Siheyuan: Silly Pillar is Kind

Time passed quietly, and about an hour later, Jia Dongxu successfully brought his wife back home.

Since she was from the city, the journey was not far.

However, taking leave during this special period would result in salary deductions, but Ma Lan still decided to take three days off. Fortunately, the director was very understanding and only deducted one day's salary from her.

In contrast, Jia Dongxu only took half a day off. Since he was reluctant to lose more than one yuan in salary deduction for those three days, he had to ask his master Yi Zhonghai to help him take half a day off. The workshop director also did not record this leave request for Yi Zhonghai's sake.

As they walked into the room hand in hand, Ma Lan looked carefully at this poor but very clean and tidy house. She couldn't help feeling a little satisfied and nodded slightly to show her approval.

At this moment, Jia Zhang's face was filled with a bright smile, as if she had finally become a mother-in-law after years of being a daughter-in-law. Thinking that her daughter-in-law was not only a formal worker, but also that two people in the family would have jobs in the future, she would feel proud wherever she went.

"Are you tired, daughter-in-law? Sit down and have a rest." Jia Zhang said enthusiastically.

"I'm not tired, Mom. You can sit down too." Ma Lan responded obediently.

After hearing the noise, several aunts in the courtyard walked out of their homes and headed towards Jia Zhang's house. After a while, they arrived at their destination one after another.

The room, which was a bit deserted, suddenly became very lively! One of the aunties said with a smile on her face: "Xiao Lan, I am the third auntie in our courtyard. You can just call me that from now on. Look how pretty this girl is. Dongxu is so lucky!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Third Auntie." Ma Lan responded with a shy smile.

Then another auntie introduced herself enthusiastically: "Xiao Lan, I'm the eldest lady in the courtyard. Dong Xu is my old man's favorite disciple. If you have free time in the future, remember to come visit us often. It's the family across the street."

"Okay, Auntie, I will definitely visit you." Ma Lan nodded obediently.

At this time, another auntie interrupted and said, "Xiao Lan, I'm the second auntie who lives in the backyard. I'm sure you two will have a happy life in the future! It would be best if you could have more children, so that the Jia family can become more and more prosperous!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ma Lan's cheeks flushed instantly. She secretly glanced at Jia Dongxu beside her, and her heart became even happier.

......

Jia Dongxu walked gently to Ma Lan, carefully took her hand, and said in a low voice: "Wife, I have to go to work first, you just take a good rest at home! Don't worry, your husband will go out and work hard to make money. I will definitely be back before dark, just wait for me obediently!"

When Ma Lan heard this, her cheeks flushed with shyness. She nodded slightly and responded softly, "Okay, husband, I will wait for you to come home."

After greeting several middle-aged women present, Jia Dongxu went straight to the place where bicycles were returned.

The other aunts continued chatting for a while. Suddenly, the third aunt had an idea. She recalled that Jia Zhang had tried to take away her job, and she suddenly felt angry...

"Xiao Lan, I heard that you work in a hardware factory, right?"

"Yes, Third Aunt."

"That place is indeed nice, but it's really far from here. Most of the people here are employees of the steel mill, and not many people go in that direction. It's really unsafe for a young girl like you to go back and forth like this every day!"

After listening to what the three aunts said, Ma Lan couldn't help but start thinking about this question.

However, she couldn't seem to think of any good solution at the moment. "Third Aunt, even if I want to move over, I can't just settle down at my parents' place! I do have an empty room in my house."

When Jia Zhang heard that she was going to be left here alone, she panicked and hurriedly said, "Xiao Lan, it doesn't matter if it's a little far. We can get there by walking. Besides, this place is closer to Dongxu."

Seeing this, the three aunts nearby took the opportunity to fan the flames and said, "That's right, Aunt Jia. Whoever's child it is, everyone will love it! I think it's a good idea to move over there. Dongxu, a grown man, has nothing to worry about when he walks a few steps."

Jia Zhang showed an awkward smile on her face and explained, "That's not what I meant. It's just that if both of my children go there, how can an old woman like me live alone?"

At this time, the second aunt saw the clues and thought that the third aunt was clearly trying to take this opportunity to teach Jia Zhang a lesson. In this case, I will also join in the fun so that she will not show off in front of me all the time.

So, the second aunt smiled and agreed: "Aunt Jia, you are only in your early forties, and you are very nimble, so why can't you live on your own? Do you really have to hold your son in your arms all day long? Hahaha..."

