Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

On the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, after the New Year holiday, everyone went to work full of energy again.

The Xu family father and son in the backyard were different. They all had dark bags under their eyes, but they looked extremely energetic and looked abnormal at first glance.

When Xu Damao passed by the central courtyard, he saw Yi Zhonghai and even sneered. He was slapped from behind by Xu Fugui and ran out reluctantly.

"Old Yi, Damao is holding his anger. You won't care about it, right?" Xu Fugui said to Yi Zhonghai with a forced smile.

Yi Zhonghai smiled and said, "Da Mao is still young, how can I bother with him?"

Xu Fugui snorted coldly, turned around and left.

Xiao Li was standing at the door eating steamed bread. He watched the Xu family father and son walk away. Yi Zhonghai was also getting ready to go to work. Then he followed them and called out, "Uncle."

Jia Dongxu, who was following behind, was a little unhappy, but he couldn't say anything, because they were not the only master and disciple who could take this road.

Yi Zhonghai was quite curious. Didn't Xiao Li have no contact with him? Why did he come up to greet him now?

Xiao Li glanced at Jia Dongxu and said to Yi Zhonghai, "Uncle, can I have a word with you?"

Jia Dongxu froze for a moment, then said very considerately, "Master, I'll go to the factory first and clean it up."

Yi Zhonghai nodded: "Then you go first, I'll be there soon."

The two walked in silence for a few steps before Xiao Li organized his words and said, "I wonder if the old man has heard anything about me in the yard these days."

Yi Zhonghai was thinking, maybe the old man Yan in the front yard calculated the family assets of this kid and found something wrong. Could it be that it was Yan who asked him for hush money last night? Otherwise, he should go back and ask the old man?

But he said, "Hey, we are all joking, sometimes we don't take it seriously, but we don't mean any harm, so you should be more understanding."

Xiao Li curled his lips. He hated those who didn't speak directly.

He simply said directly: "I just came back yesterday, and Brother Jin asked me where my hometown is. My hometown is Xinghua Village in Changping, there is nothing to hide. Who knew that Brother Jin would laugh strangely."

He paid attention to Yi Zhonghai's expression, but found that he had no expression.

Knowing that he had no talent in this area, he blurted out his thoughts without waiting for Yi Zhonghai to speak: "Someone asked me if I had a good relationship with Jia Dongxu. I didn't know what they meant by asking this, so out of politeness, I said we were not that close, just like that. Later, they asked me if I really saw that thing. I was confused by this question, so I had to say no. As a result, they left with strange smiles."

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai was also confused. What was going on?

Xiao Li continued, "Last night, I went out to take out the trash. When I was going back, the uncle stopped me and asked me for pork. I bargained down to a pound of peanuts, and then he told me something."

Yi Zhonghai became alert and realized that since Yan Laokou could offer a high price for pork, this matter was not to be taken lightly.

But he still maintained his composure and waited for Xiao Li to speak.

Seeing that he didn't open his mouth to ask, Xiao Li snorted and said, "Let's see if you can still maintain this calm attitude."

He lowered his voice and said softly, "Everyone in the courtyard is talking about it. Because I live close to Qin Huairu's family, I found out about your affair with Qin Huairu. Then, Qin Huairu tried hard to drive me away, so I exposed your affair in order to fight back."

Yi Zhonghai's mind went blank, his ears were buzzing, he missed a step and stumbled forward. Fortunately, Xiao Li who was standing next to him noticed it and helped him up, thus preventing him from falling and making a fool of himself.

Xiao Li felt very happy.

Last night, he thought about it for a long time and decided to just report the matter to Yi Zhonghai.

Originally, Xu Damao wanted to plot against Yi Zhonghai. He was just an innocent tool. Why should he get involved and take the blame?

Anyway, Yi Zhonghai is capable, wouldn't it be good to let him deal with the Xu family father and son? Whatever the final result is, it is none of his business.

Without waiting for Yi Zhonghai to come back to his senses, he continued to drop bombs: "You also said that you accepted Jia Dongxu as your apprentice for Qin Huairu's sake."

Yi Zhonghai's face turned red.

"He also said that Jia Dongxu was depressed and came to me to complain."

Bah, how is that possible.

"Xu Damao didn't come back until almost dark yesterday. I don't know if he knew about these words."

I immediately remembered Xu Damao's sneer and Xu Fugui's sarcastic words. Did you know? You came back so late yesterday, Liu Haizhong!

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's face changing repeatedly, Xiao Li felt that he had said enough, and concluded: "Anyway, I know nothing from the beginning to the end. I have told you this matter. If you have any problems in the future, you can't find me. Okay, I'm leaving first, you take your time."

After saying that, he walked towards the factory with a relaxed look, leaving Yi Zhonghai standing there with a gloomy face.

"Lao Yi, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Liu Haizhong followed behind and saw him standing there motionless, so he casually said something to him.

Yi Zhonghai stopped him and said, "Lao Liu, I just feel uncomfortable and need to go back to lie down. Please ask the director for leave for me first."

Seeing that he did not look very well, Liu Haizhong nodded and said, "Okay, then go back and have a good rest."

Yi Zhonghai watched Liu Haizhong walk away, gritted his teeth, turned around and walked back.

No wonder there was something strange in the yard these days. Qin Huairu went to ask, but couldn't find out the reason. It turned out that they were waiting here.

I don’t know who is so vicious to spread such a rumor.

This is obviously aimed at him. Is it Liu Haizhong? No, he doesn't have the brains. Yan Bugui? He's not that stupid.

Who else?

The most important thing now is to appease Jia Zhang. As long as she doesn't make a fuss, this matter will not be a big deal.

He wanted to throw something to vent his anger. This rumor was really going to kill him. It was a mixture of truth and lies. Even if he tried to explain himself, the impact would be huge.

I started to hate Xiao Li again. Why didn't you just give the meat to the Jia family obediently? If you gave it to the Jia family and they stopped making trouble, everything would be fine, right?

I also hate the Xu family. These two bad guys must not be allowed to continue to cause trouble. Who knows what they will do in the future.

He hurried back to the courtyard and asked the aunt to call Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu to his home. He carefully analyzed the consequences of the rumors and paid a large sum of appeasement fee. Finally, he achieved a quick victory and dealt with Jia Zhang.

He ran to the backyard and had a discussion with the deaf old lady before going to work in the factory with a heavy heart.

As soon as I arrived at the team, I saw Jia Dongxu coming towards me with a worried look on his face.

Yi Zhonghai immediately understood that the rumors had not reached this point yet.

While secretly hating Xu Damao and his son for being unkind, he said to Jia Dongxu, "Okay, I'm well now. I'll go and report my leave to the director first."

There is still time to arrange things, and he must not let the Xu family father and son throw dirty water on him.