Restarting life in Siheyuan

This Section Chief Ma is still not giving up. He wants to play delaying tactics and make secret moves. It's quite interesting.

"No need for that, Comrade Liu, I advise you to sit back down." The young man surnamed Liu looked at Section Chief Ma again and could only sit back down reluctantly.

"Comrade, please don't blame us. This is our duty. These children were beaten and injured. It would be unreasonable for us not to arrest your sister. Your sister refused to do it, so she only broke a button. It's not a big deal. As for the two handprints, just go back and wash them. If you ask me, I will be a peacemaker, and I will explain to the parents of the children. You can just take your sister home and pretend that nothing happened. How about that?"

In just a short period of time, the middle-aged man's attitude made a 180-degree turn and he even had a smile on his face. He is really flexible.

Section Chief Ma was also cursing in his heart. This person looked difficult to deal with and must be the police station. If the police station intervened, his little trick would be exposed. If a small matter turned into a big one, it would be a waste of time.

"Section Chief Ma, what do you think? My sister said they stole the money and wanted to run away, so they did it. This is a meritorious service, but you guys made it into bullying and uneducated. You should report it to the neighborhood office. What do you think? My sister suffered such a great injustice, and she just had to accept it?"

Section Chief Ma was a little embarrassed. "Your sister said they stole the money, but they didn't have any stolen money on them. We can't prove they stole the money. But your sister really did it. It's obvious. There's nothing we can do."

"Oh, I see. The joint defense team can't find out clearly. This is simple. You apologize to my sister and compensate her. I won't pursue you. I'll take these three children to the police station. That's it."

Seeing that Zhu Xuefeng refused to leave, Section Chief Ma's face changed again. It was not easy for him to say these things in a humble manner. He didn't expect that this young man, who looked like a big gangster, would be so unruly and insisted on making things bigger.

"Comrade, this is just a minor misunderstanding among the people. There is no need to let the police station intervene. If the three children are taken to the police station, no matter what the matter is, their reputation will be affected. They are still young and are the flowers of the motherland. We should take better care of them. They are all neighbors. We will see each other every day. You don't want to have more neighbors who are against you, right?"

Zhu Xuefeng laughed again. This guy is really an all-rounder. He can even handle political and ideological work. He is very clever and has always avoided the important issues and played the accusation card.

"If we can't come to an agreement, then forget about it. Xiaohong, please go and ask the police station to come over. Ask Chief Liu or Deputy Chief Chen to bring someone over."

"Okay!" Xia Yuhong agreed readily. She would not agree to such an easy deal by bullying her younger sister.

"Little sister, wait for me. Let your sister Na accompany you. I will be back soon."

Xia Yuhong comforted her younger sister and went out excitedly. It only took a few minutes to get there by scooter.

Section Chief Ma was obviously anxious and stood up hurriedly. Seeing this, Xiao Liu also stood up. They wanted to force their way through Zhu Xuefeng. Zhu Xuefeng was guarding the way out, clasping his arms and looking at them coldly. The two hesitated for a moment, then turned around and took a baton from the wall and rushed forward.

Zhu Xuefeng protected Lin Na and his younger sister aside and said with a smile.

"You are using violence against unarmed civilians. What kind of joint defense is this? You are just like thugs."

The two men looked at each other and rushed over waving batons. The middle-aged man also shouted, "I told you to drink a toast and then drink a penalty. I'm going to risk it today and make you pay."

Seeing two people waving batons at the same time and coming towards him, the middle-aged man looked at the calm Zhu Xuefeng and became more cautious, lagging behind by half a beat. This half beat really gave him a great advantage. Xiao Liu, who rushed forward first, was dazzled, and his baton was snatched away by someone with bare hands. The next second, he was kicked hard in the stomach and rolled directly into the corner. The middle-aged man stood there with his scalp numb. This guy was too fierce, he must be a martial artist, no wonder his sister was so good at fighting.

"Brother Thirteen, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." A young man's voice came from outside the door. It was a young man who looked vaguely familiar and was coming over with Xia Yuhong.

It turned out that when Xia Yuhong was picking up her bike from the carport, the young man arrived in a hurry on his bike. When he saw Xia Yuhong, he called out tentatively, "Thirteenth Sister-in-law."

"Who are you?" Xia Yuhong didn't know this young man at all.

"I'm Ba Lai, the one from Maoer Hutong. You and Brother Thirteen were on the ice rink..."

After hearing this, Xia Yuhong remembered those junior high school students at that time.

