The beginning of Siheyuan starts with refusing to bring lunch boxes

Time flies, and it's time to get off work in a blink of an eye. There is no special meal today, so He Yuzhu got off work early and went to the vegetable market. Yesterday, he promised Yushui that he would buy her delicious food. Now there are vegetables in the space that he got by signing in, but there is no meat. He also got a lot of food and food coupons by signing in this month. Although He Yuzhu can live by signing in now, if he doesn't go shopping and eats at home every day, isn't he afraid of being reported? Therefore, He Yuzhu often goes to the market to buy, and then shows up at Yan Bugui's place, which can be regarded as a guarantee.

He Yuzhu went to the market. There were no chickens in the market today, but there were ducks. He bought one and some ginger and green onions. Then he went back to the courtyard. Yan Bugui was waiting for He Yuzhu at the door again. He thought that Yan Laoxi must have left early again.

"Uncle, you are guarding the gate again," He Yuzhu greeted with a smile. When Yan Bugui saw what He Yuzhu was carrying, his eyes were attracted by the duck. Yan Bugui responded to He Yuzhu casually.

"Uncle, don't look at it anymore. If you keep looking at it, you'll be unable to take it out of your eyes," He Yuzhu joked.

Yan Bugui then looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Zhuzi, you are teasing your Third Uncle again. What's the matter today? I'm giving you my bottle of good wine today. I'll come over later."

"Uncle, don't worry about it. I prepared this for Yu Shui and the old lady. You are a cultured person, how can you eat more from the mouths of children and the elderly?"

"It's such a big duck, they can't finish it both, and I don't eat much either, you see..."

"Uncle, please continue to watch the door. I'll go back to cook. It would be a big sin if the old lady starved." After saying that, he left without paying any attention to Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui looked at He Yuzhu's back as he left, then covered his chest with his hands, as if he had missed out on 100 million yuan. His heart ached. Yan Bugui thought to himself, I can't think about it anymore. It would hurt more and I would suffer more.

When the workers from the steel mill came back one after another, a fragrance had already filled the courtyard. The people who returned to the courtyard were tempted by the fragrance as soon as they entered the courtyard.

Jia's family, Qin Huairu had already returned in the afternoon. Jia Zhangshi was reluctant to let Qin Huairu spend money on hospitalization because she gave birth to a money-losing baby.

"That bastard Shazhu cooked meat again today! Doesn't he know that our Huairu just gave birth to a baby today? He didn't even bother to send some meat over!" When Jia Zhang smelled the meat, she started to curse. She wanted to ask for the meat, but she was scared by Shazhu's beating and didn't dare to.

"Grandma! I want to eat meat! Go to Shazhu's house and bring it back for me!" The thief Bang Geng, who was standing by, was also very greedy at the moment, so he ordered Jia Zhang to bring the meat. However, Jia Zhang didn't dare to do so, so she habitually called Qin Huairu to go. However, when she saw the weak Qin Huairu who had just given birth and was brought back by her, she could only swallow back her words.

"Bang Geng, we can't eat the food cooked by that idiot Sha Zhu. You have to remember that Sha Zhu is a fool. Now we can't eat meat because of that idiot!" Jia Zhang comforted Bang Geng.

"No! I just want to eat meat, you go get it!" Banggeng doesn't care about that, he just wants to eat meat now

"Bang Geng, that big idiot Sha Zhu is a hitter. Have you forgotten that grandma was beaten by that big idiot a few days ago? Aren't you afraid?"

Bang Geng thought of his grandmother's swollen pig-head face some time ago, and felt pain in his face, so he was very unhappy and silent. Qin Huairu on the side was sad and silent. She had just given birth. After returning in the afternoon, except for the aunt who came to deliver six eggs, no one else in the yard came. It was all because of his mother-in-law who had offended everyone in the yard in the past period of time. Qin Huairu was very hungry at this time, but he couldn't move, so he said, "Mom, I'm hungry. Can you give me two eggs that the aunt sent?"

Jia Zhang reluctantly went to the kitchen to cook two eggs, but she secretly ate a small half of them. Qin Huairu saw that half of the egg was missing, and there was nothing she could do.

Yi's house, Yi Zhonghai smelled the fragrance when he returned home, "My dear, my dear, did you go to the hospital to see Huairu today? I am worried about Jia Zhang's condition."

"Why go to a hospital? Jia Zhang brought Qin Huairu back this afternoon, saying that she gave birth to a money-losing child, so why go to a hospital?"

Yi Zhonghai asked in surprise, "You came back in the afternoon?"

"Yes, I made some food at noon and sent it to the hospital. After Huairu ate it, Jia Zhangshi started to make a fuss about wanting to come back. In the end, I had to pay to hire a car to bring her back."

Yi Zhonghai also sighed helplessly, and then asked, "Did you go to see Huairu?"

