Siheyuan: Shazhu's Brother Shadan

When He Yuzhu opened the door and came out to check, he saw a group of people surrounding the central courtyard.

The Chinese people have a habit of loving to watch the fun since ancient times.

What’s more, everyone is poor now, there are no places for entertainment and leisure, let alone spiritual food. Even if there is, it is gambling. Who dares to go to a place where money is involved?

Only when you watch something free and exciting can it be loved by the general public.

In the central courtyard, Jia Zhang was seen rolling on the ground like a maggot. As she was a little fat, she looked like a fat maggot wriggling and spinning on the ground.

It's an eye-sore to watch.

"Oh my! What's going on?" He Yuzhu looked at the scene in front of him and groaned in his heart.

He knew that Jia Zhang was a difficult person, and she must be playing tricks again.

Everyone was talking about it, some showed sympathy, while others were gloating. He Yuzhu hurried forward to help Jia Zhang up, trying to calm the farce.

"Zhu Zi, you have to help me! These two people are bullying an old woman like me!" Jia Zhang cried with tears and snot.

He Yuzhu frowned slightly, and then he noticed two people he didn't want to see.

Chen Guangquan and Zhang Hongyi are like dog-skin plasters. They insist on recognizing Zhang Guilan as their godmother. That's his mother, and it's obvious that his own mother doesn't want to do so. As a result, these two are shameless enough to only recognize Zhang Guilan as their godmother.

And no matter how much people try to persuade him, it’s useless. The key point is that no one can persuade him about this kind of thing.

But what happened today was unclear. The two of them were escorting Zhang Erni like a prisoner.

How come Jia Zhang said that they bullied her? There must be some misunderstanding.

"Aunt Zhang, please don't be anxious. Let's talk it over. What happened?" He Yuzhu asked patiently.

Jia Zhang stopped crying and pointed at the two men and said, "They are wrongly accusing my daughter-in-law. You have to help me. If it doesn't work, call your mother. Is there any law?"

Then he started to throw a tantrum and roll around.

Zhang Hongyi looked aggrieved: "I didn't! Zhuzi, we really didn't do that. It was this woman who threw swill into the middle courtyard and we caught her red-handed. Everyone saw it. If you don't believe me, ask everyone!"

He Yuzhu looked at the people around him, and they all nodded, indicating their agreement with Zhang Hongyi's statement.

He turned to look at Zhang Erni, only to see her with her head down, not saying a word.

"Sister Erni, what's going on? Say something!" He Yuzhu asked anxiously.

Zhang Erni took a deep breath, raised her head and said, "Brother Zhuzi, I was wrong. I saw that there was no water at home, so I thought of going to the middle courtyard to get some water. But Jia Zhang insisted that I stole her food, and I was so angry that I… I poured swill all over her. She dodged it and ran directly to the courtyard, and then you two brothers wrongly accused me."

All the houses with large courtyards in the quadrangle were connected to water pipes and built with water tanks. This was considered one of Zhang Guilan's political achievements after she came to power.

Otherwise, they would have to fetch water from a well far away.

In this quadrangle, running water and pools are set up in each courtyard to make it convenient for everyone to use water at any time.

But hygiene has always been something that Zhang Guilan strictly enforces.

Although Zhang Guilan is not well educated, she still understands that illness comes from the mouth.

For this purpose, a public toilet was set up outside the courtyard. There was no such toilet in the past. If you wanted to go to the toilet, you could only make a bucket at home. Before liberation, people often came to empty their pockets.

The common people all remember her kindness, at least she solved some residents' water and public toilet problems.

After hearing this, He Yuzhu understood the general idea.

He glared at Zhang Erni and wondered why this woman was so impulsive.

He actually dared to fight with his own mother-in-law. He is a ruthless person.

Fortunately, I didn't run into that person, otherwise this matter would have gotten even worse and I might even end up getting divorced.

Then he looked at Jia Zhang and said in a serious tone, "Aunt Zhang, it is indeed Er Ni who did something wrong. I apologize to you on her behalf. But please don't make a scene here. It will have a bad influence."

When Jia Zhang saw this, she realized she was in the wrong, so she wiped away her tears and went back to her room mumbling.

He Yuzhu watched the farce finally end and shook his head helplessly.

But the two young men, Chen Guangquan and Zhang Hongyi, were left out.

It turned out that all their efforts were in vain, and they were all sold out by this stupid boy.

But then he remembered that he was his godmother's son, so he quickly released his hand that was holding Zhang Erni, took out the gift and handed it over, "We were just promoted to team leader, and we came here to congratulate our godmother."

"Huh? You got promoted, but you came to congratulate my mom? Why does it sound so weird to me? It feels like you're showing off to my mom."

"No, absolutely not! Speaking of which, I should thank my godmother very much! If it weren't for her, how could we two brothers become team leaders among so many activists? That's why we came here specially to celebrate with her!" Chen Guangquan said sincerely.

