Got out of the car.
At this time, He Yuzhu's eyes had become cold and gloomy: "Ezi, tell the truth. In this month, apart from asking for the ancestral house, have any of the guests at home done anything unusual? For example, they often go out for walks and talk to people outside. People bumping into each other and stuff.”
"Zhuzi, I haven't been back for more than a month. I haven't paid attention to this."
Lou Xiao'e was also frightened by He Yuzhu's expression. She hesitated, and after a while, she said: "In fact, I have never seen those relatives. I heard from my father that some of these relatives have not returned for decades. It’s already a 49-city city and we don’t have anywhere to live, so we all arranged to rest at home.”
He Yuzhu glanced at Lou Xiao'e and was silent for a moment, not telling Lou Xiao'e what he just heard.
After all, even Lou Zhendong hid certain things from his daughter. There was really no need for him, his son-in-law, to worry the woman more.
Lou Xiao'e is simple-minded, and it's better not to let her know some things.
"Forget it, let's not go in. Let's call our parents out."
He Yuzhu didn't know what was going on with the Lou family now.
But seeing so many people gathering in front of Lou's house, even if you think about it with your feet, you know that the Lou family must be in trouble now.
He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e turned to a nearby restaurant and asked the hotel clerk to help deliver a message.
Of course, He Yuzhu paid five yuan for running errands.
The guy's monthly salary plus benefits was about thirty yuan. Unexpectedly, he could still earn five yuan by running errands, so he went to deliver the message feeling very happy.
The man rode He Yuzhu's bicycle and ran towards Lou's house.
At this time, the Lou family's house was bustling and noisy, both inside and outside the foreign-style building.
Lou Zhendong and Lou Tan were hiding in the study upstairs. Their eyes were filled with helplessness and aggrievedness.
These relatives didn't know where they got the news, and they all came over.
If you ignore them and let them wander outside, not to mention that the Lou family will be disgraced, Lou Zhendong and his wife will never be able to return to their hometown to pay homage to their ancestors and visit relatives.
However, Lou Zhendong couldn't arrange for so many relatives to stay.
Before and after, there were nearly a hundred relatives who came to seek refuge.
Lou Zhendong has vacated all the spare rooms in his small foreign-style building, and has only arranged for more than a dozen households, housing more than 40 people, to live there.
That's it, there are still more than forty people blocking the door outside.
At this moment, Zheng Huyuan knocked on the door and came in with the hotel waiters.
"Sir, this comrade said that my uncle asked him to come here to find you."
"This is Mr. Lou, comrade. If you have anything to say, just tell him."
The guy was not an unsophisticated person, but he had just been intimidated by the aura of dozens of refugee-like foreigners. When he saw Lou Zhendong, who was dressed in noble clothes, his expression was inevitably a little reserved.
"Mr. Lou, Comrade He Yuzhu is waiting for you at the Red Star Hotel in front. He said he would like you to come over. By the way, he also said that if it is inconvenient for you to go out, you should use the excuse of arranging meals for relatives to go out."
He Yuzhu was really thoughtful.
When Lou Zhendong heard that He Yuzhu had returned from Xiangjiang, he felt at ease, thought for a moment, and asked his assistant to follow Zheng Huyuan out first.
After a while, Lou Zhendong led Lou Tan downstairs to the living room.
At this time, the living room of Lou's foreign-style house was full of smoke.
In summer, the weather is already very hot.
With so many people crowded together, the sour and sour body odor mixed with the pungent smell of dry tobacco, Lou Tan almost ran out holding his nose.
Lou Tan can leave because she is a woman.
Before Lou Zhendong left, he had to say hello to several clan relatives.
"Uncle Sixth, Uncle Eight, I'm going out to make arrangements for today's meals. I'll be back in a while. I'd like to ask you two to keep an eye on me at home and outside."
The sixth uncle and the eighth uncle were both named Lou, and they were the senior ones in the Lou clan. They were actually about the same age as Lou Zhendong, that is, about seventy years old, but they were a generation older, so they were considered the leaders among these people.
Then Uncle Lou Liu took a puff of dry cigarette, then raised his head and said:
"Zhendong, if you have something to do, go and do it. Our Lou family are all decent people, but we only do things that are looked down upon."
Uncle Lou Ba said:
"Zhendong, this food should be simple. Don't be so extravagant. Eat white flour steamed buns every day, and you won't be afraid of shortening the life of these wimps. The most important thing is the ancestral property. Get it back quickly, everyone will live here with you. , we are quite embarrassed to have disturbed you for so many days."
