Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

When Jiang Chen heard the noisy family outside, the corners of Jiang Chen's mouth curled up slightly.

His pepper-coal plan finally worked.

Hearing the commotion outside, Liu Yue stuck her head out and asked, "What happened outside? Do we want to go take a look."

Jiang Chen waved his hand: "You're coughing so badly, maybe it's snowing and cold, and you're infected with wind-chill, right?"

"Leave him alone, don't let him get infected."

Liu Yue immediately shrank her neck, stopped talking, and continued washing.

But trouble is not something you can avoid if you want to.

A moment later, Mrs. Jia Zhang banged the door of Jiang Chen's room loudly: "You little bastard, open the door for me, open the door!"

Jiang Chen opened the door and said calmly: "What kind of soul did you come to my house to scold me in the middle of the night? Are you eating shit?"

Jia Zhang asked sharply: "Let me ask you, did you add chili pepper to the briquettes?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "Yes? What's wrong?"

Jia Zhang's voice was cold: "What's wrong? What did you say happened to you?"

She pointed at the family standing under the eaves, coughing non-stop: "What's wrong? What's wrong? Look at them. It's all your fault."

Jiang Chen glanced casually: "You said that your physical fitness is too poor. If it snows just a little bit, the whole family will get sick."

"Yeah, the whole family has it, and the disease is still contagious. Seeing as how sick you are, you should stay away from me."

Mrs. Jia Zhang was immediately angry: "Your whole family is sick, and your whole family is seriously ill."

"We used your poisonous coal briquettes and choked on the pepper."

Jiang Chen stretched out his hand to stop Jia Zhang from continuing: "Wait a minute, you said you used my briquettes? Why did your family use my briquettes?"

"I mean, how come my briquettes are running out so fast? Did you steal them? You said that your Jia Dongxu is also a national worker after all. How could you do such a thing?"

"No, Jia Dongxu stole things from the factory before and was demoted for it. This stealing is a family tradition of your Jia family."

"It's true that the world is deteriorating and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be!"

Jiang Chen spoke quickly and urgently. Jia Zhang was so stunned that she was speechless.

I felt anxious, my coughing worsened, I almost lost my breath, and I couldn't speak.

Jiang Chen leaned against the door frame and looked at Jia Zhang with interest.

After a long while, Mrs. Jia Zhang finally came to her senses: "You are so rude, what do you mean by stealing and borrowing? Do you know this is borrowing?"

"You bought so many briquettes, what's wrong with our household use?"

Jiang Chen snorted coldly: "Taking without telling is stealing. If Jia Dongxu takes something belonging to the public, is that also borrowing? Then why was he demoted and punished?"

"How about we call the police and let the police judge your behavior? Is it stealing or borrowing?"

Jia Zhang said angrily: "I borrowed it when I said it was borrowed, and it was borrowed when the police came."

Jiang Chen said: "Okay, I'll let the public security judge."

At this time, Yi Zhonghai heard the commotion and rushed over: "Sister-in-law of the Jia family, Xiao Jiang, what's going on? Why are you arguing?"

Jiang Chen said: "Gong Yi, there is a thief in this courtyard, do you care?"

Yi Zhonghai was stunned: "No way, I have been a master for so many years and there has never been any such thing as theft."

Jiang Chen pointed at Mrs. Jia Zhang and said, "She is the one who stole my briquettes and used them. Due to improper use, something happened, and she actually dared to come to ask for guilt."

"Tell me, who gave them the courage to steal and feel so confident? Who is condoning them?"

Seeing Jiang Chen stealing words one by one, Jia Zhang could not hold back: "Jiang family boy, why are you stealing words one by one and speaking so unpleasantly?"

"If it weren't for the sake of my uncle, I would bite you to death."

Jiang Chen said a few words lightly, but Yi Zhonghai felt like there was a fire burning under his butt.

If anyone in the entire courtyard is closest to the Jia family, it must be him.

It just so happens that he is also a great man.

Yi Zhonghai, who has always cherished his reputation, did not want to take the blame: "Sister-in-law of the Jia family, what's going on?"

Mrs. Jia Zhang curled her lips: "It's not snowing anymore and it's cold. I just didn't buy briquettes at home."

"Seeing the boy from the Jiang family leaving so many briquettes there, I thought about borrowing some from him. But Bangge was still young and ignorant, so I forgot to tell him before I borrowed the briquettes."

"As a result, he kept biting it, and every bite turned out to be a thief. We, Bangge, are still children, so how can we be blamed for this inexplicably."

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he understood in his heart.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to make peace, he saw Jiang Chen looking at him indifferently, with a hint of teasing between his eyebrows.

Thinking of what Jiang Chen said just now about protecting and conniving, I was suddenly shocked.

Then he thought of the old deaf lady's previous method of letting the Jia family suffer a little before showing mercy.

So he changed his words and said, "Sister-in-law of the Jia family, I have to talk to you about this. If you want to borrow something from someone else, you must first tell the person and obtain the owner's consent before you can take it."

"If you take something like this without someone's consent, it's essentially stealing."

"Yes, Banggeng is young and ignorant, but are you adults also ignorant? You still come to people's doors to make trouble. What do you think?"

Unexpectedly, Yi Zhonghai actually helped Jiang Chen teach him a lesson. Mrs. Jia Zhang opened her eyes wide: "Yi Zhonghai, I respect you so I call you a master. How come you think Jiang Chen is the leader of your factory and you go off on him? "

"You old man"

Before he finished speaking, Yi Zhonghai said angrily: "Ms. Jia Zhang, the incident of Jia Dongxu stealing materials from the factory has just passed, and now you have done something like this again. Do you know that this is compounding mistakes after repeated mistakes?"

"If you continue to mess around, Jiang Chen will call the police. Will Jia Dongxu still have his job?"

Although the jobs of comrades workers are very stable now.

It doesn’t matter if you are lazy and have poor skills, it doesn’t matter, your job is still stable.

But there is a real risk of losing your job if you behave badly.

That's why Jiang Chen didn't catch him last time. Otherwise, if he talked to Yang Weimin and Tao Yuan and caught a typical example, Jia Dongxu might lose his job.

Jia Dongxu’s job was the lifeblood of their family. Although Jia Zhang was dissatisfied, she did not dare to talk back:

"But Jiang Chen put chili peppers into the briquettes, causing our family to hide outside in this cold weather. How should we deal with this matter?"

Yi Zhonghai snorted coldly: "If you didn't go get the briquettes from others, would this happen?"

He turned to Jiang Chen and said, "Xiao Jiang, these briquettes have been burned and they haven't come back yet. What do you want to do with it?"

Jiang Chen sighed: "I'm not the kind of unreasonable person. For the sake of our neighbors, I don't have to call the police."

"As long as they compensate me for my losses, what do you think, Yi Gong?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded: "Yeah, I think it's okay. Tell me the number. How much will you pay?"

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment: "I don't know how many briquettes they stole. You can decide this number, Yi Gong!"

The main reason is that briquettes are so cheap in this era, only a few dozen kilograms cost more than 20 cents.