The beginning of Siheyuan starts with refusing to bring lunch boxes

No matter what He Yuzhu thought, after Liu Haizhong finished speaking, as the Liu family led the applause, Yi Zhonghai first took a sip of tea, and then said:

"Sorry for wasting everyone's time. We are going to hold a meeting of the whole institute today.

Our courtyard has won the title of excellent courtyard for five consecutive times. This shows that the leadership of our three uncles is still effective. Why can our courtyard be rated as an excellent courtyard? It is because our courtyard is united and friendly, helping each other. Lao Liu, Lao Yan, am I right? "

At this time, Yan Bugui, who had been silent, spoke up, "What the uncle said just now is very right. The reason why the street gave the title of civilized courtyard to our No. 95 courtyard is, on the one hand, that it believes in the work results of our three uncles, and on the other hand, it affirms the efforts made by our courtyard in the past few years. Now, please continue to speak, uncle."

Yan Bugui is indeed a teacher, his words are really good, and this can be regarded as showing off in front of everyone in the courtyard.

When Yi Zhonghai saw that Yan Bugui had finished speaking, he continued speaking.

"Ahem, well, let me continue.

In the morning, I went to the street, and Director Wang informed me that the three-year natural disaster has been overcome with the united efforts of workers and peasants across the country, but food is still not sufficient, but the supply will gradually recover.

Everyone was very happy to hear this, finally they would not continue to be hungry.

"Another thing is that our Intermediate Court's Jia Dongxu died of a work-related injury a few days ago. Our court actively lent a hand and fully demonstrated the spirit of solidarity that when one side is in trouble, all sides will support it. It also fully embodies the spirit of civilized courtyards. Sister-in-law of the Jia family, you take Huairu and the two children to thank everyone."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu knew that the main course was coming. Jia Zhangshi heard that she had to thank everyone, and she was unwilling to do so, but for the sake of the next plan, she also stood up with her nose pinched.

Jia Zhang said reluctantly, "Thank you, everyone!"

Qin Huairu was not like Jia Zhangshi, who had a big belly. She held her waist with her left hand and held Banggeng with her right hand. Banggeng was holding the three-year-old Xiaodang. The mother and her two children came to the square table. She first asked Banggeng and Xiaodang to bow slightly to the three masters, and then asked them to bow to the people in the courtyard. Then she said:

"Our Dongxu is gone. If it weren't for the three uncles and the neighbors in the courtyard, we, an orphan and a widow, wouldn't know what to do."

At this point, his eyes immediately turned red, and then the tears flowed like they were free. This made He Yuzhu stunned, while He Yushui next to him also had slightly red eyes. He Yuzhu was speechless when he saw this.

"This cheap sister is so easily moved, isn't she a virgin?! I hope she can see things clearly tonight."

At this time, Qin Huairu continued:

"I am old this month and my body is not convenient, so I can only let Dongxu's children bow to everyone." At this point, Qin Huairu wiped away a tear at the right time.

Originally, seeing Jia Zhang's attitude, everyone was very angry. We helped your family, and you have this attitude? But when they saw Qin Huairu, everyone could only sigh that Qin Huairu had a bad fate, and the dissatisfaction also dissipated.

Moreover, some people in the courtyard with shallow eyes also had slightly red eyes when they saw this orphan and widow. Yi Zhonghai was very satisfied when he saw this effect.

"Huai Ru, you don't have to be like this. We all understand you. Bang Geng, help your mother go back and sit down." Hearing this, Jia Zhang immediately went back, thinking, isn't it just getting pregnant and giving birth to a child? It's like no one has ever given birth before.

"Well, the only source of income for the Jia family is Dongxu. Now that Dongxu is gone, how will the Jia family live in the future? Hey, this family has an orphan and a widow, an old man, two children, and a pregnant woman who is about to give birth. Even if we were people from other courtyards, we would feel pity for them and might even send a few pounds of corn flour to show our concern. What's more, these are our neighbors in the courtyard. We are a civilized courtyard. Can we turn a blind eye to this situation and stand idly by?"

At this time, some people with shallow eyes were already terrified by Qin Huairu's previous scene. Now Yi Zhonghai's few words aroused their sense of honor and they said directly: "No!"

Yi Zhonghai was relieved when he heard this. "Yes! No, so I suggest that every household in our courtyard lend a hand and help the Jia family."

