1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Sha Zhu glanced at the person who had just spoken. The other person was still winking at him, but unfortunately he was not paying attention to it just now.

It turns out that person deliberately didn't tell the whole story so as not to irritate certain people, or at least not to attract hatred.

Why not call him Shazhu? Sometimes he just speaks his mind without knowing how to control his words.

But fortunately, the one who was offended was Jia Zhang, and the two families had not spoken to each other since the last incident, so it would be okay to offend each other again.

He shook it as if nothing had happened, looked at his wife Chen Lanxiang beside him and said with a smile: "Wife, am I right? We must teach our children well in the future!"

Chen Lanxiang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Yes, you are right. We must teach our children well and not let others lead them astray!"

The topic went back and forth like this, neither the Li family members spoke, nor the Yan family members spoke, and there was a lot of discussion at the scene.

Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong didn't know what went wrong. Everything was in order just now, but suddenly it became chaotic.

"Old Yan, look at this..." Liu Haizhong looked at Yan Bugui and asked what he meant.

Yan Bugui looked around, then loudly stopped the discussion in the crowd.

"Stop, stop, everyone be quiet!"

Hearing Yan Bugui's voice, everyone stopped talking and looked at him.

He just stood in front of the table, waiting quietly for the discussion to stop.

Yan Bugui thought carefully about the reason why people brought up the incident involving Yan Jiecheng.

Firstly, it was because his words in the morning, "We are all neighbors, so let's just forget it," angered Li Weiguo.

Secondly, it was because Banggeng often stole things in the courtyard, and everyone wanted to take advantage of the situation.

What he has to do now is to resolve the matter as soon as possible, otherwise he might be implicated by the Jia family.

He also saw the reactions of the people in the courtyard just now, and all the criticisms were directed at the Jia family.

If he doesn't seize the opportunity to escape now, he will probably have to take the blame for the Jia family in a while.

"Everyone, listen to me. My Jie Cheng was indeed wrong this morning. This incident is actually my fault. If I hadn't reduced my family's food rations, Jie Cheng wouldn't have done that."

Yan Bugui walked up to the Li family and said, "Uncle Li, Aunt Li, life is so difficult at home. I am sorry to have caused trouble to your family with my son Jie Cheng!" After saying this, he bowed specially.

To be honest, no one expected Yan Bugui to do this. Even the third aunt looked at Yan Bugui with a dazed look.

Yan Jiecheng looked at Yan Bugui, who was usually very arrogant at home, and apologized to the Li family in public for the mistakes he had made.

He was still quite touched in his heart, and with a sore nose he followed.

He has to apologize anyway, so he might as well come over and apologize now!

"Grandpa Li, Grandma Li, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I stole Xiao Hong's buns today. I was wrong. I was just too hungry at the time. I'm sorry!"

After saying this he also bowed and apologized.

Grandpa Li's mind was in a mess because of Li Quanzhen's matter. When he saw the actions of the Yan father and son, he suddenly didn't know how to respond.

He stood up hurriedly and looked at Grandma Li.

Grandma Li was calm at the moment. After receiving Grandpa Li's gaze, she said in a deep voice, "To be honest, since we all live in the same courtyard, it's inevitable that there will be conflicts. I'm also surprised by what happened today. After all, I sit at the gate every day, and I can tell what kind of people are like."

Grandma Li paused and said, "Jiecheng, if you really know you are wrong, it's okay for me to forgive you..."

Hearing this, Yan Bugui and the third aunt were very happy. They said that it was right to apologize and play the victim, because the old lady of the Li family was not a person who would make trouble.

"Auntie Li, I knew you were a reasonable person. Jie Cheng quickly thanked Grandma Li!"

"Yes, hurry up and thank Grandma Li. Aunt Li is very understanding. I am really ashamed that Jie Cheng did this!"

The Yan couple hurriedly thanked Grandma Li before she could finish her words. Before Yan Jiecheng could finish his words, Grandma Li immediately raised her hand to stop them.

"Stop, what are you in such a hurry for? Wait until I finish what I'm saying!" Grandma Li's face turned serious, and she continued, "But I'm an experienced person. If I make a mistake, I have to learn from it. This memory is not something I can just say, but something I've learned through hard work.

How about this! Uncle, let your Jie Cheng help the old woman with work for a day, and let this matter go!"

Yan Bugui didn't expect that Grandma Li had more to say. She had just said all the good things. Was it too late to take them back now?

Why do I have to work another day when everything is fine?

"Auntie Li, what you said is..."

Yan Bugui straightened up, sucked his teeth, rolled his eyes, and quickly calculated the gains and losses in his mind.

Yan Jiecheng could earn at least 30 or 50 cents a day from working outside. Of course, when he couldn't find a job, he would come back empty-handed, so this situation can be ignored.

A meat bun costs about one cent, so no matter how you calculate it, it's not cost-effective for his family. Yan Bugui was suddenly in a dilemma.

He looked at the third aunt and asked what she meant.

The third aunt didn’t expect Grandma Li to make this request. She was also very surprised!

Asking Jie Cheng to work for the Li family for a day may sound like her family has not contributed anything, but secretly her family has lost two cents in income, how could she not figure it out.

The two of them looked at each other, and they knew what was in each other's minds. The Yan family had never done anything that would put them at a disadvantage.

As soon as Li Weiguo saw this situation, he wanted to laugh out loud. Yan Bugui was really the reincarnation of an abacus expert. He had to calculate everything, and the third aunt was no exception. It was true that people from the same family were alike.

"Why, Third Uncle, you don't want to? Otherwise, I'll give you an idea. Yan Jiecheng doesn't have to work, but he can compensate my sister fifty cents!"

Li Weiguo felt that if he wanted Yan Bugui to make a choice, he had to push him.

"What? Fifty cents? A meat bun costs at most ten cents, Weiguo, you're asking for too much!"

When Yan Bugui heard the price of fifty cents, his eyes widened immediately. Fifty cents could feed the whole family for two days, so wouldn’t his family be at a greater loss?

He took a deep breath and looked at the three aunts: "How about letting Jie Cheng go over and do the work for a day?"

One is not spending money, the other is paying out money. Yan Bugui will definitely choose the first one.

The third aunt and Yan Bugui both had painful expressions on their faces. The third aunt was reluctant to speak, and everyone in the Li family saw it all.

"What? You're still not happy? If someone in our village makes a mistake, not only will they be fined and have their work points deducted, but they will also have to review their mistakes in front of the entire village. In serious cases, they will have to do voluntary labor in the production brigade for five days.

I think neither of these two requests is excessive. The main thing is, I want to make sure he won't make the same mistake again next time!"

The person who was speaking was Li Xinchuang. He noticed something was wrong with the third uncle in the morning. His son had committed the act of stealing things from children, but not only did he not discipline him, he also advised the victim to just let it go.

Isn’t this encouraging unhealthy tendencies?

He really couldn't understand this approach, let alone agree with it.

No one knew who he was, but he attracted everyone's attention as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Who is this?" Yan Bugui then realized that there were two unfamiliar people standing at the Li family's side.

Li Dahe introduced, "These two are the new employees of the steel rolling mill today, Li Xinchuang and Li Dahu. They have just been assigned to our hospital and will live in that row of houses next to my house. They each have two rooms."