Chapter 50
At seven o'clock in the evening, rain and wind started outside the compound. The rain in late autumn was different from that in summer. There was no strong wind, lightning, or thunder. It was just a drizzle that lasted until late at night.
Lin Yao had nothing to do in the house. She bolted the door and fiddled with the supplies in the room for a while. Then she studied the military books piled on Gu Shi'an's desk. She randomly flipped through a few books. Well, there were books like "On War", "On War Strategy", and "Sun Tzu's Annotations". Each one was more obscure than the other, and her eyelids drooped.
- This was not reading a book, but listening to a lullaby.
Lin Yao simply stopped reading, put on a small flowered jacket, and ran outside to enjoy the rain.
It is also very artistic to eat loquats in autumn nights. Well, it would be more beautiful if the loquat leaves were not yellow.
The rain was pouring outside. Gu Mancang rolled up his trousers and went out to pour water for washing his feet. Dongzi was chiseling something in his room, and it made a "ding-dong-dong" sound.
Zhang Cuilan scolded the brat and asked Lin Yao about her well-being through the door, "Yaoyao, it's cold outside, go to bed early and don't freeze. Is the quilt in the room enough? If not, mom will add a thick quilt for you."
Lin Yao agreed crisply, saying that the quilt in the room was warm and there was no need to add a quilt. Zhang Cuilan went to bed with peace of mind.
Until half past nine, Gu Shian didn't even see a shadow.
Lin Yao pondered for a moment, and it was likely that the Public Security Bureau had to work overtime on another major case.
The damp and cold rainy wind blew through the hall, and Lin Yao couldn't help but shiver. It was too cold outside, and she would catch a cold in the afternoon. She sniffed, tightened her clothes, and hurried back to the house, climbed onto the bed, and wrapped herself in a quilt to keep warm.
It was not easy to wait for Gu Shian, who was covered in wind and rain, to come back.
Lin Yao hurried over to complain.
Gu Shian was wearing a Type 55 white police uniform and had no time to change out. His little girl came over and chattered. He had a gentle expression at first, but after listening for a few minutes, his dark eyes darkened, and the air pressure around him was frighteningly low. Lin Yao was not afraid at all, because she was wrapped in a small quilt, and she didn't understand!
Besides, Lin Yao is arrogant because of her favor. Gu Shian has always been inferior to Deputy Director Gu. He is afraid of a hammer.
Zheng Dacheng's family has to rely on themselves. Deputy Director Gu's face was not good just now.
After listening to Lin Yao's words, Gu Shian frowned coldly, and then relaxed as if nothing had happened.
"I know, it's cold, go to bed early."
With Deputy Director Gu's words, Lin Yao was relieved. He yawned and nodded, and went back to bed to fall asleep sweetly.
A week later, Zheng Dacheng's family of four were discharged from the hospital and went home. Liu Ercui became addicted to lying in the hospital. There was a canteen for meals and a nurse for IV drips. In order to curry favor with her, her elder and younger sisters scrambled to serve her. They even paid for canned snacks to be delivered to her. She didn't have to do anything all day. She was served by someone just by walking. It was so comfortable.
No wonder the wives of the county cadres were all delicate and well-maintained. They had nannies to serve them at home. They didn't have to do anything. It would be strange if they didn't have a good life.
Liu Ercui complained that her stomach was uncomfortable and her legs were weak when she walked. She didn't want to go to work.
Zheng Dacheng had just recovered from his illness and had no energy to argue with her. He was not feeling well either. He had diarrhea for so many days and his whole body was weak. He walked with a shaky step, but he still forced himself to go to the canteen to check.
He was really worried. In addition to him, the chef in charge of the canteen of the steel mill, there were two assistants, all of whom were apprentices under Zheng Dacheng. One of them was the nephew
of the chairman of the union. It is good to lean on a big tree to enjoy the coolness. Zheng Dacheng was full of crisis. He moved to the canteen with great difficulty, and the one who was cooking in the back kitchen was the nephew of the chairman of the union. What made
Zheng Dacheng even more upset was still to come. On the first day Liu Ercui returned to the canteen after recovering from her health, she was "caught" by the canteen staff for stealing steamed buns and meat from the canteen!
