Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

Although Xiaodang and Huaihua didn't want Qin Huairu to live near them, they couldn't say this out loud. Now they could only comfort Qin Huairu, "Mom, let my brother rest in peace first. As for the relocation, we can talk about it later."

"Yes, Mom, my second sister is right. Besides, it's not that easy to sell a house. Let's talk about it later."

Qin Huairu didn't think much about it. She was still sad, so she naturally didn't understand the deeper meaning of her two daughters' words.

The three of them took the urn and went out of the city. They asked someone to bury Banggeng's ashes next to Jia Dongxu. Then the three of them returned to the city. Xiaodang and Huaihua did not go to the courtyard and separated from Qin Huairu halfway.

Qin Huairu returned to the courtyard in a daze. Yan Bugui stepped forward immediately after seeing her and said, "Qin Huairu, a police officer came over just now and asked you to go to the police station tomorrow."

Qin Huairu glanced at Yan Bugui without saying anything and just quietly returned to the Jia family. Yan Bugui didn't care. Everyone would be in a bad mood if their son died. Besides, there were not many people in this courtyard now, so there was no need to make trouble over a trivial matter.

The next morning, Qin Huairu came to the police station, and the public security comrades gave her a document, allowing her to take Yi Zhonghai's body back. Although Qin Huairu was unwilling in her heart, she still had to do it for the sake of face, so she took the certificate to the hospital, found a car in the hospital, and cremated Yi Zhonghai directly at the Ladia crematorium.

When she came back, Yi Zhonghai had turned into ashes. Qin Huairu was afraid that others would gossip about her, so she reluctantly bought Yi Zhonghai a cheap urn. She did not return to the courtyard, but went directly outside the city and found someone to bury Yi Zhonghai in a cemetery.

Yi Zhonghai had started planning for his retirement since he was young, and he never expected that in the end, he would get what he wanted and have Qin Huairu take care of him until the end of his life.

Just like that, the death of Yi Zhonghai, a powerful man who had been in power in the courtyard for half his life, came to an end. Except for Qin Huairu, no one in the courtyard knew that he had been buried.

After returning to the courtyard, Qin Huairu went back to the Yi family, packed up all the valuables inside, and then moved them all to the Jia family, and the Yi family simply locked the door.

After that, Qin Huairu did not go looking for her daughter again. She listed her house at the Housing Management Office, waiting for it to be sold so that she could buy a house and move away. Now she increasingly did not want to stay in this alley. She felt that people looked at her strangely every day.

Soon the house in the courtyard was sold, but no one moved in and the house remained empty like other tenants.

Qin Huairu took the money from selling her house and went to the Housing Management Office to look at houses. She told the staff there her requirements, and the staff checked for her and finally picked out a small courtyard house.

This courtyard has three main rooms and one wing room on the east and west sides. The west wing is used as a kitchen. There is a water pipe in the yard. Qin Huairu is very satisfied with this place.

Although this yard is far away from her two daughters, it is also far away from the people she knows. She can completely start a new life and never have to listen to other people's gossip again.

Qin Huairu has become much more restrained since moving here. Now that she is retired, when she has nothing to do, she goes outside to chat with those old ladies. She is sweet-mouthed and eloquent, and she quickly got into the heart of this group of old ladies with bound feet.

Xiaodang and Huaihua were relieved to see that their mother had settled down. As long as she didn't move near them, they could come and visit her anytime. This would be good for both families.

On the other side of the courtyard, Yan Bugui felt sad as he watched the courtyard becoming more and more empty. He thought about how lively the courtyard was in the past. After work, there were adults' voices and children's cries, and it was full of the atmosphere of life.

But what about now? There are four families living in the three-story courtyard. It's desolate just to think about it. Not only Yan Bugui thinks so, the other three families are also not feeling well.

Xu Damao was also discussing the move with his wife at home. He felt uneasy living here now. "Wife, I'm talking to you. What's your opinion?"

Xu Damao's wife rolled her eyes and said, "I have long wanted to stop living in this courtyard. Look at the people living in this courtyard. None of them have children. How many of them have a good ending?"

Xu Damao shuddered suddenly, thinking about what his wife said, if it was true, he would be even more unwilling to live here.

"Then wife, I will take a day off tomorrow to look for a house. We will move out as soon as possible and then sell this place."

Xu Damao's wife nodded and said, "Let's find a house with a private courtyard. This way, life will be convenient. When our son gets married, we can take care of his children."

Xu Damao thought about his son and grandson, and he felt so happy. "Okay, I'll go find them tomorrow."

"Wife, you should urge your son to get married and have children soon. I will retire in a few years, and we can look after our grandchildren together then."

After listening to Xu Damao's words, Xu Damao's wife felt content. People outside said that Xu Damao was a born bad guy, but Xu Damao had never treated them badly. Just for this reason, it was worth it for her to follow Xu Damao for the rest of her life. Besides, although her son knew that he was not Xu Damao's biological son, he was very close to Xu Damao, and Xu Damao always thought about his son in his heart.

The remaining two households were not much better. Sha Zhu was careless and didn't think about it, but Sha Zhu's wife couldn't sleep.

Listening to Shazhu's snoring next to me, I could fall asleep just by listening to it before, but tonight I felt irritated no matter how I listened to it, so Shazhu's wife kicked him awake.

Sha Zhu turned over, hugged his wife and wanted to continue sleeping, but was woken up by his wife again. Sha Zhu opened his eyes and said in a daze: "Wife, what's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me? I called you Shazhu and you really are stupid. Didn't you see what happened in this courtyard?"

"What happened in the courtyard?" Sha Zhu still didn't react.

Sha Zhu's wife was so angry that her liver hurt. "Look at the courtyard, how many families have a good ending? Sha Zhu, let's move."

"Moving? Where to move to? Besides, we have no money!" All the He family's money was invested in the restaurant. Although the money has been recovered now, they are still a little short of recovering the original investment.

"Let's sell the house and move. I really don't want to live in this courtyard anymore. This courtyard is unlucky."

Sha Zhu was completely sober at this time. He recalled what had happened in the courtyard over the years. Indeed, as his wife said, there was something weird in this courtyard.

"Okay, I'll find some time to look for a house tomorrow, and then we'll move out."

"But what about Dad? I haven't heard from him for a long time, and I don't know how he is doing in Baoding?" Sha Zhu was a little worried about He Daqing's situation.