Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Qin Huairu heard that Jia Zhang was nagging him to go back to the countryside, and she said with grievance:

"I'm just thinking about how to ease the relationship with Zhang Renkang"

"I see that Sha Zhu is already in bad shape, and Yi Zhonghai can't control Zhang Renkang. If we can establish a good relationship with Zhang Renkang, won't our family be more relaxed?"

Jia Zhang thought about it and said doubtfully

"How do we build a good relationship with this little bastard? It's not easy to fool him. Don't expect it to be so good."

Qin Huairu pondered and said

"I have a cousin who is pretty. I was just thinking about whether I should introduce her to Zhang Renkang. If they get married, wouldn't we be relatives? Then Zhang Renkang would have to help our family."

Jia Zhang also started to think about it. She was not stupid. After thinking for a while, she said:

"Your idea is not bad. That little beast has a lot of money. Let me do the math."

"His father was a martyr, so he deserves at least 300 yuan. Dongxu gave yuan in compensation, how could his father give less? His family probably saved more than yuan before. This kid's salary is at least yuan now, how can he spend it all?"

"That's a good idea. By then we will be relatives. He will have to give us at least twenty bucks a month. He will support our family and we will have to eat meat."

When Jia Zhang thought of the wonderful life in the future, her eyes sparkled with gold. She had already imagined the happy days to come.

Jia Zhang suddenly became suspicious.

"How could he be interested in your cousin? He is a relative of a martyr and the team leader of the cafeteria. He is a leader and has a high salary."

"Besides, he's only 21 this year, right? If he gets promoted in a few years, he'll make hundreds of dollars a month sooner or later, right?"

"Would he be willing to marry a village girl?"

Qin Huairu also pondered for a moment

"My cousin is the most beautiful girl in the whole area. She is only 18 years old. Young people should just fall in love with each other."

"Zhang Renkang is young and full of passion. He fell in love with her at first sight, but why would he care about a household registration and a little food?"

Jia Zhang also said

"That's not wrong. He's alone at home, and there's no elder to help him think about it. If they're attracted to each other, maybe it will work out."

"Go back this weekend, find out some information, and bring your cousin over to see her."

Qin Huairu nodded, thinking that it was true. He would go back and bring his cousin over to meet them.

backyard

At the deaf old lady's house, Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai helped the deaf old lady clean up, boiled water for her to wash her hair, and asked a lady to help change her clothes and wash them. Several people were secretly plotting together.

The deaf old lady said with a worried look on her face

"Zhong Hai, that little bastard wouldn't have really figured it out, would he? Would he report us?"

Sha Zhu asked with a puzzled look

"Grandma, what's the point of suing? I will deal with that bastard Zhang Renkang sooner or later."

Yi Zhonghai first said to Sha Zhu seriously

"Zhu Zi, stay away from him recently and don't cause any more trouble. After a while, let's deal with it calmly. I will find a way to transfer you back to the cafeteria. Otherwise, are you really going to sweep toilets for the rest of your life?"

"Are you going to marry a wife?"

The deaf old lady also said

"Grandson, you'd better stay away from that bad guy Zhang Renkang. Grandma is still waiting to give you a great-grandson."

Sha Zhu touched his head and said shyly

"Grandma, I'll find a wife soon. She'll definitely be better than that bad Xu Damao."

Yi Zhonghai looked at the reckless man speechlessly. He had no hope for Sha Zhu's mind at all. Yi Zhonghai said

"Zhu Zi, after a while, I will find a way to transfer you back to the kitchen, and then let your aunt go to matchmaker Wang to find you a date, but you must not cause trouble again."

Sha Zhu nodded, and Yi Zhonghai said

"Go back and rest quickly. I want to talk to your grandma for a while."

Seeing Shazhu gone, Yi Zhonghai said with a gloomy face

"I guess his parents told him something before."

"It's easy to fool other people, but it's hard to fool Zhang Renkang's family. I used to hide it from his parents."

"I thought Zhang Renkang didn't know, but now it seems that he probably knows that your identity is fake."

"Fortunately, these few times didn't cause any big trouble, and the other families were still able to be fooled."

"I'll talk to Zhang Renkang. At worst, we can just mind our own business and not interfere with each other."

"This kid has become so powerful all of a sudden. I'm afraid it will be hard to fool him in the future."

The deaf old lady said faintly

"Yeah, I thought this kid was easy to control since his parents passed away. But he changed his personality drastically after that incident. I'm afraid he will be an unstable person in the future."

"Zhong Hai, what you want may not be realized in the future. This Zhang Renkang is not easy to deal with. He became a leader at a young age. If he really becomes rich in the future, we can't afford to offend him. His identity is not easy to target. If we make trouble to the street office and the factory, we will not get any good results."

