The life of a villain in a courtyard

"Su Yun, wait a moment."

In the yard, Yi Zhonghai was carrying a bucket and collecting water.

"Uncle? What do you want from me?"

I thought we had completely fallen out, but I didn't expect that he would dare to provoke me.

"Huai Ru's family is out of food again. You are a buyer for our factory. Please buy some food for them."

"Out of food again? Didn't we just donate money to their family a few days ago?"

He was clearly asking for help but used a commanding tone.

"Huai Ru didn't have any food coupons, so she could only buy food at a high price on the black market."

Since he couldn’t buy expensive grain on the black market, he turned his attention to himself and asked me to buy it with my own money. He is indeed a big boss.

"At the last meeting of the whole courtyard, you said in front of everyone that I was not considered a resident of the compound and asked me not to interfere in the affairs of the compound. It's only been a few days, and you have forgotten everything?"

"Last time was last time. Now you are a second-level purchaser in the factory. You are qualified to be a member of our compound. You should also help your neighbors in the compound when they are in trouble."

"Can't help."

"How can you be so cold-blooded at such a young age? As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Can you guarantee that you won't get into trouble and won't need everyone's help in the future?"

"Didn't I look for you when I first came to Siheyuan? Why didn't you help me then? Don't say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. I've never seen you help me when I really needed help. Now you're talking about bullshit neighbors. Do you really think I'm stupid?"

"Rescue also has to be based on first come first served. Let's put aside the matter of rescuing you for now. We are talking about the Jia family's affairs now!"

"Let's put it aside, what else is there to talk about? Get lost!"

Yi Zhonghai opened his mouth in confusion. He had been a boss for so many years but no one had ever dared to ask him to get out. When he came to his senses, he looked at Su Yun with a grim face.

"I just want to ask you one question, will you help the Jia family buy food?"

Yi Zhonghai said this while suppressing his anger.

"What! You want me to help you speculate?"

Su Yun deliberately used a very loud voice so that people around him could hear it.

"Su Yun, what nonsense are you talking about! When did I ever ask you to help me with speculation?"

Speculation is a serious crime. Even if he is an eighth-level fitter in a steel rolling mill, he would not dare to admit it. Once the crime is put on his head, even the factory director cannot save him.

"Didn't you tell me to go out and buy food? Isn't this just speculation?"

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he wished he could strangle Su Yun to death on the spot and make him disappear from his sight forever.

"Old man, why do you always have to cause trouble for Su Yun? We are from the same courtyard, can't we just get along well? Why do we have to have a conflict?"

"What do you, a woman, know? I am the head of the courtyard. I have my own plans for these matters. Go back and cook."

Thinking back to what had just happened, his face gradually changed color, his eyebrows twisted together, and his eyes burst out with sharp light like a knife, as if he wanted to eat Su Yun alive. Then a bad idea emerged in Yi Zhonghai's mind, didn't you say that I won't help you if you are in trouble? Then I will help you!

Su Yun returned to the house to pack up and was about to cook when she suddenly heard a knock on the door. She went out and saw Yi Zhonghai, carrying a bag and smiling.

"Didn't I tell you that I won't get involved in the affairs of the compound? Why are you looking for me again?"

"I went back and thought about it and felt that it was really unfair to you. These few pounds of food are my uncle's apology to you. Please accept it."

"Ok?"

Yi Zhonghai actually repaid evil with kindness. This didn't seem right. Could it be that the old guy had been possessed by a time traveler? Su Yun's mind was full of question marks and he didn't understand what was going on.

After Yi Zhonghai left, he opened the bag and took a look. It was indeed corn flour, nothing wrong. Su Yun didn't believe it. He didn't believe Yi Zhonghai would be so kind. He flipped it down again and found the problem.

There was nothing wrong with the upper and lower parts of the grain that was delivered, only the middle part was moldy. This was not surprising, because if there was nothing wrong with the grain, why would it be sent to him?

"Auntie, uncle just came to me and left this bag of food at my house. You can take it back."

Su Yun changed the bag and returned the food to the old lady.

The old lady took the bag and thanked Su Yun repeatedly.

"Such a good kid, why does Lao Yi have to pick on him?"

Looking at his back, an old lady sighed. Why couldn't the residents of the same yard just get along well with each other? Her old man was already old, but he had to make trouble.

Carry the grain back to the kitchen and pour it back into the flour jar.

"Where did you get this food, old lady?"

There is still half a jar of grain at home, why did the old lady go out to buy grain again?

"Isn't this the food you bought? It just landed at Su Yun's house and he specially sent it to me."

"broken!"

Yi Zhonghai rushed over and snatched the bag, but the food inside had already been poured into the flour jar by the aunt.

"Old man, what's wrong with you?"

"Take out the cornmeal quickly! The grain inside is moldy and cannot be eaten!"

Yi Zhonghai delivered three pounds of moldy corn flour. The old lady had stirred it when she poured it in just now. Now the grain on the noodle jar was inedible. The two of them worked hard to finally scoop out all the moldy corn flour in the noodle jar.

The old couple were used to living in poverty, and they were very sad to see so much food wasted today.

"Why are you buying moldy food, old man?"

He was now unable to speak out his grievances, and he could not tell the aunt that he had deliberately used moldy food to trick Su Yun.

"What's that in your hand, ma'am?"

After packing up the corn noodles at home, the aunt planned to throw them all away.

Moldy grain cannot be eaten as it will cause poisoning.

"The food at home is moldy and can't be eaten. I plan to throw it outside."

"I just happened to be going out, so I'll help you throw it away."

The third aunt took the bag from the first aunt and instead of throwing it away, she turned around and went home.

"Mom, these cornmeal are all moldy and inedible. What are you going to do with them?"

"Silly boy, most of the cornmeal here is not moldy. Let's pick out the good ones. Our family can have several meals with them!"

"Jiefang, Jie Kuang, Jie Di, Yu Li, come and share the food!"

After working for half an hour, several people finally picked out the moldy grain.

The "good corn noodles" they picked out weighed about five or six pounds, and the three aunts were calculating in their minds how long this would last for everyone.

"Why are there a few more steamed bread?"

At the dinner table, the third uncle distributed steamed buns to everyone as usual. At the end, he found that there were still a few steamed buns left in the basin.

The third aunt told the third uncle what happened during the day, and the third uncle gave the third aunt a thumbs up.

"You all should learn from this. This is how your mother lives. If you can't eat or drink well, you will be poor. If you don't plan well, you will be poor."

That night, several people began to vomit and have diarrhea for inexplicable reasons. Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiecheng, who ate the most, even started to have fever and dizziness.

"Dad, we can't stand it anymore, let's go to the hospital."

"Why go to the hospital? It's just a stomachache and fever. You'll be fine tomorrow. How much does it cost to go to the hospital?"

"Dad! Jiefang fainted!"