Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

The families who bought coal from Yan Fugui were very nervous. They were not rich at all, otherwise they would not buy such low-priced coal from Yan Fugui. In fact, they had already been prepared in their hearts that low-priced coal must have more stones. But it couldn't be too exaggerated. If there were so many stones in one ton of coal from the Su family, they would definitely not be able to bear it.

Blacksmith Sun was the most excited one. As a blacksmith, he consumed a lot of coal in spring, summer, autumn and winter. He was very happy to buy low-priced coal from Yan Fugui's house yesterday. He thought that if he worked harder this month, he would definitely make more money. After all, the consumption of coal was reduced, and the cost was his own labor. This made him very happy in his heart, but he didn't expect that this incident today gave him a bolt from the blue.

Regardless of whether it was dark or not, he hurried to his home. He took out a jet lamp from his corner, lit it with firewood, and went to the small warehouse where the coal was stored. In fact, this small warehouse was a side room of Sun the blacksmith, which usually stored some sundries. The neighbors around also came over to see if Yan Fugui was faking it.

Blacksmith Sun took out a sack of coal from the small warehouse and poured the coal out onto the ground. People around him squatted down to take a look, and their faces immediately darkened. The reason was that only the top of the sack was coal, and the rest was black stones. Blacksmith Sun snorted coldly, and took out a few more bags of coal from the corner and poured them out to the door. The result was still the same. Except for the coal on the top of the sack, the rest was all black stones.

Blacksmith Sun pulled Yan Fugui's collar with a gloomy face and said unkindly, "Yan Fugui, Old Man Yan. We accept that you are a bit stingy at ordinary times, but now you are even committing fraud. Do you think that we neighbors are too kind and want to bully us to death?"

Seeing the coal from Blacksmith Sun's house, the faces of the families who bought coal last night immediately changed. Coal for heating in winter can be said to be a big deal. They didn't expect that Yan Fugui, the bastard, would dare to deceive their neighbors. Some people had already gone to their homes to check the coal they bought last night. When they came back, their faces were very bad. They felt that Yan Fugui looked like a decent person, but he actually treated them as fools.

Yan Fugui staggered to the place where his family stored coal and asked his two sons to pour out all the coal in the bag. After a detailed inspection with a jet torch, Yan Fugui fainted. Aunt Yang Ruihua looked at her old man and shouted, "Hey, I'm an old man. What's wrong? Is it just for this little bit of coal? Do you want to force our old man to death?"

Hearing this, the people who bought coal from Yan Fugui's house last night were not happy. Their faces were very unhappy. People who didn't know the truth thought they had done something unscrupulous. Widow Gao was always fierce. She spent half of their family's savings on buying coal last night. Seeing that the coal was not burning, she said bluntly, "Third Aunt, you are really the first to complain. Your old man cheated us. Don't we want an explanation?"

Everyone nodded, they all felt that what Widow Gao said was right. Some darker people thought that the old lady and her family had set up a trap to cheat the hard-earned money of their neighbors in the courtyard. Yang Ruihua shed tears and said with a sad face, "You can't say that, our family is also a victim. You can see that most of the coal we burn is stone. We don't know who to ask for justice."

The people in the courtyard felt that Yang Ruihua was making excuses for their family, and they could no longer suppress their anger. The burly blacksmith Sun said bluntly, "I don't care, you must give us the money from selling coal last night. Otherwise, we will report to the police and have to send this liar to jail."

Yan Fugui also woke up at this time. After hearing what Sun the blacksmith said, his face was very ugly. He gritted his teeth and said angrily, "If you were not greedy for my cheap coal yesterday, would you be willing to buy it? Aren't you at fault in this matter?"

Widow Gao snorted coldly and said very impolitely, "Teacher Yan, we have been neighbors in this courtyard for almost a lifetime. You know us neighbors, and we, as neighbors, naturally know you. If you didn't make any money from this, would you be willing to work hard to bring these things to our courtyard and sell them to us neighbors generously?"

Blacksmith Sun nodded sullenly and said, "Yes, your teacher Yan has to taste the saltiness of the food every time his manure truck passes by. Do you really think we will believe it? If you don't have any money to make here, I don't believe you would work so hard. Let's stop talking nonsense and return the money to us quickly. Otherwise, don't blame us neighbors for being unfair. Don't you agree?"

"Yes, yes, you must return the money." "Yes, we spent most of our savings buying coal last night. If this coal can be burned, we would be very happy. After all, both parties have gained an advantage. Look at what this is, it's just some fucking stones. They say that fucking fire can refine real gold, but I've never heard of fire refining stones."

Listening to the discussions of the people in the courtyard, Yan Fugui's old face was gloomy and almost dripping with water. Aunt Yan shouted at the side, "Our family was also cheated, so who can we ask for compensation for our losses?" He Yuzhu thought about it and reminded, "I think this matter should be reported to the Public Security Bureau. After all, the three big ones were also cheated, and maybe other people were also cheated?"

Yan Fugui nodded as if he had grasped a life-saving straw and said, "Yes, yes, yes, boss, please quickly go and invite the comrades from the Public Security Bureau over. We must report this matter today to the Public Security Bureau, and we will definitely get our money back."