Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 32 Free
"Brother, I heard that you sent Jia Zhang to have a free meal." His younger brother Shen Zhihua shouted as he entered the door.

"What are you talking about! Jia Zhang was detained administratively because of her own fault. What does it have to do with me? And going to jail is not a free meal." Shen Zhiyu corrected.

"Why isn't it a free meal?" Yan Bugui was about to see Shen Zhiyu's newly purchased bicycle when he heard the conversation between Shen Zhiyu's two brothers, so he asked.

"Eating free meals, what are you thinking! There are two types of judicial processing, one is administrative detention made by the public security, the other is fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment after being sentenced by the court. First of all, the sentence after being sentenced by the court is generally longer. The prisoner is in labor reform during his sentence and has to work. The administrative penalty time is shorter, up to 20 days, and there is indeed no need to work, but the family members need to pay for the food." Shen Zhiyu explained to several people.

"So that's what happened. By the way, Zhiyu, I heard that you bought a bicycle!" Yan Bugui asked.

"Yeah." Shen Zhiyu was still somewhat angry with him and didn't want to pay any attention to him.

Yan Bugui didn't care about Shen Zhiyu's attitude. His eyes were full of bicycles in the room. He touched this and looked at that. He was so fond of them that he wanted to kiss them.

"Uncle, I need to help my sister with her homework, what do you think?" In fact, Shen Zhiyu was ready to eat.

Yan Bugui said nothing, and reluctantly left the bicycle. It took him more than a minute to walk the distance of three or two steps.

I don’t know whether he was reluctant to part with his bicycle or the food at Shen Zhiyu’s house.

As soon as Yan Bugui left, Shen Zhiyu moved the basin on the table, revealing the roast duck inside.

Shen Zhihua and his sister Shen Zhiwen walked up to the roast duck. As they looked at the roast duck, they began to drool unconsciously.

Although they were very greedy, the two did not eat anything. Instead, they went out to wait for their eldest sister. Of course, they were also afraid to stay any longer and could not help but eat secretly.

Shen Zhihua and Shen Zhiwen stood at the entrance of the alley, waiting for Shen Zhifang.

"Second brother, why is eldest sister so slow?" Shen Zhiwen swallowed his saliva and said with a heart full of roast duck.

"It will be soon." Shen Zhihua said absentmindedly.

"Hey, it's big sister. Big sister..." Shen Zhiwen jumped and shouted. Shen Zhifang thought something had happened and hurriedly ran towards them.

"What happened to Zhihua and Zhiwen?" Shen Zhifang asked breathlessly.

Shen Zhiwen held her elder sister's hand and said, "Sister, my elder brother bought a bicycle, it's very nice. There is also roast duck, let's go back quickly, it will get cold and it will not taste good."

"Slow down." Shen Zhifang said helplessly.

"I'm back. Clean up the dishes and prepare to eat." Shen Zhiyu said to his younger brothers and sisters who came in from outside.

At the dinner table, the brothers and sisters were polite to each other.

In the end, Shen Zhiyu made the decision. The two younger ones ate duck legs and the older sister ate duck wings. Happiness is so simple.

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After get off work, Yi Zhonghai had a simple meal at home. Without bothering to ask about Jia Zhang's detention, he went to the street office with Liu Haizhong and others to receive ideological education.

Including Jia Dongxu, they could only wait until he came back from study to ask in detail. If they went too late, the punishment from the street office would be severe.

Several people first followed the street cadres to learn the great man's thoughts, and then they had to write their own learning experiences.

Except for Yan Bugui, these people, to be honest, have low education levels. They can't even fart for a long time, so how can they write their experiences? They can only accept the evil shadows of the street cadres, and they are so tortured that they start to doubt their lives. After an hour, the difficult ideological education finally ended.

Several people still need to clean the toilet.

Several people left the street office, each taking their own tools to clean the toilets for the day.

Nowadays, all toilets are dry toilets. The quality of many people is not high, and the floor is full of dirt. Several people have to hold their noses and clean their own toilets.

After Yi Zhonghai finished cleaning, he felt uncomfortable all over and he could smell the smell all over his body.

He was originally still thinking about whether to go to Tianjin, but after tonight's ideological education class and the punishment of cleaning the toilet, he made a quick decision.

After returning home, Yi Zhonghai took off all his clothes and poured them into the washing basin, simply wiped his body, and went to the deaf old lady's house in the backyard. He needed to tell her about his visit to Yang Guofeng today.

"Madam, I went to see Director Yang today." Yi Zhonghai said in a low voice.

The deaf old lady asked, "What did he say?"

Yi Zhonghai organized his words and said, "A new steel rolling mill has been established in Tianjin, and it is in great need of technical personnel. Director Yang asked me to go to Tianjin, and he will transfer me back after the incident here has faded."

The deaf old lady whispered, "Did Xiao Yang talk to you about the demotion?"

Yi Zhonghai said softly: "Director Yang said that this is a collective decision and cannot be changed. Even if we go to Tianjin, it will be the same. We will do the work of a level 6 worker and earn the salary of a level 3 worker. The only good thing is that we can get more subsidies."

The deaf old lady looked at Yi Zhonghai and knew that he was worried about his retirement home, but he had no choice now.

"Zhonghai, you still have to go out for a while. If you stay here, people will always remember that you, Yi Zhonghai, bullied the families of military martyrs. This is a stain that you can never wash off. They will keep talking about you, and no matter how you defend yourself, it will be useless. On the contrary, if you leave for a year or two, everyone will gradually forget about this matter and will miss your kindness instead." The deaf old lady said earnestly.

Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "Old lady, I'm afraid that after I leave, Dongxu will change his mind and stop supporting me in my old age."

The deaf old lady said solemnly: "Zhong Hai, this is a good opportunity to test whether Dong Xu is sincere. It is better than being abandoned when you are too old to move and then regret it. Even if Dong Xu is filial, he is not a good choice. He carries too much burden. Sha Zhu is more suitable."

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and said, "Dongxu is a filial child, while Shazhu is reckless and prone to getting into trouble."

The deaf old lady said, "This is a good opportunity. When you leave for a while, they will lose their support. First, they can gain experience and grow. Second, when they encounter difficulties, they will remember your kindness. Only when you lose something can you appreciate it. This applies to everything."

Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything, which was considered as his agreement with the deaf old lady's statement. Now there was another problem, which was to convince the street office.

The two knew that if Yi Zhonghai went to the street office with his current appearance, he would definitely not get anything done, and they would have to rely on the deaf old lady.

"Zhonghai, go get 120 yuan. I will go to the street office tomorrow." said the deaf old lady.

The deaf old lady can still be relied on at critical moments, otherwise Yi Zhonghai would not just provide care for her in her old age.

Yi Zhonghai went home and asked an old lady for 120 yuan, then went back to the backyard to give it to the deaf old lady.

The next day, an aunt helped the deaf old lady to see Qiu Zhengde, the deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Street Office. The deaf old lady had some friendship with him.

(End of this chapter)