Chapter 144: Support

The Qizhou Arsenal is not an ordinance factory in the full sense. It is just a branch of the ordinance factory, responsible for producing some spare parts.

It is not directly called the ordinance factory. This is just a colloquial name. On the surface, it is called the Qizhou Television and Broadcasting Equipment Parts Factory.

The factory is located in the northwest of Qizhou, backed by Longkou Mountain. The road leading to it is quiet and peaceful.

They registered the names, composition, work units and home addresses of the three people at the security office before they were allowed to enter the factory area.

After seeing Lu Shaotang's work unit, the man became much friendlier and took the initiative to help point the way.

Although there was still some distance, Xiao Bengbeng could not continue to drive in.

When they were about to reach the tube-shaped building where the Hou family lived, they heard a loud noise.

In the family building, a dozen young people were pushing and shoving Hou Jianwen and Hou Deming.

The oldest of them was in their early twenties, and the youngest was fourteen or fifteen years old. They were all young and hot-blooded, unemployed

, and liked to stir up trouble. Everyone knew that these hooligans were either from the Revolutionary Committee or some unemployed young people in the factory. They usually liked to make trouble in groups.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. They came to the Hou family to extort money.

Their tone was very aggressive, "Everyone follows the same rule, there's no reason why it should be different when it's your turn?"

"Yes, if we search their house, who knows if they're hiding reactionary stuff? That's all evidence!"

"The day before yesterday, I saw their family members secretly passing things outside, who knows if they were passing confidential intelligence?"

Sister Lin: "We're living a hard life now, I just took my cotton-padded jacket to the trust company to exchange for some money to buy food."

"Nonsense! Will the new government make you unable to afford food?"

"Pure slander!"

"Search the hell out of here!"

The hooligans thought they had grasped the banner of justice, pushed Hou Jianwen aside and rushed upstairs.

A neighbor of the Hou family spoke up for them, "The Revolutionary Committee only said that the old factory director should go to a cadre school to study, but they didn't say that his house should be raided. You are just a bunch of kids..."

"What kids? We are the successors! The world is ours, the future is ours, and we have the final say!"

A dozen hooligans rushed into the house like wolves and tigers, kicking the door, rummaging through the house, and throwing all the clothes

and bedding on the ground. They kept saying that they were looking for evidence, but they were actually reaching for valuables, money, and food coupons.

This was their purpose, they just wanted to smash and eat the rich openly!

Hou Jianwen rushed up to stop them. He was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he was held by two hooligans and beaten by another two hooligans. His glasses flew off.

Sister Lin rushed forward to protect Hou Jianwen, "You can take whatever you want, but don't hit anyone."

Hou Deming knew that even if someone spoke up for him, these hooligans would rush over with ferocious looks, and the neighbors didn't dare to intervene.

He told his wife and his son and daughter-in-law not to resist and let them take whatever they wanted.

His family was considered lucky, as several old leaders of the factory party committee had to suffer.

The young people searched recklessly, cheering when they got money and food coupons, and stepped on an empty box or a few old clothes inside, breaking the box and dirtying the clothes, and even wanted to urinate on people's beds.

Hou's mother was trembling with fear, and Sister Lin pulled Hou Jianwen to stop him from going forward.

"This is not our home, we... are about to leave, it's okay."

She could only comfort him, and comfort herself and her mother-in-law in this way.

Now they are not even ordinary people, they are "bad people", so the neighbors dare not help them, and the factory security department will no longer protect them.

Those people had enough trouble, so they took all their rare things and walked out with a sneer.

"Bah, what a poor guy!"

"He's the director of a big factory. This little stuff is not enough to fit between his teeth."

"Search them, are they hiding it?"

They glanced at Sister Lin with malicious intent, and a man with a sinister look reached out to pluck Sister Lin's clothes.

Hou Jianwen attacked angrily, "I will fight you!"

The neighbors around him could not bear it anymore, "Don't go too far!"

"I'm going to the cadre school, and..."

"What do you mean by again? Everyone knows? Going to the school means going to labor reform!"

"This is a family of reactionary remnants, do you still want to wear the same pants with them?"

"If you help them, you are reactionaries, and we will turn your house upside down!"

