Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Everyone in the yard was very angry, especially those who did manual labor during the day. They wanted to have a good sleep and rest at night, but they were woken up by the old woman Jia Zhang. Steelworker Wang Wu clenched his fists, and his face was very unhappy. He yawned and said, "Ha, hey, you old man, are you sick in the middle of the night? You don't want to sleep. Do you want to die?"

Originally, he had a fight with Jia Dongxu this afternoon. Although he did not suffer any loss this afternoon, he actually gained a little advantage. But Wang Wu was still very angry with the Jia family. He snorted coldly and said, "Why are you asking the guys in the yard in the middle of the night? Why do you wake us up? I am exhausted like a dog in the steel mill every day, and I am still bullied in the courtyard. I must teach you a lesson today."

Yi Zhonghai frowned and scolded, "Wang Wu, what do you want to do? Do you want to bully the elderly in the courtyard? This is really outrageous. No matter how big the faults of the elderly are, can't you young people be tolerant and forgiving? Don't follow some people and learn bad things. If you dare to beat the elderly in the courtyard, I will rush to the steel mill union tomorrow to give you some good advice to see if you are still qualified to stay in the steel mill."

He Yuzhu and his wife were also woken up. They were tired from the fight just now. They didn't expect to be awakened by Jia Zhang's crying. He Yuzhu didn't want to watch the excitement. Wouldn't it be nice to sleep with his wife at home in such a cold weather? But Qin Huairu's curiosity was too strong. He Yuzhu had no choice but to follow his wife out.

I didn't expect to hear this. Could He Yuzhu know that Yi Zhonghai was referring to him? He Yuzhu snorted coldly and said, "Oh, our uncle is lecturing us again. There is nothing wrong with respecting the old and loving the young, but the elderly should have the attitude of the elderly. We young people are tired all day. If we don't have a good rest at night, what should we do the next day?"

Yi Zhonghai's face was very dark, and he just stared at He Yuzhu's smug smile. He Yuzhu was naturally not afraid of an old man, he snorted coldly and stared back without caring at all. This made Yi Zhonghai angry again, and Yi Zhonghai's face looked very bad. Seeing Yi Zhonghai was frustrated, Liu Haizhong was very happy.

But then he thought that if Yi Zhonghai was humiliated, it would be harmful to his manager, so he decided to speak up for Yi Zhonghai. After thinking about it, he came out with a big belly and said, "Shazhu, how can you say that? Old Yi said these words for the sake of you young people. There is a saying that goes, first bitter then sweet. Young people should suffer more when they are young, and blessings will come when they are old."

Some of the old people in the courtyard nodded in agreement with Liu Haizhong's heresy. They also felt that young people should be filial to them, the old men, so that their old age would be colorful. If young people really disrespected the elderly like He Yuzhu, how could these old guys still be so arrogant in the courtyard?

Su's mother nodded and said with a smile, "Second Uncle is right. Young people should endure more hardships. Blessings will surely come when they are old. We old guys worked hard to raise you when we were young. Can't we enjoy some blessings when we are old? You have to listen more to and ask more questions about what the elderly say. It won't do you any harm."

Mother Su looked at her son Su Manzi while she was talking, but when she saw her son lowering his head to talk to his daughter-in-law, she became angry. She felt that since her son got married, he had been somewhat indifferent to her. How could this be allowed? She had to teach him a profound lesson.

The young people in the yard sneered at the nonsense of Su's mother and Liu Haizhong. Serving their own elders was already a headache for them, so why should they care about the lives of others? But they didn't dare to refute Yi Zhonghai like He Yuzhu did, and just looked at He Yuzhu. They all wanted He Yuzhu to say something fair for them, the young people, and they didn't want to be kidnapped by morality.

He Yuzhu glanced at Jia Zhang and smiled, "Actually, I also think what Aunt Su said is right." Everyone in the courtyard was stunned, and even Qin Huairu was a little confused. Was her husband so angry that he fainted? How could he say such a thing? Even Qin Huairu felt that these words were not right. Why should young people like them obey what the elderly said?

He Yuzhu looked at Su Manzi standing aside and said, "Manzi, I think your mother is right. I see there are so many elderly people in the yard, you have to listen to what they say. Uncle Three, I heard that your eldest son is about to graduate and hasn't found a job yet. I think you can ask Su Manzi to give up his workstation and let him come to work at our Red Star Steel Plant?"

Su Manzi was stunned at first, and just wanted to say something, but then he heard He Yuzhu say, "Aunt Jia, don't you often say that your Jia Dongxu earns relatively little? Su Manzi is a fourth-level fitter? His monthly salary is not small. Aunt Jia, you can ask Su Manzi to hand over half of his salary every month, so that your family will not be short of money to spend, right?"

The eyes of the people in the yard were all bright, especially the three uncles whose names were just mentioned and Jia Zhangshi. Jia Zhangshi said, "Manzi, I know you are a very good young man. Our family is really poor and can hardly make ends meet. Your brother Dongxu only earns a dozen yuan a month. I wonder if you can help him out once a month..."

Su Manzi hadn't said anything yet? Sun Juan, who was standing by, said with a gloomy face, "Why? Why should our Su Manzi give half of the salary he worked so hard to earn to your family? You are so shameless." Sun Juan glanced at He Yuzhu who was talking nonstop and said, "Silly Zhu, did our family provoke you? Why are you cheating us?"