The leader said: "I don't mean that, I mean, the labor medal is still awarded to you, but you don't have to go to the stage to receive the award." So as not to cause a bad impact, we will also try to downplay the matter. Let public opinion move in a favorable direction. ”

Zhu Xiaohua said: "Thanks to the understanding of the leadership, the development of the Xuefu Road market is not only my own credit, but also my partner Lao Qiao. If I had to give a medal to encourage the advanced, I think it could be given to him directly. ”

Zhu Xiaohua beckoned to Lao Qiao, but when he looked up, he caught a glimpse of the two ragged people singing outside the arena, who were opening their mouths and laughing at Lao Qiao.

Looking at his eyes, the man seemed to know Old Joe.

And the way Old Joe looked at them was no stranger.

Zhu Xiaohua took a closer look in the crowd again, and suddenly saw Lu Ling, who was living in a small Chinese restaurant.

The No. 5 singer who once reported in public at the awards ceremony that he did not sign up.

Zhu Xiaohua saw him, he glanced at Zhu Xiaohua, and hurriedly hid in the crowd.

Zhu Xiaohua suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, if he came to the stage to accept the award, something else might happen.

Zhu Xiaohua said to the city leaders: "My partner Lao Qiao is over there, you can award this medal to him." ”

The city leader was also a little guilty, held his hand and said, "Xiaohua, I didn't expect you to take care of the overall situation so much. I hope you understand our good intentions, if it weren't for these things in your past, I believe that with your contributions, ten such labor medals would be worthy. ”

Zhu Xiaohua nodded in understanding.

A short time later, the award ceremony began.

Zhu Xiaohua sat in the audience, watched the city leaders take turns to speak on the stage, and finally awarded a golden medal to Lao Qiao.

Lao Qiao wore a clean Mao suit and stood with the leaders, full of spirit.

The audience applauded and cheered.

Two young pioneers of both sexes came to the stage to present flowers to Lao Qiao.

Zhu Xiaohua lowered his head a little ashamedly.

His heart was very uncomfortable.

He thought that if it weren't for what Zhu Xiaohua committed in the past, he should be standing on the stage at this moment.

It is yourself who mobilizes various schools in Hongshan District to carry out work-study programs.

It is I who drives students to participate in extracurricular work and actively generate income.

It is still himself who made a fortune in Lucheng and played an exemplary role.

Then, it should be you who accepts the medals awarded by the leaders and the flowers presented by the junior team members.

Seeing Lao Qiao facing the medal towards him, Zhu Xiaohua felt like he had been robbed of his job.

At this moment, the crowd was jubilant, only Zhu Xiaohua sat in place, lowered his head, and shook his head with a shallow smile.

After all, these happiness belong to others and have nothing to do with themselves.

Lao Qiao stepped down after receiving the medal, and the crowd instantly surrounded him.

The school leaders who originally begged Zhu Xiaohua to come over to accept the award also crossed him and went directly to take a photo with Lao Qiao.

Zhu Xiaohua shook his head with a wry smile and walked straight out.

As soon as I was walking, I didn't go far when I suddenly ran into two students carrying tables and chairs.

The student, apparently not knowing him, said, "This classmate, could you please do me a favor and help me carry this desk to the classroom opposite." ”

The student pointed to the classroom on the side of the playground, more than 100 meters away.

Zhu Xiaohua nodded in a daze, and followed them to move the desk into the classroom.

As soon as I entered the classroom, I saw a few words written on the blackboard on the wall: Labor Medal Tea Party.

The student guided Zhu Xiaohua to put the table in front of the blackboard and said, "It should be the same as the one in front, and the person who won the medal will come in for a tea party." ”

Zhu Xiaohua finished setting the table and turned around and went out. happened to meet Lao Qiao in the crowd and walked towards him.

Zhu Xiaohua wanted to avoid him and walked to the side instead.

As soon as I walked out, I heard the students behind me shouting, "Hey, classmates! ”

Zhu Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, but turned his head and happened to meet the eyes of Lao Qiao and others.

The student was still shouting, "Thank you for helping to lift the table." ”

Lao Qiao, city leaders, and school leaders all set their eyes on Zhu Xiaohua, and some people had contemptuous smiles in their eyes.

Zhu Xiaohua waved his hand, turned around and walked out.

After leaving the school's venue, before arriving at the Xuefu Road Wholesale Center, I met Chen Xiangwan, accountant Xie Xiaoya and others who ran in a panic along the way.

They greeted them and asked, "Congratulations Brother Zhu, have you received the medal?" ”

Zhu Xiaohua didn't answer their questions, and asked, "Come in such a hurry, do you have something to do with me?" ”

Xie Xiaoya said: "Brother Zhu, no, the condensation equipment of the factory was stolen, and the more than 20,000 popsicles placed in the cold storage were all melted. ”

Zhu Xiaohua was surprised: "There is such a thing? Get back to the factory! ”

More than 20,000 popsicles have melted, which means that tomorrow's market will be short of 20,000 sticks.

And most importantly, the theft of the condensing equipment meant that the factory could not produce it for the time being.

The three of them rushed back to Xiaohua's popsicle factory non-stop.

In the factory, security guards were looking for lost equipment, and police officers from the industrial zone also arrived at the scene.

"How can a good condensing device be stolen?" The security guard carried a stick and asked with a questioning face, "We are guarding the gate, it is impossible for someone to steal the condensing equipment, and we don't know it." ”

Another security guard said, "Unless he's going out over the wall." ”

The police listened to their stories and asked, "When did you find out that the condensation equipment was stolen?" ”

The security guard said, "After lunch." ”

After a little rest, the workers went back to their workstations to start work, and after working for more than an hour, someone opened the cold storage and suddenly exclaimed, saying that it was too bad, it was no longer refrigerated, and the popsicles that were set in it were all melted.

At first, everyone thought it was a power outage or a broken condensing device.

However, when the workers checked along the line, they found that the wires of the condensing equipment had been cut. The entire core compression refrigeration equipment is gone.

The police listened to the stories of the security guards and workers, and immediately dispersed to the surrounding area to look for them. Even police dogs were dispatched.

Soon, they found a row of footprints and rags under the courtyard wall to the south of the factory, and footprints outside the courtyard wall.

The police dog sniffed the rags and followed the scent to track it out.

The police quickly chased the suspect to a nearby village, caught the suspect in a rental house, and successfully searched the room for two condensing devices.

When the police broke down the door, the two suspects were using wrenches to try to disassemble the two condensing devices, but they were arrested.

Of the two suspects, one of them had a dark brown birthmark on the right cheek, and Zhu Xiaohua recognized this person at a glance as the owner of the Daye Wholesale Center.

Later, according to the police investigation, it was learned that this person's name was Li Shujun and he was Li Shufen's younger brother.

He was released from prison just a month ago.

The other person was a worker at the Lucheng River Popsicle Factory, and he himself said that he had been instructed by Li Yanqiu to come out to do this.

Li Yanqiu gave him fifty yuan beforehand, and promised to give him another fifty yuan afterwards.

The policemen followed this person's confession and arrested Li Yanqiu.