Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

Even though we found the pistol, we still can't convict those bastards. We need more concrete evidence.

Chen Zhaodi noted the location of the envelope, then carefully picked it up and slowly opened it.

Unfortunately, several envelopes were empty, with nothing in them.

The envelopes were also very ordinary envelopes, and there was nothing special about them. Of course, it could also be that she was too narrow-minded to see it.

I knocked on the box carefully and checked its thickness, but didn't find anything special. Maybe it's just an ordinary box.

Chen Zhaodi laughed. This wasn't a spy movie. There were hidden mechanisms in any box.

Of course, disappointment is inevitable, which means she has to continue to endure in this family, but isn't that what life is like? Not everything can go as planned, and finding these things today is already a big breakthrough.

She carefully restored the box to its original state, rewrapped the bundle, and put it aside while she looked at the other items in the jar.

This search yielded no other results except for confirming that Chen Datou and Hu Meihua had indeed hidden a large sum of wealth.

Or, when they went out on New Year's Eve, they transferred the secret away.

She couldn't help but secretly hate herself for being so careless. Why didn't she think of digging three feet underground before? It was all because of the deaf old lady next door who stayed at home every day. As a result, she didn't dare to come to the bedroom to carefully check the ground, for fear that the sound would be heard.

She carefully put all the goldfish, big and small, Yuan Datou and Guangyang coins she had found back into the jar, and then wrapped up the various jewellery back into the box, and put them into the jar one by one. After confirming again that everything was put back and there was no difference from the original way she remembered, Chen Zhaodi covered the jar, re-laid the floor tiles, restored all the furniture, and quickly left the bedroom.

She searched for such a long time, and she was always worried that someone might suddenly come back and hear her rummaging through the bedroom.

The sound insulation in this kind of old-style house is very poor. When she becomes independent in the future, she must make sure the sound insulation is done well so that no one can know what is happening in the house.

When I went out, the backyard was still quiet. I don’t know why those aunties and grandmas have so much to say. The gossip hasn’t ended yet. It’s almost noon, aren’t they going home to cook?

She walked towards the Moon Gate again, intending to join in the fun and give everyone the impression that she had been staying there.

The central courtyard was actually full of people.

Chen Zhaodi glanced around and saw He Yushui standing at the door of the main room listening to the fun, so she walked over and stood next to her.

"Sister Yushui." Chen Zhaodi greeted her. This year, He Yushui basically stayed at home except for visiting various families on the first day of the new year.

"Zhao Di." He Yushui made room for Chen Zhao Di.

"We've been chatting for such a long time, why are they still so addicted?" Chen Zhaodi was puzzled as she looked at the people who were chatting happily with beaming faces.

He Yushui glanced at her and said, "You weren't here just now? These are all from the yard next door."

Chen Zhaodi smiled sheepishly: "I was just hungry, so I heated up a steamed bun to eat when no one was home."

He Yushui looked at her with pity, then suddenly opened his eyes wide and gestured carefully: "Zhao Di, you seem to have grown taller."

Chen Zhaodi was startled. Could anyone notice that she had grown taller?

She pretended to be happy and stretched out her hands, lifted her legs and said, "Yes, I recently noticed that my sleeves and trouser legs are a little short. I think I have grown taller."

He Yushui was also very happy. In this yard, she was the only one who could talk to Chen Zhaodi.

She pulled Chen Zhaodi affectionately and pointed to the fat auntie who was talking in the yard with saliva flying, saying, "That auntie is Auntie Qian from Yard 85 in front. She likes to get information the most. She has only been here for a few minutes. She said that she saw it with her own eyes. Auntie Jia saw Xu Damao passing by and ran over to hit Xu Damao. Xu Damao blocked her, and Auntie Jia shouted at Xu Damao to touch her."

Chen Zhaodi was surprised because this was not what she had heard at the scene before.

After looking carefully again, I found that Aunt Qian was indeed at the scene.

He Yushui pointed at another tall and thin person and said, "That Aunt Mi, who just came with Aunt Qian, also said that Aunt Jia deliberately did it to scam people."

Chen Zhaodi was silent. It had only been a short while, and the witness had already changed his testimony? Was the Xu family making a move?

She pretended to be puzzled and said, "Sister Yushui, when we went there, they didn't say that. They said it was certain that it was Brother Damao who touched Granny Jia. Aunt Jia was crying miserably beside her, saying that Brother Damao was not a human being, touching..."

He Yushui curled the corners of her mouth secretly and said, "Just listen to what her family says, don't take it to heart. Did you see these two aunts at the scene?" She didn't join in the fun before, so she wanted to catch up now.

Chen Zhaodi saw He Yushui's expression clearly, and became even more curious about the Yushui in the TV series. How did life torture He Yushui and turn her into the girl who was good at cheating others?

She nodded and said confidently, "I know. Her family stole the neighbor's meat. They are thieves. Thieves never get anything good. That's why I always lock the doors and windows when I go out. Otherwise, if something gets stolen, my father will beat me to death."

He Yushui didn't know how to respond.

Chen Zhaodi didn't care and said in a deliberately puzzled tone: "Those two aunts were indeed there at the time, but they didn't say that at the time."

"Hey, someone spent money." Suddenly, Liu Sanya from the front yard came over, her eyes sparkling, "Otherwise, how could these two guys bring such a large group of people to our yard and go straight to the middle yard, pretending to be so loud and shouting at the Jia family."

Chen Zhaodi deliberately hesitated and said "Ah?"

Liu Sanya said excitedly: "Otherwise, who would go to someone else's yard to gossip about this when everyone is about to prepare dinner? And talking so loudly in front of the Jia family's house, as if afraid that others wouldn't understand what you are saying."

Chen Zhaodi is very good at making jokes: "Why do they do this?"

Liu Sanya slapped her thigh and said, "It must be Xu Fugui who came to find them. Hehe, if they don't throw dirty water on the Jia family, then Xu Damao will be finished in the future."

He Yushui's eyes lit up, and she asked, "So what did Xu Damao really do?"

Liu Sanya glanced at He Yushui with disdain and said, "You little girls are so naive. What kind of person is Zhang Xiaohua? Not only in our courtyard, but also in this whole alley, everyone knows her. All the boys in every household have been told to walk around her. Xu Damao is not stupid, how could he touch her?"

Someone nearby said, "If he touches Qin Huairu, Xu Damao will definitely rush over, but Zhang Xiaohua, no one will want her even if she's given away for free."

Everyone who was listening nearby laughed happily.

"That's right, she's already so old, it should have been down to her belly button, it's so flat, who would care about it?"

"It's different when it's Qin Huairu, it's big and firm."

A few people spoke without restraint, which made He Yushui and Chen Zhaodi blush with shame.