Siheyuan, my new life

When he saw the locked door, Yi Zhonghai finally understood why no one came out even though he kept calling his wife's name. It seemed that his wife Qu Xiuqin must have gone out to buy something.

Yi Zhonghai fumbled for the key and opened the door lock after trembling for a while. Then he pushed the door open and was about to step into the house, but he was shocked by the scene in front of him. He saw that the floor and furniture in the room were covered with a layer of dust. It was obvious that it had not been cleaned for several days.

Yi Zhonghai's heart sank. Did something happen to Qu Xiuqin? You know, his wife's heart has always been not very good, and she often needs to take medicine. Although Yi Zhonghai has long been tired of this yellow-faced woman, he still needs this woman to take good care of his daily life. It is because of Qu Xiuqin's meticulous care that he can have no worries and be a carefree uncle.

Yi Zhonghai immediately turned around and looked at Jia Zhang who was still staring at him fiercely, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Jia Zhang, where is my wife Xiuqin? Is she in the hospital?"

Jia Zhang, who had originally looked bitter and resentful, suddenly burst into laughter. After a long while, she sneered and said, "Yi Zhonghai, die and exterminate the whole family. This is retribution! Retribution!"

Yi Zhonghai's heart sank, and he shouted angrily: "Ms. Jia Zhang, don't think that I, Yi Zhonghai, am down and out now, but it's not difficult for me to clean up your Jia family! Tell me, what happened to Xiuqin?"

Jia Zhang was also frightened by Yi Zhonghai's fierce eyes. She was of course aware of the horror of the extinct family across the street. Although Yi Zhonghai was now disgraced, she had lived with this guy in the Central Courtyard for so many years and of course knew how vicious he was. So she didn't dare to curse him anymore and could only lower her voice: "The day after you were arrested by the Security Department, Qu Xiuqin left with a quilt and a bag. At that time, we thought she was going to the Security Department to send you something, but we never saw her come back since then. He Daqing even went to the Street Office to inquire and came back to tell us that Qu Xiuqin had returned to her hometown to visit her relatives."

Yi Zhonghai was struck by lightning after hearing this. He quickly reached out to hold the door frame to avoid falling.

After taking a deep breath, Yi Zhonghai turned and walked into the house, then turned around and closed the door. It was as if a huge force suddenly surged out of his body. He rushed into the bedroom in two steps, moved a bedside table away, and knelt down without paying attention to the dust on the ground. He stretched out his trembling hands and forcefully lifted a large blue brick in front of him, revealing the hole in the ground used to store the family's belongings. He would give part of his salary to Qu Xiuqin every month as daily expenses for the family. The remaining money over the years had been kept here by Qu Xiuqin. Yi Zhonghai also often secretly checked and counted the property here. Two days before he was taken away by the Security Department, he looked at it again. There were 2,750 yuan and some national food coupons he had exchanged for. Because there was a time limit on the Beijing food coupons, and the national food coupons did not have such an validity period, he would occasionally go to the Pigeon City to exchange the Beijing food coupons that he could not use at home for national food coupons.

Taking a deep breath, Yi Zhonghai looked towards the hole in the ground. The thick stacks of banknotes and various receipts that were originally neatly arranged were now nowhere to be seen. He sat down on the ground. It was obvious that the damn woman Qu Xiuqin had run away with all the property in the house.

Yi Zhonghai reached out his hand tremblingly and took the Daqianmen cigarette box from the bedside table. He took out a cigarette, lit it with great difficulty, took a deep puff, and suddenly started coughing violently. It took a while for him to calm down. Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth and got up. If Qu Xiuqin appeared in front of him now, he would definitely chop this damn woman with a kitchen knife. When he was down and out, this woman dared to betray him and ran away with the money he had worked so hard to earn. In Yi Zhonghai's heart, only he could unscrupulously pursue flowers and ask willows outside, but he would never allow others to betray him, perfectly demonstrating Cao Cao's famous saying, "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me."

After Yi Zhonghai finished smoking a cigarette, he suddenly remembered something, and immediately got up and staggered to the living room. He wanted to check his own small treasury immediately, which contained the huge amount of wealth he had obtained with great difficulty, and which was also the capital for his future livelihood.

After crawling under the Eight Immortals Table, Yi Zhonghai saw that the two steel bars used to open the hole in the ground were still inserted intact on the back of the Eight Immortals Table. He immediately felt relieved. As long as these valuables were not discovered by that damn woman, it would not be a problem for him to stay here or run away.

However, in order to be completely relieved, Yi Zhonghai still pulled out the two steel bars. He not only wanted to check his treasure, but also had to take out some cash. He currently only had twenty or thirty yuan in pocket money on him, and he needed to take out some more money to deal with the next things. After all, he had already promised Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu that in the future he would give Jia Dongxu twenty yuan a month as living expenses for the two children, and he would also give Jia Dongxu one thousand yuan in one lump sum as compensation. He would no longer pursue the affair between Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, and would continue to let Qin Huairu and the children stay in the Jia family in the future, and asked Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu to promise that they would not tell the secret of their life experience to the children.

At that time, Yi Zhonghai understood Jia Dongxu's purpose. It was obvious that Jia Dongxu already knew that he had lost his fertility. He was just trying to cover up the fact that he would not have children from the outside world. Yi Zhonghai agreed immediately.

Yi Zhonghai accurately inserted the two steel bars into the gaps between the blue bricks, moved the blue bricks away with familiarity, and reached out to touch the hole in the ground. However, everything that happened next almost drove Yi Zhonghai crazy, as he didn't touch anything.

Unwilling to give up, Yi Zhonghai leaned over and lay at the entrance of the cave. The empty cave in front of him seemed to have a big black mouth, constantly mocking him.

Yi Zhonghai could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. He felt a sharp pain in his chest, followed by a sweet feeling in his throat, and he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

As he spat out this mouthful of blood, Yi Zhonghai fell down limply like a dead dog with a broken spine.

After an unknown amount of time, Yi Zhonghai slowly opened his eyes. His face was sallow and his spirit was listless. He seemed to have aged a lot.

Yi Zhonghai struggled to move the blue bricks back to their original place, and inserted the two steel bars back into the back of the eight-immortals table. Then he slowly stood up holding the table legs, sat down on the chair, staring at the roof with a dazed look, and fell into deep thought.