Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 205 Second Report

At 3 a.m. on April 4th, the Chongwenmen Ghost Market.

Zhu Yongyang, who seldom comes to the market in person, appeared here today because he had made an appointment for a transaction with a big client in advance.

After saying hello to some familiar vendors in the market and waiting for the big client he had an appointment with to come over and do the business, he made nearly three hundred yuan in this trip and was feeling very happy. Just as he was about to leave for home, he saw a man riding a bicycle hurriedly coming towards him not far away on the road.

I took a closer look. Huh? Xiaojiu?

After seeing clearly who it was, Zhu Yongyang frowned, wondering in his heart, "Maybe something bad happened?"
Because Xiaojiu was feeling a little unwell today and said he wouldn't come out at night, but now he rushed here in a hurry. There must be something wrong.

He propped up his bicycle, lit a cigarette for himself, and stood there quietly waiting for the guy to come over.

"Huh...huh..."

Soon, Xiaojiu came over on his bike, sweating profusely. Seeing that Zhu Yongyang had not left yet, he was obviously relieved.

"What's the matter? Are you being chased by a dog?"

"No...no...Hoo...Hoo...Brother, go...over there...walk a few steps. I want to tell you...tell you something."

"Calm down first. Why are you in such a hurry? I thought something happened." Zhu Yongyang said as he raised the bicycle stand and pushed the bike towards the direction where Xiaojiu had just come from.

The place where he was standing was right at the gate of the market. This was the time for people to come, and it was definitely not the place to talk.

"Hehe" Xiaojiu scratched his head embarrassedly, smiled foolishly, turned the car around and chased after him.

The two walked forward about 200 meters and came to a small intersection. There was a billboard on the side of the road, and the street light was still broken. They put the bicycle behind the billboard and squatted in the shadow on the side of the road. As long as they didn't make any noise, people passing by would not notice that there were people here without looking carefully.

"What's the matter? Are you in such a hurry?"

After squatting on the side of the road, Zhu Yongyang took out a cigarette and threw it to Xiaojiu, asking in confusion.

"Brother, do you still remember the person I told you about, Song Yongan, who lived in the same courtyard with me?"

"Remember, I bought Maotai and Huazi two days ago, but the next day the police came to your house and sealed it off. They also packed up all your belongings and took them away in front of the district government and street office staff."

"It's not the police, it's the social affairs bureau."

The name of this unit made Zhu Yongyang pause slightly as he was about to raise his hand to bring the cigarette to his lips.

"Banned by the Social Affairs Bureau? Tsk tsk, this old guy is in big trouble."

He had worked in the Social Affairs Bureau before, so he knew better than before what this unit did.

His situation was so critical, but people didn't seal off his house outright. This old guy must have been doomed. No wonder he spent so much money on buying nice cigarettes and alcohol without blinking an eye. Alas, he still doesn't earn enough.

But why did Xiaojiu come over here at night and talk about this?

"You rushed over here just to tell me this?"

"No," Xiaojiu shook his head and turned his head to look around carefully.

Seeing how cautious he was, Zhu Yongyang had more question marks on his forehead. What...what happened?
After turning around and observing carefully, and making sure that no one was nearby, Xiao Jiu moved closer and said in a low voice, "Brother, when the people from the Social Affairs Bureau sealed Song Yongan's house that day, didn't they pack up and take away a lot of things from his house?

Not only were there things originally in the house, but a lot of things were also dug out from under the bricks on the floor. I didn’t see what they were that day.”

Zhu Yongyang raised his eyebrows at Xiaojiu's words. It seemed that the old guy had got a lot of good things, otherwise he wouldn't have buried them under the floor tiles. He didn't interrupt and listened carefully.

"I was not feeling well today so I slept at home. I woke up to go to the bathroom just now at about 12 o'clock. When I came back from the bathroom and just entered our yard, I saw a flash of light in Song Yongan's house which had been sealed off.

