Siheyuan: Returning from studying abroad, with extraordinary understanding

He nodded: "The Jia family fried meat, and the aroma of meat has filled the entire courtyard. There is nothing we can do about it."

"You know the rules of the Siheyuan. If the Jia family doesn't give the children meat, the Jia family's reputation will be ruined before tomorrow. Head of the family, do you have any solution?"

Ma Xiulan knew that Jia Dongxu might have to take care of her in her old age. If the Jia family's reputation was ruined now, and if their Yi family got too close to the Jia family, their Yi family's reputation would not be very good either.

"This is a problem. There is nothing I can do about it right now! Let's go out and see what's going on."

This unwritten rule was tacitly accepted by all residents of the courtyard. He had reminded Jia Dongxu about it when he bought the meat, but neither Jia Dafu nor Jia Dongxu took it seriously.

He had no other choice, Jia Dongxu only listened to Jia Dafu.

With Jia Dafu around, it was impossible for him to accept Jia Dongxu as his apprentice and expect Jia Dongxu to support him in his old age.

Although Yi Zhonghai has a good reputation in the courtyard, it is impossible for him to break this unwritten rule directly. If everyone starts to quarrel over eating meat in the future, there will be no end to it.

"Okay, let's go out and take a look." The two of them came to the middle courtyard, one after the other, and saw Jia Dongxu standing at the door of his house, surrounded by a large group of children.

What made Yi Zhonghai depressed was that Yan Bugui was also standing not far away.

It was pitch dark, and if he didn't have sharp eyes, he wouldn't have noticed Yan Bugui.

Before the two of them got closer, they heard the voice of Yan Bugui's eldest son Yan Jiekuang.

"Brother Dongxu, your fried meat smells so good, please give us some! Let us also have a taste of what pork tastes like! As long as you give me meat, I will listen to you in the future. If you tell me to go east, I will never go west. If you tell me to walk the dog, I will never chase the chickens."

The other children followed suit and asked for meat.

"Yes, yes, me too. Brother Dongxu, when you came back, I saw you bought a large piece of meat. Your family definitely can't finish it. We are poor and haven't eaten meat for a long time. Can you give us some meat?"

"It's the same in my family. I told my father that I wanted to eat meat, and he said he would beat me to death if I asked again. Brother Dongxu, please have pity on me!"

A group of children were crying and complaining one after another. To put it bluntly, they just wanted some meat to eat.

Jia Dongxu was just thinking about inviting Yi Zhonghai's family to come over for dinner, but he didn't expect to see this group of children as soon as he opened the door!

His face had already darkened, and he was very angry. He didn't want to hear any compliments. You know, his family hadn't bought meat for a long time, and he felt that the meat he bought this time was not enough.

He also knew the unwritten rules of the Siheyuan, but he was an adult, not a child, and would never go to the door to beg for meat.

He had never been there once, but other kids came to his house to ask for meat, and he was so angry!

"Why should I give you the meat I bought? You come to my house like this to ask for meat, just like beggars. It's really shameful!"

"Get out of here right now, or I'll be rude! Especially you three brothers, Yan Jiekuang. Your father is a teacher. Don't you think it's embarrassing for your father to come here and ask for meat?"

After hearing what Jia Dongxu said, the children gathered at the door looked at each other, then stared at Jia Dongxu, motionless.

When Jia Dongxu saw the unmoved children, he immediately became furious, but he did not dare to do anything. The children standing in front of him were all little kids of a few years old, each of them was as thin as a bamboo pole. If he did so, he might kill them.

More importantly, he cannot bully the weak. If he does, he will not be able to stay in this courtyard!

Jia Dongxu looked around, trying to find the parents of these children to see if he could ask them to take the children away, but it was dark and there was no electricity. He didn't see anyone else, not even Yan Bugui who was hiding in the dark.

Yi Zhonghai was able to discover Yan Bugui only after careful observation.

Although Yan Bugui was not found, Jia Dongxu was delighted when he saw Yi Zhonghai and Ma Xiulan walking behind the child.

"Uncle Yi, Aunt Yi, you are here, come in quickly, the meal is ready!"

When the children heard Jia Dongxu say this, they turned their heads and saw Yi Zhonghai and Ma Xiulan, and immediately made way for the two to pass.

Yi Zhonghai and Ma Xiulan came to Jia Dongxu. Yi Zhonghai pretended not to know what was going on and asked:

"Dongxu, what happened? Why are all the kids gathered here?"

Don't you know what happened?

What are you pretending for me?

Jia Dongxu was so angry!

I specially invited you to dinner, can't you help me solve the problem at hand?

Everyone knows the unwritten rules of the Siheyuan. If it weren't for giving Yi Zhonghai some face, Jia Dongxu would have scolded Yi Zhonghai directly.

Jia Dongxu suppressed his anger, smiled, and explained to Yi Zhonghai in a gentle voice:

"It's like this. The children in the yard haven't eaten meat for a long time. When they smelled the meat, they wanted to ask for some meat, but our family didn't buy much meat! It's not enough to eat. There's not enough meat for each child."

"If I divide some of the children, I won't get the other ones. More importantly, after the division, our family won't be there. You are the elder, what do you think I should do?"

Before Yi Zhonghai could say anything, someone among the group of children spoke up.

"Brother Dongxu, you are lying. I saw it all. You bought more than two kilograms of meat. How could it not be enough for you? If you share it with us, you will have enough for all!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the group of children started to make a fuss again.

"Yes! Uncle Yi, you are the most respected person in our courtyard. You once said that we should respect the old and love the young. Now that we are so young, Brother Dongxu bought some meat, so he should love the young and give us a piece, right?"

"Yes, yes!"

The little kid in front didn't dare to speak, but just looked at Yi Zhonghai eagerly.

When Yi Zhonghai heard those words, he knew something bad was going to happen. He never expected that he would be the one being plotted against.

He did say those words, but he didn't teach them to use them in this way!

Jia Dongxu also looked at Yi Zhonghai, wanting to see what Yi Zhonghai would say. If he was asked to share the meat, he would definitely not agree.

Yi Zhonghai's mind was racing, but he couldn't think of any solution. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind and he thought of a good solution.

"Children, listen to me. It is true that the Jia family bought meat, but..."

Before he could finish, Jia Zhang rushed out.

"Yi Zhonghai, if you want to share the meat with these bastards, I will never agree. If you want to share, just buy the meat yourself!"

"Don't think I don't know what you are up to. You just want to take my meat and give it to these beggars. You use my meat to do good deeds. You act like a good person, but our family's reputation is ruined!"