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

“It’s not a feeling.”

"The more I think about it, the more I think that's the case."

"Going back to the countryside is bullshit. That's just fooling people."

"I guess Jia Zhang had this idea a long time ago, and since Old Liu kept telling Jia Dongxu that he wanted to hold a meeting, they just took the opportunity to move over."

"I never thought that I, Old Yan, would make mistakes sometimes."

At the end of the speech, the three expressed their feelings.

After expressing his feelings, the third uncle began to complain about the second uncle in his heart, feeling that the second uncle Liu Haizhong was unreliable in doing things.

At the beginning, the third uncle deliberately mentioned to the third aunt that Jia Zhang might not come home at night.

The third uncle's original intention was to let the third aunt spread the news in casual conversation so that everyone would know.

However, the Third Uncle himself did not express his words clearly, and the Third Aunt did not understand what the Third Uncle meant and just listened to it as gossip.

It’s not that Third Aunt hadn’t thought about telling others about this, but she was worried that Jia Zhang was a person who loved to make trouble. If she knew that it was her who spread the news, she would probably come to the house to make trouble. So she didn’t mention this matter when chatting with other people. She only told Second Aunt about it when she went to the backyard to take care of the deaf old lady.

The second aunt had the same concern and just talked about it with the second uncle.

As fate would have it, this information did not spread.

That night, the second uncle suddenly came to the third uncle and said that he would hold a meeting to criticize and educate Jia Zhang for not returning home at night. The third uncle was secretly delighted in his heart, thinking that the plan was quite successful.

With the second uncle leading the way, he can hide behind and add fuel to the fire and make things worse.

Unexpectedly, the second uncle said later that he had criticized Jia Dongxu on his way home from get off work, and before coming to the third uncle's house, he also talked about this with Cai Quanwu and told him what Cai Quanwu meant.

When the third uncle heard this, he was screwed.

If you tell them this in advance, they will definitely come up with a solution.

Cai Quanwu couldn't think of those things, so couldn't the Jia family think of them?

So the third uncle decisively rejected the second uncle's request to hold a meeting, and also brought up the opinion raised by Cai Quanwu.

It is obvious that holding a meeting will not do anything to the Jia family, so why bother?

If Liu Haizhong had not told Jia Dongxu about Jia Zhang's absence on his way home from get off work, but had come back and told her in front of her in the courtyard, given Jia Zhang's personality, she would definitely have made a fuss.

If the matter gets out of hand, not only will there be a reason to hold a meeting, but everyone in the courtyard will also know that Jia Zhang did not return home at night, making her embarrassed in public, and at the same time destroying Jia Zhang's prestige and avenging the humiliation she caused him that day.

Now that Jia Zhang took the opportunity to move out of the courtyard, some of the evidence they had finally caught was wasted, and they will have no chance to take control of her in the future.

Thinking of this, the third uncle suddenly remembered the old saying: Boys are not worth discussing with.

Because of Uncle San's cover-up, Aunt San didn't know the twists and turns, and she didn't care: "It's good to move away, whether it's back to the countryside or moving to another place, at least the courtyard will be much quieter in the future."

"That's true." Hearing what the third aunt said, the third uncle agreed insincerely.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. It's someone else's business. We just need to take care of our own business." The third aunt was very open-minded and didn't worry about whether Jia Zhang had returned to the countryside or not.

The third uncle had different thoughts.

While the third aunt finished processing the fish and went to prepare dinner, the third uncle was still standing there thinking about Jia Zhang's return to the countryside.

"Uncle, what are you doing?"

Just as the third uncle was standing there thinking about something, Jia Dongxu and his wife walked into the yard with their children, saw the third uncle standing there, and greeted him.

Hearing the greeting, the third uncle came back to his senses, and seeing that it was Jia Dongxu and his wife, he put on a smile:

"It's okay. I'm tired from sitting after fishing all day. I'm standing here with my back straightened."

