1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Qin Huairu looked at Jia Dongxu who was running away. He was quite active today. She hoped that he could realize this in the future so that life at home would be better.

In the hospital, Yi Zhonghai hurried in carrying the deaf old lady on his back, his steps a little hurried.

Upon seeing this, the doctor rushed over and placed the old lady on the bed for examination.

After a thorough examination, the doctor frowned and asked, "The old lady is suffering from a fever caused by excessive fright and anger. Did something serious happen at home?"

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

He knew that the old lady must have been like this because she lost the gold bars, but those things could not be exposed in front of others, so he quickly made up an excuse.

He said hurriedly: "I told the old lady last night that there was not much food at home, so she reacted so strongly."

When the middle-aged lady behind him heard this, she curled her lips slightly. She knew in her heart that what Yi Zhonghai said was definitely not true.

The old lady has to wait for food three times a day. When has she ever cared about whether there is enough food?

But the doctor did not continue to ask questions after hearing this, but turned around to write a prescription.

It is indeed a terrible thing to have no food at home these days.

"The old lady is too old, and it is very likely that she will have a high fever that will not go away. Let her stay in the hospital first and go back after the fever goes away!" said the doctor while writing the prescription.

Yi Zhonghai nodded and responded quickly. He had money in his hand, so he quickly went to complete the hospitalization procedures and let the old lady stay.

He handed over the matters at the hospital to an old lady, and then the master and apprentice walked towards the steel mill.

Along the way, Jia Dongxu hesitated to speak several times.

He was full of doubts and wanted to ask Yi Zhonghai about the old lady, but Yi Zhonghai never gave him a chance.

Yi Zhonghai paused and said in a deep voice: "There are some things you don't need to know. You just need to do what you should do. You don't need to worry about other things."

Jia Dongxu opened his mouth and finally nodded.

He thought that his master must have his reasons for not letting him know.

He didn't dare to go against Yi Zhonghai's words now. Some time ago, Yi Zhonghai didn't care about the Jia family's affairs, which made him experience the difficulties of life firsthand.

This time he would definitely not do anything that would disgust Yi Zhonghai, and he would not ask any unnecessary questions.

The news that the deaf old lady had a fever early in the morning spread throughout the courtyard, and Li Weiguo naturally heard the news as well.

Is the deaf old lady sick?

The old lady rarely goes out on weekdays, so how could she suddenly fall ill?

Li Weiguo walked towards the pool in the middle courtyard, holding a bucket in his hand, ready to fetch water for washing.

While he was waiting, he listened to the aunties next to him talking about the old lady's fever.

"The old lady has always been very strong, how come she suddenly fell ill?"

"I just heard from an old lady that the old lady kept mumbling that something was gone!"

"Could it be that the old lady has a treasure?..."

"Who knows? The old lady is childless and alone, and now she is a five-guarantee household. What can she have?"

While the aunties were talking, their hands were busy either fetching water or washing clothes.

Their words woke Li Weiguo up. Aren’t the deaf old lady’s treasures those gold bars under the bed?

He recalled that last year when he had just turned on the invincible detection radar, he was so excited that he took away the gold bars of the deaf old lady.

Li Weiguo didn't expect that it was so long ago that the deaf old lady only just discovered that the gold bars were missing.

However, when Li Weiguo thought about it carefully, he felt that it was normal to discover it now.

After all, Yi Zhonghai and his wife took good care of her on weekdays, and the street office also gave her a minimum living allowance every month, so she had no worries about food and drink and seldom bought anything.

Normally speaking, it is indeed difficult to notice that there are fewer gold bars.

Li Weiguo's eyes became deep and he began to analyze carefully.

Now that the deaf old lady suddenly discovered that the gold bars were missing, there must be a reason.

What happened to the old lady that required her to use the gold bars in her hand?

He thought of Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu going out to buy food yesterday, and couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Could it be that the Yi family is also short of food?

It's impossible. There are only two people in Yi Zhonghai's family, and the ration he eats is definitely enough for two people.

Unless it’s because of the Jia family!

Imagine if the Jia family went to borrow food from the Yi family, causing the Yi family to also be short of food.

Yi Zhonghai was going out to buy expensive grain, so he went to the deaf old lady to ask for money from her.

However, it is very likely that Yi Zhonghai's purpose was to obtain money from the deaf old lady to help the Jia family or meet his own needs.

The deaf old lady's money has always been a support for Yi Zhonghai. When he faced financial pressure, the first person he thought of was naturally the deaf old lady.

This makes sense. The deaf old lady was persuaded by Yi Zhonghai and wanted to give the gold bars to Yi Zhonghai, but she found that all the gold bars were gone.

However, the deaf old lady lost her financial support and could not bear the high fever.

Li Weiguo stood in front of the pool, his eyes slightly narrowed, and his mind kept thinking about the deaf old lady.

Thinking of all the speculations he had made, he couldn't help but reveal a gloating smile on the corner of his mouth.

The old lady in my memory was full of confidence and had a strong backbone. Now that she has lost the support of money, let’s see how powerful she will be in the future.

Li Weiguo thought to himself, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

He thought of how Yi Zhonghai had escaped a crisis before, and he became more and more certain that the deaf old lady was behind this.

But now, she has lost her most powerful support.

Li Weiguo seemed to have seen that the deaf old lady was no longer arrogant.

The water from the tap continued to flow, and the bucket gradually filled up.

The water sloshed in the bucket, creating slight ripples.

Li Weiguo reached out to turn off the faucet and easily picked up the bucket with both hands.

The weight of a bucket of water was nothing to him, and he walked towards his home with brisk steps.

After washing up, Li Weiguo, Li Dahu and Li Xinchuang went to the courtyard to eat.

In the small courtyard, steaming hot food has been placed on the dining table, emitting an enticing aroma.

Li Weiguo sat on a stool, picked up his chopsticks to eat, and suddenly said, "Dad, tomorrow is the weekend, let's go hunting in the mountains together."

His voice broke the silence of the early morning. As soon as he spoke, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him with their bowls in hand.

In everyone's impression, in recent times, Li Weiguo has been following the arrangements of his uncles and rarely took the initiative to put forward his own ideas.

This sudden proposal today made several uncles look at him curiously.

Li Weiguo did not explain further, but smiled and said: "There is strength in numbers. Besides, I just want to go to the mountains to take a look."

Li Dajiang looked at his son and knew that the boy must be thinking about something again. He did not ask any further questions and agreed without thinking.

He knew his son too well. Since he proposed this idea, he must have his own thoughts.

"Okay, I don't have anything to do tomorrow anyway, so let's go." Li Dajiang said with a smile.

However, Li Weimin's children did not show any envy when they heard it.

Thinking back to last winter, they went up the mountain to hunt on a whim, and the process of going up the mountain alone made them exhausted.

From then on, they no longer had any interest in going up the mountain to hunt.

Going up the mountain to hunt is definitely a strenuous job, so they still prefer fishing.