Liu Ercui is also greedy. The canteen buyer bought half a pig head from a fellow villager with great difficulty. There were no asphalt roads in those days. The buyer rode a bicycle with half a pig head on his back for dozens of miles on the mountain road. He almost fell into a ditch halfway and returned to the factory sweating profusely.
Half a pig head weighs only 50 kilograms. There were more than a thousand people eating dozens of kilograms of pork, and each person could not eat a bite on average.
In this way, the ruthless Liu Ercui secretly cut five kilograms of meat and took it home!
She stole five kilograms of meat by herself!
The five pounds of meat was very conspicuous in her hand. Liu Ercui, a woman, wrapped it in a piece of torn newspaper and stuffed it into the basket, and was trying to walk out of the canteen.
Sister Hao, who worked in the canteen, saw that something was wrong at a glance. She took two steps forward and tore the newspaper in Liu Ercui's bamboo basket with lightning speed, revealing a large piece of pork belly!
"Great, there is a meat thief in our canteen!"
"Hurry up and call the comrades from the security department to catch the thief! Liu Ercui stole the meat!"
Sister Hao grabbed Liu Ercui's hair with one hand to prevent her from running away, and pinched her waist with the other hand, her eyes wide open, and shouted to the outside with full energy.
Liu Ercui struggled in pain. She saw the chairman of the commune with a stern face appearing in front of her, followed by several big leaders. Sweat dripped down her forehead.
It's over. This time it's a big deal!
Zheng Dacheng was in the kitchen at the time. When he came out and saw this scene, he was so irritated that his eyes turned red. Liu Ercui was still tearing at Sister Hao with a crazy look on her face. He raised his hand and slapped her. Liu Ercui took two steps back. The sound of cursing stopped abruptly, and half of her face swelled up immediately.
The comrades who rushed in from the surrounding factories were originally furious, and they couldn't help but be shocked by this slap.
Zheng Dacheng was really cruel.
It was a solid fact that Liu Ercui had stolen the property of the revolutionary masses, and there was evidence of witnesses and evidence, so she could not make excuses.
Zheng Dacheng was shrewd and slapped Liu Ercui in the face, then knelt on the ground and cried, "Ercui, you are confused. I know my mother-in-law is seriously ill and only wants to eat lipstick roasted meat before she dies. No matter how anxious you are, you can't steal meat from the canteen to show your filial piety to your mother-in-law. If you do this, even if your mother-in-law eats the meat, she will not be at peace when she dies..."
Liu Ercui and Zheng Dacheng had been married for many years, and they finally understood each other. Her eyes flashed, and she slapped herself twice, covering her face and crying.
"Dacheng, I know I'm possessed, but my mother can't wait any longer. The doctor said she won't make it through the night. My mother became a widow at the age of 40, and she has raised five children through hardships. She has a miserable life. A 70-year-old woman has never had a bowl of braised pork in her life. I am an unfilial daughter, so who is filial? Secretary, Chairman, it's all my fault, I admit it!"
Liu Ercui prostrated herself in front of several leaders, kowtowed vigorously, and her miserable appearance moved all the comrades present. The
old secretary was kind-hearted, and his originally stern face softened. He waved his hand and was about to let Liu Ercui get up first.
The chairman of the commune stopped him immediately, with a bad expression on his face. He slapped the table with a bang, "Being filial to your parents is not a reason for you to steal the property of the revolutionary masses! All the comrades standing here have old mothers. If everyone is like you, stealing the property of the masses without scruples, the whole steel mill will be in chaos! You are smearing the reputation of our steel mill. Now is a new society where the people are the masters. You are doing feudal kowtow. Do you know how despicable this is?"
The chairman of the commune scolded Liu Ercui, who was frightened and didn't know whether to kowtow or not. She shrank there and dared not move.
