Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 46 Provocation
Shen Zhiyu pretended to think, then said, "The only thing that comes to my mind is that I can't get the love I want, and I hate because of love, and jealousy is at work."

Everyone in the Siheyuan courtyard knew about Sha Zhu's feelings for Qin Huairu. It was just that Jia Dongxu was Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, so no one wanted to spread the news.

Now, after Shen Zhiyu's analysis, many people suddenly felt that Sha Zhu might have such thoughts.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai heard Shen Zhiyu's analysis, he knew that something was wrong. He knew that this was Shen Zhiyu's nonsense.

Sha Zhu doesn't have such intentions, he just wants to disgust Xu Damao.

But now after Shen Zhiyu's analysis, everyone will think that Sha Zhu has killed two birds with one stone, both disgusting Xu Damao and taking revenge on Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu heard Shen Zhiyu's explanation when it just started, but he also wanted to hear what the only technical secondary school student in the courtyard had to say.

Jia Dongxu has high expectations for Banggeng. He is a worker himself, so he knows the hardships of workers.

Only by passing the exam and becoming a cadre can one escape from the sea of ​​suffering. Jia Dongxu has always hoped that Banggeng can be admitted to university and change his family's destiny.

After listening to Shen Zhiyu's analysis today, he felt that it made a lot of sense and that doing so was indeed harming the child.

But he also knew that Sha Zhu didn't do it on purpose. Didn't he know how capable Sha Zhu was?

The two grew up together. He is a few years older than Sha Zhu, and he has been his follower since childhood. He knows Sha Zhu very well.

This is also the reason why he knew that Sha Zhu was thinking about his wife, but he didn't investigate further. This guy is just a fool.

Although Shazhu didn't have such intention, it would objectively ruin the show. Fortunately, he knew about it in time and it was still in time.

"Da Mao, sister-in-law, the child is still young and does not understand. As his father, I apologize to you on his behalf." Jia Dongxu sincerely apologized to Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e.

"It's okay. Can I blame Banggeng? What does a 7-year-old child know? But, Dongxu, you have to pay more attention to Banggeng's education in the future. There are people in our courtyard who don't want your family to have an easy life and want to ruin the child." Xu Damao attacked whenever he got the chance.

"Wait for me to deal with you later." Jia Dongxu cursed as he snatched 10 yuan from Banggeng's hand and gave it back to Xu Damao. Then he turned to Shazhu and said, "Zhuzi, I know you didn't mean it, but can you please think about it before you do anything?"

"Dongxu..." Shazhu didn't know how to end this.

Yi Zhonghai makes a brilliant appearance, and he cannot allow his retirement candidate and backup candidate to fight among themselves.

"Dongxu, send the child home. It's over. Educate him slowly. Banggeng is a smart kid and he will understand things. Shazhu, what are you still doing here? Go and pick up your grandma." Yi Zhonghai said.

Shen Zhiyu looked at Yi Zhonghai and thought that he was indeed a master of moral kidnapping and the guardian of the courtyard rules. He stopped the communication between Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu in time.

Otherwise, Shen Zhiyu would definitely continue to instigate the Jia family and Sha Zhu, and it might not end like this even now.

Given Jia Zhang's rogue behavior, it's unclear how she will deal with Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu helped the deaf old lady sit on the chair behind the table, waiting for Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui to host the group party. The three of them were probably still unwilling to give up their status as the steward, and they were all trying to restore their status as the steward. Their demands were the same on this point.

They all want to use this identity to satisfy their own selfish desires.

Yi Zhonghai wanted to use his identity as the steward to achieve his goal of retirement by getting something for nothing.

Liu Haizhong didn't have any messy ideas. He was simply an official-obsessed person and wanted to satisfy his dream of becoming an official through the uncle who was in charge.

Yan Bugui just wanted to continue his job as door god by using his identity as the steward and get some benefits from the neighbors.

The old lady was dressed very festively today, in a red tweed coat, which made her look energetic and wealthy.

Shen Zhiyu looked at the deaf old lady and felt that this old lady was not an ordinary person. She did not look like a housewife. Also, the coat she wore today was not cheap. It was made of pure animal fur. As a deaf old lady who was a five-guarantee household, she could afford such expensive clothes. It seemed that there was something else behind her identity and some things needed to be investigated.

"My fellow men, today is the second day of the first lunar month, the traditional Spring Festival. As the old saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. It is fate that we can live together. With new people, new things and a new country, our courtyard should also keep pace with the times and not reverse the course of history. Let's get together for a group visit. Why do we have to have a group visit? As the saying goes, an old person in the family is like a treasure. The old lady is already in her seventies this year. We should respect the old and love the young. Let's all pay our respects to the old lady, and the younger generation should all come and kowtow to her." Yi Zhonghai interrupted Shen Zhiyu's thoughts and began to speak.

Shen Zhiyu felt extremely uncomfortable with his words. What kind of weird logic was it to ask people to kowtow to a deaf old lady for no reason?

"Old Yi, what you are doing is wrong. It's a new era now, why bother with kowtow?" Liu Haizhong was unconvinced. He didn't want his son to kowtow to others. He wasn't dead yet!
Yan Bugui wiped his glasses and said nothing. It was obvious that he was also dissatisfied with Yi Zhonghai's words.

Although the three of them temporarily formed an alliance and attempted to restore the system of a manager, Yi Zhonghai could not still have the final say.

"The Qing Dynasty has been gone for decades, how come there is another Buddha above our heads?" Shen Zhiyu deliberately muttered in front of Xu Damao.

Xu Damao's eyes lit up. He had suffered from the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai for a long time. The two of them protected Sha Zhu and took sides, which led to him being beaten frequently.

"When will another Buddha appear in Beijing? My Xu family has been hired farmhands for three generations. We finally got the emancipation of the serfs under the leadership of a great man. How come we have to go back to being slaves and kowtow to a stranger who has no relatives or friends? Jiecheng, I'll give you fifty cents. Go to the street office or the police station and say that there are restorationists in our courtyard." Xu Damao took out fifty cents and handed it to Yan Jiecheng.

"Okay, Brother Damao." Yan Jiecheng embodied the family style of the Yan family very well. When he heard that there was money to be made, he immediately snatched the money from Xu Damao's hand and walked towards the front yard.

“You are not allowed to go!” Seeing that Yan Jiecheng showed no sign of stopping, Yi Zhonghai said to Yan Bugui anxiously: “Uncle, please get your Jiecheng back quickly.”

"When a son grows up, he is no longer under the control of his father!" Yan Bugui slowly put on his wiped glasses and said helplessly.

Yi Zhonghai knew that he couldn't let the neighborhood office intervene. If he did, even if he returned to his position as the manager in the future, it would not be of much significance. Besides, he had just gotten into trouble not long ago, and if the neighborhood office really intervened, it would not be easy for him to return to his position as the manager in the future.

"Xu Damao, you bastard, do you want to be beaten?" Sha Zhu threatened.

The deaf old lady looked at Xu Damao with her dead fish eyes for a while, then looked at Yan Bugui, then slowly stood up and said, "Shazhu, help grandma go back."

Yan Bugui's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly called Yan Jiecheng to stop him, saying with some concern, "Give 5 cents to your brother Damao. We all live in the same compound, so if there's any problem, we can solve it together."

(End of this chapter)