Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

"Xiao Huo, Xiao Xin Xin, let's go back to the compound to find our friends."

Xiao Xin is the nickname Xu Damao gave to his second son, representing the hard work his mother went through when giving birth to him.

Taking advantage of Lou Xiaoe's full month and a day off, Xu Damao moved Lou Xiaoe and their two sons from Yandaixie Street back to No. 95 Courtyard. Although Yandaixie Street is spacious, the only inconvenience is that the children around are unfamiliar with Huo Huo, and there is no neighbor like Yu Li who can help. In addition, winter is coming soon, and the house in No. 95 Courtyard is small and has better thermal insulation, so it won't be too cold in winter.

The family of four entered the yard and found that there was a lot of noisy noise coming from the middle courtyard, and the third uncle who was guarding the gate was not in the gatehouse.

Xu Damao thought that the uncle was holding another meeting.

It was almost the same, except that it was not a general meeting. Instead, Zhang Aihua, the wife of Li Cuzi from the other courtyard, was seeking justice at the gate of Jia's house in the middle courtyard.

Li Quezi Li Youshan is a kind person, in fact, he is also called Mu Na. He is kind and not good at speaking. He is a welder at the Red Star Factory. He is lame because the scaffolding collapsed while he was working and broke his leg. There was a problem during the bone setting treatment, which caused his left leg to be lame now. His wife is a warehouse keeper in the factory. There is also a mother at home who is over 16 years old and weak. His father died before liberation, and he has two children, a -year-old girl and a -year-old boy. The couple's monthly salary is about yuan, and their life is okay.

Just recently, his wife, who was in her thirties and approaching forty, was found to be pregnant. Li Quezi went to the black market to buy a few pounds of eggs for his wife to nourish her body. Unexpectedly, within a few days, he only ate a few eggs. The remaining dozen eggs were sneaked into the house by Jia Geng, who skipped school and went home early before everyone got off work yesterday, and even the bowl in which the eggs were placed was taken away. Fortunately, a neighbor saw it and came back to tell Zhang Aihua.

Zhang Aihua had negotiated with the three uncles yesterday to get the Jia family to compensate for the eggs. Unexpectedly, Jia Dongxu gave Li Quezi 1.5 yuan this morning.

That won't work. Li Quezi bought these eggs from the black market secretly, at a price of about 1.5 yuan each. There are 16 eggs left in the bowl. Not counting the risk and effort of going to the black market, they should be worth 2.45 yuan. Who are you trying to fool with 1.5 yuan? Why don't you just attach the ticket for two kilograms of eggs and add 1.5 yuan, and that's it. Now there is a difference of 1 yuan. Zhang Aihua is not willing to do that. Eggs are so expensive now. Even if you have money, you may not be able to exchange them on the black market.

Zhang Aihua followed Jia Dongxu to the Jia family in the central courtyard and asked for sixteen eggs for free.

Jia Zhang knew very well that Zhang Aihua bought the eggs on the black market, and that the supply and marketing cooperatives had no supply of eggs, so even with a ticket, she would not get a chance.

"Zhang Aihua, the supply and marketing cooperative sells eggs for 87 cents a pound. Sixteen eggs only make 1.6 ounces of a pound. I'll give it to you for 1.5 yuan, and you'll still earn 1 cent. Take this 1.5 yuan or not."

The argument lasted for an hour. Damao was not allowed to return to the compound so late and see this scene.

Xu Damao took his wife and children back home, fetched water, cleaned the ground, and mopped the floor. More than an hour later, the middle court was still in a stalemate.

Damn. Xu Damao was speechless. How could they argue for such a long time over such a small matter?

Scholars can bear it, what can't bear it.

When they arrived at the main room in the middle warmth, they saw He Yuzhu and Yu Li also sitting on their own platform, watching the fun with He Jianxin.

"Brother Zhuzi, why are they still arguing over such a trivial matter?"

