Soul of the Siheyuan: Zhuzi, I can still give birth

Seeing that most people had arrived, the second uncle stood up and prepared to make his opening remarks.

In the past, the opening remarks were always made by the third uncle, a cultured person, followed by the second uncle who would provide supplements and the first uncle who would give a summary.

"We are holding this meeting tonight because something big has happened in our courtyard. A thief has appeared in our courtyard!"

As soon as the second uncle finished speaking, the neighbors in the courtyard were furious.

"A thief? Our courtyard is a civilized courtyard, where would a thief come from?"

"Yes, Second Uncle, please don't talk nonsense. If the quota for the Civilized Courtyard is cancelled, there will be no benefits at the end of the year."

The neighbors in the courtyard were all chattering about it, but in fact, they never cared whether there was a sign of "Civilized Courtyard" or not.

All they care about is the benefits distributed by the street office at the end of each year.

"This... this matter has not been investigated thoroughly yet, so both parties are called out for a confrontation."

Liu Haizhong was afraid of arousing public anger, so he hurriedly began to explain, but it was obvious that the neighbors did not buy it.

When Liu Haizhong didn't know what to do, he suddenly saw the casserole on the table.

"This casserole belongs to Zhu, and the chicken stewed in it is Xu Damao's hen. This is the evidence."

All the neighbors looked at the casserole.

This is evidence. It's still steaming and it's obvious that something is stewing inside.

When the second uncle saw that everyone was silent, he immediately opened the lid of the casserole, and a pot of soup appeared in front of everyone, with a chicken in the soup.

Xu Damao pointed at the chicken in the pot and said to He Yuzhu.

"Silly Zhu, now that we have all the evidence, do you still want to quibble? Tell me how we should handle this matter, either privately or publicly."

He Yuzhu couldn't help laughing.

"Shamao, I want to hear how it was settled publicly and how it was settled privately."

Xu Damao raised his head and said with a proud look on his face.

"Let's settle it privately. Let's settle this in the yard today. Just compensate me with the chicken. We've been neighbors since we were kids. I'm not the kind of person who won't let you go even if you're right. Just compensate me."

"Also, you have to compensate me for the pot of chicken because the chicken is mine."

He Yuzhu smiled.

"Then how much do you want me to compensate you?"

Xu Damao was about to speak when Qin Jingru pulled him aside.

"Da Mao, forget it..."

How could Xu Damao miss the opportunity to punish He Yuzhu, and of course he would ignore Qin Jingru's words.

"Five dollars, just pay me five dollars."

Xu Damao stretched out his hand and slapped him, demanding five dollars in compensation.

"Wow...! Xu Damao, you really dare to ask for it, five dollars!!"

"Yeah, it only costs $1.50 to buy a chicken on the black market, and you're asking for five dollars for a chicken. You might as well just rob it."

Some of the neighbors in the yard usually disliked Xu Damao, and at this time they all expressed their dissatisfaction with Xu Damao's lion.

"Listen to me, I want these five dollars for no particular reason."

"My hen is a hen. As everyone knows, hens lay eggs. My hen lays eggs, and the eggs hatch chicks. The hen lays eggs, and the eggs hatch chicks..."

"It goes on and on. You tell me, I only want five dollars from him. Is that too much?"

My goodness, even five hundred dollars isn’t enough if you calculate like this.

The neighbors gasped.

This Xu Damao is really good at calculating.

"Then what are the rules for publicizing it?"

He Yuzhu ignored all this and continued asking.

"It's easy if it's public. Just report it to the police and let them handle it. They will arrest those who should be arrested and compensate those who should be compensated!"

In fact, Xu Damao didn't want to be fair anymore. He just wanted to vent his anger and put down He Yuzhu. After all, he was also the benefactor of his wife.

He Yuzhu nodded and walked to the eight-immortals table with a big spoon in his hand.

He walked to the table and spoke again.

"Everyone heard it. Sha Mao said his chicken was lost, and then Second Master said I stole the chicken. I'm not someone who can be bullied by others."

"When you slap someone, it hurts them and your hand hurts at the same time, so the hurt is mutual."

"If it is proven today that I, He Yuzhu, stole the chicken from Sha Mao's house, I will admit it. Not to mention five dollars, I will admit it even if it's fifty dollars."

He Yuzhu stirred the casserole with a spoon, and a rich aroma immediately wafted out of the casserole, making several nearby neighbors drool.

"Let's put it this way. If the chicken belongs to Sha Mao, I will agree to any conditions. If the chicken does not belong to him, Sha Mao, he must obey my conditions."

"How about this, we both take out twenty dollars, and whoever wins gets the money. Sha Mao, do you dare to bet?"

After saying that, He Yuzhu took out twenty yuan from his pocket, put it directly on the table, and then looked at Xu Damao provocatively.

