Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

Central Courtyard of Red Star Siheyuan,

The first uncle Yi Zhonghai, the second uncle Liu Haizhong and Sha Zhu hurried back to the yard as soon as they got off work.

The three of them went to each house to say hello, and each family sent one person to discuss some things.

Ever since Ye Wenwu reported the matter directly to the police station last time, Director Wang of the Street Office also gave them an order that the managers in the hospital were not allowed to hold hospital-wide meetings anymore.

So this time, the first uncle Yi Zhonghai, the second uncle Liu Haizhong and Sha Zhu discussed that everyone in the compound should get together and talk about things.

Some people got off work late and heard their wives say that Uncle Yi Zhonghai had something to ask everyone to go to the Intermediate Court. Regardless of whether he had been warned by Director Wang of the Street Office, he still had prestige over the years.

One person came from every household one after another.

"Uncle, do you think we should invite Ye Wenwu and his family over?"

Sha Zhu was a little unsure for a moment whether he should go to Ye Wenwu's house to notify them to come over.

Uncle Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment. After all, everyone in the compound was a suspect in the matter of Sha Zhu losing money. If Ye Wenwu was not called over, everyone might have doubts in their hearts.

"Silly Zhu, then go and see for yourself. If someone calls you over, they can come if they want to, and forget it if they don't want to. Just don't get into a conflict with them."

Yi Zhonghai was afraid that Sha Zhu would anger the two Ye brothers, and then Sha Zhu would suffer alone.

Sha Zhu nodded and ran over. After all, it was his own business. He didn’t have to worry about it himself, so why should he rely on others?

Although the first uncle Yi Zonghai and the second uncle Liu Haizhong had been running around for him on this matter, he knew in his heart that if he really solved the matter, he would have to treat the two uncles to a meal and a drink.

Sha Zhu ran to the door of Ye Wenwu's house, but found that Ye Wenwu's door was not open and was locked. He could only run back in disappointment.

Ye Wenwu and his cousin Zhang Xingbang bought some vegetables outside. After all, eating out every day was a bit unbearable, so they thought of cooking something at home.

When we returned to the front yard of Hongxing Siheyuan, we found that the middle yard of Hongqing Siheyuan was full of chatter, as if there were a lot of people gathered there.

"Cousin, how about we go take a look?"

Seeing that there was something exciting to watch, cousin Zhang Xingbang was a little tempted, but thinking about the situation of his two brothers in the courtyard, he was not sure whether he could go.

Ye Wenwu was also a little curious, thinking that Sha Zhu had just lost 600 yuan this morning, and the third uncle Yan Bugui was not at the door today, so they might be in the central courtyard.

"Cousin, let's go take a look together. As for eating, there's no rush."

When Zhang Xinbang heard his cousin Ye Wenwu say that he could go and take a look, he quickly put his bicycle next to the corridor, locked it up, picked up two small stools at the door, and ran towards the central courtyard.

Ye Wenwu shook his head. His cousin's movements were so skillful.

As expected, our Chinese people still love to watch the fun, both men and women.

When Sha Zhu saw that Ye Wenwu and the others had not returned, he had no choice but to go back.

Uncle Yi Zhonghai saw Sha Zhu coming back alone and guessed what was going on with him, but he didn't say anything.

"Everyone, be quiet. What I am talking about today is related to our compound. In fact, it also concerns everyone in our compound."

"Several people should have discovered this this morning. Shazhu's money is gone, and it's a full 600 yuan."

After the uncle Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he looked around at everyone. He wanted to see if there was anyone in the crowd who felt guilty.

Everyone started chattering, after all, 600 yuan is not a small amount of money.

What's more, this kind of thing hasn't happened in their Hongxing Courtyard for more than ten years. Everyone was wondering who was so bold as to steal so much money.

But everyone became alert. After all, this man dared to take 600 yuan, let alone them?

"There hasn't been an affair in our compound for more than ten years, and no outsiders came into our compound last night, so the thief must be from our unit. I believe you stole the money because you were distracted for a while. As long as you are willing to come forward, I, Yi Zhonghai, will forgive you for what happened."

Although Uncle Yi Zhonghai said this, he actually did not have any hope for this matter.

After all, this person even stole 600 yuan, it is impossible for him to be so stupid as to stand up on his own initiative.

Sha Zhu also looked at everyone nervously, but he did not agree with what the uncle Yi Zhonghai said.

If this thief really dared to come forward, he could let him go if he was stupid, but he would definitely beat him up to vent his anger.

Unfortunately, everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to step forward.

Ye Wenwu also heard their conversation at this time and burst out laughing.

When everyone heard that someone actually laughed in such a serious situation, they wanted to see who was so bold.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the Ye brothers sitting on small stools at the door.

Uncle Yi Zhonghai frowned. He had suffered too much at the hands of Ye Wenwu. He did not dare to reprimand Ye Wenwu directly for a moment. He could only ask in a calm tone:

"Ye Wenwu, what's so funny about this? You actually find it funny that Sha Zhu lost 600 yuan, which is such an important thing."

Ye Wenwu smiled and shook his head, with a look of disdain in his eyes, which made everyone a little angry.

"No, I'm saying, are you all bored? What does it have to do with you that Shazhu lost 600 yuan? If the cardholder lost 600 yuan, he should report it directly to the police station and let the police investigate the matter."

"Besides, they dared to steal 600 yuan, so why would they care whether to stand up or not? If I had invested the 600 yuan, I would be stupid enough to stand up. Moreover, this matter was only discovered in the morning. Isn't it a bit too late to discuss it in the evening? I don't know who came up with this method. Doesn't this give the thief time to arrogantly transfer the stolen goods?"

Ye Wenwu was not polite and laid all the problems out in the open one by one.

Everyone was looking at Ye Wenwu with some anger at first, but after hearing what Ye Wenwu said, they all felt that it made sense.

Normally these small matters were handled by the uncles in charge in the courtyard, but Director Wang from the subdistrict office had already warned the people in their compound, so this time they came here on their own initiative.

No one wanted to let this happen to them, and everyone felt that what Ye Wenwu said made a lot of sense. Why didn't he call the police when he found out in the morning? Did he have some other ideas?