Siheyuan: Breaking up with Shazhu at the beginning

At the iron foundry, everything was taken care of by Erwa, which made him feel very at ease.

In the afternoon, he returned to the courtyard to kill time.

Ever since Mei'er got married, Wang Yuying felt more and more lonely.

She has worked hard all her life and raised five children to adulthood. The eldest son Yang Jun and the second daughter Yang Mei are already married, and now even the youngest son Yang Liu is leaving to join the army. Only the naive fourth boy, the Bull Demon King Yang Huai, is left to guard the house.

This made Yuying worried day after day.

Although Yang Mei still lives in the compound, once married, it is like a small family. As the elder, she does not want to bring extra trouble to the younger generation, so she bears all the trivial matters alone.

Wang Yuying had no formal job and could only make a living by eating the meager matchbox paste. Although her son Yang Jun provided financial assistance many times, he kept all the money in his savings and never used it. Even though her son and daughter were officials now and their lives should have improved in the eyes of outsiders, in Yuying's eyes, her life was still mainly based on brown rice, corn porridge and pickles.

Yang Jun felt very sad when he thought about this. He often planned to go back more often and bring some good things to improve their family conditions.

Driving the car to a remote place, he took out 50 kilograms of flour and 30 kilograms of cornmeal from the dimensional capsule, and then 5 kilograms of pork and 20 large meat buns. At the same time, he counted the reserves in the space. Now all kinds of food and energy are no longer copied, and each has accumulated to a million, and the food is piled up like a mountain, and the warehouse is very full.

He has stopped making large stocks of ancillary foods such as crispy snacks and fine wines, and now focuses on storing various delicious dishes and gold bars. He plans to make thousands of copies of each dish, but he also knows that too many copies are unnecessary and take up space, which is not a wise move.

The gold bars borrowed from Xu Damao quickly accumulated into a mountain of gold. Even without the dimensional capsule, his current living conditions were already rich enough.

When he returned to the mixed-living area, he saw a group of children fighting in front of the door. A child was pushed to the ground, and the children around him were punching and kicking him. He could vaguely hear Yang Laosi's arrogant shouting: "Hit him, give him to me."

Yang Jun's heart sank, realizing that things might not be that simple. It was normal for children to fight, but such bullying was no joke, and he had to intervene quickly to prevent the consequences.

He immediately got out of the car and ran over to question Yang Laosi: "Yang Yu, what are you doing?" Yang Yu was probably immersed in the violence. When he heard Yang Jun's voice, he was stunned for a moment as if he was electrocuted. Then he waved his hand and called his followers to "deal with" the people who disturbed him.

Yang Jun noticed that it was Yang Yu and asked in a stern tone: "Is there any reason to hit people? What if you really hurt others?" He was extremely dissatisfied. This change began to appear after Yang Yu had extra pocket money - those who were originally in the middle of the road now obey orders, and those who were originally loyal even to the point of worshiping him.

Seeing Yang Yu covering his ears and glaring, Yang Jun became even more angry: "Bang Geng is an indestructible cockroach. If you believe it, ask the other kids."

Chapter 19

Yang Jun was stunned when he heard this and looked down.

That's indeed true.

If the person on the ground wasn't a stick, who else could it be?

Although Yang Jun didn't like the child's stick, he understood that children were children and beating them was not a good idea. If the injury was serious or even had internal injuries, Yang Yu would inevitably be held responsible.

"Let our boss go quickly, or you will end up in trouble."

A little brat pointed his wooden knife finger at Yang Jun and shouted.

Originally, Yang Jun planned to release the fourth brother, but now he was a little hesitant.

How dare a bunch of little devils threaten him!

Do you know?

But I have the final say on the money for buying snacks for you?

"roll!"

Yang Jun looked annoyed and roared at the child.

The child had never seen an adult so angry before. Normally, he might be able to deal with it when he was besieging others, but when facing the angry Yang Jun, he immediately took a few steps back, sat down on the ground, and burst into tears.

Seeing this, the other children looked at their leader, and then after a burst of noise, they ran away at full speed.

Yang Jun let go of Lao Si's hand and walked towards the stick.

“Stick, are you okay?”

Covered in dust and with tear marks on his face, Stick looked up at Yang Jun, glanced at Yang Yu fearfully, and choked up as he spoke:

"Uncle Yang, I'm fine. I'm used to it."

Yang Jun felt a chill in his heart when he heard this. What a foolish child.

If you were smart, you might have come to me by now.

