Siheyuan, my new life

The man in charge of the Intermediate Court was Yi Zhonghai, a level six fitter from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. After returning, he went to find his apprentice's mother, Jia Zhang, and repeatedly reminded this dishonest old woman not to steal things from the west wing. Once caught by the staff of the street office, they would show no mercy and would definitely send her to the police station.

In fact, the person who really knows Jia Zhang in this courtyard knows that this widow is not a simple person. The person who knows Jia Zhang is the deaf old lady who has always stayed in the backyard. This old lady who always has a kind smile on her face can almost be said to know most of the residents in the courtyard very well.

In the original play, how could a person who was respected as an ancestor by Yi Zhonghai not have some skills? She even had a lot of leverage over the residents. But no one could have imagined that an old lady with bound feet who hardly left her house could be so scary. The person who was most afraid of the deaf old lady in the courtyard was Yi Zhonghai.

On the surface, Jia Zhang is always throwing tantrums and acting like a scoundrel, but in fact, she is one of the smart people in the courtyard.

You should know that Jia Zhang's husband Jia Fugui was a senior technician at Lou's Steel Rolling Mill. His monthly salary was definitely the highest among the people in the courtyard, so the living standard of the Jia family was quite good at that time. Although it was impossible to eat meat every day, the tempting smell of meat would come from the Jia family every three or two days.

In the TV series, Jia Zhang is a savage old lady with triangular eyes and a face full of flesh. In fact, when she was young, Jia Zhang's appearance was definitely the most beautiful in the courtyard.

Although she was not tall, only a little over 1.5 meters, her petite figure, an apple-like face full of collagen, and her raised buttocks and big breasts when she twisted her waist attracted the fiery gazes of many men in the courtyard.

Although Jia Fugui did not leave any photos, an old man in the courtyard said that Jia Dongxu was almost a replica of his father when he was young. There was only one posthumous photo of Jia Dongxu in the original drama, but it can be seen that this young man was handsome and had an extraordinary appearance.

In real life, Jia Dongxu is over 1.7 meters tall. In that era, the average height was only about 1.65 meters, so he was considered tall. In addition, he had a formal job in a steel rolling mill. If it weren't for the influence of his mother, Jia Zhang, how could he not find a wife in the city?

Jia Fugui has a very good reputation in the courtyard. Almost everyone who works in Lou's Steel Mill has been taken care of by him. Even Yi Zhonghai received help from Jia Fugui when he first entered the steel mill. In addition, the deaf old lady personally spoke up for Yi Zhonghai. As one of the earliest residents of the courtyard, Jia Fugui had more or less some understanding of the old lady, so he agreed to the old lady's request. He also taught Yi Zhonghai a lot of locksmith techniques and could almost be regarded as half of Yi Zhonghai's master.

Yi Zhonghai wanted to take Jia Fugui as his master, but Jia Fugui felt that since they were of similar age and neighbors in the same courtyard, it would be awkward for them to become a master and apprentice. He had a good impression of Yi Zhonghai, a righteous neighbor, and he did not hide his skills when teaching him. This was one of the reasons why Yi Zhonghai was able to become an intermediate technician in just a few years.

If Jia Fugui had not encountered an accident while trying out a machine that he had just purchased at a high price from abroad, with his help, Yi Zhonghai would definitely have become a senior technician by now.

Unfortunately, with the unexpected death of Jia Fugui, both the Jia family and the Yi family suffered a great shock.

First of all, it's the Yi family. Without the help of Jia Fugui, his teacher and friend, it would be much more difficult for Yi Zhonghai to improve his skills in the steel rolling mill. The situation of the Jia family is even worse. With the death of Jia Fugui, the Jia family lost its pillar. Not only will the family be without a source of income for a long time to come, but the greater crisis actually comes from Jia Fugui's hometown.

Since the accident happened when Jia Fugui was testing a new machine for Lou's Steel Rolling Mill, Lou's Steel Rolling Mill gave him a considerable amount of compensation and also promised that Jia Fugui's 13-year-old son Jia Dongxu could go to work in the factory after he reached adulthood in a few years.

It's no secret that the Jia family obtained compensation and a job. "A young child carries gold in the downtown area" is the current reality of the Jia family. Not only are there some jealous neighbors who are eyeing the life-saving money of Jia Zhang and her son, but what makes it even more difficult for the widow and orphan to deal with are several cousins ​​of Jia Fugui. These people who rushed over from their hometown after hearing the news demanded that Jia Zhang hand over the compensation and the job. Their reasoning is that the money and job bought with Jia Fugui's life should be handed over to the elders of the Jia family.

It is not uncommon for a family to be wiped out, especially in some backward rural areas, where such things happen almost all the time. When the Jia family also faced the misfortune of being wiped out, the little woman who was previously taken care of by Jia Fugui suddenly became a different person. Overnight, she changed from a weak woman who only knew how to serve her husband and take care of her son to a fierce and rude bully.

