Chapter 86 Calculation
Li Jiandong rode his bike and personally delivered the gifts to the homes of Director Wang and several members of his team.

It was already dark when I got home.

Li Jiandong washed his hands and sat at the dining table to eat. He heard someone opening a door in the yard and subconsciously looked over.

Then, I saw the deaf old lady walking out of the house and into the yard with a cane.

"This old lady is still going out after dark. Isn't she afraid of falling?"

Qin Huairu muttered.

"Never mind her, maybe she went to the bathroom."

Li Jiandong said casually.

He no longer considered the old lady a member of his own courtyard, or even a human being, so he didn't care what the deaf old lady did outside.

Not long after, the old lady came back. Before entering, she glanced at Li Jiandong's house with a sneer on her lips.

Soon another day passed.

The next day was the weekend, and we finally had the chance to sleep in. Everyone in the yard tacitly agreed not to get up early. Even if some people had to get up early for something, they tried not to make any noise.

If Qin Huairu were a pub, she wouldn't be able to rest on weekends.

Get up early, make breakfast and feed my son first.

Then he said to Li Jiandong: "Brother Jiandong, I have prepared the meal for you. Whenever you get up, take it out and eat it."

Li Jiandong said while lying in bed: "Not many people went to get drinks in the morning. Can we adjust the opening time later?"

Qin Huairu said:

"There are fewer people in the morning, but there are quite a lot of people in the morning, especially after you need a ticket to buy things. There is less meat in the butcher shop than before. Those who buy meat line up early in the morning, for fear that if they go too late, the good meat will be sold out. Some people who like to drink will come to get a drink after buying meat. We can't just think about ourselves when doing business, we have to provide convenience for others."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Qin Huairu burst out laughing.

"Why do I have to work so hard? I just drink and keep accounts every day. I am not exposed to the sun or rain in the house. It is quite interesting to sit and listen to the stories told by the drinkers all day long."

"Okay, I won't say any more. I have to go. See you later, Mom."

One and a half year old Li Xunfu waved his little hand: "Goodbye, Mom."

"Well, what a good son."

Qin Huairu rubbed her son's head, then closed the door and left.

Li Jiandong continued to lie in bed until almost 9 o'clock before getting up.

The weather is very cold now. Even though there is a stove at home, I shiver when I get up. I feel the urge to pee, so I run to the toilet without even washing my face.

At this time, some people in the yard had already gotten up.

He Daqing saw Li Jiandong running out and said with a smile: "Old Li, don't you have a urinal at home? Why do you rush to the toilet every morning?"

Li Jiandong casually replied: "Let it go, but Huairu knocked it out."

The urinal is similar to a chamber pot, but in the shape of a bucket. There is no toilet in the slum, so if you want to go to the toilet, you have to run to the entrance of the alley.

It’s cold in winter, who would be willing to get up in the middle of the night and run so far to pee?
Some kids can do it in the yard, but it would be embarrassing for adults to be seen.

So, get a special bucket for peeing and put it in the house. After you pee at night, take it to the toilet and pour it out in the morning, or directly pour it into the flower bed.

Anyway, it won’t freeze into ice if it falls down in the cold winter, so it won’t have any taste.

He Daqing had some private work today, so he said hello to Li Jiandong and left with his cooking tools.

The deaf old lady lay behind the window, watching Qin Huairu and Li Jiandong leave the courtyard one after another.

Then, He Daqing also pushed her bicycle away. She knew that Li Jiandong would be back soon and the opportunity was gone.

So he quickly pushed the door open and ran out, glanced at several other households, and when he found no one there, he quickly ran towards Li Jiandong's house.

I opened the door and walked in. One and a half year old Li Xunfu was sitting on his little stool playing with building blocks.

This ordinary building block toy is also a luxury item. It was given to Li Jiandong by others after he became the logistics director. Most people cannot buy it even if they want to.

"What are you looking at, little bastard."

The deaf old lady cursed viciously. She didn't intend to stop even if she was seen. After all, he was just a child and he couldn't possibly know what she came in for.

