Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

"What are you doing, you little beast, are you trying to be a hooligan..." Jia Zhang sat down on the ground, slapped her thigh and cried, "Old Jia, come and have a look, someone is bullying your orphans and widows, come up and take them away..."

"Shut up!" Li Dongfang shouted, then turned to Yi Zhonghai and said, "Uncle, what do you think? Otherwise, let's report it to the police."

When Yi Zhonghai saw this situation, he knew clearly that it must be Jia Zhang who stole things from Li Dongfang's house. Looking at the bulging clothes, that was not her chest, it was obvious that something was hidden inside. If the police were called, Jia Zhang would definitely have to go to jail. He was still counting on Jia Dongxu to support him in his old age, and he couldn't let anything happen to his family. It would be better for him to solve it himself. At most he would have to return the things, apologize, and pay some compensation, which would be a small matter.

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai said, "Sister-in-law Jia, take out everything on you and let everyone see it."

"I won't take it out. Why should I take it out? The things on me belong to my family." Jia Zhang took a step forward and wanted to go back to her home.

Li Dongfang stopped her and said, "Aunties, if anyone can help take the things out of her body, I will give you two kilograms of corn flour."

In 1960, money was not important. What was important were food and supplies. The three-year natural disaster would take more than a year to end, and everything was in short supply, especially food. Two pounds of corn flour could save two lives in those days. Although people had not yet starved to death in the courtyards, it was normal for every family to not have enough to eat.

When the third uncle Yan Bugui heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly touched the third aunt beside him with his arm, and the third aunt also responded immediately, "I'll do it!"

The other young wives and old sisters-in-law in the yard also spoke up immediately.

"I come."

"Count me in."

"I'm really good at rummaging through clothes..."

The third uncle saw it and quickly said, "Ahem, let's do this, the one who speaks first will do it."

Yi Zhonghai glanced at Yan Bugui and knew that the two catties of corn flour hit his weak spot. If he was not allowed to make money, he would definitely be anxious, so he said, "Then his third aunt and Zhang's sister-in-law, you two can go."

The two old men in the yard expressed their opinions, and the others could only agree, secretly regretting why they were so slow.

At this time, Jia Zhang jumped up and said, "Wait, I'll pay for it myself. You have to give me the two pounds of corn flour that little bastard has!"

Li Dongfang was immediately shocked by Jia Zhang's shameless and stupid behavior, but he still objected immediately:

"No, I don't trust you."

The third aunt and Aunt Zhang looked at each other and rushed forward. One of them grabbed Jia Zhang's hands, and the other reached into her clothes.

"Wow!" The crowd was in an uproar when they saw what was taken out.

All I saw on the ground was half a bag of baby-head milk powder, two handfuls of peanuts, and a two-pound piece of fat meat. Even a small bag of millet was found in the baggy cotton pants.

Seeing these things, let alone milk powder and fatty meat, even the two handfuls of peanuts and millet made people in the yard envious. Now cornmeal can only make people half full, let alone peanuts that are delicious and good for drinking, and yellow millet that can be cooked into porridge and fill your mouth with sweetness.

Li Dongfang could hear the sound of people swallowing saliva in the yard. He had just come through and had never experienced what it was like to be hungry, so he couldn't empathize with other people's feelings. However, it seemed that these things were not simple.

Li Dongfang searched his memory and it seemed that the fat meat was not from his family, but it was definitely not from the Jia family. At this time, the two aunts had finished searching him and were counting the money in their hands. "Forty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents."

Jia Zhang, holding her cotton trousers in one hand and her cotton jacket wrapped in the other, sat on the ground and began her soul-calling performance again, but no one cared about her crying at this time.

"Uncle, what else is there to say? Now we can prove that Jia Zhang is a thief." Li Dongfang looked at Yi Zhonghai and said.

Yi Zhonghai coughed twice and said, "Ahem, Jia's sister-in-law, you...did you see that Li Dongfang's things are in a mess and you want to help him sort them out?"

"Cough cough~" Li Dongfang kept coughing because he was choked by his own saliva. He didn't expect that Yi Zhonghai could come up with such an excuse. He really has no shame at all.

"Yes, I just want to help Li Dongfang clean up. Just put it on me first. I'm going to give it to him..."

Yi Zhonghai himself felt miserable as well. He couldn't let Jia Zhang's theft be confirmed, otherwise how could he expect Jia Dongxu to support him in his old age? He had no choice but to go ahead with it, even disregarding the great and glorious image he had painstakingly built up over the years.

Everyone in the middle courtyard looked at Yi Zhonghai quietly. Yi Zhonghai also felt his face burning, but he still gritted his teeth and interrupted Jia Zhang's shameless words:

"Everyone knows about this. Return the things to Li Dongfang first. As for whether it was Jia's sister-in-law who helped Li Dongfang clean up or whether it was stolen as Li Dongfang said, we will hold a meeting of the whole hospital tonight to discuss it. Everyone should go home first. It's time to eat and go to work. It's time to go home."