I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

It was about time! Jia Zhang opened the door and went out first. Qin Huairu reached out and grabbed a bench. When she reached the door, she was still worried and turned back to tell Banggeng and Xiaodang.

"What bad things did you two do this afternoon?"

When there were only two sisters left in the outer room, Huaihua pulled her elder sister Xiaodang aside and asked her softly.

"No, nothing."

Xiaodang was panicking. She was afraid her sister would keep asking questions. She left the locust flowers behind and ran into the inner room, sitting next to Banggeng who was about to do his homework.

She knew that the two of them were not getting along. With her brother Banggeng here, her sister Huaihua would not go into the inner room.

Go to the front yard and watch the fun! Anyway, I only asked them not to go out, but I didn't restrict myself.

Huaihua opened the door and walked out. She walked along the corridor and walked out of the hall into the front yard.

The front yard is very lively now. Originally, only one person from each household was required to attend the whole yard meeting, but today there are 70 or 80 people sitting in the front yard.

Everyone came to laugh at Shashuan's joke, which shows that Shashuan is not very popular in the courtyard.

The three stewards of the courtyard sat at the table, presiding over the meeting of the whole courtyard. There was also a steaming hot casserole on the table. Sha Shuan was arranged to sit on a small stool, accepting the questioning of the three stewards.

"You said you bought this chicken? Was it in Chaoyang Vegetable Market? Or Dongdan Vegetable Market?" The third uncle Yan Bugui asked while sitting nearby.

"I bought it at Chaoyang Vegetable Market! What's the matter?" Shashuan blurted out without even thinking.

"Isn't that right? It takes you more than 40 minutes to go from the steel mill to the Chaoyang Vegetable Market. That doesn't even include the time you spend buying and slaughtering chickens. What time do you get off work?"

This time, the shrewd Third Uncle Yan Bugui caught the flaw. Sha Zhu stammered and couldn't answer!

"I think the chicken from Xu Damao's house was not stolen by Shashuan. I guess he brought this chicken back from the canteen!" Second uncle Liu Haizhong expressed his opinion.

"Hey, hey! Don't bring that up. It's okay for me to take the chicken from Xu Damao's house, but taking the chicken from the factory is stealing public property. We can't just hold a meeting here, we have to hold a factory-wide criticism meeting."

When Sha Zhu heard this, he got anxious! He immediately started to refute the second uncle Liu Haizhong. But the second uncle and the third uncle had long been fed up with him bringing lunch boxes home every day, so they kept nagging him about it.

The chicken in the casserole was indeed what he brought home from the canteen of the steel mill. Today his sister came back and asked him to discuss marriage, and even when Qin Huairu asked him for it, Sha Zhu refused to give it to her.

Uncle Yi Zhonghai saw that something bad was going to happen! Shashuan was his designated candidate for retirement, and he couldn't make any mistakes. He quickly opened his mouth and turned the matter around.

"Let me ask you again, did you steal the chicken from Xu Damao's house?"

Sha Zhu was unwilling to take the blame for others! He turned to look at Qin Huairu. He hoped that his sister Qin could stand up and admit it on Bang Geng's behalf, so as to help him clear his name.

But at this time Qin Huairu also looked at him with tears in her eyes, and Sha Zhu's heart softened immediately.

Alas! It's not easy for Sister Qin. Forget it! I'll just take the blame.

"I stole the chicken from Xu Damao's house." Sha Shuan was unwilling to accept the result! He answered with gritted teeth.

"What do you mean by even if it is? If it is, it is. If it is not, it is not." The third uncle Yan Bugui kept biting him.

"When did you steal it?"

"It was three o'clock in the morning last night, the same time as Zhou Paopi."

The neighbors burst into laughter! Huaihua was also watching with great interest from the corridor. It was similar to the plot on TV, just like watching a reality show.

"He Yuzhu, have you and Xu Damao had conflicts again these days?"

Uncle Yi Zhonghai was very cunning and immediately gave Sha Zhu a plan to escape.

Sha Shuan understood immediately! "Yes, yes! That thief Xu Damao spread rumors about me and Sister Qin at the steel mill every day, saying that we had an improper relationship. So I stole his chicken to get revenge on him."

Lou Xiao'e, who was sitting on the other side, immediately grabbed Xu Damao's ear. "Is that so? Why are you so talkative?"

"The matter has been clarified! He Yuzhu did not intend to steal Xu Damao's chickens. He was retaliating. Okay, let's adjourn the meeting."

The old man stood up to make a summary of the meeting. He was stopped by Xu Damao just as he announced the adjournment of the meeting.