I was startled at the time, so I quietly went over and leaned over to look through the window. The person in the room was Mei Laohei, the Buddhist master in our alley who had been cracked down on by the police many times. "

"Didn't you say that the room was emptied and the floor tiles were dug up? What was he doing in there?"

"Brother, this is the main point why I came to talk to you tonight. Mei Laohei really dug something out in that room."

"Huh? You mean, there's something under the ground that the people from the Social Affairs Bureau didn't dig up at the time?"

"Yes," Xiao Jiu nodded. "I don't know if Song Yongan didn't finish explaining on purpose or what. I just noticed that from the depth of where Mei Laohei dug out the things, there should be something else above. The people from the Social Affairs Bureau may have only dug out the things above, but they didn't expect there would be more below."

"Just like... the cluster mines in the movie Mine Warfare? One on top and another on the bottom?" Zhu Yongyang gestured with his hand.

"Yes, yes, brother, you are right, that's the one."

"Hey...it was buried so secretly, how did that old guy Mei Laohei know that there was something there?" Zhu Yongyang's eyes widened, with disbelief written all over his face.

He pondered for a moment and asked again: "Xiaojiu, do you think he dug up the whole house again or..."

"No, no, he must have known that there was something there. I used the flashlight he turned on from time to time in the house to take a look, and nothing else had changed. It was still the same as when the Social Affairs Bureau dug it."

"I'm on fire!" Zhu Yongyang slapped his thigh hard, but his hand was too heavy and he ended up grinning.

"Mei Laohei must know something. Maybe he is in cahoots with Song Yongan. Come on, Xiaojiu, go talk to my old classmate. You got it again, kid."

The "gotten gain" he mentioned was the last time Xiaojiu reported Pan Youzhi.

Although Pan Youzhi eventually died before they arrived, Xiaojiu's report was true.

However, his actions could not be praised publicly, mainly because they were worried that it would bring him trouble. In the end, the Municipal Public Security Bureau stepped in and arranged a job for Xiaojiu through the Municipal Government, then the District Government, and then the Street Office.

It wasn't a very good job. He was just the market manager of the Xiaohongmen Market near his home, which was under the jurisdiction of the Street Office.

Although this job was still a temporary one and the monthly salary was only 19.5 yuan, for Xiaojiu, it was enough to bring about a drastic change in his status.

At the very least, it is easier for him to find a partner now.

Although he made a lot of money before, no ordinary family wanted their daughter to marry him and live an unstable life with him.

People nowadays think so simply that having a stable job is better than anything else.

Xiaojiu originally planned to give this job to Zhu Yongyang, thinking of the person who dug the well when drinking the water.

But how could Lao Zhu possibly want the job of his subordinate? If he wanted to work, with the connections he had accumulated over the years and spending some money, he could definitely get a job in a district-run factory, not to mention any good job.

He has been running away for the past ten years. If he were forced to go to work in the factory every day, he would not be able to stay there.

To him, his younger brothers and sisters are the most important. He has already arranged jobs for them. Later, he will find a way to get a house for each of them. Then he can arrange marriages for them. When he sees them get married and live their own lives, he will be able to report to his parents' spirits in heaven.

As for his own future, he really hasn't thought about it.

It’s not that no one introduced a partner to Lao Zhu. Although he didn’t have a job, he had made a lot of money over the years. His neighbors all saw it, and many people introduced him to partners.

But he didn't agree. His focus now is on his younger brothers and sisters, and he saves all the money he earns for them. He can do this now, but he can't do this after he gets married. It's not fair to the girl.

So, instead of making trouble, it is better to keep things as they are for the time being, which will be better for everyone.

Many parents would not be able to have a brother like Lao Zhu. Xiaomin and Xiaoting must have been lucky in their previous life.

Seeing that he was about to pull her away, Xiaojiu hurriedly grabbed Lao Zhu's arm.

"Brother, don't you see what time it is? People are all resting now. Not many people work day and night like us."

"Why are they taking a rest? This kind of thing should be dealt with sooner rather than later. What if Mei Laohei took out something extremely important and he ran away overnight?
It has been several hours since he dug out the things. We can’t delay any longer. Let’s go quickly and do a good deed to the end.”