There was a rice jar not far from the entrance of Li Jiandong's house. The deaf old lady walked over to it, opened the lid of the jar and stuffed the things she had brought in her arms into it.

As she stuffed her food, she muttered, "Such good rice has been wasted by that bastard Li Jiandong. It's really unfair for an old lady like me to have to eat steamed bread every day."

After hiding the things in the rice, the deaf old lady closed the lid of the rice jar, turned around, walked to the door, checked that there was no one outside, then quickly opened the door and walked out.

After returning to her room, the deaf old lady finally breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking that Li Jiandong was about to be ruined, her heart beat faster and faster.

She kept looking at the clock on the cabinet.

When the clock pointed to ten o'clock, the old lady suddenly stood up.

He pushed the door open again and walked out, shouting, "Someone, someone is stealing something."

"It's terrible, it's terrible, there's a big thief in our yard, my things have been stolen."

The deaf old lady had a very loud voice, and at this time, people who were sleeping in had all gotten up and came to the central courtyard when they heard her shouting.

However, no one was willing to help the old lady, they just came to watch the fun.

Seeing that no one asked her what happened, the deaf old lady had to take the initiative to speak:
"You are such heartless people that you didn't even spare an old lady like me. That was the only valuable thing I had on me, a gold pocket watch worth more than 600 yuan. I will search every house of yours, and I will never let anyone who stole it go."

At this time Li Jiandong also walked out of the house.

The deaf old lady walked straight towards him.

"Li Jiandong, did you steal my things? You are the only one in our hospital who disrespects me the most. No one else can steal my things. Now I am going to search your house. You must get out of my way. Otherwise, it means that my gold pocket watch was indeed stolen by you."
The deaf old lady was very aggressive and tried to squeeze past Li Jiandong after she finished speaking. She was coming for Li Jiandong.

When Li Jiandong heard the deaf old lady shouting that something was lost, he realized that something was wrong.

Because the deaf old lady has been having a very hard time living with Yi Zhonghai recently.

If there really was a gold pocket watch worth 600 yuan, she would have sold it long ago and used the money to buy meat.

Now that she has come to my door, it is obvious that she has taken someone else's things and wants to frame me.

Li Jiandong didn't have many enemies, and the only one who could think of such a vicious trick to frame him was Yi Zhonghai.

And Li Huaide, who is competing with him for the position of director of the Political Affairs Office.

With Yi Zhonghai's financial resources, he probably couldn't afford a gold pocket watch, so the answer was obvious.

There must be that gold pocket watch in my room, and it should be given to the deaf old lady by Li Huaide and placed in my house in order to frame me.

Then, he forced himself to give up his position to him on the grounds of improper conduct.

However, this old lady was too naive.

She thought that by helping Li Huaide she could gain benefits and also attack herself, but she didn't know that Li Huaide didn't consider her at all.

After she shouted those words just now, she was doomed to be in bad luck.

"Li Jiandong, what are you doing? Are you afraid to let me go in to check? Is it because the gold pocket watch is inside?"

The deaf old lady tried to squeeze past Li Jiandong.

However, Li Jiandong was blocking the door and she couldn't get in at all.

Li Jiandong sneered, "Old lady, during this period of investigation, you were very cautious and I couldn't find a reason to kick you out. Now that you've popped up again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Seeing that Li Jiandong looked so arrogant, the deaf old lady thought he didn't know what was going on.

Said proudly:
"Li Jiandong, do you think you still have a chance to chase me away now? You should be the one asking me to let you go. You stole something so valuable from me, so I should at least let you spend more than ten years in prison. Now I'm going to go in and find my things, so get out of here right now."

The deaf old lady had been blocked by Li Jiandong for such a long time.

If she didn't go in, the people arranged by Li Huaide would come to the door soon. She couldn't wait and wanted to squeeze past Li Jiandong.

However, Li Jiandong grabbed him by the collar and pushed him out.

"Ouch~ You want to kill me?"

The deaf old lady was pushed to the ground.

Suddenly he started wailing, "Someone is being beaten up! Come and see! Li Jiandong not only stole my things, he also beat up an old man! Is this unjust? Come and see!"

