Siheyuan: Rebirth 54 years ago, neighbor is stupid

Chapter 560 The unknown story

Jiang Tao persuaded the old lady and then gave Li Tieguo a wink.

Li Tieguo knew it was time for him to take action, so he lowered his voice and said to the old lady, "Mom, please don't bother with Zhenmin. If you feel uncomfortable, I will catch him tomorrow and kneel down to apologize to you."

At this point, the old lady couldn't hold back her face anymore, and replied with a little shame: "I'm not really old and confused, Zhenmin didn't do anything wrong. If it were me, I would be angry too, and I should be the one to apologize. And you, Zhenmin is so old, why are you still thinking about it? If outsiders saw him, where would he put his face? He is the leader, you have to give him face."

Hearing this, Li Tieguo felt relieved. Finally, the old lady was embarrassed enough to admit her mistake.

As long as the old lady admits her mistake herself, then everything else will be much easier to handle. The only thing to be afraid of is that she will act like an elder and won't be able to put down her dignity, and then we will have to rack our brains to find a way to make both parties feel better.

But thinking this in her heart, she still pretended to be polite and said, "Look at what you said. How can a grandmother apologize to her grandson? Just like you said, if outsiders knew about this, who knows what would be spread."

The old lady wanted to say something, but Li Tieguo interrupted her and said, "Okay, listen to me. He must apologize, but don't worry, as long as he has a good attitude, I won't really beat him."

You certainly can't use force when dealing with elders, but of course you can't help pointing out their faults forcefully, so there is a tacit understanding between Li Tieguo and Li Zhenmin, father and son, one plays the good cop and the other the bad cop.

The purpose is to make the old lady aware of her own problem and the more guilty she feels, the better, so that she will not feel embarrassed to interfere when the family makes decisions in the future.

Of course, no matter what, the old lady is also an elder, so she has to be given a way out. When the time is right, Li Tieguo will go to Li Zhenmin to discuss it.

.........

A few days passed in a flash.

Li Zhenmin finally received news today about the results of the investigation into Ma Lanlan.

Ma Xiaohu personally investigated and after a more detailed investigation, he finally discovered something strange about Ma Lanlan.

Malanlan's family has always had a good image among their neighbors.

Malanlan is the youngest child in a family of five. Both of her parents are working and have a good education. Her eldest brother works at the Power Bureau and was a college student before. Her second brother is an educated youth who has now gone to the countryside. Malanlan is the youngest in the family and did not finish high school due to policy issues.

On the surface, their family is already a pretty perfect family compared to most people.

The five members of the family are all educated, four of them have formal jobs, and the only unemployed second brother, although he is now living in the countryside, will have a secure job in the future and can simply inherit his parents' jobs.

They also have a good relationship with their neighbors, and basically no one says bad things about their family.

In the eyes of her neighbors, Malanlan is a lively, generous and well-educated child.

But after Ma Xiaohu's in-depth investigation, he finally found something wrong. Everything else was fine, but Ma Xiaolan was not as good as her neighbors thought. She had a conflict with someone at school, apparently because of an emotional dispute.

Ma Lanlan seemed to like a male classmate, but the male classmate liked another female classmate. Although there was no actual evidence of such a relationship, it was a rumor in the school at the time.

Ma Xiaohu also got the news from a teacher at school. The teacher said that this seemed to be the case, but the teacher didn't know the details. He only knew that Ma Lanlan had a conflict with that female classmate, but it was not serious. The school's final characterization was that it was just a shove between classmates.

However, the teacher provided another piece of information, that is, the female student's name was Xiao Caihong, and she later dropped out of school for unknown reasons.

So Ma Xiaohu continued to follow the clues and found Xiao Caihong's home.

It turned out that Xiao Caihong dropped out of school because her legs were disabled, but no one knew how she became disabled, and it remains an unsolved case.

Because Xiao Caihong has become mentally ill since then and has become a disabled person, unable to provide any evidence or clues.

