Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Back to the front yard.

Uncle Chen and Sister Jun sat around the table waiting for me as if they had discussed it beforehand.

"Dongzi, what happened in the backyard just now? Is it related to Qin Huairu's appointment with you to go to the ear room in the backyard?" Uncle Chen asked directly without any nonsense.

Chen Jun and her two sisters looked at Wang Dong with concern, fearing that he had suffered a loss in the backyard just now.

Wang Dong smiled and replied: "Uncle... Sister Jun..."

"I just saw a dog-eat-dog scene in the backyard."

"It's such a pity you didn't go over there just now."

"Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu, and He Yuzhu played the role of scoundrels to perfection. They are so shameless."

After that, he introduced the whole thing to everyone as if he was telling a story.

"Brother, I think you should have told everyone about Qin Huairu asking you to go to the ear room in the backyard, exposed the lies of Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai, and let everyone in the courtyard know that Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu teamed up to plot against you..." Chen Li didn't mind the big deal, and suggested while looking at Wang Dong with shining eyes.

"What do you know, little girl?" Chen Jun obviously saw the matter more clearly and retorted with a frown.

"If Dongzi really tells this matter out."

"Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu will indeed be embarrassed, but Dongzi's plot against He Yuzhu will also be exposed by Yi Zhonghai and his men, which will seriously affect Dongzi's reputation in Siheyuan."

"So we must never do something like killing one thousand enemies but injuring eight hundred of our own."

Uncle Chen interrupted, "Dongzi's way of handling this matter is correct."

"Although Yi Zhonghai, the mastermind, has not received any punishment, at least Dongzi knows that this old man has never given up plotting against Dongzi, even when Dongzi became the deputy director of the kitchen at the steel mill."

"The enemy hiding behind is the most terrifying."

"Now that we know that the culprits of this incident are Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, and they have joined forces, there is nothing to be afraid of."

"With Dongzi's position in the steel mill, as long as he wants, he has plenty of ways to deal with these two people and make them pay for what they have done in the steel mill."

Wang Dong immediately responded: "Uncle..."

"I didn't take Qin Huairu seriously before. Sometimes I felt a little sorry for her because she was a widow raising three children and an old man, but I won't do that anymore in the future."

"If the plot against me tonight succeeds, I will not only lose my job at the steel mill and the position of deputy kitchen manager that I fought so hard for, but I may also be arrested by the police and sent to jail."

"It's obvious that they want to kill me."

"Since he is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

"Whether it's in the yard or in the steel mill, I will do everything I can to make them pay the price and regret scheming against me."

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The central courtyard is like home in Qinhuai.

Yi Zhonghai was bargaining with Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, with a sullen face.

Although tonight's accident made him owe Qin Huairu a favor and gave Qin Huairu a handle on him, their asking price was too high.

He asked for a thousand yuan. If he didn't take the money, he would tell everyone about what happened tonight and make Yi Zhonghai lose his reputation in the courtyard.

As the former eldest uncle and current second uncle of the courtyard, how could he be threatened like this?

He slapped the table hard, suppressed his anger and said, "Sister-in-law Jia, don't go too far."

“This is not my sole responsibility.”

"It was Qin Huairu who took the initiative to find me and said that he wanted to plot against Wang Dong." "Now you didn't plot against Wang Dong, but you plotted against Zhuzi instead, and almost ruined him. I haven't caused any trouble for you yet, and you actually want me to pay Qin Huairu a thousand yuan to compensate him. What the hell are you thinking?"

"If we can talk about this, let's talk about it. If we can't, let's go our separate ways."

"If you really tell this to others, I will be ruined, but your daughter-in-law Qin Huairu will not be much better. I wonder who in the courtyard will dare to deal with the Jia family in the future."

"Who else in the steel mill workshop dares to teach your daughter-in-law skills..."

"Don't forget, I, Yi Zhonghai, am not only the second uncle in our yard, but also an eighth-level fitter in the first workshop of the steel rolling mill and Qin Huairu's master."

"I am the only level 8 fitter in the entire workshop, so my words carry a lot of weight in the workshop."

"Unless you find a way to transfer Qin Huairu out of the first workshop, don't even think about plotting against me."

Jia Zhang was frightened by Yi Zhonghai's threats.

She was so confident just now, but now she felt guilty.

Hesitantly asked, "Then Lao Yi, how do you think we should compensate Huai Ru for this matter..."

Yi Zhonghai answered readily: "I'll give you two hundred yuan, and this incident will be treated as if it never happened..."

"No... two hundred yuan is too little..." This time it was Qin Huairu who spoke.

The real reason why he agreed to let Yi Zhonghai take all the responsibilities was not for the two hundred yuan, but to use this handle to tie Yi Zhonghai to his side and continue to take care of the Jia family and help himself as before.

If I had just given this matter away for two hundred dollars, I would have suffered a great loss.

Ever since Jia Dongxu passed away, Yi Zhonghai has felt a different emotion every time he looks at Qin Huairu.

Especially after learning from Bang Geng that Qin Huairu often went to He Yuzhu's house at night to help him soak his feet, he became even more agitated.

From time to time, he would have some thoughts that made him embarrassed.

"If Qin Huairu can help He Yuzhu soak his feet in order to repay the few dollars he gave her, why can't she help herself soak her feet?"

If we really compare the two sides, I am much richer than He Yuzhu.

Ever since this idea came to his mind, Yi Zhonghai especially liked to be alone with Qin Huairu.

When talking to Qin Huairu, he was no longer indifferent as before, as if he wanted to kick the Jia family away.

So when he heard Qin Huairu speak, Yi Zhonghai seemed to have changed into a different person, and his tone of voice changed: "Huairu..."

"You are the party involved in this matter, what do you think..."

"As long as it's not too much, I, as your master, will agree to it."

"I only want a hundred dollars..." Qin Huairu struggled for a long time before speaking.

Jia Zhang was stunned. She felt like she had just heard a huge joke and subconsciously wanted to stand up and refute it.

Yi Zhonghai also had an expression of stunned shock on his face.

Originally, Qin Huairu thought that the two hundred yuan he quoted was too little and wanted to raise it a bit. Yi Zhonghai had already made plans to bargain with Qin Huairu and raise the price to three hundred or even four hundred yuan.

As a result, not only did he not raise the price, he actually lowered it.

And it only costs a hundred dollars. This is shocking, and a question pops up in my mind at the same time.

This is not like Qin Huairu's style. This woman must have other plots. (End of this chapter)