After completing his work, Secretary Xue left.

Shu Meng said to her mother, "Mom, you rest in the house. I'll move all the belongings here."

Mother Shu rubbed her daughter's somewhat dry and yellow hair, looked at her daughter's thin cheeks with pity, and reminded her:

"Go ahead, don't worry about me, and remember to call a cart to bring it over, don't move it yourself.

We have finally made it through. Stop being so frugal. You have become so thin now."

Shu Meng smiled and comforted him, "It's okay, it's getting better."

After saying that, she walked out of the backyard with a smile under the inquiring eyes of the neighbors in the yard.

Shu's mother was about to go into the house to rest. She had just recovered from a serious illness and couldn't stand in the cold wind for too long. But the neighbors didn't leave and were still standing around to watch the fun. She was very confused. What was so good about this?

She could only lean against the door, preparing to exchange a few more words with everyone. After all, she and her daughter had just arrived, and she couldn't act too unsociable.

Just then, the second aunt spoke up and asked the same question as the third aunt: "Sister, how did you get this house?"

She didn't know Shu's mother's age, but judging from her complexion, she was probably not as well as the deaf old lady, so she could only call her "old sister".

Second Aunt was not like the others. She had no plans for the house. She just asked out of curiosity.

But the neighbors in the backyard of the central courtyard, who were still not quite sure of the reason, quickly pricked up their ears.

Shu's mother felt something was wrong. Why did everyone in the yard seem to care so much about this house, as if she were a robber?

She coughed, but still smiled and explained again: "My daughter works in a steel mill, and the house was allocated by the steel mill..."

The second aunt was just curious and didn't ask for more details. She patted Shu's mother's back to help her calm down and asked with concern, "Are you feeling unwell?"

Shu's mother smiled helplessly and answered slowly, "Yes, it's an old illness and I've been taking medicine for a long time."

The second aunt wondered: "That's indeed not easy. Where are the other people in the family? Why did only you two move in?"

A trace of loneliness flashed across Shu's mother's eyes, and she smiled and replied: "All the family members are gone, and we are just an orphan and a widow..."

But she immediately felt something was wrong and added, "I have a younger brother, and I used to live in his house. I only moved out because my daughter got a house after she started working."

Shu's mother had also seen the fickleness of human nature, and realized that she couldn't appear too weak and couldn't have no one to stand up for her, so she quickly tried to make amends.

The second aunt nodded and consoled her, "Okay, we are very united in this courtyard, if you have any problems in the future, just let me know.

My uncle, Lao Liu, is the man in charge. If there is any problem in the backyard, we can always ask him for help.

If you are not feeling well, please come in and rest. Is there anything you need to clean? I will help you."

Mother Shu declined, "No, no, that's too much trouble, just wait for my daughter to come back and clean it up.

Then I will go in and rest first, and then visit the neighbors in the evening after I have cleaned up the house."

Shu's mother couldn't quite see the situation clearly now. What the second aunt said seemed quite sincere, and she didn't seem like a bad person. She could only delay it for now and make a decision after understanding the situation.

Jia Zhang, who had been cursing Shu's mother in the back of the crowd, brightened up her eyes when she heard that the other party was an orphan and a widow.

She was annoyed that this consumptive man had occupied her house and was ready to make trouble. However, thinking of the loss she had suffered at the hands of Cao Anping, she couldn't help but feel a little hesitant, fearing that she would hit a wall again.

But since he was a soft persimmon, Jia Zhang would not be polite to him. As for his younger brother, he didn't believe that he would dare to come to No. 95 Courtyard to cause trouble, and even if he came, he would not be able to gain any advantage.

As for the young secretary Xue, she didn't take him seriously. It would be fine if Director Wang spoke up.

Seeing that Shu's mother was about to enter the house, Jia Zhang hurriedly shouted, "Stop! You can't enter this room!"

Everyone looked at Jia Zhang with strange eyes, knowing that she was going to cause trouble. This was going to be another interesting show.

Shu's mother's eyelids twitched. Ever since she entered this yard, she had been feeling vaguely uneasy, and it seemed that her feelings had finally come true.

She looked at Jia Zhang, who had squeezed to the front of the crowd with a fierce look on her face, and forced a smile and replied, "My...neighbor, why can't I go in?

Ahem...isn't this the house that the steel mill and the street office both agreed to give to my family?"

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes. She had been beaten recently as well, so she knew that she couldn't just try to rob things by force. Otherwise, if the lid wasn't closed, she would probably end up in the police station again.

She could only make up a lie: "Because there are still my family's things in the house, you can only move in after I take them away."

Jia Zhang also started to act cautiously. She had no intention of occupying the house right away, but instead prepared to extort some furniture first and test the waters step by step.

Anyway, the other party is just an orphan and a widow, with no one to help them and they are also sickly. But her Jia family has Yi Zhonghai's support, so she can slowly wipe out the whole family.

Shu's mother looked a little ugly, but she still calmly refuted: "Is there any misunderstanding?

I just checked in front of Xue, the secretary of the street office, and all the furniture in the room is on the list of the street office, but there is nothing extra."

Jia Zhang said unreasonably, "You know nothing. This room belonged to the deaf old lady in the courtyard. She borrowed several pieces of furniture from my house.

But the deaf old lady was suddenly arrested, and before I could get back the things I had lent out, the police locked the door.

Now I take it back, what's the problem?

The furniture on the list had already been damaged by the deaf old lady. You signed without asking clearly, and now it has fallen on you, so it is your loss.

If you are not convinced, go find the deaf old lady and ask her to compensate you. The public furniture has already been damaged by her."

"Cough cough~"

Mother Shu was a little uncomfortable with Jia Zhang's shamelessness. She patted her chest and said tactfully: "Wait for me to ask the street office. If it is really yours, I will return it to you naturally."

If she were in better health, she would let Jia Zhang know why the flowers were so red, but she couldn't be so impulsive.

She knew that if anything happened to her, her daughter would be left without any support, so whenever something happened she would always think of enduring it, hoping that everything would be fine once her daughter got a job, got married, and had someone to rely on.

Jia Zhang replied proudly: "You are new here and don't understand the rules of our courtyard. If there is anything, please solve it in the courtyard first. Don't cause trouble for the government or the street.

If you don't follow the rules, you'll be going against everyone in the hospital.

And everyone in the hospital can testify for me that the deaf old lady had borrowed the furniture from my house."

Jia Zhang looked around with a warning look. The neighbors remained silent, neither agreeing with Jia Zhang nor refutating.

But they know that Jia Zhang is a dog-skin plaster. If anyone ruins her plans, she will disgust you every day.

Shu's mother looked at the second aunt with a puzzled look.

The second aunt felt a little embarrassed. She had just said that if there was anything, she could go to her husband, Old Liu, and Jia Zhang jumped out immediately. This was a slap in her face.

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