Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Guo Dapiezi didn't react for a moment, he just tilted his head subconsciously, and the broom hit his shoulder hard, making him grimace in pain.

"You crazy old woman, you really want to fight? Can't you be quiet during the New Year?" Guo Dapiezi yelled.

"Will you tell me where the things went? If you don't, I will continue to fight!"

Guo Dapiezi was silent for a while, frantically thinking of ways to deal with the situation. It felt great at the time, but it really hurt to be beaten by the tigress at home.

Du Chunni became even angrier when she told him to keep quiet, so she picked up a broom and started beating Guo Dapiaozi all over the face.

Guo Dapiezi was beaten so badly that he ran around the room. He was hit twice on the head by mistake. He was so scared that he dodged and held his head with his hands.

"What's up? Are you going to tell me or not? If not, I will continue to beat you!" Du Chunni was a little tired after chasing and beating for a while, and was panting heavily at this moment.

The couple's actions also attracted many people in the yard to come and watch the fun. At this time, they were cracking melon seeds and whispering to each other.

"I say, what's wrong with that?" Guo Dapiezi couldn't bear the beating and had already thought of an excuse in his mind.

"It would have been better if you had done this earlier. You would have saved yourself from getting beaten."

"There was a worker in our workshop before. His family was in a very difficult situation. Later, he made a mistake and was demoted to the health team. The welfare there was relatively small. In order to take care of the family in need, I gave him some things and let him have a good New Year."

"Oh, when did you become so ideologically conscious? What's that man's name? Where does he live? Since his family is in financial difficulty, I'll be a good person to the end and help him as much as I can. I'll also give him twenty yuan." Du Chunni knew her man was not telling the truth when she heard it, and asked with a sneer.

"No, let's not make a fuss about it during the New Year. There's still a lot of pork here. Let's use the oil to make dumplings tonight." Guo Dapiezi quickly changed the subject.

"Don't play tricks on me. Are you telling the truth or not? If you are telling the truth, you will have to spend the New Year lying in the hospital!"

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you, I'm really going to tell you this time." Guo Dapiezi remembered that last time this tiger woman broke two of his ribs and he had to stay in the hospital for half a month. Now when he thought about it, the broken ribs still seemed to ache slightly.

"Why don't you confess the truth? Otherwise you will be severely punished!" She heard this sentence from a drama.

"The employee in need is called Qin Huairu, and she lives in the west wing of the central courtyard of the quadrangle at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang." Guo Dapiezi had been to the Jia family to report the injury when Jia Dongxu was injured, so he knew the details.

"Qin Huairu? She's a woman, right? Doesn't she have a man and needs your help?"

"Her husband used to be a fitter in our workshop named Jia Dongxu. He died in a work-related accident in 1961, leaving behind an old mother, a wife, two widows, and three children. Qin Huairu later took over her husband's job. Jia Dongxu's father also died in a work-related accident in the steel mill."

"When Jia Dongxu was alive, I had a good relationship with him. I am also taking care of the family he left behind."

What Guo Dapiaozi said was basically true. Even if his wife really went to inquire, there would be no problem. The only thing is that her good relationship with Jia Dongxu was false.

Du Chunni actually felt a little sympathetic for a moment. According to what her husband said, this family was indeed in a difficult situation. It was very difficult for two widows to survive with three children. She decided to give them ten dollars after dinner, just as a good deed.

"Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, you wouldn't have to take this beating. You take a rest first. I'm going to make lard."

"Just tell me earlier. Aren't you afraid you won't agree? I gave you two pounds of mutton and a plate of bananas."

When Du Chunni heard about the mutton and bananas, she felt a little distressed. These were rare good things, and now they were given to others. Then she thought that her man really understood her and knew that she would be thrifty. She decided to take 20 yuan to him at night. She couldn't let her man look down on her. She had to impress him this time.

Time passed quickly in the busyness. Although Du Chunni was a little fat, she was really good at housework. She first refined the lard, added some sugar to the lard residue and gave it to Guo Dapiezi, and then began to make dumplings with swift hands and feet.

Guo Dapiezi threw a few pieces of oil residue into his mouth with enjoyment, and then helped to roll out the dumpling skin. Today, we made boiled dumplings at home. The water on the stove was always boiling. After wrapping some dumplings, we started to boil them. By the time they finished wrapping, the first pot of dumplings was already cooked.

After the couple finished eating the dumplings, Du Chunni said, "I'll take some dumplings to your parents and ask if the children will come back."

"Those two bastards are having so much fun, why would they want to come back? If they don't want to come back, don't force them." Guo Dapiezi said. Guo Dapiezi's parents lived with his brother in the old house, and the children went there to play a few days ago.

"Okay, then I'll ride my bike there." Du Chunni packed two lunch boxes of dumplings and rode her bike to her parents-in-law's house.

As Guo Dapiezi expected, her two sons and cousins ​​had so much fun that they didn't want to go home at all. She had no choice but to put the dumplings down and ride her bike to the courtyard house No. 95.

Du Chunni rode her bike quickly to the gate of Courtyard No. 95. As she was looking inside, she was seen by Yan Bugui who came out to use the toilet.

"Hey, I'm Yan Bugui, the manager of this courtyard. Who are you looking for?"

"Oh, I am the wife of Guo Dapiezi, the deputy director of a workshop in the steel rolling mill. I came to visit the poor family of Qin Huairu in their workshop." Du Chunni immediately told them about the misunderstanding between her and Guo Dapiezi, and said that she took twenty yuan to help the Jia family.

"Oh, you're from workshop one of the steel rolling mill. Did you know that Lao Yi from our yard is also in that workshop?" Yan Bugui asked. He couldn't just believe what someone said simply. He had to test it out.

"Old Yi? You mean Yi Zhonghai, the one who was locked up in the cellar with the widow. I've heard my husband talk about him."

"Sister, I think you are an honest person. Just listen to my advice and go back quickly. It's better for you not to get involved in the affairs of the Jia family." Yan Bugui said.

"Master, why? Isn't the Jia family a poor family?"

"Since you know that Yi Zhonghai and the widow were imprisoned in the cellar, do you know who the widow is?"

Du Chunni had only heard Guo Dapiaozi mention it before, and she just took it as gossip at the time, and didn't ask any more questions. But now she understood immediately after seeing Yan Bugui's expression.

"Could that widow be Qin Huairu?"

"Yes, Qin Huairu has a bad reputation in the factory and the hospital. When she came back this afternoon, she carried more things than the deputy director of our hospital. Can you guess where this came from? If the top beam is not straight, the bottom beam will be crooked. There is no good person in the whole Jia family."

Du Chunni was very angry. She felt that she had been deceived by Guo Dapiezi. Fortunately, she was kind-hearted and came here in person, otherwise she would have been kept in the dark.

"Uncle, in this case, not only can I not give money to her family, but I also have to take our things back!" After saying this, Du Chunni parked the car in front of Yan Bugui's house, and then drove towards the central courtyard angrily.

Yan Bugui was so anxious that he slapped his thigh. It looked like something bad was bound to happen. It was all his fault for not being able to control his mouth and telling everything.