Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

Tong Jie and Yang Ruihua were responsible for delivering the message to the steel rolling mill. The two arrived at the mill gate, panting heavily.

"Comrade, could you please help me find Jia Dongxu from the first fitter workshop and He Yuzhu, the foreman of the first canteen?"

"I am Jia Dongxu's wife."

Tong Jie introduced herself as soon as she opened her mouth, saving the soldiers guarding Changmen a lot of trouble.

A soldier nodded:

"Wait a moment." After saying that, he went to the duty room to make a phone call.

There's a telephone at the post, which is convenient for handling matters.

"Hello, is this the personnel department? This is the factory duty room. There are people at the door looking for Jia Dongxu from the first fitter workshop and He Yuzhu, the foreman of the first canteen."

"They said they live in the same compound and need to contact them urgently. Please let them know."

"Okay." Upon receiving the notification, two people from HR immediately split up and took action.

Sha Zhu was instructing the soldiers in the cookhouse on how to cook when he received the notification. He was a little surprised, so he told his senior brother Li Jiuzhou.

Li Jiuzhou guessed that something might have happened in the courtyard, otherwise no one would have come looking for him at this time, so he decided to go and see.

"Wait, Zhu Zi, let's get on the bikes. That way, if something really urgent happens, we won't have to come back to ride them."

Sha Zhu thought his senior was right, so he immediately went to ride his bike.

After the two arrived at the door, Jia Dongxu also arrived, bringing Yi Zhonghai with him. This guy wasn't stupid; he came by bicycle.

"Honey, what's wrong?" Jia Dongxu asked first.

"Dongxu, a thief broke into our yard! Mom and the deaf old lady were both beaten."

"What?" Everyone was stunned. They looked at each other for several seconds before they reacted.

A thief broke into their yard! What a joke! We've never heard of any of the residents in the yard losing anything in all these years.

Tong Jie seemed to remember something: "Oh right, the two chickens in front of Xu Damao's house were also stolen."

Then Tong Jie also recounted the process of how Jia Zhangshi and the deaf old woman were attacked.

Li Jiuzhou thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you guys go back first, I'll go find Da Mao."

"You guys ride my bike back first, I'll ride in Da Mao's bike."

Yi Zhonghai nodded: "Alright, then let's go back first."

Li Jiuzhou walked slowly, what was the rush? Anyway, he knew from Tong Jie that his house hadn't been robbed.

Normal thieves wouldn't steal from the front yard, because the front yard is a gathering place for people, making it riskier.

Upon arriving at the Publicity Department, Li Jiuzhou had no trouble getting through and went directly to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao was very happy to see Li Jiuzhou come to see him, and even bragged to his colleagues that Li Jiuzhou was his older brother.

"Da Mao, stop messing around. Tong Jie and Yang Ruihua just came over and said a thief broke into our courtyard."

"Jia Zhangshi and the deaf old woman were also beaten up."

Xu Damao paused for a second or two after hearing this, then immediately smiled.

"That's great! The thief did something I wouldn't dare to do. God has opened his eyes."

Li Jiuzhou smiled upon hearing this, hoping that what he was about to say would also make him smile:

"Ahem, Da Mao, there's something else. The two old hens in front of your house are also missing. Tong Jie said there was chicken blood all over the ground."

Xu Damao was struck dumb: "Holy crap, they stole it from me?"

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go back quickly."

Xu Damao rode very fast, and the two of them and Sha Zhu and the others entered the courtyard almost one after the other.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw the deaf old woman and Jia Zhangshi crying and sobbing in the front yard.

"Grandma, what's going on?" Sha Zhu asked the deaf old woman.

Seeing the slap mark on her face, I felt a pang of heartache and anger. These bastards even hit an old woman; they have no shame whatsoever.

When the deaf old woman saw Sha Zhu arrive, she grabbed his hand and began to cry.

"My silly Zhuzi, you can stand up for me! I'm so old and I still have to be beaten. When have I ever suffered like this? I'd rather be dead..."

Meanwhile, Jia Zhangshi was also crying and wailing. She was in even worse shape; not only was her stomach punched several times, but her face was also swollen. Those young men hadn't held back at all.

Jia Dongxu, on the other hand, was dead and paced back and forth in place.

"Master, what should we do?" Jia Dongxu could only seek his master's opinion.

Yi Zhonghai did not answer Jia Dongxu's question, but instead asked Jia Zhangshi and the deaf old woman:

"Sister-in-law and Grandma, have you seen those young men before? Are they from around here?"

The deaf old woman shook her head: "I hardly ever go out."

This time, Madam Jia thought about it carefully, and then said:

"I don't know who they are, but there are a few that seem familiar, but I just can't recognize them."

Upon hearing this, the neighbors all frowned.

At this moment, Li Jiuzhou spoke up: "Let's report it to the police. We must take this seriously, regardless of whether he's a kid from a nearby courtyard."

"If we don't make a big fuss about this, they'll dare to do it again next time."

"What if the backyard wasn't occupied by an old lady, but by young women like Tong Jie, Su Mei, or Qin Huairu? I can't even imagine what would happen."

As soon as Li Jiuzhou finished speaking, cold sweat broke out on Jia Dongxu, Xu Damao, Shazhu, and the other men with wives, and goosebumps rose on their skin.

That was out of lingering fear; they could imagine what might have happened, but they were unwilling to say it aloud.

Moreover, Li Jiuzhou's analysis was correct. What if she were their wives? If those young men had any ulterior motives, they would be doomed, and the sky would fall.

After figuring it out, the group's eyes were blazing with anger, especially Xu Damao, whose house was in the backyard, the most dangerous area.

Fortunately, his wife has a job; if Su Mei had been home, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"I'll go report to the police first." Xu Damao pushed his cart and prepared to leave the hospital.

"Da Mao, also inform the subdistrict office," Li Jiuzhou instructed.

"Okay." Xu Damao nodded and then left the courtyard.

Li Jiuzhou also told his neighbors not to go to the scene. Although there weren't many clues, Li Jiuzhou felt that the police had their own set of investigative leads, and the footprints and traces at the scene were very important.

About 20 minutes later, Xu Damao led the police and Director Wang from the street office into the courtyard.

Director Wang looked very upset. Not only did this person break into the hospital to steal, but they also dared to assault someone, and the person they assaulted was the deaf old lady whom she often took care of.

How is this any different from slapping her in the face?

Police officers searched for clues at the crime scene, and some questioned the victim, Jia Zhangshi, and the deaf old woman.

Ask them about the physical characteristics of the two suspects.

According to the two men, they were still a group of young men. According to the victim, Jia Zhangshi, and the deaf old woman, they were probably still in school, with some hair on their lips, and were likely junior high or high school students.

The police made a preliminary judgment that the perpetrator was most likely someone in this age group, as footprints could also provide specific information.

In the evening, all the men in the courtyard returned, and upon learning that a thief had broken in, they were all filled with righteous indignation.

Li Jiuzhou wasn't involved in solving the case; how could he possibly know anything about these things?

The police had a solution: they brought two police dogs to smell the chicken blood.

The two police dogs sniffed carefully and then darted up the wall.

So the police went around to the outside of the wall, and the police dogs continued to search by smelling the scent.