"I'm looking for someone to deal with the ancestral property," Lou Zhendong lamented in his heart. Facing the two elders of the family, he had to be respectful.
These two are the real older generation clan members in the clan, not just distant relatives with empty heads.
Lou Zhendong could scold other relatives or send them away with money.
But facing these two elders in the clan, Lou Zhendong could only persuade, but if he failed, he could only delay.
I really can’t afford to offend him.
After a while, Lou Zhendong and his wife followed the waiter to the Red Star Hotel.
He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e had already been waiting at the door.
"Dad, Mom."
"Zhuzi, you're back."
The four people met, greeted each other, and sat down.
"Dad, why are there so many people at our door again?"
Lou Xiao'e was the first to ask. She was a little frightened when she saw that the door to her home was blocked. If He Yuzhu hadn't stopped her, she would have thought something happened at home.
"I'm not an old relative from before. I don't know where I heard the news, so I ran over. And this time, two elders came with a team."
He Yuzhu immediately understood what Lou Zhendong said.
The arrival of these relatives did not appear accidentally, but was caused by someone behind the scenes.
This is consistent with my guess.
Lou Zhendong went on to explain the reason.
Ten years ago, the Lou family left in time and suffered no losses.
Last year, as soon as the situation stabilized, the Lou family came back immediately.
Not only did the Lou family suffer no losses, but they also gained the attention of senior officials because they helped flower growers survive crises several times.
Lou Zhendong has been placed in important seats at several important meetings this year.
The rapid rise of the Lou family has become a roadblock in the eyes of some people.
These people know that the Lou family has become a climate that is difficult to deal with on the table, so they can only resort to tricks in the hope of causing trouble for the Lou family.
The sudden appearance of these relatives of the Lou family must be related to these people.
After listening to Lou Zhendong's explanation, He Yuzhu's mind was spinning with thoughts.
Lou Zhendong has seen the truth of the matter, but has allowed it to develop. I am afraid it is not because he does not want to deal with it, but because he is old and cares about family ties, so he hesitates to this point.
He Yuzhu suddenly understood the key point of the matter and raised his head.
Mother and daughter Lou Tan and Lou Xiao'e were discussing the situation at home in a low voice.
He Yuzhu knew that there were some things that he still had to hide from the two women: "Mom, take Xiao'e to ask if there is a private room. Dad and I have something to discuss."
Unlike Lou Zhendong who cares about family ties, He Yuzhu has no emotional foundation for the relatives of the Lou family.
After a while, He Yuzhu and Lou Zhendong entered the box, and both of them lit a cigarette.
In the smoke, He Yuzhu's eyes flickered and he whispered: "Dad, have you found out who did it?"
"It can't be found out," Lou Zhendong shook his head. He Yuzhu was able to point it out, which was quite gratifying to him.
At this time, Lou Zhendong did not hesitate to point out: "These people will definitely not use the people around them to do things. The relatives of the Lou family are mainly my and your mother's distant relatives. The relatives within the fifth server have either gone abroad or know something about the situation." , will not cause trouble for the family. The people who come to visit us are all distant relatives who have no contact or feelings, and have been out of the fifth server for a long time. "
"That means I have no real relatives."
He Yuzhu understood this as soon as he heard this.
If they are really relatives, they will not listen to outsiders' tricks and cause trouble for their own family.
Don't tell me that these people were also fooled.
Anyone with some sense who comes to the Lou family and takes a look at the situation will know that the Lou family is being plotted.
In the entire Forty-Nine City, there are at least several hundred households, not to mention many wealthy households.
If you add up your close relatives and distant relatives, there are ten thousand or eight thousand people.
Relatives from other families are not so busy.
Are the relatives of the Lou family so low in ideological consciousness?
There is no need to check these things. They are all lice on the bald man's head. It's obvious.
He Yuzhu was silent for a while and then asked: "Dad, are you and those people fighting over something?"
This obviously disgusting tactic is similar to those in novelist Mark Twain's "Running for Governor."
Anyone with a discerning eye can see the truth, but dealing with these things will involve a lot of energy.
The other party only needs to use his words and spend a little money to use such a trick, but it can easily ruin the reputation of the Lou family.
"The senior management is interested in letting me hold an important position."
Lou Zhendong is not a fool, but there are some things that he understands clearly, but he still has no solution when encountering such a bad move.
Unless Lou Zhendong explicitly abandons something.