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this...

Fortunately, today is a festive day, and Jia Zhang still has some sense of propriety, otherwise she would have started cursing long ago.

"How can it make sense for a girl to go back to her parents' home after getting married? Although I also consider that it's not safe for my daughter-in-law to travel so far, I haven't had time to say it yet! I've already planned to buy a bicycle for my daughter-in-law."

Jia Zhang said with difficulty, gritting her teeth. She secretly complained in her heart. Originally, the family only had two hundred yuan left, and she had wanted to use it to buy a sewing machine, but seeing the current situation, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask.

"Aunt Jia is so generous that she is willing to buy a bicycle for her daughter-in-law!" someone exclaimed.

"Xiao Lan, why don't you thank your mother!" The third aunt rolled her eyes and came up with a plan. She decided to take the opportunity to sow discord between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, so she continued, "That's right, Xiao Lan. With a bicycle, not only will it be more convenient for you to go to get off work, but you won't have to spend so much effort going back to your parents' home! Ask your parents to clean up the room so that you can go back and have a good sleep when you are free. How comfortable! And with a bicycle, it will be much easier to go back and forth."

After hearing this, Ma Lan's face was full of surprise, and she quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Mom. Thank you, Mom!"

Jia Zhang was very upset, and felt that no matter what she did, something was not right. She glared at Third Aunt fiercely and thought to herself, "Third Aunt, this matter between us is not over yet..."

......

As the draw was over, a man raised the paper ball in his hand with a look of joy and quickly unfolded it. A bright red word "kill" appeared on the paper.

"Okay, brothers!" He took a deep breath and shouted, "According to past practice, those who draw the note with the word 'kill' will follow me. As for the others, you can stay and continue to exchange materials, share intelligence, or handle other matters."

At this time, the fourth master also walked into the house with the killer. He looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Now you have two choices - either take only half of the reward, but if you die, your family will be taken care of by the organization until your son comes of age; or take the full reward, but the organization will no longer ask about your life or death."

The killer thought for a moment and answered decisively: "I choose to take them all."

The Fourth Master nodded, took out six hundred-dollar bills from his pocket, handed them to the killer and motioned him to count them.

Then he added: "If you need weapons, such as knives, axes, etc., we can provide them for free. Of course, if you don't have guns, I also sell them here. If you already carry a gun, you can get an extra five bullets as a reward."

Before he finished speaking, the Fourth Master seemed to have remembered something important, and hurriedly continued to introduce: "Oh, yes, I also provide silver needle poisoning services! No matter what kind of poison or hidden weapon you want, you can buy it from me as long as you have money!"

Facing the Fourth Master who was talking incessantly and desperately trying to sell him all kinds of items and services, the killer couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly.

I secretly sighed in my heart: This guy is really a complete money-grubber! He is simply trying every way to spend every penny he earns, and he will never let any wealth stay in his pocket!

But if you think about the task carefully, He Yuzhu is not an easy one! He is a real martial artist. If you want to ensure that there is no risk of error, you'd better buy some poison needles and pistols.

After all, having an extra layer of protection is always safer. Seeing the two hundred dollars he just got wasted in an instant, the killer shook his head helplessly, but still turned around and went out to continue buying daily necessities.

After all, the family still needs to eat, and the rice, flour, grain and oil you buy yourself will definitely be much cheaper than those sold outside.

After buying the things, the killer immediately went to the gate of No. 95 Courtyard with the person responsible for providing information and waited for the target to appear.

Thinking about having to pay the man one dollar as a reward for his hard work, the killer couldn't help but murmur in his heart: "This organization is too stingy..."

At this moment, Sha Zhu had already returned to the factory. He did not have time to rest and hurried back to the kitchen.

During this period of time, things have been happening one after another, and each one is extremely urgent, making Sha Zhu feel under great pressure.

So he quickly picked up the kitchen knife and started to get busy, because there was a special banquet at noon today, and the two whole tables of dishes almost made Sha Zhu collapse from exhaustion.

When he was too busy, Sha Zhu had to ask Wang the squad leader to come and help him. No matter when and where, Sha Zhu always remembered that he must not let others steal his skills.

Now that there are no trustworthy laborers around, I can only temporarily inconvenience Team Leader Wang and use him as a laborer.

After the last few dishes were served, Sha Zhu could finally breathe a sigh of relief.