Siheyuan's opening rejection of the elderly care group

"Boss, are you tired after coming back?" Li Xiuzhi took the coat from He Yuzhu who had just entered the house and hung it on the hanger.

"It's okay. I'm the one who just eats and doesn't work today. My apprentices are the ones who are tired, one gets married and enters the bridal chamber, and the other cooks for me. I just have some free time. It seems it's good to have more apprentices," He Yuzhu said as he sat on the sofa, poured a cup of tea, and took a sip leisurely.

"It was a good idea that we didn't have anything to do when we got married. Having a meal together was relaxing and worry-free," Li Xiuzhi said with a smile as she listened to He Yuzhu's words.

"What are you going to eat tonight? I'll make it," He Yuzhu stood up energetically after taking a short break.

"Just sit down and take a rest. You are not needed for this little job. How about we have dumplings with leeks and eggs or cabbage and pork today?"

"Yu Shui and I have already made them and are waiting for you to come back to cook them," Li Xiuzhi quickly stopped He Yuzhu who was about to go to the kitchen.

Looking at Li Xiuzhi's busy back, He Yuzhu sighed that there still needs to be a woman to take care of the house and the interior. His previous thoughts were wrong. This is life.

After a while, Li Xiuzhi cooked the dumplings and put them on the table. She then went to the east ear room and called Yu Shui and Li Yue to eat together.

"Yushui, eat slowly. The new year is over and it's time to take care of you and Xiaoliang's affairs. How are your shopping going? If you need anything else, ask your brother to accompany you to buy it," Li Xiuzhi asked He Yushui as she watched him eat one dumpling at a time.

He Yushui lowered his head and thought for a while, feeling a little embarrassed. "It should be almost done. I have prepared everything that needs to be prepared. I will discuss the rest with you, sister-in-law. It would be embarrassing to tell my brother if there is something."

He Yuzhu found that he had become redundant, and said to Yu Shui, "I feel sorry for you in vain," and lowered his head to eat.

"Master, don't worry. I will help Yu Shui prepare everything for a splendid wedding. Why are you still worried?" Li Xiuzhi picked up a few dumplings for Li Yue and glared at He Yuzhu.

Looking at He Yushui's embarrassed expression, He Yuzhu realized that he had been wrong before. Although he loved Yushui, there were some things that a grown man like him was not as careful as a woman. It would have been better if he had found a sister-in-law for her earlier, but then he might have missed Li Xiuzhi again.

Just as the He family was having a warm dinner, a few people came to the gate of the courtyard.

One of them had lost half of his left leg and had a wooden prosthesis made of it. He was also missing three fingers on his hand. He was leaning on a crutch and looking listlessly at the courtyard in front of him.

"I'm finally back. He Yuzhu, you've hurt me so badly, I won't let you go," the man thought silently with his head down.

"Let's go, we're already at the place and we can't go in," the person next to him urged.

"Is Yan Fugui at home?" one of them walked to the door of Yan Fugui's house in the front yard and asked.

"Who is it?" As he spoke, the door curtain was lifted and Yan Fugui walked out.

"Officer Wang, what brings you here? What instructions does the street have?" Yan Fugui saw that the man was an officer from the street office and was leading the police, so he greeted him warmly and asked.

"Call everyone in your yard to a meeting. I have something to tell you," Secretary Wang said seriously, looking at Yan Fugui in front of him.

"Okay, I'll go find the second uncle and call everyone to a meeting." Yan Fugui went to the backyard without asking what was going on, and did not look closely at the people around Secretary Wang.

After a while, He Yuzhu's family, who were happily eating dumplings, heard the sound of a gong outside.

"We have to hold another general meeting. What happened?" He Yuzhu and others put down their chopsticks and stood up when they heard the gong.

"Eat quickly. After you finish eating, you will have nothing to do, so go to the yard to watch what's happening. Just watch from the door," He Yuzhu instructed Li Xiuzhi and the other three.

Soon everyone finished eating and left Li Xiuzhi leading two people at the door. He Yuzhu also discovered Xu Damao who had just arrived at the central courtyard.

"Da Mao, what's going on here?" He Yuzhu handed a cigarette to Xu Damao, then moved out a few stools and sat there to chat.

"Who knows? Our courtyard has been very quiet recently and nothing has happened," Xu Damao was also puzzled.

"Hey Zhuzi, look who's behind Director Wang? He looks so much like Yi Zhonghai to me," Xu Damao said suddenly in surprise as he looked at the people in the yard.

"Really? He Yuzhu is also surprised. Let me see." He Yuzhu stood up and looked at the person behind Wang Gan.

"It's Yi Zhonghai. I would recognize him even if he turned into ashes," He Yushui answered from the side, with no hiding of the hatred for Yi Zhonghai in his eyes.

"How did he become like this? Wasn't he sentenced to 20 years in prison?" Xu Damao was also surprised to see that the person coming was indeed Yi Zhonghai.

"Director Li told me that he saved a transport team in the northwest that had important national materials on board and made some contributions, but he was left with a lifelong disability, so they released him," He Yuzhu was also in a bad mood.

"Then why doesn't he go find Aunt Yida and stay in her hometown to retire? Why does he come back to our courtyard?" Xu Damao took a deep puff of cigarette and asked curiously while looking at Yi Zhonghai in the yard.

"How would I know? Why don't you go and ask?" He Yuzhu looked at Yi Zhonghai in the yard with a depressed expression.

Soon, everyone in the courtyard arrived. Officer Wang stood in the middle of the courtyard and said, "I called you all together today for something. Do you know this person?"

As Officer Wang let the people behind him out, everyone in the courtyard looked carefully at this disheveled man.

"Isn't this Yi Zhonghai? How did he become like this?"

"He's missing a few fingers and a leg, it's so tragic",

"He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, so why is he back?"

"There is no house for him in the courtyard anymore, why did he come back?"

Anyway, people were talking about all kinds of things. The courtyard suddenly became lively with everyone talking about it.

"This is Yi Zhonghai. Although he committed a serious crime and was sentenced to 20 years of reeducation through labor, he worked hard in the farm.

"Because he was seriously injured and lost his ability to work while saving a transport team and important national materials while working outside, he was sent back to his hometown and served his sentence outside of prison instead."

"Since he has no other place to live, he has been sent back to this courtyard. We need to supervise him and actively urge him to correct his mistakes and everyone should learn from his mistakes," said Secretary Wang, explaining the arrangements for Yi Zhonghai.

"Well said, Secretary Wang, we will definitely supervise him closely," Xu Damao immediately stood up and applauded.

That’s right, we will definitely take this as a warning and not do such things,” Yan Fugui agreed loudly after knowing that the visitor was Yi Zhonghai.

"Isn't this too much? Yi Zhonghai did a good job in the courtyard except for the matter concerning the Jia family," someone disagreed.

"That's right. Yi Zhonghai has become like this now. Can't he be allowed to retire in peace?" someone agreed, seeing Yi Zhonghai's pitiful look.

"That's right. The old man is already very pitiful. He has made some contributions. Can't we let him go?" Qin Huairu also took over the conversation.

When Qin Huairu heard everyone talking about how Yi Zhonghai had taken good care of her family in the past, she had to speak up, otherwise she would not be able to stay in this courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai himself, listening to the discussions of the people in the yard, felt somewhat relieved as he lowered his head to listen to some people's words, but he was more angry. He used to be a very face-conscious person, but now he was exhibited and talked about by everyone like a clown.