Siheyuan is divided into front yard, middle yard and backyard.

There are dozens of people in each courtyard, all entering and exiting through the same gate.

If there is a thief in the middle, the whole hospital will be in danger.

Xu Damao thought of something and asked quickly: "By the way, Hezi, isn't there a thief in our courtyard? Qin Huairu's son Bangge, isn't he a habitual thief? Is that the person you saw?"

Zou He thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I saw the back of that man last night. He was an adult, not a child."

After Xu Damao heard this, he immediately began to guess with gusto.

After guessing at the end, he simply said: "Forget it. Since he is a habitual thief, he will definitely take action tonight!"

"I'll just sit back and wait for him! I want to see who this thief is!"

Zou He was noncommittal, with a slight smile on his lips.

Tonight, the courtyard is going to be lively again.

And the other side.

Deputy Director Li woke up at his neighbor's house, but he woke up from the cold.

The house of Li Erdan's house is called a house. There are several big holes in the roof. If it is sunny, you can see the stars in the sky while lying in the house. If it rains, it will rain heavily outside and it will rain lightly inside.

Snowflakes had been falling all night last night. When Deputy Director Li got up in the morning, he found that a thin layer of snow had fallen on the house.

Deputy Director Li shrank and sat up, sneezing several times.

Yesterday's cold got worse.

Deputy Director Li struggled to get up and immediately walked out on crutches.

There was only one thought left in his mind now.

Go to a big hospital immediately, find a good doctor, and treat your legs!

He didn't believe it. Could what a village doctor said be true? There would definitely be a doctor who could cure his leg.

He didn't want to really become a cripple.

This time, Deputy Director Li's leg fell again, and the injury was more serious than before. The journey that originally took more than an hour actually lasted for more than two hours this time.

After a hard journey, Deputy Director Li finally reached the steel rolling mill hospital.

As soon as he entered the hospital gate, Deputy Director Li immediately started shouting.

"Someone, come quickly! Get your best doctor! Come and treat my leg!"

It is winter at this time, and the number of patients with colds and fevers is several times more than usual.

There were long queues at both the payment window and the place where medicine was collected.

When everyone heard Deputy Director Li's shout, they all turned around and looked.

This hospital is right next to the steel rolling mill. Naturally, most of the people who come here to see doctors are workers from the steel rolling mill.

People recognized Deputy Director Li at a glance and started pointing.

"Isn't that Deputy Director Li? Why is he here?"

"How come Deputy Director Li's leg is broken? And he's using crutches?"

"It seems like you don't care about the major events in our factory, right? Deputy Factory Director Li's leg has been broken for two days!"

"Isn't there a bandage on his leg? Why are you still asking for treatment on his leg?"

"That's right. If the fracture is broken, can it be repaired? Why is Deputy Director Li so anxious?"

"Who knows!"

…

Amid everyone's discussion, two doctors walked out quickly. After recognizing him as Deputy Director Li, they quickly helped him into the diagnosis room.

Suddenly there was a "swish" sound, and more than a dozen workers surrounded the door, stretching their necks and looking in.

Deputy Director Li had no intention of caring about them at the moment. His whole mind was on his legs, and he asked anxiously: "How are you, doctor? Is my leg okay?"

"I just accidentally fell, can you help me reconnect it?"

"You are all old doctors. This kind of trauma must not be a problem for you, right?"

Deputy Director Li asked eagerly.

The two gray-haired old doctors carefully examined Deputy Director Li's legs. They looked at each other and both shook their heads in unison.

Seeing this scene, Deputy Director Li's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"You are talking! Why are you shaking your heads! Aren't you famous doctors? Aren't you experts? You can't even cure this little injury?!" The huge fear in Deputy Factory Director Li's heart made him speak indiscriminately.

"Deputy Director Li, what do you mean by this?" The gray-haired old doctor suddenly became unhappy after hearing this.

His face also looked ugly.

"What do I mean? What do you mean? Why are you just shaking your head without saying anything?!"

Deputy Director Li roared.

The gray-haired doctor stood up angrily and said with a straight face, "Then I'll tell you straight."

"Your leg was indeed just an ordinary fracture, and it has been repaired. The rest is just waiting for it to be fully healed."

"However, the wound on your leg was obviously broken twice. The cross section has been destroyed and cannot be reconnected at all."

