Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 794 Lend a Hand

Xiao Wei pointed upstairs and said, "Then why don't you move in? The house is right here, why are you asking me? I've heard Uncle Li has been thinking about it these past few days, it's good that we can all get together."

Director Qin looked up at the building and thought for a moment, then said, "I think it's a good idea. We'll discuss it when we get back tonight. Hey, just pile your things on the platform by the building entrance. Leave them there for now, and hurry down to get the furniture. Otherwise, it'll be hard to arrange the furniture when it arrives."

The young policeman agreed and ran upstairs with the things in his arms.

Sister Li and her companion hadn't left yet; they stood by and watched for a while. Then they came over and said, "Well, Zhang, we'll be going now. You go ahead with your work. I'll come back tomorrow or the day after."

Xiao Wei glanced at Sister Li and said, "I'll definitely help the welfare home and the elderly living alone, but I can't help you with things at the neighborhood committee level. You'll have to figure it out yourselves. I really can't help you."

Chen Hui handed out cigarettes to everyone and said, "Listen to me, get rid of that guy surnamed He right away. Everything will be fine without him."

Director Qin took the cigarette and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Hui said, "This is Sister Li from the neighborhood committee. She's here to beg for donations. There's a guy with her surnamed He. He doesn't look like a decent person at all. He keeps saying that we have money and should contribute, and he's so self-righteous about it. He even said that we're capitalists and it won't last. He also said he'd send someone to investigate our factory."

Director Qin paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "Is this guy from the anti-revolutionary faction? What era are we living in that he's still doing this kind of thing? But then again, it's true, it's really hard to deal with people like this in the unit. They're nothing but empty talk, they'll take advantage of any opportunity and run away when things get tough."

Xiao Wei said to Sister Li, "This is Captain Qin from the Provincial Criminal Investigation Team. He's here today to help a comrade move. So, do you want to investigate? If you do, I can ask Captain Qin for a favor."

Before Sister Li could speak, the other woman said, "If you ask me, let's investigate. Who in the workplace doesn't have a problem with him? If there's something wrong, that's good."

Xiao Wei said, "If it weren't for this guy surnamed He causing trouble, it would be quite easy for your neighborhood to do some business and make some money. I can lend you a hand then."

Sister Li asked, "Could you give me a brief explanation?"

Xiao Wei pointed to the factory behind him and said, "This is a food factory. It produces quite a lot of things. You can help me produce them first. As long as they meet the standards, I will buy them all. Once things are up and running, you will be able to produce and sell your own products little by little. How much you can earn depends on your efforts, but you will definitely make money."

Sister Li thought for a moment and said, "I'll go back and think about it. If it really doesn't work out, let him be transferred. We've been together for so many years, we all know what's going on, it's not a big deal."

Xiao Wei smiled and didn't say anything more. The two of them walked away talking quietly. The street wasn't far from here, only six or seven hundred meters away. They were just across the main road, over there on the side of Civil Aviation 606.

Chen Hui said, "You really have a lot of free time. Why do you care about this?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's just a street, right next door. We'll be dealing with each other more often in the future. It's not a big deal, so I'll help if I can."

Director Qin said, "Xiao Wei's attitude is right. You should make connections if you can. Even if there's no benefit, there's at least no harm. Who knows who might need whom? Don't look down on small people. Sometimes, small people can cause you big trouble."

Xiao Wei's old Omega drove up, and Director Qin said, "Is this your old car?"

Xiao Wei said, "Yes, he fired the noodle factory manager, the feed factory manager, named Liu Hongliang. He's from Longcheng, and his uncle is the manager of Longcheng Construction and Installation Company. He's very ambitious; he single-handedly built up the feed and fertilizer factory."

Liu Hongliang got out of the car and walked over: "What are you doing?"

Chen Hui said, "What are you doing back at this hour?"

Liu Hongliang said, "As for meals, will you reimburse me if I eat out?"

Xiao Wei said, "Hongliang, this is Captain Qin from the Provincial Criminal Investigation Team, call him Uncle Qin."

Liu Hongliang called for someone, and Xiao Wei said, "Go with them to Liguan to pick up some things from the furniture factory. Take their car." He handed the completed order to Liu Hongliang, who took it, glanced at it, and said, "Okay, shall we go now?"

Xiao Wei said, "Let's go right away, we'll be back just in time for dinner. Let's get another bed, a 1.8-meter one."

Several vehicles rumbled away, and Chen Hui chuckled, saying, "These guys really don't care about public funds. They brought four Jiefang trucks just to move things, and there were more people than things."

Director Qin said, "Everyone is just expressing their feelings, but it's hard for anyone to feel good about it."

Xiao Wei asked, "What should we do with that Song Laosan?"

Director Qin said, "Don't worry about the interrogation. They'll definitely find out how many times he wet the bed. He can't escape. I don't know if the death penalty is enough, but it'll be at least fifteen years. That fat guy will get at least three years. People like them won't even have a chance for a reduced sentence once they're in. They might just find some fault and add another year."

Xiao Wei said, "I'll go see the verdict." Director Qin nodded.

Chen Hui said, "Let's go up and take a look. What are we standing here for?"

The three of them went up the stairs at the top of the building, then walked down the third-floor platform to the middle building, and went up to the second floor.

Under Huang Suo's mother's direction, the Huang family tidied up the house, mopping and dusting. There were two houses, one with three bedrooms and the other with two bedrooms. A smile appeared on Huang Yuting's little face. Children are especially happy to live in big houses, especially in buildings with bathrooms. The little thing always finds excuses to sneak into the bathroom, even to wash a rag there.

"Mom, where are we sleeping? Why isn't there a kang (heated brick bed)? Are we going to lie on the floor?"

"Mom, Mom, what is this big metal lump? It's so ugly."

"Mom, we don't have a stove! What are we going to cook with? We have nowhere to put the coal, and nowhere to put the clay. What are we going to mix with it?"

"Mom, where do we wash clothes? Just this basin? There's nowhere to dry them either. This place is all good, except there's no yard."

"Mom, am I supposed to do my homework lying on the floor? Mom..."

"Mom, why are we leaving the things outside instead of bringing them in?"

Huang Yuting darted between the two rooms like a sparrow. Although she was small, she was quite nimble and didn't do much work. I guess her little head was full of questions right now. This was all something she had never experienced before, and she didn't understand anything. She was anxious and worried.

"Grandma, I'm hungry, but there's no food being cooked here, what should I do?"

Mrs. Huang reached out and patted her granddaughter's head, saying, "Are you hungry? Grandma will find you something to eat. I remember I put a box of cookies somewhere."

Huang Yuting held her grandmother's hand and said, "No, Grandma, I don't want to eat cookies. There's nowhere to cook. What are you, my grandpa, my mom, my second uncle, my third uncle, and me supposed to do? Just eat cookies?"

Huang Jianguo laughed and said, "Yeah, that's right. From now on, we can only eat biscuits. We can't light a fire upstairs. Look, we don't even have a stove."

Huang Yuting pouted, "Then what should we do? Let's move back. We won't live here anymore, and there's nowhere to dry our clothes."

(End of this chapter)