So, taking advantage of the holiday, Wei Hua and Yang Tao began moving. Compared to the front yard, the middle yard had much more sunlight.
Seeing Wei Hua moving, Sha Zhu volunteered to help with whatever he could. Wei Hua wasn't moving much, just some blankets and other things.
The Intermediate Court is indeed more convenient; at least getting water isn't as troublesome. Yu Li is usually at home too, so Yang Tao has some company.
After moving, Weihua treated Shazhu's family to a meal, and from then on, Weihua and Shazhu became neighbors. When the holiday ended, everyone got busy again.
Everyone went out to make money, and Liu Guangqi slowly got out of bed. Now Liu Guangqi has recovered somewhat.
For his future, Liu Guangqi couldn't stay in bed all the time. In order to earn money, he had no choice but to go out begging, as he was in no condition to work.
The Liu family's current situation is somewhat similar to the Yan family's. The three members of the Liu family are now basically estranged, and no one cares about Liu Guangqi at all.
After Liu Guangqi went out to beg, Gu Chunyan and Liu Haizhong paid even less attention to him.
The steel rolling mill also ushered in the era of Director Yang. Without Li Huaide's financial support, Director Yang became more unscrupulous.
The newly appointed deputy factory director, Nie, was no match for factory director Yang, because the logistics department had also become Yang's private domain.
Seeing that the situation was somewhat unfavorable to him, Deputy Factory Director Nie could only try to win over people who had no particular allegiance. People like Wei Hua came into Deputy Factory Director Nie's sights.
Wei Hua is not only young, but also has a powerful background. Once you gain Wei Hua's support, you can use the power behind him to help you deal with Director Yang.
Not only was Deputy Factory Director Nie trying to win Wei Hua over, but Factory Director Yang hadn't stopped either. No matter who tried, Wei Hua, as always, pretended not to understand.
No one knew better than Wei Hua about what would happen next. Since Li Huaide was gone, Wei Hua didn't know who would win or lose, and the best course of action was to remain neutral and continue being a fence-sitter.
Given his background, as long as he doesn't get involved in these matters, no one should dare to offend him. In order to avoid being implicated, Wei Hua can only continuously try to build a closer relationship with the Zhou family.
Wei Hua remembered the Zhou family's background. Furthermore, Zhou Zhennan wasn't affected at all during that period. With Zhou Zhennan and the Minister of Metallurgy around, he wouldn't face any suppression at the steel rolling mill.
I need to stop competing with them for money and just stay in the workshop and focus on production. It's been 55 years now, and I can't afford to lose my composure.
But in order not to offend them, Wei Hua could only state his position each time. After a while, the two of them stopped focusing on Wei Hua and turned their attention to other people.
There are gains and losses. Since Wei Hua neither took sides and belonged to any faction, he naturally did not get promoted and remained the director of the sixth workshop.
Fortunately, Wei Hua had a strong background. Director Yang and Deputy Director Nie didn't make things too difficult for Wei Hua, they just let him sit on the sidelines.
Wei Hua himself was happy to have some peace and quiet. But not everyone was like Wei Hua. Zhang Chu was several years younger than Wei Hua. Zhang Chu was implicated by Li Huaide, and his situation wasn't particularly good.
Which young person would be content with mediocrity? Because of the relationship between Director Yang and Li Huaide, Zhang Chu had no chance even if he wanted to seek refuge with Director Yang.
Secretary Huang was already semi-retired, so Zhang Chu could only turn his attention to Deputy Factory Director Nie. Zhang Chu hadn't committed any major offense; he was merely implicated in the Li Huaide incident.
For the sake of his future career, Zhang Chu had no choice but to seek refuge with Deputy Factory Director Nie. Deputy Factory Director Nie, who was currently short of available personnel, was naturally overjoyed that someone was turning to him.
Although Zhang Chu was disciplined, it wasn't a serious matter. Zhang Chu was different from Xu Damao and his ilk; he had only sided with Xu Damao and hadn't engaged in any embezzlement.
Thanks to Deputy Factory Director Nie's maneuvering, Zhang Chu's disciplinary action was revoked in less than two months. Factory Director Yang didn't care much about a recent vocational school graduate, and after some exchange of favors, he didn't make things too difficult for a nobody like Zhang Chu.
Beyond the fighting and killing, it was mostly about exchanging benefits. With a powerful backer, Zhang Chu rallied again.
