Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

However, the deaf old lady in the backyard was so shocked after hearing the news of Yi Zhonghai's death that she fainted on the bed on the spot. It took her a long time to recover, but when she woke up, half of her body was paralyzed. It was obvious that she had suffered a stroke and hemiplegia due to the emotional shock. What was even more unfortunate was that after the stroke and hemiplegia, she also lost her speech and could not even shout. She could only call for help in a hoarse voice in the house.

But no one knew that she was ill. Ever since they found out that the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai had teamed up to find a widow and tricked He Daqing out of Sijiu City, planning to have Sha Zhu take care of her and Yi Zhonghai in their old age, everyone in the Siheyuan became even more disgusted with the deaf old lady. They all thought that this old lady was too insidious and were afraid that they would be tricked by her again if they got involved with her.

So now no one goes to visit the deaf old lady, so no one knows that the deaf old lady has suffered a stroke and is paralyzed on one side, lying in the house unable to move. Except for Lin Geng, no one hears the deaf old lady calling for help in the house.

Lin Geng did vaguely hear the deaf old woman's cry for help at night, but he sneered, ignored it, and let the old deaf woman lie in the house waiting to die.

Three days later, Liu Haizhong's wife in the backyard suddenly remembered that she had not seen the old deaf man for a few days. She was afraid that the old deaf man had died in the house, so she went to the front yard to find Yan Bugui and his wife and told them about it.

As the only uncle in charge of the yard, Yan Bugui had to bite the bullet and call a few people in the yard to go to the backyard after hearing what Liu Haizhong's wife said. They knocked on the old deaf woman's door and listened. There seemed to be some movement in the room, so they broke in and found that the deaf old lady was lying on the bed unable to move.

At this time, the deaf old lady had not had a drop of water for three days and had incontinence, all of which were dried up by the warmth she gave her. She was in a daze and could not speak. Her mouth was crooked and her eyes were slanted, and she couldn't control her drooling.

So Yan Bugui immediately ran to the street office and informed the street office of the old deaf man's matter. After all, the old deaf man is still a five-guarantee household and is considered an elderly widower under the management of the street office. If something happens, the street office has to arrange their lives.

If the old deaf woman had done more good deeds in the courtyard and had not been scheming about this and that, she would not have ended up like this. She was not discovered until three days after her stroke, and no one was willing to take her to the hospital, let alone take care of her. This made the old deaf woman regret it while lying in bed.

She began to regret that she should not have helped Yi Zhonghai to scheme against He Daqing, Sha Zhu and Lin Geng. If she had not helped Yi Zhonghai to come up with ideas and scheme against this and that, her reputation would not have been so bad now. She would not have lay in her own feces and urine for three days before being discovered.

After hearing about it, the sub-district office sent someone to take the old deaf man to the hospital. After Yi Zhonghai's funeral was over, the old deaf man was taken back to the courtyard by the sub-district office from the hospital.

Because the old deaf woman's stroke was discovered too long ago and treated too late, it was impossible for her to recover. So they gave her a few bottles of water in the hospital to help her recover some strength, and then the street office sent her back home.

But now the street office is also worried about how to make future arrangements for the old deaf woman. They can't send a staff member from the street office to serve her every day!

Now the old deaf man has completely lost his ability to move. He can only eat, drink, defecate and urinate lying in bed. No one is willing to take care of such an old useless person.

So Director Wang from the Street Office and his colleagues discussed it and decided that the matter had to be resolved in the Siheyuan. They held a meeting in the Siheyuan to ask if anyone was willing to take care of the old deaf man.

But the courtyard was completely silent, and no one stepped forward to express their willingness to take care of the deaf old lady. This made Director Wang look very unhappy. He saw how unpopular the deaf old lady was now, so much so that after she became paralyzed, there was not a single person in the entire courtyard who was willing to take care of her.

In the end, Director Wang was helpless and could not impose any levy, so he could only decide that the street office would pay five yuan per month to see if anyone was willing to take care of the deaf old lady.

