Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 724 Tracing the Roots
When Sister Wang heard this, she frowned and said, "What do you mean by lonely elderly people? Doesn't the rationing system give priority to the relatives of martyrs this time? And it is clearly the relatives of martyrs who are unable to work. How difficult is that?"

Upon hearing this, Team Leader Zheng said, "Ah, ah, this was approved by our team after discussion based on the degree of difficulty. This is also to solve the urgent needs of some households in need."

After hearing this, Sister Wang was a little angry, but she suppressed her anger and asked, "Why is it another poor family? Did your civil affairs team misunderstand the instructions from above? That is a rationing system for martyrs' families. What do you think?"

Team leader Zheng broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Logically, it should be given priority, but there are also special circumstances."

After hearing this, Sister Wang was so amused that she asked, "Tell me, what is a special situation?"

Team leader Zheng said: "For example, some relatives of military martyrs responded that their families did not need these supplies for the time being. Of course, there were also some who, after we verified, showed their style and took the initiative to request to postpone the arrangement."

Sister Wang stood up and said, "Nonsense! Is this how you guys implement the martyrs' relatives allocation system? Tell me the truth."

Team leader Zheng was stunned for a moment, because he saw Sister Wang put her hand on the gun on her waist, and he stammered and said stubbornly: "This matter needs to be verified."

Sister Wang suppressed her anger and said, "Verify it, I'll go find Captain Li and ask him to check it out."

Sister Wang turned around and walked out of Team Leader Zheng's office. Team Leader Zheng looked at Sister Wang's back and said to himself, "Old lady, you are killing me."

It turned out that in Wang Zhan's area, only Wang Zhan's family was eligible to apply for this quota, and it had to be his family, but the bad thing was the deaf old lady. No one knew where she knew about this. Because Team Leader Zheng and the deaf old lady had an old relationship, the deaf old lady found Team Leader Zheng that day accompanied by Yi Zhonghai.

At first, Team Leader Zheng didn't know what they came to him for, so he received them warmly. Minister Zheng said, "Old lady, why are you here? We haven't seen each other for a while." Then Minister Zheng helped the old lady sit down on the sofa, then turned around to pour water for the two of them.

Yi Zhonghai stood aside in a proper manner. The deaf old lady smiled and said, "We are old acquaintances. I didn't come because I was afraid of causing trouble for you."

Team leader Zheng placed two glasses of water on the coffee table nearby, sat down next to him, and said, "Don't say that. You are my elder, and you watched me grow up. If you have anything to say, just ask someone to tell me. Why bother you to come to my house in person?"

Team Leader Zheng's words were full of hidden meanings. Yi Zhonghai didn't hear them, but the deaf old lady heard them clearly. Her smile disappeared and she said, "Okay, just do today's work for me, and I won't bother you anymore in the future, okay, Zheng Erhei?"

As Team Leader Zheng listened to the old lady talking about his nickname in the old society, the smile on his face gradually disappeared. He looked at the deaf old lady and said coldly, "You talk, I listen."

After some secret manipulation by Team Leader Zheng, the quota for Nanluoguxiang was given to the deaf old lady. But now that Captain Li wants a thorough investigation, everything will be exposed. Team Leader Zheng is on pins and needles in the office, racking his brains for a countermeasure.

Captain Li walked in without even knocking on the door, gave Team Leader Zheng a cold look, and sat down opposite his desk. Sister Wang, who had followed him in, stood behind him. Captain Li didn't rush to speak, but lit a cigarette and stared at Team Leader Zheng.

Team leader Zheng felt cold all over and twisted his body unnaturally. Captain Li asked, "Are you an undercover agent over there, or a hidden spy?" Team leader Zheng stood up and said, "Captain Li, don't talk nonsense. I have been strictly examined. How could I be a spy?"

Captain Li continued to stare into his eyes and said, "Then why did you want to harm the orphans of our first-class heroes? You wanted to starve them to death, didn't you?"

Captain Li slammed the table hard. Team Leader Zheng broke out in a cold sweat. He plopped down and sat down again, stammering, "I, I didn't. I, I don't, I don't know."

"Sister Wang, call Xiao Zhang in." said Captain Li.

Sister Wang walked to the door and called out, "Xiao Zhang, come in!"

At this time, Xiao Zhang's forehead was also covered with sweat. He walked in trembling and stood aside tremblingly. Captain Li said, "Tell me about it."

Xiao Zhang glanced at Team Leader Zheng and said, "Originally, that area was reserved for the couple in Keyuan, who were said to be the home of a meritorious official. However, when I applied two months ago, Team Leader Zheng asked me to go there to verify who was in the most need. I was quite confused at the time. It had already been decided, so why did I need to verify it? But, Team Leader Zheng is the team leader after all, and I followed his orders, so, so, I went."

Team leader Zheng's face was now blue and sweat was on his forehead, but he didn't dare to interrupt.

Captain Li asked, "And then?"

Xiao Zhang went on to say, "I met someone from their alley. A man wearing glasses seemed to be an educated person. He said that the children were being taken care of by the army, and that soldiers often came to deliver supplies, so they didn't need anything. But he sighed and said that an old lady in the alley next to him had no children, no one to take care of her, no income, and barely had food to eat. Then he invited me to take a look, so I went to Courtyard No. 95 in the alley next door. Many people in the courtyard said that the old lady was pitiful, and some even shed tears while talking about it. I believed it, and when I came back I reported it to Team Leader Zheng, and Team Leader Zheng then..."

Captain Li seemed very impatient and shouted loudly: "Speak!"

"Team Leader Zheng replaced the two children's places with that old lady." Xiao Zhang said quickly.

"Nonsense, don't you know that this rationing system is only for the families of martyrs? What kind of behavior are you doing? It's been two months, have you ever thought about where those two kids went to buy things? Team leader Zheng, you bastard, you are harming the families of martyrs, do you know that?" Captain Li was furious.

Team leader Zheng quickly said, "I was wrong. I'm sorry. I misunderstood. I will reflect and correct it."

Captain Li sneered and said, "You want to correct yourself? Go and get back to me what they falsely claimed. You are just one grain of rice short. Just expect to be punished. Do you know how serious this matter is? He is the relative of a first-class hero and his name is registered on the list." After saying that, he turned and left the room.

Sister Wang took out her gun and said to Team Leader Zheng with a cold face: "I really want to shoot you." After saying that, she turned and left. Team Leader Zheng's body softened and he slid off the stool to the ground. Xiao Zhang saw that something was wrong and ran out quickly.

(End of this chapter)