I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

Yi Zhonghai helped the deaf old lady to the back room. Everything that happened tonight made him lose his reputation in front of all the residents in the compound. If the old lady hadn't come to plead for him, he would still be squatting in the police station.

"Zhong Hai! What you did tonight was biased. Think about it yourself. Do you think it's inappropriate to do so? I know you have been looking for an opportunity to suppress the Xu family, but others will only think that you are biased towards your apprentice's family."

The two returned to the back room, and the deaf old lady began to educate Yi Zhonghai earnestly.

"I was wrong this time, old lady! I thought the person involved was a little girl and she would surrender after a little intimidation. But I didn't expect that the girl was so sharp-tongued and more difficult to deal with than her father." Yi Zhonghai began to reflect on himself.

"You can't treat her as an ordinary little girl! She started school at the age of six. I heard Wang Suying talking to her neighbors in the backyard. Her daughter is going to high school this year. Have you ever seen a thirteen-year-old high school student?" the deaf old lady introduced.

"Look at her demeanor. I've only seen it in some daughters of officials before. If she didn't live under my nose every day, I would have thought she was switched. Judging from this girl's face, she will be extremely rich throughout her life. The Xu couple has benefited from this girl's luck. Don't you think that the Xu couple have changed over the years?" The old deaf woman is still very experienced. She almost exposed Jingyi's past.

"I admit that this girl is smarter than others, but not as much as you say. This time she almost made me lose face. Unless her Xu family does nothing wrong, I will definitely pay it back." Yi Zhonghai felt so angry when he thought of his predicament just now.

"If his eldest son lives here, there will be a lot of opportunities. I heard that the Xu family now listens to this girl. Do you think you can find any good opportunities? Your top priority is to win over Sha Zhuzi. Yu Shui is too close to that girl. This will be very disadvantageous to you!" The deaf old lady analyzed to Yi Zhonghai.

"Shazhu is already 23 years old. Since you have chosen him as your old-age caretaker, help him get married early. Find someone who knows you well and has a gentler personality so that you can control him." The deaf old lady gave him some advice.

"Okay! I'll let Shufen take her time to look for someone. Appearance is not important, as long as the person has good character."

Seeing the deaf old lady begin to doze off with her eyes closed, Yi Zhonghai said goodbye and left. In a short while, all the residents in the compound had turned off the lights and gone to sleep, and only the west wing of the middle courtyard was still lit. Standing in the moon-shaped doorway in the backyard, one could hear the ghostly groans of Jia Zhang.

She was in such a state of discomfort! After lying on the bed for a while, she suddenly felt chest tightness and shortness of breath. She had no choice but to get up and walk around the room. This was almost killing her!

She didn't gain anything tonight, and her coccyx was injured again, causing excruciating pain, and no amount of painkillers could help.

She was tossing and turning in the outer room! Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu in the inner room couldn't fall asleep at all.

"Mom, if you feel uncomfortable, just go for a walk in the yard and don't bother me, okay? I have to go to work tomorrow." Jia Dongxu couldn't help but complain to his mother.

"You useless thing! Your mother fell and broke her bones, but you didn't even think of standing up for me." Jia Zhang was full of anger, and she yelled towards the inner room.

"How can I help you if you slipped by yourself? I'm a grown man, I can't just go up and beat Xu Yueling up!" Jia Dongxu yawned and replied helplessly.

Jia Zhang looked out the window at the dark courtyard! Since I can't sleep, let everyone in the middle courtyard come out to accompany me. No one should sleep!

She left her west wing, walked into the yard and started howling like a ghost. The neighbors in the middle yard were all awakened by the sound, which was so scary!

Some people started to curse her loudly for being sick! Most people, like Yi Zhonghai, found something to plug their ears and continued to sleep. Anyway, no one in the courtyard came out to accompany Jia Zhang's nonsense! When she was exhausted, she would naturally go back.

In just one week, Jia Zhang had lost a lot of weight. It was so frustrating not being able to lie down or sit!

