The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 79: Hair Turned White Overnight
After Yi Zhonghai returned home, he felt completely drained of energy and vitality, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. He couldn't fall asleep that night and kept trying to fall asleep.

I finally fell asleep, and when I got up the next morning to sweep the streets, I saw an old man with white hair in the mirror on the washbasin rack when I washed my face.

Yi Zhonghai was frightened by himself and took two steps back. Stroking his white hair, Yi Zhonghai burst into tears and wondered why he had done this in the first place.

An old lady also saw Yi Zhonghai's head full of white hair. She covered her mouth and dared not cry out loud. She rummaged through the drawers and found a hat for him that could barely cover his white hair.

When he came back from sweeping the street, everyone in the yard saw him. At first glance, they thought he was an old man they didn't know, but after taking a closer look, they realized it was Yi Zhonghai. His hair had turned white overnight, and he looked like a completely different person.

When Sha Zhu saw him, he was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he said nothing and went out to work with his wife.

Yi Zhonghai watched Sha Zhu walk out, raised his hand slightly, opened his mouth silently, wanting to say something, but didn't know where to start, so he could only put down his arms and sigh.

The fact that Yi Zhonghai had white hair could not be concealed. In less than half a day, everyone in the factory knew about it. Everyone who knew the reason wanted to despise him.

Even when he was working, people around him would point fingers at him and try to avoid him. Some people even wanted to drag the machine tool away from him, but it was impossible because the machine was too heavy.

At this moment, the only person closest to Yi Zhonghai was Qin Huairu. She was absent-mindedly working on the workpiece in her hands while recalling her conversation with Jia Zhang last night.

After returning home last night, Jia Zhang was extremely disgusted with Yi Zhonghai. Even though she herself was not a good person, it did not stop her from looking down on Yi Zhonghai.

After returning home, he repeatedly warned Qin Huairu to stay away from Yi Zhonghai to avoid him plotting against her and ruining the reputation of the Jia family.

The Jia family has no reputation at all. If there was any reputation, you, Jia Zhang, would have thrown a tantrum and eaten it with steamed bread.

Qin Huairu complained in her heart, but her face did not reveal any flaws. Instead, she put forward a different point of view: "Mom, I know Yi Zhonghai has a bad reputation now, but I can't stay too far away from him."

"Qin Huairu, what do you want to do? You still want to get close to this kind of person. Be careful that one day he will plot against you and kill you without a burial place."

Qin Huairu shook her head: "Mom, listen to me. No matter what, Yi Zhonghai is my master now. If I stay away from him now, people will say that I am a traitor. How can I survive in the factory in the future?"

Jia Zhang nodded slowly: "That's the truth. If it doesn't work, you can find someone else to change the master."

"It's not that easy." Qin Huairu shook her head: "From ancient times to the present, masters have always disliked their disciples. How could a disciple dare to disobey his master?"

Qin Huairu knew that Jia Zhang was a tough nut to crack and would not give in without any tangible benefits.

So she listened to the noise outside the house, and then whispered: "Yi Zhonghai is now a stinking dog shit, everyone despises him. If I am still willing to follow him now, I will be his support in the future. Don't forget that he can get 99 yuan a month, and he has two rooms in this yard, which are his own private ones."

Jia Zhang suddenly realized: "You mean to help him with his old age, and everything he has will be ours in the future."

"No." Jia Zhang shook her head like a rattle: "He is a piece of stinky dog shit, not to mention that the money for his retirement will not fall into our hands. He is an old scumbag." "When he is old and can't move." Qin Huairu smiled and said: "We have the final say on how to take care of him in his old age. Don't forget, there are four people in our family and we only have one house. When Banggeng grows up, he must have his own room. He also has to get married."

Mentioning Banggeng was like mentioning Jia Zhang's weakness. She suddenly became smart and nodded slowly: "That's right, deal with this old guy for a few years. When he is too old to move, you have the final say on what to do."

If Liu Hua heard this, he would definitely sneer at it, but for people of that era, it was perfectly normal to say this, because the average life expectancy of ordinary people at that time was only 45 to 50 years old.

Even if Jia Zhang relaxed his concept, he felt that Yi Zhonghai would be dead in three to five years after his retirement at most. Calculated in this way, this deal was a good deal.

But Jia Zhang never dreamed that everyone in this courtyard could survive, and the worse the condition, the more likely they were to survive.

So today when Qin Huairu went to work, she made a cup of tea for Yi Zhonghai as usual, and then waited for Yi Zhonghai's instructions before starting to work.

This action actually brought a little comfort to Yi Zhonghai's dead heart. He couldn't help but feel deeply moved. Of the two elderly people he chose to take care of the elderly, one died and the other had no contact with him until he died.

I didn't expect that Qin Huairu would be willing to be close to me. It seems that he is someone I can rely on. Maybe my retirement support will fall on him.

But Yi Zhonghai did not completely let down his guard. He had just been deserted by his friends and relatives, so he would naturally be suspicious of everyone.

Qin Huairu was also aware of this, and was secretly competing with herself in her heart. Come on, let’s see who can outlast the other.

Liu Hua walked around the workshop and did not look at Yi Zhonghai twice just because his hair had turned gray. There was nothing wrong with the machine tools in the workshop, so he went back to the office with his tool bag to slack off.

Read a book, a newspaper, and chat with other people in the office. The focus of today's gossip is Yi Zhonghai.

Everyone knew that Liu Hua and Yi Zhonghai were from the same courtyard, so many people asked him about it, and Liu Hua could only tell them the truth with some exaggeration.

Liu Hua finally said, "That's enough. I don't want to talk about other people's bad deeds behind their backs. Let's stop here."

He probably said this seven or eight times in one morning. There was nothing he could do about it. They were all colleagues in the office. If they came to ask you a question and you didn't say a word, it would seem like you were out of touch.

There was another person in the office, Xu Damao. He was very busy this morning, spreading gossip everywhere.

Compared with Liu Hua's gossip, the truth that Liu Hua exaggerated was nothing. In Xu Damao's words, Yi Zhonghai should be torn into pieces by five horses and then executed by slow slicing.

After lunch, Liu Hua was resting in the office when Li Huaide called.

When Li Huaide arrived at the factory director's office, he had just hung up the phone. He saw Liu Hua and said with a smile, "This person is very capable. He is destined to be busy. I thought the factory had no tasks for you, so I asked you to study hard. I didn't expect that you are now famous and have to be busy."

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