svetikya Chapter 242 1 yuan
Chapter 242 1 yuan
Director Zhou shook his head and his tone became stern: "Comrade Xu Damao! You are randomly searching people's homes without solid evidence. Even though you have documents, it is not a reason for you to wantonly smash and destroy things."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Damao immediately put on an aggrieved expression: "Director Zhou, I am also working for the revolution! You also know about the Lou family's affairs. So much property has disappeared..."
"Don't try that on me!" Zhao Tieshuan grabbed Xu Damao by the collar and lifted him up from the ground. "You keep talking about revolutionary work, but why do you pick on honest people like us? If you have the guts, go raid the homes of your factory director and manager. They also had connections with Lou Bancheng before!"
As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly became quiet. Director Zhou's face turned pale, and Chef Zhao also coughed violently.
Xu Damao's eyes turned, and he suddenly seized on the topic: "Well done, Zhao Tieshuan! How dare you slander revolutionary cadres! Director Zhou, did you hear that? This is a blatant counter-revolutionary statement!"
"I...I didn't mean that!" Zhao Tieshuan then realized that he had said something wrong and stamped his feet in anxiety.
Director Zhou quickly tried to smooth things over: "Stop talking! Xu Damao, you must give the Zhao family an explanation for what happened today!" He turned to Zhao Tieshuan: "Xiao Zhao, please be careful with your words..."
After Director Zhou calmed both parties, he cleared his throat and said, "Let's put it this way, Comrade Xu, you have to pay for the things you broke..."
"Why?" Xu Damao was so anxious that he jumped up and down. "We are performing official duties! Look at my injuries!" He pointed at his bruised eyes. "The Zhao family violently resisted the law, they should pay for my medical expenses!"
"You!" Zhao Tieshuan raised his fist and was about to rush forward, but was stopped by Zheng Xi.
Director Zhou's temples were throbbing. He took out a pen and scribbled a few times on the notebook: "I'll make the decision: Comrade Xu Damao followed the procedures in the search, but he must pay 60 yuan for the damage; the Zhao family was wrong to beat people, so they must pay Comrade Xu Damao 5 yuan for medical expenses."
“Sixty yuan?!” Xu Damao’s voice changed. “That’s two months’ salary!”
"Too much?" Zhao Tiezhu sneered, "How about we go to the police station to recalculate? My mother's medical expenses, mental damages..."
After hearing what her eldest son said, Zhao the chef's wife immediately staggered and was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, Zhao Tieshuan quickly supported his mother. Zhao the chef's wife covered her heart with her hand and murmured, "My heart aches and my head is dizzy..."
"Mom, what's wrong with you..." Zhao Tieshuan carried his mother on his back and was about to walk out, "Mom, I'll take you to the hospital..."
Xu Damao looked at this scene and suddenly felt it was so familiar. Not daring to think about it, he immediately shouted, "Agree. I'll give you the money right away." He said as he reached into his pocket.
Zhao Tiezhu said, "It's too late. We just calculated the compensation for the items. Now my mother is sick because of you. She needs to see a doctor. Without 100 yuan, this matter cannot be resolved."
Xu Damao looked at the old lady on Zhao Tieshuan's back and saw that her face was indeed pale and her lips were blue. She didn't look fake. The neighbors were pointing and talking louder, and Director Zhou's eyes were getting more and more severe.
"Okay... okay..." Xu Damao bit his back teeth and took out a crumpled bill from his inner pocket, "I have sixty here, take it first..."
Zhao Tiezhu grabbed the money and counted it: "Forty more is still missing!"
"I...I'm really gone..." Xu Damao looked at Director Zhou with a sad face.
Director Zhou sighed and took out a notebook from his briefcase: "Well, Comrade Xu Damao writes an IOU first, and I'll be the guarantor. You must pay it back within three days."
Xu Damao wrote the IOU with shaking hands, and the red mud rubbed onto his cuffs when he pressed his fingerprints. Before leaving, he glared fiercely at Xiao Li who was hiding behind the crowd - the boy had slipped to the outermost circle at some point and was pretending to tie his shoelaces.
