Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

Having made the decision, Jia Dongxu did not hesitate. He said hello to Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu and went out directly.

It is now late June and it gets dark later. Even after dinner, it is still not completely dark.

As soon as Jia Dongxu went out, he saw Cai Quanwu standing at the door of Sha Zhu's house smoking.

"Uncle Cai, have you eaten?" Seeing Cai Quanwu standing at the door, Jia Dongxu greeted him from afar.

"I have eaten. Have you eaten?" Hearing Jia Dongxu's greeting, Cai Quanwu also said politely.

"I've eaten, I've eaten." Jia Dongxu answered with a smile as he walked towards Cai Quanwu and Sha Zhu's house.

Walking to Cai Quanwu's side, Jia Dongxu glanced at Sha Zhu's house and found that Sha Zhu and the others were sitting in the house. Then he whispered to Cai Quanwu, "Uncle Cai, come here for a moment. I want to talk to you about something."

After saying that, Jia Dongxu walked to a remote corner of the yard.

As soon as Jia Dongxu opened his mouth, Cai Quanwu guessed what Jia Dongxu wanted to talk to him about. He took two deep puffs of the cigarette in his hand, threw the cigarette butt in his hand, and followed Jia Dongxu to the corner.

The two men came to a corner. Jia Dongxu took out a cigarette, handed one to Cai Quanwu, put one in his mouth, and then took out a match to light Cai Quanwu's cigarette.

"You smoke first, I just threw this one away." Cai Quanwu rejected Jia Dongxu's kindness and put the cigarette between his ears.

Seeing this, Jia Dongxu lit a cigarette for himself, threw away the match and started smoking.

Cai Quanwu just stood there quietly watching Jia Dongxu smoking, waiting for him to speak.

"Uncle Cai, Sha Zhu should have told you what the second uncle told me on the road today. What do you think I should do about this? Can you give me some advice?" Jia Dongxu smoked for a while before getting down to business.

"I heard about this from Zhuzi when he came back. In my opinion, Second Uncle is being completely unreasonable." Hearing that they wanted him to make the decision, Cai Quanwu did not hesitate and directly characterized Second Uncle's words.

In this era, laws are not popular, and many people consider things according to the old ideas of the old society.

It's not just the Jia family, but also the second uncle Liu Haizhong and the third uncle Yan Bugui.

The influence of thousands of years cannot be eliminated in one go.

In the old society, people valued lifelong faithfulness and widows had to keep themselves chaste. The most typical example of this was the chastity arch.

If there is any rumor, the widow will be criticized by many people.

In modern times, people have become more tolerant of this situation.

There is no way. There are wars every day, too many people die, and there is chaos and disorder. Women have to survive. In the face of survival, nothing else matters.

Similarly, other people also have to work hard to survive and have no time to blame others. Who knows, this kind of thing may happen to you one day.

To sum it up, when there is no war, people have nothing to do and are looking for trouble.

Although people at that time did not have enough to eat, they were not starving to death. In the absence of life-and-death crisis, they naturally had the mood to stand on the moral high ground to accuse others and make personal attacks on people.

They are actually not much different from the keyboard warriors of later generations.

After hearing what Cai Quanwu said, Jia Dongxu felt relieved and started to ask humbly:

"Uncle Cai, the Second Master wants to hold a meeting, what should I do?"

Hearing Jia Dongxu's concerns, Cai Quanwu said directly:

"What are you afraid of? What happened between your mother and that master is not something shameful. It is in line with the policy."

"If the second uncle holds a meeting about this, then you should go to the street office and the Women's Federation and say that someone is going against the policy and is doing something perverse and trying to restore the feudal ideology of the past."

Cai Quanwu put several big accusations on the second uncle at once.

If the Second Uncle held a meeting to talk about the Jia Zhang family incident, and the Jia family really went to the street office and the Women's Federation, the Second Uncle would be in big trouble if he didn't die.

