Chapter 367: Joy from Heaven or Misfortune from Heaven
Chapter 367 Good things come from heaven or misfortune comes from heaven
Now that Old Haotou nodded, today's matter has become interesting.
Ten minutes later, the Security Section 3 of the steel rolling mill, led by Wang Yang, the officer on duty, followed Lao Xutou back to the courtyard in Mao Mao Hutong.
After Wang Yang and his team arrived at the scene, they quickly launched an investigation, collected evidence, found out the facts of the case, inspected the scene, and also set up a simple temporary venue.
After about 10 minutes, a sidecar motorcycle stopped steadily outside the Guangliang gate.
Hao Shanhe and Du Weiguo, two giants from the Steel Rolling Mill Security Section 3, arrived at the Siheyuan at the same time and will handle the case on site today.
The reason is that since Du Weiguo, Wang Yang, and Bart are all residents of this courtyard, in order to ensure the fairness, justice and openness of the case, Chief Hao, who has always been reclusive, rarely takes action in person!
Haha, today’s Thief Saint’s closing ceremony, this row of noodles is absolutely awesome!
The residents of the Siheyuan have seen this formation before. In their understanding, it is just a matter between neighbors.
In the past, once the general meeting of the hospital was held, some education and a few pointers from everyone would be done, and at most it would be done by sweeping the floor in a few months.
But now, seven comrades from the Security Section came all at once, including Hao Shanhe, the top leader of Section 3, who was the mastermind behind the steel rolling mill.
What a huge battle!
When everyone saw Du Weiguo and Hao Shanhe, they rushed forward to say hello, and they were polite and enthusiastic.
"Chief Hao, Chief Du!"
"Hey! Chief Du, you are back!"
"Chief Hao! Chief Du! Happy New Year!"
It's probably something like this. Du Weiguo naturally greeted everyone politely, but Hao Shanhe had a dark face the whole time. At most, he only nodded slightly to say hello, showing aloofness and official authority.
This is also the most normal thing. Because Du Weiguo lives here, he and these people are neighbors, and he has to be polite to these people, so he has no choice but to be polite.
But Hao Shanhe is of sufficient age, seniority, and rank, and he doesn’t know these mountain cannons and has no interactions with them, so he should be polite to them!
If I give you a smile, that means I have quality. If I don’t, that’s normal reality.
Qin Jingru was hiding behind the crowd at this time. She also saw Du Weiguo, and she couldn't help but feel like she was in another world.
Du Weiguo simply stands out from the crowd. Today he is wearing a black knee-length black double-breasted coat with knee-length breeches, a black turtleneck sweater, black trousers, black cotton leather shoes, and black leather gloves.
Walking among the crowd, it feels like everyone is a moving background for him. To set off his perfection, it is as dazzling as the bright moon in the night sky.
The only thought in Qin Jingru's mind now was to run away. She actually had a very absurd feeling at this moment, as if she was a cheating wife.
She knew very well in her heart that if Du Weiguo found out that she was actually remarried to Xu Damao, he might not even look at her again in the future.
However, she was stupid enough to be fooled a second time, and now the deal is done and there is no turning back.
Xu Damao was even more unbearable. The moment he saw Du Weiguo, he was already incontinent. His whole body was shaking like chaff, and his lips turned pale with fear, without even a trace of blood.
Fortunately, he had prepared in advance for this big drama today. Although he didn't know that he would see Du Weiguo, he knew that he would definitely see the public security or security department.
So he was prepared to pee his pants in advance, so although he was incontinent now, except for himself, who was very uncomfortable, no one else could really tell.
The ashamed Qin Jingru glanced at Xu Damao at this time, hoping to find even a glimmer of comfort, but she saw that he was trembling all over and almost paralyzed.
Comparing it to the dazzling Du Weiguo, her eye circles suddenly turned red. She didn't know why she could listen to Xu Damao's lies and choose to look back. Maybe it was because she was too lonely or because she was too desperate.
In fact, Qin Huairu was even more desperate than she was. The half-eaten box of rice cakes had been dug out of her house, and the money was also found in Banggeng's crotch.
Now these things are placed on a makeshift platform made of several square tables. The evidence is conclusive and cannot be denied at all.
Qin Huairu could hardly stand at this moment. She knew very well that the Xu family was definitely deliberately trying to kill Bangge this time!
They are not stupid people. They don't even have a trace of past feelings. They are determined to take revenge and will never let go. She is already finished.
