Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

After getting the meat from Lin Geng and returning home, Li Ergou and Gou Laosan hid at home and told their wives that they wanted to report Lin Geng, but their wives did not allow them to do so, for fear that they would offend Lin Geng again and they would be in trouble. They did not see what had happened to those families in the yard who had offended Lin Geng, and even Yi Zhonghai had lost his life, so they should not look for trouble themselves.

What's more, this time Lin Geng was seeking benefits for the residents in the yard by selling meat to them at a fair price. If they reported Lin Geng again, it would be a bit unreasonable.

But the two guys didn't care. They insisted that as long as they reported anonymously, no one would know it was them who did it. Anyway, Lin Geng didn't give them face, so they took this opportunity to give Lin Geng a good beating.

So Lin Geng already knew last night that these two guys were going to report him. As for the third person, Lin Geng could guess who it was with his toes. It could only be Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu wanted to get some free meat yesterday, but failed and was also scolded by him. She must hate him to death and would definitely not miss this opportunity.

So Lin Geng nodded and said, "Yeah, okay! Since there are rules, I won't ask any more questions! After everyone gets off work, I hope Uncle Li and Aunt Wang can help me clarify this, so that these ungrateful guys won't bite me!"

Director Wang nodded and said, "Don't worry, we came here today to clarify this matter for you, so as to avoid affecting your reputation!"

The three of them drank tea and chatted. Gradually, people who were off work returned to the courtyard. Yan Bugui received instructions from Director Wang and stood at the door to inform those who had returned one by one that a general meeting of the entire courtyard would be held in a while.

Many residents were very confused. Yi Zhonghai was dead, so why was there a courtyard meeting during the Chinese New Year? At this time of year in previous years, Yi Zhonghai and his uncles would hold a courtyard meeting every year, saying that they were wishing the neighbors a happy new year in advance, but in fact, they were basically helping the Jia family to cry poor, asking the residents in the courtyard to donate money to the Jia family, and arranging for their family and the Jia family, and then bringing the old deaf man, and finally the big scoundrel Sha Zhu, to cook a New Year's Eve dinner for them and eat it together.

But now Yi Zhonghai is dead, the old deaf man is paralyzed, Jia Zhang from the Jia family is in jail, Jia Dongxu is hanged on the wall, and only Qin Huairu and the two children are left. Liu Haizhong has also been dismissed from his job as the second master, and the residents in the courtyard don't know why a general meeting of the courtyard has to be held.

So everyone asked Yan Bugui, but Yan Bugui refused to say that this was a hospital-wide meeting requested by Director Wang.

When most people in the yard had returned, Sha Zhu also came back happily carrying a few lunch boxes. When Qin Huairu saw the lunch box in Sha Zhu's hand, she immediately went up to him and started crying and complaining to Sha Zhu, saying that Banggeng and Xiaodang had not eaten meat for a long time and were now craving for it, and she reached out to take the lunch box in Sha Zhu's hand.

At this time, He Daqing came out of the house, coughed with a gloomy face, and said coldly to Sha Zhu: "What are you still standing there for? Come back soon? We are waiting for you to come back! We are going to have a meeting of the whole hospital soon, put your things home first!"

When Sha Zhu saw Qin Huairu, he was a little confused again. Seeing Qin Huairu crying, a trace of pity appeared on his face again. But just when Qin Huairu was about to touch the lunch box in the net bag in his hand, He Daqing's voice came.

When Sha Zhu heard He Daqing's scolding, he suddenly came to his senses. He quickly shook his hand away from Qin Huairu's hand and said to her, "Qin Huairu, this is the New Year's Eve dinner I brought back for my father and Yu Shui to celebrate the New Year. What should we eat if I give it to you? Your Banggeng and Xiaodang haven't eaten meat for many days? Didn't you buy two pounds of meat from Xiaolin yesterday? Can't you cook it for them? Why are you thinking about my lunch box again?"