When Xu Damao saw He Yuzhu's arrogant face, he was also furious.

This is obviously a provocation to me. If I don't respond, wouldn't I appear to be a coward?

Xu Damao also took out twenty yuan, put it on the table, and then looked at He Yuzhu provocatively.

He Yuzhu smiled and handed the spoon in the casserole to Xu Damao.

"Come, take a look at what's stewing in this pot."

Xu Damao grabbed the spoon and scooped the chicken from the pot.

Finally, I fished it out and took a look.

“Duck… duck!!”

When Xu Damao saw the flat duck bill, he was stunned.

"How...how could it be a duck? Shouldn't it be my chicken?"

"Then...where are my chickens?"

Xu Damao threw down the spoon and started muttering to himself.

He Yuzhu took the forty yuan on the table and put it into his pocket, which made the third uncle stare in amazement.

That’s forty yuan, which is less than my monthly salary.

He Yuzhu patted Xu Damao on the shoulder.

"Thank you, Shamao. As long as you say 'Master Zhu', I am wrong, I will return the twenty dollars to you."

He Yuzhu's words almost made Xu Damao vomit blood in anger.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, He Yuzhu called him back.

"Shamao, why are you leaving now? Don't you want to catch the chicken thief?"

He Yuzhu's words made Xu Damao stop.

"Yes, I paid twenty dollars before I even found the chicken. How can I make up for my loss if I don't find the chicken thief?"

Thinking of this, Xu Damao turned around and said to the people in the yard.

"Dear neighbors, a chicken is missing from my house. It was still there when I went to work this morning, but it disappeared when I got home from get off work. I want to ask if anyone has seen my chicken or seen anyone stealing my chicken!"

Xu Damao's words did not elicit a response from the neighbors in the yard because no one wanted to help him.

Seeing that the neighbors in the yard were silent, Xu Damao continued.

"How about this, if anyone can provide clues, I will give him ten cents!"

As soon as Xu Damao finished speaking, a neighbor said.

"I...I saw a chicken run from the backyard to the middle yard this afternoon. I wonder if it's yours."

Another neighbor also spoke up.

"Yeah, I saw it too, but after walking around for a bit, the chicken ran back to the front yard."

After saying that, the two neighbors stretched out their hands and asked Xu Damao for money.

There was no other choice, Xu Damao took out two dimes and gave one dimes to each of the two men.

Seeing that Xu Damao really gave money, everyone in the hospital was talking nonsense and trying to earn that dime.

After paying two yuan and sixty cents, Xu Damao finally found out that his chickens were stolen by someone in the yard.

But the question is, who stole it?

Xu Damao was at a loss for a moment, and when he turned around he saw He Yuzhu with a smirk on his face.

Seeing that nasty face, Xu Damao got angry and yelled at him directly.

"Silly Zhu, what are you laughing at? Do you know who stole the chicken?"

He Yuzhu folded his arms across his chest and nodded to Xu Damao with a smile on his face.

"Who is it? Tell me who it is!"

When Xu Damao heard that He Yuzhu knew about it, he asked immediately.

He Yuzhu stretched out his hand and placed it in front of Xu Damao.

Xu Damao rolled his eyes at him, took out a dime and put it in He Yuzhu's hand.

He Yuzhu looked at the dime in his hand and blew it away with his mouth.

Then he was about to leave with the casserole.

Xu Damao quickly grabbed him.

"Silly Zhu...Zhuzi, just tell me who stole my chicken and how much money you want. Just name it!"

"Ten dollars!"

He Yuzhu asked for ten yuan right away, and not only Xu Damao, but even the other neighbors in the yard were shocked.

We only charge ten cents, but you ask for ten dollars. Why?

"What? Ten dollars! Go ahead and rob me. I don't want the chicken anymore. It's only one dollar and fifty cents!"

Of course Xu Damao would not be taken advantage of.

"It doesn't matter. I wasn't the one who lost the things. There's a saying that goes, 'You don't have to worry about thieves stealing, you have to worry about thieves thinking about it.'"

"If I steal your chicken today, I will steal other things from your house tomorrow. Anyway, it's not my property that will be lost in the end. Forget it, I'm going to go home and eat duck soup!"

After saying that, he went to fetch the pot of old duck soup.

Xu Damao grabbed him again at this time.

He Yuzhu's words also frightened Xu Damao.

Yes!

You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against a thief for a thousand days.

He Yuzhu turned around and saw a large black fish worth ten yuan being handed to him.

He Yuzhu immediately took the ten yuan and said to Xu Damao with a smile.

"Thank you, boss. Thank you!"

He Yuzhu's money-grubbing look made Xu Damao despise him.

Seeing that Xu Damao gave He Yuzhu another ten yuan, the other neighbors felt unbalanced.

