Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 228 A wave of unrest

Seeing that the person who came in was his good brother, Li Yancheng took back his right hand from behind his back, threw the cat in his left hand to the ground, then stood up and walked up to him and hugged him.

"Why did you wake up?"

"I was half asleep when I suddenly noticed a light outside. I woke up and saw that the light in your room was on. I thought thieves were so bold nowadays that they dared to turn on the light in other people's rooms, so I came quietly. As soon as I walked to the door, I heard a kitten meowing in the room. I wanted to give it a try, so I coughed twice."

Looking down and seeing that Jin Zhihai was still holding the gun in his right hand, Li Yancheng smiled slightly.

"sit down"

"When did you come back?" Jin Zhihai turned off the safety on the gun, walked to the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, put the gun on the table, and asked with concern.

"I got off the train at around six o'clock, and I just came back a while ago. Thanks for this room, brother!" Li Yancheng walked over, took out a cigarette and a match and handed it over.

"Tsk, thanks for nothing!"

Jin Zhihai curled his lips, took the cigarette and lit one for himself.

"If you find anything you are not satisfied with, please tell me. I will be at home resting tomorrow. By the way, are you done with your work?"

He didn't know where Li Yancheng was going or what he was doing this time.

"Almost done. Just write a report and hand it in tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and that's it. I can take a week off this time."

"Oh, sure. Your leader is quite generous."

"If I don't let him rest, I'll be ruined."

As he spoke, Li Yancheng felt something pulling at his trouser leg. He looked down and saw that it was the kitten from before, trying hard to climb up his trouser leg.

He simply bent down, picked up the kitten and placed it on his lap.

Jin Zhihai glanced sideways and chuckled, "The old cat from the Zhao family brought one of its babies to you."

"Why, did you take it from your family too?"

"It's been carrying kittens from every household. I don't know where it has laid the kittens this time, nor do I know how many kittens it has laid. It started carrying them back this evening. It has brought one to each room, including my room, Ningning's room, Chunmei's room across the street, and Baijie's room.

Now I got you another one, but I didn’t get one for Old Zhao’s family. It looks like there are five in total.”

"Where's your cat?"

"Let Mingming take it back. None of us likes to keep this thing."

"Haha..." Li Yancheng laughed when he heard it. It's okay to tease him when he has nothing to do, but there are really too many things to do in the house.

Because of the organized eradication, rats are no longer a serious problem here.

There used to be two cats in this alley, one was raised by the Zhao family, and the other was raised by a family in the alley to the south, a male and a female.

These two cats are really eating their fill, but there are now more than ten cats running around in their alley. If you count the five in this litter, the number should be over twenty. If the mice don't get down quickly, there won't be enough to catch.

Anyway, Li Yancheng felt like he hadn't seen a mouse for some time.

The old cat may feel that he can no longer raise the kittens, so he just gives one to each family and asks you to help him raise them.

"Dacheng, did you know that Luo Min is back?"

"I know. Xiaotong will bring her here tomorrow and let her see what's missing from the house. I'll then take her to buy her a bicycle so it will be more convenient for her to go to get off work in the future."

"The house should be fine, right?" Jin Zhihai turned around and looked at the house. "My wife asked her and she said it was enough. She bought the sheets and pillowcases on your bed in the bedroom herself."

"Ah? She's been here before?" Li Yancheng was so surprised that he could hardly close his mouth.

"Yes, she has been helping here during the day these days. The furniture in the house..." Jin Zhihai patted the table.

"I originally wanted to see if I could get some wood and ask Brother Guangbiao to help me make a set, but I didn't expect that wood was hard to get. Old Zhu was able to get some, but it wasn't enough, so it was delayed until Luo Min came a few days ago.

When my wife told her about it, she first said that the furniture didn't need to be replaced and just needed to be varnished. Later, after my wife's persuasion, she went with us to the trust store to pick out a set, which didn't cost much.

I asked Brother Guangbiao to take a look at it. It’s made of red sandalwood. Although it’s not a particularly good red sandalwood, it’s not bad either.”

