Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

She definitely couldn't let anyone else live in her little yard for the time being. After all, Lou Xiao'e was helping to clean it up now. If she allowed other women to live there, Lou Xiao'e would probably explode and have a headache!

After thinking for a long time, I couldn't find a perfect solution. I could only let Qin Huairu stay with me for a few more days and let her come back after I had figured out a solution.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly smelled the aroma of meat wafting out from his room. It turned out that Sha Zhu's cooking skills were not exaggerated. The aroma was much more tempting than the ones made by the women in his own family. Many children in the yard were already running over with eager eyes, their saliva dripping.

After distributing the braised pork, Sha Zhu cooked a table full of dishes, which I won’t go into detail about.

As soon as it got dark, each family had an early New Year's Eve dinner. The yard began to become lively. Adults and children came out to set off firecrackers, and neighbors visited each other and said auspicious words. For a moment, the yard was filled with a festive and peaceful atmosphere. The Jia family was also surprisingly calm and did not cause any trouble. I wonder if they were planning something bad.

Maybe it was because it was Chinese New Year, Aunt Shu didn't hide from Li Dongfang anymore. After they had almost finished eating, You Fengxia and Yu Shui took Aunt Shu out to watch the kids set off firecrackers. Only Li Dongfang and Sha Zhu were left at the table, drinking slowly.

At this time, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui came over together, and Li Dongfang politely invited them to sit down and have a drink together.

The two agreed readily. It was obvious that they came here for the good food and wine at Li Dongfang's house. After sitting down, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui drank three cups in a row and smacked their lips and said, "Dongfang's wine is still stronger, much better than my Lianhuabai."

Sha Zhu immediately teased, "Uncle San, can your wine diluted with water be compared with this Maotai from the East?!"

Liu Haizhong also said with a smile: "Even if it's not diluted with water, there's no comparison. This Moutai is not something you can drink whenever you want."

Li Dongfang saw two of the three uncles in the courtyard coming, thinking that Qin Huairu's matter still needed to be resolved, so he said to Sha Zhu: "Zhu Zi, go and call the next uncle. I will treat the three uncles to a drink during the New Year."

Li Dongfang’s idea is to unite all forces that can be united to deal with the Jia family’s subsequent mischief.

After all, Yi Zhonghai has expressed his support for me today, so I should also show some goodwill. Of course, if Yi Zhonghai continues to go against me in the future, I will deal with him later.

"Thank you three gentlemen and Zhuzi for your care over the past few months. Let's go." Li Dongfang raised his glass and said directly.

"What Dongfang said is about neighbors taking care of each other." The second uncle also picked up the cup with a smile.

"Yes, yes, Dongfang has taken care of everyone in the hospital in the past few months, and we are all grateful to you." The third uncle also raised his glass.

"We are brothers, why are you saying those things?" Sha Zhu looked like a good brother, telling him not to waste his time.

"Dongfang, sometimes an old man may not be thoughtful enough, so please bear with me." Yi Zhonghai also figured it out. There is no benefit in going against Li Dongfang. He just supported him casually today, and the braised pork would be delicious in the evening.

Several people drank together, with a sense of forgetting their grudges with a smile.

"Come on, eat some food. Zhuzi's cooking skills are indeed excellent." Li Dongfang greeted him with a thumbs up.

"Of course not. My craftsmanship is top-notch in the whole city." Sha Zhu didn't know what politeness was.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Dongfang spoke again, "Three gentlemen, I have something else I want to discuss with you."

When several people heard what Li Dongfang said, they all put down their chopsticks and looked over. Li Dongfang then continued, "It's about the Jia family and Qin Huairu, sister Qin. Isn't Jia Dongxu recovered? Why don't we wait for sister Qin to come back and let the Jia family take care of him themselves?"

"No!" Before anyone else expressed their opinion, Sha Zhu disagreed and said, "Based on what the Jia family said today, Sister Qin will be bullied to death when she returns."

Li Dongfang secretly cheered for Sha Zhu, what a good supporting actor, but he said: "Zhu Zi, don't interrupt, just listen to me. The Jia family said today that Sister Qin and I had an affair. Forget about me, I really don't care, but if Sister Qin, a woman, is accused of this, it will be a crime that will drive people to death, so I think it's better not to do good things with bad intentions. I will return the 320 yuan to the Jia family and let Sister Qin go back to her own home to take care of her pregnancy."

"Dongfang, you have only collected Jia Dongxu's salary for the past two months. That's a huge loss. It's only 32 yuan in total for two months. You are in charge of his family's food and drink, and your family's food standard is almost doubled." The third uncle immediately did the math.

Li Dongfang waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Just give Sister Qin some face. After all, Sister Qin does take good care of me."

"Dongfang, I also heard from Guangtian and Guangfu about the quarrel between the mother and son of the Jia family this afternoon. It was indeed not what human beings would say. But don't worry, everything you did was decided by the collective discussion of our entire hospital. You don't have to worry. The three of us old guys will testify for you." The second uncle took a chopstick of chicken and said with squinted eyes.

"Yes, we can't let the Jia family bully honest people. After bullying Huairu, they want to bully you. We won't agree." The third uncle said as he stuffed a piece of braised pork into his mouth.

"Indeed, when Jia Zhang said she wanted to abort the child, I was very angry. After all, it is a human life. I will definitely support Dongfang in this matter." Yi Zhonghai also expressed his opinion.

"At worst, Sister Qin and Jia Dongxu can just get divorced. What's the big deal? There's nothing worth staying in a family like the Jia family." Sha Zhu also shouted indignantly.

"Stop making a fuss. After the divorce, Sister Qin has no income and can't go back to the countryside. She doesn't even have a place to live. These are all problems." Li Dongfang pretended to scold Sha Zhu, but in his heart he praised Sha Zhu's reaction.

"Oh, let's not talk about these things during the New Year. Dongfang, you should do as we agreed. If the Jia family makes a fuss, we will handle it. As for the other things, we can talk about them later." Liu Haizhong was thinking about Li Dongfang's good wine and food and didn't want to waste words on this matter.

Yan Bugui immediately agreed with this statement, and he even thought that the more he ate, the more he would earn.

After missing this topic, the atmosphere suddenly became much better. While drinking and chatting, Li Dongfang felt that if he didn't talk about those bullshit things, such a day would be pretty good.

Time passed quickly and it was already past 11 o'clock in the evening. You Fengxia and her daughter began to prepare to cook dumplings. The three old men, who were drunk, said goodbye and went back to their homes. Sha Zhu wanted to ask Yu Shui to go back as well, but Yu Shui didn't want to go back no matter what and insisted on eating the dumplings here before leaving.

At 12 o'clock, Li Dongfang and Sha Zhu returned to the house after setting off firecrackers and ate some vegetarian dumplings. The first dumpling of the New Year should be vegetarian, which means a peaceful and simple year.