There was another beneficiary in the Li Huaide incident, as many people in the logistics department fell, including the canteen director where Sha Zhu worked.
Among the short, the tallest one is chosen; Sha Zhu, the deputy director of the canteen, has finally been promoted to a permanent position.
The canteen director's rank was even lower than the workshop deputy director. After being officially promoted, Sha Zhu didn't change much, except that he became slightly closer to Director Yang.
With everyone busy with their own affairs, the courtyard house enjoyed a rare few months of peace. Sun Jing was imprisoned after giving birth.
Just after Sun Jing gave birth, Li Huaide, who was lying in the hospital, slowly woke up. When the relevant departments learned that Li Huaide had woken up, they began questioning him.
Li Huaide, the culprit, had been in a coma, and many details remained unclear. Now that Li Huaide has awakened, the relevant departments immediately conducted a surprise interrogation of him.
Although he didn't know what had happened during this time, Li Huaide knew that if he told the truth, he would definitely not escape death in the end.
Since his ultimate fate was already sealed, what was the point of speaking out? If he shouldered everything alone, others would owe him a favor, and might even take care of his wife and children. So, no matter how the relevant departments questioned him, Li Huaide simply lay there staring at the ceiling.
“Li Huaide, if you don’t think about yourself, you should at least think about your children. Whether you say it or not doesn’t really matter. Your father-in-law has already been executed, and your wife is already in jail. We have complete control over everything according to your ledger.”
"Most of the people we wanted to arrest have already been arrested. However, there are still many things we don't know. If you are willing to cooperate with us, we can give you a quick death."
"The valuables we found in your home are enough to get you executed dozens of times over. If you're willing to confess, we can let you see your child again."
"I forgot to tell you, Sun Jing gave birth to a son for you. So you don't want to see all your children?"
Li Huaide simply smiled at them without saying a word. As long as he remained silent, he could protect one or two people. As long as a few of them were still alive, they would have leverage over his wife and Sun Jing once they left.
Even if they do nothing, these people will still give me some face and take good care of my child. Once they tell everyone, I still can't escape death. In the end, I really won't have anything left.
No matter what the authorities said, Li Huaide just stared at the ceiling. When the guards relaxed their vigilance at night, Li Huaide simply pulled out his IV, letting the blood flow out. By the time others discovered him, Li Huaide was already dead.
But Sun Jing's child remained in the courtyard house. For some unknown reason, Xu Fugui hadn't been able to conceive a third child. Now, having gained a child for free, Xu Fugui was hesitant.
Xu Damao is completely ruined, and it's incredibly difficult for the Xu family to have a child. If this child weren't Li Huaide's, Xu Fugui would definitely keep it, but unfortunately, the child is Li Huaide's.
If it weren't for Li Huaide, the Xu family wouldn't be in this state. Li Huaide could be considered the Xu family's enemy; the Xu family would never do something like raising their enemy's child.
In order to prevent the Xu family line from dying out, Xu Fugui had no choice but to find a son-in-law to live with his daughter's family. Xu Fugui put a lot of effort into finding such a son-in-law, but the Xu family's current situation was not good at all, so who with good conditions would want to be a son-in-law?
Knowing that the Xu family was looking for a son-in-law to live with them, Yan Jiefang had an idea. Yan Jiefang was now in his early twenties, the perfect age to find a wife.
Although the Xu family's situation wasn't good, his own family's situation wasn't much better. In order to find a wife, Yan Jiefang immediately began to volunteer himself.
“Uncle Xu, isn’t your family looking for a son-in-law to live with Xiaoling? How about me? We’re all neighbors in the courtyard house, so we know each other pretty well. You know me too, I don’t have any bad habits, I just have a limp.”
Hearing Yan Jiefang's words, Xu Fugui's face darkened. How could Xu Fugui not know what kind of people the Yan family were? His own family was already struggling to survive, and Xu Fugui didn't want to cause trouble for them.
If it weren't for Li Huaide's involvement, the Xu family wouldn't be in this state now. Even in this state, Xu Fugui still looks down on Yan Jiefang.
"Get as far away from me as possible. Even if our Xu family line ends in extinction, I would never look at a piece of trash like you. Even if you were a healthy person, let alone if your leg wasn't broken, our Xu family wouldn't want you. Don't you know what kind of people your Yan family is?"
Hearing that Xu Fugui actually looked down on him, Yan Jiefang could only slink away in disgrace.
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