Siheyuan: Starting from a Truck Driver

What happened?

Considering Uncle Yu's eccentric personality, Li Xiaodong did not chase after him, but instead enjoyed taking a bath.

When his whole body turned red and blisters appeared on his skin, he went to the pool and invited a bath scrubber to do it for him.

The burly man frowned as he wiped Li Xiaodong's body with a towel: "Comrade, this needs extra payment."

Li Xiaodong: “…”

Just as Li Xiaodong was enjoying the bathing service of the strong man, Uncle Yu returned home.

As soon as I entered the door, I was pulled into the kitchen by Yu's mother, "Uncle, how is my son-in-law?"

"Humph, that kid is just like a stubborn donkey!" Uncle Yu still has lingering fears when he thinks of the scene at that time.

Especially since that scary thing was always swaying before my eyes, I decided to just quickly paint two fans to make my eyes feel more comfortable.

Uncle Yu didn't even have time to taste the pig intestines and left Yu Li's house in a hurry.

Only Yu's mother was left standing in front of the stove, thinking hard: "Is there anyone like the stubborn donkey?"

……

After taking a bath, trimming his feet and doing the cupping, Li Xiaodong left Tsinghua Pool feeling refreshed, bathed in the evening light, and walked towards the courtyard.

He was just planning whether to have fried eggs or chicken and mushroom stew for dinner when he suddenly heard a shrill cry in the cold wind.

"Oh my old hens, who the hell stole my two old hens!"

Li Xiaodong stopped and his eyes widened into the size of copper bells.

What? The old hens in Xu Damao's house are missing? And there are two of them?

how can that be!

……

When I stepped into the courtyard, I saw a lot of people gathered under the old camphor tree.

Li Xiaodong, who originally had no intention of joining in the fun, was also attracted by the crowd and squeezed in.

Xu Damao was standing in the middle of the crowd, gesticulating and shouting, "Everyone, please be fair. The Red Star Commune sympathized with my hard work in projecting movies and gifted me two hens. I had planned to keep the hens to lay eggs for my wife, but when I got home from get off work today, I found a big hole in the chicken coop as soon as I got to the door. Both hens were gone. You should at least leave me one!"

Xu Damao's desperate expression made people feel sad and cry.

"It's so tragic. Those two hens are worth a lot of money. Damao, you've suffered a huge loss."

"This is too much. I really don't know which wicked person did this. He didn't even want to leave a chicken for Damao."

At this time, an old man who had just got off work heard the noise and hurried over.

——He has always believed that his eldest brother and second brother were not meticulous enough and were not suitable for managing this courtyard. How could he let go of this opportunity?

He squeezed into the crowd, holding his textbook, shaking his head and saying, "The hen is missing. It must have been stolen. It's not difficult to find the thief. If you can't find him, it means the thief is too clean."

Li Xiaodong: “…”

Facing Xu Damao's anger, he said impatiently: "Uncle San, are you kidding me? Speak more realistically."

The third uncle, who originally wanted to show off his knowledge, was almost choked and speechless. Thinking that he would have to rely on Xu Damao to send mountain products in the future, he didn't care about it anymore and smiled awkwardly: "That's not what I meant. Isn't your wife at home? A hen will always make a sound when it is caught."

"I'm so anxious that I'm confused!" Xu Damao shouted to his home, "Ezi, Ezi."

Lou Xiao'e yawned and walked out of the room, looking at the crowd gathered outside, feeling a little confused.

Xu Damao asked, "Where are our two hens?"

Lou Xiao'e looked confused: "I don't know. I was not feeling well today and lay in bed all day. I thought you gave it away."

Xu Damao became impatient: "That's a reed hen sent by the Red Star Commune. It lays big eggs every day. How could I give it away?"

Lou Xiao'e also began to get anxious: "Maybe the hen ran away by itself, let's look for it first."

"That's right, that's right."

The two of them immediately started searching in the yard. Everyone came to help, even Li Xiaodong joined in the search for the chicken.

Suddenly, the courtyard was in chaos.

Suddenly, a voice shouted from a distance: "Hey, I smell the aroma of chicken soup in Shazhu's house."

Li Xiaodong looked up and saw Jia Zhang pointing triumphantly towards Sha Zhu's house.

"Silly Zhu, you are so brave. Beating me is not enough, you also want to steal my chicken. Today I must teach you a lesson!"

Xu Damao pushed open the door curtain of Sha Zhu's house and rushed in aggressively.

Sha Zhu was standing next to a stainless steel pot, holding a soup spoon. There was still half a chicken left in the pot that he had taken out of Deputy Director Li's mouth.

Seeing Xu Damao break in, he instinctively covered the pot, as if to protect the chicken soup.

"Xu Damao, what on earth do you want to do?"

"Move aside, I want to see if what you are making is chicken soup."

Xu Damao was so angry that he temporarily forgot his fear of "Silly Zhu" and stepped forward to lift the lid of the pot.

