Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 806 Follow-up Process
People living in a courtyard may have some bumps and conflicts often, or even fights, but when the gate is closed, that is the business of their own courtyard. But once they meet people from outside the courtyard, they can feel the unity of the entire courtyard. Jia Zhang overestimated her own charm and underestimated the IQ of old man Sun.

Jia Zhang came up and said, "What do you know? This is what Old Man Sun and I agreed on yesterday. He will queue for me today."

As soon as Jia Zhang finished speaking, Old Man Sun stepped back and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I went fishing yesterday and was not at home all day. I didn't come back until midnight."

Sister Hua from Courtyard No. 47 pointed at Jia Zhang's nose and said, "Hurry up and get out of the way. We'll pretend nothing happened, or else we'll make you pay. You old hag, you still want to cut in line? Are you dreaming?"

At this time, the people who had not returned to Courtyard No. 95 heard the quarrel and gathered around. Jia Zhang seemed to have found a backbone and started to curse at Sister Hua. A group of aunties from Courtyard No. 47 gathered around and scolded Jia Zhang. Jia Zhang couldn't scold anymore and got hot-headed, so she started to fight back and slapped Sister Hua in the face. How could they give in? The group of aunties surrounded Jia Zhang and beat her, making her wail.

There was an unwritten rule in the old city that when children fight, adults cannot intervene, and when women fight, men cannot intervene. But when Jia Dongxu saw his mother being beaten, he got anxious and rushed up, punching and kicking the middle-aged women. When the men at No. 47 saw this, they thought this was against the rules, so a group of men rushed up, dragged Jia Dongxu out, and beat Jia Dongxu up, even old man Sun got involved.

When Yi Zhonghai saw his apprentice being beaten, he shouted a few words, but no one listened to him, so he waved his hand and rushed up with the neighbors from Yard 95. The scene was in chaos and there were wailings everywhere, but most of them were people from Yard 95. Because they were few in number, half of the neighbors had already returned to the yard.

When Qi Dasheng brought people over, the scene was in chaos. Qi Dasheng made a prompt decision, pulled out his gun, and fired three shots into the air. The scene suddenly became quiet. Qi Dasheng didn't say anything, but looked around and directed the police officers to send those who needed to be sent to the hospital. There were actually only two people, one was Jia Zhang, who was already unconscious, and the other was Jia Dongxu, who was wailing on the ground.

The rest of those who had committed violence were taken back to the police station. It was just a mass incident. At this time, those who were arrested were typical. What is a typical case? This is a typical case.

After everyone left, only Sha Zhu and Auntie were left in Courtyard No. 95. There were still piles of vegetables from various households that had not been transported back. When Uncle left, he asked Sha Zhu to help transport them back and wait for Chen Quezi to bring the cart back. Sha Zhu's eyes turned and he said, "Chen Quezi, hurry back to the courtyard to call for help. There are so many vegetables to transport back."

Chen Quezi really hated people calling him by his nickname, especially the young man like Sha Zhu, so he said, "There are only old people left in the courtyard, and one of them is a deaf old lady. She finally got a day off and went back to her parents' home. It's time for her to go out and play."

Sha Zhu frowned and said, "So that leaves only the two of us?"

Chen Quezi said, "I'm not awake. Our leader asked me to go to the company to pick up a batch of scrap metal. I left."

Sha Zhu looked at the aunt. He knew that the aunt was not in good health. The aunt looked at Sha Zhu and said, "How about I watch and you do it bit by bit?"

Sha Zhu rolled his eyes and said, "Auntie, you are tiring me. It's all because of the fight between the people in that courtyard. What's wrong with cutting in line? They don't have a good deal anyway. They haven't bought their winter vegetables yet." Auntie pointed to the distribution point and said, "Take a closer look."

Sha Zhu turned around and saw that, wow, people were getting the cabbages and working together to transport them back. Half of the people there didn't do anything because the uncle in the compound had specifically told them not to worry about anything and to wait until the fight was over before getting the winter storage vegetables. There was no delay at all. It turned out that Compound No. 47 had a backup plan.

After listening to them, Wang Zhan didn't think that most of them had done anything wrong. Do you think Jia Dongxu was indifferent when he saw his mother being beaten? Can you say that Yi Zhonghai watched people in his yard being beaten without doing anything and just stood by and watched? In that case, his role as an uncle would be over. What about the neighbors? Would they watch and not help the people in the yard? How would they live in the yard in the future?

There is only one person with a problem, and that is Jia Zhang. All the trouble was caused by her. She was disobedient, cunning, unreasonable, and rude. Therefore, the only one who was wrong in everything was Jia Zhang.

Qi Dasheng also agreed with his apprentice's point of view, and said that in the afternoon, Director Wang came with people from the street office. After understanding the situation at the police station, they called the six old men from the two courtyards together and scolded them harshly.

Finally, after discussion by Qi Dasheng and Director Wang, it was decided that all the people would be locked up overnight to let them reflect, and then released the next day. However, the main person responsible, Jia Zhang, would not be let off easily and would be locked up in the cowshed for three months until she recovered from her illness.

The neighbors of Yard No. 95, who had been locked up for a night, returned to the yard dejectedly. Along the way, Yan Bugui kept talking to Yi Zhonghai, saying that his son was beaten badly and had to go to the hospital. He wanted some compensation. Finally, Yi Zhonghai was so annoyed that he took out five yuan and secretly gave it to Yan Bugui, and Yan Bugui stopped pestering him.

Back in the yard, everyone wanted to rest, eat something and catch up on some sleep, but they suddenly discovered that their winter vegetables were gone. The neighbors were anxious and came to find Yi Zhonghai. An old lady came out from the inner room and said, "It's still at the distribution point. Sha Zhu is watching there. He's been watching all night."

The aunt didn't tell Sha Zhu that he was stubborn yesterday and refused to transport the things for others, so he just transported his own things back. Then he took a blue worker's cotton coat, put it on and went to watch. He also felt sorry for the aunt, so he let her come back and have a rest.

The neighbors in the courtyard didn't care about anything else and rushed to the distribution point together. When they got there, they saw Sha Zhu sleeping on a pile of cabbages. The winter stored vegetables of each family had not been touched at all. Yi Zhonghai got a little angry when he saw this. This Sha Zhu was not obedient at all. Yi Zhonghai went up and slapped Sha Zhu in the face.

Sha Zhu woke up in a daze, and seeing that it was Yi Zhonghai, he said, "Hey, uncle, you're out. Let's hurry up and transport the vegetables. I've been up all night, and I have to go back and catch up on some sleep."

Sha Zhu didn't even wait for Yi Zhonghai to reply. He jumped off the cabbage pile and ran away without paying any attention to Yi Zhonghai who was cursing at him. Sha Zhu was very smart. He didn't run home. He went to work in the factory and took a nap in the small warehouse.

(End of this chapter)