Pursued by the Heavenly Dao, first level up in the courtyard.

When Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill was paying wages, Liu Yuhua was about to give birth, and He Yuzhu was the one who collected the wages.

Yi Zhonghai found He Yuzhu and began to use moral blackmail: "Zhuzi, your sister Qin's family is in trouble. Your sister Qin has become thin from hunger. Your family is in a better situation now. You should help your sister Qin more. If you help them now, they will help you in the future."

Knowing that He Yuzhu had feelings for Qin Huairu, Yi Zhonghai didn't mention the Jia family.

Qin Huairu is a member of the Jia family, so helping Qin Huairu is equivalent to helping the Jia family.

Yi Zhonghai, Tan Guilan, Jia Dongxu, and Qin Huairu all helped with He Daqing's funeral arrangements.

Having forgotten the pain of past wounds, He Yuzhu remained silent for a few seconds before saying, "Uncle, I can't take my lunchbox back now."

Yi Zhonghai said, "Zhuzi, you can use the surplus grain from your family to help your sister Qin. You can also lend your sister Qin some of your money. Once these difficult times are over, your sister Qin will pay you back."

Around 5 p.m., He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard house. Before he even entered the central courtyard, he ran into Qin Huairu.

"Zhu Zi, my family is running out of food. Could you lend me some?"

"Sister Qin, it's not that I'm unwilling to lend you the money, but my family doesn't have any extra food."

"Zhu Zi, could you lend me a few dollars? My dog ​​Bang Geng hasn't had meat in ages."

Seeing Sister Qin with tears streaming down her face, He Yuzhu's heart softened, and he took out his money, counting out five yuan.

Back at the He family residence in the Intermediate People's Court, Liu Yuhua held out her hand and said, "Brother Zhu, where's your salary?"

He Yuzhu reluctantly handed over the money. Liu Yuhua counted it and asked, "Why is five yuan short?"

"Wife, I'm a grown man, if I don't have any money, people will laugh at me."

"Alright, you have five dollars. Go buy your own cigarettes and alcohol this month."

He Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief and went to the kitchen to cook.

A few days later, Liu Yuhua gave birth to a son in the hospital, whom she named He Yunfei.

Often walking by the river, how can there not be wet shoes?

In less than half a month, Liu Yuhua learned that He Yuzhu had borrowed money and grain from Qin Huairu on multiple occasions.

That evening, Liu Yuhua frowned and asked, "Brother Zhu, we're short a lot of food at home. Did you take the money and food to help others again?"

He Yuzhu forced himself to say, "I lent it to Sister Qin. The Jia family had no food, and it's only right for neighbors to help each other. I really couldn't bear it, so I helped them out."

Liu Yuhua was both angry and furious: "Brother Zhuzi, every family is tightening their belts these days. We don't even have enough food for ourselves, and you're still going to use it to help the Jia family?"

He Yuzhu said nonchalantly, "Wife, you're being too petty. You should value relationships. If you don't help your neighbors when they're in trouble, you'll be criticized sooner or later."

The following afternoon, Qin Huairu stopped He Yuzhu again, crying, "Zhuzi, please help me. We're out of food. Banggeng is starving and his eyes are rolling back in his head. Xiaodang keeps crying. I really don't know what to do."

He Yuzhu's heart softened, and he took out the money he had on him again.

Upon receiving the news, Liu Yuhua was immediately enraged and carried He Yunfei back to the Liu family home.

Seeing Liu Yuhua leave, Yi Zhonghai revealed a strange smile.

Yi Zhonghai knew that the Jia family was a bottomless pit. In order to avoid being continuously drained by the Jia family, he planned to push the responsibility of helping the Jia family onto He Yuzhu, a good-natured person who couldn't distinguish right from wrong.

Liu Yuhua returned to her parents' home and cried, which enraged her father Liu Cheng, her eldest brother Liu Yulong, and her second brother Liu Yuhua.

Liu Cheng is a level-six fitter at Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, Liu Yulong is a butcher at the meat processing plant, and Liu Yuhu is a forger at Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill.

Liu Cheng, Liu Yulong, and Liu Yuhu were all tall and strong, with robust physiques.

The group arrived at the courtyard house in a huff, and Liu Cheng kicked open the door of the He family's house.

"Shazhu, how dare you bully my daughter?"

"You idiot Zhu, you're asking for it! How dare you bully my sister!"

"Idiot Zhu, I'll beat you to death."

The three men surrounded He Yuzhu and began punching and kicking him.

Unable to resist, He Yuzhu screamed in agony.

