Chapter 438 Who helped?
At worst, he could just resign and go back to his hometown to hide - this was Wang Tiedan's satisfactory answer to reassure his family and let Wang Dexing and others have a good meal.
Including Uncle Ni, Great Grandma and Third Grandma all came.
There were two large tables of people gathered around, all of them were very worried about Wang Tiedan's situation.
This is also the last resort that everyone can think of or accept.
As long as he returns to Dawang Village, no one can touch Wang Tiedan even if he comes.
……
Time flies, and three days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Both the steel mill and the courtyard were calm, at least on the surface.
Xu Damao's popularity was soon replaced by the overthrow of a certain workshop director, and during this period no one bothered Wang Tiedan anymore.
That morning, a man with an untidy beard and a horse face walked tremblingly to the gate of No. 95 courtyard.
The moment the visitor saw the house number, he couldn't help but wipe away tears.
Although he confessed everything and told the truth, for a long time, Xu Damao believed that he would at least stay in the bullpen for a few years.
But he never expected that on the last day, something unexpected happened and someone actually pleaded for him, allowing him to escape this disaster.
"Isn't this Damao? Someone, come here, Damao is back, you are finally back, Damao, are you okay?"
The person who was speaking was an auntie from Yard No. 93. Her family got a lot of share in the matchbox pasting business thanks to Xu Damao.
But just this one shout caused an uproar in several nearby courtyards, and aunties and grandmas rushed out one after another.
"It's okay, thank you Aunt Liu, are you okay?" Xu Damao replied indifferently.
"Okay, are you really okay?"
"It's okay, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get out, right?"
"Too!"
Xu Damao didn't want to stay any longer and walked into the yard.
The aunties and grandmas in Yard 95 looked at Xu Damao as if he were a giant panda. They had a lot to say, but when they saw Xu Damao's expression, they couldn't say it.
It was not until Xu Damao started snoring shortly after entering the room that everyone returned to the front yard for a heated discussion.
"Xu Damao looks like he's really okay."
"This is strange. There was a rumor before that Xu Damao was going to live in a cowshed in the countryside. I don't know who made it up. He has no good intentions."
"Some people even said he was secretly shot."
"I think Xu Damao has suffered a lot."
"That's right. If you go into a place like that, you won't suffer!"
"Ah, I was implicated by the Lou family. After all, I have been the son-in-law of the Lou family for several years."
"Tell me, if Xu Damao knew that many of the Lou family's close associates were taken away and their homes were raided, what would he think?"
"What else can I think? It's too late to hide. Should I go and settle the score with Liu Haizhong? Liu Haizhong is so powerful now that ordinary people can't afford to offend him. The factory has already issued a notice that Xu Damao will go to the workshop for transformation and is no longer the head of the publicity section."
"This Liu Haizhong is the same, he always does bad things, and it annoys me to see him showing off.
It’s because we have Ni Ye in our hospital. Otherwise, who knows what kind of mess he would have made in our hospital.”
"That's right. I heard that he wanted to cause trouble for Wang Tiedan before, but he was scared away by the people who came from Wang Tiedan's house. He is a coward who only bullies the weak and fears the strong."
"No matter how cowardly he is, he has the ability. It's only been a few days and Liu Guangtian has already been hired by the steel mill. I heard that Yan Bugui also wants Yan Jiefang to be hired and is begging him for help."
"I don't know how long he can hold this position. As the saying goes, a clean magistrate can earn 100,000 silver coins in three years. He should take advantage of his ability to make as much as he can."
"That's true. Two workshop directors have fallen in three days. If you ask me, if he keeps messing with people, he will be messed with sooner or later."
……
Xu Damao didn't hear the conversation between the people in the yard. He slept until he got off work in the afternoon. He was woken up by the sounds of cooking in the yard.
When he opened his eyes, Xu Damao almost cried again.
Sitting by the bed were his parents, sister, and wife. Everyone looked haggard. Needless to say, they must have been worried sick about him.
"Mom and Dad, I made you worried."
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back." Xu Fugui said with a sigh.
"You came back and crawled into bed without washing. You look so sloppy. Hurry up and wash up. What a mess you are in."
Xu's mother didn't know how to say anything else, so she just found fault and complained.
"I'm just too sleepy. I'm not allowed to sleep in there, hehe..." Xu Damao said with a wry smile.
"Okay, is everything really okay this time?" Xu Fugui asked.
Xu's mother, Zhou Fangjing, and Xu Damao's sister Xu Xiaojuan all looked straight at Xu Damao, wanting to hear the answer they wanted to know.
"Well, it's okay."
Xu Damao nodded.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's good that you're okay, it's good that you're okay. Fortunately, you and Lou Xiao'e are divorced, otherwise, our family would be in trouble."
Xu Fugui couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, he had long forgotten how actively he had encouraged Lou Xiao'e to marry into his family.
Xu's mother also felt a lot of emotion. Seeing familiar people being arrested one by one, she always felt a little uncomfortable. After all, Xu Damao was the only child in the family, so she had no choice.
"Dad, let's not talk about the past."
It is inappropriate to mention your ex-wife in front of your current wife.
Xu Damao interrupted hurriedly and started another topic.
"I haven't asked yet. Nothing important happened during the days I was away, right?"
Now the room was quiet again.
"What's wrong?" Xu Damao asked.
Xu Fugui and others looked at each other and spoke.
He told everything that had happened in the past few days, such as the fact that his family spent a lot of money to inquire about the news, the family's medicine was given to Li Huaide, and that Xu Damao was demoted to the workshop for reform.
I said this just because I was afraid Xu Damao wouldn't be able to accept it.
Things like Xu Fugui and his wife were locked up in the steel mill for half a day and were harassed by Liu Haizhong; Zhou Fangjing was isolated for investigation for a day and a night; Xu's mother sold out some people to save Xu Damao; and when the wall falls, everyone pushes it down. These things should not be known to Xu Damao.
But even so, Xu Damao's face became more and more gloomy.
He didn't expect that so many things would happen just because he was taken away and there was no result yet.
Especially Li Huaide, he didn't say a bad word about Li Huaide in there. Of course, the main reason was that the other party didn't ask, and then he was treated like this, which made him feel disappointed.
But problems also arise.
Xu Damao hurriedly expressed his doubts.
"That's not right. You didn't save me, and you didn't ask anyone else to save me. So who saved me?"
"Was it the help of the connections you found before?" Xu Fugui asked.
Xu Damao shook his head.
Definitely not. His biggest network of contacts is Li Huaide, through whom he got to know many secretaries and guards of high-ranking officials.
Li Huaide stayed far away and it was impossible for him to let those people help him.