Courtyard Houses: Starting with the principle of hard work paying off

Chapter 61 Embarrassing
"Sister, did something happen in the yard today?"

Upon returning to the courtyard house, Li Hongbing immediately inquired about Li Hongmei's situation.

No, why are you suddenly asking this?

Li Hongmei shook her head, looked at Li Hongbing with a puzzled expression.

Since Li Hongbing asked, there must be a reason.

"It's nothing. Before I came back, two police officers came to the kitchen and asked me some questions about me and Jia Dongxu."

Li Hongbing did not hide anything from Li Hongmei, but told her about it.

"Is it because of what happened before?"

What Li Hongmei was worried about was the incident where Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai were put in sacks.

"Sister, this matter is long over, your worries are unnecessary."

Li Hongbing shook his head.

The incident of Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu being hit on the head was nothing more than a minor matter.

Moreover, so many days have passed, it should have sunk to the bottom long ago.

The key point is that the police had already investigated Fengzeyuan and completely ruled out Li Hongbing as a suspect, so it was impossible to make a big fuss about it.

Li Hongbing only told Li Hongmei about this, and didn't go to the courtyard to inquire about it.

Since the situation was still unclear, Li Hongbing decided to wait and see.

Wait until the next day.

When Li Hongbing finished his morning exercise, he heard that Jia Dongxu had not returned home overnight.

The courtyard house is neither small nor large, but it has a lot of people living there, so any slight disturbance will be known throughout the entire courtyard.

After Jia Dongxu went out last night, no one saw him return. This morning, no one was home either, making it hard not to be suspicious.

"Hongbing, have you heard? Jia Dongxu didn't come back all night last night."

"is it?"

"Would I lie to you? Last night, he went out saying he was going for a walk, but no one saw him come back all night. This morning, Old Yi's wife made breakfast and went to call him out to eat, but there was no sound from inside the house, so he was obviously not home."

"What did he do?"

"Who knows? But I heard that Jia Dongxu didn't come back last night. He probably went to the Eight Great Hutongs area..."

"..."

Without Li Hongbing even asking around, the intelligence came to him on its own.

However, according to Yan Bugui's guess, Jia Dongxu did not return home last night because he went to the Eight Great Hutongs to find someone with a half-closed door.
On second thought, Li Hongbing felt it was unreasonable.

If that's the case, then why did the police look for me last night?
What does Jia Dongxu's business of doing that have to do with Li Hongbing?

However, since the matter was still unclear, Li Hongbing was too lazy to explain for Jia Dongxu.

"Sigh, speaking of Jia Dongxu, he's already twenty-two years old this year, well past the age of finding a partner. Old Yi and Jia Zhangshi have even hired matchmakers to introduce him to several potential partners, but Jia Dongxu's standards are too high, he doesn't like any of them..."

Yan Bugui glanced at Li Hongbing and couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "When it comes to finding a partner, you can't just look at their appearance. Finding a wife is about living together. Being virtuous and good at managing the household is the most important thing."

In fact, there were some things Yan Bugui didn't dare to say.

When Jia Dongxu was looking for a partner, the first person he took a liking to was Li Hongbing's older sister, Li Hongmei, and everyone in the compound knew about it.

Later, she asked Yi Zhonghai to arrange a marriage for her, but Li Hongmei didn't like him at all.

After that failed, Jia Zhangshi found a matchmaker and introduced other girls to Jia Dongxu one after another. However, none of them were as good as Li Hongmei, especially in terms of appearance, so Jia Dongxu has been dragging it out until now.

Because he was rejected, Jia Dongxu harbored resentment and kept wanting to find someone no worse than Li Hongmei.

Their expectations have been raised, but their own conditions haven't changed much; it's no wonder there's no result.

That's it. Jia Dongxu couldn't stand the loneliness, so he went to the Eight Great Hutongs to have some fun.

Yan Bugui is not the only one with these speculations; the rumors have already spread throughout the courtyard.

No one said these things in front of Yi Zhonghai and his wife, but they themselves felt that the atmosphere in the courtyard was not right, and they had had this worry last night, so Yi Zhonghai and Wang Guihua were not in a good mood.

until night.

Jia Dongxu, who was at the center of everyone's gossip, has reappeared in everyone's sight.

However, he didn't come back alone; he was accompanied by Officer Yang from the local police station.

"Officer Yang, what brings you here?"

"Dongxu, you..."

"Uncle Yan, could you please go and find Xu Fugui and Liu Haizhong and have them gather everyone in the courtyard? I have something to say to them."

"Okay, Officer Yang, I'll get right on it."

"Jiecheng, please go and inform everyone."

"..."

Upon hearing that Officer Yang was going to hold a general meeting of the entire institute to discuss the matter, Jia Dongxu, who was already hanging his head, lowered his head even further.

Upon hearing that Jia Dongxu had returned, and even returned with Officer Yang, Yi Zhonghai, who had not heard from him for a day and a night, rushed over.

Seeing that Jia Dongxu was alright, Yi Zhonghai felt a little relieved.

But when Yi Zhonghai's gaze fell on Yang, the cadre next to Jia Dongxu, his heart jumped again, and he felt something was very wrong.

"Officer Yang, what's going on? Dongxu, he..."

"We'll discuss this at the meeting later."

Officer Yang was in a bad mood and clearly had no interest in answering Yi Zhonghai's questions.

Although as a civil affairs officer at the police station, he has to deal with many unpleasant things every day, today's situation is just too frustrating for him.

This is so embarrassing!
They've all left people stranded in Xicheng District.

With Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu, how come the Jia family keeps producing "talented people"?
If it weren't for his duty, Officer Yang wouldn't have wanted to bring the person back.

Not long after.

Everyone arrived at the Intermediate People's Court and focused their attention on Officer Yang and Jia Dongxu, eager to see what was going on.

"I guess you all have some idea why I'm here today, without me having to say it."

“Some of our comrades, despite having good jobs, are not ambitious and spend their days thinking of crooked ways to get something for nothing, doing unrealistic things…”

"That's right!"

"I'm talking about Jia Dongxu!"

“Last night, our Comrade Jia Dongxu…”

"Acts of bravery should be a good thing, but some people only see profit and actually try to get something for nothing through this means. This is not only a sign of low moral character, but also a sign of moral depravity, and it undermines the fine traditions of our Chinese civilization..."

"What happened last night was so embarrassing, it made us lose face in Xicheng District."

"..."

Yang, the clerk, showed no mercy to Jia Dongxu's actions and gave him a severe dressing-down in front of everyone.

After everyone understood the whole story, they were also stunned by Jia Dongxu's actions.

Talent!
but.

Everyone's expressions were not good. Jia Dongxu had made a fool of himself and angered Officer Yang so much. As neighbors in the compound, they had also lost face.

(End of this chapter)