When Zhang Zhonghua woke up, it was almost eight o'clock the next morning.
Perhaps because he finally sent Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao, the two most unstable factors in the courtyard, Zhang Zhonghua slept extremely soundly last night. He had not slept so soundly for a long time.
Pushing open the door to let the sunlight shine into the room, a gust of cold wind poured into the room, making Zhang Zhonghua shiver. At the same time, it also blew away the dirty air in Zhang Zhonghua's room due to the lack of air circulation.
Zhang Zhonghua used a fire hook to light up the fire in the stove, let it burn, and then poured the water in the thermos bottle that was not very hot after a night into the kettle to heat it.
After filling half a basin of hot water, he took the toiletries and left the house and walked to the sink to start washing up. Suddenly, Zhang Zhonghua caught a glimpse of the doorway to the backyard. Someone seemed to be looking at him, so he put down the toothbrush and turned to look in the direction of the backyard.
I wanted to see who it was, but couldn't find anyone.
Zhang Zhonghua frowned and looked around, but found no one there, so he continued washing.
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In the backyard of Liu Haizhong's house, Liu Guangfu ran home quickly and reported the situation to his family.
At this time, the Liu family not only included Aunt Liu and Liu Guangtian, but also Xu Damao's father, Xu Fugui, and Xu's mother. They rushed to the courtyard at midnight yesterday, but because it was too late, they stayed in Xu Damao's house for the night.
After settling in, the two of them tossed and turned all night without sleeping well.
The next morning, the two of them left the house and went to the Liu family to discuss solutions with the Liu family. The first thing they saw when they entered the Liu family was that they had not slept all night, and were wiping tears in the main room.
Aunt Liu.
In this way, five members of the two families gathered at Liu's house.
Regarding the fact that Liu Haizhong was arrested and was about to be sentenced to a labor camp, Aunt Liu was the only one in the Liu family who was worried. Although the two brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu did not want their father to go to a labor camp, they were not as anxious as their mother.
But there is no way. As a son, he still has to think about it, especially Liu Guangtian who works in the steel rolling mill. Liu Haizhong is his backer in the steel rolling mill. Once Liu Haizhong joins, his backer in the factory will be gone. This group
It's not certain whether it can be kept for a long time.
And Liu Guangfu is more concerned about Liu Haizhong's salary and pension. Now that Liu Haizhong has entered, not only his salary for the next ten years is gone, but also his pension. How much of this inheritance will be lost?
!
Two women, Aunt Liu and Mother Xu, were crying and crying, while brothers Xu's father and Liu Guangtian were discussing countermeasures.
"Cry, cry, cry, you know how to cry. What's the use of crying? Can crying bring Damao back? If so, I will cry with you!"
Xu's father was a little irritated by the constant crying and crying sounds of Xu's mother and Aunt Liu, so he shouted directly to Xu's mother, and also said to Aunt Liu!
Liu Guangtian's expression was not very good at the side: "Uncle Xu, you are the elder. Please make an idea about my father and Brother Damao. What should we do?"
Seeing that Xu's mother and Aunt Liu stopped crying and began to sob quietly, Xu's father turned to Liu Guangtian and said
"Bright God, Zhang Zhonghua in our courtyard house, I remember his parents worked in the Public Security Bureau before his death. Can you let him come forward to help with activities? Let alone acquittal, at least he can reduce the sentence by a few years.
If Liu, at his age, really wants to go to the frontier to stay for ten or eight years, it’s a matter of time and again whether he can come back!"
When Liu Guangtian heard that he asked Zhang Zhonghua for help, his eyebrows were so furrowed that they could kill a mosquito.
"Looking for Zhang Zhonghua? This..."
Before Liu Guangtian finished speaking, Liu Guangfu directly interjected:
"Uncle Xu, it's useless to ask Zhang Zhonghua for help. You haven't understood the situation since you've been back home for a long time. Zhang Zhonghua is the security section chief. It was he who single-handedly handled the downgrade of my father and Brother Damao to first-level workers.
, if you ask me to tell you that my father and Brother Damao were sent directly to the Public Security Bureau, Zhang Zhonghua has nothing to do with it!"
