◎Second update◎
Wang Chengcai almost vomited blood when he saw his secret being discovered!
How was this discovered?
"Comrade Public Security, this...this is not mine! I am innocent!" He grabbed the police officer's hand and tried to defend himself, but the two police officers were both impartial and selfless.
"If you have anything to say, go back to the Public Security Bureau and tell us!"
Seeing Wang Chengcai being taken away, the others panicked, but those who were watching the excitement laughed!
Wang Laoer used to speak ill of others in the alley, relying on the fact that he was a regular employee of the Finance Department. Now, he has been taken away by the police!
"Good job! Just in time to get rid of this trouble in our alley!"
"It's a pity that Mr. Qian left so early, otherwise we could have been happy twice."
The Wang family followed him to the Public Security Bureau, and the other four families went to the Wen family to discuss countermeasures. After all, over the years, everyone had been following the instructions of Wang Lao Er.
"Brother Wen, what do you say we should do?"
"Yes, Wang Lao Er has been arrested. Will the two buyers chase us out?"
"What are you afraid of? Even if Wang Laoer is not here, don't we still have four families? Now is the perfect time. Wang Laoer is probably not going to get out and will be in jail. How about we divide his main house?"
Who wouldn't be envious of the main house? It's the largest and most comfortable room in the courtyard!
When Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengwei came again a week later, they heard that the four families had joined forces to drive the Wang family out.
Liang Baozhen couldn't help but sigh, "You have to be a scoundrel to deal with a scoundrel."
This mobilization is really amazing!
Xu Shengjie didn't expect that the four families could act so quickly.
"But why do you suspect Wang Chengcai of embezzling public funds?"
Liang Baozhen recalled a major corruption case in the 1990s that was mentioned in the book, in which the protagonist was Wang Chengcai from the transportation company.
At first Liang Baozhen didn't equate the two men until she heard Wang Laoer's name and unit on the day she came to view the house, and then she became suspicious.
"Look at what he wears and uses. He even has a TV at home. If you're not a businessman, it's probably hard to afford a TV these days." Liang Baozhen quickly changed the subject. "It's thanks to you that you found out. Otherwise, we wouldn't have caught him."
The report letter was written by Liang Baozhen with her left hand. The handwriting was unclear and no one could identify it.
Things are pretty good now. More than ten years later, the protagonist of a massive corruption and embezzlement case was strangled in the cradle, which can be considered a good thing.
The two of them talked and went to the courtyard again. This time they invited the Wen family and the Liu family to come out and talk.
The location is a teahouse two blocks away from Kasuga Hutong.
But unfortunately, the man who was the head of the Wen family and the wife of the Liu family were both out, one going back to her parents' home and the other going to buy stones.
The only ones left were the Wen family's wife, the Liu family's men, and their respective parents.
"Comrade Xu, we won't move no matter what!"
Xu Shengjie was not in a hurry and ordered a few big bowls of tea. Last time when speculation was cracked down, those who made big bowls of tea were not affected much, after all, it was organized by the street office for the educated youth who returned to the city.
In addition, more than half a year has passed, and there are some signs of doing business again.
"Everyone, have a cup of tea."
The big bowl of tea, which cost two cents a bowl, was refreshing to drink. Seeing that the young couple was getting along well with each other, the two families temporarily let down their guard.
"To be honest with you, we understand your difficulties. The Huang family and the He family are of no use. You are quite considerate in inviting both of us to have tea.
How about this, we move into the Wang family's main house, and you can take the west wing and the west chamber, what do you think?"
The Liu man thought his idea was good. After all, the Wang family no longer had Wang Chengcai, who had been driven out. The main wife was theirs, and they could give the couple who bought the house an extra west wing, which was already a great favor to them.
The wife of the Wen family nodded. In fact, their family had discussed it privately with the Liu family. Since the remaining Huang family and the He family were incompetent, the Liu family would take the main house and their family would be exempt from rent. That was it!
Everyone is happy.
Liang Baozhen listened to this and felt that the two families were really scheming against each other.
"No hurry, drink some more tea."