"Even if this broken leg heals, it will still be limping in the future. This cannot be changed. You should just accept it!"

"There is nothing I can do. If you don't believe it, please ask someone else to do it!"

After the doctor finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.

These old doctors all have bad tempers. Even when facing Deputy Factory Director Li, they show no mercy.

On weekdays, whoever comes to see a doctor doesn't have a smile on his face, nod his head and bow down to please the doctor, and be polite.

No one would dare to think that Deputy Factory Director Li would lose his temper with them like this. Naturally, they wouldn't stand it.

Seeing the doctor leaving, Deputy Director Li became anxious and shouted quickly: "What are you doing! Don't leave!! Treat me!"

"Hurry up and pick up my legs!"

Deputy Director Li was lying on the bed roaring and hissing.

The doctor didn't even look back and went straight out the door.

Deputy Director Li was lying on the hospital bed helpless and furious, but the patients who were watching at the door were full of excitement.

Vice factory director Li, who usually scolds everyone he sees, has a bad temper, and is arrogant, has become a cripple?

And it won’t be cured in the future?

This is simply breaking news.

The crowd dispersed, and the news spread throughout the factory at an alarming speed.

In one morning, the entire steel rolling mill workers had heard the news.

It became a source of conversation among the workers after work.

"Hey! Did you hear that? Deputy Factory Director Li's leg cannot be cured, and he will be a lame from now on!"

"seriously?"

"It's true! It's more real than real gold! I went to the hospital to see a doctor this morning and saw it with my own eyes!"

"Oh my God! I'm such big news!"

…

"Have you heard? Deputy Factory Director Li's leg is broken again. No one can cure it now. From now on, one leg will be long and the other will be short, and he will be lame when he walks!"

"This is actually happening! Are you sure?"

"Of course! My sister-in-law was at the rolling mill hospital this morning and heard it clearly!"

"Hahahaha! I have to tell the people in our workshop to go!"

…

The news spread very quickly, and by lunch time, even the workers in the cafeteria and the garbage collectors knew about it.

Zou He naturally heard about it too.

Hou Lishan vividly told Zou He the news he had heard. After Zou He listened, the smile on his face did not diminish.

"He caused some damage to me during the factory celebration. Before I had time to deal with him, he was already in trouble."

"It's better to have a broken leg."

"It saves him running back and forth, stumbling upon me."

Hearing what Zou He said, Hou Lishan laughed and clapped his hands and said, "You are right! Brother Hezi!"

"Deputy Director Li has been thinking about how to cause trouble for you every day and trick you into harming you! It's over now! God can't stand it anymore and will take care of him for you!"

"He really deserves it!"

Several workers laughed and discussed, and then went to the canteen to get food.

Deputy Factory Manager Li went to the hospital for medical treatment in the morning and was disheartened when he learned that his leg was hopeless and could no longer be cured.

He didn't want to move anything, but he had to find a place to rest.

Now he has been kicked out of the house by his wife Liu Cuihua, and there is no way he can return home.

The only place he could go was the steel rolling mill.

But as soon as he entered the steel rolling mill, Deputy Director Li noticed something was wrong.

Everyone looked at him in an extremely strange way.

When he wasn't looking at them, they would point at him and whisper to him.

But when he turned around, no one spoke.

As soon as I left, there was a lively discussion.

Deputy Director Li was puzzled and didn't know why.

When he reached the door of his office and was about to go in, he heard the discussion of several workers in the finance room.

"...It's absolutely true! Xiao Wang saw it with his own eyes! He went to get cold medicine in the morning and happened to see Deputy Director Li making a scene in the hospital and scolding the doctor!"

"What does his broken leg have to do with other doctors? Why should he scold other doctors?"

"Who knows, you're being unreasonable!"

"Deputy Director Li thinks about currying favor with the director every day and wants to be the director. Now that his legs are like this, how can he still be the director? I see, but he is totally ruined!"

The person next to him seemed not to understand and continued to ask: "Sister Yang, I don't understand. What does a broken leg have to do with being a factory director?"

The one called Sister Yang replied: "If it is an ordinary fracture, it will be fine if it is repaired. Haven't you heard? He broke it again before it healed. There is no way it can be repaired! It will be the same after it has grown."

