Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

Zhao Cheng had a rare good night's sleep at home. The next day, he went to Haizi and received the medal awarded by the chief of staff himself. He was also promoted from deputy regimental-level cadre to regimental-level cadre. His affiliation was still with the Special Brigade of the Peking Military Region, and he was not transferred to the Imperial Guard.

"Xiao Zhao! On behalf of hundreds of thousands of people in Tangshan, thank you for saving our lives!" The chief of staff said to Zhao Cheng with a little excitement.

When he heard the news of the earthquake, what he was most worried about was the huge casualties. Unexpectedly, he was saved by Zhao Cheng. The less than half an hour he gained saved many people. In addition, the timely appearance of the Royal Guards in the disaster area also enabled post-disaster rescue work to be carried out as soon as possible.

This is why Zhao Cheng's deeds were not made public, but only circulated among the upper echelons. If the disaster area knew about Zhao Cheng's deeds, not having a longevity tablet for him would be considered disrespectful to his life.

"Chief of Staff, you are too kind! As a soldier, I cannot just stand by and watch our people suffer from the disaster. After all, we are the people's team, and we are the people's soldiers!" Zhao Cheng also answered with a serious face.

"Good boy! You are worthy of the military uniform and this medal!" The chief of staff patted Zhao Cheng on the shoulder and encouraged him.

"Thank you, Chief of Staff!" Zhao Cheng saluted again, and then returned to the Royal Guards' base under the guidance of the guards.

"Brother Zhang, it's okay. I'm going home first!" Zhao Cheng said hello to Captain Zhang and ran away. He was afraid that Captain Zhang would assign him another task.

Zhao Cheng first went back home, then changed into casual clothes and went to the courtyard. He knew that after this incident, Lao Kou would probably build illegally, so he had to stop him. Otherwise, it would be awkward to have a few more buildings in front of his house.

When Zhao Cheng arrived at the courtyard, Yan Laokou was still inside the shed, with his precious television and radio beside him. These were Laokou's lifeblood.

"Oh, Director Zhao, you haven't been here for a while!" Yan Fugui saw Zhao Cheng coming in and quickly stood up to greet him.

Although Zhao Cheng doesn't come to the courtyard often, he comes occasionally to sit and see if there is anything new.

"Teacher Yan, what are you doing? Have you eaten?" Zhao Cheng asked with a smile.

"Hey, don't mention it. How can we be in the mood to eat now? My unfilial sons took away all the materials for building the earthquake shelter. I borrowed materials from other people's courtyards to build an earthquake shelter of this size. I'm worried about it now." Yan Fugui said a little embarrassedly.

The Yan Jiefang brothers took the materials away, but they were Yan Fugui's dirty laundry, and they had to tell Zhao Cheng about it. If he came back and heard rumors from outsiders, who knows what kind of rumors would spread. That was why Yan Fugui exposed the family scandal himself, just to avoid Zhao Cheng misunderstanding.

As for why Yan Fugui cares so much about Zhao Cheng’s opinion, isn’t it because Zhao Cheng occupies several rooms in the yard?

Zhao Cheng already had five rooms, and then he bought an annex, and he also occupied Zhou Lili's side room. Half of the front yard of the quadrangle was occupied by Zhao Cheng! What's more, he was the director of the police station. An ordinary person like me couldn't afford to offend him, so I had to make friends with him!

"Well, actually we can go back to the house now. After all, we are not the center of the earthquake, and the damage of the disaster is not that great." Zhao Cheng looked at Yan Fugui's house and said with a smile.

"Oh, I want to do that too, but unfortunately my family doesn't agree. They're afraid that a few more aftershocks will knock the house down!" Yan Fugui felt helpless as he looked at his wife who was cooking.

"Haha, sister-in-law is right! How about it, no one was injured in the compound in this earthquake?" Zhao Cheng asked.

"No one was injured, but one died!" Yan Fugui said dejectedly.

"Who?"

"Jia Dongxu!" Yan Fugui said.

"Xiao Jia? What's going on? He's a young man and can't escape?" Zhao Cheng asked in surprise.

"He ran out with his wife and children at the beginning, but unfortunately he didn't come out to save his careless mother. As a result, when he went back to save her, he was hit on the head by the beam and died immediately. It was Jia Zhang who helped him out! You didn't see the expression on Jia Zhang's face! She was crying so hard!" Yan Fugui said.

"Oh, what a pity for Xiao Jia!" Zhao Cheng also sighed.

"By the way, what's the current situation in the Intermediate Court?" Zhao Cheng suddenly asked.

"There is no major damage in the middle courtyard and the backyard. In our entire compound, only the Jia family's house collapsed. All other families are fine! We have Chef He in the middle courtyard and Chef Nan in the backyard. We can still have a hot meal even after the disaster." Yan Fugui's face was full of envy.

"Don't be envious. My sister-in-law has prepared dinner. You guys should eat quickly. I'll go back to eat after I check on the house!" When Zhao Cheng saw that Yan Fugui's family was about to have dinner, he went straight back to his own home.

"Have a bite here!" Yan Fugui tried to persuade him to stay, but Zhao Cheng just waved his hand.

After entering the house, Zhao Cheng saw that some of the furniture in the house had fallen over, so he put them back up.

These houses are filled with ready-made furniture such as tables, chairs and benches collected by Hou and his men. They are basically made of huanghuali, sandalwood, and some precious woods such as mahogany.

It's not worth much now, so no one cares about it if it's left here. Zhao Cheng just comes here occasionally to ventilate it.

After checking several houses, he found that none of them were cracked or loose. Zhao Cheng had reinforced these houses. Although they were not as strong as those in Meichang Hutong, they were strong enough to withstand the earthquake.

After Zhao Cheng finished inspecting the house, he went home. Xiuzhi was cooking at home. At noon, it was only the two of them and a few younger children at home for lunch.

"Brother Cheng, the postman just came over with a letter for you. It's on the wardrobe!" Xiuzhi shouted to him when she saw Zhao Cheng coming back.

"I got it!" Zhao Cheng did not read the letter first. Instead, he picked up Zhao Wei Yu, kissed her, and then held his daughter in his arms to open the envelope.

The letter was written by the third brother Zhao Weijun. On the one hand, it reported the recent situation, and on the other hand, it told Zhao Cheng that he had picked up some pieces of jade during his training in Hotan and sent them back through the post office. He asked Zhao Cheng not to forget to bring them back to make some jewelry for his younger brothers and sisters.

"This guy, what does he know about jade? Just say you bought it with money!" Zhao Cheng smiled and planned to pick it up in the afternoon.

"Brother Cheng, who's the letter from?" Xiuzhi asked with a smile as she brought the food to the table.

"Who else could it be? The third brother. He said he picked up some jade and asked me to get it back from the post office! He wants to make some jade pendants and other ornaments for my younger brothers and sisters!" Zhao Cheng said with a smile.

"Really? The third child is still so sensible!" Xiuzhi said with a smile.