Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

Chen Zhaodi carried the small stool back home.

After the father and son went to sleep, she pounded her sore arms and back and went back to her nest to rest.

Fortunately, the Chen family bought a main house and two side houses, so Chen Zhaodi was able to put a small bed in the kitchen and have her own space.

After entering the space, looking at the vibrant scene in front of me, the jealousy I had originally felt towards the other traverser's free and independent life was reduced a lot.

Although her space is small, she can cook in it and she doesn't have to worry about being discovered what she eats.

Besides, after all, this is also a space. As long as you work hard, you will reap rewards.

Compared with the thousands of girls in her local area who are in the same situation as her at this time, she is already much happier. What else can she ask for?

Walking into the hut, she checked the thirty or so chicken eggs and ten or so duck eggs she had just exchanged, felt the temperature, and when she found that there was no problem, she began to look forward to it.

These chicken and duck eggs were all fertilized eggs that she picked. As long as they can be hatched, she will have meat and eggs to supplement in the future.

She went to the fields again to look at the newly planted wheat and rice. The tender seedlings, just as tall as a palm, were growing vigorously in the fields. She couldn't help but imagine the snow-white rice and flour, the fragrant rice and noodles in a few months. She was so greedy.

These wheat and rice are the legacy of the previous owner of this space. Unexpectedly, the yield per mu is quite high. If the yield per mu does not decrease, after planting for one season, one mu of land can yield about 100 kilograms each, which is enough to supplement her staple food for a year.

At this age, eating only cornmeal steamed bread, even if it is added with potatoes or sweet potatoes, is not enough. People in the new century are used to eating rice and pasta, and they feel like they have not eaten anything else.

I continued to cut a piece of cloth, stuffed it with cotton, and made myself a small sleeping bag. With this, I no longer have to worry about the cold.

Seeing that it was getting late, after filling my stomach, I took my sleeping bag and left the space.

With a new sleeping bag filled with thick cotton, from now on, I won’t have to suffer from the cold at night as long as I am not discovered.

The sun rises as usual, and a new day begins with another noisy and bustling day.

There was another commotion in the central courtyard.

It turned out that early in the morning, Xiao Li really went to find the street office clerk and the police and complained about the old man who was in charge of the courtyard house. Because the thief who stole things was his apprentice's family member, he used the reputation and welfare of the courtyard house to force him to give up pursuing the thief's responsibility and admit that the other party was not a thief, but just a neighbor who forgot to tell him about the theft.

Looking at Xiao Li standing in the Intermediate Court with two police officers and Officer Wang from the Street Office, Chen Zhaodi's eyes widened and she couldn't help but praise inwardly: Strong!

He is really tough. He calls the police when he says he wants to and complains when he says he wants to. He is indeed a time traveler. He knows very well that it is important to go to the police when something happens. He complains when there is a problem and completely ignores what his neighbors think.

In the new century, what does a neighbor mean? There are many people who live next door for years without knowing whether they are human or ghost. As long as they don’t go clubbing every night or use the vibration machine, who cares who lives next to you?

Therefore, Yi Zhonghai's idea of ​​using public opinion in the compound to suppress disrespect was completely thwarted.

At this moment, most people in the courtyard were still washing up. Xiao Li stood in front of the pool in the middle courtyard, pointing at the east and west wing rooms and making complaints.

"Uncle policeman, yesterday afternoon, I came back to get some ingredients. When I got home, I found that the cupboard was open and the two large plates of meat were gone. I was so anxious that I ran out to take a look. Hey! The Jia family next door, a family of three, old and young, were eating meat. It was my meat."

"I started to make a scene. How could it be wrong to steal meat from a neighbor's house when the neighbor was not at home? I thought at the time that they were neighbors, and I didn't want to make a big fuss and ask them to pay for it."

"In the end, my kindness was not rewarded. This family stopped me from calling the police and refused to offer compensation. They also argued that what they did was not stealing, but taking."

"I have never heard of anyone saying 'steal' instead of 'take' in my life."

"Then, at night, the eldest uncle in our compound, the master of Jia Dongxu from the Jia family, called a meeting of the entire compound, saying that he wanted to solve our problem."

"As a result, they immediately characterized the incident as the Jia family's child being extremely hungry, so they went to my house to get some meat to satisfy the child's craving. I don't know whether it was the Jia family who told the uncle about stealing, or the uncle who taught the Jia family."

"I bought some meat with great difficulty and saved it for later consumption, but it was taken away by someone. Of course I was not happy. As a result, the old man accused me of being unfriendly to my neighbors. If I had given the meat to the Jia family earlier, wouldn't it have been fine?"

"Hey, listen to me, is this human language? There's something even worse, a middle-aged man accused me of not calling the police! How much power does he have that he doesn't allow me to call the police!"

"So, Secretary Wang, what exactly are the duties of the compound manager you appointed? Is it to replace the duties of the street office and the police?"

"There was a theft in the compound. Does the uncle have the right to ask the residents to smooth things over in the compound? If the residents want to call the police, they are not united, not friendly, and do not care about the interests of everyone in the compound. Are they bad elements?"

Xiao Li's words made Secretary Wang anxious.

Secretary Wang quickly denied it: "No, we didn't set up any uncles in charge, but correspondents. Because of the limited police force, we specially organized active members in the compound to help prevent spies, guard against criminals, and assist in maintaining the security of the compound."

"At the same time, we also need to assist the street office to read and explain the latest policies to the residents of the compound and help check the situation of the residents of the compound."

"If there is still energy left, and all residents in the compound agree, we can help coordinate minor matters like quarrels between residents."

"Besides that, the correspondents have no other powers, nor do they have the right to ask the residents of the compound to do anything against their will, let alone to characterize anyone or anything."

After hearing what Director Wang said, all the onlookers in the compound fell silent. It turned out that the manager was not a boss, but a communicator.

"Officer Wang, does an uncle really have no right to ask us to do something we don't want to do? Didn't the neighborhood office ask him to manage us?"

"That's right. From now on, if I don't listen to him, it really doesn't matter?"

Secretary Wang glared at Xiao Li and the police when he saw Yi Zhonghai, who went out to check the situation, planning to explain to others first and then deal with the three old men in the yard!

"Absolutely not. The correspondents in your compound do not have any power beyond yours. They have prestige and are willing to help you mediate. You are convinced and agree to let them mediate. Then you can mediate the friction between neighbors with their help."

"However, they do not have the power to characterize and judge the matter between you."

Chen Datou chuckled and shouted, "Then he can't force me to drive the car for nothing, work hard, and carry vegetables and coal for everyone. Otherwise, I'm not a good member, and I'm destroying the unity of the compound, right?"

Secretary Wang nodded and said, "Of course. The neighbors in your courtyard have a good relationship. If you help him to transport vegetables and coal, it is your business. But it is absolutely not the case that if you are from the same courtyard, you should transport vegetables and coal for free."

Chen Datou laughed loudly: "Everyone has heard it, right? If you want to haul vegetables and coal in the future, don't think you can do it for free. I'm a laborer, I can't work for you for free."

After a few more people asked a few more questions and got negative answers, everyone looked at Yi Zhonghai with more and more strange expressions.

Liu Haizhong was glad that he lived in the backyard. He didn't get there when things started, so he just happened to hide in the backyard. Yan Bugui was even more cunning. When Xiao Li brought the police into the compound, he ran out of the door, claiming that something happened at school and left first. So, at this moment, in the middle courtyard, only Yi Zhonghai was left facing two police officers and Secretary Wang.