"Hey! Zhang Aihua wants eggs, but Jia Dongxu doesn't have any, and Jia Zhangshi won't give them to her. How can you make her bleed?"

"Bang Geng stole the eggs, and the Jia family is still so unreasonable. No one else can do that. Why doesn't this old man come out to mediate?"

"The first uncle is not at home today, the second uncle is working overtime at the factory today, and the third uncle doesn't want to take care of this matter. Listen, he just kept making the excuse that the first uncle said yesterday that he would compensate for the eggs today, so he just did what he said yesterday. So this is just a waste of time."

"What if Li Guizi is not happy and reports it to the police? The Jia family won't be able to figure it out."

"Da Mao, you don't even know Li Quezi, how could he know that?"

Xu Damao suddenly saw Li Xiang, the son of Li Quezi, standing nearby. Xu Damao quietly walked over and said, "Li Xiang, you are pregnant and have been arguing for such a long time. What if you push and shove and accidentally hurt the little brother in your mother's belly? You should report to the police immediately. Don't be afraid. Even if your eggs were bought on the black market, it's not a big crime. You will be criticized and educated at most. If this matter is not resolved well, that bastard Banggeng will think that your family is easy to bully and come to your house to steal things every day. Your family will never have peace in the future. Go quickly. If anything happens, my uncle Xu will take care of it for you."

Li Xiang was a little timid, but seeing Jia Zhang's aggressive look, he suddenly ran out of the yard.

Xu Damao knew that Li Xiang had figured it out.

The Hongxing Police Station and the Street Office are only five minutes away from the compound.

Soon, two policemen, one old and one young, came over in ten minutes.

"Let go, let go, what happened, who is Jia Geng?"

When the onlookers saw the police coming, they knew the matter was about to end. Jia Zhang was so scared that her legs were shaking, and she lay on the ground and started to throw a tantrum. Jia Dongxu was also very frightened. He was not in the right in the first place, and he actually wanted to solve the problem by paying 2.5 yuan, but he only had 1.5 yuan in his pocket, so he was just thinking about whether he could get away with it.

I cursed in my heart: Who reported this to the police?

"Auntie, stop lying on the ground and making a scene. If you don't get up, I'll sentence you for disrupting the administration of law. Who is Jia Geng? Come out."

After all, Jia Geng was only an 8-year-old child. He had never seen the police investigating a case. He was so scared that he started crying and wet his pants.

After questioning at the scene, the old policeman found out the whole story. He also learned that Jia Geng had stolen things in the compound more than once or twice, and almost all the things in the compound were strewn in the aisles.

My goodness, this caused public outrage.

"Xiao Cui, take Jia Geng back to the police station, and take Jia Geng's parents with you. Zhang Aihua, you should also go back to the police station to make a statement. This is a big deal. There are more than a dozen eggs, and their value is almost two yuan. The police station will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

When Jia Zhang and other police officers took away her son Jia Dongxu and grandson Jia Geng, she suddenly woke up from her dream and held on to the police officers' ankles tightly and refused to let go.

"Auntie, if you don't let go, I'll take you away too."

Only then did Jia Zhang become intimidated and let go. She waited until the police left the compound before she sat on the ground and cried non-stop.

Xu Damao and He Yuzhu exchanged glances. "Look, it's such a simple thing. Look, the courtyard is quiet now. Only the old crows are making random noises, but they can't make many calls. Brother Zhu, how about I serve the food and wine, and we can have a drink together at noon?"

"Okay, let's go."

Xu Damao went back to the backyard, took the food he brought back from Yandaixie Street, and went to the middle yard. "Brother Zhuzi, two sea fish, dried shrimps, and half a chicken. I won't take the vegetables. You cook, and I'll go buy some wine. Yushui is at home today, so bring her some orange soda."

In fact, Xu Damao hadn't seen He Yushui for a long time. In just a few years, the little girl suddenly grew up and rarely showed up in the yard. In a blink of an eye, she was about to go to high school.

Hey, time flies.