Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

"Master Dongxu, are you sure you remember it correctly? There's no cart you mentioned anywhere." Jia Zhang looked around for a long time but couldn't find the cart that Yi Zhonghai mentioned. If she hadn't seen Yi Zhonghai sweating with anxiety, she would have suspected that Yi Zhonghai was lying to her.

"Dongxu's mother, how could I lie to you? The car seems to be really lost. I just borrowed it from Lao Guan today." Yi Zhonghai was so anxious that his face turned red, he was sweating and gasping for breath.

"Old Guan? Why don't you go to Old Ge's house to borrow one? You lost Old Guan's cart, so you just wait for compensation! Okay, Dongxu and I will leave first, you can look for it yourself." Upon hearing that the cart belonged to Old Guan, Jia Zhang did not stay any longer. She was mainly afraid that Yi Zhonghai would ask her to pay for it as well. She just wanted to get a ride in the first place, so she couldn't afford to pay for it.

"No, I haven't found my car yet, why are you leaving? Besides, Dongxu can't walk back." Yi Zhonghai said anxiously. He couldn't just stay here alone.

"Don't go. Wait a minute. If I really can't find Dongxu, I'll carry him back and you can look for him with me."

After hearing this, Jia Zhang thought for a while and said to Yi Zhonghai, "Okay, I'll wait for you for a while. If it takes too long, I'll leave with Dongxu first."

"Okay, okay, if you still can't find it later, you can leave first." When Yi Zhonghai heard that Jia Zhang agreed, he hurriedly agreed.

While they were still looking for the cart, a middle-aged man in a military green coat came over and said, "Hey, what are you two looking for? I've been watching you two for a long time, wandering around here. What's wrong? Did you lose your money?"

"What's it got to do with you? Why do you care about us?" Jia Zhang looked back at the middle-aged man and said disdainfully.

Hearing what Jia Zhang said, the middle-aged man immediately showed an unhappy expression, "You old thing, don't you know how to brush your teeth before going out? I was wondering why you smell like shit."

You know what, Jia Zhang really hasn't brushed her teeth in the past two days, and no one has brought her a toothbrush. She eats meat every day without brushing her teeth, and the food residue gradually ferments, making her mouth stink, just like the smell in the Jia family's house now.

Jia Zhang was immediately unhappy when she heard what the middle-aged man said. He said, "I have a foul mouth?" That's what you can say. The main thing is that Jia Zhang also knows that she has a foul mouth, but she still wants others to expose her shortcomings in public. Who can stand this?

"It's none of your business. Stop trying to catch a rat here. Did you steal the cart? I think it was you, otherwise why would you ask me? It must be because you are guilty." Jia Zhang started cursing.

Yi Zhonghai suddenly realized that something was wrong. He seemed to have seen him in the security room. He took another look at his military coat. Yi Zhonghai was already sweating profusely and now he was sweating even more. Could it be that the security room had confiscated it?

"Shut up. If you don't know how to speak, don't speak." Yi Zhonghai quickly went up and grabbed Jia Zhang, glaring at her fiercely.

Although Jia Zhang had a foul mouth, she was not stupid. Just as she was about to curse, Yi Zhonghai grabbed her and glared at her, so Jia Zhang swallowed her words.

"Comrade, I'm sorry. Her son's foot was injured and my cart parked here disappeared. She was so anxious that she scolded you. I'm sorry. Don't bother with her. Come, have a cigarette." As he said that, Yi Zhonghai walked up and stuffed a pack of cigarettes into Captain Bai's hand, then pointed to Jia Dongxu next to him.

Captain Bai took the cigarette and looked at it. Wow, Daqianmen, this is 40 cents a pack. Bai Daming, who was originally looking grim, glanced at Jia Dongxu, who looked miserable, and then his expression softened a little. "Okay, if her son's legs weren't bad, I would have let her know how powerful I am." After that, Bai Daming turned around and prepared to leave.

Yi Zhonghai quickly called him, "Comrade, don't leave in a hurry, I have something to ask you."

Bai Daming turned around and frowned and asked, "What do you want? I'm very busy."

"Comrade, my cart just stopped here, did you see it?" Yi Zhonghai smiled embarrassedly.

"Cart, I don't know exactly where it is, but it seems that parking is not allowed here, not even for carts." Bai Daming took out his cigarette and started smoking. As for Daqianmen? It's better to keep it for honoring others.

Yi Zhonghai knew what he meant when he heard this. It was obvious that he knew where the cart was. Yi Zhonghai pulled Bai Daming to the side and said, "Comrade, can you please spare me a moment to talk?"

The two walked to a deserted spot nearby. Bai Daming took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Okay, that's enough. Let's talk about it if we have something to say."

"Comrade, please keep this. But can you please return the cart to me? You see, this is not easy for us. The child is injured and the doctor said he should lie down and rest. He has been standing here for a while, and I'm afraid he can't hold on any longer." As he said that, Yi Zhonghai took Bai Daming's hand and stuffed five dollars into it.

Bai Daming turned over his palm and saw, wow, so generous, three yuan? He usually only made extra money, and bought one or two packs of cigarettes, which were all cheap. Today, it was five yuan at Daqianmen, which made him a little afraid to accept it. But the money was already in front of him, so how could he not accept it? In March 1955, the country issued the second set of currency. At that time, there were not only one-yuan and two-yuan notes, but also three-yuan notes.

Bai Daming smiled knowingly, stuffed three yuan into his clothes, waved his hand and said to Yi Zhonghai: "Comrade, you are too polite. You have to understand our difficulties. We are also doing things according to the rules. You have to understand us. But I see that it is not easy for you and the child. How about this, I will help you pull the car over later, you wait for me."

"I understand. Thank you for your help, comrade." Yi Zhonghai said with a smile when he heard this.

"Okay, then you wait, I'll be there soon." After saying that, Bai Daming turned and walked towards the warehouse.

"Dongxu's mother, let's go to Dongxu's place and wait for a while. He will push the cart here soon." Yi Zhonghai walked over and said to Jia Zhang.

"His master, what were you two doing? Did he really push the cart away? I knew it was this thief who stole it. I'll scold him to death later." After saying this, Jia Zhang spat on the ground.

Yi Zhonghai looked at her with disdain. He really couldn't understand how he could have said that back then, and even how he could... (use your imagination to fill in the blanks). He even felt sick when he thought about it, "Dongxu's mother, you're almost done. Do you know who he is? He's from the Security Department. Even if he confiscated my cart, I have no reason to do so! You better keep your mouth shut, or I'll catch you again."