Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

As expected, the old deaf woman did not abandon Yi Zhonghai after her divorce, but Yi Zhonghai was very busy now. He was busy cleaning the factory and the courtyard every day. He was so tired that he smelled bad all over. How could he have the energy to take care of the old deaf woman's daily life?

So the old deaf woman also suffered a tragedy. She could no longer act arrogantly and had to get up and cook by herself, and wash dishes by herself. No one would take care of her life like Li Xiangyun did before.

No one in the yard liked this old deaf woman. No one wanted to pay attention to her. No matter how delicious food someone else had, no one would send her any. It could be said that the old deaf woman's quality of life plummeted. A few days after her divorce from Yi Zhonghai, her complexion was visibly not as rosy as before.

Soon, the next day after Jia Dongxu was buried, the police sent Qin Huairu the punishment decision on Jia Zhang, which was also the verdict.

Jia Zhang was convicted of insulting the relatives of martyrs, robbery, theft, and spreading feudal superstition, and was sentenced to multiple crimes. Although he was not taken to target practice, he was eventually sentenced to 25 years in prison. If nothing unexpected happens, the possibility of him coming back alive is basically close to zero.

Without the scourge of Jia Zhang, the yard became much quieter and more peaceful. At least the residents in the yard had less to worry about, as they no longer had to listen to Jia Zhang throwing tantrums and swearing in the yard.

For this, the people in the yard were quite grateful to Lin Geng. If Lin Geng had not insisted on sending Jia Zhang to jail, they would still be living with Jia Zhang's pig-slaughtering screams every day and under the control of Yi Zhonghai.

On the surface, after Jia Dongxu was buried, the courtyard became calm and peaceful, but beneath this calm, undercurrents were still surging.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong had been asking about Lin Geng's situation in the factory. They were very puzzled. Since Lin Geng had already completed the succession procedures at the factory, why had he not yet gone to work in the workshop? He still went to bed early and got up late in the courtyard every day. After getting up, he would wander around the yard or go fishing with his fishing gear.

In the evening, he would always ask Sha Zhu to come to his house to stew fish, or stir-fry a rabbit to go with the wine, and he would also invite Xu Damao to eat and drink together. Within a few days, Xu Damao and Sha Zhu had completely put aside their past grudges, and they would go in and out of the courtyard arm in arm every day, and go to work together talking and laughing, which made Yi Zhonghai very angry.

The two old thieves, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, are still unwilling to give up their evil intentions. They secretly contact some senior workers in the previous workshop who had a good relationship with them, complain to them, and spread the news that Lin Geng is violent by nature, does not respect the elderly in the yard, does not unite with neighbors, and bullies the weak, trying to ruin Lin Geng's reputation.

In this day and age, reputation is really important. If someone has a bad reputation, finding a wife will become a difficult problem. Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong have now experienced the feeling of having a bad reputation. Now they can only give up. Since their own reputations are ruined, they must also find ways to ruin Lin Geng's reputation.

However, what they wanted to do most was to contact the senior workers in the workshop and prevent Lin from learning any skills after he entered the workshop. He would only be an apprentice or a low-level worker like a first-level worker for his entire life, earning a meager salary and living an unhappy life.

But they waited and waited, but Lin Geng never went to the workshop to report for work. Every day they saw Lin Geng wandering around the courtyard, which made the two old men a little confused. They didn't know what Lin Geng wanted to do if he didn't go to the factory to work.

Lin Geng, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao kept their mouths shut this time. They did not mention a word about Lin Geng joining the purchasing department in the yard. The two old thieves were not welcome in the factory, so they could not find out any news about Lin Geng taking over. They could only hold their breath and wait for Lin Geng to enter the factory to work.

Early Sunday morning of the week when Jia Dongxu was hung on the wall, a military GAZ jeep appeared on the street outside the courtyard and stopped at the gate of the courtyard where Lin Geng was.

Yan Bugui, who was dedicated to guarding the gate every day, heard the horn of a car and hurried out of the yard to check the situation, but saw a strong young soldier in military uniform getting out of the car and walking towards him.

"Excuse me, is this No. 95, Nanluoguxiang?" The sturdy young soldier asked politely to Yan Bugui immediately after seeing Yan Bugui running out of the gate.

Yan Bugui looked at the young soldier and the GAZ jeep behind him in amazement. This car is now a symbol of status and not just any leader can ride in it. Basically, only senior officers in the army can ride in it. This made Yan Bugui very nervous.

"Yes, yes, this is No. 95 Nanluoguxiang!" Yan Bugui hurriedly nodded and bowed, smiling and answering the young soldier.

The young soldier smiled slightly when he heard this, and continued to ask Yan Bugui: "Then may I ask if Lin Geng lives in this courtyard? I want to find Lin Geng!"

Yan Bugui was even more surprised when he heard that the young soldier was actually here to look for Lin Geng. He had never seen anyone come to the yard to look for Lin Geng before, let alone someone from the military.

Moreover, the person who came today was riding in such a "high-end" jeep, which meant that the identity of this young soldier must be extraordinary. At the same time, he looked at this young soldier and felt more or less familiar with him.

However, Yan Bugui did not dare to ask around, and nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, you are here to look for Xiao Lin? He lives in the middle courtyard of our quadrangle. He happened to be at home today, and I didn't see him go out. I'll go call him out now!"

Upon hearing this, the young soldier quickly stopped Yan Bugui who was about to run into the yard, and said with a smile: "No need, as long as he is at home! I can go in and find him myself! Please wait for me for a moment, I will get something, please take me in to find him!"

When Yan Bugui heard this, he hurriedly stopped and agreed with a smile. His thin body was half bent, and he looked very humble, which looked a little funny.

The young soldier turned around and opened the car door. The driver also got out and took down a lot of gifts from the car, in big and small packages. No one knew what they were. It looked like there were cloth, snacks, candies, and oil paper packages that looked like cooked meat. There was also a large piece of thick and fat pork, which looked like it weighed at least ten pounds.

Yan Bugui's eyes widened and his face twitched. When had he ever seen so many gifts? And there was such a big piece of fat meat, which stunned him all of a sudden. He almost drooled from the corners of his mouth.

The young soldier and his driver brought a lot of gifts and the piece of fat meat, and said to Yan Bugui with a smile: "Then please lead the way for us to go in and find the Lin family!"

Yan Bugui stared blankly at the gifts in their hands. He was stunned for a moment. After hearing the young soldier's words, he reacted: "Oh...oh...! Come with me! I'll take you in to find Xiaolin!"

As he said this, he bent his waist, jogged along, gestured in front for them to come, and ran towards the yard with the young soldier and the driver.

Many people in the yard got up in the morning and were busy. At this time, many people heard the sound of a car outside the gate and were quite curious. The children ran towards the gate and met Yan Bugui and two soldiers who walked into the courtyard with large and small bags of gifts.