"Dad, why doesn't it stop raining?" Wang Xinyi was lying on the mat wearing shorts and shorts. There was a bed and quilt under the mat. The little girl was very active at this age. Due to the earthquake and heavy rain, last night

This girl didn't sleep well. When she got up this morning, she could only sit on this small bed and couldn't go there. How could she be happy?

Wang Zhong smiled and rubbed Wang Xinyi's little head and said, "Are you bored?"

"Well!" Wang Xinyi looked around and sighed helplessly: "Hey!" He complained quietly in his heart that the place was too small, and there was no place to even put his feet down.

In fact, it's not as exaggerated as Wang Xinyi lamented. Although others don't have much wood, Wang Zhong's family and Yan Fugui's family have a lot. The shed they built is already the largest within the allowable range. There are nearly twenty people living in the front yard.

There are no problems. In addition to the bed board, each family can still have some space for activities, but it is not big.

Wang Zhong smiled and suggested: "There will probably be aftershocks. It's hard to play Go. How about daddy playing chess with you for a while?"

"Okay!" Wang Xinyi's eyes lit up instantly!

Wang Zhong took out the chess set, put it on the chessboard, and started playing chess with Wang Xinyi.

It rained heavily outside, and the soybean-like raindrops hit the transparent plastic raincloth above the head, making a crackling sound. The water seemed to be likely to break through the raincloth at any time. Fortunately, the materials used for everything in these days were very solid, unlike

In later generations, all kinds of cutting corners and materials were used to pass off fake and shoddy products.

The rainwater flows down the river and slides down from the surrounding lower eaves, forming a curtain of water, isolating the inside and outside of the shed into two worlds. Fortunately, it is summer, so there is no need to worry about catching a cold, but the air is a bit dull and a bit cold.

Depressed.

Qin Jingru was sitting next to her, chatting with Yu Li and several women of the same age. Several children who were about the same age as Wang Xinyi came over curiously when they saw the father and daughter playing chess.

"It's been raining for a while, why is it still so boring?" A middle-aged man in his thirties wearing a vest pulled open the vest on his chest a little. There was faint sweat seeping out on his forehead and neck.

"It's indeed a bit stuffy!" Everyone around was shaking cattail leaf fans. Those who didn't have cattail leaf fans just lifted up their clothes and swung their hems to make do.

The third uncle, Yan Fugui, sat on the bed holding the TV like a rare treasure and couldn't bear to put it down.

"Third uncle, it's okay for you to run back to the house and take the TV out of the house last night despite the earthquake. It's been so long since last night and you haven't let go of the TV. Don't you feel tired?

?" Neighbor Li Laosan looked at the third uncle and the TV in his arms and said with a joking expression.

Yan Fugui didn't care at all about the irony in Li Laosan's words, and said: "This is the most valuable thing in my family. It is my lifeblood. No, it is more important than my lifeblood. There is nothing to worry about!"

"Yes! You really got the nickname Yan Laoxi right!"

Everyone was calling the third uncle by his nickname. It was raining so heavily and the place was so narrow that it was inconvenient to cook. Everyone could only sit in the shed and wait for the rain to stop.

Fortunately, although the rain was heavy, it did not last long. It started to taper off after nearly an hour, and by early eight o'clock, it stopped completely.

The female comrades immediately packed up and started cooking. The meal had just been prepared and no one had eaten yet. Three brothers and sisters, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, and Yan Jiedi, brought their wives, husbands, brothers-in-law, and other people with them and rushed in angrily.

When they entered the courtyard, they were all carrying hammers in their hands.

"What am I talking about! All the wood we got in 1969 was used by them!"

"I say, you all are really capable, ah! Earthquake shelter! Do you know how we lived?" Yan Jiefang said angrily: ""

Yan Jiekuang, who was standing next to him, echoed: "A heavy rainstorm wiped our family out like a drowned rat!"

"No!" Yan Jiedi, who was following behind, also complained: "Our family is even worse!"

"What do you brothers and sisters mean by this?" Before the three brothers and sisters could finish speaking, Wang Zhong stood up and walked in front of them, scanning the three of them with his sharp eyes.

Who is Wang Zhong? He is the chief of the technical section of the steel rolling mill and a powerful person in the factory. Even after the factory director has been changed, he is still very popular and highly used. Wang Zhong suppressed the momentum of the three brothers and sisters with just one question.

Go down.

"Want to dismantle our earthquake shelter and carry away the wood?"

"That's right!" Yan Jiefang said: "These wood originally belonged to us, but you took the wood and used it without saying hello to us. What's wrong with us taking the wood back now!"

"You said these wood are yours?" Wang Zhong said: "Why doesn't it look like it to me?"

"Section Chief Wang!" But Yan Jiefang is not a good person: "Although you are the section chief, you can't tell lies! And this is not a steel rolling mill."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the wood on the earthquake shelter and said: "I know all these pieces of wood. They were all brought back one by one by Yan Jiekuang, me and my sister when we were building the air raid shelter in 1969!"

Wang Zhong looked at Yan Jiecheng, raised his hands in front of his ears, leaned forward and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you clearly. Where did you say these wood came from?"

"It's us..." Yan Jiefang was about to say it again, but Yan Jiedi next to him had quick eyesight and quickly grabbed Yan Jiecheng's hand.

Yan Jiedi's reaction was quite quick: "Chief Wang, although you are the section chief, you cannot confuse right and wrong. These wood are all obtained with hard work by our brothers and sisters."

Wang Zhong pointed to the earthquake shed and said to everyone: "Did you hear it, everyone? The three brothers and sisters said that they got these pieces of wood one by one!"

"That's right! I know them all!" Yan Jiefang said immediately.

