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

It was around five in the evening, the time when the workers were getting off work.

The third uncle stood at the gate of the courtyard despite the heat.

He just glanced outside the door from time to time, as if observing something.

In this era, there is little population mobility, and Jia Dongxu and his wife have not appeared in the courtyard for a long time. Naturally, it is not just Yi Zhonghai and his wife who noticed it.

As the door god and the man in charge, the third uncle doesn't know everything about the courtyard, but he can probably give it a general idea.

The abnormality of the Jia family naturally did not escape the eyes of the third uncle.

In fact, when the third uncle first heard the news that Qin Huairu was going back to the countryside to visit Jia Zhangshi, he didn't care.

Regardless of whether Jia Zhang returned to the countryside or not, since Qin Huairu said she went to see Jia Zhang, it should be true.

After a long time, Qin Huairu still didn't come back, which made the third uncle feel a little strange.

It would have been enough to go visit Jia Zhang and stay for two days. Why would she leave Jia Dongxu alone at home and not care about him or her and never come back?

This doesn't make sense.

Although it was strange, the third uncle just thought about it in his mind and didn't say anything.

If I tell others about it, and it turns out I was just being overly suspicious and something went wrong, I would be embarrassed.

Gradually, Jia Dongxu appeared in the courtyard less and less frequently. This discovery made the third uncle realize that he was right and that the Jia family must be hiding something from everyone.

Qin Huairu went out for a long time and did not return. Jia Dongxu gradually stopped showing up in the courtyard. The two things happened one after the other. The third uncle would definitely not believe it was a coincidence.

If it was just a single incident, Uncle San might have thought that he was being overly suspicious, but when two things happened together, there would be something fishy going on.

Silly Zhu, the second uncle is in the same factory as Jia Dongxu. If Jia Dongxu doesn't show up in the courtyard, does that mean he doesn't go to work?

Standing at the door today, the third uncle just wanted to ask someone to see if anyone knew anything.

The third uncle didn't wait for Sha Zhu and the second uncle, but greeted Cai Quanwu and Xiao Wu first.

"Old Cai, are you off work?" The third uncle greeted him with a smile when he saw Cai Quanwu coming back.

When Cai Quanwu saw the third uncle greeting him, he stopped, while Xiao Wu smiled at the third uncle and walked straight home.

"Well, it's time to get off work."

"Old Yan, isn't it too hot standing here?"

Cai Quanwu also greeted the third uncle with a smile.

It was too hot during this period, and the third uncle was not stupid, so he did not guard the gate of the courtyard every day.

I didn't expect that today, the third uncle insisted on standing at the door even though he was fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan and beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead.

This made Cai Quanwu confused about what the third uncle was up to.

"It's okay, it doesn't feel that hot. Is there a lot of sweat on your head?" The third uncle fanned himself with a palm-leaf fan with one hand and wiped his forehead with the other.

After wiping it, the uncle was embarrassed to see his hands were full of sweat.

"It's strange. I don't feel hot, but why is there so much sweat on my head?"

The third uncle acted as if he was puzzled, and Cai Quanwu almost couldn't help laughing.

No one else is so good at deceiving himself.

"Oh, it might be a physical problem. Old Yan, you have a cold constitution."

Seeing the whole thing, Cai Quanwu tried not to speak out, but held back his laughter and made up for the third uncle.

"It should be what you said, Lao Cai."

Seeing that Cai had thought of all the reasons for him, the third uncle nodded in agreement.

Cai Quanwu looked at the Third Uncle's approving expression and couldn't help but wonder if he would agree if he said that the Third Uncle had a cold uterus.

"Old Yan, I won't talk to you anymore. I have a different physique from you. I feel hot all over and uncomfortable. I need to go home and rest."

The weather was so hot that Cai Quanwu had no intention of continuing to chat with the third uncle.

"No, Lao Cai, I have something to ask you."

When the third uncle saw Cai Quanwu wanted to leave, he hurriedly stopped him.

Cai Quanwu and the Jia family both live in the central courtyard, and next door to each other, so they must know something. He wanted to get some information from Cai Quanwu.