The more Yan Bugui listened, the more he felt something was wrong. Why did this sound like a donation? Siheyuan had never held a donation event for any household. He wanted to refute, but he didn't dare to. He could only sigh in his heart, "This time I'm going to bleed."

"So, as the elder in the courtyard, I will donate 10 yuan, and other people will donate 20 kilograms of corn flour voluntarily, voluntarily."

When the people below heard all this, some of them applauded, and others followed suit but complained in their hearts, "You have a high salary, you are awesome, you donate so much, how much should we donate? Our family is also in financial difficulty."

At this time, Liu Haizhong, a fan of the official, finally understood that this was a donation. He was just feeling uncomfortable and was about to refute it, but when he heard everyone's applause, he was like a chicken blood, thinking, "I can't lose to Yi Zhonghai. If I lose one step, I will lose at every step!"

So Liu Haizhong stood up and said, "As the second uncle in the courtyard, I will also donate 10 yuan, plus 20 kilograms of corn flour." The second aunt cried bitterly when she heard this. Yi Zhonghai knew that Liu Haizhong was afraid of losing to him, but he was also happy to see it happen.

Yan Bugui was in a dilemma when he heard that the two people before him had donated so much. He originally wanted to donate 20 cents, but now he couldn't do it. So he made up his mind and said, "Everyone knows that my salary is low and the burden is heavy, but the Jia family is really in trouble now, so I will donate one yuan."

When Jia Zhang heard the donation figures from Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, she was so happy, thinking that the donations would be at least several dozen. But when she heard that Yan Bugui only donated one dollar, she was immediately unhappy. Just as she was about to stand up and scold Yan Bugui, she was stopped by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu was a wise person. This was a donation, and it was voluntary. She whispered a few words into Jia Zhang's ear, and Jia Zhang sat down reluctantly, but she glared at Yan Bugui fiercely.

Everyone was wondering what to do when they saw Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong donated so much. Then they heard Yan Bugui donated one dollar, so it wouldn't be too much for them to donate one cent. But no one said anything at this time. Yi Zhonghai felt a little unhappy when he saw the atmosphere was getting cold. He looked around and found He Yuzhu and He Yushui sitting in the corner, so he said,

"Zhu Zi, your brother Dong Xu helped you when you were in trouble, and you usually call him Sister Qin. Now that the Jia family is in trouble, you can't back down."

In fact, He Yuzhu had no intention of causing trouble. If you want to donate, just donate. As for me, I just donated 1.5 cents. But Yi Zhonghai actually treated me like a stick again, so I won't be polite. He Yuzhu stood up and walked to the table. Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai thought He Yuzhu wanted to support him, so he looked at He Yuzhu with a smile on his face.

"Everyone knows that my father He Daqing abandoned my brother and me for a widow. In order to make a living, my brother and I could only pick up rags. Life was really difficult back then. Sometimes we could only eat one steamed bun a day. One time, we were unlucky and didn't make any money, so we had to go hungry. That morning, brother Dongxu cried because of hunger when he saw the rain, so he went home and got two steamed buns. My brother and I ate the steamed buns before going out to pick up rags. We were lucky that day. At the end of the day, we sold 8 cents and we were very happy..."

Yi Zhonghai knew everything about this matter, so he wanted to interrupt He Yuzhu, "Zhu Zi..." How could He Yuzhu let him have his way?

"Uncle, please let me continue talking, otherwise I will go home." Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to give up.

"My brother and I returned home happily only to find that Aunt Jia was blocking our door and scolding us for stealing her steamed buns. I had no choice but to give Aunt Jia two cents to buy the two steamed buns. But I, He Yuzhu, am not an ungrateful person. I am very grateful to Brother Dongxu for helping us when we were in trouble. So during the three difficult years, I would sometimes give the lunch boxes I brought back from the factory to Brother Dongxu. After all, he has a large family, and we are the only two of us in our family. In the past three years, I have given him lunch boxes at least 50 times, if not 30 times. I think that the two cents back then, plus the lunch boxes over the past three years, should have paid off the two steamed buns that were charged, right? What do you think, uncle?"

He Yuzhu looked at Yi Zhonghai seriously. Yi Zhonghai didn't know what to say at this moment. He only heard Jia Zhang's wailing voice:

"Shazhu, you bastard, you can't repay Dongxu's kindness in your lifetime!" Yi Zhonghai was so angry when he heard this. He ate two steamed buns, but you blocked the door and scolded him, and even took two cents, three years of lunch boxes, and you still can't repay it? Other people in the courtyard also felt that their worldviews were shattered, and He Yushui was stunned at this time, with a look of disbelief on his face.

