Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

After thinking about it, Lin Geng did not completely reject Aunt Zhang's kindness. He asked Yu Li to take the three children to live in Aunt Zhang's house for a while. He said that he would help the neighbors in the yard build an earthquake-proof shed and go to the factory to help, so he would not go there for the time being, so that Yu Li and the children could rest assured.

Yu Li also knew that she couldn't persuade Lin Geng, so she could only ask Lin Geng to be careful. She took the children to stay at Aunt Zhang's house for a few days.

Lin Geng took out the plastic sheeting and wood he had prepared earlier, refused the house allocated by the street office for building an earthquake-proof shed, and helped the neighbors in the yard build the earthquake-proof shed in the yard. Everyone in the yard felt that they were so lucky to have such a good neighbor like Lin Geng, who saved them a lot of suffering.

If Lin Geng had not called on the residents of the courtyard to reinforce their houses in advance, it is unknown whether their houses would have collapsed now. Moreover, Lin Geng also prepared some plastic sheets and wood in advance, which saved them the trouble of looking for things to build an earthquake-proof shed. It can be said that they are blessed to have a good neighbor like Lin Geng.

After the earthquake, the country immediately began to invest in the post-disaster reconstruction of Tangcheng. The people of Tangcheng who had been evacuated began to gradually return to Tangcheng and started to clean up the ruins. Sijiucheng and the cities around Tangcheng also gradually began to restore their former order.

In the following period of time, the hurricane that had lasted for ten years finally stopped. The central government restored order and began to restore the production and living order of all sectors, and launched an investigation into those who had caused trouble when the storm started.

When the wind stopped, Li Huaide quickly resigned from his position as director of the steel mill and left the mill. Before leaving, he was kind to Lin Geng and invited Lin Geng to have a private meal and asked Lin Geng what his plans were next.

Lin Geng did not answer Li Huaide immediately, but instead asked Li Huaide what he was going to do next.

Li Huaide drank a glass of wine, shook his head with a bitter face and said, "What else can I do? Over the years, I have done a lot of immoral things in the steel mill and offended a lot of people. Now that the higher-ups are not accusing me, it's already a favor!

I definitely can't stay in this city anymore, and it's impossible for me to find a job. I'm lucky enough to land safely. Next, I plan to go to the south to avoid the limelight first, and then see if there are any opportunities there. I'll talk about it later!

By the way, you and I have a good relationship. Now that the wind has stopped, you will stay in the factory. I don’t know whether the new factory manager will target you. Do you have any idea of ​​going to the south with me to try your luck?

You are a capable person. If you go to the south with me, we brothers will definitely make a name for ourselves. It will be much better than staying in the steel mill and earning a hundred or eighty yuan a month!"

Lin Geng smiled and shook his head and said, "Uncle Li, thank you! Thank you for thinking so highly of me!

But now you know that I have three children now. I can't just abandon them and follow you to the south to make a living, right? If I'm not at home, I don't know how they will be bullied!

I won't go to the south, I wish you a bright future and smooth sailing in the south!"

Seeing that Lin Geng was very determined, Li Huaide sighed and stopped persuading Lin Geng. In fact, the reason why he wanted to drag Lin Geng to go to the south with him was not because he was really worried that Lin Geng would be liquidated by the new factory director in the future after he left, because Lin Geng was different from him. Lin Geng was just a deputy section chief of the purchasing department.

Over the years, he has always wanted to win over Lin Geng to work with him, help him do some dirty work, and act as his thug. He has repeatedly tried to get him into the factory's Revolutionary Committee and give him a position.

But Lin Geng was always unwilling to get involved in his affairs. Apart from helping him get supplies, he never participated in his bullying. He lived a leisurely life every day and had no desire to make progress. He was even unwilling to be the head of the purchasing department. He just kept doing the idle job of a deputy section chief and seldom went to the factory often.

So even if everyone knew that Lin Geng had a good relationship with him, after he left, no one would retaliate against Lin Geng, or deliberately target Lin Geng. As long as the steel mill continued to operate, no one could replace Lin Geng's job.

Moreover, thinking back on it, Lin Geng has always been a good guy in the factory over the years. No matter who asks him for help, he will happily help them. In fact, Lin Geng has always been a collaborator of him rather than his man. A more accurate positioning is that Lin Geng is a neutral person who never participates in various power struggles in the factory.

So even if he left, no one would cause trouble for him. Even if someone did, with the backing of Lin Geng, anyone who wanted to touch him would have to consider their own weight first.

Lin Geng was not a good guy. He had valued Liu Haizhong in the past, and Liu Haizhong and Lin Geng were sworn enemies. Liu Haizhong wanted to deal with Lin Geng in private without his consent, but in the end he only hit Lin Geng with a stick. However, Lin Geng completely ruined Liu Haizhong, including Liu Haizhong's lackeys, and none of them ended up well.

As for that incident, he analyzed it privately with some of his subordinates afterwards. Although Lin Geng seemed not to like causing trouble on the surface, he would definitely be a ruthless person if anyone wanted to deal with him.

Liu Haizhong is a typical example, and there are also those people in their Siheyuan who once wanted to harm him, but none of them ended up with a good ending in the end.

First, it was Yi Zhonghai, an eighth-level worker, who was divorced by Lin Geng and Sha Zhu. Then they sent him to prison, forcing Yi Zhonghai to despair and hang himself in prison.

Then the deaf old lady in their courtyard was so angry at Lin Geng that she became paralyzed on one side of her body and eventually died miserably alone in her bed in the middle of the night.

As for Liu Haizhong, Lin Geng caused his two sons to break with him and sever their father-son relationship, becoming Lin Geng's loyal subordinates. Liu Haizhong was also beaten to a cripple by Lin Geng and lost his job, forcing the couple to beg on the streets for a living. Finally, he left the city sadly and went to the northwest to join his eldest son. His life or death is still unknown.

There is also the Jia family next door to him. Jia Dongxu was the first to die in an accident at the factory. Jia Dongxu's mother, Jia Zhang, was sent to prison by Lin Geng and lost a leg and became a cripple.

Jia Dongxu's wife Qin Huairu targeted Lin Geng everywhere, and eventually she was ruined and fired from the factory. Later, she had to take her children to Bada Hutong to start a half-open meat business.

Jia Dongxu's son was sent to a juvenile detention center by Lin Geng and was detained for five years. Not long after he was released, he, Qin Huairu, and three generations of the Jia Zhang family died of inexplicable gas poisoning.