"Oh, now I remember that you are one of those people who likes to watch the fun and make trouble."

It turns out that this guy is the junior high school students who watched the fun at the ice rink a few years ago. After a few years, he has changed a lot.

"I received a report that my brother was beaten up and asked me to come over. I saw you coming out of the duty room. I wonder if there was a misunderstanding between us."

Xia Yuhong simply said this. When the young man heard it, he became anxious and apologized quickly, saying that he had failed to discipline his younger brother and had offended his Thirteenth Brother. He would make his younger brother apologize properly. Xia Yuhong was undecided, so she followed over to listen to the man's opinion.

Xia Yuhong whispered the identity of the young man. He was Balai's younger brother, the one who was beaten into a panda eye. Balai looked at Zhu Xuefeng who was hitting his hands with a baton, but he remained calm. This man became famous by using a baton.

"Brother Thirteen, Brother Thirteen, this must be a misunderstanding. I'll ask him to explain it clearly. I apologize to you. We're all neighbors. Please be merciful and don't go to the police station..."

Since there was such a close relationship between the two families, and the two families were not far from each other, separated by only two alleys, Zhu Xuefeng gave up blaming the three little guys.

His brother's arrival made Panda Eyes even more uneasy. When he heard that the young man in shorts in front of him was the Thirteenth Brother his brother always talked about, he ignored Section Chief Ma's attempts to stop him and told him everything.

"It was Ma Dongmei. She found Brother Chao and asked us to cause trouble for this sister. That's why we went ahead with it."

Section Chief Ma's face suddenly changed. He looked at the baton in Zhu Xuefeng's hand and the playful smile on his face, but wisely chose not to say anything.

"Brother, Ma Dongmei is the one who is one level lower than me and caused me trouble."

Zhu Xuefeng nodded. "As I remember, she was the niece of Chief Ma. Chief Ma, she's not your niece, is she?"

Section Chief Ma waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, it's just a coincidence that we have the same last name. I don't know any Ma Dongmei."

"I really don't know you?"

"I really don't know him, absolutely true. It seems we made a mistake. Those guys didn't say that at the time. It was a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

Zhu Xuefeng looked at Section Chief Ma with amusement, then at his younger sister, who shook her head. "Forget it, I've long forgotten about this Ma Dongmei. Brother, you just came back today, so there's no need for us to waste time here. It's enough to prove my innocence."

Zhu Xuefeng didn't expect that his younger sister would let it go so easily. He was a little puzzled. He should have not asked if he had known earlier.

"Well, since my little sister doesn't care, you should at least apologize. You don't have to compensate for the clothes, but you have to help me find the button. It's a copper button, and it's not easy to match."

The first one to be kicked down, the young man who hadn’t shown any signs of improvement for a long time finally got his chance. “I remember that I fell under the rain grate. I’ll go find it right now.”

"Apologize first." Zhu Xuefeng looked lazy, so the few people had to apologize to the little sister together under the leadership of Section Chief Ma, and then apologized to Zhu Xuefeng. Then they hurriedly went to look for the buttons. Not long after, the man came back and the buttons had been washed. The little sister reached out to take them.

"Brother, let's go."

Ba Lai also followed with a few kids. If they didn't leave, they would be angered. Fortunately, Thirteenth Brother was there, so the other party didn't dare to ask for permission to stay. After leaving the duty room, Ba Lai asked the three kids to apologize to Zhu Xuemei again. "What are you doing now? Where are you working?"

"It's only been a few days since I started working in August, and I'm working at the grain store on the street."

"Oh, nice unit."

"Brother Thirteen, I'll open a table tonight to apologize to you guys. These little guys really behaved out of line this time."

"No need. Everything is ready at home. If it weren't for this, we would have finished eating. Go back and take good care of it. Don't go astray at such a young age."

"Brother Thirteen, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but actually..."

It turns out that these three children are not Buddhas at all, and they can't steal and don't have the skills, so they were easily discovered by the little sister. But the Lu Chao who led them was a real Buddha. He always tempted these three with snacks and drinks to help run errands. This time when the three little guys were detained, he just found Ba Lai to report the news and hid away.

"What a piece of shit. Next time I see him, I will teach him a lesson. He actually instigated our Xiaodong to do such a thing."

"Well, let's go home."

"Brother Thirteen, we are sorry for causing you trouble this time. We are wrong. As I said before, if you have any problem, just tell me. I will do my best to help you."

Zhu Xuefeng laughed. This bastard had learned a lot of polite words and used them indiscriminately regardless of the occasion.

