

****
Street Office.

"Deputy District Chief Zhao, what do you think we should do now? The Lou family doesn't know much about this deaf old lady. We can't keep up with the explanation!"

Director Wang from the subdistrict office looked a little anxious when he saw that this trip had basically yielded nothing. How should he write a report this time? Is it possible to write a report that cannot be verified and confirm the identity, and then just hand it in?

"Don't worry, there is another person in that yard, he should know something!"

Facing the eyes of everyone looking at him, Zhao Nanbei pursed his lips, hammered his legs that were a little painful from riding a bicycle, and comforted everyone.

"Who is it? I see that there are so many people in the yard who don't understand the situation?"

Director Wang looked a little hesitant. There were so many people asking just now. Is it possible that there are others?

"Li Feng, the children from the family I just called my younger siblings!"

Just now, he also deliberately revealed to Director Wang his relationship with the Li family with a little intentional intention. Of course, he wanted her to understand the meaning of it.

"He, how old is he to know what happened in the past?"

Director Wang has met Li Feng several times, and his only impression is that he is young.Director Wang really has some doubts about how much he knows about what happened in this yard.

"Today's Beijing Evening News has arrived. Take a look. Our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is now showing its face!"

A person walked in outside the door, as if he didn't know that the big guys at the street office were already back. Before they even entered, they started shouting loudly at the door.

(End of this chapter)