Chapter 126

It is obviously not that hot in September, and it is cool in the morning and evening.

When it is too hot in summer and too cold in winter, Qiao Wei always takes Yan Xiang to work by bus, but in this comfortable season of September, she prefers to ride a bicycle.

Especially now that she has been transferred to the library, the working hours of the library are later than those of the county government.

The library opens even later, and the first half hour is for the librarians to tidy up and clean. After tidying up and cleaning, it opens to welcome guests.

Another difference between working in the library and working in the town government is that the library is closed on Mondays, and all staff rest. But it is open on Sundays. Everyone takes turns to rest on Sundays.

In this way, everyone has more rest time than other units.

In fact, even on Sundays, there are very few people in the library.

The current atmosphere is not suitable for reading. Studying has become unsafe. People are born with the instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm.

The library is deserted.

The weather was good today. Qiao Wei rode a bicycle and took Yan Xiang to school first.

The route taken by bicycle is different from the route taken by bus. She went from the other side of the government compound.

At this time, there was already a parade on the street.

Qiao Wei originally wanted to push the bicycle to the side to avoid it, but suddenly saw the man being escorted in the middle of the team.

He wore a tall hat and a wooden sign around his neck.

He had not seen him for a month and he had lost a lot of weight.

He walked unsteadily, and it was obvious that his legs and feet were not convenient, as if he was injured.

Qiao Wei actually knew that such scenes would happen frequently.

She actually took the initiative to go to Yanzhuang to take Yan Lei's parents to see a doctor just to avoid this scene.

There was nothing she could do.

But when she really saw it, it was still too shocking.

Qiao Wei turned around in panic, wanting to see if Yan Xiang had seen it too. Fortunately, Yan Xiang was stretching his neck, and was obviously blocked by her.

Qiao Wei hurriedly spoke to attract his attention: "Let's wait until they pass before we go."

She parked the car and moved her body to block him more strictly.

Yan Xiang also asked: "Mom, what are those people doing?"

Qiao Wei said: "They are marching."

Parades are also common, Yan Xiang was not surprised, and did not continue to ask.

He did not see the people who were escorted through the streets. If he saw him, he would definitely recognize him: Uncle Meng.

Qiao Wei sent Yan Xiang to school, and pushed him all the way instead of riding a bike.

She felt so sad.

She couldn't hide from it after all. She lived in this world, and this world was running in this era. How could she hide from it?

She saw it with her own eyes after all.

Qiao Wei didn't want to talk all morning.

At noon, she picked up Yan Xiang, and everyone went to the Agricultural Bureau for lunch. Qiao Wei thought of the thin and haggard face she saw today.

Middle-aged men are actually a little fat. Mainly because they often have dinner parties and drink.

But the face she saw this morning had sunken cheeks.

Qiao Wei was taking a bite of steamed bread, and she couldn't swallow it.

In fact, what kind of situation you will encounter and what kind of treatment you will receive in that situation can be found in movies, TV shows, and novels.

Qiao Wei lowered her head and ate her steamed bun fiercely, then went to the window to buy two baked cakes and asked for oil paper to wrap them.

In the afternoon, she asked Zheng Ai: "Where is the former director imprisoned?"

Zheng Ai said: "All of them are imprisoned in the Health Bureau. It's the row of small houses in the backyard of the Health Bureau. It used to be their warehouse, but later they vacated it to imprison people."

Because the Health Bureau is next to the government compound, it is very convenient to imprison those people there and take them out for XX.

In fact, the term "X shed" was not used until later. It was not called that at that time.

But Qiao Wei understood that the old warehouse where people were imprisoned was the X shed.

Qiao Wei said, "So what's the director's last name?"

"Xiao."

Qiao Wei nodded.

She let Yan Xiang play in the library by himself. She

was not worried at all. Yan Xiang felt like he was entering a treasure house when he entered the library and did not want to come out.

Qiao Wei put two steamed buns in her pocket, one on each side - if she had more, she would not be able to put them in her pocket and it would be too obvious. She went to the Health Bureau.

She was familiar with the Health Bureau, as there was a back door in the backyard.

She went straight in and the door was open. She went in and saw no one.

After walking a few steps, someone suddenly shouted, "Who is it?"

Qiao Wei looked and saw someone walking towards the door inside the Health Bureau from the other side.

She strode forward and said, "I'm the new director of the library. Where is the guy named Xiao who used to work there? I have something to ask him about work."

"Oh, the director? Comrade Qiao, right?" The man immediately smiled and led her to the way. "Over there, he's in the third room."

"Are all the people in the county locked up here?"

"Yes, they're all concentrated here. It's convenient."

"Is Meng Zuoyi here too?"

"He's in the fifth room."

"Okay, the third room, right?" Qiao Wei stopped at the door of the third room. "Is he there?"

"Yes, I took a walk in the afternoon and just came back."

"How many walks a day do you take?"

"One in the morning and one in the afternoon."

He was wearing a tall hat and a wooden sign.

