Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 828 The Deaf Old Lady Passes Away!
The next day, around 3 p.m., the former middle-aged woman, Yi Tan, rushed to the gate of the steel rolling mill. The security guard on duty, seeing Yi Tan's anxious face, immediately blocked her way and said to her sternly, "Comrade! Who are you looking for?"

Upon hearing the security guard's question, Yi Tanshi anxiously introduced herself to the guard, saying, "Comrade! I am Yi Zhonghai's wife, an eighth-grade fitter in Workshop Two. Could you please call Yi Zhonghai for me? Oh, and also Sha Zhu from the canteen, please call him too. I need to talk to them about something important at home."

Upon hearing Yi Tanshi's self-introduction and seeing her anxious expression, the security guard immediately nodded and politely replied, "Comrade! Please wait a moment, I'll make a call for you and inform Deputy Director He and Master Yi."

"Master! Master! The guardhouse at the main gate called and said that Yi Zhonghai's wife has something very important to discuss with you and wants you to go to the factory gate immediately." Sha Zhu was sitting leisurely in his office, drinking tea with a large tea mug in his hand, when Ma Hua suddenly ran into Sha Zhu's office and shouted at him.

When Sha Zhu heard Ma Hua's explanation and learned that Yi Tan had come to the factory to find him, he immediately recalled the incident a while ago when the deaf old lady got up in the middle of the night and accidentally fell, and had been bedridden ever since. A sense of foreboding immediately welled up in his heart.

Upon having this thought, Sha Zhu's expression suddenly changed. He quickly put down the teacup in his hand and ran out of the office.

Before Sha Zhu even reached the factory gate, he saw Yi Tanshi pacing back and forth there. Seeing Yi Tanshi's expression, Sha Zhu became even more certain of his guess. He then quickly ran up to Yi Tanshi and asked breathlessly, "Aunt Tan! Why are you here at the factory looking for me at this hour? Is something wrong with the old lady?"

Yi Tanshi, who was pacing outside the factory gate, heard Sha Zhu's question and saw Sha Zhu running up to her breathlessly. With a nervous expression, she introduced him to Sha Zhu: "Zhuzi! The old lady is dying. You should go back quickly, or you might not be able to see her one last time."

When Sha Zhu learned that the deaf old lady was dying, his heart skipped a beat. He immediately instructed Ma Hua, who was following closely behind, "Ma Hua! I need to go home right away. Go to Director Liu and ask for leave for me."

Around 5 p.m., Jia Dongming heard the factory's announcement that everyone was leaving get off work, so he packed his things and rode his bicycle away from the steel rolling mill.

A few minutes later, Jia Dongming returned to Tongluoguxiang. As he rode his bicycle close to the courtyard gate, he could see the white cloth hanging outside the gate from afar.

When Jia Dongming saw the white cloth hanging on the gate, a look of confusion appeared on his face. Thinking of how Yan Bugui had almost been scammed out of three thousand yuan a while ago, which had worsened his condition, Jia Dongming muttered to himself as he rode his bicycle, "What exactly happened? Could it be that Yan Bugui is gone?"

Soon Jia Dongming returned to the courtyard. As he pushed his bicycle into the front yard, he saw Yan Bugui sitting under the eaves of the west wing. Jia Dongming was even more puzzled to see Yan Bugui sitting there. He then pushed his bicycle toward the middle yard.

Jia Dongming pushed his bicycle into the courtyard and saw Jia Zhangshi sitting in the pavilion eating melon seeds. He immediately asked her, "Mom! Who in our courtyard has passed away?" In this courtyard, the person Jia Zhangshi feared most was definitely the deaf old lady in the backyard. The old lady's death gave Jia Zhangshi a sense of relief, as if a mountain that had been pressing down on her head had suddenly been pushed down. She happily introduced to Jia Dongming, "Dongming! The old lady in the backyard is finally gone. From now on, I don't have to be afraid of anyone in our courtyard anymore."

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's reply and seeing her happy expression, Jia Dongming's face immediately showed a look of annoyance. He asked Jia Zhangshi, "Mom! The deaf old lady is just an old woman with bound feet. Besides, I'm here. Why are you afraid of her?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's question, Jia Zhangshi suddenly remembered that her son was the only cadre in the courtyard, and a cadre with real power. She immediately stood up from the stone bench and replied with a look of regret, "Dongming! You're right. With you in our family, why should I be afraid of that old geezer?"

As Jia Zhangshi finished speaking, she suddenly remembered what the deaf old lady had given to Yi Zhonghai and Shazhu, and immediately introduced it to Jia Dongming: "Dongming! Do you know what? I thought that old geezer had nothing left but those two rooms, but I didn't expect that old geezer had so many things left."

When Jia Dongming heard Jia Zhangshi mention the deaf old lady's property, he was not surprised at all, because he had used his Eagle Eye skill to check the deaf old lady's belongings before, and he naturally knew exactly how much the deaf old lady owned.

Seeing the jealous look on Jia Zhangshi's face, Jia Dongming smiled and said to her, "Mom! The deaf old lady has bound feet. In the old society, those who bound their feet were like that. Don't you know that? It's normal for her to have some savings, isn't it?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's reminder, Jia Zhangshi remembered the deaf old lady's identity and the retirement money she had saved over the years. Jia Zhangshi's heart immediately regained its balance, and she replied with a smug look, "Dongming! Although the old lady left a lot of things for Yi Zhonghai and Shazhu, the retirement money I have saved over the years is no less than the old lady's."

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's answer and seeing her smug expression, Jia Dongming asked her curiously, "Mom! How was the deaf old lady's property divided?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's question, Jia Zhangshi, recalling the news she had heard from Liu Haizhong's wife, quickly explained to Jia Dongming, "Dongming! The old lady left all her jewelry and money to Yi Zhonghai, while her two rooms were left to Shazhu."

"When He Daqing got married a while ago, Sha Zhu's house became a bit too small. Now that the old lady has these two rooms, Sha Zhu's house will be much more spacious."

When Jia Dongming learned about the distribution plan for the deaf old lady's property, he was not surprised at all, because in the story of the courtyard house, the old lady's property was distributed in this way. Considering that death is the greatest event, Jia Dongming parked his bicycle and said to Jia Zhangshi, "Mom! I'm going to take a look in the backyard."

(End of this chapter)