The life of a villain in a courtyard

"Old woman, bring two kilograms of corn flour to Huairu."

Yi Zhonghai was the only one in the courtyard who was willing to help the Jia family. All the other families had basically been offended by Jia Zhang.

Qin Huairu took the corn flour and hurried back to cook for the child, because children cannot stand being hungry.

An auntie cooks and invites an uncle to eat.

"The old man has eaten."

"You eat first. I have no appetite."

He has no appetite at all now. Without Jia Dongxu, all his investment over the years has gone down the drain. The most urgent task is to choose another person to take care of himself in his old age.

Looking at the happy scenes of every household in the yard, Yi Zhonghai felt upset. Why can other families have many children and grandchildren? But he can only be the last one to die! People of his age have become grandfathers and their grandchildren can already help with cooking! He still has to worry about his retirement. God is so unfair! What did he do wrong to deserve this treatment?

"Zhong Hai, what are you so worried about?"

An auntie just told the deaf old lady about this when she delivered food to her, hoping that she could enlighten Yi Zhonghai.

"Eh!"

Yi Zhonghai sighed and said nothing.

"I know what you're thinking even if you don't say it. Isn't it just that Jia Dongxu is dead and there's no one to take care of you in your old age? I think this is not a bad thing. You know better than me what kind of people Jia Dongxu and his mother are. When you get old, can they really take care of you in your old age? I'm afraid they should be thrown out that day. Now that they're gone, it's a good time to get a new one, so you don't have to worry about the Jia family all day long, wasting money and effort."

"But without Jia Dongxu, who can I rely on?"

"You are really smart all your life but foolish for a moment. Isn't the best old-age caregiver right there? Shazhu is a grateful kid. As long as you treat him well, he will definitely repay you. This is much better than Jia Dongxu. More importantly, he has no elders in his family, so there will be no conflicts in the future because of this."

Of course he knew what kind of person Sha Zhu was. After He Daqing left, Sha Zhu was mostly taken care of by an aunt until he was able to work in the steel rolling mill. However, recently something seemed to have happened to Sha Zhu, and it seemed that he was getting out of his control. He didn't understand why, but it was definitely not a good thing.

"But……"

"But what?"

The deaf old lady didn't understand what Yi Zhonghai was worried about.

Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to say anything more. If the deaf old lady knew that he was plotting against Sha Zhu, he didn't know what would happen. The old lady treated him as her own pension.

"Old lady, let me go back and think about it carefully."

The deaf old lady shook her head and turned away.

……

"Comrade Su, is there anything else you are not satisfied with?"

After the house was renovated, Mr. Wu from the decoration team called Su Yun over to inspect the house.

"Not bad, no problem."

Su Yun looked around and was very satisfied with everything around him. It was almost as he expected.

We can usually see how well they do their job. They really put in a lot of effort and deserve the extra pound of meat I give them every day.

“Su Yun, the final decoration of your house is really beautiful.”

The deaf old lady stood at his door with a smile on her face. Since his house had been renovated, it was her turn.

Su Yun didn't expect that the old lady would be so shameless, but it didn't matter to him. He didn't plan to pay anyway. When there was a fuss, he would let Yi Zhonghai pay. He was the nominal sponsor of the deaf old lady in the street office.

"Uncle Wu, go help the old lady."

"Got it."

They are not afraid of being tired, but are only afraid of having no work to do. With these two orders of business, their family will not be short of food in the next few months.

"Uncle Niu, this is the agreed renovation fee. You can pay them later."

Su Yun placed a thick stack of money in front of Uncle Niu. Surprisingly, Uncle Niu did not take the money but stared at the deaf old lady who was leaving with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Master Niu!"

Su Yun stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Niu Ye.

"Ah, ah?"

"Master Niu, what's wrong with you? Why are you distracted by something?"

"Su Yun, who was that old lady just now?"

"Deaf old lady, you are the oldest and most senior person in our hospital. Everyone has to give way to you when they see you."

"Deaf old lady, I have to go and see."

