I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

After the visitor exchanged greetings for a while and left, Yi Zhonghai couldn't wait to ask the deaf old lady who this person was.

The deaf old lady simply replied to him that this man was the leader of her son's army. Her son died trying to save this leader, so this leader would come to visit her whenever he had time.

Yi Zhonghai thought that he had brought up the old lady's sad memories, so he avoided talking about this issue. But only the deaf old lady knew the details of what was going on.

The deaf old lady's hometown was outside the Great Wall. In the year of the September 18th Incident, her family fled to the Great Wall. On the way, she was separated from her husband and children due to banditry, and she was the only one begging all the way to the city of Sijiu.

Here she was alone and penniless, and fainted on the street from cold and hunger. A rickshaw driver happened to pass by and kindly rescued her and took her to his shabby straw hut.

This woman's wife had just died, and her son ran away to join the army a few years ago and has not been heard from since. The deaf old woman had nowhere to go, so she could only live with this woman. Although she lived a poor life, she finally had a home and was not starving or freezing to death.

Also for convenience, the deaf old lady took over the household registration of his recently deceased wife, and the two of them started living together.

Seventeen years of such an ordinary life passed, and in 1948, the city was peacefully liberated. That day, a group of soldiers came to my house!

The leader said that their son Xiao Chen used to be his guard and died in a battle to save him. He knew that Xiao Chen was the only son in the family, so he should take care of Xiao Chen's parents in the future.

At this time, Wobo was already terminally ill and died a few days after hearing the news. After Yang finished his funeral, he looked at the deaf old woman who was alone and helpless, and then looked at the grass hut with leaks everywhere. He took the deaf old woman to the newly established military control committee.

He told the Military Control Commission that this person was a relative of a martyred soldier in his army and that he would soon lead his troops to fight in the south, and he hoped that the Military Control Commission would take good care of him.

Therefore, the Military Control Commission applied for a five-guarantee status for the deaf old lady, allocated the two back rooms in the compound at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang to her, and processed a house deed for her.

She was the only one who knew that she had impersonated Xiao Chen's biological mother. If anyone investigated, she would definitely be exposed. Therefore, she never wanted to talk too much about this matter.

During the Spring Festival holiday, with the help of the deaf old lady, Sha Zhu slowly let go of his prejudice against Yi Zhonghai, and the two families began to interact again.

On the first day of work after the holiday, Yi Zhonghai called Shazhu and left without paying any attention to his apprentice. Seeing this, Jia Dongxu became even more flustered and hurriedly chased after him.

"Master, you didn't even call me when you came to work." Jia Dongxu chased up from behind and complained to Yi Zhonghai.

"Are your eyesight not good? Do you need me to call you every day for work?" Yi Zhonghai scolded him.

Yi Zhonghai is now extremely disappointed with this apprentice! He has been learning locksmithing from him for four years, but he has not learned any skills. Instead, he has learned everything by cheating and slacking off.

Among the young people who entered the factory at about the same time as him, none of them has better skills than him? If it weren't for his help, he wouldn't even be able to pass the first-level worker exam.

"Jia Dongxu, it's been two months since you borrowed money from me, and you said you would pay me back in a month, why don't you keep your word?" Seeing that he was squeezing him again, Sha Zhu pushed him and started to ask for the debt from him.

"Didn't we have to prepare for the New Year last month? I didn't take it into consideration. I will definitely pay you back next month. If you lend me another 100,000, I will pay you back next month." When Jia Dongxu saw Sha Zhu asking him for money, he not only made excuses, but also shamelessly asked to borrow money again.

"What's going on? Dongxu, I don't care about the mess you've done in the factory, but you can't cheat your neighbors in your courtyard. How much money did you borrow from Zhuzi? Pay him back a little bit every month in installments." Yi Zhonghai showed his authority as the manager, and the scale tilted towards Sha Zhu's side.

Jia Dongxu slowly fell behind the two men. He stared at their backs with vicious eyes. He had always been respectful to his master, but he didn't expect that his master would throw him aside like trash.

Paying back the money? This was never in his mind. He borrowed it with his own ability, why should he pay it back? Not only did he not pay it back, he had to find a way to get some more money from Sha Zhu.