What a lame man! How could a lame man be chosen as the director of a steel rolling mill as big as ours?"

"Hey, yes!"

"I see, there is no doubt that the next factory director will be Director Zou!"

"I think so. Director Zou is now a popular figure in front of the factory director!"

…

Deputy Director Li stood at the door of his office, listening to the discussion in the office next door. He suddenly felt that the blood in his body was about to solidify, and he could not move at all.

Everyone in the factory knows about his broken leg??

He remembered the pointing gestures of the people who saw him on the road just now, and he suddenly understood.

It turns out that what they were discussing behind their backs was all about this one thing!

Deputy Director Li suddenly felt a surge of anger rushing to the top of his head, making his whole body tremble violently.

He could no longer control his emotions, raised the crutch in his hand, and slammed the door of the office next door.

The door opened in response.

"What are you doing?! If you keep talking nonsense, believe it or not, I will fire you right now!"

Deputy Director Li roared loudly.

Several people in the office were unprepared and were startled, and quickly sat back down in their seats.

Deputy Director Li angrily returned to his office on crutches, and then slammed the door of his office.

He was the only one left in the room. Deputy Factory Manager Li thought of his legs, his dream of being the factory director, and the comments made about him by the people in the factory. He suddenly felt sad and couldn't hold it back anymore, so he started crying.

He cursed in his heart: Why did all the bad things happen to him?!

It’s so difficult to memorize words and even drink cold water that your teeth will get clogged!

In Deputy Factory Director Li's mind, the discussion of several workers just now reappeared.

In the eyes of those workers, if he fell, the position of the next director of the factory would belong to him, Zou He.

Deputy Factory Director Li gritted his teeth and sighed, thinking to himself: A young man who only knows how to flatter the factory director actually dreams about the next factory director?

Don’t even think about it!

Even if I fail, I will never let Zou He get his wish!

Deputy Director Li clenched his fists secretly while thinking about it.

…

night.

In the courtyard.

Smoke was rising from the chimneys of every house. It was a snowy day and no one was hanging out outside. They all went home early and were waiting for dinner.

Huang Mafang also cooked a meal with a big belly and brought it to the table.

Xu Damao quickly put rice into his mouth with chopsticks. Huang Mafang saw it, frowned and shouted: "Why are you eating so fast? Eat slowly! I'll choke you again!"

Xu Damao didn't have time to finish his speech to her. He finished his meal in a few seconds, wiped his lips, and was about to go out.

Huang Mafang saw this and called him quickly: "Hey! What are you doing out in such a cold weather?"

Xu Damao squeezed his eyes and said with a smile: "Catch the thief!"

After hearing this, Huang Mafang was confused and asked: "Catch a thief? What kind of thief should we catch?"

"It's snowing heavily outside, where are you going to catch the thief?!"

Xu Damao put a big cotton-padded jacket on his body and said, "What do you, a woman, know?"

"The colder the weather outside, the easier it is for this thief to let his guard down!"

"There's a big thief in our courtyard!"

"I have to go and see who this thief is!"

"I have to expose him in front of the whole hospital!"

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he wrapped himself in his cotton-padded jacket and walked out of the house. Snowflakes were flying outside, and the cold north wind blew on his face, as if a sharp knife were scratching his face.

Xu Damao turned up the collar of his cotton-padded jacket to block some wind.

Then he stood in the corner at the back and looked into the middle courtyard.

Zou He said that it was Yi Zhonghai's house that the thief stole yesterday.

But Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything about their home being robbed all day long.

Then there are only two possibilities. First, Yi Zhonghai has not discovered that their home has been stolen. Second, this thief may know the first man.

Xu Damao paced back and forth in the corner, breathing into his hands with his mouth.

From time to time I peeked into the middle courtyard.

At this time, the Yi Zhonghai family.

Yi Zhonghai and Xu Damao had exactly the same mood.

Yi Zhonghai cut the 2 liang of meat he bought into shreds, fried it with a Chinese cabbage and a handful of vermicelli, and stewed it in half a pot.

After the stew was finished, he sat in front of the stove and lit the fire, lying in the crack of the door and looking out from time to time.

My heart felt like a kitten scratching at random, full of expectations and hopes.

Why hasn't Qin Huairu come yet?
Chapter completed!