Liu Haizhong committed a crime and was arrested that very night by Qi Heng and four others and taken to the police station.
The following morning, the sun shone brightly.
Just as the people in the courtyard were discussing Liu Haizhong's framing of Zheng Ya, Qi Heng arrived at the courtyard with a judgment: "Comrade Li Cuifang, please come out and sign this document?"
"Wow, they've been sentenced so quickly?" The three women curiously gathered around to watch the spectacle.
Three days earlier, the police came to the courtyard with the judgments of Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu, asking Bang Geng to sign them. During this routine procedure, the people in the courtyard learned something new.
The sentencing of the convict also requires the signatures of their family members and the witnessing of the neighborhood committee, following legal procedures.
Now, Director Wang has also come to witness: "Your courtyard is really lively!"
Last time, Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu were sentenced for their crimes.
Another guy with bangs appeared today. Your neighborhood really gives the neighborhood committee chief a lot of face!
He said this through gritted teeth.
Everyone in the courtyard lowered their heads in embarrassment; it was so shameful!
Fortunately, Li Cuifang came out and accepted the judgment handed to her by Qi Heng, interrupting Director Wang's tirade against the people in the hospital. Otherwise, everyone would have been caught in the crossfire and felt uneasy.
Li Cuifang was uneducated and couldn't write, so she simply pressed her red handprint on the judgment. After Qi Heng received the judgment receipt, he said, "Liu Haizhong has been sentenced."
During the crackdown, even if Liu Haizhong only assisted enemy agents in persecuting Comrade Zheng Ya, a national hero, it still constituted treason.
However, given Liu Haizhong's good attitude in admitting his guilt, the sentence was lenient, and he was sentenced to five and a half years.
This afternoon, he accompanied Jia Dongxu and his mother to a prison to serve their sentence. Your family members are welcome to see them off.
"Thank you so much, officer! Thank you!" Li Cuifang bowed repeatedly in gratitude, thankful that Liu Haizhong was not sentenced to death.
It's not that I don't want Liu Haizhong to die.
The more severe the sentence Liu Haizhong receives, the greater the impact on his family.
Liu Haizhong's crime was ultimately classified as assisting enemy agents in framing a national hero, rather than being an enemy agent operation, which was equivalent to a reduced sentence.
In this way, Li Cuifang and the Liu family members would no longer have to live with the stigma of being descendants of enemy agents.
That was truly Liu Haizhong's personal action; he went down the wrong path.
This had a much smaller impact on the Liu family.
After finishing his official business, Qi Heng went to the backyard to bring Bao'er some delicious food.
Director Wang then relayed the steel rolling mill's decision: "Li Cuifang, the steel rolling mill leaders called and asked our street office to inform you."
Because Liu Haizhong went astray and colluded with enemy agents to frame a national hero, and considering that Liu Haizhong had made contributions to the steel rolling mill, it was decided to retain one of the Liu family's job positions.
There's another piece of news: your eldest son, Liu Guangqi, was rejected by the family he was to marry into and was kicked out of the house.
Liu Guangqi has already left Beijing by train.
The steel mill leaders also said that even if Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangqi return home, they will not have the right to inherit the work positions allocated to the Liu family.
"And you're the only woman left in your family. If you don't go to work at the steel mill and take over this position, you can let someone else inherit it."
"Oh, why isn't Guangqi coming home? He's run away!" Li Cuifang cried with heartache, feeling sorry for her eldest son who had been so loving.
Director Wang sneered, "You still have the nerve to cry?"
What kind of person have you all raised Liu Guangqi to be? He expects to be waited on hand and foot and can't do anything.
Taking money from a house before leaving is no different from being a thief.
The fact that someone like him hasn't been arrested, sentenced, or imprisoned is the greatest leniency one can show him. How dare you still cry here?
"Waaah, I understand, Director Wang, I'll never do it again..."
"Hmph, you dare to do that? You'd better have a son to raise in your arms first."
"Director Wang, please stop talking about my mother. I'll take care of her!" Liu Guangtian stepped forward to plead for her, feeling that his own mother hadn't done anything wrong.
In fact, Li Cuifang always secretly left food for Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian without Liu Hai's knowledge.
Otherwise, the two boys would have been tormented to death by Liu Haizhong long ago.
They've been fighting since they were kids; no one could stand that.
Fortunately, Li Cuifang secretly protected her two younger sons, letting them see the warmth of their family so that they wouldn't lose themselves and go astray.
What mother in the world doesn't love her child?
Yes, but it's just favoritism; it's definitely not going to kill them.
They're both my flesh and blood!
Those are all flesh and blood that fell from a mother's body. Compared to a man's trembling, they are countless times more unforgettable, so how could she possibly bear to part with them?
Unless the children have hurt their elderly mother too much and made her heartbroken, she will not sever the bond between mother and children.
Liu Guangfu also stepped forward and said, "Director Wang, please spare my mother! It has nothing to do with her!"
"Hmph, at least you two have a conscience."
"By the way, your Liu Guangtian is currently working at the planting base. Liu Guangfu is under fifteen years old, too young to work in the factory, but he could join the army." After receiving Fu Qingyao's suggestion and with the approval of Brigade Commander Lei, Director Wang decided to give Liu Guangfu a special opportunity.
These days, labor is the most honorable thing, and many people join the army at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
Li Cuifang was a little reluctant, but she didn't stop Liu Guangfu's decision. Liu Guangfu happily said, "Ah, that's great! I want to join the army! I'm signing up! Director Wang, you can't lie to me..."
"You little rascal, why would I lie to you? Get ready, you're going to join the troops helping with the construction of the planting base in a few days." Director Wang told him to enlist in an annoyed tone.
Liu Guangfu and his two children were overjoyed. Qin Huairu, her eyes brimming with tears, stepped forward and said, "Director Wang, our Jia family's workstation..."
"Ha, where did your Jia family get these workstations?"
"To tell you the truth, Jia Dongxu's crime was heinous, and given his lack of achievements at the steel mill, he was directly dismissed from the company..." Director Wang was furious. Apart from Zheng Ya, who was a good comrade, everyone else in this courtyard was a scoundrel, beyond redemption.
Qin Huairu argued in bewilderment: "Director Wang, isn't this wrong?"
Liu Haizhong was sentenced to five and a half years in prison, which is two years more than Jia Dongxu's three and a half years.
Doesn't this mean that Liu Haizhong's offense was more serious than Jia Dongxu's?
"Then why was Jia Dongxu dismissed by the steel rolling mill leaders, but Liu Haizhong's job was kept? That's not fair..."
"Haha, what's the use of you asking me for fairness?"
Can I get Jia Dongxu to make the same contributions that Liu Haizhong made to the steel rolling mill?
Even if Liu Haizhong went astray and committed a crime, the contributions he made as a sixth-level forging worker will not be erased by the state, factories, and mines.
Jia Dongxu worked at the steel rolling mill for seven or eight years, barely qualifying as a first-class fitter. He was simply coasting along, a big slacker who collected a government salary without contributing anything.
"You're lucky the factory didn't fire him sooner. You have the nerve to ask me for fairness? Get lost." During the time Director Wang was regretting not helping Zheng Ya avoid being bullied by the people in the factory, he had figured out the character of everyone in the factory and was very resistant to Qin Huairu.
Qin Huairu cried and played the victim: "Waaah, no! Our Banggeng is still so young, how will he survive!"
Why is my life so miserable? Someone please help me!
If I don't go to work soon, Banggeng will starve to death!
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