The neighbors were so scared that they dared not say anything.

The leaders of the factory party committee were all taken down, what else did these old workers dare to say?

Just when a few people were laughing arrogantly, Lu Shaotang and the other two came upstairs.

He asked Lin Shu and Lin's father to stay behind. Without saying hello, he went forward and grabbed a young man's shoulder. With his big hand, he took off the shoulder with a snap.

"Ah——"

the young man screamed in pain, "Who, who dares to hit me..."

"Pa" Lu Shaotang slapped him directly. This half-grown child was not worth a punch.

"Brothers, beat him!"

The young men rushed forward, and then... fell down together.

"Hey, who are you? How can you hit someone casually?"

The parents of the gangsters came over one after another.

They coveted the money and property of the Hou family, but it was not easy for them to show up themselves. After all, it was not 1967, and the arsenal was not as noisy as the factories outside. They acquiesced to the children's noise.

They were all half-grown children, the law was not responsible, and they were young and full of energy, so it was right for them to fight against the reactionaries.

They were just waiting for the children to come home and get something good, so that the Hou family or other colleagues could not blame them.

Children were rebellious, and they could not control them.

Now that their children were beaten, they rushed out and blamed Lu Shaotang.

Sister Lin turned her head and saw Lin Shu from the gap between the people. She was stunned at first, then excited, and shouted in a suppressed voice: "Third sister!"

The two-meter corridor was crowded with people, and she couldn't squeeze through.

Lin Shu waved at her, "Sister, our father is here too."

Sister Lin, who had been holding on, burst into tears.

How could she not be afraid? She was afraid that her parents-in-law would be beaten, she was afraid that her husband would be beaten if he rushed forward, she was afraid that the children would hear the news and come back and be scared, she was afraid that their family could not go to the farm safely.

She was scared to death.

When the neighbors saw that the relatives of the Hou family had come, they all comforted Hou Deming and others.

Although Hou Deming was suspended from his post and demoted, the document did not define him as one of the five black categories or something else, but only said that he should go to study.

The neighbors have been dealing with them for decades and have received help from them to varying degrees, so naturally they will not draw a clear line all at once.

Most people are still simple and humane.

Lu Shaotang signaled Lin Shu and Lin's father to stay here, and he sent these people to the factory reform committee to talk to the current leader in charge.

Hou Jianwen did not expect that his third brother-in-law would suddenly appear at the critical moment. He was grateful and a little embarrassed in his heart. He was really too cruel.

Not only were his glasses broken, but his mouth was also broken, his face was bruised, and his clothes were torn.

He gritted his teeth and wanted to follow Lu Shaotang, but was stopped by Hou Deming.

Hou Deming: "I'll go."

Lu Shaotang: "Uncle and brother-in-law don't have to go. You've been beaten and can't move. Just take a rest."

The parents of the gangsters refused to give in and wanted to fight with Lu Shaotang.

Lu Shaotang's expression was extremely cold, and a glance frightened them into silence.

He didn't put the shoulders back on them, but just let them line up and go downstairs to the Revolutionary Committee.

Anyone who hesitated would be thrown down.

Those parents reluctantly helped their children downstairs.

"Where did this tough guy come from? He's so fierce?"

"He's helping the reactionaries. Let's go to the Revolutionary Committee to discuss it!"

"Let him pay!"

"Catch him!"

Lu Shaotang said coldly: "You're moving so slowly. Is your leg broken?"

He never cared about such demotions and troubles. He only focused on the core of the problem.

Although Hou Deming was demoted, he was not defined as an enemy. That was a contradiction among the people.

Since it is among the people, you are the enemy if you come to □□.

A group of people pushed and shoved and stumbled downstairs, and the neighbors followed to watch the excitement.

Recently, the factory has been in chaos from top to bottom. The factory committee is in chaos, and the workshop is naturally in chaos, so the work is temporarily stopped and no one goes to work.

When they got to the yard downstairs, the factory security department came late.

The parents of the gangsters complained, "This guy, I don't know where he came from, beat our children!"

A man pointed at Lu Shaotang and cursed, "He is a gang member of the Hou family, and he is not a good guy at first glance! You guys catch him!"

Lu Shaotang went over and said a few words to the head of the security department.

