Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

I followed the two people silently, turning left and right, and walked for a long time before arriving at the Pigeon Market. It’s called a market, but it’s actually just a remote street with stalls on both sides of the road, and the stall owners are all wrapped up tightly.

After walking around for a while, he found that there were very few stalls selling grain and meat. Even if there were any, the prices were much higher than in the regular market. Some stalls even had only one piece of meat, which looked to be no more than a pound. Li Dongfang even suspected that someone bought the meat and was reluctant to eat it, so he came here to resell it.

It's true what Li Dongfang thought. Many people go to the market early in the morning to queue up to buy meat, and then come here to resell it. They make a lot of money all the way. Some people don't have enough food at home, so they buy meat and sell it in exchange for food.

Li Dongfang walked around and finally saw a man selling chickens. It was an old hen, but it didn't look very big. If it wasn't for the chicken's claws, he wouldn't believe it was a hen that was over a year old. "Brother, don't look at my chicken's small size. It is really a hen that is over a year old. You know, if I wasn't waiting for money to buy food, I wouldn't be willing to sell it. I guarantee that you can buy it and it will lay eggs in a few days."

Li Dongfang was too lazy to waste time talking to him. A chicken like this usually costs just over one dollar, two dollars at most, and you dared to ask for three dollars and fifty cents. He just said, "Three dollars, if you're fine, I'll take it, if not, forget it."

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'm in a hurry to go home after I sell it, so I'll sell it to you at a low price."

Li Dongfang curled his lips and thought, if I hadn't seen other people selling it, I would have asked Auntie to help buy it. Even if I gave her two dollars, Auntie would have thanked me for letting her earn the errand fee.

After paying the money, he picked up the chicken and asked someone to clean it up. He didn't know how to kill a chicken, so he asked someone to kill and pluck the chicken for only ten cents. The pigeon market was really good. If you had money, you would never lack people to work.

When I got home, I put the chicken in the pot and added some ginger slices and scallions and kept cooking. After thinking about it, I added some cooking wine to remove the fishy smell. Although I can't cook, it doesn't require any technical skills to make chicken soup.

Qin Huairu was not there, so he probably thought that she had been called back by Jia Zhang to cook again. So he took two steamed buns and put them by the stove to bake, and then he was ready to go look for someone. Just as he was about to go out, he heard Jia Zhang howling:

"Qin Huairu, you spendthrift woman, you need hot water to wash vegetables, you think you are a rich lady, you are so spoiled!"

When she lifted the cotton curtain, she saw Jia Zhang pointing at Qin Huairu who was washing vegetables by the sink and scolding her. Qin Huairu's face still didn't look very good and was still a little pale, and she immediately became angry.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, what are you doing? What's wrong with using hot water to wash vegetables in such a cold weather?! Didn't you see that Sister Qin doesn't look well? Sister Qin, are you sick?" Li Dongfang went up and pushed Jia Zhang away, then supported Qin Huairu and said.

Jia Zhang staggered and sat down on the ground skillfully, "Everyone come and see, someone is beating an old man... Old Jia, open your eyes and take a look..."

Yi Zhonghai, who was eating, came out with a bowl of corn paste. Seeing Jia Zhang sitting on the ground and calling for help, he frowned and said:

"Dongfang, how can you hit an old man? Respect the old and love the young..."

Li Dongfang was angry. He looked up at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Uncle, you should respect the elders as human beings. How can this old hag be considered a human being? Look at how sick Sister Qin is. Are you sure you want to speak up for this old hag?!"

At this time, many people in the yard were alarmed and gathered in the central courtyard. Many of these people were the ones who had received fruits from Li Dongfang yesterday. When they saw that Li Dongfang and Jia Zhang had a conflict, there was nothing else to say. They would definitely help Li Dongfang first and started to accuse Jia Zhang.

Yi Zhonghai was so angry at Li Dongfang's rebuttal that he was about to throw the bowl. He raised his hand but couldn't bear to do so. He took a deep breath and said to Li Dongfang:

"Dongfang, no matter what, you can't hit an old man. Besides, this is their family affair. They are a family."

"First, I didn't hit her. Even if I did, so what? If an old and disrespectful person like her hit me, then what can you do about it?! Second, have you heard that all people in the country are one family? Sister Qin is also my family member. It's not okay to bully our family members!" Li Dongfang also fought back without giving in.

"Li Dongfang! You want to rebel? Call a meeting of the whole hospital! Let everyone in the hospital come and see how you bully the old man!"

Yi Zhonghai felt humiliated and immediately pulled out his trump card.