Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

Sha Zhu quickly chased after him, leaving the office door open.

Sha Zhu looked inside from the doorway and saw Li Jianguo organizing documents in front of a cabinet.

Sha Zhu knocked twice on the open office door. Li Jianguo turned around and saw that it was Sha Zhu.

She quickly put the documents she was holding on the cabinet and walked towards the door, saying as she went, "Zhu Zi, what brings you here?"

Sha Zhu coughed lightly, feigning seriousness as he spoke.

"Brother Li, I came all this way specifically to see you. Let's go find a place to have a drink."

Li Jianguo walked over to Sha Zhu and patted him hard on the shoulder twice, saying,

"Hey kid, didn't Director Wang scold you too leniently just now?"

When I came back from outside, I heard it from the neighbors who were watching nearby.

Your house hasn't even started construction yet, and you've already assaulted your neighbors on both sides.

"You're really something, kid. Why didn't Director Wang lock you in a dark room and teach you a lesson?"

As he spoke, Li Jianguo pulled Sha Zhu to sit down in a chair in the office.

Sha Zhu looked around the office and said, "Brother Li, a lot of things are missing from the office. Didn't you say you were taking the weekend off?"

Li Jianguo said helplessly, "I was supposed to be resting, but I received a last-minute notice that I have to move."

I had to come back to work. I spent the whole day helping with the move and just got back from the district office.

Sha Zhu hurriedly asked, "Brother Li, have all the people in your department moved out? I saw that there's nothing left in the other offices outside."

Li Jianguo nodded and said, "Yes, most of the departments have moved away."

Some departments stayed behind to work, but I'm the only one left in our real estate department.

I'm on duty here, liaising with the district's housing department.

However, this is only temporary. After a while, the neighborhood office will assign two more people to assist me with my work.

Upon hearing Brother Li's words, Sha Zhu was overjoyed, and his thoughts immediately began to wander.

Brother Li will be in charge of the nearby properties from now on, once the properties can be traded...

Then I'll have firsthand information. Being in a good position gives me an advantage. At that time...

At that point… Sha Zhu couldn't think straight anymore. He didn't even know if Brother Li would still be there.

Then it occurred to me that even if Brother Li went to the district,

We can also buy houses in other places, buy several properties, and live in different places.

Sha Zhu's small eyes darted around; he had to get on good terms with Brother Li.

"Brother Li, you just mentioned the street office. Does that mean the military control commission here has been abolished?"

Li Jianguo said, "Yes, tomorrow is Monday, and the sign will be changed to that of the Subdistrict Office."

However, there's not much difference; it just means they've lost some of the responsibilities of military control, but they still do what they normally do.

Upon hearing what Brother Li said, Sha Zhu knew that the Military Control Commission was gone forever.

From now on, the subdistrict office will be mainly responsible for the livelihood issues of the nearby residents.

Sha Zhu glanced at the time and looked towards Li Jianguo in the aisle.

"Brother Li, it's about time. There's nothing to do waiting here."

"Leaving get off work a little early shouldn't be a problem, right? I'll treat you to a big meal."

As he spoke, Sha Zhu tried to pull Li Jianguo away.

Seeing this, Li Jianguo quickly waved his hand and said, "No, it's not time to leave work yet."

Also, I moved offices today, so the files in this office are a bit messy; I need to organize them.

If I go out now and Director Wang finds out, I'm in big trouble.

I still want to improve myself, so why don't you go ahead?

Anyway, I'll be working at our neighborhood office from now on, which isn't far from your home, so there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

Sha Zhu quickly said, "Brother Li, I think you just need to organize some documents."

Just go through the motions there; it'll be the same if we come back tomorrow to tidy it up.

"You don't have anything to do now, and it's about time, so how about we go to Donglaishun?"

When Li Jianguo heard Sha Zhu mention Donglaishun, he was clearly tempted.

I haven't eaten meat at home for a long time, and I'm quite thin.

Looking at the time, and realizing it was almost time to leave work, he hesitated and said, "Zhu Zi, how about we wait a little longer?"

Sha Zhu didn't want to wait here, especially not with Director Wang, that workaholic.

They won't let people leave after get off work; how long are we supposed to wait? What if there's another meeting or something? We'll have to wait until evening.

Immediately urging Li Jianguo, he said, "Brother Li, just make up any excuse..."

If that doesn't work, just say you have more things to deliver to the district.

This is work; you can't expect someone to stop you from going.

"Or, I can take you to my old workplace, Fengzeyuan, to try their delicious food."

Li Jianguo couldn't resist Sha Zhu's repeated persuasion; there really wasn't anything urgent going on in the office right now.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Forget Fengzeyuan, let's go with Donglaishun."

"Zhu Zi, go outside and wait for me near the supply and marketing cooperative at the street corner. I'm going to ask Director Wang for leave, and I'll come find you later."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you outside," Sha Zhu said, quickly getting up and walking outside, as if afraid Li Jianguo would change his mind.

As Sha Zhu exited the military control commission's gate, the nearby neighbors remained.

A group of people huddled together at the base of a wall, at street corners, and other locations.

They were sitting or standing, chatting and laughing about gossip.

When they saw Sha Zhu coming out from afar, they all pointed at him with their fingers and started talking at once, their voices getting louder.

Sha Zhu ignored them, pretending not to see them pointing and whispering.

They prepared to walk towards the supply and marketing cooperative in the distance.

Yan Bugui, who was squatting in the corner chatting with his neighbors, saw Shazhu come out and immediately went to greet him.

He walked up to Sha Zhu, grabbed him, and started walking away.

While pulling Sha Zhu along, he said, "Zhu Zi, how did Director Wang of the Military Control Commission punish you?"

Sha Zhu slapped Yan Bugui's hand away and said, "Why punish me? I haven't done anything wrong."

Seeing Sha Zhu's expression, Teacher Yan said anxiously, "He hasn't done anything wrong yet, but I've heard everything from the people around here."

Didn't you beat up both of them?

The neighbors all say you're no longer disciplined by adults, you've become a little rascal, and completely lawless.

Sha Zhu glanced at Yan Bugui and said, "Teacher Yan, tell me what those people are saying about me."

When Yan Bugui heard Sha Zhu's question about gossip from the neighbors, he stammered and couldn't say anything.

Seeing this, Sha Zhu said, "What, is it hard to hear? Is there something you can't say?"

If you don't say anything, I'm leaving; I have things to do.

Just as I was about to ignore Yan Bugui, I suddenly remembered that the courtyard house at No. 95 was also electing a steward today.

He hurriedly asked Yan Bugui, "Teacher Yan, have you gone to see Uncle Yi? How is he?"

Yan Bugui saw that Sha Zhu had stopped and was inquiring about Yi Zhonghai; he still had questions for Sha Zhu later.

They said, "Yi Zhonghai came back this morning, ignoring the doctor's advice."

I absolutely have to come back to participate in tonight's election for the steward.

His left arm was in a cast, and he was brought back in a rickshaw with his arm in a sling.