Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

With the convening of the meeting, the superiors decided to shift the focus of future work from class struggle to economic development. Afterwards, the leaders went south, which gave the entire country a shot in the arm and made everyone feel relieved.

The most intuitive reaction was that more and more people were setting up stalls on the streets. In particular, some bold people or educated youth, after receiving the first wave of benefits, brought a huge impact to those who had stable jobs in factories.

Before, they looked down on these people who were idle all day long, thinking that they had no proper jobs and would have difficulty supporting themselves in the future. But this time it was different. With the gradual opening up of the South, these people began to engage in reselling activities.

They buy some electronic products, clothes, jewelry, etc. in the south or Hong Kong Island, transport them to the north to sell them, and make money from the difference in price.

After this trip, the most you earn may be just the salary that others earn by working hard in a factory for a year. How can one feel balanced about this?

There has been a similar trend in Siheyuan recently, where people are not working properly anymore and are just thinking about getting rich all day long.

Especially Banggeng, who has been hanging around the streets since he came back. Qin Huairu has also helped him find a job, but Banggeng either complained about the tiring work or the low pay and didn't want to do it, so he couldn't settle down.

In this life, without Sha Zhu to help the Jia family, Bang Geng had a hard time finding a job. Although Qin Huairu had also looked for Xu Damao, Xu Damao was completely focused on his son at that time. His son was going to take the college entrance examination, and the Xu couple were afraid of disturbing their son's studies, so everything had to be put on hold.

There was no other way, Qin Huairu could only go to Sha Zhu to see if Sha Zhu would accept a disciple. Sha Zhu had figured things out over the years. Since he got married, he seldom interacted with people in the courtyard, especially those in the central courtyard, and lived his own life. Although his wife was not as pretty as Qin Huairu, she was down-to-earth and willing to live with Sha Zhu.

Although the son is not his biological child, he has been raised by me since he was a child and is closer to me than a biological child. Sha Zhu's son is also going to take the college entrance examination, so the He family and the Xu family have been competing to pamper their children recently.

As Sha Zhu and Xu Damao grew older, they no longer fought each other, but they still disliked each other and it was common for them to quarrel with each other whenever they had nothing to do.

So Qin Huairu asked Sha Zhu for help and wanted Bang Geng to become Sha Zhu's apprentice, but Sha Zhu did not agree. He wanted to pass on his family skills to his son, so why would he pass them on to outsiders?

There was no other way. Qin Huairu could only ask Yi Zhonghai to think of a solution. Yi Zhonghai agreed reluctantly. Since his retirement, Yi Zhonghai has been holding on to his pension tightly. He now understands that he has been cheated by Qin Huairu or the Jia family, so his retirement problem can only rely on his pension.

Alas, after planning for retirement all her life, in the end, she got nothing. Sometimes Yi Zhonghai was particularly envious of the deaf old lady. The deaf old lady also had no children, but she had Sha Zhu to take care of her in her old age. The deaf old lady was well taken care of by Sha Zhu and his wife in her later years.

Now that he is retired, it seems that there is no hope to rely on the Jia family for support in his old age. The old hag, Jia Zhang, is in better health than himself, and Bang Geng is even less reliable. It would be good enough if he could provide for Jia Zhang's old age, not to mention himself as her stepfather.

Qin Huairu asked Yi Zhonghai for help. Yi Zhonghai agreed verbally, but the job he found for Banggeng was not very good. It was either sweeping the streets or taking out the trash, which made it impossible for a grown man like Banggeng to do any of the work.

Now that national policies have been relaxed, Banggeng wants to do business like everyone else, but he has no capital, so he can only go to Qin Huairu.

Over the years, in addition to supporting Xiaodang and Xiaohuaihua, she also saved some money for herself. However, this amount of money might be enough for everyone, but it means nothing now.

Nowadays, no ordinary people can easily take out thousands of dollars to invest. The money Qin Huairu has saved over the years is only a few hundred dollars.

So Banggeng set his sights on Jia Zhangshi. Although Jia Zhangshi had also spent some money, she still had some money for her coffin. Banggeng also knew where Jia Zhangshi hid the money. After getting the money from Qin Huairu, he immediately bought a ticket to the south.

In this way, in the courtyard, Jia Zhang was crying and wailing, her pension money was stolen, and there was a huge commotion in the courtyard. Xiaodang and Xiaohuahua were both suspected by Jia Zhang, who chased and beat the two sisters.

Xiaodang and Xiaohuaihua were no longer the children they used to be. They just stood there waiting to be beaten by Jia Zhang. In the end, Xiaodang and Xiaohuaihua ran away and did not come back for several days.

Qin Huairu was worried and looked for her daughter everywhere, while Banggeng took his wife to the south. He thought he could make money in the south, but he didn't know that the south was full of traps.

Through an introduction, Banggeng met a boss from Hong Kong Island. The boss said that he would help Banggeng get rich and provide him with goods. Banggeng believed it. In the end, all the money that Banggeng had brought was defrauded away, and he and his wife almost couldn't come back.

Things like Banggeng's case are everywhere, including people being robbed on trains and people not delivering goods even after they have placed an order and paid a deposit.

Finally, Banggeng returned to the courtyard covered in dust and dirt. When Jia Zhang saw her grandson, she immediately pulled Banggeng and asked him where his pension money was.

Banggeng was already in a bad mood, and when Jia Zhang pulled him aside and asked him about this matter in public, Banggeng felt humiliated and became even more upset.

Banggeng broke free from Jia Zhang's entanglement and explained to her clearly that the money had been spent and could never be earned back. Jia Zhang's eyes rolled back and she fainted.

The neighbors who came to watch the fun were shocked and quickly asked someone to send Jia Zhang to the hospital. It was said that Jia Zhang was in good health and she was not ill at all.

A few days later, Jia Zhang returned to the courtyard in a dejected mood. Not only the Jia family, but also Yan Bugui's family started to make a "revolution".

With the liberalization of the economy, the efficiency of state-owned factories has been getting worse and worse. Yan Jiecheng has recently wanted to go out on his own and discussed it with Yu Li. They found that running a restaurant was very profitable recently, so the two wanted to rent a store and open a restaurant.

But the capital is not enough, so they have to target Yan Bugui's retirement fund. Although the two of them have good ideas, there are several children in the family, and they cannot agree to let the eldest brother touch the family money.

So the Yan family started holding meetings, all kinds of meetings, the purpose of which was to figure out how to get the money out.

Yan Bugui is indeed a man of calculation. He proposed a plan. He could invest money, but this money would be used as capital for investment. If there was profit, Yan Bugui would have to pay dividends. If there was a loss, Yan Jiecheng and his wife would have to return the capital to Yan Bugui.