Chapter 68 Spread out
The entrance of the yamen faces south. Don’t come in if you don’t have money!

Since ancient times, ordinary Chinese people have disliked dealing with officials, or they dared not? Or both.

Especially at this time, the country had just been established for a few years, and the people were too deeply influenced by traditional ideas. They still needed to learn from teachers and gradually grow up.
The mask covered Wang Deming's still young face, and he looked around at the faces of people in the yard with sharp eyes.

Face? How can an old woman like you have face? How can Fourth Master Rong have face?
Do you feel proud when someone calls you "master"?

But I still have to be careful today. My gold, silver and jewelry, as well as the people's money that the thief hid last time, have not been buried yet!
Although Director Zhang would not rummage through the boxes and cabinets when he came, what if he was impatient?
His tone softened, and he said, "Old Madam, today, for the sake of you and Mr. Rong Si, I will let this matter go."

"However, if someone respects me one foot, I will respect him one yard. If something unpleasant happens again next time,

"Let's just go straight to the official route!"

Speaking in a gentle tone does not mean not saying harsh words.

"I originally wanted to take down the kang and bricks, but there was too much dust and dirt, and I was afraid it would affect the neighbors' cooking, so I deliberately closed the door."

"Hey, who would have thought that someone would take advantage of this issue?"

Wang Deming simply didn't close the door. He carried two buckets to the pool to fetch water, preparing to sift sand and mix cement.

The people who were still in the yard looked into the room through the door in the light of the setting sun, isn't it?

The furniture that had been moved in was stacked up near the door. The previous kang in the room had been dismantled, and the blue bricks were neatly stacked aside; the only floor tile that had not been dug out was the door, and the ones that had been dug out were neatly stacked at the door.

In addition to the pits and holes on the ground, most of the previous mottled walls and wallpaper were also scraped off. It seems that they are preparing to re-plaster the walls and scrape the whitewashed wall.
Wang Deming took the water and watched coldly as Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui and others went home in shame.

He carried the water back to the house, set up a sieve in the room, and moved all the bags of cement, river sand, lime and blue bricks at the door into the room, then slammed the door shut again.

Continue to use tables and cabinets to support it!

Wang Deming glanced at the courtyard through the window. No one was watching the fun. Each family was busy cooking dinner in the small kitchen built in the corridor.

He snorted again through his nose.

With a pickaxe in one hand and a shovel in the other, he returned to the kang and continued digging.

That is to say, Yi Zhonghai and his men were frightened by Wang Deming just now. If they really went into the house to take a look, they would really find the problem. Wang Deming had dug quite deep here, about 30 centimeters deep.
However, because of what happened just now, Wang Deming changed his mind and dug a few small square pits with a radius of about 30 centimeters, and reinforced the pit walls with cement and square bricks.

Put all the gold, silver and jewelry into a blue and white vase, wrap it with oil paper, put it in the pit, and then seal it all with cement and bricks. Backfill the soil, compact it, and then apply a layer of cement.

The kang was rebuilt, but the pattern of the kang was changed, and a stove was connected to the south side.

The money he brought was hidden in three places, with 3 yuan in one storage room.

Wang Deming also made simple concealed modifications above the storage room: using an old stool as support, he first covered the opening of the storage room with square bricks, and then made the real opening and closing mechanism after the cement was completely solidified. However, he also moved the cabinet over to hold it down.

After everything was done, it was already dark. Wang Deming looked around the room. Although the two rooms had been divided into four functional areas with the moved-in board walls (partitions), it was still very simple, with no ceiling or walls, and was a little bigger than he had initially imagined.

Wang Deming stamped his feet. Such a simple house was really worth every inch of land.

But let's leave it at that for now. I didn't plan to live here anyway.
He didn't even bother to change his clothes, so he just grabbed his clothes bag, locked the door and left.

After Wang Deming left No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, the women in the front and middle yards chatted in low voices while washing dishes.

"The first uncle in the middle yard and the third uncle in the front yard have encountered a tough opponent today."

"That's right. Don't be fooled by his young age. He speaks in a very witty way. He was able to capture an old man with just a few words."

"Not only that, there are people in the government behind him. Listen, go to the police station to find Chief Zhang and mention my name, tsk tsk."

"But don't tell me, I heard from my wife that people have been shot at the foot of the wall recently." "Kill them well, they are not good people! But there will be more interesting shows in our courtyard in the future."

"Tsk, tsk, that's right."

Sha Zhu and his sister He Yushui came back from work at the restaurant. When they heard people bustling around in the courtyard, they came over curiously and asked, "What's going on in the courtyard today?"

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No one paid any attention to him, so he could only return to the house with his sister in embarrassment.

As soon as Wang Deming entered the gate of Gulou East Street, Qin Huairu, who had been paying attention to him all the time, shook off the water droplets on her hands and stood up to greet him.

"Deming, why are there so much dust on your clothes?"

"Come in and change your clothes. I'll wash them together. I'll add a basin of water for you to wash and wipe thoroughly."

"Mr. Chang and Renchun are home?"

"They are all back. Mom asked them to eat first and rest early. They are exhausted in the past two days."

"Well, have you, mom, and sister eaten?"

"Mom must wait for you to come back."

"Don't wash the clothes yet, it's getting dark. Go call mom and sister to come over for dinner, I'll come after I change my clothes."

Dinner had been set in the main room of the west wing, which was all the leftover white meat from last night. Wang Deming turned around and gave Qin Huairu some instructions before returning to the south room.

After a while, Qin Huairu came in with a basin of warm water. Although she was married, it was the first time for her to see Wang Deming's naked body so clearly under the light.

The streamlined muscles all over his body, the well-defined abdominal muscles, and the lump under his crotch.
Her face turned red instantly. She put down the basin, picked up the dirty clothes, closed the door and went out.

"Mom, sister, Deming is back and changing his clothes. Let's eat first."

After dinner, godmother Wang Shuqin deliberately sent Qin Huairu to the north room first, and went to Wang Deming's room herself.

She sighed and said, "Deming, Mom didn't expect it to be such a coincidence this time?"

"As soon as Xiaoru entered the city, she ran into Miss Zhang Shouchun"

"Mom, isn't this going to happen sooner or later? Truth will come to light sooner or later." Wang Deming poured a glass of water for Wang Shuqin, moved a chair over to the kang and sat down. With a faint smile on his face, he said in a relaxed tone, "Besides, it's better to expose it now."

"After all, we are now liberated and the country has issued the Marriage Law. There are some things we can do but cannot say."

"That's what I said." Wang Shuqin's eyebrows were all knitted together, not knowing whether it was because of self-blame or because her plan had failed. She said regretfully, "But the new identity that Mom registered for you in the countryside - Yan Huaichu, isn't it useless?"

"Mom originally thought that your and Xiaoru's children would all have the surname Yan, and your children in the city would all have the surname Wang."

Wang Deming was delighted. It turned out that this was what his godmother had in mind. He took her hand and comforted her, "Mom, no matter if I will have a chance to live in the city in the future, one of my children will definitely be named Yan."

"TAL will inherit the Yan family's legacy."

Then he added: "It must be a boy!"

"Mom, what happened to Xiaoru last night?"

(End of this chapter)