Siheyuan: Xu Damao corrects his evil ways

Life is probably like this. When all the hardships are over, everything else is happiness.

Even though the house is not big enough, it is better than those homeless people without houses.

Not only do they have no money, but many are also heavily in debt.

Even if there is no love, it is much better than the person around you having someone else in his or her heart.

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Even if we have nothing, at least we are still alive and healthy.

Just like the most pitiful person in the Jia family now is not Huaihua. Huaihua has been very well behaved since she was introduced by He Daqing to work in a restaurant owned by her nephew.

There's nothing you can do about being naughty, because He Daqing's nephew boss is such a gangster, with broad shoulders and a big waist, and dragon and phoenix tattoos on his body. When he glares, he doesn't look like a cook, but rather a butcher.

It is said that this place used to be a fly restaurant next to the Pigeon Market, and even now there are hardly any decent customers here.

So even if Huaihua wanted to do something naughty, she wouldn't have the guts to do so.

Huaihua wondered if He Daqing was deliberately taking all the revenge on the Jia family out on her.

This idea is both right and wrong.

He Daqing was very selective in choosing this nephew. Although he was called a nephew, in fact, only He Daqing and his master knew him.

He Daqing was indebted to his master. Before the liberation, that fellow apprentice offended a local tyrant, and his restaurant was smashed and he was almost forced out of the city.

Later, He Daqing asked Lou Bancheng for help and saved that fellow disciple.

Although this junior fellow looks rough, he is grateful and repays kindness.

Before his master died, he told his disciples all the grudges he had with others and the favors he owed to others.

Because his identity was a bit shady, he had never been able to ask the He family for repayment. Now that He Daqing asked him for this small favor, he would definitely help.

He Daqing knew this nephew by accident. He opened his own restaurant, so he must pay attention to his peers. He knew from the diners that this Shandong cuisine is good and quite authentic.

Been here twice.

The inheritance of each craftsman is marked. For example, He Daqing knew at once that the craftsmanship of an old acquaintance of his was very similar.

Plus, He Daqing's face is actually quite easy to recognize.

After a few interactions, the two families established a relationship.

Why did He Daqing arrange Huaihua to stay with his nephew?

One is that most of the chefs they know are still working for others. If the He's Restaurant arranges someone they don't want to work for them, even if they agree, they will definitely feel uncomfortable.

Besides, his nephew looked too fierce and couldn't retain any serious customers.

In the past, people had no choice. If they wanted to make some quick money in Pigeon Market and eat something good, they couldn’t even go to a decent restaurant, so they could only go to his place.

Now that small businesses are liberalized, everyone can make and spend money openly, and naturally they want to change their tastes.

So, even though the food in this nephew's shop tasted good, it just couldn't attract a lot of customers.

It's not that he hasn't thought about recruiting someone, but with his bandit-like appearance, no decent girl would be willing to come to him.

Apart from other things, Huaihua is pretty and sweet-spoken, so being a signature waitress would be a plus for the catering industry.

There was nothing this nephew could do. He had been hanging around Pigeon City for a few years, and if he behaved himself, he would be easily bullied.

For example, those hutong vagrants who go out to eat for free don’t dare to report to the police station, so they can only use fists to make them talk. They beat them so that others dare not come next time.

After a long time, I ended up becoming a bunch of idiots.

In other words, He Daqing believed that this nephew could help Huaihua, and Huaihua could also help the restaurant. The most important thing was that this nephew could suppress Huaihua and make her live an honest life, and could also ensure that Huaihua lived a stable life. That was why he introduced Huaihua here.

When Huaihua arrived here, the boss arranged for her to live in the store. The boss lived in the backyard, and Huaihua lived in the store.

At the beginning, Huaihua used something to prop up the door every day and hid a knife under her pillow.

But after a long time, Huaihua realized that although this boss spoke rudely and did not look like a good person, he was an upright person and had never had any bad intentions towards her.

Sometimes when customers say something naughty to her, the boss will correct them right away.

After Huaihua had worked hard for a month, the boss threw fifteen big unity bills in front of her.

Sophora japonica was in tears.

It said above that there are people who are more unlucky than Huaihua, such as Xiaodang. Ever since she came to his house, her man has never had a good attitude towards her.

