Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

As the most powerful "white lotus" in the play, Qin Huairu embodies the four words "flexible and adaptable" to the fullest.

As long as she can have enough food to eat, she would have no problem letting Wang Dong take advantage of her, let alone an apology.

But if you want her to take money out, that’s another matter.

Jia Zhang loved money like her life. As her daughter-in-law, he inherited this tradition very well and regarded money as more important than life.

Don't even think about taking out the money that's in her pocket easily.

Facing Yi Zhonghai's proposal, an embarrassed expression immediately flashed across his face, and he replied in a low voice: "Master..."

"You know everything about my family. All the money is in my mother-in-law's hands. It's definitely harder than climbing to the sky to get the money from her..."

"Let alone fifty dollars, I can't even come up with five dollars."

The fact that Yi Zhonghai has been able to remain standing in Siheyuan for more than 20 years shows that his ability is absolutely unquestionable.

He glared and asked back: "Huai Ru..."

"Don't pretend in front of me..."

"Jia Zhang is indeed a money-loving person. She will not spend the money in her hands unless it is absolutely necessary."

"But the money that didn't reach her should have been hidden by you."

"Besides, half of the one hundred yuan I compensated the Jia family a few days ago is in your hands."

"With the living expenses you save at the steel mill and the money Zhuzi gives you, you should have four or five dollars a month."

"It's been almost a year since you entered the steel mill. You must have saved at least 70 or 80 yuan."

"With the fifty dollars you got a few days ago, you have at least one hundred and twenty dollars saved. If you have no money, just lie to Zhuzi and don't say it in front of me."

"You have to pay this fifty dollars..."

Qin Huairu's face immediately flashed with surprise. She didn't expect Yi Zhonghai to have such a sharp eye that he even knew every time she saved money by deducting living expenses.

But he obviously underestimated his own strength.

How much money can be saved every month by living frugally.

What really moved Qin Huairu was the money that Sha Zhu gave her every month through various means.

Sha Zhu bought meals for himself at the steel mill, so he saved money for buying meals and vegetables.

Plus the money I borrowed from Sha Zhu from time to time, I had at least ten dollars every month.

Up to now, Qin Huairu has saved more than the 100 yuan from Yi Zhonghai, but more than 400 yuan.

And this deposit is still increasing.

Although she didn't know where Sha Zhu got the ten yuan or so to support her every month, as long as she had the money every month, it was enough.

As for Sha Zhu himself, since the two of them were not married, even if he sold himself, it would have nothing to do with the Jia family.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai staring at him with a serious face, without any tone of negotiation.

Even though Qin Huairu didn't want to pay, he had to nod his head. After all, she still had to learn locksmithing from Yi Zhonghai, and she would need Yi Zhonghai's support for at least the next few years.

In this situation, no matter how dissatisfied Qin Huairu was, she could not turn against Yi Zhonghai.

He immediately replied with a heartbroken expression: "Master, I'll pay for the fifty yuan..."

"If Wang Dong's appetite is too big, this 150 yuan won't satisfy him, and if I pay more, there will be no more..."

Yi Zhonghai answered readily: "If it's not enough, I'll pay for the rest..."

"But you must go to the cellar tonight..."

At this point, Yi Zhonghai's face showed a greedy and savoring expression. Qin Huairu felt sick, but did not refuse.

Compared with the one or two dollars He Yuzhu gave him every time, Yi Zhonghai gave him too much benefit every time, and the minimum amount he gave was five dollars.

Faced with the temptation of money, she simply couldn't refuse.

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6:30 p.m.

As usual, Wang Dong took Huang Longfei and Tang Dashan back to the courtyard.

Just when I was halfway there, I saw Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu craning their necks to look at the people passing by. When their eyes locked on me, their faces lit up with joy and they hurried over.

Tang Dashan and Huang Longfei knew best about Wang Dong's plot against Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu in the kitchen.

Subconsciously, he thought that they had noticed this matter and wanted to take revenge on Wang Dong.

He quickly stood in front of Wang Dong and said, "Second Uncle, Master Qin...what do you two want to do?"

Yi Zhonghai frowned. He didn't expect that Huang Longfei and Tang Dashan were so loyal to Wang Dong. Subconsciously, he wanted to teach them a lesson as the second master of the courtyard.

He swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

As the saying goes, beating a dog also depends on the owner.

Huang Longfei and Tang Dashan are both Wang Dong's disciples and Wang Dong's men.

If I teach them a lesson in front of Wang Dong, it will only anger Wang Dong, and my subsequent apology may be ineffective.

If Wang Dong takes the opportunity to ask for several hundred dollars in compensation, it would be a waste of time and effort.

His tightly furrowed brows immediately relaxed, and a smile flashed across his solemn face. He put on an amiable expression and said, "Long Fei... Dashan..."

"I have something to discuss with your master... Can you please move aside? Only he and I can discuss this matter..."

Huang Longfei and Tang Dashan were standing nearby. There were also a lot of steel mill workers walking on the road. Wang Dong was not afraid that Yi Zhonghai would do anything weird, so he nodded immediately: "You guys wait here..."

"I'll go over there with Master Yi to have a chat..."

After saying that, he walked towards a corner on the side of the road. It was a deserted yard and no one came to disturb him.

Yi Zhonghai didn't waste any words and said directly: "Wang Dong... a frank person doesn't speak in a roundabout way..."

"I would like to ask you to stop targeting me and Qin Huairu in the kitchen..."

"It was Qin Huairu and I's fault that night in the courtyard. We shouldn't have plotted against you. Now I apologize to you."

"As long as you don't target Qin Huairu and me in the kitchen, we will never plot against you in the yard again..."

Seeing Yi Zhonghai apologizing to him with a haughty expression, even though he had become the deputy director of the kitchen and was about to become the first cadre in Siheyuan, he still did not take him seriously.

Wang Dong was so angry that he laughed.

He snorted coldly and asked, "What are you targeting you and Master Qin..."

"Did Second Master and Qin Huairu plot against me in the courtyard? Why don't I have any recollection of it..."

"Second uncle, I am confused. I don't know what you are talking about."

Yi Zhonghai was very angry.

Asking him to apologize to a young man was humiliating enough, but Wang Dong refused to respond.

In order to have a full stomach at the steel mill, he could only lower his proud head and said, "Wang Dong, let's not beat around the bush...Did Qin Huairu and I really come here to apologize to you today?"

Wang Dong asked back with a half-smile on his face: "But I don't see any sincerity in your apology..." (End of this chapter)