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

"Third uncle, you misunderstood."

"I didn't mean to look down on you, I just thought of something and didn't react."

Silly Zhu's explanation made the third uncle's face soften a little, but his eyes were still full of doubts, and he asked a little uncertainly: "Is it true or false?"

"It must be true."

"Third uncle, I have deceived others, can I deceive you? Besides, who are you? You are the steward of the courtyard, how can I deceive you?"

Silly Zhu's words were very helpful to the third uncle, and he was secretly proud that his identity as the third uncle was still somewhat useful.

When the third uncle was secretly proud, Shazhu said to the third uncle in a somewhat wilted tone:

"Third uncle, I heard something from a friend. I don't know whether I should tell you."

Hearing that there was something in Sha Zhu's words, the third uncle glanced at Sha Zhu and immediately used his identity as the steward to criticize and educate Sha Zhu.

"Silly Zhu, you have a problem with your ideological consciousness. What should you say or shouldn't you say? I am the steward of the courtyard. Is there anything you should not say to me?"

In fact, the third uncle was very interested in what Silly Zhu should say. Gossip is human nature.

Otherwise the gossip newspapers would be so popular later.

But the third uncle couldn't speak directly, so he had to use his identity as the uncle in charge to speak out.

What the third uncle said played into Silly Zhu's hands. If the third uncle didn't continue, he didn't know how to continue.

"Third uncle, you are right. Look at me, I am not aware enough and think too much."

Silly Zhu said, walked to the third uncle with a cart, and whispered in the third uncle's ear: "Third uncle, I think you may have been deceived by your school."

When the third uncle heard what Sha Zhu said, he was startled. What do you mean?

Was I cheated by the school?

What did the school lie to me?

The third uncle thought for a long time, but couldn't figure out what Sha Zhu meant by his words.

What news did this silly column hear?

No, you have to cheat.

So the third uncle criticized Qi Si Zhu in a harsh tone.

"Silly Zhu, the third uncle tells you that you can't talk nonsense and you have to speak responsibly. I can tell you that our school treats teachers very well."

"If the school knows that someone is spreading rumors and slandering the school, they will be reported to the police station and they will go to jail."

The third uncle's words contained some threats, hoping to scare Silly Zhu.

"Third uncle, I didn't say anything nonsense." Silly Zhu pretended to be scared and hurriedly defended.

"I heard someone say that there is a teacher at Hongxing Primary School in their courtyard who earns forty or fifty yuan a month. The family's life is so comfortable."

"I heard that just like the second uncle, he drinks eggs and wine every day, and can still eat meat every now and then."

"You said you are also a teacher at Hongxing Primary School and eat pickled vegetables and porridge every day. There is such a huge gap. You must have been deceived by the school."

"If you had forty or fifty yuan a month, you wouldn't be able to live like this no matter what."

"Your school is so bad. It pays other teachers forty to fifty yuan a month, but only gives you twenty-seven and a half yuan a month, making you live such a miserable life."

"Third uncle, I think you need to report the problem to the superiors."

The third uncle was almost confused by Silly Zhu's seemingly reasonable remarks.

The family knows their own affairs.

The third uncle knew that eating pickles and porridge every day at home had nothing to do with school.

If this was allowed to spread like Silly Zhu's big mouth, and eventually spread to the school, he would be very embarrassed.

Thinking of this, the third uncle stared at Silly Zhu and said with a serious expression:

"Silly Zhu, don't talk nonsense. When did I say that my salary is only twenty-seven and a half yuan?"

"Third uncle, I never said my salary was only twenty-seven and a half yuan."

"Besides, the porridge eaten at the third uncle's house has nothing to do with the school. The school did not lie to the third uncle."

The third uncle wants to clarify that his salary is not twenty-seven and five yuan, and the porridge at home has nothing to do with school.

"That's what is said in the courtyard. I always thought that your salary, third uncle, was twenty-seven yuan." Silly Zhu pretended to be dumbfounded and brought up the gossip in the courtyard.