"These are all from a courtyard. There is no need for him to kill people!"
Father Xu said uncertainly.
"well!"
Liu Guangtian sighed and said to Xu's father:
"Uncle Xu, you have been away from Siheyuan for many years, but you don't know much about many things. Zhang Zhonghua and He Yuzhu have a quarrel with each other, and He Yuzhu has been fighting with Brother Damao for decades. You know this.
Moreover, Zhang Zhonghua's relationship with Lou Xiao'e who ran away is even more like brother and sister. You also know the relationship between Damao Ge and Lou Xiao'e.
So, I’m really not surprised at all that this Zhang Zhonghua is plotting against Brother Damao.”
"But we can't be sure that this is Zhang Zhonghua's fault!"
"Uncle Xu, it doesn't matter whether Zhang Zhonghua is responsible for this. What matters is whether Zhang Zhonghua is willing to come forward to plead for mercy. If he is willing to come forward to plead for mercy, then Brother Damao's life will definitely be saved!"
Liu Guangfu couldn't help but feel a little irritated when he saw the two people talking nonsense, so he said to them:
"Whether he is willing to come forward or not, we have to go find him first!"
Liu Guangtian and Father Xu looked at each other and nodded, then Liu Guangtian said to Liu Guangfu:
"Guangfu, go and keep an eye on Zhang Zhonghua at the door. If he gets up, come back and let us know, and we can go find him and ask him!"
"You asked me to keep an eye on you again. You're just bullying me because I'm young!"
Liu Guangfu muttered and cursed and went out to keep a lookout. As Liu Guangfu left, the Liu family fell into silence. Only Mother Xu and Aunt Liu sobbed.
Aunt Liu looked at Father Xu and Liu Guangtian who were silent and said to them:
"Guangtian, Guangfu, you said that Zhang Zhonghua has such a bad relationship with Lao Liu and Xu Damao. They led the security team to fight with the security department people for so long. Can he come forward to help intercede for Lao Liu and Damao?
?”
"We have been neighbors for so many years. I don't believe that he can still cherish the old feelings. They just watched Old Liu and Damao die?" Xu's father said with a gloomy face.
"That's right, so many neighbors in the courtyard are watching him. If he really watches my father and Brother Damao die, then his good reputation will be ruined!"
Liu Guangtian patted his thigh and said very happily.
After hearing what they said, Mother Xu and Aunt Liu's worries improved a lot.
Then several people began to study the details of finding Zhang Zhonghua. While the four of them were studying, Liu Guangfu opened the door and ran in from the outside.
"Brother, Uncle Xu Zhang Zhonghua is up and brushing his teeth at the faucet!"
Upon hearing the news brought by Liu Guangfu, all four people in the room stood up!
"Did you see clearly?"
Father Xu asked Liu Guangfu who ran in!
"I've known Zhang Zhonghua for how many years, can I still be wrong? He's such a big guy, how can there be anyone else in our courtyard?"
Xu's father walked back and forth in the room several times, and other people's eyes followed Xu's father back and forth, waiting for him to make up his mind.
Xu's father soon made up his mind, and then walked out of Liu's house at the lead and walked towards the middle courtyard, followed closely by the two brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, and finally the two women Xu's mother and Aunt Liu.
Zhang Zhonghua of the Intermediate Court used the faucet to pour some cold water into the basin by the sink and started washing.
Halfway through washing, four or five people walked out of the backyard and surrounded Zhang Zhonghua!
"Xiaohua? Are you busy?"
Zhang Zhonghua looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a confused expression, "Who are you? What do you do?"
He knew Aunt Liu and brothers Liu Guangtian and Zhang Zhonghua next to him, but the middle-aged man and middle-aged woman looked familiar to him, but he really couldn't remember them.
Xu's father and Xu's mother had left the courtyard house for many years, and Zhang Zhonghua was still young at that time, so it was normal for him to not remember it. But when Zhang Zhonghua saw the three members of the Liu family gathered with them, he had an idea.
Come to think of it, aren't these Xu Damao's parents?
