Someone shouted, "Call the police and arrest Zuo Jinxiang!"
Then, everyone started banging their rice bowls and shouting, "Call the police! Call the police! Arrest this corrupt official!"
Looking at the indignant crowd, Zuo Jinxiang involuntarily backed away.
He retreated all the way to the threshold, tripped, and fell flat on his backside.
Chen Fugui couldn't take it anymore, and someone threw tea all over him: "You lackey of corrupt officials, disgusting!"
Chen Fugui also stepped back, but tripped over the threshold and landed squarely on Zuo Jinxiang.
A burst of laughter came from the courtyard. The two of them got up on their hands and feet and saw that Zuo Han, who had just been pulled over, was sitting at the base of the wall far away, just as Su Ruyi had told her to do, with a silly grin on her face and her eyes vacant.
Su Ruyi followed him out and looked at him coldly.
The effects of this medicine will take two or three days to completely subside.
Zuo Jinxiang rushed towards his son, grabbed Zuo Han, and said, "Come on! Let's go home with Dad!"
Zuo Han lingered, unwilling to leave, so Chen Fugui rushed over. The two of them each grabbed one of Zuo Han's hands, dragging him away in a disheveled and hurried manner.
Su Tie approached Chen Yuanyuan: "Fourth Sister-in-law, say something, should we call the police or not?"
Chen Yuanyuan walked over to Su Ruyi and asked, "Ruyi, what do you think?"
Su Ruyi naturally understood; after all, it was her ex-boyfriend's father, and Chen Yuanyuan didn't want to go too far. However, Su Ruyi had suffered countless times from being too soft-hearted. After a moment's hesitation, she nodded: "Of course we have to retaliate! If we don't, how will you survive under this Deputy Factory Director Zuo?"
Qin Lan chimed in, "Exactly! Besides, he's already sold your job, now's not the time to be soft-hearted!"
"Okay, then let's report it to the police!" Chen Yuanyuan made up her mind.
Su Tie shouted, "Which comrade will come with me to report this to the police and explain the situation?"
The aunt who had been holding her rice bowl earlier immediately raised her hand high: "I'll go with you, I'll go with you! I'm close to him, I saw it clearly, and this evidence fell from the two of them!"
So Su Tie and the aunt walked towards the police station.
The wedding was disrupted twice. Qin Lan looked at the somewhat dejected people in the courtyard, took out her most treasured White Rabbit milk candies, and handed them out to each table.
They then took out Su Xiangjun's good cigarettes and distributed them to each table.
Now the children and the men went wild.
The entire courtyard was once again bustling with activity.
Su Ruyi, Su Tong, and Chen Yuanyuan all looked at Qin Lan with gratitude.
At this moment, Su Xiangjun sat at the elders' table to keep order, while Qin Lan greeted everyone around, and the atmosphere in the courtyard finally stabilized.
The wedding banquet concluded successfully.
The next morning, Chen Yuanyuan got up early; she was going to work that day.
Not knowing what the machine factory was like, she was very uneasy the whole way, sitting on the back of the bicycle.
Su Tong rode his bicycle to take her to the factory gate. The workers coming and going in the machinery factory all looked at Chen Yuanyuan with a strange expression.
Chen Yuanyuan's heart was pounding.
As soon as I arrived at my workstation, I saw that the seat of Section Chief Chen Fugui was empty.
A coworker rushed over and said, "Accountant Chen, the factory manager is looking for you."
Chen Yuanyuan put down her handbag, took a deep breath, and walked towards the factory director's office.
Unexpectedly, upon entering, not only was the factory director in his office, but several deputy factory directors, besides Zuo Jinxiang, were also there.
Chen Fugui himself was also present.
Upon seeing Chen Yuanyuan, Chen Fugui hurriedly said, "Comrade Chen Yuanyuan, you have to speak up for me! I approved your leave slip from the beginning! It's all Zuo Jinxiang's fault. He insisted that I hide the leave slip and said you were absent without leave... When I refused, he threatened me. You have to stand up for me in this matter!"
After saying that, he winked at Chen Yuanyuan.
Chen Fugui's fickle behavior surprised Chen Yuanyuan, but it also clearly conveyed a signal to her that Zuo Jinxiang was finished!
The factory manager coughed and said, "Comrade Chen Yuanyuan, what exactly happened? Tell us about it."
So Chen Yuanyuan explained the whole story of why she asked for leave, and also recounted in detail the incident where Zuo Jinxiang and his son Zuo Han had disrupted her wedding the day before.
She did not shy away from the fact that Chen Fugui had committed perjury, nor did she cover for him.
At this moment, Chen Fugui cried out again, "I'm innocent! I was forced into this!"
Chen Yuanyuan turned around, her two sharp eyes fixed on him: "How were you forced? Section Chief Chen, I didn't see Zuo Jinxiang holding a knife to you!"
"Hahaha!" the factory manager laughed. "Good! Well said, young lady!"
Just then, an elderly worker in his seventies with a full head of white hair was helped in by several of his coworkers.
He knelt down at the factory manager's feet as soon as he entered: "Manager, you have to do me a favor! I've been a worker here since the factory was first established..."
The factory manager hurriedly helped him up: "Old man, I recognize you. Your surname is Li, and you worked in the assembly workshop... You retired last year, right? You're an old worker who dedicated your entire life to our factory! I even attended your farewell party back then!"
Old Li cried with tears streaming down his face: "Factory Director, I've been bullied by that Zuo Jinxiang, I can't go on living like this!"
Everyone was stunned. It seems that the saying "when a wall falls, everyone pushes it down" is indeed true.
The old man acted immediately after Zuo Jinxiang got into trouble!
No one knew what grievance he had suffered, so everyone quietly looked at Old Man Li.
He wiped away his tears and began to recount his story: "My fifth son was originally supposed to take my place at the factory. But on his third day there, while he was still in his probationary period, Zuo Jinxiang found a pretext to fire him! And Zuo Jinxiang gave his spot to his son, Zuo Han!"
Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in shock.
The factory manager said sternly, "Old man, do you have any evidence to support your claim?"
Old Li patted his chest loudly, "I'm still alive, I'm holding on to this breath, that's my testimony. My son's former coworkers can all testify that he only made a small mistake, wasting about five yuan worth of materials, which wasn't enough to warrant being fired! Back then, I offered a hundredfold compensation, but Zuo Jinxiang said no!"
The factory manager ordered someone to take Old Man Li aside and record the incident in detail.
He then inquired about some events from yesterday's wedding banquet from Chen Yuanyuan, and had another person take Chen Yuanyuan away to record the details.
After all these things were finished, it was lunchtime.
Chen Yuanyuan took out her lunchbox to get food at the cafeteria and suddenly noticed that everyone had become much more enthusiastic towards her!
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