"Hey! You called us here but didn't mention the house... What on earth are you going to do? Anyway, we've already discussed it! It's settled!"
"The Liu family! Look! There..." The Wen family's daughter-in-law suddenly spoke, her voice trembling.
"What's wrong?" The Liu family man turned his head and saw two familiar figures in the distance.
It was his wife and the men from the Wen family!
The two of them were walking together, talking and laughing. At this time, they were enjoying the cool under a tree. They were only half a fist away from each other, but there was something wrong with their eyes! And there was something wrong with their smiles!
His own wife actually took out a handkerchief and gave it to the man from the Wen family.
He had a bad temper and went up to question the two of them. They had clearly gone out on their own, so why were they here now?
The two families came forward in a noisy manner. The man from the Liu family punched the man from the Wen family, and then slapped his wife.
The man from the Wen family had never suffered such humiliation before. He was also a tough guy. Although he had wronged the man from the Liu family first, he couldn't be beaten.
The two men were fighting, and Wen's wife was not idle either. She questioned Liu's wife for seducing her man, and the two also started quarreling. Several parents watching nearby didn't know how to proceed!
The Wen family and the Liu family started to fight, and it was unclear who was the enemy or the friend, and the alliance between the two families collapsed.
After being neighbors for more than ten years, how could everyone not know each other's past? Who has stolen eggs from a neighbor's house, who has swept their own garbage to someone else's house, who has stolen money from someone else's house? All of these are known!
It is said that the people who know you best are your neighbors. If you live in the same compound, everyone will know what you are going to do just by sticking your butt out.
Both families wanted to drive the other out, and in the end they were so embarrassed that they claimed that their own family could move out, but the other family absolutely could not stay in this courtyard.
I can leave, but you can't leave either!
Sister Xu from the Street Office was amazed to see that the troublesome Wen and Liu families had also moved away. She thought, "The sun really rises in the west!"
"Comrade Xiao Xu and Xiao Liang, it seems like you are lucky. The Wang, Wen, and Liu families who were the most troublesome in No. 32 have all moved out!"
As for the remaining Huang family and He family, it doesn’t matter.
Without a backbone, the two families were like headless flies, unable to stand up to the challenge but not yet thick-skinned enough. With the intervention of the street office, they moved out and rented another house.
However, when the families moved, they were not kind-hearted. They wanted to move all the air out of the yard, and they took away all the pots, pans, bowls, buckets and cans they could see.
The neighbor next door even complained, "Some of the things in there belonged to Mr. Qian's family, but they have all been moved away."
However, these things had already been used by them until they were dirty and messy, so Liang Baozhen didn't care. Now, looking at the empty yard and six rooms, she was finally satisfied.
This is their new home!
After everything was settled, Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen brought their family members to see their new home.
Zhou Yun heard from her grandson that he had bought a courtyard house half a month ago, but she had never been taken to see it. She was wondering if anything went wrong.
Now it seems that she is somewhat disgusted.
"This doesn't look good." Zhou Yun regretted. The two young men might have been fooled. This courtyard looked dirty. It was really messy and unpleasant to look at. It was much worse than the big courtyard in Yueya Hutong where he lived now.
"Can we return it? We don't want it! It's not worth more than 20,000 yuan!"
Xu Shengjie took his grandmother into the house and showed her the yard. "Grandma, this is because the previous tenant didn't take good care of the courtyard and ruined it. Look carefully, this courtyard is actually very square and large. The rooms are warm in winter and cool in summer, and the central yard is also spacious."
"Yes, grandma, don't worry, we have checked it out, and it should be much better if we clean it again."
Zhou Yunxu squinted his eyes and felt that it seemed okay. The rooms all faced north and south and looked bright. The key was that the place was large and the layout was good, unlike some courtyard houses that were poorly planned.
"Then let's clean up!"
Liang Baozhen smiled and said, "No need for you, we will do it."
"That won't do! I have to do it too. You young people don't know that there are some places you can't move! There are so many rules for moving into a new house."
Shanshan also raised her hand, "Mom, I want one too!"