"I went there and sent six eggs."

"Well, six eggs are fine, what about the others?"

"Humph! That shrew Jia Zhang has offended the whole courtyard. Who is going? Except for our family, no one is going."

When Yi Zhonghai learned that no one in the hospital went, he was very angry and said, "This is outrageous! We are all neighbors in the same hospital. What kind of grudge can we have? According to the rules, when a neighbor gives birth, shouldn't we go and see him? No, I have to talk to Old Liu and Old Yan about this. This is outrageous!"

After saying this, he was about to go out, but when he smelled the fragrance in the air, he said, "Whose family is cooking meat?"

"Zhu Zi, he's the only one in our hospital who has this skill. I saw him bring back a duck."

"I'll ask Zhuzi to bring some meat to Huairu. Huairu just gave birth and is weak. She needs to be nourished. Also, Zhuzi has to bring lunch boxes to the Jia family every day. He can't just watch this family of orphans and widows and do nothing!" After saying that, Yi Zhonghai went out to the backyard. Auntie wanted to stop him, but seeing him go out, she could only sigh and said nothing.

Chapter 25: Another Plenary Session

Yi Zhonghai went to He's house and found that He Yushui was the only one at home, staring at the casserole and drooling. Yi Zhonghai asked, "Yushui, where is your brother?"

"Uncle, my brother went to the backyard to bring a bowl of meat to the old lady." He Yushui glanced at Yi Zhonghai and continued to stare at the casserole, as if he was afraid that the meat would be gone in the blink of an eye. It seemed that He Yushui had been very greedy for the past month.

Yi Zhonghai saw that He Yushui didn't respond, and thought that it wouldn't work without an adult. I'm here now, but I don't even know to ask myself if I've eaten. He looked at He Yushui for a while, and could only sigh and leave. He Yushui glanced at his leaving figure, and continued to stare at the casserole and drool.

Yi Zhonghai left He's house and prepared to go to Liu Haizhong's house in the backyard, but he thought that they were having dinner and it was not appropriate to go at this time, so he returned to his own house. Auntie saw that he came back so soon and asked, "Old Yi, why did you come back so soon?"

"Zhu Zi has gone to deliver meat to the old lady, so you don't have to deliver dinner tonight."

"The old lady is in luck. This Zhu is kind-hearted." The aunt was very happy to hear Yi Zhonghai's words. Yi Zhonghai nodded when he heard the aunt's words, but he still said

"I wonder if I will send some to Huairu."

When Auntie heard this, she just curled her lips and thought, the Jia family must be crazy to stick to them, Zhuzi doesn't owe them anything, but Auntie didn't say it, she knew what Yi Zhonghai's knot was.

He Yuzhu gave the old lady a bowl of duck meat. Because he took care of the old lady, the taste was not very spicy and the meat was stewed very well. The old lady tasted it and was very happy. He Yuzhu chatted with the old lady for a few words and then went home to have dinner with He Yushui. He Yushui had a very happy meal tonight. He Yuzhu didn't finish the pot of duck meat, so he asked He Yushui to put the rest in the cupboard so that she could have it as lunch on Sunday.

As soon as he finished his meal, Yi Zhonghai went to the backyard to look for Liu Haizhong, "Old Liu, have you eaten?"

"Hey, Old Yi, why didn't Guang Qi pour the water?" Liu Haizhong said as he let Yi Zhonghai into the house. The second aunt brought a glass of water. Yi Zhonghai sat down and Liu Haizhong asked,

"Old Yi, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Old Liu, I came to talk to you about the Jia family. Didn't Qin Huairu just give birth? I heard that, except for my wife, no one in the courtyard went to see her? This is not good. After all, we are a civilized courtyard. If the news gets to the street, the street will definitely think that the three of us are incompetent leaders." Yi Zhonghai, the old fox, knows Liu Haizhong's weakness and is afraid that his leader will be dissatisfied.

When the second aunt heard what Yi Zhonghai said, she curled her lips and said, "Look at what that old woman from the Jia family and that bastard Bang Geng did. Who would be willing to go?"

When Yi Zhonghai heard what Second Aunt said, he didn't say anything but just looked at Liu Haizhong. Liu Haizhong felt embarrassed and yelled, "What do you know as a woman? Why don't you go and see what Guangtian Guangfu is doing!"

"Old Yi, even though what I said was unpleasant, it was true. However, we cannot let the leaders think that we are incompetent. I think we should go find Old Yan and hold a meeting of the whole hospital to discuss this matter."

"You are still Lao Liu, you are worthy of being the second uncle, you have such awareness", and he gave a thumbs up. Liu Haizhong felt relieved when Yi Zhonghai praised him like this.

"Let's go to the front yard to find Old Yan."

The two went to the front yard, and Liu Haizhong said, "Old Yan! Old Yan! Have you finished eating?"

