As evening approached, the workers had not yet finished their shift, but a major piece of news had already spread throughout the courtyard, and the neighbors had mixed opinions about it.
Some were gloating, others were regretful… but the incident has already happened, and everyone is waiting for the outcome of the investigation.
backyard.
The two side rooms on the left and right were in the same boat, and the sound of women crying could be heard from time to time.
The Xu family in the west wing, because there were more women, spoke a little louder.
Xu Fugui, who was engrossed in smoking, was annoyed by the crying and couldn't help but shout.
"Alright, alright, stop crying. What's the use of just crying now? We need to find someone to think of a way to get Da Mao out first."
Xu Lianxiang and Qin Jingru stopped crying immediately after being yelled at.
The two wiped away their tears, and Xu Lianxiang said, "Honey, why don't we go buy some things and ask the old lady in the front yard for help?"
"It's no use. I heard that the people who came to arrest us are from the higher-level discipline inspection commission, not from the steel mill. What kind of solution do you expect them to come up with?"
Xu Fugui immediately rejected the idea, then took a deep drag on his cigarette, as if he had made a decision.
"Don't panic, I'll go to the Intermediate People's Court first."
After saying that, Xu Fugui threw away his cigarette and went out the door towards the central courtyard.
The He family of the Intermediate People's Court.
The situation was no better; Li Xiuxiu was crying and sobbing, while He Daqing was trying to comfort her.
"Xiuxiu, don't cry! Zhuzi is just a cook, he only cooks a small batch of food. What could possibly happen to him? He just does whatever the boss tells him to do..."
Hearing this, Li Xiuxiu felt a little better, but she just couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart.
After all, the moment someone is mentioned being arrested or investigated, it's never a good thing.
Just then, Xu Fugui's voice came from the doorway, "Is Lao He home?"
Hearing that familiar voice, He Daqing frowned slightly. Although he was very displeased, he knew why Xu Fugui had come!
He then came out of the house and asked a question in an annoyed tone.
"Xu Fugui, what brings you here?"
Looking at He Daqing's deadpan face, Xu Fugui shook his head helplessly.
"Old He, I know our two families don't get along, but now that our sons have both been arrested, I wonder if we can put aside our grudges and try to get our sons back first?"
To everyone's surprise, He Daqing didn't take these words seriously at all.
“Our Zhuzi is fine, why should we save him? You should worry about your son first. Has he done too many bad things?”
"You...?" Xu Fugui was immediately choked and his face turned red.
But this is not the time to be temperamental, so he can only hold back for now.
"Old He, your son Zhuzi usually carries a lot of lunchboxes, right? You dare say he's completely fine?"
After being pointed at by Xu Fugui, He Daqing had to admit that he was indeed unsure of himself.
"Then tell me, what should we do?"
"Let's all three of us go find Director Sun together, and we need to be quick."
Xu Fugui said this because, apart from the Chen family in the backyard, only his family and a few others could speak to each other in this courtyard.
Otherwise, if it were someone else, they wouldn't even know where the door was, let alone think about it.
"Alright then!" He Daqing no longer hesitated, after all, no matter what grudges there were, nothing was more important than his son.
After discussing it, the two took the money and tickets and went to Old Liu's house in the backyard.
When Aunt Er heard that she was going to ask Sun Zhengguo for help, there was no reason for her not to agree.
She then took out the money and tickets and handed them to her son, Liu Guangfu, instructing him to take full responsibility and accompany the two old men to handle the matter.
Fortunately, all three families now have bicycles, so they don't have to walk anymore.
The group of people pushed their bicycles to the supply and marketing cooperative first. Before closing time, they bought a lot of canned goods and pastries before riding to Sun Zheng's house.
Despite their haste, they were still a step too late, because it was past closing time and they couldn't catch Sun Zhengguo at the door before he left.
But He Daqing was not flustered at all and took the initiative to step forward and negotiate with the sentry.
"Hello comrade, my name is He Daqing. I used to cook for Director Sun's family often, so you should recognize me. Could you please pass on my name?"
The sentry at the gate, seeing this face, didn't need to verify it at all.
He only glanced at Xu Fugui and Liu Guangfu's work IDs before dialing Sun Zhengguo's number.
After the call was connected, Sister Wu answered the phone because the whole family was eating.
When Sister Wu learned that He Daqing had brought two people to the door, she did not reply immediately, but looked at Sun Zhengguo, who was eating, and asked.
"Director Sun, Chef He, who often comes here to cook, is looking for you at the gate with two other people. The security guard is asking if you want them to come in."
"Oh!" Sun Zhengguo asked curiously, putting down his chopsticks. "Who are those two people?"
Sister Wu replied truthfully, "The gatekeeper said one is named Xu Fugui and the other is named Liu Guangfu."
"So it's you. Then let the gatekeeper let you through!"
Although Sun Zhengguo didn't know what they were doing, he let them in first.
A moment later, the three arrived at the Sun family's house, but the family was having a meal, which made things a little awkward.
"Director Sun, I'm sorry to have disturbed your meal." He Daqing quickly nodded and apologized.
Xu Fugui, being a smooth talker, quickly added, "Director Sun, why don't we go outside and wait a bit before coming back in?"
Liu Guangfu wanted to say something more, but Sun Zhengguo interrupted him by reaching out his hand.
"No need, no need. Haven't you eaten yet? Why don't you sit down and eat something together!"
"No, no, we've already eaten. Director Sun, you don't need to worry about us."
The three of them came to ask for favors; how could they possibly sit at the table for a meal? That would be putting the cart before the horse.
Therefore, they refused outright.
Seeing this, Sun Zhengguo stopped insisting and asked them to sit down in the living room. He then had Sister Wu pour a cup of tea for each of them before continuing his meal.
Soon, Sun Zhengguo finished his meal and sat down in the living room.
"Uncle He, Uncle Xu, and Guangfu, tell me, what brings you here tonight?"
Seeing this, He Daqing and the other two stopped hiding their situation and told Sun Zhengguo about their circumstances, asking him to help them find out more.
The group was pragmatic; since they didn't know the situation yet, they didn't rashly suggest trying to rescue the person.
After hearing the three people's accounts, Sun Zhengguo already had a good idea of what was going on. Apart from Liu Haizhong, the other two were almost without any problems.
Even if it's just in the bangs, it shouldn't be a big problem in the end.
So he said to He Daqing, "Uncle He, don't worry. Brother Zhu is just assisting with the investigation. He might be released by the time you get home. I'm sure of that."
Upon hearing this, He Daqing finally felt relieved.
Since Sun Zhengguo said everything was fine, then everything must be fine; he had no doubt about that.
In fact, He Daqing was unaware that Sha Zhu and Minister Bai had known each other for many years.
His little problem is really no big deal.
The superiors asked him to cooperate with the investigation, but it was only to investigate Li Huaide's misuse of public funds for meals; it really had nothing to do with anything else.
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