Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Bai Xiuying opened the door. Jia Dongxu looked at his master's wife, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Oh, Master's wife, I have something to ask Master." Then he went straight into the house, which made Bai Xiuying unhappy. But what could she do if she didn't like her old man's only good disciple?

Jia Dongxu walked into the house in a nonchalant manner. Yi Zhonghai said with a smile, "Oh, it's Dongxu. Have you eaten? If not, have something at Master's house." Jia Dongxu nodded naturally. Although the food in Yi Zhonghai's house was not as good as that in He Yuzhu's house, at least there were both meat and vegetables.

Jia Dongxu said with some shame, "Oh, I just got off work and had a meeting, so I haven't eaten yet?" Yi Zhonghai was a little speechless and asked his wife to bring a set of bowls and chopsticks. After talking to this point, could he still kick Jia Dongxu out? Jia Dongxu was not shy at all, he sat down on the chair and started eating with big mouthfuls.

After a few minutes, he patted his stomach with satisfaction. After a burp, he looked at his master's gloomy face, smiled awkwardly and said, "Master, this is really the food made by Master's wife that is so delicious. I couldn't stop myself and ate too much. You also know my mother's personality. Most of the food in the house is eaten by her every day. Is there really nothing we can do?"

Jia Dongxu complained about his grievances. He was still a little happy in his heart that his apprentice had some complaints against his mother. But he pretended to be very serious and said, "Dongxu, the master is going to criticize you severely. In this world, only children are wrong, how can parents be inconsiderate? You are the master's only apprentice, you can't do such a beastly thing of disrespecting elders like that silly Zhu."

Yi Zhonghai became more and more excited as he spoke, especially when he mentioned He Yuzhu, his face flushed and he said angrily, "Don't look at how well Shazhu is doing now. People like him who disrespect their elders will definitely not be able to thrive in the future. People who disrespect their elders will go to the eighteenth level of hell in the future and will be cursed."

Maybe even Yi Zhonghai didn't know that when he was talking about He Yuzhu, the look of gnashing teeth on his face was quite ferocious. Jia Dongxu wiped the sweat from his forehead. He really didn't know why his master was so angry with Sha Zhu? Feeling a little scared, he quickly agreed with a smile.

"Oh, Master, what you said is so right. We must be filial to our parents in this world. Those who are not filial to their parents will be punished by God. We must also be filial to the elders in the courtyard. If we don't even take the elders into consideration, we will definitely suffer in the future. The elders have walked more roads than we have walked bridges, and the elders have eaten more salt than we have eaten rice."

Listening to his apprentice's passionate words, Yi Zhonghai was so satisfied. He wanted to pull the old lady in the backyard over, point at his nose and say, "Look, the person I, Yi Zhonghai, chose for retirement is the best. The idiot you chose is just shit. Well, even worse than shit!"

Yi Zhonghai was very satisfied with Jia Dongxu's attitude, and said with a smile, "Well, not bad. Dongxu, you are worthy of being the child I watched grow up. As a master, I am very touched. Dongxu, you must remember what you said today in the future. You can't just say it, you have to put it into practice."

Jia Dongxu smiled awkwardly. What he said just now was just a bluff. In order to please Yi Zhonghai, his mother once analyzed for him that Yi Zhonghai wanted her to take care of him in his old age. According to the four words of respecting the old and loving the young, there is no problem at all.

Jia Dongxu revealed his true colors. He first put on a bitter face and said, "Master, I came to your house today because I want your help with something. You also know that Director Wang asked our family to pay 375 yuan in compensation. I originally wanted to borrow some from you, but over the years, you have helped our Jia family enough, and I really can't ask for it."

"You know my mother. She values ​​money more than anything else. But if I don't pay the 375 yuan, Director Wang will definitely make trouble for me. I want to ask you to help my mother. If she doesn't pay the 375 yuan, these people in the yard will definitely drive our Jia family away. Master, please help me."

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but smile when he heard what Jia Dongxu said just now, especially when he heard that he had helped the Jia family a lot over the years. He nodded and said, "Dongxu, you are a very kind child. We are master and apprentice, and master and apprentice are like father and son. Now that you have spoken, how can I, as your master, not help?"

Bai Xiuying, who was standing next to him, also felt that Jia Dongxu seemed to have grown up, and was very satisfied. If Jia Dongxu could continue to live, he would not mind letting Jia Dongxu take care of them in their old age. Bai Xiuying said with a smile, "Zhonghai, you still have to help with this matter. Dongxu is right, we all know the character of the old sister-in-law. If the people in the courtyard are really irritated, it would be a bit bad if Dongxu was driven away."

Yi Zhonghai snorted coldly with a dark face and said, "I know these people in the courtyard. There is no good person in this courtyard, especially that ruthless and rich fool Zhuzi. Don't worry about this matter, Dongxu. You go home first. I will pack up and go to persuade my old sister-in-law."

Jia Dongxu nodded with a smile. Just before he entered the room, he thought again. The chances of his master lending him 400 yuan were very slim. It would be better to let his master persuade his mother to pay the 375 yuan. Anyway, Jia Dongxu felt that the chances of borrowing money from his master were very small.

In this case, it would be better not to ask for it. If I don't ask for it, there will still be some affection between me and my master. Although Jia Dongxu is not that smart, he knows that borrowing money once or twice is okay, but if Yi Zhonghai is really irritated, the affection between the two will definitely become shallow. Yi Zhonghai is a senior fitter in the factory and has a very high prestige in the factory.

Jia Dongxu still wanted his master to protect him in the factory, so he changed his strategy temporarily.