Siheyuan: Cutting off at the beginning

Chapter 35 Sharing the same bed
The next morning, Shazhu woke up with dark circles under his eyes. It turned out that he slept with his father.

Now that I suddenly have an uncle, I can’t even cover myself with a blanket.

Three grown men were squeezed into one bed, so he couldn't sleep well.

As soon as I went out, I saw Jia Dongxu walking out of the yard stealthily.

Sha Zhu went to the pool in the yard, washed his face hastily, and went back to the house to make breakfast.

In the backyard, Qin Huairu also got up and quickly made breakfast. She also took the time to wash the dirty clothes and hang them up.

After finishing her work, she went to the inner room and covered her man with a blanket.

When she left, she took a bowl of white flour. There was no corn flour at home, so they only ate white flour. What a wonderful life it was.

"Good morning, Sister Qin!"

Xu Damao was washing his face and got up late.

"morning!"

Qin Huairu said this and walked out. Brother Li said that Xu Damao was a villain and she should not have much contact with him.

"Alas! There are so many women, why did Li Zhiguo get so many of them?

But I will also have a blind date next week, so Li Zhiguo won’t be happy for long.”

Xu Damao washed his face vigorously and went back to his room to have breakfast as he could not be late for work.

After ten o'clock in the morning, Li Zhiguo woke up naturally.

On New Year's Day, the steel rolling mill will be closed for half a day, and you can have a good meal for free at noon in the factory.

He planned to invite the Qin family to the courtyard and set up a table on New Year's Day.

This will be the planning process at home.

……

In the evening, Sha Zhu was carrying a net bag with some leftovers in the lunch box in his pocket.

When passing by the cement pipe, my nose suddenly twitched.

"Who baked this?"

Sha Zhu looked around and finally saw the scene through the pipe: a burnt fire with chicken bones beside it.

"Hey, who's so greedy that he comes here to roast a chicken?"

I didn't take it too seriously, and was wondering whether I should hand in next month's salary.

……

In the courtyard, after Li Zhiguo finished planning to host a banquet to entertain his father-in-law and his family, he had to find someone to deliver a message tomorrow.

This meeting is recalling the public-private partnership.

Suddenly, I heard a commotion in the courtyard in front.

"Li Zhiguo, come and watch the fun. Jia Zhang seems to be shouting something."

"Go ahead, you're not cooking anyway, just watching the fun."

The two aunties in the backyard did not forget to call him up.

"What's going on? This is!"

When they got to the middle courtyard, Jia Zhang was crying loudly. When she saw the residents running over, she started to yell, "Damn it, who is so wicked as to steal my chickens?

That's an old hen. My family bought it for a wedding banquet, and we've never been willing to eat it."

Everyone was confused and thought this was impossible!
"Ms. Jia Zhang, we have been in this courtyard for many years, and not even a needle has fallen. Who would steal your chickens?"

Second Aunt doesn't believe this.

"That's right. We are all from the same courtyard. We have some dignity to protect. No one wants to be a thief."

"I wonder if you ate it yourself, and you're calling the thief a thief?"

The aunts expressed their opinions one after another.

Jia Zhang glanced at the crowd and said, "There are people in this courtyard who are shameless!"

"Oh my god, Jia Zhang, please explain clearly, do you suspect me of stealing a chicken?"

Li Zhiguo felt that the blow to the Jia family was not enough and that good people were being wronged.

The second aunt said quickly: "It definitely couldn't be Li Zhiguo. He didn't leave the backyard today. I watched him the whole time."

"I was in the backyard, and I saw it too. Li Zhiguo is a bit bad, but he knows everything."

"I believe in Li Zhiguo. If he wants to eat chicken, he can cheat... and ask Qin Huairu to earn money to buy it for him."

The aunts all expressed their support.

Seeing that she had incurred public anger, Jia Zhang said, "I didn't say I doubted Li Zhiguo.
Or maybe it was He Daqing’s younger brother, he just came to the yard yesterday, and today my family lost a chicken.”

Jia Zhang herself didn't believe that it was Li Zhiguo who did it. If that guy really wanted to eat the chicken, he would probably come and rob it openly.

"Are the He family members here? Call them out and ask them. Jia Zhang, please don't wrongly accuse a good person.

I have seen the man called Cai Quanwu before, he is just an honest guy. "

People in the hospital want to laugh when they talk about this. Sha Zhu now has a heavy burden. One person does the work and four people eat.

At this moment, only He Yushui was at home in the He family. He Daqing and Cai Quanwu went out in the morning, and Sha Zhu was also at work.

"Mom, what happened?"

Jia Dongxu is back. He ran so fast that he arrived at the yard first.

"Dongxu, you're back just in time. Our chicken is lost."

Jia Zhang's face was full of tears. She was not pretending; she really felt sorry for the chicken.

"The chicken is missing. Who stole it?"

