Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 57 Investigation
After get off work in the afternoon, when Li Yancheng rode his bicycle to the doorstep, it was already past seven o'clock.

I walked into the front yard with the car in front of me. The light at the door of the Zhao family's house was on. Everyone was in the house. Bursts of laughter came from the house. They probably haven't finished dinner yet. I could vaguely smell some food. It seemed that the Zhao family had a stir-fried dish for dinner tonight.

After passing through the second door, the lights in the west wing of the inner courtyard, the Jin family's, and the widow's house in the east and south rooms were all on, but the Cai family's in the north room was still dark.

Ever since the widow moved in that day and he openly scolded her at home, for some reason, Cai Fangchao and Fu Xiuli did not come back to live that night.

It has been almost a month now. I heard that he only came once during the day to pick up daily necessities and never came back since then. If he wasn't still working at the post office, Old Zhao in the front yard would have called the police.

He had just pushed the cart into the inner courtyard when the door curtain on the Jin family's side was lifted and a head popped out.

You know who it is without even looking at him. Except for that little girl, no one would look at someone like that.

"Brother Dacheng, you're off work."

"It's time to get off work. What delicious food do you have at home?"

"My sister-in-law made sweet potato porridge, corn tortillas, and stir-fried cabbage."

"Dacheng, have you eaten yet? There's more at home."

Before Jin Wenning finished her words, Xing Lihua's voice was heard from inside the room, followed by her coming out.

"I came back after finishing my meal at the stove."

Seeing Xing Lihua still holding the tortilla, Li Yancheng said hurriedly, "Eat it quickly before it gets cold. Zhihai hasn't come back yet?"

"No, he said there was some new discovery in the case. By the way, Dacheng, I got you the sewing machine ticket you wanted. Do you want me to give you the ticket or you give me the money? I will find someone to get you the sewing machine directly."

"No need to give me the ticket. I'll give the money to Ning Ning later. You can find a board master to bring it back to me directly."

"no problem"

"I won't be polite to you anymore."

"No need, okay, Ningning, let's go back and eat first."

"Oh, Dacheng brother, I'll be there later."

"Let's go eat quickly. Hey, hey, hey, I almost forgot..."

Li Yancheng reached out and took down the cloth bag hanging on the handlebars: "Here, Ningning, there are three meatballs in it. Heat them on the stove. Give one to you and your sister-in-law, and leave one for your brother."

"Meatballs?"

My goodness! The little girl's eyes instantly burst into green light. Without any politeness, she ran over and took the cloth bag from Li Yancheng's hand and took out the lunch box from it.

"Hehe, thank you, Dacheng brother, you are so nice."

"I'm so glad to have meat to eat. Girl, go in quickly and remember to bring me the lunch box later."

"okay"

The two families always shared any delicious food. Xing Lihua, who was about to go in, smiled and raised his hand to touch the head of his sister-in-law, who was as happy as a weasel that had stolen a chicken, and did not say anything polite to Li Yancheng.

The purpose of buying a sewing machine is to make clothes. The Jin family does have one, but no matter how good the relationship between the two families is, he can't go to other people's house every day to use it. So, just buy one. It's not like he has no money.

It doesn’t matter if the ticket is hard to get. Xing Lihua works in a department store, so it’s quite easy for her to get a ticket.

Fan Chunmei stood behind the curtains in the south room of the east wing opposite the house, looking out through the gap with envy. She was not envious of the meatballs, but the relationship between the two families. It had been almost a month since she moved in. Apart from the old Zhao couple in the front yard and Xing Lihua and Jin Wenning next door, she had only talked to the other men. Due to her personality, she was too embarrassed to say hello to them. When she met them, she would just nod at most.

After all, she was still unfamiliar with the place. She had only been married here for more than two years. She was not a native here and had never lived here before. Not only was she unfamiliar with the people in this courtyard, she was also unfamiliar with the residents of the alley.

In fact, it’s just that it’s cold now and there’s no one outside at night. When it gets warmer and there are people chatting outside after dinner in the afternoon, we will get familiar with each other much faster, and we will recognize each other almost in two days.

As for the couple from the Cai family next door who vacated their house for her, she only met them once on the day she moved in. Later, she heard Li Yancheng cursing there, and only then did she understand some of the situation.

When she moved in, the woman from the Cai family gave her the cold shoulder. She didn't know how to react. The house was allocated to her by the street office, and she didn't occupy it by force. Why should she give her the cold shoulder? And she said she didn't want to come back to live here since she moved in. It's up to her to come back or not. It's better not to come back, so that she won't disturb me at night.

Apart from the Cai family, she quite likes the atmosphere of this courtyard. It is not noisy and is usually quiet. It is also clean and tidy. If possible, even if Courtyard No. 31 is renovated in the future, she does not want to move back.

In fact, what Li Yancheng and the others didn’t know was that Cai Fangchao’s father was currently busy with lawsuits.

It was past seven o'clock and he hadn't gotten off work yet. He was already late after the meeting in the afternoon, and after the meeting, before he could even leave the meeting room, he was called to the office by the director.

After entering, he discovered that there were three comrades from the Municipal Bureau in the director's office, which gave him an ominous premonition.

"Yihe, these three are from our Municipal Bureau's Supervisory Office. This is Director Yang from the Supervisory Office."

"Deputy Director, Deputy Director, hello Comrade Cai Yihe."

"Uh... hello, Director Yang." Seeing Director Yang standing up and extending his hand, Cai Yihe hurriedly shook it.

After learning which department the visitor was from, his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

No matter what the matter is, no one likes to deal with people in this department.

"Please take a seat, Comrade Cai Yihe. We are here today because we have something to check with you."

"Director Yang, please speak."

"Lao Yang, you guys chat first, I'm going to go out for a walk."

The director of the Yangchao Branch didn't want to stay in the office. He didn't like this atmosphere.

"Okay, thank you for your help, Director Li."

"You're welcome. It's my duty to cooperate with you in your work." Director Li of Yangchao Branch waved his hand indifferently and looked at Cai Yihe who was feeling very uneasy.

"Comrade Yihe, cooperate with Director Yang's work and tell him whatever he asks. Don't hide anything."

"Yes... yes, I understand Director Li."

"Um"

After giving the instructions, Director Li placed the work notebook he had been using for the meeting on his desk, turned around and walked out of the office.

When he heard the sound of the office door closing, Cai Yihe sweated even more.

"Comrade Cai Yihe, shall we start now?"

"Okay, Director Yang, feel free to ask whatever you want to know. I will tell you everything I know."

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(End of this chapter)