In addition, Qin Huairu was close to her due date and had no energy to take care of Jia Zhangshi. The life of the Jia family was a mess!

In August, Qin Huairu gave birth to a girl. Jia Zhangshi looked disgusted. Just raise her like a kitten or a puppy! She was named Xiaodang.

At this time, it was the period of the Great Steel Production Campaign, and the Street Office issued a task that each household must hand in 15 kilograms of scrap iron. The residents of the Siheyuan Steel Mill set their sights on the scrap yard.

But the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill had already taken precautions against this, and had stepped up security at the scrap yard and had strict security checks at the entrance and exit.

Scrap iron suddenly became a hot commodity! Every nook and cranny of the alleys was filled with people searching for scraps.

Jingyi took Yushui to the Dongzhimen moat. She turned on the X-ray function and searched along the river bank. As long as she found any iron products, she would use strong magnets to salvage them.

This strong magnet is a super-modern item she bought on a shopping platform. She could only remind Yu Shui that it was a loan from her and she must not tell anyone else.

There is a lot of scrap metal at the bottom of the moat! Some of it is very old and buried deep in the mud, and can't be sucked out by strong magnets. At this time, we need her collection function!

This must have been a battlefield in modern times! Jingyi had already salvaged several iron pipes of the same shape, which were obviously rusted old-fashioned rifle barrels.

At this time, Yu Shui came running over excitedly with a lump of mud in his arms, saying that he had dug it up from the river bank. It was very heavy, weighing more than ten pounds.

Jingyi used the scanning function to read the information of the mud lump, and she was shocked on the spot.

Name: 90mm mortar shell (obsolete).

Year: 1930.

Value: None.

Seeing the words "invalid" at the back, she breathed a sigh of relief! If this thing exploded, it would be unimaginable.

But this thing cannot be taken back as scrap metal. If it explodes in the steel furnace, it will be a matter of life and death.

"That's enough! We don't want this thing anymore. Throw it away!" Jingyi gave an order, and Yushui threw the mud lump on the river bank.

The amount of scrap metal handed over by the two families was enough, and the two little girls each carried a corner of the sack and walked back. The strong magnetism had been taken back to the post station warehouse by Jingyi!

I had just come up from the river bank and hadn't taken two steps when I ran into the two brothers of the Yan family in the front yard. I heard that the scrap iron in the sack was picked up by the two girls from the river bank, so the two brothers of the Yan family also ran down the river bank.

After returning to the courtyard, Jingyi handed the sack to Yushui and went back first. She and Yi Zhonghai don't like each other now!

The scrap metal needed to be weighed and checked by the uncle in charge, so Yu Shui called the three uncles over. Yan Bugui brought a beam scale from home, checked it first, then hung the sack with a hook and weighed it. It was over 30 kilograms, and the task of collecting the scrap metal for the He and Xu families was completed.

There was a shabby gatehouse in the front yard, which served as a warehouse for storing scrap metal. Yi Zhonghai opened the door with a key, and Liu Haizhong carried a torn sack and dumped the scrap metal into the warehouse.

The front yard was filled with neighbors who came to watch the fun, all wondering who could hand in more tasks so they could take advantage.

"Uncle, how much rainwater did we pay just now? The excess will be on my family's shoulders!" Jia Zhang's loud voice rang out.

Before Yan Bugui could reply her, she saw her second son Yan Jiefang running back excitedly holding a lump of mud.

"Dad! Our mission is also accomplished! Look, this thing alone weighs more than ten kilograms."

Yan Bugui took it and weighed it. The amount was just right.

"Old Yan, you have to be careful when doing things for the government. Look, this thing is covered in mud, and we don't know if it's iron or not?" Yi Zhonghai supervised from the side.

"Then I'll remove the outer layer of mud and see."

Yan Bugui held the lump of mud in his hands and knocked it on the bluestone in the yard. The neighbors gathered around, wondering what was wrapped inside.