He Yuzhu was not angry when he heard Jia Zhang's curse. He just said, "Everyone is here today. Let me tell you one thing first. From now on, you can call me He Yuzhu by my full name, or Zhuzi. People younger than me can call me Brother Zhuzi. Younger people can call me Uncle He, Uncle Zhuzi, or even He Yuzhu. But I hope no one will call me Shazhu. Although my father gave me the nickname, it is still an insult. I would like to thank you all here now." He Yuzhu clasped his fists and said in a cold voice,

"If I hear someone call me a fool again, I won't care whether he is an old man or a child, or a man or a woman. My fists will not be as polite as they are now! The three uncles are here to testify. In the future, if I hit someone because they scold me, don't blame me!"

The three uncles looked at each other, and Yi Zhonghai could only say helplessly, "Zhuzi is right, don't call people by insulting nicknames anymore. Now is a new society. Besides, Zhuzi is old now, and it's not nice to call people by nicknames. I emphasize again that what Zhuzi said just now was serious. If you get beaten, don't ask us three uncles to judge for you." In fact, he said this deliberately for Jia Zhangshi to hear, after all, Jia Zhangshi had just called Zhuzi a fool.

Chapter 18 Do you need a donation?

When Jia Zhang heard that Sha Zhu didn't allow her to call him by his nickname, she was about to get angry but was stopped by Qin Huairu.

"I feel that I have repaid Brother Dongxu's kindness, so I don't think it's appropriate for the uncle to donate money to repay his kindness." He Yuzhu looked at Yi Zhonghai, who was a little embarrassed, but he still wanted to force an explanation, but was interrupted by He Yuzhu before he could say anything:

"Also, just now the eldest uncle said that Qin Huairu is my sister Qin. I don't think that's appropriate. When Brother Dongxu was still alive, it was okay for me to call her Sister Qin. But now that Brother Dongxu is gone, Sister-in-law of the Jia family is a newly widowed woman. It's inappropriate for me to call her that anymore. To put it bluntly, there are always gossips about widows. This will not only bring bad reputation to me, but also to Sister-in-law of the Jia family, and also to the Jia family. After all, Banggeng is eight years old now, so I will change my name to Sister-in-law of the Jia family in the future."

Yi Zhonghai was shocked by this sentence. What happened to this Sha Zhu? Today he spoke in a logical and clear manner. Is he still the same Sha Zhu? What happened to him? How could he change so much? A series of questions arose in Yi Zhonghai's mind, and also in the hearts of the people in the courtyard.

Who knew that He Yuzhu hadn't finished speaking yet, he said to Jia Zhang, "Aunt Jia, tell me, am I right or wrong?"

Jia Zhang was particularly afraid that Qin Huairu would abandon her family and remarry, so she hoped that Qin Huairu would stay away from other men, so she agreed and said, "Yes, yes, yes! Silly Zhu..."

"Aunt Jia! Have you forgotten what I just said?!"

Jia Zhang was frightened by He Yuzhu's cold tone, so she changed her words and said, "What Zhuzi said just now is very right. From now on, the half-grown children in the yard should call me sister-in-law, and are not allowed to call me Sister Qin anymore."

Qin Huairu was already pissed off when she heard He Yuzhu's words. How could she get closer to him if he kept his distance from her? How could she ask for lunch boxes if he didn't? How could she support the whole family if she didn't ask for lunch boxes? How could a woman like me support the whole family if she didn't want lunch boxes? Now that Jia Zhangshi had confirmed this, she was even more angry and speechless. But there was nothing she could do now. Jia Zhangshi had already said it, so she could only wait and see.

Yi Zhonghai was a little confused by Sha Zhu's rapid fire, but he soon reacted and knew that it was not appropriate to say more about this matter now, so he said, "Zhu Zi, no matter what, we are from the same courtyard, and you and the Jia family are neighbors. A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. When the Jia family needs help, you still have to lend a helping hand. So, you have to donate a little bit. I'm the boss. You are a human being, and your salary is so high, 35 yuan a month, you can't spend it all, so donate 10 yuan today."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai looked at He Yuzhu with a confident and smiling face. Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi also had bright eyes when they heard Yi Zhonghai asked Shazhu to donate 10 yuan. But He Yushui below was in disbelief. Was that what the respected uncle said just now? My brother's money, your uncle is in charge? My brother is a person, am I not a person? I don't need to eat and drink? I have to donate money if I can't spend it all? Isn't it better to save it? ? ?