Yi Zhonghai was thinking with a headache

"This Zhang Renkang, ah, I misjudged him at first. I thought this kid was an orphan and weak and could be bullied, just a little helper in the kitchen, but who knew he would turn into a dragon all of a sudden?"

If I had known, I would not have agreed to the Jia family's mischief. Now the relationship is so bad that Yi Zhonghai is in a dilemma. It is difficult to repair the relationship now.

Yi Zhonghai sighed as he returned home. Suddenly, an old lady said

"Zhong Hai, it's not a good idea for you and Ren Kang to keep quarreling like this. Why don't you find a chance to ease things off?"

Yi Zhonghai said helplessly

"You think I don't want to? How can we ease the situation? It was so ugly at the beginning. The Jia family made a scene in the funeral hall. I have become a seventh-level worker, and Zhu was directly demoted from seventh to eighth-level worker. How can there be room for easing the situation between the two families?"

A aunt said

"Zhang Renkang doesn't have any elders at home, and he's already old enough, how about we find him a wife?"

"In this case, how big of a conflict can there be between us and Zhang Renkang?"

"I can see that now that Jia's Dongxu is gone, you probably can't count on Banggeng anymore. He still has his grandmother and his mother, who can take care of the two of us."

"Zhu Zi has a good heart, but he is in such a state that it would be good if he doesn't become a burden to us in the future. Can we still count on him?"

"I have watched Renkang since he was a child. He is a kind-hearted child. Didn't you see that apart from the Jia family, no other family would make trouble with Zhang Renkang? They even gave the chicken offal to the Wang family today."

Yi Zhonghai thought about it for a while, and said uncomfortably:

"Let me think about it, let me think about it"

The aunt didn't persuade her much and went to do her work.

Backyard Xu Damao's house

Zhang Renkang, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, and Xu Damao were drinking happily. Xu Damao got two bottles of 15-year-old Xinghuacun from his father-in-law's house, Lou Bancheng. That was good wine. The four of them drank until their faces turned red and they were talking incoherently.

Xu Damao said

"Renkang, I really admire you in our courtyard. This idiot Zhu relies on his brute force to beat everyone up. The children of the second uncle and Jiecheng of the third uncle have all been beaten by him. Even when you were a child, he beat you a lot. Now you beat him like a grandson. I feel so relieved when I see this."

"I have to respect you as a brother"

Xu Damao drank one, and Zhang Renkang drank one with him. Zhang Renkang said

"Second uncle, third uncle, I am young and don't understand some things. I would like to ask you two for advice."

Liu Haizhong nodded and said

"Renkang, just say it"

Zhang Renkang looked at Yan Bugui again and said

"Logically speaking, the second uncle knows the most about national policies, right? The third uncle is the only teacher in our area, a cultured person. Why is Yi Zhonghai the first uncle and you two are inferior to him?"

Liu Haizhong didn't understand what "being inferior" meant, but Zhang Renkang said he understood the policy, so he understood what Yi Zhonghai didn't understand, and he slammed the table and said angrily:

"Ren Kang is a good kid. I, Liu Haizhong, think I know everything about the country's major events. Now Yi Zhonghai and I are both level 7 workers. What qualifications does Yi Zhonghai have to be above me?"

Yan Bugui sighed and said

"Renkang, you don't know this. Eight years ago, the neighborhood office came to appoint this manager. At that time, your father was busy with work and did not run for the election. However, Xu Damao's father did run for the election. At that time, the deaf old lady had lived in the courtyard the longest and was the oldest. She knew a cadre named Liu De from the neighborhood office at that time. He said that Yi Zhonghai was highly respected and asked him to be the manager of the middle courtyard. I became the manager of the front courtyard because I lived in the front courtyard and opened and closed the door for everyone, so I made some contributions. Old Liu competed with Old Xu for the back courtyard, and it was best that Old Xu gave up."

"At that time, the three of us were in charge of our own courtyards. With the support of the deaf old lady, Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu clamored to hold a meeting together. So there was a meeting of the whole courtyard. At that time, the three of us gradually became led by Yi Zhonghai. With the support of the deaf old lady, who could argue with him? If you didn't agree, the deaf old lady would hang herself and hit your door to death. At that time, Sha Zhu and Jia Dongxu were the strong young men in the courtyard, and that's how the current situation became."

Xu Damao and Zhang Renkang finally understood what was going on in this courtyard. To put it bluntly, the deaf old lady relied on her status as a martyr's relative and no one dared to offend her. In addition, she was old and had a high status, so Sha Zhu and Jia Dongxu threatened other residents with force.