Qin Huairu's crying poor has become an instinctive behavior she has developed in the past few years. When she sees an opportunity to take advantage of someone, she immediately uses her tea art instinctively without thinking and starts crying poor, trying to take advantage of Sha Zhu. She completely forgets that she just bought two pounds of meat from Lin Geng yesterday and fried a plate of meat for Banggeng and Xiaodang last night.

Today, she saw Sha Zhu coming back for such a long time and bringing back a few lunch boxes, so she instinctively wanted to stop Sha Zhu and take the lunch boxes away so that she could take them home and eat them herself, without even thinking.

After being told this by Sha Zhu, she remembered that she did buy two kilograms of meat yesterday, and had just given meat to Bang Geng and Xiao Dang last night. It was really not right to use this excuse today, so her pretty face froze for a moment, revealing embarrassment, but she still tried to save face by saying, "It's not that my cooking skills are bad. Bang Geng and Xiao Dang used to eat your cooking often. They haven't tasted your cooking for a long time!"

Bang Geng happened to come out of the house at this time and saw the lunch box in Sha Zhu's hand. His eyes suddenly lit up and he immediately rushed towards Sha Zhu, stopping him from going home without Qin Huairu, and shouted, "Sha Zhu! Give me your lunch box! I want to eat!"

After Sha Zhu no longer regarded Qin Huairu as his dream lover, the white moonlight on Qin Huairu faded from his heart, and naturally he no longer loved Bang Geng and he no longer liked Bang Geng. When he saw Bang Geng stopping him fiercely, calling him Sha Zhu without any hesitation, and trying to snatch the lunch box from his hand, a trace of disgust flashed in Sha Zhu's eyes.

Shazhu once again dodged Banggeng's hand, and shouted at Banggeng, "Hey! Banggeng, how can you talk like that? Did you call Shazhu? Why should I give you the lunch box? Go away, get out of here!"

When Banggeng saw that Shazhu actually scolded him and refused to give him the lunch box, he immediately got angry and pointed at Shazhu and cursed: "You big fool! Everyone calls you Shazhu, why can't I call you Shazhu? My grandmother said that your family doesn't deserve to eat good food, and you should give the delicious food to our family! Your sister is a money-loser! What's the point of eating so many delicious foods?

Hurry up and give me the lunch box. Didn’t you give us the lunch boxes you brought back before? Why don’t you give it to me now? "

While cursing, Banggeng rushed towards the lunch box in Shazhu's hand again, trying to snatch it.

When Qin Huairu saw Banggeng scolding Shazhu like that, she was shocked and thought to herself, "Oh no! Shazhu is different now. He no longer has the same obsession with her as before, so he naturally won't indulge Banggeng anymore."

In the past, there was the old pious woman Jia Zhang who kept Sha Zhu in check at home. Even if she scolded Sha Zhu, Sha Zhu did not dare to get angry with Jia Zhang. Otherwise, Jia Zhang would scold Sha Zhu so hard that he could not leave the house. But now Jia Zhang is in jail, and Sha Zhu's father He Daqing is back. Can she still tolerate Bang Geng?

So she hurriedly wanted to pull Banggeng to stop him from scolding Shazhu, but she was about to give birth, so she couldn't move quickly. Before she could reach out to grab Banggeng and stop him, Shazhu's temper was aroused by Banggeng's insults.

Seeing Banggeng scolding him and Yu Shui at the same time, and thinking about what he had done to Yu Shui in the past, Shazhu felt that he was really a bastard during this period of time, and he felt very sorry for his own sister.

Now Banggeng even dared to call Yushui a money-loser, so Shazhu immediately became angry. Seeing that Banggeng was cursing and trying to rush over to snatch the lunch box from his hand, Shazhu raised his hand and slapped Banggeng in the face. With a crisp sound, Banggeng screamed and was slapped away by Shazhu, rolling on the ground in a spin.