Beating and kicking were common, and foul language was heard every day. Her husband was particularly bored when he saw that she was obedient, so he decided to let Xiaodang take Huaihua in.

The explanation must be very nice, which means that he is afraid that his sister-in-law is out there and has no income, and may be bullied.

But it is clear what he is thinking in his heart.

Xiaodang went to Banggeng's shack in a daze and looked around, but nothing was there.

Then she went back and told her husband what happened, and was scolded again.

The couple both knew each other's thoughts. Xiaodang wanted to get pregnant, and as long as she was pregnant, her man would treat her well.

But no one knows what the outcome will be or whether the thread will break.

Xiaodang at least has a home, and that man won't torture her to death.

Jia Zhang, who had just come out today, was even more confused. She dragged her frail body all the way to the courtyard, but was stopped by Yan Bugui who was at home.

There isn't any bloody plot that is hard to recognize.

Yan Bugui recognized Jia Zhang and said to her, "Jia Zhang? You came out? What are you doing here? Your house has been taken back by the street. You should go find the street. This place has nothing to do with your Jia family anymore."

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang wanted to curse, but perhaps because she had received some education in prison, when the words came to her lips, she just wiped away her tears.

Yan Bugui looked at the thinner Jia Zhang, but he had no sympathy. If Jia Zhang had not been unlucky, with the old woman's temper, the Yan family would have been unlucky.

So such people are not worthy of sympathy.

Yan Bugui said coldly: "Jia Zhang, we have been neighbors for many years, so I won't say anything unpleasant. Don't cause trouble, or I will report it to the police station, and you will be the one who suffers.

Go find a street and see how it will be arranged for you."

Jia Zhang also knew that she had offended many people in the yard and in the alley, and one of them could slap her to death.

So after hearing what Yan Bugui said, Jia Zhang turned around and left. When she reached the gate of the courtyard, she suddenly stopped and said, "Where is my Banggeng? And where are Xiaodang and Huaihua?"

Yan Bugui had a strange look on his face. Xiao Dang knew about it, and Huaihua also knew about it. Huaihua had even come to visit the couple with some pastries a few days ago, saying that she wanted to thank Yan Bugui for showing them the way.

Yan Bugui could see that, although it was hard to change one's nature, Huaihua at least tried hard to live like a normal person.

So Yan Bugui didn't plan to tell Jia Zhang where Huaihua had gone.

Yan Bugui simply said with a straight face: "What does your family's affairs have to do with us? Let's go and ask the street directly."

It’s not that Yan Bugui is unkind, but he knows how difficult Jia Zhang is.

When Jia Zhang heard the fate of her three children, especially Banggeng's imprisonment, and the serious consequences, her whole life collapsed.

The reason why she managed to endure eating rotten food and sleeping next to a urine bucket for three years was because of her eldest grandson.

Jia Zhang was hoping that after she was released, her grandson would be able to support her.

Now that she heard that her only hope was gone, Jia Zhang felt completely drained.

Jia Zhang wanted to cry, but when she saw a few burly uniformed staff standing not far away, she put those thoughts aside.

While in there, she had developed a deep-seated fear and obedience towards those uniformed personnel.

To be honest, those who were guarding her never personally took action to deal with her.

But every time Jia Zhang made some trouble, she would be punished by the bosses in the room when she returned to her room.

As time went on, Jia Zhang naturally knew that people didn't punish her because they were too lazy to do it. There were plenty of ways to make her suffer in silence without being able to complain.

If you don't want to suffer, don't cause trouble for those who are guarding you.

This prohibition was ingrained in her.

Jia Zhang asked the clerk in front of her with grievance: "Leader, but where should I live now? I don't even have a place to live."

The clerk was surprised and said, "Ms. Jia Zhang, don't make a mistake. Your household registration has never been in Nanluoguxiang.

No, your household registration has never been a city household registration in Beijing.

We have no obligation to take care of you.

As for your situation, since you have just been released from prison, you need to go to your registered place of residence every week to report your thoughts.

So you have to go back to Jia Village."

Now Jia Zhang was really unable to hold it in. She had never expected that after living in Beijing for so many years, she was not actually a native of Beijing.

Jia Zhang collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.

The clerk was troubled by her crying and shouted, "Jia Zhang, don't make trouble here.