Xu Shengjie looked at Shanshan, who was so short that she only reached his knees. "What are you doing?"
"Sweep the floor!"
The next day, the Xu family came to Chunri Hutong and worked hard to clean the courtyard, and several other people came to help.
My eldest sister's family and my second brother and his wife are all here.
Shanshan, who originally said she was going to sweep the floor, became unable to walk when she saw her cousin Mengmeng, so she went to talk to her cousin Mengmeng hand in hand.
Liang Baoying knew that Baozhen wanted to buy a courtyard house. She found it unbelievable. It was so stupid to spend so much money to buy a courtyard house.
But now, looking at such a large courtyard house, located in a place in the city where every inch of land is valuable, she felt that it was worth it! How comfortable it would be to live there.
"Baozhen, your courtyard looks so big."
"Yeah, this apartment is really good! It's so square!" Liang Baozhen became more and more satisfied the more she looked at it.
Song Jianguo and Liang Baojun helped Xu Shengjie move the tables and chairs in the house to the yard. Everyone had to clean each room first and then clean the yard.
These tables and chairs are also quite old. I heard from Grandpa Qian that many of them were bought by his grandfather for the courtyard house decades ago for several hundred dollars. The carvings on them are particularly exquisite.
But now it is not well maintained, so it is hard to see clearly. It needs to be wiped carefully.
Four yellow wood square tables and two mahogany round tables were carried into the yard. In addition, there were ten yellow wood chairs, eight benches, and a mahogany lounge chair, which densely occupied a corner of the yard.
Liang Baoying, Liang Baozhen and Xu Shuping wiped the tables and chairs with wet towels. Zhou Yun wanted to take action but was stopped by the crowd.
"Grandma, we have enough people, you should take a rest."
"Look, the color looks different after it's been wiped clean, and the carvings are so beautiful!" Liang Baoying works very efficiently, and she sighed as she looked at a corner of the table that had been wiped a dozen times.
Xu Shuping took a closer look and was truly amazed!
“This carving is so beautiful.”
The four corners of the square table are all exquisitely carved with superb craftsmanship. There is a plum blossom in the lower left corner, and the other three corners are clearly orchids, bamboos, and chrysanthemums.
Song Jianguo raised his eyes and asked his brother-in-law, "Did you buy this courtyard house with the money you earned from your business?"
Xu Shengjie nodded, "Yes, otherwise I can't afford it."
If I rely on the salary from working in a factory, how can I save so much money in my lifetime?
Song Jianguo blinked and looked at the sunlight shining on the square table that was polished to a shine. It looked like a layer of gold powder was sprinkled on it, making the yellow wooden table seem to be shining with golden light.
This courtyard has an area of more than 400 square meters. It is spacious and bright, and it is truly an eye-catching sight.
Everyone worked hard and, as they were all very diligent people, the tables and chairs were soon wiped clean, revealing their true appearance which was previously covered by dust and dirt.
Zhou Yun watched from a distance and thought the table and chairs were so beautiful! The carved wooden table made of yellow and mahogany had a beautiful luster and was finely crafted, like a work of art.
Song Jianguo entered the main room and stood next to Baoying. Seeing his wife sweeping the floor, he went over to help.
"Jianguo, did you see it? It's so beautiful!" The more Liang Baoying cleaned, the more she felt that this courtyard house was a treasure. "It's spacious and beautiful, it's really great. At first I didn't quite understand why Baozhen spent so much money to buy a courtyard house, but now I see that it is really good!"
As she spoke, she looked at the courtyard which was gradually being cleaned up to reveal its true appearance, her eyes full of envy.
"Yeah." Song Jianguo muttered softly, "Let's work hard, and we'll buy it in the future."
Liang Baoying smiled slightly, thinking the man was teasing her, "You're just talking nonsense, how can we have so much money? That's 20,000!"
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Thanks to the cutie who irrigated the nutrient solution: 1 bottle of Zhixia; 1 bottle of Qianmo Hongchen; 20 bottles of Jiabao Zhiai;
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