Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

At the third uncle's house, the family is having dinner around the table. It is a day off and there is no need to work. Each person in the family has a wotou, a bowl of porridge, and a plate of pickles.

Halfway through the meal, they heard someone knocking on the door and calling for someone. The third uncle and his family all looked at the door in confusion.

"Dad, it seems like a fool."

Yan Jiecheng's ears were sharp and he immediately recognized Sha Zhu's voice.

"Why did Silly Zhu come to me? Did his uncle ask me to go to dinner?" The third uncle said to himself.

"Master, you'd better open the door first and see what's going on."

The third aunt saw the third uncle sitting there talking to himself and had no intention of getting up and opening the door, so she reminded the third uncle.

"Yes, I'll go right away." The third uncle said, quickly getting up and opening the door.

Opening the door, I saw Silly Zhu standing at the door holding a basket containing steamed buns and a few eggs.

The third uncle was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he had bought a bicycle to make everyone happy.

Even though he understood, the third uncle still pretended not to know and asked: "Zhuzi, what are you doing?"

"Third uncle, you said you were going to treat me, so I'm here."

"Here are your steamed buns and eggs. Let's all have fun together."

After hearing what the third uncle said, Shazhu took out two steamed buns and an egg from the basket and handed them to the third uncle, smiling and saying,

Taking the steamed buns and eggs handed over by Sha Zhu, the third uncle said with a smile: "Si Zhu, the third uncle has a large family, can you give me two more steamed buns, otherwise it won't be enough."

The third uncle was shameless and wanted to see if he could take advantage of Silly Zhu.

"Third uncle, this is not okay. Before I came out, my uncle told me that we should treat everyone equally."

As soon as the third uncle finished speaking, Shazhu quickly refused.

Hearing Sha Zhu say that his uncle had an explanation, the third uncle knew that he would not be able to take advantage of Sha Zhu today, and did not want to talk nonsense with Sha Zhu anymore, so he said, "Thank you, Sha Zhu."

"We are having dinner at home, so I won't say more to you."

"Okay, I'm leaving then, Third Uncle."

After Silly Zhu left, the third uncle closed the door and entered the house with steamed buns and eggs.

"Master, what's going on?" The third aunt asked when she saw what the third uncle was holding.

"Didn't Zhuzhu buy a bicycle today? Two steamed buns will be given to each family. Let's all have fun together."

The third uncle put away the steamed buns and eggs, and then explained.

Hearing that this was the case, the third aunt praised Si Zhu.

"Si Zhu is quite good at being a human being."

"How could that idiot Si Zhu think of this? It must have been his uncle's idea."

"I have to say that Uncle Zhuzhu still knows how to behave. It's just that his methods of doing things are sometimes a little too extreme."

The third uncle first despised Silly Zhu, and then praised Cai Quanwu.

"The main thing is that Lao Yi went too far, otherwise his uncle Zhuzi wouldn't have done this." The third aunt rarely said a fair word.

"Forget it, let's not talk about them. Neither of them is a fuel-efficient lamp. I can only blame Lao Yi for not keeping his eyes open." The third uncle did not want to say more on this issue.

"Dad, didn't Silhu bring that steamed bun for us to eat? How do you put it away?" Yan Jiecheng asked after seeing his parents finish speaking.

"What are you going to eat? Don't you have some for dinner? Save those for tomorrow morning." The third uncle said angrily.

"Xie Cheng, your dad is right. There are no classes today. Why are you eating so much? If you take a nap, you will still be hungry the next day." The third aunt agreed with the third uncle's statement.

Seeing his parents saying this, Yan Jiecheng took a bite of the steamed bun in his hand in dissatisfaction.

On the other side, Silly Zhu walked to the door of Jia's house holding a basket, knocked on the door, and Jia Dongxu's voice came from inside.

"Who is it? What are you doing?"

"Brother Dongxu, it's me, Shazhu, open the door." Shazhu replied from outside.

When Jia Dongxu in the room heard that it was Shazhu, he immediately replied: "It's coming, it's coming."

