Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

"It is only at this time that a very small number of people disregard the overall situation, hide among the masses, and stir up trouble behind the scenes, undermining unity."

As the words grew increasingly harsh, he finally looked at He Yuzhu through gritted teeth and asked, "He Yuzhu, do you know your crime?"

He Yuzhu was stunned. He hadn't expected that Yi Zhonghai, who had been speaking reasonably well, would suddenly turn his gun on him and fire.

Based on the tone above, it's as if he has committed a heinous crime of treason and become the mortal enemy of the people.

He Yuzhu immediately realized that Yi Zhonghai wanted to punish him.

"Yi Zhonghai, don't make a big deal out of nothing. Do you think you can set up a private court to sentence me?"

He stood up and sang: "Arise, ye prisoners of starvation and cold! Arise, ye wretched of the earth! My blood is boiling..."

Previously, He Yuzhu only knew how to sing the national anthem among these revolutionary songs, but after being exposed to it for a while, he has learned many others, including the Internationale, which is rarely sung.

But at this moment, He Yuzhu felt it was most appropriate.

Yi Zhonghai quickly interrupted, "Stop singing. This is not the time for He Yuzhu to sing. I'm talking about your problems."

He Yuzhu said angrily:

“I’m going to sing: You’ve set up your own court and want to try me, a patriotic youth. I will fight back, I will resist, I will stand up and fight to the end.”

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business. Who set up a private court? Don't talk nonsense."

"I think you're talking nonsense. You've just become the manager and you think you can control everything and force a confession? I won't accept that."

After speaking, He Yuzhu continued singing the Internationale.

Yi Zhonghai was immediately struck with a headache. How did He Yuzhu learn to be so unreasonable? Before they even got to the point, he had already steered the conversation in a different direction and was trying to pin the blame on him.

His interruption made it seem like whatever he said was an attempt to frame He Yuzhu.

Liu Haizhong slammed his hand on the table: "He Yuzhu, don't be unreasonable. We're not setting up a private court; we have something to ask you."

"What an imposing official presence! I'm terrified. Are there 500 executioners on each side to torture me into confessing?"

He Yuzhu pretended to be very scared, trembling.

This drew laughter from everyone, filling the courtyard with a joyful atmosphere.

Xu Damao suddenly shouted, "You stupid Zhu, if we had 500 axemen, it wouldn't be a forced confession, we'd just hack you to death like a bastard."

Xu Damao had disliked He Yuzhu since childhood and would take every opportunity to kick him when he was down. He was quite pleased with himself at the moment and gave He Yuzhu a dressing down during the first general meeting.

He was just careless and called He Yuzhu by his nickname, without thinking that He Yuzhu might come after him.

The two were sitting a little far apart, but He Yuzhu still took two big strides and came up to him in two quick steps, kicking him once.

"You son of a bitch, you dare call me 'Silly Pillar,' you stupid Mao!"

"Ouch."

Xu Damao tried to dodge, but it was too late; He Yuzhu kicked him to the ground.

At this moment, Xu's mother cried out, "Murder! Murder!" and rushed to help Da Mao.

Xu Wude was so angry that he stood up and pointed at He Yuzhu, cursing him.

"If you call me by my nickname again, I'll kick you to death."

He Yuzhu was about to kick again when Xu Zhaodi and her sister pulled him back.

"Don't hit my brother."

Several middle-aged women nearby also realized what was happening and stood up to stop the two.

Xu Damao was stunned by the beating just as he was feeling triumphant. He tried to fight back but was stopped by his mother, leaving him feeling extremely frustrated.

After a while of commotion, things calmed down.

Xu Wude, sitting up, was immediately furious. He slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "He Yuzhu, you've gone too far today! Why did you hit our Da Mao for no reason?"

"For no reason? So you didn't hear him call me 'Silly Pillar'? And you're still swearing? Are you deaf?"

“You can’t hit him even if he insults you!” Yi Zhonghai interjected.

So you can just swear at people?

He Yuzhu then said, "Okay, then I'll call you Sha Yizhonghai from now on. No, I should call you bastard. You said it yourself, so it's okay to curse someone."

Everyone held back their laughter; He Yuzhu really dared to speak his mind.

"You...you've gone too far..."

Yi Zhonghai's face turned red, then ashen, he was furious, but he didn't know what to say for a moment. He couldn't very well talk back like a shrew.

"Am I wrong? Sha Mao insulted me, and I can't even fight back?"

Yi Zhonghai said, slowly and deliberately, "Fine, you're very good."

The originally solemn college-wide meeting was ruined by He Yuzhu, and the serious atmosphere was gone.

