Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Xu Damao stroked his mustache and watched Jia Zhang from the side. After they arrived at the central courtyard, they pulled Jia Zhang up from the ground.

"It's you, an old woman, who is practicing feudal superstition, right?"

When Jia Zhang saw this scene, she immediately began to beg for mercy. "Everyone, I didn't do that. I just missed my son and husband. If you don't believe me, you can ask everyone. I'm not practicing feudal superstition here."

Team leader Chen thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you old woman better not lie to me, otherwise it won't be as simple as living in a cowshed."

"Alas, what I hate most in my life is lying. Don't worry, I won't tell a single lie." Jia Zhang nodded hurriedly.

The people around couldn't help laughing at Jia Zhang's funny look. Wang Yuehua on the side secretly said to Qin Huairu, "Huairu, this is the best option for us to drive your mother-in-law back."

Qin Huairu frowned slightly. She didn't want Jia Zhangshi to go back because if she went back, her two daughters would have no one to take care of them. Besides, she needed Jia Zhangshi to cooperate with her and play the good guy while waiting for Banggeng to come back.

She whispered to Wang Yuehua, "Yuehua, it's not the right time yet. I need my mother-in-law to take care of my two children. I will go and plead for her." After that, Qin Huairu ran to Jia Zhang's side.

"Comrade, my mother-in-law just misses her son so much. Please don't take her away."

"Who are you to this old woman?"

"I'm her daughter-in-law, and I have two children to take care of. Please don't take her away."

Team leader Chen was in a dilemma for a moment, but when he thought of his own principles, he still found a few people to go investigate. On the other hand, he was called by Director Xu and he must not lose Director Xu's face.

"How's your investigation going? Is this old woman always practicing feudal superstition?"

Through questioning, several subordinates learned that Jia Zhang was indeed practicing feudal superstition in the courtyard, and had been throwing tantrums and summoning spirits in front of the neighbors in the courtyard for a long time.

Director Chen saw that the matter had been investigated to a certain extent, so he prepared to take Jia Zhang to labor camp without further ado. At this time, Director Wang from the Street Office came in with two staff members.

Director Wang looked at Jia Zhang who was being held, then looked at the people around him and asked, "What are you doing in this compound?

"Director Wang, please come and save me! They are taking me to a labor camp. I am an old woman and I want to suffer even more."

At this time, Yi Zhonghai came over and said, "Director Wang, this Jia Zhang has been summoning spirits in the courtyard every other day, and she refuses to change her ways. This morning, she was making a lot of noise in the courtyard and disturbed the neighbors, so I asked Xu Damao to arrange for the red armbands to come."

"Oh, Jia Zhang! How dare you say you are old? How old are you? I tell you that you deserve to go to labor camp!" After saying this, Director Wang didn't even look at Jia Zhang.

Qin Huairu saw Director Wang coming and hurried over and said, "Director Wang, please let my mother-in-law go for the sake of her dead husband and son. I still have two children at home who need to be taken care of."

"Hmph! Qin Huairu, I heard that you seem to be married. Since you are already married, you should stop interfering in Jia Zhang's affairs. Jia Zhang is a feudal and superstitious woman. Do you want to be her guarantor?" Director Wang looked at Qin Huairu with a very bad expression.

Qin Huairu wanted to say something after seeing Director Wang's look, but Wang Yuehua pulled her over and said, "Did you hear what Director Wang said? You're already married, why are you still caring about your ex-mother-in-law?"

Seeing that Wang Yuehua was angry, Qin Huairu had no choice but to swallow her words, otherwise she would really lose everything.

"Qin Huairu, I've known for a long time that you are not a good person. Didn't you marry Dongxu just to enter the city? Now that Dongxu is gone, your true colors have been exposed. Do you think it's easy to bully an old woman like me? I tell you, it's impossible."

Jia Zhang became more and more excited as she spoke, and finally she broke free from the red armbands that were holding her and rushed towards Qin Huairu.

Wang Yuehua quickly pushed Qin Huairu aside and then slapped Jia Zhang in the face.

With the sound of "pa", Jia Zhang immediately began to shed two lines of tears. If she was crying falsely just now, now she was really crying because of being beaten.

Wang Yuehua looked at Jia Zhang with his eyes wide open and said, "Old man, I tell you, Qin Huairu is married to me now. She is my wife now. If you hit her, it is the same as hitting me. She has nothing to do with your Jia family anymore. If you don't keep your mouth shut, I will not let you go."

Jia Zhang was shocked by Wang Yuehua's behavior, and even Qin Huairu had never seen Wang Yuehua like this.

"Bah, let me tell you! Qin Huairu has been a member of our Jia family all her life. She also has Banggeng, Xiaodang and Huaihua. She is the mother of my grandchildren." Jia Zhang said confidently.

Director Wang, who was standing by, was so troubled that she realized that Jia Zhang must be removed, otherwise there would be no peace in this courtyard.

Director Wang slammed the table and said, "Jia Zhang, Wang Yuehua, the two of you shut up! As far as I remember, Jia Zhang, your household registration is not in the city, right? Last time you came from the countryside, you didn't report it."

Jia Zhang's heart skipped a beat when she heard Director Wang say that. What she feared most was that someone would make trouble because of her rural household registration. Although she always laughed at this and looked down on that, she was actually a country person herself.

Director Wang just wanted to cut the Gordian knot, so he continued, "Ms. Jia Zhang, since you didn't report to the neighborhood office, you will have to go to the farm for two years of forced labor."

Jia Zhang was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground. She dared not say anything more and kept begging for mercy...

Director Wang saw that the situation was almost right, so he said, "Ms. Jia Zhang, if you don't want to go to labor camp, then you can go back to the countryside tomorrow. You are not allowed to return to the city without a letter of introduction."

When Jia Zhang was about to say something, Director Wang glared at her. Jia Zhang swallowed the words back. She looked at the neighbors in the courtyard with hatred, as if she wanted to memorize each of their faces in her heart.

Everyone felt a little scared for a moment as Jia Zhang stared at them. With Director Wang's order to adjourn the meeting, everyone headed home.

Director Wang walked over to Yi Zhonghai and the other two and gave them a few words, the general meaning of which was that the matter of the courtyard had to be handled internally and not made public, especially red armbands were not allowed into the courtyard, otherwise it would not be called mediation but rather provoking anger.

Yi Zhonghai said to Director Wang, "Director Wang, I think what you said is too one-sided. What if we can't adjust? It's impossible for the three of us to be the father and mother, right? I can't keep it under wraps as you said. I still have things to deal with at the steel mill and don't have that much time to be the boss. I will take the initiative to give up my position."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai walked back home without looking back. He was very angry! What if something goes wrong after covering it up? I still have to take the responsibility. What kind of boss am I?