That guy Yu Ke has been living a miserable life ever since his mother died and Yu Qiu was divorced and put into a mental hospital. His family has a very bad reputation.
There was no matchmaker in the entire brigade willing to introduce a partner to Yu Ke. He was very depressed and often gave up and stayed out, wandering around everywhere!
Yu Sui seemed like he hadn't seen this person for at least a year.
Hearing Yu Cheng suddenly mention it, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What happened to him?"
Yu Cheng's face turned pale. "He was being chased and beaten by people with clubs. His head was broken and covered in blood. I took Lanlan on a bike ride to the commune. He crawled out of the ground and cried for help, asking me to give him a ride. I saw that his head and face were covered in blood. It was quite scary, so I... gave him a ride."
Yu Sui: "Where are you taking me?"
Yu Cheng: "He said he was going to the hospital."
"What happened next?"
"After I took him to the hospital, I ran away. He asked me to lend him money, but I didn't have any, so I ran away."
Yu Sui nodded: "You did a great job. Saving him was someone else's idea. Not lending him the money means you're leaving the company, which is correct. Why would I blame you?"
Unexpectedly, his second sister would say this. Yu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Then, please don't tell Mom. If Mom knew, she would scold me. She hates my uncle's family the most."
"Okay." Yu Sui agreed readily: "It's about Yu Ke. Did he tell you why people chased him and beat him?"
Yu Cheng: "He said he was beaten for no apparent reason. He was sitting at the entrance of the vegetable market chatting with someone when someone ran up and asked if he was Yu Ke. Yu Ke had just nodded when three or four men rushed out from the side, tied him up with thick strips of cloth, pushed him to the ground, and beat him with sticks. They were originally going to hit his buttocks and back, but when he struggled, he was hit on the head, and his head was covered in blood. Then they died."
Yu Sui: "What do you mean? Those people don't know Yu Ke?"
Yu Cheng: "That's what Yu Ke said. He sat on the back of my bike and started cursing, saying, 'Fuck you, who did I offend?' and that if I told him to find the person, he'd have to show them to me."
"Do you believe it?"
"What do you believe in?"
"Do you believe he was beaten by someone he didn't know?"
"I...I don't know." Yu Cheng looked at Yu Sui in confusion.
Yu Sui took the opportunity to teach him a lesson: "Little brother, if you often walk by the river, you will get your feet wet. If a person does not do things properly for a long time and only associates with those who are lazy and rely on crooked means to make a living, it is normal for them to be beaten. This is the impact of the environment on people. It's like putting a good peach with a rotten peach. Sooner or later, the peach will rot."
Yu Cheng nodded: "Sister, I know, you don't have to tell me the truth. Anyway, I will not be with someone like Yu Ke."
It’s good that Yu Cheng has this awareness.
Yu Sui is not someone who likes to preach, so she just let it go.
Surprisingly, a few days later, Yu Sui was dragged by Zhang Caifeng to the brigade's clothing factory to help look at samples, but she discovered another strange thing.
The brigade garment factory was very small, located in a warehouse at the entrance of the brigade office. There were a total of ten sewing machines, but everyone worked very hard.
Having learned from the experience of the previous cooperative-run factory of the third team, the garment factory made a little money last year, but did not give a cent to the members. Instead, it continued to invest in production. Therefore, the garment factory had money to buy high-quality fabrics and made the new clothes according to the styles designed by Yu Sui for Zhang Caifeng. The sales were surprisingly good, and even the No. 1 product in Shanghai was willing to help sell them.
After Yu Sui came to see it, she talked to Zhang Caifeng about the problem of color matching. Zhang Caifeng said as she walked her out:
"Hey, why don't you go sit with Secretary Zou? I told him that the clothes made by our garment factory are all the styles you came up with. Otherwise, the freight companies would not like them. Secretary Zou has told you several times to come over. He wants to thank you."
Yu Sui smiled and said, "If he really wants to thank me, he should come to me."
Zhang Caifeng pulled her along and said, "Oh, you're silly! He hid something for you. Go quickly."
But when we arrived at Secretary Zou's office, we heard a quarrel.
Yu Sui and Zhang Caifeng looked out and saw a man and a woman standing inside.
The woman was short and fat, and even when she was standing she looked like she was sitting. She was slamming Secretary Zou's desk vigorously:
"...He's from your team. He beat someone up and ran towards your team. If you don't help us find him, we'll report him to the police!"
Secretary Zou spread his hands and said, "If you want to report it, then go ahead and report it. Why did you just come to our brigade and say you're from our brigade? Our brigade is so big, how would I know who it is?"
The woman leaned forward and roared, "Who else could it be? It must be someone from Yujiawan. We only know people from your Yujiawan. Ever since my son found that woman Yu Qiu, we haven't had a good life! He's lying in the hospital now. What if he becomes paralyzed in the future? Find him for me!"
Zhang Caifeng and Yu Sui, who were standing outside, looked at each other.
Yu Sui whispered, "It's Yu Qiu's mother-in-law. How did she find us here?"
Zhang Caifeng: "It sounds like your son was beaten?"
Yu Sui shrugged: "Let me listen again."
The two of them continued to listen outside the door.
Then I heard Yu Qiu’s ex-mother-in-law sobbing:
"I only have this one son, and he was beaten up for no reason. What did he do to offend anyone? His cousin and his brother were chasing him on bicycles. They saw him coming towards your brigade. The man he's talking about is about the same height as Yu Qiu. Since you're the brigade secretary, can't you help us find him and confront him?"
Secretary Zou: "Mr. Lin, you are so ridiculous. If you didn't know that he was your former relative, why did you go and look for him yourself? Why are you looking for me?"
Yu Qiu's ex-father-in-law spoke up: "Hey, Zhi, we don't dare. We heard that the man hit my son with a knife, and we don't dare to just go to his house to look for him."
Secretary Zou was furious: "You don't dare, but I do? Hey, if you have this kind of situation, go to the Public Security Bureau!"
Yu Qiuqian's father-in-law spoke in a pleading tone:
"Hey, you, Xiaozhi, please don't be like this. I'm telling you the truth. We used to have some relationship with the Public Security Bureau, but... well, it's hard to explain. Xiaozhi, I'm begging you for help. Doesn't your brigade have militiamen? Please help us arrest this person. At least let us ask him. My son and Yu Qiu have been divorced for a long time. Why did his family beat my son?"
Secretary Zou scratched his head in annoyance:
"You guys...really, what a bunch of bullshit! Yu Qiuyi was confined to a mental hospital, didn't you know that? Why did you assume he was from his family? I really can't help you. It's useless to come to me for this kind of thing. Either go to the Public Security Bureau or go find Yu Ke yourself. Go ahead, go ahead, don't come to me!"
"Hey, what kind of brigade secretary are you? You can't even solve this kind of problem. When I was the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative, I... Hey, hey, don't push me..."
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