Tsai Ing-wen is talking nonsense. The current government does encourage widows to remarry.

Although the situation of Jia and Zhang is a bit far-fetched, it is not because they can't make ends meet, but the two of them fell in love with each other and wanted to live together, which did not violate any laws.

The second master could say he didn't know about this and just asked Jia Zhang to explain why she didn't return home at night.

But whether the street women's federation will believe it is another matter.

Is it possible that a widow is dating a widower and wants to make the news known to the world?

They are just keeping a low profile, it doesn't matter to you.

I've already explained that we were going to our relatives' house, but you still held a big meeting for people to explain. Aren't you deliberately embarrassing people?

Does it mean that if you visit relatives and don't come back on the same day, you have to hold a meeting to explain?

Of course, the second uncle could use Jia Zhang's suspicious behavior to excuse himself.

But even so, a round of criticism is inevitable in the end.

Especially the Women's Federation, which asks, "Should women just stay at home and not go out?"

Just ask how you solve it.

As for staying out all night?

Haha, they have explained that they went to their relatives’ house.

They are all together, don’t they count as relatives?

Don't underestimate the power of the Women's Federation.

Especially after the slogan "Women hold up half the sky" came out last year.

People are worried about not being able to catch the target.

Once the accusation of discrimination against women is put on them, steel mills will have to stay away.

"Uncle Cai, I feel relieved when I hear you say that. I was thinking at home that there are many such things in the steel mill, and the factory didn't say anything. Why did the second uncle make such a big deal out of it?"

Cai Quanwu's words were like a reassurance to Jia Dongxu, allowing him to completely put his mind at ease.

"But, Dongxu, I think you should go back and discuss this with your mother. Can you explain it to the second and third uncles in private? Otherwise, they will keep harping on this matter, and you will not feel at ease living in the courtyard."

"After all, your mother's affair with that master complies with the policy and is not something shameful. There is no need to make people guess, don't you think?"

Finally, Cai Quanwu still gave a reminder that whether the Jia family listened or not was their business.

"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with my mom and see what she says." Jia Dongxu agreed immediately.

Without the psychological pressure, Jia Dongxu seemed to be in a better mood. He smoked two cigarettes with Cai Quanwu and chatted for a while before going home.

When Cai Quanwu saw Jia Dongxu leave, he turned around and went back to Sha Zhu's house.

"How is it? What did Uncle Cai say?"

As soon as Jia Dongxu returned home and sat down at the table, Qin Huairu started asking questions, and Jia Zhangshi on the side also looked at Jia Dongxu.

"Uncle Cai said that what happened between mom and that uncle is in line with the policy, and Second Uncle is being unreasonable. If Second Uncle insists on holding a meeting, Uncle Cai will ask us to go to the Street Office and the Women's Federation."

"But in the end, Uncle Cai suggested that we go to the second and third uncles privately and explain the matter clearly to avoid other people guessing and saying whatever they want."

Jia Dongxu directly told Cai Quanwu what he had said, and then looked at Jia Zhangshi to see if she agreed.

When Jia Zhang saw her son looking at her, she felt very conflicted.

To be honest, Jia Zhang didn't want to talk about this matter privately with the second and third uncles.

It's mainly a ideological problem. I feel it's embarrassing to talk about this in front of acquaintances, especially people who know Lao Jia.

And after you say it, what will others think?

People would think that she is so old, but still can’t stand the loneliness and goes out to find an old man.

In private, Jia Zhang has no burden, but in public, she still feels pressured.

Now Jia Zhang felt a little regretful. If she had known this would happen, she would not have stayed overnight and would have returned home earlier.

After thinking for a while, Jia Zhang came up with a new idea:

"Dongxu, how about this? I'll find an opportunity, pack my things, move out of the courtyard in front of everyone, and say I'm going back to the countryside."

"Anyway, the old man lives far away from us. If I say I'm going back to the countryside, no one will know whether I'm back or not."