Yan Bugui came out and saw that it was Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai who came to see him. He immediately figured it out. It was probably because Yan Bugui knew that no one except the aunt went to visit the Jia family today. He guessed that Yi Zhonghai would jump out to cause trouble, but at this moment he pretended not to know their purpose and said, "Old Yi, Old Liu, what's the matter with you guys coming together?"

Liu Haizhong looked at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Old Yi, you should speak for yourself."

"Old Yan, we are here to talk about the Jia family giving birth and no one in the courtyard went to see the baby. If this matter spreads to the street, it will definitely affect the reputation of our civilized courtyard. We probably won't get the title of civilized courtyard this year, and then we will lose those rewards." An old man is an old man, he speaks directly to the point. Yan Bugui is stingy, and as long as it comes to money, there will be no problem. Sure enough,

"Yes! This is outrageous and indeed inappropriate. So what do you mean?"

"What Lao Liu and I mean is that we should hold a meeting of the entire hospital to communicate with everyone. What do you think?"

Yan Bugui also agreed, so Liu Haizhong called his two younger sons to inform the whole hospital to hold a meeting in 20 minutes.

When He Yuzhu heard that there was going to be a meeting, he guessed that it was about the Jia family, so he told He Yushui not to go with him and to just play at home. He took a stool and went there.

He found a corner to sit down, then ate melon seeds and waited.

After a while, everyone in the courtyard came, whispering about why they had to hold another meeting. When everyone was present, He Yuzhu saw another famous scene: first the third uncle came over from the front yard carrying an enamel pot, then the second uncle came over carrying an enamel pot, and finally the uncle came out from the east wing of the middle yard. He Yuzhu thought, this is quite a grand scene!

The three uncles were ready, and the second uncle spoke first, "Ahem, everyone, I'll take up some of your time for a meeting today. This meeting..." Liu Haizhong talked for more than ten minutes, and everyone was confused and had no idea what he was talking about, so Yi Zhonghai reminded in a low voice, "Second uncle, let's get to the point."

The second uncle was somewhat dissatisfied, after all, he was in high spirits, but he also had a good time satisfying his official desire in the past ten minutes, so he said, "Today's meeting is mainly to discuss the issue of our courtyard's title of excellent and civilized courtyard. If this problem is not resolved, our title of excellent and civilized courtyard will probably not be kept this year, and then the prizes at the end of the year will be gone. Now, please let the first uncle tell us the details."

When everyone heard that the honorary title and prizes were going to be gone, they listened carefully. Although the year-end rewards were not much, at least they could get some peanuts and some candies, which would be nice to give to children as New Year snacks. If they were gone, they would have to buy them themselves. Money was easy to deal with, but tickets were hard to get.

Yi Zhonghai was very proud to see that everyone's attention was focused on him, so he said, "Ahem, well, the second uncle just said that today's meeting is mainly about the honor of our Siheyuan. This is a major event that concerns everyone in our Siheyuan, so everyone must take it seriously."

"Uncle No. 1, what's going on? You and Uncle No. 2 have been talking for a long time but still can't explain it clearly."

Jia Zhang was also dissatisfied and said, "That's right, you can't explain it clearly no matter how long you talk about it."

When Yi Zhonghai heard how angry Jia Zhang was, he thought to himself, isn’t this all for your Jia family?

"Huai Ru gave birth to a girl today. She returned to the courtyard this afternoon. According to common sense, when a family has a new baby, the neighbors in the courtyard will go to see it. But I heard that only my daughter Xiu Fen went to see it today. No one else went to see it. Everyone said, is such a cold courtyard worthy of the title of an excellent courtyard and a civilized courtyard? If this matter gets to the street, will they continue to give us the title of a civilized courtyard? If it gets to other courtyards, won't they doubt the value of our civilized courtyard in previous years?"

When Jia Zhang heard about this, she immediately became excited and stood up and shouted, "Yes, you are so cold-hearted. Don't you know that Huairu has given birth? You should have brought the gift to our house!"

Yi Zhonghai was so angry at what Jia Zhang said that he almost died. Originally, everyone felt that what they did was wrong. Even if they had conflicts with Jia Zhang, Qin Huairu was still a good person. She gave birth to a child, and according to the rules, he should go to see her.

But the guilt that had just risen was shattered by Jia Zhang's words.

Auntie Tian in the backyard cursed loudly, "Jia Zhang, you crazy woman, don't you think about what you usually do? You still bring things to us. Bah! What civilized courtyard? We don't want it! I'd rather throw the things into the toilet than send them to your house!"

Auntie Tian's husband is about 45 years old this year. He is a fifth-level welder in the steel rolling mill. He is not in the same job as Yi Zhonghai, so he is not afraid of Yi Zhonghai. Jia Zhang was very angry when she heard Auntie Tian's words. Just as she was about to scold her back, Auntie Ma in the backyard, who was on good terms with Auntie Tian, ​​also agreed, "Yes, we are just ordinary neighbors, and there is a rogue woman like Jia Zhang. Whoever wants to go can go, but our family won't go!"