He must have come from the countryside overnight after receiving the news that Xu Damao was arrested!
"Oh, Uncle Xu, um, wait for me to finish washing up first!"
Zhang Zhonghua quickly rinsed the toothpaste out of his mouth, then simply washed his face, packed his things and put them back into the house.
After everything was put away, Zhang Zhonghuanian walked out of the room with a smile.
"Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu, why are you here? And Aunt Liu, Guangtian Guangfu, you came to see me this early in the morning. Is there anything important?"
"Xiaohua, don't you know why we came to you? It's not about Lao Liu and Damao!"
Xu Fugui, Xu Damao's father, who was the eldest among the people present, naturally wanted to stand up.
"Oh, oh, is this what you are doing for?"
Zhang Zhonghua pretended to have a sudden realization, which made Xu Fugui's teeth itch. This boy is not old enough to pretend to be confused, but he is pretending to be so.
"Uncle Xu, I'm very sorry that this happened to Brother Damao and the others, but this matter has been handed over from our security department. If you ask me, I don't know the situation. You can just wait for the result at home."
"Xiaohua, I think you are familiar with the leaders of the Public Security Bureau. Can you find someone to be accommodating and give you a lighter punishment?"
Xu Fugui, who was choked by Zhang Zhonghua's words, hesitated and said to Zhang Zhonghua.
"Yes, you and Damao grew up together. You can't just watch and eat peanuts!"
"Yes, our two families have been neighbors for many years. If Lao Liu is really sent to the border to support construction and stays there for ten or eight years, his life will probably be lost! Xiaohua, just go ahead
Have mercy!"
Mother Xu and Aunt Liu said to Zhang Zhonghua with tears in their voices.
"Let's not talk about anything else. Aunt Xu, you know best what kind of relationship I have with Xu Damao. When I was a child, Xu Damao bullied me a lot because of his age. Brother Zhuzi bullied me because of Xu Damao.
I'm afraid you can't even count how many fights we had with him!"
"And Aunt Liu, Liu Haizhong used to be the second uncle in the courtyard. When my parents passed away and held funerals, Liu Haizhong walked around in an official tone all day long and pointed. Did he help me?
Our neighbors in the courtyard, rich or poor, large or small, have all helped me to some extent. Even the second uncle, Yan Bugui, was a bit interested. Did he help me at all?"
Yan Bugui, who was coming from the front yard, was a little confused when he heard Zhang Zhonghua mention him. Why does it still matter to me? Who do you think is the Iron Rooster? I...
Yan Bugui wanted to refute Zhang Zhonghua, but he really didn't know how to refute, and it seemed inappropriate to speak more loudly at this time, so he opened his mouth and said no more, holding back all the words he said.
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"Tell me, you two, why should I help them? It's not my fault to make things worse for them! What good things are you thinking of?"
Zhang Zhonghua's words made the Liu family and the Xu family look at each other. They all knew that Zhang Zhonghua was telling the truth. The relationship between their two families and the Zhang family seemed to be harmonious, but in fact it was not that good. It was worse than ordinary neighbors.
Some.
"Then... we have been neighbors for so many years, you can't just watch them die!"
As Xu Fugui spoke, he glanced at Yi Zhonghai, the oldest man in the crowd. His eyes lit up and he went over to pull Yi Zhonghai out of the crowd, hoping that he could help persuade Zhang Zhonghua.
"Master, you have to help us persuade Xiaohua. He is the only one who can save Lao Liu and Damao now."
Xu Fugui said and winked at Xu's mother and the three members of the Liu family.
Xu's mother and Aunt Liu immediately understood the spirit and began to cry to Yi Zhonghai.
"His master, you are the master in charge of our courtyard. You can't just watch our family Damao die. Please help us persuade Xiaohua!"
"Master~, you have to save our Lao Liu. He is already over fifty. It's so cold in the frontier. How can Lao Liu live? If he really goes, he will probably survive this winter.
But!"
Seeing Xu's mother and his wife crying, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu looked at each other, grinned and howled at Yi Zhonghai.
"Master, you have to save our dad! We can't live without dad! We kneel down for you!"
