Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

When he heard the word "sincerity", Yi Zhonghai knew that the key to this apology had arrived.

Then he took out ten big unity notes that he had prepared in advance from his pocket.

"This is the one hundred yuan Qin Huairu and I collected as compensation for you. From now on, let's forget about this matter and neither of us will cause trouble to the other."

Although Yi Zhonghai prepared 150 yuan, he did not take it all out immediately.

As the saying goes, bargaining is the key. If I reveal my cards all at once, I will have no bargaining power in front of Wang Dong.

Wang Dong glanced at the ten big unity notes in his hand and then looked at himself again, still with a half-smile on his face, but he didn't say a word.

Yi Zhonghai knew that the hundred yuan in his hand could not satisfy Wang Dong's appetite.

He hardened his heart and took out another five big unity notes from his pocket and continued: "Wang Dong..."

"Let's be merciful. One hundred and fifty dollars is more than enough..."

"We won't be able to take out any more?"

Wang Dong was not indulging Yi Zhonghai, so he snorted coldly and asked, "Second Master..."

"I don't know whether you think I'm a beggar or you underestimate your uncle's ability."

"A person who earns more than 100 yuan a month actually told me that he can't come up with 100 or 200 yuan. Don't you think this is a joke?"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai opening his mouth to explain, Wang Dong didn't give him a chance to speak and interrupted him directly: "Don't tell me about that thing in the yard..."

"It's okay to fool people who don't understand..."

"After all, I, Wang Dong, have received education. I am not the kind of person who knows nothing."

"Your tricks may work for other residents in the yard, but they are far from enough for me..."

"If I'm not mistaken, the second uncle has worked in the steel mill for such a long time, and his family must have saved at least 5,000 or 6,000 yuan."

"To be honest, I feel embarrassed that a person with 5,000 or 6,000 yuan in savings is crying poor in front of me."

Yi Zhonghai was stunned. He didn't expect that Wang Dong knew so much about his deposit amount.

What he said was absolutely right. He did have more than 5,000 yuan saved.

As long as I work in the steel rolling mill without any problems and continue to earn the salary of an eighth-level fitter, I can save another 700 yuan every year in the future.

By the time you retire, it will be easy to have a savings of over 10,000 yuan.

Faced with such a situation, Yi Zhonghai had a new understanding of Wang Dong.

In order to resolve the matter as quickly as possible, although it was painful, he still gritted his teeth and answered: "Two hundred yuan..."

"Three hundred yuan..." Wang Dong shook his head and answered with a smile.

"For Second Uncle, this money is only three months' salary. Just consider it as aid to me."

Yi Zhonghai almost choked to death when he heard this.

It's true that you have money, wouldn't it be nice to save it for eating meat? Why would you help your enemy, and give him 300 yuan at a time?

Although there is a shortage of supplies in Beijing and prices in the pigeon market are soaring, these three hundred yuan can buy back dozens of kilograms of pork.

But in order to resolve the dispute between himself and Wang Dong as soon as possible, he still had to pay the money he owed in order to have a full stomach at the steel rolling mill at noon tomorrow.

He suppressed his anger and replied, "Okay... I'll pay for the three hundred yuan..."

After saying that, he took out the remaining 150 yuan. It was obvious that the old man Yi Zhonghai was well prepared.

But Wang Dong did not take the money. Instead, he took out a letter of compensation that he had prepared long ago and handed it to Yi Zhonghai.

"Sign this understanding, I'll take the money, and then this incident will be as if it never happened."

"From now on, no one in the steel mill kitchen will target you and Qin Huairu."

"Of course, if I find out that you are plotting against me or my father-in-law's family in the yard again in the future, it will not be solved with three hundred yuan." Yi Zhonghai did not expect Wang Dong to be so shrewd and even prepared a letter of understanding in advance.

Obviously, when he decided to target himself and Qin Huairu in the cafeteria kitchen, he had thought about the day when he would have to apologize.

Hesitantly asked, "Can we not sign the letter of understanding..."

"If anyone finds out, Qin Huairu and I will lose face in the courtyard."

"No..." Wang Dong shook his head firmly.

"If you don't sign the letter of apology, I will report you to the street office and the police, saying that I am blackmailing you. You won't be able to clear your name even if you jump into the Yellow River."

"To be honest, the person I least trust in our courtyard is your uncle's character."

"You have to sign a letter of understanding, otherwise I won't accept the apology."

"As for revealing this matter..."

"Don't worry, three hundred dollars is not a small sum. If I get three hundred dollars in compensation from you for this matter, there will definitely be many people in the yard who will be jealous of this money."

"Not to mention others, He Yuzhu will come and cause trouble for me..."

"I like to keep a low profile."

"As long as you don't use this matter to cause trouble, no one will see this letter of understanding."

"Don't you think that Second Master still doesn't believe in my character?"

Seeing that Wang Dong didn't leave him any room for negotiation, Yi Zhonghai, who had been hungry for several days, finally couldn't help but compromise.

"Okay...I'll sign..."

After signing, receiving the money and confirming that there were no problems, Yi Zhonghai angrily rushed to the courtyard with Qin Huairu, not wanting to say a single extra word to Wang Dong.

He even ignored the greetings from Huang Longfei and Tang Dashan.

"Master, what happened to the second uncle?" Tang Dashan asked with a frown and a puzzled look on his face.

Wang Dong smiled and replied: "No one would feel good if they lost 300 yuan for no reason, let alone our money-loving Second Master..."

"Three hundred yuan?" Huang Longfei and Tang Dashan both looked puzzled.

Wang Dong did not hide anything and continued with a smile: "Our actions in the kitchen against Qin Huairu and He Yuzhu have worked..."

"This old guy just came over to apologize to me."

After that, he took out 40 yuan from the 30 big unity notes, gave 20 yuan to each person and said, "Thank you for your hard work these past few days..."

"This money is your hard-earned money."

"Don't take no for an answer."

"If you don't even accept this twenty dollars, I won't dare ask you to help me with anything in the future."

"Don't worry, keep it well. Don't feel embarrassed. If you guys hadn't been running around in the kitchen, Yi Zhonghai wouldn't have compromised so quickly."

“Don’t worry.”

"When I received the money, I asked Yi Zhonghai to write a letter of apology."

"If Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu don't want to lose their reputation in the courtyard, they will definitely keep this matter to themselves and dare not tell anyone."

Tang Dashan was about to refuse, but after hearing Wang Dong's request, he had no choice but to accept it, and then said with gratitude: "Thank you, Master..."

"If it weren't for you..."

"The Tang family definitely couldn't have lived the good life they have now. They might even be starving every day."

"If you have any problems in the future, just tell me. I, Tang Dashan, will definitely do my best for you." (End of this chapter)