Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 626 Teasing Ants

Since He Zhan got inspiration from He Lai, he directly sent people to secretly investigate all the purchasing stations in Sijiu City, and also had people secretly stake out those places.

In less than half a month, the scrap metal theft case was fully investigated.

A total of fifty or sixty people were arrested, including many leaders who provided convenience to these people.

As a result, half of the people working in the steel mill left at once, and the remaining people became obedient instantly.

After all, the investigation revealed that a huge amount of money was involved, and several purchasing stations were in charge of accounting, so they couldn't deny it even if they wanted to.

Most of the workers involved in the case were directly fired, and several of the masterminds were sent directly to the quarry to undergo labor reform; of course, some of those with less serious offenses were demoted to sweep toilets and streets.

This is how things like this are handled in this era. If it doesn't get out of hand, everything is fine and the leaders can turn a blind eye. But once it gets out of hand, the higher-ups will take direct action and handle it all the way down to the bottom. After all, this is the capital, and any slight disturbance may reach the ears of the big leaders.

The factory is now eager to get rid of a few pests and lazy people, but due to the high status of the workers in the factory, you can't just open a factory if you want to.

If we have this opportunity, we will show no mercy at all, recover the stolen money from them and impose fines on them.

In fact, the leaders are looking forward to such a thing. After all, there is a severe shortage of factory positions nowadays, and there is one job for one person. Now fifty or sixty positions are vacant, which means there are more loopholes to be exploited. Some people want to fill the positions with relatives, some want to make money, and some want to please their superiors.

He Lai was too lazy to pay attention to these things. When Secretary Liang came to ask, He Lai directly said that it was not necessary. After all, what He Lai had to do now was to keep a low profile.

After work, I returned to the courtyard with Yu Shui and found Wen'er and Wu'er playing on the ground in the courtyard.

"Hey, Rainwater, you see, it's rare for me to see my brother and sister playing together."

He Lai smiled.

"Brother Lai, stop making trouble. Wen'er and Wu'er are already six years old, so they are naturally much more sensible."

Rainwater replied.

"Okay, I'll go see if they've grown up." After saying that, He quickly walked forward, squatted beside them, holding a little head in each hand.

"What are you two doing squatting on the ground?"

"Brother, we are watching ants carrying a worm. Look, the worm is about to be carried into the hole."

Wen'er pointed at the entrance of the ant hole and said.

"Haha, big brother has something better looking, do you want to see it?"

When He Lai saw this, he immediately thought of the short video on Tik Tok about playing with ants.

"Brother, I want to see it!" When Wu'er heard that there was something even better to watch, she immediately became interested.

"Okay, then go to the kitchen and get a steamed bun."

"Okay." Wu'er stood up and ran into the kitchen.

After a while, the three of them were sitting on the small benches. Yu Shui naturally didn't want to join in out of boredom, as he had already gone next door to see his own children.

"Watch out, let's start." After He said that, he broke off a large piece of steamed bun and placed it about three meters away from the ant hole, where there happened to be an ant next to it.

When the ant saw the steamed bun, it came up and smelled it, then circled around the bun several times and prepared to return to its nest.

"Brother, I know. That ant must have gone back to its hole to call other ants. Soon many more ants will come out."

Wu'er said.

"Hey, don't be anxious, listen to your brother." After He said that, he took the steamed bun on the ground and put a small piece of steamed bun crumbs on it.

Wu'er and Wen'er's eyes immediately lit up and they looked at He Lai meaningfully. The meaning was obvious: it is you, big brother, who is the bad one.

After a while, a large army of ants came out of the hole. At a distance of two or three meters, a long dragon of ants appeared. They circled around the place where the steamed buns were placed, but only found a little steamed bun crumbs, which could be lifted by two or three ants.

The result is naturally that you come with high hopes but leave with low hopes.

"Hehehe...Brother, this is so fun, I want to play more!" Wu'er threw herself into He Lai's arms and laughed.

"Don't be impatient, there are more interesting things to come, do you want to see them?"

