Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

The next day, everyone asked for leave and stayed at home. It was too painful to pull the bicycle, and Yan Bugui compensated him with money. Yi Zhonghai first sent his wife to the factory and then rode back to the steel rolling mill.

Yan Bugui came to call Yan Jiecheng to get up and go to work early in the morning, but Yan Jiecheng was still sleeping in a daze. Yesterday, the Yan family held a family meeting and Yan Bugui asked Yan Jiecheng to pay back the more than 50 yuan he had taken out this year.

Before Yan Jiecheng had a chance to say anything to his father, Yu Li stood up. Of course Yu Li disagreed and so an unpleasant argument ensued. Yu Li was so angry when she saw Yan Jiecheng's weak appearance that she didn't even spend the bridal chamber with him yesterday.

Yan Bugui knocked on Yan Jiecheng's door. Yan Jiecheng impatiently got up, opened the door and saw that it was his father. "Dad, what's the matter?"

Yan Bugui: "Why haven't you gone to work yet? Where's Yu Li?"

Yan Jiecheng: "Yu Li went to work odd jobs this morning. I felt sick yesterday and I am a little tired today."

Yan Bugui: "Why are you so tired? Go to work! How are you going to pay me back if I miss out on your salary?"

Seeing that Yan Bugui was about to continue talking, Yan Jiecheng got up impatiently, dressed and prepared to go out.

On the other side, at the steel rolling mill, Secretary Chen came to the engineering department to find Yi Zhonghai to go to Director Yang's office.

Yi Zhonghai gave a few instructions to his men and followed them. When they arrived at Director Yang's office, he knocked on the door and went in.

Director Yang: "Brother Yi, I just called to inquire about your wife's transfer order. She will be here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Yi Zhonghai: "Thank you Director Yang. I am really sorry to bother you."

Director Yang: "It's okay. Have you had any difficulties at work recently?"

Yi Zhonghai: "There is no difficulty. The only thing is that the people under my command are not experienced enough and need more training."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Yi Zhonghai left Director Yang's office. Originally, Yi Zhonghai thought that Yang Aimin would have to provide the supplies himself.

In the forging workshop, Jia Dongxu followed the master to learn forging. However, this master also liked to keep his knowledge to himself just like Yi Zhonghai did before, so the progress was slow when teaching Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu still looked like he was serving tea and pouring water.

Liu Haizhong looked at Jia Dongxu and wondered when he had ever been nice to him when he served him tea. Even if Jia Dongxu was one-third as nice to him, he would be willing to teach him a few times.

At the Sijiucheng Railway Station, a skinny old woman with disheveled hair came out of the train station. Those who didn't know her might think she was a beggar from somewhere. But she was the most beautiful woman in the Siheyuan, Jia Zhangshi.

Going back to two weeks ago, Jia Zhang from Raisin Province had already gotten used to the rhythm of working here over the past year. From being woken up by farm managers every morning to waking up naturally, he just dug the fields every day, and his three meals a day were frozen steamed buns and half a bowl of rice soup that was thinner than rice washing water.

That day, five or six workers on the farm were discussing how to escape that night. Jia Zhang went over to listen. The more she listened, the more surprised she became. They actually wanted to escape to the outside of the Great Wall.

Jia Zhang, who originally wanted to escape with them, immediately gave up. She thought she could escape back to the city, but she didn't expect to escape abroad. Jia Zhang secretly reported the situation to the guards during lunch.

The guard looked at Jia Zhang and saw that she did not seem to be lying, so in the middle of the night the guard began to monitor the actions of the group of people. Three of them were digging a tunnel while the other three were keeping watch at the door.

When the guards saw that they were trying to dig a tunnel to escape, they immediately surrounded these people. After a night of interrogation, they confessed that they wanted to flee abroad.

Then Liu was placed under stricter surveillance. The guards reported Jia Zhang's actions truthfully, and within a day, Jia Zhang's sentence was reduced. Now Jia Zhang was considered to have made meritorious service.

Jia Zhang took the farm's release documents and boarded the train from Raisin Province back to Sijiu City, heading towards the courtyard. As soon as she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Jia Zhang's actions caught Yang Ruihua's attention.

Yang Ruihua: "Where did you come from, beggar? Go away, there is nothing for you to eat here!"

When Jia Zhang heard this, she immediately refused to listen and said, "Old Yan, open your eyes and see who I am!"

When Yang Ruihua heard the voice and looked at the face, he remembered that this was Jia Zhang, so he stopped working and ran back to tell his wife.

Jia Zhang swaggered into the courtyard, pushed open the door of her house and saw Qin Huairu helping someone mend clothes.

Qin Huairu saw an old woman coming in and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"

Jia Zhang: "You slut, you don't even recognize me! Go and prepare some meat and vegetables for me."

Qin Huairu's heart trembled when she heard the voice that gave her nightmares. Why did Jia Zhang come back? Wasn't it three years ago? Qin Huairu didn't ask but said, "Mom, there is no meat at home!"

Jia Zhang: "You bastard, I'm suffering in there while you guys are enjoying yourself outside! You must go back to Yi Zhonghai's house to get it! Yi Zhonghai put me in jail and we haven't come to him to settle the score yet!"

Qin Huairu: "Mom, there's no one at Uncle Yi's house."

Jia Zhang: "Why is there no one here? Where is his wife? Isn't his wife at home?"

Qin Huairu saw that Jia Zhang didn't understand what had happened in the courtyard in the past year, so she patiently explained these things to Jia Zhang. When Jia Zhang heard that Yi Zhonghai had passed the exam to become a ninth-level engineer and divorced his wife to marry a young wife, she couldn't believe her ears.

Then Qin Huairu talked about other things in the courtyard, including that Xu Damao got married and had three sons. Jia Zhang said with a stern face, "Xu Damao, who has no descendants, can have three sons. It's really unfair! It's all your fault. You gave birth to a money-loser! If you gave birth to twins, you would have three sons like us."

Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu were still talking about what happened in the yard when there was a knock on the door. Qin Huairu hurried to open the door and saw Director Wang coming. Director Wang was naturally invited by Yan Bugui to the street office.

Director Wang: "Qin Huairu, I heard that your mother-in-law Jia Zhang is back? Where is she?"

Qin Huairu said, "Director Wang, my mother-in-law is in there. I'll go call her." Qin Huairu went inside and called out Jia Zhang.

Director Wang saw Jia Zhang's skinny appearance and said, "Jia Zhang, why did you come back to the courtyard? Aren't you serving your sentence in prison?"

Seeing that Director Wang naturally did not dare to act wildly, Jia Zhang said, "Director Wang, I have been released. Oh, I almost forgot." Then she ran back, took out the release certificate from her bag and handed it to Director Wang.

Director Wang looked at her and said, "Jia Zhang, I didn't expect you to come back after making a contribution. Why didn't you come to the street office first when you came back? Please report."

Jia Zhang: "I just miss home so much. Director Wang, I won't dare to do that again next time."

Director Wang: "Do you want to do it again? Now that Jia Zhang is back, live a good life and don't cause any trouble. Don't steal again, or you'll be sent to prison again. Also, remember to come to the street office every afternoon for ideological education for a month."

Jia Zhang quickly waved her hands to show that she didn't dare. "Director Wang, can I not go for ideological education? I've already been educated."

Director Wang said with a grim expression, "You are bargaining with me here, right? Then go to the police station for ideological education!"

Jia Zhang quickly nodded and agreed to Director Wang's request, and went to the street office to study obediently every afternoon.