But even if the street office offered five yuan a month, still no one responded, because five yuan for taking care of an old man who was unable to move in bed was not an easy job at all and was really not cost-effective. Even Yan Bugui, who was the most calculating, felt it was not worth it, so no one in the yard was willing to take this job.

Seeing that still no one responded, Director Wang had no choice but to raise the price to eight yuan. Only then did Yan Bugui express his willingness to take care of the deaf old lady and take on the job.

So the matter was finally settled, and the deaf old lady was temporarily taken care of.

However, it was impossible for the deaf old lady to have a good meal by relying on the planning of Yan Bugui's family. Yan Bugui just asked his wife to bring cornmeal porridge to the deaf old lady three times a day and feed her. He told others that the deaf old lady could not eat hard food and it was good enough for her to drink porridge.

As a result, some of the rice and flour distributed to the deaf old lady as a five-guarantee household every month ended up in Yan Bugui's pocket.

The deaf old lady is now in a miserable state. She can only lie in bed and cannot move every day. She can't speak coherently and can only drink cornmeal porridge every day. At best, it is good enough if she puts some vegetable leaves and pickled vegetables in it. This is simply unbearable for her who has always been pampered and always wants to eat meat.

Now she really regretted it. She regretted that she shouldn't have spoken up for Yi Zhonghai before. Originally, Sha Zhu still had some kindness towards her, but in order to help Yi Zhonghai, she wanted to force Sha Zhu to surrender, and in the end even Sha Zhu broke off all ties with her.

Later, He Daqing revealed that the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai had jointly planned for him and the White Widow to flee to Baocheng. Sha Zhu disliked her even more and never looked at her straight in the eye again, let alone send her some delicious food.

After dealing with Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady, the Siheyuan finally calmed down. A few troublemakers were now in jail, some were removed from the line, and the Siheyuan became much quieter and more peaceful.

But after Yi Zhonghai's death, Qin Huairu suffered a lot, because the Jia family had offended everyone in the courtyard before, and Qin Huairu was exposed to have cheated Lin Geng and Sha Zhu's money, so Qin Huairu's reputation was completely ruined in the Siheyuan. No matter how beautiful she was, few people were willing to help her.

When Yi Zhonghai died, he left all his inheritance to Li Xiangyun. Qin Huairu also completely lost the last support and care. She could only helplessly spend the pension that Jia Dongxu gave her from the factory. Every day, she and Banggeng and Xiaodang could only eat steamed bread and cornmeal porridge, boiled cabbage, or radishes and potatoes. Her life was so hard!

Qin Huairu did try to find Sha Zhu again, hoping to rekindle Sha Zhu's feelings for her. But now He Daqing is back, and has heard about the stupid things Sha Zhu had done. In addition, he suffered a great loss at the hands of the White Widow, so he keeps a close eye on Sha Zhu and does not allow Qin Huairu to get close to Sha Zhu again and seduce him into confusion.

He Daqing also said to Sha Zhu, you are a young man, even if you are a little older now, you can at least marry a nice young girl from the countryside, why should you raise a child for someone else?

His father is an example. He went to Baocheng with the White Widow and helped her raise her children. What did he get in return for working like a cow and a horse? He was bullied by the White Widow's family all day long, and was threatened by the two ungrateful sons of the White Widow from time to time, saying that when he got old, they would drive him out of the house and let him die miserably.

So He Daqing learned from his mistakes and warned Sha Zhu not to think about Qin Huairu again, especially that little bastard Banggeng. Even at such a young age, he was already a typical ungrateful person. Moreover, he started stealing at such a young age, so he would definitely not be a good person when he grows up.

If Sha Zhu lets Qin Huairu stick to him, he will have to work like a slave for the Jia family for the rest of his life and help Qin Huairu raise her children, and he will not have a good ending in the end.

So under the repeated reminders of Lin Geng and He Daqing, Sha Zhu finally listened and refused to be fooled by Qin Huairu again. Whenever he met Qin Huairu in the yard, he would walk around her and never gave her a chance to stick to him, which made Qin Huairu very disappointed.