He must be quite old.

Qiao Wei curled her lips: "I don't know if these people really recognize their mistakes."

The man waved his hand: "These bad elements can't wake up. Just fight to the death."

He pushed open the door of the third room and shouted: "Old man Xiao, get up, why are you pretending to be dead! Your leader is here!"

Qiao Wei walked in.

This is not a house for living, it used to be a warehouse. There is a moldy smell in the air.

There is nothing, only some empty wooden crates, and a bed without even a bed frame, lying directly on the ground.

The old director slowly propped himself up from the bed: "Get up, get up..."

He climbed up and shook off the dirt on his body, trying to stand up straight, standing still, waiting to be lectured.

He is a little old man.

With thick hair, beard and glasses, he fits the ordinary people's imagination of a "library director".

"Okay, I'll talk to him, you go out." Qiao Wei said.

She didn't speak politely, like a leader.

Because she knew very well that the minions who rushed forward in this matter were actually the bottom layer. And they were the bottom layer who had no ability and could not make a name for themselves.

The more you put on airs, the more they fall for it.

Sure enough, the man was very obedient and left with a flattering smile.

There is actually no one guarding here, and the man just happened to get in.

The door here is not locked, but open.

Because they are not afraid of them running away, and they will never run away.

Who will run away? There are a lot of people, young and old, and if they run away, they will drag down the whole family.

Even if they really run away, where can they run to?

Without a letter of introduction, they can't move an inch. Without food and food coupons, they will starve to death.

The world is big, and there is nowhere to go.

The door is locked even if it is not locked.

"You are the previous director of the library, right? I am the new director who just took office, my last name is Qiao. Let me tell you, you have left a lot of problems in your work, and you left me a lot of mess..."

Director Xiao stood there honestly listening to the leader's lecture.

But Qiao Wei backed away while talking, and retreated to the door, and saw with her own eyes that the man just now went to the door of the Health Bureau.

She stopped talking, walked up to Director Xiao, and lowered her voice: "Director Xiao, everyone in the library is thinking about you. Can you eat well here?"

Director Xiao was listening to the lecture in a daze, and suddenly reacted, raised his head slowly, and looked at the young woman in front of him.

She repeated, "I'm Qiao Wei."

"I know you," said Director Xiao, "I've read all your articles."

Qiao Wei sighed and asked him again, "Can you eat well here?"

Director Xiao's reaction was obviously slow. It took him two seconds to understand, and there was some anxiety in his eyes: "Do you, do you have anything to eat?"

Hunger is a pain that humans cannot resist.

Qiao Wei took out a steamed bun and gave it to him.

Director Xiao ate it voraciously. He ate too fast, and Qiao Wei was afraid that he would choke to death on the steamed bun like the expert in the movie who was hungry for three days. She stretched out her hand to block his hand: "Eat slowly, eat slowly. It's dangerous to eat too fast."

Sure enough, the old man choked and beat his chest.

Qiao Wei looked around and saw a broken porcelain cup in the corner next to the bed. She quickly picked it up, which contained half a cup of cool water, and quickly handed it to Director Xiao.

Director Xiao finally swallowed the pancake with the water.

He asked, "Are there any more?"

Qiao Wei said, "I can't give you any more."

Director Xiao nodded.

Qiao Wei asked, "Don't they give us food?"

The old man said, "We eat when we are hungry and when we are full. We gave it to him yesterday, but not today."

He looked at her and said directly, "Meng Zuoyi is on the right side of the door, next to me."

Qiao Wei was silent.

After a while, she asked, "How did you know?"

The old man smiled, "Guan Tuwei asked you to expose him, and you exposed his smelly feet. Who wouldn't know that?"

Qiao Wei didn't expect that her incident had already become famous.

Everyone knew that she was unwilling to add insult to injury to Secretary Meng.

But everyone also knows that she offended Guan Tuwei because of this, but nothing happened. Guan Tuwei died.

Everyone knows that her husband is the current military representative, and that she and the current top leader Director Huang are colleagues from the same office. Everyone knows that

Qiao Wei can actually walk around in Bocheng County.

Only Qiao Wei herself just found out about this.

I don't know whether to be happy or worried.

"Then I'll go over." Qiao Wei said, "You drink more water."

The old man nodded and watched the young woman leave the room.

He went back to lie down.

Qiao Wei groped her way to the fifth room, and was stunned when she looked inside from the door.

Secretary Meng was sitting on the bed with his knees supported, watching her.

He even grinned, he could actually laugh: "I just vaguely heard your voice, it was you."

"Qiao Wei, is there anything to eat?" he asked.

Qiao Wei's nose was sour. She hurried over and squatted, took out another steamed bun from her pocket and gave it to him: "Eat slowly, it's dangerous to eat too fast when you are hungry for a long time."

Secretary Meng's self-control is obviously much stronger. He eats very moderately and is very satisfied.

After eating, he wiped his mouth and smiled again.

"I have been waiting for you, I knew you would come sooner or later."