Siheyuan: After traveling through time, who can still be an honest person?

In the middle courtyard, the Yi family.

Yi Zhonghai sat on the bed with a quilt covering his legs, looking listless.

The deaf old lady leaned on her newly bought walking stick and persuaded earnestly: "Zhong Hai, I have already risked my reputation for you this time, and I finally got a favor from you."

"The whole factory's criticism meeting will not be held tomorrow. You will work in the foundry for a week. The higher-ups will soon assign you new tasks in the steel rolling mill. You are a level 8 fitter in the factory, and many things cannot be done without you. Director Yang has agreed to take the opportunity to transfer you back from the foundry."

The lady wiped her tears with gratitude: "Thank you so much, old lady."

The deaf old lady sighed: "The more you use favors, the thinner they become. Besides, I am just an old widow half buried in the earth. Once someone repays the favor, the relationship will be severed."

Yi Zhonghai finally spoke: "Old lady, I understand what you mean."

The deaf old lady said, "It's best if you understand what I mean. From now on, just stay at home and live your life well. Don't worry about the affairs of the courtyard anymore."

Yi Zhonghai's face showed bitterness.

He wanted to manage it.

However, his position as the steward had been dismissed, and he was put in detention, leaving behind such a huge stain that he no longer had any prestige in the compound.

Yi Zhonghai has no descendants, so the thing he cares most about in his life is his face.

As a result, he lost his integrity in his old age.

Recalling the torturous week he spent in the detention center, Yi Zhonghai hated Yan Bugui and Cao Yue so much.

"Old lady, you are tired these past two days, go home and rest first."

Yi Zhonghai then instructed the auntie: "Help the old lady back home and come back after cooking."

An old lady helped the deaf old woman away.

The deaf old lady saw the hatred in Yi Zhonghai's eyes and shook her head helplessly.

Yi Zhonghai stared at the roof in a daze, his expression changing and his eyes gradually becoming sinister.

Just now.

The door outside was opened and Sha Zhu sneaked in.

"Master."

Sha Zhu moved a stool and sat next to the bed.

Yi Zhonghai smiled: "Zhu Zi, you are here."

Now that Jia Dongxu is dead, Yi Zhonghai has completely given up on any other ideas and is determined to train Sha Zhu as his retirement support.

Sha Zhu asked with concern: "Uncle, how do you feel?"

"Fortunately, alas, a journey of a thousand miles tests a horse's strength, and time reveals a person's true character. Among so many people in our courtyard, you are the only one who has visited me. I was not wrong about you."

Sha Zhu said disdainfully: "Those are just fence-sitters. Now that they see you in trouble, they are lucky enough not to add insult to injury."

Yi Zhonghai was silent for two seconds, and said in a low voice: "Zhu Zi, don't call me uncle from now on. I am no longer the uncle in charge."

Sha Zhu nodded: "Then I will call you Uncle Yi. By the way, Sister Qin just said that she would come to see you later. Alas, Sister Qin is so pitiful. Jia Dongxu left like that, leaving them alone and widowed. How are they going to live in the future?"

Sha Zhu's face was full of heartache.

When Yi Zhonghai heard the three words "Jia Dongxu", a look of pain appeared in his eyes.

He was not sad about Jia Dongxu's death, but he was heartbroken that all his years of hard work had been wasted.

And the money that the Jia family owes will probably be wasted in this life.

He can't force an orphan and his widow to pay back the money before his apprentice's body is cold, right?

If that happens, his reputation will be ruined.

Maybe there is a chance.

The father's debt is paid by the son!

After ten or twenty years, when Banggeng grows up, he will come to collect the debt from him.

However, the prerequisite is that Yi Zhonghai can live that long, and Banggeng will have a promising future and will not default on his debts.

But a person’s character can be seen at the age of three.

Banggeng was corrupted by Jia Zhang and has had the habit of stealing since childhood. He will not have a bright future when he grows up.

