Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Yi Zhonghai saw Yan Bugui thinking and did not disturb him. After all, it was not easy for a person who had been stingy all his life to change his mind.

Xu Damao said, "Yes, Teacher Yan, although I have three children, I treat them all equally. Sometimes I would rather eat less myself than not eat too much."

Yang Yuhuan next to him also interrupted and said, "Teacher Yan, although I have not been in this courtyard for a long time, I think what Uncle Yi said makes sense. There are three brothers and sisters in my family, but my father treats us three very well. He will not calculate over trivial matters. My father's income is not high, and later the children in the family all understand him."

Yan Bugui said with red eyes, "Alas, I have spent half my life teaching and educating people, but I didn't expect that I didn't educate myself. I reflect on myself three times a day and learn from it."

Yi Zhonghai saw that Yan Bugui was in a difficult situation during this famine era, so he said, "Old Yan, I will give you some secret bait tomorrow so that you can get something out of fishing and not be so tired."

Yan Bugui raised his head and looked at Yi Zhonghai with surprise and said, "Old Yi, thank you very much."

After finishing the meal, Xu Damao, Sha Zhu and Yan Bugui drank a little too much, so Yi Zhonghai could only send them back one by one.

After sending the people off, Yi Zhonghai returned home and saw Huang Yulan sleeping soundly with her son in her arms. Yi Zhonghai did not disturb her and quietly exchanged a bag of secret fish bait from the system mall, tore off the packaging bag and put a broken bowl in it. After doing all this, Yi Zhonghai prepared to go to bed.

When he was half asleep, the yard became bustling again and someone knocked on Yi Zhonghai's door. Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to get up and open the door, only to find that it was Liu Haizhong.

Liu Haizhong: "Old Yi, Qin Huairu is about to give birth! She has a stomachache now. What should I do?"

Yi Zhonghai put on his clothes and followed Liu Haizhong to the Jia family. As soon as he arrived, he saw the neighbors standing at the door of the Jia family.

Yi Zhonghai went in and saw Qin Huairu holding her stomach and crying in pain. Jia Zhang saw Yi Zhonghai coming and hurried forward to grab Yi Zhonghai's hand and said, "Uncle Yi, our Huairu is about to give birth, please think of a way."

Yi Zhonghai said, "Let go of Jia Zhang first." He pulled Jia Zhang's hand away and looked at Wang Xinhua's two sons standing beside him. Then he said, "Jianguo and Aiguo, you two go to the next yard and borrow a cart. Jia Zhang, you will go to the hospital with us later."

Jia Zhang: "I have two children at home, how can I go?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Put the child at Liu Haizhong's house, and you go first! If you don't go when your daughter-in-law gives birth, who will go?"

Jia Zhang started to summon the dead again, Yi Zhonghai said, "If you keep howling like this, we will call the joint defense team and we won't be able to protect you."

Jia Zhang could only say aggrievedly, "Uncle Yi, I don't have the money to send Huairu to the hospital."

Yi Zhonghai sneered and said, "The money given by the factory has been spent so quickly? How many things did your family buy? If you don't take care of your daughter-in-law, we will leave." As he said this, he pretended to go home.

When Jia Zhang saw Yi Zhonghai coming back, she hurriedly said that she had money. Coincidentally, at this time, the brothers Wang Jianguo and Wang Aiguo borrowed a cart from the next yard. The two brothers and other young people in the yard pushed Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang to the hospital.

The farce ended, and Yi Zhonghai waited for the people who sent the patient to the hospital to come back. After a while, Xu Wu ran back with the Wang brothers, sweating profusely, and said, "Fortunately, we left early. Jia Zhang really wanted money over life. We were about to return after sending the patient to the hospital, but Jia Zhang kept saying that we didn't bring enough money, so we ran away."

Yi Zhonghai said with a smile, "This Jia Zhang is really making trouble."

Everyone went back to sleep, and the next day, Jia Zhang came back with heavy dark circles under her eyes. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she started cursing like a shrew, cursing Yan Bugui, Wang Xinhua, Yi Zhonghai, Xu Damao, Sha Zhu, and Xu Wu.

Everyone was so annoyed by Jia Zhang that they all got up and glared at her.

Jia Zhang felt a little guilty under everyone's gaze, but she still mustered up the courage to say, "Damn it! Everyone in the yard is bullying us, an orphan and a widow. Old Jia! Dongxu! Come up and take a look..."

Jia Zhang continued to howl! Yi Zhonghai came over and said to Xu Wu, "Go and call Director Wang from the Street Office and tell him that Jia Zhang is practicing feudal superstition! Ask Director Wang to send her to the countryside."

When Jia Zhang heard that Yi Zhonghai was going to call the street office, she immediately stood up, dusted herself off and said, "Don't go! I'm just making a fuss because I don't have money! Yesterday, a money-losing baby was born in our family, and now Qin Huairu is still in the hospital, no one is working, and the family has no income!"

Yi Zhonghai: "You said you have no money, so why don't you use Jia Dongxu's pension? I know exactly what you are planning, Jia Zhangshi. If you continue to disturb the neighbors, don't blame me for asking the street office to drive you back!"

Jia Zhang wanted to say something, but when she saw Yi Zhonghai's eyes, she was speechless. After taking care of Jia Zhang's matter, Yi Zhonghai went back to prepare some breakfast.

In the morning, when Yi Zhonghai and Xu Wu passed by Yan Bugui's house on their way to work, Yi Zhonghai gave Yan Bugui yesterday's secret fish bait and told him to add as much bait as possible based on the gender.

Yan Bugui accepted it with a smile, then ran into the room for a while and took out 3 yuan to give to Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai said he would not accept any money, so Yan Bugui could only take the money back and thought about giving Yi Zhonghai a few more fish if he caught more fish after school in the afternoon.

Shazhu rode Xu Damao's bicycle to work today. Banggeng and Xiaodang stayed in bed this morning and saw Liu Haizhong beating Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian, so they got up quickly in fear.

Banggeng and Xiaodang came to the middle courtyard and saw their grandmother at home, so they immediately rushed over and called for her. Jia Zhang took Banggeng and Xiaodang out to eat with money. After breakfast, Banggeng carried his schoolbag and went to school. Jia Zhang took Xiaodang back to the courtyard and told her to go to the backyard to ask Liu Guixiang for food if she was hungry.

After eating, Jia Zhang fell asleep on the bed. Qin Huairu, who was in the hospital, forced a smile on her face as she looked at her little daughter in her arms, but she was more worried in her heart about what to do with an extra mouth to feed in the future!

Qin Huairu's heart was very complicated. On the one hand, no one in the yard could help her family, and on the other hand, what should she do with so many people at home? Now the burden of the family fell on her...

Qin Huairu looked at her sleeping daughter and then at the locust tree outside the hospital window. She thought of naming her daughter Locust Flower to commemorate the name of her late husband Jia Dongxu.

Qin Huairu had been lying in the hospital for a whole day, but Jia Zhangshi didn't bring her any food. Just when Qin Huairu was dizzy from hunger, Jia Zhangshi came belatedly and said, "Qin Huairu, let's be discharged! Staying in this hospital costs money."

Qin Huairu couldn't persuade Jia Zhangshi, so she told her that her little daughter was named Huaihua. Jia Zhangshi said, "You can call her whatever you want. I thought she was my grandson! I didn't expect she was a money-loser!"

Just like that, Qin Huairu walked back to the courtyard with Huaihua and Jia Zhangshi in her arms with an empty belly...