"Uh... OK, where are we going then?"

"Let's go to my old classmate's house first, Meishandong Hutong."

"okay"

Two people, each riding a bicycle, raced on the streets of Beijing in the middle of the night.

They made a wasted trip to Meishandong Hutong and knocked on the door with great effort. Only after being scolded by Old Zhao who came to open the door did they realize that Li Yancheng did not come back at all that night and was probably staying at the company. They hurriedly rode their bikes to Shichahai.

……

On Friday, April 4, the 20th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the 18th day of the second month of the lunar year of Jiyou, at four o'clock in the morning, Li Yancheng, who was already sleeping soundly on the small bed in the inner room of the clinic, was awakened by a knock on the door.

After being woken up, the first thought that came to his mind was that no matter how late it was, he must go home to sleep. Who could stand being woken up in the middle of the night all the time?

I put on my clothes, opened the door and saw that it was Qu Xianfeng, a member of the second team who was on duty at the gate tonight.

"pioneer……"

"Doctor Li, there are two people coming to the gate. They are the two who reported Pan Youzhi to us last time. They said they have something very important to discuss with you." When Li Yancheng heard that it was Zhu Yongyang and Zhang Jiufu looking for him, he knew that something must be going on in the middle of the night. He immediately became alert.

He put on his clothes while walking out.

"Still outside?"

"I asked them to sit in the duty room and pour water for them. They were sweating and panting from exhaustion."

Lao Zhu and Xiao Jiu are already acquaintances, and with their meritorious service from their last report, their treatment is different.

I trotted to the duty room, lifted the curtain and saw that both of them were sweating profusely and could not even keep their coats on.

"Dacheng"

"Big Cheng Brother"

"What's the matter that has you two in such a hurry?" After entering the duty room, Li Yancheng first gave a cigarette to each person and then lit one for himself to wake himself up.

"Dacheng, let Xiaojiu tell you about the problem he discovered."

"Xiaojiu"

"Brother Dacheng," Xiaojiu pursed his lips and said, "Do you know Song Yongan?"

Although he knew that Song Yongan's house was sealed off by people from the Social Affairs Bureau, he was not sure which department it was.

"I know. Song Yongan seems to live in the same yard with you, right?"

“Right, right, right.” Seeing that Li Yancheng knew this person, Xiao Jiu nodded happily: “His house was sealed off, and all the things in the house were moved away, and the floor tiles were dug up.

But I don’t know if he didn’t finish explaining it, or if the people who went to move the things didn’t notice, but there are still things under the floor tiles that your people dug away.”

Xiaojiu's words stunned Li Yancheng and the attendant in the duty room.

The things from Song Yongan's house were moved back as evidence. Everything on the surface was normal. He laid a layer of "yellow croaker" under the floor tiles, which could be said to be a veritable gold brick.

These are all number one. After Song Yongan disappeared from the surveillance personnel's sight at noon, someone went to his house in the afternoon and got them.

After he was escorted back on the night of the 2nd, he confessed that there was something hidden under the floor tiles, but they had already dug it out, so they didn't send anyone else there. Why is it now...

"How do you know there is something underneath?" Li Yancheng asked, staring at Xiaojiu with his eyes fixed.

"It's like this, Brother Dacheng. I got up at around midnight to go to the bathroom. When I returned to the yard, I accidentally saw a flash of light passing by Song Yongan's house, so I curiously went over to take a look..."

"Where is Mei Laohei's house?"

"It's in our alley, three yards away from our yard."

"Take us there now, Vanguard. Go to the middle courtyard and find your captain and ask him to send someone."

"it is good"

……

Twenty minutes later, three jeeps stopped quietly at the entrance of the alley where Xiaojiu's house was.

After asking for the specific location and figuring out the layout of the yard, he let Xiaojiu and Zhu Yongyang leave first. Today's duty captain, Wang Maofei, team 2, led his team members towards the destination.

Li Yancheng reminded Xiaojiu and Lao Zhu again, asking them not to stay there, and followed them.