“I do!” “I do!”

Then He Lai got a small bone with some meat on it from the kitchen.

Then he tied a thin rope to the bone, tied the other end of the rope to a stool, and placed the bone in the area where the ants were active.

"Hahaha...Brother, you are so bad!" Wu'er had already guessed what would happen to Ant next.

Soon, a tug-of-war broke out between the ant army and the bones. On one side was the army of hundreds of thousands of ants, and on the other side was He Lai's big butt.

It is conceivable that it is impossible for ants to carry away bones.

Wu'er and Wen'er watched with great interest. They sat on the bench, bent over, and buried their heads in front of the bones, as if trying to see which ant was working the hardest and which ant was being lazy.

In the end, Doudou, the Labrador, couldn't bear it anymore, so he walked past casually, licked the rope with his tongue, bit it with his teeth, and spit it out, and the bone naturally went into his stomach.

"Hahaha... Doudou, you're so bad!" Wu'er was holding the Labrador, happy like a child. Bah, she was just a child.

The Labrador just sat there with its head tilted back, allowing Wu'er to hold it as she pleased.

Later, He Lai came up with a more novel way to play. He tied bones on both ends of the rope to attract two groups of ants respectively, and let them play tug-of-war to see who would win.

For example, pour water around the steamed buns to prevent the ants from getting in, and they can only circle around the water. They appear to be right in front of them, but in fact they are far away.

The three people and the dog were having a lot of fun until Yu Shui came and called for dinner.

Wu Juan's home

Wu Juan was in a rare good mood. Wu'er and Wen'er had a quiet day, and He Zhan also returned home on time for dinner.

"It's so nice that the whole family can sit together and eat together, without missing a single person."

Wu Juan said with a smile.

"Mom, grandpa and grandma are not here! Look at sister Nannan's house, grandpa and grandma are here, they are the ones..."

Before Wu'er could finish her words, He Lai stuffed a piece of pig's trotter into her mouth.

"Eat more when you're hungry. Big brother still needs to feed you when you eat."

He has no tact at all and dared to ruin Wu Juan's good mood. He really deserves a beating.

Wu Juan glanced at Wu'er, but still suppressed the anger in her heart. She continued to pick up food for Wen'er, and occasionally shook the baby chair next to her.

After Wu'er and Wen'er had eaten and went out to play, He Lai asked He Zhan, "Dad, is that over?"

"It's over. Isn't the notice posted?" He Zhan nodded in response.

"Then don't be too strict with the workers recently. Relax a little."

He Lai reminded.

"What's the matter? Are you still afraid that those workers will hate your father?" He Zhan glanced at He Lai and said.

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I don't need to. After all, everyone knows a little bit about what's going on in the factory. There are petty thieves everywhere, even Director Yang. He uses his power to do things for his subordinates."

He Lai explained.

After all, He Lai knew about Director Yang’s nephew Yang Weimin.

Because of He Lai, Yang Weimin did not enter the steel rolling mill but went to the machine repair factory. In just a few years, he had become a senior cadre. This must have been due to the manipulation of Director Yang.

"Okay, Dad knows what he is doing, don't worry." He Zhan nodded.

"Xiao Laizi is right. You should be more careful. Those fired workers must hate the factory. One of them might even hate you. How can we go out if that happens?"

Wu Juan also added.

"Mom, that's not the case. This was proposed by Director Yang. Dad is at most a deputy in charge. Besides, there's a director in the Security Department who's behind us. If you're resentful, you should be resentful towards them, not our dad."

He Lai smiled.

"It's better to be safe than sorry. Be careful and go home after get off work. Don't make me worry. The same goes for you, Xiao Laizi, and Yu Shui." Wu Juan reminded.

"Okay, Mom." Yu Shui nodded in agreement.

He Zhan didn't take it to heart at all. After all, if the security department was afraid of offending people, then there would be no point in doing this job.

Nowadays, the security department is the same department as the police station. Anyone who dares to mess around must really want to die.

The first thing I caught was a peanut, without any surprises.