Siheyuan: Start with a big car

The third uncle smiled awkwardly and said, "I know you don't like to eat this kind of small fish. Today I want to tell you something important. I heard that Bang Geng is going to recognize Yi Zhonghai as his godfather."

Hearing this, Li Weidong took a breath in surprise.

"What? Will Jia Zhang agree?"

Li Weidong knew very well that Jia Zhang was just an old woman who was lazy and greedy. When Old Jia was still alive, Jia Zhang relied on Old Jia for her living.
Later, the old Jia died, and Jia Zhangshi relied on Jia Dongxu.

Later, Jia Dongxu died, and Jia Zhangshi was just waiting to take advantage of the situation.

Now that Banggeng has grown up and will be able to work soon, how could Mrs. Jia Zhang tolerate Banggeng becoming someone else's godson?

"I heard that this was Jia Zhang's idea. Jia Zhang has been going to Yi Zhonghai's house frequently these past two days."

After hearing what the third uncle said, Li Weidong frowned.

Jia Zhang was so active, she must have some idea. However, Li Weidong couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he waved his hand at the third uncle and said, "Adopting a grandson doesn't violate the rules of our neighborhood, and we and the neighborhood office can't stop it.

So, you just focus on this matter first and don’t interfere.”

The third uncle nodded heavily and said, "First uncle, don't worry, I will keep a close eye on Jia Zhang in the next few days."

There is a reason why the third uncle is so active.

A while ago, after being kidnapped, Jia Zhang was worried about being dealt with by the street office, so she went out and hid for a long time.

Before leaving the courtyard, Jia Zhang borrowed fifty cents from the third uncle.

Later, after Jia Zhang came back, the third uncle chased her for money.

It is only natural to pay back debts, and the third uncle did not ask for too much. He just wanted to get back the money he had given in the first place.

But Jia Zhang acted like a rogue. Not only did she not give the money, she also lay down at the door of the third uncle's house.

At that time, Jia Zhang shouted loudly that if the third uncle forced her to pay back the money, she would hang herself at the door of the third uncle's house.

Now the third uncle was in a dilemma. Although he was a stingy man and was reluctant to spend the money, he would feel guilty if he watched Jia Zhang hang herself at his doorstep.

The most important thing is that the street office will definitely investigate at that time, and the third uncle will also be implicated.

In this situation, the third uncle could only swallow his anger.

After chatting with the third uncle for a few words, Li Weidong returned home humming a little tune.

He went to bed early that night.

While Li Weidong was sleeping soundly, Yi Zhonghai's house was brightly lit.

It was already half past ten, but Yi Zhonghai was not sleepy at all. He sat up from the bed and turned on the light.

An old lady had fallen asleep, but was awakened by his movements: "Old man, what are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping so late?"

Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "I can't sleep. You also know that Qin Huairu came to see me today. She actually asked us to give Banggeng a big red envelope of 100 yuan. Isn't this just robbing money?"

Speaking of this, Auntie lost her sleepiness and sat up: "Yes, Qin Huairu is too greedy. She knew that we didn't have any money, but she still wanted to do this."

"Why don't you go to Qin Huairu's house now and tell her about it."

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, Auntie hesitated for a moment, put on her clothes and came to the Jia family.

At this time, everyone in the Jia family had rested. Qin Huairu heard the noise and turned on the light.

Seeing an old lady standing outside the door, she hurriedly invited the old lady into the house, but the old lady refused and directly told Qin Huairu about Yi Zhonghai's idea, then turned and left.

Now it was Qin Huairu's turn to be unable to sleep.

She called Jia Zhang and Bang Geng and repeated what the aunt had said.

Jia Zhang slammed the table and said, "This old man Yi Zhonghai is really taking advantage of me!
Our Bang Geng is a man who can do great things. It will be his honor to be his godson in the future. But now he is reluctant to give even a hundred dollars. How despicable!"

Bang Geng also nodded heavily: "That's right, Yi Zhonghai still thought it was still a few years ago!

He is an old man now, and I am willing to be his grandson, just to give him face."

Seeing this, Qin Huairu sighed and said, "Have you ever thought that if we lose Yi Zhonghai's resources, we may not even be able to eat next month."

After these words came out, Jia Zhang and Bang Geng, who were just so angry, fell silent. Especially Jia Zhang, she looked at Qin Huairu with a guilty look.

This story begins with Jia Zhang's escape from the courtyard.

Some time ago, Jia Zhang escaped from the courtyard house, intending to live with her relatives and live a life of free food and drink.

But what she didn't expect was that her relatives would turn her away when they saw her.

After all, everyone knows Jia Zhang's personality and knows that she is like a dog-skin plaster that cannot be removed once it gets on you.

The fifty cents was quickly spent.

