Siheyuan, my new life

He Daqing looked at the deaf old lady in confusion. The old lady smiled and glanced at her eldest grandson who was concentrating on listening to the conversation between the two. She reached out and touched the place where He Daqing had just tapped with chopsticks. She said softly: "Zhu Zi, listen carefully today. You will be an adult in the future. You must be careful about everything. Yi Zhonghai is actually a smart man, but this time even he has been deceived by Qin Huairu for so many years."

The old lady looked up at He Daqing and said, "Daqing, you used to be close to Yi Zhonghai. Tell me, when did Yi Zhonghai start to change?"

He Daqing tried to recall for a while before he spoke: "Yi Zhonghai looked honest on the surface, but I've seen that he has a lot of little tricks. But when people live in this world, everyone has to be careful. When I think about it carefully, it was after Qin Huairu married into the Jia family that he began to favor the Jia family and even openly protected Jia Zhang."

The deaf old lady smiled and nodded: "Yes, it was after Qin Huairu married into this courtyard that Yi Zhonghai became particularly partial to Jia's family affairs. In fact, he didn't really want to favor Jia Zhang, but because of Qin Huairu, he wanted to make Qin Huairu's life in the Jia family a little easier, so that Banggeng could live a better life. Now you understand, right? Yi Zhonghai thought Banggeng was his own flesh and blood at the time, and he felt a little guilty, so he unknowingly took extra care of the Jia family. Unfortunately, he met a troublemaker like Jia Zhang. The more he helped, the more unscrupulous Jia Zhang became."

He Daqing and his son both nodded and agreed with the old lady's statement.

The old lady continued, "You should have seen it now, right? In fact, the root of all this lies with Qin Huairu. I asked you to help Yi Zhonghai today, in fact, I want you to be fair. Don't target him because of what Yi Zhonghai did to Zhuzi before. You are now the manager of the Siheyuan. You just need to handle this matter in accordance with the principle of fairness. In fact, it would be best if you could drive Qin Huairu, the culprit, out of the Siheyuan, but I think it would be difficult." Seeing a trace of reluctance on He Yuzhu's face, the old lady said seriously, "Zhuzi, don't be fooled by Qin Huairu's seemingly weak appearance. She is a woman with bad intentions. You must stay away from her in the future. If you can't do it, the old lady will give up this old face and go to the next door to ask Secretary Lin for help to send you to the army."

He Yuzhu quickly said: "Grandma, don't worry, I will stay away from that woman in the future."

He Daqing also said in a serious tone: "Zhu Zi, you must remember your grandmother's words just now. Qin Huairu pretends to be weak in the courtyard all day long just to win the sympathy of others. Think about it carefully. After living in this courtyard for so many years, which young wife would carry a bowl to other people's homes to ask for meat? Any woman with a little sense of shame would not do such a thing. Remember, don't speak nonsense according to your temper when the whole courtyard meeting is held tonight."

He Yuzhu rolled his eyes at his father and was about to speak when the deaf old lady smiled and said, "Zhuzi will accompany grandma to the meeting at the Central Court tonight."

He Yuzhu said quickly: "Grandma, it's cold outside at night, you should stay at home in the rain, don't catch a cold."

The deaf old lady shook her head slightly: "There might be a commotion tonight. I should make some things clear. We can't let that evil-minded woman succeed, otherwise our courtyard will never be peaceful again."

He Daqing stood up and said, "Old lady, I will go and talk to Fang Dahu first, and then ask him to tell Li Botao in the front yard in advance." After that, he walked out of the room.

More than half an hour later, most of the residents in the courtyard gathered in the middle courtyard again. He Daqing, Fang Dahu and Li Botao sat at the old eight-person table.

Yi Zhonghai was still sitting on the chair at the door with an expressionless face, while Jia Dongxu was sitting opposite him with his mother and Qin Huairu. Jia Dongxu's face was now ashen, and he glared at Yi Zhonghai fiercely from time to time.

He Daqing first whispered a few words to the two stewards. The two were disgusted by the absurd things done by Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai. Today, they were all here to watch the fun. No one planned to say anything more. So He Daqing coughed and said, "Dear neighbors, this whole hospital meeting tonight was specially convened at the request of Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu will speak first."

When Jia Dongxu heard what He Daqing said, his face immediately turned pale and he walked to the open space in the middle. He glared at Yi Zhonghai fiercely and said, "All the old and young gentlemen in the courtyard, everyone knows about Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu. I originally planned to divorce Qin Huairu, but I gave up the idea when I thought about the child. After all, no matter what mistakes the adults made, the children are innocent. Therefore, I took the initiative to find the leader of the security department of the steel rolling mill and said that I could forgive them both for the sake of the children. However, this matter has caused a bad impact on me and our Jia family. At that time, I proposed that he should compensate our Jia family for one thousand yuan without counting the money I borrowed from Yi Zhonghai before, and then the matter would be over. Qin Huairu was also present at the time, and Yi Zhonghai agreed to my request."

Hearing these words, the residents of No. 95 Siheyuan couldn't help but whispered. Wow, this Jia Dongxu is really ruthless. He asked for a thousand yuan. An ordinary first-class worker only earns more than thirty yuan a month. Jia Dongxu asked for three years' salary of a first-class worker in one go. How much do you have to give as a gift to marry a young girl? Some give twenty or thirty yuan, and some give five or ten yuan.

Obviously, Jia Dongxu has completely inherited the mantle of his mother, Jia Zhang, and he really only cares about money and not shame.

When they first heard that Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu were having an affair, the neighbors in the courtyard all had expressions of "as expected". In fact, someone had already seen Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu sneak into the vegetable cellar in the courtyard late at night.

However, at that time, Yi Zhonghai was not only the manager of the courtyard, but also a senior technician in the steel rolling mill. No one wanted to offend him for such a thing. Besides, who knew what was going on? Qin Huairu sneaked out in the middle of the night, and all the adults in the Jia family were dead?

Today, when Jia Dongxu opened his mouth and asked for another thousand yuan in addition to the money he had borrowed from Yi Zhonghai before, it sounded like Yi Zhonghai actually agreed. Everyone in the audience couldn't help but whisper among themselves.