Siheyuan: Silly Pillar is Kind

Yan Fugui looked at the looks in the eyes of the others and quietly defended himself: "There are still three pounds of nails in this broken boat!"

Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and asked, "Old Yan, after dinner last night, did you see anyone taking coal briquettes out?"

Yan Fugui said, "Old Yi, no one went out last night. Everyone in the courtyard came back early!"

Liu Haizhong said, "We need to hold a meeting for this matter! We must find this guy! Let him reflect on himself in front of the public. If this gets out and we can't catch the thief, the three of us will have to stop doing this and lose face!"

Yi Zhonghai put down the cup heavily and said, "Then let's hold a meeting before work starts! Zhuzi, go out and greet everyone!"

Sha Zhu replied: "Okay, uncle!"

Sha Zhu came to the front yard and said loudly: "Dear uncles and aunts, there will be a meeting soon, everyone wait a moment!"

The people in the courtyard asked, "Zhu Zi, what are the three gentlemen meeting about?"

Sha Zhu replied: "My coal briquettes are missing. Let the three gentlemen help me catch the thief!"

Sha Zhu turned around and went to the backyard and shouted again.

After Sha Zhu gathered everyone in the yard, an old man stood in the middle and said, "Zhu Zi just came over and said that the coal briquettes at home were missing! Zhu Zi, tell everyone what was lost."

When Sha Zhu heard this, he immediately went all out: "Dear neighbors, my family bought 500 pieces of coal briquettes from Guangqi and Jiefang before! Apart from the ones given to the deaf old lady, I only have a certain amount of coal briquettes for daily use. I just checked and found that five pieces are missing. The purpose of calling everyone out is to find out who took them!"

Everyone was talking about it: "It's not a lot of stuff! But it would be so bad if someone stole it!"

"That's right! How long has it been since something was stolen from our compound? I don't dare go out if I can't find this thief! What if something is stolen from my house?"

"That's not right! Isn't our compound going to be selected as a civilized courtyard? If a thief happens here, can we still be selected?"

Now everyone has something to say...

At this time, someone said, "Zhu Zi, it's just a matter of a few coal briquettes, why don't you just let it go? Don't let it affect our courtyard's selection for civilized courtyards!"

Someone nearby echoed: "It's just a fool, there aren't many things, just throw it away!"

Sha Zhu was not annoyed after hearing this, and asked with a smile: "How about I go to your house and bring these coal blocks back? This way I won't lose anything, right?"

The man said sternly, "You come to my house to move things, but can you do it? What does it have to do with my family?"

Sha Zhu's face turned cold and he said, "If it has nothing to do with you, shut up! If you don't agree, let's fight!"

Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "Zhu Zi, don't be stupid! I'm checking for you! If it's not necessary, please say less!"

Sha Zhu didn't care about that, and shouted: "If any of you pay me a hundred times the compensation, I will leave immediately. Otherwise, find the thief and let him bear the consequences! People who have nothing to do with it, don't tell me that if a thief is found, he will not be able to get a good reputation in a civilized courtyard! Even if I don't pursue this matter, I will ask the street if he can get a reputation for bullying us two orphans!"

Everyone fell silent...

Xu Damao was amused when he heard this. "Shazhu, you were like a calf when you beat me. You are still a child, aren't you ashamed of what you said?"

Sha Zhu said coldly: "It has nothing to do with you, hurry up and get your work done! If you are late, don't blame me for beating you!"

Xu Damao said loudly: "Everyone saw it. Shazhu said it had nothing to do with me, so I left first!"

Sha Zhu looked around at the people coming and said, "Uncle, why is there no one here?"

Yi Zhonghai glanced around and saw that there was really no one from the Jia family. He turned around and said to the lady, "Let Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu come out!"

Normally, Jia Zhang would not get up until noon, but today, because she was thinking of going to the countryside to find help, she got up early. She thought that getting up early was the same as others getting up to go to work!

A lady knocked on the door: "Jia family! There is a meeting in the courtyard! Come out quickly."

Jia Zhang opened the door and said, "Madam! What's the matter today? What's the matter with the meeting?"

The lady said, "The coal briquettes from Zhuzi's house are missing. Lao Yi and the two uncles are trying to find out who stole them! Your family is the only one missing. Come out quickly!"

Jia Zhang's heart skipped a beat. She had done this kind of thing many times before! Who would remember to burn a few coal briquettes? So she took a few pieces from this family and a few pieces from that family every time, and she always did it when no one was around!

Jia Dongxu also looked at his mother guiltily!

The lady urged, "Don't just stand there, go!"

Jia Zhang and Jia Xudong had no choice but to put on their clothes and go to the front yard!

Sha Zhu looked at Jia Zhang and the other two and said sarcastically, "Hey, some people finally dare to show up! Are they too guilty to come out?" Sha Zhu looked at Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I thought your Jia family would be turtles for the rest of their lives!"

Jia Zhang's face turned red and white, and she cursed: "Silly Zhu, you are a child with no family, your whole family is no family! You are still looking for lost coal briquettes, you are not ashamed of losing such a small thing! It's not certain who the thief is! Maybe you are blackmailing everyone! What do you think?"

"It's just a silly post! You said throw it away and it's gone?"

"You're wasting time. Are you going to work? If you don't work, will you pay me?"

"The coal briquettes are all the same, who can tell whose house they belong to?"

"Gentlemen, are you done yet? We still have to go to work!"

Jia Zhang's words immediately stirred up all the neighbors...

Sha Zhu looked at Jia Zhang and sneered, "Jia Zhang is better than you, who is unlucky in marriage and unlucky in children. Jia Zhang, your husband is waiting for you downstairs! Haha..."

Jia Zhang immediately began to greet Sha Zhu with a strong sense of kinship, and Jia Dongxu also glared at He Yuzhu.

Sha Zhu looked at everyone again and said, "Oh! By the way, everyone, I didn't say you can't leave. In fact, I, He Yuzhu, meant to report directly to the street police station and the security department! This is because the old man said he was afraid of affecting the Siheyuan selection, so I didn't go. How about we stop wasting time and I'll call the police?"

Everyone was silent, and Yi Zhonghai spoke up at this time: "Whether it's a thief or not, we can find out after checking. Don't call the police without any reason! What do we three uncles need to do?"

Yi Zhonghai turned around and said to everyone, "Everyone, this has been confirmed! It was someone in our yard who took it, but we can't tell whether it was an adult or a child. You all know how naughty the children in our yard are! If anyone sees it and speaks up, Zhuzi won't make things difficult for a child!"

Sha Zhu's eyes flashed!