Golden Color Xiangjiang: A Young Man's Dream in a Siheyuan

Just when Yi Zhonghai and the others returned to the courtyard, Zhou Jin came to a state-owned restaurant with his luggage. He had been busy all morning and his stomach was growling with hunger.

Zhou Jin walked into the restaurant and ordered a bowl of noodles with soybean paste and a portion of braised pork. He also wanted to order a bowl of soybean juice to try, but he really couldn't stand the taste, so he had to give up.

After paying the money and food coupons at the counter, Zhou Jin found a seat and sat down. Soon a waiter came over with fried noodles with soybean paste and braised pork.

Zhou Jin was indeed extremely hungry, so he immediately peeled a garlic and started eating. It must be said that the taste was indeed authentic, worthy of being the representative snack of the old city. However, Zhou Jin could not accept the taste of the braised pork a little bit.

After dinner, Zhou Jin planned to report to the street office first, and then get a letter of introduction. He would spend the night in the guesthouse to get some rest before dealing with the group of beasts in the courtyard tomorrow.

After finishing his meal, Zhou Jin stood up and walked towards the street office. It took him about ten minutes to reach the street office. Looking at the busy street office, he could only sigh that people of this era are truly serving the people wholeheartedly.

At this moment, the gatekeeper saw Zhou Jin standing still at the gate and asked, "Young man, what do you want to do at the street office?"

Zhou Jin quickly collected his thoughts and replied, "Uncle, I just retired from the army. Here are my ID and letter of introduction. I don't have a place to stay tonight, so I plan to come to the street office to get a letter of introduction and stay at a guesthouse tonight."

"Oh, that's it. Then you can go to the first office on your left after entering the door and find Director Li." The gatekeeper answered and pointed to the office on the left side of the street office gate.

"Okay, thank you uncle." Zhou Jin hurriedly handed the gatekeeper a big front door.

The gatekeeper took the cigarette, put it under his nose and sniffed it, then said to Zhou Jin with a smile, "Go quickly."

Zhou Jin walked into the office and came out with the letter of introduction after a while. He nodded to the old man and went to the guesthouse with his luggage.

After walking for about half an hour, Zhou Jin finally found the guesthouse. Then he went to the counter to show the staff the letter of introduction, paid the room fee for a single room, and went back to the room with his luggage to rest.

Zhou Jin was lying on the bed, thinking about today's events. The happiest thing was that the system was recovered, and he could also use the fact that his house was occupied to give the people in Siheyuan a good warning.

The reason why Zhou Jin did not call the police directly today and deal with the matter instead of letting Jia Zhang go to jail was because he had his own plans.

First of all, I wanted to use this incident to make those people nervous and unable to sleep, which could be regarded as a small lesson.

Secondly, Zhou Jin had just returned to the old city and was unfamiliar with the place. He planned to go to the street office tomorrow to find out whether the current director of the street office was still Aunt Wang.

If that's the case, then there's no need to bring the matter to the police station. Aunt Wang will definitely be on my side. Besides, I'm going to live here for a long time in the future, so I have to give the Street Office some face. It's better for the county magistrate to be in charge now. If I offend so many people, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles even with the system.

If the director of the subdistrict office chooses to side with Yi Zhonghai and his group, Zhou Jin is not a pushover and will just fight to the end. He is in the right in this matter and he cannot lose even if he takes the case to the central government.

Moreover, he is a veteran, has made military achievements, is a martyr's family member, and has a glory plaque in his family. In this era, as long as he does not make mistakes, he will be invincible.

After making the subsequent plans, Zhou Jin left the guesthouse. It was not easy to see the old city of 1958, so he had to take a good look around.

Zhou Jin remembered that Sijiucheng originally had a city wall, similar to the city wall of Xi'an, but it was later demolished.

However, Zhou Jin didn't know when the ancient city wall was demolished, so he thought of taking a stroll to the front gate to take a look, just in case he was lucky.

But history will not change because of Zhou Jin's time travel. When Zhou Jin arrived at Qianmen, there were only stone slabs and bricks for building the city wall, and many people were carrying bricks.

Not seeing the city wall he wanted to see, Zhou Jin had to move to other places. Five years ago, he was busy leaving Siheyuan and had never had a good look around Sijiu City.

Now that he was back, he naturally wanted to take a good look around. Zhou Jin had never been to Sijiu City in the 21st century, so he might as well take a good look at Sijiu City in the 1950s and watch it become an international metropolis step by step.

Just as Zhou Jin was happily touring the city of Sijiu, Yi Zhonghai called Liu Haizhong, Jia Dongxu and others to his home after lunch.

He thought a lot, but still couldn't think of a way to solve the problem without spending money. This Zhou Jin had obviously changed a lot, and he was afraid that even he couldn't easily control him.

Therefore, it is better to make plans early, especially the money to compensate Zhou Jin, which must be prepared in advance. Otherwise, when the police come in the afternoon or tomorrow, if you cannot come up with the money, you may end up being taken to the police station.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the anxious people, stood up and said: "Now that things have come to this, we have to find a way to solve this matter. I have thought a lot just now, and I can't think of any other way except paying compensation.

Do you have a better idea? Everyone, please speak up. Three heads are better than one. Let's work together and see if we can come up with a better idea."

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, the room fell silent. It was obvious that no one had a better solution.

"In that case, Old Yan, calculate how much rent we have to pay for the past five years based on the market price, and then the Jia family will pay another fifty yuan in compensation.

When the time comes, the three of us uncles will call the old lady along, and we can all persuade her together with a sincere attitude, and everything should be fine.”