He borrowed 200,000 yuan from Sha Zhu, and apart from spending some of it on himself, he used the rest to buy cloth to make a coat for his wife. He had already spent all the money!

Because of this, his mother Jia Zhang came to quarrel with him every day, which made him upset. He looked at the boiled cabbage on the New Year's Eve table, and for the first time he got angry in front of his mother Jia Zhang and wanted to take back Jia Zhang's housekeeping power. Since you don't do anything, then just don't care about anything.

He gives Jia Zhangshi 30,000 yuan in pension every month, and starting next month the management power will be handed over to his wife Qin Huairu.

Jia Zhang was still thinking about making trouble! Her son asked her to hand over all the money in the family. His father's life savings, including the compensation from the factory when he was injured at work, and the money he had saved in the past four years of working.

Jia Zhang suddenly became depressed! In order to protect her own capital, she could only agree to give up power to her daughter-in-law.

In the middle of the night, Jia Dongxu woke up because he had to pee. He put on his clothes and ran to the gable of his neighbor to pee. While peeing, he looked around the silent courtyard. Suddenly, he had an idea.

He quietly returned to his own home and fetched a flashlight from Jia Zhang's bedside. He then went out and pulled out a half-cut hacksaw blade from the crack in his own window sill. He walked along the corridor in the middle courtyard and tiptoed to the door of Sha Zhu's main room.

Jia Dongxu squatted down, inserted a half-cut hacksaw blade into the crack of the door, and began to gently push the bolt inside. After a while, the bolt inside was pushed open. He grabbed the door knocker with one hand and lifted it up, and gently pushed the door open with the other hand. He did all this without making any sound.

He tiptoed into the main hall of Sha Zhu's house and walked to the door of the inner room as if he was familiar with the way. He reached out and touched it, feeling very happy. The door of Sha Zhu's inner room was ajar, which saved him a lot of trouble.

Jia Dongxu listened attentively to the noise in the inner room, and only heard a slight snoring sound. He gently pushed open the half-closed door and slowly groped his way in. He took out a flashlight from his trouser pocket, covered it with his hand and turned it on, and a faint light shone from between his fingers.

With this little light, he could see clearly where Sha Zhu and his sister were sleeping. He reached out and touched under Sha Zhu's pillow! He and Sha Zhu had grown up together and he knew Sha Zhu's habit. He liked to hide change under his pillow before sleeping!

Unexpectedly, after searching for a long time, he found nothing. He shone a flashlight and searched several drawers in Shazhu's house, but still found nothing.

Where did this silly boy hide the money?

Jia Dongxu still didn't give up! He went to take the clothes that Sha Zhu had taken off and laid on the bed, and gently took them over. He searched through all of Sha Zhu's pockets, but only found 6,500 yuan in one of his trouser pockets.

Damn! Has this kid grown up?

Jia Dongxu was unwilling but helpless! He could only quietly retreat. The Shazhu brothers and sisters were still sleeping in the house, so he couldn't go to the trouble of searching the whole house for money.

I made a move tonight and got enough money for two packs of cigarettes? Damn it! When Shazhu and his sister are not at home, I will find a chance to go into the house and make up for the loss.

He closed the door of the main room quietly, returned to his west wing, put the flashlight back to its original position, went into the inner room, took off his clothes and went to sleep. His series of actions did not alarm his family.

The next morning, Sha Zhu woke up, holding a wash basin in his hand, yawning and about to open the door, but he saw that the door he had locked last night was now ajar.

He was suddenly startled, and his mind came to its full clarity. Someone broke into his house yesterday night, broke the door and bolted it!

He quickly ran into the inner room and leaned over to look under the bed to see where his money was. Everything was still intact and stuck to the bed! He felt relieved instantly.

He searched around the house to see if anything was missing. After a thorough check, he found that the 6,500 yuan in his trouser pocket was missing!

Sha Zhu's face darkened! He knew very well who had sneaked into his house to steal in the middle of the night. If he went to find him now, he would definitely not admit it without evidence.

He had to tell this to his uncle! He would have to be extra careful about this person in the future.