Unexpected events kept happening one after another, and everyone was overjoyed.

After a brief period of noise, Yi Zhonghai calmed down and said with a stern face, "Alright, everyone stop learning. We're now having a formal meeting to convey the directives from our superiors."

After that, everyone stopped talking, and Yi brought the situation back under control.

Yi Zhonghai then began to speak honestly, explaining that the latest policy was to report and monitor enemy agents and saboteurs.

The military control commission organized elections for the "manager" in each courtyard house in order to root out the bad guys hiding among the people. This is the most important task at present.

Yi Zhonghai glanced at He Yuzhu, and He Yuzhu's unease grew even stronger.

Yi Zhonghai may appear to be full of benevolence and morality, but in reality, he is a scoundrel.

The fact that someone could take a taxi in the middle of the night to deliver cornmeal to a widow is enough to illustrate the point.

Although the two don't have any relationship in the TV series, there are many things that TV shows are not allowed to show.

If we put ourselves in the character of Sha Zhu, we would think that Yi Zhonghai's help to him was a given.

But if we focus on the courtyard house, what about the other neighbors?

In Yi Zhonghai's eyes, everyone should help the Jia family by donating money and goods, even though the family was wealthy enough to afford a sewing machine and their living standards did not reach the poverty line.

If anyone is dissatisfied, Sha Zhu, the thug, will step in and suppress any dissenting voices in the courtyard.

This gave Yi Zhonghai control of the entire courtyard house.

He Yuzhu now knew that Yi Zhonghai would start targeting him after taking power.

Yi Zhonghai first promoted the policy, and then talked about Qian Datong.

Qian Datong fled to the countryside at the beginning, but was quickly caught, confessed to his crimes, and was sent directly to prison.

Everyone was talking about it. They hadn't expected that Qian Datong was already in jail, and they wondered if he would ever be able to get out.

"So Qian Datong's case serves as a warning to us that no one can do bad things. If you do bad things, you will be arrested by the police and you can't escape anywhere. Sooner or later you will have to go to jail."

Yi Zhonghai looked around at everyone who was too scared to speak, and felt very satisfied. He had a sense of power, as if he controlled the entire courtyard.

Then he turned to He Yuzhu and shouted, "He Yuzhu, I'm asking you, where did your father, He Daqing, go? Did he do something bad and run away?"

Chapter 72 Don't move, you're under arrest!

He Yuzhu thought to himself, "Just as I thought. Yi Zhonghai is planning to make a fuss about He Daqing running away."

However, this matter cannot scare him. He is upright and honest, and he will not allow Yi Zhonghai to smear him.

"Everyone knows He Daqing ran away, what are you planning to do?"

Yi Zhonghai chuckled: "I know He Daqing ran away, but I'm asking you why he ran away, and whether he did something bad?"

After discussing for a long time, Yi Zhonghai and the other two decided to use He Daqing's matter to threaten He Yuzhu.

The first thing is to get all the money lent to He Yuzhu back. If he doesn't have the money, that's okay; we can use his house as collateral.

In their view, although He Yuzhu had become quite eloquent recently, he was still just a child. As long as they pinned the charge of being enemy agents on them, He Yuzhu would obediently listen to them.

He Yuzhu chuckled twice, then said, "Whether he did something wrong or not is not something you can decide just by talking. If you think he did something wrong, don't hold this meeting here, just report it to the police."

"Is that your own father?" Yi Zhonghai was still somewhat surprised. Why would He Yuzhu react this way? Shouldn't he be trying to suppress the matter?

The original plan was to raise this question so that I could have leverage over He Yuzhu.

First, they brought up Qian Datong's affair to shock He Yuzhu and let him know that there is no good end for bad people.

Then, he would question He Daqing, making He Yuzhu empathize and allow himself to be manipulated.

He Yuzhu said:

“If you don’t have an address, I can provide it to you. You can go and bring him back so he can work for the rainwater harvesting. I also want to bring him back and ask him why he didn’t raise his own daughter but ran off to Baocheng instead.”

If He Daqing had any problems, he would have been arrested by the police long ago.

After all, when checking the population, the first thing to do is to verify and inspect those from outside the area.

As an outsider, He Daqing had been there for two months and should have been subject to close scrutiny by the local public security department, yet he had no problems until after the death of the widow Bai, when he finally faced hardship.

This demonstrates that He Daqing himself is without fault.

He Yuzhu wasn't afraid of this matter at all. Besides, if Yi Zhonghai had evidence, he wouldn't be questioning him here; he would have gone directly to the police station to report the case.

Yi Zhonghai said, "That's your father, of course we need to discuss it with you first."