Otherwise, we will report it to the institute and ask you to stay back for a few more days."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she trembled all over and her pants were wet. She never wanted to go to that nightmare place again.

The staff member heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Jia Zhang had stopped crying, and said to her, "Out of humanitarian considerations, we can send a car to take you to the commune.

Once there, live your life well and don't make mistakes.

You want to make trouble when you have a good life. Who do you think is to blame?"

Jia Zhang was still trying to struggle, so she asked, "Can I go to Xiaodang's place or Huaihua's place?

I am their grandmother and they have to support me.”

Listening to Jia Zhang's unreasonable words, the clerk couldn't help but roll his eyes.

He sneered at Jia Zhang and said, "That's your business. You can report them to the commune.

This is not our responsibility.”

In fact, the staff said this just because they were unwilling to help, and they were bullying Jia Zhang because she didn't understand this.

In the eyes of the staff, people like Jia Zhang are trouble. This trouble can be pushed out now, why should we get involved in this family's mess?

Everyone knows what Jia Zhang did to get her into prison.

It can be said that no one in the entire Nanluoguxiang sympathized with her.

This is how things are, everyone must take due responsibility for the mistakes they make.

The clerk raised his wrist to look at his watch and asked Jia Zhang: "Tell me, do you want us to send someone to deliver it?

I tell you, they must have talked to your commune on the phone.

If you don't report on your own initiative, there will definitely be a note on your file, which will not be good for you.

So don’t even think about making trouble on the streets.”

Jia Zhang didn't know what impact a bad file would have on her, who had nothing. But she saw the clerk's words were so serious, so she thought it was very serious!

According to common sense, the street office really has no way to deal with Jia Zhang.

But that was common sense, and now was not the time to talk about common sense. The street staff were ready to notify the police station directly if Jia Zhang said "no".

First, stay in there for two days, and then be taken directly to the commune.

But Jia Zhang finally gave in.

Her greatest pride in her life was leaving the countryside, but she never expected that in the end, she would have to return to that place.

Still returning to that place in such a miserable state.

At this moment, Jia Zhang was already dead.

Although the body is still alive, it is already a walking corpse.

Jia Zhang was sent back to the commune, where she was criticized and then sent to the Jia family's old house.

The old house of the Jia family has collapsed, so this problem is thrown to the villagers, because Jia Zhang’s household registration is in the village.

So the villagers are also feeling aggrieved. It would be great to die outside, why would they want to return to the village?

But in front of the commune staff, the villagers could not refuse, so they had to send Jia Zhang to the place where the village used to raise cattle.

A few bundles of straw and a tattered quilt were all the kindness the village showed her.

As for food and drink, the village will not take care of it as there is no quota for it in the public account.

However, someone came up with an idea to Jia Zhang behind the back of the commune staff, that is, she could ask whoever her food-grabbing land was cultivated for food.

This is also pushing the problem outward.

But Jia Zhang knew her own situation. In order to take Jia Dongxu to the city, she mortgaged everything she had in the village to the families of several of Jia's uncles and brothers.

At that time, people were starving and exchanged food for Lao Jia's inheritance. If they go to ask for it now, they will probably be beaten to death.

But Jia Zhang had no choice but to shamelessly go door to door begging, saying that she would wait until she found her two granddaughters and ask them to pay the money.

Only then did I exchange some coarse grains from my family.

As for finding the two granddaughters, Jia Zhang sued them in the commune as soon as possible.

Yes, not looking for someone, but suing directly.

This was also because Jia Zhang had misunderstood. When she mentioned Xiaodang Huaihua to the commune, the commune staff were also at a loss. If it was about children, the commune could only talk to the other party and force them to support the elderly.

But now she is my granddaughter.

And she is a married granddaughter. How can the commune mediate this?

For rural people, a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, let alone a granddaughter who is married off.

There is a preference for boys over girls here, but more importantly, rural elderly people will not expect their granddaughters to take care of them no matter how difficult their lives are.

To put it bluntly, my granddaughter is someone else's family. If she comes back to take care of me, I know I am grateful, but if she doesn't, there is nothing to say.

This is the granddaughter who was raised by the father. If the commune staff knew that Jia Zhang had always favored boys over girls since childhood, they would not even pay attention to Jia Zhang's idea.