The head of the security department just transferred from the civilian job last year. He nodded repeatedly and went over to ask, "Who came up with the idea? Who is the leader?"

Several gangsters looked at the young man in front of them who had his arm removed. He had short and thick eyebrows, but his hair was messy and long.

The head of the security department waved his hand and had the troublemakers taken away. The leader and the four who made the most trouble were locked up in a room.

The parents were annoyed. "What are you doing? Why don't you catch the bad guys instead of our children?"

The head of the security department raised his eyebrows and snorted. "Don't you behave like bad guys?"

They also couldn't stand these naughty kids going to the Hou family to make trouble, but the factory committee was in chaos and no one was in charge. They couldn't act on their own without the leader's order. Now that Lu Shaotang stepped forward, he would cover the bottom line, so they were not afraid.

Some things are like this. As long as someone is responsible for it, they will intervene. If no one is responsible, they can't do it.

Although Lu Shaotang was not the leader of the factory, he was from the provincial department and was specifically responsible for arresting hidden enemy agents.

They had the right to investigate any unit in Qizhou, and every unit had to cooperate fully.

He suspected that there were enemy agents among the troublemakers, who wanted to take the opportunity to stir up chaos and even kill the factory's technical personnel. The security department naturally had to cooperate.

Hou Deming went to the cadre school to study. He mastered the core technology of the factory. Who knew if these people had ulterior motives?

We had to be on guard and investigate thoroughly.

He called the bureau, and soon Chen Yanming led a team to cooperate with the work.

The original reason for this was that Hou Deming was dismissed as a leader and demoted. Some people were jealous of his family's wealth and wanted to take advantage of the situation to take advantage of the rich, so they encouraged their children to join the gang, thinking that many people had done this before, so it would be okay for them to do it now.

As long as they didn't kill anyone, the new factory committee wouldn't care, let alone punish them and their children.

They had a beautiful idea, but they didn't expect Lu Shaotang to be a variable.

They are best at following the clues and pulling out more information based on a little clue. Many times, a donkey will be pulled out from behind the clue.

How could these young hooligans not cause

trouble when they don't have jobs? If you pull any one of them out and investigate, you will get a mess.

These hooligans and parents were anxious and afraid, and they cried out for injustice, saying how their families were of good family background, how they supported the revolution, and how they were patriotic and dedicated to their work.

But it was useless.

People had to look at the evidence and speak with evidence.

Lu Shaotang and his team communicated with the leaders at the factory committee to collect as much information as possible, while Lin Shu and Lin's father comforted the elder sister Lin and others at Hou's house.

The three children also ran back from school.

Although they were unhappy at school before, the atmosphere at home was not relaxed either. Staying at home and glaring at each other would not help. Besides, Hou Deming felt that the children should go to school, so he sent them there anyway.

At this time, they heard the news, and Hou Bo went to pick up his sister and brother and went home.

Hou Bo's face was tense, his eyes were filled with anger, and he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Robber!"

He rushed into the kitchen and started looking for a weapon. He wanted to find a knife!

He wanted to kill them!

Sister Lin hugged him and comforted him, "Be good, you are a child, don't be so impulsive."

Hou Bo shouted, "What should we do? Let them bully us? I'm going to kill them!"

Sister Lin: "You are a scholar, how can you kill people when you encounter something?"

Lin Shu: "Sister, if you let him go, I think he will be stabbed and beaten before he can take ten steps."

It's good to be brave, but if you don't have brains and just rush around, it's better to be timid.

Hou Bo threw himself into Hou Deming's arms and cried, "Grandpa, Grandpa..."

Hou Deming patted his back and laughed, "Your third aunt is right. A person cannot just have a temper. You must have brains and resilience. The difference between humans and animals is that humans know how to be patient and judge the situation. We can't just look at the current situation. We must look forward for experience and look for hope in the future."

He taught his grandson and son not to be too short-sighted, not to fight for momentary emotions, and not to care about momentary gains and losses.

He has seen too many things since he was a child. What he has seen now is really nothing. It's just a few kids coming to make trouble.

The organization didn't give him a sign to shave his head without a jet, right?

This shows that the chaotic era has passed, and now there is something to talk about.