Yan Bugui started to calculate immediately after hearing this. He was indeed an expert at calculating. He figured it out in a short while, and then said to everyone, "The Zhou family has three rooms in total. The two big rooms cost two yuan a month, and the ear room costs one yuan. In five years, that's three hundred yuan."

As soon as she heard the three hundred yuan, Jia Zhang couldn't sit still anymore and started to curse, "This damned little beast, isn't it just living in his house? We are all neighbors, why is it so fussy? My family has no money.

"Three gentlemen, you are the stewards of the courtyard. Are you still afraid of this little bastard who killed his parents? You received benefits from my family in the past. Now you can't just leave it alone. You have to help my family."

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui looked at Jia Zhang jumping up and down and suddenly felt a headache and nausea in their hearts. We are solving a problem for your family. What do you want to do by suddenly cursing? It is impossible that your family has gained benefits and now that the matter has been exposed, you still want to drag us into it.

Liu Haizhong didn't want to see Jia Zhang's ugly face again. He only took a small bribe anyway. If it was really exposed, he would just have to pay compensation and apologize. It didn't matter.

"Just follow what Lao Yi says about your family's affairs. I can't intervene in other matters. At most, I will return the benefits you gave me, and then admit my mistakes to the street office. I will not interfere in your family's affairs."

Yan Bugui saw that Liu Haizhong had left and thought it was pointless for him, the third uncle, to stay here, so he stood up, nodded to Yi Zhonghai, and left.

Seeing Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui leave, Jia Zhang muttered quietly, "This damn Fatty Liu and Old West Yan are like dogs seeing shit when they are taking advantage of the situation, and now they want to run away when something goes wrong. There is no way."

Yi Zhonghai was also very angry when he saw this fat woman. What's the point of you quarreling at this time? Zhou Jin is not here, so who are you scolding to? You still need the other two masters to speak well of you and smooth things over. You have offended people now, and you wonder who will help you later.

Although he thought so in his heart, Jia Dongxu was the one he chose to take care of the elderly, so he had to find a way to help solve the problem no matter how reluctant he was.

So he said to Jia Zhang: "How about this, sister-in-law, you prepare three hundred and fifty yuan. I will call the old lady and the two uncles, and in front of all the residents of the courtyard, I don't believe that a young man like him can rebel.

After all, he will live here in the future, so he won't dare to ignore us."

When the Jia family heard that they had to pay 350 yuan, they were in a bad mood. Jia Zhang also howled: "Uncle, you know our family situation. The five of us in the family rely on Dongxu's salary to survive. How can we have any money?

You are Dongxu's master, you have to help us, don't worry, Dongxu will definitely treat you well in the future."

Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu listened to what his mother said and looked at Yi Zhonghai with expectation.

Yi Zhonghai is such a calculating person, how could he take out the money just because of a few words from Jia Zhangshi? Even if he wanted Jia Dongxu to support him in his old age, that would not be possible.

It's okay to give some benefits, but it's absolutely impossible to let yourself be the scapegoat.

"Sister-in-law, I know your family has a hard life, but there is nothing we can do about it. Otherwise, you and Dongxu would have to stay in the house.

I am Dongxu's master, so I will not just sit there and do nothing. But you also know that my wife is in poor health and has to take medicine all the time, so I will give you a hundred yuan, and the rest is up to you guys."

When they heard that Yi Zhonghai was only willing to pay one hundred yuan, the three members of the Jia family were not happy. Jia Zhang knew that her words were not effective, so she immediately signaled to Qin Huairu with her eyes.

Qin Huairu is a smart person. When she saw her mother-in-law looking at her and blinking, she immediately understood. She instantly became an actress and started crying.

"Uncle, you know the situation in my family. Dongxu is the only one who earns money, and he is the only one with a city hukou who has a rationed grain. We all have to eat expensive grain.

Dongxu's monthly salary is barely enough to support the whole family, not a penny more, and we often go hungry. Look, Banggeng has lost a lot of weight. Uncle, you have to help our family."

After seeing this, Yi Zhonghai finally understood that the Jia family was not going to pay a penny and wanted him to be the scapegoat.

"Huai Ru, I also know what you are talking about. Dong Xu has worked really hard these years, and it is not easy to support your whole family.

But you also know the situation in my family. Your aunt is basically always carrying medicine with her. Most of my monthly salary is used to buy medicine. After deducting the living expenses of the two of us, the rest is better.

How about this, I can't watch you being forced to death by Zhou Jin, I'll grit my teeth and help you with the money first, you write me an IOU, so I can give an explanation to your aunt."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she cursed in her heart, "This old man is so stingy. You want my Dongxu to support you in your old age, but you are not willing to pay even a little money and even write an IOU. You deserve to be wiped out."

Although I thought so in my heart, I said: "Thank you very much, uncle. Don't worry, my family will pay you back as soon as we have money."

Then Yi Zhonghai took out a pen and paper, asked Jia Dongxu to write an IOU, and asked Jia Zhangshi to sign and seal it as well.

Yi Zhonghai knew that the Jia family's money was managed by Jia Zhang, so he had to get Jia Zhang to sign and seal the deal, otherwise he would have nothing to worry about if they defaulted on the debt.

Of course, Yi Zhonghai would not give this money to Jia Zhangshi right now. If it really went into her pocket, it would be hard to say whether she could take it out tomorrow.

So Yi Zhonghai handed the IOU to Jia Dongxu and agreed that Yi Zhonghai would give the money to Zhou Jin tomorrow, and then Jia Dongxu would give the IOU to Yi Zhonghai.

Although the three members of the Jia family were somewhat dissatisfied with Yi Zhonghai's plan, after all, they did not have to pay for it themselves, so they did not object and did everything according to Yi Zhonghai's requirements.

Yi Zhonghai felt relieved when he saw that the matter was finally resolved.