Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

Xu Damao prepared enough materials to apply for a passport to go abroad, but was told that it would take more than half a month. There was nothing he could do but wait. Fortunately, before going abroad to visit his eldest son Xu Jun and Yuan Ya, Xu Xiyan and his family, he also wanted to prepare the things at hand. He stayed at home all day with Lou Xiao'e, prepared all kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, and made a new batch of beauty pills and qi pills.

With the help of Xu Fugui, Chen Zhiyong was transferred from the Publicity Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to the District Cultural Center, which was slightly different from his previous plan to work at the Street Office Cultural Office. Fortunately, the Cultural Center also had three idle houses available for rent. Having made up his mind, Chen Zhiyong chose to rent a public house without hesitation and began to renovate it.

Lou Xiao'e has already informed Hong Kong by phone that Tan Yali has asked someone to bring a VCR and a color TV from Hong Kong, and also brought two very fashionable Sony cameras for Lou Xiao'e to be sent to Kyoto.

Lou Xiao'e and her elder sister Lou Xiaohui discussed the three daughters' overseas study in a long-distance phone call. Everything went according to plan.

Meanwhile, the 95 compound was bustling with activity. A few days ago, when Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangtian went to Tianjin Port to receive a container of used clothing, they were caught by the anti-smuggling officers of the customs who were waiting there. Through interrogation, it was found that the smuggled used clothing in the container had changed hands several times before it reached Liu Guangtian and others, but Liu Guangtian and Yan Jiecheng could not find the previous owner. Under the strong interrogation of coercion and inducement, Yan Jiecheng also confessed that Jia Geng from the 95 compound was also involved.

So, Tianjin Customs seized all the old clothes and ordered them to be destroyed within a certain period of time. They also transferred the case of Liu Guangtian and I that was suspected of smuggling to the relevant units in Kyoto.

So the police station went directly to Yard No. 95 to arrest Jia Geng.

Yan Fugui almost fainted at that time, "What a sin I have committed, it's over, all over, my tens of thousands of dollars in savings are gone." Fortunately, Yang Ruihua was still strong and quickly supported old Yan, pinching his Ren Zhong and stroking his back, and finally rescued Yan Fugui from the fainting.

There was also wailing in the Intermediate Court. Jia Zhang cursed the police officers who came to her house and almost hit the police officers who arrested Jia Geng. The police officers took out silver bracelets and wanted to handcuff Jia Zhang to the police station, so Jia Zhang ran back to the house trembling. Afterwards, she cried for Lao Jia and Dongxu for help at home, wailing for a long time. Yi Zhonghai was furious, but he had no idea what to do. Not only did he lose more than half of his pension savings account, but he also couldn't rest in peace. He thought about how he had calculated so much, but in the end he ended up like this. What's more amazing is that Jia Zhang didn't let Yi Zhonghai go, and shook Yi Zhonghai hard, asking him to find a way to rescue his beloved grandson Bang Geng who had been captured.

Yi Zhonghai was forced to stand up and try to get some fresh air, but he was so angry and emotional that he stood up too quickly. It was late autumn as well, so he fell headfirst to the ground.

Jia Zhang was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat and quickly called for help. Yi Zhonghai was sent to the steel plant hospital and diagnosed with a stroke. Although he was conscious, his mouth was crooked and his face was paralyzed, his hands and feet were out of control, and he had a moderate stroke and was hospitalized for treatment.

Three days later, the police came again and announced the verdict. Liu Guangtian and Yan Jiecheng were the main smugglers and sentenced to one year of reeducation through labor. Jia Geng was an accomplice and sentenced to six months of reeducation through labor. They were also fined 5,000 yuan each and were required to pay the fine within a certain period of time.

Yan Fugui passed out again. Liu Haizhong also smashed a four-person table at home before he gave up.

"Zhu Zi, Third Uncle, please lend me some money. If I don't pay by the deadline, I will have to add another year to my sentence."

This time, Yan Fugui's family fortune was really squandered by his eldest son. He went to ask Yan Jiefang and Jie Kuang for money, but it was a drop in the bucket and could not solve the problem. He could only ask He Yuzhu, a wealthy man in the compound, for help.