"Wait! The matter hasn't been resolved yet, and he ate my old hen for nothing?"

"Then how much money do you want him to compensate you?" asked the uncle Yi Zhonghai.

"Two dollars!" Lou Xiao'e interrupted.

"Go away, don't interrupt me! I'm a hen that lays eggs. I want Sha Zhu to compensate me five dollars, and the chicken on the table is mine too. If you don't agree, I'll go to the factory security department."

Xu Damao finally had the chance to threaten Sha Zhu, so he was not willing to let it go.

Sha Zhu had someone holding his hand over him, so he could only swallow his anger and took out five yuan from his pocket and threw it to Xu Damao.

You thief! Just wait, five dollars is not easy to take. I will make you pay double in the future.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved and there was nothing exciting to watch, the neighbors moved their stools and dispersed.

Huaihua was about to turn around and go home, but she saw He Yushui pushing a bicycle and turning from the screen wall into the front yard. She rolled her eyes and immediately went to meet him.

"It's so late, why is the yard still so lively?"

Yu Shui just entered the front yard and saw the neighbors disbanding. Seeing Xiao Huaihua running towards her, she asked her.

"Hehe! There's a meeting going on! Uncle He stole a chicken from Xu Damao's house. He paid five dollars as compensation after the meeting!" Huaihua deliberately provoked her.

"How could my brother do such a thing? Doesn't he know that I'm getting married soon? How can I hold my head up in front of others?"

He Yushui was about to cry! The man she was dating was a police officer. How could he tolerate the stain on her brother Sha Zhu?

The locust flowers pulled the rain water into the room, where the light was dim and one could not see what was going on inside from the outside.

She motioned Yu Shui to bend over and whispered in her ear, "Uncle He didn't steal this chicken. Uncle He knows who stole the chicken. Go ask Uncle He and then help him reverse the verdict."

"How come you are so smart, little kid? You can give ideas to your aunt! Okay, let's do as you say." Yu Shui thought Xiao Huaihua's idea was good, as long as her brother's case was overturned.

Yushui pushed the cart and left, without going to his own east room, but went straight to push the door of Shazhu in the main room.

Huaihua also returned to the west wing. Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu were still discussing what had just happened. They were both very satisfied with the decision that Sha Zhu had just made.

"Brother, what happened just now? Why did you steal the chicken from Xu Damao's house? Don't you know that my boyfriend is a public security officer? He needs a political review for his marriage." Yu Shui cried and asked Sha Zhu.

"Am I that kind of person? Would I steal a chicken from that thief Sun? I only felt sorry for him, so...!"

Sha Zhu also felt a little regretful! This reputation of being a thief is really not good, just like Shi Qian, the flea on the drum in Water Margin.

"Then tell me the truth, who are you taking the blame for?"

Yu Shui was determined to find this person. She would never allow her happiness to be destroyed by this person.

Sha Zhu was hesitant! Yu Shui spent a lot of time to persuade him, and finally forced him to tell the whole story. It was already past seven in the evening, and everyone in the courtyard had gone to bed.

But Yu Shui couldn't care less! She was trying to save herself, not Sha Zhu. She quickly ran out of the main room and came to the east wing of the eldest uncle Yi Zhonghai.

"Uncle, open the door quickly! Why did you sentence my brother to steal the chicken from Xu Damao's house? The chicken thief is a bastard of the Jia family, why are you accusing him wrongly?" Yu Shui knocked on the door and shouted loudly.

Her voice was high and penetrating, and was particularly loud in this quiet night. Not only the entire courtyard, but also the neighbors in the neighboring courtyards on both sides could hear it clearly.

Huaihua hid in the quilt on the bed in the outer room, covering her mouth, her body shaking violently.

Haha! This difficult problem was thrown to the eldest uncle and the Jia family again. If they wait until tomorrow to overturn the verdict and solve this matter, will the Jia family be socially disgraced in front of the neighbors? Jia Zhang will definitely use her own twisted logic to cover up this matter.

The courtyard was noisy! The old man must have opened his door, otherwise the rain would have been roaring outside his door. I guess some neighbors came over to watch the fun!

From the outside, the Jia family was quiet, without any sound. Huaihua listened carefully, and heard Jia Zhang's heavy breathing and cursing He Yushui in a low voice from the inner room. Suddenly, Xiaodang cried and someone covered his mouth.

Huaihua's mind changed, and she entered the station space. She quickly went upstairs and ran into the piano room, opened the piano lid, and played Beethoven's "Ode to Joy".