Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

After learning that Lin Geng would forgive him if he paid him fifty yuan in compensation, Sha Zhu agreed without hesitation, told He Yushui where the money was hidden at home, asked He Yushui to go home and get the money to give to Lin Geng, asked Lin Geng to write him a letter of forgiveness, and then asked the police to release him.

He knew very well that if he was sentenced, he would certainly lose his iron rice bowl at the steel rolling mill. Not only would he lose his iron rice bowl, but he still loved his sister He Yushui at that time. He was afraid that after he went to jail, the people in the yard would bully Yushui, and Yushui would not be able to continue her studies. She would probably be bullied to death or starved to death.

Originally, the brother and sister had lost their parents and grew up relying on each other. He still remembered to take care of his sister and had not yet completely become Qin Huairu's loyal and brainless bootlicker.

So he agreed readily and was quite grateful to Lin Geng for his magnanimity towards him.

After Yu Shui found out where Sha Zhu hid the money, she immediately ran home to get the money for Lin Geng. At this time, the first aunt, the second aunt and Qin Huairu also came to the police station crying.

The three women asked to see their men at the police station, saying that Lin Geng asked them to come and discuss with their men how to compensate Lin Geng and get his forgiveness.

Although Deputy Director Li hated these beasts very much, after thinking about it, he took into account that Lin Geng was now alone and would need some money to live a better life in the future. Instead of sentencing these beasts to heavy sentences and sending them to jail, it would be better to let them pay more money to Lin Geng, which would be more beneficial to Lin Geng.

So after thinking about it, Deputy Director Li agreed to take Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Jia Dongxu out of the detention room and let them see their women.

Let's not talk about how the aunties discussed with their respective men on how to compensate Lin Geng, over there He Yushui quickly ran back to the courtyard, and dug out the money saved by Sha Zhu from his room. After counting, she found that her silly brother only had 50 yuan saved, not a penny more. She didn't know where his monthly salary went. She guessed that he "lent" it all to Qin Huairu, right?

So He Yushui angrily took the money and took it to the Lin family and gave it to Lin Geng.

Lin Geng had already prepared a letter of apology for Sha Zhu. He took the fifty yuan, rubbed Yu Shui's head and said with a smile, "Okay, Yu Shui, give it to the public security comrades! I asked your brother for fifty yuan, you won't hate me, right?"

He Yushui said to Lin Geng with a grateful look on his face: "Of course not! It's only because my silly brother is too stupid. He deserves it if you ask him to pay you. Besides, if he doesn't pay you the money, he will spend it all sooner or later and give it to the sister-in-law of the Jia family next door!"

After hearing this, Lin Geng's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't expect that Jia Dongxu was not dead yet and Sha Zhu had not completely turned into Qin Huairu's bootlicker, but the little girl He Yushui had already realized that her brother might be sucked dry by Qin Huairu!

It can be seen that He Yushui is indeed a very smart girl. Then why did she become Qin Huairu's accomplice in the plot later, standing on Qin Huairu's side everywhere, PUA Sha Zhu, and pushing Sha Zhu into Qin Huairu's fire pit?

Looking at He Yushui's back as he thanked him and happily turned away with the letter of apology, Lin Geng touched the stubble that had begun to grow on his chin, rubbed his chin and began to think.

After thinking about it, he suddenly understood why He Yushui would help Qin Huairu to cheat her brother Shazhu in the future!

In fact, He Yushui is not stupid at all, nor has she been successfully brainwashed by Qin Huairu, the green tea bitch. Instead, she has already seen clearly that her brother is willing to be Qin Huairu's licker.

At that time, she had not yet graduated from high school and still needed Sha Zhu to support her. Although she was extremely dissatisfied with Sha Zhu giving all the good things and money to Qin Huairu, and was willing to be sucked dry by Qin Huairu without asking for anything in return, she still needed Sha Zhu to support her through high school so that she could find a job to support herself after graduation.

Before this, no matter what she said, Sha Zhu would not listen to her. It was even possible that because of her hostility towards Qin Huairu, Sha Zhu would ignore her. In that case, He Yushui would most likely lose her source of livelihood and be forced to drop out of school.