However, seeing the fear and worry about retaliation in the fourth brother's eyes, even though he was obviously in pain but refused to admit it, Yang Jun was quite happy.

In order to calm Gunbang down, Yang Jun walked to the car, took out a big meat bun and handed it to him. "Go back and share it with your sisters."

He involuntarily wanted to catch it, but then realized the possible danger and took a step back.

He looked at Yang Yu nervously, as if seeking her opinion on whether to accept the buns.

Yang Laosi said nothing, staring at him with his big eyes.

The aroma of meat on the buns was so strong that Yang Jun could even hear the sound of Gunbang swallowing his saliva.

Finally, Stick couldn't resist the delicious food and took the bun.

Chapter 206 These are matters for children to deal with, not adults.

"Uncle Yang, will you treat me to a meal every time I get beaten?"

They returned to the backyard.

"Tell me what happened and why did you hit someone?"

Yang Jun put the food in the kitchen and then called Lao Si to interrogate him.

Wang Yuying was sitting in the living room sticking matchboxes together. The corners of her mouth twitched a few times. She wanted to remind Yang Jun not to waste money all the time, but then she remembered that the fourth brother had beaten someone again, so she held her temper and didn't say anything.

"He deserves it. He deserves a beating." The fourth brother stubbornly refused to apologize.

"Why should he be beaten?" Yang Jun frowned. He also felt that the fourth child's problem was very difficult to deal with. Especially in front of the elders, it was not good to interfere too much.

"Humph, it's his grandmother who's coming back, and he said he'd go pick her up in person."

“His grandma is coming back?”

Yang Jun was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly, "Are you talking about Jia Zhangshi going home? Why does she come here when she is undergoing reform in the countryside?"

Yang Laosi didn't quite understand the reason, he could only express his basic impression of Jia Zhangshi. He thought she was a bad person, so the reason for beating her with a stick was natural.

Wang Yuying, who was standing by, added:

"I heard that Jia Zhang was ill and felt that it was not appropriate for her to continue her labor camp, so she was withdrawn from the countryside."

She worked skillfully to glue the matchboxes together. As she spoke, she threw the pasted matchboxes into the box and picked up a piece of paper to apply glue.

Wang Yuying explained, "Early this morning, the community workstation notified Qin Huairu to pick her up."

Yang Jun felt mixed emotions when he heard this. He didn't know whether Jia Zhang was really ill or just pretending, but this courtyard was going to be in turmoil again.

Everyone was living in peace just now, but the old lady's return seemed to announce, as if with her opening line "I, Hu Hansan, am back", and turmoil is about to come again.

For common illnesses, there is no privilege of probation, so the early return date of Jia Zhang is undoubtedly due to illness. However, for Yang Jun, no matter what, this matter is no longer important to him, and the one who really suffered is Qin Huairu. Facing the rotten Jia Zhang, Wang Yuying and Yang Jun tacitly chose to remain silent.

Wang Yuying just mentioned: "Liu'er is leaving in a few days, what are your plans?" As she spoke, she knocked on the table with a lit matchbox.

Yang Jun was distributing meat buns without even looking up. “What else can we do? Just set up a few tables.” His answer was concise and left no room for maneuver.

Wang Yuying raised her head, glanced at him and said, "I think forget it. I think it's too late to use up all the family assets on several wedding banquets in a row." At this moment, she revealed her concern about money.

Sensing his wife's mood, Yang Jun smiled and said, "Mom, do you think our family will be in trouble because of this little money? You know the red envelopes for the wedding, and we should be able to get it back from Mei Zi's wedding. It won't cost too much to set up a few more banquet tables, right?"

But this argument did not shake Wang Yuying's mind. "This is not appropriate. Holding banquets too frequently will inevitably make people bored. I think we should just give up." She frowned and said firmly.

Yang Jun smiled to himself, knowing that this was the core issue. Imagine receiving three banquet invitations from the same family and having to prepare gift money for each one. How could this not be annoying?

Although he was unwilling, he had no choice. After all, the situation had already developed to this point and could not be changed. "For Liu'er, forget about the red envelopes. Just have a simple banquet to invite the leaders of the neighborhood."

Wang Yuying heard Yang Jun say this and thought it made sense. She stopped her work and began to count the funds needed for the banquet: "Not everyone in the courtyard can be invited. Each household needs a representative, and the office staff must be included. At least three tables are necessary. According to the standard of the wedding day, each table costs more than 20 yuan, which adds up to more than 60 yuan..."

Yang Jun reminded, "Don't worry about the food. I've already moved it here. Leave the ingredients to Zhuzi."