"Who hit someone?" Suddenly, a middle-aged man ran in from outside.

Immediately afterwards, five or six men wearing steel mill security uniforms came in.

Hu Haodang was a little surprised when he saw that it was Li Jiandong: "Old Li, why are you here? Is this your hospital?"

It was his first time to come to Courtyard 40, and he hadn’t learned much about it before.

When he saw Li Jiandong, he was a little surprised but also a little confused, because when he came in just now, he seemed to hear someone shouting that Li Jiandong was beating an old man.

"Old Li, what's going on?"

Hu Haodang stepped forward and asked.

At this time, the man in plain clothes who ran in first, after checking on the deaf old lady, also stood up and questioned,

"Director Li, please explain to me why you want to bully the elderly?"

This man is the director of the discipline department of the steel rolling mill, named Xu Kai. The discipline department is responsible for managing the discipline of the cadres, and all work style issues are under their jurisdiction.

Li Jiandong sneered: "Director Xu, please be careful with your words. Which eye of yours saw me bullying the elderly?"

After saying that, he walked up to Hu Haodang, leaned down next to his ear, and whispered his guess.

After listening to Li Jiandong's explanation, Hu Haodang believed him without hesitation.

Even if you think about it carefully,
Today is the weekend, and Xu Kai, the director of the Discipline Department, does not have to be on duty on weekends. Why does he suddenly appear in the steel mill?

And reported to the Security Department that someone was stealing things in Yard 96?
As a result, he took people to search Yard 96 for half a day, but only found a few electrical tools. Moreover, the man was an electrician, so these tools could be taken out of the steel mill.

In the end, it turned out to be a misunderstanding.

As a result, as soon as he walked out of Yard 96, he heard the shouting of a deaf old lady coming from the courtyard next door, and Xu Kai rushed in without hesitation.

Now that I think about it, this was all a trap.

He deliberately used himself as a witness to make Li Jiandong's theft a solid case.

"Old Li, where is that thing?"

Hu Haodang also asked in a low voice, as long as they found that thing and threw it away secretly, the problem could be solved.

Li Jiandong shook his head: "It should be in my house, but I don't know where exactly. I just realized that I was framed."

"That's easy. Just stop talking and look at me."

Hu Haodang cleared his throat and said to Xu Kai and the deaf old lady,

"Director Xu, old lady, Director Li and I have just discussed this. Director Li doesn't want anyone to enter his home. Besides, he is only a suspect now, but there is no evidence to prove that he really stole the things.

We should respect his wishes, so I will take the security personnel to search inside."

The deaf old lady was stunned when she heard this, not knowing whether she should believe the security officer in front of her.

However, Xu Kai knew that Hu Haodang was planning to help Li Jiandong cover up.

If he were to bring people in to search, even if they found them, they could hide quietly. Then there would be no evidence, and it would just be a farce, wouldn't it?

Even Director Li Huaide’s gold pocket watch could not be found.

"Chief Hu, since the old lady dared to say that Li Jiandong stole her things, it is obvious that she saw him take the watch with her own eyes. If your security department doesn't find it after entering, I'm afraid everyone will think that you are in collusion with Director Li."

For Li Huaide, Xu Kai had offended both the security department and Li Jiandong today.

The deaf old lady also heard from his words that Hu Haodang was not "one of us".

Then, he suddenly shouted, "You are a man in uniform, how can you represent me? I can search my own things. I just saw with my own eyes that Li Jiandong hid my gold pocket watch in the rice jar in his house. If you don't want me to go in, just let him take out the rice jar himself and show it to everyone."

After the old lady said this, Li Jiandong and Hu Haodang understood.

It was indeed the deaf old lady who put the gold pocket watch into Li Jiandong's house, and she placed it in the rice jar of Li Jiandong's house.

But the key question now is, what can we do even if we know it?

There is no surveillance and no fingerprint comparison. If someone else's things are found in your home, then it means you stole them and you can't justify it no matter how you go about it.

Hu Haodang was also in a difficult situation. He knew that Li Jiandong must have been framed in this matter.

