Zhang Guoqing, a 21st-century orphan, and his pregnant wife, Zhou Jiao, were working hard for their future when a massive inheritance suddenly fell into their laps. On their way to the hospital for...
On the shaded path in the compound, Zhang Guoqing waited for his wife to return, strolling while nodding and greeting passers-by, and whispering to her from time to time.
Zhou Jiao roughly understood what the trivial matters were. She smiled and said, "Have you read the letter from your parents? Do they want to come over?"
Zhang Guoqing immediately slapped his forehead. "Just when I received the letter, my aunt called me. Then I ran into Xiaoyu when I went out. I really forgot about it. The letter is still in the study."
"Silly boy, does it hurt? You can just go back and get a checkup later. Why hit yourself? It's so red."
Zhang Guoqing forgot the pain when his wife cared for him, and laughed with joy. Just as he was about to say a few sweet words, he heard a noise not far ahead.
The couple immediately looked at each other and wondered whose family had the accident.
"Jiaojiao, go home first, I'll go over and take a look."
Zhou Jiao quickly grabbed his clothes and said, "Together!"
Looking out from the path, more and more people were heading that way. Zhang Guoqing looked at his wife helplessly, pulled her up and immediately walked quickly in that direction.
A few hundred meters away from the Zhou family, a small courtyard was crowded with people. From afar, one could hear voices of persuasion, whispers, and familiar slogans...
"You said search, so give me a search warrant!"
"Stop messing around, kid, you guys take this stubborn guy into custody first."
"Let's see who dares."
"Alright, even your eldest granddaughter has reported you, and you still dare to resist! You are dead, why don't you go up? *** work is not afraid of sacrifice, if you don't go, I will."
Zhang Guoqing relied on his height and stood behind the crowd. He saw a group of people holding wooden spears and pointing them at Mr. Dai. He was suddenly shocked and whispered something to Zhou Jiao behind him, then immediately pushed the crowd away.
He walked forward with a smile, "What's wrong? What's going on? Let's talk it over. Didn't I say it before? Without investigation, we have no right to speak."
"Who are you? Could you be one of these anti-GM accomplices..."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Guoqing immediately reached out and slapped the rude young man on the head, "I've been poor for eight generations, how can I speak human language?"
As he spoke, he glared at the leader and said, "San Gouzi, you are so good, but you don't recognize me now that you have been promoted? Do you look down on me because I am just a peasant soldier?"
The guy nicknamed San Gouzi and real name Zhang Hongwei turned around and saw Zhang Guoqing. He immediately kicked the young man and said, "Get out of here. This is none of your business."
Then he quickly walked over to Zhang Guoqing and whispered, "Fifth brother, please be kind. Who asked this eldest granddaughter to report me? I'm here just following instructions from above. Just stand aside and wait for me to handle this matter. I'll buy you a drink later to make amends, okay?"
Zhang Guoqing smiled and patted him on the shoulder. "Brother, are you so ignorant? Okay, this is your job. You come here, and I'll just watch from the side."
Zhang Hongwei also knew that anyone who encountered this situation would want to stay out of it, but he was not worried that Zhang Guoqing would help the other party. He brought up the old topic of entering the house to search for the so-called reactionary books and evidence.
"You, come here, tell me what you, old man, have hidden?"
The Dai family's sixteen-year-old granddaughter immediately pointed towards the house with her chest puffed out and her back proud, shouting righteously, "Go inside and find the third room on the right. That's the study. There are three anti-* books on the third row of the bookshelf against the wall. I want to completely sever ties with this family."
Zhang Guoqing couldn't bear to look at Mr. Dai who was shaking with anger but still refused to give in. What a sin! How could such a little bastard come into being?
Ever since there were several cases of wives reporting their husbands and daughters-in-law reporting their fathers-in-law in the compound a few years ago, he thought things had finally calmed down, but he didn't expect the drama to continue.
Mr. Dai and his guards stood there motionless. The patrol team never showed up, and the situation seemed to be spiraling out of control during the standoff.
Zhang Guoqing pulled Zhang Hongwei and said, "Let me say a few words. We're not sure if it's just the younger one throwing a tantrum, or if there's something really wrong with the older one.
If we really believe one side of the story and something goes wrong, no one can bear the responsibility. The old man is still alive, so don't rush things, just take it step by step.
Do you think this will work? Now it's just a matter of investigation. Hongwei, how about you direct a few of your colleagues and the comrades around the old man to go over and investigate?
After saying this, Zhang Guoqing winked at Dai Lao behind his back. He believed that the old man also understood why the patrol had not arrived for so long, and how serious the situation would be if the delay continued.
Old Dai opened his mouth and then closed it tightly, without expressing his opinion. However, Zhang Guoqing knew in his heart that this old guy must have some banned books.
He paused, then waved behind him. "Hongwei, old man, what's clear is clear. The facts are indisputable. To avoid any malicious influence, we just need to go in and take a look. Don't worry, I'll let my wife go in with you to witness it. She's a good soldier, praised by everyone herself."
Seeing her man talking to himself, Zhou Jiao immediately cooperated and ran to his side. When she saw several people entering the living room one after another, she ran in front of them quickly.
"Wait a minute, I'm not doubting the purity of your lives, but before we do this, shouldn't you check each other to see if you've brought anything you shouldn't have?"
As Zhou Jiao spoke, she took out the lining of her pocket and checked it to them to show them that she came in empty-handed and couldn't bring anything in with only a shirt on.
The five Red Guards who came in saw with their own eyes how good the relationship between the leader and the woman's man was. What's more, the man had just said that this woman was a good soldier as he praised her personally.
No matter how arrogant they were at ordinary times, at this moment they just looked at each other and searched their pockets. As for Dai Lao's two guards, they were even more worried about being framed, so they checked each other very quickly.
A smile flashed in Zhou Jiao's eyes, and she entered the study first. When the person behind her came in, she had already quickly put the three books that the girl from the Dai family had mentioned carelessly into the space. With so many books next to each other, it would not be noticeable if three were missing.
Then she quickly took a step back and pointed at everyone, "I don't dare to move. Who will go first?"
The result, of course, was nothing.
"Did that little girl remember it wrongly? There are so many books here, let's look through them again."
"Well, I'll take care of this side, and you go over there."
At this time, Zhou Jiao stood there silently with her hands behind her back, watching them rummage through the study, and then followed them out of the study to check each room.
They said they were just checking the study, but it's not that easy to let them in. That's being polite, otherwise I wouldn't have turned the place upside down.
Zhou Jiao followed them quietly, looking at the messy room in front of her with complicated eyes. The fate of the Dai family was up to fate.
If there was something else that shouldn't exist, then she really had no other choice. She would agree to help Zhang Guoqing only because Mr. Dai was a respectable elder, but she would never let herself get into trouble.
She could find an excuse to take the three books and stuff them somewhere in the Dai family after these people left. It would still make sense.
But what else is there? How desperate is she to expose her secret and arouse people's suspicion?
After failing to find the so-called banned books in the study, Mr. Dai's two guards knew they couldn't stop them, so they could only follow them closely to prevent them from hiding anything valuable.