"Yes, yes, look, I have even prepared a gift for my godmother!" Zhang Hongyi echoed and showed the gift in his hand.

"Well, you are thoughtful. I will accept the gift first, but I'm sorry, it's a bit unfortunate today. My mother is entertaining guests, and the identity of this guest is not ordinary, he is very important, so..." He Yuzhu explained with embarrassment.

"Oh, so that's the case. Then we understand, we understand." Chen Guangquan quickly took over the conversation and expressed his understanding.

Seeing this, Zhang Hongyi didn't say anything more. He and Chen Guangquan handed the gift to He Yuzhu and then quietly left the courtyard.

After leaving the door, Zhang Hongyi seemed a little unwilling. Just as he was about to say something, Chen Guangquan raised his hand to stop him.

Chen Guangquan and Zhang Hongyi looked back at the gate, then stomped their feet and left angrily.

He Yuzhu took the gift and went back to the house. He knew in his heart that the two men's intentions were not simple.

But he still told his mother the truth. After hearing it, his mother just nodded to indicate that she understood.

Although Zhang Guilan didn't receive much education, she had lived through thirty or forty years after all, and had eaten more salt than these two young men had eaten rice.

As soon as the other party sticks out their butt, we know what bullshit they are talking about.

The reason why the other party was so enthusiastic about currying favor with him was because someone nearby had said that Zhang Guilan's son might be a high-ranking official, and the other party remembered it.

His attitude towards Zhang Guilan changed immediately.

At the beginning, Zhang Guilan rescued these two guys from the prison, but she just nodded to me and didn't even say thank you. After she came back, when she heard others say that her family had connections, she immediately tried to climb up.

Zhang Guilan really disliked the two guys, but no matter how many times she said nice and bad things to them, they still stuck to her like a dog-skin plaster.

The key point is that she is a leader now and she can't hit people, otherwise she really wants to find a few guys to beat them up.

Anyway, they don't bother each other now and I thought they were living in peace, but I didn't expect them to come and disturb each other again.

How annoying.

Mingyue, who was standing by, saw that her mother-in-law was unhappy and asked what happened.

"It's okay, it's okay. Hurry up and eat this piece of braised pork. This is your father-in-law's specialty. Try it, try it!"

"Thank you mom!"

The topic changed immediately.

No one talks about such unhappy things anymore.

The next day, He Yuzhu went to work as usual. On the way, he met Chen Guangquan and Zhang Hongyi.

The two greeted him with a smile, but there was something strange in their eyes.

"Zhu Zi, I'm really sorry for disturbing you about what happened last night." Chen Guangquan spoke first.

"It's okay, you mean well." He Yuzhu responded calmly.

"By the way, Zhuzi, who was the guest who came to your house yesterday? He actually needed your godmother to accompany him. He must be a very important official, right?" Zhang Hongyi continued.

He Yuzhu's heart moved after hearing this. He realized that he should reveal his sister-in-law's identity to them to scare them and keep them away from his mother, so as to avoid bothering her about her work.

Then he said, “Want to know who that person is?”

"Yes!" The two brothers nodded at the same time, looking at He Yuzhu expectantly for him to say the name.

"Don't worry, we will never disturb him. Just tell us who this person is." Chen Guangquan said quickly.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Well, actually this person is also considered as my family member."

"Family members? What do you mean?" Chen Guangquan and Zhang Hongyi looked at each other in surprise and asked.

He Yuzhu looked at them mysteriously and said, "Do you know my big brother who is always elusive?"

"Is your elder brother back?" the quick-talking Zhang Hongyi said quickly.

The natural result was the two people's cold stares.

"You are so stupid. If it was his elder brother, he would have alerted the local government long ago. He Yuzhu's elder brother is not an ordinary person. Just look at the plaque and title on the door frame of his house. Don't you understand it?"

After being lectured by Chen Guangquan, Zhang Hongyi also thought of this and suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, yes... Then who is this person?"

"That's why we have to ask Comrade He Yuzhu, right?" Chen Guangquan said.

He Yuzhu discovered that among the two, Chen Guangquan was a bit smart, while Zhang Hongyi was a bit cunning but generally they were both green-fingered people.

"Actually, that person is also related to my eldest brother."

At this point, He Yuzhu looked at the two people's expectant eyes and didn't beat around the bush with them. He told them directly: "She is Mingyue, the deputy head of the special guard of the Central Security Bureau, a top-secret first-level bodyguard, and also my eldest brother's wife, my sister-in-law."

I found this out when I was chatting with my eldest sister-in-law yesterday. After all, when I asked about my eldest brother's job, my eldest sister-in-law only said, "Your eldest brother's job? How should I put it? The name is too long for me to remember, but your eldest brother has many jobs anyway."

He Yuzhu had no choice but to ask his sister-in-law about her job.

"what?"

Chen Guangquan and Zhang Hongyi were stunned when they heard He Yuzhu's words, and just looked at him with their mouths wide open.