Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

After the parade, the two were taken back to the factory security department like zombies. Along the way, they were silent, as if they had lost their souls. After entering the security department, they lowered their heads and did not dare to look anyone in the eye.

Time passed by minute by minute, and finally, Chief Xiao from the Security Department came in. He looked at Qin Huairu and Liu Haizhong seriously, his eyes full of anger and disappointment. "Qin Huairu, Liu Haizhong, you two are so bold! How dare you do such a corrupt thing! Now, your punishment results have come out. Liu Haizhong, you will be sent to a farm for three years of hard labor! And Qin Huairu, you can't escape either, you have to go to a farm for two years of hard labor!"

Chief Xiao's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting the two people's hearts hard. Their already pale faces became even paler, and their bodies trembled involuntarily. This punishment was undoubtedly a heavy blow to them. Not only would they lose their freedom, but it might also affect their future life path.

However, faced with such a result, Liu Haizhong had nothing to say. He just didn't know that he would be sentenced to three years of hard labor and lose his job. Qin Huairu kept begging for mercy from Section Chief Xiao.

Qin Huairu cried and said, "Chief Xiao, can you please forgive me for the sake of my elderly and three children? Liu Haizhong forced me to do this!"

When Section Chief Xiao saw Qin Huairu like this, he felt annoyed and thought that Qin Huairu was too shameless. If he had known this would happen, he would not have done it in the first place. So Section Chief Xiao walked out without even looking at Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu in the security department looked at Liu Haizhong with hatred in her eyes. If this fat guy hadn't screamed so loudly, he wouldn't have been discovered. So Qin Huairu rushed over and started beating Liu Haizhong.

Liu Haizhong's old wounds had not healed yet, and now the parade had added many new wounds. Liu Haizhong, who had only one eye, could not beat Qin Huairu, and soon Liu Haizhong was beaten black and blue by Qin Huairu.

After Qin Huairu vented her anger, she began to think about what would happen to her two children if she went to labor camp? What would happen to Banggeng? Who would go to see Banggeng? Qin Huairu couldn't help crying when she thought of the sad things. She felt that her life was too hard.

Jia Zhang in the yard was also not quiet. She came to the backyard and started cursing Liu Haizhong's family endlessly. The people in the backyard wanted to say something when they saw Jia Zhang, but they were afraid of being blamed by this scoundrel.

Liu Guixiang couldn't stand it anymore at home, so she opened the door and started cursing at Jia Zhang. Unfortunately, Liu Guixiang was not as experienced as Jia Zhang, and she was quickly defeated by Jia Zhang.

Liu Guixiang, who was so angry that she couldn't stop, went back to the kitchen and took out a kitchen knife. She pointed the knife at Jia Zhang and said, "Come on! Keep scolding me! I don't want to live anymore anyway. Let's go to the underworld together!"

When Jia Zhang saw Liu Guixiang holding a kitchen knife, she became intimidated and did not dare to continue to yell and curse, because compared with reputation and money, Jia Zhang felt that her life was more important. But leaving like this would make her look like she had lost face, so Jia Zhang backed away while cursing, "You damn bitch, you can't even stop your own man from having an affair!"

Liu Guixiang pretended to chase Jia Zhangshi, who ran back to Jia's house, quickly closed the door, and lay down through the crack of the door to look outside. Jia Zhangshi was so angry! She hated Qin Huairu for being so careless in having an affair.

The movement was in full swing at the steel rolling mill. Some of Yang Aimin's former subordinates defected to Li Huaide, which also led to the discovery of many of Yang Aimin's dark histories.

Today is the first day that Yang Aimin stepped down from the position of factory director. He was sent by Li Huaide to clean the factory area. From time to time, he had to recite some fashionable sentences. Fortunately, Li Huaide did not retaliate too harshly, otherwise Director Yang would have been sent to labor reform.

Xiao Zhao and Xiao Wang from the Engineering Department both joined the Ga Committee, leaving only Xu Wu and Yi Zhonghai in the office. The two of them carried out modifications to the continuous rolling mill in an orderly manner, and this place became a paradise. Because of the military supervision, they did not come here to cause trouble.

Yi Zhonghai had just finished drawing the blueprints and was thinking about whether he could transfer Yang Aimin to the workshop to clean it instead of working outside. Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai found Li Huaide.

In the office, Li Huaide did not immediately agree with Yi Zhonghai's idea after hearing it.

Li Huaide: "Old Yi, it's not that I won't help you! It's just that Old Yang is a bad element and can't enter this workshop. Do you know why I didn't get Old Yang out?"

Yi Zhonghai didn't know there was anything else going on here, so he asked, "Director Li, I really don't know about this."

Li Huaide: "It's not me who wants to target Lao Yang, it's the people under him who want to target him. It's very difficult for me to do anything now that they've handed me letters of complaint. Take a look at these." As he said that, Li Huaide handed a stack of letters of complaint to Yi Zhonghai.

When Yi Zhonghai opened it, he found that these were all written by the directors of each production workshop and the team leaders of the workshop. They recorded some of Yang Aimin's words at what time and place, and also included the mistakes Yang Aimin made around 1963 when he helped his nephew enter the steel rolling mill.

After reading this, Yi Zhonghai stopped talking. Li Huaide took a pack of cigarettes and gave Yi Zhonghai one. He then lit one and took a puff and said, "Old Yi, now you know my difficulties. Besides, how much hatred can there be between me and Old Yang? It's nothing more than a factional struggle. I helped him by not handing out these materials. As for why I asked him to sweep the floor, it was just for show."

After a pause, Li Huaide continued, "Do you know that there is a gangster boss from the Nationalist period in Shanghai who is also sweeping the floors now? But if we investigate him strictly, can he still continue to sweep the floors? He will have to live in the bullpen for the rest of his life."

Yi Zhonghai naturally knew who Li Huaide was talking about, but he couldn't say it directly, so Yi Zhonghai nodded.

When Yi Zhonghai was about to leave, he said again, "Director Li, I'll bring you some tea leaves next time. Your tea is full of foam and it's not pleasant to drink."

Li Huaide: "Well, Lao Yi, we have to be role models now. I wanted you, a think tank, to give me some advice, but you didn't want to come to the Ga Committee. But it's a good thing that you didn't come in."

After the two finished chatting, Yi Zhonghai bought some peanuts and sunflower seeds from the system mall. Seeing Yang Aimin sweeping the floor with a broom, Yi Zhonghai motioned for him to go to a place where there was no one to talk.

After arriving at the place, Yi Zhonghai didn't waste any time and gave the things in his pocket to Yang Aimin.

Yang Aimin: "Old Yi, you... Hey! Now that I'm a bad guy, you'd better stay away from me. I'm afraid of defiling you."

Seeing that Yang Aimin was still in a state of lethargy, Yi Zhonghai said, "I'll leave the things for you. Don't expect me to drink with you. I'm very busy."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai returned to the workshop. He was not worried about Yang Aimin, but the leader hoped that the two of them could help each other.

Yang Aimin was holding a broom and looking at the things on the ground with tears in his eyes. Yang Aimin quickly hid the things. As soon as he finished doing it, he was scolded by the people from the Ga Committee. They asked Yang Aimin to sweep the floor immediately and also checked on him a few times.