Rosewood?
Li Yancheng's heart trembled slightly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but lower his head to carefully examine the eight-immortal table in front of him.

This is made of rosewood. Wow, it’s really a good era now. Rosewood furniture can be bought easily.

If this were kept for a few decades, it would probably be able to sell for a lot of money.

Should I go to the Trust Store someday?

Ugh……

Ok?
"Zhi Hai, you just said that the sheets and pillowcases in the bedroom were bought by Luo Min?"

"Yeah, it looks good, right?"

"Ha ha……"

The girl looks serious all day long, but she actually has a sweet heart.

That’s right, after all, she is only nineteen years old.

"You just said you were going to buy Luo Min a bicycle tomorrow. Do you have the ticket?"

"Su Xiaotong, give me one tomorrow."

"That's fine, that's fine!" Jin Zhihai clapped his legs and stood up.

"You seem tired too. Take a rest. We'll have plenty of time to chat later."

"Zhi Hai..."

Li Yancheng also stood up. He forgot that there was something on his legs. When he stood up, the cat fell to the ground, and the cat meowed.

She glanced down at him and didn't care. She raised her hand and pointed at the house: "I won't say anything about these. After Luo Min and I get the marriage certificate, I will prepare some delicious dishes and we two brothers can have a couple of drinks."

"I like to hear that." Jin Zhihai nodded with a smile, reached out to take the gun on the table, and walked towards the door.

"Oh by the way Zhi Hai, where is my son?"

"My mother-in-law took him home to live with her for a while. He is my son."

"Oh, bring him back tomorrow. I haven't seen him for a long time. I miss my son."

Jin Zhihai ignored him, rolled his eyes and walked out of the room.

Li Yancheng stood there, grinning and smiling silently.

……

It was still comfortable to sleep at home, especially with new bedding. He slept until eight o'clock for the first time, but was finally woken up.

When Jin Zhihai called out, everyone realized that he had actually returned.

"Brother, when did Brother Dacheng come back?" Ningning asked curiously.

"It was already midnight last night."

"Just let him sleep, why do you want to wake him up?" Xing Lihua rolled her eyes at her husband with some dissatisfaction.

"Oh, he told me last night that Luo Min would come over this morning. I was just worried that it would be embarrassing for him to lie in bed and not get up when other girls have arrived."

"Brother Zhihai, is Xiaomin coming over later?" Bai Jie, who was sitting under the eaves washing clothes, raised her head and asked when she heard it.

"Dacheng told me to come over."

"Then I won't go back yet. I'll wait for her to come." Bai Jie was taking a day off today and had planned to go home after doing the laundry.

She was at work these days, and when she came back from get off work, Luo Min had already returned to Su's house. The two of them only met once in a hurry and didn't even have time to say a few words. When she heard that her good sister was coming over today, she didn't even go home.

"Zhi Hai, Da Cheng is back?"

Old Zhao in the front yard also heard the noise from the back yard.

"Yes, Uncle Zhao, I think it was already twelve o'clock when I got back last night."

"This kid is getting busier and busier at work. I think it's better to be in the hospital. If it's still like this after you get married, how are you going to live?"

"Uncle Zhao, what else can we do? We can only get through it slowly."

With a slight creaking of the door of the main house, Li Yancheng walked out of the house and said with a smile.

"Wow, kid, it's harder to see you now than to see those big leaders."

"You sound as if you have met a big leader."

“Haha…” “You little bastard.” Uncle Zhao shook his head and cursed with a smile: “I saw you during the May Day parade.”

There is a grand parade every May Day to celebrate Labor Day. There is also a grand parade on National Day, but the organizers of these events are different.

For example, the May Day activities were organized by trade unions at all levels and the production teams below them, and reported to the city for approval. The people celebrated by marching and dancing on designated roads.

The celebrations for October 1st are organized by the city government.

Leaders at all levels will be present at these two celebrations. When Lao Zhao said that he had seen them, he was not lying. He was in the group of leaders at their factory's activities on May Day this year.

"Oh, your courtyard is so lively so early in the morning."

As soon as Lao Zhao finished speaking, Su Xiaotong's voice rang out from the second door.

