Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Liu Haizhong read the whole thing from beginning to end with a big belly. He felt that there was no need to alert the police about this matter. He felt that this matter was still very serious. If it was reported to the Public Security Bureau, Director Wang of the Street Office would definitely know about it. If Director Wang knew about it, would he think that the three managers were careless and incompetent?

Liu Haizhong coughed and said, "Old Yan, you are the third uncle in charge of our courtyard. For the reputation of our courtyard, I think the things in the courtyard should be handled in the courtyard..." Yan Fugui interrupted Liu Haizhong's nonsense with a dark face. Liu Haizhong, this idiot, was fooled by Yi Zhonghai. What matters in the courtyard should be handled in the courtyard? If you can make these people not hold me responsible, I agree to handle it in the courtyard.

Blacksmith Sun snorted coldly. He also sneered at these nonsense. There are naturally very smart people in the Siheyuan. What matters in the Siheyuan should be resolved in the Siheyuan? Isn't it just that he wants to improve his own prestige and want to make this small piece of land in the Siheyuan the territory of the three of them?

Normally, Blacksmith Sun didn't want to deal with these people at all. But yesterday, he paid a large sum of money for coal, and said with a smile, "Second uncle, you are right. Since you want to solve it in the courtyard, then you should compensate for the losses of our families." Liu Haizhong's face was very unhappy, and he asked, "Why do you want me to compensate for your losses? I didn't sell you these stones mixed with coal."

Blacksmith Sun snorted coldly, showing great disdain for Liu Haizhong, who had great ambitions but little talent. He curled his lips and said, "Why? You want to solve this in this courtyard, Second Uncle? We have suffered losses from buying coal. Since you don't want to go to the government, then we must ask you to compensate for our losses, right?"

Liu Haizhong frowned. If he really wanted to compensate these people, he would have to pay at least one hundred yuan. Liu Haizhong himself was not that stupid. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Then let's call the police. We have to believe in the ability of the police comrades." Sun Tiejiang snorted coldly, thinking that this guy was just a straw bag, even worse than a straw bag.

After Qin Huairu cleaned up the rooms for her two brothers, she also ran to the front yard to watch the excitement. After learning the whole story, her face was very strange. She shook her head and said, "This is too immoral. People will freeze to death. The weather is so cold at night. If we don't light the stove, we won't be able to bear it at all."

Qin Huairu felt that this was the first time she had heard of someone selling fake coal in her life. People like this were not afraid of being struck by lightning. She shook her head helplessly, thinking that people would do anything for money. Soon, several policemen arrived at the courtyard, led by Gao Tiande, whom He Yuzhu knew well.

After the two nodded and said hello, Gao Tiande picked up the notebook and began to record the situation. He looked at the coal bought by these families in detail. It was indeed similar to what the reporter said. 800 kilograms of coal in one ton was stone. Gao Tiande glanced at Yan Fugui and felt that this old man was also at fault. If this old man hadn't been greedy for cheapness, that incident wouldn't have happened.

Gao Tiande thought for a moment and said, "Okay, choose one person to take us to the place where you bought coal this afternoon. However, according to our experience in handling cases, your money may not be recovered." Yan Fugui was hit on the head and almost fell to the ground. He felt a little dizzy, and while covering his head, he said, "Ah, why, why can't we catch those bastards?"

Yan Fugui now cursed those who tricked him into buying coal. His eyes were red and he really wanted to bite them to pieces and eat them. A policeman next to Gao Tiande smiled bitterly and said, "You bought all the coal from them. They also know their situation. If this happened to you, you would still be arrested."

Everyone felt that what the policeman said was true. The coal sellers felt depressed and looked at the Yan family members, young and old, with great anger. Their families were not wealthy and they had to rely on the coal they bought yesterday to survive the cold winter. Some people who bought coal slag also took a closer look and found that the coal slag was mixed with furnace ash. This made these families very angry and they all glared at them.

Yan Fugui and his son went to the courtyard with the police, but He Yuzhu also agreed with the policeman's statement that the chance of finding the person was very slim. He shook his head helplessly and took his wife and two brothers back to his home. His eldest brother-in-law was here, no matter if he was a relative or not, he had to be treated well.

A dish of chicken stewed with mushrooms, a dish of pork fried with peppers, and a few vegetarian dishes. It can be said that entertaining guests in this era is top-notch. Qin Dagou and his brothers were very grateful. They didn't expect that their cousin-in-law would be so kind to them. Qin Huairu picked some dishes and took her sister and Yushui to the next room to eat, leaving her husband and two brothers to drink the wine together.

The two sisters-in-law ate very deliciously. Qin Huairu loved her sister-in-law very much. In addition, He Yushui lost her mother since she was a child, so she was very dependent on Qin Huairu. He Yushui can be said to be very happy these days. From the hesitation when her father abandoned them, to the harmonious and warm family now, He Yushui is really very cheerful now.

In fact, behind every child with low self-esteem there must be a broken family. The current He Yushui is not as cautious as in the original novel, afraid of making others unhappy, being excluded or rejected. Especially when his brother and sister-in-law are so kind to him that they can be said to be responsive to his every request, He Yushui has confidence and his mood naturally becomes cheerful.

Qin Dagou and his brother were drinking with He Yuzhu. After three rounds of drinking, He Yuzhu asked Qin Dagou, "Brothers, have you been taking jobs in the city recently? Are you making a good living?" Qin Dagou sighed and said, "That depends on whether God rewards you. Sometimes you can earn several dollars a day. For example, today, although the Jia family is a bit hateful, the amount of work they do is very large."

"My brother and I found usable bricks and tiles for them for free, and asked someone to get some cement, otherwise their roof would not have been repaired like this. But this kind of work doesn't come around once every two or three months, and it's not easy for everyone to make money these days. If the roof leaks or needs repairs, they have to find ways to do it themselves. There are so many bricklayers in the city, and my brother and I sometimes can't compete with others."