Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 911 Wu Yong Arrives
On the last day before the New Year, No. 95 Courtyard held its last general meeting in the morning.

In the entire yard, except for the Li family who went to the front yard of the hospital and Sha Zhu and Xu Damao who had not been seen for a long time, everyone in the hospital came, including children and the elderly. Even the deaf old lady who had not been seen in the backyard for a long time was wrapped up tightly and appeared in the middle yard.

The reason why so many people came was, firstly, because Chinese New Year was coming soon and the children and working people had their holidays, and another reason was that the organization of this conference was so grand, that not only the director and deputy director of the street office were present, but also Director Li and Deputy Director Zhao of the police station, a leader of the education department and Principal Ren of Red Star Primary School.

The yard was full of people talking and chatting, whispering to each other in groups of three or four. The younger children were held close by the adults for fear that they would run around. The older young generation gathered in the corridor, some were laughing and chatting, some were smoking and talking about family matters, and some were looking around.

Only Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang stood in the corner of the front yard, sitting on the steps with their heads down. Yang Ruihua even took the two youngest to sit on the threshold of the Lotus Gate and did not come into the middle courtyard. The people of the Yan family were very abnormal, as if they were ready to run away after the meeting.

Yan Bugui is in great pain now. He knows that this meeting was held for him. He was called back to school yesterday. The school director in charge of political work and the director in charge of moral education took turns pointing at Yan Bugui's nose and scolding him for the whole day. Principal Ren, who was sitting nearby, looked at this disgraceful teacher and thought of the embarrassing things he had done. He really didn't want to pay attention to him, but he had to be present to deal with this matter.

Director Wang saw that almost everyone had arrived, so he cleared his throat and said loudly, "I see that almost everyone has arrived. Those who haven't come yet probably have something else to do. The weather is getting cold, and everyone wants to celebrate the New Year. I won't say more. Let's start the meeting quickly so as not to waste everyone's time."

"Yan Bugui, come here, stand in the middle quickly." Director Wang shouted sternly.

Yan Bugui did not dare to delay and quickly walked to stand in front of Director Wang, but he did not raise his head.

"You are facing everyone. Why are you still keeping your head down? Raise your head and look at everyone." Director Wang scolded again.

Yan Bugui dared not not do it, and Director Wang said, "Maybe most of you in the courtyard know about what happened two days ago, but some people don't know it so clearly. Let me briefly talk about it below."

Director Wang roughly recounted what happened on the day when Li's daughter-in-law was about to give birth, and finally criticized Yan Bugui for his corrupt ideology and morality, vicious mind, and unscrupulous means to achieve his revenge. Director Wang finally said: "As a teacher, Yan Bugui is not active and progressive, and is not a role model for others. His means of revenge are extremely vicious. If it were not for Comrade Shi Guangde and Li's son's decisive decision, it might have caused irreversible consequences. What is this? This is murder. Therefore, the sub-district office has decided to revoke Yan Bugui's position as manager. He will no longer be responsible for the front yard gate. Mr. Li will be in charge of the front yard. Yan Bugui will submit a written review to the sub-district office within three days. In addition, the police station will further deal with him. Our Director Li will make the announcement below."

After Director Wang finished speaking, he gave up his seat. Director Li looked very serious and glanced at Yan Bugui. He hated this man from the bottom of his heart. This man was evil to the core, but Director Li was in a position so he did not show any personal emotions and did not repeat what Director Wang said. He directly announced the decision on how to deal with Yan Bugui: three months of reform through labor, to be implemented after the new year. He also notified his unit in an official document.

Everyone in the compound listened carefully and felt that the case was too light, as two lives were lost. However, Director Wang and Director Li had no other choice. Li's daughter-in-law finally made it to the hospital and gave birth to a son. Although Shi Guangde and Li's son made a prompt decision, Yan Bugui's behavior did not have any consequences. In the final analysis, it was only a moral issue. Of course, the Li family could also sue Yan Bugui for murder, but there was no provision in the current regulations, which made it very difficult for the public security unit to handle the case. The whole Li family was in joy, and the neighbors in the compound also came to the hospital to visit Li's daughter-in-law. The Li family had no time to think about Yan Bugui.