Everyone turned around when they heard the sound, and saw this guy walking into the backyard with a smile, followed by his wife Qu Xiaoshan and Luo Min with rosy cheeks.

You came really early, it’s just past eight o’clock.

Li Yancheng's eyes were a little straight. Because of his short hair, he didn't have a messy hair, but he hadn't washed yet, this...

Fortunately, Jin Zhihai and his wife and Bai Jie helped to take care of the situation, so he was able to get away and ran out in a hurry to take care of his personal hygiene problems first.

"Zhi Hai, what happened to him?"

Taking the cigarette handed to him by Jin Zhihai, Su Xiaotong raised his chin and gestured towards the still fluttering door curtain.

"Haha, I just got up and I'm in a hurry to go to the bathroom."

"I was wondering why you were in such a hurry. Oh, you've already cleaned up the house for him. You're a good brother."

"He's so busy, what will we do if we don't help him? Xiaotong, you sit down first."

Inviting Su Xiaotong and his wife to sit down, Jin Zhihai turned around and just wanted to go to his house to get a thermos and pour some water, but then he saw Ningning coming over with a kettle. As soon as she entered the room, Luo Min quickly stood up and took the water from her.

"Xiao Min, stop pouring water."

Su Xiaotong waved his hand and said, "Wait for Yancheng to come in, your sister-in-law and I will leave. We still have to go to your sister-in-law's parents' home. Tonight..."

"Brother Xiaotong, sister-in-law, I will stay at Bai Jie's place tonight and squeeze in with her. Tomorrow...tomorrow..."

At this point, the girl's face turned even redder, but she still said firmly: "I'll discuss it with him later. If possible, we'll go get the marriage certificate tomorrow, and I'll take him to visit Uncle Su and Aunt Su when I have time."

"Okay, discuss it among yourselves."

There were quite a few people in the room, including the old Zhao couple from the front yard, Fan Chunmei, the three people from the Jin family, and Bai Jie. When everyone heard her words, they all looked happy.

She lived in this courtyard for quite a while last year. Everyone knew her. They knew that although this girl had a cold face, she had a good heart and behaved in a generous and graceful manner. She was not the kind of person who was difficult to get along with.

Especially the Mr. and Mrs. Zhao in the front yard, they were very welcoming to her marrying into this yard.

Lao Zhao is the manager of Courtyard No. 20. Although no one has mentioned this in recent years, the neighborhood committee will still go directly to the manager for any matter that happens in the courtyard.

For example, when the neighborhood committee needs to notify something, they tell the person in charge, who is then responsible for notifying each household.

The sanitation in front of the courtyard in the alley was not kept clean, and the criticism from the neighborhood committee was also directed at the person in charge.

Yard No. 20 is not big. Including the dormitory of the street office, there are only five households. If a troublemaker moves in, it would be very uncomfortable.

So when he heard that the room, which is now a dormitory, was going to be allocated to the Xue family, Lao Zhao took the initiative to find Li Yancheng and Jin Zhihai to discuss how to stop the street office from doing so.

If it was really Xue Xiaolan and her husband Wang Haiyang who moved in at that time, Courtyard No. 20 would surely be in chaos every day now.

The situation is so good now that there aren't even any quarrels in their yard, and every month it is selected as a model yard by the neighborhood committee.

……

Just when Li Yancheng was about to enter the second stage of his life and have a real home, at the Dianhai District Instrument Factory, another conspiracy targeting that key project was in full swing.

At around eight o'clock in the morning, Yin Anda, formerly the deputy chief of the technical department of the instrument factory and now a member of a team under the key engineering project team, walked out of the instrument factory's family quarters, greeting acquaintances along the way, and came to the three-story office building specially allocated to the project team.

He was allowed to enter the office building only after he had checked and registered with the security guard at the entrance.

It's like this every time I enter and exit this office building. My ID must be checked when entering and exiting, and it must be consistent with my ID.

"Hey, it's a day off today, but you're still here to work overtime, Mr. Yin."