Zheng Dacheng's heart also skipped a beat, and his face was slightly stiff.
In the end, the couple was taken away by the comrades of the Security Department. Liu Ercui, a temporary worker, was directly fired. She had to self-examine at the factory meeting and go to the streets to sweep the streets every day.
Zheng Dacheng, as Liu Ercui's revolutionary partner, did not supervise Liu Ercui well, which was also a mistake. He was removed from the position of canteen chef and transferred to the canteen of the third commune.
The third canteen was a small canteen with only 20 to 30 members and no purchasers. Zheng Dacheng did the work of several people and was paid only 30 yuan a month. Not only did he not make any money, but he was as tired as a dog every day.
The Zheng family of four is used to living a good life. They used to make steamed buns with white flour every day and braised pork trotters every now and then. Now, in addition to the steamed buns on the dining table every day, there is big lump porridge. The family of four has become so naughty that every meal is like chewing wax.
Zheng Xue's brother and sister are having trouble with Zheng Dacheng. As a father, he can still use money to run a small business for his children.
Liu Ercui also learned to make trouble with Zheng Dacheng without any thought.
Zheng Dacheng had veins popping up on his forehead. After a few slaps, Liu Ercui cried out for his father and mother in pain. If this idiot hadn't been brainless, couldn't drug the Gu family well, and was caught stealing things, how could he have ended up where he is today!
Zheng Dacheng had a sly look on his face, and he increased the strength of his hands. Liu Ercui was in so much pain that she could not make any other sound except screaming.
The Zheng family had gotten into such a mess, and Zhang Cuilan, who had been kept in the dark, sighed, "You've done this to yourself."
Gu Shidong shook his head, "That's right, Mom, my dad's factory is paying wages today, and there are eggs and white flour in the kitchen, so we can have scallion pancakes tonight."
The old man's gluttonous look made Zhang Cuilan laugh, "You bastard, nothing can escape your eyes."
"That's right."
The brat was quite proud.
Today, not only the steel mill was paying wages, but Lin Yao's textile factory was also paying wages.
Lin Yao had been working for less than a month and had not yet been promoted to a permanent employee. She was only paid 20 yuan and two kilograms of grain coupons. However, the textile factory was doing well and gave her a day's meal coupon.
Lin Yao put her salary in a small bag and walked to the door with Zhou Xiaoxue.
Zhou Xiaoxue was still single. Every day her eldest brother came to pick her up. For some reason, this little girl looked down on her eldest brother and was full of disdain for him.
As soon as Zhou Xiaoxue saw the tall and strong eldest brother of the Zhou family at the door, her face fell and she waved to Lin Yao listlessly.
"Sister Yaoyao, I'm leaving first."
Zhou Xiaoxue walked slowly towards the side of the eldest brother of the Zhou family. The brother and sister had an argument about something. The eldest brother of the Zhou family raised his hand and slapped his sister on the head.
Zhou Xiaoxue was so angry that she covered her head and jumped.
Lin Yao was so amused. Gu Shian came to pick up his wife after work. From a distance, he saw the little girl smiling with squinting eyes. The corners of his lips curled up and he stopped at the entrance of the textile factory.
There was already a cold wind on the street in the afternoon of early November.
Lin Yao was wearing a work suit, and her cold little face shrank into her neck.
Gu Shian put his coat on her and took a red cashmere scarf to wrap around Lin Yao.
Lin Yao stood there obediently, her small face surrounded by a cashmere scarf making her look even more charming.
Lin Yao warmed up, and Gu Shian kicked the bicycle with his long legs, and the bicycle was on the road steadily.
The couple talked along the way, and suddenly talked about the immoral things Liu Ercui had done. Lin Yao said angrily, "She is so bad. Hey, you were really ruthless when you attacked her first."
Zheng Dacheng, the master chef of the canteen, had his job taken away.
Gu Shian smiled, "Yaoyao, do you really think Zheng Dacheng didn't know about the croton powder incident?"
Lin Yao was surprised. No way, Zheng Dacheng was also involved in this matter?
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