Among the people attending the meeting, the only one who did not announce his opinion on how to deal with the case on behalf of his unit was the person from Hongxing Primary School. The main reason was that it was difficult to deal with Yan Bugui. If you said that the school should expel him, it would be equivalent to kicking the Yan family to the street office. Losing their job means no income. If you said that the street office should repatriate them to their hometown, the Yan family was from the old city, but they were doing small business before liberation.

Another thing is that Yan Bugui is now being paid the minimum wage. Taking Yan's family problems into consideration at the time, he was paid 27.5 yuan. Plus, there are two idle adults in the family, so this does not meet the standard for a poor family. But if you let Yan Bugui lose his job, it would be equivalent to creating a poor family. So the street office and the primary school discussed for a long time and gave Yan Bugui a job as a cleaner, paying 18 yuan a month. The street office found a job as a street sweeper for Yan Jiecheng, paying 10 yuan a month. This is the decision agreed upon by both sides.

This is also the biggest punishment for Yan Bugui. If he and Yan Jiecheng fail to do their jobs well or stop doing them, the street office and the primary school will be lenient again. You know what, Yan Jiecheng really doesn't want to do it, but now he is in a dilemma, so Yan Jiecheng resents his father.

When the meeting was declared over, the Yan family returned to the front yard and rushed back home, closing the door and locking Yan Bugui outside. Yan Bugui stood there awkwardly and kept knocking on the door. The door was finally opened after a long time, but the Yan family closed the door again immediately because the neighbors in the front yard outside were pointing fingers at his family and had no intention of returning home.

Wang Zhan from the East Cross Courtyard knew about today's meeting. He had wanted to come over early in the morning to watch the excitement. When the meeting started in the courtyard, he took He Yushui and Wang Li out the door and saw two carts parked in front of his house. At this time, a man walked over from the first cart. Wang Zhan looked and shouted, "Wu Yong, Brother Yong, where have you been?"

Wu Yong walked up to Wang Zhan with a smile, hugged Wang Zhan, and greeted the two girls, but he never answered Wang Zhan's words. He just said that he had gone on a long trip, pointed at the goods on the car, and said, "This is the New Year's goods that Brother Hei prepared for you. Move it in first. There are too many people and too many eyes."

The few people Wu Yong brought with him began to carry the sacks on the car into the yard one by one. Wang Zhan directed them to put them next to the entrance of the cellar. After the people carrying the sacks left, Wu Yong said, "Come on, I have a few words to say to you. I have to go home. I haven't been home for more than half a year. I don't know how grandma is doing."

Wang Zhan took Wu Yong to the study. Wu Yong lit a cigarette and Wang Zhan poured him a glass of water. Wu Yong then told him his whereabouts for the past six months. It turned out that after the ghost market here was hit, Hei Pi was also scared. Finally, after discussing with Wu Yong, he decided that the best strategy was to run away. So the two of them found a few close people, took their belongings, and went directly to Tianjin.

The original plan was just to hide there for a while, but they couldn't resist the temptation to live off their savings. There were more than a dozen people who went there, so after a discussion, they started their old business in Tianjin. Of course, they also resold goods themselves, but because Tianjin was close to the port and the sea, the supplies were much more abundant than in the old city, and there were many things that could not be seen in the light. It didn't take long for the two of them to become successful and they took root in Tianjin. This time they came back to visit their family and friends, and they would go back after the New Year.

Wang Zhan was curious about their experiences, but thinking of their families, he didn't say much to Wu Yong. Wang Zhan gave Wu Yong one thousand yuan and asked him to pass it on to Brother Hei. That was all the money he had. No one's stuff was blown away by the wind. Wu Yong was a little embarrassed, but finally took it, chatted with him briefly, and left.

(End of this chapter)