Sui Huaian glanced at the stairs, let them in, and poured them a glass of water: "Tell me what's going on."
The two of them gulped down the water in the paper cups and rushed to explain what had happened.
It turned out that two years ago, they were working for a contractor named Zhu Dayong in their village on a project to renovate a community park in the city.
The project was almost completed, but the final payment was delayed again and again.
The workers toil away from home for a whole year and don't get a penny back. How can they face their wives and children when they return home?
Zhu Dayong took his brothers to find the project manager. At first, he asked everyone to wait and he would find a way to get the money back so that his brothers could go home for the New Year.
Unexpectedly, he was no longer seen soon after. When his brothers found his home, it was already empty.
Over the past two months, I have visited the Labor Bureau, the police station, and the People's Court, but they have been pushing the issue back and forth with no progress at all.
Zhu Dayong watched as the brothers he brought with him worked hard for a whole year without earning a penny, and even couldn't go home for the Chinese New Year. He was so angry that he fell ill.
He found out that the person who approved the project to them was Sui Maochang, director of the Municipal Reform Commission.
I heard that he took too many kickbacks at the time, which resulted in him not being able to pay the workers' wages after completing the entire project, except for the cost of raw materials.
Sui Maochang has always been a ruthless person, abusing his power and using his position to seek benefits for others. Illegally accepting huge amounts of money is a common occurrence.
Since he ate everything without leaving even a mouthful of soup for the workers, the barefoot were not afraid of the ones wearing shoes. The workers wanted to kidnap his daughter Sui Jinzhi and force him to spit out the money he had eaten.
They were certain that Sui Maochang would not dare to call the police, so they had been active near Sui's house for the past few days, looking for an opportunity to strike.
"We have elderly parents and young children at home, and we don't want to do anything illegal. I heard you're quite reasonable, so I'd like you to persuade your father. Just give us our hard-earned money, and we'll take it and leave. As for those people's conspiracy, it has nothing to do with us."
Sui Huaian hesitated for a moment and said, "Come on, I'll take you to my dad to get the money."
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