Sha Zhu had something to hide, so he pushed Xu Damao, causing him to stagger.

——The half chicken stewed in the pot is actually public property of the steel rolling mill.

Despite the proverb "If the cook does not steal the crops, there will not be a good harvest", he usually only dared to take some leftover dishes and small things like peanuts.

If Qin Huairu hadn't found him in the afternoon and asked him to bring some meat and vegetables to appease Bang Geng, how could he dare to bring out half a chicken privately? Once exposed, his career as a chef would be over.

Xu Damao was pushed to the ground, but instead of showing any anger, he smiled.

Sha Zhu was panicked. It was really Sha Zhu's fault. He was undoubtedly the chicken thief.

Xu Damao struggled to get up. "It's no use covering it up. I smell chicken soup. Did you steal my hen?"

Sha Zhu felt relieved, it turned out that he was not discovered hiding the items.

"Do you raise chickens at home? Do you have chickens?"

Sha Zhu had seen a lot of Xu Damao's rogue behavior, so he immediately rolled up his sleeves and said, "Don't play dumb with me. I brought back two chickens before and put them in the chicken coop at the door. How come they are gone now?"

At this time, the third uncle and Lou Xiao'e also rushed in.

Seeing Xu Damao was about to take action, Lou Xiao'e hurried forward to stop him.

"Da Mao, don't be impulsive. We are all neighbors. If there is anything, we should discuss it properly. It's just a few hens laying eggs."

Facing Lou Xiao'e's kindness, Sha Zhu not only did not appreciate it, but curled his lips and said, "Lay eggs? I think you two should think about the issue of fertility."

Li Xiaodong outside the door almost laughed out loud. Sha Zhu has been causing troubles all his life because of his mouth.

Hit people without slapping their faces, and expose people without revealing shortcomings.

The couple is worried about infertility, aren't you just rubbing salt into the wound?

Sure enough, Lou Xiao'e was so angry that her eyebrows raised.

But she was born into a capitalist family and had never cursed anyone before. After holding it in for a long time, her face flushed red before she finally uttered: "Shazhu, you bastard!"

Xu Damao had seen tough people before, but he had never seen one so arrogant.

He was so angry that he was scolded for stealing a chicken and wanted to rush up and teach Sha Zhu a lesson.

However, the momentum was released, the steps were taken, and the atmosphere was brewing, but they seemed to be frozen in place.

Damn it, I can’t beat him!

Xu Damao instinctively winked at Lou Xiao'e, hoping that she could stop him and give him a way out.

But at this moment, Lou Xiao'e was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She waved her little fist and shouted, "Let him talk dirty, Damao, teach him a lesson."

Xu Damao: "..."

Not knowing whether to advance or retreat, Xu Damao was in a very difficult situation.

Fortunately, the second uncle arrived in time and rescued him.

"I heard you quarreling from afar. How shameful? How shameful? How shameful?"

Well, important things should be said three times to emphasize their importance.

Any disputes that the third uncle cannot handle will be handed over to the second uncle to resolve!

Xu Damao immediately seized the opportunity and pointed at Sha Zhu to complain: "Second Uncle, you came at the right time. Sha Zhu stole my chicken and insulted me. You must discipline him."

The second uncle sniffed his nose, pointed at the fine steel pot and asked, "Silly Zhu, is the hen in the pot from Xu Damao's family?"

"I, uh, ..."

Sha Zhu always firmly denied it, but at this moment he showed hesitation, which surprised Li Xiaodong.

Could it be that the chickens from Xu Damao's house were really stolen by Sha Zhu?

Sha Zhu is a man with a sharp tongue and likes to pretend to be a good person. He often brings things out of the factory and has many faults, but stealing does not seem to be his habit.

Is it because of my appearance that the direction of the story changed and made Shazhu become impulsive?

impossible!

He looked up and found that Qin Huairu had been standing behind Sha Zhu without him noticing.

Although her face looked normal, there was still a hint of panic in her eyes.

Li Xiaodong understood that there must be some conspiracy by Qin Huairu behind this.

It seems that Xu Damao's chickens couldn't escape the Jia family's calculations after all.

This is fate!

It was God's will that the chickens of Xu Damao's family were destined to suffer from the harm of the Jia family.

But who did it?

Banggeng is still a child after all, and he doesn't have enough strength to catch two old hens.

Then only Jia Zhang is left.

Li Xiaodong looked towards the door and happened to see Jia Zhang clinging to the door frame and peeking into the room.

...

inside the house.

Qin Huairu was also feeling uneasy at this time.

In the afternoon, Jia Zhang came to the factory and told her that Banggeng was caught stealing soy sauce and was released only after being fined ten yuan.

Following Jia Zhang's instructions, she asked Sha Zhu for ten dollars.

After getting home from get off work, she found that Jia Zhang and the three children had not eaten, and there was oil stains on the corners of Xiaodang's mouth.