Something must have happened, so he was implicated.

Wouldn't it be better to find out?

We must learn to wait and learn to enjoy the ups and downs in life.

Hou Bo naturally didn't understand what he said. Hou Jianwen could understand but didn't agree with it because of his straightforward character.

Lin Shu gave candies to the three nephews.

They were all children. Hou Bo was only 10 years old, Hou Ying was 8 years old, a pretty girl with two long black braids, and Hou Wei was the youngest, only five years old, not even as old as Panpan and Tiantian.

Little Hou Wei was obviously frightened, and huddled behind Sister Lin in doubt and dared not speak.

Hou Jianwen also calmed down from his extreme anger, and felt something called discouragement. In the past, he had always wanted to revitalize the national industry and devote his life to the industrialization of the country, exhausting his last bit of strength.

Now he found that he was nothing, and industrialization did not need him.

Colleagues who had no professional skills but were more capable than him were promoted one after another, and became directors to give orders to these technical personnel. Those orders were sometimes so ridiculous that people wondered where the laymen came from.

A wrong order would not only cause loss of money and labor to the workers, but also scold these technical personnel for not working hard and not dedicating themselves if they could not achieve results.

He was attacked and retaliated just because he pointed out the mistakes of his leaders.

He knew that he was not implicated by his father.

He was implicated by himself.

He was not suitable for working in an institution.

So it would be better to demote him to a farm or a production team to work.

Since there was no decentralization document from above, he would write it himself and request for decentralization.

He found a paper and pen, lay on the ground in a corner and began to write furiously.

Hou Bo also calmed down. After listening to his grandfather's words, he was still thinking about how to get revenge and how to vent his anger!

Unfortunately, he was still young and found that he had no other tricks except anger and cursing. At most, he could beat up those children and send them out, but he might be beaten up again when he came back.

He was too weak!

Seeing his face turning green and red, Lin Shu was afraid that the child would think too much and get stuck in a dead end, so she said, "Third Aunt is a country girl and has not received much education, but I have also heard that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. There are also some things that you don't need to take to heart at all, time will help us eliminate some enemies. For example, when I was a child, I was bullied by the big goose at home. I hated the big goose very much, but my family couldn't kill the big goose for me, and I couldn't beat it. But in the end, I still won."

Hou Bo and his younger brothers and sisters were attracted, "Third Aunt, how did you win?"

Lin Shu smiled and said nothing.

Sister Lin said, "It was killed and eaten because it didn't lay eggs."

Hou Bo: "Then the person who bullied us today..."

That wasn't a big goose.

Lin Shu: "Today these people have no sense of right and wrong, their nature is evil. They have tasted the sweetness of this incident, and they will do other evil things in the future. How can you walk by the river without getting your shoes wet? Maybe one day, they feel that it is not enough, so they will do something exciting, and then they will be imprisoned or shot."

Who said that the spiritual victory method is useless?

Many times it is very useful, because your mentality is the most important, and the most important thing is to comfort yourself.

The damage has actually occurred. In addition to the visible property losses, the more important thing is the attack on your own spirit.

If you don't comfort yourself in time, these injuries will slowly show up in your mental and physical health.

Hou Deming didn't expect that his daughter-in-law's sister could have such insights. A woman from the countryside who didn't read for two years actually has such a good insight!

Hou Mu, who had been trembling and sobbing because of fear, also looked at Lin Shu when she heard this.

Indeed.

Her cousin, who had always been at odds with her when she was young, always made things difficult for her and compared herself with her in everything. She thought she was marrying well and that the man had a bright future. But what happened next?

Later, he sank in Zhoushan while escaping to Wandao.

He is alive till now.

She instantly felt that Lin Shu was friendly, and pulled Lin Shu to ask Lu Shaotang what he was doing now, whether he knew the leader, and whether he could help...

Hou Deming interrupted her, "This is a historical issue, and I can't help. Don't talk about it again."

His devolution to the cadre school was a foregone conclusion, and there was no need to struggle. It would be a great help for his in-laws to take over the three children.

He calmed the children and chatted with Father Lin cordially.

Although he was suspended and demoted, he did not show any sign of decadence or fear. He was still cheerful and cheerful, chatting with Lin's father about the tractor.