At this time, Yang Jun was concentrating on feeding Yang Huai meat buns, but the child was clumsy and the greasy bun juice spilled all over the floor. When Wang Yuying learned that the preparation of the banquet would be left to Zhuzi, she immediately reminded him with concern: "We can't take advantage of him too much, after all, their wife's pregnancy will cost a lot of money."

"I know, I know. I've already given the money. You don't have to worry." Yang Jun seemed quite helpless about Wang Yuying's concern.

The meat bun was too big for little Yang Huai to finish. The remaining half gave Yang Jun a headache: if he threw it away, he would definitely be scolded by his mother; but if he finished it, it would mean eating the side where his son had rubbed his nose, which was very disgusting.

At this moment, Erya walked into the room and shouted, "Uncle, help me with the remaining buns."

Seeing her rolling her eyes and stuffing the bun directly into her mouth, Yang Jun thought to himself, "You thought I was standing there stupidly..." and then he remained silent.

By observing Wang Erwa's actions and expressions, Yang quickly deduced who the woman who had a close relationship with Li Huaide was, and that woman was Liu Lan.

It was no surprise that Wang Erwa was so vague in his words, after all, Liu Lan was Yang Mei's sister-in-law. He was afraid that if Yang Mei was involved, he would get into trouble.

What you fear will come true. If Liu Lan really intervened, the consequences would be unimaginable. But Yang was convinced that Liu Lan was innocent. The woman was just trying to take advantage of Li Huaide and was just after the leftover food in the cafeteria.

But Yang Jun couldn't warn Liu Lan publicly. After all, he wasn't the only one keeping a close eye on Li Huaide. The higher-ups were also paying attention. According to his guess, the higher-ups might already know about their affairs. If he rashly warned Liu Lan in this situation, he might be exposed.

Yang Jun would not act rashly. All he could do was to cut off the connection between Liu Lan and Yang Mei. "Should we do something?" Wang Erwa looked at Yang worriedly.

Yang waved his hand and said, "No, there is no need to take action at the moment, just keep an eye on it." Then they discussed whether there was anything wrong with the drawings.

"The drawings are safe and have been kept in a safe. Every time they are taken out, people from our department and the manufacturer are monitoring them, so they cannot get their hands on them." Wang Erwa replied.

"I believe the power of the system can stop them from stealing blueprints, but we still need to be wary of copying. Don't forget that Gengzhi can redraw the internal mechanical structure from memory," Yang Gao said.

Wang Erwa was aware of this and said, "I understand. Don't worry, there are people watching him around the clock." After the two finished their discussion, they continued to discuss other matters.

When playing chess, the two compared their skills. Yang had recently become addicted to Go and was very enthusiastic about playing Go, especially for novices. Regardless of winning or losing, he was eager to turn the situation around. In desperation, Wang Erwa started the game by placing a bet on the opening game, and the loser would get a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes.

The chess game didn't end until after get off work. "Thank you, Master Yang, for your hospitality," Wang Erwa said as he touched his bulging wallet before leaving.

……

In the evening, after dinner, Yang Jun and Yi Qiushui returned to the compound. While the family was not paying attention, Yang secretly took Yang Mei outside the compound gate.

He asked, "Have you been in touch with your sister-in-law recently?" Yang Mei replied, "No, we have not been in touch since we met on the wedding day." Seeing Yang's serious expression, Yang Mei asked in confusion, "Brother, what happened?"

"I won't ask any more questions. It's best to stay away from her in the future." Yang said in a calm voice.

Yang Mei was a little uneasy, but seeing Yang Jun's serious attitude, she understood that he must have a reason, and her trust in her husband and brother overcame her inner struggle. "I know, brother." As they were about to go back to the house, they saw someone walking towards them at the street corner.

When I got closer, I saw that it was Qin Huairu. Her face was solemn, and she lowered her head to pull a flatbed cart, on which lay Jia Zhang, who was breathing weakly. At this moment, Jia Zhang was no longer energetic. Although she was not seriously injured, her face looked haggard, and she whispered in the car.

Qin Huairu was in a very bad mood and ignored Jia Zhang's groans. She had not planned to let Jia Zhang come back. Her life had become peaceful and she enjoyed raising three children alone. But she had no choice but to bite the bullet and take her mother back.

When they arrived at the door, Qin Huairu whispered, "We're here." Hearing this, Jia Zhang, who was dying in the car, opened her eyes wide and raised her head with difficulty to look at her own courtyard.