No one knew what method Jia Zhang used. The most influential men in Courtyard No. 95, He Daqing, Yi Zhonghai and Xu Fugui, all stood up to seek justice for the Jia family.

Several of Jia Fugui's uncles and cousins, who had come from the countryside to the city to eat up the family's wealth and were feeling guilty, left in disgrace after being threatened by He Daqing and other city people. As for those who had planned to take advantage of the opportunity in the courtyard, they also gave up and put away their own little thoughts.

However, since then, a rumor has been circulating nearby, which is that Jia Zhang used her body to exchange for the help of He Daqing and others. As for whether the story is true or not, who would care?

Since Jia Fugui was the head of the Jia family in the past, Jia Zhangshi basically never had large sums of money in her hands except for some money for buying groceries.

After Jia Fugui passed away, he left behind a considerable amount of savings. Together with the compensation from Lou's Steel Rolling Mill, Jia Zhang now suddenly had so much money in his hands. For a moment, the poor man who suddenly became rich completely lost himself.

In the past, the Jia family only cooked meat every few days, but now the aroma of meat could be smelled coming from the Jia family almost every day. From time to time, Jia Zhang would also buy some roast chicken, roast duck, and pork head to enjoy with her son.

Although many people in the courtyard were jealous of the Jia family's current life, due to the intimidation of He Daqing and others, no one dared to bully the orphans and widows of the Jia family.

Jia Zhang was dazzled by the pile of large banknotes, and Jia Dongxu was only a 13 or 14-year-old boy, who did not understand the concept of thrift and management, and usually listened to his mother. So in just a few years, the mother and daughter squandered all the savings that Jia Fugui had saved. When Jia Zhang saw that only the compensation from the steel mill was left, she was dumbfounded.

Fortunately, Jia Dongxu was already sixteen years old, reaching the minimum age for Lou's Steel Mill to recruit workers. In order not to live off the wealth, Jia Zhang asked his son to go to work with the quota given by the steel mill, and asked Yi Zhonghai to accept Jia Dongxu as his apprentice.

Due to overeating in recent years, Jia Zhang also changed from a petite and charming young woman to a fat woman who was 1.5 meters tall and weighed 150 pounds. Almost all of Jia Fugui's huge savings turned into fat on Jia Zhang's body.

After experiencing this huge change from rich to poor, Jia Zhang completely became a shrewd, unreasonable, and money-loving person. Not only did she hold on to the compensation money tightly and refused to touch a penny of it, but she also asked her son to give her 30,000 yuan per month for her retirement. Of course, all the expenses of the family were also paid by Jia Dongxu, who was already working.

What made the neighbors even more disgusted was that since some time ago, Jia Zhang had actually started stealing petty crimes, and her targets were the good neighbors in the courtyard.

As a result, the Jia family went from being a family of orphans and widows that people felt sympathy for to being hated by everyone.

In fact, this was exactly what Jia Zhangshi wanted. As a widow, she was able to raise her son Jia Dongxu, and he went to work smoothly and worshipped Yi Zhonghai as his master. How could she be a simple-minded stupid woman? All this was just an illusion that Jia Zhangshi deliberately created for outsiders after careful consideration.

As the saying goes, a widow's door is full of troubles. Rather than letting others bully the Jia family, it is better to take the initiative to cause trouble and let everyone know that she is not easy to mess with. In order to protect the Jia family and the only son of the Jia family, Jia Zhang did not care about her own reputation. However, she did not expect that it was because of her bad reputation that her son could not find a wife in the city.

Jia Zhang was actually a smart woman. She knew a lot about the people in the courtyard, especially Yi Zhonghai who lived next door. After all, the two of them often went to the vegetable cellar in the middle courtyard late at night to chat and reminisce about the past.

Yi Zhonghai is almost 40 years old, and the couple still has no children. Although he never made it clear, he always showed concern for his son Jia Dongxu and occasionally gave him some corn flour, giving people a sense of the deep affection between master and apprentice.

In fact, Jia Zhang had long seen through Yi Zhonghai's plan. This man from a family with no descendants was planning to have his precious son take care of him in his old age and see him to the end of his life.

You must never underestimate a widow, especially one with a son. Yi Zhonghai thought he had done it perfectly, but Jia Zhang had already noticed his purpose, so how could she let him succeed?

Since you, Yi Zhonghai, intend to let my son take care of you in your old age, how can you just send some corn flour? You, Yi Zhonghai, should not only teach my son the locksmith skills, but also take care of our Jia family from time to time.

Since Yi Zhonghai had planned to let Jia Dongxu take care of him and his wife in their old age, he would often subconsciously favor the Jia family when dealing with matters related to the Jia Zhang family in the courtyard.

So Jia Zhang relied on Yi Zhonghai's favoritism in the courtyard of No. 95 and became more and more arrogant. However, Jia Zhang knew very well that Yi Zhonghai only had a certain say in this courtyard, but outside the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai, the manager of the courtyard, was not very effective, so Jia Zhang rarely caused trouble outside the courtyard.