Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

To be honest, there is nothing to fault about Qin Huairu when it comes to foreign relations and image building.

It was rare for her to be so hardworking and always protect a mother-in-law like Jia Zhang every day. She was polite and kept a distance from the old, middle-aged and young men in the yard who often looked at her with shining eyes. She talked and laughed with the housewives of other families, often speaking to their hearts.

Therefore, her popularity and reputation are very good.

As for why it was like that ten years later, I can only say that life is unpredictable.

So, who wouldn’t be excited to suddenly hear such a big gossip?

The couple urged Chen Guangzong to finish the New Year's Eve dinner and clean up, and then wait for the meeting to begin.

If you missed the previous excitement, you can’t miss the future excitement.

At seven o'clock, the front yard was crowded with people sitting or standing in groups of three or four. Hu Meihua brought a long bench, put it down in a crowded place, and called a few aunties who could still talk, and they started whispering together.

Chen Zhaodi also brought a small stool and sat on the veranda in front of the left room of the hall. While looking at the yard, she tried hard to think whether she had done anything inappropriate to her status or took out anything that she should not have.

Or, when you went to Daqianmen to trade, did you disguise yourself as a dwarf? Were you followed?

This is a matter of life and death for her and cannot be taken lightly.

After thinking about it carefully, she was sure that apart from the physical changes, she had not revealed her true colors in other ways.

However, physical changes are the most deceptive.

When spring came and she took off her thick cotton clothes, the fact that she had grown fat and taller could no longer be concealed.

There are people like Yan Bugui in the yard who are good at calculating. He can calculate the income and expenditure of every family for you clearly, and you may not know it as well as he does. There are also people like Qin Huairu who are good at observation and can detect any abnormalities in your family's daily life that you have not noticed yourself.

Could she have hidden the changes in her figure from these people?

The entire compound knows the situation of the Chen family.

So, why can you, Chen Zhaodi, eat two steamed buns a day and get fat, but my girl can only eat a stick of straw after eating four steamed buns a day?

To paraphrase what Qin Huairu had said to the people in the courtyard about Xiao Li, Chen Zhaodi only ate two steamed breads a day, how could she grow taller and fatter so quickly? He must have secretly eaten meat! How could she have meat to eat? Where did the meat come from?

Then, the questions are endless.

At this moment, she deeply envied Xiao Li's conditions for traveling through time.

Soon, the thrones of three uncles were moved to the middle of the courtyard. As the three men arrived and took their seats, the meeting officially began.

The second uncle Liu Haizhong spoke first: "Everyone, everyone, what we want to say today is, first of all, this year, thanks to the government, everyone's life is better, we should thank the government."

"Yes, yes, thank you government, thank you government!"

The people below responded in unison.

Liu Haizhong puffed out his belly proudly and went on to say: "And then, under the leadership of our three uncles, everyone in our yard, lived a... what?" He forgot the words halfway through.

The mischievous ghosts sitting below then took over the game.

“Peace and joy!”

“Family reunion!”

“All the best!”

"Sesame flowers bloom higher and higher"

“New Year, New Atmosphere”

"Hahaha~~~~~"

Everyone was laughing and having fun, but Liu Haizhong just stared blankly.

Yi Zhonghai coughed lightly, stood up, put his hands down, and said, "Okay, everyone has had enough of the noise, let's talk business."

After everyone had finished laughing and quieted down, Yi Zhonghai continued, "Today is New Year's Eve. Originally, we should have gathered together at home to celebrate the festival. However, as everyone knows, there was a little conflict between Shazhu and Damao's family."

Xu Damao stood up angrily and said, "Uncle, what you said is not right, is it a contradiction? It is obvious that he deliberately insulted and provoked me."

At least have some shame and didn't say that their family was beaten by idiot Zhu the whole time...

Xu Fugui also said with a gloomy face: "Old Yi, you can't be partial to the people in your middle courtyard. Old Liu, you are the uncle of our backyard, you have to make the decision for us."

Liu Haizhong was called out by name and hesitantly said, "Yes, yes, it was Shazhu who had a foul mouth and cursed first. That's not right."

Sha Zhu also stood up and retorted: "Who cursed? Who cursed? I was just stating the facts. He is clearly like a catfish with two catfish whiskers. You can grow them, but you are not allowed to say so."

Someone was laughing below.

Xu Fugui regretted not asking his son to pull out those whiskers just now. But if he really pulled them out, wouldn’t it be obvious that there is nothing fishy here? Now it seems that he might as well have just pulled them out.

Yi Zhonghai wanted to laugh, but thinking of the deaf old lady's words and He Yushui's unexpected behavior, he interrupted the quarrel between the two: "Silly Zhu, stop talking. You were wrong in the first place. How can you give people nicknames randomly?"

Sha Zhu ignored him and said nonchalantly, "Isn't it just a nickname? Is it necessary to be so angry?"

Xu Damao jumped up again: "Is that a nickname? That's slander, slander!"

Sha Zhu rolled his eyes and said, "How come it's not a nickname? You look like a catfish, so I call you Catfish Spirit. Tell me, isn't this the same as calling Mr. Li the Lame because he has a limp?"

Old Li, who was named, snorted in annoyance.

Liu Haizhong thought it was right, so he nodded.

People who saw it laughed secretly, and Xu Fugui felt dizzy with anger.

"Besides, my father called me Shazhu before, did I say anything? Later you followed suit and called me Shazhu, did I fight you to the death?" Shazhu looked at Xu Damao with disdain and said, "You are so petty that you can't even call me by a nickname. What a character!"

Someone who wanted to watch the fun didn't mind making a fuss, and said in the dark, "That's right, it's just a nickname, just a random name."

Xu Fugui glanced gloomily at the area where the voice came from. There were too many people there, and he was pinching his throat, so he didn't know who it was.

Yi Zhonghai held back his laughter and criticized Sha Zhu: "Sha Zhu, this is not right. You are not your uncle Xu, how can you give Damao a nickname?"

Then he said to Xu Fugui: "Da Mao is too impatient. If there is a conflict, we should talk it out slowly. How can we solve it with fists right away? If everyone in our yard is like you, using fists at the slightest disagreement, how can we live in peace in our yard?"

"Well, I'll make the decision here. Shazhu, you apologize to the Xu family, and let this matter go. It's New Year's Eve, and everyone wants to stay up all night. Let's not put off this year's affairs until next year. Okay, that's it. What do you think, Old Liu?"

Liu Haizhong nodded blankly and said, "I think Lao Yi's idea is very good. I think so too. Let's solve it this way."

Many people rolled their eyes.

Xu Fugui looked at Liu Haizhong hatefully and cursed him inwardly as a useless piece of trash.

Holding back Xu Damao who was about to stand up and make a scene, Xu Fugui nodded with a dark face: "Okay, for your sake, as long as he apologizes, this matter will be over."

Sha Zhu refused to do that: "I didn't do anything wrong, why should I apologize? It was obviously their family that started it first, so they should be the first to apologize."

"Silly Zhu!" Yi Zhonghai shouted angrily.

"我屮nm" this is Xu Damao.

"Beat him to death!" This is Xu Fugui and his wife.

The two families fought again.