nycdaug Chapter 222 The temple is small but the Buddha is great!
Chapter 222 The temple is small but the Buddha is great!
Zhong Yuemin and the other two blocked and retreated,
"Jianguo, Kuiyong, you two go up first, quickly!"
Li Kuiyong and the other man did not hesitate and quickly ran to the corridor and went up to the second floor. Zheng Tong shouted upstairs,
"Yuemin, come up quickly, quickly!"
Seeing the crowd rushing over like a raging flood, Zhong Yuemin picked up a square table on the side and swung it over to block it. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he turned around and quickly went upstairs. The crowd below was about to rush up.
"Smash it! Smash it hard, you bastard!"
Zheng Tong shouted excitedly, taking the lead in throwing the tables, chairs and benches from the upper floor to the stairwell. Others followed suit, and the already crowded stairwell was completely blocked. There were more people below, but it was useless. With such a narrow passage, they could only guard the upper part, and the people below could not rush up at all. It was like a one-man-blocking-a-thousand-men-unable-to-break-through situation.
"Come on, come on, you bunch of troublemakers, if you have the guts, come up and fight Master Zheng, Master Zheng will reward you with two kitchen knives."
"You bastard, if you have the guts, come down here. I can't kill you."
"Grandson, are you talking to your Grandpa Zheng? Grandpa won't go down. Grandpa likes to stay up there, you worthless thing."
"Okay, Zheng Tong, take a break!"
Zhong Yuemin stopped the man and asked him what he was talking about. He was so excited. This was the last barrier. If we lose, we will all be finished. The situation was deadlocked and only verbal abuse could be exchanged. After another ten minutes, people from the county revolutionary committee finally showed up. Ma Guiping and Li Dan from the public security department came over. Hong Guangliang also arrived with the commune militia. They arrived almost at the same time.
The scene was noisy, and the crowd blocking the downstairs was arrogant. They refused to retreat even when the police arrived. Finally, Li Dan lost his temper and fired two shots into the air from his Type 54 pistol.
"Are you going to rebel? Ah! Come out here, put down your sticks. If you don't listen to me, don't blame me for being rude."
This stunned everyone, and the crowd left the restaurant. Ma Guiping shouted upstairs,
"All the educated youth, come down, come down."
Zhong Yuemin led the team downstairs to the street outside. A few troublemakers in the crowd saw that the situation was not right and tried to escape.
"Captain Li, don't let these hooligans get away. They're the ones who bullied the female educated youth and fanned the flames, encouraging the unsuspecting masses to smash and destroy the restaurant."
Just now, these few bastards were the ones who were shouting the loudest and took the lead in rushing in to fish in troubled waters.
"Get it for me!"
Li Dan called out, and several of his men immediately rushed forward to control the few people, and they were still shouting,
"The police are arresting people, the police are arresting people, you are all in the same group, the educated youth from Beijing are bullying us locals, fellow villagers, you..."
"Hou San, it turns out to be you!"
Li Dangang hadn't noticed it until he saw the man's face clearly after hearing the shout. He walked over and snorted coldly:
"You son of a bitch, you're such a hard-boiled fool. How long have you been out? And you've gotten me into trouble again? Fine, you've gotten yourself into trouble this time. You molested female educated youth, organized a fight, and smashed public property. Just wait for your turn."
Then he shouted to the crowd,
"Fellow villagers, I'm from the County Public Security Bureau. This guy is called Hou San. He's a habitual criminal who just got out of jail last month. He's been involved in a lot of thieves, hooliganism, and fights. These guys are his cronies. Don't be fooled or deceived by this kind of hooligans. This restaurant has been smashed up like this by you. I'll just assume you were unaware and deceived. Now, all of you, disperse. If anyone causes trouble again, you'll be put in jail like these hooligans."
When everyone heard the identities of these people, and then saw that they had been shouting loudly just now, but now they were wilting, needless to say, they didn't dare to stay any longer. They were all involved in the smashing and looting, and if they were late they were afraid they would not be able to escape, so they quickly fled the scene. In a few breaths, the street that was crowded with people a second ago was already deserted. A gust of wind from the north blew, and dust mixed with dead leaves, coupled with the sticks on the ground and the miserable restaurant, it felt like the filming of a national police and gangster movie about the customs and people of the Northwest.
"The Bandits in Guanzhong"!
Luo Manman!
Several ruffians named Hou San were taken away, and these educated youth were also taken to the police station. This was a serious matter.
Half an hour later, in the Criminal Police Team office, Li Dan poured a glass of water for Zhong Yuemin.
"Thank you, thank you!" He was really thirsty, and his throat was about to smoke from shouting. He took a few big mouthfuls and swallowed them.
"Would you like me to pour you another drink?"
"enough!"
He wiped his hands twice.
"Yuemin," Li Dan sat aside,
"You're such a troublemaker, kid! At least be aware of your status. A dignified commune director going out to get involved in a group fight, how bad is that going to be?"
"Brother Li, you're totally wronging me. You saw what happened just now. Luckily I stopped them. Otherwise, if Hou San and his gang really rushed in with hundreds of people, each one hitting us with a club, who among us educated youth could withstand it? Someone must have died. Once these hundreds of people dispersed, who would you go after? Who is the murderer? If educated youth die, how many lives will be lost? Brother Li, I'm not trying to scare you, but your chief's hat will have to be taken off your head. If things go wrong, you will be implicated as well."
"So you mean, I should thank you?"
"That's not the case. We don't need to do that with our relationship."
"You kid!" Li Dan scolded with a smile.
"I'm telling you this for no other reason than to say that you need to be more stable. After all, you're not ordinary. And, you must also know that the outside world, the educated youth from the city, like you, are not welcome, but they are not well-received. Do you understand what I mean?"
Zhong Yuemin nodded.
"Brother Li, I've remembered everything you said and will pay attention to it next time. However, we didn't come all the way to the countryside willingly. We should be able to stay in the city. Who would want to come here and suffer like this? Who did we offend? Who can we complain to about this injustice?"
"Don't complain to me. I'm just a small team leader. How can I handle such matters?" Li Dan said.
"I heard from Deputy Director Ma earlier that your father has been released and reinstated?"
"I'm out, but I don't know if it's my original job. I'm resting at home now, waiting for notice from above."
"Good news, you won't be here long. You'll definitely be able to join the army next spring. Perform well in the army, and with your father's connections, your future is limitless."
"To be honest, I'm not that interested in whether there's a future or not. Being a director is pretty good now, it's a leisurely life. If I join the army, there will be too many rules and regulations. I'm a wild person and I like a free and easy life. Even if I join the army, I definitely won't stay long."
"Don't be childish. Others are eager to get a job, but you despise it. What's the point of being a lousy director here? You should be like Shen Tao in the past, who would embezzle money and embezzle it. If you can get money, you should be honest. Well, in this poor and remote place, what great future can you have? I can see that you are a big shot. Our small temple can't accommodate a big Buddha like you."