In desperation, Jia Zhang had to find an old man she met in the park.

The old man is a scrap collector. He makes a living by pushing a flatbed cart around to collect scrap and then selling it to the scrap yard to make a profit from the difference.

Because of his poor economic conditions and poor background, the old man never got married in his life.

The reason he was willing to contact Jia Zhang was because he wanted her to be his wife.

Now that Jia Zhang came to him, the old man naturally agreed with joy.

In the old man's opinion, although his life was hard, at least he could have enough food to eat, so it was not a wrong for Jia Zhangshi to follow him.

But he didn't know Jia Zhangshi, who loved to eat white flour buns.

After moving into the old man's house, her first request was for him to buy her white flour buns every day.

The old man was reluctant to let go, so Jia Zhang pointed at his nose and scolded him: "You old thing, you don't even have a wife at your age, don't you think about why?

It's because you're stingy! Now that such a beautiful girl like me is marrying you, you can't even afford to buy a white steamed bun! How dare you!"

The old man looked at the gray-haired Jia Zhang and fell silent.

But he thought that he was old and really needed a companion, so he had to take out his savings of many years to buy white flour buns for Jia Zhang.

The old man thought that Jia Zhang was just greedy for the moment and would drink cornmeal porridge with him after a while.

But Jia Zhang was greedy and after eating white flour buns once, she asked for more every day. Soon, the old man's savings were all gone, and Jia Zhang could only drink cornmeal porridge.

Before long, she couldn't stand it anymore and planned to escape. Unexpectedly, the old man was prepared and Jia Zhang was caught before she could run far.

The old man threatened her and asked her to return all the money she had spent.

Jia Zhang was also a ruthless person, making a scene in front of everyone. You know, people dared to help the elderly these days, and when everyone saw the two quarreling in the street, they immediately reported it to the street office.

After the street office official learned about the situation, he secretly sighed that he had eaten a big and exciting piece of melon, but he was at a loss as to what to do.

Because if it was the old man who kidnapped Jia Zhang, they could deal with the old man and let Jia Zhang go home.

But now the two of them are willing to do this, and Jia Zhang also spent a lot of money on the old man, so he has to give an explanation.

But Jia Zhang had no money, and it would not be appropriate for the old man to detain her.

The street office clerk had no choice but to report the situation to his superiors.

The leader came up with a solution and asked the street office staff to contact Jia Zhang's family.

After making some inquiries, the street office staff found the courtyard and told Qin Huairu about it.

Qin Huairu was furious when she learned that Jia Zhang had actually run away and lived with the old man.

But considering that Jia Zhang was her mother-in-law after all, she had to step in and ask Jia Zhang to write an IOU to the old man before she took Jia Zhang back.

Because of this, Jia Zhang was inferior to Qin Huairu, and she didn't dare to disobey her recently. At this time, Jia Zhang lowered her head and asked, "Qin Huairu, what should we do now? We can't not give up a penny, right?"

Qin Huairu pondered for a moment and said, "That's definitely not possible. We asked Banggeng to recognize Yi Zhonghai as his godfather just to make money. Why not? But one hundred yuan is indeed too much. How about this? You guys wait, I'll go to Yi Zhonghai's house to discuss it."

Bang Geng snorted coldly: "What's there to discuss? I don't even want to acknowledge this old man as my grandfather! Not to mention a hundred dollars, I wouldn't even want a thousand dollars!"

Qin Huairu looked at Banggeng coldly: "Banggeng, don't you want to work in the factory as a leader?
Let me tell you, even though Yi Zhonghai is being suppressed by Li Weidong now, he knows a lot of leaders. If he is willing to help, he can definitely make you a leader.

When you become a leader, whether you are wronged to recognize Yi Zhonghai as your godfather or not has nothing to do with me."

As soon as these words were spoken, Banggeng fell silent.

Even though he talks big, he is actually very clear about his abilities.

Although it was very late, in order to solve the Jia family's livelihood problem, Qin Huairu still knocked on Yi Zhonghai's door.

Yi Zhonghai saw Qin Huairu and said unhappily, "Why, Qin Huairu, have you figured it out?"

"Hey, Yi Zhonghai, look at what you said. Our two families have such a good relationship, how can there be anything that is hard to understand?

In this way, instead of a hundred yuan, our family only needs eighty yuan, what do you think?"

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "Qin Huairu, 80 yuan? Nowadays, workers only earn 20 to 30 yuan a month. You're asking for 80 yuan. What's the difference between that and robbing people!"

Qin Huairu said calmly, "Yi Zhonghai, don't be anxious, just listen to me. Eighty yuan is indeed not a small amount, but I promise you that when Banggeng becomes your grandson, I will let him live in your house."

