Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

It was Monday again, and when Liu Guozheng passed by Yard 95, he heard a fierce quarrel coming from inside. He couldn't help but wonder what happened in this yard.

"Brother Zheng, let's go watch the fun." Lou Xiao'e got out of the car excitedly, and the two little girls in the car followed her in excitedly. Even if Liu Guozheng didn't want to watch the fun, there was nothing he could do. Liu Guozheng didn't want the two little girls to get hurt. After all, no one could tell what was going on inside.

The central courtyard was crowded with people, most of whom were unemployed housewives. At this moment, they were gathered in front of Yi Zhonghai's house, talking at once and pointing inside from time to time.

"Aunt Xu, what happened?" Lou Xiao'e, holding her child, saw Li Jinzhi (Xu Damao's mother) who also had a child behind the crowd.

"Hey, Guozheng, Xiao'e, you are here too." As soon as Li Jinzhi saw them, she immediately greeted them enthusiastically, with a gossipy look on her face.

Liu Guozheng had just exchanged a few pleasantries when he learned a shocking piece of news from Li Jinzhi, news that he could hardly believe.

He originally thought that Yi Zhonghai was just digging a hole to trick people, but he didn't expect that he was still a little conservative. It turned out that Yi Zhonghai was digging a "cemetery"! Liu Haizhong and his son, Yan Bugui and his son, Cui Dake, and Li Huaide, who had just taken power again, were buried together. It must be said that Yi Zhonghai was really ruthless.

Li Jinzhi described it vividly, saying that the incident happened yesterday morning and the person was buried in the afternoon, focusing on simplicity and speed.

The two people arguing at this moment were Wu Airong and Yang Ruihua, and they were arguing over the division of Yi Zhonghai's house.

In their logic, all of Yi Zhonghai's property should be used to compensate for the losses of their two families. The key is how to divide it. Everyone wants to get more, everyone wants to take advantage, and no one wants to suffer losses. After all, in this storm, both families paid a painful price.

After all the talk, both of them were very excited and were about to start fighting.

The two of them were arguing with each other, spitting everywhere, which made Liu Guozheng shake his head. He could not see any sadness on either of their faces, and there was only desire for Yi Zhonghai's property in their eyes.

However, Liu Guozheng didn't understand why Yi Zhonghai didn't just marry Yang Ruihua. You know, it was Yang Ruihua who directly framed Tan Guihua. This was really hard to understand.

Suddenly, there was a commotion: "Director Zhang is here, everyone please make way."

Liu Guozheng turned around and saw Zhang Xia, the director of Hongxing Subdistrict Office, walking over with a sullen face, followed by several staff members of the Subdistrict Office. Seeing Liu Guozheng, Zhang Xia forced out a smile that was uglier than crying and reluctantly greeted him.

Seeing this, Wu Airong and Yang Ruihua stopped arguing and hurried over, wanting Director Zhang to make a decision for them on how to divide the house.

However, Zhang Xia's words stunned everyone.

"Yi Zhonghai's house was donated to the street office a long time ago. I came here today to deal with this matter." Zhang Xia said expressionlessly.

Zhang Xia knew what kind of people lived in Yard 95, especially the Yan and Liu families. There would definitely be a dispute over Yi Zhonghai's house. She came today to let the two families know that Yi Zhonghai's house already belonged to the street office.

Wu Airong and Yang Ruihua were immediately upset. They shouted that their family should be compensated and accused the street office of bullying them.

Zhang Xia was too lazy to talk nonsense with them and directly took out the transfer certificate. The date on it was last month, which was mid-May. Wu Airong and Yang Ruihua were completely dumbfounded. The house issue was hopeless. It seemed that Yi Zhonghai had already made preparations and would never let them get compensation.

They were unwilling to give up and asked about Yi Zhonghai's savings. Zhang Xia did not hide anything and said directly: "Yi Zhonghai's savings were all withdrawn last month. As for where the money went, no one knows except himself."

After hearing this, Wu Airong and Yang Ruihua rushed to the police station like crazy. They were determined to pry the money out of Yi Zhonghai's mouth and find out where the money went. They couldn't let their families die in vain without even getting any compensation.

As soon as the protagonist left, the crowd of onlookers also dispersed. Liu Guozheng and Lou Xiaoe also returned to the office.

Who would have thought that just as he made a cup of hot tea and was about to enjoy a moment of peace, he received a call from the detention center saying that Yi Zhonghai wanted to see him.

"Master Yi, why are you doing this?" Liu Guozheng walked into the meeting room, and after seeing Yi Zhonghai, he couldn't help but sighed and said.

"My life is over and there is nothing to hope for. I'll commit suicide. I can't do it myself, so this is the only way. I can get rid of my enemies and free myself, killing two birds with one stone." Yi Zhonghai said calmly, without a trace of panic on his face. It was obvious that he had prepared himself mentally. He thought that eating a peanut and leaving without any pain was the ending he wanted.

"Liu Guozheng, I want to ask you a favor. Can you help me be buried with Guihua?" Yi Zhonghai looked at Liu Guozheng with earnest eyes.

"Well, OK, I'll make the arrangements, don't worry." Liu Guozheng did not refuse. This was Yi Zhonghai's last request. Considering that he donated 5,000 yuan before his death, he had to help him with this matter anyway. After all, when a person dies, it's like a light goes out, and all the grievances and hatreds in his life go with the wind.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." After hearing the answer he wanted to hear, Yi Zhonghai finally felt relieved and kept saying thank you.

"Master Yi, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?" Liu Guozheng asked again before leaving.

"If possible, I would like to have another glass of your good wine and eat a bite of braised beef. I want to eat my fill before going to look for Guihua, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with her." There was longing in Yi Zhonghai's low tone. Perhaps at the end of his life, he truly realized that for so many years, he had ignored his wife's feelings for the sake of his so-called retirement issues. He wanted to "catch up" with his wife as soon as possible so that he would have someone to accompany him on the road to the underworld so that he would not be alone.

"No problem." Liu Guozheng nodded in agreement.

"Liu Guozheng, how do you think others will view me? Are they discussing what kind of person I am? What do you think of me?" Yi Zhonghai suddenly asked when they were about to leave.

"An ordinary person." Liu Guozheng answered indifferently. He did not look back and walked out of the detention center with a sigh.

Yi Zhonghai savored the three words "ordinary people" and his eyes gradually sparkled. Yes, after all, he was just an ordinary person, with joys and sorrows, hatred and resentment, good thoughts and evil thoughts.

Speaking of this, who is not an ordinary person?