More importantly, Yi Zhonghai felt that as long as Cao Yue was around, he would not live long and would be angered to death by him sooner or later.

Sha Zhu looked at the grief-stricken look on Yi Zhonghai's face and thought that he was doing it for Jia Dongxu. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the old man was truly a kind-hearted person.

No matter how much trouble Jia Dongxu got into, Yi Zhonghai had to clean up after him. Even father and son are no different.

"Uncle Yi, please accept my condolences. It's all Cao Yue's fault. If he hadn't been promoted so suddenly, Jia Dongxu wouldn't have been so scared that he slipped and fell into the machine. His death was really pathetic."

"Zhu Zi, don't say these words anymore."

Yi Zhonghai glanced at the door cautiously, then moved towards the bed and motioned Sha Zhu to move his head closer.

Sha Zhu dragged the stool forward and leaned his upper body forward.

Yi Zhonghai whispered, "I asked you to admit your mistakes to Cao Yue, did you go?"

Sha Zhu nodded and complained, "I'm almost dying of suffocation. You don't know that I have never been so servile since I was a child. Let's quickly deal with that guy. I get angry just by looking at his face now."

Yi Zhonghai hurriedly comforted him: "Zhu Zi, remember, a little impatience can ruin a big plan. Last time, we were too impatient and acted rashly without solid evidence. As a result, Cao Yue turned the tables on us. This is a bloody lesson."

Sha Zhu said: "Okay, I'll listen to you, sooner or later that kid will call me daddy."

A cold light flashed across Yi Zhonghai's eyes.

After spending the past few days in the detention center and getting over the initial panic, he finally thought things through.

The only way to restore his reputation is to bring disgrace upon Cao Yue, so that the case can be overturned.

Although he did not see it with his own eyes, Yi Zhonghai had a hunch that Cao Yue must have done something wrong.

Otherwise, he is not a god, how could he catch so many fish at one time.

There must be something wrong here.

"squeak~"

At this time, the door was opened and Yan Bugui walked in cautiously.

"Hey, Lao Yi is lying down, and Sha Zhu is also here."

Yan Bugui was afraid of being beaten, so he did not dare to move forward. He stayed very close to the door, ready to escape at any time.

Sha Zhu stood up, pointed at Yan Bugui and cursed: "Yan Laoxi, what are you doing here? You are not welcome here, get out!"

Yan Bugui's face flushed red: "Silly Zhu, how can you talk like that? You have no manners at all. I am now the eldest uncle in the courtyard, so be careful with your words."

Sha Zhu rubbed his hands and walked towards Yan Bugui with a sneer: "Be careful, right? I think you should be careful whether you can walk out of this door!"

Yan Bugui was so scared that he was about to run away, but Yi Zhonghai quickly threw off the quilt and got out of bed, grabbing Sha Zhu who was about to hit him.

"Old Yan, Shazhu has always had this bad temper since he was a child. You are the elder, so please be more tolerant and don't take it personally."

Yan Bugui breathed a sigh of relief and snorted, "Silly Zhu, your bad temper will hurt you sooner or later!"

Before Sha Zhu could say anything back, Yi Zhonghai spoke first: "Old Yan, what are you doing at my house?"

"Of course there is something."

Yan Bugui coughed and said solemnly: "Chief Cao asked me to inform you that there will be a general meeting of the whole hospital in the front yard after dinner. All of you must attend on time."

Yi Zhonghai was silent for a moment, secretly clenched his fist, then loosened it, and asked in a low voice: "Old Yan, can I ask you something?"

Yan Bugui smiled mysteriously: "You will know when the time comes."

After saying this, Yan Bugui did not dare to stay and turned to leave.

The moment he stepped out of the room, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart and shivered all over.

Yi Zhonghai withdrew his cold gaze and frowned.

Yan Bugui stood outside the door, looked back, and felt more and more unsure.

The cold look in Lao Yi's eyes when he just came back today made people feel scared, but his smiling face now made him even more frightened.