Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

The Jia family in the middle courtyard.

Qin Huairu called Banggeng to the Jia family amid the advice and ridicule of his neighbors.

She can’t deal with Yi Zhonghai for the time being, but she can still deal with Banggeng, after all, Qin Huairu is Banggeng’s biological mother.

He slammed the door shut, dragged the stick and ran to the portrait of Jia Dongxu, shouting, "Kneel down."

"You must tell me in front of your father today why you were punished at the steel mill."

“Do you know how big a person Wang Dong lost when I just took the neighbors in the yard to find him?”

"Fortunately, Wang Dong didn't hold us responsible, otherwise your mother would definitely not be able to escape the crime of slandering the neighbors."

It was rare for Jia Zhang to speak up for Qin Huairu. She stood on Qin Huairu's side and said, "Great..."

"You really went too far this time."

"Not only has your mother lost face in front of all the neighbors in the courtyard, but I, as a grandmother, have also lost face."

"Tell us quickly what caused you to be punished at the steel mill."

"Is it really Yi Zhonghai's responsibility?"

"As long as you tell us the truth, grandma and your mother will definitely help you get justice."

Seeing Qin Huairu staring at him with a look on her face and his grandmother Jia Zhang not standing on his side, no matter how stupid Bang Geng was, he realized that Qin Huairu was really angry today.

Quickly answer: "Mom... Grandma..."

"Grandpa Gan taught me to say this."

"He gave me 15 yuan on the way home from get off work and promised to give me 5 yuan every month so that I could put the blame for my punishment on Wang Dong."

"I didn't expect this incident would make you lose face so much in the yard."

"If I had known, I would definitely not have done this, and I would not have accepted Grandpa's money."

Before Qin Huairu could respond, Jia Zhang on the side just refused to listen and cursed with a look of disappointment.

"Awesome..."

"Yi Zhonghai caused you to be punished at the steel mill and you will not be able to be a regular employee for five years. For such a big thing, he bought you off with 15 yuan. Can't you be more greedy?"

"Not at all like your grandmother."

"no……"

"This thing is too cheap and easy to get."

"If I were you, I would ask Yi Zhonghai for at least 150 yuan."

"No, one hundred and fifty dollars is not enough. You should at least ask him for three hundred dollars as compensation."

"If you fail to get a permanent job for one year, you will lose 60 yuan. If you fail to get a permanent job within five years, you will lose 300 yuan."

"This old fellow Yi Zhonghai is too cunning. He is clearly taking advantage of Bang Geng's ignorance and wants to bribe him with fifteen dollars."

"no……"

"I'm going to find him now and make him pay at least three hundred dollars to Banggeng."

Qin Huairu originally thought that Jia Zhang would criticize Banggeng like she did and tell him that it was wrong to deceive his parents.

As a result, Jia Zhang actually said that Bang Geng was too stupid and the compensation he asked for from Yi Zhonghai was too little.

Is now the time to talk about this?

I really want to call my teammates pigs.

Frowning, he said, "Mom..."

"Why are you telling Bang Geng all this now?" "No matter how much compensation Yi Zhonghai gives Bang Geng, it's wrong for him to deceive me."

"As for causing trouble for Yi Zhonghai, that will be our next task."

"Bang Geng must tell me everything that happened in the workshop today from beginning to end. You must not hide anything."

"Only in this way can we go find trouble with Yi Zhonghai, ask him to give Banggeng some compensation, find a way to cancel the punishment on Banggeng, and let him become a regular employee as soon as possible."

"If we really let Banggeng become a regular employee after five years, even if Yi Zhonghai compensates Banggeng 300 yuan, it won't be worth it for us."

"Five years later, Bang Geng will be in his twenties. He will have just been hired as a regular employee and started learning locksmith skills. He will be at least two or three years behind others and will be inferior to others in front of the public."

"This is definitely not a problem that can be solved with three hundred dollars."

From what Qin Huairu meant, if this matter was handled well, she could ask Yi Zhonghai for more compensation. Jia Zhang was immediately delighted and stood on Qin Huairu's side again and continued what he said.

"Awesome..."

"Your mother is right."

"Only if you tell us everything that happened in the workshop today can your mother help you get more compensation from Yi Zhonghai."

"You must tell the truth later and stop lying to your mother."

"Otherwise, not only will you not be able to ask Yi Zhonghai for compensation, but your mom and grandma will also be embarrassed again."

It was not until then that Banggeng realized that he had been schemed against by his godfather Yi Zhonghai again, and that he had caused a big disaster at home, making his biological mother and grandmother lose face in the courtyard.

He didn't hide anything and told everyone everything that happened in the workshop that morning.

Jia Zhang couldn't help but slam the table halfway through the conversation: "This old fellow Yi Zhonghai is too outrageous."

"You actually used my stick terrier as a gun."

"Huai Ru, when you ask Yi Zhonghai for compensation later, you need to compensate for this matter. Bang Geng can't be used as a gun for nothing."

"He's been promoted, so Banggeng can't be without any benefits."

"Although I lost this position, I still held it for an hour after all."

"My family, Bang Geng, put in so much effort, but ended up offending the people. Not only did he not get any benefits, but he was also punished with a five-year ban on permanent employment."

Qin Huairu was really impressed by her mother-in-law, as every word she said was about money.

After Banggeng finished speaking, he replied with a helpless expression: "Mom..."

"I also want Yi Zhonghai to compensate Bang Geng for his losses and find a way to cancel the punishment on Bang Geng so that he can be reappointed as a regular employee as soon as possible."

"But do you think that with Yi Zhonghai's shameless attitude just now, we can make Yi Zhonghai bow down to us just by talking?"

The arrogant expression on Jia Zhang's face disappeared in an instant.

If this incident happened a few years ago, Yi Zhonghai was still an eighth-level fitter in the steel rolling mill and an old man in the courtyard. In order to save his face, he would definitely be willing to pay a few hundred dollars to get out of the matter.

But it's different now.

Yi Zhonghai is no longer the boss of Siheyuan, and he no longer has any face to speak of in Siheyuan.

Moreover, at most he had a moral problem in this matter, but he did not break the law.

For Yi Zhonghai, who has already lost all his face, talking to him about morality now is like chanting sutras to a mute and will not have any threatening effect.

If you want to threaten Yi Zhonghai to compensate Bang Geng, you definitely can't do it with just your mouth.

Jia Zhang suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "If it doesn't work, threaten him with the matter of pension."

"When he agreed to support him in his old age, Yi Zhonghai promised that when Bang Geng entered the steel mill in the future, he would educate him well and teach him all his locksmith skills, but Yi Zhonghai did not do so."

"If he doesn't fulfill his promise, there's no need for us to provide for his retirement." (End of this chapter)