"Hurry up, even if you have to die, go back and tie up your brother properly."

...

"Dongmei, you're in trouble this time. The girl you want to deal with seems to have a very capable brother. He should have sent out all the people, and the underworld should also be involved. You go to provoke her without knowing the details. You should hide for a while and don't let anyone find you."

"No way, Uncle San, he has only two brothers, both of whom are students, his parents are gone, and he has no relatives in the city."

Student? Section Chief Ma felt his scalp tingling. Such a ruthless student, forget it. As an older man, he should not go against such a young man.

"Believe it or not, don't come to me again about Fang Zheng's mess..."

"Brother, you won't run away again this time, will you?"

The younger sister had long forgotten the unpleasantness that had just occurred and was now immersed in the joy of her elder brother returning after not seeing him for a year.

"Why are you running around after graduation? I'm going to report tomorrow. I don't know where I'll be assigned yet, but I guess I can stay in the city."

"That's good. My results should be out in a day or two. My teacher said that I should be fine this time and will be able to stay in the city to go to school."

Seeing that his younger sister was so happy about going to university, Zhu Xuefeng felt a headache. She could only go there for one year. He had to find Deputy Minister Chen quickly to see if there was any way.

"By the way, my family has been collecting crucian carps for a few days. Your uncle gave them to me. I'll grill them later. Are you craving for them?"

"I want to eat it so badly, big brother. You grilled it once when you were in college. Later, when you were not at home, my second brother tried it twice with the fish he caught, but it tasted terrible. It was either not cooked or burnt, and the flavor was not right. He was not happy when I told him about it."

"What, grilled crucian carp? How to grill it?" Xia Yuhong was also very curious when she saw her younger sister so excited. Lin Na, on the other hand, smiled as she saw the brother and sister were happy.

"It's hard to explain. You can watch and try it later. Everyone gets one."

After chatting for a few sentences, they arrived at the No. 95 compound. Several people pushed the cart into the yard and heard Jia Zhang's scolding from a distance.

"I told you, a little girl, she imitated her brother for no reason, now she's been arrested for injuring someone, she's not a girl, this day will come sooner or later, in my opinion, do the work, and you'll get your retribution in this life."

"Grandma Jia, please be more polite when you speak. My sister has provoked you. You are talking nonsense here. Didn't you hear what Yan Jie Di said? My sister took action because someone stole her money."

"Country boy, go do what you need to do. Just listen to the adults. You have no right to speak here."

Jia Zhang was stopping several aunts and young wives at the gate of the central courtyard to talk about Zhu Xuemei. She finally saw that the Zhu family was humiliated. Even if you don't want to hear it, I have to talk to you. Jia Zhang was in a good mood now.

But when he saw the group of people coming back, this mood immediately disappeared. Weren’t they caught? Why were they released so soon?

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you'd better watch your mouth. I just got back today, don't make things difficult for yourself."

When Jia Zhang heard Zhu Xuefeng's voice from afar, she was startled and quickly shut up. This little bastard, well, she couldn't afford to offend him. She let her young wife and several aunts go and hurried home.

"Weiguo, go home. She is like this. The more you pay attention to her, the more excited she becomes."

Zhu Weiguo responded, "Third sister, are you okay? I just got back from get off work and heard her talking here. I didn't have time to see you and you came back."

Looking at the fourth child, he has obviously grown taller. After not seeing him for a year, he has grown about 170 centimeters taller, his eyesight is not far from cm, and his body is obviously much stronger.

"Old Four, not bad, go home first."

Zhu Weiguo came over to help Zhu Xuemei park the car. "Hello, sisters. Big brother, you just got home today, you must be tired. I see the meal is ready and the dishes are ready. Let me do it."

The two girls responded and they had become familiar with each other over the year. Zhu Xuefeng rubbed the fourth girl's head, but before she could say yes, the youngest sister refused.

"Come on, my brother can do it, but you can't. Look, my second brother hasn't learned it yet, so you should learn more."

After being ruthlessly attacked by the third sister, Zhu Weiguo touched the back of his head awkwardly, and both girls laughed.

In front of the wing room, several people were grilling crucian carp while talking about various things that happened at home in the past year. When they talked about the steel rolling mill and asked about Old Xia's situation, Xia Yuhong interjected quietly.

"My dad has been very upset these days. He talks about integration and trust, which makes him worried every day. If you have time, go see him. He has been asking about you a lot. Yesterday he even asked when you would be back."

(End of this chapter)