Comfortable life in Siheyuan

On the morning of the twenty-eighth day of the lunar year, the sun shone through the window onto the ground in the middle courtyard. Tian Xiuyun walked into the courtyard with a basin of water, preparing to wash up and then go to the cellar to get a cabbage to cook.

After everything was ready, Tian Xiuyun came to the entrance of the cellar, gently lifted the lid, and slowly went down the ladder into the cellar. However, when her feet just landed on the ground, she was stunned by the scene in front of her - she saw cabbage leaves scattered all over the ground! A burst of anger instantly surged in her heart.

Tian Xiuyun suppressed her anger and continued to walk inside. She stared at the winter cabbages stored at home, but was surprised to find that the heart of each cabbage had been hollowed out!

"Who is so wicked!" Tian Xiuyun gnashed her teeth in anger. She couldn't imagine who would do such a bad thing. These cabbages were their family's food for the whole winter! Now they were destroyed like this, how could it not make people feel distressed?

Tian Xiuyun became angrier and angrier as she thought about it. She felt that she couldn't let the vegetable thief go so easily. So she turned around and walked out of the cellar quickly, locking the exit of the cellar tightly.

Tian Xiuyun hurried back to her own courtyard. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Zhuzi and Yushui sitting in the house.

She walked straight up to the two of them and said solemnly, "Zhu Zi, Yu Shui, all the cabbages in our cellar have been destroyed! I was thinking of stewing a cabbage with potatoes at noon, but when I looked in the cellar, I found the floor was full of torn cabbage leaves.

How could anyone be so wasteful? They only ate the cabbage hearts and threw the leaves everywhere. I felt so sad when I saw the mess! "

Tian Xiuyun couldn't help but think of the hard times in the past, when it was hard to find food, and she even had to eat dirt to fill her stomach. Now seeing such extravagance and waste, she was really angry and her voice was slightly choked when she spoke.

"Wife, please sit down and take a rest. Don't be angry. It's not worth it to hurt your body. Let me go and check what's going on." Seeing this, Zhuzi hurriedly stood up and comforted his wife softly, and picked up the key to the cellar and walked out of the house.

Not long after, Sha Zhu was heard yelling at the top of his voice in the cellar.

"Who is so wicked! Don't you have cabbages at home? Why do you come to steal the cabbage hearts in my cellar? Such good cabbages are ruined beyond recognition! Who did this? You have the guts to steal but don't have the courage to admit it?" Sha Zhu was so angry that his face turned red, veins bulged on his neck, and he roared at the top of his voice.

At this time, several families in the middle courtyard came out. Yi Zhonghai saw Sha Zhu's angry look at a glance, so he asked: "Zhu Zi, what happened? Why are you so angry?"

"Uncle, you will understand clearly if you see for yourself! I am not an unreasonable person, but I can never tolerate anyone wasting food like this! We have just had a few days of comfortable life!" Sha Zhu turned his head and said indignantly to Yi Zhonghai.

At this moment, many people from the front and back yards also gathered together, looking at the situation in the middle yard with curiosity.

Not long after, Yi Zhonghai climbed out of the cellar, his face also full of anger.

"There are so many people in the yard today, so I won't waste any more words. Let's go down to the cellar and take a look. Then everything will be clear. This is simply too much. Have you forgotten the feeling of hunger?" Yi Zhonghai said as he opened the entrance to the cellar completely. Then, everyone went down to the cellar one by one to check.

After they finished watching it, everyone was filled with indignation and anger.

"This must have been done by some kid. What adult could be so unreasonable?" Yan Bugui pushed up his glasses.

"Why not call those half-grown children out and ask them, and everything will be clear!" Liu Haizhong suggested.

"Okay, call out all the boys in the yard." Yi Zhonghai said with a grim face.

After a while, seven or eight children stood trembling in front of everyone.

The old man did not favor his own child and first asked Yi Xiaojun: "Xiaojun, did you do this?" Yi Zhonghai asked with a stern face.

"Dad, what's the matter? My mom just called me out, and she didn't say what it was." Yi Xiaojun asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Did you destroy the cabbages in the cellar of the central courtyard? You even picked the cabbage hearts to eat." Yi Zhonghai's tone was a little softer this time.

"Dad, my family has no shortage of food, why should I eat the cabbage heart!" Yi Xiaojun looked innocent. Since he came to Yi Zhonghai's house, he has indeed never been hungry.

After a while, all the children in the yard were asked, but no one admitted it.

At this time, Xu Damao in the crowd shouted loudly: "Why didn't Banggeng come out? It couldn't be him who did it."

"Xu Damao, you are talking nonsense. My Banggeng is a good boy and he would never do such a thing." Qin Huairu protected her child.

"Last year on New Year's Eve, my family's vegetables were wasted like this. But since it's the New Year, I don't want everyone to be embarrassed. This time, if you only eat one or two vegetable hearts, I won't say anything. But you can't break the cabbage all over the floor. That will waste a lot of food." Tian Xiuyun said loudly.

"Okay, call Banggeng out and ask him a question." Yi Zhonghai whispered to Qin Huairu.

Seeing that things had come to this point, Qin Huairu had no choice but to shout, so she turned around and went home.

When they got to the house, Qin Huairu quickly pulled Banggeng aside and asked in a low voice, "Banggeng, did you eat the cabbage hearts from Shazhu's cellar?"

Banggeng's eyes rolled and he answered firmly: "I didn't eat it, and I haven't been to the cellar." After hearing this, Qin Huairu felt relieved and pulled Banggeng out of the house.

The third uncle looked at Qin Huairu's relieved expression, and a cunning look flashed in his eyes.

"Banggeng, Guangtian Guangfu just said that he saw you eating cabbage hearts in the yard some time ago. Is this true?" Yan Bugui said gently.

"No, I didn't eat cabbage hearts in the yard." Banggeng straightened his neck and said loudly.

"Oh! You didn't eat in the yard, then where did you eat? Guang Tian Guangfu said he saw it, they wouldn't lie, right?" Yan Bugui spoke softly and patiently.

"I didn't eat the cabbage heart, don't accuse me!" Bang Geng was not fooled and turned his face away and said.

At this time, the third uncle suddenly squatted down and asked Xiao Dang softly: "Is the cabbage your brother eats sweet?"

"Well, the cabbage heart is very sweet!" Xiao Dang answered without any defense. Now, everyone in the yard knew it clearly.