Jia Dongxu was in a good mood today. After hearing the third uncle's answer, he started chatting and laughing with him as they walked: "Third uncle, you must have had a good harvest today. You must have caught a lot of fish."

"Hey, what can I gain? I just caught a few small fish. It's mainly to kill time and improve my life."

As for how many fish he caught, the uncle was very secretive and rarely gave a direct answer. He just perfunctorily answered Jia Dongxu's question and then asked:

"By the way, Dongxu, I just came back and heard from your third aunt that you sent your mother to the countryside?"

When Jia Dongxu heard the third uncle ask this question, he felt a little nervous and immediately became alert, but his smile remained unchanged:

"Yes, my mother said that I am the only one in the family with a ration, and it is not cost-effective to buy expensive grain. She insisted on going back to the countryside, and no one could persuade her to stop."

"Look, she's asking us to send her back to the countryside early in the morning."

Jia Dongxu's statement was agreed upon by the Jia family, and he would explain it this way when others asked about it.

As for whether others believe it or not, that is their business.

It’s impossible for someone to have nothing better to do than to go to the countryside to verify it.

After hearing Jia Dongxu's explanation, the third uncle looked Jia Dongxu and his wife up and down, and then he praised Jia Zhang with a fake smile:

"Dongxu, your mother has made great sacrifices for this family. No matter where she lives in the future, you must be filial to her."

On the surface, there seems to be nothing wrong with what the Third Uncle said.

But because of his guilty conscience, Jia Dongxu found what he said particularly harsh. After careful consideration, he felt that the third uncle seemed to have another meaning.

But on the surface it does sound fine, Jia Dongxu could only smile and follow the Third Uncle's words:

"Third uncle, you are right. I really need to respect my mother well in the future."

"That's good."

"Okay, let's stop talking. I'm a little tired after fishing all day. I need to go back to the house and rest for a while."

"Hey, I can't compare with you young people. After going to the countryside, I'm still in such good spirits."

The third uncle made an excuse, then turned back to the house and had no intention of continuing the conversation with Jia Dongxu.

However, the third uncle's last sentence was meaningful.

When Jia Dongxu heard the third uncle's last words, his brows furrowed. Without stopping, he walked straight to the central courtyard with Qin Huairu.

After returning to the house, the third uncle did not rest as he said, but found the third aunt who was cooking and said excitedly:

"Wife, let me tell you, I am sure that Jia Zhang has not returned to the countryside."

"How can you be sure?" When Third Aunt heard Third Uncle talking to her about this matter again, she didn't want to pay attention to him and just asked casually as she was busy with her hands.

"Did you hear me talking to Jia Dongxu just now?" The third uncle answered the question irrelevantly.

"I heard it, but Jia Dongxu didn't say anything." The third aunt looked up at the fourth aunt, feeling curious. She probably didn't hear anything wrong from Jia Dongxu, so could it be that her man heard it?

"There's nothing wrong with the words, but there's a problem with the person." The third uncle said mysteriously.

The third uncle's words aroused the third aunt's interest: "What's wrong with people?"

"It's a big problem."

"It's a long trip to the countryside, and everyone will be exhausted and tired."

"Jia Dongxu and his wife are so good. Their clothes are clean from head to toe. There is not even dust on their shoes. Is this normal? The roads in the countryside are all dirt roads."

"And from what I've seen of their mental state, it doesn't look like they just came back from the countryside. Instead, it looks more like they just spent a day in the city. They look very energetic."

The third uncle quickly told his discovery, which meant that Jia Dongxu and his wife did not look like they had just returned from the countryside.

After hearing the description of the third uncle, the third aunt recalled how she was when she came back from the countryside. If Jia Dongxu and his wife were really as her husband said, then there would be something wrong.

Not to mention your body, anyone who comes back from a trip to the countryside will have shoes covered in dust.

After thinking about it, the third aunt said uncertainly:

"Did you really guess it right?"