Uncle Niu didn't even bother to lift his legs to lift the birdcage and followed Old Wu to the old lady's house.

The old lady in the house was telling the group of people her demands.

"Old lady, have you lived in Zhengyangmen before?"

Niu Ye asked tentatively

When the deaf old lady heard this, her body swayed and her pupils shrank suddenly, but she quickly adjusted herself.

"What did you say? I can't hear you."

She used her best tricks, and no matter what Uncle Niu said to her, the old lady just kept saying, "I can't hear you."

"Master Niu, do you know her?"

"This old lady looks very much like the proprietress of a pawnshop in Zhengyangmen."

"you sure?"

"Of course, I will never forget that pawnshop. I have never seen such a shady place in all my life. Other pawnshops can only take out 50% or 60% of the items they put in, but his pawnshop can only take out 30% of the items they put in at most."

It seems that Niu Ye has been cheated before, otherwise he wouldn't have such a big reaction.

"What happened to that family afterwards?"

"Later, when the Japanese entered the city, the whole family became lackeys and bullied us ordinary people. Then the bald man came and the family property was robbed. The son and grandson were arrested and reportedly died in prison. The old man was so old that he died of anger when he encountered such a thing. The old lady is nowhere to be found."

Su Yun stroked his chin and thought about this matter. If what Uncle Niu said was true, then the old lady was most likely the pawnshop owner.

"Master Niu, besides you, is there anyone else in Zhengyangmen who knows this family?"

"Yes, and several old friends have seen this family."

"Well, call all those people over tomorrow and we'll check the house to see what's going on."

"it is good!"

The identity of this old lady is in doubt. There was no evidence before, but now that there are doubts, we must investigate thoroughly and try not to let any bad guy go.

The next day, Uncle Niu brought three or four old men in their sixties to the courtyard and met the deaf old lady on the pretext of looking at a house.

Several people were talking about how to repair the house, but they kept glancing at the old lady.

"Is Master Niu sure?"

"It's basically confirmed. Lao Wang used to work as a temporary worker in that pawnshop. He said that the pawnshop owner's wife had a crescent-shaped birthmark on her left thumb, and this old lady also has it."

Su Yun nodded and then took a few people to the street office to report her.

"Why report her?"

"This old lady's identity is fake. When I first came to Siheyuan, the director of the street office told me that this old lady was a relative of a martyr, and she even gave them straw sandals!"

When several people heard that the old lady had actually done such a thing, they were all outraged and wanted to report her. It seemed that they were all blamed on the pawnshop.

"Su Yun, this is not a trivial matter. Can you take responsibility for what you said?"

"Everyone knows that the deaf old lady is bullying the residents of the courtyard by taking advantage of her age and power. You just need to go to the courtyard and ask around."

"That's not what I'm asking about!"

"Comrade Director, we can take responsibility for this matter."

An old man stood up. In the past, he took his family heirlooms to the pawn shop to exchange for money for his mother's medical treatment. However, he was exploited so harshly by the pawn shop that the money he got back was not enough for her medical treatment. He could only watch his mother die of illness. Now that he had a chance to take revenge, he must seize it, otherwise he would be unworthy of being a son.

Director Wang nodded and turned around to instruct two clerks to follow her to the courtyard to investigate whether what Su Yun said was true or not.

"You two must investigate carefully and don't wrongly accuse a good person, but don't let a bad person go either!"

Outside the courtyard, Director Wang carefully warned the two people who came with her. This matter was very serious. If the situation was true, did it mean that other streets also had similar situations? By then, each street office would probably have to undergo a major reshuffle!

"Director Wang, what's the matter with you? Just tell me if you have anything to say."

Liu Haizhong spoke to Director Wang in a very servile manner, and his attitude was so fawning that even Yan Fugui felt a little physically uncomfortable.

"The superiors asked us to select some respected elders and find reporters to take photos of them and publish them in newspapers in a few days. When I received this news, the first thing I thought of was the deaf old lady in your courtyard. In terms of respectability, there are few people in the whole Nanluoguxiang who can surpass her."