Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

At noon the next day, the three returned to Sijiu City.

Xu Damao said.

"Yushui, let's go back to the courtyard first. After work, when everyone is back, we can ask for a meeting of the entire courtyard to settle accounts with Yi Zhonghai. Don't worry, we will seek justice for you."

He Yushui nodded. Now that He Daqing was not around and Sha Zhu was unreliable, he could only rely on Li Jianjun and Xu Damao.

After get off work, Xu Damao found Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui and asked them to hold a meeting of the entire hospital. Although the two did not know why the meeting was held, Xu Damao said that Li Jianjun had stepped aside, so they did not say much.

Soon everyone gathered in the middle courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai asked.

"Lao Liu, Lao Yan, what's the content of today's meeting?"

How could they know what the content was? They stammered and couldn't say anything.

Just when things were awkward, He Yushui stood up.

"Everyone, I asked the Second and Third Uncles to hold this meeting today."

When Yi Zhonghai saw He Yushui, his heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling.

"Yushui, did something happen to you? If you have anything, you can discuss it with me and your brother first. If it doesn't work, why don't we hold a meeting? Isn't this a waste of everyone's time?"

He Yushui said.

"I have something and you can't help me, so I asked for a meeting. Uncle, let me ask you, has my father sent money and letters back to me over the years?"

Before Yi Zhonghai could react, Sha Zhu jumped up first.

"Yushui, what did you say? When did He Daqing send the money and letter back?"

He Yushui looked at Sha Zhu and cried.

"Brother, we were all deceived. Dad sent back ten dollars every month, and there were two more letters next year, but they were all withheld by Yi Zhonghai, so we didn't know."

Sha Zhu's mind is confused at the moment. He has always believed that He Daqing ran away with the widow and didn't care about them, so he has always hated He Daqing. Now you tell him that He Daqing sends money every month, which means he didn't abandon them. What should he do with his hatred?

Yi Zhonghai thought, it's over, He Yushui knows about it. At this time, Yi Zhonghai's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to respond.

Sha Zhu rushed to Yi Zhonghai and grabbed him by the collar.

"Tell me, did He Daqing send money back? And where's the letter? Take it out and show it to me."

Yi Zhonghai said hurriedly.

"He Yushui, do you have any evidence for what you said?"

Sha Zhu looked at He Yushui.

He Yushui took out the receipt given by Li Jianjun.

"This is a receipt from the post office. Your signature is on it. Both the remitter and the sender are He Daqing, and you are the one who received the money and the letter. What else do you have to say? If you say this is fake, we can go to the post office to confront them."

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect that He Yushui actually got the receipt with his signature, and he became anxious.

When Sha Zhu saw that the evidence was conclusive, he slapped Yi Zhonghai in the face.

"Yi Zhonghai, you old fool, how dare you embezzle my money and letters? I will beat you to death."

After saying that, he hit him a few more times.

After hitting him three or four times, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui finally pulled Sha Zhu away.

"Silly Zhu, let's get things straight first."

Yan Bugui walked over to He Yushui, took the receipt and started looking at it.

"The earliest date on the receipt says that money was sent in June 51, which means that it was one month after He Daqing left. So He Daqing didn't abandon you. At least he received support money every month."

When Sha Zhu heard that they had started sending money in 51, he became excited.

"Yi Zhonghai, are you still a human being? During that time, Yu Shui and I starved every day and went out to pick up scraps to exchange for food. You just watched us like that for half a year. Do you know how we lived during that half year?"

Yi Zhonghai lowered his head and said nothing at this time, letting Sha Zhu say whatever he wanted.

Yan Bugui continued.

"In terms of time, the total amount over the years is 1280 yuan."

Yan Bugui himself was shocked by how much money it was.

The people below were also shocked.

“I didn’t expect that the eldest uncle was such a person, swallowing up so much money from the He brothers and sisters.”

"You can only know a person's face but not his heart. Just think about how miserable the He brothers and sisters were in those six months. He Yushui didn't have enough to eat every day and cried at night because of hunger."

"Shazhu went out to pick up scraps every day just to get food."

When Jia Zhang heard about so much money, she started to have some ideas.

Sha Zhu pointed at Yi Zhonghai and yelled.

"What else do you have to say?"

Yi Zhonghai said.

"Zhu Zi, it's not what you think. I also gave you food. Also, I was the one who introduced you to the steel mill. Have you forgotten that?"

Shazhu was stunned for a moment. It was indeed the case.

He Yushui said coldly.

"The food you were talking about was those cold steamed buns. Also, my brother got the position in the steel mill from my father. I told Lou Bancheng about it a long time ago. But you're bringing this up. Did you introduce him?"

When Sha Zhu heard that Yi Zhonghai was still lying to him, he went up to fight him, but his hand was held. So in desperation, Sha Zhu used his special skill of crotch kicking and hit Yi Zhonghai right in the middle, but because he was held, he didn't have much power.

An old lady saw Yi Zhonghai covering his crotch and quickly supported him.

"Old man, are you okay?"

Yi Zhonghai broke out in a cold sweat and shook his head.

"It's okay. I can handle it."

"Zhu Zi, calm down. I've saved all the money for you. The letter is also here. Old woman, go get the wooden box from under the bed."

The old lady hurried back home and came back again holding a wooden box.

Yi Zhonghai opened the box and found a large stack of money and many letters inside.

"Zhu Zi, believe me, I have saved it all for you, not a cent has been touched, and the letter is also here. Alas, I saw that you hated He Daqing so much, and I was afraid that you could not accept it, so I did not give it to you. I wanted to wait until you got married and then give it to you together. By then, you will be sensible."

Sha Zhu was stunned, his brain was a little confused, and he didn't know whether what Yi Zhonghai said was true or false.

Li Jianjun was watching from below. You are worthy of me. I am afraid this is a backup plan that you have prepared long ago, but will it work?

He Yushui didn't believe this.

"Yi Zhonghai, stop making excuses. Why didn't you give it to me when my brother and I almost starved to death? Why didn't you give it to me when I cried every night looking for my father? Why didn't you give it to me when my brother is disabled? Are you going to wait until we die before giving it to me?"

Sha Zhu thought, yes, I’m about to die and you haven’t taken it out yet. You even said you would save it for me and burn it for me when I die?

"Yi Zhonghai, don't quibble. Yu Shui is right. When we die, all the money will be yours."

Yi Zhonghai explained hurriedly.

"Zhu Zi, it's not like that. I really saved it for you. You misunderstood me."

He Yushui didn't want to hear his explanation.

"Brother, let's report to the police and have them arrest him."

After the anger just now, Sha Zhu has calmed down a little. Over the years, he has always treated Yi Zhonghai as his father. Except for the matter of tracking Li Jianjun, Yi Zhonghai has been very good to him. He really doesn't know what to do now?

Yi Zhonghai was also anxious when he heard that He Yushui was going to report to the police, but someone was even more anxious.

An old lady walked up to Sha Zhu and He Yu Shui and knelt down.

"Zhu Zi, Yu Shui, this is all your uncle's fault. Please let him go this time. Consider that I gave you food to eat when you were little. I beg you."

After saying that, the old lady started to kowtow.

If He Yushui found maternal love in Qin Huairu, then Sha Zhu felt maternal love in an old lady.

Sha Zhu looked at the disheveled Yi Zhonghai, then looked at the old lady who was knelt down to apologize, and finally he couldn't bear it.