As for He Yuzhu, he looked at Yi Zhonghai with a joking expression and thought, if the original Shazhu was fooled by an old man like you, he might really pay the money, but it's a pity that the current He Yuzhu is no longer the original Shazhu. He only heard He Yuzhu say,

"Uncle, what you said is wrong again."

Yi Zhonghai was immediately displeased when he heard this. He thought, what happened to Shazhu tonight? He said I was wrong every time I said something? What's wrong? Did I shout wrong?

"Silly, what did I say wrong?"

"Look, uncle, what do you mean I'm the only one? Isn't my sister Yushui a human being? Also, why do you mean I have to donate 35 yuan if I don't spend all the 10 yuan a month? Can't I save it if I can't spend it all? Besides, I don't have to marry a wife? Marrying a wife doesn't cost money? Also, Yushui is still in school, doesn't that cost money too? Besides, why do you have the final say over my money?"

Yi Zhonghai was speechless after being asked a series of questions by He Yuzhu. He could only point at He Yuzhu and say, "You, you, you..." But after a long while, he could not say anything.

At this moment, everyone figured it out. Right, why do you, Yi Zhonghai, decide on Sha Zhu's money? Are you his father or his son? You are just a neighbor. If Sha Zhu can't spend all his money, he can save it. So everyone started to discuss in a low voice.

Yi Zhonghai's face turned green and red when he heard people's discussions, but he still tried to explain, "But the Jia family is in trouble now, can you bear to watch?"

"Uncle, is the Jia family really in trouble?" He Yuzhu asked back.

Before Yi Zhonghai could say anything, Jia Zhang jumped up. When she heard Sha Zhu say that he would not donate the money, she was so angry that she wanted to kill this Sha Zhu who had no descendants. Why didn't he donate the money to our Jia family?

"Silly, no, He Yuzhu, why don't you donate money? How is our Jia family not in trouble? You have to explain it to me clearly today. If you don't, you will have to compensate our family one hundred yuan today!" Jia Zhang still remembered what He Yuzhu said just now, that she should not call him by his nickname, and she was really afraid that this scoundrel would really hit her.

Everyone took a deep breath when they heard this. You have to know that most people's salary in this era is only around 20 yuan, and Jia Zhang's mouth is 100 yuan. You have to know that most families now have less than 100 yuan in savings.

"Haha, Aunt Jia, then I will explain it to you in detail," He Yuzhu then turned to ask Yi Zhonghai

"Uncle, Brother Dongxu died of a work-related injury. Didn't the factory have any arrangements?" Yi Zhonghai was shocked by this question! He thought that this silly Zhu was indeed different, and his brain could think. Before Yi Zhonghai could speak, He Yuzhu turned around and said to everyone,

"In theory, there is a standard for compensation for workers who died of work-related injuries in a steel mill. I remember it was 500 yuan. The factory is responsible for the funeral expenses. In addition, there are conditions such as the job position can be replaced. The old man said that the Jia family is in financial difficulty. I really don't know what conditions are not difficult."

In fact, there were workers from the steel mill in the yard who knew about this matter, but they did not dare to say much because of Yi Zhonghai's tyranny in the yard and the factory. They only thought about losing money to avoid disaster. If they ruined Yi Zhonghai's good deeds, they were afraid that he would make trouble in the yard and make trouble in the factory. Many people who did not know the inside story also began to discuss it in a low voice.

"Yes, 500 yuan in compensation, that's 500 yuan! We don't even have 50 yuan in savings now!" The speaker was Aunt Li from the front yard. Their family lives in poverty. There are three of them. Her husband died of illness a few years ago, leaving behind a son and a daughter. The son is 18 years old this year, but has not found a job yet. The daughter is 13 and is still in junior high school. The family relies on Aunt Li to do some manual work on the street to make a living.

Aunt Li's words kept coming out from the crowd. Yi Zhonghai's face turned pale. He didn't expect He Yuzhu to reveal this matter in public.

"That 500 yuan was earned by our Dongxu with his life, and no one can touch it! It's left for our Banggeng to marry a wife in the future, and it's also my retirement money! Whoever touches it will be killed!" When Jia Zhang heard He Yuzhu mention the pension, she jumped up immediately and said viciously!