"Master, I beg you."
Brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were howling as they walked up to the elder brother Yi Zhonghai and knelt down before him, holding Yi Zhonghai's legs and howling.
They don't care about face. The humbler they are at this time, the more they can appear to be filial sons.
The residents who were watching in the courtyard were all very happy watching this big show.
Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang were also in the crowd watching the excitement.
Especially Jia Zhang, an old pious woman, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from someone's house and started eating them. While eating them, she said to Qin Huairu:
"Bah, this one is broken! The same goes for the old Liu family and the old Xu family. They have had bad luck no matter what. It's so pitiful. I don't know if Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong will see each other again in the future!"
"It's really hard to say!"
Qin Huairu looked at Zhang Zhonghua who was leaning against the door frame, and had a vague feeling in her heart that the situation that Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao were in today was directly related to Zhang Zhonghua.
Not counting Zhang Zhonghua, the smartest people in this courtyard are the deaf old lady, Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu.
Yi Zhonghai, who was hugged by several people at this time, wanted to chop off both of his legs. It would be nice to stay in the house. He had to come out to see the excitement. Let's catch him now. He is ten thousand.
I don't want to get involved in this matter.
If Qin Huairu only had a vague feeling that Zhang Zhonghua was responsible for this, then Yi Zhonghai was almost certain that Zhang Zhonghua was responsible for the arrest of Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao.
Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao seemed to show off their power in the steel rolling mill and the courtyard all day long, but in the end they were just two little people, and they were not worthy of having their superiors attack them.
Excluding the possibility that the superiors want to deal with them, Zhang Zhonghua is the only one left who has the ability and motivation to investigate Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao.
Now you ask me to help you beg Zhang Zhonghua to help Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao have a relationship? Are you afraid that you are seriously ill!!!
Moreover, Yi Zhonghai was happy to see Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao being arrested. In his heart, the world is big and the earth is big and the pension is the most important. Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao were messing around all day long. What if it affected his pension? So this
It's best to kill two people.
Yi Zhonghai looked at Zhang Zhonghua helplessly. As an elder, he couldn't persuade Zhang Zhonghua without saying a word, but he was afraid that Zhang Zhonghua would think too much, so he could only express his helplessness to Zhang Zhonghua through his eyes.
Zhang Zhonghua saw the look in Yi Zhonghai's eyes and nodded at him imperceptibly, meaning that I understand the difficulties of being a master. You should say it safely and boldly, I understand it in my heart!
In this way, the two of them reviewed the plot and completed the PY communication.
Yi Zhonghai breathed a sigh of relief after understanding what Zhang Zhonghua meant, and said directly to Zhang Zhonghua:
"Xiaohua, look at this. You, Lao Liu and Damao are all neighbors in the same courtyard. They have been together for many years. You must have some feelings for each other! Do you want to say hello to the Public Security Bureau?
, give the sentence a little more lightly if possible? The best thing to do is save your life!"
Hearing Yi Zhonghai speak, the five members of the Xu family and the Liu family looked at Zhang Zhonghua with great hope, hoping that Zhang Zhonghua could give Yi Zhonghai a face and help with the relationship.
Zhang Zhonghua pretended to be embarrassed and thought for a moment, and then said: "Master, as a junior, I should give you this face, but this time is different.
The things Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao committed were so serious that they have already alarmed the Ministry and the Public Security Bureau of Sijiu City. There are too many people paying attention to them. I am afraid it is impossible to find connections to give them a lighter sentence!
And who knows, I will be charged with interfering with justice. Not to mention rescuing the two of them, I might even be involved!"
Hearing Zhang Zhonghua's words, the five members of the Liu family and the Xu family were dumbfounded. This is not giving Yi Zhonghai any face. You have to at least pretend to agree and then ignore it! Why did you refuse so directly?
Before Yi Zhonghai could say anything else, Liu Guangfu next to him got furious.
"Zhang Zhonghua, please stop pretending to me here. I think the reason my father and Brother Damao are in this situation is because of you behind the scenes."
Hearing Liu Guangfu's words, Zhang Zhonghua's eyes flashed with a cold light!