A group of neighbors nearby gave up: "What wood did you get back? Most of these wood were grown by Ke Wang. We followed him and moved them out of his warehouse one by one!"

Why did it become yours!"

"That's right, we moved these pieces of wood from Chief Wang's warehouse, how come they become yours!"

"Everyone, be quiet first!" Wang Zhong shouted loudly, and everyone stopped talking.

Just listen to Wang Zhongdao: "Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, and you, Yan Jiedi, you said that you brought these pieces of wood back one by one, do you have any evidence? If there is no physical evidence, witness will do. Your brother, your sister-in-law, and you guys

Aren’t both parents here?”

Yan Fugui and the third aunt looked at the menacing posture of their children, turned around and lowered their heads, still holding the TV and refusing to let go.

Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li also turned away, avoiding the eyes of their three siblings.

"Mom! You have to say something!" If Wang Zhong wasn't here, Yan Jiefang would not be able to reason with everyone if he was so messy. He would just pull his brothers and sisters and start a fight. The people in the front yard would not be happy.

Qi, the three elders are very scheming, and the eldest brother Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li, the elder sister-in-law, do not have much dignity in front of their younger brothers and sisters.

If this were normal, the three aunts and their old couple would have long said that these logs were from their own family, but the actual situation is that most of the logs in the earthquake shed belong to Wang Zhong, and their old Yan family only produced a few logs, and the brother and sister just now

The three of them were ready to dismantle the earthquake shelter and carry the wood back, which really chilled the hearts of the three aunts and the couple.

The third aunt turned sideways and said nothing. Yan Fugui held the TV and lowered his head and said nothing. Yan Jiefang and others could only look at Yan Jiecheng, their eldest brother: "Brother, you have to say something fair.

?”

Let's not talk about Yan Jiecheng's character, but he learned 100% of his father Yan Fugui's calculating skills: "What can I say that is fair?"

"Of course it's these pieces of wood!" Yan Jiefang said excitedly.

Yan Jiecheng said with twinkling eyes: "Aren't these pieces of wood from Chief Wang's family?"

"Are you still our eldest brother?" Yan Jiefang suddenly quit!

"Okay! Okay!" Yan Jiedi gritted her teeth and looked at Yan Jiecheng bitterly: "Is this how you want to be the eldest brother? Helping outsiders cheat on your younger brothers and sisters?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? When did I trick you?" Yan Jiecheng hurriedly defended.

"Come on!" Yan Jiefang said directly: "Don't say too much, just start, tear down the earthquake shelter and get our wood back!"

As he spoke, he quickly stepped forward and waved the hammer in his hand to start demolishing the shed. Unexpectedly, before the hammer hit the wood, a big foot kicked him in the stomach. The huge force made Yan Jiefang feel like a football.

He was kicked out and hit the brother and sister Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi, knocking them to the ground.

"What, you're going to rob someone even if you can't talk? Who do you think you are? Bandits or robbers?" Before the wailing people could speak, Wang Zhong took the lead and didn't give the three of them a chance to get angry.

Everyone saw Wang Zhong take action, and their eyes turned. After looking at each other, the young and strong men stood up one after another, stood around Wang Zhong, and looked at the Yan Jiefang brothers and sisters on the ground warily: "Yan Jiefang, you are not here to act wild.

Dear, if you are wise, take your brothers and sisters and leave immediately. If you still want to cause trouble, don't blame us for ignoring our friendship for many years."

The speaker was a young man in his twenties. He was not tall, but had a rather thick build. He was a blacksmith in the factory. He had just become a full-time employee and was full of strength.

Wang Zhong's kick was very measured and the force was controlled very accurately. The Yan Jiefang brothers and sisters looked embarrassed, but in fact they were not injured at all. Even Yan Jiefang only suffered a momentary stomachache from the kick.

Nothing serious other than the pain.

"I'll fight with you!" But Yan Jiefang had a quick temper and got up from the ground and immediately rushed towards Wang Zhong to take action.

Wang Zhong had already moved his hands and started. How could everyone let Yan Jiefang hurt Wang Zhong? Before Wang Zhong could say anything, everyone spontaneously stepped forward and held down several people. Several women also relied on their help.

With the overwhelming force, Yan Jiedi, Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang's daughter-in-law were restrained.

"Third uncle, you are the third uncle in the courtyard. This has reached this stage. You can't just say a word, right?" Wang Zhong looked at Yan Fugui, who was still holding the TV and refused to let go.

Yan Fugui's old face turned red. His face had already been thrown into the ground by his sons and was trampled over and over again. How could he have the nerve to say anything? Usually Bibi had more thoughts than anyone else and was more eloquent than anyone else. But now she was

That’s it.

"What are you doing!" The third aunt, on the other hand, saw her three children being held down, and immediately felt distressed, with a look of anxiety on her face.

"Let go! Let us go! Let's practice alone if you dare!" Yan Jiefang was a tough guy. He was controlled but still refused to give in.

Wang Zhongdao: "Wu Laosi, you go to the police station, call the police over, and tell them that someone wanted to take advantage of the chaos to come to our courtyard to rob, but we caught them on the spot!"

"Slander, you are slandering. Don't think that just because you are the section chief, you can slander us out of thin air!"

"Slander? Didn't it mean that you rushed to our hospital in a fierce manner, beating and smashing it, and demolishing our earthquake shelter?"

"We are just getting back our own wood!" Yan Jiefang frowned, his face turning red from holding back.

Wang Zhong waved his hands and said: "Wu Laosi, go find the police and come over to seek justice!"

Wu Laosi was about to leave, but was stopped by Yan Fugui.

"No!" Yan Fugui finally couldn't sit still!

"Don't call the police!"

"Don't look for it!"
To be continued...