So after seeing through Sha Zhu's nature as a bootlicker, He Yushui might be completely disappointed with Sha Zhu. Rather than being enemies with Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, and finally being abandoned by Sha Zhu after Qin Huairu's brainwashing, it would be better for him to join the fight if he can't beat them, stand on Qin Huairu's side, and help Qin Huairu PUA his Sha Zhu in order to protect himself.

This is also the reason why He Yushui basically never went back to the Siheyuan to see Sha Zhu after she got married. It was probably because she completely hated this stupid brother who didn't even care about her own sister for the sake of Qin Huairu, the young widow, and was completely disappointed in Sha Zhu!

Therefore, the IQ of this little girl He Yushui should definitely not be underestimated. She is not at all like the silly girl who foolishly helped Qin Huairu to PUA Sha Zhu as shown later in the plot.

After realizing this, Lin Geng shook his head gently and said in a voice that only he could hear: "It seems that we really can't underestimate anyone! I didn't expect that this little girl, Yu Shui, could be so treacherous at such a young age!"

However, he didn't think there was anything wrong with He Yushui's behavior. It was all Sha Zhu's own fault, so he deserved it. Besides, He Yushui had never harmed anyone else. She was just trying to protect herself and to take revenge on Sha Zhu.

As for who is good to her and who is bad to her, this little girl can still tell the difference.

Not long after, Xu Damao ran to the central courtyard and called Lin Geng to come over for dinner. Lin Geng didn't hesitate and followed Xu Damao to his house.

Xu Damao was not stingy. This kid now works as a projectionist in a steel mill. His monthly salary is not lower than Sha Zhu's. Moreover, both his parents are working and can earn money. They will help him from time to time. As long as he doesn't spend his salary recklessly, he will never be able to spend it all by himself.

The prices at that time were really low, especially for daily necessities and food. The prices were really not high, but you needed a ticket. If you had money but no ticket, sometimes you would be left with nothing, unless you paid a high price to go to the pigeon market to exchange things. However, the prices would definitely be much more expensive than buying them in normal supply and marketing cooperatives and stores.

Today, Xu Damao saw Lin Geng personally take care of the gang in the yard, especially beating up his old enemy Sha Zhu, kicking him unconscious, and sending Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady to jail. He felt so good.

So he was very generous. He ran out and got back a chicken. He chopped half of it to stew with mushrooms and stir-fried the remaining half. He was also very generous and got back a grass carp to roast. Although his cooking skills were not as good as Sha Zhu's, as a home-cooked dish, Xu Damao's skills were acceptable.

In addition, Xu Damao also fried some peanuts and shredded potatoes with vinegar. This meal was really quite sumptuous for the two of them.

Moreover, Xu Damao was very generous and took out a bottle of Fenjiu, opened it and poured a full cup for Lin Geng and himself. The two were about to start drinking when Yan Bugui's voice was heard outside the door.

Damao! I heard that Xiaolin came to your place, so I brought a bottle of wine to apologize to Xiaolin. What do you think?

Xu Damao was a little unhappy when he heard that Yan Bugui came uninvited, but now Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong were both sent to prison by Lin Geng, and he estimated that their positions as the first and second uncles might not be kept anymore. Yan Bugui was the only one left in the courtyard, so he didn't want to offend Yan Bugui again.

So he glanced at Lin Geng, and Lin Geng grinned evilly. It was until Yan Bugui saw Xu Damao going out to buy chickens and fish just now, and he was greedy, so he wanted to take the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Although he disliked Yan Bugui in the plots he watched in later generations, he did not have too much resentment towards Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui was indeed very calculating and liked to take advantage of the neighbors in the yard. To put it bluntly, when a manure cart passed by the door, he wanted to stop it to taste the saltiness, which really seemed too petty.

However, Lin Gengye could understand why Yan Bugui did this, because Yan Bugui's life was really not easy. He was just an elementary school teacher, and his salary was only about 30 yuan a month, and he had no other income. However, he had three sons and one daughter. This family of six depended on his salary and some matchboxes that the third aunt got from the street office to make a little money by making matchboxes to support the family.

Thirty yuan is enough to support a family of six, which is just above the poverty line of five yuan per person. If you don't budget carefully, you really can't make ends meet.

What's more, he also needs to save money for his sons to get married and find jobs in the future, so he has to be more careful with his money. So when he became too calculating, he became as calculating as he is now.