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

"Nothing to talk about. Your uncle was just chatting with me."

For Cai Quanwu, Sha Zhu's appearance was just in time, allowing him to get rid of the entanglement of the third uncle.

If we really continue chatting, I guess the third uncle could talk for three days and three nights.

But he didn't want to discuss the Jia family's affairs with the third uncle.

Why worry so much about other people's affairs?

"Oh, it's so hot, and you still have the mind to chat, you are really not afraid of the heat."

Sha Zhu thought the two were really chatting, so he looked at them with strange eyes and then complained.

"Isn't this your uncle who insisted on dragging me into this nonsense?"

Hearing Sha Zhu's complaints, Cai Quanwu took the opportunity to complain, then turned around and said to the third uncle in a joking tone:

"Old Yan, you just don't care about other people's affairs. Why do you care so much about other people's affairs? If you have the time, you might as well think about something else."

"It's better to think about how to improve your fishing skills and catch more fish than to think about this."

"If you still feel bored, you can go out and do some odd jobs, which will not only help you exercise but also increase your income."

The third uncle knew that Cai Quanwu was joking, but he still said unhappily after hearing it:

"As the third uncle in the courtyard, I must understand these situations."

"If we don't figure it out, if something goes wrong and the street office asks us about it, we won't know anything."

Before the Third Uncle could continue, Cai Quanwu interrupted him:

"Okay, just hope for the best, and don't curse them. What if something happens? If someone hears it, they will be angry with you."

"Besides, they are a couple and not children. What can go wrong?"

Uncle Third was somewhat unhappy when Cai Quanwu said this. Isn't this a distortion of the facts? He quickly defended himself:

"Old Cai, don't talk nonsense. I'm just worried, but I don't mean to curse you."

"Besides, is there no danger for you, sir? Didn't a desperado kill several members of a family a while ago?"

Hearing that the Third Uncle was going off topic, Cai Quanwu had no intention of continuing to argue with him:

"Okay, okay, I know you mean well."

"Hey, go on. I'm going back now."

After Cai Quanwu finished speaking, he pushed his bicycle and walked home without looking back.

Sha Zhu was completely confused and originally wanted to listen more, but when he saw Cai Quanwu leaving, he hurriedly followed him.

"Hey, Lao Cai, let's chat for a while."

The third uncle shouted behind Cai Quanwu, trying to keep him and chat with him for a few more words.

Unfortunately, Cai Quanwu didn't want to pay any more attention to him, so he pretended not to hear and went straight to the central courtyard.

The third uncle watched Cai Quanwu and Sha Zhu disappear from his sight, his face darkened immediately, and he muttered to himself:

"You really think anyone wants to chat with you. If it weren't for asking questions, no one would bother with you."

"And you asked me to do odd jobs. Is that what I, a cultured person, should do?"

The third uncle became angrier the more he thought about it. Every time he had a bored chat with Cai Quan, he would end up getting very angry.

I originally wanted to ask Sha Zhu if he knew about Jia Dongxu's situation, but Cai Quanwu interrupted me and I didn't get to ask.

Fortunately, there is still a bangs.

So the third uncle walked to the gate of the courtyard, fanning himself with a palm-leaf fan, and continued to wait.

……

Cai Quanwu and Sha Zhu returned to the middle courtyard. While Cai Quanwu was parking his bicycle, Sha Zhu asked curiously:

"Uncle, didn't you say you were chatting with the Third Uncle? It doesn't sound like that to me."

After hearing what Sha Zhu said, Cai Quanwu parked his bike, turned around and explained with a smile: "We really didn't talk about anything. It's just that your uncle is very thoughtful and likes to get to the bottom of everything."

Cai Quanwu dismissed Sha Zhu with a few words.

Some things cannot be explained in just a few words.

Although Sha Zhu was confused by what he heard just now, he knew that it was not as simple as Cai Quanwu said, so he asked curiously: "Uncle, what did the third uncle ask you?"