Let’s move the time forward to this morning and restore the specific events:
Qin Jingru works in the women's bathhouse of the steel rolling mill. This is not a holiday. She was given two bathing tickets, which is considered a special benefit of her department, so she made an appointment with Qin Huairu to take a bath with her early this morning.
It was the New Year, and it was a rare luxury to get clean. Qin Huairu sold the bathing tickets that she occasionally got for 3 cents each, and she couldn't bear to use them herself.
It is rare to take a bath twice a year. Usually, she waits for the children to go to bed, then fetch water and wipe her body. Jia and Zhang are even more ruthless, not even taking a bath for several years! It’s up to you if you can’t wipe yourself.
Think about it!
Yesterday, when Xu Damao went home, he brought two boxes of rice cakes, 5 kilograms of pork, and a bag of eggs for Qin Jingru.
He said that his parents were coming over tomorrow and these were their annual gifts to their daughter-in-law. Xu Damao also pretended to give the three children, Banggan, Xiaodang, and Huaihua, a piece of cake to each of them.
Caozi cake is an old-fashioned snack that is now relatively rare in cities or even almost extinct. It seems to be still popular in some northern villages.
The main ingredients of this thing are flour, sugar, eggs, oil, and honey. The method is relatively simple and the taste is average.
In an era when material life was extremely satisfying, all kinds of pastries emerged one after another. Naturally, no one liked to eat them anymore, but this is 1965.
In this era of scarcity of food and clothing, trough cake is simply an unimaginable delicacy and an absolute luxury. It costs 1 yuan and 2 cents for a 1-pound box, which is only 10 yuan.
This thing can be replaced with 40 large white noodle steamed buns of 3 liang or 3 each, or 120 steamed buns.
It’s quite an expensive batch!
For another example, even when Yang Caiyu was injured and hospitalized, she could only eat 2 or 3 yuan a day. It wasn't that she couldn't afford it, but that it was a bit luxurious.
For Banggan and Jia Zhang, who have been craving for steamed bun noodles for several months and have turned green eyes, the trough cake is like a life-killing talisman.
The two poor children, Xiaodang and Huaihua, only had a small bite each, and the rest were eaten by Banggan and Jia Zhang.
Bangge is only 11 years old now, so he can still be considered a child. It’s fair to say that Jia Zhang, a grandmother, actually robs her granddaughter of food. This is so shameless.
Jia Zhang's life has been difficult recently. After her small treasury was ransacked by Qin Huairu and Bang Gang in turns, she already had less than 400 yuan.
In addition, Banggeng was on winter vacation recently and was staring at her every day, following her like a shadow. Even if she wanted to sneak out to eat dumplings, she had no chance, so she was almost going crazy with greed.
Qin Huairu's family's food supply has completely collapsed without the support of his uncle and Shazhu. Qin Huairu's salary is only 21.5 yuan a month.
I also have to support Bangge to go to school, so basically every day I have steamed buns, batter, and pickles to keep me full.
Occasionally, if you can stew cabbage and potatoes, or cabbage and vermicelli, your life will be improved. As for eating steamed buns and meat, haha, don’t dream about it.
The three cakes sent by Xu Damao, a corrupt thief, were like charms that opened Pandora's box.
You know, Qin Jingru still has two boxes at home. In addition, there are even meat and eggs. These things can make the Thief Saint forget about himself.
So today, after Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru went to take a bath together, Xu Damao went out to pick up his parents due to hunger. Under such a God-given opportunity, and with the encouragement of Jia Zhang who was so greedy that he almost collapsed, the Thief Saint took action decisively.
Xu Damao locked the door today, but he simply destroyed the lock in advance, so Banggeng only pulled it lightly a few times, without even using the screwdriver he specially prepared, and successfully opened it.
The two boxes of rice cakes were in his hands. Banggeng had become more cunning now. He didn't touch the pork and eggs at all.
Moreover, he hid a whole box of pastries on the cabbage patch in the vegetable cellar, and he was going to take the other half of the box back to share with his grandma.
When splitting two boxes of cakes, Banggeng unexpectedly discovered that there were 10 large unity sheets sandwiched between the two boxes of cakes.
Damn, I was so happy that I just hid the money in my crotch without even thinking about it.
Haha, is it good fortune or misfortune that comes from heaven? The 11-year-old Bang Gang still doesn’t understand after all.