Everyone in the courtyard was upset when they heard what Jia Zhang said. The third aunt was already worried about the one dollar, and now she knew that the Jia family had 500 yuan, which made her very angry. She thought, our family only has less than 200 yuan in savings now, so she said,

"Oh! Jia Zhang, how dare you be so arrogant? Your family is rich, and you want people in the courtyard to donate money to your family? Ask everyone, how many families have more than 100 yuan in savings? You have 500 yuan and you are still pretending to be poor and asking us to donate. Isn't this a poor person donating to a rich person? Whoever wants to donate can donate! We won't donate! Old Yan, don't sit there, go home! Give me that dollar, I will buy a pound of meat tomorrow to satisfy the children's cravings. We haven't eaten meat since the Chinese New Year!"

Yan Bugui was a little embarrassed at first, but when he heard his wife say she would not donate money, he cooperated and said, "Lao Yi, what kind of thing are you doing? Well, I won't donate. Our family only has a few dozen yuan in savings. I'm going back."

Yi Zhonghai's face at this moment is very interesting, just like the face-changing in Sichuan Opera, sometimes blue, sometimes white, and sometimes a little white.

At this moment, the second uncle Liu Haizhong, who had a long way to think, also realized what was going on and realized that he had been tricked by Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family.

So he said angrily, "Old Yi! I won't donate anymore! Guangqi's mother, let's go home! Go home and give each of the three children a fried egg. My ten yuan can buy more than a hundred eggs, so these three are not a big deal!" After saying that, he led his family home without giving Yi Zhonghai any face.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the angry faces of the people in the courtyard, so he admitted very frankly, "Well, I am here to make a self-criticism. Dongxu is my apprentice, and I am too sad. I forgot about this matter today. It was my negligence. I apologize to everyone. Tomorrow I will give each family two eggs as compensation."

Everyone was very angry at first, but when they heard that there were eggs to be taken, they were not so angry anymore. Then Yi Zhonghai asked everyone to go home. Yi Zhonghai also wanted to go home, but Jia Zhang refused.

Chapter 19 Slapping Jia Zhang

Everyone was about to leave. He Yuzhu was very satisfied with his performance today and was about to go home happily when Jia Zhang's voice made everyone stop.

"Shazhu, you bastard, you have no descendants, you have no parents, you actually messed up the donation to our Jia family, you have to compensate us one hundred, no, two hundred dollars!"

As she spoke, Jia Zhang pretended to stretch out her Nine Yin White Bone Claws to scratch He Yuzhu's face. Without saying a word, He Yuzhu flashed in front of Jia Zhang, stretched out his right hand, and mercilessly slapped Jia Zhang's face.

Bang! After a loud slap, Jia Zhang flew to the left. Fortunately, no one was there, and Jia Zhang fell heavily to the ground.

Jia Zhang fell to the ground and forgot the pain for a moment. Her brain was confused. She didn't expect Sha Zhu to really dare to hit her, and it hurt so much. Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Sha Zhu to be so strong. He was worthy of being a big spoon swinger.

Yi Zhonghai couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.

Over the past decade, Yi Zhonghai has been creating an atmosphere of respect for elders, in fact, to lay the foundation for his own retirement in the future. Therefore, he has been brainwashing everyone with the sentence "There are no bad parents in the world, only unfilial children."

But today, the younger generation slapped the elders in the courtyard! No matter what the elders did, this situation should not happen! Yi Zhonghai would never allow this situation to happen in the No. 95 courtyard! So Yi Zhonghai's eyes were red at this moment, this was related to his retirement cause, so he yelled at He Yuzhu:

"He Yuzhu! What are you doing? How can you hit an old man??? What did I teach you? You should respect the elderly and not talk back to them! And now you dare to hit an old man? You are so outrageous!"

When Yi Zhonghai yelled at her, Jia Zhang also came to her senses and realized that she was beaten by Sha Zhu. Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was backing her up, she began to wail.

"Shazhu, you bastard, you actually dared to hit an old man! You actually dared to hit me! Today I will not let you off, bastard! Pay me, if you don't pay 500 yuan, this matter will not be over today, today..."

Jia Zhang wanted to continue wailing, He Yuzhu came in front of her and slapped her again, but this time he slapped her with his left hand. As soon as Jia Zhang stood up, she flew back to the starting position. This is what they call "how you came, how you return"