"Hey, what can I ask? Ask about the Jia family."

"He hasn't seen Jia Dongxu for a few days, and he's curious about where Jia Dongxu is."

Cai Quanwu answered Sha Zhu as he walked home.

"Uncle, if you hadn't told me I really wouldn't have noticed it. Not to mention in the hospital, I haven't even run into him in the factory these past few days."

"Did something happen to the Jia family?"

Speaking of Jia Dongxu, Sha Zhu suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen him for a while.

In the past, we didn’t meet each other very often during the daytime at work, and we only saw each other at lunch.

But I usually run into him on the way home from get off work.

But ever since Qin Huairu brought Banggeng back to the countryside to visit Jia Zhangshi, it seemed that he couldn't meet anyone on his way home from get off work.

"You are in the cafeteria and they are in the workshop. It is normal that you can't touch each other."

"Besides, what could possibly happen to them?"

"If something really happened, the street and police stations would have come to the hospital to inquire about it."

When he reached the door, Cai Quanwu opened it and said with a nonchalant look.

"Uncle, I thought about it and it seems that something is indeed wrong. I used to run into him often when I got lunch at noon, but I haven't seen him in the past few days."

Sha Zhu followed Cai Quanwu back home and told him about his discovery.

After hearing what Sha Zhu said, Cai Quanwu guessed that Jia Dongxu was deliberately hiding from the people in the courtyard.

However, Tsai did not point it out, but criticized Sha Zhu:

"Zhu Zi, why did you choose to learn from Uncle Sanda when you could learn from anyone else? Haven't you heard the saying, curiosity kills the cat?"

"Don't ask about other people's affairs."

"If you have time to care about this, you might as well go home and cook."

"The whole family is waiting to eat."

Sha Zhu followed in and kept talking, which made Cai Quanwu angry and he didn't treat him well.

"understood."

Sha Zhu was turned down by Cai Quanwu and felt a little embarrassed, so he turned around and walked out.

……

At the gate of the courtyard, the third uncle stood there, feeling anxious.

I wanted to wait for the second uncle to come back and ask him about it.

As a result, before the second uncle came back, other people who were going to work came back one after another before the second uncle.

When these people saw the third uncle still standing there sweating profusely, they all looked at him strangely.

It's such a hot day, why are you standing outside the door instead of going home to cool off?

Although they were curious, they didn't say much. After saying hello, they went home.

Finally, under the expectant eyes of the third uncle, the second uncle slowly walked towards the courtyard.

Before the second uncle reached the door, the third uncle went out to greet him.

"Old Liu, I want to ask you something."

This time, the third uncle didn't talk about any nonsense and got straight to business.

"what's up?"

The second uncle was walking with sweat all over his forehead. When he saw the third uncle coming to ask him something, he stopped to take a rest.

"Did you see Jia Dongxu in the factory?" The third uncle didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

"Yes, what's the matter?"

The second uncle thought the third uncle would ask something. Although he and Jia Dongxu were not in the same workshop, they were not far away from each other and they often met each other when going to the toilet or taking a break to smoke.

"Nothing, I just haven't seen Jia Dongxu in the yard recently, so I just asked casually." The third uncle got the news about Jia Dongxu, but did not tell the second uncle about his discovery and fooled the second uncle.

In fact, the third uncle is now more curious. Jia Dongxu goes to work every day, so why doesn’t he return to the courtyard after get off work?

Is it really like Cai Quanwu said, that he drank until midnight and then went home?

Although the second uncle is sometimes unreliable, he is not stupid.

He didn't quite believe what the third uncle said. He just asked casually and there was no need to run up to him to ask. There must be something he didn't know.

Then, the second uncle recalled carefully.

After thinking for a while, the second uncle slapped his thigh:

"Hey, Old Yan, you really reminded me that something is wrong with Jia Dongxu during this period."

"If you hadn't reminded me, we would have seen each other every day, but I wouldn't have felt anything."

"I haven't run into Jia Dongxu after get off work recently."