The Red Era: The Crowd in the Siheyuan

Chapter 484: Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao Can't Make a Trouble

Although He Yuzhu spoke modestly, the people in Siheyuan were very smart.
I know that he is the most trusted person in the entire committee, otherwise he would not be in charge of the greatest power in the committee.

It is for this reason that
The neighbors in the courtyard are now even more afraid to offend He Yuzhu.

Even when the steel mill committee was established and Liu Haizhong became the patrol leader just like in the TV series, he did not dare to act rashly in front of He Yuzhu, let alone target Lou Xiaoe.

He Yuzhu saw him jumping up and down, and couldn't find a chance to punish him.

After all, no one dared to say that what he did was wrong.
Including He Yuzhu himself.

The most frustrated person in the courtyard at this time was Xu Damao, the movie projectionist.
Because he was close to the senior leaders of the Machinery Department, Li Huaide considered him to be Director Yang's man. It was also because of He Yuzhu's relationship that Li Huaide did not target him after he became the director of the steel rolling mill.
But it is impossible to use him as a deputy director as in the TV series.

It's good enough if he can be obedient and watch the movie with his tail between his legs.

Xu Damao was naturally unwilling to accept this, so he ran to He Yuzhu as soon as he got off work to ask for a job.

"Zhu Zi, I told you that you must have known that Director Yang was going to fail.
But why didn't you tell me at the time? If you had told me earlier, I would definitely not have associated with the big boss. Otherwise, Director Li wouldn't be so disrespectful to me now and wouldn't even accept my local specialties."

Although Ran Qiuye's family was a returned overseas Chinese, they returned through the customs through formal channels and did not hide any gold bars at home.

Moreover, she gave birth to two sons for Xu Damao, and there was no such thing as divorce.

But the local specialty Xu Damao gave to Li Huaide was still gold bars, just like in the TV series, but instead of framing his wife, he went to the black market to look for them.

When Li Huaide refused to accept his gold bars, the guy brought them to He Yuzhu's house.

Otherwise he wouldn't have known.

"Da Mao, I'm not a god. I can't tell fortunes or anything like that. How could I know that Director Yang would get into trouble and be sent to clean the sanitation by your Director Li?

We grew up together naked.

If I had known this earlier, would I not have told you?

Besides, even if your Director Yang falls, so what? It's just that you can't be an official anymore. With me here, Director Li can't punish you.
I tell you not to do these crooked things, living a peaceful and stable life is the real thing."

Hearing this, Xu Damao couldn't help but complain in his heart, "I don't know who you are, He Yuzhu.
Hair small,

So what if he's my childhood friend? I'll keep it a secret anyway.

If I believed your lies, I would be really seeing a ghost.

However, Xu Damao also knew that he could still stand here safely and work as a projectionist in the steel mill. Even Ran Qiuye was fine. That was because others did not make things difficult for him for He Yuzhu's sake.
Otherwise, the couple would have been exiled.

But even though he knew it, he was really unwilling to accept it, especially when he saw that old guy Liu Haizhong relying on his position as patrol captain and shouting and yelling at people in the steel mill all day long, Xu Damao was extremely envious.

Then he took out the gold bars that were jingling in his pocket,
"Zhu Zi, please help me. Director Li is the most senior official in the steel mill, but he is also your subordinate. Please talk to me and let me join the patrol team. I don't want to be a high-ranking official. I just want to be about the same as Uncle Liu."

Looking at the gold bar that Xu Damao had placed on the seat, He Yuzhu pushed it back without hesitation.

It's not that he is aloof.

He never refused his share of the committee, and he never reported it, because he would not do such a "disunity" thing.

But as for Xu Damao's gold bars, forget it. This guy is not trustworthy. Not only did he stab you in the back at the critical moment, but he also didn't distinguish between the target and the person.
He Yuzhu was afraid that he would report him if he had the chance in the future.

"Da Mao, take this thing back. It's best to go to the bank and exchange it for money. Otherwise, if someone catches you, you'll be in big trouble.
As for Director Li, I can't help you.
Although I am his superior, he is not under my jurisdiction. If I interfere without permission, I would be breaking the taboo.

As for you, if you can’t be an official, then don’t be one. Living a stable life is better than anything else.”

Seeing that He Yuzhu didn't want it, Xu Damao didn't mean to take it back. Listening to what He Yuzhu just said, even if he took it back, he would have to take it to the bank to exchange it for money. He didn't need this little banknote.

So I pushed it back.
"Don't give me that. I've already given it away. There's no reason for me to take it back. Just think of me as an uncle buying milk powder for your He Xiao."

Even if Xu Damao said that the gold bars were for buying milk powder for his youngest son He Xiao, He Yuzhu would still refuse them.
Xu Damao had no choice but to return home with the gold bars.

He Yuzhu refused to help Xu Damao, so he thought of many ways on his own, but with little success. Finally, he had to give up and slowly calmed down.

Since he and Liu Haizhong were not making a fuss in the courtyard, the yard was naturally peaceful and nothing happened.

Time soon came to March 1969.
Due to the changes in the northeast direction,
All kinds of activities in Daxia temporarily disappeared, and the people began to actively respond to the "Emergency Instructions" issued by the higher authorities on the grounds of "strengthening war preparedness and preventing sudden attacks by the enemy".
The militia He Yuzhu was in began to conduct large-scale group exercises and guerrilla warfare exercises continuously.

Fortunately, thanks to the active response from above, nothing serious happened between the two sides.

However, the Third Line Project and military production also began to expand rapidly.
In October, under the instructions from above to "dig deep holes, store up grain, and not seek hegemony," major cities and vast rural areas of Daxia began to build air-raid shelters on a large scale. "Relying on mountains, dispersing, and concealing" became the important guiding principles for the construction of key projects at this time.

As the people worked hard to build the city, time slowly came to 1976.
The air-raid shelters dug by the common people formed a huge tunnel network and a huge civil air defense project in the past 6 or 7 years.

The militia under He Yuzhu had already been fully equipped with all kinds of light and heavy weapons.
Its combat effectiveness is comparable to that of regular troops.

Other than that,

Ten years have also made ordinary people understand that no matter how chaotic things get, the right thing to do is to make their lives better and better.
People are no longer keen on various activities, and everyone begins to yearn for a better and richer life.
The committee's powers were also dramatically reduced.

In early July 1976, He Yuzhu had just returned from a training camp in the mountains with his militia.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw 13-year-old He Qing, 10-year-old He Xiao, and 3-year-old cousin He Zhenxing making a fuss around He Jianguo who had also come home from get off work.

(PS: The previous chapters were revised again and again as long as they involved **. I couldn’t write anything in the past 10 years.)
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