It was the Jia family again, and they cursed Xu Damao and He Yuzhu's ancestors for eighteen generations.

"Tell me quickly who the chicken thief is."

Xu Damao couldn't wait any longer. For the chicken, he had already paid thirty-two yuan and ninety cents, plus the chicken.

So he had to find the chicken thief who stole his chickens and make him compensate for his losses.

"We are all neighbors, so it would be inappropriate for me to tell you. So, I'll tell you the clues, and it's up to you whether you can guess it or not."

He Yuzhu gave a wicked smile and continued.

"Steel mill kitchen, soy sauce."

After saying this, He Yuzhu stopped talking.

Xu Damao repeated what He Yuzhu had said to him.

"Kitchen, soy sauce, kitchen sauce... oil, you mean, Bang Geng stole my chicken?"

Xu Damao roared at He Yuzhu, and of course the neighbors in the yard also heard his words.

Especially Jia Zhang, who was furious when she heard Xu Damao say that her grandson stole his chicken.

"Xu Damao, you little bastard, how could you wrongly accuse my good grandson of stealing your chicken? After all, he once called you dad."

Jia Zhang was throwing a tantrum, but Qin Huairu felt very happy inside.

Just now when Banggeng came back with his two sisters, they smelled of oil smoke and soy sauce.

I didn't suspect anything at first, I just thought that the kids were hungry and stole the soy sauce, but I didn't expect that they stole the chickens from Xu Damao's house.

This Xu Damao is not someone who can be easily fooled. It seems that this time he is in great danger.

Xu Damao didn't care about Jia Zhang. He pushed her away, walked to Qin Huairu, pointed at Qin Huairu's nose and said.

"Qin Huairu, go call Bang Geng out."

If Qin Huairu had listened to Xu Damao at that time and had called out the big joke, all her secrets would have been exposed.

"Xu Damao, you have to provide evidence when you speak. My family is a bit of a jerk, but we will never steal anything."

Yi Zhonghai also said to Xu Damao at this time.

"Yes, Xu Damao, you have to provide evidence when you speak. If you don't have evidence, just wait and see how we, the uncles, deal with you!"

The second uncle and the third uncle turned around and looked at the first uncle, and cursed Yi Zhonghai in their hearts.

"Damn, if you want to continue to be associated with the Jia family, that's your business. Don't drag us into this. We are not the same kind of people at all, although the car lights of the widow Qin are indeed good."

"Just make the decision, uncle. We have no objection."

The third uncle quickly distanced himself from the matter as he was still waiting to go to Zhuzi's house to eat duck.

"Don't tell me that. If you don't go and call him, I'll go and get that brat out myself."

As he said this, he was about to go to the Jia family to get the person.

Jia Zhang saw that Xu Damao was trying to break into her house and take her beloved grandson, and her little daughter Zhang Yan was still sleeping at home. What would she do if she was disturbed?

Jia Zhang rushed forward and hit Xu Damao's lower back with a headbutt, causing Xu Damao to stagger and fall to the ground.

"You little widow, you dare to enter my house. I'm giving you face, right? You really think that we are all widows and we are easy to bully, right?"

Jia Zhang put her hands on her hips, pointed at Xu Damao lying on the ground and started cursing.

Xu Damao struggled on the ground for a while before he got up, covered in dust and dirt.

"You old thing, you used to eat me like a big Mao, but now you call me a little Jue Hu. Watch me tear your mouth apart!"

As he said this, he was about to pounce on her and start fighting with Jia Zhang.

As a result, Yi Zhonghai, who was standing nearby, asked someone to stop him.

"Xu Damao, how can you fight with your elders? Are there any rules? You should respect the elderly and love them...!!"

"I respect your mother's dignity. If you want to be a Jia family licker, that's your business. Don't bring me along with you."

"You don't want to call them out, right? I'll ask the police to come and call them. When the police come, will your Jia family still be so calm?"

Xu Damao didn't give Yi Zhonghai any face at all, because Yi Zhonghai was now in Siheyuan and his reputation had long been ruined.

Xu Damao was about to walk out of the courtyard, apparently to call the police.

"Second uncle, third uncle, why don't you go and pull them away? If the police really come, our courtyard will become a joke!"

Yi Zhonghai knew that Xu Damao would not buy his account, so he could only ask for help from the other two uncles.

There was no other way, so for the sake of the reputation of the courtyard house, the second and third uncles went to persuade Xu Damao to stay.

The second uncle also said to Qin Huairu.

"Qin Huairu, you should call Bang Geng and the others out. If they didn't steal the chicken, what are you afraid of?"

"If Xu Damao really convenes the police, it will be embarrassing for everyone."

Qin Huairu saw that she could not delay any longer, so she could only nod and go back home.