On the way back to the steel mill, Xu Damao became angrier and angrier. He grabbed Xiao Li's arm and said, "Li Weiguo! You are also responsible for this! You have to pay half of the compensation!"
Xiao Li shook off his hand and said sarcastically: "Team Leader Xu, don't talk nonsense. You are the one leading the team, and you got the search warrant. What does it have to do with me?" After saying that, he quickened his pace and slipped away.
Xu Damao stood there, shaking with anger. He suddenly remembered something, searched through all his pockets, and finally took out a crumpled piece of paper from his trouser pocket - it was the list of people who participated in the previous house search that he secretly wrote down.
"Want to clear yourself? No way!" Xu Damao put the list back into his pocket with a sinister smile, and walked quickly towards the steel mill. He planned to find everyone involved to "discuss" the sharing of compensation. If they didn't agree... Humph, he, Xu Damao, was not someone to be trifled with!
When he passed by the bulletin board, a newly posted disciplinary notice caught his attention. A photo of Liu Haizhong wearing a tall hat was prominently displayed on it, with the words "corrupt element" written below.
The announcer's cold voice echoed in every corner of the rolling mill's loudspeaker: "Liu Haizhong, the former leader of the revolutionary leadership group of the forging workshop, was sentenced to three years of labor reform for embezzling state property and disrupting revolutionary production..."
Liu Guangtian stood in front of the steel mill's propaganda board, holding a freshly written poster in his hand, with beads of sweat oozing from his forehead. He turned his head and glanced at his younger brother Liu Guangfu: "Post it on the forum, while there are so many people here."
Liu Guangfu swallowed his saliva and smeared the paste on the back of the paper with shaking hands. The bright red title "Clearly Draw a Line with Counter-Revolutionary Liu Haizhong" hurt people's eyes. At the end of the signature, the six words "Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu" were written with extra force, almost piercing the paper.
"Look! The Liu brothers are posting big-character posters!" Someone shouted, and the workers gathered around.
"Tsk tsk, my own son exposed me..."
"These days, saving your life is the most important thing..."
The gossip stabbed the brothers in the back like a knife.
After the bell rang, Liu Guangtian hurried home with his brother. When he opened the door, he saw his second aunt slumped in a chair with a big-character poster spread out in front of her. It was exactly the same as the one posted at the steel mill, and it was the poster that the Liu brothers were going to post on the street.
"Mom..." Liu Guangtian just opened his mouth when the second aunt grabbed the enamel teacup and threw it at him.
"You two beasts!" Second Aunt trembled all over and said hoarsely, "That's your biological father!"
Liu Guangfu knelt down and said, "Mom! We have no other choice! You don't know the current situation in the factory..."
"Bullshit!" The second aunt picked up the broom and hit her son. "When your father was begging for jobs for you two, why didn't he tell her that he had drawn a line in the sand?"
Liu Guangtian suddenly grabbed the broom and lowered his voice, "Mom! You have to think about us! Guangfu is about to be promoted, and I still don't have a partner... otherwise..." He gritted his teeth, "You and Dad divorced?"
"What?!" Second Aunt's eyes went dark, and she staggered to hold on to the table. The medicine bottle on the table was knocked over, and the small white pills were scattered all over the floor.
Liu Guangfu rushed forward to help, but was pushed away. The second aunt pointed at the door, her voice trembling: "Get out... Get out!"
The two brothers looked at each other and retreated to the yard in shame. Liu Guangtian took out a piece of paper from his pocket and stuffed it into the crack of the door: "Mom... I have written the divorce application, you... just put your fingerprint on it..."
There was a sound of tearing paper in the house, followed by the heart-wrenching wails of Second Aunt. The neighbors all poked their heads out, then quickly retreated. Only Sha Zhu stood by the pool, calmly glancing in the direction of the backyard.
Late at night, the second aunt sat alone at the head of the bed, stroking the family photo. Suddenly, she started to cough violently, and a mouthful of blood sprayed on the glass frame, just covering the smiling face in the bangs...