"Old Yan, what's the matter?"

Seeing Yan Bugui calling him, Cai Quanwu pushed his bicycle aside to make way.

"Old Cai, do you know what the Jia family is like?"

The third uncle's question was not clear, leaving Cai Quanwu completely confused: "What happened to the Jia family?"

"Old Cai, you live next door to the Jia family, but you didn't notice anything wrong with the Jia family?"

The third uncle was a little unconvinced and stared at Cai Quanwu and asked.

Hearing what the third uncle said, Cai Quanwu was moved.

Did Jia Dongxu do something to attract the attention of the Third Uncle? Otherwise, why would the Third Uncle ask about this?

Cai Quanwu knew about the Jia family's affairs. After reminding Jia Dongxu that day, he no longer paid attention to the Jia family's affairs.

No need.

Now it seems that the situation of the Jia family has aroused the suspicion of the third uncle.

However, Cai Quanwu certainly couldn't pretend to know nothing, so he pretended to think for a while before saying:

"What's wrong? I don't see anything wrong."

"Since Qin Huairu went to the countryside to visit Jia Zhangshi, Jia Dongxu came back very late at night."

Cai Quanwu couldn't hide the fact that Jia Dongxu came back late, so he told it directly.

When the third uncle heard what Cai Quanwu said, he slapped his thigh and shouted at Cai Quanwu: "Look, this is not right."

"What's wrong with this?" Cai Quanwu deliberately looked puzzled.

"Something is definitely wrong."

“Old Cai, have you noticed that since Qin Huairu said he was going to the countryside to visit Jia Zhangshi, Jia Dongxu has rarely been seen in the courtyard.”

"After Qin Huairu went to the countryside to visit Jia Zhangshi, where did Jia Dongxu go after get off work? Why did he come back so late? Have you ever thought about this question?"

"Jia Dongxu used to go back to the courtyard on time every day after get off work."

The third uncle immediately grasped the key point of Cai Quanwu's words and raised a series of questions.

"How would I know? Maybe Jia Dongxu went out to drink with someone."

"It's so hot that many pubs are full of people drinking late at night."

Cai Quanwu found an excuse for Jia Dongxu coming back late.

In fact, it is just as Cai Quanwu said, because there are many people drinking, many pubs are open until very late.

The reasons Cai Quanwu gave were so convincing that the third uncle didn't know how to refute them for a moment.

After thinking for a while, the third uncle analyzed it for Cai Quanwu:

"Old Cai, even if what you said makes sense, I still feel like something is wrong."

"Qin Huairu said she went to the countryside to visit Jia Zhangshi. She must have been gone for some time."

"Do you think it's normal that you haven't been back for such a long time?"

Cai Quanwu had just found an excuse for Jia Dongxu's late return when the third uncle mentioned Qin Huai's trip to the countryside to visit Jia Zhang.

Cai Quanwu really couldn't find a suitable explanation for this matter.

If Qin Huairu took Banggeng to visit Jia Zhangshi, it would be reasonable for him to stay for two days.

After so long, I guess everyone has questions in their mind, but no one says it out loud.

After all, most people in the courtyard know about the relationship between Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi.

"How would I know? Maybe Qin Huairu thinks the weather in the countryside is cooler and doesn't want to come back for a while."

Unable to find a reasonable explanation, Tsai Quan-wu made up a reason.

Unexpectedly, when the third uncle heard this, he sneered:

"Is it cool in the countryside? I think it's more like feeding mosquitoes in the countryside."

"Everyone knows what's going on in the countryside."

"At this time, if you stay overnight, you will probably be covered in bags the next day."

Uncle Sanye doesn't believe Tsai's excuse at all.

If the countryside were so good, who would go to the city?

Cai Quanwu didn't know how to refute what the third uncle said for a moment. While he was thinking about it, Sha Zhu walked into the yard with sweat all over his forehead.

When Sha Zhu entered the courtyard, he saw Cai Quanwu and Uncle San standing there and greeted them: "Uncle, it's so hot, what are you and Uncle San talking about here?"