Yi Zhonghai had stood up, but sat back down after hearing this. Although he was reluctant to part with the money, he obviously preferred the latter to having offspring. As long as there was a male heir in the family, he would be able to stand tall in the compound in the future.

Of course, Yi Zhonghai was not stupid, and he knew that if he agreed to this, Qin Huairu would take advantage. He rolled his eyes and said, "Qin Huairu, 80 yuan is still too much, how about 60 yuan? You also know that living in Banggeng will cost money for food and drink."

Qin Huairu held up two fingers and said, "The price is seventy yuan. As long as you agree, Banggeng will be your family from now on!"

Yi Zhonghai nodded heavily: "Deal!"

After Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai reached an agreement, they left excitedly. An old lady came out from the inner room and asked worriedly, "Old man, what if we give the money and Qin Huairu doesn't fulfill the agreement?"

Auntie's worries are not without reason. In this courtyard, if we were to say who is the least trustworthy family, the Jia family would definitely be ranked first.

Yi Zhonghai snorted coldly: "You underestimate me too much. Don't worry, I will definitely make sure she can't regret it."

The aunt didn't understand what Yi Zhonghai was going to do, but the next day, she saw the clues.

The next morning, Li Weidong got up, had breakfast, put on his canvas bag and prepared to go to work. As soon as he walked into the compound, he was stopped by Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Li Weidong with a big smile on his face: "Weidong, I have great news to tell you!"

Although Li Weidong didn't like Yi Zhonghai very much, as an old man, he still had to listen to the residents' affairs: "Yi Zhonghai, I'm in a hurry to go to work, just tell me what's going on."

Yi Zhonghai rubbed his hands and smiled, "I want to take Bang Geng as my grandson!
I plan to invite the street leaders and several uncles in charge of the compound to be witnesses, so you must come!"

Li Weidong didn't expect Yi Zhonghai to bring up this matter on his own initiative, but he agreed after a little consideration.

Because this is a private matter between Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family, and it does not violate any regulations. If they refuse, Yi Zhonghai may find fault with them.

"Okay, just notify me in advance." After saying that, Li Weidong picked up the canvas bag, rode his bicycle and left the compound.

After Li Weidong left, Yi Zhonghai did not go to work, but came to Sha Zhu's house again.

Sha Zhu was about to go to the cafeteria, and when he saw Yi Zhonghai blocking the door, his face instantly turned cold: "Yi Zhonghai, didn't I tell you that our two families have nothing to do with each other? Why are you still pestering me?"

Sha Zhu thought that Yi Zhonghai wanted him to be his elderly care provider again, so he refused without waiting for Yi Zhonghai to speak.

Yi Zhonghai smiled and said, "Shazhu, you misunderstood! I am here to tell you a good news. I am going to take Banggeng as my godson!"

You are the second uncle of the compound now, you must come to bear witness when the time comes!"

"What? Yi Zhonghai, did I hear you right? You actually adopted Banggeng as your godson!" Sha Zhu looked surprised.

You know, at this time, Sha Zhu has already seen through Bang Geng's true face. This guy is an ingrate. Yi Zhonghai wants Bang Geng to take care of him in his old age. Isn't that wishful thinking?

But in Yi Zhonghai's opinion, Shazhu is just jealous of Bang.

"Silly Zhu, I know we were destined to be together, but I have given you so many chances. I was so good to you back then, but who knew you would be bewitched by Li Weidong? Now you have lost this chance."

Sha Zhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Yi Zhonghai, what do you mean? Do you think I still want to provide for your retirement? You are just dreaming!"

Yi Zhonghai was furious: "Silly Zhu, I'm telling you, be respectful! After all, I'm older than you, you should respect the elderly and love the young!"

"Yi Zhonghai, I'm telling you, you don't deserve respect just because you're old. With all the dirty things you've done, let alone respecting you, I want to spit at you when I see you!"

The Sha Zhu of today is no longer the Sha Zhu of the past. How could he possibly be nice to Yi Zhonghai?
Yi Zhonghai didn't expect Sha Zhu to not give him any face. He immediately pointed at Sha Zhu's nose and shouted, "Everyone come and see! This idiot is so bad. I'm old, but he actually scolded me!"

It was working hours at this time, and the residents in the compound heard the noise and gathered around.

"What's going on? Shazhu, why are you arguing with Yi Zhonghai again?"

"What else could it be? It's obvious that Yi Zhonghai is using his status as an old man to bully Sha Zhu again."

"You're not right. Although Yi Zhonghai did some unkind things in the past, that's all in the past. He is the elder after all, and Sha Zhu shouldn't go against him no matter what."

Residents in the compound have different views on this matter.

Yi Zhonghai became excited immediately after listening to everyone's discussion.

(End of this chapter)