Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

Before yesterday, Li Dongfang was planning to repair the engine of his motorcycle. Suddenly, he got the technology of rotary engine. The more he looked at the engine, the more primitive it seemed. He decided to just make do with it and it would be fine as long as it could be ridden for three to five months. He planned to build a rotary engine from scratch after the New Year. By then, facts would speak louder than words. The entire production process was witnessed by countless people, so he couldn't possibly suspect that it came from an unknown source.

I came to the small workshop of the technical department and asked people to clean all the usable parts picked out yesterday with gasoline, remove rust from those that needed rust, and polish those that needed polishing. I continued to dismantle the other engines that were brought back yesterday.

With the previous disassembly experience, Li Dongfang was obviously more skilled. He completed the disassembly in more than two hours and almost finished cleaning the parts. Most of the parts were cast iron, which were brittle and not wear-resistant. Not many of them could be used in the end. Even if only the ones that could be used were included, they could not assemble an engine.

"Chief Li, some of these parts should be available in the workshop. How about I go look for them?" The young man from the technical department who was helping out asked tentatively.

Li Dongfang then remembered that this was a machine repair shop and there should be a lot of parts. He immediately said, "Okay, go and have a look. If there are any replacement parts, bring them here. If there are none, I'll find a way."

The two young men have been busy with Li Dongfang since yesterday. Although it can be seen that Li Dongfang wants to repair the engine, these are obviously scrapped and have no repair value at all. No one knows what this new section chief wants to do.

The young man took the damaged parts to look for replacements, while the other continued to clean up. Li Dongfang also began to check the newly removed parts. These parts were obviously more seriously damaged than those from yesterday, and they didn't find anything usable after all of them were taken together.

"Oh! It seems I have to make one of the piston shaft myself." Li Dongfang muttered to himself.

The piston shaft is the part that moves most frequently, so of course it wears the most severely. After being removed, it is basically unusable. The only one with relatively light wear is even deformed.

At this time, the young man who went to look for parts came back empty-handed and whispered to Li Dongfang: "Chief Li, something happened at Liang Ladi's house. Do you want to go and take a look?"

At the general staff meeting yesterday, Li Dongfang gave all the meal coupons to Liang Ladi. Everyone knew this, so when the young man found out that Liang Ladi was in trouble, he ran back to tell Li Dongfang as soon as he knew about it.

Li Dongfang looked at him with appreciation, turned around and walked out, and the young man hurriedly followed.

I followed the young man to the workshop, but did not see Liang Ladi. After asking around, I learned that Liang Ladi was taken home by the security department, saying that a pig's tail was stolen from her family and they were going to her house to look for evidence.

Li Dongfang rolled her eyes immediately. She had specifically told the children not to go out yesterday. How could the pig tail incident be linked to her family? Did Damao sneak out and steal it? It was impossible. There was still a lot of meat left at home yesterday. Damao would not do such a thing.

Leaving the young man to continue looking for parts, Li Dongfang quickly hurried towards Liang Ladi's house.

"What right do you have to search my house? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, no one can enter my house."

When Li Dongfang rushed to Liang Ladi's house, he saw Liang Ladi and a few children standing at the door of her house, stopping a group of people, looking very aggressive.

Li Dongfang was not surprised at her behavior. If she was timid and submissive and raised several children, how could she survive in this era?

"Why? Because the whole factory went crazy looking for the pig last night, but your family was indifferent. Because your neighbor reported that you smelled meat. Because we are from the security department."

There were a lot of people there, and Li Dongfang didn't see who was talking, but these words almost made him laugh. This logic was out of this world.

He stretched out his hand to push through the crowd and squeezed inside, shouting, "What's wrong with the security department? Are the people in the security department superior to others?"

"Isn't this Section Chief Li who is on secondment? Why is he here? Could it be..." Someone in the crowd immediately recognized Li Dongfang.

When the people from the Security Department heard this, they turned around and looked over. They had no impression of Li Dongfang, the leader. It should not be the head of the Security Department who led the team. The head of the Security Department must have been sitting in the front row at the meeting yesterday. If he had seen Li Dongfang before, he would have some impression of him.

"Our security department doesn't need an outsider like you to take care of our business. You can just go wherever you want." The leader of the security department was obviously arrogant and spoke aggressively.

The security department at that time was indeed very powerful. It had all kinds of guns and cannons, even grenades and mortars in the warehouses, and its responsibilities were wider than those of the urban management department in later generations.

"I'm an outsider? Ha, is this what your section chief meant, or your factory director meant?" Li Dongfang sneered and continued, "Even if I'm an outsider, I can't just ignore you bullying the working people like this!"

No matter how awesome you are, I'm going to put a label on you first.

"No matter whose idea it is, I advise you to mind your own business, otherwise we will arrest you first." The awesome security department speaks awesomely.

"Asshole! Shut up! Section Chief Li is the leader sent by the department to guide technical work. What bullshit are you talking about!" As soon as the security officer finished speaking, an angry shout came from outside the crowd.

"Director Liu!"

"Director Liu is here."

Li Dongfang made way for them in the crowd and looked at Director Liu who came in with his secretary. Without even saying hello, he walked straight up to Liang Ladi, who had become like a shy young wife. Seeing her pinching the corner of her clothes and pulling the child, looking like a person being bullied, he felt speechless immediately. Women are born actors.

Director Liu walked closer and said to Li Dongfang with a smile: "Chief Li, no matter what the matter is, we will definitely investigate it thoroughly. I just received a call from Minister Wang asking you to come to his house for lunch at noon."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar. Minister Wang was a senior leader in the Ministry of Industry. He called Section Chief Li to have dinner with him. It was obvious that they were not just a superior-subordinate relationship, but also a better personal relationship.

Li Dongfang understood that Minister Wang was worried that he had just arrived at the machine repair factory and would be looked down upon because of his young age, so he was supporting him.

"I'm not happy and I won't go." Li Dongfang refused directly.

Director Liu was also shocked this time. He didn't expect that Li Dongfang would directly reject the invitation of such a big leader. Even if he wanted to meet Minister Wang, he had to make an appointment in advance, and he was not sure whether he could meet him or not. Look at other people's reactions. It seems that this Section Chief Li is not simple. He either has a strong background or his skills are really awesome. Even the minister has to coax him.

Just when Director Liu was so shocked that he didn't know what to say, he heard someone shouting, "Dongfang, Dongfang, I finally found you. Come with me quickly. Director Duan is looking for you and is waiting for you in the office."

Wow, another round of noise.