Jia Zhang was so angry that she couldn't take it anymore. We Jia family asked you to come and see, which was a great honor for you. Now you dare to say no? So she started to curse at Aunt Tian and Aunt Ma.

Although Jia Zhang was a strong fighter, two fists could not defeat four hands, and one mouth could not defeat two mouths, so he was quickly defeated.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were helpless when they saw this scene, so they asked the first, second and third aunties to pull the people away. As soon as they pulled the people away, they saw that there were several bloodstains on Jia Zhang's face and her hair was messy. Jia Zhang then sat on the ground and began to summon the spirit.

"Old Jia, Dongxu, please open your eyes! The people in the yard are bullying your wife and your mother. Our Jia family is almost being bullied to death. Come up and take a look. When you come, take these bastards away. If you go early, the ghost catcher will let them go into the oil pan."

Jia Zhang cried, sang, and slapped her thighs. He Yuzhu found it quite charming.

At this time, a man came up to He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu saw that he was a man with a long face and a small mustache.

Don't say it, this is the real villain, the first blood master, the friend of the widow, Xu Damao

"Uncle Zhu, give me some melon seeds," Xu Damao said to He Yuzhu in a servile manner. He Yuzhu didn't care and just gave him a handful.

In the past month, He Yuzhu and Xu Damao have reconciled. He Yuzhu promised that if Xu Damao didn't call him Shazhu, he wouldn't beat him. Xu Damao also promised that if He Yuzhu didn't beat him, he wouldn't call him Shazhu.

So, the two enemies reached an agreement. From then on, they called each other "Master", and their relationship was reconciled and improved.

"What's the matter, Mr. Mao? You, the projectionist, can't even get any melon seeds," He Yuzhu joked. Xu Damao didn't care and said,

"Master Zhu, you don't know that although the three-year difficult period has passed, supplies are still in short supply. Melon seeds are hard to get in the countryside now."

"But, Master Zhu, today's show is quite exciting. The three gentlemen had just set up the stage, and before the show started, the actors overturned the stage."

He Yuzhu was also amused by Xu Damao's words, so he said

"Uncle Mao, you've hit the nail on the head. Just wait and see. It won't end like this for an old man."

Chapter 26 He Yuzhu confronts Yi Zhonghai again

"What are you talking about?!" Yi Zhonghai roared, and everyone shut up. Jia Zhang on the ground was still chattering about summoning Lao Jia and Dongxu, but she seemed to be strangled by the neck and stopped summoning with a click. Yi Zhonghai has been a big boss for more than ten years, and everyone is still afraid of him.

"Old sister-in-law, you also stand up. What everyone said is indeed true. You have made some mistakes in the past. Come here and apologize to everyone!" Jia Zhang was dissatisfied and wanted to scold Yi Zhonghai, but when she saw Yi Zhonghai's serious eyes, she could only mutter and apologize to everyone in a low voice, "Dear neighbors, I'm sorry, it was Jia Zhang who was wrong in the past. Please forgive me." Although the apology was reluctant, everyone still admired Yi Zhonghai for making Jia Zhang apologize, especially Liu Haizhong. Although he was dissatisfied with Yi Zhonghai, he still had no way to deal with Jia Zhang.

"My sister-in-law has already apologized to everyone. I think we should just let it go for the sake of being neighbors in the same compound. We'll meet each other sooner or later. As the old saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. We've lived in the same compound for more than ten or twenty years. Why should we be so fussy about it?" Everyone had no choice but to say it was all in the past and let it go.

Seeing that both parties agreed, Yi Zhonghai continued, "However, we still have to follow the rules. Huairu just gave birth to a child and is weak. Jia Zhang is also not good at serving people. The aunties in the courtyard usually take care of her and help with washing diapers. But the mother needs nutrition. The Jia family has not had an easy time since Dongxu left. In addition, according to our old rules, each household should bring some eggs and brown sugar to visit Huairu after returning home."

Although everyone was reluctant, they thought that what Yi Zhonghai said made sense, so they just held their noses and endured it. When Jia Zhang heard that they were going to send something to their family, she was also happy.

"Besides," Yi Zhonghai changed the subject and looked at Sha Zhu, "Zhu Zi, I smelled that you made duck meat today. Why didn't you think of sending some to your sister Qin? Your sister Qin..."

Before Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, He Yuzhu interrupted him. Yi Zhonghai was very unhappy to be interrupted.

"Uncle, you didn't hear a word I said to you during this period? Fine! I'll say it one last time!"

“First, I don’t have a sister with the last name Qin, that’s the sister-in-law of the Jia family!