Jia Dongxu's eyes were a little evasive. With so many people watching, it was difficult for him to explain.

Li Zhiguo felt something was wrong. The Jia couple were at home, who could come and steal a chicken?

Thinking of this, he asked, "Ms. Jia Zhang, what else did you buy for your wedding banquet besides a chicken?"

"It's much older. There's five pounds of meat and a chicken. We need to set up two tables. Each table costs five yuan."

When Jia Zhang mentioned this, she stopped crying.

Who knew that the second auntie would directly say: "Five dollars a table, who are you trying to fool?

You invited three tables of people, and the cost per table is only three dollars at most, which is not as good as Li Zhi's dinner.

Not to mention the lunchtime meal, which costs only ten yuan per table.”

"What? Ten yuan standard. Where did he get the money? Is that right..."

Jia Zhang didn't dare to continue, because Li Zhiguo was not so easy to bully.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, don't make blind guesses. The money was not paid by Li Zhiguo."

With the help of the middle-aged ladies, they know best where the money comes from.

"Okay, let's get down to business!"

Li Zhiguo took over the conversation, "Jia Zhang, you said that only a chicken was lost. If someone really stole your house, why didn't they steal the five pounds of meat as well?"

"Hey, Li Zhiguo is really quick-witted. This is the logic."

"Ms. Jia Zhang, think about it carefully. Don't forget about eating the chicken."

The aunties started to analyze the situation at once, and the more they thought about it, the more they thought it was possible.

"Hey, what are you talking about? It's so lively."

"Shazhu, you're back just in time. Jia Zhang said your uncle stole her chickens."

No one knew when the three aunts ran to the Intermediate Court.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, don't wrongly accuse a good person. My uncle and my father went out. We planned to buy a tricycle yesterday." Sha Zhu felt heartbroken when he talked about this. That money might have been the salary he had handed over and saved.

"Who could it be? No one else is here. Li Zhiguo is in the backyard today. It's none of his business."

Jia Zhang made an appropriate remedial remark, fearing that she had made the other person too angry today and might cause trouble for the Jia family again the next day.

“Then I don’t know who could steal your chickens.

Speaking of chicken, I remember something."

As Sha Zhu was speaking, the residents who worked in the yard came back one after another, and there were many households in the steel rolling mill alone.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong arrived, Xu Damao also came back, and Qin Huairu also came to the yard. When she saw her husband, she hurried over and leaned against his side.

"Brother, what's going on?"

"The chicken of Jia Zhang's family is missing. We were just talking about it."

Li Zhiguo secretly held Qin Huairu's hand. An old lady nearby saw it but didn't dare to say anything. The world is going downhill.

"Oh!"

When Qin Huairu heard this, she knew it had nothing to do with her family, so she didn't care.

Sha Zhu was also a person who loved to show off. When he saw that almost everyone had arrived, he started to yell, "Speaking of this chicken, when I came back from get off work today, I saw it by the cement pipe outside the wall of the steel mill.

I saw a burnt fire with chicken bones next to it. I guess someone was roasting a chicken there at noon."

"I go!"

Li Zhiguo asked why it felt wrong. Wasn't the place Shazhu mentioned the location of Banggeng Roast Chicken in the original drama?

The chicken of the Jia family was most likely stolen by Jia Dongxu himself.

"Jia Dongxu, did you steal the chicken and roast it?"

Li Zhiguo did not give anyone face. Just now, Jia Zhang suspected him, which seriously affected his reputation in the courtyard.

"Li Zhiguo, please stop slandering me. Can I steal my own chicken?"

Jia Dongxu's expression remained unchanged, thinking to himself, you bad boy, your brain works quickly.

Unexpectedly, Sha Zhu immediately yelled, "I remembered another thing! This morning when I came out of the house, just as the sky was getting light, I saw Jia Dongxu sneaking out of the yard. He must have been guilty of something."

When these words were spoken, the residents in the courtyard were in an uproar. Putting the whole thing together, it seemed that it was really done by Jia Dongxu.

Liu Haizhong stepped forward and said, "This is no small matter. Jia Dongxu, tell me quickly, did you steal the chicken? This is a violation of human character and must be investigated thoroughly."

Yi Zhonghai struggled for a moment, "It's not Dongxu. I saw him in the factory at noon. The rest of the time he was working in the workshop. How could he have time to roast chicken?"

Li Zhiguo would not miss such an opportunity. If it was really Jia Dongxu who did it, he would have to bear the consequences.

"Huai Ru, tell me, is Jia Dongxu in the workshop at noon?"

Qin Huairu followed her husband's lead and said directly: "I didn't notice whether he was in the workshop or not, but many workers in the factory were looking for Jia Dongxu at noon, but they couldn't find him."

"Uncle, where did you see Jia Dongxu at noon? I know him well in the factory."

Li Zhiguo also did not give anyone face, even though Yi Zhonghai had given a gift yesterday.