Hearing Sha Zhu talking about gossip in the courtyard, the third uncle suddenly felt like he shot himself in the foot.

Because he spread these gossips himself, just to pretend to be poor in the courtyard.

In this courtyard house, if you have to be careful, you will have to help count the money if you are sold.

By pretending to be poor, firstly, you have the opportunity to take advantage of others, and secondly, you can prevent others from taking advantage of you.

"Silly Zhu, don't listen to the wind or rain. Those are all nonsense. Third uncle, I never said that my salary is twenty-seven and five yuan."

The third uncle came and refused to admit it. Anyway, he never said personally how much his salary was.

Hearing that the third uncle refused to admit his debt, Shazhu complained in his heart, "When you were crying about poverty, you didn't come out and say that your salary was not twenty-seven and five yuan."

"Third uncle, that may be because I was thinking about it. Your family eats pickles and porridge every day. I thought your salary was twenty-seven and a half yuan. But when I heard that the teacher's salary was forty or fifty yuan, I felt sorry for you."

When the third uncle heard Sha Zhu's explanation, he felt as sick as if he had eaten a fly. He originally wanted to teach Sha Zhu a lesson but couldn't say anything.

You can't scold others when they are fighting for you. You can only smile and explain.

"Silly Zhu, the third uncle's family eats porridge because the third uncle's family has a bad stomach and can only eat softer ones. You must have misunderstood."

The third uncle didn't care whether Sha Zhu believed his explanation or not, but he believed it anyway.

"Third uncle, I understand. It turns out that your monthly salary is forty or fifty yuan. It's just because of a bad stomach that you eat pickles and porridge every day."

Silly Zhu had an "I understand" expression on his face and deliberately said it loudly.

"Let's put it this way, third uncle, you only have forty or fifty yuan a month, and your family eats pickles and porridge every day, so it's not easy to buy a bicycle."

Hearing Shazhu speaking so loudly, the third uncle quickly looked around.

Fortunately, Shazhu came back by bicycle relatively early. The workers had not returned from get off work yet, and the women at home were busy with dinner. Otherwise, many people would have heard this voice.

"Silly Zhu, let's go to the edge and talk in the middle of the road. We'll be in the way when everyone comes back from get off work later."

As the third uncle said this, he helped Shazhu push the bicycle to the side.

Silly Zhu originally wanted to tease the third uncle, but now seeing the third uncle's appearance, he planned to make him chat for a long time.

This is not okay, I was just joking with the third uncle, and I have no intention of continuing to chat with him.

"Third uncle, I have to go back to cook, otherwise I will definitely get scolded when my uncle comes back later."

Silly Zhu made excuses to shirk and prepared to go home.

"Si Zhu, don't be in a hurry, just a few words, it will be quick." The third uncle saw that Si Zhu was in a hurry to go home and comforted him.

Silly Zhu had no choice but to let the third uncle push himself and the car to the wall of the courtyard.

"Third uncle, you can tell me what you have to say now." Silly Zhu had a headache. He just wanted to make a joke, but he didn't expect the third uncle to be so nervous.

"Si Zhu, um, we are all grown men, not those talkative women. We shouldn't go out and talk nonsense." The third uncle said to Si Zhu in a serious tone.

After hearing the third uncle's words, Shazhu understood what the third uncle was thinking.

This is because he is afraid that if he reveals his true salary, he will not be able to pretend to be poor and take advantage in the future.

Silly Zhu's understanding is still not in place. What the third uncle is most worried about is that Silly Zhu talks nonsense and spreads the matter to the school.

The school obviously pays you a salary of 40 to 50 yuan a month, but you said that the school pays you 27.5 yuan a month. Isn't this a slap in the school's face?

Silly Zhu just wanted to make a joke. There would be no benefit from telling it, so why did he do something thankless? He promised:

"Third uncle, don't worry, I don't care about your salary, and no one will say anything about it."

"But if others listen to what I say, then you can't blame me. There is no impermeable wall in this world."

Silly Zhu gave the third uncle a vaccination in advance. He had no intention of telling it, but if it leaked, it would be an excuse.