After further investigation, she found out that Jia Zhang and Banggeng had stolen two old hens from Xu Damao's house.

To keep them fresh, one is grilled outside and the other is hidden in the cupboard.

Qin Huairu almost fainted at that time. Her mother-in-law had always been shrewd and good at controlling neighbors with malicious words. She had accumulated a lot of wealth for the Jia family over the years.

However, her biggest shortcoming is her greed.

She had never taken it seriously before. After all, the good things that Jia Zhang brought back were usually shared by the whole family. But this time, her momentary negligence caused a big disaster.

Xu Damao is a vengeful person, and he will definitely not let go easily if two chickens are lost.

Each old hen in the market is worth two dollars, so two of them are worth four dollars, which is a considerable amount. It would be troublesome if I sued the government.

After thinking for a long time, Qin Huairu remembered that Sha Zhu brought back half a chicken.

...For the sake of the children, I have to let Shazhu down.

...

"Stop whining and lift the lid!" Liu Hai stepped forward and rolled up his sleeves.

Sha Zhu, who claims to be invincible in Siheyuan, is still a little afraid when facing his boss Liu Hai.

This seventh-level blacksmith master is a burly man, weighing more than 200 pounds, and he often displays amazing strength when swinging his hammer.

He often beat his two sons and accumulated rich experience in beating people.

Under coercion, Sha Zhu reluctantly opened the lid of the pot.

The pot was steaming and the house was instantly filled with the rich aroma of chicken.

Everyone swallowed involuntarily.

Second Uncle raised his head and looked at Sha Zhu.

"It smells delicious, Silly Zhu, did you really make it?"

When Sha Zhu saw that the second uncle had wronged him, he quickly shouted, "You should go get a pair of glasses."

When he heard the word "glasses", the third uncle, who had lost the right to interrogate since the second uncle intervened, suddenly flickered his eyes behind the glasses.

He stood still and said loudly, "The chickens at Damao's house are female. Just look at the chicken heads in the pot and you'll know."

Humph, solving the case requires educated people!

He walked over quickly, picked up the spoon and started stirring the pot. Of course, his fingers trembled slightly occasionally.

A large piece of chicken accidentally fell to the ground. He pretended not to see it and stepped on it with his foot.

If the chicken thief can be caught, or Sha Zhu's suspicion can be cleared, it would be no problem to take away not only a piece of chicken, but even the whole pot of chicken soup.

However, to his surprise, after stirring for a long time, not only the chicken head, but even the chicken feet and wings disappeared.

The second uncle next to him looked at him in surprise and questioned, "Silly Zhu, tell me, where did your chicken come from? How come there is not even a chicken head?"

Xu Damao frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "You idiot, you even threw away the chicken head, chicken wings, and chicken feet to escape from me."

Li Xiaodong exclaimed, "Comrade Damao is really thoughtful and has a broad mind."

——In fact, it is not that complicated. Sha Zhu just took the half chicken out of Deputy Director Li’s mouth.

As an experienced chef, he would never steal things like chicken heads in order to avoid being discovered.

Think about it, there are clearly two chickens, but there is only one chicken head. Isn't it obvious that someone stole it?

When Sha Zhu saw Xu Damao jumping out again, he immediately straightened up again and said, "I bought it. What does it have to do with you?"

Of course, the second uncle didn't believe it, "Bought it? Where did you buy it?"

Sha Zhu wanted to explain but he felt the corner of his clothes being gently pulled twice. He turned around and saw Qin Huairu looking at him with a sad expression.

At this moment, Qin Huairu's eyes were red and her face was pale, and she looked like a pretty widow, which made people feel pity for her.

Thinking of Qin Huairu’s previous pleading, Sha Zhu’s heart softened.

He gritted his teeth and said stubbornly, "I stole it, so what?"

The second uncle saw the chicken thief exposed, and proudly puffed out his big belly, and shouted to Xu Damao: "You admit that you stole it. Fine, you go tell the uncles to call a meeting of the whole hospital."

"Okay!" Xu Damao slipped out of the room excitedly.

Seeing the situation escalate, Qin Huairu was worried that Sha Zhu could not bear the pressure and would tell the truth, implicating the Jia family.

She hurriedly requested: "Second Master, is it really necessary to hold a meeting of the entire hospital for such a small matter?"

"How can this be considered a trivial matter? This is a matter of moral character! In the past ten years, not even a needle or thread has been lost in our hospital. How can losing two chickens be considered a trivial matter?"

The second uncle had long been dissatisfied with Sha Zhu.

This silly chef only listened to Yi Zhonghai in the courtyard and usually didn't take his uncle seriously. Now that he got the chance, he naturally didn't want to let it go.

Seeing the second uncle raising the banner of morality, Qin Huairu was afraid that Sha Zhu would know that the punishment he received was too severe and would no longer help Bang Geng to conceal it.

She had to reluctantly explain: "That's not what I meant, Second Uncle. I meant, aren't you the second in command of our courtyard?