"Old Yi, you can't cover up for me."

Liu Haizhong watched from the side. As the elder in the courtyard, he had to take responsibility.

"I saw Dongxu's back outside the toilet. Or maybe I was dazzled."

Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to give false testimony. If the case was really investigated, he would be unable to cover it up.

Li Zhiguo stared at the man and said, "Jia Dongxu, if you stole the chicken, just admit it openly. It's yours anyway, so it doesn't constitute theft.

But we have to make things clear, otherwise there will be a thief in the hospital, which will affect our hospital's selection of advanced personnel at the end of the year."

He should also learn some advanced moral blackmail and stand on the moral high ground. Let’s see if you, Jia Dongxu, can handle it!
"I agree with what Li Zhiguo said. We cannot influence the selection of advanced candidates."

"There are several large courtyards competing with each other nearby. Our courtyard has been harmonious and happy over the past year, and there are even two couples getting married."

"That's right. Yesterday's banquet was so grand and lively. Jia Dongxu, please don't affect us all."

The residents all criticized it, saying that they were happy to watch the fun but could not stand it if it affected them.

"me……"

Jia Dongxu really couldn't bear it anymore, and he wasn't sure if anyone saw him roasting a chicken.

"Oh, I remember now. I ate the chicken with Bihua at noon. Look at me. I woke up from a nap and felt dizzy."

Jia Zhang hurriedly spoke up to smooth things over.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, this isn't right! You ate chicken at noon, and you've forgotten about it before nightfall?"

These words were said by Sha Zhu, who was resentful that Jia Zhang had wrongly accused his uncle.

At this time, Yan Bugui arrived at some point. After listening for a while and figuring out what was going on, he shouted, "I watch this front yard every day. This morning, Jia Dongxu hid something in his arms and left the yard at daybreak."

When everyone heard this, they turned their eyes to Jia Dongxu again. There was evidence now.

Li Zhiguo seriously suspected that Yan Bugui was cheating, but it might also be true.

It seems that I have to be more careful when bringing things in and out in the future.

"I did it, what's wrong?"

Jia Dongxu couldn't help but admit, "I left in a hurry this morning and didn't have time to explain to my mother. Isn't this a misunderstanding?"

"Hey, Dongxu, why don't you let mom worry less?

You said you wanted to eat chicken, so mom would have stewed it for you. You secretly roasted it outside and ate it by yourself. Aren’t you feeling full?”

Jia Zhang cried, and in the end it turned out that it was her son who did it.

"Mom, look at what you said. The chicken you bought isn't that big. It's already an old hen that doesn't lay eggs. I'm still not full."

After Jia Dongxu said this, he felt very free and easy. If Li Zhiguo could be shameless, why should he have any shame?

"Hey, you still have a mother and a wife! How can you eat alone?"

Jia Zhang burst into tears, "Old Jia, look at your son, he is so unfilial."

"Mom, how am I unfilial? I only ate one chicken, and there are five pounds of meat left for you and Bihua at home!"

Jia Dongxu felt that what he did was at least better than what Li Zhiguo did, because that person only cared about the food himself and didn't care about his wife.

Now Qin Huairu should know the gap between him and Li Zhiguo!

“Dongxu, how can you talk to your mother like that? What do I usually say to you?

We should respect our elders. It is only the children who are wrong, not the elders who are wrong. "

Yi Zhonghai walked to Jia Dongxu and began to preach incessantly.

This sounded reasonable, but it gave Li Zhiguo a headache. Yi Zhonghai's preaching seemed to be treating Jia Dongxu as a person to be taken care of in the old age!
"How come Jia Dongxu has become a bad person? Even though he stole his own chicken, it's not right."

"He ignores his mother and wife and eats all by himself. He is worse than Li Zhiguo."

"That's right. Li Zhiguo paid Qin Huairu little, but he didn't let anyone starve."

"I can testify to this. Li Zhiguo ate chicken alone in front of Qin Huairu, unlike Jia Dongxu. Besides, Li Zhiguo has stomach problems, so he has to eat good food."

Everyone in the courtyard shook their heads and was very disappointed with Jia Dongxu. He was a bad person, and neither was Li Zhiguo.

When Li Zhiguo heard this, he thought that he was set off by his peers, but Jia Dongxu actually let him show truth, goodness and beauty?
"Pooh!"

Xu Damao whispered that Jia Dongxu, this idiot, made Li Zhiguo look pretty good.

"Okay, everyone, stop watching the fun. This is the Jia family's own business, so just talk about it.

I believe Dongxu was just confused for a moment, but as long as he changes, he will still be a good kid."

Yi Zhonghai spoke up and covered up the matter.

There’s nothing anyone can say, but can the banquet still be held?

Thinking about it this way, Jia Dongxu had really helped them a lot, giving them another excuse to avoid giving gifts.

(End of this chapter)