Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Old Lady Long was ready to follow Yi Zhonghai to his house with her cane to eat braised pork. Although she had already eaten dinner tonight, it was a very happy thing to eat braised pork in this day and age. Even though she was full now, she had to eat a few more pieces of braised pork.

Thinking about what Yi Zhonghai had just said, he stopped moving forward, looked at Yi Zhonghai curiously and said, "Oh, what's the good news? Could it be that the plan you told me yesterday has been successfully implemented today?" Yi Zhonghai smiled and waved his hand and said, "My plan can only be implemented tomorrow. The plan that will be implemented tonight is Jia Dongxu's plan."

Yi Zhonghai smiled and told her about secretly finding someone to beat up Sha Zhu. Old Lady Long thought about it, nodded with satisfaction and said, "I didn't expect that coward could accomplish this. I underestimated him. By the way, can those people he found beat Sha Zhu? I remember that Sha Zhu has been practicing wrestling with street jugglers since he was a child, and his kung fu is very powerful."

Yi Zhonghai didn't care at all. Instead, he waved his hand with a smile, reassuring Mrs. Long and said, "Don't worry, Dongxu told me that the group of people he found consisted of six people in total. Even if six people rushed up together, they couldn't beat one stupid person. Besides, those six people are in this line of work, so don't worry, old lady."

Old lady Long nodded with a smile. It was good to let Sha Zhu, the rascal, suffer a little. Who made her so arrogant all day that she didn't even listen to the words of the old ancestor in her courtyard? After hearing the good news, he felt even better. Yi Zhonghai supported Old Lady Long, and the two of them entered the Yi family.

Yan Fugui and Jia Dongxu had already arrived at Yi Zhonghai's house. Seeing Old Lady Long coming, the people who were sitting there stood up and said with a smile, "Old Lady, you are here." Old Lady Long nodded with a smile, and after sitting down at the main seat, she waved her hand to signal others to sit down as well.

Yan Fuguier smiled and flattered Mrs. Long, "Grandma, you are getting more and more energetic now." Mrs. Long smiled and said, "Xiao Yan, you are really good at talking. Okay, everyone sit down, everyone should eat and drink. This is the braised meat that Xiaoyi bought, they should thank Xiaoyi first."

Looking at the bottle of wine in Yan Fugui'er's hand, Old Lady Long was in a very good mood. She gestured to the wine and said with a smile, "Come on, pour the wine. For this glass of wine today, we have to thank the host first. Thanks to Xiao Yi and his wife, we can eat such delicious braised meat." Everyone raised their glasses and toasted Yi Zhonghai with a smile.

Yi Zhonghai was very happy in his heart, after all, this was a good opportunity to win people's hearts. But seeing that Old Lady Long pretended to be unhappy and said, "You are the ancestor of our courtyard, we must toast you before entering. I wish you good fortune and longevity." Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in Yi Zhonghai's house became happy.

Inside Liu Haizhong's home in the central courtyard, Liu Haizhong's old face couldn't be any darker. Second Aunt Wu Cuihua beside him advised, "Old Liu, stop looking at that face. It looks very creepy. Just eat your meal properly." Liu Haizhong slapped the table and cursed with a dark face, "This Yi Zhonghai, this Yi Zhonghai is simply a bastard."

"It's fine that he was drinking with others at home, but he dared to invite Yan Fugui but not me. I am also the head of the courtyard. Why didn't he invite me? Does he look down on me, Liu Haizhong? I will never let him go. He even invited that loser Jia Dongxu. Am I not as good as Jia Dongxu?"

Wu Cuihua smiled awkwardly, she knew her husband was narrow-minded. She didn't know how to persuade him, but seeing her husband's face getting darker and darker, Wu Cuihua thought for a while and said, "You can't say that, after all, Jia Dongxu is his apprentice. The relationship between a master and an apprentice is quite close. Doesn't your apprentice often invite you to drink? There is no need for us to envy her. Yi Zhonghai uses his own money to invite his apprentice to drink, and you are much better than him. It is your apprentice who invites you to drink."

After hearing this, Liu Haizhong's anger subsided a little. This is true. Although Liu Haizhong's character is not very good, he never holds back when teaching his apprentices. Those apprentices of Liu Haizhong who are already senior blacksmiths usually invite him to their homes for a drink when they have nothing to do. Thinking of this, Liu Haizhong nodded and said, "So what if he is only an eighth-level fitter? The apprentices he taught are worse than one another. I, Liu Haizhong, am much better than him."

Wu Cuihua saw that her words worked, so she put the freshly fried eggs next to her husband's mouth. Liu Haizhong nodded with a smile, and ate the eggs while drinking the wine. Little Liu Guangfu drooled a little, watching his father eat the eggs bite by bite, and he was really envious.

He quickly finished a plate of eggs, and wiped his mouth with great satisfaction. He glanced at his two sons and said, "What are you looking at? Your father often swings a sledgehammer in the steel mill. Shouldn't I get some exercise? You two are unfilial guys, and you only know how to spend your father's money every day. If your brother were still alive..."

At this point, the expression on Liu Haizhong's face also dimmed. He really loved and hated his eldest son. When his eldest son was born, he secretly found a fortune teller to do a divination. The fortune teller said that his eldest son would be extremely noble in the future and would definitely become a general or a prime minister. This made Liu Haizhong very happy. He loved his eldest son very much since he was a child.

The couple had a deep affection for their eldest son. Whenever the eldest son got into trouble, they were reluctant to beat or scold him. They always attacked the other two sons. This thing Liu Guangqi did really broke Liu Haizhong's heart. He climbed to the corner of the wall and took out the letter written by his eldest son, and read it word by word.

It seemed that only in this way could he, as a father, relieve his longing for his father. Liu Haizhong sighed and said, "Guangqi, Guangqi, could it be that you..." The thought in his mind frightened Liu Haizhong, and he quickly shook his head. He did not believe that his eldest son would treat him like this.