"Uncle, I'm not saying I won't lend you money. You know, my son Dun Dun got married not long ago. He's buying a house and getting married, so the expenses are not small. We'll also have to spend money on the children later. Five thousand yuan is not five or fifty yuan. It's a lot of money. I can't say I'll lend you money just because you ask. Besides, Yu Li manages the money in my family, so you have to have something as collateral, right?"

"Zhu Zi, Third Uncle is begging you, I will mortgage my two houses to you. I am also a retired teacher, I will not be shameless and not pay you back. As the saying goes, help in emergencies but not in poverty. Back then, I was so poor, but I never asked anyone for money. This time, it really costs me my life. For the sake of our long-term neighbors, Zhu Zi, please lend a helping hand."

Yan Fugui cried and shed tears, and finally convinced He Yuzhu. Both parties signed a mortgage document, and Yu Li gave Yan Fugui 5,000 yuan in cash. Only then did they give up.

Jia Geng was waiting in the detention center for his grandmother Jia Zhang to rescue him. Unfortunately, Jia Zhang was in the hospital taking care of Yi Zhonghai and had no idea about the fine.

The police found Qin Huairu again. Qin Huairu had not dated her son Jia Geng for many years, and her family conditions were average.

It has been many years since I went back to No. 95 Courtyard. This time, I went back to No. 95 Courtyard for the sake of my eldest son Bang Geng. I learned that Bang Geng was sentenced to six months in prison for participating in smuggling and had to pay a fine of yuan.

Knowing that Jia Zhang was in the hospital, Qin Huairu went to the hospital to find her former mother-in-law.

"Grandma Banggeng, this time Banggeng was sentenced and fined 5,000. You know, my life is not easy, and my family doesn't have that much extra money. I can only take out 500. Why don't you talk to the uncle and see if you can get 4,500 for me so I can pay the fine."

"Qin Huairu, you shameless cousin, isn't Banggeng your son? Now you want me, an old woman in my seventies, to collect money. I don't have money, but I have my life. You can do whatever you want."

Qin Huairu tried to persuade Yi Zhonghai in the hospital, but it was useless because Yi Zhonghai was unable to speak and his hands and feet were inconvenient, so there was no result. Qin Huairu could only sigh in despair and returned empty-handed. She had to give up and saved her family 500 yuan.

No one came to pay Jia Geng's fine. Jia Geng's sentence was extended by one year, and he was sentenced to one year and six months of reeducation through labor, and was sent to Daxing County Reeducation Through Labor Camp to serve his sentence.

For a long time, there was no life in No. 95 Courtyard. It felt empty, and there was not even a crowd of people basking in the sun in the corridor.

However, there are two more hunched figures who go out early and come back late. Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui have found a second job after retirement: picking up scraps.

Xu Damao really didn't know all this. During this period, he not only made pills, but also visited every household. Fang Yude, the father-in-law who was not his father-in-law, not only gave him Qi-nourishing pills, but also checked his mother-in-law's health and communicated with her about the direction and major of his daughter Fang Shuying's study abroad.

My parents also did some work here.

The old couple Xu Fugui knew that their son was living a good life now, so they promised their daughter Xu Xiaoling that they would give their house in Hepingli to their daughter and son-in-law, and they were able to live off their son's money.

"Dad, Mom, the house belongs to my sister. But you two have to vacate the yard you live in now. Xiao'e and I are going to the United States this time, and maybe I want to return the Qi family's house to Qi Huan. Qi Huan and I are brothers-in-law now, and it's not right for me to occupy someone else's ancestral house. But don't worry, the three-courtyard house I built in Beiqijia has been completed, and we will all move there this year. It's quiet over there, and the site is large, you can build as much as you want and live wherever you want."

"Da Mao, okay, we old couple will listen to you. It's best to let Huo Huo come back to Kyoto to celebrate the New Year. After all, we have four generations living under one roof now. It would make us happy to have our great-granddaughter come back."

"Okay, I'll try my best. If possible, I will definitely ask Huo Huo from the United States, Xin Xin from Hong Kong, and Pan Pan to come back to Kyoto for the New Year this year, so that we can pay New Year's greetings to you two and celebrate the Spring Festival together."

"That's great. Your mother and I will be waiting for you."