Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

Li Bowen and He Yuzhu happily ran to the tricycle and counted the eggs on the ground.

One egg could make Yi Zhonghai more than a dime. Now the two of them wished that all the eggs in the cart were broken. They rummaged around on the ground and crushed the eggs that were not broken with their hands and counted them.

"Uncle, I've counted them. There are thirty-six in total!"

"Okay, Lao Yi, pay, a total of seven dollars and twenty cents, and everything on the ground will be yours!"

What's the point of that? It was already broken into pieces and covered in dirt. Li Bowen and the other man were scratching at the ground. It would be strange if they still wanted it.

After returning home and getting the money, Yi Zhonghai threw it to Li Dahai and snorted coldly: "Dongxu, Huairu, help your mother walk!"

Li Dahai gave the money to Li Bowen and went back to the house. The parties involved had left, and everyone was ready to disperse. He Yuzhu walked up to Yan Bugui and said, "Third uncle, you are really good. You turned against us at the last minute. You are really good!"

Yan Bugui looked embarrassed: "Zhu Zi, I..."

"No, don't explain. I will definitely give you the thing. You can handle it from now on!" After saying that, he left without looking back.

Li Bowen had no idea what was going on with these two people. He just took a look and turned back to his back room. Now was not the time to divide the money, so he could only wait until tomorrow.

Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongxu and the other two returned to the middle courtyard and walked into the Jia family's door angrily: "Jia Zhang, Jia Zhang, tell me what you did, you stole eggs and you were caught, are you so short of money?"

"It's all because of that Yan Bugui who howled like that, and also because of that bastard Sha Zhu. Ouch, it hurts so much!" Jia Zhang did not reflect on her own behavior at all, but blamed others instead.

Jia Dongxu's face was not looking good either: "Mom, how can you be like this? We are all from the same courtyard, and you went to steal. How can Huairu and I hold our heads up in the courtyard in the future!"

"What's wrong? Have I embarrassed you? I just want my grandson to have something good to eat!"

"Alright, alright, Jia Zhang, I'm warning you, if you dare to do this kind of thing again, I will not care about your business!" Yi Zhonghai was not only scolded, but also lost more than seven dollars. He was very unhappy now, but Jia Zhang was still quibbling.

"Master, I'm sorry to have troubled you with my family's affairs!"

"Oh, forget it. After all, I am your master!" Seeing Jia Dongxu, Yi Zhonghai's anger subsided a lot. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's leave it at that. It's getting late. I'm going back. If your mother is still in pain tomorrow, take her to the clinic."

"Okay, I got it. Master, I'll take you there!"

Yi Zhonghai returned home, closed the door, poured himself a glass of water and sat on a chair. An old lady came over and said, "Old Yi, is it worth it for you to fight against Li Dahai in the front yard for that Jia Zhang?"

"Humph, if it was just Jia Zhang, I wouldn't care about her life or death. I'm doing this for Dongxu. We're counting on him to take care of us in our old age. Helping him is helping ourselves. But I didn't expect that Li Dahai, who usually doesn't say much, would do this to me today."

The lady replied: "Can't you see that? Li Bowen is the lifeblood of Old Li. He has to step up when it comes to Li Bowen. You shouldn't provoke him like that!"

"Well, indeed. In the future, we must pay more attention to Li Bowen and try to keep him from interfering in the affairs of the courtyard. We can't have another fourth uncle!" Yi Zhonghai nodded. Li Dahai, like him, attached great importance to caring for the elderly. The difference is that Li Bowen is his nephew and he will take care of him no matter what. But he only has an apprentice and he has to take good care of him.

The next morning, after breakfast, Li Bowen waited for Sha Zhu to come over, and then the two of them pushed the cart back to the steel mill to report.

It didn't really matter if there were a few more or less eggs. When they arrived at the logistics warehouse, they were weighed and reported to the finance department. After taking the list to the finance department for settlement and receiving the reserve fund, Li Bowen had nothing to do. He wandered around the department, had lunch in the cafeteria, and went home in the afternoon.

When it was almost midnight, I heard He Yuzhu's voice from under the wall outside my room: "Bo Wen, Bo Wen, come and open the door!"

After putting on a vest, Li Bowen ran out to open the door. He opened the door a crack and He Yuzhu flashed in. The two of them entered Li Bowen's house quietly: "Are all sold?"

He Yuzhu bared his teeth and said, "I sold one basket of pigeons at 32 cent each. People went crazy trying to buy them. I don't know why there are so many rich people! I'll sell the other basket at another pigeon market tomorrow! Here, this is yuan for today!"

Li Bowen took it, counted out a few and handed them back: "I buy eggs for 5 cents each. We will split the money we earned last night in half, giving you 2 yuan. Today's profit will still be divided into 7% and 4%, giving you 8 yuan, a total of 7 yuan! You count it!"

"Hehehe! No need to count!" He Yuzhu took it and put it in his pocket without hesitation.

Li Bowen was still a little curious about what happened yesterday: "What happened yesterday? Did Jia Zhang offend you?"

He Yuzhu told the story again, and finally complained: "Who knew that the third uncle would turn against us in the end? How unkind!"

"Don't you know the Third Uncle? He only takes advantage without suffering any loss. Do you think he would do something that would obviously offend the First Uncle and the Jia and Zhang families? It's better to offend you than the First Uncle." Li Bowen analyzed to him.

"Then isn't he afraid of offending your family?" He Yuzhu asked doubtfully.

"Usually my uncle and the third uncle have a good relationship. He must have thought that my uncle would not bother with him about this matter. I guess he has already explained it to my uncle during the day."

He Yuzhu nodded, and thought it should be so, but he was still indignant: "That's right, but wait and see, there will be plenty of opportunities to deal with this Yan Laoxi in the future."

Thinking of the incident where He Yuzhu stole a bicycle wheel, Li Bowen reminded him, "Don't think of harming others without benefiting yourself. I guess Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu hate you to death now and are waiting to find fault with you."

"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid. I won't let them catch me."

Seeing that He Yuzhu really said it, Li Bowen didn't say anything else.

After He Yuzhu left, Li Bowen closed the door and lay back on the bed, but he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

He simply reentered his own space with the intention of counting the items again, but after entering, he discovered that the white mist in the space had undergone significant changes.

It has become much dimmer, and I can vaguely see the things inside. It is also a stall, about the same size as mine, but there is nothing in the stall, it is just empty.

This made Li Bowen a little confused. Since there was nothing there, what was the use of having this thing appear in the space?