Yan Bugui asked, "Old Liu, aren't you going to help?"

Liu Haizhong said, "Old Yan, this is their family matter, why should we interfere?"

Yi Zhonghai stepped forward and went to the He family to mediate the fight, but Liu Cheng, Liu Yulong, and Liu Yuhu ignored him.

Liu Yuhua said, "Uncle, this is our family matter, so please don't trouble yourself with it."

Yi Zhonghai said righteously, "Zhu Zi is doing a good deed by helping his neighbor in need. You are all too cold-blooded."

Liu Yuhu stopped beating He Yuzhu and instead began to beat Yi Zhonghai.

"What right do you have to interfere in my sister's family affairs?"

"It's like a dog catching a mouse, meddling in other people's business. If you have that much free time, you should teach Jia Dongxu a lesson."

Liu Yuhu, who works at the steel rolling mill, knows the real reason why Jia Dongxu stopped at the level of a first-class fitter.

He loathed Yi Zhonghai and seized the opportunity to beat him up.

Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong looked at each other and smiled. They each sent one of their sons to notify the street office and the police station.

A dozen minutes later, people from the neighborhood committee and the police station arrived.

After the reason was clarified, He Yuzhu, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Cheng, Liu Yulong, and Liu Yuhu were all criticized for a while.

Liu Yuhua said, "Director Wang, the Jia family isn't really in dire straits. They still have a sewing machine and a gold ring. They're clearly not in dire need of help. Why do they keep borrowing money and food from my brother Zhuzi and never pay it back?"

In this day and age, most ordinary people will defer to the director of the neighborhood committee or the director of the steel rolling mill.

A few bold ordinary people, as long as they are in the right, are not afraid of anything, not even the director of the street office, the director of the steel rolling mill, or even the superiors of the steel rolling mill or the superiors of the street office.

Nowadays, workers and peasants are the masters of the country, and it's not difficult for them to meet high-ranking officials. The director of a steel rolling mill and the head of a street office are only of average rank. In this day and age, they don't have the ability to act recklessly.

Liu Yuhua was in the right and demanded that the Jia family return the money and grain. Zhang Cuihua wanted to call for Old Jia, but after being glared at by Wang Yunxia, ​​she dared not call for Old Jia again.

After a brief standoff, the neighborhood committee and police station began searching the Jia family's home.

"More than two thousand yuan, a gold ring, a sewing machine, and over a hundred jin of grain—the Jia family has money and grain, why would they need to borrow money and grain from He Yuzhu?"

"I never expected the Jia family had more than two thousand yuan saved up."

"The Jia family is so rich, they actually have over a hundred catties of grain."

The neighbors in the courtyard were whispering amongst themselves.

Enraged, Wang Yunxia demanded that the Jia family return the money and grain, and then took Zhang Cuihua and Qin Huairu to the street office for education.

Yi Zhonghai was filled with mixed emotions upon realizing he had been deceived.

He severed ties with the Jia family, but he couldn't get back the money and supplies he had previously spent on them.

If he continues to associate with the Jia family, he will continue to be exploited by them. When he gets old, Jia Dongxu may not be willing to take care of him in his old age.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai was both furious and helpless.

After witnessing firsthand that the Jia family had over two thousand yuan and more than one hundred jin of grain, He Yuzhu realized that he had been deceived by Sister Qin.

Qi Bing, who was watching the show from behind the wall, was not surprised that the Jia family had more than two thousand yuan.

The Jia family originally had over 20 million old currency, but Zhang Cuihua only exchanged over 10 million old currency for a little over 1,000 new currency. After the exchange in Beicheng stopped, Zhang Cuihua went to Tianjin to exchange the remaining old currency, but all the money she had was robbed.

Zhang Cuihua, who still had a little over a thousand yuan left, received three yuan a month from Jia Dongxu as a pension.

Jia Dongxu has been working at the factory for ten years now, and Zhang Cuihua has received more than 300 yuan in pension money.

Zhang Cuihua sits at the Jia family's door every day sewing shoe soles, and occasionally sells some, earning her a little money.

In the past, going to a cellar with Yi Zhonghai would cost anywhere from two or three yuan to five yuan.

Over the years, Zhang Cuihua's money has increased from over a thousand to just over two thousand.

As time passed, the courtyard returned to its usual tranquility.

Unwilling to accept this, Yi Zhonghai asked someone to praise Xu Damao for being able to take charge of the household, while He Yuzhu was controlled by his wife.

Xu Damao repeatedly mocked He Yuzhu, saying he couldn't be the head of the household.

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