After a while, footsteps came from inside the house.

Jia Dongxu opened the door and was puzzled when he saw Silly Zhu holding a basket.

"Shazhu, what's the matter?"

"Why don't we buy a car? Let's all have fun together. Come on, Brother Dongxu, this is yours."

Silly Zhu took out two steamed buns and an egg from the basket and handed them to Jia Dongxu.

"Thank you then." Jia Dongxu took the things and said with a smile.

"You're welcome, Tu Yile, I'm leaving, Brother Dongxu."

After Si Zhu finished speaking, he turned around and headed towards the backyard.

Silly Zhu didn’t go to Aunt Ma’s place. We’ll send food there in the evening.

Watching Silly Zhu's leaving figure, Jia Dongxu closed the door and returned to the house.

"Dongxu, what are you doing here with the steamed buns?"

Qin Huairu asked curiously when he saw Jia Dongxu coming back with two steamed buns.

"Not just two steamed buns, there's also an egg."

Jia Dongxu put the steamed buns into the bowl on the table, handed the eggs to Qin Huairu, and continued:

"Peel the eggs and give them to Banggeng."

Qin Huairu took the egg and became even more confused. He looked at Jia Dongxu and wanted to know why.

Jia Zhang on the side also looked at Jia Dongxu, and Jia Zhang was equally curious.

"I said I bought a bicycle and we all had fun together." Jia Dongxu looked at the two of them and explained.

"It sounds nice, I think I just want to show off." After hearing this, Mrs. Jia Zhang said angrily.

"Then you have to be able to show off." Jia Dongxu said with a wry smile.

As soon as these words came out, several people fell silent.

After a moment of silence, Jia Zhang was the first to speak.

"Dongxu, you did the right thing by not getting into trouble with Cai in the last meeting. This person is too smart and you are no match for him."

"I think the person named Cai will definitely be the most powerful person in the courtyard. If I, a country woman, make a fuss with him, he won't do anything to me. You must not get into trouble with the person named Cai."

"Not only can you not make trouble with the person named Cai, but you also want to have a good relationship."

"Just like in the countryside, there are only advantages and no disadvantages in having a good relationship with those who are officials. Maybe you can benefit from it occasionally."

"The man named Cai is smart. There are many things that people in the courtyard have not understood after living together for so long. He has only been here for a short time and he can see things clearly."

"If your master hadn't wanted to use him to establish his power this time and shoot himself in the foot, I wouldn't have thought he would see things so clearly."

Hearing what his mother said, Jia Dongxu was stunned, and then asked: "Mom, didn't you and the master want to plot against Uncle Cai's house?"

"Haha, do you think your master will fight with Cai for two houses that he can't get?" Jia Zhang said with disdain.

The more Jia Zhang talked, the more confused Jia Dongxu became.

Looking at her son who was full of doubts, Mrs. Jia Zhang continued: "I went to make a fuss at first. I just wanted Cai to quit and choose another house in the courtyard."

"This way the house can be preserved. What if there is a chance to get it?"

"Later, Cai insisted, and as soon as the people in the neighborhood committee told me, I would go home in despair."

"I know everything, but your master doesn't know it?"

"After your master heard what I said, he felt that this incident could be used to suppress Cai's authority, so he decided to fight with Cai."

"I know very well who your master is, otherwise he could accept you as his apprentice?"

"Actually, your master has long disliked people named Cai. Cai's prestige in the courtyard is getting higher and higher. Your master felt that Cai might threaten his status in the courtyard, so he started to suppress him."

"The house thing is just an excuse your master found. Do you really think your master is standing up for us for the house?"

"I guess everyone surnamed Cai thought your master was having trouble with him because of the house."

"So the man surnamed Cai made a killing move and sent it to your master at once."

"Actually, your master just wanted to suppress Cai, but he ended up self-defeating and shot himself in the foot."

After hearing what Jia Zhang said, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu felt incredible.

It turns out there are so many inside stories.