Her family suspected that it was Ma Lanlan who did it and reported it to the police, but there was no evidence. In addition, the family was poor and they couldn't waste time on this, so the matter was eventually dropped.

And Gong Changjiang, the male classmate who originally liked Xiao Caihong, is now in the countryside and has not returned yet.

Gong Changjiang's parents also said they didn't know much about Xiao Caihong's affairs. They said the police had contacted them before and they had been investigated and were innocent.

As for Gong Changjiang’s previous confession, the police station in the relevant jurisdiction should have it on file, and his parents don’t know much about it.

So the news was found here.

Li Zhenmin frowned after listening to this. From an outsider's perspective, this matter was obviously abnormal, and Ma Lanlan was the most suspicious one. Of course, this was just speculation.

After thinking for a while, he then asked, "What about the rest of her family?"

Ma Xiaohu replied: "I haven't checked it in detail yet. His parents have good qualifications in the company, and his eldest brother is doing well in the power bureau. I'm afraid that if I check it directly, the other party will notice it and interfere with some things, so I didn't continue to check it."

Li Zhenmin nodded. There was no legitimate reason now, and it was unrealistic for Ma Xiaohu to find out all the circumstances in a short time with his power. It was already good enough to get the information now.

"Well, for the rest, send a few trustworthy and smart people to the production brigade where Gong Changjiang went to the countryside to take a look. If possible, ask him in person about what happened in the past, and use some appropriate means."

Then he took out more than a hundred yuan and handed it over: "This is the cost of this mission. Take it. The brothers below can't work for nothing."

Ma Xiaohu wanted to refuse the money, but Li Zhenmin stood up and said, "Okay, that's it for now. You don't need to check anything else. I can do it myself."

After saying that, he stood up and left.

Watching Li Zhenmin's leaving back, Ma Xiaohu felt a sense of urgency in his heart, as if... there was too little he could do. Many things still could not be brought to the surface when they were really needed, and in the end his brother had to go and check it out personally.

"It seems like we need to plan carefully and train some talents."

.........

The next day.

After get off work, Li Zhenmin planned to look for Zhao Yuanshan, the director of the Power Bureau.

Since Ma Lanlan's second brother works at the Power Bureau, it should be able to help if I go and check with Zhao Yuanshan.

Over the years, Li Zhenmin has maintained good relationships with everyone he had dealings with, except for Lou Bancheng who has left Sijiu City and Lin Xueru, with whom he once had a falling out.

In addition, his own abilities have improved a lot over the years, so the relationship has become closer, and this relationship is relatively clean. There is no need for intrigue in getting along with each other, and gradually they have become true friends regardless of age.

"elder brother."

When he arrived at the parking shed, Hu Yong was already waiting.

When Li Zhenmin heard the shouting, he looked up not far away and found that Ma Lanlan was following Hu Yong.

Ma Lanlan also awkwardly greeted Li Zhenmin: "Director Li."

Li Zhenmin nodded, but did not express anything else. He was too lazy to express anything. He said to Hu Yong directly, "It just so happens that I am looking for you. I have something to do today and will be home late. Tell your sister-in-law not to keep dinner for you. Oh, and the clothes you brought back home, you can stay at my place from now on, so you don't have to run back and forth."

After saying that, he drove away from the steel mill.

Hu Yong stood there in a daze for a long time, feeling a little embarrassed because Li Zhenmin didn't say a word to Ma Lanlan, but he was more grateful to his elder brother because he could live in his elder brother's house in the future.

At the same time, a sense of urgency arose in my heart.

I have been accepting help from my eldest brother, but I can't help him at all. My eldest brother has to go out for social events every now and then. How can I find time to tutor him when he is so busy? He needs to grow up quickly.

As for Malanlan’s matter, let’s take it one step at a time.

"Lanlan, you've seen that my brother is very busy every day and often doesn't eat at home. Let's wait for your matter."

"Uh....yeah, I get it."

Ma Lanlan didn't know why, but she always felt that something was wrong recently, as if something bad was going to happen.