But from the scene, even if Li Jiandong stole the deaf old lady's things, with Xu Kai, the director of the discipline department, there was no way he could blatantly confuse right and wrong.

So, he could only lie down and whisper in Li Jiandong's ear:

"Lao Li, find someone to help you out. Otherwise, it will be even worse if the situation gets out of hand. We can only admit our failure this time."

What Hu Haodang said means that there is really no better way.

There were many people watching around, including He Daqing.

Moreover, He Daqing was relatively close to Li Jiandong and Hu Haodang, and he vaguely heard what Hu Haodang said.

He suddenly gritted his teeth and stood up and said, "Stop arguing, I admit that I stole the gold pocket watch. If you want to catch me, just catch me."

He Daqing is the most loyal person in the entire compound.

It is impossible to watch my brother being wrongly accused. Since there is no way to help clear him of suspicion, I will just take the blame for him.

Anyway, Li Jiandong is here, he will definitely help take care of his children and wife.

When the residents saw He Daqing take the initiative to admit it, they all looked at him with some understanding.

Although Li Jiandong has a good relationship with everyone in the hospital, the one with the best relationship is still He Daqing.

The deaf old lady and Xu Kai were both surprised to hear that He Daqing was going to take the blame for Li Jiandong. They came to help Li Huaide frame Li Jiandong, and if He Daqing took the blame, it would be completely meaningless.

He was just about to threaten He Daqing and ask him to take back what he had just said.

Suddenly someone stood up and shouted:

"Uncle He, you are the pillar of the family, and you have a wife and children waiting for you to take care of. I actually took this watch. My family has two working parents, and even if I get fired, I still have Ladi."

He Daqing didn't expect that Jia Dongxu would be able to stand up. It seems that the apprentice that Li Jiandong accepted is really good.

But with him around, it would never be Jia Dongxu's turn to take over for his brother. Although Jia Dongxu was Li Jiandong's apprentice, he still had to rank behind his brother.

"Don't talk nonsense, Dongxu, I still have pillars at home."

"That won't work either. Zhuzi hasn't married yet. If you ask him to support the whole family, what if he can't find a good partner in the future?"

Jia Dongxu was not willing to be outdone. He thought that everything he had was given by his master, so it was only right that he should endure the frame-up for his master.

The deaf old lady and Xu Kai were both a little confused.

They didn't expect that there would be people who would be willing to take the blame for others.

Moreover, these two people are leaders of the steel rolling mill, one is the workshop director and the other is the canteen director. If someone else took the blame, the most he would lose is a few years of freedom and an ordinary worker's job.

These two will lose two cadre positions.

"Dongxu, don't talk nonsense. The child is still so young. Do you want him to be without a father just as he can remember people?"

At this time, Jia Zhang came out of the house.

Liang Ladi also followed her with her child in her arms, but Liang Ladi didn't say anything. She didn't want her man to go in, but she respected his choice.

After hearing what Jia Zhang said, Xu Kai also stood up and said, "He Daqing, and Jia Dongxu, you two better think it over. I know you are doing this out of brotherhood, but you are not alone. You still have your own families. I hope you will think more about your families before you act impulsively."

Xu Kai said in a stern voice that there was absolutely no benefit in arresting either He Daqing or Jia Dongxu.

At this time, another voice came from behind him.

Little Hutao held Little Xiaotao's hand, stood at the door of their house and said:

"Master He, Dongxu, stop arguing. I was the one who took the pocket watch. You are both leaders and your families are not short of money. How could you steal other people's things?

I stole the watch because I was greedy for money.

Because someone was passing by at the time, I hid in a rice jar that an old man had added. If you want to catch someone, just catch me. "

Li Jiandong looked at Xiao Hutao. He had not expected that she would stand up.

With his thoughts, he could not understand what chastity meant to women in this era.

If he and He Daqing had not appeared last time, Xiao Hutao might have committed suicide by now.

He thought he was just doing a small favor, but in the eyes of Little Walnut, it was no less than a life-saving grace.

(End of this chapter)