"Then give up." He Yuzhu couldn't think of a way to solve the problem, so he had to think of the best solution: "Dad, those people in the family must not be allowed to stay anymore. They must be allowed to go back. With so many people doing nothing every day, it is easy to cause trouble. trouble."
"Well, I'm actually preparing to have a showdown with them in the next few days."
What He Yuzhu said today reminded Lou Zhendong.
There were originally more than forty people living in the house, and now dozens more families have come.
The total number of people is close to one hundred. Once something happens, the Lou family is likely to fall into an irreversible situation.
By then, even if the mastermind behind it is caught, it will be of no use to the Lou family.
"I'm going to find someone right now to sort this out."
Lou Zhendong finally decided to put aside the ties of family ties and cut through the mess quickly.
"Okay, Dad, I'll go to Lou's house first to keep an eye on it, in case someone comes over to cause chaos. Xiao'e and my mother won't go back until everyone is gone."
He Yuzhu sent Lou Zhendong away, and he asked Lou Xiao'e to accompany Lou Tan to the courtyard for shelter.
Among these relatives are many relatives of the Tan family.
He Yuzhu sent Lou Xiao'e away and swaggered to Lou's house.
Today's Lou family is really more chaotic than the vegetable market.
The Lou family's three-story building originally had more than 20 rooms. Except for Lou Zhendong's bedroom and study room, all relatives had been arranged to live there.
There have been several more waves in the past two days. These people cannot enter the house and are piled up in front of Lou's house.
"Sure enough, there's something really wrong with these people."
He Yuzhu entered the courtyard and immediately attracted a lot of attention.
He Yuzhu has been living in Sijiu City for more than thirty years and walks the streets almost every day.
Not only did he remember the faces of everyone in the Four-Nine City, but he also remembered some respectable people.
Lou Zhendong said that people from his ancestral hometown came to visit relatives in the yard.
This is not right.
He Yuzhu easily recognized four or five street gangsters from Forty-Nine City.
"Uncle."
Zheng Huyuan saw He Yuzhu appear and ran over quickly.
He Yuzhu pulled Zheng Huyuan to the corner and whispered: "Uncle Zheng, go to the next branch to call the police. They say there are dozens of gangsters who are surrounding and robbing the Lou family."
Zheng Huyuan was a little surprised by He Yuzhu's order and felt at a loss. He quickly reminded: "Ah? My uncle, these are all relatives of Mr. and Mrs...."
"I know, but there are also a lot of street gangsters and hooligans mixed in."
He Yuzhu's tone was so decisive that Zheng Huyuan broke into a cold sweat.
When Zheng Huyuan subconsciously went to see these relatives, he realized that many of them did not have straight eyes, and did not have the anxiety and caution of seeking relatives.
"Then I'll go right away."
Zheng Huyuan knew that He Yuzhu, the son-in-law of the Lou family, had a very high status. Since He Yuzhu said it, he would just obey his orders.
Pushing the bicycle out of the garage, Zheng Huyuan went straight to the nearby branch.
When he arrived at the branch, Zheng Huyuan revealed his identity and said it directly according to what He Yuzhu told him.
The reporter who answered the call was frightened when he heard that local gangsters were surrounding Lou's house and robbing him.
There has not been a case like this in Sijiucheng for many years.
Because Zheng Huyuan informed Lou Zhendong's identity, the reporter who received the report did not dare to neglect and quickly informed his superiors.
Reports were filed one after another, and within three minutes, the director who was in the bureau was alerted.
"Call everyone and start. By the way, call the nearby train station. All the remaining officers from the two Beixinqiao police stations will go there."
The director is really worried.
The Lou family has been quite popular recently, and there are rumors that Lou Zhendong may become the leader.
Now there are dozens of gangsters surrounding Lou's house and robbing them.
What is the nature of this?
Three cars led the way, followed by seven three-wheeled motorcycles.
People nearby were shocked. They hadn't seen anything like this for several years.
It is only two kilometers from the branch office to Lou's home.
In less than ten minutes, more than 20 policemen with guns and ammunition surrounded the entire Lou family's small building.
Whether it's relatives waiting in the yard for the Lou family to arrange accommodation, or ruffians who want to fish in troubled waters.
Even the more than 40 people who already lived in Lou's house were frightened.
What does the Lou family want to do?
Everyone came here just to enjoy the autumn breeze.
Even if your Lou family is unwilling to arrange work for buying a house, it would still be helpful to give them some money.
As a result, a large number of police were called. Is this an attempt to "exterminate relatives for justice"?