He had never seen the action team members arrest people on the spot, so he was very curious about what it was like.

Unfortunately, he only wasted less than a minute, and by the time he arrived at the place, the operation had already ended.

It has to be said that this old guy Mei Laohei is quite energetic. Even at this time, he is still lying on a woman's belly.

When the members of Team 2 kicked open the door of his house and rushed in, they just happened to block the two big white sheep in the quilt.

It’s just that the woman’s scream was a bit shrill, and it woke up quite a few people.

When Li Yancheng arrived, Wang Maofei just grabbed the man on the bed by the hair and lifted him up.

"Mei Laohei?"

"Yes... I am... I am telling you, buddy, isn't it just a secret door? Is it necessary to... to make such a big fuss?"

When the old guy saw that everyone who came in was wearing a police uniform, he thought someone had reported him for looking for a secret door, and he looked nonchalant. He had been in and out of the detention center and labor camp several times over the years, and he no longer cared about these things.

It's just a matter of finding a secret door. At worst, you'll be put in the detention center for a few days and then released.

"What's your name?"

When the person holding his hair asked his name, Mei Laohei was stunned for a moment, then he grinned and said, "You are new here, I wonder why I have never seen you before. Remember, brother, my name is Mei Quanxi."

"What were you doing at twelve o'clock?"

Hearing this, Mei Laohei's face finally changed. He now realized that these people were not from the police station at all, and they were not there to arrest him.

"I...I don't know what you are talking about. I have been...at home."

"..."

Before he could finish his words, he was slapped on the head, and the slap made him see stars.

"Mei Laohei, think it over before answering my question. We are not from the police station, so we have no interest in whether you find the secret door or not.

If you don't tell the truth again, I'll wake you up and tell you where you were at twelve o'clock."

"She's...she's...really at home. If you don't believe me, ask her. She's with me. Xiaoping, Xiaoping, come on, tell the police comrades, are we together?"

Seeing that he was still being stubborn, Wang Maofei loosened his hands that were pulling his hair, used a flashlight to find the light cord, turned on the light in the room, then walked forward and stuffed a piece of rag into Mei Laohei's mouth, allowing the woman who was curled up in the quilt to put on her clothes first.

The woman, who was frightened by the scene and didn't know what to do, huddled in her bed. She trembled and didn't even dare to move when clothes were thrown in front of her.

"Either you put on your clothes and go with us, or you wrap yourself in a blanket and go with us. It's your choice. You only have one minute.

Hongbing, let Mei Laohei put on his clothes. If we don’t want to talk about it here, let’s find another place to talk about it.

Quanzhou, bring someone to search the house and take away anything that doesn't look like it belongs in the house."

After saying this, Wang Maofei took out his work ID and showed it in front of Mei Laohei and the woman.

"We are from the Social Affairs Bureau. We suspect that you are colluding with some hostile elements. We are taking you back to cooperate with the investigation. If you resist, we will take necessary measures."

"Woo...Woo...Woo..."

His words made Mei Laohei start to struggle violently, his eyes widened as if their ball were about to pop out. If there weren't four strong men holding him down, they might not have been able to hold him down.

The woman who was about to put on her clothes in the bed stopped what she was doing and sat up from the bed with an anxious look on her face.

"Government, government, I really don't know anything. It was already past two o'clock when Mei Laohei came to find me. I really don't know what he had done before."

Look, I don’t even need to ask, I just say it.

As soon as the woman said this, the struggling Mei Laohei also calmed down.

Wang Maofei frowned, picked up the woman's clothes beside the bed and threw them on her.

"Put on your clothes first."

"Government, I..."

"Can't understand what I'm saying?"

It was quiet, with the only sound in the room being the heavy breathing of Mei Laohei, whose mouth was blocked.

Under the control of four strong men, his chicken-like body could not make any waves and his pants and clothes were quickly put on.

At this time, the dressed woman had been taken out, and Wang Maofei stepped forward and took out the rag from Mei Laohei's mouth.

(End of this chapter)