Siheyuan: It’s so nice to be Lao Liu

After the uncle and aunt handed the red envelopes to Banggeng, they said to everyone again: "Today I adopt Banggeng as my godson, which is a great event. To celebrate, I asked Zhuzi to prepare a few tables of food for us at noon today, and everyone in the hospital can come and have fun."

"Okay, you are so generous."

"As expected of a great man, he wants to treat all of us in the hospital to a meal!"

"..."

As soon as the news that Uncle Yi Zhonghai was treating everyone came out, the neighbors immediately started discussing it, and one could faintly hear voices praising him.

Hearing the residents' discussions, Grandpa Yi Zhonghai remained calm on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart. Although this action would cost him dozens of dollars, it was only a month's salary for him. Not only would he gain a good reputation from the residents, but he could also let the residents bear witness to his adoption of Banggeng as his grandson, in case Banggeng would not provide for his and Grandma's retirement when they were old.

Reputation is quite important these days. If your reputation is ruined, you may not be able to find a job in the future. Even if you do find one, it will be a job that is considered dishonorable by outsiders.

"Okay, everyone, go home now. I'm going out to buy groceries now. Women who have nothing to do can come to Zhuzi's house and help out later."

Yi Zhonghai spoke to everyone, then he took a large snakeskin bag from an old lady and walked straight out of the yard.

Not long after, an old man named Yi Zhonghai came back with a bulging snakeskin bag on his back and two pieces of pork, one large and one small, in his right hand. The two pieces of pork together weighed exactly ten kilograms.

As soon as the eldest uncle Yi Zhonghai entered the central courtyard, Jia Zhang's eyes were immediately attracted by the pork in his hand.

Staring at the tempting pork, Jia Zhang's throat rolled and she swallowed unconsciously.

Suddenly, Jia Zhang's eyes turned, and she thought to herself, this time the whole hospital was invited to dinner for my grandson Banggeng. It would be a bit of a waste to eat so much meat. It would be better to take the big piece home and make braised pork for my grandson!

He took action immediately after thinking of it. Seeing the uncle Yi Zhonghai entering He Yuzhu's house, Jia Zhang also sneaked to the door of He Yuzhu's house and hid there.

It was a coincidence that after Yi Zhonghai handed the vegetables and meat to He Yuzhu, he turned around and walked out of the house to notify the women in the yard to help cook. He Yuzhu didn't think much about it, put the meat and vegetables on the table at the door, went back to the house, changed into cooking clothes and started cooking.

There was a gap in front of her, and Jia Zhang would not miss such a good opportunity. She looked around and saw that there was no one else in the yard. She crouched down and walked into the house quietly.

Without any hesitation, he picked up the largest piece of pork and walked out.

As if greed was at work, Jia Zhang, who was about to leave the room, looked at the other piece of pork reluctantly, thinking to herself, "Yi Zhonghai bought so many vegetables, enough to entertain a group of people, so it doesn't matter if there is no meat."

He encouraged himself, retracted his foot that was about to step out of the room, quickly ran to the table, picked up another piece of pork, turned around and ran towards Jia's house.

Jia Zhang ran back home, closed the door tightly, and then let out a sigh of relief.

Seeing the two pieces of pork in Jia Zhang's hand, Qin Huairu was surprised and asked in amazement: "Mom, where did you get this meat?"

Then, as if he had thought of something, he frowned and asked, "Could this meat be the one that the old man just bought to entertain his neighbors? Why did you bring this meat back?"

Hearing Qin Huairu's question, Jia Zhang was not happy and retorted: "What do you mean by uncle? I found this outside. I saw that no one wanted it, so I was afraid that he would waste it, so I brought it back."

"Besides, the meat that Yi Zhonghai bought was also prepared for my good grandson Bang Geng. Why should I let these damned people take advantage of it? They can just eat vegetables."

Qin Huairu was speechless after hearing this. What a good fellow! You said in the previous sentence that you picked up the meat, but the next sentence exposed it. At the same time, Qin Huairu was also a little worried. Jia Zhang stole all the meat back, what should I do with the uncle?

Unlike Qin Huairu's worries, Banggeng listened to his grandmother's words with a look of admiration and approval. He admired his grandmother for going out and bringing back two large pieces of fat meat, which took him a long time to finish. He approved of the fact that he could take advantage of others, but he must not let others take advantage of him.

Originally according to Jia Zhang's plan, she stole the pork quietly when no one was around. When the uncle Yi Zhonghai found out about this, he couldn't find anyone and had no choice but to ask Sha Zhu to cook some vegetarian dishes to entertain everyone.

But what she didn't know was that the scene of Jia Zhang sneaking back home was seen by the aunt. The aunt also saw the uncle coming back from outside the yard with something, and after finishing his work, he went to help He Yuzhu, so there was a gap of time in between. If it was two seconds later, Jia Zhang would have entered the house and she would not have seen it.

Although the aunt saw Jia Zhang hurriedly enter the house, because Jia Zhang had her back to her, she did not see what Jia Zhang was holding in her hand, and she did not think much about it, so she went straight to He Yuzhu's house.

He Yuzhu changed his clothes, got ready and walked out of the house without noticing that the pork bought by uncle Yi Zhonghai had disappeared.

At this time, Uncle Yi Zhonghai called all the idle women in the yard over.

"Zhu Zi, I have given you the things now. Ask these aunts and sisters-in-law to help you. I will go out first. If you need anything, just give me a shout. I will go find the second uncle and the others to set up the table in the yard. Once you have prepared the dishes, we will start eating." Yi Zhonghai said to He Yuzhu with a smile, and was about to leave He Yuzhu's house.

Hearing what Uncle Yi Zhonghai said, He Yuzhu also smiled and replied: "Don't worry, it will be ready before noon."

He Yuzhu turned his gaze to the first and second aunties and said, "First auntie, second auntie, the two of you help me cut the pork into strips, and the other aunties and aunties help me wash the vegetables."

As he said this, he looked at the pork and vegetables on the table. Seeing that the place where the pork was originally placed was empty, He Yuzhu frowned and thought, "Where is the meat?"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai walking out, He Yuzhu hurriedly called out, "Uncle, wait a moment."

Hearing He Yuzhu's shout, Yi Zhonghai walked back and asked in confusion: "Zhuzi, what's wrong?"

He Yuzhu pointed to where the meat was originally placed and said, "Uncle, the meat you bought just now is gone. After you left, I went into the house to change clothes, and the meat disappeared. It must have been stolen."