Just as he reached the stairs and was about to go upstairs, he heard a voice from above. Yin Anda looked up and nodded with a smile: "It's Researcher Zhang. I didn't finish writing something yesterday, so I came here to work overtime today. The assembly team needs it tomorrow."

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Yin."

"It's not hard, it's not hard. Researcher Zhang is..."

"The workshop called and said there seemed to be a problem with the drawing of a part. They said the size was wrong. I'll go over and take a look."

"Okay, then you're busy."

"Gong Yin is leaving first."

"okay"

Watching Researcher Zhang walk to the security guard to register, Yin Anda then walked upstairs.

He walked all the way to an office on the third floor with four sets of labels on the door before stopping.

Their team is responsible for the structural system in the public system part of the entire project.

He took out the key from his pocket and was about to open the door when he suddenly opened his mouth and sneezed three times in succession.

It was very quiet upstairs. Apart from the echo of his sneeze, no other sound could be heard.

The entire project team has been working continuously for half a month. Yesterday afternoon, the chief engineer required that all personnel except those on normal duty must rest today.

Not everyone is young and in good health.

Most of the engineers and researchers involved in this project are over 40 or 50 years old, or even in their 60s or 70s.

The physical condition of these middle-aged and elderly people cannot be compared with that of young people in their twenties and thirties. They may look healthy, but if they don’t exercise for a while, something bad will happen.

The project chief engineer and the leader discussed it and decided to force everyone to take a day off. Although the project schedule had to be rushed, sharpening the knife did not delay the chopping of wood.

That’s why we have today’s holiday.

Yin Anda reported to the chief engineer yesterday that there were some things he hadn't finished writing, but they would be needed for the briefing meeting on Monday afternoon. Only then was he approved to come in. Otherwise, the security personnel downstairs would not have let him in.

The researcher Zhang who greeted him just now was on duty today. The workshop had some questions about the drawings, so he had to go over to take a look.

He took out a handkerchief, wiped his nose, and opened the office door with his key.

This is a large office with more than a dozen desks, and every desk is clean at this moment.

After entering the office, Yin Anda closed the office door, then walked straight to a table at the innermost window, put his shoulder bag on the table, then opened the latch of the window next to it and pushed the window open.

There is a lush grove outside the window. When you are tired from work, standing in front of the window and looking at the grove for a while, listening to the chirping of birds outside, will make you feel relaxed and happy.

After pushing open the window, he pulled open the drawer and took out cigarettes and matches. He lit a cigarette for himself and stood in front of the window looking outside until he finished the cigarette and then put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the table.

But he did not pull out the chair in front of his desk. Instead, he walked to the door and stood quietly behind it, as if listening to something.

It was two or three minutes later that he turned around. This time he still did not go to his own desk. Instead, he walked to the desk in the corner and reached into his coat pocket to take something out.

It's a paper clip.

He used a little force to straighten the paper clip, then bent it in the middle again to make it into the shape of a pair of tweezers. Then he bent down and turned the lock on the drawer of the desk in front of him over, with the keyhole facing himself.

He carefully poked the two wires of the freshly bent paper clip into the keyhole, moving it back and forth a few times with skillful movements.

"click"

There was a small sound of a spring, and in just a dozen seconds, the padlock was opened.

Take the paper clip out of the keyhole and put it back in your pocket, then remove the padlock, and then remove the round iron plate blocking the drawer. The two adjacent drawers can then be opened.

After carefully placing both items on the table, he gently opened the middle drawer, trying not to make any noise.

He stopped after pulling it open only one-third of the way, and reached into the drawer to take out a stack of documents.

After flipping through the stack to see if it was what he wanted, he reached into the drawer and took out another stack, but it was still not...

Yin Anda's brows were furrowed, and he kept thinking in his heart. He remembered that when he got off work yesterday afternoon, he clearly saw the team leader stuffing something into the drawer. How could it be gone?

When he looked down, he found that there were still things in the drawer that had not been taken out. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and reached out to take out that stack of things.

After looking through the contents, a look of joy appeared on Yin Anda's face. He quickly put the things on the table, took off the clip that was holding the documents, picked up the top four sheets of the stack and spread them flat on the table.

(End of this chapter)