Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Yi Zhonghai smiled awkwardly and said shamelessly, "These two things are not in conflict at all. What's more, I haven't finished talking about it just now. The prerequisite is that you help me with this matter. If you don't help me, the 5 yuan will definitely be gone. Old Yan, I, Yi Zhonghai, am not lying. The thing I ask you to do is not difficult, and it is also within your duty as the third uncle in charge."

Yi Zhonghai sniffed and slowly spoke out his thoughts. After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Yan Fugui smiled and said, "Old Yi, Old Yi, you want to use everyone in the courtyard to force Sha Zhu to raise Old Lady Long!" Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "What do you mean by forcing? Old Lady Long is the ancestor of our courtyard. Raising the ancestor of the courtyard, isn't this a matter of course?"

Yi Zhonghai seemed a little excited. He patted his chest and said loudly, "I am doing this to cultivate filial piety in the young people of our courtyard. Shazhu has been a little arrogant recently. Let him take care of old lady Long and feel the difficulties of the elders. The old lady is very kind and generous. I will definitely teach him how to be a good person. This is a win-win result. Old Yan, you are the most educated person in our courtyard, why don't you understand me?"

Yan Fugui looked Yi Zhonghai up and down, smiled and said, "Old Yi, I have to say that you are a natural teacher. I almost believed what you said. How about when you stop being a fitter, I will introduce you to be a teacher in our Red Star Primary School?"

Yi Zhonghai was very happy when he heard the first half of Yan Fugui's words. He felt that what the old man said was very good. When he heard the sarcastic words at the end, Yi Zhonghai's face fell. He said with a dark face, "Old Yan, you..." Yan Fugui waved his hand, pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "Old Yi, what's wrong with your big principles? I can understand it."

"You are obviously trying to make me offend Sha Zhu. If it was the young and foolish Sha Zhu from before, I would have offended him. But now this silly boy is not silly at all. I feel that it is not worth it to offend him for just 5 yuan. Your visit to me today was fake, and this final purpose is the real one. Stop the nonsense, either give me 20 yuan, or you can find someone else."

Yi Zhonghai's mouth twitched, and he slowly pointed at Yan Fugui. After thinking for a while, he reluctantly took out 20 yuan from his pocket. After all, Yan Fugui was the third uncle in charge of this courtyard. If he didn't agree with this matter, he would definitely not be able to do it. He slapped the 4 yuan on the table and said, "You took my money, you must tell me. If you take the money and don't do the job..."

Yan Fugui smiled and waved his hand and said, "I, Yan Fugui, always keep my word. As long as you pay, I will definitely not ruin your plan at the general meeting. On the contrary, I will say a few words to you based on what you said. What do you think?" Yi Zhonghai nodded. Although Yan Fugui is usually stingy, his words still count.

After staying in Yan Fugui's house for a while, Yi Zhonghai left Yan Fugui's house and went to Liu Haizhong's house. After Yi Zhonghai left, Third Aunt Yang Ruihua came over and asked, "Isn't it a bit bad for Old Yi to do this? Isn't this bullying Zhuzi's family because they don't have adults to support them? Are we going to side with Old Yi and ignore Zhuzi? Zhuzi and his wife are very good to us, we can't do such a thing just for the sake of money."

Yan Fugui frowned deeply and looked at the 30 yuan in his hand. After thinking for a while, he looked at his wife and said with a grin, "Okay, you are right. You are worthy of being my Yan Fugui's wife. Wait a minute, oh no, go to Sha Zhu's house and tell him about this so that he and his wife can be prepared?"

Yang Ruihua was a little puzzled and said, "Didn't you just promise Yi Zhonghai that you wouldn't..." Yan Fugui waved his hand and said, "I just promised me that I wouldn't make trouble for him from behind, but I didn't promise you that I wouldn't make trouble for him from behind. In this courtyard, whether it's the Shazhu family or Yi Zhonghai's family, we'd better not offend them."

Seeing his son and his wife's confused expressions, Yan Fugui said helplessly, "Alas, Yi Zhonghai is a very cunning man. He and I have been neighbors for half our lives. I know what he is thinking now. He just wants to find someone to take care of him in his old age. He has set his eyes on Jia Dongxu, but Jia Dongxu has a poor mother. With his mother around, she will definitely not want her son to be taken care of by others in his old age."

"Later, he fell in love with Sha Zhuzi, and He Daqing happened to run off with the widow. I think there must be some problem here that we outsiders don't know about. Forget it, forget it, I don't want to think about these things. Sha Zhuzi is not as harmless as he looks. Judging from his behavior during the period after his father left, this kid is a hidden talent."

Yang Ruihua was very surprised. She said in astonishment, "You mean, He Daqing ran away inexplicably, and Yi Zhonghai was behind it..." Yan Fugui quickly covered his wife's mouth and whispered, "This is just my guess. I think besides Yi Zhonghai, there is also Old Lady Long. Our family can't afford to offend these two big Buddhas. I only talk about this matter in front of you, and you can't talk nonsense in front of the children."

Yang Ruihua nodded in surprise. She was really a little scared now. How could such a small courtyard house have so many evil spirits living in it? Yan Fugui said to Yang Ruihua, "Go to He Yuzhu's house now and tell him what happened. Just tell him what Yi Zhonghai asked me to do. Come back quickly. Got it?" Yang Ruihua nodded quickly and secretly looked outside from the window.

Yan Fugui frowned and said, "Just walk out openly. You are not going to steal. You are a thief." Yang Ruihua said, "I am afraid of being seen by Yi Zhonghai. I want to be careful." Yan Fugui waved his hand and said, "Be careful, walk out openly. The more you do this, the more it shows that you have something to hide."