Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

When Yi Zhonghai returned home and saw Huang Yulan getting ready to go out to work, he said, "Yulan, you're getting pregnant now, so you can take a leave from work."

Huang Yulan: "Zhong Hai, it's not time yet. Besides, everyone in the workplace comes to work with a big belly."

Yi Zhonghai: "Don't go in April. Just apply for leave then. I can still support this family."

Huang Yulan: "Zhong Hai, I would be bored at home too. Now I finally have something to do. You know what the neighbors in the yard are like."

Yi Zhonghai thought for a while and said, "How about this, I'll see if I can transfer you to our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill as an accountant, so that we can take care of each other in the same factory."

Huang Yulan: “Will this be too much trouble?”

Yi Zhonghai: "No, I'll try it first and if it doesn't work, we'll discuss other methods."

Huang Yulan had no choice but to nod and prepared to go to work with her canvas bag. Yi Zhonghai felt that he would have to buy another bicycle after his wife gave birth to a child.

On the other hand, in the hospital, Liu Haizhong's diagnosis result came out. It was just a heart attack caused by anger and he would be fine after resting for a while. The doctor asked Liu Guixiang to pay the bill. Liu Guixiang was in a hurry and didn't bring enough money, so she had to go back to the courtyard to get money.

Liu Guixiang returned to the courtyard. As soon as she entered the gate, her neighbors asked her how Liu Haizhong was doing. Liu Guixiang told her neighbors about the situation and went back to get the money. As soon as she opened the place where she kept the money, she found that the money was missing.

Liu Guixiang walked out of the room and started yelling, "Who stole our money? Who!"

The old ladies who didn't have to work in the yard gathered around and chattered, "Who stole their money? Do you think it was his new daughter-in-law?"

"Could it be the Jia family's stick joke?"

Qin Huairu quickly said, "What are you talking about? Our Banggeng is a good boy!"

Everyone sighed, Banggeng was still a good boy even though he stole things time and again.

Liu Guixiang, with her hair dishevelled, seemed to have found something and said to Qin Huairu, "Qin Huairu! Tell me, is this your family's Banggeng?"

Qin Huairu was also asked humbly because she really didn't know if it was their Bang Geng who stole it, but she still pretended to be calm and said, "Aunt Liu, don't talk nonsense! How could it be our Bang Geng! He went to school early, and our Bang Geng has changed his habit of stealing things."

The more Liu Guixiang heard Qin Huairu say this, the more she felt that there was something wrong with Qin Huairu, so she rushed over and started scratching and pulling Qin Huairu's hair.

Qin Huairu was caught off guard by the sudden attack. After she reacted, she immediately started fighting with Liu Guixiang.

Everyone watched the two people start to fight and tried to stop them, pulling Liu Guixiang and Qin Huairu apart.

When the old lady saw the two people fighting fiercely, she had no choice but to walk out of the yard and call the police. Soon, two police officers followed the old lady to the courtyard and asked when Liu Guixiang found that her money was missing and if there was anything suspicious in the house.

Liu Guixiang did not dare to lie to the police and told them everything about the letter her eldest son had left her in the morning.

Based on their experience, the police said to Liu Guixiang, "Comrade, I understand your family situation. Do you think it is possible that your eldest son and daughter-in-law took the money and ran away?"

Liu Guixiang: "No way? They can just leave if they want to. Why would they take our money with them?"

Police: "Do you want to report the case? If you do, we will send a notice to bring your eldest son back for questioning. Then it won't be up to you to decide whether to pursue the case or not."

When Liu Guixiang thought about her eldest son being arrested, she quickly refused and said, "Comrade from the Public Security Bureau, I won't report it! But is it possible that someone in our yard stole it? For example, this Bang Geng from the Jia family, he has a criminal record in our yard."

When Qin Huairu heard Liu Guixiang saying bad things about her son in front of the police, she immediately said aggrievedly, "Aunt Liu, our son Banggeng is a good boy, how could he steal your things? The police just said that it is possible that your eldest son stole it himself."

The old policeman watched the two people arguing again and said, "Comrade Liu, I know your family is worried about the theft of money, but we also need evidence to prove our point."

Liu Guixiang watched the police say this, and fearing that it would affect her son's future, she hurriedly said, "Then I won't pursue it. I'll wait until my old man comes back."

Seeing that Liu Guixiang did not pursue the matter any further, the two policemen prepared to return to the police station. Qin Huairu, who was standing next to them, said, "Comrade police, how can I explain why Liu Guixiang beat me up for no reason?"

When the two police officers heard what Qin Huairu said, they stopped and said, "Then both of you can come with me to the police station and explain it clearly?"

Qin Huairu waved her hands quickly. In this day and age, going to jail even for a good thing would be speculated by others, so she didn't dare to take the chance.

As the police left, Liu Guixiang found some change from somewhere else and went to the hospital. While walking, she considered whether or not to tell Lao Liu about what happened. However, Lao Liu was now furious, so after thinking about it, Liu Guixiang decided not to tell Liu Haizhong for the time being.

At night, everyone got off work and returned to the courtyard. An old lady told Yan Bugui what happened in the courtyard today. Yan Bugui adjusted his glasses and said, "Well, next time if something happens, don't call the police. It's not good for the reputation of the courtyard. If there is any problem, you can wait for us uncles to come back and hold a meeting of the whole courtyard to solve it."

Yang Ruihua rolled his eyes at Yan Bugui, who paused and said, "The money of the Liu family was taken by that ungrateful eldest son. I remember someone was chattering at the gate of the courtyard in the middle of the night last night. I guess he left at that time!"

Yang Ruihua: "Then why don't you stand up and stop it?"

Yan Bugui: "When Old Liu reported me, he showed no mercy. I'm lucky I didn't add insult to injury. Their family is in a miserable state now..."

The same gossip is also going on in several other families. Jia Dongxu of the Jia family: "Great! Have you been to the backyard recently?"

Bang Geng was frightened by his father's eyes that seemed to want to hit him, and said, "I didn't, I always played in the middle courtyard and outside the courtyard."

Jia Dongxu: "That's good. If I find you stealing again, I'll break your legs."

Bang Geng answered with his head down, unable to hide the indifference and contempt in his eyes.

In the backyard of the Xu family, Xu Damao was dizzy at work today. Just when he got home and was about to drink some water, Xu Erduo on the bed started crying again. He immediately picked up Xu Erduo and told him to stop crying. After finally coaxing Xu Sanduo next to him, he started crying again, which made Xu Damao very tired.

After washing the urine-stained ring outside, Xu's mother came back and saw her three grandchildren crying. She quickly put down the basin and started to pick them up to comfort them. She also kicked Xu Damao and asked him to quickly pick up another one.

Xu Damao quickly hugged his little ancestor, not daring to let him cry. Then Xu Damao asked his mother again, "Mom, what should I do if Xiaojuan's milk is not enough?"

Xu's mother had no better idea at this time, so she said, "I'll go out and ask if there is a wet nurse, and then I can ask someone to help feed the baby."

Xu Damao nodded and began to walk around the room holding the child. As he was holding the child, he suddenly felt his hands were hot and wet with urine... He was in a panic and wanted to change the diaper but didn't know how, so he could only hold Xu Yidu and ask Xu's mother to help change it.